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Goldcorp to gobble up Kaminak for $520 million Maura Forrest

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here may be a light at the end of the tunnel for Yukon miners.

Mining giant Goldcorp has announced plans to buy Kaminak Gold Corporation and its Coffee mine site near Dawson City, marking the corporation’s first foray into the territories.

The Vancouver-based company, which is the world’s fourth-largest gold producer, announced the $520-million acquisition of Kaminak on Thursday. “This is really part of our strategy of working with junior companies and trying to look at what kind of potential there really is with some of the junior exploration companies,� said Brent Bergeron, Goldcorp’s executive vice-president of corporate affairs and sustainability.

According to the agreement, each Kaminak share will be exchanged for 0.10896 Goldcorp shares. Based on the $24.08 closing price of Goldcorp on the TSX on May 11, each Kaminak share would then be worth $2.62.

That represents a premium of 32 per cent for Kaminak shares over their closing price of $1.98 on the TSX-V on May 11, and a 40 per cent premium over the company’s 20-day average. Goldcorp will issue roughly 21.6 million shares under the arrangement.

After the announcement, Kaminak shares jumped to $2.50 on Thursday morning. “It’s a very good opportunity for our shareholders,� said Kaminak CEO Eira Thomas. “We think it’s a very good opportunity for the project, and we think it’s a very good opportunity for the Yukon.�

The deal has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of Kaminak and Goldcorp. Thomas said shareholders will vote on the arrangement sometime in July, and she hopes the deal will close in August.

Thomas said she wasn’t looking to sell Kaminak, but Goldcorp made a “compelling offer� that will produce value for the shareholders right away. “We would have continued to move forward with this project in the absence of that offer. This wasn’t about Kaminak going out

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Kaminak geologists map out the Coffee Gold project south of Dawson City. Goldcorp, one of the world’s biggest gold producers, announced Thursday it will be buying Kaminak for $520 million. and looking for a buyer to purchase our company,� she said. “They put a good deal in front of us.�

Last week, Kaminak’s board of directors announced it had approved a $29-million budget for 2016, for environmental baseline, permitting and exploration activities at its Coffee project south of Dawson City. Thomas said those programs will still be carried out while the acquisition is finalized. “For us, it’s very much business as usual,� she said.

Bergeron said Kaminak appealed to Goldcorp because the junior company has built strong relationships with First Nations and the Yukon government. He said Goldcorp values the participation of First Nations in its Canadian projects. “It’s part of our culture. It’s how we do it,� he said. “It’s not going to change in terms of how we move forward.�

He said Goldcorp also makes local hiring a priority.

Kaminak had been planning to begin construction on the Coffee mine in 2018, with first gold production expected by the end of 2019. Bergeron said Goldcorp doesn’t yet have a firm timeline for the project.

Thomas said there’s a good chance that some of the Kaminak team will stay involved with the project going forward, though she will likely “move on to other things� once the transition is complete.

But she said the acquisition will draw attention to the Yukon as a good jurisdiction for mining investment. “I just think it’s always great

when you’ve got a world-class company that makes a decision to invest in the Yukon,� she said. “We’ve got the right rocks, we’ve got the right support at the government and regulatory level, and we’ve got First Nations that are generally very supportive of the industry.�

Bergeron confirmed that Goldcorp will likely invest in further exploration around the existing Coffee mine site, to try and increase the value of the asset.

Mike Burke, president of the Yukon Chamber of Mines, said the sale is “excellent news.� He said Goldcorp will have the resources to develop the Coffee mine without having to raise extra cash. “I think it’s pretty huge to have a major mining company active in the Yukon,� he said. “It’s a good day in the Yukon.�

While the price of gold took a dramatic plunge a few years ago, its price has increased 20 per cent so far this year, its strongest performance in nearly 30 years. As of Friday morning, the price of gold was about US$1,270 an ounce.

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

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Casa Loma trailer park residents face eviction Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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he owners of 12 mobile homes in the Casa Loma trailer park are facing eviction by the end of July, with nowhere to go.

Ann Rudniski said she and her husband are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

They can’t move their trailer to another mobile home park in Whitehorse because of city bylaws, which prevent trailer additions, or permanent structures, from being moved.

Their additions include the master bedroom, dining room and entrance way – about half the home.

Most of the people facing evictions at Casa Loma have additions on their trailers, Rudniski said, and can’t afford the moving costs that would likely range between $5,000 and $15,000.

Even if they did, owners would have to upgrade their trailers considerably if they wanted to fall in line with the City’s new standards.

That means updated wiring and plumbing, insulated roofs and a heat recovery ventilation system, among other requirements. Some trailers wouldn’t

survive being moved at all because of their frail state.

Yukon Housing would cover the cost of upgrading the trailers, but not moving them.

For now, their only option remains to find a piece of land outside city limits. The other trailer parks in Whitehorse are full, they’ve been told.

The Rudniskis already own property outside of Whitehorse, but it was purchased two years ago as a retirement investment.

“We’re in a tight bind because of the timeline, but I’m hoping to find a piece of property outside city limits without having to go $200,000 in the hole,” she said.

“There’s nothing for us, no recourse.”

It started on June 25 last year when the residents received a letter of eviction from general manager Ross King.

No reason was given for the eviction, and King declined to comment on this story. Ten months later, Rudniski said she still doesn’t know why they’re being forced to leave.

When the group of residents got together to discuss their options on June 28, they discovered that two of the pads had been rented in the past 18 months. But King hadn’t warned those owners

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Trailer owner Ann Rudniski says she still doesn’t know why she and her husband were given an eviction notice last June. Twelve mobile home owners are facing eviction from the Casa Loma trailer park. they might have to move any time soon.

They considered legal action against the trailer park owner and hired a lawyer, Jim Tucker.

But Tucker told them King had acted within the law when he distributed the eviction notices.

There were no formal rental agreements with many tenants, and those who had one had month-to-month agreements.

To further complicate matters, the City doesn’t even consider the property a trailer park. That means the City’s updated zoning regulations from July 2012, which prohibit permanent structures from being added to trailers, didn’t apply.

Pat Ross, manager of planning and building services for the City of Whitehorse, said they closed the door on permanent struc-

tures because they were becoming fixtures at mobile home sites.

“It just means the fixtures stay while owners come and go,” he said.

“The housing stock never renews or rejuvenates. What we’re trying to achieve is not putting people in the same situation as the Casa Loma people.

“It’s a regulatory maze that these people are being subject to.”

With just over two months left, time is running out for Rudniski and her husband. There has been talk about possibly moving some of the trailers to the Lobird Trailer Park, Rudniski said, but she’s still waiting to hear back from the owner.

The Yukon government is currently conducting a public survey about possible changes to the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Among the changes being considered are some form of rent control for mobile home parks, and a prohibition on evictions without cause for mobile home owners.

An online version of the survey is available at www.community.gov.yk.ca. The survey will run from April 6 to June 6.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

Former veterinarian points finger at Yukon government in Ross River death They left everything exactly the same,” Herbert said. “If you leave News Reporter everything exactly the same and there was a problem to begin he Yukon government with … that definitely makes you bears some responsibility culpable.” in the death of a Ross River Mary Vanderkop, Yukon’s chief man who was killed and partially veterinary officer, said Herbert’s consumed by feral dogs last Occontract was cancelled because tober, says a former veterinarian. the reports contained factual Richard Herbert was cominaccuracies and made recommissioned by the government to mendations beyond the scope of develop a dog control pilot prowhat the government was able to gram for Ross River in 2010. But provide. that contract was later cancelled, Back in 2011, the News was and Herbert said the government told the pilot program would be didn’t act on recommendations too expensive to implement. that could have prevented Shane Still, Vanderkop said some Glada’s death. of the report’s recommendaGlada’s body was found on tions have been carried out. In Oct. 17, after he’d been missparticular, the government has ing for several days. Earlier this helped offset the cost of spaying week, chief coroner Kirsten Mac- and neutering pets for the last donald attended a community several years. meeting in Ross River to explain The government hosted a the results of Glada’s autopsy, spay-and-neuter clinic in Ross which show that he was killed River shortly after the reports by a pack of semi-domesticated were published, and later funded dogs. a spay-and-neuter voucher proHerbert’s pilot program was gram through the Humane Soborn out of concerns about feral ciety Yukon. About 40 dogs from dogs in Ross River back in 2010.

Ross River were sterilized under He published two reports that that program between 2013 and made extensive, far-reaching 2015, though 60 vouchers were recommendations about how to offered. solve the problem. His recomBut six months ago, the mendations included a requiregovernment tried and failed to ment for veterinary licensing in host another clinic in Ross River, the territory, an overhaul of dog- because no veterinarian was able related laws, better veterinary to go. “There was simply no one services in the communities and who had the time,” Vanderkop more resources for enforcement said. and public education.

She explained that the gov“But they didn’t do any of it. ernment can’t require veterinarMaura Forrest

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ians to visit communities, since they usually do so at a financial loss. “We could hardly ask them to engage in activities that would represent even more of a business loss to them,” she said.

“That would not be at all fair.”

The spay-and-neuter voucher program ended on March 31.

Vanderkop said the government is planning to roll out a new program within the next month.

The government also contracted a dog catcher to patrol Ross River shortly after Herbert’s reports were published, Vanderkop said. But that contract was cancelled when it became clear that people were tying up their dogs whenever the dog catcher showed up in the community.

“As soon as they see the truck drive in, everybody knows,” she said. “When those activities bear no fruit, they are not going to be continued.”

Vanderkop said she doesn’t see a need for more resources to address stray dogs in rural communities like Ross River.

“We have not heard that there is a demand that exceeds our capacity.”

Still, Herbert’s reports received the support of both the Ross River Dena Council and the Kaska Tribal Council. In 2011, after the program was halted, Ross River Chief Jack Caesar wrote a letter to then-Community Services minister Elaine Taylor in protest.

“The program’s advancement

was frozen during the lead-in to the recent Yukon election,” he wrote. “Minister Taylor, will you please direct Community Services’ staff to move forward with the … program?”

This week, Herbert wrote a public email to Yukon’s chief coroner, in which he accused the Yukon government of having “shirked its responsibilities in regard to dog-related public health crises.”

In response, Macdonald wrote that she had read Herbert’s reports several times.

“I have written to the appropriate government department and requested a complete update regarding all the actions taken under the pilot program and where the program is at the moment,” she wrote.

She and Herbert aren’t alone in demanding action from the government.

NDP MLA Kevin Barr is also calling on the government to modernize the Dog Act, which hasn’t been updated since 2002.

The act prohibits dogs from running at large in violation of local bylaws.

But Barr said the existing legislation doesn’t help unincorporated communities like Ross River to deal with dog problems, because they can’t create their own bylaws. As it stands, he said, the legislation is unenforceable.

He also said that under the existing legislation, the RCMP can’t step in to deal with problem dogs until they become violent.

“What we need to really do is revisit the Dog Act and do a fullon consultation with affected people that are living in communities that aren’t the same as municipalities,” he said.

But when Barr raised the issue in the legislative assembly this week, the Yukon government did not commit to revisiting the legislation.

“With regard to the specific act, no piece of legislation will solve all these problems,” Community Services Minister Currie Dixon said.

But Barr says that’s not good enough. “This isn’t something new that just happened. And so it’s fallen on deaf ears. There could have been more leadership by the government to move on this.”

In the wake of Glada’s death, the Ross River chief and council have agreed to form a working group and make eight to 10 recommendations for dealing with feral dogs. Macdonald hopes to see those recommendations within a few weeks.

Back in 2011, when Herbert’s reports were released, the News spoke with longtime Ross River resident Tim Moon. He was skeptical that the pilot program would lead to any change.

“Maybe when a kid gets chewed up,” he said at the time.

“Hopefully it won’t come to that.”

Glada was 22.

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

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The 45 claims overlap four YESAB also held two public unnamed tributaries of Judas meetings in Carcross and Marsh Creek. Mining activities would have occurred annually between Lake in early March, where Goeppel spoke with community members about the project.

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“Mining in the area could generate economic activity for businesses like restaurants, retail outlets and industrial supplies,” wrote Grant Warkentin. “This would have a positive impact on the everyday lives of people who live, work and play in the area.”

The Department of Energy, Mines and Resources also had few concerns about the project.

In the end, YESAB decided that migratory birds and water quality could be protected by clearing the land outside the nesting season, and controlling the rate of sediment discharge from the site.

But the threats to caribou habitat simply couldn’t be ignored.

“Due to the long period of time required to recover winter range habitat (~80 years), loss of this habitat is considered permanent and for all practical purposes … irreversible,” according to the report.

Goeppel, who’s been casually exploring the area since 2011, said he’s disappointed with the recommendation, especially given how long the process has taken. This is the first water licence he has applied for.

“When I started the application process, I thought it would be pretty straightforward,” he said.

Goeppel is skeptical that the Judas Creek project would have a major impact on the Carcross caribou herd. He said he has seen many caribou tracks on old trails in the area, and he believes the herd is already habituated to human presence.

He said he’s not ready to walk away from the claims just yet. If he doesn’t get his water licence this time around, he’d like to try again.

“I just can’t turn my back on it quite yet,” he said, adding that there was about $200,000 worth of assessment work done on the project last year.

Still, Goeppel said a number of resource projects in that area have “hit a wall,” and he wonders whether it’s possible for any development to occur in the region, given the concerns of local residents and First Nations.

And he has some advice, coming out of this experience, for any other aspiring prospectors.

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Women’s groups pause protest to focus on abortion access Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ukon women’s organizations want to change the focus when it comes to abortions in the territory.

For the last several years the groups have organized a counterprotest to an annual pro-life march in Whitehorse that happened on Thursday. This year they decided to stay off the street.

“We decided not to because we feel like we don’t need to protest this anymore,” said Hillary Aitken, program coordinator for the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre.

“Instead of even entertaining a conversation about the legitimacy of abortion we instead need to change the conversation to how we can improve access to abortion.”

Earlier this year Jennifer Cano, a master’s student at the University of Ottawa, completed a study on Yukoners who get abortions.

She concludes there’s high quality abortion care in the Yukon but says the women she spoke with struggle with the fragmented multi-step process and worry about privacy concerns in a small community.

In Yukon, surgical abortions on fetuses that are less than 13 weeks old are done at Whitehorse General Hospital, otherwise women have to be sent Outside.

The most recent data from the The Canadian Institute for Health Information says 102 abortions were performed at the Whitehorse General Hospital in 2014. That

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number doesn’t include any abortions performed out of the territory.

In the Yukon there are usually six different appointments between seeing a doctor for the first time and getting the procedure, Cano concludes.

That includes getting referred to one of the two doctors in the territory who do the procedure, getting an ultrasound and attending various meetings with doctors before the abortion. The average wait-time is 27 days.

Some appointments can be booked on the same day but organizing that many trips to the hospital can be difficult, particularly for women who live in the communities, Aitken said.

“I think the biggest piece is that transportation-accommodation cost of coming into Whitehorse, perhaps repeated times.”

The women’s groups want the territorial government to create a centralized clinic that includes abortion care.

Aitken suggests a dedicated space in Whitehorse General Hospital to help with abortions and other healthcare needs would cut down on the number of visits women have to make and improve privacy.

As it stands, abortions only happen at the hospital at dedicated times once every two weeks.

“You’re in the hospital and there’s a sense that people know what’s happening on a certain day,” Aitken said.

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Hillary Aitken, program coordinator for the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, says she is hoping access to abortion in the territory will improve. education about something.’ You wouldn’t necessarily have to tell people that you’re there to get an abortion.”

Since it opened in 2014, the Yukon Sexual Health Clinic has been a place women can go to get information and referrals for abortions as well as other sexual health needs like low-cost contraceptives and pap tests.

Nurse practitioner Michelle Wolsky said the clinic has “gone kind of gangbusters.”

Last month they were able to secure funding to hire a second nurse practitioner to help handle more patients.

Wolsky said she hears from women who struggle to organize time for all the appointments needed to get an abortion.

Under the current system being seen by different medical professionals at the appointments can also be difficult, she said.

“So they feel like they have to keep telling their story over and over again.”

Wolsky said the Yukon’s 27-day wait period to get the procedure puts the territory in a good position compared to other jurisdictions. In Ottawa, for example, the wait is six weeks.

“Considering other places in

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The first codeshare flight to Ottawa will be leaving Whitehorse on May 15.

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Canada I think we provide a pretty amazing service with the resources that we have.”

Both Wolsky and Aitken say the introduction of a pill that can cause an abortion is happening much more slowly than they would have hoped.

Health Canada approved mifepristone last year after more than three years of review. The decision puts Canada in line with about 60 other countries, including the U.S. and Australia, where the pill is legal.

The pill is not available yet because the department is still working on the rules for who will be able to prescribe it. The hope is that it should be ready by the fall, Wolsky said.

The concern is that the $275 pill could be too expensive for some women. Along with calling for a centralized clinic, the Yukon women’s groups want the territorial government to cover the cost of the pill.

But that’s not the plan, according to health officials.

The department of Health and Social Services says the government will pay the cost of the drug for girls under 19 but not for adults.

The government covers pills for children, seniors and people with chronic conditions, said spokesperson Pat Living in an email. This pill would not qualify under those programs, she said.

Questions about whether the territory would support a dedicated clinic at the hospital were not answered in time for today’s deadline.

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New report ďŹ nds Yukon a hotspot for geothermal energy ern tip of the territory.

Still, the report did provide News Reporter a summary of the geothermal potential in each of 17 Yukon he Yukon could have communities. enough geothermal enSeveral communities are ergy potential to provide sitting on geothermal deposits more than 18 times the total that are hot enough to produce energy supplied by the terelectricity, including Whiteritoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renewable electricity horse, Carcross and Teslin. system, according to a new But Thompson pointed out report. that Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electricity grid is The study, researched mostly powered by hydro, so and written by the Canadian there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much need for more Geothermal Energy Associarenewable electricity in many tion (CanGEA), found that the Yukon has at least 1,700 mega- areas.

However, Watson Lake and watts of geothermal capacity, Beaver Creek are both near and likely much more. geothermal hotspots, and both â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just happen to have are off-grid communities cursome of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best resource,â&#x20AC;? said CanGEA chair Ali- rently powered by diesel. The son Thompson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your territory report suggests that combined is just a prime candidate to get heat and power plants might be viable in those communithis industry going.â&#x20AC;?

She said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because parts ties.

It also finds that Carmacks of the Yukon are within the and Ross River could build Pacific Ring of Fire, a series of plants to power mining projvolcanic regions that form a ects in those areas. horseshoe shape around the Whitehorse does use some Pacific Ocean. geothermal energy already.

The report found that the For instance, geothermal heat Yukon has at least 100 megais used to prevent the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watts of â&#x20AC;&#x153;low-hanging-fruitâ&#x20AC;? geothermal resources â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mean- sewage system from freezing during the winter. ing pockets of heat that are But Thompson suggested less than two kilometres below ground. To put that in context, that Whitehorse could go further and use geothermal elecYukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire renewable electricity system has a capacity of tricity to supply power during winter hydro shortfalls, instead 90 megawatts. of diesel or natural gas.

And these figures are likely â&#x20AC;&#x153;A geothermal industry an underestimate of the terrilocated in Whitehorse can toryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true geothermal poteneasily function as a role model tial, because most of the data for other cities in the Canacome from oil and gas wells dian North,â&#x20AC;? according to the drilled in the Peel Plateau, the Mackenzie Delta and the Liard report.

But producing electricity Basin. That means most of the information is from the north- from geothermal energy reeastern half and the southeast- quires very high temperatures, Maura Forrest

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Teslin First Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elders oppose liquor store plans The Teslin Tlingit Elders Council has taken a stance against the establishment of a liquor store in the small community.

The Teslin Tlingit Council made the announcement yesterday in a news release, adding it accepts and supports the decision.

The First Nation said it would continue to work with the Yukon government to implement the Teslin community development plan, which has identified a number of infrastructure needs such as a swimming pool and a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, citizens and Teslin residents did not identify a liquor store as a need in the community plan,â&#x20AC;? the release states.

which arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t found everywhere.

Thompson said the real potential for geothermal energy in the Yukon is in heating, since almost all of the territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heat comes from fossil fuels. She said geothermal energy could help to heat buildings and grow food in many northern communities, since the temperatures donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be as high. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost anywhere, you can go and drill down and get a reasonable temperature.â&#x20AC;?

She said geothermal heating could allow greenhouses to grow food throughout the year, which could improve food security in the territory.

In Iceland, she said, strawberries and bananas grow in greenhouses all winter long, thanks to heat from the ground. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can be secure right where they choose to live in Canada.â&#x20AC;?

In fact, the Kluane First Nation has drilled a geothermal well intended to heat the local greenhouse and water treatment facility.

Still, the director of Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy branch made it clear that geothermal energy isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a top priority for this government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that what the study shows is that there are opportunities, but there are no obvious slam-dunks,â&#x20AC;? said Shane Andre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our intent here wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so much to say yea or nay to anything. It was really to develop a resource we could share with the public.â&#x20AC;?

The main challenge with geothermal energy, he explained, is the up-front cost of

drilling the wells and finding the right spot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can spend a lot of money and a lot of resources trying to find that really good geothermal resource,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much like looking for gold.â&#x20AC;?

The Yukon government doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any plans for geothermal projects in the territory. But Andre said that First Nations and municipalities could develop their own projects, and the government might pitch in.

The Yukon government also released its independent power production policy last November, which could allow small producers to sell geothermal electricity back into the grid.

Thompson said the Yukon government could also help to build a geothermal industry by giving companies exclusive rights for geothermal exploration in certain areas, similar to mineral staking. Currently, she said, B.C. is the only jurisdiction in Canada that has a tenure policy in place for geothermal energy.

When it comes to geothermal, Thompson believes that Canada needs to catch up to other northern countries like Iceland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a new technology,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a new way of thinking for Canada.â&#x20AC;?

The study cost $168,000, and was funded by the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, the Yukon government and CanGEA. The Yukon Energy Corporation and the Takhini Hot Pools also contributed to the project.

On April 21, NDP MLA Kate White tabled a petition from the community that was signed by 186 people asking the Yukon government to reconsider the idea.

The petition also called on the government to hold a public consultation over the issue and to consider investing in other projects that could be more beneficial to the community.

Juanita Kremer and her hus-

band, Steve, who run the Yukon Motel and Restaurant in Teslin, circulated the petition. Their business is the only establishment that sells alcohol in the community.

Pelly-Nisutlin MLA Stacey Hassard said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still busy consulting Teslin residents.

About 450 people live in Teslin.

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

(Myles Dolphin)

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ukoners can expect to pay a little bit more for their milk, computers and kitchen appliances once the territory’s new recycling regulations kick in.

Yesterday, Yukon government officials announced changes to the territory’s beverage container regulations and to the designated material regulations.

Those stewardship programs, which require consumers to pay an additional upfront fee on most beverage containers and some tires, are being expanded.

Starting Aug. 11, there will be a 10-cent surcharge and fivecent refund for milk and milk substitutes, such as drinkable yogurt and soy milk.

For containers 750 millilitres and more, the surcharge is 35 cents and the refund is 25 cents.

And on Oct. 11, consumers will pay more at the till for products such as tires with rim sizes greater than 22 inches, computers, cell phones, kitchen appliances, vacuums and clocks.

The surcharges are collected into Yukon’s recycling fund and help pay for the collection, processing and transport of materials.

The changes aren’t exactly new, however. The government initially proposed them in Sept.

2014.

It’s part of the government’s PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS INCLUDED: Atlin Community School, Chief Zzeh Gittlit School, J.V Clark Community School, Robert Service Community School, St. Elias Community School, Elijah Smith Elementary School, Takhini Elementary School, Ecole Whitehorse Elementary School, and Jack Hulland Elementary School.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD WINNERS: GRADE 4 FIRST PLACE: “How Takhini Elementary School All Started” by Alexa Grant of Takhini School (Whitehorse) SECOND PLACE: “Martha Collins” By Abbigale Sipple of Tahkini Elementary School (Whitehorse) THIRD PLACE: Title: “What did the Child See, named Kulsin” by Kayoni Dickson-Camilleri, Elijah Smith Elementary School (Whitehorse) GRADE 5/6 FIRST PLACE: Title: “Met God’s Vertrouwen Woorwaarts” by Ethan Thompson of St.Elias School (Haines Junction) SECOND PLACE: Title: “Do You Know What You Needed to Survive on the Chilkoot Trail – 18961899?” by Maddy Mead & Ella Anderson of Whitehorse Elementary School (Whitehorse) THIRD PLACE: Title: “The Halifax Explosion”

by Abbey Campbell of Jack Hulland School (Whitehorse) GRADE 7/8/9 FIRST PLACE: Title: “Taku Kwann Dancers” by Jasmine Sudlow of Atlin Community School (Atlin B.C) SECOND PLACE: Title: “Tlingit Carvers” by Matthew Wesley Atlin Community School (Atlin B.C) THIRD PLACE: Title: “Doug Makkonen - Best in the World” by Ecko Kirk of St. Elias School, (Haines Junction) In addition, the fair offers special prizes and recognition for projects in the following categories: Genealogy: projects related to family stories and histories, sponsored by Maggie Leary Recipient: Title: “A Very Independant Woman – Mable Hedemark-Brewster” by Annika EckervogtBrewster of St. Elias Community School (Haines Junction)

plan to fall in line with jurisdictions across Canada, said Jennifer Dagg, a manager with Environment Yukon.

“This is a big step in terms of evolving our current recycling system and solid waste management,” she said.

“We selected the surcharges based on what other jurisdictions charge.”

The changes to the stewardship programs are a long time coming.

The beverage container rules hadn’t been updated since 1992, except to add Tetra Paks to the regime about 10 years ago.

And before this year, no other items had been added to the designated material regulations since 2003.

Joy Snyder, executive director of Raven Recycling, has been calling on the territorial government to expand its beverage container regulations for years.

She said she was excited to see new materials added to the existing programs.

“That’s movement in the right direction,” she said.

“It’ll ensure there’s a system in place to fund the recycling of those materials.”

Snyder believes the beverage container regulation should be expanded to all containers, and include products such as tin cans and yogurt.

“That’s called extended producer responsibility,” she said.

“It’s a proven way of dealing MIDNIGHT ARTS AWARD: Projects that demonstrate exceptional research and writing, sponsored by Rob Ingram and Helene Dobrowolski of Midnight Arts Recipient: Title: “How Did Gwich’in Cook and Preserve Food Long Ago” by Candace Tetlichi of Chief Zzeh Gittlit School (Old Crow) GRAPHIC DESIGN: Projects that demonstrate exceptional graphic design in their presentation, sponsored by Patricia Halladay Design Recipient: Title: “Victor Henry” by Jesse Amos of Robert Service Community School (Dawson City) FIRST NATIONS HISTORY AND CULTURE: projects related to First Nations history, heritage, and culture Recipient: Title: “Who Are the Shanaghan?” by Jocelyn Benjamin of Chief Zzeh Gittlit School (Old Crow)

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Jennifer Dagg, a manager with Environment Yukon, announced yesterday the territorial government will be updating its recycling regulations.

HISTORY HUNTER AWARD: For exceptional research and investigation in developing a project, sponsored by Michael Gates Title: “Victor Henry” by Jesse Amos of Robert Service Community School (Dawson City) Title: “Klondike Mine Railway” by Seth MacDonald of Robert Service Community School (Dawson City) Yukon Heritage Award: projects specific to Yukon history and heritage Recipient: Title: “T.C. Richards” by Freya RaeRowe of St. Elias Community School (Haines Junction)

with recyclable material.”

Dwayne Muckosky, Yukon’s director of community operations and programs, said the changes might be one step towards extended producer responsibility, or EPR, in the territory.

In southern Canada and in many countries around the world, EPR laws require manufacturers to fund and manage recycling and disposal programs for their products.

But there is no EPR policy in the Yukon.

“It’s been nationally recognized that there are challenges to implementing EPR in the North,” he said, “for a number of reasons, including the distance from markets and the small population that is spread out over a large geographic area.

We’re trying to take the approach of one step at a time.”

The government announcement came a day before the start of the Association of Yukon Communities’ annual general meeting in Watson Lake.

In March, the City of Whitehorse drafted four resolutions it wanted to present to the Yukon government at the meeting.

One of them encouraged the government to develop and implement an electronics recycling program.

For a full list of products that fall under the stewardship programs visit www.YGrecycles.ca.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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HERITAGE FAIR The 18th Annual Yukon/Stikine-Regional Heritage Fair was held May 5, 2016 at the Yukon Transportation Museum and the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse. The Regional Fair featured 52 student exhibits from 9 participating schools across the Territory.

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! Our Head Judge, Cathy Hines, and her Judging Team, Parents and Teachers – thank you for encouraging students to think about Heritage.

ORAL HISTORY AWARD: For projects that demonstrate exceptional use of Oral History, sponsored by enVision Recipient: Title: “A Whole New Life – Lola Joy Delacruz” by Psalm Clunies-Ross of St. Elias Community School (Haines Junction) People’s Choice: for the project chosen as a favourite by other participants and members of the public who attend the fair, sponsored by Parks Canada

Thank You!

GRADE LEVEL: 4/5 – Title: “Victor Henry” by Jesse Amos of Robert Service Community School (Dawson City)

THE YUKON/STIKINE REGIONAL HERITAGE FAIR STEERING COMMITTEE SINCERELY THANKS THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS OF THE HERITAGE FAIR:

GRADE LEVEL: 6/7 – Title: “A Very Independent Woman – Mable Hedemark-Brewster”

by Annika Eckervoght-Brewster of St. Elias Community School (Haines Junction) GRADE LEVEL: 8/9 – Title: “Tlingit Carvers”

by Matthew Wesley of Atlin Community School (Atlin, B.C) ARCHIVES AWARD: For Projects that demonstrate use and citation of archival resources, both in person/or online.

Recipient: Title: “How Takhini Elementary School All Started” by Alexa Grant of Takhini Elementary School (Whitehorse)

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EDITORIAL Voters deserve an explanation why Laxton left the Yukon Party

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he Yukon Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s explanation as to why David Laxton no longer sits with the party caucus makes no sense.

He left, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told, for â&#x20AC;&#x153;personal reasons.â&#x20AC;?

This may bring to mind all manner of terrible life events: the loss of a loved one, perhaps, or a cancer diagnosis, or the onset of a degenerative illness. Any of these awful scenarios would help explain Laxtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to resign from his role as Speaker of the Yukon legislature â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and may offer a reasonable case for some privacy, although even then it would be bizarre to not at least offer a cursory explanation of some kind. But none of these scenarios explains his decision to leave his party.

It would be one thing if Laxton were simply retiring from politics and giving up his seat. But he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he plans to sit through the remainder of his term as an Independent.

That being the case, Laxtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constituents in Porter Creek Centre and the broader public deserve an explanation why he has left his party.

Since neither Laxton nor the premier will say, many of us are left to assume that Laxton has done something so bad that the Yukon Party canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support him. And so bad they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to say what.

Some will say that this ignores the possibility of the party having done something bad to Laxton. But, in such circumstances, the aggrieved politician is usually all too happy to go public about his shabby treatment. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to imagine someone in that situation agreeing to offer a glowing appraisal of the government in a news release prepared by the premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, as Laxton has done. Instead, this resembles the sort

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of arrangement in which a sitting politician is pushed, rather than jumps, but his party agrees to keep quiet about the reasons why, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the mutual interest of both sides to keep the public in the dark.

Among the many indignities risked by a sitting politician is the risk of being ousted by a hostile riding association that prefers another candidate. But Laxton received his ridingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nomination by acclamation in early April, and he announced his plans to seek re-election less than a week before news broke that he was leaving the Yukon Party.

Clearly, something big changed during that intervening period.

The only reasonable explanation left standing, in our view, is that Laxton must have done something that, if made public, would bring his party to disrepute. As to just what that would be â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well, recent experience suggests it would need to be something worse than failing to give a breathalyzer test.

After all, Darius Elias remained with the Yukon Party after he refused to blow for a police officer, and the premier stood by his side as he pledged to receive help for his

drinking problem. Just how Elias did seek help was similarly declared â&#x20AC;&#x153;personal,â&#x20AC;? and judging by how he seemed to smell of alcohol during a recent visit to Old Crow, appears to be unresolved. Elias, like Laxton, refuses to speak about the subject. But unlike Laxton, he remains with his party today.

Laxton, like everyone, has his demons.

He has a diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder from his time served as a Canadian peacekeeper in Bosnia. And drinking and anger-management issues have gotten him into trouble in the past. A year before he sought office, in 2010, he got into a drunken argument at the Legion and threatened to throw an elderly man off a balcony. He ended up being charged with a count of uttering threats, although the charge was dropped in exchange for a peace bond.

Whatever the personal problem is that Laxton is struggling with, we hope he receives the help he needs. But his constituents in Porter Creek Centre elected a Yukon Party MLA, and they deserve to know why he is no longer one today.

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ditch at Carcross Corner, a fire starts. The pre- and all along the highway? In this perfect vailing winds (generally from the west) are at storm of 30-30-30, probably a matter of 30 km/hour, the temperature is 30C, the relahours, maybe minutes even.... not days. Time Open letter to Whitehorse mayor and council: tive humidity is 30 and the forest is very dry.

Regarding the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans for the amalgaHow long will it take to get to the outskirts to evacuate, maybe! mation of its ivory towers... it was $35 million. of town, through the Golden Horn subdiviRoger Rondeau Then $55 million. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $75 million plus sions, Kopper King, Porter Creek, Crestview Whitehorse $15 million. Will anyone give me a $100 million?

Instead of indulging taxpayer dollars on housing your worker ants, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you The Yukon News welcomes letters from its readers. spend the $15 million given by the feds, Letters should be no longer than 500 words and must be signed with your full name throw in another $15 million (maybe more and place of residence. A daytime phone number is also required for verification purposrequired) and make an enhanced commites only. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, length, accuracy and legality. You ment to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fire smartâ&#x20AC;? our city. Not to disrecan send submissions to editor@yukon-news.com. They can be faxed to 867-668-3755 or spect what has been done, but it will not even mailed to 211 Wood St., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4. come close to stopping a Fort Mac type fire.

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Some fanciful ideas on Yukon’s foreign policy

by Keith Halliday

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recently wrote about the Yukon’s fiscal policy. Afterwards, someone asked me what the Yukon’s foreign policy should be.

It’s an interesting idea. Greenland is essentially a territory of Denmark, as we are of Canada.

Greenland’s premier aspires to independence and control of Greenland’s foreign, trade and defence policy.

As a thought experiment to distract us from none of the Canadian teams making the NHL playoffs, let’s think about what the foreign minister of an independent Yukon would do.

On the foreign policy side, we could adopt policies quite similar to Canada’s almost across the board. Take Syria as an example.

We could also make speeches expressing our concern about that country’s civil war, send zero jet fighters to the international coalition, and take a number of refugees so small the Germans consider it a rounding error.

Closer to home, one big issue would be the negotiation over the Yukon’s claim to parts of the Arctic Ocean. We would inherit Canada’s dispute with the U.S. over the Beaufort Sea maritime boundary, and unless Yellowknife caved in we would also have a dispute over the Yukon-N.W.T. maritime boundary. Farther out, Yukon negotiators would join the poker game with the Russians,

Americans and other Arctic states over claims to the extended continental shelf.

The risk of a Yukon-Russia military confrontation would be low. Careful Yukonomist study of a high school atlas reveals that the Yukon’s continental shelf does not extend out to the North Pole.

Nonetheless, within a few hundred kilometres of the Yukon coast our claim would be strong over a whopping big chunk of the Arctic Ocean. There could be literally billions of dollars of oil and gas resources at stake in this negotiation, although we don’t know if developing them would ever be economic. Our new foreign minister could go up there to do publicity stunts like his Russian counterpart, but it would be a bit embarrassing since the expedition would have to leave from a port in Alaska or the N.W.T. since we don’t have one.

We could also plagiarize the Canadian approach on climate change. Our foreign minister could attend United Nations conferences and make impassioned speeches with commitments far in the future, then fly home to the five-bedroom oil-heated house with the pickup in the driveway.

No problem.

Our new foreign minister’s job would be more active on the international economic policy front. We would be in favour of free trade. It makes no sense for us to pay extra for cars made in Ontario or cheese from B.C. when we could buy Subarus and New Zealand cheddar on the open market. We would also want access to as many countries as possible for our ore and oil and gas, assuming our economy recovered from the current reces-

sion enough to produce these in large quantities.

It would be embarrassing to have the same minister in charge of both being passionately worried about climate change and also aggressively opening markets for our oil and gas. Bigger governments split these jobs between two people. But I’m sure we could find someone who could handle it.

We would be more cautious about the investor-protection provisions of modern trade deals.

We would not want to get sued for billions by multinational corporations because either our politicians or regulators did something to their investments in the Yukon. We would be of two minds about giving up the remaining local preference laws.

On the one hand, if a French cafeteria company bids for a government contract more cheaply than a Yukon one, that would save the taxpayer money. On the other hand, local contractors and unions would want some protection against Outside competitors.

We would also look into the opportunity presented by offshore finance. Despite attempted clampdowns on offshore financial centres, the recent massive leak of client documents from that offshore law firm in Panama shows there is still good money to be made providing such services. If the in-laws of various dictators and Icelandic prime ministers can manage their money in Panama, why not the Yukon? We could also sell Yukon passports, although if we went as far as St. Kitts and Nevis did then we might get visa requirements slapped on us by Canada and the U.S. which would really impinge on weekend trips to Skagway.

On defence policy, we would face some tough choices. The cheapest option would be to again emulate Canada. The Canadian defence policy for the Yukon is essentially not to have one. The only threat is from the United States, and we couldn’t stop them anyway. This is presumably why the Canadian air force and army pulled out their bases a decade or two after the Second World War. We do still have the cadet camp and the Canadian Rangers, and the air force often visits during Rendezvous and lets kids check out the planes, which is nice.

We also have unstaffed North Warning System radar bases in the northern Yukon, which form part of the continent’s shared defence system. We could remain part of this, although it would get awkward if the US or Canada asked us to pick up the tab for maintaining our radar sites or upgrading them over the next decade or two. We could also continue the current Canadian position of not participating in missile defence (although the new Liberal government announced last month it is reconsidering this position), hoping that the base in Fort Greeley near Fairbanks shoots down anything headed our way.

That anti-North Korea movie The Interview was filmed in Vancouver not Whitehorse, so Pyongyang probably isn’t aiming at us, anyway.

Overall, these choices would be the cheapest option. When something does happen, the Americans have impressive bases in Alaska. On 9/11, for example, the jet fighters patrolling the Yukon when various Asian 747s landed here had stars on them,

not maple leaves. The Americans also have piles of satellites, surveillance aircraft and nuclear submarines lurking around the Arctic and north Pacific. They are also investing in giant Triton surveillance drones and have a modern fleet of Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to keep track of offshore activity.

One wonders how effective Canada’s aging fleet of 1980s-era Orions is at patrolling the Yukon’s offshore. This will become more important as the Arctic ice pack shrinks because of climate change. Ditto for search and rescue. With more activity in the Arctic, scrambling rescue missions from places like Trenton, Ontario will become increasingly unacceptable. This distance is similar to the Norwegians running Barents Sea rescues from bases in Italy.

If we wanted to do something more than Canada is currently doing on maritime surveillance or search and rescue, it would cost serious money. The mind boggles at how much of our billion-dollar transfer payment we would have to take away from departments in Whitehorse to spend on aircraft, drones and a fully staffed base in the northern Yukon instead.

Of course, we wouldn’t have a billion-dollar transfer payment if we were independent. But that’s another question you can think about as you watch the St. Louis vs. Nashville/San Jose series on Hockey Night in Canada.

ers that turned out for the event.

A special thank you goes out to Atlin, B.C., Carmacks and Haines Junction for hosting events in their communities. Elijah Smith Elementary and Christ the King Elementary schools also hosted events last week.

building a larger facility with the latest in technology that results in more beds for those in need.

• Not every new facility coming on stream fits in downtown Whitehorse.

• Being “too far” for some people means “just right” for others. While there are always those who shout “not in my backyard,” there is no perfect location.

• The seniors living in this facility will be those unable to live in their own homes, despite home care and the range of services now offered. They will need and receive 24-hour medical care.

• It does not make sense to have all your most vulnerable people living in facilities that are beside each other on the other side of the river, for emergency and evacuation reasons.

• The facility is needed sooner rather than later.

If the time comes that I become a resident of this facility, I know I will receive care from a dedicated and professional team of people, on a staff-to-resident level with a miniscule cost unlike anywhere else in Canada. I know this because I have been a frequent visitor to our current

facilities, and have seen the level of care required, and the level of care provided. We are so fortunate to have a new facility underway.

with plenty of thundering traffic only a few meters away, giving off their toxic fumes. The exemption is the daycare provided by the Lutheran Church on Strickland Street that has a large fenced-in playground attached.

The Canadian military (the principal employer here from 1947 until the mid-1960s) in their wisdom sensibly put their administration offices, library, entertainment and grocery store in Takhini or Hillcrest. Perhaps it is time for our suburbs to develop a business district of their own with bank branches, libraries, convenient government offices, etc.

Just about everyone now can own a car or two, and love to drive even a few blocks. With the large population of aging baby boomers coming up and the attractiveness of living in a wilderness city, especially downtown, we can imagine the increase in accidents. A study is needed to address this problem.

Perhaps with a cut in speed, traffic bumps and more stop lights?

Front Street seems to be underused and should be redesigned.

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. He won this year’s Ma Murray award for best columnist.

You can follow him on Channel 9’s “Yukonomist” show.

LETTERS Run for Mom another success this year Run for Mom held its 18th annual event this past Sunday, May 9. The organization had another successful year with more than $23,000 donated at the event. When this is added to the sponsorship dollars, more than $46,000 has been raised this past year.

Run for Mom has raised more than $1.1 million to support breast health for Yukoners. All money raised stays in the Yukon.

In the past funds raised have helped purchase a digital mammography unit at the Whitehorse General Hospital, supported breast health publications and the Paddlers Abreast canoe team.

It is estimated 1,200 individuals turned out for the 4.2 km walk/run around the Millennium Trail. Many multi-generational families turned out, with grandparents, parents and grandchildren completing the event together. Entertainment was provided by the Fiddleheads.

Run for Mom would like to thank the generous sponsors and volunteers and all Yukon-

Val Pike Run for Mom organizing committee

In support of the Whistle Bend continuing care centre As one who is merging into the senior years of life, I support the new extended care facility being built in Whistle Bend. The new facility will accommodate the changing demographics that show more Yukon seniors are living well into their 90s and need special care. Also recognized are these facts: • Whistle Bend is the chosen spot based on technical details and much thoughtful discussion on the options by Yukon government employees with the education and credentials to make recommendations to the elected officials.

• There are cost efficiencies in

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Whitehorse traffic is getting out of hand Downtown traffic has reached a point that is getting scary. Drivers and pedestrians are under enormous pressure in trying to navigate the busy traffic, namely on Second Avenue to Fourth Avenue. Visitors to Whitehorse have commented on the dizzying traffic we have.

Being placed in a small valley, space in limited; therefore traffic will have to be considered in any plans to have more buildings allowed downtown.

Another problem is that many streets are full of parked cars during the week, with the result of the mad race out of town between 4 to 5 p.m.

What really makes my hair stand on end are the several daycares for our precious children placed on busy Fourth Avenue locations, with no play yard and

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Petition calls for Whistle Bend continuing care centre to be put on pause Lauren Kaljur News Reporter

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petition urging the Yukon government to stop work on the Whistle Bend continuing care

facility until public concerns are addressed was presented to the legislature on Tuesday.

The NDP’s health critic, Jan Stick, who presented the petition, said there are over 300 signatures.

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referring to total number of beds expected when both phases of the facility are built.

Signatories of the petition say their concerns are based in part by information provided by a webbased seminar recently hosted by Yukon College and the Yukon Community Network of Older Adults last month. The webinar was based on a study by an international team of 26 researchers on best practices in long-term care.

It concluded that the ideal size of a continuing care facility should be around 100 people and location should allow for community engagement including access to family members.

One of the signatories of the petition, retired lawyer Heather MacFadgen, said she went to the event having cared for her mother so she could die at home.

“I just think that good public service should be researched and evidence-based,” she said.

This led her and other attendees to write the petition. She said they attended the Yukon Trade Show and left with 267 signatures.

“People wanted to talk about this.

“This isn’t just a bunch of people complaining because they don’t like something,” MacFadgen said.

Stick said she was happy to present the petition to the legislature, stating they raise valid points.

“Did the government skip consultation because they are trying to play catch up following 14 years of inaction on this file?” she asked.

Stick said she recognized the urgent need for the facility and cost implications of cancelling it, noting that 60 people on wait-lists for continuing care beds is too many.

“No, we would not cancel it. It needs to be built.”

Stick said the NDP would be open to make changes to the project based on consultation.

“Sure it’s cheaper to have 300 people in one place, but is that the best care and best quality of life?” she asked.

The Liberal Party also maintains it would not cancel the project.

“We’ve been raising questions about this project for 18 months,

but once the government signed a legally-binding contract with PCL we are not about to tear it up,” said Jason Cunning, the Liberals’ chief of staff. “We agree that Whistle Bend was overbuilt and we would consider scaling back the size of the facility as well as funding other options such as home care and facilities for smaller communities.”

Tamara Goeppel, the Liberals’ candidate for Whitehorse Centre, has been an outspoken critic of the Whistle Bend facility. She filed information requests last summer that revealed government studies warned against the Whistle Bend site.

Goeppel has signed the petition, along with potential NDP candidates Shirley Chua-Tan for Riverdale North and Francis van Kessel for Porter Creek North.

Meanwhile, the Yukon Party defends both the location and the size, and now describes the project as offering 150 beds, with the “potential” of 150 more in a later phase.

Yukon coroner investigating remains found at Lake Laberge

Monday, a resident called police after finding the body of an unidentified man on the east shore of Lake Laberge.

Whitehorse RCMP have since passed the case to the Yukon coroner to try and identify the man.

Police say there is no public safety concern.

Chief coroner Kirsten Macdonald says she’ll need to use dental remains to scientifically confirm the identity of the body.

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Red Cross providing cash: Fire evacuee weeps upon hearing money on its way of distribution, so I am asking Rachel Notley. all evacuees if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) a combination of both Canadian Press emergency funding immediatethe ability to raise money very fast in Canada and also use elec- ly, please let those in desperate EDMONTON need be first in line.â&#x20AC;? tronic means to transfer money arol Christian and her son The government anticipates directly into the hands of those fled the forest fire in Fort the emergency funding will cost affected.â&#x20AC;?

McMurray with little more up to $100 million. The provSauve said a total of $67 milthan a suitcase, photo albums lion has been donated to the Red ince is also matching donations and their cat. made by Albertans to the Red Cross so far and much of that As it turns out, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all they Cross. will be matched by the provinhave left. The fire destroyed their The move to provide cash cial and federal governments. home. directly to those affected by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know already that the Christian wept Wednesday evacuation was applauded by a damage resulting from the when she heard the Red Cross is group that had urged people to wildfire will be in the billions divvying up an immediate payand it will take years to recover,â&#x20AC;? donate to local charities overment of $50 million to evacuees shadowed by the Red Cross. he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we also know that on top of emergency funds from Kate Bahen, managing the needs of those affected are the Alberta government. director of Charity Intelligence immediate.â&#x20AC;?

Each adult is to receive $600 Canada, said the decision is Notley reminded people that and each child $300. The money unprecedented and welcome, the Alberta government is also is to be electronically transferred and means the Red Cross wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t providing immediate monetary within the next two days. assistance. Debit cards are being be sitting on the money several â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole country has years later. handed out at evacuee centres opened up their hearts to us,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;These direct cash transfers and other locations across the Christian said from Ontario are proven to be the most efprovince. where she is staying with her ficient and effective way to help Every adult evacuee is to mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just amazing. Capeople who need aid,â&#x20AC;? she said. receive $1,250 and each depennadians have done themselves â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a disaster, speed matters.â&#x20AC;? dent $500. proud in lending that hand to us Christian said she plans to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our aim is to get help to in our time of need.â&#x20AC;? return to the community and the evacuees who need it the Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the second time Christian most as quickly as possible,â&#x20AC;? she help it rebuild. has lost everything to a house â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though your homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be long linefire. Her home was destroyed 28 not there, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still your home.â&#x20AC;? ups, especially in the early days years ago and the prospect of starting all over again is daunting.

Youth Assembly at United Nations, The immediate cash transAugust 10-12, 2016, New York! fer will help pay for toiletries, basic necessities and, perhaps, Presentation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 18, 2016, even a massage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a chance to Whitehorse, Yukon briefly forget the panic of drivDo you want to be a part of the Delegation heading ing through flames and seeing to the UN headquarters in New York for the Summer pictures of their home reduced Youth Assembly 2016?

If Yes, please attend the following to rubble. presentation on Youth Assembly at United Nations: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been such a harrowing time,â&#x20AC;? Christian said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wednesday, May 18, 2016 @ Whitehorse just (going to) help survive day Public Library from 7 pm to 9 pm to day.â&#x20AC;?

Each year, hundreds of outstanding youth ages 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 28 from all over the Red Cross CEO Conrad Sauve world join with private sector leaders, and prominent public ďŹ gures at the UN said the charity decided to give Headquarters to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals. donations directly to evacuees since everybody has unique You can be one of them: www.youthassembly.nyc needs and individuals can Please contact Leonard Boniface, Yukon and surrounding area Youth Assembly decide how best to spend the at UN delegate Coordinator at LBM2015@Gmail.com money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the most important cash transfer we have done in our history and the fastest one,â&#x20AC;? he said Wednesday at a news conference with Alberta Premier

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‘Everything’s burned:’ Firefighter who lost home vows to rebuild in Fort McMurray Chris Purdy Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. or firefighter Mark Stephenson, the Alberta oilsands capital is his home and he plans to rebuild on the same spot where his house went up in flames.

“I’m not leaving Fort McMurray. I’m a Fort McMurray firefighter,” Stephenson said Tuesday while helping clean up one of the city’s fire halls.

“I love this place. I plan on staying.”

With his voice raspy from days of breathing in smoke, the 43-year-old recalled how one week ago he helplessly watched his own house burn. He then stuffed away his emotions and went back to work.

He’s one of several city firefighters who lost their homes, but carried on to save other houses when a roaring wildfire spread into the city.

The blaze forced more than 80,000 residents to flee. About 2,400 buildings were torched, but 25,000 were saved, including the hospital, municipal buildings and schools. That’s a good 90 per cent of the city.

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“It was just all of a sudden flash heat and trees exploding and popping,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.

It was alive and it was breathing and eating at a rapid pace.”

When he got to his neighbourhood of Abasand, Stephenson’s neighbours’ fences were on fire.

He grabbed a chain saw from his garage and started cutting down the fences and nearby trees.

When he discovered the fire hydrants had run dry, he and other firefighters used garden hoses but they were useless.

His captain made the call for Stephenson and his crew to retreat and regroup. When they later went back to try again to save the neighbourhood, Stephenson’s two-storey house at the end of the block was engulfed.

Stephenson said he was relieved that his wife, two children, nanny and dog had left. But all of their belongings were still inside.

His cherished 1969 Pontiac Firebird was in the garage.

Stephenson stood at the end of his driveway, shot a quick video and took some photos.

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“My boy’s all excited about that because daddy saved his piggy bank at least.”

Stephenson’s wife, Kayla, is staying in Edmonton at her mother’s house with the kids while he remains on duty in Fort McMurray.

She was driving out of the city with thousands of others when her husband sent her the video of their burning home. She pulled over to the side of the road and watched in shock. Then she put on her happy mommy face and kept driving, she said.

Their two-year-old daughter is too young to understand what happened, she added, but she has since told their son, Jake, that “our stuff got wrecked by the scary fire.”

Stephenson said he’s only exchanged text messages and had quick phone calls with his wife, but will be going to Edmonton to see his family when he finally gets days off next week.

He expects the emotion that he’s bottled inside is likely to spill out then, along with tears.

“I’ve been fighting it back … but it’s coming.”

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Apology for sexual misconduct can help victim heal, but only if sincere: experts Ghomeshiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer, Marie Henein, also said the resolution Canadian Press was not an admission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this TORONTO apology, Mr. Ghomeshi has done everything that the Crown and hatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the power of an the courts have asked him to do,â&#x20AC;? apology?

Henein said.

For victims of sexual Dr. Suvercha Pasricha, a assault or sexual misconduct, expsychiatrist who works in the perts say receiving acknowledgment of wrongdoing can help the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inpatient unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental healing process and allow them Health in Toronto, said experito find emotional closure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but encing a trauma, such as physionly if the expression of regret is cal or sexual assault, can disrupt sincere and includes the perpea personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of self, destroy trator taking responsibility for their ability to trust others, harm their actions. relationships and cause ongoing On Wednesday, former CBC depression and anxiety. radio host Jian Ghomeshi issued â&#x20AC;&#x153;The impact of a trauma on an apology in court for â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexually human beings, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sexinappropriateâ&#x20AC;? conduct towards ual assault or any other form of co-worker Kathryn Borel, who had accused the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Qâ&#x20AC;? star of grab- trauma, it can erode people,â&#x20AC;? said Pasricha, who works with women bing her from behind and grindwho have suffered childhood and ing his pelvis into her at work. adult abuse or mistreatment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to apologize to Ms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be very powerful to Borel for my behaviour towards hear an apology from a perpeher in the workplace,â&#x20AC;? Ghometrator if they truly feel that the shi, 48, said in his statement to perpetrator is taking ownership the court about the alleged 2008 of their actions,â&#x20AC;? she said. incident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I now recognize that I â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first and foremost thing crossed boundaries inapproprifor a person who goes through atelyâ&#x20AC;Ś I did not appreciate the trauma is just to be validated and damage that I caused.â&#x20AC;? to be heard; that their experience The statement was part of actually happened to them, and a court settlement in which this was not something that was Ghomeshi signed a peace bond, leading to a sexual assault charge created in their own head.â&#x20AC;?

Outside court, Borel read a against him being dropped by the statement to the media, saying Crown.

Judge Timothy Lipson said the she agreed to accept Ghomeshiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peace bond and apology arrangefact Ghomeshi signed the peace ment in order to forgo a trial, bond â&#x20AC;&#x153;does not amount to an which would have â&#x20AC;&#x153;maintained admission of guilt on his part to any criminal offence.â&#x20AC;? his lie, the lie that he was not Sheryl Ubelacker

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Complainant Kathryn Borel, a former colleague of Jian Ghomeshi, speaks to the media after she agreed to a peace bond for Ghomeshi in Toronto on Wednesday. guilty, and it would have further subjected me to the very same pattern of abuse that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m currently trying to stop.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jian Ghomeshi has apologized, but only to me,â&#x20AC;? continued Borel, 36. She said there were other women who came forward to the media and made allegations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And yet Mr. Ghomeshi hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t met any of their allegations head onâ&#x20AC;Ś. All he has said about his other accusers is that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all lying and that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not guilty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And remember: thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he said about me.â&#x20AC;?

Ghomeshi was acquitted in March on sexual assault and choking charges, related to three other complainants, to which

he had pleaded not guilty. The judge found the three complainants were not credible enough to sustain a conviction.

Ghomeshi had been expected to stand trial next month on a single charge of sexual assault related to the 2008 incident at CBC headquarters.

Admitting in his statement that his workplace conduct was â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexually inappropriate,â&#x20AC;? Ghomeshi said of Borel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realize that there is no way for me to know the full impact on her personally and professionally.â&#x20AC;?

He concluded by apologizing to his mother, sister and the friends who stood by him â&#x20AC;&#x153;throughout this difficult time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I regret my behaviour at work

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with all of my heart and I hope that I can find forgiveness from those for whom my actions took such a toll.â&#x20AC;?

Dr. Patrick Keelan, a registered psychologist in Calgary whose private practice includes counselling people who have experienced various forms of trauma, agreed that hearing an expression of remorse can help victims find some emotional closure and move forward after having their lives upended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a properly executed apology, it can have a really good impact on the victim in terms of helping them to heal from the negative emotional impact that focuses on ruminating and resentment and anger,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the perpetrator gives a very heartfelt and sincere apology, it has the possibility of helping the victim to change their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hot thoughtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; about the perpetrator,â&#x20AC;? allowing the wronged person to move towards forgiveness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; while not condoning or excusing the act.

But Keelan said if a victim perceives an apology as insincere, or that it does not include their attacker taking ownership for their actions, it can backfire, fuelling even greater negative thoughts about the perpetrator and further harming the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotional equilibrium.

Ideally, he said, a meaningful apology should express regret, acknowledge responsibility for oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions, and provide a remedy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One thing that often gets overlooked is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sometimes the victim expressing to the perpetrator, whatever the offence is, that, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not OK what you did to me and I want you to know that,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Keelan said, noting that courts often allow victim impact statements to be submitted as part of trial proceedings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That can be as important in healing as getting an apology because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re setting boundaries for the person, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking a stand, which indicates that you need to be treated properly.â&#x20AC;?

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Five questions answered: the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples “That’s not going to go away by just saying ‘UNDRIP, UNDRIP, OTTAWA UNDRIP’ three times. It’s going to require some serious negotiaanada is now a full suptions and serious reallocations.” porter of the UN Decla3. What will implementation ration on the Rights of look like?

Indigenous Peoples “without The NDP’s intergovernmental qualification,” Indigenous Affairs indigenous affairs critic Romeo Minister Carolyn Bennett said Saganash, who spent two decades Tuesday in New York. working on international efforts Here are five questions that to craft the document, believes a flow from the government’s anlegislative path is required. nouncement: Saganash has put forward a 1. Is the announcement seen private member’s bill that has as significant? been backed by a number of Indigenous leaders believe groups, including Amnesty InCanada’s decision to support the ternational and the Assembly of declaration sends a clear signal First Nations. on strengthening the nation-toBrian McGuigan, manager of nation relationship. aboriginal policy at Canadian As“This is a turning point in our sociation of Petroleum Producers, relationship and the recognition of our rights but I must point out says the UN document will have to be applied within Canadian that we are only regaining what law, which already recognizes we had previous control of – our indigenous rights. right to the lands, territories and “We do need to develop a resources which we have tradidialogue in Canada about how tionally owned and occupied,” would you actually implement said Assembly of First Nations it. You can’t just pass a law to say Ontario Regional Chief Isadore UNDRIP is here if I implement Day. it in Canada, because it’s quite a Larry Innes, a lawyer who specializes in representing indig- vague document in places – and intentionally so.” enous communities on resource 4. How could this improve the issues, said Bennett’s UN address lives of indigenous people? opens up new constitutional turf Chief Day says the government that will have to be negotiated of Canada must follow through with indigenous groups and the with significant funding to adprovinces and territories. dress poverty and despair in too The Canadian Association of many indigenous communities.

Petroleum Producers and the But the prospect of greater Mining Association of Canada both say elements of UNDRIP en- self-government and nation-tonation status in resource and suring “free, prior and informed consent” from indigenous groups other negotiations holds the prospect of correcting a historic are already part of Canadian wrong. Bennett herself referred law and have become standard to leaving the era of colonialism industry practice in the past behind. decade.

Innes, the lawyer, said a frameIndigenous groups, legal representatives and resource extrac- work for free, prior and informed consent with First Nations might tion industries all agree that the be developed around specific reannouncement is a step on the source projects and then applied path to reconciliation. more broadly.

2. What’s the immediate “Let’s face it,” said Innes. impact?

“There are a whole range of Questions remain about the impact of the declaration because pressing issues in most indigenous communities, most of it is not considered legally binding. The Truth and Reconciliation which have nothing to do with Commission called for Canada to major (resource) developments.”

5. What’s the reaction to the both adopt and implement the announcement?

UN declaration.

The government’s endorseInnes, who represents Athament of UNDRIP is seen as a basca Chipewyan First Nation in beginning, not an end in itself.

Alberta’s oil sands country, said One observer suggested it begins governments have been selling a generation of negotiations resource permits and licences to to establish a new relationship contested land for generations, stacking the deck in favour of the between governments and indigenous communities. status quo and locking in wealth Natan Obed of the Inuit Taownership.

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Thank You YIHA BOARD MEMBERS President: Jeanie Dendys Vice President: Doug Hogan Treasurer: Melissa Carlick Secretary: Michelle Dawson-Beattie Directors: Jackie Callahan, George Skookum, Dennis Mitchell & Brenda Asp Volunteer Coord: Courtney Wheelton Fund-raising Coord: Jackie Callahan & Lea-Anne Geddes Jamboree/Youth Coord: Cindy Underhill Tournament Coord: Karee Vallevand Thanks to all the businesses, organizations & individuals work with us to ensure this tournament is successful.

Blessing Ceremony: Phil Gatesby & Jack Bogaard Communication: Lael Lund Head Timekeeper: Karen Kaprowsky Head Referee: Mike O’Connor Schedules: Dean Mastrangelo Music & Announcer: Ryan Mannen Security: Keith Smith, Suzie Burns, Heath O’Brien, Loretta Dawson Ticket Office: Tayler Vallevand-Vance, Charlene Burns Merchandise: Andria Mayes, Olivia Thompson, Khandi Jackson Award Watchers: John Grant, Louis Bouchard, Andy Neiman, Al Lane, Avery Brohman Tournament Photographer: Rick Massie Team Photos: Alistair Maitland Dave’s Trophy Express: Dave & Linda Miller Ultimate Promotions: Courtney Driver Computec Embroidery: Laini & Christie Station 141: Lance Burton & Ashley Duschesne St. John Ambulance: Tammy Green Takhini Concession: The Gravy Train Web Page: Janice Lafferty Terra Firma at Murdoch’s: Mike Rice PR Services: Jan Aalt van den Hoorn T’senaglobe Media: Gord Loverin Brendan Preston Video Production Services Chon FM: Marion Telep & Wayne Roch CGC & Takhini Arena Staff: Cynthia Corriveau & Dale Gray Cst. Kerry Drury: RCMP Bev Bauernfeind: Scotiabank Canadian Military Caterer: Cathy Haydon Tournament Historian: Mike Cashin Special Thank you to all our guests at the Opening & Closing Ceremonies!!!

MC: Chief Steve Smith, Champagne & Aishihik First Nation Welcome Song: The Dakhkà Khwaàn Dancers Opening Prayer: Andy Nieman, White River First Nation O’Canada: Dakwakada Dance Group, CAFN Elders Sam & Kelly Johnston - Mr. & Mrs. Yukon Kiera-Dawn Kolson, Dene from Yellowknife Reggie Leach, NHL Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Aaron Pritchett, Canadian Country Music Singer Teslin Minor Hockey Assoc.

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The Yukon Indian Hockey Association extends a huge thank you to Kilrich Building Centres, all of the division and overall sponsors, First Nations, volunteers, coaches, 43 teams and the fans for making the 39th Annual Kilrich Building Centres Yukon Native Hockey Tournament one of the most exciting, successful, most anticipated and best sporting events in the North. Thanks to all the Board Members for their commitment and passion in organizing this year’s tournament. Once again, we would like to thank the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council for allowing us to celebrate First Nation hockey on their traditional territory. The tournament brings all the First Nations throughout the Yukon and beyond to celebrate in sport. We hope you all had a great time and we look forward to seeing everyone again for the 40th Annual Tournament which is set for March 17-19. 2017.

A DIVISION CA Storm EGT Nanooks Inland Tlingit Warriors Nannock Warriors B DIVISION Deline Braves K&D Contracting Outlaws Kluane Rams LJ’s Sabres Lower Post Eagles North Warriors North Yukon Eagles Selkirk Bears Tahltan Bear Dogz

C DIVISION AK Knights Big Stone Falcons CA Thunder Storm Chu Niikwan Northstars Dease Lake Mooseheads Inuvik Mighty Ducks Iskut Wolverines Nighthawks Ross River Renegades Tahltan Selects

JAMBOREE DIVISION CAFN Jr. Storm Iskut Wolverines Jr. Inland Tlingit Warriors Kwanlin Dun Predators North Yukon Eagles Selkirk Young Gun Bears Tahltan Selects Tuk Warriors

A DIVISION 1st EGT Nanooks - Tuktoyuktuk 2nd CAFN Storm – Haines Jct 3rd Nannock Warriors

OT’S DIVISION 1st Kaska Warriors – Watson Lake 2nd Arrows - Whitehorse 3rd Northwind Inuvik OT JAMBOREE 1st Tahltan Selects 2nd North Yukon Eagles – Old Crow 3rd Tuk Warriors - Tuktoyuktuk

OLD TIMERS DIVISION Arrows CA Bruins Han Timberwolves Kaska Warriors Northwind Inuvik OTs

YOUTH DIVISION CAFN Lil Storm Carmacks Wild Ones Ft. Nelson Flyers Gwich’in Braves Jr Tahltan Selects Tuk Warriors Whitehorse Warriors

B DIVISION 1st Selkirk Bears – Pelly Crossing 2nd LJ’S Sabres – Fort McPherson 3rd Lower Post Eagles C DIVISION 1st AK Knights - Aklavik 2nd Big Stone Falcons – Ft. St. John 3rd Nighthawks - Carmacks

YOUTH 1st Jr. Tahltan Selects 2nd Whitehorse Warriors 3rd FT. Nelson Flyers

Individual Awards

A Division

Jamie Davignon Janet Van Bibber Jenn Milwaters John Lavalle Julie Hawkins Kadin Hare Karelis Guevara Keira Smith Khandi Jackson Kluane Adamek Leona Donnessey Linda Kane Linda Moen Loreen Hirsche Lori Stang

Margi Paszkowska Marie Beattie Melina Hougen Michael Lindville Michelle Charlie Millie Gage Norma Davignon Patrick Wilson Reena Coyne Shirley McLean Teagyn Vallevand Thelma Asp Wilfred Johnston

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MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

Tahltan Selects CinderWood Kitchens Titanium Storage Skookum Asphalt

Kane Dawe - CA Storm Thomas Ward Cardinal – EGT Nanooks Thomas Cardinal – EGT Nanooks JJ Gainsforth - CA Storm

B Division

MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

Southern Tutchone Tribal Council YFN Chamber of Commerce Dana Naye Ventures Klondike Business Solutions

Vern Cooper - Selkirk Bears Vern Cooper – Selkirk Bears JJ Lutz – LP Eagles Jordan Nighttraveller - LJ’s Sabres

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MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

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Davina McCleod – AK Knights Shane Roy – Big Stone Falcons Reign Walker – Big Stone Falcons Evan O’Neill - Big Stone Falcon

Overall Adult Individual Awards

MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

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Rick Smith - Arrows Louis Gardnier – Kaska Warriors Adam Lightfoot Kaska Warriors Scott Cassleman- Arrows

Most Sportsmanlike Team Most Inspirational Player Most Improved Team Most Dedicated Hockey Mom Leadership Award

Nisutlin Trading Post Mary-Jane Jim, Tim Cant & Family Capital Helicopters Yukon Indian Dev. Corp Yukon First Nations Implementations Fund Trust

Deline Braves – B Division Nathan Bruyere - EGT Nanooks Nighthawks – C Division Elder Grace Williams – Tahltan Nation

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Jamboree Division

MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

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Kaine Comin - North Yukon Eagles Alex Skinner - North Yukon Eagles Ben McClelland North Yukon Eagles Kenny Semmler - Tuk Warriors

Youth Division

MVP Top Scorer Best Defense Best Goalie

Laga Sports Takhina Therapeutic Massage Whitehorse Beverages Fountain Tire

Torin Cominskey - Tahltan Selects Sam Skinner – Tuk Warriors Jainden Loverin - Tahltan Selects Nevada Joe - CAFN Lil Storm

Most Sportsmanlike Player Team Spirit Award

Shaw Direct Shaw Direct

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Overall Winners - Youth Jamboree

50/50 TICKET WINNERS Friday: Draw #1: John Fraser $321.50 Draw #2: Eliza Moses $1273.00 Saturday: Draw #3: Norman Jack $805.50 Draw #4: Harry Smith $1298 Sunday: Draw #5: Betty Joe $806 Draw #6: Khandi Jackson $2160

To all of the amazing volunteers who give their time and energy throughout the weekend, we thank you from the bottom our hearts. This tournament wouldn’t be successful without each and every one of you!

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Weekend Raffle Winners We apologize for anyone we may have missed!

If you have any suggestions or ideas, please send us an email to yihahockey@gmail.com. Check out the photo gallery from the tournament this year at

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SPORTS LIFE LOONIE STICK WINNERS Saturday: RIGHT $283: Keith Smith LEFT $187: Rudy Day Sunday: RIGHT $348: Norman Jack LEFT $339: Cecilia Greenland AIR NORTH HOCKEY BOARDS A DIV 1st Period: $100 - Rose Kushniruk 2nd Period: $200 - Rose Kushniruk Final: Gill Tulk - Air North Certificate B DIV: 1st Period: $100 - Calista MacLeod 2nd Period: $200 - Donna Smith Final: Rose Kushniruk - Air North Certificate C DIV: Brandon McLeod - $250 OT DIV: Kristen Etzerza - $250

GIFT BASKETS WINNERS Friday: Eddie Skookum & Nevaeh Carlick Saturday: Dan Swanson & Elizabeth Gladue Sunday: Jennika Jones Gunalcheésh to all those who donated the beautiful gift baskets!!

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES odrigo Duterte, the bombastic mayor of a major southern city, was heralded Tuesday as presidentelect of the Philippines after an incendiary campaign that projected him alternatively as an emancipator and a looming dictator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our people have spoken and their verdict is accepted and respected,â&#x20AC;? outgoing President Benigno Aquino IIIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman, Sonny Coloma, said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The path of good governance â&#x20AC;Ś is already established as all presidential candidates spoke out against corruption.â&#x20AC;?

Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, who was running second behind Duterte in the unofficial vote count following Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election, conceded defeat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digong, I wish you success,â&#x20AC;? Roxas said at a news conference, using Duterteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your victory is the victory of our people and our country.â&#x20AC;?

Duterteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harshest critic also conceded that the mayor, known for his off-colour sexual remarks and pledges to kill criminal suspects, had emerged the unquestioned winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will not be the party pooper at this time of a festive mood,â&#x20AC;? Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who has filed a plunder complaint against Duterte, told The Associated Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will step back, listen to his policy pronouncements. This time we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect a stand-up comedy act but a president who will address the nation.â&#x20AC;?

Duterte, 71, has not spoken publicly since casting his vote Monday, and remained at his home in Davao, on the southern main island of Mindanao.

Results from a semi-official count gave Duterte an unassailable lead, thrusting him into national politics for the first time after 22 years as mayor of Davao and a government prosecutor before that. In those two jobs, Duterte gained recognition by going after criminals, although he was accused of carrying out hundreds of extrajudicial killings.

That earned him the nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duterte Harry,â&#x20AC;? a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie character with little regard for rules. He has also been compared to Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican presumptive presidential nominee, for his propensity for inflammable statements.

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A resident checks the damage of a tarpaulin billboard of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte along a boulevard at his hometown in Davao City in southern Philippines on Wednesday. in the Philippines, the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was trailing by a narrow margin behind Rep. Leni Robredo, who is backed by Aquino.

During the three-month campaign, Duterte made audacious promises to eradicate crime and corruption within six months. His explosive outbursts and curses against the inequality and social ills that bedevil the Filipino everyman resonated among different class levels of the people that his big political rivals clearly underestimated until he began to take a strong lead in opinion polls in the final weeks of the campaign.

He captured domestic and international attention with speeches peppered with obscene jokes about sex and rape and anecdotes about his Viagra-fueled sexual escapades, and with undiplomatic remarks about Australia, the United States and China, all key players in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politics.

He has not articulated an overall foreign policy, but has described himself as a socialist wary of the U.S.-Philippine security alliance. He has worried members of the armed forces by saying that communist rebels could play a role in his government.

When the Australian and American ambassadors criticized a joke he made about wanting to be the first to have raped an Australian missionary who was gang-raped and killed by inmates in a 1989 jail riot, he told them to shut up.

He said he would talk with China about territorial disputes in the South China Sea but if nothing happened, he would sail to an artificial island newly created by China and plant the Philippine flag there. China, he said, could shoot him and turn him into a national hero.

He has also threatened to form one-man rule if legislators in Congress oppose him.

But his campaign manager, Peter Lavina, told The Associated Press that the brash image, the obscene jokes and the outlandish promises were a strategy to attract voters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the game. You know in Philippine elections you have to act like a comic, you have to find ways for you be in the headlines,â&#x20AC;? Lavina said.

Duterte displayed his softer side early Wednesday when he visited his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tomb in a Davao cemetery to pay homage to them. He stood in front of the tomb with his right hand on it and wept. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Help me Mom,â&#x20AC;? he said in the local Bisaya dialect as he sobbed quietly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just a nobody.â&#x20AC;?

President Aquino went public against Duterte late in the campaign, saying the mayor may endanger the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard-fought democracy and squander economic gains of the last six years, when the Philippine economy grew at an average of 6.2 per cent, one of the best rates in Asia.

Aquino, whose parents were democracy champions who helped topple the senior Marcos, also campaigned against Marcos Jr., who has never clearly apologized for economic plunder and widespread human rights abuses under his father. Filipinos have been hypersensitive to potential threats to democracy since they ousted the elder Marcos.

On Monday, Duterte was asked to comment on his image as an advocate of massmurder of crime suspects. He replied without elaborating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure that there will be a resurrection one of these days.â&#x20AC;?

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Measuring the melt of Yukon’s mighty glaciers

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Gwenn Flowers’ research team traverses Kluane National Park last year. Flowers has been working among the glaciers in the St. Elias moutains for 20 years. flow throughout the Yukon is due to snowfall, so the fate of the territory’s News Reporter shrinking glaciers could have a big impact on Yukoners in the future. wenn Flowers bears the Typically Flowers’ team sets up stress of handling the safety its camps in the summer months, of her crew as they navigate but this year’s research ushers them between some of Canada’s largest into the deep spring snow of the peaks on skis. glaciers.

But she’s not a mountaineer.

Their task? Measure winter snow She’s a scientist. accumulation at its highest point Flowers has been working on a St. Elias glacier research program in between some of the most extensive networks of icefields in the Kluane National Park and Reserve world. for 10 years. The research hopes to Flowers’ team of four researchfill in a missing puzzle piece of our ers have dropped in by helicopter, understanding of how quickly the strapped on skis and slugged their region’s glaciers are melting as the heavy backpacks full of camp and world warms. field gear to conduct research for The average temperature in the Yukon has increased by two degrees the next couple of weeks.

The amount of funds her team in the last 50 years – double the receives from research grants does global average. That’s meant a glacial cover loss of nearly one-quarter, not allow them to hire a guide.

“That would be my dream. If contributing to more than one I had a big budget I would actumillimetre of global sea-level rise, ally hire a safety person,” Flowers according to the Northern Climate says with a laugh. “But we do that ExChange at Yukon College As well, 60 per cent of the river ourselves.”

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Glacier travel and crevasse rescue are her main concerns, she says.

“We are going to multiple new sites where we don’t know the geography as well. We don’t know where the crevasses are, so it will be new terrain for us.

“The good news is the snow in spring tends to be dry and strong, so the snow itself is much safer than middle of the summer snow that’s really warm and weak,” she says.

“But yeah, you actually have to be a good survival skier.”

Her team maneuvers alongside safety ropes, pulling heavy equipment.

“You don’t actually have to be a beautiful skier, but you need to be able to stay upright with lots of stuff tied to you in different awkward ways,” she says.

It was a ski trip that first got the Colorado native hooked on glaciology. She began her studies in physics and enrolled in a glaciology class as an easy credit.

In fact, it was much more challenging than she thought.

“It’s just an awesome application of physics and math to problems of environmental science.”

She’s been absorbed in Kluane glacier fieldwork since the 1990s.

Flowers and her team are looking at the health of glaciers, what they call “glacier mass balance.”

“Much like a bank account where you would compare inputs and outputs, we can observe glacier health by seeing how they are gaining mass and losing mass.

“As we all know the glaciers are generally losing mass. But what we would like to do is to better understand the physics of the losses and gains, so that we can then create computer models to predict these on much larger scales,” she explains.

Weather station data cannot predict the complex patterns of snow gain because precipitation is patchy and hard to estimate on a large-scale.

That’s why this new project measures the highest points of winter snow accumulation out on the field, where past research is more lacking.

Logistics and planning take up a large amount of the team’s time.

Their work requires aircraft landing and mountaineering permits, Parks Canada permits and permission and cooperation of the Kluane First Nations.

“When we finally get to taking the measurements it’s really exciting,” she says.

Flowers is working to increase involvement with the Kluane First Nation, especially students and young people in the community who might be interested in the science of their own backyard. They are also collaborating on place names, as many of the glaciers are unidentified.

Find out more at the Kluane Lake Research station website: http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/kluanelake-research-station Contact Lauren Kaljur at lauren.kaljur@yukon-news.com

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just Alberta: Warming-fueled ďŹ res are increasing ing index. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The warmer it is, the more fires we get,â&#x20AC;? said Mike FlanWASHINGTON nigan, a professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta. lbertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unusually early Last week, temperatures and large fire is just the pushed past 90 degrees Fahrlatest of many garganenheit (mid 30s Celsius) in tuan fires on an Earth thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alberta, which is unusual for grown hotter with more exMay in northern Canada. treme weather.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not quite so simple Earlier this year, large wildthough.

Many factors contribfires hit spots on opposite ends ute to the complex increase in of the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tasmania and big fires, Flannigan and several Oklahoma-Kansas. Last year, experts said. They include cliAlaska and California pushed mate change, the way people the U.S. to a record 10 million acres burned. Massive fires hit use land and firefighting methods that leave more fuel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; trees Siberia, Mongolia and China and brush â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to burn. last year and Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire seaBut the temperature one son has increased by a month stands out, Flannigan said. over the past three decades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Alberta wildfires are It got so bad that in 2009, an excellent example of what Australia added a bright red â&#x20AC;&#x153;catastrophicâ&#x20AC;? to its fire warnweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing more and more Seth Borenstein Associated Press

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of: warming means snow melts earlier, soils and vegetation dries out earlier, and the fire season starts earlier. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a train wreck,â&#x20AC;? University of Arizona climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck wrote in an email.

Worldwide, the length of Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire season increased nearly 19 per cent from 1979 to 2013, according to a study

by Mark Cochrane, a professor of fire ecology at South Dakota State University.

Fires had steadily been increasing, but then in the late 1990s and early 2000s, â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve suddenly been hit with lots of these large fires we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control,â&#x20AC;? Cochrane said.

In terms of acreage burned, the worldwide total may be dropping because of better firefighting, but in North America and Siberia â&#x20AC;&#x153;fires have grown quite a bit due to warming,â&#x20AC;? Columbia University climate and ecology scientist Park Williams wrote in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My estimate is that global warming has been responsible for about half of this increase.â&#x20AC;?

For the entire U.S., the 10year average number of acres burned in wildfires has more than doubled from about 3 million acres in the mid-1980s to 7 million acres now, according to an analysis of government data by The Associated Press.

Twelve years before the Fort McMurray fire set northern Alberta ablaze, a study by Flannigan and University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver found that â&#x20AC;&#x153;humaninduced climate change has had a detectable influenceâ&#x20AC;? on a dramatic increase in wildfires in Canada. Flannigan said the

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A giant fireball is seen as a wildfire rips through the forest along Highway 63, 16 kilometres south of Fort McMurray, Alta. on May 7. area burned in Canada has doubled since the 1970s â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to climate change.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Globally we are seeing more fires, bigger fires, more severe fires,â&#x20AC;? said Kevin Ryan, a retired U.S. Forest Service scientist who is now a fire consultant, with a recent stint in Indonesia, where fires were big last year.

Fires in some places, such as Indonesia and Canada, are bad when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an El Nino â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because it triggers drought in those regions, Ryan said. In Indonesia, changes in land use are a bigger factor than climate, Ryan said.

But elsewhere, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temperature and moisture, too much of one and not enough of the other, scientists said. As the air warms, it gets â&#x20AC;&#x153;more efficient at sucking the moisture out of

the fuelsâ&#x20AC;? which makes them more prone to burn, Flannigan said. Then add in lightning.

A study found that lightning increases 12 per cent with every degree Celsius and that can trigger more fires. Flannigan said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evidence of fire-triggered clouds in Alberta causing at least two more fires because of lightning.

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences earlier this year in a study determined that â&#x20AC;&#x153;climate warming has resulted in longer fire seasons.â&#x20AC;? But other factors, such as the way fires are fought and land use, make it difficult to scientifically attribute individual fires and regional fires to climate change, the report and other scientists said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is absolutely a harbinger of things to come,â&#x20AC;? said Canadian climate scientist Weaver, now a Green party legislator in the British Columbia parliament.

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MONTREAL n assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University is cautioning that the work of a Quebec teenager who has possibly discovered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lostâ&#x20AC;?

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William Gadoury, 15, shot to fame this week with reports he had stumbled on what he believes could be a Mayan settlement in an uninhabited part of Mexico.

The Grade 10 student from Saint-Jean-De-Matha, northeast of Montreal, has been studying the correlation between Mayan sites and constellations for a few years.

Using a map, Gadoury was reportedly able to match 117 known Mayan cities with 22 constellations. But he found that a bright star in a 23rd constellation was missing a city.

Thanks to satellite images from the Canadian Space Agency and help from Dr. Armand LaRocque, a research associate at the University of New Brunswickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensing laboratory, Gadoury identified what he, the space agency and LaRocque believe could possibly be a Mayan city near the border of Honduras. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw elements that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t natural, the potential bases of pyramids,â&#x20AC;? said Daniel De Lisle, a project officer with the space agency.

While some experts have expressed skepticism online about Gadouryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theory and his findings, Dr. Lisa Overholtzer, a McGill University assistant professor in anthropology, believes it is important he be encouraged for his â&#x20AC;&#x153;creative

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William Gadoury, 15, shot to fame this week with reports he had stumbled on what he believes could be a Mayan settlement in an uninhabited part of Mexico. thinking, his focus, for his drive.â&#x20AC;?

But she said the main issue is that his work has not yet been peer-reviewed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can fault sensationalist journalists who, I think in this case, jumped the gun, so to speak,â&#x20AC;? said Overholtzer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What (Gadoury) presented was an idea. It was a hypothesis.

It hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet gone through peer review.â&#x20AC;?

As for Gadouryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theory, she said there are undoubtedly many reasons for why the cities were where they were and she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe one single reason, like astronomy, can explain it.

According to the University of New Brunswickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaRocque, much more research is needed to confirm whether the area is, in fact, a lost Mayan city.

He said an expedition with archeologists could be planned down the line, if more concrete proof is found.

As for the image thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been making the rounds online and which shows the possible pyramid base, Overholtzer agrees that although it appears human-made, it

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looks more like a plot of land that was cleared and later overgrown than it does a pyramid.

And she said she does not know if that image is the same one Gadoury used to state his case.

She said one issue with Gadouryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear to have consulted archaeologists, who could have made recommendations.

Gadouryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reported findings have also come in for criticism online.

David Stuart, an anthropologist with the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas, wrote on Facebook â&#x20AC;&#x153;the whole thing is a messâ&#x20AC;? and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the ancient Maya didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plot their ancient cities according to constellations.â&#x20AC;?

Tech Insider reported that Stuart said the square feature which was discovered is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an old fallow cornfield, or milpa.â&#x20AC;?

Ivan Sprajc, an archeologist and Mayan expert based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, said the rectangle seen on the image is â&#x20AC;&#x153;but an old milpa or cultivation plot, abandoned years ago, but definitely not centuries ago.â&#x20AC;?

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Not just pets: Dogs, cats may show way to better treatments for human cancers Sheryl Ubelacker Canadian Press

GUELPH, ONT. ujo romps around the room, seemingly unaware he is missing a front leg, before snuggling in for a caress and reaching up to bestow a canine kiss on his owner Valeria Martinez.

Being a dog, the nine-year-old Rottweiler is also unaware he is part of a series of cutting-edge studies that researchers at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ont., hope might one day help humans with the same kind of cancer that led to his amputation.

“Good boy. Good boy, baby,” Martinez coos as Cujo rolls on his back, then rights himself to continue his three-legged perambulation around the visitors’ room at the OVC’s Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer.

It was here that the canine had his right front leg surgically removed in December after a painful lump in the limb was diagnosed as osteosarcoma, the same type of bone cancer that affected Terry Fox and ended his Marathon of Hope when the malignancy recurred in his lungs.

The 22-year-old died in June 1981.

Osteosarcoma in dogs is almost identical to the disease that occurs in teens and young adults, with a similar progression.

But canines are 10 times more likely to develop the cancer than humans.

“Just like in people, osteosarcoma in dogs is a highly metastatic disease, meaning it comes back,” says Dr. Paul Woods, a

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Valeria Martinez plays with her nine year old Rottweiler Cujo at the Animal Cancer Centre in Guelph, Ont., on April 28. veterinary medical oncologist at the OVC, which is part of the University of Guelph.

In dogs, osteosarcoma occurs most often in large breeds like mastiffs, greyhounds and wolfhounds, although smaller dogs can develop the disease. Standard treatment includes amputating the affected limb, then treating the pet with chemotherapy.

“We do chemotherapy similar to chemotherapy they use in people, and the idea is we’re trying to delay or prevent recurrence of this metastatic disease,” Woods explains.

He concedes, however, that the regimen typically only extends the animal’s life, with most eventually succumbing to the cancer.

But as part of a multicentre trial headed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Guelph researchers are testing a drug called rapamycin, which they hope might stop the bone cancer from

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recurring.

About 160 dogs will be included in the eight- to 12-month study being conducted by the NIH’s Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium at about 20 U.S. sites along with Guelph, with funding from the Morris Animal Foundation, an international non-profit organization that supports veterinary research.

All the animals will get standard care for their cancer, then half will be randomized to receive rapamycin. The drug is used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients but is being repurposed as a potential anticancer medication.

One of those getting the drug is Cujo.

When Martinez first brought her pet to the centre from her home in Barrie, Ont., she was “looking for a miracle” but worried how Cujo would fare with a missing limb.

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Three weeks after the operation, Cujo “started to live normally,” she says. While he can no longer manage the daily three-kilometre walks the pair took before he lost his leg, he can run and play in the backyard, “no problem.”

Following the operation, Cujo underwent four rounds of chemotherapy, which Martinez says didn’t seem to bother him beyond being tired the first day of treatment.

The pet is now being monitored to see if his cancer is being held at bay.

“What we’re wondering is will that delay or at best stop the metastatic disease from coming back,” says Woods. “Hopefully it will help dogs, but it may also translate to helping people as well.”

That’s also the goal of another OVC osteosarcoma research project, this one in the lab of viral immunologist Byram Bridle.

With a $450,000 grant from the Terry Fox Foundation, Bridle is laying the groundwork for a three-year study that will test two novel virus-based therapies in dogs with the bone cancer.

One uses a non-diseasecausing “oncolytic” virus that has been engineered to target and destroy osteosarcoma cells without harming surrounding healthy cells. The second is a virus-based vaccine that boosts and harnesses the power of the immune system in a bid to wipe out the cancer cells – delivering a onetwo punch against the tumour.

“So the concept here is the oncolytic virus will get in and

quickly replicate and destroy a lot of the cancer cells, debulking the tumour, and then this overwhelming immune response will come in as a second wave and hopefully kill the remaining cancer cells,” says Bridle, who as a child was inspired by Fox and chose the study of cancer as a career path.

“What kills these animals is when some of the (cancer) cells migrate to other parts of the body,” he says. But because the experimental viruses distribute throughout the body, “we don’t need to know where these tumour cells are – the viruses can seek them out and find them.”

Researchers are in the process of producing clinical batches of the therapies for the trial, which is expected to enrol at least 45 dogs and last about two years once regulatory approval is granted.

“If we can show that the experimental therapy is better … it will allow us to design an optimal therapy to test in human patients,” says Bridle, who is working with collaborators at McMaster University and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

A trial using a similar approach is already underway for cats with the feline version of breast cancer, and researchers hope the results may point to a new way to treat some forms of the disease in humans.

The study is funded by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, the first time the charitable organization has invested in research involving companion animals, says Bridle, who is work-

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ing on the project with Woods and Brian Lichty of McMaster.

So far, 12 cats have been treated with immunotherapy designed to target feline mammary carcinoma, which typically occurs in older animals that have not been spayed.

Among them is Tabby, a stray adopted 13 years ago by Millie Daley of Hamilton, who also has one of her kittens.

When her local vet discovered

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Tabby had mammary cancer, Daley turned to the OVC, which agreed to take her pet into the immunotherapy trial.

Over a period of weeks, the cat received one of the vaccines, the tumour was surgically removed and then the second vaccine was administered.

“She had no reaction to either of the vaccines, she just sailed through them,” says Daley, who has brought Tabby in for a fol-

lowup appointment. “She runs around the house, she has more energy now than she had before all this started.

“It’s a triple win all the way around. She’s getting excellent care and I win because I’m not going bankrupt … and down the road it may even help me or other humans to deal with breast cancer in another way that’s less invasive and may (have) a better result.”

The Yukon Planning Group on Homelessness & the Council of Yukon First Nations would like to thank everyone who made the 2016 Whitehorse Point in Time Homelessness Count possible.

Thank you to all the individual residents who took the time to tell us their stories and fill out a survey. And thank you to all the Businesses, Organizations and Volunteers who provided the energy, time and financial contributions to make the 24-Hour Count a success.

A special thank you to the Whitehorse Grey Mountain Lions Club who cooked over 500 hamburgers and hotdogs and the staff at the Old Firehall for ensuring the BBQ ran smoothly at the: “Whitehorse I Count, Community BBQ on Homelessness”

Volunteers: Abdul Bari Alyson Ryce Amy-Lynn McCann Aubyn Russell Beatrice Stewart Bill Thomas Bruce Knox Carol Hall Caroline Lachaine Carrie Boles Charlotte Hrenchuk Christina Sim Christopher Vainio Daniel Bader Danielle Cochrane

Davina Harker Debbie Silverfox Dianne Nolan Diane Petrin Ella LeGresley Esther Armstrong Flory Enzenauer Georgia Sauve Grant Allen Hillary Aitken Jan Trim Jeane Lassen Jessica Jobin Joseph Tisiga Kat Secord

Kate Mechan Kerry Nolan Kim Winnicky Kristina Craig Laura Lang Lillian Nakamura Maguire Linda Cameron Louise Venables Lusia Zealand Megan Grudeski Michelle Mbuto Nancy Campbell Patricia Bacon Patricia McGarr Renee Roy

Ron McFadyen Sasha Hougan Shelby Maunder Steve Tapp Sylvie Binette Tanya MacKenzie Theresa Blackjack Tory Russell Wenda Bradley Musicians: Chic Callas Chris Harrold Lindy-Jo Aston The Yukon Rambler

Businesses & Organizations that donated goods or services: Grey Mountain Lions Club Salvation Army: Christian Worship Tim Hortons Domino’s Pizza Skookum Jim Friendship Centre City of Whitehorse Yukon Meat & Sausage KFC North of 60 Petro

Independent Grocery Real Canadian Superstore Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services PR Services Ltd Whitehorse P.A.R.T.Y. Program Janet Moodie Daniel Bader

Organizations who welcomed volunteers to their programs: Kwanlin Dun First Nation, FASSY, Blood Ties Four Directions, Salvation Army, Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre, C.A.I.R.S. and the Individual Learning Centre, Justice Wellness Centre

The Yukon Planning Group on Homelessness is made up of representatives from the following organizations and governments: Council of Yukon First Nations, Kwanlin Dun First Nation, City of Whitehorse, Yukon RCMP, Blood Ties Four Directions, Yukon Government, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, Yukon Housing Corporation, Yukon Status of Women Council, Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, Service Canada, FASSY, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre, Salvation Army, Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society and BYTE. Thank you to all the organizations who participated in the March 2nd, 2016 PiT Homelessness Count Forum.

We are grateful to all members of the community who provided advice, guidance or recommendations to make the count possible and sincere apologies to those we may have missed.

This initiative was funded by the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

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BMO Financial Group, says the needs of customers are shifting and clients are seeking out digital tools to access and manage their money.

In response, earlier this year the Bank of Montreal launched its SmartFolio investment service, which offers a professionally managed portfolio online for a low fee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for clients who want support from human professionals,â&#x20AC;?

Rotenberg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a robot behind the scenes, but people who want to be able to access that digitally versus needing the hand-holding and face-to-face support.â&#x20AC;?

The BMO offering comes as companies like Wealthsimple, Nest Wealth and ModernAdvisor look to take a bite out of the big players by making easy-to-open accounts online and cheaper by using exchange-traded funds.

Rotenberg says it has been more than just digital-savvy millennials opening accounts with the new BMO service, adding that it has attracted the attention of a wide range of clients in both age and amount of savings they have to invest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stereotype people in terms of who is interested. It really is about people who are looking for something that they can use on their smartphone, but

they are going to get the money management support that they need,â&#x20AC;? she said.

And it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just investing where the big banks are fighting off new competitors. Retail banking, long the bedrock of the big banks, is seeing new challengers offering basic banking services to Canadians who have long complained about the fees they pay.

Online banks like EQ Bank, which is backed by Equitable Bank, and Zag Bank, which is supported by Desjardins Group, have launched with promises of lower fees and high interest rates on deposits as well as apps to help people manage their money.

Among the big banks, Scotiabank and its Tangerine brand is the largest player in the online banking business. The former ING Bank of Canada operations, which Scotiabank acquired in 2012, was one of the first online banks in the country.

But the other big banks have also been upping their game in a bid to remain competitive by cutting fees and making it easier to open accounts and manage money online.

The Royal Bank has started offering unlimited free Interac e-transfer payments for personal chequing accounts, while CIBC is offering an account with a flex-

ible fee that varies depending on how many transactions customers make. TD Bank has launched a real-time money management app to track spending habits from eligible TD accounts and credit cards.

Linda Mantia, executive vicepresident, digital, payments and cards at RBC, said mobile applications have been a key focus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very few things that allow you to be more relevant to the client, more convenient to the client, more secure than other channels and obviously incredibly cost-effective,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Royal Bank has recently launched a new version of its RBC Mobile and RBC Wallet apps and revamped the look of its online banking website. A redesign of its online brokerage site is on the way.

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Porter Creek Secondary School students watch as teachers Roger Gilles, left, and Dave Brown fill a weather balloon with helium before its launch.

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tudents and staff at Porter Creek Secondary School are taking science to new heights these days – about 80,000 feet, to be exact.

On April 28, they launched a high-altitude weather balloon outfitted with a small payload weighing 1,200 grams.

Inside the tightly sealed Styrofoam box was a GoPro camera, an Arduino computer and a stuffed ram, the school’s mascot.

The small computer, about the size of a chocolate bar, was hooked up to electronic sensors on the outside of the box, which measured everything from atmospheric pressure to oxygen levels.

Arduino is an open-source

platform and community that designs easy-to-use hardware and software for people who want to make interactive projects.

For example, you could use an Arduino board to activate a system that would water your plants at home when it receives a message from Twitter.

In this case, the computer was assembled and programmed by students at the University of Regina and sent to the Porter Creek school for free.

The project was part of the Canada-wide High Altitude Balloon Experiment sponsored by the university.

A tiny memory card inside the computer captured the data as the balloon rose higher and higher into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Roger Gillies and Dave Brown, both teachers at the school, learned the ropes to find out how to send the balloon into space.

The data collected on the card will be sent back to the university for analysis.

But they will also be used at Porter Creek, Brown said.

The Grade 8 students will use them to learn about atmospheric pressure, buoyancy and density. The Grade 9 students will use the GPS data in their space program, while the Grade 10 students will analyze acceleration and speed data in their physics class.

“It’s a cool opportunity for students to get involved in something that, maybe a decade ago, would have only been the realm of real scientists,” Gillies said.

Figuring out how to launch the balloon was relatively simple. Brown and Gillies used online calculators to determine how much helium to put inside.

Filling it up with too much helium would mean it would rise faster but burst earlier, because of the pressure at higher altitudes.

So they settled on 1,500 grams of buoyancy and a 1,200-gram payload, which meant the balloon would rise at about six metres per second.

Figuring out where the balloon would land, however, was trickier.

Once it reached 60,000 feet, the GPS device stopped sending data.

It turns out there is a limit placed on GPS devices that disables tracking when the device calculates it is moving faster than 1,900 kilometres per hour or traveling at an altitude higher than 60,000 feet.

This was intended to prevent the use of GPS in intercontinental ballistic missilelike applications.

“We knew it had achieved that height but we were worried we’d done something wrong and it had burst earlier,” Brown said.

Luckily, the pair had a good idea of where the balloon might land.

They entered data such as helium levels, Whitehorse’s altitude above sea level and the weight of the payload into an online calculator programmed by the University of Cambridge.

The tool crunched the numbers in addition to analyzing the local weather forecast to determine an approximate spot where it thought the package would land.

“It was unbelievably accurate,” Gillies said.

“Probably within a few kilometres of where it actually landed.”

The balloon popped at around 80,000 feet, they think, based on the computer’s data.

It landed 122 kilometres

away from Whitehorse, about six nautical miles past the north end of Lake Laberge in a swampy area.

A Capital Helicopters pilot took Brown and Gillies out to the site, where they found it sitting in a tree.

When Gillies took the camera home and looked at the footage, he was floored, he said.

“The first thing I saw was the shot from 12 kilometres up, the curvature of the earth and the blackness of space,” he said.

“Then I started scrubbing through the footage to find the spot where it popped and started falling back to earth again. Next year we’re talking about maybe sending it up early in the morning so that it’s dark and it can rise in the light.”

The entire experiment can be assembled for about $300 to $400, they said.

“Thinking you can participate in a scientific experiment for that little money is pretty exciting,” Gillies said.

Participation is one thing, but preparation is another.

The pair came close to sabotaging the project themselves when they realized, just seconds before launch, that they hadn’t turned anything on inside the box.

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Victoria Gold and the Klondike Placer Miners’ Association extend their sincere thanks to the Yukon Government for recognizing two very special Yukoners, who passed away last year and whose contributions to the territory’s mining industry will benefit Yukoners for generations to come.

Victoria Gold extends its sincere appreciation to the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun and particularly, to the members of the CBA Committee, for their work, commitment and collaborative approach to our joint Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement (CBA).

The following passage is a Tribute that was delivered in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on May 5, 2016 as part of 2016 Yukon Mining & Geology Week acknowledgements.

Hon. Scott Kent: “I am honoured to rise today on behalf of the Government Caucus, to pay tribute to a groundbreaking agreement in the Yukon, which is in fact, groundbreaking across Canada as well, between a First Nation government and a junior mining company.

This agreement between Victoria Gold and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun is an unprecedented, forged-in-the-Yukon example of how a strong and meaningful partnership can help to ensure open communication, collaboration and opportunities for First Nation citizens and for communities.

The Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement, or CBA, between Victoria Gold and Na-Cho Nyak Dun was signed in October 2011. As outlined in the agreement, the goals of the agreement are to: provide stability for the development of Victoria’s Eagle Gold Project and ongoing exploration; provide NND with employment, training and economic development opportunities, while respecting and promoting NND’s desired environmental protection objectives; to establish a process for ongoing communication between Victoria Gold and NND, so that both parties may pursue contracting and partnership opportunities; and, to provide financial support and profit sharing opportunities from a successful project.

Since the agreement was established, Victoria Gold has contributed over $36.5 million to NND and its citizens, to the Village of Mayo and to the socio-economic strength and vibrancy of the entire Yukon. This significant contribution includes scholarships to 42 NND students to pursue their post-secondary studies. I’m pleased to help shed a greater light on this agreement and echo Victoria Gold’s and NND’s hopes with a quote from the document:

“This collaboratively developed and implemented Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement can serve as a model for transparent, effective and mutually respectful industry-First Nation relations across the territory and across the country.”

Indeed, this particular document has been used as a case study at National Ministers of Mines meetings with industry as an example of how industry and First Nations should and can work together.

Congratulations to Victoria Gold and NND for this great document.”

Abridged from Tributes by the Hon. Doug Graham and the Hon. Scott Kent, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on May 5, 2016:

EARL BENNETT

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Hon. Doug Graham: “I rise on behalf of all members of the Legislature during Mining Week to pay tribute to a miner with a heart of gold, Earl Bennett. Earl was a gold miner, a businessman, an entrepreneur, an art collector, and above all, a Yukoner who loved Yukon and its people.

Hon. Scott Kent: “Joseph Harmon Fellers was born in Dawson Creek in 1946 and left home at the tender age of 17 to work for CNT, putting in telephone pole lines in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

His job brought him to Dawson City in the summer of 1966, where he met his future wife Wendy. They fell in love and were married in December 1968. In the early years of his marriage, Joe worked at many different jobs. He ran the skyline across the Yukon River and ran equipment for several people; he even looked after the Pitt for part of one very cold winter.

In 1969, the young couple moved to Clinton Creek to work and in early 1971, returned to Dawson City and started their family.

Earl passed away in June 2015 in Whitehorse at the age of 87. Originally from Alberta, Earl moved to the territory in 1946 to work for the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation. He worked first as an underground miner and later on in the gold dredges. In the 1970s, Earl began buying old motels and other businesses to fix them up and resell them. Earl was a savvy businessman and helped many businesses take root in Dawson City and Whitehorse, but he was a private person who never took credit for all the work he did. In addition to all his successful business ventures, Earl was awarded the Beringia Award in 2011 for his contribution to paleontology in the Yukon. Earl contributed a rare mastodon skeleton to the Beringia Centre in 2005. He had kept the mastodon skeleton in his garage for 40-odd years. One of Earl’s co-workers had found it during Earl’s mining days and wanted to sell it to a buyer outside of the territory. Earl told the man he would buy the skeleton, whatever the cost, in order to keep it here in the territory.

Earl Bennett will be remembered by many as a friend, a colleague, a mentor and a true Yukoner who loved the territory and its people.

Survived by his wife Amy, may he rest in peace.”

J.J. was born in 1971 and Willy in 1974. Joe and Wendy bought a placer mine on Dominion and Joe began his lifelong career. Joe loved it out on the creeks and he especially loved having his family there with him and spoiling the children in his life.

Joe was also a volunteer fireman and was presented with a lifelong membership. He was awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal for his many years of volunteer work and for his donations of the “First into Dawson” gold for the Yukon Quest. He was also presented recently with the Robert E. Leckie Award for exemplary reclamation on Ballarat Creek. Joe will be missed by his many friends and family, particularly all those in the Dawson City area.”

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Victoria Gold and the Klondike Placer Miners’ Association extend their sincere thanks to the Yukon Government for recognizing two very special Yukoners, who passed away last year and whose contributions to the territory’s mining industry will benefit Yukoners for generations to come.

Victoria Gold extends its sincere appreciation to the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun and particularly, to the members of the CBA Committee, for their work, commitment and collaborative approach to our joint Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement (CBA).

The following passage is a Tribute that was delivered in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on May 5, 2016 as part of 2016 Yukon Mining & Geology Week acknowledgements.

Hon. Scott Kent: “I am honoured to rise today on behalf of the Government Caucus, to pay tribute to a groundbreaking agreement in the Yukon, which is in fact, groundbreaking across Canada as well, between a First Nation government and a junior mining company.

This agreement between Victoria Gold and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun is an unprecedented, forged-in-the-Yukon example of how a strong and meaningful partnership can help to ensure open communication, collaboration and opportunities for First Nation citizens and for communities.

The Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement, or CBA, between Victoria Gold and Na-Cho Nyak Dun was signed in October 2011. As outlined in the agreement, the goals of the agreement are to: provide stability for the development of Victoria’s Eagle Gold Project and ongoing exploration; provide NND with employment, training and economic development opportunities, while respecting and promoting NND’s desired environmental protection objectives; to establish a process for ongoing communication between Victoria Gold and NND, so that both parties may pursue contracting and partnership opportunities; and, to provide financial support and profit sharing opportunities from a successful project.

Since the agreement was established, Victoria Gold has contributed over $36.5 million to NND and its citizens, to the Village of Mayo and to the socio-economic strength and vibrancy of the entire Yukon. This significant contribution includes scholarships to 42 NND students to pursue their post-secondary studies. I’m pleased to help shed a greater light on this agreement and echo Victoria Gold’s and NND’s hopes with a quote from the document:

“This collaboratively developed and implemented Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement can serve as a model for transparent, effective and mutually respectful industry-First Nation relations across the territory and across the country.”

Indeed, this particular document has been used as a case study at National Ministers of Mines meetings with industry as an example of how industry and First Nations should and can work together.

Congratulations to Victoria Gold and NND for this great document.”

Abridged from Tributes by the Hon. Doug Graham and the Hon. Scott Kent, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on May 5, 2016:

EARL BENNETT

JOE FELLERS

Hon. Doug Graham: “I rise on behalf of all members of the Legislature during Mining Week to pay tribute to a miner with a heart of gold, Earl Bennett. Earl was a gold miner, a businessman, an entrepreneur, an art collector, and above all, a Yukoner who loved Yukon and its people.

Hon. Scott Kent: “Joseph Harmon Fellers was born in Dawson Creek in 1946 and left home at the tender age of 17 to work for CNT, putting in telephone pole lines in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

His job brought him to Dawson City in the summer of 1966, where he met his future wife Wendy. They fell in love and were married in December 1968. In the early years of his marriage, Joe worked at many different jobs. He ran the skyline across the Yukon River and ran equipment for several people; he even looked after the Pitt for part of one very cold winter.

In 1969, the young couple moved to Clinton Creek to work and in early 1971, returned to Dawson City and started their family.

Earl passed away in June 2015 in Whitehorse at the age of 87. Originally from Alberta, Earl moved to the territory in 1946 to work for the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation. He worked first as an underground miner and later on in the gold dredges. In the 1970s, Earl began buying old motels and other businesses to fix them up and resell them. Earl was a savvy businessman and helped many businesses take root in Dawson City and Whitehorse, but he was a private person who never took credit for all the work he did. In addition to all his successful business ventures, Earl was awarded the Beringia Award in 2011 for his contribution to paleontology in the Yukon. Earl contributed a rare mastodon skeleton to the Beringia Centre in 2005. He had kept the mastodon skeleton in his garage for 40-odd years. One of Earl’s co-workers had found it during Earl’s mining days and wanted to sell it to a buyer outside of the territory. Earl told the man he would buy the skeleton, whatever the cost, in order to keep it here in the territory.

Earl Bennett will be remembered by many as a friend, a colleague, a mentor and a true Yukoner who loved the territory and its people.

Survived by his wife Amy, may he rest in peace.”

J.J. was born in 1971 and Willy in 1974. Joe and Wendy bought a placer mine on Dominion and Joe began his lifelong career. Joe loved it out on the creeks and he especially loved having his family there with him and spoiling the children in his life.

Joe was also a volunteer fireman and was presented with a lifelong membership. He was awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal for his many years of volunteer work and for his donations of the “First into Dawson” gold for the Yukon Quest. He was also presented recently with the Robert E. Leckie Award for exemplary reclamation on Ballarat Creek. Joe will be missed by his many friends and family, particularly all those in the Dawson City area.”

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Thank You! Flo and Griff would like to thank all friends and family for their support and well wishes for Alvin, who is doing well. A very big thank you to the nurses and doctors in Haines Junction and Whitehorse, and a special thank you to Patrica Hirsh and Jack Jackson for their help. Also, special thanks to the couple who helped Alvin.

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limelight, said managing artistic director Rena Cohen, with the Canadian Press non-profit Realwheels Theatre company.

VANCOUVER It’s not physical, but attitudialking about sex can be nal barriers that are the greatest awkward for anyone, but challenges for people with dissome people with disabiliabilities, Cohen said. ties say expressing their most The community-based perintimate needs can often feel formance will push boundaries insurmountable. through a series of vignettes by To challenge the taboo, a people from their 20s to 70s who group of performers who have self-identify as living with a disdisabilities will bare their hearts ability. and bodies in a new burlesque Along with being entertained, cabaret that includes a wheelCohen hopes audiences will chair striptease. acknowledge that many people The show weaves together with disabilities are denied comedy, sequins and silk gowns sexual identities, ranging from to dress up a topic that those overt stigma to incidentally not involved say goes underexposed. being perceived as having the “We have a libido like everycapacity for intimacy. body else,” said Andrew Vallance, “People just assume that 35, who will host the show that somebody who is perhaps a opens this week in Vancouver. wheelchair user doesn’t have “But there’s a whole load of a functionality with regards to prejudice and institutional barri- sexuality,” Cohen said. ers that prevent us from express“That’s often not the case. ing our sexualities. It’s about Sexuality is just as important to time we knocked those barriers those who live with disabilities down.” as anybody else.”

The show, titled “Sexy VoicThe stories on stage will range es,” runs for three days startfrom racy and sexually explicit to ing Thursday. It will fearlessly quite sweet, said director Rachel thrust sex and disability into the Peake. The goal is to portray Tamsyn Burgmann

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people with disabilities as threedimensional through the illumination of their sex lives, she said.

In one number, a woman who is quadriplegic gives a funny, frustrated retelling of how she is overlooked by men. She then busts out in a burlesque routine, stripping down to a corset while dancing with her chair, said Peake.

“She’s a very strong woman, very fit, she’s able to cover a lot of ground. Obviously there are certain restrictions,” Peake said.

“She’ll get some momentum going with the chair, and then she can free up her hand to pull something off and throw it.”

Another piece involves a performer reciting a love letter to her accessibility devices.

“Which tend to be the best kinky toys that have ever been made, basically,” Peake said. “We (use) shadow play and a bit of humour.”

While some performances air on the outrageous, others are aimed at evoking outrage. Audiences will hear how a woman in a wheelchair was once complimented by being told, “You’re too pretty to be in a wheelchair.”

“You can’t come to the show and not face your own biases, prejudices, blocks,” Peake said.

Vallance, who has cerebral palsy, said he grew up crushing on gorgeous, talented women like other teens. But his disability created an unspoken sexual frustration that at times led to anger, or crying out in his sleep.

As he was empowered to understand the problem, he developed solutions, he said.

“We’re seen as asexual people.

And sometimes we’re even punished for expressing our sexuality,” he said.

“People don’t want to think about people with disabilities reproducing. They don’t want to think about us having kids.”

He hopes the cabaret will stir people toward embracing conversations about people with disabilities having sex for families and for pleasure.

“Three performances will not completely destroy systemic prejudices,” he said. “But it will help. If only just a little bit.”

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Senators told they’re last hope for suffering Canadians who aren’t near death Taylor co-chaired the provindeath is “reasonably foreseeable.” cial and territorial advisory group It does not allow those with caCanadian Press which also recommended a more pacity-eroding conditions like dementia to make advance requests OTTAWA permissive approach to assisted dying. for an assisted death, nor does it enators heard an emotional Bioethicist Jennifer Gibson, the extend the right to assisted dying to appeal this week to reject other co-chair, said the group stuck mature minors or people suffering the federal government’s to the wording of the Supreme solely from mental illnesses. restrictive approach to medical Court ruling which struck down Oliphant said he’s decided to assistance in dying from the wife of the ban on medically assisted vote against the bill because every an acclaimed doctor who starved death last year. And she urged the legal expert he’s consulted believes himself to death to end his sufferSenate committee to take the same it does not comply with the court ing from brain cancer. ruling or the charter of rights.

Maureen Taylor told senators on approach with the proposed new Moreover, he said he’s attended Wednesday they’re the last hope of legislation.

The Supreme Court recognized nine town hall meetings on the people who are suffering intolerathe right to an assisted death for subject and found that constitubly but won’t qualify for an assisted ents overwhelmingly want the right death under the proposed new law, clearly consenting adults with “grievous and irremediable” medito make advance directives. which would require a person’s cal conditions who are enduring But the bottom line, Oliphant natural death to be “reasonably physical or mental suffering that said, is his conscience won’t allow foreseeable.” him to support it.

“I feel like you’re our last chance they find intolerable.

The bill takes a considerably “To me, we had a huge opporto get this part right,” Taylor told more restrictive approach, allowing tunity from the Supreme Court to the Senate’s legal and constitutionassisted death only for consentend some suffering, to alleviate al affairs committee. ing adults in “an advanced stage of suffering,” he said. “My conscience “If you do nothing else, please, irreversible decline” from a serious won’t let me vote for something I’m begging you to get rid of that and incurable disease, illness or that I think could add pain to a wording of the naturally foreseedisability and for whom a natural person’s life.” able death and the word incurable.”

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Under ďŹ re, Health Canada announces mental health workers for Attawapiskat celled a high-profile trip to the United Nations this week to visit Canadian Press the beleaguered reserve instead OTTAWA to highlight the lack of federal support for youth. ealth Canada said this He was baffled by the fact the week it will fund two Liberal government didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem additional mental health to know the reserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent workers and a case manager for mental health worker wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t youth in Attawapiskat to asavailable to residents under 18. sist with the northern Ontario Angus said he was pleased reserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide crisis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a move there will now be additional that comes after the federal govresources for the community but ernment came under fire by the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MP and the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s he remains upset false information was provided about what is chief. available to address a crisis so The department has yet to severe it garnered global attenindicate when the workers will be on the ground in the troubled tion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What really concerns me is 30 community and what level of days into a serious suicide crisis, training will be required. they either didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what was Outside the Commons on Wednesday, Health Minister Jane on the ground or they were makPhilpott could only say an update ing facts up,â&#x20AC;? Angus said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Either way, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really not will be provided once more inforcredible behaviour given the mation is available. severe risk we are facing with â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are working on a longyoung people.â&#x20AC;? term plan for responding to the After multiple requests from needs of Attawapiskat, as well as The Canadian Press for informaother communities that are faction, the department confirmed ing similar concerns,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very pleased to be able Wednesday there is a permanent mental health worker in the comto announce that we will make munity from the Weeneebayko the resources available to make Health Authority who focuses on sure that there are long-term solutions and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work with our adult services.

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The Ontario government announced Monday it will keep an emergency response team on the ground to assist with the crisis.

Indigenous suicide is grave concern across the country, Angus added, noting it is one of the reasons his party has been pushing the Liberal government on the complete lack of mental health dollars contained within its recent budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attawapiskat, right now, has international news and we are still not fixing the problem on the ground,â&#x20AC;? he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;What about all the other communities that have been asking for help that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the mental health workers where young people are at risk and are not getting any treatment.â&#x20AC;?

There is serious dysfunction inside Health Canada on its inability or refusal to respond to the serious health and mental issues facing indigenous youth, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to change the operating culture in Health Canada where they are continually denying services to children and families based on some bureaucratic decision to save pennies when lives are at risk.â&#x20AC;?

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man Rights Tribunal found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations youth in its delivery of child welfare services on reserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The panel acknowledges the suffering of those First Nations children and families who are or have been denied an equitable opportunity to remain together or to be reunited in a timely manner,â&#x20AC;? the ruling said.

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Halifax debate over Cornwallis â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;inevitable,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; councillor says after rejection Adina Bresge Canadian Press

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alifaxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Miâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;kmaq poet laureate says she is disappointed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but unsurprised â&#x20AC;&#x201C; city council rejected a debate over reviewing public sites named for Edward Cornwallis, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial founder.

Rebecca Thomas criticized the all-white group who appointed her to the role in March, noting the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweet ironyâ&#x20AC;? of some councillorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns that their history would be erased in favour of an indigenous narrative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disrespectful,â&#x20AC;? Thomas said in an interview Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only difference between those council fears and our fears is that council has the power â&#x20AC;Ś to veto those conversations.â&#x20AC;?

In an 8-7 vote late Tuesday, council rejected Coun. Waye Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal seeking a discussion on updating municipal landmarks bearing Cornwallisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name.

Mason told reporters he was disappointed, but said a debate about Cornwallis is â&#x20AC;&#x153;inevitable.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to continue to have that discussion, we just havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decided to have it at this point,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Miâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;kmaq have long called

for removal of tributes to Cornwallis, some calling his actions against their ancestors a â&#x20AC;&#x153;genocide.â&#x20AC;? Cornwallis founded Halifax in 1749 and soon after issued a bounty on the scalps of Miâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;kmaq men, women and children, in response to an attack on colonists.

The Miâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;kmaq Native Friendship Centre and mostly black Cornwallis Street Baptist church had petitioned council to rename Cornwallis Street, partly inspiring Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motion.

During the council debate, some members â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including Mayor Mike Savage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; said they fielded angry phone calls from citizens who want to preserve the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage.

The mayor urged councillors to not delay the discussion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time that we try to figure out a way that we can all discuss a difficult issue and there may be a resolution,â&#x20AC;? Savage said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a case (for) who is empathetic or not empathetic to a certain cause.

I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all trying to do the right thing.â&#x20AC;?

Some councillors raised concerns about re-opening old wounds, angering citizens and denigrating Halifaxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the founder of Halifax ? and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to whitewash it all?â&#x20AC;? Coun. Linda Mosher

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to her district. Halifax Regional School Board voted unanimously to rename Cornwallis Junior High in 2011.

The debate has resonated across Nova Scotia, of which Cornwallis was once governor.

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A group calling for the river to be renamed is presenting a plan to regional councils next month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure people will be watching,â&#x20AC;? McNeil said of the city proposal at the legislature Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we can eliminate our history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good or bad. The reality of it is, we need to be sensitive at times.â&#x20AC;?

Thomas said Wednesday she hopes to add an indigenous voice to the conversation. She said she is writing a poem addressing the seven councillors who voted down the motion, inspired by Coun. Matt Whitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments that Cornwallis â&#x20AC;&#x153;was not perfect.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I were to use that as a defence case, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I accidentally killed your family â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but hey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not perfect,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sounds ludicrous because it is. So to use that as a justification for why we should keep honouring a man is insane.â&#x20AC;?

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Tourists in Ketchikan often stop by looking for a restroom, and some decide to stay longer, First City Homeless Services chairwoman Evelyn Erbele told the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we have a snack, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take the snack and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sit there and watch TV,â&#x20AC;? Erbele said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called

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Orientation to Nonviolent Communication This course explores the fundamental principles of NVC (underlying needs, selfresponsibility, emotional intelligence) and important approaches (empathy, clear requests).

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services manager, said he sees why tourists come to the shelter, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. six days a week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes some of the stores are not open really early, (so) sometimes people will come up here and get coffee and just hang out,â&#x20AC;? Alvarado said.

While few people end up donating to the shelter, Alvarado said it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are for the homeless, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also for the community, for anybody, who needs a safe place to stay,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This door is open for anybody who needs resources. â&#x20AC;Ś I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself turning somebody away for a cup

of coffee even if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not from here or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using the bathroom or if they needed a break from walking around.â&#x20AC;?

First City Homeless Services has a $77,635 budget this year and is requesting $14,000 from the borough, according to its application.

Ketchikan is widely known for wanting a bridge to connect the island town to its airport on a neighbouring island. But that span, which became known as the Bridge to Nowhere, became a deriding example of congressional earmarks and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been built.

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through to shoot video but still keep her dog inside.

Schroeder said a cow and two moose calves had spent some time near her cabin since last summer but she had not seen the family since March. She assumes the mother has kicked the calves out, and this one returned to her yard.

As for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;moose-icalâ&#x20AC;? interlude, Schroeder isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to venture a guess as to what attracted the moose to the wind chimes.

Apparently even moose live by the adage that it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a party until something is broken. The animal probably left after it snapped the wooden base of the chimes in half, Schroeder said. A little glue made it good as new.

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The first time I opened YouTube, I was looking for a video of the astounding phenomenon of mucous secretion by a hagfish, a

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watch the latest iteration of the digital revolution: images in 3D, HD and 360-degree wrap-around.

It was mindboggling. I swam with whales and zoomed through a forest, listening to actual sounds, along with music and narration. As I watched a spectacular mountain forest, a train suddenly appeared, splashing across a lake and then coming straight at me.

As my body responded to the all-too-realistic locomotive, it reached me and exploded into a thousand birds that took off in a glorious cloud. Computer graphics melded seamlessly with actual footage that generated scenes far exceeding reality.

I’ve been intrigued by the possibility that this technology could enable people to have such incredible experiences with whales, fish and other animals that we would no longer feel the need to imprison animals in aquaria and zoos. People wouldn’t even need to journey to exotic places to see wildlife in their habitats.

I have no doubt virtual reality is going to have a huge impact. We’re just beginning to recognize its potential. But as with all new technology, there will be unintended repercussions, the greatest of which will be further estrangement from nature. Studies show that because people evolved out of

nature, we need that connection with the natural world for mental and physical well-being.

Author Richard Louv categorizes a suite of childhood problems – including bullying, attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity – as “nature deficit disorder”, induced or worsened by too little physical exposure to nature.

The average Canadian kid today spends more than six hours a day glued to a screen – mobile phones, computers, televisions – and less than eight minutes a day outside!

That’s one reason why the David Suzuki Foundation is encouraging people to get outside for 30 min-

utes a day in May with its 30x30 Nature Challenge.

Some proponents claim virtual reality will stimulate children to spend more time outside. But why bother when the virtual world seems better than the real one?

I’m sure innovation and creativity will continue to drive the technology to new frontiers. I’m just as sure there will be enormous unexpected and damaging consequences if we aren’t careful.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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by Ned Watch, a mission funded by the state and flown each year for Rozell the last few decades. A hydrologist and emergency manager LASKA fly the river each day in spring CIENCE when ice could pose a threat.

This year, in a thermal breakCIRCLE up, warm spring temperatures s the pilot of a chartered have weakened the ice.

Cessna 206 curved in â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just a really bizarre for a landing above the year,â&#x20AC;? Seifert said as he stepped Yukon River, his passengers from the plane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a backsquinted at white river ice that wards breakup this year (with clung to the south bank near open water downriver of ice town. Chocolate brown open water filled river channels both sheets).â&#x20AC;?

Circle, the town at the end of upstream and downstream of a gravel road that terminates at the ice. the Yukon River, has been under In the seat behind the pilot, water a few times. A metal supEd Plumb of the National port post in the store has five Weather Service scribbled in labels stuck at floodwater levels. a notebook. Kerry Seifert of The label-maker tape for May Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division of Home19, 2013 is just above the door land Security and Emergency Management looked downriver, handle. May 3, 1989, is five feet toward an S-curve notorious for above the floor.

Those years, the Yukon had catching ice. Pilot Dave Lora dynamic breakup, when ice ring, who has flown these icejammed in river channels and observing flights for more than backed the river into town. a decade, summed up their In 2016, the experts did not thoughts. see a reason for alarm. An ice â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen it this bro-

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A sheet of river ice between Eagle and Circle. jam downstream of Eagle had broken in the early morning hours, sending its chunks to the Charley River area about midway to Circle. But the team had flown over the curved branches of the river just downstream from Circle. They found ice in those critical jamming areas was rotten and weak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we have a nice breakup, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be happy,â&#x20AC;? said Earla Hutchinson, who owns the H.C. Company Store with her husband Dick, a Circle resident for 50 years.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know in 24 hours or so,â&#x20AC;? Plumb said. He mentioned that the ice from the Eagle jam and the released pulse of river water were on their way.

As that energy moved toward Circle, the heat of the 55-degree day combined with the warmth of the water to further dissolve river ice. Sheets and chunks were holding fast at the Circle shoreline, but Plumb wrote in his field report based on the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flights that the threat to Circle and Fort Yukon, the next village downstream, was very low.

Leaning on the counter in the store, Earla Hutchinson said it was unusual to think of the ice clearing out from Circle

so soon after a jam broke near Eagle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dawson used to break up, then in two weeks Eagle would break up, and then two weeks later Circle would break up,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is normal anymore.â&#x20AC;?

Later that evening, as yellow-rumped warblers sang in birch trees, Circle residents drove their pickup trucks to the flatness of the boat landing.

Some got out and talked, others stayed in their trucks, squinting out at river ice. A few tossed logs on a bonfire down by the ice.

Just before 9 p.m, the ice groaned and shifted. It started tumbling downstream, making the bank shudder. Chunks shoved up on the boat landing, forcing people to step back. River ice overtook and quenched the bonfire. The Yukon roared with hollow clunks heard once each year.

Thirty minutes later, the water was running free of ice except for random, harmless bits.

On April 29, it was the earliest breakup on record for Circle.

The average breakup date there is May 10.

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community.

Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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Cad Wilson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and such a nice girl too barroom floors, had an uncharacteristic streak of good luck, winning $1,800. That was enough to propel him into Cad Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arms, temporarily, where â&#x20AC;&#x153;she had one arm around his neck and caressingly stroked his unkempt hair. Each was sipping wine from the otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glass.â&#x20AC;?

A few hours later, he was thrown unceremoniously out of the Tivoli, still wanting to spend his remaining $60 on more booze.

She may have been a hit with the gentlemen, but the more refined sector of the fairer sex didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see her the same way.

She scandalized the respectable ladies of Dawson with her performance at an Elks Club fundraiser in October of 1898. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her audacity called out applause in the rear of the hall, but the ladies in the front hung their heads and their escorts wished they had never brought them,â&#x20AC;? said one newspaper the next day. In these Victorian times, exposing even the slightest hint of ankle beneath a ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dress was a considered a scandalous act.

August 18, 1899, Cad Wilson left the Klondike, headed for San Francisco and Chicago. She took with her a sizeable bankroll (newspapers varied widely in the amount they reported), her jewellery and other baubles, as well as a nugget-encrusted waistband given to her by the

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he Klondike attracted entertainers in abundance during the gold rush. Some of them went on to remarkably successful screen and stage careers. Perhaps the most successful stage artist at the time, though, and the most mysterious today, is the remarkable Cad Wilson.

Wilson had been a regular feature in venues across America. She was in San Francisco at the Orpheum as early as 1893, doing the Congo, grotesque dances and an inebriation act. A year later, she was billed as the feature act at the Vienna Buffet in Los Angeles.

In 1895 she was gyrating with â&#x20AC;&#x153;a profusion of filmy skirtsâ&#x20AC;? at the Auditorium in San Francisco, and billed as a comedienne at the Trocadero in New York in 1896. In late December of 1897, she performed in Victoria, B.C., according to a local newspaper, as the Craze of Greater New York, â&#x20AC;&#x153;engaged at enormous salary.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson arrived in Dawson City from Chicago in September of 1898 with her agent, Robert Blei, and departed less than a year later, after his theatre burned down and he was bankrupted. During that time, she was the queen of the stage in the Klondike, and a master at separating miners from their gold.

She was said to be no beauty, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much of a figure, and her voice was nothing to write home about. Yet the brown-eyed redhead had a stage presence that was hypnotic, and her wardrobe was the most elaborate to be seen on any stage in town. She was soon the best paid act in Dawson City.

Men would compete with each other to bestow her with the biggest gold nugget from their claims. They went mad when she sang, and when she started into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,â&#x20AC;? they pelted the stage with nuggets. She would dash about the stage laughing gleefully as she picked them up. When she concluded her act, a little boy would come out onto the stage with a broom and a dust pan to sweep up the remaining golden debris. It was said that if she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clean up $500 a night, she left the stage in a pout.

All would shower her with nuggets, gold watches and jewellery during her performance, which was a risque repertoire with an affectation of innocence.

Her most popular song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such a Nice Girl, Too,â&#x20AC;? which was composed by Arthur Seldon in 1892, became her anthem: She told me that she was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Missâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

miners on Eldorado Creek. It was so large that she could wrap it around her waist one and a half times. She placed this gaudy adornment on display in San Francisco after leaving the Klondike.

Arriving in Portland, she and three others took a box in the Fredericksburg Music Hall, from where Cad sang along with the performers. She was finally induced to join them on stage, where, adorned with her famous gold nugget belt, she performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just a Little Lingerie.â&#x20AC;? During the song, she raised her skirt â&#x20AC;&#x153;much higher than necessaryâ&#x20AC;? to expose a diamond encrusted garter on her left thigh. For an hour, amidst repeated encores, she belted out one catchy song after another.

She performed in San Francisco the fall of 1899, but was in Nome the following year, featured at the Standard Theatre.

Cad Wilson disappears from the record after that until she is named, along with 10 other women, in the divorce case concerning businessman John A. Clover in San Francisco in 1908.

One thing is abundantly clear: that Cad Wilson was the most popular performer ever to have set foot on a stage in Dawson City - and probably its most notorious good-time girl.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. This column was originally published in Oct. 2013.

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Cad Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spicy stage act was tremendously popular with the miners, who pelted the stage with nuggets when she sang their favourite songs. She made no bones about separating the miners from their earnings.

And scarcely had turned 20, She said she never cared to wed Thoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offers she had plenty.

Last week they took her up to court, She said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Judge be forgiving.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He answered, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, if you can prove Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve not three husbands living.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Such a nice girl too, Such a real nice girl; So affable and full of animation.

All who know her must admit, Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lady every bit!

Yes a lady with a spotless reputation.

She made no secret of the fact she wanted to separate the miners from their money. Before she came onto the stage, Eddie Dolan, the stage manager of

the Tivoli Theatre, would read a letter he claimed came from her mother. In it, she admonished Cad â&#x20AC;&#x153;to be sure and be a good girl and pick nice clean friends.â&#x20AC;?

Dolan would look out at the crowd and shout, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I leave it to you, fellers, if she donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em clean!â&#x20AC;?

One admirer paid for a bathtub to be filled with wine. It is not known if she let him scrub her back, or if he even saw her in her expensive ablutions.

One Eldorado king is said to have lavished his attention upon her to the tune of $75,000, but she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t choosey. A man known only as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sawdust King,â&#x20AC;? who made his living changing the sawdust on the

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Meet and club records dunked at swim championship

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Swimmers dive in during the Yukon Championship Invitational Swim Meet on Friday at the Canada Games Centre. Eighteen meet records and nine club records were set at the event.

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ome Outside competition seems to have spurred Glacier Bears swimmers to even faster times last weekend.

Members of the Whitehorse swim club set nine club records and 13 meet records as they hosted five Outside clubs and three swimmers with Special Olympics Yukon at the Yukon Championship Invitational Swim Meet last Friday and Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

A total of 18 meet records were set with an additional five by B.C. swimmers at the championship that saw 128 swimmers registered.

“Our guests … made a very positive change and a difference in the importance of our championships,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana in a news release.

“Whitehorse swimmers were very excited to have more athletes to swim against. More excitement had a good influence on the results.

Swimmers performed very well.”

The championships saw a total of seven clubs compete – the most in about a decade, if not longer, sources say. In town to compete were swimmers from Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley Aquatic Club, North Vancouver’s Hollyburn Swim Team, Fort St. John’s Inconnu, Van-

couver’s Hyack Swim Club, Inuvik’s Mackenzie Muskrat and Alaska’s Haines Dolphins. Whitehorse was represented by 79 swimmers.

Glacier Bears swimmer Adrian Robinson had a particularly strong outing. Not only did he win seven gold and the boys 15-and-over division, he set four club records and four meet records. His club records – three of which were also meet records – came in the 50-metre butterfly (27.88), the 50-metre breaststroke (31.23), the 100-metre freestyle (55.09) and the 100-metre individual medley (1:02.18).

Robinson also swam the 200 free at 2:05.57 for a meet record.

Whitehorse’s Thomas Gishler rewrote the record book in the boys 10-and-under division, which he won with seven gold medals. He set club records in the 100 fly (1:30.59), 200 fly (3:20.17), 400 free (6:08.77) and the 400 IM (6:41.20), three of which were also meet records.

WGB’s Hannah Kingscote set the remaining club record in the 50 back with a time of 31.75. Kingscote, who won the aggregate title in girls 13-14, also swam to five gold and two silver.

Speedy sisters Cassis and Rennes Lindsay of Whitehorse were as fast as ever. Cassis won the girls 15-andover division with seven gold medals and set a meet record in the 100

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Haines Dolphine Kruze Nettleton races the 50-metre backstroke.

IM at 1:09.64.

Rennes claimed five gold, a silver and a bronze and set the girls 13-14 meet record in the 400 IM at 5:21.71.

Other division winners include, Whitehorse’s Aidan Harvey in boys 13-14; Inconnu’s Liam Simons in boys 11-12; Whitehorse’s Kassua Dreyer in girls 11-12; and Holly-

burn Hurricanes’ Sidney Clement, who set three meet records, in girls 10-and-under.

Whitehorse’s Alex Petriw set the 800 free meet record for boys 13-14

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at 10:16.47. Teammate Mael Pronovost set meet records in the 50 fly (30.60) and the 100 IM (1:13.94) for the same division.

“In general the WGB club did very well. With many best times, improvement in every stroke and happiness on the kid’s faces, there is nothing to complain about,” said Bukszowana. “All of that motivates our coaches to continue working as they do.”

Bronze – 400m freestyle Silver – 200m backstroke Silver – 100m breaststroke Gold – 200m breaststroke Gold – 100m medley Bronze – 400m medley

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Ming Huang (2003) Bronze – 100m backstroke

Glacier Bears medals

Hannah Kingscote (2002) Silver – 50m freestyle Gold – 50m backstroke Gold – 100m backstroke Gold – 200m backstroke Gold – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m butterfly Silver – 100m medley

Taylor Harvey (2000) Bronze – 200m freestyle Silver – 400m freestyle Silver – 100m backstroke Silver – 50m butterfly

Male Luke Bakica (2000) Silver – 50m freestyle Silver – 50m backstroke Silver – 50m breaststroke Siler – 100m breaststroke Gold – 200m breaststroke Bronze – 50m butterfly Gold – 200m medley

Rebecca Koser (2000) Silver – 100m freestyle Gold – 50m breaststroke Silver – 200m breaststroke Gold – 200m medley

Thomas Bakica (2002) Gold – 400m freestyle Silver – 800m freestyle Silver – 50m breaststroke Silver – 200m breaststroke Gold – 200m medley Christopher Blakesley (2004) Silver – 800m freestyle Bronze – 200m backstroke Gold – 50m breaststroke Gold – 100m breaststroke Bronze – 50m butterfly Silver – 100m medley

Teja Lalonde (2007) Silver – 200m backstroke Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Glacier Bears’ Konrad Simpson splashes in for the 50-metre backstroke.

Cassis Lindsay (2000) Gold – 50m freestyle Gold – 100m freestyle Gold – 200m freestyle Gold – 50m backstroke Gold – 100m backstroke Gold – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m medley

Noah Connell (2004) Bronze – 50m freestyle Gold – 800m freestyle Bronze – 50m breaststroke Bronze – 100m breaststroke Silver – 200m breaststroke Simon Connell (2006) Bronze – 50m freestyle Bronze – 200m freestyle Gold – 100m breaststroke Silver – 100m medley

Rennes Lindsay (2002) Gold – 100m freestyle Gold – 400m freestyle Gold – 800m freestyle Silver – 200m backstroke Bronze – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m medley Gold – 400m medley

Liam Diamond (2002) Silver – 100m breaststroke Bronze – 200m breaststroke Silver – 50m butterfly Silver – 100m butterfly Silver – 100m medley

Jayden Martsinkiw (2005) Silver – 50m backstroke

Ulysse Girard (2002) Silver – 200m freestyle Thomas Gishler (2005) Gold – 50m freestyle Gold – 400m freestyle Gold – 50m backstroke Gold – 100m backstroke Gold – 100m butterfly Gold – 200m butterfly Gold – 400m medley Gregory Hall (2004) Bronze – 200m freestyle Bronze – 50m backstroke Aidan Harvey (2002) Silver – 50m freestyle Silver – 100m freestyle Bronze – 400m freestyle Gold – 1500m freestyle Gold – 50m backstroke Gold – 100m backstroke Gold – 200m backstroke Finn Johnson (2003) Silver – 50m freestyle Gold – 100m freestyle Gold – 200m freestyle Gold – 400m freestyle Silver – 200m backstroke Silver – 400m medley Olie Johnson (2005) Bronze – 100m freestyle Silver – 400m freestyle Bronze – 50m backstroke Bronze – 100m backstroke

Ruby Lieu-Ashthorn (2004) Bronze – 50m freestyle Bronze – 200m freestyle Gold – 50m breaststroke Gold – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m butterfly Silver – 400m medley

Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Glacier Bears’ Adrian Robinson races the 100-metre breaststroke on Friday.

Makinen Leong-Allan (2002) Bronze – 100m breaststroke Bronze – 50m butterfly Bronze – 100m medley

Benjamin Qually (2006) Silver – 100m freestyle Silver – 200m freestyle Silver – 100m breaststroke

Jonah McConnell (2007) Bronze – 200m backstroke

Adrian Robinson (2000) Gold – 50m freestyle Gold – 100m freestyle Gold – 200m freestyle Gold – 50m breaststroke Gold – 100m breaststroke Gold – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m medley

Cooper Muir (2004) Silver – 100m backstroke Silver – 50m breaststroke Silver – 100m breaststroke Silver – 50m butterfly Bronze – 100m medley Alexander Petriw (2002) Bronze – 50m freestyle Bronze – 100m freestyle Gold – 200m freestyle Silver – 400m freestyle Gold – 800m freestyle Bronze – 50m backstroke Silver – 100m backstroke Daniel Phillips-Freedman (2006) Silver – 200m backstroke Mael Pronovost (2001) Silver – 50m backstroke Bronze – 50m breaststroke Gold – 50m butterfly Gold – 100m butterfly Gold – 100m medley

Misa Svoboda (2006) Silver – 50m freestyle Gold – 100m freestyle Silver – 50m backstroke Silver – 100m backstroke Gold – 200m backstroke Gold – 100m medley Wesley Vangel (2003) Silver – 200m backstroke Joshua Zaidan (2003) Silver – 100m freestyle Gold – 100m backstroke Gold – 200m backstroke Bronze – 200m breaststroke Gold – 100m butterfly Gold – 400m medley

Female Amelia Barrault (2004) Bronze – 50m backstroke Bronze – 200m backstroke Gold – 100m breaststroke Bronze – 200m medley Emma Boyd (2002) Gold – 50m freestyle Silver – 100m freestyle Bronze – 100m medley

Brooklyn Massie (2002) Bronze – 100m freestyle Gold – 200m freestyle Silver – 800m freestyle Bronze – 50m backstroke Silver – 100m backstroke Bronze – 200m backstroke Kalie Massie (2007) Bronze – 200m backstroke Madeleine Mead (2005) Bronze – 50m freestyle Silver – 100m freestyle Bronze – 200m freestyle Bronze – 50m backstroke Silver – 50m butterfly

Cassidy Cairns (2002) Silver – 50m breaststroke Bronze – 100m breaststroke Bronze – 200m breaststroke Silver – 100m butterfly Silver – 200m medley

Meghan Pennington (2002) Bronze – 200m freestyle Silver – 400m freestyle Bronze – 800m freestyle

Ava Dedon (2005) Bronze – 50m breaststroke

Ella Pollock Shepherd (2002) Bronze – 50m freestyle Silver – 50m backstroke Bronze – 100m backstroke Bronze – 50m breaststroke

Kassua Dreyer (2004) Gold – 200m freestyle Gold – 400m freestyle Gold – 800m freestyle Gold – 200m backstroke Gold – 200m medley Gold – 400m medley Amelia Ford (2004) Gold – 50m freestyle

Amy Petelski (2004) Bronze – 200m breaststroke

Luanda Pronovost (2003) Bronze – 100m butterfly Bronze – 100m medley Yinger Zhang (2006) Bronze – 100m backstroke Gold – 200m backstroke

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Whitehorse Elementary, Emilie-Tremblay top medal list at badminton tourney Tom Patrick News Reporter

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bout 160 players from 10 Yukon schools took to the courts at the Yukon Schools Athletic Association’s Grade 7 Badminton Tournament on Wednesday.

The annual event was held at two venues, Elijah Smith Elementary School and the Canada Games Centre.

Whitehorse Elementary School (WES) cleaned up at the Elijah Smith venue, winning gold in four of the five divisions.

Of those four, in three they also nabbed silver. Christ the King Elementary (CKES) was second in medals with five, including a gold in girls doubles.

Ecole Emilie-Tremblay (EET) came away with the most hardware at the Canada Games Centre venue with five medals, including three gold. Golden Horn (GHES) took home four medals with two gold and Holy Family (HFES) pocketed four medals with a silver in boys singles.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

Joel Krahn/Yukon News

Jesse Stewart from Watson Lake stretches for a backhand during the Yukon Schools Athletic Association’s Grade 7 Badminton Tournament at the Canada Games Centre on Wednesday. Ten Yukon schools participated in the annual event.

Elijah Smith venue Boys singles 1st Jason Sealy (WES) 2nd Ben Kishchuk (WES) 3rd Imhanuel Egiptu (CKES) Girls singles 1st Alexis Benson (WES) 2nd Samantha Shaw (WES) 3rd Sammy Demchuk (ESES)

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Gregory Poltorasky returns a shot in a boys doubles match.

3rd

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Girls singles 1st Ljubica Tokic (EET) 2nd Amber Dickson (JES) 3rd Sophie Senecal (EET) Boys doubles 1st

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Holy Family’s Jordan Macdonald slams one back during a mixed doubles match.

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pair of Yukon gymnasts beamed with pride following performances on the beam last week in Delta, B.C. Emily King and Hailey Sherman both cracked the top-10 in the event at the 2016 Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championship on May 5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first day was getting the jitters out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their first westerns ever. Hailey has moved up four levels in the matter of months, so she was a little overwhelmed by the sheer size of the competition,â&#x20AC;? said coach Kimberly Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Emily hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t competed in almost two years now because she is often out because of injury. For both of them it was a little bit of a rusty start, but they did awesome.â&#x20AC;?

Sherman placed fifth on beam, 13th on vault, 15th on bars and 16th on floor for 13th all-around.

King came eighth on beam and 18th on floor in the two events she competed in. Both were in the Junior Olympic 8 division. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(King) had a broken hand so she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do vault or bars, but we were able to make her routines that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use her hands on floor and beam,â&#x20AC;? said Jones.

Following the westerns, King and Sherman were joined by teammates from Whitehorseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polarettes Gymnastics Club for the 2016 Delta Invitational.

Competing in the same division as before, Sherman and King produced a rare tie, winning a pair of silver medals on the beam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty rare. And it was pretty funny they tied each other,â&#x20AC;? said Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a bit of a

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funny moment for the two of them.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty much all the same kids as on day one, they just had a better meet on day two,â&#x20AC;? she added.

Sherman also took sixth on vault, ninth on floor, for eighth all-around. King added a sixth place on floor.

Sasha Kozmen added a gold to the Polarettesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; medal count. She flew to gold on the vault with a front handspring in Junior Olym-

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Kozmen also took eighth on beam, eighth on floor for 10th all-around.

Maude Molgat captured a fourth medal for Polarettes with a bronze on bars in JO6. She also notched seventh on floor en route to eighth all-around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maude did a great bar routine,â&#x20AC;? said Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bars is an event weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all working to improve on in the Yukon. But Maude is really solid on that; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely her best event.â&#x20AC;?

Left: Polarettesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Emily King performs on the beam at the 2016 Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Delta, B.C., on May 5. Yukon was represented by two gymnasts at the Championships. Above: Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hailey Sherman performs her floor routine.

In the same division teammate Ella Paldy came fifth on bars and seventh all-around, and Ava Jampolsky fifth on vault and 11th all-around.

Polaretteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anna Gishler placed eighth on bars and ninth on vault on her way to 11th all-around in JO6 Junior.

Lily Witten posted fifth on bars and beam to take eighth allaround in JO6 Child.

Whitehorse teammate Riley Boland finished fifth on vault and beam for 13th all-around in JO4 Child.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the girls had a great meet and it was my first meet with a lot of the girls that went,â&#x20AC;? said Jones, who took over as head coach in February. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Ava and Lily it was their first meet of the season and it was a really big meet. There are 1,800 kids competing over the weekend, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the largest Canada has ever had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of an overwhelming environment for the girls.

For everyone to come home with something was super exciting.â&#x20AC;?

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

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Duties, Education & Experience • Supervises Finance staff • Manages collection services for TTC and provides credit counselling, instructs and mentors staff in the collection process • Knowledge of and experience in reconciling accounts/statements • Knowledge of payroll practices and principles.

• Reviews all inputs for posting into the general ledger of the Teslin Tlingit Housing Society (TTHS) • Overviews and ensures the accuracy and timelines of the TTHS agreement.

• The Finance Supervisor assists TTC Home Ownership applicants to find solutions for outstanding debt.

• Oversees, reviews and monitors TTC contracts and makes sure that TTC policies have been applied to the contracts • ensuring invoices do not exceed approved contracts amounts and keeps a listing of all contractors for WCB reporting at the calendar year end Grade 12 supplemented with two years course work towards an Accounting Designation, or the equivalent in training and experience. Course work or relevant experience using various applicable software programs such as ACCPAC, Microsoft Office and Ceridian Dayforce Payroll/HR module The incumbent should demonstrate great communication and supervisory skills.

The successful candidate will also have a strong knowledge of TTC’s history, traditions, TTC Final Agreement, Constitution, Self – Government and Implementation Plan.

For a job description please call 867.390.2532 ext 316 To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume Workforce Development Teslin Tlingit Council, Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 f. 867.390.2176 | humanresources@ttc-teslin.com

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TIGERLOOP FOR oil furnace or boiler, $100. 667-6752 or 332-8706 RELIO M3 burner for oil furnace or boiler, $175. 667-6752 or 332-8706 Native Brain-Tanned MOOSE HIDES At Reasonable Prices Tanned beaver & other furs also available.

Phone (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677 or write: Lodge Fur & Hides Box 87, Faust, AB. T0G-0X0 Canvas Tents and Wood Stoves Lowest Prices in Canada Tents will ship by Greyhound from Castlegar, B.C. Canvas Tent Shop, www.Canvastentshop.ca 1-800-234-1150 Call for Prices

Miscellaneous for Sale We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo.

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL

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SINGER SEWING machine, 99 stitches, comes with all attachments & extension table. 668-5786 MILWAUKEE 12” double slide miter saw, near new, $650 obo; Milwaukee saw stand, $225 obo. 335-4749 or 668-4726

Employment Opportunity

Yukon College is a small and innovative institution with 13 campuses, 11 of which are located in smaller rural Yukon communities. As the only post-secondary institution in Yukon, we prepare our students to succeed in the North. Grounded in northern expertise and strong partnerships, we are poised to be a leader in Indigenous selfdetermination, climate change and resource development, and soon WR EH WKH ÀUVW &DQDGLDQ XQLYHUVLW\ 1RUWK RI ² <XNRQ 8QLYHUVLW\ Come join us as we blaze trails and build a healthy and prosperous north through unique, relevant and inclusive education and research.

Casual Instructor, Environmental Monitoring Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Full time based on 37.5 hours per week Casual Position to September 30th, 2016 (With possibility of extension into the Fall) Initial Review Date: May 20, 2016 Competition No.: 16.44

Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions.

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

MILWAUKEE 18 volt drill with 2 batteries, case & charger, used, good shape, $125 obo; MasterCraft roofing coil nailer, $60.

335-4749 or 668-4726 BOLLARD POST, 7ʼ long, 6” inside diameter, 1/4” wall, new 1/2 price, $90. 667-6752 or 332-8706 51 HUSQVARNA chain saw with 18” bar, $200 obo. 668-7748 HUSQVARNA 375, $300; Coleman 5000W generator; Yamaha 2600W generator; Pentax 35mm with lenses, $200 obo. 334-6043 HEAVY DUTY Champion generator, 7800 starting watts, 6500 maximum rated watts, 120/240 volt electric start, 486 hours, $500.

633-6920 or 689-1952 SOLAR GROWING GREENHOUSE KITS for cold climates.

Order now.

Delivery in 2 to 4 weeks. www.solargrowingweebly.com Call Bob at 867-668-4965 ROLL OF 3” blue lay flat hose, 300ʼ, 100; 3” clear suction hose, 3 30ʼ sections 3” green suction hose, all 1/2 price of new. 334-6101 SET OF 2 speakers, Boze 901 series 6, comes with equalizer 21”W x 12”D x 12”H, excellent condition, call/text 335-8831 DRESS FORM, new. Adjustable size, $50.

821-2953 CAST IRON fondue set based with enamel, 6 skewers, $50; 334-3043 SMALL VENTILATION fan with motor and louvered vent suitable for small shop or greenhouse, $40. 668-2802 DELUXE WALL tent, 12x14x5, new, $800.

633-6962 KIRBY VACUUM w/attachments, vacuum used for parts, $50. 333-9020 TWO FLAT dual pane skylights, 24”x48”, $15 ea. 668-2802 MASTERCRAFT WOOD lathe, 36” in between centres, on metal stand, c/w turning chisels & manual, new cond. 456-2633 BRADFORD WHITE hydrojet, 40 gal, automatic propane water heater, no electricity required, near new cond, $800. 456-2633 ANTIQUE CHAINSAW collection, approx 18 pieces, as is; 8ʼX6ʼ sliding glass patio doors, complete in frame, new, unused. 456-2633 UNICYCLE, 335-1391

NEW, never used, $150.

SET OF two speakers, Boze 901 series 6, comes with equalizer, 21”W, 12”D, 12”H, excellent condition, call or text 335-3381 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

Be a part of one of Canada’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.

DOUBLE STAINLESS steel kitchen sink with faucet, $20. 633-6711 after 4:30pm

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

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

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Whitehorse Designated Office Full-Ɵme, one year Term

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

The 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 Office, Suite 200 – 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 – 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.

ASSORTED PROFESSIONAL framed nature photos, Yukon Landscape images, Inukshuks, caribou, $75 each. 689-9642

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION.

Closing Date: Until filled Location: Whitehorse Hours: 37.5 hours per week full time Salary: Level 12 Job Summary: This position reports directly to the Grand Chief and is responsible for all day to day operations of CYFN ensuring the organization’s mission is accomplished.

The position will supervise the senior management team by providing management, leadership, mentorship/development and staff accountability ensuring CYFN is an effective results driven organization.

Additional Information: Only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

For further information and job description, please contact Renie Bruton at 867-393-9206 or email at renie.bruton@cyfn.net.

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

LOG SHELL, 16ʼX20ʼ prefab log shell, ready to move, log work only. 668-3632 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 HON 4-DRAWER metal filing cabinet, exc shape, $350. 332-6565 MILWAUKEE 12” mitre saw, new condition, $500 obo; stand for saw, $200 obo.

335-4749 or 668-4726 ISO9001 CE diesel gen set, 9000 watt, doubles as 180 amp welder, $750 obo.

322-2530 HONDA GEN set 3500, $300. 322-2530 1-3" MONARCH water pump, 240 volt single phase electric motor, 60ʼ of 3" green hose with Camlok fittings, $500. 334-2697 WOOL STROUD, melton cloth for sale, pink, good for parkas, mitts, mukluk liners, 6ʼ of 60" wide, $50. 334-2037.

CAR TENT, 12ʼx26ʼ, $150. 322-2530

Electrical Appliances 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 GE FRIDGE & stove, new, apartment size, still in boxes, $1,000. 335-1391 7 CU ft compact freezer, good condition, $100. 689-8506

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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

Firewood

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

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

Store (867) 633-3276

STACKABLE SMALL dryer, frame included for washer underneath, washer not included, $100 obo. 660-5545 eves APARTMENT SIZE freezer, works good, $60. 322-2530

TVs & Stereos SONY USB turntable, fully automatic, c/w software, hardly used, $50. 633-6711 after 4:30pm AUDIOPHILE VINYL system, Sony receiver SSTR-DE 997, R/S Lab 400 turntable, Dasquest tower speakerss, Audio Technica cartridge, $350. 335-2413 AUDIOPHILE VINYL system, Technics SU-V98 integrated amp, R/5 Lab 400 turntable, Ortofon Concorde cartridge, M&K 3B speakers, VX-7 sub-woofer, $400. 335-2413

Computers & Accessories IPHONE 5S, with case & attachments, excellent condition, $200. 334-3043 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 GALAXY 5 Android cell phone, new back cover, perfect working order, $325. 667-4526

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

Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

â&#x153;&#x201D; Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed â&#x153;&#x201D; Everything over 8" split â&#x153;&#x201D; Prices as low as $245 per cord â&#x153;&#x201D; Single and emergency half cord deliveries â&#x153;&#x201D; 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 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

30-30 WINCHESTER Model 94, 1970, exc cond, $650. 667-6752 or 332-8706 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

CELEBRATE! 1 column x 3 inches ...............Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 2 columns x 2 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $46.80 2 columns x 3 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $70.20 2 columns x 4 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $93.60

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

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Guns & Bows RUGER REDHAWK 44 magnum stainless steel, like new, two boxes fired through it, $900. 336-0783

Full time Monday-Friday, 40 hours a week. Must have experience in a Auto Body Repair Shop doing polishing and final detailing/clean up for delivery, some paint preparation as well. Experience in yard management and organizing vehicles is needed. Must have a polite, courteous demeanor, and good communication skills when dealing with customers and co-workers. Job entails heavy lifting and strenuous work, so it is necessary to be in good physical condition. Must be willing to work in dusty, noisy body shop environment and have a great work ethic. Other duties include shop custodial work as well as shuttling customers and delivery of vehicles, a drivers license with clean abstract is required.

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RUGER BISLEY 45 Long Colt, single action, blued/wood. 5 boxes fired through, c/w new rcbs dies, $900. 336-0783

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

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

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

WANTED: 8MM mauser ammunition. Have lots of other ammo to trade. 335-4017 BOITO 12 gauge sxs shotgun, 28â&#x20AC;? barrels, very good condition, $395. 633-2443 WANTED: WINCHESTER model 94 or model 64 30-30 or 32 special. Call/text 334-5666 WEATHERBY VANGUARD VGD2 Legend Blaze model with flame pattern synthetic stock, unfired, new in box, .30-06, 24â&#x20AC;? barrel, $750. 633-2443 SAVAGE MODEL 1899 short rifle, 30-30 cal, Williams receiver sight, not for collector, good shooter in good cond, $550. 456-2633 WINCHESTER 1894 saddle ring carbine, has been totally rebuilt, excellent bore in 30-30 cal, $650. 456-2633

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

WANTED: ELECTRIC fence solar energizer, preferably Parmak Solar Pak 12. Christina at 335-4806

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

WANTED: SOMEONE to bring about 8 boxes up from Victoria to Whitehorse.

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SAVAGE .22 Long rifle, heavy barrel, accutrigger. Shoots well, $200, PAL reqĘźd.

334-7335

Cars

HENRY US survival rifle, take down semi auto .22, very good condition, $290 obo.

334-7664

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

334-2152

Wanted

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

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: OLD pop machine, must be in working condition. 332-1999 WANTED: 4 tires, LT 235/80 R17, in good shape. Call August @ 393-4796

2011 TOYOTA Yaris, automatic, P/W, very low kms, $6,500. 334-1935 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, doesnĘźt burn oil, studded winter & summer tires, reliable, one driver, $5,000.

336-4556 or 335-7383

...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

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 43â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kitchen-Diner-Sleeper Industrial Trailer Triple Axel under Carriage $19,950.

667-7777

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 2007 MUSTANG convertible, 39,000kms, 2 new 16â&#x20AC;? Perelli tires on Mustang rims, custom made seat covers, full undercoating, summer driven only, $18,500 obo. 667-6221

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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 2006 FORD Focus, 93,000kms, fully loaded, leather, 4-dr sedan, $7,500 obo.

867-536-7206

MicMac Smokey

Mister

Juniper

REDUCED! SALE .....................

PENDING! 2013 Ford Escape SE 1.6L ECO 7745AA .....................

2007 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner 1505A

REDUCED! 2013 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Ltd 7795AA ....................

2011 Kia Sorento LX V6 7596A.....................................

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REDUCED! 2012 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT 7791A 791A.............. ..............

2013 Ford Flex SEL AWD 7744A ..................................

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2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD LT

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

334-6101

2015 Toyota Tacoma

1992 DODGE Caravan, 22,500kms, runs well, needs muffler, has good rubber, $550 obo. 399-3920 eves

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

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

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2012 Toyota RAV4 Limited

2001 HONDA Civic, good cond, low kms @ 86,500, plum color, auto, remote start, hardly used winter tires, hasnĘźt 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

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

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And more...

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

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.

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2010 FORD F150 4X4 extĘźd cab, 8' box, blue, 5.0 V-8, 130,000 kms, one owner, vg cond, $18,500. 993-3490

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

2012 NISSAN Xterra 4x4, still under warranty, 45,000 kms, command start, new windshield, trailer hitch, 5000 lb towing, many extras, very clean, $21,500 obo.

332-3751 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

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

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2013 CHEVY Silverado, 4WD, ext cab, 5.3, blue, remote start, runs great, great condition, 60,000 kms, $33,500. Call 332-4098

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

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

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

334-3456

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2006 HONDA CRV 4x4, command start, mileage 141,500, dark blue, 3 sets tires, new summer & studded winter, A/C, custom carpets/mats, Honda serviced, $13,000.

867-993-3678 or 2490

9-WEEK OLD male kitten, $60. More info 455-2005

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

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

2005 F150 Ford p/u, new tires, front end rebuilt last fall, needs spark plugs changed but have them, $4,000. 335-3237 2003 FORD Explorer Sport 4X4, runs great.

689-8506 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 1998 CHEVY P/U, heavy duty 3/4 ton, club-cab, 4x4, 350 V8, great shape, comes with headache rack, new battery, brakes & tires, $5,900. 335-1336 1998 GMC Yukon, new motor, all electric, leather throughout, heated seats, well maintained. Al @ 456-2037 or 332-9183 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 1991 TOYOTA Hiace diesel window van, RHD, 4x4, automatic, decent rubber, mechanically sound, $4,000. 333-9914 1989 DODGE Dakota p/u, V6 standard, body & glass good, new battery, canopy, needs work, runs good, as is, where is, $750.

667-4526 1968 CHEV 3-T dump truck, 350 2-speed, 12Ęź dump box, runs great, $3,500. 633-2433 1955 INTERNATIONAL 3-ton flat deck, good paint, seats, exc tires, complete but not running, good project truck, $2,500.

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

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles

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 2005 POLARIS 500 quad w/winch, $4,500 obo. 668-6931 2012 NINJA 250 â&#x20AC;˘Practically new, 458kms. â&#x20AC;˘Never dropped. â&#x20AC;˘Great condition. $3,500.00 Call 334-5660 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

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

Pets CANINE GOOD Neighbour test, presented

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

1992 KENWORTH tractor 60" Aerodyne Bunk, N-14 Cummins, 18 spd trans., 46,000 lb rears, Neway airride, 965,000 original kms, $16,000. 334-2697 10ĘźX43Ęź KITCHEN/DINER/SLEEPER industrial trailer, triple axle undercarriage, $19,950. 667-7777

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

22' FABER freighter canoe in good shape, $3,000. 633-6962 20Ęź NORWEST wooden freighter canoe, built in 2002, used little, c/w trailer & 35hp Seahorse, $4,500 obo. 399-3920 eves ANTIQUE OUTBOARD motor collection, approx 36 pieces, as is. 456-2633

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

20Ęź ENCLOSED trailer, side door, rear barn doors, 3,500lb tandem axles, LED lights, next to new, good shape, $6,000 obo.

335-4749 or 668-4726

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

2002 CORSAIR truck camper, Excella, 9'2" w/shower, queen bed, N/S, fantastic fan, tinted windows, rear awning, well kept, reasonable price. 668-4876 9.5Ęź BIGFOOT camper, 4 seasons, vg cond, electric jacks, full bath, fridge, stove, furnace, outside shower, $10,000. 334-4110

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

Heavy Equipment

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

334-8197

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

1996 TRIPLE E Topaz trailer, 22Ęź, excellent condition, fully equipped, full bathroom, well maintained, long side awning, must be seen, $10,800. 333-0251 2007 PLEASURE-WAY Camper Van, 115,000kms Ford E-350, fridge, stove, furnace, A/C, microwave, electric rear sofabed, Onan genset, new awning, new tires, reduced price, must sell, $47,000 obo.

633-6642 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 2008 39.5Ęź Tahoe toy hauler 5th wheel trailer, back room 12ĘźX8Ęź, electric bunks, ramp c/w full gazebo, sat TV, Onan generator, outside body work needed, $16,000 obo.

333-0464 18Ęź CAR hauler, dual 3,500lb axles, 2 5/16â&#x20AC;? ball hitch, heavy frame, slide in ramps, 8,000lb winch, $4,500 obo. 334-6101 2003 VANGUARD Legend W258 26Ęź 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, 30Ęź, 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 DODGE TRADESMAN camper van, 80,000 original kms, range, fridge, furnace, water tank, new tires, great cond, $3,500.

633-3608

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

Great for landscaping, mining, general construction.

Call Joe 867-993-3914

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

Marine

STARTER FOR 4.3L 2003 GMC Jimmy, new in box, $160. 334-1846

DC FUEL pump, Fill-Rite 20 gpm multi fuel w/digital flowmeter, nozzle, accessories, good condition, $175 obo. 335-4017

GLASS FLOTATION balance, used years ago by Japanese fishermen, floated in the West Coast of Vancouver Island, great item for collectors. 668-5786

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

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

1994 5L Ford engine, runs good, $100; 1985 GMC 4X4 for parts, no motor, $150.

322-2530

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

65HP MERC outboard with controls, $200.

668-7748

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

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

2 NOKIA winter tires, 175/70 R13, used 20%, set for $100. 862-7047

WANTED: OLD canvas canoe for landscaping project. Can be damaged or very old.

335-2479

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

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

867-862-7047

ALUMINUM HEAD ache rack for full size p/u, $500; P/u box off 2001 F250 full size, $500. 334-3237

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

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

332-0067

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

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

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

2005 YAMAHA 15 HP, 4 stroke long shaft.

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

333-1002

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

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

August @ 393-4796

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

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PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467

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

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

1984 ZETA 24' Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, barbecue, galley, head, canvas enclosure, GPS chart plotter fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint, many extras, reasonable offers. 332-1374

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

ROUGHNECK 1960MT riverboat, 2007 model, comes with EZload trailer & 2011 4-stroke Yamaha 90 HP, excellent running condition, $14,000, motivated to sell.

333-5531

20 KW Iveco diesel generator, $2,500.

633-3616

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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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

LDAY AGM: Join the Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon for our AGM - Tuesday, May 31, Whitehorse United Church, 7pm. www.ldayukon.com 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 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 STEINER STUDY group meetings Tuesdays at 7 pm, in Hillcrest. Explore the spiritual science of anthroposophy. Free. 335-2300 or email: jgraf5@yahoo.ca 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

YUKON RIVER Trail Marathon. Sunday August 7th, Filling fast. www.yukonmarathon.com

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.

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.

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

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 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!

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

334-3928 karen@littlefootprintsbigsteps.com YUKON TABLE Tennis Championships May 14 & 15, Saturday school event & junior competition, Sunday Menʼs/Womenʼs singles & doubles. For more info contact 668-3358 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

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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 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 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. THE ALZHEIMER/ Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with dementia. Info call Joanne 668-7713 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 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

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

BOTTLE DRIVE in Porter Creek May 28 between 1pm to 3 pm. Please support the PCSS Germany trip 2016. For more info call Renate at 334-6948

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

NORTHERN SOLAR greenhouse on display at LMCC now, win it in a raffle, tickets $20 at Aroma Borealis or Lorne Mountain Community Centre 667-7083 till May 25th more info www.mountlorne.yk.net

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

FORT MCMURRAY fundraiser, Salvation Army Church on Black Street, Saturday, May 14, 10am-2pm, bake sale including bannock, doughnuts, buns, cranberry cakes, cookies & more. Also lunch, coffee & tea. Letʼs all help fellow Canadians

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.

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

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

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

YUKON SHOOTING Federation AGM Saturday June 4, 12 noon at Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club. All shooting sports welcome.

ATLIN RECREATION Centre Handyman dinner and auction May 28, 5pm-10pm. Proceeds towards the ARC accessibility project.

Come out for great food, hilarity and handiwork.

MOUNT LORNE Volunteer Fire Dept. 20th anniversary BBQ. Join us at the Community Center for music, games, food and drink Saturday June 11, 5pm RSVP: mtlornevfd@gmail.com THE WHITEHORSE Curling Club is hosting its AGM in the club lounge starting at 7pm on Wednesday, May 25th. The Board of Directors encourages all members to attend.

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JOSEF GRAF PAINTING Certified Journeyman for 20 seasons Residential & Commercial Free estimates and consultations 335-2300 Master quality in the Yukon FROGGY SERVICES PEST CONTROL For all kinds of work around the house Windows & Wall Cleaning & Painting Clean Eavestroughs Carpentry Yard Work etc.

References available 867-335-9272

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

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 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

Services

BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER/PAINTER 30 years experience Commercial-Residential •Renovations •Repairs •Kitchens •Bathrooms •Drywall Tiles •Decks •Fine Finishing and Painting No job too small Local references available Phone 393-4937 bradmre@gmail.com PASCAL REGINE PAINTING PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Interior-Exterior Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 EXPERT CARPENTRY •All types of projects •Commercial & residential •New construction & renovations •Interior & exterior •Fine finishing 334-5231 Attention Employers & Job Seekers Free Job posting website www.yukonjobs.net Employers can post free posting and search suitable candidates from data banks.

Job seekers can upload resume and search jobs.

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ALPHA ROOFING CONTRACTOR Residential • Commercial New roof • Roof inspection Re-roof • Leak repair Shingles Torch-on • Tin roof • Journeyman High quality workmanship 332-4076 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

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

Lost & Found FOUND: 1/2 trailer gate on Alaska Highway late Thursday afternoon, March 24.

668-3153 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: FISHING tackle box at Lewis River bridge about a week ago. 334-9039 FOUND: SUM of money in Whitehorse.

250-488-4979

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Sports Equipment 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 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 17.5 FOOT Kayak, current design, $1,400.

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PUBLIC TENDER COMPLETE EXTERIOR REPAINT HAINES JUNCTION HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING #3940, HAINES JUNCTION, YUKON

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CLINTON CREEK REMEDIATION PRELIMINARY DESIGN (10%)

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 24, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Robert Murray at robert.murray@gov.yk.ca.

Project Description: Government of Yukon invites proposals for the provision of engineering design services related to the Clinton Creek Remediation Project.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 2, 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 Monique Raitchey at monique.raitchey@gov.yk.ca.

Site visit May 16th at 10:30 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.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

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

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Energy, Mines and Resources

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2016-025 Engineering Services — WH4 Excitation System Replacement

Yukon Energy is inviting proposal submissions from qualified consultants to provide engineering services for the replacement of the existing excitation system for our 20 MW generator (WH4) at the Whitehorse generating station. The scope of work for the consultant shall include, but not be limited to: 1.

Determining the functional and technical requirements for the new excitation system;

2.

Detailed design for the new excitation system;

3.

Technical support for the procurement of the new excitation system;

4.

Technical support for the installation and commissioning of the new excitation system;

5.

Acting as site engineer for Yukon Energy during the installation and commissioning of the new excitation system.

It is anticipated that this work would start July 1, 2016, and be completed by June 30, 2017.

Sealed bids, clearly marked “RFP #2016-025 Engineering Services – WH4 Excitation System Replacement” will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time Friday, June 8, 2016 at the Corporation’s main office building, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Whitehorse, Yukon.

PUBLIC TENDER COMPLETE EXTERIOR REPAINTING PMD OFFICE/ WORKSHOP, WATSON LAKE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 26, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Robert Murray at robert.murray@gov.yk.ca.

Site visit May 18th at 1:30 PM 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/

REQUEST FOR TENDER

REQUEST FOR TENDER

Supply and Delivery of CGC Arena Viewing Glass

2016 Rural Roads Surfacing

RFT 2016-REC0001

RFT 2016-ENG0004

Closing June 13, 2016 at 3:00 pm PT.

Closing June 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm PT.

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whitehorse.ca/procurement

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www.whitehorse.ca

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

SUPPLY OF HEATING AND DRIVING FUEL FOR OLD CROW

VEGETATION CONTROL KM 0.0 TO 10.0, KM 153.0 TO KM 165.0, AND KM 246.0 TO KM 251.0 DEMPSTER HIGHWAY

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER LAWN, GROUNDS AND SPORTS FIELD MAINTENANCE WHITEHORSE, Y.T. 2016 AREA #3 Project Description: Area #3 Includes: Selkirk Elementary School Christ the King Vanier Catholic School Grey Mountain School Gadzoosdaa Residence Teen Parent Centre Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 26, 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.

Mandatory Site Visit: May 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Selkirk Elementary School Bidders to confirm attendance by phoning - Glenn Lemoine at 6678458.

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/

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 30, 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 Jo-Anne Tingley at joanne.tingley@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

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

Highways and Public Works

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.

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

Highways and Public Works

Attention Yukon Hunters!

The period to apply for the Permit Hunt Authorization (PHA) lottery has changed.

To be eligible for the lottery, applications must be received by Environment Yukon before close of business on Friday June 10, 2016.

A Yukon resident who holds a 2016-17 hunting licence may apply for a Permit Hunt Authorization for 2016.

Apply early and avoid last minute lineups.

For more information, visit: Highways and Public Works

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 2, 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.

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Livestock 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 â&#x20AC;˘ 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 â&#x20AC;˘ 335-5192 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

PUBLIC TENDER LAWN, GROUNDS AND SPORTS FIELD MAINTENANCE WHITEHORSE, Y.T. 2016 AREA #1

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

STAINLESS STEEL sink new. Ikea Boholman single bowl w/strainer etc, never used still in packaging, 27 1/2"x19 5/8"x7 1/8th. $ 6 0 o b o . http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/ S69847464/, 335-4017

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

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

Baby & Child Items CHILDRENĘźS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 BOYĘźS CLOTHES, 3T, 4T, 5T, by the bag, $80, brand names to Walmart, excellent condition. 393-2630 14â&#x20AC;? BOYS bike, from ages 3-5 yrs, excellent condition, comes with training wheels, $60 obo. 393-2630

Furniture SERTA EUROTOP queen bed & box spring, 1 year old, clean, new condition, paid $1,100, asking $500 obo. 633-2125 DINING ROOM set, table 44â&#x20AC;? x 6Ęź, w extensions to 9Ęź, comes with 8 chairs. Call 667-4418.

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

633-3416 SEALY 9â&#x20AC;? foam double mattress, $200.

633-4078

Project Description: Area #1 includes: Takhini Elementary Jack Hulland Elementary Porter Creek Secondary Holy Family Elementary Hidden Valley School

PUBLIC TENDER COMPLETE EXTERIOR REPAINT EDUCATION BUILDING #1222 WHITEHORSE, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 24, 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.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 27, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Robert Murray at robert.murray@gov.yk.ca.

Mandatory Site Visit: May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Porter Creek School 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/

Site visit May 20th at 1:15pm 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.

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

Health and Social Services

Highways and Public Works

Alterations, Hemming, Zipper Repair and more.

Garments in for repair, have to be freshly washed.

Sportees 6098 6th Avenue 668-2691 WHITEHORSE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB May 10, 2016 1st - Andrzej Jablonski & Nick Smart 2nd - Bob Walsh & Mike Landry 3rd - Chic Callas & Bill Curtis We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players are welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.co WHITEHORSE CURLING Club cash calendar for April: $100, Rick Copes; $50, S & B Jensen, Scott Cole, Terry Maher, Holly Williams; $25, Jocelyn Schultz, Sharon Shadow, Donna Barnes, Sean Zealand Neylor, Angelline Rollins, Dawn Dickson, Dan Miller, Pat McKenny, Paul Warner, Maurice Chiasson, Debbie Throssell, Trevor Braun, Dawna Hope, Florence Kushniruk, Diane Jones, Randy Dekussyer, Doreen Grady, John Yeulet, Ron Billingham, Kyla MacArthur, Raul P. Dioquino, Ryan Mahar, Sean Zealand Neylor, Elaine Sumner, Ellie Atkinson

PM06-533-1

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Estate of Clive Nicholson

Water Source Location Point dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau/Lieu

Lovett Creek/Gulch and Ground seepage

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

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2016-024 Multi-year Service Agreement for LNG Equipment

Yukon Energy Corporation is seeking proposals from qualiďŹ ed contractors for the performance of maintenance activities at Yukon Energyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liquiďŹ ed natural gas (LNG) generating station in Whitehorse, Yukon. The successful proponent would provide all labour, materials, tools, equipment, test gas supplies, accommodations, meals and transportation necessary to complete preventative maintenance and calibration services for LNG process systems. The Corporation anticipates entering into a three year contract with options for additional years.

Sealed proposals, clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;RFP #2016-024 Multi-year Service Agreement for LNG Equipmentâ&#x20AC;? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, Friday, June 3, 2016 at the Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main ofďŹ ce building, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Whitehorse, Yukon. To obtain a tender package contact Matthew Sills at 867-393-5335 or at matthew.sills@yec.yk.ca.

First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun

MAYO, YUKON

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

Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT â&#x153;&#x201C;New Licence â?&#x2018; Existing Licence â?&#x2018; TAKE NOTICE THAT, Dinos Family Restaurant Inc./Sourdough Joes, of P.O. Box 1170, Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0, is making application for changes to Off Premises liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Sourdough Joes situated at 902 A&B Front Street in Dawson City, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 5:00pm on the 25th day of May, 2016 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is May 6th, 2016.

The second time of publication of notice is May 13th, 2016.

The third time of publication of notice is May 20th, 2016.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

Yukon Water Board â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Avis de demande Application Number NumĂŠro de la demande

Friday, May 13, 2016

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Type of Undertaking Type dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreprise

Placer

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

June 7, 2016

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office avant la date limite indiquĂŠe sur le prĂŠsent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrĂŠtariat de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office au 867-456-3980.

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.

DETAILED SERVICE CATERING SPECIFICATIONS IS AVAILABLE AT:

www.nndfn.com DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2016 AT 2:00 P.M.

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

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

Interested parties can access information and E.O.I. submittal package by contacting: Ted Lambert at: e-mail: deslindevcorp@gmail.com cell: 867-334-8486

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PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

COMPLETE EXTERIOR REPAINTING WATSON LAKE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE ,YUKON

SUPPLY SERVICES BUILDING SETTLEMENT REPAIR BUILDING #1277,WHITEHORSE, YUKON

COMPLETE EXTERIOR REPAINTING, WHITEHORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHITEHORSE ,YUKON

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 Robert Murray at robert.murray@gov.yk.ca.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 6, 2016. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Alan Terry at alan.terry@gov.yk.ca.

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 Robert Murray at robert.murray@gov.yk.ca.

Site visit May 18th at 1:00 pm 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/

Site visit: May 19th 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.

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

Site visit May 24th at 1:15 pm 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

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

PUBLIC TENDER

LAWN, GROUNDS AND SPORTS FIELD MAINTENANCE WHITEHORSE, Y.T. 2016 AREA #2

PROJECT SUPPORT FOR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY ON RESPONSIBLE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIRS, YUKON COLLEGE, BLDG. #1227, WHITEHORSE, YT

Project Description: Area #2 includes: Whitehorse Elementary Wood Street School Elijah Smith Elementary Golden Horn Elementary Emilie Tremblay School 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.

Project Description: To provide technical and communications support services to Energy, Mines and Resources as they implement and adapt an Engagement Strategy on how to responsibly develop oil and gas resources in Yukon.

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 Laura Spicer at laura.spicer@gov.yk.ca.

Mandatory Site Visit: May 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Whitehorse Elementary School All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

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

Highways and Public Works

Energy, Mines and Resources

Feel like a small f ish in a big pond?

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is June 2, 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 Anton Pertschy at anton.pertschy@gov.yk.ca.

A site visit has been scheduled for: May 19th, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

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/

Highways and Public Works

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Garage S SALE

SATURDAY, MAY 14TH

ARKELL M 47 SANDPIPER DRIVE, Arkell, Saturday May 14, 9:30am-12:30pm, boating gear, clothes, jack, no early birds COPPER RIDGE M 125 FALCON DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toys, books, hockey, clothes and other stuff CRESTVIEW M 170 RAINBOW, Crestview, Saturday May 14, 9am start, furniture, vintage lamps, household items, books, magazines, etc DOWNTOWN M HELLABY HALL, 4TH & ELLIOTT, Downtown, Saturday May 14, 12Noon-4pm, multi-family garage sale KULAN M 24 LABERGE RD, Kulan Industrial District, HUGE GARAGE SALE, Saturday May 14, 10am-2pm, quad trailer, tools, household items, bikes, outdoor supplies, tires, industrial shelving, furniture etc INDUSTRIAL M YUKON HUMANE SOCIETY YARD SALE, Mae Bachur shelter, Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15.

We are accepting donations on Friday May 13 from 10am-5pm MT. SIMA M 72 CIRQUE PLACE, Mt. Sima, Saturday, May 14 and Sunday May 15, 9am-12noon both days, household articles, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s items & toys, 3-9 age range PORTER CREEK M 514 GROVE STREET, Porter Creek, Saturday, May 14, 9:30am-2:00pm, moving sale, clothes, household, tools, patio furniture, dresser, furniture, no early birds M 1007 PINE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 9am-12noon, Jerusalem Evangelical Ministries, multi-family fundraiser with proceeds supporting north Mexico villages, household, clothing, kitchenware M 1302 ELM STREET, Porter Creek. Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm. Lawn chairs, tools, generator, HH items.

M 64 TAMARACK DRIVE, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 9:30am-12:30pm, tools, household goods etc M 1109 CENTENNIAL ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 8am-2pm, kids toys, swing set, household items, tools, ďŹ shing gear, kids bikes, camping gear etc M 27-12TH AVE, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, tons of household things M 1413 HOLLY ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 8:30am start, Earthway garden seeder, misc garden tools, child or garden wagon, pillows, misc kitchen ware, small shop tools etc M 1208 PINE ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 8:30am-1pm, misc, coffee table, window, camping gear M 41 WILLOW CRES, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 9am-12noon, something for everyone M 34 TAMARACK, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 9am-12Noon, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 Dodge mini-van parts, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 GMC Black Bart rims, tools & household stuff, p/u box trailer etc M 27-12TH AVE, Porter Creek. Saturday, May 14, 9am-1pm. Tons of HH items.

M 1104 FIR ST, Porter Creek. Saturday, May 14, 9am-noon. No early birds. HH, yard items, adult & children clothing, toys, games, books, hockey sticks. Lemonade stand. Cancelled if raining.

M 907 FIR ST, Porter Creek, Saturday May 14, 10am-3pm, multi-family, clothing, household items, books, lots of stuff, no early birds please M 1410 CENTENNIAL, Porter Creek, beside Super A, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, fundraiser for Legion, household items, furniture, building materials RIVERDALE M 2 KALZAS PLACE, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 10am-3pm, moving sale, everything has to go, no early birds please M TAGISH ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 8:30am-12noon, multi-residence yard sale, no early birds please M 6 & 8 TAGISH RD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 8:30 am start, lots of pre-schooler stuff, no early birds M 14 GREEN CRES, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm, tools, clothing, Arctic gear M 38 BLANCHARD RD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-12Noon, downsizing, kitchen items, bedding, tables, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books & toys, outdoor & miscellaneous items, some free items M 23 LIARD RD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-12Noon, household items, camping gear, electronics & more M 15 FIRTH RD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm M #121, 1 Klondike Rd, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm, dresser, furniture, tools, misc items

28 HYLAND CRES, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-12Noon, family yard sale, something for everyone, cancelled if raining M #31, 96 LEWES BLVD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14, 9am-3pm, moving out, small refrigerator, safe, sports memorabilia, household items M 3 PEEL RD, Riverdale, Saturday May 14th, 8am-11am, multi-family, books, mens/womens clothing, jewelry, furniture, knitting/sewing supplies, sporting goods, household items, no early birds please TAKHINI NORTH M TAHKINI NORTH ANNUAL YARD SALE, multihomes throughout the neighbourhood with goods for sale on Cassino, Nijmegen, Carpiquet, Arnhem and more, Saturday May 14, 9am - 2pm M 65 ORTONA AVE, Takhini North, Saturday May 14, 9am-2pm M 67 ORTONA AVENUE, Takhini North, Saturday May 14, 9am-12noon, something for everyone, no early birds please M 113-989 RANGE RD, Takhini, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, yard & bake sale, spring cleaning, house & yard stuff, everything must go, no early birds please TAKHINI SOUTH M 8 CASSINO ST, Takhini, Saturday May 14, no starting time given, household items, clothing, camping, ďŹ shing, dvdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, videos & electronics etc M 34 CASSINO ST, Takhini North, Saturday May 14, 9am-3pm, community yard sale, household items, outdoor equipment, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clothes, toys, books M 4 VIMY PLACE, Takhini, Saturday May 14, 9am12noon, multi-family M 34 CARPIQUET RD, Takhini North. Saturday, May 14, 9-11:30am. Kids bikes, toys, clothes, books, camping gear.

M 32 ARNHEM RD, Takhini North, Saturday May 14, 9am-11am, neighbourhood event with many participating homes, bring a coffee, wander, ďŹ nd some treasures M 134 SEINE SQUARE, Takhini. Saturday, May 14, 8am-noon. Multiple units at Lansing Point condos. Motorcycles, furniture, tools, hh items, books, truck box, clothing & lots more.

M 119 & 121 SEINE SQUARE, Takhini, Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15, 9am-2pm, tools, chainsaw, patio table, misc household items M 349 VALLEYVIEW CRES, Takhini, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, household goods M 121 FALAISE ROAD, Takhini West, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, clothing, toys, bikes, small furniture, chairs, books, and more M 42 NIJMEGAN RD, Takhini North. Saturday, May 14, 9am-1pm. HH and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; items.

TAKHINI - NORTHLAND MHP M 21 NORTHLAND TRAILER PARK, 986 Range Road, Saturday May 14, 9am-1pm, something for everyone, rain or shine M

SUNDAY, MAY 15TH

INDUSTRIAL M YUKON HUMANE SOCIETY YARD SALE, Mae Bachur shelter, Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15.

We are accepting donations on Friday May 13 from 10am-5pm MT. SIMA M 72 CIRQUE PLACE, Mt. Sima, Saturday, May 14 and Sunday May 15, 9am-12noon both days, household articles, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s items & toys, 3-9 age range PORTER CREEK M 4 OAK STREET, Porter Creek, Sunday May 15, 12noon-4pm, boats, outboard motors, quad trailer, brand new sound system, household items, tools, tires, shovels, rakes, garden hoses etc M 10 CEDAR CRES, Porter Creek, Sunday May 15, 8:30am-12noon, good quality baby/toddler stuff & more TAKHINI SOUTH M 119 & 121 SEINE SQUARE, Takhini, Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15, 9am-2pm, tools, chainsaw, patio table, misc household items

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