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Dark night of the toe ends Drunken reveller mails sourtoe back to Dawson, apologizes

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awson City’s homesick sourtoe has found its way home.

The desiccated human digit, which made national news when it disappeared last week, was mailed back to the Downtown Hotel June 22 complete with an apology from the apparent thief, according to police.

“We’re pleasantly surprised,” said the hotel’s general manager Adam Gerle.

The toe, the key ingredient in the hotel’s signature sourtoe cocktail, was stolen June 18.

According to staff, a man came into the bar to have the drink — a shot of liquor with the toe in the glass — and then walked out with the toe.

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Unfortunately for him he reportedly left behind his certificate, which bore his name. Police were on his trail.

On June 20, Dawson City RCMP received a phone call from the alleged suspect, “stating that he had placed the

toe in the mail, addressed to the Downtown Hotel,” said RCMP in a news release.

“The man then called the Downtown Hotel and provided the same message to staff, along with a verbal apology.”

Gerle said they weren’t

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The Downtown Hotel’s recently-stolen small toe has been returned by mail.

sure whether the call was a prank. On June 22, a package arrived.

The postmark was from Whitehorse.

“To ensure the package was safe to open” the package was brought to the RCMP detachment to be opened, police said.

The toe was inside, along with an apology letter signed ”A Drunken Fool.”

The toe is believed to be in good condition but will be looked over by a doctor at the hospital before it gets put back into anyone’s drink, Gerle said.

Police say they don’t expect to lay charges in this case.

Gerle said he’s fine with that.

“Who hasn’t had a drunken moment in Dawson?”

he Yukon Energy Corporation has filed an application with the Yukon Utilities Board asking for a nine per cent rate increase over two years.

This is the first rate increase application by the utility since 2013.

“We are facing increased costs to modernize our aging infrastructure and to ensure reliable energy during winter peaks,” said Andrew Hall, president of Yukon Energy Corporation. “We are also seeing inflation in some of our operating expenses.”

Recent projects by the company include the new liquid natural gas plant in Whitehorse and major structural work on the Aishihik hydro facility.

The increase will affect both Yukon Energy and ATCO Electric Yukon customers. In June 2016, ATCO applied for a 7.5 per cent rate increase over two years for new projects and to replace old equipment.

The company also pointed to Yukon’s economic slowdown affecting its bottom line. They were granted a temporary rate hike of 4.4 per cent by the utility board pending a public hearing that was held in November. The board is expected to make a final decision on the application shortly, an ATCO spokesperson said.

The same process will be followed for the Yukon Energy application with a public hearing expected sometime this year, said Hall.

“We only expect to get the final confirmation 10

to 12 months from now,” he said.

However, if accepted by the board, ratepayers will be paying both the ATCO and the YEC rate increase.

“If energy rates are increased by ATCO or Yukon Energy Corporation, everybody pays, not just ATCO customers or Yukon Energy customers,” said Janet Patterson, communications manager at YEC. The rate increase equals 1.75 per cent per year between 2014 and 2018. But there are no regulations in place to ensure a timely review of rates.

This often leads to a “rate shock” for customers, said Hall.

According to Hall, YEC often waits until they’ve completed large projects to add into their rate base.

This can be one of the reasons for the gaps between

rate increases, he said.

Earlier this month, Economic Development Minister Ranj Pillai said that the government is working with the corporation to ensure that rate applications take place on a schedule.

“We have had some discussion with the government about doing that but there’s been no decision on that yet,” said Hall.

Despite the rate increase, Yukon rates remain the lowest in the North and are competitive with many jurisdictions in Canada, said Hall.

“We’re pretty cost-effective compared to even many Southern cities like Toronto and Regina. That’s mostly a legacy of the hydro dams that were built a long time ago,” he said.

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So long, senator: Dan Lang retires Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ukon’s senator has announced he is retiring.

Dan Lang told the Senate June 22 that he will be walking away as of August 15 after eight and a half years on the job.

“After 27 years in public service, it has come time for me to move to another chapter in my life,” he said. “I have been very fortunate to serve in elected office for five terms in the Yukon Legislative Assembly starting in 1974-1992, and now eight and a half years as the appointed senator for Yukon.”

Lang is retiring about six years ahead of the mandatory retirement age. In an interview following his announcement he said he never intended to stay until the last possible day.

“I knew that I wasn’t going to stay here until I was 75, I knew that. After I was here for eight years my wife and I started looking at … what we wanted to do later on in life.”

He and his wife Valerie plan to spend more time at home with his children and nine grandchildren, he said.

Lang was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by former prime minister Stephen Harper. He was recommended for the position by the Yukon’s premier at the time,

Dennis Fentie.

He most recently has worked as chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence.

Splitting his time between Ottawa and the Yukon has been difficult he said, especially when he job as chairman of a standing committee required him to be back in Ottawa every Monday.

“Living in both communities you kind of lose touch over time. We live so far away. We live the furthest away.”

As a senator, Lang said he is proud of the work he was able to do to advance projects including the expansion of the Mayo B power plant, the building of the First Nations cultural facilities in Haines Junction, Carcross and Whitehorse and the expansion of Yukon College.

“These types of things are how you can use your office and make Yukon a better place,” he said.

When it comes to the most significant thing he has done in the Red Chamber, Lang points to his sponsorship of a Senate bill to repeal of the long gun registry which passed in 2012.

“That was a real accomplishment for me. I sponsored that bill and we were a minority at that time in the senate,” he said.

“Because of my past experience and working with others, we were

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Yukon Senator Dan Lang announced he will be retiring effective August 15. able to ensure that that bill became law.”

Since Lang took office, the Trudeau government

has changed the way Canada chooses its sen-

ators. An independent advisory board for Senate appointments now accepts applications from Canadians who want to become senators. All are appointed as independents.

That board will come up with a shortlist of five, then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pick a new Yukon representative.

There’s no word on when the selection process to fill Lang’s seat will start.

“An advisory board is made up of three federal members and two members from each of the provinces or territories where a vacancy is to be filled,” said Paul Duchesne, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office, in an email.

“As a vacancy was not planned for Yukon until 2023, (so) an advisory board for Yukon has not yet been established.”

Lang said he would recommend Yukoners consider the job.

“Those who feel like they can contribute should take a serious look at it,” he said.

Lang is entitled to receive a full pension since he has served more than six years.

Two months ago a CBC report alleged that Lang and his policy advisor faced allegations of workplace harassment.

Both men vehemently denied the report.

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Tanker rollover snarls traffic Ashley Joannou & Lori Garrison News Reporters

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tanker truck full of aviation fuel rolled over June 22 shutting down two Yukon highways for most of the day.

The crash happened just north of Whitehorse, at the intersection of the Alaska and North Klondike highways at approximately 7 a.m. It brought traffic to a standstill while staff from the City of Whitehorse and the Yukon government along with RCMP, firefighters and other emergency responders attended the scene.

By about 3 p.m. both highways were re-opened to a single lane of traffic.

By 6:30 p.m. both roads were completely open.

During the standstill a row of cars parked along the side of the road

stretched for more than a kilometre. Most drivers appeared to be taking it in stride.

“People have been coming in and waiting since 7:30,” said Jayden Gregorash who has worked at Takhini Gas for about a year.

Mark Tovell is visiting the territory from England. He and his friend, Marija Joffe of Lithuania, are touring the Yukon together by bicycle.

“We have been waiting here since noon,” Tovell said. “We came from Dawson. It figured the highway would close when we are the hungriest, when we are so close to having a hot shower.”

The cause of the crash is still under investigation. RCMP say the tanker’s driver was taken to the hospital, treated and released.

Environment Yukon estimates that between

3,000 to 6,000 litres of fuel was spilled, “however those numbers are still being confirmed,” spokesperson Roxanne Stasyszyn said in an email. “Environment officers are also assessing potential effects the spilled fuel may have on the environment.”

According to Stasyszyn, company has hired two subcontractors to address assessment, containment and remediation. One company is addressing the soil, the second is addressing the creek.

“Environment Yukon deployed booms on Little Takhini Creek which are used to help contain and absorb contamination.

We will continue monitoring and maintaining these booms downstream.”

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An overturned tanker full of aviation fuel closed the Alaska and North Klondike highways for the majority of June 22.

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Remote, rugged, and sparsely populated, the border has no shortage of logistical concerns that were the focus of the Borders and the North Symposium held at Yukon College June 20-21.

After the boundary between Alaska and Canada was drawn, many Indigenous peoples found their territories divided by an international border.

“We never knew what a border line was,” said David Johnny, former chief of White River First Nation, speaking at the symposium.

“We’re at the back burner of every issue that’s brought forward. We’re not even talked to when changes are made.”

Johnny is a member of the traditionally Upper Tanana speaking people, whose territory and people are now divided by the border. As such, different laws apply in different parts of their territory and relatives are citizens of different countries.

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Former chief of the White River First Nation David Johnny speaks at the Borders and the North Symposium June 21. Johnny says Indigenous people living along the Yukon’s border with Alaska can have trouble crossing between countries.

Tanana villages were near the boundary and some dwellings even straddled the line. The people living there were told they would have rights to move around freely and hunt and trap on both sides, Johnny said. However, “that memo didn’t make it to Washington.”

As Johnny was growing up, though, the border wasn’t much of an issue.

American customs was located 150 kilometres from the border in Tok, Alaska, and the Canadian post was — and still is — at Beaver Creek, 30 kilometres from where the Alaska Highway crosses the border.

At the time, the area’s Indigenous inhabitants continued to move around and hunt freely in the so called “no man’s land” between the customs posts. Things

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Today Johnny says people are getting hassled for being in the now 30-kilometre “no man’s land,” even if they haven’t crossed the border. He also says Canadian border guards don’t understand their rights and culture and have even seized goods from community members on their way to a potlatch.

“Our members feel disrespected,” he said. “We get treated better at American customs than in our own country.”

Johnny says that U.S. border guards know who they are and treat them well, whereas with Canadian border guards, arguments are common.

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However, this isn’t even the largest problem Johnny said his community faces.

Many people in his community who live in the United States can’t enter Canada due to minor criminal charges from their past.

His sister now has terminal cancer and many of their friends and relatives are barred from coming to see her.

“It’s causing us great trouble and preventing us from exercising our rights that are protected by the Canadian constitution,” he said.

“The Jay Treaty doesn’t really help us. Something new has to be negotiated.”

The Jay Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that permitted Indigenous people to move freely across the newly-established border and “freely carry on trade and commerce with each other.”

Under the terms of the treaty, people born in Canada with at least 50 per cent Indigenous blood are entitled to live and work in the United States.

“They have the broadest set of rights of anyone in the U.S. apart from citizens and cannot be deported,” said U.S. immigration lawyer Greg Boos, who also spoke at the symposium.

“Tribal enrolment and personal affiliation don’t matter. Blood quorum is the only thing that matters,” he said. “It’s the only racial biometric that still exists.”

But Canada never ratified the Jay Treaty after independence, meaning Johnny’s relatives on the other side of the border have no right to reside or work in Canada, even if it’s within their traditional territory.

Johnny said things need to change. He would like to see a provision allowing relatives with minor charges to come to Canada and thinks special ID cards for cross-border First Nations could make things easier. He also says that border guards should be educated more on the culture and rights of Indigenous communities.

“This is our land,” said Johnny, “We have rights based on traditional use and occupancy. We never signed any treaties.”

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Whitehorse city council to vote on Chadburn Lake Park management plan Lori Garrison News Reporter

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ity staff presented a new version of the Chadburn Lake Park management plan before council at the June 19 standing committees meeting.

The plan cites 14 key objectives, including conservation and the restoration of delicate environmental areas. It also aims to maintain existing habitat and animal movement corridors when building new infrastructure and to protect areas with cultural or heritage significance for First Nations.

The plan lays out a number of steps to meet environmental, development and social goals, including an inventory of species within the park, dog owner education programs, wildland fire management initiatives, better trail signs, putting in outhouses in key areas and working with First Nations to identify sites of cultural significance in

the park.

The plan also looks at improvements to the Long Lake, Schwatka Lake and Chadburn Lake day use areas, the construction of new trails and improvements to the designs of facilities at visitor and day use areas.

The park, which encompasses approximately one-sixth of the city’s land mass, has been set aside as an environmental greenspace and recreation park since the 1970s, said Mike Ellis, the city’s acting manager of planning and sustainability. The idea to create a plan for the area has been in the works since the ‘80s but never really got off the ground until current staff and council took up the project in the fall of 2015.

“We realized people lacked clarity about what was protected green space and what was developable (in the area),” Ellis said.

Ellis describes the creation of the plan as being similar to creating a housing development — a lot of planning, consul-

tation and research goes into it.

“This is a guiding document,” he said. “It lets us say ‘yup, that idea is okay here,’ or ‘no, it isn’t.’ There needs to be a balance between development and conservation.”

“This is the number one area people have been interested in developing for sometime.”

The plan cost approximately $60,000 from the city’s capital budget, Ellis said.

The plan is a refined version of an earlier work presented before council in the fall of 2016, which council chose not to accept partly because concerns raised by the Kwanlin Dün First Nation had not been met. This resulted in the KDFN not signing on to the first draft of the plan, so council asked that it be revisited. The Ta’an Kwäch’än Council did sign the initial plan.

First Nations had special concerns about the area, because the park borders portions of their

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Canoeists paddle on Schwatka Lake in 2015. A new Chadburn Lake Park management plan was presented to council June 19. traditional territories.

Both the KDFN and TKC have “numerous land selections on the east side of the Yukon River,” according to the management plan. The plan states that portions of the park “were and continue to be ‘home’ for First Nations citizens. First Nations people continue to use the areas today in a variety of ways.”

The KDFN had concerns stemming from

“two major topics,” said Ellis: respect for First Nations heritage in the park area and a commitment to better ecological analysis for wildlife and environmentally sensitive areas.

“The Kwanlin Dün have tens of thousands of years of First Nations tradition in the area,” Ellis said. “We had to ask ‘how do we integrate that into the planning?’”

When the initial plan

went to council, they chose not to adopt it based on these concerns.

“The plan was at about 95 per cent last fall,” said Ellis. “Council took a look at it and said, ‘can we make this 100 per cent?’”

Staff revised the plan to address some of these concerns and the KDFN are now signed on.

“It’s a shame there was a delay and I hope its not viewed as a difference between the two governments. It’s not,” said Ellis.

“It just wasn’t straightforward to find a way that satisfied all parties.”

Diane Reed, director of lands resources for KDFN, said that while KDFN had some initial differences of opinion about the plan, those concerns have been met in the revised draft.

Reed described the relationship between KDFN and city council as “strong.”

The council will vote on whether to accept the park management plan at the next council meeting on June 26.

Contact Lori Garrison at lori.garrison@yukon-news.com

B.C. firefighters to battle wildfire south of Dawson City Sharon Nadeem & Andrew Seal News Reporters

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team of B.C. firefighters is coming to the Yukon to assist in firefighting efforts against a lightning-caused fire 21 kilometers south of Dawson City. Approximately 32 personel, including 19 firefighters and an incident management team, are on their way to the Yukon.

The fire close to Dawson is a big priority and there is potential for more lightning starts in the region. “That’s a big reason we’re bringing in additional resources, on top of the crews we have in the Yukon that are getting relocated (from other parts of the territory),” said fire information officer George Maratos.

The good news is fire activity is quiet in the rest of the territory so crews can focus on the Klondike

region and northern areas, he said.

Currently, two air tanker groups and two helicopters are working on the 164-hectare fire just three kilometers away from the closest building.

“The fire is burning in the full response zone and is a top priority for Yukon Wildland Fire Management given its proximity to a number of values,” said Yukon Duty Officer Kris Johnson.

Residents in the area

have been notified and will continue to be updated on the fire that started Wednesday afternoon.

Continued efforts by the airtankers and helicopters helped limit the fire growth overnight. Firefighters also conducted a “burn off procedure” that removed fuels in the area to prevent further growth.

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All other fires are currently not posing any threats to nearby areas. Firefighters from other regions in the territory are being relocated to the Klondike for additional support.

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hitehorse is not Toronto. On that, at least, I think we can all agree and be grateful.

We are, as the signs say, the “wilderness city.” We boast this status because of our unparalleled access to nature and all the incredible things that entails, like stunning mountain views in every direction and the remote, though very real, possibility you could be mauled by a bear while jogging.

But Whitehorse is not immune to the same sort of planning and development issues that plague its larger southern counterparts.

Demand for housing here outstrips supply, pushing up prices and rents. According to housing data released this week by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the city’s rental vacancy rate is down to three per cent, the average home sale price increased from $361,000 last year to $380,000 this year, and delays in Whistle Bend mean the number of new housing starts could actually drop over the coming years.

And yet, it seems, the most powerful force in municipal politics, here as in Toronto, is the existing property owner who thinks they get to veto what happens on land they don’t own.

Such it is with the backers of a petition on change.org — where there are currently 51 petitions related to the Transformers movie franchise — outraged that the city would dare even consider opening up some parcels of land in existing country residential neighbourhoods. Land that — it’s worth noting — while not currently zoned for construction is located in areas designated for development by the city’s official community plan.

These NIMBY arguments begin to crumble at the slightest scrutiny. If building in green space is such a threat to groundwater, then surely that is also true of the existing homes. Why did we allow those in the first place?

The neighbourhood is car-reliant, the petition claims, and so new residents would only serve to increase greenhouse gas emissions. If current residents find that so objectionable, perhaps they should move somewhere that is serviced by public transit.

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Nice try, but the city is actually under no obligation to protect your property values.

Even your dream home contains an element of economic risk. The self-interest of property owners does not outweigh the broader obligation of municipal government to ensure there is an adequate housing supply.

And besides, have you seen what property values are doing lately? Infill does not torpedo property values. It does the opposite.

Whitehorse is in the midst of a housing crunch that only figures to get worse if any of several proposed mines go into production.

The city will need housing of all types to meet both future and current demand. The bulk of that housing will be built, by necessity, closer to the city centre, but it also means filling spaces in country residential lots.

The nationwide housing bubble has gotten so bad in supercharged markets like Toronto and Vancouver that a recent Canadian Business article described a new movement:

people who are actively rooting for a market crash so that they might one day be able to afford a home.

Said one housing advocate: “We have a housing shortage, and a large group of people who don’t want more housing — often people who already have secure housing, and who get richer if there is a shortage. There’s a class of landowners that passively grow wealthy, and another class that’s struggling to pay rent.”

That right there is the crux of it: NIMBYism is, at its core, a classic case of “I got mine.” My piece of paradise, in a neighbourhood so far-flung you have to drive to get the mail. Country residential neighbourhoods are not wilderness. They are where wilderness used to be. It’s irresponsible for the city not to infill in these places. Doing so helps protect the farther flung, genuine wilderness areas inside limits from development pressure.

If the city was proposing to build a dump or a 40-story office block in its outer suburbs, the petition signatories might have a defensible point. But the city is not, so they don’t.

tain Bluegrass Festival a few weeks ago and was amazed at the quality of sound in the Grand Hall courtesy of the Junction Arts and Music Society (JAM), the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, the Community Development Fund, and the Village of Haines Junction. The Grand Hall underwent extensive redesigns in the past years to improve sound quality, led by Dieter Gade of JAM who coordinated the funding applications and oversaw all the renovations. The theatre now has sound baffles on the walls and ceiling, new sound equipment, and a redesigned con-

trol room. These renovations have produced a top quality soundscape in the theatre.

Thanks to Dieter Gade for his vision, and for making it all happen. Haines Junction should be very proud of their world-class theatre.

Thanks to the Yukon Bluegrass Music Society for presenting a top-shelf festival, and Jim Holland who produced the excellent front-ofhouse sound. My ears were smiling the whole weekend.

Contact Chris Windeyer at editor@yukon-news.com.

LETTERS A truly grand Grand Hall When we presented the first nine years of the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival in the Grand Hall of the Haines Junction Convention Centre, we struggled every year to get the acoustic sound right. We experimented with different speaker configurations, microphones, monitors, sound engineers, and even tried relocating engineers in the theatre. In the end, we never really got it right, realizing the acoustics were problems we could not solve.

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t’s high school graduation time. Even if you didn’t get invited to make the inspirational grad speech at your old high school, you should still prepare a few words of wisdom for the next generation. Teenagers love to get career and life advice from adults, so don’t hesitate to share your life experience next time you spot a future leader in a restaurant, motor vehicles lineup or even at the home dinner table.

I’ve heard lots of advice given, and sometimes received, over the years.

My mother’s grad class in Whitehorse had a dozen girls but only one boy, apparently since all the guys

quit school for lucrative jobs during the post-war boom. “That new Alcan Highway is going to be huge, so you should quit school and get a job driving a truck” was probably pretty good advice as the highway opened up big new economic opportunities and self-driving mining trucks were still the stuff of science fiction.

The next generation heard things like, “Move to Barrow, Alaska. The Alaska Highway pipeline is going to be huge!” The career fair I attended about opportunities on drilling rigs in the Beaufort Sea falls in the same category.

Today, the chatter is generally not about the resource frontier. It’s about opportunities in the city.

Think of all the television series, such as Big Bang Theory, Silicon Valley or Suits, and how many of them are about groups of young friends living exciting experiences together in a big city.

Statistics show that

young people are moving to cities in ever greater numbers. In the U.S., Forbes and real-estate firm Trulia did an analysis of 2013 census data.

The population growth of millennials, categorized as people from 20-34 years of age, was lowest in rural areas and small towns.

The fastest growing areas were suburbs of big cities.

Exorbitant real estate costs in the centres of big cities probably had something to do with this. But in downtowns or nearby suburbs, the draw of the bright lights is clear in the figures.

Overall, the U.S. population of millennials grew 1.2 per cent in 2013. The growth rate for Seattle, Denver, Colorado Springs, Honolulu and San Antonio, for example, was more than double that.

Statistics Canada figures for the Yukon suggest something similar. In 2011-12 there were 446 twentysomethings (aged 20-29) who moved to the Yukon. In the same year,

415 left the territory. We netted 31 twentysomethings.

Since then, it has been a steady outflow. For the four following years ending in 2016, we averaged 419 arrivals and 481 departures, for an average net loss of 62 young Yukoners per year. 2016 was a particularly big year for twentysomethings leaving the Yukon.

One way to think of it is that for the last four years we lost three school classrooms of twentysomethings per year.

This is not good. Many grad speech cliches revolve around the idea that young people are our future. Not only are they fun to have around, but they work in entry level jobs older Yukoners don’t want, don’t use the healthcare system much and their taxes will support the rest of us when we’re at the Whistle Bend seniors facility.

Some of these out-migrants may move away and come back. I was not re-

assured, however, that the older 25-29 year old cohort showed similar migration behaviour to the younger twentysomethings. There was not an obvious pattern in the data of 20-year-olds moving away for a few years then returning at age 25 to pay taxes and drive our economy.

The problem will not be helped by the territorial government’s financial challenges. Given its dwindling cash reserves, it will probably be forced to clamp down on spending. Typical government cost-saving measures like hiring freezes hurt young people in particular, since in that kind of economic environment existing older employees tend to stay in their roles longer. Any cuts in grants and contributions to non-profits will quickly flow through into fewer jobs and contracts, and it is usually the junior jobs that go first.

Meanwhile, we don’t have a big mine or tech company in growth mode

hiring lots of young people.

All of these things make it harder for young people to get on the career ladder.

There are lots of things that can be done: More internships and co-op positions locally that can lead to full time jobs, cost reduction programs that are more sensibly designed than across-the-board hiring freezes, continuing to grow education programs at Yukon College as it becomes a university.

These things are all useful. But the opportunities young people have in 21st century cities are a powerful draw. We need to get creative to make sure today’s young people associate the words “Yukon” and “opportunity” the way previous generations did.

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 is a Ma Murray award-winner for best columnist.

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VICTORIA ritish Columbia’s opposition parties accused Premier Christy Clark of adopting their policies and campaign promises Thursday in a last-ditch bid to hold onto power as her minority government faces defeat in a legislature showdown next week.

The government’s throne speech included about a dozen planks from the New Democrat and Green party platforms in last month’s provincial election, which reduced the Liberals to a minority government after 16 years in office.

“I believe the B.C. Liberals have lost their way,” said NDP Leader John Horgan. “I believe they no longer represent and reflect the values of this diverse and dynamic province.”

Clark’s throne speech highlighted key NDP campaign promises, including eliminating bridge tolls and raising

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monthly welfare rates by $100.

The Liberals would also hold a referendum on electoral reform after the opposition parties came out in support of proportional representation. Two previous referendums on electoral reform have failed in B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver said he was heartened to see the Liberals adopt Green policies, but his party remains focused on toppling the government in a confidence vote.

“We cannot have confidence in a government that for 16 years has argued against these policies and in the last few days has suddenly recognized that they are in the best interests of British Columbians,” Weaver said in a statement.

The election gave B.C. its first minority government in 65 years, with the Liberals winning 43 seats, the NDP 41 and the Greens three in the 87seat legislature. The NDP and the Greens signed an agreement to combine

their seat total and vote down the Liberals in a bid to form a minority NDP government.

Clark said the throne speech shows her government is willing to change after hearing from voters.

“Why shouldn’t governments change their minds in response to what British Columbians tell us,” she said. “We need to be willing to change course.”

Clark rejected NDP and Green suggestions that she adopted their policies simply to stay in power.

“It’s not an NDP platform because it’s not raising taxes,” she said.

“It’s not firing thousands of people across the province and it’s not increasing deficits.”

The government’s agenda seeks a balance between economic, social and environmental issues, says the speech, read in the legislature by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon.

“British Columbians voted for parties that spoke to the importance of economic growth and

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Newly appointed House Speaker Steve Thomson addresses the legislature prior to the Speech from Throne in Victoria June 22. jobs, strengthening our social programs, and protecting our environment,” it says. “They have told us to find a better balance to move forward on all these priorities.”

The speech includes promises to eliminate tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges in the Vancouver area, cut the provincial sales tax to offset an annual increase of $5 a tonne in the carbon tax, spend $1 billion on early childhood education, and ban union

and corporate donations to political parties.

Clark said a higher than forecast budget surplus allows the government to pursue innovative options, although the size of the surplus won’t be released until next month.

Earlier Thursday, a former Liberal cabinet minister was acclaimed Speaker in what might be a short-term appointment.

Steve Thomson, a former minister of

forests, lands and natural resource operations who represents Kelowna Mission, said he is not looking beyond his duties in the event of the Liberal government’s defeat and it would be up to a new government to appoint a Speaker.

But he didn’t say from which party the Speaker should be chosen.

“If the government changes, it’s the government that identifies a Speaker,” he told a news conference. “Again, I’m not going to speculate as to how things will unfold.

My job will be to manage the house … to the best of my ability.”

The position is a key one in this legislature because of the close election outcome and the prospect of tied votes that the Speaker would have to break.

Horgan and Weaver described Thomson as a person of integrity, adding if he were to extend his duties should the NDP form a minority government that would be welcome.

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n RCMP corporal who was a friend of three murdered Mounties is publicly condemning the commissioner’s testimony last week on the killings as a clear failure of leadership.

“I hold you personally responsible for the deaths of my friends,” Cpl. Patrick Bouchard, who worked alongside the Mounties who died during a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., wrote in an open letter on Facebook.

“I hold you responsible because you as a manager (you are not a leader) have placed money and image ahead of the safety of the members you are sworn to protect. You sir have failed us.”

Commissioner Bob Paulson testified last Thursday at the RCMP’s trial on Labour Code charges in the shootings that management had concerns over the possible militarization of the force as it prepared to arm officers with high-powered carbine rifles.

Carbine rifles were not available to general duty officers during Justin Bourque’s shooting spree on June 4, 2014, and numerous witnesses have testified they could have made a difference as Mounties tried to take on Bourque’s high-powered long guns with their service pistols.

However, Paulson told the court that he worried that the carbines could “distance the public from the police.”

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The officer said the letter was sent to Paulson and he received no response.

He said after he decided to post the letter publicly, he received dozens of phone calls and close to 800 likes on his post — many of them from retired and serving RCMP officers.

Paulson, who is expected to retire at the end of this month, wasn’t immediately available for comment.

Another veteran officer who was present for the commissioner’s testimony said Bouchard is far from alone in his frustration with Paulson’s defence of management’s actions.

He spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing concern over repercussions for speaking publicly.

The officer said on the

day of the shooting he and his partners weren’t properly armed or trained by the force to deal with an active, outdoor shooter.

He was particularly angered by Paulson’s comment about “going to a shoplifter with a carbine.”

“If they don’t have enough confidence in their members, to think we’d go and respond to a shoplifter with a carbine, nothing more needs to be said,” he said.

“It was insulting. … I was offended by a lot that was said.”

The officer said some officers are taking the rare step of going public because there is a sense that senior management won’t listen through internal communication.

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Paulson also said under oath that the RCMP needs to demonstrate the ability to use force, but it is not central to its presence. “We have tanks, drones and machine guns, but are we going to a shoplifter with a carbine?” he testified.

Constables Fabrice Gevaudan, Dave Ross and Doug Larche were killed, while constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen were wounded when Bourque targeted police officers in hopes of sparking an anti-government rebellion.

Bouchard, who is a 15-year-veteran of the force and is now posted in the Miramichi area, said he worked alongside the officers and was deeply saddened and angered by their loss. He said Paulson’s testimony hit him “like I had been punched in the gut.”

He said in an interview that he doesn’t accept the logic of Paulson’s arguments, and finds it difficult to accept that the top Mountie was willing to risk officers’ safety out of worries “we’ll look too mean.”

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One of the mine’s upgraders — opened in September 1967 — turns heavy, sticky oilsands bitumen into light synthetic oil to ship to market. In the very near future, the ore containing that bitumen may be hauled by driverless trucks currently undergoing testing on site.

“Technology is a wonderful thing,” said Bill Bruce, general manager of mine production at the Suncor Energy Base Plant, located 24 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.

“In some cases people are afraid of it, but if you don’t evolve as an organization or as people, you will be left behind.”

Canada’s oilsands are at a crossroads. Estimated to contain 166 billion barrels of crude recoverable with today’s technology, they are also loathed by environmentalists who fear their development will accelerate climate change. Other challenges include a carbon pricing regime, a cap on emissions, pipeline constraints and a flood of U.S. shale oil production that is weighing on prices.

Despite growing environmental outcry, oilsands production is expected to continue to grow in the years ahead, and so the industry is developing unique technologies to extract more black gold more efficiently while lessening its environmental footprint.

At the mine that began as the Great Canadian Oil Sands project, where the air is filled with the occasional muffled “thump” of bird deterrent cannons, Suncor staff are implementing practices aimed at keeping the operation competitive in an era of lower oil prices and tougher public scrutiny.

Bruce, who began working at the mine as a 19-year-old some 37 years ago, has seen the evolution in mining from the awkward original 850-tonne bucket-wheel excavators to more nimble trucks and shovels.

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If the testing is successful and economical, he said Suncor could eventually capture CO2 at its upgraders and use it for another project, growing production while reducing greenhouse gas emission intensity.

Suncor and its partners are also testing the results of a pilot project that used warm solvent to recover some 125,000 barrels of bitumen with no water and much lower emissions in anticipation of potential commercial use.

When: July 5, 2017 from 12 - 3 pm: ESL walk-in advising Where: Academic Support Centre, A2309 at Ayamdigut campus, Whitehorse Who: Canadian citizens or permanent residents Make sure that you bring Canadian Language Benchmark, IELTS, or Yukon College English Assessments scores with you for course advising.

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Senate, Trudeau government locked in test of wills over budget amendments Joan Bryden Canadian Press

OTTAWA bid by senators to amend the Trudeau government’s budget escalated Wednesday into a test of wills over which parliamentary chamber — the elected House of Commons or the appointed Senate — has the right to decide budgetary matters.

Senators were incensed after the government summarily and swiftly rejected Senate amendments to its budget implementation bill, sending a message back to the upper house that the changes “infringe upon the rights and privileges” of the Commons.

The message echoed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s contention that the elected chamber has the sole authority and legitimacy to decide budgetary matters.

The message was sent, without debate and with unanimous approval of MPs from all parties in the Commons, less than three hours after the Senate gave final approval to an amended version of the budget

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bill, deleting provisions that would impose a so-called escalator tax on booze.

Senators must now decide whether to insist upon their amendments or defer to the will of the elected chamber. But they were so insulted by the assertion that they don’t have the right to amend budget bills that they almost unanimously refused to even consider the message later Wednesday, putting it off until Thursday and potentially disrupting MPs’ summer break.

In the end, even the government representative in the Senate, Peter Harder, voted against his own motion to immediately consider the Commons’ message, which went down to defeat by a vote of 79-2, with five abstentions.

The Commons adjourned a short time later until Sept. 18. But if the Senate were to insist Thursday on its amendments to the budget bill, MPs would have to be recalled to respond, assuming that the government doesn’t want to leave the bill in limbo until the fall.

Conservative senators,

independent Liberal senators and independent senators — including those who actually support the budget bill — were in agreement that the government went too far in questioning the Senate’s constitutional right to amend budget bills.

“By doing that, they are just trying to rub our nose into it and they can’t expect that we’re going to say yes to that,” said independent Liberal Sen. Serge Joyal, an acknowledged constitutional expert.

He accused the government of trying to indirectly amend the Constitution — which prohibits the Senate from initiating a money bill but does not prevent it from amending or even defeating one — to limit the Senate’s powers.

Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos said the government “didn’t show much respect for the parliamentary system” by questioning the Senate’s right to amend a budget bill.

Independent Sen. Andre Pratte, who had already signalled his intention to defer to the elected chamber on the budget bill despite concerns about some pro-

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visions, said the message sent from the Commons ”makes us want to reaffirm in principle our right to amend budget bills.”

He said the various groups in the Senate are working on two separate motions to be voted on Thursday: one informing the Commons that senators will not insist on their amendments to the budget bill and another reasserting the Senate’s constitutional power to amend a budget bill.

Had the government not challenged the Senate’s right to amend but simply rejected its amendments to the bill, Sen. Joe Day, leader the Liberals in the Senate, said the upper house likely would have bowed to the will of the Commons and everyone could have gone home for the summer Wednesday evening.

“We had our bags all packed and ready to go,” said Day, who had earlier in the day urged senators not to shy away from exercising their right to amend the bill.

Whether the message will prompt senators to dig in their heels on their

amendments to the budget bill remains to be seen.

But it can’t have helped in a chamber where opposition to the budget already appeared to run deep.

While the Senate’s final approval of the amended bill was done by a simple voice vote Wednesday, senators voted 46-32 late Tuesday to accept the recommendation of the Senate’s finance committee to delete the provisions that would allow the government to automatically increase the federal excise tax on wine, beer and spirits every year by the rate of inflation.

All 34 Conservative senators in the chamber, three independents and nine independent Liberal senators voted in favour of the committee report.

During final debate Wednesday, senators variously referred to the escalator tax as “a tax grab,” a tax hike ”in perpetuity” and “taxation without representation.” They worried that it would devastate small breweries and wineries and that it sets a dangerous precedent, allowing the government to hike taxes

annually without having to get parliamentary approval each year.

Objections were also raised about the structure of the new infrastructure bank and the provisions allowing the government to borrow money without getting parliamentary approval.

Although Conservative MPs made no objection to the message the Commons sent to the Senate, they repeatedly pressed Trudeau earlier Wednesday to accept the senators’ amendments.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, a former Speaker of the Commons, blamed Trudeau’s “Liberal senators” for the impasse with the Senate, referring to the senators Trudeau kicked out of the Liberal caucus three years ago, as well as the independent senators he’s appointed since becoming prime minister.

He ignored the central role Conservative senators — who make up the single largest group in the Senate, continue to sit in the national Tory caucus and generally vote as a block — played in amending the budget.

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OTTAWA rovincial subsidies to encourage the use of electric vehicles are the most expensive, least effective way to help cut greenhouse gas emissions, the Montreal Economic Institute says in a new report.

The organization studied the subsidies offered by the governments of Quebec and Ontario and says together they could cost those provinces more than $17 billion by 2030, while cutting emissions in those provinces less than four per cent a year.

Ontario offers rebates of up to $14,000 and Quebec up to $8,000, on the purchase of electric vehicles.

Germain Belzile, senior associate researcher at the institute and the report’s lead author, says over a decade, a zero-emission vehicle will produce about 30 tonnes less in emissions than a gasoline-powered vehicle.

That means the Ontario subsidy is costing as much as $523 a tonne and Quebec’s $288 a tonne,

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compared with the federal carbon price plan, which will hit $50 a tonne by 2022.

Belzile said this is something federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau should take into account as he considers a federal electric car subsidy.

“If the governments absolutely want to get to their (emissions) goals faster, the worst way of doing that is a subsidy to electric cars,” said Belzile.

Garneau appointed an advisory group last month to look at barriers to electric vehicle purchases, including supply, demand, cost, and infrastructure readiness, such as the availability of charging stations. Garneau said he doesn’t intend to set quotas for electric vehicle sales in Canada, as Quebec and Ontario have done, but he is looking for advice on whether to implement a subsidy.

Belzile said the panel should absolutely conclude, based on the evidence, that subsidizing electric cars is simply not efficient.

At the end of 2016, there were 29,270 electric vehicles registered in Canada and

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Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau checks out the Chevrolet Volt at the Electric Vehicle Show May 26 Montreal. three-quarters of them were in Quebec and Ontario.

Quebec wants to have at least 100,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2020, and one million by 2030. The report suggests Quebec’s subsidies would cost between $4.6 billion and $8.6

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million tonnes a year in emissions, or about 3.7 per cent of the province’s current total. One million electric cars in Ontario would cut about 2.5 per cent of its annual emissions.

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Even if every single car was replaced with a zero-emission vehicle by 2030, it would only get the country less than one-fifth of the way to meeting its international commitment to shave nearly 200 million tonnes of emissions a year by 2030.

Belzile said consumer demand, spurred on by a $50 a tonne carbon tax, is a far more cost-effective way to increase electric vehicle use than a vehicle subsidy that is more than 10 times as expensive.

He said research shows as many as half of those who already bought an electric car in Quebec would have done so without the subsidy, so it’s costing the government a lot of money to convince people to do something they would have done anyway.

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WASHINGTON epublicans are angling toward a Senate vote next week on their marquee effort to erase much of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But there’s plenty of grumbling from senators across the GOP spectrum, and leaders haven’t yet nailed down the support they’ll need to prevail.

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Tuesday that there’s “more work to do” before the bill adequately cuts premiums. A second conservative, Utah’s Mike Lee, complained about not seeing the legislation despite being on the working group of senators assigned to craft it and said lawmakers should have seen the measure “weeks ago” if they’re to vote next week.

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John Cornyn of Texas said Tuesday. In a 50-50 tally, Vice-President Mike Pence would cast the tie-breaking vote.

McConnell’s ability to line up votes is considered masterful, and he’s eager to pass legislation fulfilling a keystone campaign promise of President Donald Trump and countless GOP congressional candidates. But as of now, victory is not guaranteed and he stopped short of definitely scheduling the vote for next week.

“It’s apparently being written by a small handful of staffers for members of the Republican leadership,” said Lee of the bill, using a Facebook video for an unusually public swipe at GOP leaders.

Democrats have also lambasted McConnell for writing the sweeping legislation in closed-door meetings. They unanimously oppose the GOP bill but lack the votes to defeat it. They fear McConnell will jam the legislation through the Senate with little debate, limiting their chance

to scrutinize the bill and whip up opposition against it.

Aides and lobbyists said they expected the GOP bill to provide health care tax credits linked to people’s incomes, not their ages like the House-passed measure, and impose spending limits on the growth of the federal-state Medicaid program for the poor that would tighten further by the mid-2020s. Another possibility was letting states drop some coverage requirements that Obama’s law imposes on insurers, they said.

They said unresolved questions included how to make sure the subsidies can’t be used for policies that provide abortions and how fast they can repeal tax boosts Obama levied on high earners and medical companies to finance his statute’s expanded coverage.

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of Medicaid to additional low-income people over five or six years. That might satisfy Republican senators from states that expanded their programs, but conservatives have wanted to halt the extra expenditures quickly.

At the White House, spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump “clearly wants a bill that has heart.” A week ago, Trump called the version the House approved last month “mean.” Spicer offered no specifics but said Trump wants the Senate to “strengthen it, to make it more affordable, more accessible.”

Besides Lee and Cruz, conservative Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said it would be “a non-starter” if the developing bill’s subsidies are as large as Obama’s.

Murkowski has opposed past conservative efforts to include language barring federal payments to Planned Parenthood, a group many Republicans abhor because it provides abortions.

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The juror, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said 10 of the 12 jurors agreed that Cosby was guilty on the first and third felony counts. And only one of the jurors thought he was guilty on the second count.

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jurorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names, granting a request by a dozen media organizations, including The Associated Press and the major TV networks.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill warned jurors not to divulge what fellow jurors said during deliberations.

The Associated Press tried contacting jurors for comment Wednesday but was not immediately able to reach any of them.

The juror who spoke to ABC said emotions were high as deliberations wore on in a cramped back room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People would just start crying out of nowhere, we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even be talking about

what,â&#x20AC;? the juror told the network.

Jurors initially voted overwhelmingly to acquit Cosby on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault, the juror said.

Andrea Constand testified that Cosby drugged and molested her at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Cosby said the encounter with the former director of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball operations at his alma mater, Temple University, was consensual.

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Saudi Arabia’s next king is a young, ambitious risk taker Aya Batrawy Associated Press

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES e is known as MBS and his rise through Saudi Arabia’s corridors of power has been shockingly swift.

At age 31, Mohammed bin Salman already controlled the kingdom’s defence policy and was overseeing a massive internal economic overhaul with the backing of his father, King Salman.

His sudden appointment Wednesday to the position of crown prince places him as first in line to the throne, cementing his position as the driving force behind Saudi Arabia’s major moves and seemingly charting Saudi policy for the coming decades. He is regarded as a bold and ambitious risk taker.

Even before the royal decree was issued by the king, MBS’s plans have resulted in a dramatic shake up of a once predictable and slow-moving country that for decades lagged behind its Gulf Arab neighbours, like Dubai with its glistening skyscrapers and tourist attractions.

In the two-and-a-half years since his father was crowned king, MBS has managed to sweep aside any competition from princes who are older and more experienced than him, most notably his cousin Prince Mohammed bin Nayef who had been in line to inherit the throne.

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Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi columnist and professor at King Faisal University, is among those who support MBS’ ascension.

“The current situation requires a lot of effort and quick decision-making and courage,” he said. “The past generation may not be as quick rhythmically or have the speed that’s needed to carry out a transformation.”

“The country needs new blood and a new generation because the changes needed are big,” Batarfi said.

A snapshot of the crown prince’s many titles reveals just how vast his portfolio is. He is also defence minister; deputy prime minister; chair of the Supreme Economic Council; head of a council overseeing the state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco; head of the Public Investment Fund; and a top member of the Council of Political and Security Affairs.

A little more than two years ago, MBS was a little-known figure in Saudi Arabia.

He served as the head of his father’s royal court when Salman was still crown prince. Unlike his many siblings, he never studied abroad or pursued a master’s degree, choosing instead to remain close to his father and study law at the King Saud University in Riyadh.

Within hours of Salman’s ascension to the throne, the monarch named his favourite son,

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with then-Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a bilateral meeting, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20.

MBS, defence minister.

Two months later, they led Saudi forces into war in Yemen, becoming the face of a conflict framed in Saudi media as a battle against Shiite-led Iran’s ambitions for regional dominance.

The war whipped up nationalist fervour around the new king and his son.

He would also be in charge of inking multi-billion dollar arms deals with Washington.

Domestically, MBS expanded his reach by turning to outside consulting firms to launch a plan to overhaul the kingdom’s economy. His goal is to drastically reduce the country’s dependence on oil exports after a plunge in prices nearly crippled

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MBS vowed to end Saudi Arabia’s “addiction” to oil, and pushed through politically-sensitive austerity measures that curbed spending on subsidies and the public sector — where the majority of Saudis are employed.

His Vision 2030 plan and its accompanying National Transformation Plan grabbed international headlines when he announced the country would publicly list a percentage of Saudi Aramco.

Social reforms, he’s argued, are also needed in order to bring the deeply conservative nation into the 21st Century. MBS has promised amusement parks and more fun for his generation of millennials. For the first time in decades, Saudis can attend musical concerts in the kingdom and the powers of

country’s feared religious police have been curbed.

More than half of the population of Saudi Arabia is under 25-years-old and 70 per cent are under 35, representing a large potential consumer market, but also a massive challenge for the government to keep up with job creation and affordable housing. The Vision 2030 plan outlines specific goals, such as reducing the unemployment rate from around 12 per cent to 7 per cent.

And unlike previous Saudi royals in top positions of power, MBS has granted several interviews to Western media outlets.

In his most recent television interview, aired in May on Saudi TV, MBS delivered a strong warning to Iran and ruled out any dialogue with officials there. Framing the tensions with Iran in sectarian terms, he said it is Iran’s goal “to control the Islamic

world” and to spread its Shiite doctrine “We know we are a main target of Iran,” Prince Mohammed said, warning that he “will work so that it becomes a battle for them in Iran and not in Saudi Arabia.”

Madawi Al-Rasheed, an outspoken Saudi critic of the royal family and a professor at the London School of Economics, said MBS’ stature as crown prince will mean “continuing repression of the domestic population and being erratic regionally.”

She said it also further aligns Riyadh with Washington. King Salman dispatched MBS to Washington in March to meet President Donald Trump, a visit that helped lay the groundwork for Trump’s historic first overseas visit to Saudi Arabia last month.

Al-Rasheed said MBS has effectively ingratiated himself with the new U.S. administration by presenting himself as “a younger version of Trump” by blurring the lines between statesman and businessman.

Iran’s state TV described the appointment of MBS as a “soft coup in Saudi Arabia”. The bitter rivals also back opposite sides of the war in Syria and opposing groups in Lebanon, Iraq and Bahrain.

Though few of Saud Arabia’s allies have publicly critiqued MBS, a German intelligence analysis released by the BND spy agency has cited concern over the kingdom’s future, noting that the cautious diplomatic stance of older leaders within the royal family has been replaced by “a new impulsive policy of intervention.”

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London fire: Tests show other high-rises have suspect panels Danica Kirka Associated Press

LONDON ests so far have found that at least seven high-rise apartment buildings in England have combustible external panels like the ones believed to have contributed to a fire that killed 79 people in London, Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said Thursday.

Downing Street said 600 buildings in the country have “similar cladding” to that of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, which was destroyed by the June 14 blaze.

The Department for Communities and Local Government later said that figure refers to buildings with all types of cladding and that not all of them necessarily have cladding made from the same aluminum composite material as Grenfell Tower.

Landlords are being asked to check what the cladding on their buildings is made from.

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thorities try to determine whether cladding contributed to the rapid spread of the Grenfell Tower blaze, which engulfed the 24-story building in less than an hour. They still haven’t said where and how the fire started.

May told the House of Commons on Thursday that government facilities have found combustible cladding after local officials submitted samples in the wake of the fire.

“The relevant local authorities and local fire services have been informed, and, as I speak, they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents,” May said.

May encouraged the owners of both public and private tower blocks around the country to quickly forward samples of any similar material for testing. The government will work with local authorities to make sure any dangerous material is removed and residents are safe, she said.

The Department for Communities and Local

Government said it would not identify the buildings with combustible panels until landlords have had the opportunity to inform tenants.

The local council in Camden, a borough of London, removed cladding from one of its buildings for further testing after initial tests showed some panels were “not to the standard that we had commissioned.”

It was unclear whether the Camden example was one of the seven mentioned by the government.

However, the company that fitted the cladding to the Camden property towers oversaw the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, a document posted on its website shows.

Rydon carried out the refit of the high-rises between May 2006 and October 2009, Britain’s Press Association reported.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press.

In another area of north London, Tottenham, residents at the Rivers

Apartments came home to notices advising them that experts were “carrying out an immediate review of the exterior cladding.”

Newlon, a non-profit that manages the complex and others in London, said fire officials “made some straightforward recommendations for the building, which we have already started work on.”

It said the fire officials “were satisfied that Rivers Apartments is considered a low fire risk building.”

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called for urgent checks on around 4,000 buildings as Britain comes to grips with the potential ramifications of the disaster. Thousands need urgent assurances about their own safety, he said.

“At least 79 people are dead — it is both a tragedy and an outrage because every single one of those

deaths could and should have been avoided,” Corbyn said.

Corbyn compared the tragedy to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster in which 96 people were killed in the crush of a crowded soccer stadium, and recent sexual abuse scandals involving vulnerable children, arguing that the government had long turned a blind eye to the needs of the poor.

“The pattern is consistent: Working-class people’s voices are ignored, their concerns dismissed by those in power,” he said.

May has apologized for mistakes that were made in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and promised that “no stone will be left unturned” in a public inquiry into its causes.

“For any guilty parties there will be nowhere to

hide,” she said.

May’s comments came after the resignation of the top administrative official in the local government that serves the community devastated by the fire.

Local residents and the central government have criticized the response to the tragedy.

Nicholas Holgate, chief executive of the Kensington and Chelsea council, came under intense pressure following last week’s blaze. The first few days after the fire were marked by chaos on the ground as local authorities struggled to deal with the hundreds of people who were displaced.

Survivors who had lost everything found it hard to get information about missing loved ones or the services available to help them get back on their feet.

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FBI: Suspect in Michigan airport stabbing incident Canadian resident Canadian Press

FLINT, MICH. Quebec man entered an airport in Michigan on Wednesday, yelled “Allahu akbar” and stabbed a security officer in the neck, according to U.S. federal prosecutors who said they are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.

Amor Ftouhi, 49, was arrested shortly after the incident and was charged with committing violence at an airport, FBI special agent in charge David Gelios told a news conference.

Gelios said the incident happened at 9:45 a.m. at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, about 80 kilometres northwest of Detroit.

Ftouhi entered the United States legally in Lake Champlain, N.Y., on June 16 and made his way to Flint on Wednesday morning, he said.

“We do know Mr. Ftouhi entered the airport, he spent a little time on the first level, then he went upstairs, he spent some time in the restau-

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rant up there,” Gelios said.

“Then he came out, he was carrying baggage. He went into a restroom. He spent a little time in the restroom. Dropped both bags and came out, pulled out a knife, yelled ‘Allahu akbar,’ and stabbed Lt. Neville in the neck.”

Lt. Jeff Neville with the Bishop International Airport police underwent surgery and his condition was upgraded from critical to stable, said Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw.

Ftouhi’s longtime Montreal landlord said he was not a difficult tenant.

“I never had any problems with him,” Luciano Piazza told The Canadian Press. “I’m really surprised. I would see him at least once a month, when he paid his rent.”

Piazza said Ftouhi has lived in the building for six years, is married and has two or three children.

“He was a quiet guy,” Piazza said. ”For me he was a nice person. I never had a problem with him or his family.”

A man who identified himself as a Facebook friend of Ftouhi’s said the

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accused wouldn’t even think of “hurting a fly.”

Kamel Yahyaoui said in a Facebook exchange with The Canadian Press he has known Ftouhi for 20 years and that they first met in Tunisia when Ftouhi was a school teacher.

“He’s a socially positive person,” he said. “He’s looking for a good life for him and his family. That’s all.”

Ftouhi appeared in federal court later Wednesday and heard the charge against him. He will get a court-appointed attorney and court spokesman David Ashenfelter said he will remain in custody until a bond hearing next Wednesday.

Authorities said there was no immediate indication Ftouhi was involved in a “wider plot,” but the investigation is in its early stages.

The criminal complaint says Ftouhi stabbed Neville with a large knife and declared “Allahu akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is great.” The FBI, which is leading the investigation, said Ftouhi said something similar to “you have killed people in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die.”

“As we progress and take this matter to grand jury for indictment, other charges could be pending later on,” Gelios said. ”It’s an ongoing investigation, there are joint operations going on in Canada as we speak. We want to thank our Canadian partners who are helping us further investigate this attack.”

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale called the incident a ”heinous and cowardly attack.”

“There is complete co-operation between

the RCMP and other Canadian authorities and agencies with all of their counterparts in the United States and we will do everything we possibly can to assist in this matter,” Goodale told reporters in Ottawa.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement he was ”proud of the swift response” by authorities from both nations.

He said the attack was being investigated as an act of terrorism and added it will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Canadian TV footage showed police escorting at least one person away from a four-storey Montreal apartment building where the suspect is believed to have lived.

There was a significant police presence outside the building.

City police spokesman Benoit Boiselle said officers with the department were assisting the RCMP in a search of the apartment.

He said the FBI requested the search after the attack.

Meanwhile, witnesses in Flint described seeing the suspect led away in handcuffs by police, Neville bleeding and a knife on the ground.

“The cop was on his hands and knees bleeding from his neck,” Ken Brown told local media.

Cherie Carpenter, who was awaiting a flight to Texas to see her new grandchild, told a local TV station she saw the attacker being led away in handcuffs. She described the man in custody as appearing “blank, just totally blank.”

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Oklahoma officials, others dispute California climate claim OKLAHOMA CITY fficials from Oklahoma and more than a dozen other states have sent two letters to California’s insurance commissioner, asking that he stop pressing insurance companies to publicly disclose fossil fuel investments and divest from the coal industry, saying it only confuses consumers and unnecessarily brings politics into the insurance market.

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has said the investments may be risky due to a move from fossil fuels to renewable energy because of climate change.

“I think it’s an absurd and political response from attorneys general and one governor of oil, gas and coal states,” Jones said Wednesday. “In reading their letter, they’re quite explicit that the concern is about their oil, gas and coal industry.

“Many of them are climate change deniers.”

Jones told The Associated Pres on Wednesday, in response to a letter from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, signed by 11 other attorneys general and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin.

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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones speaks during the California Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento, California, May 20. spokeswoman for Jones, said his response also applies to a letter from Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak and signed by insurance commissioners in five other states.

Hunter said he does not deny climate change and that Jones’ assertion about financial risk is wrong, threatens energy and insurance companies, thousands of jobs in those industries, and violates the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.

“He was trying to advance environmental policy at the expense of the companies he is tasked to regulate,” Hunter said.

“The whole idea is

wrong-headed,” according to Hunter, whose letter dated Monday says renewable energy companies may be a greater financial risk.

“Nearly a hundred solar companies have failed or gone bankrupt in recent years,” Hunter wrote, mentioning Solyndra, SunEdison, SolarWorld and Suniva.

Doak’s letter, dated Tuesday, said Jones’ concern over the potential risk of investments in coal is, at best, “mere speculation” and that coal will continue as a reliable and affordable energy source.

Hunter said he’s considering filing a lawsuit if Jones doesn’t put a stop to

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his request. Jones said that threat will not stop him.

“For those climate denying politicians … I will happily defend my obligation as California’s Insurance Commissioner to make sure insurers are addressing climate change related risks and to protect California consumers,” Jones said in a statement.

Jones’ directive was announced in January 2016. But Hunter said he learned of it earlier

this month from Doak, and that the two have discussed the issue since then before writing the letters.

Doak spokeswoman Kelly Dexter said she did not know when Doak learned of Jones’ directive and that Doak is out of the country and unavailable for comment.

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Hunter spokeswoman Terri Watkins said Hunter consulted with energy and insurance officials about the impact of Jones’ request, but that the letter is his own.

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aybe it was the fact most people got a day off, but the crowds at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre seemed larger than previous years.

It was announced at one point that an estimated 1,500 people took part in festivities at National Aboriginal Day, celebrated this year as a statutory holiday for the first time.

Once again, the day featured Indigenous artists like Diyet, Vision Quest, and the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers.

A raucous few rounds of handgames broke out behind the cultural centre, with the drums and shouting mingling with performances inside.

The dugout canoe being constructed by the Voices Across the Water program was steamed throughout the day, offering people the opportunity to see the immense work that goes into building a canoe.

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Hundreds gather at the tourist information centre to begin a walk along the Yukon River to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

Right: Peter Henyu performs with the Chunday K’ana’ta Dancers on the main stage. Above: Ryder Minet shows off his vertical at the one-foot high kick booth.

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A man adds a log to the fire burning outside the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

Elder Paddy Jim shares during a storytelling session.

People gather at the lighting of the sacred fire.

Albert Webber, right, and Mona Carpenter waltz during a song led by Ben Charlie’s band.

The Dakhká Khwaán Dancers with DJ Dash perform at the end of the day.

Doug Smarch Jr. is seen whittling through the lattice of a moose skin boat being constructed with the Dan Kwanje ‘Á-Nààn: Voices Across the Water program.

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Facebook wants to nudge you into ‘meaningful’ online groups Barbara Ortutay & Michael Liedtke Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO t Facebook, mere “sharing” is getting old. Finding deeper meaning in online communities is the next big thing.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg is no longer satisfied with helping people share baby pictures and live video — or fake news and hate symbols — via the social network he created.

So the Facebook founder wants to bring more meaning to its nearly 2 billion users by nudging them into online groups that bring together people with common passions, problems and ambitions.

Much like the creation of Facebook itself — the largest social-engineering project in history — that shift could have broad and unanticipated con-

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sequences. Facebook will apply the same powerful computer algorithms that made its service irresistible to so many people to the task of nudging users toward groups they’ll find equally appealing.

That would also have the effect of encouraging people to spend more time on Facebook, which could boost the company’s profits. While the company doesn’t currently place ads in its groups, it “can’t speak to future plans,” Alex Deve, the product director for Facebook Groups, said in a statement.

Advertising is virtually Facebook’s only source of revenue; it brought in almost $27 billion dollars in 2016, 57 per cent more than the previous year.

The Search For Meaning The shift comes as Facebook continues to grapple with the darker

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side of connecting the world, from terrorist recruitment to videos of murder and suicides to propaganda intended to disrupt elections around the world. For Zuckerberg, using his social network to “build community” and “bring the world closer together” — two phrases from Facebook’s newly updated mission statement — is a big part of the answer.

“When you think of the social structure of the world, we are probably one of the larger institutions that can help empower people to build communities,” Zuckerberg said in a recent interview at the company’s offices in Menlo Park, California. “There, I think we have a real opportunity to help make a difference.”

Zuckerberg outlined his latest vision at a “communities summit” held Thursday in Chicago. It’s the company’s first gathering for the people who run millions of groups on Facebook, a feature the company rolled out years ago to little fanfare. That’s all changing now.

For those who have never come across them, Facebook groups are ad hoc collections of people united by a single interest, who can use the service’s group features for sharing thoughts and photos, offering support and organizing events. Originally conceived as a way for small circles of friends and family to communicate more privately, groups have evolved over the years to encompass hobbies, medical conditions, military service, pets, parenthood and just about anything else you

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks with panelists at the Facebook Communities Summit June 22 in Chicago. could think of.

To Zuckerberg, now 33, the effort to foster “meaningful” communities reflects his recent interest in ways Facebook can make the world a less divisive place, one that emerged following the fractious 2016 presidential election.

He has previously talked about the need to bring people together in both a lengthy manifesto he published earlier this year and during a commencement address at Harvard University last month.

“Meaning,” Facebook Style That’s the theory. Practice is something else.

Data-driven to its core, Facebook has quantified “meaning” so it can be sure people are getting more of it. (As an oft-repeated saying in the tech industry has it, “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”) And what Facebook aims to maximize is the time people spend in its online groups.

In fact, Facebook explicitly defines a “meaningful” group as one that

someone spends at least 30 minutes a week in. The company estimates that 130 million of its users are in such groups, and wants that number to exceed a billion people within the next five years.

The company has already been quietly tweaking its algorithms to include more recommendations about groups that users might want to join.

Those changes already have boosted the number of people in “meaningful” groups by 50 per cent over the past six months, Zuckerberg said.

Of course, anything that keeps people coming back to Facebook gives its algorithms more opportunities to learn about their interests and gather other personal data that helps sell advertising in other parts of its network, according to analysts.

“It’s really simple economics: If users are spending time on Facebook, they’re seeing more ads,” says eMarketer analyst Debra Williamson.

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Zuckerberg, however, stresses the emotional and cultural aspects of groups. “So this big question we have been asking is, ‘So, if there 2 billion people on Facebook, why are there only (130 million) in meaningful communities?’” he said.

“If we can get that to 1 billion, we will have reversed the whole declining trend for decades and start re-growing it to strengthen the social structure.”

Virtual communities “can fill a fundamental need we have for a sense of belonging, much like eating or sleeping,” said Anita Blanchard, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte professor of psychology who has been studying them for 20 years. Her research has shown that online communities can make people less intolerant of opposing viewpoints because “they get you out of your own clothes and make connections across the U.S., making you realize you can get along with people with different beliefs.”

For Sarah Giberman, an artist and parent who lives in Arlington, Texas, a meaningful group is one “that serves a need in your life, that fills some space that would otherwise feel vacant.”

“I spend a lot more time on Facebook because of the groups than I would otherwise,” she said. “Especially with the current sociopolitical climate, I’m not comfortable being very open in my regular newsfeed.”

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How to make your driver’s seat more comfortable

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riving should be fun. Part of making it fun is making sure that you are as comfortable as possible. Very few people actually take the time to stop and focus on improving the cockpit comfort of their vehicle.

The first step is properly adjusting your seat.

While sitting in the seat move it all the way forward and then all the way back. Lower it as low as it will go and then raise it as high as it will go. Experience the full range of the seat. Do the same for all the other seat controls including lumbar. Just knowing this full range and finding your sweet spot will dramatically improve your driving comfort.

Start with the height of the seat. Find a comfortable height that gives you full view of the road balanced with full view of your dash gauges. Never sacrifice proper view of the road, your mirrors or gauges for comfort.

Move the seat in so that you have good control the floor pedals. Placing your heel comfortably on the floor and the ball of your foot comfortably on the pedals. You should not have to straighten your

leg or move away from the seatback to push the brake pedal all the way to the floor.

Because there’s always a possibility of an air bag deployment, it’s important to have at least 25 centimetres between the centre of the steering wheel and the centre of your chest. For shorter people this may be more difficult to achieve. Some vehicles have power adjustable pedals that allow you to move them closer towards you. Your vehicle may also have back-andforth movement as well as up-and-down movement of the adjustable steering. This will allow you to position yourself a safe distance from the airbags.

Adjust the recline angle of the seat to approximately a 100-degree angle to decrease pressure on the lower back.

The height of the headrest should be positioned so that it’s just above the height of your eyelids. It should rest in the middle of your head. Having more than six cm between your head and the headrest dramatically increases your risk of whiplash in the event of a crash Set the adjustment of your lumbar so that you have comfortable and even back support.

Most cars allow you to adjust the tilt of the seat cushion to support your legs. Generally a tilt of approximately 110 degrees

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Make slight adjustments from there to improve comfort while maintaining proper control of pedals.

Use your adjustable steering controls to position the steering wheel in a spot that is comfortable and still gives your full view of the dash gauges.

You may have been taught years ago to hold your hands and 10 o’clock and two o’clock. Try holding them at nine o’clock and three o’clock. This generally is more comfortable on longer drives.

Proper adjustment of your seatbelt is another very important factor in comfort. The lap belt should be set as snug and as low as possible, around the pelvic area and not the belly. The shoulder strap usually has an up-and-down adjustment located on the door frame. Try moving it as high and as low as it will go and find the sweet spot for you so that the strap rests in the middle of your shoulder.

Now adjust your mirrors so that you have proper view of the road.

They should be adjusted so that you don’t need to move your head much when checking them.

Now that you’ve got everything just perfect make sure to set the memory if your vehicle has that option. Many vehicles allow you to set two different memories for two different drivers.

It can be either be control buttons in the vehicle or a specific key that automatically returns everything to your settings. If your vehicle does not have this option and others drive your vehicle it can get pretty frustrating.

Many vehicles today have lots of dash information and adjustments.

These can be both in the dash instrument cluster and also on the in dash screen if your vehicle has this option. Taking the time to learn about them will really improve your driving experience.

Being comfortable using things like navigation and

hands free phone controls will not only make your driving a more comfortable experience but also a much safer one.

Get your favorite coffee and go park somewhere nice and spend some time just fiddling with everything until you’re comfortable with all of it.

Your dealer would also be happy to have you come back in for a refresher, to go over it all again, or answer any questions you may have.

Spend some quality time getting to know all the controls and adjustments on your vehicle.

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Bicycling never gets old

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wo hundred years ago this month, an environmental and

fuel crisis inspired one of our greatest inventions — a

device so simple, efficient and useful that it’s turning out to be part of the solution to today’s environmental and fuel crises.

As a Treehugger article explains, the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora in April 1815 spewed so much ash and sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere that it blackened skies, and 1816 became known as the year without summer in much of Europe and North America. The largest volcanic eruption

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Carriage ruts in unpaved roads made manoeuvring on two wheels difficult, and cyclists started riding the brakeless bikes on sidewalks, which led to widespread complaints and bans in some countries, including Germany.

Many people were simply opposed to the newfangled devices and their riders.

These conflicts diminished popularity of the early two-wheeler. The later pedal-powered penny farthing, with its huge direct-drive front wheel and small back wheel, suffered a similar backlash. But technological advances — such as rear chain drives,

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The costs of fuel for horses, mostly oats, soared.

German forester Baron Karl von Drais needed a way to inspect tree stands without relying on horses.

In June 1817, he built a simple wooden two-wheeler, without pedals, that he called the Laufsmaschine, or “running machine” — although it came to be known as a draisine.

His invention led to the first conflicts between cyclists and users of other transportation modes,

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ball bearings, pneumatic tires and freewheels — eventually made bicycles a more viable transportation mode. Today, technologies like lighter frames and better gearing, as well as electric bikes and share programs, are making cycling accessible to more people.

Bikes and their riders still face backlashes — in part because so much urban infrastructure has been dedicated to motorized vehicles and, to some extent, pedestrians, leaving cyclists to compete for space. As civic leaders and citizens gain a better understanding of the benefits of getting people out of private automobiles — reduced pollution and climate-altering emissions, less gridlock and more human-centred urban design among them — municipal governments and supporters are working to create more, safer spaces for cyclists. Many cities, including my hometown of Vancouver, are expanding separated bike lane networks, and some employers and businesses are providing encouragement through better parking and showers for cyclists.

The benefits of increased cycling go beyond reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

Riding a bike is good for your physical and mental health. Bicycles can move more people with less space and are far more efficient than cars. Most of the fuel used to power a car is either lost or used to propel the massive vehicle, whereas fuelling a bike’s engine — that’s you — requires only a healthy diet. In cities where traffic is heavy, cycling is often faster than driving. It’s even more energy-efficient than walking! You can also save a lot of money on fuel,

parking, maintenance, insurance and purchase.

Costs to society — and taxpayers — are also lower.

Bikes are easier than cars on infrastructure such as roads, help reduce health care costs and can alleviate poverty as people spend less on vehicle-related costs. Streets become more human-centred, and businesses along bike lanes can benefit.

Cycling isn’t possible for all people at all times, especially during harsh winters. But as more people get out of their cars, those who need motorized transportation — whether private automobiles, taxis, emergency vehicles or transit — will experience less gridlock and competition for parking, along with greater safety.

Those who fear risking injury or even death from cycling have valid concerns. Collisions with larger vehicles or even other cyclists, breathing pollution from cars and getting caught in inclement weather are all possible.

But many of those risks are reduced with better cycling infrastructure, such as separated lanes, and proper clothing, lights and repair kits. Studies have also shown the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks.

Two centuries after their invention, bicycles are still the most efficient and beneficial form of transportation we have. Get out and ride if you can. It’s good for you and the planet.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

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A wilderness feel along an industrial path

GOLD RUN CREEK his clear waterway running through boreal swampland marks the farthest Cora and I will be from a highway during our summer hike along the route of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

If we chose to bust overland southwest toward Banner Creek, we would have to cover at least nine boggy miles before we reached the Richardson Highway. Backtracking to the nearest pipeline access road would require a hike of 20 miles (32 kilometres).

What’s the significance of the most remote part of a pathway that is itself a manmade disturbance?

Good point. Living out here this summer with lots of time to think, I find it interesting to be in a spot far from the distant hum of engines.

What is here? Swainson’s thrushes (the flutey sound of summer),

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olive-sided flycatchers, gray-cheeked thrushes and the thrush with the song that never gets old, the American robin.

Ice, in the form of aufeis over a few creeks, formed by the cold air of winter, is enduring well into the heat of summer. One such mini-glacier prevents truck or four-wheeler travel, making this spot feel even more isolated.

And the mosquitoes are here. They emerged in numbers sufficient to make me pull out the repellent. The blessed liquid that messes with the bloodsuckers’ carbon-dioxide detectors allowed me to enjoy dinner by Gold Run Creek. After 39 days without needing protection, I was due.

This country, bounded by the Salcha River to the north and Shaw Creek to the south, was the outer range of John Haines, one of the finest writers Alaska will ever inspire. His poetic essays about trapping and existing in the hills west of here define Interior Alaska.

The late storyteller once sent me a letter in response to a column I wrote about the shipping network that allows Alaskans to eat fresh broccoli

in midwinter. Haines reflected on life in Alaska decades ago, eating honey created by northern bees, moose meat and potatoes.

And about the lean times, with not enough skinny hares for the pot.

He was not thrilled with the prospect and then reality of this pipe running through his wilderness.

But it came, it is here and always has been in my Alaska.

Gold Run Creek seems wild, even though I’m leaning against a vertical support member made of steel. It’s quiet enough for me, anyway. I get to see songbirds up close all day and, now through 40 days, have yet to see a bear.

That’s a siting I can do without. John Haines wrote in his spare, slow cadence of shooting at a grizzly that charged him from a small creek bed not far from here. He perhaps wounded it. He didn’t know, and he found no blood. The bear retreated to the alders. Haines crossed the creek with his trusted sled dog and continued on to one of his trapline cabins. Later, he needed to again transit the creek and head for home at the Richardson Highway.

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A raft that enabled Ned Rozell and Cora the dog to cross the Salcha River about nine miles from the Richardson Highway along the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

“If that bear was still somewhere in that dense green cover, nursing its hurt and its temper, waiting for revenge, it would have its chance,” he wrote in the essay “Out of the Shadows” from the book The Stars, the Snow, the Fire.

I think about bears many times each day, and more at night, when I stuff in earplugs to disable my radar. It seems to be the only way I can sleep. Then, I depend on Cora’s ears and nose, with my canister of pepper spray to the right of my pillow.

Everyone I meet seems

to share a bear story. But I’m starting to think that the pipeline itself is a bear deterrent.

Biologists once collared a wolf near the Yukon River and followed its movements for a summer. The animal crossed the Yukon and Porcupine rivers, wandered to the Beaufort Sea coast, and drifted westward. Before it was found dead of starvation near the Kanuti River, that wolf had walked to the edge of the Dalton Highway a dozen times. But it never once crossed that road.

Maybe the association of manmade things with

bad consequences keeps the big predators away from the pipeline. Wolf tracks are hard to find out here, as is bear sign. Moose tracks and encounters are plentiful, and we’ve seen several caribou. Hares and songbirds may be attracted to the shrubs and grasses along the pipeline.

Why is the pipe so far from the road here? I don’t know. Looking at the map, it seems pipeline designers used about 10 miles less of the four-foot diameter, half-inch steel pipe than if they had followed the Richardson Highway over the same distance. That material savings was probably trivial in a project of this size, but the decision has made these gurgling creeks and ancient black spruce part of the quietest landscape so far along the 800-mile route.

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute. This summer, he is hiking the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay. He also did the trip 20 years ago.

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‘When the legend becomes the truth, print the legend’

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any years ago, Pierre Bertonwrote about a sourdough gathering on the Pacific Coast where Mike Mahoney, about whom the book Klondike Mike was written, rose to recite Robert Service’s famous poem, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”

When finished, Mahoney would usually elaborate, saying that he was an eye witness to the shooting.

Monte Snow, whose father had taken him into the mining camp of Forty Mile before the Klondike gold was discovered, had had enough of this tomfoolery. He jumped up and announced to the assembled crowd that the events observed by Mahoney were nothing but fabrication.

In fact, Service wasn’t even in Dawson City during the gold rush, and only arrived there as a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce a decade later.

The assembled throng booed Snow for challenging Mahoney, and, according to Berton, gave Mahoney the greatest ovation of his career. It can be an uphill battle and an unpopular task trying to tell the truth about certain events that took place during the Klondike gold rush.

Berton went on to state that the unvarnished truth of the Klondike gold rush was far more interesting than any story that could have been fabricated. I couldn’t agree more.

Nevertheless, fanciful fabrications abound that muddy the waters surrounding this pivotal historical event.

I have taken my fair share of knocks for trying to separate the wheat from the chaff of Yukon history.

Last year, I reviewed a book titled Gold Rush in

the Klondike: A Woman’s Journey in 1898-1899,

by Josephine Knowles.

I pointed out that Knowles’s encounters with Jack London were utterly false, he having left Dawson with a severe case of scurvy not long after the ice broke up in the Yukon River in the spring of 1898, and well before she arrived in the Klondike.

I, like Monte Snow, was berated for pointing out this discrepancy. A reader, with the pseudonym A.J. London, likened my review of the book to an undergraduate book report. The reviewer went on to state, “Your insights are trite and constitute a mere distraction for this reader as opposed to any journalistic or literary talent in critiquing a book.”

Ouch!

Well, as unpopular as it may seem, I stand by my comments, and the fact is that the truth is every bit as interesting as anything someone could dream up.

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Frank G. Carpenter wrote that Jack London and Swiftwater Bill Gates were business partners, a feat that would have been challenging for the most athletic contortionist, as Gates was leaving the territory while London was entering — by a different route.

Sixty-four years after the gold rush, Michigan sourdough Frank Hahnenberg remembered clearly meeting Robert Service on the Chilkoot Trail below the summit.

According to Hahnenberg, Service was writing The Trail of 98 at the time.

Service did not enter the Yukon until many years later, and had lived in Dawson City for some time before he wrote the famous novel. Even the respected jurist Judge James Wickersham placed Service in the bank in Dawson — years before his arrival in the north.

Ella Lung Martinsen, in her book, Trail to the North Star Gold, relates how her father, Ed Lung, encountered Klondike Kate Rockwell and Cad Wilson on a stage coach headed for Hunker Creek during the gold rush.

That was clearly impossible since Wilson left the north a year before Rockwell arrived.

Ellis Lucia, biographer of Kate Rockwell, further perpetuates the Rockwell/Wilson legend by placing Rockwell and Wilson in the Klondike at the same time. All you have to do is establish a timeline of the movements and activities of each of them to realize they never crossed paths in the North.

More than 50 years after the fact, aging sourdough Monte Hawthorn clearly remembered Jack Dalton shooting Dan McGinniss in a saloon in Haines, Alaska. The details of his account are refuted by the testimony given under oath at Dalton’s trial, only weeks after the shooting.

Most of these accounts — and many others — are drawn from the memories of the tellers, decades after the actual events.

This allowed ample time for the famous names and faces to be slipped into their stories. After all, who is going to challenge their recollections; why not embellish the facts a little, and live the legend?

Even Martha Black, one of the most respected

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Jack London was in Dawson City for a few weeks in the fall of 1897. At the time, he had not established himself as the great writer he was later to become. Yet in later years, everybody remembered camping near him, sharing a drink with him, or talking to him - even if they were never in the Yukon at the same time. citizens of the gold rush, shifted her story slightly in later years. In a description of her passage through the turbulent waters of Miles Canyon written to her parents in a letter in 1898, she related how she walked around the canyon, picking berries along the way, while in her autobiography, My Seventy Years, published in 1938, she modified the event to a hair-raising boat trip through the canyon — in defiance of the Mounted Police.

Neither was her husband and member of Parliament, George Black, immune from stretching the truth, although in one case, the stretching was done by an overzealous journalist. According to the journalist, the rookie M.P. rose from his seat in the House of Commons, and travelled to Edmonton to defend a man, who served with him during World War I, from a murder charge. According to the journalist’s account, Black had him acquitted.

But the journalist omitted the date of the trial, and got the name of the accused, the circumstances, and the outcome wrong. This tale of legal heroism was retold in the newspapers for two de-

cades, without Black ever correcting the details. It took me 18 months to discover the true identity of the defendant, locate the newspaper accounts and uncover the court transcript of the trial, with the full details of the stabbing.

I consider a number of things when researching a person or event. First, diaries and accounts written immediately after the events are generally more accurate and trustworthy than memoirs written years, often decades after the Gold Rush. Second, when trying to unravel the truth of personal accounts, I seek to verify facts by comparing them with newspapers, government records, letters, and other sources.

Finally, I have learned that because accounts have been repeated over and over again doesn’t make them more reliable or truthful, simply more familiar. But when you contradict the legend, you are going to get a rough ride.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His new book, From the Klondike to Berlin, is now available in stores everywhere.

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Whitehorse to get Tier 1 bantam hockey team

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ntroducing the Yukon Rivermen. You’ll be hearing a lot about them come next hockey season.

The Rivermen will be a Tier 1 bantam team based in Whitehorse that will play in the inaugural season of the B.C. Hockey Zone Program, B.C. Hockey announced Tuesday.

At the helm will be Whitehorse’s Martin Lawrie as head coach.

“B.C. Hockey has been looking at a potential Tier 1 bantam league across the province, including the Yukon, for I believe a couple years now,” said Lawrie.

“There’s a recognition that there’s a lot of really good hockey players kind of caught in minor hockey associations that have Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4 options, and not Tier 1. And some of these kids get lost in the shuffle.”

The decision to introduce a Tier 1 program was made after a successful regional pilot project this past season in South Okanagan in which area hockey associations collaborated to compile a Tier 1 bantam team.

The Rivermen will be one of eight teams in the bantam (ages 13-14) zone league next season. Players

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Yukon Bantam Mustangs winger Josh Zaccarelli skates through a pair of Alaska players at a Whitehorse tournament in December. Whitehorse will be home to a Tier 1 bantam team called the Yukon Rivermen next hockey season. from Yukon, Alaska, N.W.T. and northern B.C. will be eligible for the team.

“Along with the North West, East Kootenay and the Okanagan, the Yukon Zone Team will participate in the pilot program aimed at giving opportunities for players to join regional teams which was developed

to allow players to play at the highest level and allows districts to provide regional teams and pull from a greater draw zone,” reads a B.C. Hockey press release.

The Rivermen will likely play over 50 games a season.

The current plan is to have a 28-game regular season — with half of those at home in

Whitehorse — plus playoffs and tournaments.

They will be the first Yukon team to be part of a structured league with Outside teams since the Claim Jumpers junior B team that played in the Western States Hockey League in 1998-1999 and the Northern Pacific Hockey League in 2000-

2001.

By contrast, the Yukon Mustangs rep hockey club — a Tier 3 program — will tend to play three or so tournaments in a season followed by the B.C. Hockey Championships.

Lawrie has coached multiple Team Yukon and Yukon Mustangs squads, including

the first from Yukon to win gold at the B.C. Hockey Championships in 2015.

“I’m really excited about it,” said Lawrie. “Just the different format of being able to play in a league, it definitely changes how you handle your team, prepare your team, compared to heading off to short competitions. It’s going to be my first opportunity to coach in league play since coaching novice or atom house league.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

B.C. Hockey is also introducing a Tier 1 midget league, but Yukon has struggled in recent years to assemble midget level rep teams because so many elite players at that age leave the territory to play down south.

“We have so many of our midget hockey players leave the territory to play competitively in a number of different programs in western Canada,” said Lawrie. “We looked at it and realized it would be unlikely we could put together a Tier 1 midget hockey team.”

The Yukon Rivermen identification camp will take place Aug. 4-6 at Whitehorse’s Canada Games Centre. Players can register at the B.C. Hockey website.

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Glacier Bears edged from podium, finals at provincials Tom Patrick News Reporter

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embers of the Glacier Bears Swim Club came out on the wrong side of the second hand over the weekend.

Whitehorse swimmers were edged from making the podium or finals at the 2017 Swim B.C. Long Course AA Championships in Richmond, June 16-18.

Glacier Bears’ Emma Boyd came the closest to hardware. Racing in girls 14-and-over, Boyd placed fourth in the 50-metre freestyle at 29.06, just 0.24 from a bronze. She also placed seventh in the 100 free at 1:05.55 Teammate Kassua

Dreyer swam personal best times in all five of her events in girls 1213. After posting a PB in the prelim at 5:49.98, she swam the 400-metre individual medley final in 5:52.54 for fifth, just 3.36 seconds from the podium. Dreyer also took sixth in the 100-metre breaststroke (1:26.47) and 11th in the 800 free (10:48.42).

Whitehorse’s Cassidy Cairns took 15th in the 50 free for girls 14-and-over at 30.09. She also took 17th in the 200-metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 3:05.45.

“Cassidy Cairns had a good race in the morning.

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Whitehorse Glacier Bears swimmer Emma Boyd races earlier this season. Boyd took a fourth place finish at the 2017 Swim B.C. Long Course AA Championships in Richmond, June 16-18.

200 breaststroke,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana in a media release. “Swimming four seconds faster than her previous time puts Cassidy in 17th place, and she is missing the final just by 0.20 second.”

Glacier Bears’ Aidan Harvey, in boys 14-andover, placed 16th in the 200-metre backstroke at 2:37.61, after swimming it in 2:35.25 in the prelim.

He also took 24th in the 100 back.

Members of the Glacier Bears will next compete at the 2017 Swim B.C. Long Course AAA Championships next month in Kamloops.

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Yukon orienteerers cap championships with long distance event Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse’s Forest Pearson knows a thing or two about navigating through his first name.

The 43-year-old was the top expert finisher at the 2017 Yukon Orienteering Long Distance Championships, held at the Magnusson Trails on Grey Mountain, June 21.

“The vegetation is really well mapped, so you can navigate by the thickets,” said Pearson. “You can say, ‘There’s that thick patch, I can go around that. Here’s some good forest.’ So you can pick your routes to go through the nice fast-running woods. That made it a lot of fun. Instead of crashing through the green stuff, you can run through the nice forest.”

Pearson completed the 5.9-kilometre course in 50 minutes and 29 seconds at what was the third and final instalment of this year’s championships.

He won the expert division of the middle distance event on June 7, but was disqualified with a missed control in the sprint event on June 14. Pearson swept the expert races at the 2013 championships and also won two out of three in 2014.

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Whitehorse’s Forest Pearson starts out on the expert course at the 2017 Yukon Orienteering Long Distance Championships at the Magnusson Trails on June 21.

Pearson was the top expert finisher.

“After missing one last week I was like, ‘Just get them all today, pay attention, don’t be a space cadet,’” said Pearson. “This was nice. Long distance is definitely my strength. I think as you get older you get meaner and tougher, and the long is very physical, it’s not just about navigation, it’s physically very demanding. It’s whoever is the roughest and toughest and can grind it out. The young guys start to fade on the long ones.”

Whitehorse’s Leif Blake, who ran the course on Monday, produced the second fastest time at 60:46.

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Sister Pia Blake was the top female on the expert course with a time of 69:35.

A total of 60 orienteerers participated at the championship that offered novice, intermediate and advanced courses as well.

“We haven’t used the this location in a couple of years,” said Ross Burnett, organizer with the Yukon Orienteering Association.

“We had it remapped last year, so this was our first time we’ve used the

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A pair of young orienteerers reach the finish at the same time.

new map of this area. We had an old map but it was a little bit out of date because there were new trails made and vegetation changes over time as well.

I think people were happy with the accuracy, the way the vegetation was depicted.”

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Top five finishers Novice (2.3 km) 1st Juno Hanatani w/ adult — 27:17 2nd Chloe Tatsumi w/ adult — 27:18 3rd Kate Tobler/ Robin Sharples — 31:24

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4th Madeleine/ Alastair Smith — 36:40 5th Aydri Mosquera/Linda MacKeigan — 38:03 Intermediate (2.8 km) 1st Lara Melnik — 43:36 2nd Beth Hawkings — 46:37 3rd Darryl Bray — 49:39 4th Christie Ma/ Kasyan Green — 51:32 5th Annette Willer/ Jamie Kenyon — 56:10

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Advanced (4.2 km) 1st Jennifer Mackeigan — 49:56 2nd Justine Scheck — 50:32 3rd Erik Blake — 53:03 4th Sara Nielsen — 53:51 5th Jakub Nemcek — 54:11 Expert (5.9 km) 1st Forest Pearson — 50:29 2nd Leif Blake — 60:46 3rd Darren Holcombe — 67:40 4th Pia Blake — 69:35 5th Gerry Willomitzer — 76:25

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Dawsonites show Klondike speed in Dempster race Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hen the date of next year’s event has been determined within days of this year’s, it’s a safe bet it went well.

About 220 runners and walkers took part in the Yukon Energy Dempster to Dawson City Solstice Race on June 17.

The second annual event was “absolutely” a success, said Run Dawson’s Jody Beaumont.

“We’ve already picked next year’s date,” said Beaumont. “We moved the marathon start onto the Klondike Highway because there was bridge construction on the Dempster. So for safety and ease we moved it, but everything else was pretty much exactly the same.”

“We had a beautiful day; the weather was incredible,” she added.

Hometown favrouties didn’t disappoing with 14 Dawsonites winning divisions.

Dawson’s Logan Boehmer was the top finisher in the half marathon, 13 minutes faster than the winning time in the inaugural event.

Junior male runner Jack Amos was tops in the 10-kilometre run.

Dawsonites John Steins, Karen DuBois, Alyhea Soliguen and Denielle Glanza all won their divisions in the 10-kilometre run.

Klondikers Kyla Popadynec and Sasha Popadynec notched division wins in the 10-kilometre walk.

Fellow Dawsonites Clayton Buhler and Selwyn Frischling sped to division wins in the five-kilometre run while Lupin Melnychuk, Adam Thom, Marieke Hiensch and Mercy Bigsorrelhorse did the same in the five-kilometre walk.

Whitehorse runners Keith Maguire and Shailyn Drukis were the top male and female in the marathon. Maguire beat last year’s winning time by about six minutes for a new event record.

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“We definitely had some quick times. Potentially some runners who are a bit more competitive came out.”

Whitehorse’s Alice Frost-Hanberg, Brahm Hyde, Savannah Cash and Reena Coyne won the team relay.

Whitehorse’s Chester Kelly was given the Steve Cash Memorial Award, named for an original Run Dawson member in the 1980s who died not long before the inaugural event.

Kelly was the top master-plus male in the half marathon.

“It goes to someone in the race we’re recognizing for what they bring to the sport or their enthusiasm or things like that,” said Beaumont.

“He had eight family members running in the race. Keith Maguire is his son-in-law. He’s been involved in Yukon sport his whole life, he’s been running for 50 years, he’s completed 34 marathons…. He’s a role model.”

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Division winners Marathon Keith Maguire (masters male) — 3:30:08 Michael Buurman (open male) — 3:35:28 Don White (masters-plus male) —3:46:46 Shailyn Drukis (open female) — 4:49:08 Half marathon Logan Boehmer (open male) — 1:20:55 Rick Brown (masters male) — 1:29:11 Andrea Finner (open female) — 1:44:42

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Sarah Hougen takes part in the 10-kilometre at the Yukon Energy Dempster to Dawson City Solstice Race near Dawson on June 17. About 220 people took part in the second annual event.

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FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION CLERK ,ĞĂĚ KĸĐĞ Ͳ tŚŝƚĞŚŽƌƐĞ WĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ;Ϯϱ ŚŽƵƌƐ ďŝǁĞĞŬůLJͿ KŶĞ LJĞĂƌ ƚĞƌŵ

As a heavy equipment operator you will have 3-5 years’ experience operating excavators, dozers and grader. A solid understanding of operating procedures, trenching and finishing techniques. You are reliable, conscientious in the care and basic maintenance of company equipment, and are able and willing to work extended hours as required. Those who are not safety conscious need not apply.

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General Responsibilities • Operate and maintain equipment • Ensure daily pre-trips are done and clean and refuel equipment daily • Report any deficiencies to the CRE mechanic shop immediately • Participates in any and all staff/ safety meetings as required Qualifications • Education: Minimum Grade 10 • Related experience with loaders, excavators and graders • Good reading and communication skills • Minimum Class 5 driver’s license • Standard First Aid ticket or willingness to obtain ASAP • Must be reliable, have a positive attitude and good communication skills

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TO APPLY: quote job title “Heavy Equipment Operator” Send resumes with references to: apply@castlerockent.com Only qualified individuals being considered will be contacted for an interview. No phone calls please.

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Friday, June 23, 2016

YUKON NEWS

Employment

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Help Wanted

Firewood/Fuel

Misc. for Sale

Cars - Domestic

Recreational/Sale

Trucks & Vans

Ron’s Small Engine Services Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATV’s, Small industrial equipment.

Light automotive & welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

1974 Mercedes-Benz 240D, insured and functional, $500. 633-4018 1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, gold addition, runs great, $2,000. 3341935

2013 26’ Evergreen trailer, leather seats and chesterfield upholstery, lightweight, easy to haul, large frig, stove, oven, TV, multiple storage areas, $27,000. 633-3113

Older camper busses suitable for camping and storage, not running but could, also a couple 1970s GMC 5 ton flat decks, one is running the other is possible to run. 668-1060

1990 Mercedes Sl500 sports car, dark gray, low km, convertible with hard & soft top, runs super. 6681060

Older 8’ Ultraline camper. Good starter camper for a young family or for hunting. Offers. 633-2675

RSF Aurora wood stove, c/w 3 pieces 2” walled chimney, takes 14” logs, no buckling in seams in chimney, $900, will consider selling separately. 335-1112

1997 Cougar XR7, showroom condition, never winter driven, immaculate, $5,400. 334-3160

Solid large wood shed, roughly 8-10. Already taken down. You pick up. Pictures available, $200 obo.

334-5776

1997 Toyota Camry, exc cond, sun roof, V6, black. 668-1060

Sport Utility Vehicle

2001 Dodge Neon,, standard, clean, good motor, 4 extra tires, new battery, $2,600 obo. 336-3368

2000 Jeep Cherokee, Special ited Edition, $5,300. 667-7777

COYOTE ENTERTAINMENT Full-time Sales Clerk Wages $15.70/hr High School Graduate Operate computerized inventory system; Provide product advice; Prepare product sales; Process payments.

Effective interpersonal skills & team player Resumes: coyotevideo007@gmail.com

EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery * Dry accurate cords *1/2 Cord Orders Accepted *Clean shavings available *VISA/MC accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Assoc Costs will rise ORDER NOW 456-7432

Furniture Early Childhood Educator (NOC4214) Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive and emotional and social development of children.

The successful candidate must possess a diploma in early childhood education or equivalent education to qualify for a level three childhood education certificate in the Yukon.

Full Time/ 40 hours per week.

Wage $20.00/hour.

Email resume: dreamersdaycare@gmail.com

Children Childcare Available Newest Child Care 24-service.

Lowest prices in Whitehorse.

Bonus: Sign up for 12 months and get second month free!

Accepting infants to school-age children.

GROW WITH JOY CHILD CARE 4040-th Ave Call 456-9191 or 334-9191 (cell) growwjoy@northwestel.net

Daycare Centers MARANATHA PRE-SCHOOL DAYCARE NOC#4214 is looking for Early Childhood Educator full time, permanent, with ECE Level 3.

Wage is $22 per hour.

Email resume to maranathawhitehorse@gmail.com or call 668-7937

Merchandise for Sale Firearms Lee Enfield #5 MK 1 jungle carbine, 303 br, good cond overall, PAL req’d, $400. email/call/text 3322352, kkhild@northwestel.net LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Savage Mark 2, .22 bolt-action Rimfire. Includes soft case, $250 firm.

PAL req’d. 335-1199 Wanted: Single shot .22. Neil at 335-2257

Firewood/Fuel

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

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

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Antique cedar lined chest with bottom opening pullout drawer, $175. 333-9020 Complete office or home workstation/desk, oak finish, overhead locking hutch with lights, side table, great workspace for home or office, $125 obo. 334-3456 Queen size goose feather bed, clean, $90, can deliver to town. 6334826

Heavy Duty Machinery 1981 966C front end loader, 2 buckets. 780-219-2615 1988 GMC 7000 picker truck, 5 & 2 speed, 4 outriggers, 18’ flat deck, $7,500 firm. 633-3571 or 335-4407 1991 John Deere 50kw generator w/3,500 hrs, 3-phase. 867-393-4978 1998 5-ton Kenworth w/sleeper, 16’ box with 42” partition compartment up front, main cargo 12’, CAT 3126 engine, Eaton Fuller trans, $12,500 obo. 334-1250 8,000 gal fuel tank, never used, offers. 633-3608 Attn: Placer Miners, deep ground & no drain (2) submersible pumps, auto on/off switch gear, 6-cyl Deutz diesel & new 600V generator. 2 submersible 6” pumps. 867-335-6649 Complete 24” sluice box & Lister diesel pump w/approx 250’ of 4” aluminum Victaulic pipe. 332-2246 Mahindra 4X4 tractor, front-end loader, new, diesel engine, 8-sp shovel, 4WD, box for hydraulics, lifts or rises, $12,000 firm. 456-8910

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 Woodburning Pioneer Princess Suppertime cookstove, 5 years old, heats up to 2000 sq.ft., extra set of bricks, $3,000 obo. Katherine at 667-7286.

Misc. Wanted Wanted: 35mm film rolls, have you got any in the back of your drawers?

Call 333-9578 Wanted: 4 x 16” 6-hole rims for GMC Canyon. 667-6649 Wanted: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera, body only. Janet at 633-2747 Wanted: Propane boat heater with chimney/vent similar to Force 10 or Dickenson. Looking for a deal on one that can be brought to life. 3346087

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com

Misc. for Sale

Sporting Goods

066 Magnum Stihl chainsaw, 7 hp, 91 cc, approx 150 hrs on power head, new 28” bar & chain, good for log building, ripping, bucking saw, $500. 633-3456 10’ x 12’ metal roofed shed on skids, $2,000 obo. 633-3608 1992 Ford B200 Bluebird school bus body, 5.9 Cummins diesel, 273,000kms, $7,500. 334-3559 20’ container w/built-in storage shelves, $1,750 obo + moving costs; Chubb file sale on wheels, very heavy, $400 obo. Text/call 3322370 6x6 & 2x6 fir bridge timbers, $2.25 a board foot. 633-6603

Nordic Trac treadmill, exp. 1,000, barely used, $350. 334-3559

Canvas Tents & Wood Stoves Lowest Prices in Canada Tents will ship by Greyhound from Castlegar, BC Canvas Tent Shop www.canvastentshop.ca 1-800-234-1150 Call for Prices Coffee table; steel bathtub; 2 45-gal steel drums. 667-6649 Delta mitre saw, c/w Somona folding stand, $300; set of electrically controlled mirrors w/defrosting from GMC 2500 HD truck, $200; folding cable, 4’ diameter, $25. 333-0451 Electric rotors, 3-phase 20; 2, 3/4.

1/3 HP, 200 T1 gear, $100 for all.

633-3456 Folding camp chairs, $20 ea; folding camp cots, $15 to $25; folding canvas-covered camp cots, $50. 3326565 Husqvarna 357 chainsaw, $320.

633-6603 Indoor/outdoor plants, trees, shrubs, purple Lilacs, Honeysuckle, Mayday, Sea Buckthorn, Potentilla, Caraganas, perennial flowers, starting $5 to $100. 668-4186 Iphone 5s Virgin Mobile 16gb with charge cord, good condition, $170.

334-6087 Jacuzzi bathtub, 36”x72”x20”, gently used, $350; Fischer Mama Bear wood heater, new brick liner, new gas net on door, new paint, $750.

334-3559 Jim Robb limited edition Yukon Art Centre. Offers. 668-5188 Mobile home frame with 3 axles, springs & wheels. Offers. 633-3608

Norwegian 4-season tunnel tent, Helsport Isfjell 4, large entrance bell, snow flaps, roomy for 3 people fits 4, weight 5kg, $250. 668-5014.

Two sets of golf clubs and carry bags, one left and one right handed, a few dozen golf balls with each, $100 each. 633-3113

Transportation

Aircraft 1975 Piper Cherokee 140 $26,000 OBO-TTAF 9841.6 Engine 904 SMOH, last annual Aug 2016, can be seen at Rodan Air maintance, Whitehorse. Justin to view @867667-7573 or owner @ stovemech@hotmail.com Cessna 150/150 Taildragger, low hours, LR fuel, $34,500. 332-8393 Cessna 180, wheels and floats. Call 867-536-4816 Looking for a partner to share an advanced ultralight aircraft based in Whitehorse. Preferably on amphib floats. Open for type suggestions.

Contact Mike via email: michael.boegle@hanse.net.

Auto Accessories/Parts 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 parts, like new, complete exhaust system, manifold, catalytic converter, pipes, muffler, stainless steel tips, $1,750 obo. 334-7535 Set of 4 General AT2 Grabber tires, 35X12.5XR20, used, good cond, $125 ea. or all 4 for $400 obo. 3347535 Trailer hitch assembly for 2007 Subaru Forester, $25; full size Subaru spare tire, 215/60 R16, new, balanced on rim, $70. 633-6603 TRUCK CANOPIES in stock *New Dodge long/short box *New GM long/short box *New Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 Wanted: 1996-2000 Dodge Caravan for parts. 335-1681

Transportation

1997 Mustang GT, 4.6L, manual, 157,000kms, $5,000. 332-4289

2002 Dodge Stratus 2 door sports coupe, rear spoiler bar, runs great, pioneer stereo system, V6, $1600 obo. 334-3456 2005 Black Nissan Altima 3.5 SE, 157,000km, great running condition, $6,900 obo. 322-2404 2005 Nissan Altima, black, 160,000kms, 4-dr, fully loaded, great running order. 322-2404 2005 Pontiac Sunfire, 2.2 EchoTech motor, 5-spd standard, hood, fender & bumper damaged, the rest is like new, $600 firm. 633-3571 or 3354407

Transportation

Snowmobiles

2003 Sport Liberty Jeep, blue, runs & looks great, 4x4 with tow hitch.

668-1060

1991 Ford F250, 306 standard, air shocks, 10’ camper c/w stove, fridge, furnace, $3,700. 633-5041 1997 Ford F250 Turbo Diesel 7.3 litre Trailtech flat deck Manual transmission Comes with tire chains $4,500 obo 335-4334

2014 Ford Focus Titanium, 4-dr hatchback, like new, 26,500kms, $12,500. 334-3160

2000 F150 half ton 4x4, black, a little rust, runs great. 668-1060

2003 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic, $14,500. 668-1315

2003 Ford F150 4x4 Heritage model. Ext’d cab, box liner, matching canopy, sunroof, 5.4 ltr V8, well maintained. 197,000 kms, runs well, $8,000 obo. 633-2675 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan, stow n’ go seats, good running order, $5,700. 667-2480 eves 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab, 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, automatic, blue, 195,000 kms, a/c, cruise, p/locks & windows, new tires, bed liner, tow pkg, $13,500. 250-651-2170

2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 900cc cruiser, like new condition, many options & extras, only 1,500km, first $5,000 takes it. 633-5268

2008 Ranger 4X4 extended cab, low miles, $8,500. 333-4585

2008 Harley Davidson Sportster, 883 XL, snap-on windshield, backrest, roll bars & accessories, only 3100 km, $7,000. Call or text 867689-5993

2009 Chev Uplander extended sports van, V6, FWD, keyless entry, p/windows & doors, tinted glass, a/c, cruise, 2nd & 3rd removable seats, onStar ready, low mileage 141,000km, $7,900 obo. 334-3456

2008 KLR 650cc, 29,000km, new tires, no issues, $2,300. 336-4887 2009 Yamaha 1300cc street cruiser, low kms, serviced, last fall, new windshield, leather saddle bags, tires, plug in for heated accessory, reduced to $3,950. 333-9020 GIO 4-stroke 250 dirt bike, low kms, good shape, $900. 633-5088

Off Road Vehicles 8-wheeler Argo Conquest, new like condition, only 16 hrs use, $12,900.

250-651-7650 Polaris ATV Radiator, brand new in box, $40. 333-9020 Set of ATV tires, 25x11x12, fronts 25x10x12. 335-4237

Recreational/Sale 1981 16’ trailer, beautiful shape, bath, shower, everything works. No leaks, very clean. 689-8487 1993 Coachmen 29’ Class A motor home, 454 Chev motor, four speed auto, air ride, 1,000 watt inverter, ready to go. 633-3257

TAIT’S 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

1985 Ford F150, 170,041 kms, V8, fuel injection, auto, runs great, no oil leaks, $1,800. 332-5531

1998 Ford F150, 352,000kms, V6 manual, new battery & tires, runs great, well maintained, $2,800. 3325531

Harley Davidson, 80” shovelhead, pretty new, 900 to list. 204-648-

2016 Rainbow HD equipment trailer, 7,000lb tandem axles, stake pockets, headache rack, slide away ramps, loading stabilizers, new spare tire, ex cond, $5,500. 6334656.

1972 5-ton International cab & chassis, dual fuel tanks, 920 Bud rims, 28,000 original miles, stored under cover, offers. 633-3608

2012 Dodge Journey RT/AWD, heated leather, remote start, 2 sets of wheels, 141,000kms, exc cond, $17,500 obo. 333-0186

Motorcycles

Utility Trailers

Trucks & Vans

2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187000Km, loaded, excellent condition, $13,999 obo. 322-2404

1948 home built wishbone frame, every component miles, too much 4874 details/pics

Wanted: 2 front shocks for 1988 Ford E350 1-ton diesel in good condition. 334-8318

2004 Polaris RMK 800, new track & belts, well maintained, fast machine, hot deal, $2,000. 334-7535

2010 Mustang GT convertible, V8, 5-spd, manual, heated leather seats, gold/black, 59,000kms, price reduced to $21,000 obo. 336-0505

Buick Park Avenue, like new, runs very well, $1,300 in recent parts, asking $1,100. 456-8910

Transportation

2009 Chev extended cab, $9,000.

667-7777

2010 F350, crew cab, dually, white, auto, 8’ box, 165k, like new light bar, new tire & winter tires, DVD, navigation remote starter, tow pkg, awesome truck, 778-232-6188 2011 BMW X5, diesel, AWD SUV, command start, 4-way cameras, backup camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual DVD players, reduced to $29,800. 333-9020 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/APV, 187,000Km, loaded, $13,900 obo, exc cond. 322-2404 2015 Chrysler Town and Country van, light grey, fully loaded, immaculate, 23,500km, under transferable warranty, new snow tires on rim, fully winterized, sunroof, DVD, back-up camera, $32,990. 332-2299 Mazda B-4000 SE 4.0L 4x4 manual transmission,120,000 kms, exc running cond & body. Very clean interior, new clutch. Box liner, tinted windows, auxiliary input on stereo, rear sliding window. Call/text 689-9827

Heavy Duty Machinery

1998 Centurion 8’ camper, head on sleeper, fridge, stove, heater, toilet, outdoor shower, seldom used, vg cond, $4,500. Gerry 333-2489

Boats 24’ Almar Jetboat, V-8 Redline Ford.

Hamilton 211 Jet, extended range tanks, great boat for hunting, fishing, charter, reduced to $24,000 US. Dave in Haines, 1-907-305-0633 Pontoon boat, propane fridge, stove, double bed, 28’, 12’ wide control inside cabin, new motor w/70 hrs on it, good price. 867-399-4002 PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49 MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467

YUKAN CANOE Canoe Instruction Courses Learn to Canoe with Yukan Canoe.

We provide a safe, supportive and fun environment for you to learn or perfect your paddling skills.

Many courses available: Intro, Whitewater, Lapie River, Swift Water Rescue, solo or tandem.

We provide all needed gear.

Check out our schedule at WWW.YUKANCANOE.COM

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SALES • BODY SHOP • PARTS • SERVICE 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Luxury, AWD, White

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30,995

2017 Chev 1500 Silverado Crew, 4X4, 5.3L, silver, free headache rack, rails & toolbox, 2K mileage

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45,900

2009 Hummer H3T Truck. Loaded, Black

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24,995 $ 21,995

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2003 Pontiac Grand Am, GREY 2,995 $ 2014 Ram 1500 Crew 4X4 SLT, WHITE 28,900 $ 2012 Jeep Liberty 4X4, RED 18,900 2013 Hyundai Accent 5dr hatch back WHITE $8,995 1999 Buick Century 4-DOOR $1,895 2012 Ram 1500 QUAD, 4X4, OUTDOORSMAN $25,995 $ 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Limited RED 15,900 2016 Ram 1500 Crew 4X4, 3K MILEAGE, BLACK $42,000 $ 2008 Suzuki M108 1800CC TOURING BIKE 9,450 $ 2013 Ford F150 S/C 4X4 XLT WHITE 22,900 $ 2009 Ford F150 Crew 4X4, PLATINUM MODEL 29,995 ............................................................ ..........................................

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2007 8.5’ Adventure truck camper.

North/South bed, bathroom w/shower, vg cond, everything works. It only weighs 865 kgs, $9,000 obo. 3330990 2008 28’ Toyhauler RV, loaded, genset inside & out, TV, shower.

335-3243 2009 Crossroads 26’ 5th wheel RV trailer, one slide, 3-pc bath, A/C, lots of storage, polished aluminum wheels, mint, $20,000 obo. 6676407 Import camper for smaller truck.

Used on a Ford Ranger. 393-3097

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CATERPILLAR D-8K (1978)

c/w ripper, two blades, angle + “c” frame & straight with hardware

Tel: (867) 667-7777

Other Older Models going for between

$199.00 to $399.00!!!!!

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK In-House Financing Available

For Quick Approval call: 668-5559

#4 Fraser Road, McCrae, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8

EMAIL: woloshyn@northwestel.net

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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

Cleaning Services CLEAR SPACE...ARE YOU READY? I will help you clear your clutter, clear your mind, lighten your load & make room for new possibilities.

Clear Space also offers spring and bi-weekly cleaning.

Call Sue @ Clear Space 334-1010

Contractors Yukon Wood and Steel Contracting Construction, Renovations, Decks, Bathrooms, Flooring, Ceiling, Plumbing, Greenhouse.

We offer a all inclusive home improvement service.

Please call for a free estimate.

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Home Repairs HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs *Restorations * Maintenance

*Furniture Repair *Small Appliance Repair *Interior/Exterior Painting *Gutter Cleaning *Pressure Washing *Window Washing

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Misc Services FOR SALE NATIVE BRAIN-TANNED HIDES and Tanned Beaver Pelts at reasonable prices.

Phone (780)355-3557 If no one available please leave message or call (780)461-9677 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

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

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

HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix No weeds or sticks Small squares 60 lbs plus 4 ft x 5 ft rounds 800 lbs Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 * 668-7218

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

Hereford beef - $5.50/lb Domestic pork - $5/lb Domestic wild boar - $6/lb Order now for guaranteed spring or fall delivery.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 * 335-5192

THOMAS’S ROOFING SERVICE *Shingle Replacement *Metal Roofs *Tile Installation *Repairs (867) 334-8263

Painting & Decorating

Western saddles, 15” seats, one Wintec, $350; one leather with breast collar, $450, saddle pads included. 633-3608

Wanted: 4 good sized horses, green-broke is fine. Neil at 335-2257

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Dan Braben April 2, 1950 - February 3, 2016

Dan loved Àshing, boating, biking and Kluane Lake.

Join Dan’s friends at a short gathering to share stories, thoughts and memories.

Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM Destruction Bay Kluane Lake boat dock.

Everyone is welcome.

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Livestock Heston 540 Round baler, ready, like new. 393-3477

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January 4, 1956 – June 24, 2016

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ancy May Krocker, 68, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2017 at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, B.C. Nancy was born on May 7, 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the middle child in a bustling Ukrainian family. She graduated from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute in 1967. She became a nurse through the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1971 and shortly afterwards left for the Yukon.

Her work took her to remote locations all across the Yukon, N.W.T. and Nunavut - adventures she recalled throughout her life. She studied drafting at the Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre in 1974. She fell in love with the north and after settling with her family in Whitehorse switched careers and became an educational assistant. She put herself wholeheartedly into this work. Nancy enjoyed her time spent on the Spring Fever III both on the ocean and relaxing with friends in the harbor.

She was talented and creative and excelled at making things with her hands. She made beautiful blankets, sweaters and hats and loved making things for people. She loved art and leaves behind beautiful stone sculptures. Most of all she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

Nancy’s smile and laughter brightened any room and she had a way of making everyone feel welcome. She knew how to take joy in the small things in life. She will be forever missed.

Nancy is predeceased by her mother Anne Spelchake and survived by her daughters Dale Krocker, Nikki Krocker (Patrick) and her grandchildren Elliott, Lucas and Ruby, her brother and sisters, Georgina (Ed) Jarema, Sheila (Bruce) Silversides, Gloria (Bob) Schellenberg, Dale (Gallit Eni), and Shirley Boyas. Her nieces and nephews Candace Silversides, Christopher Silversides, Devin Schellenberg, and Judeen Schellenberg.

A celebration of Nancy’s life will be held on Sunday, June 25th from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Kwanlin Dun Centre. All are welcome to attend and remember Nancy.

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CANINES & COMPANY Dog Obedience School Classes Starting: May 23 and June 27 Tracking & Dog Puller Intro May 20-21 Private Lessons School Rental for Groups For info call 867-333-0505 www.caninesandcompany.ca

Baseball Tournament, June 23, 24 & 25, first 16 who pay will play. $250 per team, guaranteed 3 games, held on T. 3, 4 & 5. Proceeds to Codfather Family Support Society.

335-5283 to register

Line of Life Association Yukon, will hold its AGM on Monday, June 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM. at Greenwood Place, 3090 3rd Ave. Join us. Call 867-667-6945 for information

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Celebrate Canada 150 at Carcross July1.

Midnight swim, parade at 11am, followed by a BBQ. Performance by Kevin Barr and Benjamin Boyd. Sponsored by Carcross Recreation Board

Porter Creek Community Association meeting Monday, July 10th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall. All Welcome.

Come show your support. Info 6334829

PUBLIC CONSULTATION Meeting Faro Mine Remediation Project on Wednesday, June 28, from 6pm to 8pm, at Coast High Country Inn (Room A), 4051 4th Ave., Whitehorse

Pets 4 kittens, 7 weeks old, Siamese mother, litter trained & weaned, $60 ea. 633-2837

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Free Summer Programs for kids ages 4-11 at Whitehorse Public Library, June 26-Aug 10. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Coming Events 2017 Whitehorse Boggs July 22.

Show & Shine 11am flag drops @ 12ish. Want to be involved, contact Tamara 689-0878 3rd Annual Yukon Trail Ride Day June 25 2017, 10am-3pm, 15 minute pony rides, 867-667-4321 to book. 75 % of the proceeds will be going to Yukon Food for Learning .

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Escarpment Parks Society AGM, Wednesday, July 12, 5:30pm at Cook Street Park. Yummy BBQ after record breaking fast meeting. All welcome. Info. 393-2977

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, 11:30-3.

667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net

PUBLIC CONSULTATION Meeting, Faro Mine Remediation Project on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Recreation Centre in Carmacks Seniors amateur dart shooting starting October 3, 2017, 18 & over, preregistration free. Bring your own beverage. For more info contact Allan at 867-689-4946, phone or text

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NOTICE – LOT 226 MARWELL INDUSTRIAL AREA All individuals who have vehicles or machinery on lot 226 in the Marwell Industrial Area of Whitehorse must remove their vehicles and machinery

by MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017.

The clean-up of lot 226 will begin on Monday, June 26. All auto-wrecks, machinery and debris will be removed during the clean-up.

Kwanlin Dün First Nation is not responsible for any vehicles or equipment left on the property once the clean-up begins.

For more information please contact: John Pattimore at (867) 633-7800 ext.117 or email john.pattimore@kdfn.net

PUBLIC TENDER DEMOLITION UNITS 851500 & 851600, CARMACKS, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 13, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at robert.kostelnik@gov.yk.ca.

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PUBLIC TENDER POTABLE WATER TESTING Project Description: Chemical Analysis of provided water samples Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

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 Blair Rawlings at blair.rawlings@gov.yk.ca.

HAINES JUNCTION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES - PHASE 1 Project Description: Removal and replacement of existing water and sanitary sewer infrastructure and related surface works improvements.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 12, 2017.

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 Nick Rodger at nick.e.rodger@gmail.com.

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.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

Bidders and/or Proponents are advised to review documents to determine CertiÀcate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

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Site Visit: July 5, 2017 at 11:00 am All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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CITY OF DAWSON Tender Notice The City of Dawson will be accepting sealed bids for the:

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The following Tender Packages are available for Pickup at the City Office or will be emailed upon request.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 6, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Chris Gladish at chris.gladish@gov.yk.ca.

Site Visit: June 27, 2017 at 2:00 pm All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

Sealed Bids, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tender, are to be delivered to The City of Dawson Office located at: 1336 Front Street Box 308 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 No later than 4:00 pm on June 30th, 2017.

The City of Dawson reserves the right to accept or refuse any or all bids.

For additional information, please contact: Marshall Lang, at 993-7400 Ext 415 or email at cfo@cityofdawson.ca

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PUBLIC TENDER DECKS REPLACEMENT, 2101 CENTENNIAL ST., WHITEHORSE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 13, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Technical questions may be directed to Bill Greer at bill.greer@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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

PUBLIC TENDER ROADWAY RESTORATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS KM 464.6 KLONDIKE HIGHWAY #2 YUKON 2017-2018 Project Description: The project includes removing and stockpiling existing guiderail, posts, blocks and hardware; removal and stockpiling existing corrugated outfall drains and hardware; scarifying existing road surface; re-establishing embankment side slopes; reestablishing ditches with rock weirs, removal and disposal of existing culvert; installation of culvert and rip rap; grading of scariÀed roadway to establish new subgrade surface; construction of 200 mm Granular “A” base course; supply and installation of catch basins and ancillary drainage works; and re-installation of W-beam guiderail and gutter boards.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

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 Dick Stilwell at dick.stilwell@gov.yk.ca.

This project is being funded through the Government of Canada’s Building Canada Fund.

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.

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PURCHASE OF THREE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE FACILITIES

STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT (SOA) FOR INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS AND STANDARD HARDWARE

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT(S) (SOA) FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS

ART APPRAISALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND CULTURE

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 17, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The 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/

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Jenny Richards at jenny.richards@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

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

The Department of Highways and Public Works is requesting information.

This RFI is looking for information from the industry in regards to a potential new procurement system for the Yukon government.

This EOI is not a tender and will not be used to evaluate, select, or pre-qualify vendors for a future competitive procurement process, if any.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title and will be received at: Electronic copies may be sent by e-mail to Anett Kralisch, anett.kralisch@gov.yk.ca, (867) 667-8142.

The closing date for submissions is before 4:00:00 PM on July 12, 2017.

Technical questions may be directed to Anett Kralisch at (867) 667-8142.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre 867-667-5385.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 11, 2017.

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/

The Department of Tourism and Culture is requesting information from interested parties for the supply of art appraisals for Government of Yukon Art Collections.

This EOI is not a tender and will not be used to evaluate, select, or pre-qualify vendors for a future competitive procurement process, if any.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title and will be received at: Electronic copies may be sent by e-mail to Geneviève Gagnon, Acting Art Curator, genevieve. gagnon@gov.yk.ca, (867) 6675858.

The closing date for submissions is before 4:00 PM on July 20, 2017.

Technical questions may be directed to Geneviève Gagnon, Acting Art Curator at (867) 6675858.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre 867-667-5385.

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TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND PARTS FOR VARIOUS WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

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STANDING OFFER Submissions must FOR be clearly AGREEMENT THE marked with the above project PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES title.

The closingFOR dateVARIOUS for AND PARTS submissions July 12, 2017.

WATERisTREATMENT Please refer to the procurement PLANTS documents for the closing time and location. must be clearly Submissions Documents may be obtained marked with the above project from the Procurement title. The closing date Support for Centre, Department submissions is Julyof 12,Highways 2017. and Public Suite 101 Please referWorks, to the procurement 104 Elliott Street, documents for the Whitehorse, closing time Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical and location. questions maymay be directed to Documents be obtained Jo-Anne Tingley at Support from the Procurement joanne.tingley@gov.yk.ca.

Centre, Department of Highways and Works, Suite 101are AllPublic tenders and proposals 104 Elliott Whitehorse, subject to aStreet, Compliance Review Yukon (867) Technical performed by667-5385. the Procurement questionsCentre. may be directed to Support Jo-Anne Tingley at or lowest The highest ranked joanne.tingley@gov.yk.ca. priced submission may not necessarily beand accepted.

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PUBLIC TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT(S) (SOA) FOR THE SUPPLY OF DENTAL HEALTH MEDICAMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Jenny Richards at jenny.richards@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

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

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NEW FRANCOPHONE SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, WHITEHORSE, YUKON

STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT (SOA) FOR THE SUPPLY OF WHELEN WARNING AND ILLUMINATION PRODUCTS

STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF CISCO NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Jenny Richards at jenny.Richards@gov.yk.ca.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 10, 2017.

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 Betty Monahan at betty.monahan@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/

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/

The Department of Highways and Public Works is requesting information.

General Contractors and Design Consultants are invited to attend a brief, informal information gathering session regarding the construction and related activities of a new school,to be located on the Riverdale Educational Reserve in Whitehorse.

This EOI is not a tender and will not be used to evaluate, select, or pre-qualify vendors for a future competitive procurement process, if any.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title and will be received at: Electronic copies may be sent by e-mail to Peter Blum, peter. blum@gov.yk.ca, (867) 667-5138.

The closing date for submissions is before 4:00 PM on June 28, 2017.

Technical questions may be directed to Peter Blum at (867) 667-5138.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre 867-667-5385.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CITY OF DAWSON WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER UPGRADES Project Description: Design of approximately 1300 meters of sanitary sewer and water main upgrades, as well as relevant geotechnical, roadway, and drainage design.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 11, 2017.

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 Elise Bingeman at elise.bingeman@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/

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Project Description: Phase 2 WASTEWATER Rehabilitation of the LAGOON Ross River Pedestrian Bridge, including the Project Description: deck, wind cables and main cable Construction of a new wastewater anchorage replacement.

The lagoon in Ross River project is located in Ross River on clearly theSubmissions Pelly River must at kmbe 228.0 of the markedCanol with Road. the above project North title.

The closing date Submissions must befor clearly submissions is July 5, 2017. marked with the above project title.

The closing for Please refer to thedate procurement submissions June 27, 2017. documents foristhe closing time Please refer to the procurement and location. documents formay the closing time Documents be obtained and fromlocation. the Procurement Support Documents may beofobtained Centre, Department Highways from the Procurement Support and Public Works, Suite 101 Centre, Department of Highways 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, and Public Works, Suite 101 Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, questions may be directed to Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical Nick Rodger at questions may be directed to nick.rodger@gov.yk.ca.

Nick Rodger at nick.rodger@gov.yk.ca.

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The Yukon Business Incentive The Yukon Business Policy may apply to thisIncentive project.

Policy mayand/or applyProponents to this project.

Bidders are Bidders advised to and/or reviewProponents documents are advised to review documents to determine CertiÀ cate of to determine CertiÀcate of Recognition (COR) requirements Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. for this project.

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Yukon College Toonie Sale July 15 8am-4pm and July 16 8am-Noon, Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining building. Used furniture for $2 per item or less. Sunday all items will be free.

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T 912.75 ALASKA HIGHWAY, Saturday June 24, 8:30am-2pm, this and that yard sale, next door to Philmar RV, south side

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T 86 SANDPIPER DRIVE, Arkell, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, baby boy clothes/ items, baking supplies, household items, men’s/women’s clothing, bedroom furniture, etc, cancelled if raining

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T 6 TOPAZ CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 24, 11am-1pm, miscellaneous jewelry, good clothing T 138 FALCON DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, household & kid’s items T 77 NORTH STAR DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday, June 24, 9am-1pm, multifamily, clothing, misc.

T 18 NORTH STAR DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday, June 24, starting at 9am, multi-family, no early birds T 79 LAZULITE DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday, June 24, 9am-12Noon, dishes, clothing, furniture

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T 35 TIGEREYE CR, Crestview, Saturday, June 24, 9am-12Noon, something for everybody, tures, hobby items

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T 704 OGILVIE STREET, downtown, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, barbecue, books, clothes, misc household items, some free stuff, no early birds T 504 ALEXANDER STREET, downtown, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, lumber, doors, tools, equipment, tools, equipment, children’s stuff & much more, rain or shine T 6095 – 6TH AVENUE, downtown, Saturday June 24, 10am-2:30pm, cancelled if raining

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T 14 HAYES CRES, Granger, Saturday, June 24, starting at 9am, baby clothing, shelving unit, purses, doll playhouse, round marble table, vintage glassware, bracelets.

T LOT 8, SOLITUDE DRIVE, Marsh Lake, Saturday June 24, 10am-3pm, watch for signs, garden pots, ornaments, reno material, table & chairs, patio furniture, 2 cabinets, rain or shine

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T 13 ASPEN PLACE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 24, 10am-3pm T 9 – 11TH AVENUE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 24, 9am-1pm, multifamily, clothes, toys, books, household, kid’s wagon, push trike T 15- 11TH AVENUE, Porter Creek, Saturday, June 24, 9am-12Noon, railroad tracks, cement mixer, leather futon, small dining table, old vinyl records, good quality items and cheap prices T 1204 PINE STREET, Porter Creek, Friday June 23, 6:30pm-8:30pm, and Saturday June 24, 8:30am-12:30pm, lots of variety T 56 TAMARACK DRIVE, Porter Creek, Saturday June 24, 9am-1pm, boy’s clothes, maternity clothes, toys, kitchen ware etc T 1102 PINE STREET, Porter Creek, Saturday June 24, 8:30am-12Noon, moving out sale, household items, camping/fishing gear, welding, tools etc, indoor, rain or shine

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T 31 ALSEK ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, household items, jewellery, shelf, clothing, kid’s bike etc T 41 TAKHINI AVENUE, Riverdale, Saturday June 24, 9am-12Noon, multifamily, lots of variety, jewelry, tools, kitchen stuff, clothing, shoes etc T 18 BLANCHARD ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday June 24, 9am-1pm, Dell computer & printer, gamers headsets, bicycles, kid’s stuff, household items T 26 KETZA ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday, June 24, 9am-2pm, household items, windows, snow blower, shrimp & crab pots, 5th wheel hitch, cancelled if raining

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T 12 HARBOTTLE ROAD, Wolf Creek, Saturday June 24, 9am-2pm, household items, cloth, bags, various new IKEA lamps, door and passage locks, trailer hitches, fuel tanks, shop stuff, furniture and more

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