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arades, pancakes, candy drops and barbecues across the territory will mark Canada’s 150th birthday.

Yukoners can take advantage of the long weekend to attend events in Whitehorse, Dawson City, Mayo, Haines Junction and Watson Lake.

Dawson City will play host to the annual gold panning championships, along with a barbecue and parade to celebrate the day.

Mayo celebrations are two-fold, with the Mayo Arts Festival and Canada Day. The day starts with a parade and a bike decorating contest on Center Street. The art festival aims to showcase musicians and artists from the Stewart River Valley performing an eclectic mix of genres.

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Haines Junction is celebrating with a collaborative art project called Wish 150 Yukon Mosaic that brought together works of 14 artists from the territory. They combined their work to create a mosaic in the shape of a raven, Yukon’s territorial bird.

Each artist’s work expresses their identity, the aesthetics of their community and their points of view and wishes for Canada. The mosaic will be displayed in Haines Junction until July 28.

It will then travel across the Yukon, making an appearance in Whitehorse from August 4-26.

The day in Whitehorse will kick off with the annual pancake breakfast hosted

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he Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board is recommending the Haeckel Hill wind turbine project get the green light.

The decision on June 29 comes with the caveat that proponent Northern Capital Energy must conduct a heritage resources impact assessment.

YESAB “determined the project is likely to have significant adverse effects to heritage resources,” YESAB’s evaluation report reads.

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May 2. During this period, YESAB heard concerns from a wide variety of public input sources, including the Department of Tourism and Culture, which had concerns about the heritage and historic value of the site.

The site may contain “moveable heritage resources such as paleological fossils as well as archeological, and ethnographic and historic objects, features or sites related to the historic occupations of the area,” the department said in its comments.

The Pueblo mine site is near the proposed road upgrade, the department said. Although there are “no known archaeological sites

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Also on the bill are local bands, including The Midnight Sons, Ukes of Hazard, Patrick Jacobson, and Soir de Semaine. The event will also include special performances from Inuvik Dancers and Drummers from the Northwest Territories and Haka dancers from New Zealand. They are in Whitehorse

as part of the ongoing Adäka Cultural Festival that ends July 6.

The city is encouraging residents to use transit to get to and from Shipyards Park.

Bus service is free July 1 and will run from 7 a.m. to 12.30 a.m.

All other non-emergency city services will be closed during the long weekend.

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in the mapped project area,” it has not been previously studied for heritage resources.

“It is common practice for YESAB to recommend a heritage impact assessment … when there are elevated potential for heritage resources,” said Rob Yeomans, a spokesperson for YESAB. “This elevated potential is likely a result of the access road work or power line since the windmill would sit on an established lease.”

YESAB also heard concerns about the project’s potential impact on wildlife, especially bats and birds.

The project, which would see three to four 900-kilowatt wind turbines installed on

Haeckel Hill for a total of 3.6 megawatts, was submitted to YESAB earlier this year. There are currently two older-model wind turbines on the site, one of which is completely inactive and one of which is partially active. Both would be removed and replaced.

At this stage, Yeomans said the development assessment board can either accept or reject YESAB’s recommendations.

Northern Capital Energy, a Vancouver-based company, was not available for comment by press time.

Pending final approval, the project could begin production as early as fall 2018.

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Yukon River chinook run stonger, but not enough for open fishing Andrew Seal News Reporter

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ukon’s chinook salmon fisheries are looking at another year of closure, despite a moderate increase in projected run size.

The Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee submitted its recommended fishery allocations to federal fisheries minister Dominic LeBlanc, who gave the proposal a green light this week.

“We were very pleased with the recommendations and accepted it without any changes,” said LeBlanc at a June 28 press conference in Whitehorse.

Considering the pre-season forecast and consultations with First Nations, the YSSC recommended complete closure of the commercial, domestic, and recreational chinook salmon fisheries. The subsistence fishery for First Nations has been allocated a limited catch until monitoring stations can confirm how many chinook have entered Canadian waters.

Many First Nations have been voluntarily reducing their catch in recent years — taking less than their allocation or closing their fisheries entirely — to help chinook populations rebound.

Between 70,000 and 97,000 chinook are projected to return to the Canadian side of the Yukon River this year.

“Even though that number would meet the spawning escapement goal of 42,500-55,000, it’s still only about half of the historical average,” said Jesse Trerice,

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A salmon swims in the Whitehorse Fish Ladder in August, 2015. Yukon’s chinook salmon fisheries will once again be closed this year. executive director of the Salmon Sub-Committee.

Historically, approximately 150,000 chinook salmon would make it back to the Yukon from the Bering Sea annually.

However, years of over-fishing and targeting larger, older fish — which are typically the most fertile females — caused stocks to collapse.

“We also look at the quality of the run, including age class and sex ratio,” said Trerice.

A high quality run would have a high ratio of females — around the historical average of 45 per cent female to 55 per cent male — and include many older fish, which are larger and carry more eggs.

The first numbers out of the sonar project at Pilot Station at the mouth of the Yukon River at the Bering Sea are showing a higher than average ratio of females.

“That is encouraging,” said Trerice. “But we have to remember that is way down at the mouth of the Yukon River.”

Many of the fish that enter the Yukon River don’t make it to, or aren’t destined for, Canada.

Canadian-origin chinook make the longest migration of all salmon species and are the largest variety of chinook salmon, which are already the largest salmon sub-species.

As for the age class of this year’s run, things aren’t looking great.

“We used to see a really high number of sevenyear-olds, but now they’ve pretty much disappeared,” said Trerice. “Only two per cent of this year’s run is expected to be seven-yearolds.”

Having many fish of the same age in the same run increases the likelihood of inbreeding, further reducing the quality of the run,

she said.

However, Trerice remains “cautiously optimistic.”

“Around the third week of July we will have sufficient information based on the assessments being done at Eagle (Alaska) and other places to decide whether to stay the course or change the recommendations this season,” she said, though she isn’t anticipating any allocation for recreational fishing.

Allocations to other fisheries aren’t considered until the upper end of the escapement goal – the actual number of fish that make it to Canada and escape harvest — is reached and First Nations receive their full allocation.

A full First Nations fishery would be 8,000-10,000 chinook. Last year First Nations harvested only about 2,700.

To further complicate matters, Alaska recently

opened up fishing in the section of river closest to the Yukon border.

“It’s a bit of surprise to us. We just weren’t expecting that,” said Trerice, who was anticipating limited fishing on the Alaskan side.

There are four major pulses of chinook down the river, with the first being largely from the Canadian side of the border.

“The first pulse of the salmon have been largely protected from harvest in recent years,” said Trerice. “However, they’re fully within their rights to do that. We have a pretty limited influence on how fisheries are managed in Alaska in season.”

Chum salmon are expected to have “great year.” The estimated run size is 350,000 to 425,000 – well above the historical average.

“That’s where we will see opportunities for recreational fisheries,” said

Trerice.

The high numbers mean an unrestricted allocation for First Nations.

Because chum have been much more plentiful in recent years, many First Nations have been harvesting them instead of chinook.

“There are some First Nations now using chum and other species to teach and carry on traditions instead of chinook,” said Trerice.

A strong chum run and stronger commitments from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, are good signs according to Trerice.

“One of the concerns we’ve had in previous years is that for the DFO here to uphold their treaty obligations with the United States on the Yukon River Salmon Agreement, they’ve had to dip into the Yukon River Panel’s enhancement and restoration fund, ” she said.

“There’s not a lot left.”

Funds are still needed for monitoring and sonar stations. Recently, LeBlanc committed to getting a new sonar system for the procupine drainage and increasing assessment work.

“Canada will be a much more reliable partner,” he said. “We’re going to up our game.”

Trerice hopes this will contribute to higher chinook runs in the future.

“There are glimmers of hope,” she said. “We need to be planning for a future where there are enough chinook to open a commercial or domestic fishery.”

Contact Andrew Seal at andrew.seal@yukon-news.com

RCMP investigate homicide near Whitehorse Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ukon RCMP are investigating the murder of a 25-yearold Whitehorse man.

A civilian called police shortly before 6:30 p.m. on June 28 when they found a body outside near the Alaska Highway west of Ibex Valley.

The victim’s name has not been released.

An autopsy has been scheduled for June 30 at Vancouver General Hospital.

Yukon RCMP Supt.

Brian Jones wouldn’t say how police believe the man was killed.

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mation is often critical to helping solve the investigation and for that reason that information is not going to be released.”

An RCMP statement said “the incident was quickly deemed a homicide.”

RCMP’s major crime unit is investigating with the territory’s coroner.

Other officers including those from the forensic identification section and police service dogs are also helping.

This is fourth homicide in Whitehorse since April. The bodies of Sarah MacIntosh, 53, and Wendy Carlick, 51, were found in the McIntyre subdivision April 19. Greg Dawson was

found dead in a home in Riverdale April 6. Police have said they are investigating his death as a homicide.

No arrests have been made yet in either of those cases.

RCMP spokesperson Coralee Reid said Yukon major crime unit is “operating above capacity” so RCMP from B.C. and Alberta were called in to help with this latest case.

“We have officers from B.C. assisting us with the autopsy today in B.C. and we have officers from the special tactical operations unit from Alberta in this weekend assisting us,” she said in an email.

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he Federal Court of Canada has rejected Northern Cross’s application for a judicial review of the Yukon Socio-Economic Assessment Board decision to send the company’s Eagle Plains oil and gas exploration to a higher level of assessment.

In its final judgment, the court found that “Northern Cross’s application for judicial review is premature.”

“The Court’s intervention is not warranted at this time because the administrative process concerning Northern Cross’s project remains uncompleted. There are not exceptional circumstances to justify intervention.”

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demonstrate why its project should be recommended for approval.”

Northern Cross submitted an application to YESAB to drill up to 20 exploratory wells in Eagle Plains in July 2014.

In February 2017, YESAB determined the project’s application did not fully account for the potential effects on the Porcupine caribou herd, and referred the project to a higher, executive level of screening. This meant that Northern Cross would have had to resubmit either the same proposal or a modified version of it, effectively restarting the whole review process.

Crying foul, the company countered by filing the now-rejected request before the Federal Court in March 2017, asking that it find that YESAB acted beyond its jurisdiction and against standard procedure.

Richard Wyman, president of Northern Cross, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

A company spokesperson told the News Wyman was away until mid-July and that no one else was capable of commenting on the ruling.

Sebastian Jones, an energy analyst with the Yukon Conservation Society, said the society is “very pleased,” with the Federal Court’s decision.

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Northern Cross’s application for judicial review was called “premature” by a federal court. strengthens the Final Agreements out of which YESAB comes,” he said.

Jones said the court’s decision is in keeping with established Canadian precedent.

“The court said Northern Cross’s case had no merit in the sense that, if you want a judicial review, you have to wait for (the full process of review) to actually happen,” he said.

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With the judicial review dismissed, Northern Cross’s next “obvious” step, said Jones, is to resubmit their application to higher review, which is what YESAB recommended in the first place.

“If (Northern Cross) had been doing their due diligence, they’d have be much closer to a recommendation,” Jones said.

Northern Cross is currently involved in a $2.2-billion lawsuit against the Yukon government over what it calls the territorial government’s moratorium on fracking.

The company argues an April 2015 decision by YG to close all of the territory to shale oil and gas development amounts to a ban on fracking.

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Old F.H. Collins grounds more contaminated than first thought Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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rews demolishing the old F.H. Collins High School in Whitehorse have uncovered more contamination than anyone was expecting.

Hidden leaks from the school’s oil fire heating system and underground fuel tanks have contaminated the soil and reached the groundwater. City staff said Whitehorse’s drinking water is not believed to be at risk.

Officials blame the mess on two underground fuel tanks from the 1960s that were eventually removed in 2009.

Fuel spilled from the tanks 2008 and 2009. Crews cleaned up as much as they could at the time, but knew that some of the contamination had seeped under the school.

“Some had gotten underneath the foundation,” said Shannon Trott, the acting director of facilities management and regional services with the Department of Highways and Public Works.

“To remove (soil) from underneath the foundation

would cause some foundation concerns which is not safe for our students.”

Crews demolishing the school earlier this month were expecting to find about 100 cubic metres of contaminated soil left behind under the school.

Instead they’ve removed about 300 cubic metres as of June 28 and the work isn’t done yet. It’s too early to say how much soil will eventually have to be taken out.

“We’re chasing the contamination as we go,” said Amanda Janssens, the manager of Environment Yukon’s site assessment and remediation unit.

The problem is bigger than the spills in 2008 and 2009. The old heating system had developed pinhole-sized holes in lines that went underneath the foundation.

No one knows how much fuel leaked from those holes, or how long the leaks were going on, before the tanks were removed.

The F.H. Collins site is about 400 metres from one of the wells connected to the Selkirk Aquifer, the source of the City of Whitehorse’s drinking water.

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Crews working on the demolition of the old F.H. Collins High School have discoverd more contamination than expected.

Water samples are going to be tested, but “there is no indication of hydrocarbons in the (drinking) water,” said Peter O’Blenes, the city’s director of infrastructure and operations.

“From a city standpoint, we’re very confident that this is a low risk.”

The contamination has gotten down to the shallow groundwater table, about 6.5 metres deep. Fuel won’t travel any deeper once it hits water, Janssens said.

The aquifer is at a depth of 22 to 44 metres.

Based on the way the groundwater flows, any contamination would be pushed away from the aquifer well, not towards it, officials said.

Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, agreed the risk to the public’s health is low. Even a small amount of fuel is easy to taste or smell when it is in drinking water, he said.

“You actually would have to drink several ounces of fuel in order to get a toxic affect because the body, through the liver, is so efficient at getting rid of it.”

Janssens said it should take another three or four weeks to clean up the contamination.

The priority is to remove the contaminated soil because it can be a source for contaminating the ground water, she said.

“It’s very difficult to pull all of the contamination out of the ground water,” she said.

“As we remove the soil we will be de-watering which means we will be pumping water out of the base of the excavation as we encounter it (water).”

Soil will be sent away to be treated. It’s too early to say how much the process will cost, she said.

The territorial government is in the middle of removing all underground oil tanks from government buildings.

Fifteen tanks have been taken out over the last few years, Trott said. None of those systems had the same pinhole damage in their lines that was found under F.H. Collins, she said. Four more tanks are expected to be removed this year. The department says there are about 25 tanks left to be taken.

The City of Whitehorse is in the process of coming up with a bylaw to ban underground fuel tanks.

That is likely to come before council in the new year, O’Blenes said.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Yukon health and safety board increases assessment rates Sharon Nadeem News Reporter

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he Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety board announced an increase in average assessment rates of three per cent next year.

The increase will take the average assessment rate to $1.93 from the current rate of $1.87 per $100 of payroll, an increase of 6 cents. The

actual cost of the compensation system is $2.30, but Yukon employers receive a rate subsidy.

“The rate subsidy is an effect of our over-funded position,” said board chair Mark Pike. “As we reduce that position, our funding policy requires that we increase the rates employers pay by reducing the subsidy.”

This is part of a multiyear plan to reduce the

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board’s overfunded position and ensure the actual cost of the compensation system is reflected in the rates paid by employers.

Kurt Dieckmann, the board’s chief executive officer, said that plan is expected to take roughly four years depending on market factors. When employers start paying the full cost of the compensation system, they will recognize the benefits of reducing job-related injuries

and illnesses, he said.

Pike recognizes that the increase will have to be done gradually to not “shock the employers.”

“Our decision to increase the average assessment rate delivers on our steady promise to manage the worker’s compensation system responsibly and equitably,” he said.

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in the form of rate subsidies and rebates, he said.

The board has not yet released industry-specific rates. Those are expected later this year. Industry-specific rates are heavily influenced by “injury cost experience,” meaning the number of injuries and high-cost injuries that occur in each sector. For example, child care and communication services paid an assement rate of $0.66 in

2017, while diamond drilling and long-haul trucking paid $7.94 in the same year.

Road building and construction have shown the most improvement in terms of safety at the worksite, Dieckmann said.

“It’s an area where we’ve they’ve seen the best results because they’ve adopted safety management systems,” he said.

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Commons has the “legitimacy” to decide The power to amend money bills “was budgetary matters and that the unelected given as an essential part of the ConfedSenate has no business trying to rewrite a eration contract,” the committee said. budget bill.

Moreover, it said the Commons’ claim to Senators eventually acquiesced to the the same exclusive rights and privileges will of the elected chamber and dropped over money bills as enjoyed by its U.K. their insistence on the amendments but, counterpart was “unwarranted” under the at the same time, they took the unprecprovisions of Canada’s Constitution. edented step of reasserting their right to Sect. 53 of the Constitution stipulates make such amendments. that money bills “shall originate in the “The Senate confirms its privileges, immunities and powers as provided under House of Commons.” While that prohibits the Senate from initiating money bills, the Constitution to amend legislation, senators maintain it doesn’t stop them whatever its nature or source,” senators informed the Commons in a message sup- from amending or even defeating them.

As Sen. Joe Day, leader of the indeported even by Peter Harder, the governpendent Liberals, put it during debate ment’s representative in the Senate. on C-44: “The standing orders or rules of “We asserted our rights as a Senate, as an institution, with respect to our role and one chamber cannot prescribe or limit the constitutional powers of Parliament’s responsibilities on all legislation,” Harder other chamber.” said, emphasizing the word “all.”

The Senate has frequently flexed its So, who’s right?

This one earns a ranking of “some balo- legislative muscle in defiance of the Comney” — Trudeau’s statement is partly accu- mons’ claim to pre-eminence in financial matters. But the House’s response to such rate but important details are missing.

Senate impertinence has been inconsisThe Facts tent over the years.

The Senate’s friskiness on C-44 has “Since Confederation, the Senate has prompted hyperventilating in some quarters that Trudeau’s more independent, less regularly asserted the right to amend partisan chamber of sober second thought money bills,” notes the “House of Commons Procedure and Practice,” second is coming back to bite him and taking the country down the road to a potential con- edition.

“In some instances, the House of Comstitutional crisis. mons has rejected the Senate’s amendBut the fact is that the dispute over ments and claimed its financial privilege. the Senate’s power to amend money bills On other occasions, however, the House dates back 150 years, to the very first has waived its privileges and accepted standing orders or rules adopted by the the Senate amendments … However, House of Commons at Confederation. the House has, on occasion, accepted or According to the annotated standing

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rejected amendments with no reference made to its privileges whatsoever.”

Six months ago, Finance Minister Bill Morneau asked the Senate to use its power to amend money bills — a power his government now claims doesn’t exist — to remove controversial changes to the Bank Act from a budget implementation bill.

The Experts Last week, independent Liberal Sen. Serge Joyal, a constitutional expert in his own right, mischievously challenged the government to refer the issue of which chamber has authority over money bills to the Supreme Court.

Peter Hogg, Canada’s foremost constitutional authority, suspects the failure to ever seek a court ruling on the subject is deliberate, designed to leave governments with the flexibility to accept or — in the case of Morneau and the Bank Act — request Senate amendments when it suits them.

“It does look as though the value of flexibility in practice will ward off any attempt to get a court ruling,” he said.

In the absence of a court ruling, Hogg is uncertain how a court might interpret sect. 53 of the Constitution and whether it limits the Senate’s power to amend financial bills.

“On this one, I am not confident about the correct interpretation,” he said.

“But I would lean in the direction of the House of Commons’ position on the basis that a bill that has been amended by the Senate has not wholly ‘originated’ in the House of Commons.”

University of Waterloo political scientist Emmett Macfarlane leans in the other direction.

“Sect. 53 only limits where money bills can originate, which is in the House of Commons. So it is true that the Senate enjoys the formal power to amend or even defeat money bills and I would be surprised if a court were to rule differently,” he said.

University of Regina political scientist Howard Leeson said he too would “tend to side with the Senate.”

“I believe that there is nothing in the plain reading of sect. 53 to prevent it,” he said, adding that it would be “interesting to see this tested in the Supreme Court.”

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he debate in Alaska over health-care reform is a vivid reminder how fortunate we Yukoners are to enjoy such generous financial support from our federal government.

The total annual Yukon government budget for health services, continuing care and Yukon hospitals totalled $337 million in the latest budget. That’s $8,799 per Yukoner per year.

Most of that money comes from Ottawa. The Yukon government’s own taxes and general revenue are estimated to be just $150 million this fiscal year, or less than half our health budget alone. To put it another way, if the Yukon government shut down all its other departments on January 1 and used all its own revenue to pay for our health care, the budget

would run out on June 11.

During his election campaign, President Trump promised to reform President Obama’s signature public health care law, known as Obamacare.

Republicans in the House and Senate campaigned hard against Obamacare, and are working on bills to replace it.

In case you didn’t spend a year in Alaskan high school participating in civics class, or see that old Schoolhouse Rock number called “I’m just a bill,” the House and Senate will both pass versions of the law, reconcile them, and then send the final version to be signed (or vetoed) by the president.

The problem for our Alaskan friends, 51 per cent of whom voted for Trump, is that Obamacare’s incredibly detailed and complicated provisions included a raft of subsidies for rural America. This is a big deal, since the cost of delivering health care can be much higher in isolated areas.

Data journalists at the Washington Post have put together an online tool that shows how Americans in different age groups,

income levels and states will be affected by the proposals. In many cases, Alaska is among the states hardest hit.

The House proposal was finalized on May 4 and is expected to result in a premium increase of, for example, about US$15,000 for low-income Alaskans.

The equivalent figure for the Senate bill, which has a different set of subsidy formulas, is US$4,000 (The Senate draft was released earlier this week, and may change when or if it is finally adopted).

Separate analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, reported in the Alaska Dispatch News, indicates that a “60-yearold making an income that is 300 per cent of the poverty line — US$45,000 a year in Alaska — would see his premiums rise, after tax credits, by US$5,777 in Alaska.”

Furthermore, Alaska used Obamacare money to expand Medicaid coverage to those just above the poverty line. Given Alaska’s oil-price induced fiscal crisis, the state will have some tough decisions to make when this federal funding is

no longer available.

The nub of the problem is that Republican proposals in both the House and Senate make major cuts to health spending and, as the Post describes it, use “the savings to fund a substantial tax cut for the healthcare industry and wealthier Americans.”

Assuming the some version of these bills is eventually signed by President Trump, many Alaskans face major health-care sticker shock.

Since the increases are so big, many Alaskans are likely to go without health care or choose options with significantly less coverage.

Many Canadians will be shocked to hear about insurance plans that do not cover things considered routine here, such as maternity coverage, mental health support and addiction services.

The Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan agency in Washington that scores legislative proposals, estimates that the Senate bill would result in 22 million more uninsured Americans compared to Obamacare. Many Alaskans will be among them.

All of this puts Alaska’s all-Republican Congressional delegation in a bind.

The Republican Party is putting strong pressure on its members to support the replacement of Obamacare, yet the negative impacts are likely to be severe in the state.

Senator Lisa Murkowski won the last election with 44 percent of the vote, a smaller figure than Trump.

Her name is often mentioned when people talk about Republican senators who may not support the Senate bill. Republican leaders in the Senate have little margin of error, with only 52 Republicans in the 100-seat chamber.

If the Republicans succeed in replacing Obamacare with a much less generous model, there will be big consequences in Alaska. Some Yukoners might predict an end to routine Republican victories in federal elections, and hope that more Democrats on the Alaska Congressional delegation might help with issues such as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the cross-border Porcupine caribou herd.

We shall see. Alaskan political dynamics don’t always work the way Yukoners might think. Remember that Sarah Palin grew up in Skagway and is said to have regularly visited Whitehorse for health care. The experience didn’t stop her from describing public health care as follows during the Obamacare debate in 2009: “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society.’ “ In any case, the differences between the Alaskan and Yukon models for running a modern northern society look likely to remain as big as ever. Low taxes, a big energy industry and mostly private health care on one side of the 141st meridian, and the opposite on the other.

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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NDP to form a government in British Columbia, Liberals out after 16 years Dirk Meissner Canadian Press

VICTORIA he NDP will form a minority government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated Thursday in a non-confidence vote in the legislature, sending them to the Opposition benches for the first time in 16 years.

Premier-designate John Horgan emerged from a meeting with Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon to say he was asked to form a government after reaching a deal with the Green Party on a legislative agenda.

Horgan, 57, had a wide smile on his face, his supporters erupting into cheers as he announced he believes he can command the confidence of the house.

It’s been more than seven weeks since the provincial election and asked about the moment, he said: “It’s been a roller coaster.”

Horgan said Guichon wanted assurances that the continuity of the legislature will continue.

“I assured her I would do my level best to make sure that continuity continues,” he said.

Horgan said his first priorities will be helping the softwood industry after the U.S. slapped punitive tariffs on lumber, the opioid overdose crisis and boosting resources for the education system before the start of the next school year to comply with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

“We want to make sure that the services people count on are there for them when they need it,” he said.

“We want to make sure, most importantly, that we continue to grow as a dynamic, diverse province, the envy of Canada.”

He couldn’t say precisely when the NDP will be able to swear-in a cabinet and begin the task of governing, but indicated he wants to act quickly.

His fledgling government faces hurdles because even with the support of the three Green members of the legislature, the NDP can only count on 44 votes in the 87-seat assembly, putting them in a precarious position.

No members of the legislature broke ranks in the confidence vote as the Greens backed the NDP to defeat Christy Clark’s government.

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British Columbia Premier-designate, NDP Leader John Horgan emerges from Government House after meeting with Lt-Gov. Judith Guichon in Victoria, B.C., June 29.

The Liberals lost the vote 44-42.

Guichon issued a short statement to say she had accepted Clark’s resignation.

“I have asked Mr. Horgan to form a government, he having assured me that he can form a government which will have the confidence of the legislative assembly,” it said.

Clark congratulated Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver and reflected on her time as premier.

“I am so grateful for the job, to be able to do this for six years,” she said, adding Horgan is inheriting a strong economy and fiscal situation.

Clark said she asked Guichon to dissolve the legislature to allow for an election because of her concerns over how the house will operate, but her request was denied.

“I certainly accept that result,” she added.

Earlier, Clark made a last-minute plea to members of the legislature to support her government, saying voters in May’s election sent a message that they want the three parties to work together.

In a bid to remain in power, the Liberals adopted NDP and Green promises from last month’s election in their throne speech including higher social assistance rates, banning corporate, union and third-party donations to political parties, spending more on childcare and increasing the carbon tax.

“When we go into political combat we all acknowledge that sometimes we spend so much time fighting with one another in here that it’s hard to listen to what British Columbians want. And the throne speech is an answer to that,” she said.

“It’s an answer to what voters told us on May 9.

It’s an acknowledgment, a sincere acknowledgment, that we didn’t get it right. It is an expression of renewed priorities based on what voters told us, including that they want us to work across party lines with one another.”

But the opposition parties signalled from the outset they had no intention of backing the Liberals, defeating two measures they had supported during the election.

The work of government has been in limbo for almost two months since the Liberals won a minority government with 43 members.

Because the Speaker doesn’t typically cast a vote, the New Democrats and Greens wanted Liberal Steve Thomson to remain in the chair, but he resigned shortly after the non-confidence motion passed. Settling who serves as Speaker will be a key decision when the legislature returns.

Clark said earlier this week the legislature can’t work if the NDP is in power because the election results were so tight.

Her comments prompted ridicule and heated exchanges in the house on Thursday, with accusations the Liberals were clinging to power.

Clark suggested Weaver lied when he told voters he would work with all politicians in the legislature.

“He wasn’t telling the truth about that then and he isn’t telling the truth about what he is saying today,” Clark said, later withdrawing the accusation after the Speaker intervened.

Weaver said it was time for the Liberals to move to the opposition benches.

“They are acting like belligerent children as they’re going into that time out.”

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The pair will also visit a farmer’s market in Prince Edward County before flying to Ottawa, where they will spend Canada Day to mark the country’s 150th

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IQALUIT rince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall touched down Thursday in Iqaluit, kicking off a royal visit that’s scheduled to culminate on Parliament Hill this weekend as Canada marks its 150th anniversary.

Shortly after an Airbus flying the flag of the Prince of Wales taxied to a stop on a windswept tarmac, the royal couple was greeted with an official welcome of military honours.

A phalanx of dignitaries was on hand to greet the royal couple, including Gov. Gen. David Johnston, Nunavut Commissioner Nellie Kusugak and Premier Peter Taptuna.

After inspecting the guard of Canadian Rangers, Charles made his way to a stage outside the legislative building for the official welcoming ceremony, which also included a stirring performance by indigenous throat singers.

“Your visit means a great deal to us,” Johnston said as he thanked the couple for their contributions to Canada.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett also welcomed the royal couple, noting they would meet inspiring indigenous youth during their visit.

“I wish you a wonderful visit with us in Canada,” Bennett said.

As part of his 18th visit to Canada, the prince is also meeting with groups focused on the promotion and preservation of the Inuit language including Pirurvik — a non-government centre that bears a name meaning ”place of growth.”

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Canada 150: Chief Dan George’s powerful indigenous rights speech, 50 years later Laura Kane Canadian Press

VANCOUVER eonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on Indigenous rights, “A Lament for Confederation.”

It was 1967 and the acclaimed actor and former Tsleil-Waututh chief was set to speak at Canada’s centennial celebration in Vancouver. His wife had urged him to write something about what the day means to First Nations, says Leonard.

When his soliloquy was ready, he stood in the family’s living room and read it aloud.

“We all applauded because it was so beautiful and so powerful,” says Leonard, 70.

They weren’t sure, however, that the crowd of 32,000 at Empire Stadium would do the same. The speech forcefully critiques colonization and calls on Indigenous people to “grab the white man’s instruments of success” to rise again.

“Dad and the whole family were very nervous,” says Leonard. “To stand up and tell the truth in such a profound way, he had no idea how the public would take that.”

George rehearsed every night for two weeks, along with his adult children, who were set to join him on stage. When the day finally came, Leonard could not have predicted how the audience would react.

After his father finished speaking, there were a few seconds of stunned silence. Then the audience rose to their feet and filled the stadium with about 10 minutes of deafening applause.

“He began to cry because he was so touched,” Leonard recalls. “We were crying as well, and we held on to each other.”

The speech came at a time when George was a powerful figure in an emerging aboriginal rights movement. He helped bring shameful parts of Canada’s history out of the shadows and inspired young Indigenous leaders, says one researcher.

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Chief Dan George puts his hand out to receive the medal of the Order of canada from Gov.-Gen. Roland Michener during a ceremony in Ottawa, Oct.30, 1971. to their oppression and their rights and to their resiliency and their future,” said Hugh Shewell, a professor with expertise in Indigenous-state relations at Carleton University in Ottawa.

As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, George’s family and friends are urging Canadians to reflect on his words. They say while the government’s treatment of Aboriginal Peoples has not changed much, First Nations themselves have risen up in many of the ways he predicted.

The speech begins on a mournful note: “Today, when you celebrate your hundred years, oh Canada, I am sad for all the Indian people throughout the land.”

Dan George recalls Canada “when your forests were mine,” when they gave him meat and clothing and when fish flashed in abundant rivers and streams. But in the long hundred years since the white man came, he says he has seen his freedom disappear.

“When I fought to protect my land and my home, I was called a savage. When I neither understood nor welcomed this way of life, I was called lazy. When I tried to rule my people, I was stripped of my authority,” he says.

The speech ends with a call to rise again, like “the thunderbird of old” and to seize the white man’s education and skills. It predicts young braves and chiefs will sit in the houses of government and law.

“So shall the next hundred years be the greatest in the proud history of our tribes and nations,” it

concludes.

George’s address was so revolutionary, his daughter Amy George recalls, she feared he would be killed for delivering it.

She was in her 20s and the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy was fresh in her mind.

“Some people did get very angry, too. When we were walking off the field at the stadium, some people were saying ‘You’re nuts!’ and they were throwing bottles and empty cups at us,” she says.

There hasn’t been much improvement in how Canada treats First Nations since George’s speech, says his grandson Rueben George. He points to disproportionately high numbers of Indigenous kids in government care and inadequate funding for housing, education and clean water on reserves.

But just as his grandfather envisioned, Indigenous people are sitting in the House of Commons and the courts, and have a say in resource projects on their lands, says Rueben.

“We took back what is ours. That’s our identity, our culture, our spirituality … our law,” he says.

Later in 1967, singer-songwriter Ann Mortifee performed with George in a groundbreaking play, “The Ecstasy of Rita Joe,” about a young aboriginal woman. Mortifee, who was 20, says George opened her eyes to the brutality of colonialism.

“I feel profoundly privileged to have lived through that moment in history,” she says. “He was like a portal into a richer world for me and he changed my life.”

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Twin Rivers is a major employer for the New Brunswick city of Edmundston. It is also the biggest business in the Maine town of Madawaska, which has a population of just 4,000.

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Liberals extend Canada’s ‘advise and assist’ mission in Iraq to March 2019 Lee Berthiaume Canadian Press

OTTAWA he federal government has ordered the military to stay in Iraq for at least two more years, as the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prepares to enter a new phase.

But despite a request from NATO for police trainers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are “absolutely no plans” to send Canadian troops back into Afghanistan.

“We have served there with distinction, with valour, over 10 years and made a significant impact,” Trudeau said Thursday during an event in Charlottetown. “And Canada’s looking to be helpful in other places.”

Earlier in the day, the Liberal government announced it was extending Canada’s mission in Iraq, where the Canadian Forces will continue to help Iraqi forces in the fight against the Islamic State

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group until at least March 2019.

“We know that Canada can, has and will continue to do important work in our efforts in northern Iraq,” Trudeau said. “Canada has a strong role to play as part of the international coalition against terrorism.”

The length of the extension is unprecedented, while the mission itself will undergo significant changes that reflect the large degree of uncertainty around what will happen in Iraq in the coming months.

After working almost exclusively with the country’s Kurdish forces for the past three years, the military is being given leeway to work with different groups, such as the Iraqi

military.

Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance is also being given flexibility in deciding what types of forces to deploy into the region, to a maximum of 850 military personnel.

The Liberal government — like the Conservatives before them — previously laid out specific requirements for the types of forces involved in the mission.

The government is also adding a military transport aircraft to the mission, and estimates the overall cost of the new two-year mission at about $378 million.

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Despite the changes, the government says the military will continue to operate within the confines of its previous “advice-and-assist” mandate, which it insists is non-combat.

But that mandate has been under the microscope for years, most recently following revelations a Canadian sniper in Iraq shot and killed an ISIL fighter from a record-breaking 3,540 metres away.

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The decision to give the Canadian Forces more flexibility reflects the uncertainty around what will happen once ISIL is defeated in Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in Iraq.

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Trudeau said Canadian officials “understand how complex the political and regional situation is in northern Iraq,” but that it wouldn’t detract from Canada continuing to help there.

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Little progress evident as GOP hunts health bill votes with changes to Medicaid and Obama’s consumer-friendly insurance coverage requirements among the items in play.

“There’s a whole raft of things that people are talking about, and some of it’s trimming around the edges and some of it’s more fundamental,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. “Right now, they’re still kind of, ‘Can we do it?’ and I can’t answer that.”

Yet while this week’s retreat on a measure McConnell wrote behind closed doors dented his reputation as a consummate legislative seer, no one was counting him out.

“Once in Glacier National Park I saw two porcupines making love,” said Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. “I’m assuming they produced smaller porcupines. They produced something. It has to be done carefully. That’s what

Alan Fram & Erica Werner Associated Press

WASHINGTON enate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explored options for salvaging the battered Republican health care bill Wednesday but confronted an expanding chorus of GOP detractors, deepening the uncertainty over whether the party can resuscitate its bedrock promise to repeal President Barack Obama’s overhaul.

A day after McConnell, short of votes, unexpectedly abandoned plans to whisk the measure through his chamber this week, fresh GOP critics popped forward. Some senators emerged from a party lunch saying potential amendments were beyond cosmetic,

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Having seen the House approve its health care package in May six weeks after an earlier version collapsed, Democrats were far from a victory dance.

“I expect to see buyouts and bailouts, backroom deals and kickbacks to individual senators to try and buy their vote,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “What I don’t expect to see, yet, is a dramatic rethink of the core” of the bill.

A day after McConnell prodded Republicans by saying a GOP failure would force him to negotiate with Schumer, the New Yorker set a price for such talks — no Medicaid cuts or tax reductions for the wealthy. No negotiations seem imminent.

Facing a daunting equation — the bill loses if three of the 52 GOP senators oppose it — the list of Republicans who’ve publicly complained about the legislation reached double digits, though many were expected to eventually relent. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said “of course” his support was uncertain because he wants to ease some of the measure’s Medicaid cuts, and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., told The Omaha World-Herald that the bill was not a full repeal, adding, “Nebraskans are dissatisfied with it and so am I.” McConnell, R-Ky., wants agreement by Friday on revisions so the Senate can approve it shortly after returning in mid-July from an Independence Day recess. Several

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he is delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill at the Capitol in Washington on June 27. senators scoffed at that timetable, with McCain saying, “Pigs could fly.”

At the White House, Trump continued his peculiar pattern of interspersing encouragement to GOP senators trying to tear down Obama’s 2010 statute with more elusive remarks.

Trump told reporters that Republicans have “a great health care package” but said there would be “a great, great surprise,” a comment that went without explanation. On Tuesday, he said it would be “great if we get it done” but “OK” if they don’t, and two weeks ago he slammed as “mean” the House version of the bill that he’d previously lionized with a Rose Garden ceremony.

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GOP support for the measure sagged this week after a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that it would produce 22 million fewer insured people by 2026 while making coverage less affordable for many, especially older and poorer Americans.

It wasn’t helped when an NPR/PBS NewsHour/ Marist Poll said that 17 per cent of people approved of the Senate bill.

McConnell showed no signs of abandoning his push for the legislation.

“We’ll continue working so we can bring legislation to the floor for debate and ultimately a vote,” he said as the Senate convened Wednesday.

To succeed, McConnell must balance demands from his party’s two wings.

It’s a challenge that’s intricate but not impossible, with some saying an eventual compromise could include elements both want.

Centrists from states that expanded Medicaid health insurance for the poor under Obama’s law are battling to ease the bill’s cutoff of that expansion, and to make the measure’s federal subsidies more generous for people losing Medicaid coverage. These senators, including Ohio’s Rob Portman and West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito, also want expanded funds to ease the death toll from the illegal use of drugs like opioids.

Conservatives including Ted Cruz of Texas, Utah’s Mike Lee and Kentucky’s Rand Paul want to let insurers sell policies with fewer benefits.

Some would further trim Medicaid spending and the health care tax credits, with Paul seeking to erase the package’s billions to help insurers contain costs for lower-earning customers and protect the companies against potential losses.

Each group has been trying to grow its numbers to boost clout with McConnell.

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US quietly publishes once-expunged papers on 1953 Iran coup Jon Gambrell Associated Press

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES nce expunged from its official history, documents outlining the U.S.-backed 1953 coup in Iran have been quietly published by the State Department, offering a new glimpse at an operation that ultimately pushed the country toward its Islamic Revolution and hostility with the West.

The CIA’s role in the coup, which toppled Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh and cemented the control of the shah, was already well-known by the time the State Department offered its first compendium on the era in 1989. But any trace of American involvement in the putsch had been wiped from the report, causing historians to call it a fraud.

The papers released this month show U.S. fears over the spread of communism, as well as the British desire to regain access to Iran’s oil industry, which had been nationalized by Mosaddegh. It also offers a cautionary tale about the limits of American

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power as a new U.S. president long suspicious of Iran weighs the landmark nuclear deal with Tehran reached under his predecessor.

It exposes “more about what we know about this milestone event in Middle East history and especially U.S.-Iran history. This is still such an important, emotional benchmark for Iranians,” said Malcolm Byrne, who has studied Iran at the non-governmental National Security Archive at George Washington University. “Many people see it as the day that Iranian politics turned away from any hope of democracy.”

The 1,007-page report , comprised of letters and diplomatic cables, shows U.S. officials discussing a coup up to a year before it took place. While America worried about Soviet influence in Iran, the British remained focused on resolving a dispute over the nationalization of the country’s oil refinery at Abadan, at the time one of the world’s largest. Many also feared further instability following the 1951 assassination of Premier Ali Razmara.

“Nationalization of the oil industry possibly

combined with further assassinations of top Iran officials, including even the shah, could easily lead to a complete breakdown of the Iran government and social order, from which a pro-Soviet regime might well emerge leaving Iran as a satellite state,” one undated CIA analysis from the report warned.

Out of that fear grew TPAJAX, the CIA codename for the coup plot. Papers show the CIA at one point “stockpiled enough arms and demolition material to support a 10,000-man guerrilla organization for six months,” and paid out $5.3 million for bribes and other costs, which would be equivalent to $48 million today.

One CIA document casually refers to the fact that “several leading members of these (Iranian) security services are paid agents of this organization.”

The CIA also described hoping to use “powerfully influential clergy” within Shiite Iran to back the coup, something that would be anathema by the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It offers no definitive proof of that, though several documents

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show American officials in contact with Ayatollah Abol-Ghasem Kashani, an anti-British leader in the Iranian parliament who turned against Mosaddegh.

The agency faced problems, however, chief among them Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi himself. Diplomats and spies referred to him as a “weak reed” and “petulant.”

“His inability to take decisions coupled with his tendency to interfere in political life has on occasions been (a) disruptive influence,” the U.S. Embassy in Tehran warned in February 1953. Ultimately, his twin sister Princess Ashraf and a U.S. general helped convince him.

Mosaddegh was tipped off about the coup, and it appeared doomed as the shah fled to Baghdad and later Italy. But protests supporting the shah, fanned in part by the CIA, led to Mosaddegh’s fall and the monarch’s

return.

The report fills in the large gaps of the initial 1989 historical document outlining the years surrounding the 1953 coup in Iran. The release of that report led to the resignation of the historian in charge of a State Department review board and to Congress passing a law requiring a more reliable historical account be made.

Byrne and others have suggested the release of the latest documents may have been delayed by the nuclear negotiations, as the Obama administration sought to ease tensions with Tehran, and then accelerated under President Donald Trump, who has adopted a much more confrontational stance toward Iran.

Byrne said the new administration needed just two months to agree to release the documents. “That kind of speed is unheard of in the government unless there is some sort of political foun-

dation,” he said.

Die-hard opponents of Iran’s current government might look to 1953 as a source of inspiration. But the Americans involved in the coup acknowledged at the time they were playing with fire.

Widespread Iranian anger over the heavy-handed Western intervention lingered for decades, and fed into the 1979 revolution, when Iranians seized control of the U.S. Embassy and held those inside captive for 444 days.

To this day Iran’s clerical leaders portray the U.S. as a hostile foreign power bent on subverting and overthrowing its government.

As President Dwight Eisenhower wrote in his diary in 1953, if knowledge of the coup became public, “We would not only be embarrassed in that region, but our chances to do anything of like nature in the future would almost totally disappear.”

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UK lawmakers pass gov’t agenda after last-minute concession Associated Press

LONDON ritish Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative minority government secured lawmakers’ backing for its legislative plans by a narrow margin Thursday, but only after making a sudden concession on abortion funding to stave off defeat.

The House of Commons voted by 323 to 309 to approve last week’s Queen’s Speech, which laid out the government’s agenda for the next two years.

The slimmed-down package jettisoned several pledges made by the Conservatives before Britain’s June 8 election, which saw May’s party humiliatingly stripped of its parliamentary majority.

Rejection of its legislative plan would have been a major — and possibly fatal — blow to May’s already weakened administration, which struck a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party this week to make sure it can win key votes.

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election in a misjudged attempt to bolster her majority and strengthen her authority during talks on Britain’s departure from the European Union. Instead, it left her weakened at home and abroad, and tipped Parliament into a new era of deal-making, compromise and concessions.

In a sign of the government’s fragile hold on power, government ministers were forced into a major concession hours before the vote.

Fearing defeat on an opposition amendment, ministers said they would pay for women from Northern Ireland to travel to England for abortions.

Abortion is banned in Northern Ireland unless a woman’s life or mental health is in danger, and hundreds of women a year travel to other parts of the U.K. to terminate pregnancies. They must pay for the abortions, as well as for travel costs.

Labour Party lawmaker Stella Creasy obtained a vote on a motion calling for women who travel from Northern Ireland to get government funding. Several Conservative legislators said they would support the amend-

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British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday, June 23. ment because it corrected a longstanding injustice, prompting the government’s scramble to change its policy.

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economy and for Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Other Labour proposals called on the government to reverse cuts to public spending, lift a pay cap on civil servants and the emergency services and soften the Brexit terms of to keep full access to the bloc’s single market.

The government defeated all the proposed changes with support from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, a Loyalist party whose 10 lawmakers have agreed to back the Conservatives on key votes.

The DUP deal — secured with a promise of 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion) in new spending for Northern Ireland — has dismayed some Conservatives on account of the smaller party’s socially conservative policies on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.

It has also complicated attempts to restore a power-sharing administration in Belfast, drawing accusations from the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein that the British government has abandoned its position of neutrality toward Northern Ireland’s rival political forces.

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Back to Bitumount: How the oilsands changed Alberta and Canada forever Bob Weber Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. avid O’Laney unlocks the gate to the historic site he is charged with protecting and swings it wide, allowing entrance to what is arguably the birthplace of modern Alberta and all that has meant to the rest of Canada.

Appropriately, the road in is paved with bitumen. “This is where the first experimental oilsands processing took place,� says O’Laney, who monitors and maintains the site for Alberta Culture. “This� - a stretch of Athabasca River bank north of Fort McMurray - is Bitumount.

It’s where almost a century ago, men and money laboured mightily to turn the black, gooey, sandy gunk into something - anything - that people would pay for.

Eventually, an industry was founded. The result changed Alberta - and Canada - forever. “It really did change the

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economy and the political landscape of the country,� says University of Toronto political scientist Chris Cochrane. “It’s still changing them.�

Half homestead, half abandoned industrial yard, Bitumount doesn’t look like a birthplace.

It was started in the mid-1920s when Robert Fitzsimmons, a career oilman, decided the tarry goo along the riverbank was his ticket to riches.

For more than a decade, he did everything he could to make the oilsands pay.

He advertised 38 different ways to use bitumen, including road paving, home roofing and even as a therapeutic bath.

His cabin and those of his workers, the gaps in the walls chinked with bitumen, still stand.

Some of today’s mines have their own airstrips, but in those days the only way in and out was Fitzsimmon’s boat. The Golden Slipper still moulders on the riverbank.

Fitzsimmons was bought out in 1942 by Lloyd Champion, a serial

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A Suncor tailings pond oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta. Tailings ponds are where the waterborne refuse material is pumped into a pond to allow the sedimentation of solids from the water. entrepreneur who thought bitumen just the thing to pave the Alaska Highway, then under construction.

Champion later partnered with the provincial government, which ultimately ran the site until it closed in 1955.

Touring Bitumount today, it’s impossible not to

be struck by the parallels between past and present.

Despite their rusty patina, many of the structures from Fitzsimmons’ time would look familiar to today’s oilsands workers the dormitories, the power plant, the refinery, the pipelines.

There’s an old rail car on site once used as a travelling road show to sell the oilsands - a harbinger of the two-storey dump truck Alberta brought to Washington D.C. in 2006 for the

same purpose.

Fitzsimmons’ old operation even presaged the modern method of using hot water to separate the oil from the sand it’s mixed with. Except his workers stirred a huge open-air cauldron and raked off the oily slurry off by hand. “Imagine the smell,� says O’Laney.

Those old crews produced about 60 barrels a day. Now, 2.3 million barrels are piped out each day.

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decades of innovative engineering - and a pipeline of money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The perfect metaphor is someone spiking the punch bowl,â&#x20AC;? says Todd Hirsch, chief economist for Alberta Treasury Branches, a provincially owned bank.

In 2014 alone, the oilsands attracted $34 billion in investment.

Alberta, a jurisdiction of just over four million people, knocked back years of that.

It was quite a party.

Corporate shindigs featured caviar and filet at the Calgary Stampede, where $100 hot dogs loaded with cognac and lobster sold out. Mobile homes in Fort McMurray sold for $400,000.

A 17-year-old could make $80 an hour driving a truck. Retail sales staff in Alberta could expect to earn $5,000 a year more than elsewhere in the country.

Every year from 2000 to 2015, Alberta gained about 23,000 people at the expense of the other provinces. The Alberta economy grew by a fifth between 2010 and 2014.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily good, Hirsch says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have one dominant industry that pulls so much capital, it turns into a bit of a black hole that has its own gravitational force and it pulls in everything around it including labour, capital, everything from office space to building materials to all kinds of talent. It makes it very difficult for other industries and non-energy sectors to compete.â&#x20AC;?

The industry has created enormous wealth, but it has left Alberta vulnerable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone would like to have a more diverse economy, but when oilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at $100 a barrel it pinches off any attempts,â&#x20AC;? says Hirsch.

Nationally, the oilsands boom exaggerated the regional tensions that have plagued Canada since 1867, says Cochrane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very difficult to craft comprehensive economic strategies for this country given the variable conditions and industries that dominate in different regions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to say the oilsands have damaged Canadian politics or national unity. (But) I think the reaction to the oilsands has left a lasting impact on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of national cohesiveness.â&#x20AC;?

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the relationship between Alberta, Ottawa and the other provinces, says Hirsch.

“If the Fathers of Confederation had to go back and make a redo, they probably wouldn’t have handed over natural resources to provinces,” he says. “This is really what has caused the enormous imbalances between the provinces.”

Think of the now-notorious 2001 firewall letter, written by a young lobbyist named Stephen Harper to then-Alberta Premier Ralph Klein urging him to opt out of national programs such as the Canada Health Act. “Nothing of that is even imaginable without the kind of fiscal independence that Alberta was able to secure from the resource industries,” Cochrane says.

But the industry has also fostered national ties.

There’s all those Newfoundlanders moving west, or the 1,500 Ontario manufacturers filling oilsands orders.

“There’s no question Alberta’s energy industry has really become Canada’s energy industry,” says Hirsch.

The industry is so big that when the 2016 wildfires near Fort McMurray temporarily shut production in May, Canada’s GDP shrunk that month by 0.6 per cent.

The oilsands have also become an international issue.

At one point in 2010, arguments from environmental groups convinced six Fortune 500 companies to promise to avoid oilsands-derived fuel in their transportation fleet.

Ad campaigns targeting the industry ran throughout the U.S. and in Europe.

Under attack, Albertans became more than a bit defensive about the industry

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“We are a bit on our back foot,” says Hirsch.

“We’ve painted outselves into a corner where we find ourselves with a dependence on a commodity that the rest of the world is viewing unfavourably.”

Things, of course, have changed since 2014. Oil prices have collapsed from over $100 a barrel to about $50.

Analysts wonder if the age of megaprojects such as the $16.5-billion Fort Hills project - jointly owned by Suncor, Total and Teck Resources, next door to Bitumount - is nearing the end.

ExxonMobile and Chevron recently wrote down $183 billion of oilsands reserves in response to concerns from American securities regulators that they were no longer economic to produce.

And other multinationals are backing away from the resource.

Royal Dutch Shell recently sold most of its oilsands holdings to Canadian Natural Resources.

Statoil has sold its oilsands assets to Athabasca Oil Corp. of Calgary.

Alberta actually lost people to other provinces last year.

Hirsch suggests the current oil price is Goldilocks - high enough to stabilize the industry and keep it profitable, low enough to leave economic space for diversification.

The problem for the Alberta government is that high-tech manufacturing or the renewable energy or advanced agri-food or tourism or engineering

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Suncor pipes that carry various liquids from their MacKay River pad in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta. sectors may create tax revenue, but they don’t pay royalties.

“Royalties are really nice and easy to spend because you didn’t have to work very hard for them,” Hirsch says.

Nationally, the oilsands have been an abundant and growing source of good-paying middle-class jobs, the kind to which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau constantly refers.

More than 400,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs depend on the oilsands and supporting sectors.

Even if the oilsands remain stable, it’s hard to see where new jobs for all those skilled trades will come from, says Cochrane.

“To what extent are people fundamentally malleable in terms of the kinds of things they’re willing or able to do?” he asks.

“There’s a kind of person who stands to gain stable employment from oilsands work. One line of thinking is that these folks will have to go away and retrain and adapt to another kind of economy.

“I think that people’s horizons for what they want to do, the kind of thing they’re good at, isn’t as infinite as some of these arguments imply.”

Canadians who have grown accustomed to fat oilsands paycheques may be facing a reckoning, Hirsch says.

“Wages are coming down, wage expectations are coming down, and that is difficult when households have set up budgets and expectations of how much money and how many vacations to Maui.”

And the challenge of climate change - perhaps

the biggest one the industry faces - has never gone away.

Industry has agreed to a hard cap of 100 megatonnes of carbon emissions, a limit that will be pretty much maxed out when projects now in the regulatory process are all built. I Industry says technological advances will eventually allow more production without CO2 growth, but it’s been saying that for a long time and possible solutions are a long way from commercially feasible.

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Many analysts suggest that meeting Canada’s international greenhouse gas reduction goals will mean the country will simply have to walk away from some bitumen deposits.

“I’m trying to think about how a government could bring an entire country together around a policy that will leave a pile of money in the ground and unemploy a lot of people, if handled incorrectly,” Cochrane says.

“If there is going to be a convincing strategy of moving away from oilsands development, it’s going to have to be a policy that’s going to benefit those most likely to lose from the shift.

That’s going to be hard to tell people in Quebec or Ontario.”

Still, Bitumount holds one more lesson, this one more optimistic.

The oilsands are just one more example of Canadians creating value with persistence, hard work and imagination — turning an ugly duckling into a golden goose.

“The oilsands didn’t work at the beginning,” says Hirsch. “Agriculture, at the beginning, did not work here.

“We took a marginal resource and turned it into something.”

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ENVIRONMENT First we eat: Dawson woman to subsist on local food for a year Lori Garrison News Reporter

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alt — which most people eat too much of — will soon be a hard commodity to come by for Dawsonite Suzanne Crocker.

As part of her project First We Eat, Crocker — a retired family doctor-turned-filmmaker — is getting ready to eat nothing but locally-produced, Dawson-area grown food for a year starting next week. Basically, if you couldn’t make it or grow it yourself along the Klondike River 200 years ago, Crocker won’t be eating it. Which means things like salt — typically derived from seawater — are off the menu.

“Salt is the hard part,” Crocker says. “Dried coltsfoot or celery is supposed to be a substitute, flavour-wise. I’m looking for some evidence of trading, of course, with the coastal tribes in this region, but I haven’t found any yet.”

The purpose of the project is to “celebrate the ingenuity, resourcefulness and knowledge of Northern Canadians and our relationship to the land through the food that we hunt, fish, gather, grow or raise in the North,” Crocker says on her website.

“In the North, people are so resourceful and food production really highlights that. We have an incredible knowledge base up here … and I’m using myself as a guinea pig,” she says.

Scanning the labels and places of origin at the grocery store — kale from the US, beef from Alberta, strawberries from Mexico — it’s hard to imagine eating only things from your own backyard. But Crocker says it’s entirely possible, even for a self-professed rookie in the kitchen and the garden like herself. The Hän people in the area prior to European contact were entirely self-sufficient, of course, but even European settlers were able to eat locally in ways hardly imaginable today.

“I’ve never been able to find a source for it, but the numbers I’ve heard (for local food) is 98 per cent in the 1900s, and only two per cent now,” she said.

“You look at pictures (of the region) with whole fields of giant cabbages.”

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Dawson filmmaker Suzanne Crocker is undertaking a year-long project of eating only locally-produced foods. on a bright, sunny day in Dawson. It’s mid-June and this garden is more advanced than any I’ve seen in Whitehorse. The soil in Dawson is supposed to be some of the best in the Yukon, which allows gardeners — and farmers —to do “really amazing things,” she said.

A few local farmers have managed to do something which any Yukon gardener

will known is quite difficult in our climate — grow grain, such as buckwheat and rye. This means Crocker can mill this to make flour to make rye bread.

“Really flat loaves,” she says, a bit wistfully, “without salt, sweetened with honey.”

Dawson also has a plethora of agricultural options, she says, things you might not even think

of; there’s a dairy, Klondike Valley Creamery, beekeepers, farmers raising chickens for eggs and livestock year round. A local arborist, John Lenart of Klondike Valley Nursery, not only raises apple trees, but other fruits, including a strain of sour cherries. This is even more amazing when you consider that many farms in Dawson are off-grid, meaning they rely on the

river for water and often function without traditional sources of electricity, she says.

“Farmers are such an under-the-radar, undervalued part of the world,” Crocker says.

Aside from produce, Crocker expects to heavily supplement her diet with wild plants, fish and game.

“I’ve had to learn to look at plants in a really differ-

ent way,” she says.

All this wild food means a lot of foraging, something she says is time consuming but very rewarding.

“In the days of pre-contact, foraging must have been a full-time job,” she said. “So far, I’ve discovered how crazy spring can be — I imagine fall will be the same … but it’s a lot of time spent outside, with your hands in the dirt, in the forest, which is very gratifying.”

“Doing everything from scratch forces you to take your time. I find making yogurt very meditative … it’s nice.”

It’s not only Crocker who will be participating in this new diet — she shares a home with her husband and three children, two of whom are teenagers with typically voracious teenage appetites, so keeping everyone fed (and happy) will be a bit of a challenge.

“The family did not sign up for this project and so they aren’t exactly keen,” Crocker says with a laugh.

“My husband agreed to not bring any store bought groceries into the house anymore, as of this week, so we’re eating up everything in the pantry…. My challenge will be to keep enough quantity and variety.”

While this project is Crocker’s own personal brain-child, she says this project isn’t just about her; it’s rooted very deeply in the community.

“There are so many reasons local food is important but community is a huge part of it,” she says.

“I am learning so much — but I’m also learning how much knowledge people hold.”

While lots of people are helping her out — one friend has even managed to grow her some popcorn, Crocker’s favourite snack —this project, which officially begins for Crocker in July, naturally involves sacrifices, she says.

“No coffee,” she says, looking down at her latte with a sigh.

Personally, I find the concept of a world without coffee utterly unacceptable, but I admire her dedication.

You can follow Crocker’s project as it progresses at her website, www.firstweeat.ca.

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Prehistoric stone fish trap discovered on Alaska island Associated Press KODIAK, Alaska

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rchaeologists have discovered a prehistoric fish trap constructed of rock walls near the mouth of a salmon stream on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

The trap is in a lower intertidal zone that’s covered by ocean water at high tide and exposed at low tide, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported (http:// bit.ly/2t0of5f ) Tuesday.

Archaeologists at the Alutiiq Museum in the city of Kodiak identified the trap. Salmon at high tide could swim into the stream, and when the tide receded, fish would be stranded in one of two corrals, said Patrick Saltonstall, the museum’s curator of archaeology.

Prehistoric fish traps previously have been found in streams on Kodiak, the second largest island in the United States, Saltonstall said.

The V-shape devices faced upstream and channeled salmon to a spot where fishermen could spear fish. Saltonstall had not seen an ocean trap on Kodiak before.

“These are the first ones we’ve found in the intertidal zone, and that’s kind of exciting,” he said.

The trap reminded Saltonstall of stone walls of a New England farm.

“They’re pretty big piles. They’re like four or five feet across. They’re stacked,” he said. Wood or netting may have helped capture fish.

One corral was roughly rectangular. Farther from shore was a U-shape corral. Together they stretched about 165 yards (150 metres).

The trap is not in shape to catch fish now.

“The walls have gotten

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carved on boulders at the south end of the island but similar to petroglyphs near other salmon streams in the archipelago.

The trap is near sites that include four ancient sod-house villages.

The survey is being conducted with National Park Service grants as part of a two-year Afognak Native Corp. effort to map important cultural sites on the corporation’s 387 square miles (1,000 square kilometres) of land.

The survey has uncovered other historical sites including fox farms and an abandoned gold mine.

These rock alignments are the remains of a prehistoric intertidal fish trap on Kodiak Island, Alaska. too low and they’re too many gaps,” Saltonstall said, likely from tides

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“That brings up an important point,” he said.

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Rick Hansen: Paralympic athlete, advocate and philanthropist

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t the age of 15, Rick Hansen’s life was irrevocably changed when a truck accident resulted in a severed spinal cord that left him paralyzed from the waist down. This event became the impetus that led him to become a lifelong crusader for the physically disabled.

Rick’s campaign started on a personal scale with a commitment to achieving his innate athletic potential. He became immersed in wheelchair sports including wheelchair volleyball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair track and field.

His love of sport lead him to pursue a Bachelor of Physical Education at UBC, making him the first person with a physical disability to ever earn this degree from

the esteemed university. But it was his talent, ability and hard work that allowed him to achieve worldwide recognition as an athlete.

With a focus on marathoning, he won numerous competitions and most notably earned three gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the Paralympic games of 1980 and 1984.

He also competed for Canada at the 1984 Olympics in wheelchair track as an exhibition sport. He was the first person ever to break the two-hour mark in a wheelchair marathon.

Despite all his athletic achievements, it was his Man In Motion World Tour that really put him on the map—figuratively and literally. Inspired by the courage of his friend Terry Fox, Rick decided to

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anada’s Finnish community Actress Pamela Anderson, NHL player and coach Randy Carlyle, singer Larissa Loyva, and CEO Peter Nygard are among the more renowned Finnish-Canadians around today.

Though not the largest Canadian subculture— the 2011 census reports 136,213 Canadians claim Finnish ancestry—this community is substantial enough to produce a number of newspapers, a radio station, a yearly festival, and a range of Finn-

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Canadian Paralympian Rick Hansen. circle the globe in his wheelchair.

The purpose was to prove the potential of people with disabilities while raising funds and aware-

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The first Finns came to Canada in the late 1800s but a more substantial immigration occurred in the early to mid 21st Century. There was both reason to leave — notably the Finnish Civil War and resulting economic depression — and incentive to come — the Canadian Pacific Railway was actively recruiting labourers.

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ness. The tour allowed Hansen to cover 40,000 kilometres over 34 countries across four continents in 26 months. He raised $26 million for spinal cord research and quality of life initiatives.

After the tour Rick was ready to begin the next phase in his mission to “create a world without barriers.” He established and became the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, a not for profit organization that’s committed to empowering people with disabilities achieve their potential while advocating for a more inclusive world.

To date, the foundation has raised over $220 million for spinal cord injury research and other programs. Educating, motivating and promoting change are all in a day’s work for this inspiring Canadian.

land. Logging, farming and mining were common work for early immigrants while those who arrived later were more inclined to make their livelihoods in urban centres.

Today, the largest Finnish communities are in Ontario and British Columbia, with sizable populations in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Kirkland Lake, Timmins and Toronto. Finnish-Canadians have enriched the national mosaic of our nation with their political, athletic, artistic and entrepreneurial contributions.

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Skagway’s gold rush park offers view of the Gold Rush’s ugly side

Sharon Nadeem & Andrew Seal News Reporters

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kagway has long drawn visitors from all over the world who are hoping to catch a glimpse into the town’s notorious past. The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park does more than that. With interactive displays, film screenings, historical buildings and tours, visitors are transported back to an anarchic era.

This year, the park added a new tour to tell stories of the women of Skagway, often overlooked in a town full of determined men seeking gold at the end of gruelling mountain passes and treacherous rivers. Some of the women captured moments through photographs, others baked apple pies for the miners and made a fortune, and some offered dancing and entertainment services.

The stories of the courage of men have been retold countless times but the resilience of women hasn’t often been touched on.

Benjamin Hayes, chief of interpretation and education at the park, wants to change that.

“We need to challenge the taboo around talking about prostitution. (Approximately) 150-200 women were in the sex industry in Skagway during the gold rush, and many of them were trafficked here,” he said.

Skagway even had a so-called “Jap Alley,” an exclusive area for Japanese sex workers who were trafficked into the town. Women were only called upon for their services and didn’t enjoy any rights in town.

“Just by being a woman, you didn’t have as many choices with jobs or the ability to do things like going to a bar without permission,” said Benjamin. The park is now looking more into the role of women in the Gold Rush to expand its new tour.

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A mannequin of Soapy Smith drinks at the Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum in Skagway. The former saloon now showcases the criminal history of Skagway.

* * * Another unique tour carried over from last year was the Buffalo Soldiers tour, focused on the African American soldiers who were sent to Skagway to maintain a semblance of law and order. The tour consists of a walk through the city, showcasing Company L of the 24th Infantry, comprised of 112 soldiers led by Captain Henry Walter Hovey. The soldiers, who were instrumental in protecting the town’s

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Company L of the 24th Infantry marches down 5th Avenue in Skagway for American Independence Day. citizens from guns, floods and fires, built their barracks on Broadway, where the Lynch & Kennedy building now stands. It was the only building at the time that had blast stoves and plumbing.

However, Alaska wasn’t immune to the racism spreading across the United

States during the Jim Crow era. Locals protested when 30 men of the company joined the local YMCA, objecting to a desegregated club. But a letter published in the Skagway News by the head of YMCA at the time, declared “Christianity knows no race” and refused to give

in to the demands of the locals. But the black soldiers chose to stay away because they felt they weren’t welcome.

Despite that, the men persevered, joining the local Baptist Church and forming a baseball team that eventually led to a healthy rivalry

with the Skagway team, made up of railroad employees and firemen. Three years to the day after they arrived, the company bid goodbye to the town with a ball. But leaving on such short notice meant that the rivalry for the baseball championship cup ended with a tie. * * *

Last year also saw the opening of Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum. The building was once a saloon that was the home of the notorious “Soapy” Smith’s criminal enterprise.

Smith was a con artist and a gangster who controlled much of Skagway with his gang. They operated a fake telegraph office and rigged gambling games, targeting the riches of successful returning gold rushers. The gang paid off the town’s meagre police force so it could run its schemes with impunity.

However, resistance to Smith’s swindling and lawlessness soon mounted.

Locals formed a committee and attempted to west control over the town from Smith. After a returning miner had most of his gold taken by Smith’s henchmen, the committee held a large meeting on Juneau Wharf and demanded Smith turn the men in. As Smith tried to approach the meeting a gunfight broke out which left Smith dead and another man fatally wounded.

This was the end of Smith’s criminal empire and his saloon soon fell empty.

The building was later used as a garage by the local fire department for a while, but sat vacant for many years.

In 1935, Skagway’s tourism pioneer, Martin Itjen, bought the building and renovated it to look just as it had in 1898 and opened the Soapy Smith Museum, one of the first museums in Alaska. Visitors would learn about Smith’s swindling schemes, the history of the Gold Rush, and see other Alaskan curiosities, such as two moose whose antlers became locked in combat. Itjen even installed moving mannequins as part of the experience.

The museum operated intermittently until 1986, after which it sat closed and decaying for over 20 years. It was donated to the National Park Service in 2008, which then began a long, tedious process of restoring the building and saving its artifacts.

“It took eight years of hard work, excavation, and restoration to get the museum open,” said Hayes.

The museum opened in April 2016 with guided tours by park staff throughout the day.

Contact Sharon Nadeem at sharon.nadeem@yukon-news.com & Andrew Seal at andrew. seal@yukon-news.com

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TORONTO ith Peter Mansbridge set to sign off as CBC News chief correspondent and anchor of The National, speculation abounds as to what will happen with the public broadcaster’s flagship program.

Mansbridge’s last night on The National comes on Friday and he’ll then helm the CBC’s Canada Day coverage on Saturday.

The CBC has said it will unveil a revamped edition of The National on Oct. 30 with multiple hosts, a new format, a new set and new graphics.

It’s a change industry observers welcome.

“I would urge and applaud them to use this opportunity to create something different,” said Janice Neil, chairwoman of the school of journalism at Ryerson University.

“I think it should distinguish itself from the other stations. You only have to look at the ratings tumble over the years to see that CTV has continued to do so well with its newscast, it’s not declining the way the others have. So why should the CBC try to go head-to-head? I know they’re not the same hours but why should they?

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other markets.”

Including airings on both CBC and CBC News Network, The National’s average minute audience between Aug. 29, 2016 to April 9, 2017 was 866,000 viewers, according to data supplied by ratings agency Numeris. Including all CTV and CTV News Channel broadcasts, the average audience of CTV National News during the same period was 1.3 million.

In an age when many viewers consume news all day on social media, some say The National needs to focus on in-depth conversation and context to the headlines.

“The only way a newscast like that, I think, is going to work in the future is (if) it’s not going to tell you the news, it’s rather going to make sense of the news,” said Richard Stursberg, a former CBC executive and the new president of the writers’ group Pen Canada.

“So then it becomes about context, background, analysis, investigatory. It becomes all that kind of stuff rather than just telling me what the news is — because I already know that.”

Ian Morrison, spokesman for the advocacy organization Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, declared: “Judged by the hard numbers, it’s time for a change.”

“The status quo isn’t working and so shak-

Attention Ta’an Kwäch’än Citizens ing things up and trying another approach is something that I think all viewers should welcome,” said Morrison, noting he’d like to see a current affairs-style element to the show that appeals to a younger generation.

“A lot of the appetite for watching The National now is those panels that they have, the Chantal Heberts or Jennifer Ditchburns or whatever … helping to contextualize the information and I think that that’s really important.”

Diversity is also a critical factor the CBC should be considering, he added.

“I think there’s a lot of pressure, and appropriate pressure, on the public broadcaster to reflect Canada on the screen,” Morrison said. ”And that involves diversity in age, in facial colour, in male-female balance and a whole range of things.”

Mansbridge announced nearly a year ago his planned exit from The National, where he’s been at the helm for nearly 30 years.

He said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press that he hasn’t been a part of the decision-making for the new show, although he has offered input.

“I do raise the cautions about risking going too far in change and I think those warnings are respected,” he said.

The switch to multiple anchors isn’t a huge change, added Mansbridge, noting: “It’s always been a team anchor in our case.”

Stursberg argued the role of news anchors has changed in the digital age and they now have much less influence.

“The idea that there’s a father figure or a mother figure who is the trusted source of all wisdom that comes from the national newscast, I think those days are just gone,” he said.

Neil noted the news anchor has typically been seen as “the captain of the ship,” but “now viewers are increasingly perfectly happy to be their own programmer.”

Still, Mansbridge does believe that in a time of crisis, viewers want to watch an “anchor they respect and like the most.”

Morrison is happy to see The National move away from the idea of “the cult of the personality.”

“Mansbridge would exemplify that in spades,” said Morrison. “He’s reported to be quite influential around story content, editorial decisions, how much time is spent on this and that.

“All of a sudden he’s gone on the first of July and I kind of welcome that. I think it’s better to have a variety of sources in this age where context is important.”

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Child protection groups warn of young people using new Snapchat location feature Cassandra Szklarski Canadian Press

TORONTO everal child protection groups are warning that Snapchat’s new location-sharing feature could allow predators to more easily track young people.

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection and MediaSmarts are among the watchdog groups raising concerns about “Snap Maps” — an opt-in feature that shares a user’s location on a map.

Experts say child predators who befriend young users could use the feature to figure out where they live, go to school, the route they walk every day, and eventually build up a picture of their routine.

The feature was included in a recent update to the social media app, which is especially popu-

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Users can select who can see where they are — whether that be all friends, a select group, or no one, also known as “Ghost Mode.”

Earlier this week, the Winnipeg-based Canadian Centre for Child Protection issued an alert through its Cybertip. ca program about Snap Maps, saying users may not realize it updates their location each time they open the app, even when they’re not sharing stories.

The group also urges parents to talk to their kids about keeping their location private and ensuring their “friends” on Snapchat — and all social media — are people they have met in person.

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MediaSmarts points to the “troubling consequences” of allowing others to know your location.

“It becomes a very useful tracking tool for somebody who has other intentions,” says Plante.

“Parents do need to be very present in the digital lives of their children and have the conversation about how to use that feature, whether or not that feature is something they should be using or not, and then together … if you have decided to use it, how to set the feature in a way to minimize that risk.”

Childnet International also released a statement about the feature last week.

“Given how specific this new feature is on Snapchat — giving your location to a precise pinpoint on a map — we would encourage users not to share their location, es-

pecially with people they don’t know in person,” the group said in a statement.

A Snapchat spokesperson said in a statement that “the safety of our community is very important to us” and stressed that using Snap Map “is completely optional.”

“Snapchatters can choose exactly who they want to share their location with, if at all, and can change that setting at any time. It’s also not possible to share your location with someone who isn’t already your friend on Snapchat, and the majority of interactions on Snapchat take place between close friends,” reads the statement.

Snapchat has an online parents guide offering tips on keeping teens safe while using the app, as well as an online ”safety center” where anyone can report a safety concern.

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nce you’ve chosen a new or used vehicle you need to look at how you’re going to pay for it. For most people it’s by obtaining a loan. This article will focus on financing the vehicle rather than leasing or using a credit line (which is almost never a good idea).

When a lender is deciding if they will offer you a loan (and at what interest rate) they look at your credit report. In Canada there are two main credit bureaus, Equifax and Transunion. These credit bureaus give you a credit score based on your past willingness and ability to pay your bills, usually between 300 and 800. While repeated and continual “hits” on or checks of your credit bureau can also affect your credit rating, having several hits in a row only periodically will not.

These bureaus know that you are shopping for the best deal and take this into account.

Some auto manufacturers have a finance arm that offers loans. Ford Credit, Chrysler Capital, Honda Finance, or GMAC are examples of this. These finance companies may also lend money on other makes or used vehicles also.

Sometimes a manufacturer will offer zero per

cent financing. Since no one actually lends money for free it’s important to understand that this is just a form of discount on the vehicle. The manufacturer is paying the interest to the finance arm instead of offering a discount. Sometimes in lieu of the zero per cent financing you can opt to take a discount for paying cash or for financing through other institutions. If this is the case, have the finance manager work out the numbers both ways for you to see which offers the lowest payment over the same term. Sometimes paying a higher interest rate and taking the discount ends up being a better deal.

Canadian chartered banks also have automotive finance arms that offer car loans. You can’t actually walk into these offices as they are only available to dealers online. The dealer submits the application for you and does the paperwork for these loans.

The Finance Manager at your dealership may send your application to several banks looking for the best deal.

You could also walk into your bank and look at getting a personal or collateral loan from your branch.

However it would be much easier to have the finance office at your dealership to arrange a car loan.

There are also other lending institutions that specialize in special finance or sub-prime (having a credit score below 550 is often considered sub-prime) automotive loans. These companies will help people who have had some bad luck or

made some bad decisions that have affected their credit. These loans are considered higher risk and so will have higher interest rates. They can be as high as almost 30 per cent. While this rate may seem ridiculous it could be the only choice for some people. It’s the penalty you pay for past credit issues.

Accepting this rate will get you a vehicle and can greatly improve your credit if all payments are made on time. Sometimes even within a year you can get a new loan at a substantially lower interest rate.

But there’s no guarantee this will happen. There are many variables to credit scores. Just paying your new car loan on time won’t help your credit if other loans are not also paid on time. Sometimes having additional credit, like making credit card payments on time, may be necessary to improve your credit. If someone tells you that you are guaranteed to get a better rate within a certain period of time, with just this new car loan, they are being disingenuous.

There are numerous ads on the internet and Facebook offering good credit/bad credit car loans.

Sometimes these ads are dealerships advertising for new customers and sometimes these ads are

companies that take your information and sell it as a lead to dealers looking for new customers.

Either way, your information is being checked at the same credit bureaus and going to the same lenders for approvals. Every one of these lead companies and every dealer should have access to the exact same lenders, so one really has no advantage over the other. If you’re worried about your credit, rather than sending your personal information over the internet to people you don’t know, sit down with your favourite dealer first and look at your options.

You can always opt to try other avenues later.

Most dealers will have an option on their website to get pre-approved or you can just sit down with the finance manager at your favorite dealership before choosing a vehicle and get pre-approved. That way you know how much you would be approved for and won’t be disappointed if you picked out a nice vehicle and then couldn’t get financing for it.

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If you are interested please provide a letter of interest confirming your qualifications and ability to satisfy the restrictions as outlined in this notice to the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation by July 31, 2017.

BACKGROUND

On June 25, 2016 the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation (the “LSCFN”) General Assembly directed the Chief and Council to develop a trust deed for the establishment of a trust to manage and administer the LSCFN compensation monies provided pursuant to Chapter 19 of the LSCFN Final Agreement. On May 15, 2017 the Chief and Council passed a resolution approving a draft trust deed, dated March 9, 2017 for reference (the “Deed”). The Chief and Council provided a summary overview of the Deed to the LSCFN General Assembly on June 10, 2017 and confirmed the next steps to establish the Little Salmon/Carmacks trust.

TRUSTEES

The Deed provides that there will be a minimum of three to a maximum of eight trustees. The Chief and Council will confirm the appointment of the initial trustees for staggered terms of three, four and five years. Upon the expiry of the initial trustees’ terms, the protector will be responsible to appoint persons as trustees for five-year terms. A citizen must meet specific qualifications under the Deed in order to be considered for appointment as a trustee.

QUALIFICATIONS

To qualify as a trustee a person must meet the following qualifications: (a) at least 19 years of age; (b) is not nor has been declared bankrupt by a court of law; (c) is mentally competent and capable of managing his or her affairs; (d) has not been convicted of an offence of theft, fraud or false pretences or an indictable offence in the past five years; (e) has not been convicted of any offence involving property held as a fiduciary or a trustee; (f) is not an elected member of the LSCFN which includes the Elder Councillor and the Youth Councillor; (g) is not a director or officer of any corporation where 50% or more of the voting shares are owned directly or indirectly by the LSCFN; (h) has taken an accredited community trustee training program or is willing to take such training within a reasonable period of time following the appointment as a trustee; (i) is willing to satisfy any other conditions that would be established by the protector of the LSCFN trust.

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Trustees’ powers, duties and liabilities are outlined in the Deed. In particular, the trustees would be responsible: (a) to administer the trust monies in a responsible and transparent manner; (b) to engage advisors and agents to assist in the investment and administration of trust monies (investment manager, bank custodian, accountants, lawyers etc.); (c) receive and disburse trust monies in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in the Deed; (d) maintain records of all trust meetings, decisions and accounts; (e) obtain an annual audit; and (f) report to the General Assembly.

DUTIES AND STANDARDS OF TRUSTEES

All trustees are legally obligated to act in the best interest of the trust and trust beneficiaries. Trustees as fiduciaries (highest standard in law) are required to act in strict accordance with the Deed; carry out their duties with honesty and in good faith; be familiar with the terms of the Deed; and avoid conflicts of interest.

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Each person appointed as a trustee must sign a consent to act and acknowledge the following statements: “ I confirm that I meet the qualifications for a person to be a trustee as set out in the Trust Deed.

I hereby acknowledge the rights and duties governing trustees of this Trust as set forth in this Trust Deed dated [the date the Chief and Council execute the document] and hereby consents to act as trustee of this Trust and be bound by bound by the terms of this Trust.

I further acknowledge that the address for receipt by the undersigned of Notices respecting Trust matters as required by this Trust Deed...”

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pring flooding in Canada this year upended lives, inundated city streets and swamped houses, prompting calls for sandbags, seawalls and dikes to save communities.

Ontario and Quebec’s April rainfall was double the 30year average. Thousands of homes in 130 Quebec municipalities stretching from the Ontario border to the Gaspé Peninsula flooded in May. Montreal residents raced to protect their homes and families as three dikes gave way and the city declared a state of emergency. The Ontario government had to boost its resources for an emergency flood response.

In Atlantic Canada, some parts of New Brunswick recorded more than 150 millimetres of rain during a nearly 36-hour, non-stop downpour. In B.C.’s Okanagan, rapidly melting snowpack and

swelling creeks caused lake levels to rise to record heights. The City of West Kelowna declared a state of emergency and evacuated homes.

Floods have become one of the most visible signs of the effects of climate change in cities, towns and rural areas throughout Canada.

Spring floods aren’t unusual, but the intensity and frequency of recent rains are breaking records.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading international body for climate change assessment, anticipates a significant increase in heavy precipitation events and flooding in many parts of the world, including Canada. When temperatures rise, the atmosphere carries more moisture so when it rains, it dumps.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada found one in five Canadians faces some level of flood risk, and 1.8 million households are at very high risk.

Climate change–related events — including floods, drought and fires — are a drain on personal finances and the economy. With more than 80 significant floods in Canada since

2000, insurance costs are skyrocketing. The 2013 Alberta floods alone cost more than $6 billion. Canadians personally shoulder about $600 million each year in losses related to flooding. Around the world, insurers have paid out more than $200 billion over the past decade in claims for damages caused by coastal floods.

Deforestation, wetland destruction and artificial shoreline projects worsen the problem. Insurance agencies recognize that, compared to expensive infrastructure, keeping ecosystems healthy prevents climate disasters, saves money and improves resiliency. Lloyd’s of London encourages insurers to consider the value of natural coastal habitats when pricing flood risk. One study found ecosystems such as wetlands are more effective than seawalls in protecting against coastal storms. Insurers say conserving nature is about 30 times cheaper than building seawalls.

Still, many jurisdictions focus on engineered structures such as rock walls or even giant sea gates for coastal flooding, dams and levees to hold back rivers,

and draining to prevent wetlands from overflowing. But built infrastructure costs cash-strapped municipalities money, requires more maintenance and is less flexible than keeping natural areas intact.

Urban concrete and asphalt surfaces prevent water from infiltrating into the ground and increase storm-water runoff. Rain gardens, bioswales and permeable pavements better manage flooding by reducing runoff and protecting flood plains and foreshore areas. Nature absorbs rainfall and prevents excess water from overwhelming pipe networks, backing up sewers and pooling in streets and basements. Restored river channels, parkways and beaches reduce costs, add valued amenities, increase access to nature and improve community health.

Many local governments are trying to keep up by limiting development in flood zones, better managing flood plains and updating flood-management systems. Some, such as Gibsons, B.C., are using a new approach that considers nature as a vital part of the town’s infra-

structure and puts “natural capital” assets on equal footing with built assets.

The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative helps local governments across Canada test this approach by giving them tools to identify and account for community natural assets and improve management.

The federal government has set aside $2 billion to help local governments defend against natural disasters like fire and flooding.

It should allocate a significant portion to natural infrastructure solutions. This would create the foundation for a national study of how much natural infrastructure contributes to biodiversity conservation, economic productivity and climate change mitigation

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Despite recent investments, Canada lags behind other G7 nations in flood preparation and climate change adaptation.

It’s time we recognized the importance of intact nature and built green infrastructure as central to flood-prevention efforts.

Nature can help us — if we let it.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Communications Specialist Theresa Beer. David Suzuki’s latest book is Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do (Greystone Books), co-written with Ian Hanington.

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FAIRBANKS left my home here to begin a hike along the Trans-Alaska pipeline in late April. Returning in June, I am stunned by the green of it all. It’s like winter to summer in one day.

I’ve been in Alaska’s second-largest city for a few days now, resupplying for the trip north as I hike with my dog on the path of the Trans-Alaska pipeline.

Three hundred fifty miles down, 450 to go.

Walking with my friend Bob Gillis, we left the gravel road that parallels the pipeline in the hamlet of Moose Creek, just north of Eielson Air Force Base. In a driving rain that didn’t let up all day, Bob and I reached his car after seven miles of hiking. We happily got in and cranked up the heater. After lunch in North Pole, he drove me home.

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Stopping at one’s home with its comfy bed and sunny deck is a hazard during a trip like this. My last hiking day with Bob was wet and quite buggy.

While in town, I’ve played softball in the evening heat with my Northern Shrikes, sat in the sunny bleachers for a Alaska Goldpanners game and watched mom and dad nuthatch feed their chicks in a birdhouse visible from the deck.

I’ve also purchased a ton of food and arranged it in 11 cardboard boxes.

Friends will deliver those boxes via the Elliott and Dalton highways in the days and weeks to come.

In conversations here, friends have asked me the differences I’ve noticed since I walked the line 20 years ago. Here are some

obvious ones: Spruce bark beetles, creatures about the size of a grain of rice, killed a good number of white spruce in the upper Copper River Valley in the late 1990s.

Their larvae girdled the trees from within, beneath the bark. Walking through there in 1997 was like walking through a graveyard of gray trees. The beetles only attacked mature spruce, though. The trees no taller than me at the time survived the beetles.

They are now healthy and 40 feet tall.

Tamaracks, delicate-looking conifers with needles that turn orange and fall off in autumn, were in a similar troubled state in 1997. The wormlike larvae of the larch sawfly stripped almost all the adult trees of their needles in the mid to late 1990s.

Deprived of their solar panels for several summers, most of the adult trees died. Like the spruce, tamaracks have come back in a big way, with healthy young trees now lining the border of the pipeline road through swampy sections of the Interior.

And, as researchers have found in permafrost areas all over Alaska, the ground surface is subsiding. This

years ago. Now the road is level with the surrounding terrain. The frozen ground beneath it has probably thawed over the 40 years since the road’s construction, which is consistent with most permafrost areas in Alaska that are reacting to warmer air temperatures.

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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The Alaska Highway brought big changes to the Yukon

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hen Goodie Sparling was just 16 years old, there were rumours flying about Whitehorse, but everything was hush-hush. And then the soldiers arrived.

It was 1942 and the United States had entered the war months earlier after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. The urgency to build a road to Alaska was elevated to high priority, and everybody knew it would happen, but not when and how.

Goodie’s father, John Olaf Erickson, who operated the Regina Hotel on Front Street, took his teenaged daughter down to the White Pass train station to see what would be arriving one day in early April.

They were accustomed to seeing the train arrive with a single passenger car, but this day was different.

One passenger car after another disgorged its load of American soldiers. “A sea of humanity came off that train,” she told me it in March of 2009. She had never seen anything like it.

Pearl Keenan was a young lady about 22 years of age when the highway came to the trading post and village of Teslin. She still lived with her parents, George, a Scottish immigrant, and Annie, who was Inland Tlingit, on a homestead 19 kilometres from the village.

The plane had delivered mail to Teslin, and Pearl was walking to pick it up with several dogs. About five kilometres from town, the dogs started barking and bolted into the bush. She heard hollering and screaming in the distance, and the dogs came right back to her.

Since the presence of other people in the vicinity was unusual, she started running as fast as she could.

The postmaster told her that what she had encountered was an advance survey party laying out the course of the new highway.

They had seen her running along the lakeshore, pursued by what they thought was a pack of wolves.

For Goodie and Pearl, as for everybody else in the Yukon, their lives were about to change dramatically.

The arrival of the soldiers in Whitehorse was just the beginning. The sleepy little town of a few hundred people exploded overnight into a metropolis of 10,000. The beer parlour at the Regina was busy before the war; during the war it boomed.

There were line-ups at the liquor store. The local movie theatre was another indicator of the change; it began to screen films every night, with new shows three times a week.

The infrastructure of Whitehorse was strained to the limit by the demands of this 25-fold increase in population. Tiny isolated communities along the new road suddenly thrived with the influx of men and equipment. First Nation communities not touched by the new road, including Hutchi, Aishihik, Kloo Lake and Neskataheen, withered and died.

With the friendly invasion from the south came restrictions in movement for wartime security. The Americans brought their own military police and justice system that created conflicting jurisdictions.

Many Yukoners felt the U.S. military took this a little too far.

With the highway came other major projects: A chain of airports from Fort St John, B.C., to Fairbanks, Alaska; a pipeline from Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories to a new refinery in Whitehorse; a trunk road from Haines, Alaska, to the newborn community of Haines Junction.

The Yukon suffered tremendous growing pains.

Jobs in these major construction projects offered higher wages and drew people away from traditional pursuits. The mining camps around Dawson City and Mayo had trouble competing. There were wage disparities because the American contractors hired Americans to work for higher wages, while the Canadian government had fixed Canadian wages to prevent inflation.

George Black, the Yukon’s member of Parliament, feared that there would be a fuel shortage in the Yukon because the wood cutters took jobs with highway contractors. The federal government intervened by offering a bonus for each cord of wood cut to meet the local need.

Yukoners were hit with increased wartime income tax rates. George Black intervened here, too, pointing

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This smiling soldier portrays a friendly image, but the construction of the Alaska Highway brought many changes which had a negative impact on the Yukon. out that the higher cost of living in the North, combined with higher taxes, would force many to leave for the south.

Dawson City, which had been the centre of activity for the previous 45 years, was relegated to a secondary role. The territorial council, which had few independent powers, was outranked by federal intervention. In less than a dozen years, the capital was moved to Whitehorse.

Even harder hit were the First Nations. The new road disrupted traditional settlements. People abandoned their subsistence lifestyle for the cash economy and

jobs created by the war industry.

These jobs tended to be low paying and short term.

Slowly, self-sufficient communities became dependent upon the social welfare system. Kin-based social structure was displaced by government programs and the introduction of new ideas and new technologies.

Suddenly, outsiders by the thousands were competing with local First Nation residents for their traditional resources, and wild game populations were decimated. The slaughter and waste of good meat were difficult to comprehend.

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New rules were established for traplines and harvesting game that did not favour the traditional users of these resources.

The Kluane Game Sanctuary was set aside for a future national park. The people around Kluane Lake could no longer hunt, fish or trap where they had for generations past – without becoming criminals for doing so.

New diseases were introduced for which the isolated

First Nation communities had no natural resistance.

Epidemics of measles, mumps, whooping cough, meningitis, diphtheria and tuberculosis ravaged many settlements where almost everybody was stricken, and many died.

Alcohol was introduced in abundance, leading to further social breakdown.

Children were taken away from their families and shipped to distant residential schools, where they were subjected to various forms of abuse. Many never returned home for years, and traditional family connections were impaired.

The events surrounding the Second World War directly impacted the people living in the Yukon, bringing about changes and turmoil, the likes of which had not been seen since the gold rush. The construction of the Alaska Highway proved to be one of the major events shaping the development in the territory.

Like the gold rush, the Alaska Highway was influenced by external factors, and many decisions were made by a government located 4,000 kilometres away. It was not until 1979 that the Yukon gained something approaching home rule, and took more control of its future.

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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Eyeing record book, 88 teams set out on Yukon River Quest

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Team Yukon Wide Adventures passes Policeman’s Point June 29.

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t’s been five years since the Yukon River Quest record book has needed editing. A strong tailwind at the start this year’s race might help end the record drought.

The first boat reached the Carmacks checkpoint Thursday morning with the fastest time in five years in the 19th annual race that started at noon in Whitehorse June 28.

The boat — one of 17 voyageur canoes in this year’s race — is that of team Yukon Wide Adventures, which includes Whitehorse Stephen Mooney, a past solo kayak winner and former race president.

“This is a great race and it brings a lot of people together from multiple countries,” said Mooney at the start line. “People do this race for a lot of different reasons. This year we’re jumping in a voyageur — Yukon Wide Adventures — with four other kayakers who have

all competed against each other and now we’re paddling together. We’ve got one single-blader who has experience and the rest are rookie single-bladers, but it’s all good.”

Good indeed. Yukon Wide Adventures reached Carmacks at 7:16 a.m. on Thursday with a 38-minute lead over U.K. tandem kayak team “Numbnuts” in second place. A tandem canoe team from California arrived third almost an hour back of Yukon Wide Adventures, which includes Whitehorse’s Thomas de Jager, B.C.’s Gus Oliveira, Calgary’s Wayne Anderson, Calgary’s Pat McLellan, and Montana’s Dave Hutchison, who last year took second overall and first in men’s solo kayak.

A total of 88 teams representing 13 countries set out on this year’s 715-kilometre race from Whitehorse to Dawson City, which is billed as the longest annual canoe and kayak — and for a second year standup paddleboard — race in the world.

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Racers run to their boats at the start of the race.

At press time two teams, including Whitehorse paddleboarder Stuart Knaack,

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German racer Carsten Haensel sprays water up during a stroke.

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Whitehorse road cyclist is hoping to bring the momentum of early season successes into the biggest event of the summer next month.

David Jackson will be Yukon’s lone cyclist at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg July 28 to Aug. 13.

“That was basically my goal since December, to try to make the standards for the team,” said Jackson.

“I’m feeling really happy about achieving that goal, going to represent the Yukon.”

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national team coach Houshang Amiri, has division wins at the Tour de Haines Junction, Tour of Skagway and the Tour de Whitehorse so far this summer.

This past weekend the 20-year-old posted personal bests at the Rundle Mountain Stage Road Race, June 23-25 in Canmore, Alta.

“It went pretty good, I got lots of personal records,” said Jackson.

“All and all I thought it was a really fun weekend of racing. I’d probably go down again next year to do it.”

Racing in the Category 4 open-age division, Jackson placed 26th in the criterium, with an average speed between 45 and 50 kilome-

tres an hour.

He then placed 20th in the time trial held on a hill with 20 degrees of steepness. He finished the 1.92-kilometre course in 7:42.

Jackson capped the event with 27th in the road race.

“I stayed with the peloton for four out of five laps and was dropped in the fifth,” said Jackson. “That was a really good personal best right there — 64 kilometres into the race before being dropped.”

Jackson is a member of the U Kon Echelon cycling club founded by Trena Irving, who will be Yukon’s cycling coach at the Canada Summer Games.

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ndoor or outdoor, Dawson City has the best under-16 soccer team in the territory.

That was clear once again at the end of the 2017 Yukon Soccer Championships, June 2325 at multiple locations in Whitehorse Dawson’s U16 co-ed team captured its third straight title at the outdoor championships. The team has also won two indoor Yukon titles over the last couple of years.

“This is the same group,” said Dawson coach Irwin Gaw. “A lot of the same kids have really stuck with the soccer program and I’ve got to give them a lot of credit.

They really worked hard.”

Dawson went undefeated in five matches at the championship and clinched the title with a 5-2 win over Changing Gears on Sunday. Emily Gaw, Jack Amos, Sarah Nyland, Austin Franks and Teresa Procee scored for Dawson in the final.

“The whole team played very well,” said Irwin. “Parents from Whitehorse came up to me and noted how well the kids play together as a team.

They all put in a really strong effort. They passed the ball around really well, they controlled the ball really well, and all around they played great games.”

“A big thanks to Chris Ross, he coached all three Whitehorse (U16)

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teams,” added Irwin. “He coached all the teams and was there all weekend, so I revally appreciate his efforts and getting the kids out there.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

Results Girls 2004-06 1st Medicine Chest Pharmacy 2nd Driving Force 3rd Jacob’s Industries

U9 1st Sport Yukon 2nd Up North Adventure 3rd Dawson City

U10 1st Canada Flooring 2nd Blue River 3rd Sport Yukon

U11 1st Titan Gaming and Collectables 2nd Whitehorse Optometrist 3rd Yukon Yamaha

U13 1st Robert Service Campground 2nd Titan Service 3rd Marble Slab

U16 1st Dawson City 2nd Changing Gears 3rd Coates Services

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Players from Coates Services and Sport Yukon fight for the ball during the U16 bronze match at the 2017 Yukon Soccer Championships on June 25 at Selkirk Elementary.

Vanier Catholic Secondary School’s 2017 Graduation Committee, the 2017 Graduating Class, and School Staff would like to extend their appreciation for the generosity of the many individuals and organizations in Whitehorse who contributed to this year’s graduation. It is this kindness and charity that make lasting memories for our students. We would like to acknowledge the following who made 2017 Graduation extra special: • Ace Electric • Air North, Yukon’s Airline • Ashley’s Furniture • ATCO Electric • Baked Café & Bakery • BBQ King • Better Bodies • Big Bear Donair • Canadian Tire • Castle Rock Enterprises • Chem Dry • City of Whitehorse (CGC) • Coast Mountain Sports • CKRW The Rush • Dana Naye Ventures • Epic Pizza • Erik’s AVU • G-P Distributing Inc. • Head to Toe • Hougen Group • Lackowicz & Hoffman • Mac’s Fireweed • McDonald’s • Mic Mac Toyota

• Mobile Shredding • Murdoch’s Gem Shop • Northwestel • Northern Lights Optometry • Pizza Hut • Reliable Electric • Salon Centre Yukon • Shoppers Drug Mart • Skookum Asphalt • Stantec • Superior Roofing • SuperStore • The Brick • Tim Hortons • Triniti Technology • Tony’s Pizzeria • Val Royle • Warehouse One • Westmark Whitehorse • Whitehorse Beverages • Whitehorse Chrysler • Wykes’ Your Independent Grocer • Yukon Honda • Yukon Safety

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GAS BAR CASHIER (NOC 6611) Full time permanent $15.00/hour Please apply by email: takhinigas@gmail.com

GOLDEN SAKURA SUSHI RESTAURANT is looking to hire a full-time Sushi Chef.

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Call Cindy at 867-668-3298 or drop off resume at 404 Wood Street

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WORSLEY GATEWAY HOTEL Experienced restaurant cooks, shift work, newer hotel in Worsley, Alberta.

Shared staff accommodation or rental homes available.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY Renewable Resource Manager Competition #17-18-24

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Post-Secondary Education Manager Competition #17-18-25 Regular Full-Time Salary: $73,691.35 Level 8A Location: Haines Junction, YT

Term Full-Time (ASAP-June 25, 2018) Salary: $73,691.35 Level 8A Location: Haines Junction, YT Job Summary: Reporting to the Director, Heritage, Lands and Resources, and working closely with the department staff, this position develops, coordinates, manages, implements, and evaluates a wide variety of programs, projects, and initiatives related to Fish and Wildlife to ensure CAFN effectively fulfils its mandate under CAFN Final Agreement and related agreements.

For a complete job description please check the CAFN website at www.cafn.ca or contact below.

Deadline: 4:30 pm on July 7, 2017

Job Summary: Reporting to the Director of Education, and working closely with the Education, Community Wellness, and Capacity & Policy Development departments. This position delivers the CAFN Post-Secondary Program; participates in and supports CAFN employment and training initiatives and Representative Public Service Plan strategies, land claims and related agreements.

This position also develops and implements employment generated skill specific training plans; and performs other related duties & functions.

For a complete job description please check the CAFN website at www.cafn.ca or contact below.

Deadline: 4:30 pm on July 14, 2017

Send current resumes and supporting documents to: Capacity and Policy Development Department Fax: (867) 634-2108 Phone: (867) 634-4200 ext. 241 or ejackson@cafn.ca

Send current resumes and supporting documents to: Capacity and Policy Development Department Fax: (867) 634-2108 Phone: (867) 634-4200 ext. 241 or ejackson@cafn.ca

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SUMMARY: The Agency Manager directs and oversees general operaƟonal and administraƟve acƟviƟes of the agency ensuring a safe, eĸcient and producƟve operaƟon. The successful incumbent takes all necessary steps to ensure the agency remains proĮtable and operaƟonal to the standards of North 60 Petro Company management. May be required to perform other duƟes as directed.

SALARY: DOE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Agency management, operaƟons, maintenance, inspecƟons, inventory, personnel, customer service, safety, environmental and other duƟes as directed.

QUALIFICATIONS: CompleƟon of Secondary School as well as a Class 1 Driver’s License is required. Several years of experience in transportaƟon operaƟons, including supervisory experience is an asset. A college diploma or university degree in business or transportaƟon administraƟon is an asset. Several years of clerical, operaƟonal or administraƟve experience related to freight traĸc is an asset.

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Employment Opportunity Senior Health and Social Analyst Job Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is responsible for the overall management and operations of the Health and Social Department. The incumbent manages and facilitates the overall approach to the health and social political mandates set by leadership. This position is a key member of the Senior Management Team and is responsible for implementation of the strategic plan Screening Criteria: A degree in social sciences, public health or relevant field or equivalency obtained through course work and/ or work experience.

Salary: $75,092 to $93,865.86 per annum Hours: Full time permeant position Additional Information: The closing date for this competition is July 10, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. Secondments may also be considered to fill this position.

Please submit resumes to: Council of Yukon First Nations – Human Resources Email: human.resources@cyfn.net Phone: (867) 393-9237 Fax: (867) 668-6577 YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION.

Salary: starting at $33.51/hour (Based on 70 hours biweekly)

Overview

Under the Direction of the Governance Director this position is responsible for the development of KFN legislation and policies and assisting KFN negotiations.

Accountabilities

• Develop policies and legislation, including coordinating and liaising with departments in KFN during the development; • Provide negotiation support at KFN negotiation tables; • Carry out research and analysis as required;

Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills; • Ability to act in a professional manner and deal effectively with key contacts; • Ability to act in a professional manner and to foster trust and acceptance at the community level and with KFN staff, Citizens, other First Nation governments and the public; • Ability to maintain confidentiality; • Ability to use a variety of office equipment and software including Microsoft Office and other databases

Qualifications

Post-Secondary degree in Public Administration, First Nations Governance (Native Studies), or relevant degree or a suitable combination of education and experience.

Conditions of Employment Valid Class 5 Yukon Driver’s License and willingness to travel.

Candidates can submit their resume by July 7, 2017 no later than 5:00 pm in confidence to: careers@kfn.ca We thank you in advance for your application, however only qualified candidates will be contacted.

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GE countertop microwave, new, 1.1 cu ft, 1100 watt power, $55.

30” fir interior door w/10 frosted glass panels, new, $100; Craftsman 11 hp snowblower, runs well, electric start, $300. 334-5942

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GE washer & dryer, fine working order, both $200. 633-2837 Kenmore refrigerator, 18 cu ft, great working order. 633-2837

Acetylene torch, c/w tanks, hose, tips, etc; acetylene & oxygen cylinders, both full. 456-4927

Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher, stainless steel front, Energy Star rating, 24”x35”, cutlery rack has been repaired. 335-1112

Black & Decker electric lawn mower, good working order, $60. 667-6446

Firearms

Blanco, stainless steel double corner sink with drain board, includes faucet, used, but good condition, is hard to find item, $50. 334-5942

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL

Books, 50 James Patterson titles, $20. 633-5023

Remington model 673 Rem Mag w/Burris Timberline scope, FAC required, $800. 668-4634

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Savage Mark 2, .22 bolt-action Rimfire. Includes soft case, $250 firm.

PAL req’d. 335-1199

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

Cabin solar system, includes panels, batteries, charge controller, inverter, and cables, reduced to $5,500 obo.

334-7296 for more info

Da-Lite heavy duty fast fold deluxe projection screen, 11’ wide x 7’ 6” high, exc cond, transport case included, $800. Call 668-5014 Dupont Superior Fuse Crimper/cutter used to make black powder fuses for hard rock mining, $180 obo. 668-3675 DVD Columbo sets, first release DVD collection, each season $9.

660-4321 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 Harvard Foos Ball table, $100. 6677456

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Furniture Double bed, clean condition, c/w steel frame, $45. 633-2837 Green sofa, loves seat and chair, excellent condition, $500/set. 3361084 Queen size box spring and metal bed frame to give away for anyone who can come and pick them up.

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Heavy Duty Machinery 1981 966C front end loader, 2 buckets. 780-219-2615 2005 C25 Clark forklift, 4,500lb capacity, 15’ lift, propane, side shift, exc cond, $18,000 obo. 633-5274 3 D7 Cat rollers, 2 top rollers, 1 double flange track roller, $200 obo. Final drive adjustable spanner wrench to fit D7 & others, $160 obo. 6683675 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 Five N50 injectors for Detroit 653 Engine. Tested in shop and in working order, $75 each obo. 668-3675 Powerfist 3/4 drive adjustable torque wrench. New with case, never used.

50 - 300 lb, $200 obo. 668-3675 Two usable cylinder heads for 653 Detroit engine, $200 each obo. 6683675

Misc. for Sale 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

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 Jim Robb limited edition Yukon Art Centre. Offers. 668-5188 Quiet Side residential boiler, with domestic hot water jacket, high efficiency, includes chimney, clean, new gaskets, ignition, fuel pump & blower, $500 obo. 334-5942 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 Shrimp pots, crab pot, crab rings, electric pot puller. Call 867-6332671

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.

Sliding bed-extender for Frontier, $150. 668-5014

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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

Cars - Domestic

Wanted: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera, body only. Janet at 633-2747

1972 Buick Skylark Custom, 350 auto, second owner, good restoration project, daily driver, 2-dr, buckets, $2,800. 668-7228

Wanted: Old Yukon car or pick-up plates, must have gold panner, will pay $5 each for 10. 333-1010

1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, gold addition, runs great, $2,000. 3341935

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

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

Musical Instruments Pearl Traveler 7-pc drum set, $500.

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2000 Toyota Camry, 4-dr, excellent condition, like new, low mileage, mechanically certified, $3,000. 6899011

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

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

Misc. Wanted

Sporting Goods Everlast heavy bag, as new, $120; speed bag w/gloves & hanger, as new, $120. 456-4927 Norwegian 4-season tunnel tent, Helsport Isfjell 4, large entrance bell, snow flaps, roomy for 3 people fits 4, weight 5kg, $250. 668-5014.

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

2002 Dodge Stratus 2 door sports coupe, rear spoiler bar, runs great, pioneer stereo system, V6, $1600 obo. 334-3456 2002 Mazda Miata MX5, 130,000kms, black, convertible, 6-spd manual, 2 owners, garage stored, exc cond, $7,999 obo. 3345047

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2005 Black Nissan Altima 3.5 SE, 157,000km, great running condition, $6,900 obo. 322-2404

Aircraft

2005 Nissan Altima, black, 160,000kms, 4-dr, fully loaded, great running order. 322-2404

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 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.

McCulloch 4318 Drone engine complete, 72hp, 77lbs, 4,100RPM, 4-cyl, 2-stroke, 20:1 mix, $500 obo. 6683675

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

2006 Pontiac Torrent, V6, black, 158,000kms, vg cond, new tires, battery, windshield, brakes replaced last year, $6,250 obo. Call/text 3343549

Motorcycles

Sport Utility Vehicle

Tank bag, magnetic attachment, many pockets, $35; helmets, open face XXXL and small, with visors, $20 each. 336-4887

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

Textile vented Jacket XL $190; Leather vented jacket XXXL $275; rain suit 4XL $50; kidney belt XXL $15; cramp buster $10; tire valve extension $10; mini compressor $5.

336-4887

Off Road Vehicles 8-wheeler Argo Conquest, new like condition, only 16 hrs use, $12,900 obo. 250-651-7650

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 2006 Adventurer 100WS camper with Dodge 3/4 2500 V8, n/s bed, exc cond, $12,800 obo package.

334-1195

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

668-1060 2005 Nissan Xterra SUV 4 X 4, silver, roof rack, full spare, p/locks & doors, 4 dr, $6,900 obo. 333-3457

Trucks & Vans 1995 Chevrolet S10, automatic, no reverse, no rust, engine runs well, 259,780kms, canopy, c/w 2 sets of good tires, best offer. 633-4826 2000 F150 half ton 4x4, black, a little rust, runs great. 668-1060 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan, stow n’ go seats, good running order, $5,700. 667-2480 eves 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 2010 Ford Ranger, 4-dr, 92,500kms, V6 auto, vg condition, 2WD, A/C, $9,800. 668-4082

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

2012 Chevrolet Tahoe LS, power windows and locks, wired for trailer hitch, 4 dr, leather back seat, a/c and cruise. Asking $17,900 obo.

334-3456

2008 28’ Toyhauler RV, loaded, genset inside & out, TV, shower.

335-3243

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2012 Adventurer 10.5’ truck camper perfect for 350/1 ton truck, queen bed, dinette slide, bathroom with shower, electric jacks, solar panel, TV, microwave, awning, well maintained, excellent condition, $21,500.

334-5942

4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Limited, Red, Sun roof, Leather

2014 R Vision Trail-lite 21’, front queen bed, dinette slide, power awning, large bathroom, outside kitchen & shower, lots of storage, transferable warranty to 2021, $19,500. 334-1785

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15,900

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

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

45,900

2010 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, V8, Charcoal with Black Top

Heavy Duty Machinery

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20,995

USED VEHICLE CLEARANCE! $

2008 Toyota Tacoma X RUNNER S/C, 4X4, BLACK 19,500 $ 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 $ 2017 GMC Terrain SLE AWD, SILVER 29,995 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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2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 13,000kms, loaded, exc cond, $26,500 obo. 456-3373

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

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

334-5776

Complete exhaust system for 3-ton truck, $50. 633-2837

2008 KLR 650cc, 29,000km, new tires, no issues, $2,300. 336-4887

Set 4 Continental AS Tires 185-65 R15 $250. 332-1082

Underground miner’s lamp, brand new, never been used, still in original package and a six lamp charging station, $200 obo. 668-3675

Set of 4 General AT2 Grabber tires, 35X12.5XR20, used, good cond, $125 ea. or all 4 for $400 obo. 3347535

2009 Honda CBR600RR, second owner, bought through Kelowna dealership & shipped up, never been dropped, just over 10,000kms, many accessories, $7,500 obo. 3343149

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Department of Highways and Public Works Salary: $45.99 hourly

Transportation

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

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

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Foreperson

Transportation

2011 Ford Fusion SE 4 Dr, V6, heated mirrors, a/c, cruise, front air dam, power locks, extra set of new winter tires on rims included, $7,900 obo.

334-3456

8’ truck canopy with keys, $200; 4 Good Year Wrangler all season 265x18” truck tires, good tread, $100. 334-5942

Snow blade w/12 volt winch, $150 obo. 333-1010

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For viewing all jobs and to apply, please go to

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Transportation

Services

Services

Announcements

Announcements

Announcements

Trucks & Vans

Contractors

Misc Services

Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/APV, 187,000Km, loaded, $13,900 obo, exc cond. 322-2404

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.

867-399-3671 sangerer@hotmail.com

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

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

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

Utility Trailers 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

Boats 12’ Mirrorcraft aluminum boat, $700.

867-851-6748 after 7pm 16 ft Coleman square stern canoe $700. 332-1082 1984 Zeta 24’ Hard Top, 350/260 leg, 15hp kicker, dingy, BBQ, galley, head, canvas enclosure, GPS chart plotter fishfinder, radio, sleeps 5, tandem trailer, rough water boat, bottom paint. Call for price. 3321374 or 633-6506 19’ Lymann motor boat, model Fisherman w/inboarder 150hp, 4,200 RPM, and 21’ trailer, $4,000 obo.

633-4826 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

PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49 MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467

*Restorations * Maintenance

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

393-2275

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

The Handy Woman HOME REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS

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

In Memoriam

DRYWALL • WEATHERSTRIPPING CARPENTRY • BATHROOMS CARP Affordable, Prompt Service Affor Aff rvice i SPECIALIZING IN SMALL JOBS MARILYN ASTON 867 . 333 . 5786

In Memoriam

Sybil’s y Solstice Shoreline Tripp for

Sybil Brittin

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SMITH’S CONTRACTING RENOVATIONS *New building renovation. *Windows, doors, siding, decks & fences. *All home repairs from footings to roof. *Over 30 years experience.

Phone 867-689-2899

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

He began his love of trucking as a youth helping his father who was a mechanic. During his high school years, he swept Ńoors at Northern Freightways. He was called on to do just about everything connected with a trucking company and eventually became the ofłce manager.

In 1963 he and a colleague from Freightways purchased a small moving and storage company in Vernon, B.C. During his years in Vernon, he acquired his pilot’s licence and enjoyed many years buying, selling and Ńying airplanes. He sold his share of this successful moving business and moved his family to Williams Lake where he had logging trucks and hauled heavy equipment.

Always interested in learning new skills, Don took the position of the freight terminal manager for White Pass & Yukon Route and moved his family north in 1980. He transferred with WPYR to Dawson City to be the fuel plant manager where he enjoyed working with his clients. Being drawn by the history and mystery of placer mining, he and his family then spent many enjoyable summers at their placer mine on Mt. Nansen.

Returning to Whitehorse in 1986, he and a partner took over the Esso Bulk Station later known as Frizzell Petroleum. He was a board member of the Yukon Workers Compensation for a number of years, bought and operated Willow Printers, and then was contracted to open the Mackenzie Petroleum agency in Whitehorse.

Don led an active Masonic Life which began in Vernon and progressed to Whitehorse, Dawson City and Alaska. He recently received his 50 year jewel and certiłcate. He also was a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers.

Don is survived by his wife Muriel of 57 years, 3 daughters, Cindy (Jerry), Sandra (Ralph) & Lorelea (Ssasi), grandsons Jeffry, Matthew, Chase, Conrad, Stephen & Souleymane as well as 6 great grandchildren. Predeceased by his mother, father and brother Doug.

In lieu of Ńowers donations may be made to Gizeh Shriners of B.C. & Yukon, 1501 Dogwood St., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3Z9. Charitable receipt provided for $20.00 or more.

A Masonic funeral (public welcome) will take place on July 6, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre. A Private interment at Grey Mountain Cemetery at a later date.

Misc Services

Misc Services

Misc Services

Refreshment & Cookies to follow at the Tagish Library

Misc Services

Misc Services

Services

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

on was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, the eldest of two sons of Harold & Mary Frizzell. He grew up in Dawson Creek where he met and married his wife, Muriel Monk.

Carpentry/ Woodwork

Wanted: Outboard jet drive for 40 Hp Johnson/ Evinrude 1965- 1980, or complete engine and jet drive , 40 Hp 2 stroke. 250-997-6180

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PASCAL REGINE PAINTING PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Interior - Exterior Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368

HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs

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

October 1, 1939 – June 25, 2017

Painting & Decorating

Home Repairs

Esquif Rangeley 17-foot square stern royalex recreation/fishing boat in olive by Esquif. 51” beam, 3 seats, comes with oars, rated for 8hp short shaft, excellent condition, $2,600. 668-5014

Donald Patrick Frizzell

13 DENVER ROAD in McCRAE • 668-6639

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668-2963 Bobcat Services Now Available Excavating • Trucking Septic System • Driveways

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Announcements

Announcements

Services

Pets & Livestock

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

RooďŹ ng & Skylights

Livestock

Coming Events

Coming Events

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

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

2017 Whitehorse Boggs July 22.

Show & Shine 11am ďŹ&#x201A;ag drops @ 12ish. Want to be involved, contact Tamara 689-0878

Flea Market/Craft Sale, Hellaby Hall, Saturday July 8, 8:30am-2pm. Table rental, $15 = church donation. Renter beneďŹ t, take proceeds & belongings. Book table at 668-5530. Sponsored by the Indigenous Anglicans Group.

NOTICE TO MICHAEL DAVID ENNS TAKE NOTICE that a legal action for personal injury and damages resulting from a motor vehicle accident on June 10, 2015 on the Alaska Highway, near Porter Creek, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, has EHHQ Ă&#x20AC;OHG DJDLQVW \RX in the Supreme Court of Yukon, Registry Action No. 15-A0141.

You have 14 days from the date of this Notice WR Ă&#x20AC;OH DQ $SSHDUDQFH in the Supreme Court of Yukon at The Law Courts, 2134 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (phone (867) 667-5937).

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

WENDY CATHERINE AVISON Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on June 4, 2017.

All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to Ă&#x20AC;OH D FODLP VXSSRUWHG E\ Statutory Declaration, with Anna C. Starks-Jacob, on or before July 21, 2017, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have EHHQ VR Ă&#x20AC;OHG All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to: AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN Attention: Anna C. StarksJacob Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7

Need A Roof?

ALPHA ROOFING CONTRACTOR Residential * Commercial New Roof * Shingles Roof Inspection Re-roof * Leak Repair Torch-on * Tin Roof Journeyman High Quality Workmanship 332-4076

Pets & Livestock

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

Pets 3-month old kitten, white, c/w food, toys & litter box. Litter trained. 6894946 4 kittens, 7 weeks old, Siamese mother, litter trained & weaned, $60 ea. 633-2837 Pet travel cage for small or medium dog, $40 obo. 334 5046

Tenders

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Appoints a member of the Crime Prevention and Victim Service Trust board of trustees

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Site Development: grading; gravel and paved parking lots; and paved access road.

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Appoints members of the Yukon Development Corporation board of directors

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Appoints marriage commissioners

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2017/19

Appoints marriage commissioners

Marriage Act

2017/20

Establishes types of personal health information that are designated as YHIN information

Health Information Privacy and Management Act

Establishes requirements for a custodian to be an authorized user of the Yukon health information network

Health Information Privacy and Management Act

Mechanical and electrical trades will submit bids to the Yukon Contractors Association through the Yukon Bid Depository. Firms are to contact www.yukoncontractors.ca/bid-depository-rules Bidders are also advised that the construction RI WKLV SURMHFW TXDOLÂżHV IRU <XNRQ *RYHUQPHQWÂśV Business Incentive Program providing rebates for the use of Yukon Labour, Apprentices, Youth and Yukon manufactured materials. Contact: %,3 RIÂżFH#JRY \N FD 7KH <XNRQ *RYHUQPHQWÂśV IDLU ZDJH SROLF\ IRU DOO labour applies.

Revised closing date: July 20, 2017 at 3:00:00 PM (PT).

INCREASE YOUR REACH to your customers by advertising online at

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Call the Yukon News advertising team at 667-6285.

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 Falun Gong meditative practice, always free to all, meeting outdoors for the summer. Please call 6676336 for more information, or email whitehorse@falundafa.ca

Hospice Yukon: Free, conďŹ dential 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 Join us for the Ramshackle Theatre Society AGM Tuesday, July 4, 6-7 pm at 34 Harvey Rd. (Ramshackle Theatre Studio). New members welcome! For details, contact: taralynn5@gmail.com

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.

MOVING TO WELLNESS is a 1.5 hour session for those who are struggling to get active plan strategies to get moving.

Call 667-8733 or visit hss.gov.yk.ca/ccsp.php.

Next session is July 17, 5pm to 6:30pm, Whitehorse Health Centre.

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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

Hospice Summer Walking Group: Mon July 10 & Aug 7, 6:30-8pm.

Walk the Millennium trail with others on their grieving journey. To register: 667-7429 or administrator@hospiceyukon.net

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Canada Day at the Old Log Church Museum! $1.50 admission for Canada 150. Free coffee, tea, lemonade, baked goods, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crafts. Guided tours all day. 10am-5pm, 3rd and Elliott.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

The building project consists of the following approximate quantities:

2017/21

Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research, AICBR annual AGM July 19, 12:00-2pm, 308 Hanson St. Learn more: www.aicbr.ca

Operations Building Construction

The following Orders-in-Council were issued during the period June 1 to 15, 2017:

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VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION Old Crow, Yukon

PUBLIC TENDER INSTALL FENCING FOR BASEBALL DIAMOND & SOCCER FIELD: IN OLD CROW, YT

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Install 1,050â&#x20AC;&#x2122; of 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high chain link fencing including 2 - 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; access gates and 1 - 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; gate. The price shall include installation of a 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high back stop with 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; overhang on centre section only (Baseball Diamond).

Install 1100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; of 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high chain link fencing including 3 - 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; access gates and 1 - 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; gate. (Soccer Field).

Costs shall include labour, accommodation, food, equipment rental, airfare, and tool freight.

Project shall commence early August and finish late August 2017.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is 4:30 p.m.

PST on July 7, 2017.

Technical questions may be directed to Howard Linklater, Director of Government Services Department, VGFN at (867) 966-3261 ext 225 gsd@vgfn.net.

All tender bids must be emailed to gsd@vgfn.net. All tenders and proposals are subject to a review by the VGFN review committee. The highest ranked or lowest priced bid submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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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 Shaolin Wushu Masters Performance, Yukon Arts Centre, Saturday July 29 at 7pm, Sunday July 30, at 2pm & 7pm. Call 668-4277 for more info

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

Come show your support. Info 6334829

Friday, June 30, 2017

Tenders 633-6019

REQUEST FOR TENDER

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

REQUEST FOR TENDER

Supply of Seven (7) Chlorine Analyzers

Supply of Wheeled Compost and Garbage Carts

Supply and Delivery of One Skid Steer Loader

RFQ 2017-WWS0003

RFT 2017-OPS0018

Closing July 14, 2017 at 3:00:00 pm PT.

Closing July 14, 2017 at 3:00:00 pm PT.

Visit whitehorse.ca/ procurement

Visit whitehorse.ca/ procurement

RFT 2017-WWS0001 Closing July 14, 2017 at 3:00:00 pm PT. Visit whitehorse.ca/ procurement

Site Visit: July 6, 2017 at 1:00 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/

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES/ WORKSHOPS ON PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 20, 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 Laura Markle at laura.markle@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Help control the pet overpopulation problem have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

IN THE RUFF 2017

Humane Society Yukon

Mountain View Golf Club

PUBLIC TENDER

CITY OF DAWSON

STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF MOTOR OILS AND LUBRICANTS

REGISTER YOUR TEAM by contacting Dan at 867-633-6019 or dan.moore@humanesocietyyukon.ca

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Tender Notice

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 20, 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.

The City of Dawson will be accepting sealed bids for the:

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

Sealed Bids, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tender, are to be delivered to The City of Dawson Office located at:

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/

Cypriss

Mew

Pepper

Moody

L.J.

Nala

Zohan

Oscar

Jigz

Mr. Einstein

Salt

Master Shifu

Blackie Chan

Max

Missy

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

Highways and Public Works

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

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

PM17-043

Geoplacer Exploration Ltd.

Summit Creek, UNRLT of Cottoneva Creek, Cottoneva Creek and Groundwater, Tributary of Big Salmon River

Placer

July 25, 2017

PM17-044

Geoplacer Exploration Ltd.

Livingstone Creek, Faro Gulch and Groundwater, Tributary of Big Salmon River

Placer

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

Public Service Commission

2017

Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CLOSED Sundays & Mondays

August 26th

SHINGLE ROOF REPLACEMENTS, 3 YHC UNITS, WATSON LAKE

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.

HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER:

FRIDAY, JUNE 30

GOLF TOURNAMENT

PUBLIC TENDER

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 18, 2017.

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

8229829

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

And more...

Emmie

July 25, 2017

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.

Casper

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

RUNNING RUNN NING AT LAR N LARGE RGE...

If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382

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The Outreach Van is looking for volunteer muffin bakers. For more information on how to get involved, please contact the Outreach Van Coordinator at (867) 667-2970 or outreachvan@manyrivers.yk.ca

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.

N.A. Meetings - Wed 7pm-8:30pm 404A Ogilvie St, BYTE Office; Sunday 7pm-8:30pm, BYTE Office, 404A Ogilvie St.

Lost: Men’s nugget bracelet lost on Friday. Reward offered. Call Doug: Cell 778-772-1215 Home: 867-6605570

The Yukon Bird Club presents a talk with Ione Christensen, Birds of Spring Thursday, July 6th at 1:30 PM at MacBride museum, free event, all are welcome.

Yukon Orienteering Association July 5 meet on War Eagle map. Register 6:00 pm at first pullout on right on the Fish Lake road. For info see yukonorienteering.ca

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PUBLIC TENDER SHINGLE REPLACEMENT 38 NISUTLIN DR., TESLIN, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 18, 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.

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/

Yukon Invasive Species Council hosts with Friends of McIntyre Creek a sweetclover weed-pull on Fish Lake Road. Meet at 10am on July 15 at the gazebo. Bring work gloves. info@yukoninvasives.com

Yukon Transportation Museum, July 4, 2-4pm, David Beloud & Lorne Whittaker talk heavy transport, bannock, tea, live music, storytelling, free for seniors. Visit GOYTM.ca for details

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LOST: Honda key fob, white leather with 2 keys on June 27, on Elliot Street between 2nd & 3rd. 334-8535

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T 221 FALCON DRIVE, Copper Ridge, Saturday July 1, 8am-12Noon, moving out sale, lots of great treasures, vintage, antique, toys, linens, some furniture T 17 STOPE WAY, Copper Ridge, Saturday July 1, 8am -2pm, everything free, everything must go, take what you need!

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T 10 HERON DRIVE, Saturday July 1, 9am-1pm, household stuff, snowboards, tall speakers & stereo etc

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Found: Speaker behind Selkirk School on June 24 during soccer tournament. To identify to claim call 333-0933

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MACPHERSON

T 15 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson Subdivision, Saturday July 1, 10am-4pm, household goods, tools, something for everyone

RIVERDALE: Coyote Video 38 Famous Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar Super A Porter Creek Trails North DOWNTOWN: Canadian Tire Cashplan Coles (Chilkoot Mall) The Deli Edgewater Hotel Your Independent Grocer Fourth Avenue Petro Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant

MARSH LAKE

T LOTS 57 & 61, ARMY BEACH, Marsh Lake, Saturday July 1, 10am7pm, clothes, household & miscellaneous items

MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR YUKON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

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T 94 ALSEK ROAD, Riverdale, Saturday July 1, 9am-12Noon

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Kakuro:

T 145, TAKHINI TRAILER COURT, 833 RANGE ROAD, Saturday July 1, 9am-1pm, rain or shine, various items, something for everyone

SUNDAY, JULY 2ND

AND …

Kopper King McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

HILLCREST

T 96 PARK LANE, HILLCREST OFF HILLCREST DRIVE, Sunday July 2, 9am-1pm, clothes, some furniture, kitchen & household items, fried Bannock with jam

MACPHERSON

T 15 MACPHERSON ROAD, MacPherson Subdivision, Sunday July 2, 10am-4pm, household goods, tools, something for everyone

MARSH LAKE

T LOTS 57 & 61, ARMY BEACH, MARSH LAKE, Sunday July 2, 10am7pm, clothes, household & miscellaneous items

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TAKHINI - TAKHINI MHP

T 145, TAKHINI TRAILER COURT, 833 RANGE ROAD, Sunday July 2, 9am-1pm, rain or shine, various items, something for everyone

MONDAY, JULY 3RD

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

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MACPHERSON

T 15 MACPHERSON ROAD, MACPHERSON SUBDIVISION, Monday July 3, 10am-4pm, household goods, tools, something for everyone

Word Scramble A: Culminate B: Threshold C: Tristful

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Found: Dentures at yard sale at Army Beach June 3/4 weekend.

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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 31, 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 Gerard Dinn at gerard.dinn@gov.yk.ca.

Left hand, man’s golf set. 10 clubs, 50 plus golf balls. One of a kind Casino Rama golf bag, $1000. 6333113

Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club June 27, 2017 1st - Jack Cable & Bob Walsh 2nd - Diane Emond & Don Emond 3rd - Noreen McGowan & Lorraine Hoyt We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players are welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.com

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