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Laxton on trial Former Speaker faces sexual assault charge

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Yukon man convicted of robbery and the attempted murder of a Haines Junction RCMP officer in 2013 did not have his right to a fair trial compromised because, among other things, the jury discovered he had a tattoo that reads “fuck the police,” the Court of Appeal ruled Aug. 3.

A Whitehorse jury convicted Chris Cornell of eight criminal charges in October 2013 after, according to court documents, Cornell and an accomplice robbed Madley’s General Store in Haines Junction in 2011.

During the high-speed chase that followed, Cornell fired a bullet out the back of his getaway vehicle, striking the windshield and dashboard of the pursuing police truck and seriously injuring RCMP Cpl. Kim MacKeller with shrapnel.

Cornell was sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail and a 10-year probation.

Cornell and his lawyer, David Tarnow, filed an appeal, accusing the Crown of purposely excluding Indigenous people from the jury. They also claimed the trial was invalid because Cornell had not been present for an informal meeting between the Crown, defence and judge, and claiming that the jury was prejudiced after learning, during the Crown’s cross-examination of Cornell, that he had a “fuck the police” tattoo.

However, in a written reasoning filed Thursday, Justice Ian Donald dismissed the appeal, stating Cornell and Tarnow did not have proof for any of their claims. The dismissal was supported by Chief Justice Robert Bauman and Justice

Council OKs B.C. wildfire donation Whitehorse city council voted Aug. 7 to donate $5,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for wildfire relief efforts in British Columbia, two weeks after voting not to.

When the motion was first discussed at the July 24 meeting, some councillors were concerned because there wasn’t $5,000 in the city’s donations account. Since then, city staff located funds in the promotions account that could also be used for the cause.

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A Whitehorse jury convicted Chris Cornell of eight criminal charges in October 2013.

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In a point-by-point breakdown, Donald outlined the lack of evidence for each of Tarnow and Cornell’s points, starting with the alleged exclusion of potential Indigenous jurors.

“It must be said that there is no credible evidence that the jury selection was unfair or produced an unrepresentative jury,” Donald wrote, noting that Tarnow and the junior Crown counsel for the trial both said they didn’t actually know who on the panel was Indigenous.

“Unless that is known, it is impossible to establish that the jury was unfairly constituted as to race.

The point is that there is no basis for the premise that the appellant had an unfair jury,” Donald wrote, adding that Tarnow “offers impressions and suppositions without any concrete facts” and “failed to produce any cogent evidence of improper prosecutorial conduct.”

The meeting Cornell wasn’t present for was an in-chambers meeting

where Tarnow complained that the Crown was challenging all potential jurors who were Indigenous. The judge listened to the complaint but did not make a ruling or give direction, nor did Tarnow “request any remedy,” and jury selection resumed after about 10 minutes.

The meeting was not a crucial part of the trial, Donald wrote, a view supported by the “very informal way in which Mr. Tarnow approached the meeting,” neither arranging for his client nor a court reporter to be present.

“Mr. Tarnow was not looking for a remedy; he was… venting his feelings and drawing attention to what could emerge as a pattern of conduct,” the ruling said.

Finally, Donald addressed the claim that the jury was biased after learning of Cornell’s tattoo, which came up during the Crown’s cross-examination of Cornell during which he was asked about his feelings towards the police.

“You don’t dislike the

police in any way?” the Crown asked.

“I don’t know,” Cornell replied.

“Isn’t a more accurate sentiment about how you feel about the police is something along the lines of ‘fuck the police?’” the Crown responded.

“Why, because I have a tattoo that says ‘fuck the police?’” Cornell countered.

“I don’t know. Do you?” the Crown asked.

“Yes,” Cornell responded.

The defence moved for a mistrial, but the trial judge dismissed the application, instead telling the jury twice that they must “disregard (the tattoo) evidence entirely and not consider it further.”

The trial judge found that knowledge of Cornell’s tattoo was not “a fatal blow to the fairness of this trial,” which Donald agreed with.

“It cannot be said that no jury could put the evidence out of their minds after hearing the judge tell them twice to ignore it in the clearest of language.”

motion Aug. 7 to reconsider the decision. “I want to be able to demonstrate good governance and fiscal responsibility and so I felt that we shouldn’t be putting the cart before the horse,” she said, explaining her initial vote against the motion. “We should be checking our finances before making any donation…. We have a duty to taxpayers to manage our money responsibly.”

Among the councillors present — Roslyn Woodcock, Betty Irwin, Dan Boyd, and Curteanu — the decision to donate the funds was unanimous.

(Rhiannon Russell)

Marwell money approved

will replace piping and a protective liner for the station’s wet well.

Built in the 1970s, the lift system pumps sewage through pipes beneath the Yukon River. Eshpeter told the News last month that it was critical the pipes be replaced as quickly as possible to prevent “major pipe failures,” which would allow raw sewage to leak into river.

The project will be funded by the federal gas tax, unless that funding is not confirmed, in which case the money will come from the city’s water and sewer reserve.

(Rhiannon Russell)

The $1-million budget increase for repairs and upgrades to Whitehorse’s Marwell lift station was given the go-ahead by city council Aug. 7.

That brings the total bill for the project to $3.5 million. When it was initially approved in May 2016, the estimated cost was $880,000.

Assistant city engineer Taylor Eshpeter told council last month that the more money was needed to deal with unexpected complications, including damage and degradation to the pipes and concrete. The project

Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com

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Former Yukon Speaker stands trial for sexual assault Jackie Hong News Reporter

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here was no doubt that former Yukon Speaker and Porter Creek Centre MLA David Laxton kissed Michelle Stimson in the Yukon Legislative Assembly building back in February 2016.

It’s whether Stimson consented to those kisses that was the key issue during the two-day trial in a Whitehorse courtroom this week where Laxton stood accused of committing sexual assault.

The trial, presided over by territorial court judge John Faulkner, heard from six witnesses including Stimson and Laxton themselves, whose testimonies differed wildly on critical points.

Before trial, Stimson waived her right to a publication ban on her name.

She also gave the News permission to use her name in print.

Both Stimson and Laxton told the court they met at the now-closed Pandas restaurant, where Stimson had worked as a waitress in the 2000s and where Laxton would go to eat. However, while Stimson characterized their relationship as “friendly” but minimal, Laxton said they would flirt back-andforth. Both said they lost touch after Pandas closed.

Stimson and Laxton also both testified that in February 2016, Laxton had visited the Independent Grocer in Whitehorse.

Stimson, who took the witness stand Aug. 7, testified she’d given her two-week notice that day.

Laxton ended up in the express checkout lane where she was working and they had a conversation during which she mentioned quitting. Laxton told her, “I have something for you,” and to call his office to set up an appointment, Stimson said.

The day of the meeting, Stimson said she drove to the legislative building carrying her resume and waited outside of Laxton’s office reading a magazine before Laxton arrived.

Once in the office, Stimson said she looked around and asked about some of the gifts he had on display. They sat down, at which point Stimson said Laxton began sharing “facts about his family,” including Laxton’s relationship with his son, going out to drink and how his relationship with his

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David Laxton, right, and his lawyer Andre Roothman leave the court house on Tuesday afternoon. common-law wife “wasn’t perfect.” Stimson said she asked whether the job Laxton had was the “person who carries the stick and walks through assembly,” and mentioned she’d stopped drinking and had gone back to school, but otherwise, listened to Laxton talk about his life.

“I was feeling that this (meeting) was not about a job,” Stimson said, who recalled starting to feel anxious as time went on.

Stimson said she eventually got up to leave, which prompted Laxton to call the head of human resources, Helen Fitzsimmons, to his office (Fitzsimmons also testified briefly as a Crown witness). Stimson said she recognized Fitzsimmons from when she was a waitress, and the two spoke while Laxton used his computer. Fitzsimmons looked over Stimson’s resume and said it needed a bit more work, offering to help her with it before leaving Laxton’s office and closing the door behind her.

After Fitzsimmons left, Stimson said she standing when Laxton came over and gave her a “bear hug” and kiss on the mouth that lasted around three

seconds.

“I froze…. I didn’t go there to be touched, I didn’t go there to be kissed.”

Stimson said she remembers looking at the door and wanting to leave immediately, then following Laxton out of the office.

“I was very scared,” said Stimson, who began to cry on the witness stand.

Stimson said she asked Laxton where her car was before he gave her a second bear hug and kiss, which she said lasted about two seconds. She and Laxton then parted ways, she said, and once she got to her car, she “just lost it.”

Stimson said she reported the incident to Fitzsimmons “a couple of months” later because she “couldn’t get over it” and had lost “every ounce of confidence I had.” She also went to the Yukon Human Rights Commission and then to the RCMP, although she was nervous of going to the latter because she’d heard about internal sexual harassment.

However, Laxton told a different version of events when he took the stand Tuesday. Laxton said he

had in fact gone to Independent twice — the first time, the line was busy and he and Stimson only said hello before he left.

Later in the day, Laxton said, his partner asked him to pick up something else, so he went back and again used the express lane where Stimson was working. This time, the store was quiet, Laxton said, and they had time to talk. Laxton said Stimson told him she was quitting her job and seemed upset; he gave her his business card, saying to call if he could help, and left.

Then, on Feb. 15, 2016, Laxton said his receptionist told him he had an appointment with Stimson, which Laxton said he was “quizzled” about. The next day, Laxton said, he was on his computer finishing up some work when his receptionist brought Stimson into his office.

Laxton said it was clear Stimson didn’t know much about government, so he explained his role as MLA. They briefly left his office to take a look at the legislature before coming back, Laxton said, and they had a conversation that ranged from Stimson talking about how proud she was of her sons, how

Laxton’s partner was doing, Stimson going back to school and why she quit drinking.

Laxton said he told Stimson that he was proud of her for making positive changes in her life, and that although it may be difficult, she needed to keep going. Stimson told him she’d brought a resume with her, Laxton said, so he left to get Fitzsimmons.

Laxton said Stimson went from “cheerful and upbeat” to “down and closed” as soon as Fitzsimmons entered the room. Fitzsimmons suggested Stimson look on the government website’s job portal, which Laxton said he pulled up on his computer, and offered Stimson help on her resume before she left, leaving the office door slightly ajar.

As they were getting ready to leave, Laxton said he got his coat, then gave her a hug and “quick peck” on the lips before opening the door and letting her exit first. They walked to the lower foyer together, Laxton said, where he gave her some more encouragement, another quick hug and kiss he said lasted “a fraction of a second”

and then parted ways.

Laxton said that was the last he saw or heard from Stimson; he was under the impression they had a “good friendship” until it “came to a shuddering halt on May 9 when my life fell apart” and the chief of staff told him a sexual harassment complaint had been filed against him. Laxton added he was “threatened and bullied” by the then-premier, who he said told him “in no uncertain terms” that he was to resign as Speaker and leave the Yukon Party or face a vote of “non-confidence.”

The allegations have damaged his career and life, Laxton said, and lost him the friends he had in politics.

“I am still a pariah,” he said.

The defence also called three other witnesses to testify, including Laxton’s common-law spouse, Leslie Goring, who all told the court that Laxton would often greet good female friends with a hug and a kiss on the lips and that they’d seen “backand-forth” flirting between Stimson and Laxton while she was a waitress at Pandas.

In her closing argument, Crown attorney Amy Porteous said it was clear unwanted contact of a sexual nature had happened. The kiss took place in a professional environment, where kissing is not the norm, she said, and added that previous interactions and relationships aren’t relevant when it comes to consent in a specific moment. It would be “bad public policy” for the judge to see unwanted kissing as harmless or okay, Porteous added.

On the other hand, Laxton’s defence lawyer André Roothman said Stimson had been a “difficult” witness who had a “very selective” memory, and noted that she didn’t fight back or speak up after the first or second kiss.

He said the length of time it took for her to report the incident to the police was also suspicious and, tongue-in-cheek, suggested a ban on French, Italian and Portuguese immigrants since kissing in greeting is normal for them.

Justice Faulkner is expected to deliver a ruling in early October.

Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com

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Dawson’s arts school gets minimum number of students it needs to run Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Yukon School of Visual Arts will have a class of students this September, while work on a program review aimed at improving the school’s future is expected to start this fall.

Yukon’s education minister, Tracy-Anne McPhee, confirmed the school in Dawson City will run this year after initial concerns that there weren’t enough students enrolled to make it viable.

The school’s governance council, made up of representatives from Yukon College, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, decided that six students was the minimum the program needed to run, said Yukon College’s vice president, academic, Deb Bartlette.

Six are enrolled to take classes but Bartlette couldn’t say how many of them will be full-time students.

“People register for the program and then they

register for individual courses. We don’t know yet (how many courses students will register for.)”

She also wouldn’t say where the students were coming from, citing privacy concerns. The “majority” of students are from the Yukon, she said.

Enrolment could increase. The school has extended its deadline until Sept. 8.

SOVA, which allows students to complete the first year of a fine arts degree, made news last month when the minister confirmed that low enrolment could have put the school’s year at risk.

At the time only four students had enrolled.

McPhee said those students were full-time.

Enrolment in SOVA has been declining. When the school opened in 2007 there were 22 students.

Last year there were 11.

The governance council plans to bring in an independent reviewer from Outside to make recommendations on how to improve the school.

Bartlette said program reviews are common in

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The Yukon School of Visual Arts building in Dawson City. post-secondary schools and SOVA was scheduled for a review in the next year or two.

“Anytime program numbers are maybe dropping or not as strong, it warrants stepping back and just looking at everything around a program.”

The reviewer, who will likely come from another arts school, will look at the curriculum and typically talk to current and past students, she said.

They’ll look at how the school recruits students and student satisfaction.

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declined in the last few years, Bartlette said.

“Which is all the more reason to have a look at your program and make sure that you are contemporary and keeping up to date and at the same time not wanting to be like everyone else.”

SOVA is funded primarily through the advanced education branch of the Department of Education. Last year more than $500,000 of the school’s $550,000 in revenue came from the Yukon government.

Bartlette said the government money is not linked to the number of students enrolled in the program.

“It’s not based on numbers. Just as with our other programs there’s typically a maximum number of students and we receive funding for the program.

Then we aim to fill up the seats.”

A full SOVA program would have 20 students, she said, though 15 would be considered “a good number.”

With only six people confirmed in this year’s class, McPhee said the prudence of spending half-amillion-dollars is “certainly a concern of mine.”

But she stopped short of saying whether or not she agreed with the decision by the governance council to run the program this

year. That’s “not for me to say,” she said.

“I support the college 100 per cent in their decision to go forward and to figure out how SOVA can be the best possible program it should be.”

Barlette also avoided the question of whether this is a good use of money.

“We receive funding for a program and we’re running the program based on discussions of what a minimum number would be to make the program viable,” she said.

“That’s what we’ve done and I don’t really have any further comment.”

City tightens background checks for some business owners

laws tighten up the rules for owners of pawn shops, secondhand stores, and taxi companies regarding criminal-record checks.

The bylaw states that the city may refuse to issue a business licence if a person “has been convicted of an indictable offense under the Criminal Code of Canada” and the city, “based on reasonable grounds, determines that it is in the public interest to do so.”

For pawn shop owners, the bylaw lists such offences as the possession or sale of stolen property, robbery, theft, or drug traf-

ficking. For vehicle-for-hire company owners, it lists sexual offences, homicide, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, or drug trafficking.

Tom Wyers, acting manager of the bylaw department, said the city would review applications on a case-by-case basis.

“Just because you have a criminal record doesn’t mean you’re not going to get a business licence,” he said. “We look at other things, such as is if there is a frequency of a particular type of offence that’s in the bylaw that is continued over a period of time?”

Last month, Wyers told council that the changes were proposed after “other levels of government raised a concern with the city regarding illegal activities in the vehicle-for-hire industry,” in 2016.

(Rhiannon Russell)

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Outside of Whitehorse, Yukon communities grapple with bear boom Rhiannon Russell News Report

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espite a strong berry crop in the Dawson City area this summer, 13 bears have been killed by conservation officers and residents in defence of their lives or property so far this season.

It’s a record number of human-bear conflicts in the region, said conservation officer Aaron KossYoung.

“Officers have been going for two months straight with nothing but bear conflicts and they report that there is a good berry crop this year, yet the bears continue to seek out human food attractants,” he said.

In many cases, the attractants have been chickens. “We’re seeing an increase in poultry production… and people aren’t investing in electric fencing at the onset of their operations.”

This season has seen an unusually high number of bear deaths across the territory. To date, 48 have been killed. The most bears killed in a seaons was 61, a record set in 2012.

“The bears are certainly food-stressed more than usual this year and that can be a result of the weather that we had this summer,” said Koss-Young.

Some parts of the territory, such as the Whitehorse area, have seen a poor berry crop, which means bears are seeking out alternate food sources.

When attractants like livestock, bird seed, and pet food aren’t properly stored, they can prove enticing to bears. In the subdivisions around Whitehorse, Koss-Young said, about one in three homes have chickens, pigs, or goats.

“If a bear comes across a chicken coop, it’s almost

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A bear rummages through garbage in Whitehorse in 2013. irresistible: the clucking noises and the smell… and they’re easy to catch.”

Across the Yukon’s other districts, at least seven bears have been killed in Mayo, five in Carmacks, 10 in Whitehorse, three in Teslin, five in Watson Lake, two in Faro, and one in Old Crow.

In Faro last month, conservation officers relocated two or three bears outside the community, said chief administrative officer Ian Dunlop.

Several bears passed through the town in mid-July, during peak berry season, he said. People would spot them from the windows of their homes or while out walking their dogs.

Word spreads quickly throughout town, typically on social media, when there’s a bear in the area, Dunlop said. Residents are

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cautious about letting their children play outdoors.

Because the bears usually seek out well-vegetated corridors through the community, Dunlop said town staff trimmed some brush in an attempt to make these areas less attractive to bears.

“That seems to have helped open things up and even if it doesn’t deter the bears, at least now we can see them more clearly so that avoids getting a surprise if you’re walking through the bushes,” he said.

Faro’s large community garbage collection units — where residents dispose of their trash — are also bearproof. Since last year, the town has upgraded the electric fence around its landfill. Previously, it ran on solar battery power and that wasn’t effective enough. Three bears got

into the dump last year and had to be shot.

Now, the fence runs on the town’s main power supply. There haven’t been any problems with bears there this year, Dunlop said.

It’s part of WildWise Yukon’s strategic plan to expand out into the communities, said executive director Heather Ashthorn.

The group has already gone door-to-door in the Southern Lakes region, talking to residents and surveying properties for attractants. That two-year project was well-received, so this year, WildWise went to Carmacks to do the same thing.

“There’s a lot of engaging in conversation through storytelling,” Ashthorn said of the time spent there. “People love to share their bear stories and that’s really helpful for us

just to create some context in terms of how humans are living with bears and in terms of attractant management.”

The organization is also working with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation (CTFN), after the First Nation raised concerns about human-bear conflict in the area, particularly with regard to how tourists interact with bears when driving along the South Klondike Highway.

Together with CTFN, the Carcross/Tagish Renewable Resources Council, and Environment Yukon, WildWise released a brochure and put up signs along the highway, asking motorists not to feed bears or stop on the side of the road to look at them.

Ashthorn described the work WildWise is doing in the region as research.

“We’re trying to under-

stand why the problem exists by going out there and talking to people, and asking them to report when they’re seeing people approaching bears or slowing down and stopping on the shoulder to view them and engaging in behaviours that are unsafe for humans and for bears,” she said.

When it comes to what local residents can do, though, to protect against bear conflict on their properties, it’s a common refrain: properly secure attractants.

One notable example Ashthorn mentioned is that several years ago, Carcross overhauled its waste management system, replacing bins with HaulAll bearproof containers placed at the end of most streets.

Once bears access human food sources, it’s game over, said KossYoung.

“There’s just no hope to translocate them or do anything with them. They have to be euthanized because they become very aggressive in protecting that very high-calorie food source.”

It’s something conservation officers have said countless times. But some people are resistant to the idea that they should have to make an effort to bearproof their property, he said. “In the end, it’s always the bear that suffers.”

A subsidy for electric fencing is available through the Canada-Yukon Growing Forward 2 program, he added.

As for this year’s lengthy list of bear casualties, Koss-Young said he doesn’t see any sign of things slowing down soon.

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the wrong question.

Third, politics being all about symbols, the symbolism of the Trudeau-Brazeau match made me queasy. As the dad to an Indigenous girl, I didn’t like the symbolism of a rich white man beating on a poor aboriginal man. It was a bit like colonialism, except it was on live TV. None of that happened, of course. We all know what happened: Trudeau destroyed Brazeau. He was no longer a wimp. He became even more famous. And he became the contender for 24 Sussex.

The Trudeau-Brazeau fight became the stuff of legend. It became, in practical political terms, the night Trudeau was transformed into something else, something bigger than what he had been.

Time went by. Trudeau became prime minister. Brazeau got in a lot of trouble with the law.

And then, a half-decade later, Prime Minister Trudeau sat down with Rolling Stone magazine to talk about his big night. And he said this: “I wanted someone who would be a good foil, and we stumbled upon the scrappy tough-guy senator from an Indigenous community. He fit the bill, and it was a very nice counterpoint. I saw it as the right kind of narrative, the right story to tell.”

Lots of Indigenous leaders got very upset about that quote and you can see why. Some called Trudeau arrogant. Some called him racist.

When the controversy got too big to ignore, Trudeau expressed “regret” for what he’d said.

But the damage had been done. Trudeau had achieved the impossible: he’d rendered Brazeau a sympathetic figure.

Canada’s Indigenous leaders are quite capable

of speaking for themselves. They don’t need me or anyone else to do it. To them, it had been a kind of racist thing to say — or pretty close to it.

But there was something else about that now-infamous quote that rankled.

It sounded calculated. It sounded like he was admitting to a manipulation. It felt cynical.

Politicians do calculated, manipulative, cynical things all the time. Some would say that’s all they do.

But Trudeau’s big mistake, here — along with sounding like he was singling out an Indigenous leader for a literal beating, his later soaring rhetoric about Indigenous issues notwithstanding — was talking about strategy in the media. He was talking about how sausages are made, in effect.

Here’s a free tip: don’t talk about how you make sausages. It never ends well.

Average folks don’t care, Liberal apologists insisted. Or, they claimed, he apologized, it’s over, nothing to see here. Or pollsters remind us Trudeau has nothing to worry about: he’s still going to win the next election.

Perhaps he will. Probably he will. As Donald Trump has shown the civilized world, running down minorities isn’t the impediment to high office it used to be (or should be). You can do it and win.

But I would simply say to my Liberal friends that our greatest occupational hazard is — always — arrogance.

Arrogance is what gets us beaten in elections.

Although not, apparently, on that memorable night in March 2012 in a boxing ring.

health will suffer, thus increasing already high health care costs in the future.

Adding an additional cost to milk is unfair for those most in need. Milk should be affordable for all families and available to all Yukon children. Toward this end we should be subsidizing milk in the Yukon instead of throwing yet another obstacle in the road for food security.

We fully agree with and support the importance of recycling, but not at the expense of children’s health.

Instead, increase the surcharge on other, less crucial items, such as pop, liquor and other unhealthy choices.

Especially here in the North, the cost of shipping in healthy foods makes them more expensive than in southern provinces. That is likely why previous governments have held out with implementing a surcharge on milk containers — it only makes good sense. Why would the Yukon government add a recycling surcharge to make them even more unaffordable?

Please re-think the implications of this decision.

Troy Media columnist Warren Kinsella is a Canadian journalist, political adviser and commentator.

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Warren Kinsella very political hack remembers where they were when the first black man was elected president of the United States, when Nelson Mandela was freed from a South African prison or (more recently, depressingly) when Donald Trump entered the White House. Those were big political events.

Some of us even remember where we were when Liberal MP Justin Trudeau had a boxing match with Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau.

On that night, March 31, 2012, I was at the headquarters of the Sun News Network in Toronto, in the hallway they called a green room. Sun News had the rights to broadcast the TrudeauBrazeau charity fight and they’d been relentlessly hyping it — the Thrilla on the Hilla, someone called it. And the Sun types were openly pulling for the Conservative senator, a former First Nations leader.

Onscreen, on fight night, Ezra Levant and Brian Lilley were clearly having the time of their lives, with Levant mockingly calling Trudeau “the shiny pony,” over and over. They expected Brazeau — a burly, muscled black belt — to hurt Trudeau.

So did I, frankly. Back then, I was friendly with the Montreal MP and occasionally gave him advice. If I’d been asked, I would have advised against challenging Brazeau.

All of us knew the arguments in favour of it, of course. In those days, Trudeau was a backbench MP with not many accomplishments to his name.

A win in the boxing ring would attract plenty of attention.

A victory would also put to rest the insinuations that Trudeau was a wimp and a dilettante, and not up to the task of defeating tough guys like Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair. It would make him a winner and a tough guy.

But the arguments against it were more compelling, I felt. One, he could lose — and he would simply not recover from such a loss. Robert Stanfield famously fumbled a football on the campaign trail and the loser tag, once attached, was virtually impossible to remove.

Two, it was swinging at the wrong target. The Conservatives intended to run a campaign that Trudeau was weak intellectually, not weak physically. Trudeau, I felt, was providing an answer to

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ore bad news for the planet as a U.S. government report, leaked to the New York Times, indicates that climate change is already well underway with substantial warming having occurred since 1980. The effects, so says the report, are already being felt.

At the risk of sounding defeatist, I don’t hold out a lot of hope that humanity will take the necessary steps to stem the tide of climate change.

Perhaps that is just because I am a cynic by nature — particularly when it comes to doubting our capacity for collective human action. Perhaps it is because there is some evidence for the idea

that the time for action has come and gone. It is arguable at least that we’ve inexorably set ourselves on a path in that direction by triggering a series of feedback loops.

But most likely it is because of the intensity of the pushback against taking action. And I’m not just talking about the “no price is low enough” crowd — so prominent in Canada’s small c conservative moment — which is gravely concerned that an extra dime on a litre of gas is going to sink the economy.

I’m referring specifically to that substantial portion of society that is resistant to the idea that human activity is even the culprit to begin with — the so-called climate change denialists.

I fear that even after coastal areas have been evacuated because of rising sea levels — whenever that might be — the denialists will still be pointing to volcanoes and natural cyclical changes as more likely causes than burning fossil fuels. They will still be distracting attention by

talking about the hypocrisy of climate change activists such as Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio as if the personal habits of celebrities are an excuse for inaction. If you are reading this article online you may be able to scroll to the comments below and see their handiwork.

I hope I am wrong and the overwhelming strength of the scientific case of human driven climate prevails. But at the moment at least, the body of memes that has popped up (I don’t think they qualify as “arguments”) to cast doubt and support inaction doesn’t inspire much confidence.

Some of these talking points are more easily refuted.

“Volcanoes contribute more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than humans.” Not true. According to Scientific American, drawing from research by the United States Geological Survey, humans are responsible for about 100 times the emissions that volcanoes are.

And that in itself should be concerning because

more active periods of volcanic activity have altered the climate in the past. That should put to lie the notion that we mere humans are incapable of influencing something as large as planetary climate.

“A few decades ago everyone was talking about global cooling.” No, “everyone” wasn’t. Global cooling was a comparably minor theory that gained a certain amount of attention in the media during the 1970s but fizzled relatively quickly. It never acquired anything approaching the consensus that exists today supporting the notion that the climate is warming.

Some of the denialist throwaways are a little more complex: “[Climate change is] a natural phenomenon that has been happening since the earth was created.”

The existence of natural cyclical patterns is a favourite fallback for those who might be willing to concede some change in the Earth’s climate but want to reject human responsibility. But packed inside this dismissive half-truth is

much cause for concern.

It is those historical fluctuations that offer such compelling evidence of the role that carbon dioxide played in causing those changes in climate. It follows from this research that we ought to be somewhat concerned about evidence showing that those concentrations are on the rise.

So if anything, “climate change is a natural phenomenon that has been happening since the Earth was created” is a good lead into why we should be concerned that it is happening now. Because we know the havoc that these natural fluctuations have wrought in the past. Numerous mass extinctions that have occurred in the past have corresponded with rapid climate shifts.

Reinforcing climate change denialism are the grandiose conspiracy theories that have emerged to offer up some explanation for why the whole thing is such a hoax: Scientists, the theory goes, are colluding with one another in this elaborate hoax to extract

more government grant money. Politicians seize upon it in the pursuit of a world government.

The reality that it is often more economically efficient to reduce or slow the growth of emissions by helping developing countries develop in a less carbon intensive manner than it is to reduce those emissions here has led to claims that the “climate hoax” is a scheme to funnel money from wealthy western countries to less developed ones. Green energy producers are grifters out to sell their overpriced snake oil to pliant governments.

Dealing with the serious challenges of climate change would be hard enough if we only had to contend with justifiable fears that a move away from fossil fuels will hurt the economy. But the existence of a movement impervious, even hostile, to basic facts makes it damn near impossible.

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

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Outdoor Potluck and Potato Harvest … don’t ask, just bring what you want.

Thanks to all those who showed their support and love.

“It’s 1:30 am and I am in my housecoat sitting in a double lawn chair out on the deck having a cigarillo and tea.There is still a bit of light, can definitely see the fields and trees; ah the Yukon midnight sun.

The odd bird chimes in. Thinking about a lot of things. Number one is health, with prostate cancer the issue, sometimes submerges for a bit but never leaves completely. The cigar tea/coffee thing has been a bit of touchstone for me over the past couple of months. A goto for a bit of contemplation, alone, with a hit of nicotine and caffeine. Been a bit rough as a new regime of meds takes on the quest.Two things with this.

One, been having joint/bone pain which ranges from severe to chronic in the background to movement inhibiting to pretty much gone. On the drug side, mood swings, bouts of tears, lack of sleep, in ability to get to sleep.

The cigar and coffee a ritual allows me to back out of things for a bit … do a bit of a reset if you will; I have had this is as a go to for some time either as a celebration (bought the new car! that was a horrible scrap! what am I going to do to solveX?) The cigar and coffee or tea a chance to form a perspective, not jump at the first notion that pops into my head. Suffice to say this ritual has a long and significant history.

The big question that almost always arises and this is the question that I contemplated with the cigar was “What would you do if you knew you were going to not be here in X, where X denotes a period of time. Well, we are all not going to be here just turns out X is different for everyone. Solve for X is one of the eternal questions it would seem.

Well, probably not a whole lot different than I am doing right now with the exception of sharing a bit better … letting at least the close folks in my life in on my challenge and thinking.

I am inherently private person and with a code of conduct that does not allow me to transfer/share any pain or grief or bad news.

It is naturally pretty difficult to have a conversation and adequately capture how I feel. When I meet someone on the street most have no idea of my medical situation and why should they? Doesn’t seem right to me to share or bring it into the conversation … if a casual acquaintance (And there are a ton of them I know from business, sports and living in the same place for ever) knows I have prostate cancer I am guessing that this will become the central/focal point for our discussion forward … some can talk about themselves and share that info … I for better or worse can’t. I have come to peace with that part … for the most part. There is of course a spectrum of relationships and each probably needs a bit different approach.

While having my late night cigar I had the insight that I needed to change the dial a little in terms of communication with family and hence the writing.

First the facts as known at this moment. My initial diagnosis in December of 2014 not so great with super high PSA and the cancer spread to the bones.

That said, prostate cancer not as aggressive as many and quite a few bullets in terms of treatment options. Chemo and hormone therapy initially. Chemo was a bitch. As the Doc said the reason we only give you 6 sessions is that 7 might kill you. Hairless, an emotional wreck; down in weight, strength, spirit and capacity. Other than the wild ride that is steroids and poisoning I did real well ‘til treatment 6 when I basically became a baby. The reason I mention this is my pattern is to get to a point have an ah ha! moment and move things along. For me the after chemo ah ha moment was in a fitness room in a hotel in Vancouver where I could barely lift the smallest of weights for an exercise regime. I had always gone to the gym and worked out so to see my skinny reflection not able to lift a 10lb dumbbell was a testament to how far down I had sunk. The upshot was that I vowed to get back to some semblance of shape. That was My moment that launched me on a path to keep up the shape, I also vowed to swim to the float out on Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island.

And I did. For the better part of 2 years I was pretty much “normal”.

Swimming in the river, getting wood, up early for a coffee and meditate, at the gym 3-4 days a week. The hormone treatment saw me grow some breasts but other than that pretty little side effects.

In January of 2017 I started noting some joint pain after exercise, skiing, swimming, kick sledding, etc. It was pretty random and seemed to go away. Regular blood checks saw PSA on the rise and the liver number associated with the bone part of things also on the rise. Watched if for a bit and Doctors made the call to shift meds.

Not an unexpected or irregular course of events. Keeping on top of things a bone scan was done as well as XRays. For two months while the diagnosing was going on the pain escalated and PSA climbed.

Usually in the hips it moved between the right and left leg with me

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going up stairs like an old man with one leg bearing weight the other not.

New meds prescribed, X-rays revealed that there was certainly evidence of the cancer in the bones but not a significant worry at this point “you have the young man’s cancer, no the bone snappers that the older folks have. All your load bearing bones are in good shape … go do whatever you want … chainsaw, whatever, see you in three months.

The pain will take some time. have a shot of whiskey.

Was at the local doctor last Wednesday and PSA trending down, rest of the blood work good or headed in the right direction. Biggest needs; manage sleep, manage pain.

All this to say yes I can buy winter tires and nobody has their finger on the panic button.

So that is part of the story to date.

The other part of the story is the emotional, spiritual and physical realities that come with this turf. And this is the part where it gets a bit tougher to describe and a lot tougher to live.

By turns I feel this is the way it is accept it, it was all meant for a reason, what will be will be etc. etc. to I am having a pretty decent cry in the shop wracking sobs to let out the contained emotions some known and some not. I think about the emotional side of cancer … what did or did not happen to me that saw me draw the prostate cancer card?

Plan super A is complete remission, Plan A is manage to remission, Plan B is get your shit together in case somebody jumps on the cancer gas pedal.

So clinging desperately and trying to get through this by holding onto things (especially the cancer) with clenched hands and fists really isn’t the way to go. Not for me anyway.

All of this to say it is pretty much a fuck up of a situation with an awful lot of paths in the maze.

Not sure who handed out the challenges we all face; feels like maybe I could request a redraw.

On balance I do pretty well … turns out being stubborn, pedantic Taurus is probably a pretty good personality type for this sort of position.

I have found that in 90% of the situations just getting on with it to the very best of my ability makes the most sense. Life does just go on. I love living in the country, I love my partner and my kids, my grandkids, I love jumping on the tractor and putting in spuds or knocking down an old shack. I love going to work two days a week. I try to make it as normal as possible … what the hell are the options anyway? It has been hell on Ang but we seem to be working through it, with her I try to share everything, everything that I know anyways.

Yes I have also been made to look at things differently and with a gratitude/insight that can only come from staring down the gun barrel.

Some times I laugh, sometimes I cry, sometimes I beg for mercy.

I find that I can articulate my feelings much better by writing them down. To try and explain to someone close to me how I feel usually ends up with me in tears so I try to avoid that. My best insight on why that is? A reflection of a childhood where I ended up pretty much going it alone. Nobody’s fault but I ended up without a whole lot of ability to confide anything to anyone and I note that as a background for why I am writing … I just can’t seem to get past the emotion when I open up and I end up either reverting to a half story or a shortened optimistic spin on the situation.

And I am basically optimistic. I see others in way worse shape than I am.

I continue to experiment with alternative therapies such as dandelion root, chagga tea, meditation, etc. I do believe in remission, spontaneous and otherwise, I do believe that a person is better off not getting too wrapped up in the whole numbers game and the predictions that there is but one course for this to follow. What good does it do anyone to live focused on something bad? (This is by no means willful ignorance, I get my blood work done regularly and I am under very close supervision.)

So … have taken a few hits over the past couple of months and some side effects that are less than thrilling I am fortunately headed for the foreseeable future in the right direction.

This past weekend I knocked down an old shack on the property, fenced with Angela, planted spuds, hit the nurseries, took a dip in the river (see if cold therapy would help with the hip thing), cooked a delicious salmon filet on the barbecue, went to dinner with friends, struggled with pain that did not want to get chased away, wrote a bit and ended up with a super sore hip and inability to sleep on Monday night.

Life does indeed go on … and in the immortal words of Kevin Costner from “Bull Durham” “some days you win, some days you lose and some days it rains” So while we all solve for X, where X represents the time left, love each other, don’t hold onto shit too tightly and have a little fun along the way.

For those of you who want a redraw on the challenge card … think again.“

Love Gord.

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Shows by two Indigenous artists open at Arts Underground

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roken, discarded hubcaps, made beautiful with intricate beadwork.

Ink drawings and wood carvings, adorned with copper and caribou-skin accents.

The two galleries held art of very different mediums and styles, but each, in its own way, evoked memories of family and resourcefulness, of Indigenous identity and of stories passed down.

And together, Teresa Vander-Meer Chassé’s Rez Car and Dennis Shorty’s My Childhood Memories opened side-by-side at Whitehorse’s Arts Underground space last Friday evening, marking the first time in recent memory two Indigenous artists have had shows open at the same time in the space and drawing in a few dozen attendees.

For Shorty, My Childhood Memories was a chance to honour his parents and grandparents and the teachings they passed down to him, including teachings of language, spirituality, survival skills and respect for nature and animals. “(My gallery) is to do with toys that my father carved for me when I was a child, stories that my grandfather, grandmother and mum told us when we were kids, and it’s personal to show something like this, it’s who I am, who we are as people,” Shorty said. His gallery featured several ink drawings of his grandmother and mother’s faces, who he said were wonderful storytellers, as well as a number of carvings inspired by the toys and tools his grandfather and father would make for him.

“My dad, when I was growing up, he carved me toys when I was a little kid, out of wood, and they were all about teachings,” Shorty said. For example, a carving would replicate caribou hoof prints in the snow or dirt, so Shorty could learn to recognize and track them. He recalled watching his father pick up a piece of wood in the morning, and by night, would have whittled out a wooden pistol or mask. “(My father is) why I

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Teresa Vander-Meer Chassé during the opening of her new exhibit at Arts Underground on Friday. carve,” Shorty said.

Shorty and his partner, Jennifer Froehling, who perform as Dena Zagi, also sang and played several songs together at the opening, with all the lyrics written in the Kaska language.

Vander-Meer Chassé said her gallery, Rez Car, was inspired by the men in her life — her father, grandfather, cousins and uncles. The exhibit was part of her ongoing series, “Indigenizing Colonial Garbage,” which also features a beadwork-covered

high-heel shoe and pylon.

“I like garbage and I like junk, and I just find inspiration in those kind of things,” Vander-Meer Chassé said. “My grandpa, Sid, has this massive backyard and he has old cars there that are kind of falling apart, some of them actually drive, and he just uses what he has in that yard to fix up these cars and drive them, so it kind of comes from that, of collecting, we like broken things and kind of changing them and transforming them.”

The name of the installation is a reference to the 1998 movie Smoke Signals, Vander-Meer Chassé said, where one of the characters has a car that can only drive in reverse gear.

“My uncle, who actually gave me two of the hubcaps that are in the show, drove one, and he was like, ‘Oh yeah, I always had to put it into reverse, I couldn’t put it into drive, it just didn’t work!’ So he’s like driving backward the whole time,” Vander-Meer Chassé said with a laugh.

She added that she and

Shorty have been friends since meeting at the Adäka Cultural Festival a few years back and were fans of each other’s work.

They’re also both from First Nations without self-government agreements — Vander-Meer Chassé, from White River First Nation, and Shorty of the Ross River Dena Council — which Vander-Meer Chassé said was another link that brought them together.

And although they didn’t collaborate on their shows, Vander-Meer Chas-

sé said their galleries still managed to flow together.

“Our stories kind of line up, actually, because all of the hubcaps, that whole series, was inspired by all of the men in my life, so my dad, my grandpa, my uncles, my cousins, and Dennis’ show is all about his grandfather, his dad….

So I think we complement each other this way,” she said.

My Childhood Memories and Rez Car both run until Aug. 26.

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here was blood. There was sweat.

There was even — thankfully fake — flying pee.

Dawson City’s League of Lady Wrestlers went out with a very large bang Aug. 5 with Thunderdome.

Approximately 500 people turned out on a sweltering Saturday night for an outrageous show of feminist-positive brawls, a combination of political performance art and the kayfabe of pro wrestling.

LOLW founder Aubyn O’Grady is stepping away from the event, handing it over to people who want to organize their own wrestling leagues.

The league seems to have a bright future. Wrestlers from across Canada and from Fairbanks made the trip to throw down in the squared circle.

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Above: Thunder Thighs (Mary Lou Fagan) fights off Babushka (Karolina Pavic). The pair were part of a 16-person contingent of the Fairbanks Ladies of Wrestling (FLOW), who made the trip to Dawson.

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Yukon volleyball team turns up heat against P.E.I.

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Yukon’s female volleyball team gets set to play Manitoba at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg on Aug. 7. Yukon went five sets in a loss to P.E.I. on Aug. 8.

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ukon’s female volleyball ball team came within one set of an upset.

The team went the distance against P.E.I. before losing in five sets at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg on Aug. 8.

“We should have won it, but that’s OK,” said Yukon head coach Melissa Laluk.

“The girls did pretty good.

We got caught in a bit of a jam in the last set and just couldn’t get out of it. We got stuck in a serve-receive and couldn’t find a solution.

“Otherwise, the girls were fighting back and forth with P.E.I. the whole time. We did some video prep that helped — watched a little video — so the girls felt like they knew who they were going to be playing.”

Yukon fell 21-25, 27-25, 25-17, 18-25, 15-4 to P.E.I. It marks the first set wins for Yukon in female volleyball since the 2005 Games, getting shut down in straight sets in every match in 2009 and 2013.

Yukon beat N.W.T. in 2005, and won sets off Newfoundland and P.E.I. — then too pushing the island to five sets.

Yukon opened the tournament with a 25-6, 25-5, 25-5 loss to Manitoba on Aug. 7 and then lost 25-6, 25-11, 25-10 to B.C. after playing P.E.I. “We played B.C. this afternoon and the scores don’t reflect it by any means, but the girls’ spirits stay high,” said Laluk.

“They have been absolutely terrific in the sense that they haven’t been negative about the experience at all, they keep trying, they do what they’re supposed to do, and every game they’re learning, doing new things, improving things.

“P.E.I. gave them that taste, so the girls are hoping we’ll get another chance at them, maybe in the crossover down the road in the next couple days.”

N.W.T., which didn’t enter female volleyball teams in 2009 and 2013, is currently winless.

Yukon will play Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia today to finish play in their pool.

“Nova Scotia has three national team players and are doing pretty good, and Saskatchewan is a pretty strong team as well,” said Laluk.

“I’m feeling confident about (playing) N.W.T.”

Yukon’s male indoor volleyball hasn’t logged any set wins yet, but they too will get a shot at P.E.I. and might see N.W.T. down the road.

So far Yukon has lost in straight sets to B.C., Quebec and Nova Scotia, and will play Saskatchewan today and P.E.I. on Thursday.

N.W.T.’s male team is also winless after three.

Flatwater team secures eighth place finishes Yukon paddlers have been struggling to stay out of the back of the pack, but last-place finishes are still good enough for top-10 results.

The flatwater canoe and kayak team went into Wednesday with seven eighth place finishes, surpassing Kieran Halliday’s ninth place finish in the 3,000-metre steeplechase, a Yukon team high, last week.

Yukon’s Maeve Mcmanus has paddled to eighth in the 500- and 1,000-metre C1 (solo canoe) female races. She also placed eighth in the 1,000-metre C2 with teammate Julianne Girourard.

Girourard took eighth in the 500-metre K1 (solo kayak) while Emily Crist did

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Yukon’s Rhys Farther fights for possession against a player from Quebec on Monday. the same in the 1,000-metre K1 female race.

Crist and Savannah Cash also took eighth in the 500- and 1,000-metre K2 races.

Yukon teammate Cole Wilkie-Hobus placed ninth in the 500- and 1,000-metre K1 male races. He also teamed up with Rogan Parry for ninth in the 1,000-metre K2 male race.

Yukon is dispatched to the consolation round and will next play Thursday against the third place finishing team of the D pool. From out on this limb, it’s looking like they’ll face N.W.T. Yukon’s female team placed 10th last week for the highest ever finish by a Yukon team, male or female, in Canada Games history.

Soccer team shut out in opening matches

Swim team takes 11th in relay

Facing the two-time defending gold medal province is no easy way to start a tournament.

Yukon’s male soccer did just that, losing 11-0 to Quebec on Aug. 7.

The Yukon squad then managed to keep Manitoba scoreless for a half before allowing five second-half goals in a 5-0 loss to Manitoba on Aug. 8.

With the two losses

Yukon’s Emma Boyd, Cassidy Cairns, Hannah Kingscote and Rennes Lindsay have so far set the high water mark for the swim team in Winnipeg.

They placed 11th in the 4x50-metre freestyle female relay, beating N.W.T. by 3.8 seconds, on Aug. 7.

Lindsay, Boyd, Kassua Dreyer and Cairns took 12th (last, behind N.W.T.) in the 4x200-metre free-

style female relay earlier in the day.

Yukon’s individual results so far include: Alex Petriw 19th in the 800-metre freestyle, and Boyd 41st in the 100-metre freestyle, ahead of teammates Cairns and Brooklyn Massie, who placed 52nd and 55th respectively.

Yukon cyclist alone on the road Whitehorse’s David Jackson, Yukon’s only cyclist at the Games, has some ground to make up.

The 20-year-old opened the road cycling competition with a 46th place finish in the male time trial, 14 seconds up from a P.E.I. cyclist in last place, on Aug. 8.

Jackson will next compete in the road race Thursday and the criterium Saturday.

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Yukon orienteers in control at nationals Tom Patrick News Reporter

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small team of Yukoners navigated to control points and onto the podium at the Canadian Orienteering Championships this past week.

Five Yukoners won a total of 10 medals at the championships in and around Perth, Ont., Aug. 4-7. That’s double the success rate from last year’s nationals when a team of nine won nine medals.

Whitehorse’s Leif Blake won three medals in the males 20-34 “elite” division over the weekend.

“It’s been quite a good weekend of racing,” said Blake in an email to the News. “The sprint was held in the historic centre of Perth, which made for an above average sprint map by North American standards. I had a few minor mistakes, but nothing that would throw my race. Overall, the field wasn’t incredibly competitive, as most of the junior team was not present, and I finished some 20 seconds behind the leader in second place.”

In addition to a silver in the sprint on Aug. 4, Blake won gold in the middle distance event and gold in the long, both held at the Foley Mountain Conservation Area south of Perth, Aug. 5-6.

The 18-year-old won the 4.7-kilometre middle by over six minutes and the 9.1-kilometre long by over 11 minutes.

Blake, who was held to one medal at last year’s nationals, represented Canada at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Finland last month.

“The middle distance went fairly well, with only a few errors navigating

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Yukon Sabine Schweiger competes in the sprint distance race on Aug. 4.

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Whitehorse’s Leif Blake competes at the Canadian Orienteering Championships on Aug. 4 in Perth, Ont. A small team of five Yukon’s won a total of 10 medals at the event. into controls,” said Blake.

“Despite the relatively open forest however, the runability was heavily reduced by loose rocks that littered the ground.

I feel that I could have improved on my time by running a bit more aggressively, but that could have ended in injury.”

The long race “went even better,” he added.

“The first part was held in relatively flat and open terrain with hard ground underfoot, and I was able to take advantage of this

with quite straight route choices. I was able to maintain my focus and keep good bearings all while running at a good pace.”

Whitehorse’s Nesta Leduc kept a win streak going in Perth. After winning two gold at last year’s nationals, she won three more over the weekend, adding to Canadian championships medal total in the dozens going back many years.

Leduc, who competed in females over-80

division, took gold in the sprint (as the lone racer), middle and long distance events, defeating one other competitor in the latter two.

Sabine Schweiger won two medals in females over-45, a big division with an international field of over 20 competitors. She finished fourth in the sprint and took silver as the second place Canadian, placed fifth in the middle distance and took bronze as the third place Canadian and

placed seventh in the long, just missing another medal as the fourth place Canadian.

Whitehorse’s Jennifer MacKeigan took sixth and eighth in the first two races in females 2134 before placing fifth in the long, good enough for bronze as the third place Canadian.

Blake, Schweiger and MacKeigan also teamed up for bronze in the relay, just 34 seconds behind the silver medalists, on Aug. 7.

Yukon’s Erik Blake also competed in Perth, taking 14th in the middle and 12th in the long in the males over-45 division.

MacKeigan and Leduc also claimed a couple medals each at the Eastern Canadian Orienteering Championships, July 29-30 in Montreal.

Leduc — no surprise here — won gold in both events, a middle and a long, in her division.

MacKeigan two bronze in her division.

Yukon also had three racers compete at the 2017 Western Canadian

Orienteering Championships, mid July at Spruce Woods Provincial Park in Manitoba. Whitehorse’s Forest Pearson, who opted for the westerns instead of the nationals, won a gold and two silver in the competitive male 21-34 division despite being in his 40s.

The Yukon Orienteering Association will host the 2018 North American Orienteering Championships for the first time next summer, as well as the Canadian championships.

“I’m looking forward to the Canadian and North American champs to be held next year back home in the Yukon,” added Leif. “There’ll no doubt be some excellent courses on our world class terrain.”

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Yukoner rows to fourth on Team Quebec at Canada Games

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Whitehorse’s Tomas Jirousek, in front of coxswain, rows for Team Quebec at the Canada Summer Games last week in Winnipeg, Man. Jirousek and his team took fourth and fifth place finishes on Aug. 4.

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he highest placing Yukoner in the first week of the Canada Summer Games wasn’t on Team Yukon.

Whitehorse’s Tomas Jirousek twice rowed to top-five finishes with Quebec teammates last week in Winnipeg.

He is the first Yukoner ever to compete in rowing at the Canada Games, sources say.

Jirousek and crewmates placed fourth in the men’s eight with coxswain and fifth in the in the men’s four, less than half a second behind fourth place’s Manitoba.

“I really loved the experience,” said Jirousek.

“I was a little disappointed in the results of the men’s four, because we had a better time than Manitoba in our preliminary trial, but it was still a great experience. It wasn’t the results we were looking for in the

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Jirousek has rowed for McGill University in Montreal the last two years.

The 19-year-old always thought he’d play hockey at university — he was an accomplished goalie — but a knee condition forced him to hang up his skates. So instead he took up rowing in his freshman year.

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“One of Team Quebec’s coaches said he saw me at the regatta and they approached me there about coming to some camps for them,” said Jirousek. “So over June I would go to this little town, Knowlton, and do fitness tests for them and went on the water a couple times so they could see me and take some times … and I met their standards so they offered me a spot on the team.”

Jirousek admits that it was a bit odd, as a

lifelong Yukoner, being at the Games on Team Quebec. But that feeling was mitigated by the fact he was the only one from the territory in the rowing competition last week.

“It was partially made better by the fact that there were no Yukon athletes in my event, so I never had to compete against Yukon,” said Jirousek. “I was a Yukoner from Quebec, I guess you could say.”

Jirousek, who is going into his third year of study at McGill, will attend a training camp in a couple weeks in preparation

for his school’s fall race season.

Last season his men’s eight team finished third at the Ontario University Athletics championship regatta in November.

“He is a great person to have on your team or in your boat,” said Quebec rowing coach Andrea Wilson in an email to the News. “Along with being a hard worker, he is always upbeat and positive, looking at every situation constructively.”

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Canada Games: week two underway

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ith the exception of five Yukon athletes who are competing both weeks of the 2017 Canada Summer Games, it was out with the old and in with the new, over the weekend in Winnipeg, Man. The first batch of Yukon athletes who competed last week is home and a new batch is competing this week in canoe/kayak, road cycling, male soccer, swimming, and male and female indoor volleyball.

The quadrennial Games run through to Sunday.

(Tom Patrick)

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Yukon’s Hannah Kingscote swims butterfly on Tuesday.

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Yukon’s Peyton Twardochleb serves the ball on Tuesday.

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Yukon’s Matthias Hoenisch winds up a big kick against Manitoba on Tuesday.

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Business for Sale FOR SALE in Whitehorse Heavy Equipment/Hydraulic Repair Business 25 years in operation Includes all equipment and tooling plus low overhead rented shop.

867-667-7646

Budget gaming computer, 8GB Ram, GTX quad core CPU, 2x 250GB hard drives, currently runs Linux but can Windows, $250 obo.

867-689-5879 Dell Inspiron computer, Dell 20” flat screen monitor, Lexmark 1200 inkjet printer & scanner, $250 for all, good for back to school. 633-4379 iPhone 5s, Bell or Virgin Mobile, 16gb, good cond, c/w charge cube & cord, $170. 334-6087 Older refurbished office computer, 4GB Ram, 160GB hard drive, Windows 10 Pro, slight cosmetic damage to top front of case, everything runs fine, $80. 867-689-5879

Claims

Firearms

22 placer claims, equivalent to 30, Victoria Creek, Mount Nanson, new 10-yr water license, some equipment included, $250,000 obo, serious inquiries only. 633-2218 for more info

Browning 30.06 stainless steel rifle, comes with a Bushnell Elite 3200 stainless steel scope, case, sling & swivel, hardly used, $900 obo. 3331901

Lots 2 serviced lots in Town of Alsask, Saskatchewan for sale, $5,000. 6672631 Lot in Tagish, 43 Lakeview Drive & Taku Blvd, quiet area, lake view, good price, 0.22 ha. 867-399-4002

Real Estate 12 acres land, house, 3 cabins, large garage, c/w two 18kw generators, assorted small equipment, tools and household items in Haines Junction region, $499,999. 867-6342888 2,448 sq ft home in Porter Creek, renovated, has 2-bdrm rental suite, private 0.46 acre lot, hw heating, numerous updates, roof, kitchens, bathrooms, $449,900. Dawn 3322700 3-bdrm furnished house, Faro, Yates Crescent, appliances, 2 entries, wood stove, RSF heater, oil furnace wood fireplace, large lot, RV access. 867-456-8910

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

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

Collection of 13 guns, good shape.

456-8910 LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Savage 30-06, new, never fired, c/w 3X9 Bushnell scope, lens covers, sling, few shells, $500. 668-4945

Furniture 1 set pine bunk beds w/mattresses, $100. 867-821-4521 Dining room table, 7 chairs, almost 2 yrs old, solid wood, very good condition, paid $1,400 new, asking $650.

667-7840

Misc. for Sale

Single mattress in good condition, $45. 668-1944

200-225 CD’s, wide selection, $60 obo. 393-2780 2 Mustang floater coats, cruiser class, X-large, $50 ea. 668-2885 eves & weekends, 667-3950 day 4-person Arctic Spa hot tub, exc cond, c/w lid & chemicals, will assist in transport if necessary, $3,500.

667-7236 Acetylene torch, c/w tanks, hose, tips, etc; acetylene & oxygen cylinders, both full. 456-4927

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Elegant home/office desk, 60L”x28D”x30”H, with matching wooden office chair, purchased at Ashley’s less than 2 years ago, too large for condo, $400.

Reply to nnigel34@yahoo.ca

Firewood/Fuel

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

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

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KITCHEN HELPER (NOC 6711) Full time permanent $15.00/hour Please apply by email: takhinigas@gmail.com

Help Wanted

MILE 923.4 ALASKA HIGHWAY, WHITEHORSE YT Y1A 0J9 Tel 867-668-3004 Fax 867-668-7762 jobs@cobaltconstruction.ca www.cobaltconstruction.ca

Cobalt Construction is looking for the following people to come join our team: Mechanics Shift Forman Dozer Operators Grader Operators

Hoe Operators Off Highway Truck Drivers Serviceman

The project is the development of a new mine in the Yukon.

Positions will be full time for the next 18 months with a with a short shut down in the winter. Candidates should have at least 5years road building / mining experience. Cobalt has a strict no drugs or alcohol policy. Excellent wages for the right candidates.

Please send resumes to jobs@cobaltconstruction.ca, stop by the main office located at Mile 923.4 on the Alaska Highway just north of Porter Creek, or fax 867-668-7762.

For more information about us and the work we do, please see our website WWW.COBALTCONSTRUCTION.CA

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT Travel Consultant

Travel Consultant Department of Highways and Public Works Annual Salary: Department of$55,701-$64,006 Highways and Public Works Annual Salary: $55,701-$64,006

Closing Date: August 18, 2017

Closing Date:RequisiƟ Auguston: 18,#6311 2017 RequisiƟon: #6311

For viewing all jobs and to apply, please go to

www.employment.gov.yk.ca

For viewing all jobs and to apply, please go to “CommiƩed to employment equity” Public Service Commission (867) 667-5834

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Misc. for Sale Blue cowboy boots, size 7.5, made in US. 867-634-2880

Bear Cat chipper/shredder, model SC3305E, with blower, only used for 25 hrs, great condition, $1,100. 6334375

Help Wanted

Coffee table; steel bathtub; 2 45-gal steel drums. 667-6649

FIND IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Help Wanted

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Minute Taker Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) is calling for expressions of interest for the position of minute taker for Chief and Council Meetings.

Chief and Council Meetings take place 2-4 days per month.

Expectations: • Travel will be required for meetings which take place in Haines Junction, Whitehorse or CAFN communities.

• Possess a valid Yukon driver’s license and own vehicle.

• Responsible for providing their own laptop for transcribing minutes.

Send current resumes and supporting documents to: Attn: Doreen Williams, Executive council Council Offi Office ce Box 5320, 5310, Haines Junction, YT Y0B1L0 Fax: (867) 634-2760 | drwilliams@cafn.ca

Volunteers

Volunteers

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

Yukon Coroners Service is looking for a Volunteer Community Coroner Task description: Reporting to the Chief Coroner, the community coroner is responsible for the investigation of all sudden, unexpected, and unnatural deaths in their community. The coroner clarifies the facts for the public record and seeks to prevent similar deaths from occurring.

Coroners in Yukon are appointed under the Coroner’s Act through an Order in Council. The appointment of a Coroner is an indeterminate appointment and can be revoked through an Order in Council.

Coroners in Yukon are not employees of the Yukon Government, and do not fall under the Public Service Act. They are considered volunteer positions.

Skills needed: • Must be of age of majority (YT – 19 years) • Have a clear criminal record as verified by the RCMP • Must be willing to provide time and effort to the community as a coroner • Must be willing to work within the structure of the Coroners Service and according to the policies of the Yukon Coroners Service • Must be a member in good standing in the community and held in high regard • Must be willing and able to maintain strict confidentiality • Must have the ability to work in situations that may be stressful or unpleasant • Must have the ability to deal effectively with the public as well as with other investigative agencies Time commitment: On- call

“CommiƩed to employment equity” Public Service Commission (867) 667-5834

Incentive for the volunteer: Training provided by Yukon Coroners Service Staff position that will supervise the volunteer: Heather Jones, Acting Chief Coroner for Yukon Heather Jones; Yukon Coroners Service; heather.jones@gov.yk.ca; (867) 667-5317

Appliances

Wanted: Washer & dryer. 667-6726 or 335-9309

Misc. for Sale Arctic Spa hot tub cover, 8’X8’, grey, $280 obo. Call for pick-up 668-6806

Deadline: 4:30 pm on Aug 18,18, 2017 August 2017

Merchandise for Sale Matching washer/dryer, good working order, $200 for both; chest freezer, 9 cu ft, $125; 18 cu ft refrigerator, 2 door up & down, $125. 633-2837

Merchandise for Sale

Application process: The expression of interest should include your skills for the position, an updated resume and any references. Please include an amount you would expect for the contract.

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club nonrestricted firearms safety course August 12 & 13. Info: 633-2488

DON’S FIREWOOD * Year round harvest/supply * Beetlekill stockpiled in Whitehorse “Firewood When You Want It!” New Phone #: 333-1508

YELLOW CABS is looking to hire a full-time AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC/ TECHNICIAN $26/hour 10-15 years experience 867-689-9694

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2013 Toolcat by Bobcat, a/c, aux hydraulics, heavy duty battery, c/w forks, general bucket, snow bucket, V plow, 1500 lb lift, 2000 dump box, 550 hrs, exc cond, $45,000. 3347635 6-cyl Deutz diesel, 6,500hrs, c/w 65kw Stamford generator 600V, 2 6” submersible Flygt pumps, HD suspension cage for 8” discharge, auto switch gear engine on float system, in Mayo as package, $31,000. 867335-6649 Complete 24” sluice box & Lister diesel pump w/approx 250’ of 4” aluminum Victaulic pipe. 332-2246 Mahindra 4X4 tractor, front-end loader, new, diesel engine, 8-sp shovel, 4WD, box for hydraulics, lifts or rises, $12,000 firm. 456-8910

Wanted: M1 Garand rifle. James @ 867-336-1292

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

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

Shared staff accommodation or rental homes available.

Starting wage $15/hr.

Salary evaluated after training.

Starting immediately.

Email Dawn info@worsleygateway.ca

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

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Transportation

Misc. for Sale

Misc. for Sale

Sporting Goods

Cars - Domestic

Canvas Tents & Wood Stoves Lowest Prices in Canada Tents will ship by Greyhound from Castlegar, BC Canvas Tent Shop www.canvastentshop.ca 1-800-234-1150 Call for Prices

Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $40, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $250, retail $500. 633-4311

Invertrac exercise machine for sore back, $100. 333-3369

2007 Pontiac G6, 4 door, auto, good shape, $5,000 obo. 867-634-2888

Speed bag, gloves & hanger; Everlast heavy bag. 456-4927 btwn 10am & Noon

2008 Toyota Yaris, 167,000 mi, new tires, snow tires, vg cond, upgraded stereo, fresh battery, $4,900. 3320067

Da-Lite heavy duty fast fold deluxe projection screen, 11’ wide x 7’ 6” high, exc cond, transport case included, $800. Call 668-5014

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

Tool chest, electrician working tools, testers, etc, belonged to working mine electrician, $200. 668-2772 ToyoStove Laser 73 oil heater, well maintained, $1,000 obo. 334-2197

Elliptical trainer, cardio style, barely used, $500 obo. 633-4311 Folding camp cots & chairs, $10 to $50. 332-6565 FOR YOUR CANOE TRIP shuttles and fishing trip requirements give www.nisutlinoutfitting.com in Teslin a call this summer at 1-867-334-7364 Fishermen are the best people!

Front tire only for fat tire bike, rim/tire/brake disc assembly complete, 26” x 4”, $100. 633-4311 Greenworks 40V battery & charger for chainsaw, $50. 393-3097 Head mounted wolf rug, exc shape, $450 obo. 633-3050 or 334-1693 Indoor/outdoor plants, trees, shrubs, purple Lilacs, Honeysuckle, Mayday, Sea Buckthorn, Potentilla, Caraganas, perennial flowers, starting $5 to $100. 668-4186

Woods 3-star sleeping bag, canvas shell, goose down liner w/snap-in wool blanket, $350 obo. 332-0067

Misc. Wanted Wanted: approx. 150 sq feet of tongue and groove interior siding, cedar/spruce/pine/other, can be in shortish (4’) pieces, willing to buy for reasonable price. Call/text 335-3514 Wanted: Boy’s clothing for school, size 8-10 and size 6, also size 6 girl’s clothing for school, mainly dresses, in good shape, willing to pay reasonable price. 667-2440 or lv msg Wanted: HD iron board. 332-7797

Men’s & women’s Vasque hiking boots, floater jacket, hip waders.

Call 667-7144

Wanted: Kitchen chairs, will look at anything even needing repairs. 6335177

Ongoing yard sale, Mile 932.2 Old Alaska Highway near Scout Lake Rd, 9am-4pm daily, follow orange signs, lots of quality items. 336-0908

Wanted: Lumber, 2X6 & 2X4 plywood. 86-399-3031

Pendleton Xtra-Large jacket, perfect shape; Bombardier Skidoo belt. Offers. 668-5188 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 SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Wanted: Rim with tire, pre-1970 GM 14” 5 stud x 4.75” rim with tire for spare on Chev. 334-6087 Wanted: Smaller size woodworking tools for younger boy, 10 oz hammer, small handsaw & drill. 6681944

Musical Instruments 2 Hohner accordions, one 2-row, one 3-row, great condition. 4568910 Castiglione full-size piano accordion, excellent shape. 867-634-2880 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com

Sporting Goods

Shop Vac, 10 gal, like new, $35.

668-2885 eves or weekends, 6673950 day.

120 lb cast iron weights, includes barbell, dumbbell, EZ curl bar. 4564927 btwn 10am & Noon

Heavy Duty Machinery

Heavy Duty Machinery

$

CATERPILLAR 735B TRUCK

79,650.00

CATERPILLAR D-8K (1978)

for sale in Dawson City. 2012 model with only 2,271 hours. Absolutely perfect condition. $400,000.00 Jonathan Ganter 780-289-4989. jonathanganter@hotmail.com

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

Misc Services

Misc Services

Tel: (867) 667-7777

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TOPSOIL Call Dirtball

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

Total Gym 1,000 exercise unit, $75.

633-3113

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts Blizzak WS80 235/50/18, 80% tread left, $600 obo. 633-6684 Set of stock rims for 2000 Jeep Cherokee. New spare tire on new rim. 668-6297 Sliding bed-extender for Frontier, $150. 668-5014

Nissan

TRUCK CANOPIES in stock *New Dodge long/short box *New GM long/short box *New Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 Wanted: 4 x 16” 6-hole rims for GMC Canyon. 667-6649

Cars - Domestic 1976 Impala, 4-dr, 305 auto, gray/red interior, runs/drives, cool car, $500. 633-3819 1998 7-seat Dodge Caravan minivan, runs great, looks good, well maintained, 258,338kms, all maintenance receipts for last 5 yrs, $2,400.

Barb 334-6433 2001 Chevrolet Impala, recent inspection, 4-dr, auto, $2,500. 3351681 2001 Toyota Corolla, runs well, needs new brakes/rotors but otherwise road ready, summer/winter tires w/some life, some issues but ok in town, A to B, $350. 334-9596.

2005 Ford Taurus, 4 door, power equipped, 83,000kms. $5,500. 6677777 2005 Honda Accord Coupe, auto, great car, $5,000 obo.

867-6342888

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633-6019 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9

HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER:

2010 Dodge Charger, great shape, heavy duty vehicle, excellent on gas, good tires, nice ride, $7,900 obo. 334-3456

2017

2011 Nissan Sentra 2.0L luxury model, white, only 80,000 kms, exc cond, sunroof, keyless entry, lots of extras, $10,000. 668-6534 or 3347534.

Help control the pet overpopulation problem have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED.

Buick Park Avenue, like new, runs very well, $1,300 in recent parts, asking $1,100. 456-8910 Thule cargo roof top carrier, approx 3’ x 2’, $100 obo. 393-2780

Motorcycles 2010 Yamaha V Star 650 Silverado, 314kms, ridden very little due to health, very nice motorcycle, $6,500 obo. 335-1445 2012 CRF250X, one owner, low hours, well maintained. New Maxxis tires, Trailtech computer, rad guards, skid plate, new levers and rear fender, forks just serviced. Nathan 335-3935

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2017 Honda Rebel 300, posted last week with wrong price, should read $4,000 firm instead of $4,800 obo, it has 0 kms & full warranty. 390-2244 Honda Rebel, 300 cc, new, full warranty, at Honda dealer, $4,700 obo.

867-390-2244

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Any items you wish to donate can be dropped off at the animal shelter 10:00-4:00PM, a All proceeds go Thursday & Friday towards the care August 10th & 11th of our homeless

2015 Yamaha Grizzly 550 with tub trailer, like new, 300kms, sacrifice at $10,000. John @ 336-0908

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Obituaries

Blessed B Obituaries

Donald Duncan McIntyre July 30, 1942 - July 7, 2017 Don, “Shakey” as he was known to his friends, was a long time Yukoner. Throughout his life, he did dip in and out of the Yukon to other western Provinces for short periods of time, to work in various interesting workplaces.

He experienced jobs as a ranch hand in Alberta; and as a gas jockey, tire wrangler and the chief cook and bottle washer, at many lodges along the Alaska highway. He even did a stint as a diver off the BC coast.

Life seemed to throw some curves at Shakey, but he never let those challenges get him down. He faced every day with a “whatever” attitude and a wonderful sense of humor.

He lived the last many years of his life in Teslin, Yukon, and told many hilarious tales about his job as the barman at the Full Moon Saloon in Teslin.

Left to mourn him are his brothers, Ken of Teslin, Bill of the United Kingdom, Howard of Calgary, Alberta; and his many friends.

To Honor his life and share our memories of him; family and friends will gather at the RecPlex in Teslin, Saturday, August 12, at 4:00 PM. We ask his friends to join us there.

And more...

Wallie

Casper

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

RUNNING AT LARGE...

If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382

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Services

Services

Legal

Cleaning Services

Misc Services

Tenders

Cleaning Lady and Car for Hire with Driver to help with daily chores. $20 per hour.

References available upon request.

Call 335-1088

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

PUBLIC TENDER

Off Road Vehicles

Trucks & Vans

Boats

Argo Conquest, model V899-37, green, winch, only 31 hrs used, like new, 3 yrs old, $12,800. 250-6517650

2011 Dodge Ram 1500, 4X4, reg cab, outdoorsman package, air, tilt, cruise, Nav, power everything, running boards, new tires, 260K recent mechanical/oil change, no issues, $9,800 obo. 334-2802

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

Utility Trailers

Honda 20 HP 4 stroke, very reliable and quiet, approximately 100 hours use, well maintained, $2,400 obo.

Dave 390-2244

Recreational/Sale 1991 Dodge Ram 250 camper van, 318 motor, a/c, cruise, p/windows, awning, furnace, fridge, stove, bathroom, 2 dinettes, everything works great, located in Golden Horn, $8600 obo. 633-3050 or 334-1693 1991 Ford F-250 4X4, 190,000kms, 1981 Okanagan Camper, sleeps 4 comfortably, propane 3 burner cooktop, furnace and fridge, c/w extra jacks, great hunting or wood hauling truck. 335-1349 2000 National Dolphin Class A, 26’, 2 slides. V-10 Triton engine (Ford), 77,342 miles, sleeps 6, incl’s car dolly, $25,000. 250-869-7110 2002, 25.5’ Westwind 5th wheel, 1 slide, well maintained, 1/2-ton towable, sleeps 4-6, tub, shower, good appliances, good tires/spare, $9,500. 334-7709 2008 Northern Lights Special Edition, 10’2” long, exc cond, $24,000.

393-3630 2009 Pleasure-Way 20’ class B RV, generator, TV, microwave, rear, air ride, w/compressor, fridge, furnace, onboard toilet, new windshield, clean, well maintained, 74,000 mi, Ford chassis w/V10, $58,000. 4562055 2013 Ever Light 26’ trailer, fridge, stove, freezer, shower, queen bed, TV, leather seats, pull-out couch, A/C, can send pics, $27,000. 6333113 Truck & 5th wheel, $12,500, or $6,000 for 2002 Silverado 2500 4X4 crew cab, 246,000kms, $7,500 for 1993 Triple E BB 26’ model, good shape. 335-6551

Sport Utility Vehicle 2000 Jeep Cherokee, Special Edition, complete power, infinity sound system, heated leather seats, sunroof, remote start, new tires, 216,000kms, $5,500. 667-7777 2003 Jeep Liberty 4X4, 1 owner, good body, glass, winter tires, saftied, must be seen, 131,000kms, $5,900. 334-6393

Trucks & Vans 1973 Ford 1/2 ton pick-up, strong mechanical, body rough, in May, $700; 1973 Ford 3-ton, good body, motor runs, needs brake work, in Mayo, $2,200. 335-6649 1993 Chevy Suburban, $2,500 obo.

633-2218 1994 Ford F250, 4WD, Turbo diesel, runs well, great work or wood truck, $1,850 obo. 633-2218 1995 F-150 1/2-ton, 163,064 miles, 300, 6-cyl, 5-spd trans, canopy, new battery, front brakes & alternator, tires 80%, spare 80%, good on gas, minor body damage, $2,000. 3350242 1996 Chev Astrovan, good condition, some rust, technically sound, new tires, located in Tagish, can send pics, $1,800 firm. 332-6025 1997 Chev Signature conversion van, exc cond, mechanically certified, must sell, $7,000 obo. 6332997 for more info 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 4L, auto, 4X4, 242,000kms, daily driver exc YTG Jeep, $2,750. 667-4563 2000 Mazda MPV van, great shape, must see, reduced to $3,300. 3343456 2002 Chev 3/4 ton, x-cab, 4x4, headache racks, bush bumper winch, 219,000kms, $8,200. 6677777 2002 Ford ambulance, 82,000kms, 7.3L diesel, all emergency equip, sirens, lights etc work, $7,700. 667777 2007 Chev 2500HD crew cab 4x4, great unit, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, $13,500. 633-4311 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, 4-dr, removable hard top, A/C, cruise, very reliable, runs smoothly, 175,000kms, $17,500 obo. 6334131 2009 Chev 2500, 3/4 ton, 4x4, extended cab, $9,200. 667-7777 2011 BMW X5 turbocharged Diesel AWD SUV, full options incl. command start, 360d camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual dvd players, too much to list. 333-9020 2013 F150 XLT, crew cab, 4x4, 6’6” box, 5.0L, command start, tonneau cover, $26,000. Mike 335-1536

16’ heavy duty flat deck trailer, 7,000lb tandem axles, slide-in ramps, headache rack, new spare tire, like new condition, $5,500. 6334656 20’ flat deck trailer, good working order, double 5-ton axles with electric brakes, c/w loading ramps, $4,750.

667-4858 Heavy duty utility $2,150. 334-4209

trailer,

4’x8’,

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

Carpentry/ Woodwork

9.9 hp Johnson, long shaft in exc shape, $1,275. 667-6525

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

Houseboat, 50’ long, 8’ wide, on trailer, all equipment must be seen, sleeps 6 adults. 867-399-4002

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

BY VIRTUE of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the SUPREME COURT OF YUKON against the GOODS, LANDS AND CHATTELS of MONARCH MINING SERVICES LIMITED and TERRY L. EISEMAN.

PUBLIC TENDER EXTERIOR ENERGY UPGRADE AND SITE DRAINAGE UNIT 030100, HAINES JUNCTION

(1) The land known as:

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 29, 2017.

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

Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at robert.kostelnik@gov.yk.ca.

Site Visit: August 15, 2017 at 11:00 am All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.

393-2275

Tenders

NORTH KLONDIKE HIGHWAY (KM 260) FOREST RESOURCE ROAD CONSTRUCTION

SHERIFF’S SALE

Sheriff 867-667-5867 Law Court Building 2134-2nd Avenue Whitehorse YT Y1A 5H6

*Restorations * Maintenance

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The Court must confirm the sale and payment by the successful bidder within five working days from acceptance of bid.

HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs

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

Services

Sealed bids will be received by the Sheriff of the Yukon Territory up to and including September 12th, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.. The sale is, as is, where is, without warranty to title.

The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Home Repairs

Mercury 7.5hp outboard motor, can be seen running, $375. 334-6087

Boats

Project Description: Construction of 10.4 km of Forest Resources Road at km 260 on the North Klondike Highway (6.5km mainline at 6m running surface and 3.9 at 4, running surface).

Contract will involve earthwork, clearing of timber and brush, positioning corduroy, culvert and Áow guard installations, grading, road alignment following creek crossing.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 24, 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 Catherine Welsh at catherine.welsh@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/

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

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

Energy, Mines and Resources

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Application Number Numéro de la demande

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

PM17-063

Chris Glenn and Sheri Scharfe

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

Bonanza Creek, Tributary of Klondike River

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

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Tenders

Inflatable 9’ raft boat, like Zodiac, suitable for fishing, hunting, transport etc, 3 separate airtight chambers for safety with Boston valves, $415. 334-6087

2015 16’ Ocean Pro inflatable commercial grade with trailer, $4,800 obo. 867-390-2244

Lot 97, Group 905, Plan #29988 in Ross River, Yukon, Canada

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Infiniti whitewater kayak, 11.5’, paddle, flotation bags, helmet, $350 obo. 633-4311

Canoe inflatable SOAR 16’. Top quality, vg cond. Sturdy, great for white water. Equipped with D-rings, c/w a pump, a tool + repair kit box, & paddles. Sold for $890. 334-7275

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Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

Placer

September 5, 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.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CCM ENTERPRISE CONFIGURATION SUPPORT The Department of Highways and Public Works is requesting information.

Supply of conÀguration services for WorkDynamics Technologies’ ccmEnterprise software.

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title and will be received at: Electronic copies may be sent by e-mail to Tim Green, tim.green@gov.yk.ca, (867) 667-9444.

The closing date for submissions is before 4:00 PM on August 30, 2017.

Technical questions may be directed to Tim Green at (867) 667-9444.

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

Highways and Public Works

OLD CROW LAGOON UPGRADES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is August 29, 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 Annika Palm at Annika.Palm@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

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

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

Community Services

CHAMPAGNE AND AISHIHIK FIRST NATIONS

REQUEST FOR BIDS ANNUAL SERVICING OF WOOD/OIL/PROPANE HEATING EQUIPMENT Property Services is seeking bids from qualified contractors to service the space heating appliances in CAFN’s offices, community buildings and rental residences. This includes the Whitehorse office, Klukshu Hall and our communities of Takhini River, Champagne, Canyon and Haines Junction.

Bids must be submitted in the evaluation form specified in the invitation, and sealed in an envelope or package that cannot be seen through and delivered by hand or mailed to: CAFN Property Services Department, #1 Allen Place Box 5310, Haines Junction, YT. Y0B-1L0 Request for Bid packages are available on the CAFN website at www.cafn.ca Bids must be received at the location specified above, before the specified closing time, as determined by the clock at the closing location. Bids received late, or not received completely by the closing time will not be considered and will be returned to the bidder unopened.

The closing time is: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.

For further information, contact: Terry Rufiange-Holway CAFN Property Manager 867-634-4200, ext. 225 tr-holway@cafn.ca

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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

126 Tlingit St, Marwell, Humane Society Animal Shelter 2-day yard sale Saturday August 12 & Sunday August 13, 9am-3pm both days. Come out and support the Yukon’s neediest animals!

FH Collins 1997 Grad 20-year reunion, let’s get together and catch up, August 13, 2017. Picnic, potluck, family friendly fun. Elizabeth @ 250505-4103

Whitehorse General Hospital Women’s Auxiliary monthly meeting: Monday, August 14, 7:30 p.m. @ WGH. New members always welcome! Info: 667-2087

Grimm’s Yukon, GP Distributing & Wykes Independent Grocery are teaming up to host a Summer BBQ Fundraiser for Autism Yukon this Saturday, August 12, starting at 11am while supplies last at Wykes Independent Grocery on Ogilvie St.

Whitehorse will experience a 50% partial solar eclipse. Yukon Astronomical Society will be handing out 200 free solar viewers to observe this event safely on August 21, Shipyards Park, 9am-11am.

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Painting & Decorating 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

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

Pets & Livestock

Livestock 5 chickens, Sussex Red layers, 2 months old, eggs by fall, half bag of feed, will deliver, $50. Jim @ 3334094 Hay & Straw For Sale Excellent quality hay Timothy/grass mix 60+lb $14.50 Alfalfa/grass mix 60+lb $15.50 Straw bales (baled in springnot prime) $5 Nielsen Farms Maureen 333-0615 HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix No weeds or sticks Small squares 60 lbs plus 4 ft x 5 ft rounds 800 lbs Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 * 668-7218 QUALITY YUKON MEAT No hormones, steroids or additives Grass raised grain finished.

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

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Pets Looking for a new home for my two bonded cats, very well behaved and well trained, they hate my toddler, inside only, must stay together. 3330260 LOST: Black cat with white chest, chin & upper lips, more white on right upper lip, 4 white paws, medium/long hair, possibly downtown, pics on Kijiji. 456-7890 Wanted: Akita puppy and Pug puppy for a decent price. 393-4630 or email: theyoung1983@gmail.com

Annual General Meeting for the Shuwateen Ancestral Group Events (SAGE), Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room Sept 2/17 at 11:30 am shuwateenancestralgroupevents@gmail.com for info Augusto! Children’s Festival, Haines Junction, August 11-13, 2017, Fun for ages 12 and under. Check out the website at www.augustokids.ca A Yukon Camino to celebrate St James Day, walk/hike 1 of 3 minicaminos around downtown Whitehorse on Monday July 24, 5 pm at Waterfront Wharf. We’re on Facebook at Canadian Company of Pilgrims -Whitehorse Chapter.

Broaden Your Spiritual Perspective.

Abraham: 1 God, 3 wives, 5 religions Writer Angela Brewster presents fascinating excerpts from Frances Worthington’s book Thursday, August 10 7pm, Library Meeting Room.

Come celebrate Discovery Day at the Old Log Church Museum on Monday, Aug 21, 10am-5pm. Kids’ crafts and guided tours all day, free refreshments. Corner of 3rd and Elliott.

Hospice Yukon: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement.

Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F, 11:30-3.

667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net Packing our stories over new trails Future travel with Rick Steele Aug 15, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. Storytelling, live music, bannock and tea.

Packing our stories over new trails, Whitehorse 911 with Max Fraser, Sept 11, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. Storytelling, live music, bannock and tea.

Weaving Voices, a C150+ community art project, audio installation located at rear of the Commissioner’s Residence and Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson City is open for the season Wee Moves - Kid-Friendly Sundays.

Bring your bike & learn all about the rules of the road! Sept 10, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. $5 for members, $10 for non-members.

Wee Moves - Kid-Friendly Sundays.

Launch straw rockets to the Moon!

Aug 13, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. $5 for members, $10 for non-members.

ALCOHOLICS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM) 6210 - 6th Avenue (Downtown) TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (CM) 4141B - 4th Avenue & Jarvis 8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM) 6210 - 6th Avenue (Downtown) WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) 8:00 pm No Puffin Group (CM) 6210 - 6th Avenue (Downtown) 8:00 pm Porter Creek Step Meeting (CM) 1607 Birch Street THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) 6210 - 6th Avenue (Downtown) FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) 1:30 pm Yukon Unity Group (OM) #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (OM) 305 Wood Street (back entrance) SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Building, 609 Steele Street, Main Entrance 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road (Board Room) 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Detox Meeting (OM) Sarah Steele Building, 609 Steele Street, Main Entrance 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital #5 Hospital Road, boardroom OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

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ATLIN, B.C. THURSDAY 7:30PM 5 Mile Group (OM) Tlingit Cultural Centre 1-250-651-7799

BEAVER CREEK, YT FRIDAY

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

CARCROSS, YT FRIDAY

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

CARMACKS, YT FRIDAY

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

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

DESTRUCTION BAY, YT Friday

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

FARO, YT FRIDAY

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

HAINES JUNCTION, YT FRIDAY

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

MAYO, YT FRIDAY

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OLD CROW, YT FRIDAY

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

PELLY CROSSING, YT FRIDAY

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

ROSS RIVER, YT FRIDAY

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

TESLIN, YT WEDNESDAY 7:00PM Soaring Eagles Group (Closed) G Bldg, #4 McLeary Street 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) FRIDAY Health Centre

WATSON LAKE, YT FRIDAY

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

Yukon Orienteering Association meet is set for August 10 on the Long Lake map. Register at 6:00 pm at Water reservoir parking lot on Grey Mountain Road. For information contact Erik: erik(at)icefield.yk.ca Yukon Orienteering Association meet is set for August 16 on the Long Lake map. Register at 6:00 pm at Water reservoir parking lot on Grey Mountain Road. For information contact Erik: erik(at)icefield.yk.ca

DRUG PROBLEM?

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

Al-Anon Meetings, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking? Wednesday 12Noon @ new Sara Steele Bldg, main entrance. Friday beginner’s meeting, 7pm, regular meeting 8pm at Lutheran Church, 4th and Strickland.

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MEETINGS: WEDNESDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 404A Ogilvie Street < BYTE Office> FRIDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Avenue <Many Rivers> SUNDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 404A Ogilvie Street < BYTE Office>

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