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Keno’s continued water woes Page 3 Residents consider funding a well without government help after years of trucking in water

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long-awaited update to a piece of Yukon legislation could soon make it easier to complain about wayward lawyers and crack down on who’s allowed to practise law in the territory — and the government wants your input on it.

A survey posted to the Yukon government’s website last week is inviting the public to weigh in on a new version of the Legal Profession Act that the Yukon Liberals will be tabling in the Legislative Assembly this fall. The act, enacted in 2002 and amended a handful of times since, outlines the authority of the Law Society of Yukon, the governing body for lawyers in the territory, as well as other aspects such as fees, proper bookkeeping and professional conduct.

The update, which was part of the Liberals’ election platform, is needed to address changes like the increased mobility of lawyers and the ever-increasing use of technology in the field, Minister of Justice Tracy-Anne McPhee said in a phone interview Aug. 22.

“The legal community has been asking for changes to the act as far (back) as 2004 in order for the act to keep pace with

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Minister of Justice Tracy-Anne McPhee says changes to the Legal Profession Act have been sought by members of the legal community since 2004. the changes in the practice of law and also primarily for the protection of the public,” McPhee, a former president of the Law Society, said. “…I’m happy that we’re moving forward on it as quickly as we are.”

Among the updates

proposed by the Law Society, which published a policy paper on the subject in 2011, are increasing the decision-making power of the society’s executive, removing the need for government approval to pass or amend rules, using a “less prescriptive”

approach and establishing separate member categories for lawyers and people who provide more limited legal services like Aboriginal Court Workers or paralegals.

Other proposed changes Yukoners can voice their thoughts on include modernizing the complaints process against members, how to crack down on people practising law without proper credentials, how the society should handle lawyers dealing with mental health or addiction issues and the introduction of random audits to ensure lawyers and law firms are following the rules.

The current government isn’t the first to talk about updating the act but is the first one to actually follow through, Department of Justice communications director Dan Cable said.

“Previous governments had committed to it but it never came forward as a legislative priority for the previous governments. But this government had put in their party platform,” he said.

The survey is available online until Sept. 7 at survey.gov.yk.ca/2017-Legal-Profession-Act-Survey. aspx. Yukoners can also request a physical survey or call (867) 667-3033 to weigh in.

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

Silver appoints new deputy ministers Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Yukon government announced three new deputy ministers and promised to fill two more positions soon.

Deputy ministers are appointed and serve at the pleasure of the premier.

They are considered the most senior public servant in the department.

Valerie Royle is deputy minister of tourism and culture effective Aug. 15, according to a government press release.

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Rob Wood will be deputy minister of education effective Sept. 20.

Judy Arnold, who has been serving as the deputy minister of education since May 2015, has retired.

Wood has worked around the world in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and the State of Victoria in Australia as a deputy minister or assistant deputy minister.

Stephen Samis will be the deputy minister of health and social services effective Sept. 18. Assistant deputy minister Brenda Lee Doyle has been acting as deputy minister since November 2016.

Since 2010, Samis has been vice president of programs at the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement.

Jim Connell was appointed cabinet secretary and deputy minister of the Executive Council Office effective Aug 15.

A news release from the Public Service Commission said the deputy

ministers were selected through a competitive recruitment process.

The same statement promises more new deputy ministers soon.

“The deputy minister positions at highways and public works and public service commission will be filled through competitive recruitment.”

Earlier this year the Yukon Employees Union complained that too many top government jobs were being filled by people in acting or temporary positions.

hearing.

Dressed in a black t-shirt with a white Fox Racing slogan across the chest, Philip Tyler Reid, 25, entered the prisoner’s box accompanied by a police officer and stood facing the justice of the peace with his hands held in front of him. Reid was arrested and charged by Whitehorse RCMP

Aug. 11 after an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault on a woman the day before.

The hearing was adjourned after a few minutes because it was unclear where Reid would be staying if granted bail.

The court will reconvene this week.

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Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

An article in Friday’s paper misspelled the surname of Jibril Hosh Jibril’s lawyer.

Her name is Lindsay Hoban, not “Nohan” as spelled in the article.

The News regrets the error.

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Keno residents considering drilling their own well Jackie Hong News Reporter

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eno residents frustrated with the Yukon government for not drilling them a new well after their old one was damaged two years ago may soon be taking matters into their own hands.

“The townspeople, our community club, has decided that we will try and figure out a way to drill our own well since (the government) gave up on us,” Keno resident Joe Volf told the News Aug. 22. “… I don’t know why they’re trying to neglect us up here and just trying to pretend that we don’t exist as part of the Yukon.”

Keno has been without a local source of water since July 2015, when its old well was accidentally damaged during a routine cleaning done by Midnight Sun Drilling.

The cleaning caused the well to partially collapse, spilling dirt and rock into the water supply. Subsequent efforts to clean up the water proved costly and unsuccessful; the Yukon government’s been arranging for water to be trucked in daily from Mayo, about 60 kilometres away, since then.

However, Volf said the deliveries fail to take into account that the population of Keno — listed as 20 in the 2016 census but more commonly cited

as 12 to 15 — “triples” in size during the warmer months of the year, when mining crews, campers and tourists set up shop in or pass through the community. Water deliveries aren’t always guaranteed either, Volf added.

“The example of yesterday, the truck was broke down so he couldn’t go get water to bring it up to the laundromat for showers and laundry so actual tourists had to turn around and leave town because there was no water for them,” he said.

According to Volf, the community started looking into funding and drilling a new well on its own after another Keno resident said a government engineer assigned to the damaged well site told him in the spring that the government would not be drilling one for them.

The Department of Community Services was not able to confirm that before today’s deadline.

Since then, the community’s scouted out several potential locations and contacted “a few drilling companies” for cost estimates, Volf said. The average estimated price for the size and depth of the well it wants is around $27,000. The community is planning on potentially approaching local mining companies and hosting various fundraisers to help cover

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Residents in Keno could be drilling their own well after being without a water source since 2015. that cost, he said.

“We’re going to try any way we can — GoFundMe, we’re maybe going to throw a few dances, I don’t know right now.

We’re just figuring that out,” he said.

Keno’s not “bypassing” the government and is “still open to whatever” ideas it has, Volf added, but he sees “no reason to not have a well here.”

Another Keno resident, Sourdough Cafe owner Jim Milley, has started a petition addressed to Premier Sandy Silver, Min-

ister of Community Services John Streicker and Minister of Health and Social Services Pauline Frost decrying the “critical situation” of the water supply in the community.

It’s been signed by about 100 people so far, Milley said, and he plans to put in online soon to gain more traction.

Like Volf, Milley said there are “lots of places” much closer to Keno than Mayo where clean water is available and a well could be drilled.

“There is fresh water

that is of higher quality than what we had from the last well very close at hand but nobody’s looking. … The mining belt and the fault zone is fairly limited, you do not have to get far out of Keno to be completely off it,” he said, adding that some residents have been getting drinking water from nearby Erikson Creek and that some people have “volunteered drills” to make a new well.

Milley said he was frustrated that the government seems to be

ignoring those options and instead have focused its efforts on cleaning up the water in the damaged well when “nobody wants that back anyway.”

“The old well, which was really no good to begin with … was always affected by minerals, (the water) was hard as hell and you couldn’t even get a lather out of it,” he said.

“I actually had to soak my glassware at the bar in vinegar when we were using that stuff to get the white film off of it.”

What Keno’s been experiencing is essentially “neglect,” Milley added.

“If you consider the fact that Keno City is not just the permanent residents of Keno City, there are literally hundreds of people that rely on this community for services … those people have been completely cut out of the equation,” he said.

The Department of Community Services was not able to comment on specific claims in this story before press time.

In an emailed statement, department spokesperson Diana Dryburgh said the government is “committed to providing extra deliveries on weekends where there are tourism-based events, resulting in increased demand for water.”

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

Victoria Gold breaks ground at Eagle gold mine Michael Gates & Lori Garrison News Reporters

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ictoria Gold Corporation officially broke ground for the first phase of construction of the Eagle gold mine on Aug. 18.

The ground-turning ceremony, which welcomed 50 people, including members of the business community and politicians, took place at Dublin Gulch, the future site of the new open-pit mine, 85 kilometres north of Mayo.

The Eagle Mine is slated to be the largest-ever gold mine in the Yukon, and is expected to employ up to 400 people in the territory. Victoria Gold acquired the property in 2009 and has invested $130 million in it so far,

$50 million of which has gone to Yukon-based companies, said John McConnell, president and CEO of Victoria Gold Corporation.

“This is all good for the Yukon,” said Premier Sandy Silver, noting the significant capital investment that has gone into the project so far.

The Eagle Mine is situated on the traditional territory of the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation.

Silver cited the partnership between the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation and Victoria Gold as a model for First Nations in other parts of the Yukon.

“This is our land and we are happy to share it with you,” said Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation Chief Simon Mervyn.

“We are not opposed to development but we want

to be part of the the plan, and we will be, for years to come.”

Mervyn characterized the relationship with Victoria Gold as similar to being in a family.

“You get along once in a while. You fight a lot, but usually we come to an agreement because we have respect for each other,” he said.

This phase of construction is slated to cost $40 million, the company said in an August 21 press release. The total cost of building the mine is expected to be $400 million.

This stage of development includes expanding an already-established camp at Dublin Gulch, heapleach pad construction and setting up the crusher foundation. McConnell said he hoped to have gold coming out of the

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Left to right: Yukon MP Larry Bagnell, Premier Sandy Silver, Victoria Gold Corporation president and CEO John McConnell, and Nacho Nyak Dun Chief Simon Mervyn take part in a groundbreaking ceremony at the Eagle Gold project August 18. mine in two years time.

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this phase of construction, the company award-

ed multiple contracts, which “include significant participation by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation,” the company said. This includes contracts for earthworks

by Pelly Construction and NDDC-Cobalt JV, catering and site services and camp facilities by NND Summit Camp Services Ltd., construction of access road and bridge upgrades by NNDDC-Cobalt Ltd. and surveying

by Underhill, a NNDDC partnership.

Gold deposits on the 555 square kilometre property are estimated to include around 2.7 million ounces. The mine is expected to have an operating life of 10 to 15 years.

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Whitehorse residents gather to watch solar eclipse Jackie Hong News Reporter

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olar-eclipse mania swept across Canada and the U.S. Monday and Whitehorse was no exception.

Hundreds of people gathered at Shipyards Park starting as early as 8 a.m. for a partial solar eclipse viewing party organized by the Yukon Astronomical Society (YAS).

At first, the forecast didn’t look very promising, with heavy cloud cover blotting out the sun. But then, minutes after the partial eclipse began just after 9:20 a.m, clouds parted, offering an unobstructed view of the celestial event for the rest of the morning.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing to see,” said YAS member Craig Carty, who was helping to hand out free solar eclipse viewers to those gathered on the hill at the park.

“I’ve seen a few eclipses but to see it this long and to get the day we’re getting is perfect… It’s a good day.”

As the weather improved, more and more people began to arrive at the park, with dozens of people, viewers pressed to their faces, staring up at the sun at any given time.

Another attendee, Lillian Nakamura-Maguire, said it was a “pretty special day.”

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Sisters Corinne and Charlene Silverfox watch the August 21 partial solar eclipse from Shipyards Park in Whitehorse.

“You don’t get to see an eclipse very often and I think the last time I saw one was a quite a while ago, probably the mid-’70s or so… And it’s not going to happen again for a while, I’ll be dead and gone,” she said with a laugh. “It’s great that everybody’s out here celebrating.”

As time went on, a dark disk could be seen slowly creeping across the sun; the YAS’ 200 free viewers were quickly snapped up. Some people, despite repeated warnings from the YAS members not to, tried to look directly at the sun with no eye protection.

Most of them looked away again in seconds, rubbing their eyes. At one point, a man with a camera and lens not equipped with a solar filter could be heard swearing as he apparent-

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ly damaged his sensor while trying to take a picture of the sun.

The eclipse peaked just after 10:20 a.m. Aug. 21, with the sun about 58 per cent blocked — not quite the total eclipse that was visible across the U.S., or the 90 per cent that Victoria, B.C., saw — but still an “incredible” sight to see, said Isabelle Duclos, who came to the park with her three children.

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“Now that I’m here, I’m super excited that my three kids can see the eclipse because it’s their first one,” she said, adding the last eclipse she saw was in the 1990s on the east coast.

Duclos added that she was pleased by how the event was organized.

“I think it’s great because we got some viewers and without that we couldn’t be able to see the eclipse and to be excited with a lot of people, that’s nice,” she said.

The partial eclipse concluded just after 11:24 a.m.

The next solar eclipse visible in Whitehorse will be in 2023.

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

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YESAB recommends approval of Kluane wind energy project, wants plan for birds and bats Lori Garrison News Reporter

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he Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board has recommended the proposed Kluane N’tsi (Wind) Energy Project go forward, providing management plans are put in place to mitigate concerns around the safety of bats and birds.

“Wind turbines cause the death of both birds and bats due to these animals being struck by blades or striking guy wires,” the YESAB recommendation report said.

“The project is also located in an area that is a ‘major corridor for birds.’ The designated office found that the project will lead to significant adverse effects due to bird and bat deaths but that these effects can be mitigated through the application of mitigation measures.”

These recommendations include “feathering” of wind turbines “in the event of high risk for bats” and “effective passive and active bird deterrence or strike reduction methods,” the report said.

The proposed project, which would be owned by the Kluane First Nation, would be built between the Alaska Highway and

Kluane Lake and would comprise three wind turbines with a total capacity of 285 kilowatts.

It would provide 570,000 kW of electricity annually to Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay, replacing about 27 per cent of the electricity currently generated by diesel in the region, reducing consumption of diesel fuel by 160,000 litres a year.

Concerns about birds and bats however were raised early in the process, specifically by the White River First Nation, who also claim the area as part of their traditional territory. WRFN said in its commentary to YESAB that the proposed project is “located within a crucial bird migration corridor,” and that it would like to see “mitigation measures put in place to ensure minimal numbers of birds are striking infrastructure.”

The Kluane First Nation was not available to comment by press time.

Ninety-one different bird species were noted by bird biologist David Mossop in the proposed construction area, which overlaps the Shakwak bird migration route.

These species include the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) and the olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) which

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A proposed wind energy project near Kluane Lake has been approved by YESAB. are considered threatened under the Species At Risk Act. Little brown bats, which are considered a vulnerable species in the Yukon, may also be present in the area.

Jean-Paul Pinard, an atmospheric scientist and wind-turbine specialist involved in the project, said that consideration for birds and bats was given early-on. The wind turbines were originally supposed to be closer to the lake, he said, but the project was recalibrated to

move them farther back in order to protect animals along the shoreline.

“We realized there are a lot of migratory birds along the shoreline,” Pinard said. “So we moved (the turbines) farther back from the lake.”

One possible method of protecting birds might be to simply turn the turbines off during the migration period, he said. This would protect the animals from being struck by the blades, but would not protect them from striking the guy

wires, which is considered to be the biggest concern.

Pinard noted there has been a meteorological tower at the site for years.

The tower was used as a guide for the initial bird impact study, as birds sometimes strike the guy wires associated with it and die. The guy wires on the proposed turbines will actually be bigger, thicker, and easier to see than the ones associated with the meteorological tower, he said, which may reduce bat and bird deaths.

It is unknown how many bats actually live in the area, he said, and so precisely how impacted they would be is not certain. Studies, including using sensors to detect bats at the site, are currently being conducted.

The bats are currently beginning their annual migration, he said, which takes place late August or early September.

“As for bats, we don’t know if bats are a problem at the site,” he said. “That’s still a question. How serious is the bat issue at the site? We don’t know but we’re going to find out.”

While concerns over bats and birds are definitely something to be considered, Pinard said people have to look at the “greater picture.”

“Yes, (wind turbines) do kill birds and bats,” he said. “But domestic cats kill far, far more (than turbines)… We have to look at getting off of fossil fuels, which are by far the greatest threat mankind is currently facing.”

A final decision by the Yukon government and Nav Canada whether to approve the Kluane N’tsi (Wind) Energy project is expected by Sept. 15, barring extenuating circumstances.

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ining creates jobs but jobs are fickle things. Not only humans can do them. Robots and computers can also do them too, and usually do them cheaper and better than humans Signs of that are obvious, Automated Teller Machines have somewhat replaced human bank tellers. Even ATMs are now being somewhat replaced by online banking applications on smartphones and computers. Certain coffee shops now have automated coffee makers. Press a button and instant, freshly brewed java pours into your cup. Think of how many baristas those machines have replaced.

The mining industry is not immune to these changes. According to a report developed by the McKinsey Global Institute, A future that works: Automation, employment, and productivity (January 2017), 96% of some mining jobs, such as continuous mining machine operators, can be automated.

Occasionally the Yukon Conservation Society delves into the social and economic benefits, such as job opportunities, that mining can create.

Outside of Whitehorse with its huge bureaucracy and associated businesses, most jobs are restricted to a limited number of positions with local governments, seasonal tourism opportunities, and a few private businesses.

The move to automation in mining is going to have implications for the Yukon and the well-paying jobs that the industry provides here.

Skills are taught, and these are often transferable skills. Being a camp cook for a mining exploration project means one could be a commercial cook almost anywhere. A trained truck driver on a mining site should be able to find work driving trucks anywhere.

But imagine a scenario where even large scale mines have few human employees, thus limiting the need for many camp cooks. Truck drivers could soon be replaced by a couple of sensors and a few lines of computer code.

Certain mining jobs are already on the way out. Look at the innovations that some Yukon companies are performing in the field. Thanks to the use of drones looking for magnetic anomalies and small-

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sized, low-surface- impact vehicles, the amount of workers required to cut seismic line, take ore samples, and prepare access trails can be dramatically reduced. That is because the new technology does away with the need for most of those workers who formally did the old style of work.

In a subtle twist there could be more jobs created in analyzing all the data those drones are providing. Those analyst jobs do require quite a high degree of training and experience, so they won’t be available for everyone. And this work can be done anywhere on the planet thanks to telecommuting. As a further quirk in the employment model, no doubt computer programs are being developed right now that will analyze the data, thus displacing some of the data analysts.

There is a trend towards electric vehicles to operate both underground and in open pits. Electric vehicles require less servicing by mechanics, which results in less demand for mechanics. There are also rumours of driverless vehicles coming to a mine site near you. Goldcorp, owners of the Coffee Gold project south of Dawson, has an innovation strategy that includes the possibility of autonomous mining operations with driverless trucks.

An open pit can be a pretty risky place to have humans driving large trucks around, which is part of the incentive to have driverless vehicles. The other big driver of getting rid of humans is cost.

Instead of paying for a lot of human drivers, one computer programmer could keep all the robotic trucks moving on their

assigned tasks.

There are serious social-economic implications in all of this. One of the benefits of resource extraction is offering local jobs at decent wages. Local communities might not be as accepting of mining if there are not as many jobs being offered as before.

Less local employment means less local income. This might force politicians to rethink how royalties are calculated.

As it currently stands, Yukon’s resource royalties are, in the opinion of YCS, too low. One gets the sense that politicians accept these low royalties in the tradeoff of getting local jobs. This might have to be rethought if fewer local jobs are forthcoming. The money from higher royalties could be transferred to local communities for programs that help compensate for the lack of work.

It also means that training institutions are going to have to rethink some of the courses they currently offer. There is no point teaching individuals how to drive heavy trucks if in the near future that employment opportunity is no longer available.

Mining will continue to offer jobs and employment to Yukoners. However, the nature and number of those jobs will be different from what is being offered now.

This is one more good reason for the Yukon to reform the territory’s royalty regime to ensure mining is economically and socially responsible.

Lewis Rifkind is the mining analyst for the Yukon Conservation Society

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How much value is there in online survey results?

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he government wants to hear what you think. Or at least it wants you to think it does.

In recent weeks the Yukon government has rolled out online surveys for upcoming legislative change including marijuana legalization, carbon pricing and (if you’re really interested in providing your input on more mundane subject matter), updates to the territory’s Legal Profession Act. I’m not sure what to make of “online surveys” as a form of consultation.

My first concern is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to limit how many times a single person can answers the questions. This raises the concern that some might

(to vary a cliché somewhat) “consult early, and consult often”.

There is also no guarantee that responses come actually from the Yukon and it is not unheard of for meddling activists to take an interest in matters taking place in another jurisdiction.

These concerns could, theoretically, be addressed by requiring respondents to provide some tidbit of information that could be used to confirm that only Yukoners provide only one response.

Of course the flip side would be that the knowledge that responses might be tracked back, this might make people be less reluctant to weigh in. After all, the assumption that everyone who supports marijuana legislation is some kind of “stoner” themselves is a disturbingly common assumption. Such a requirement would also clash with a new culture of hypersensitivity in government when it comes to privacy. (This isn’t to denigrate the importance

of privacy, but the experience of applying for a CRA “My Account” from the Government of Canada and the lengths taken to secure that information has convinced me that even laudable movements can be taken to far.) The surveys actually discourage people from providing any information that might allow them to be identified.

Another problem with online surveys is that they don’t guarantee the provision of informed opinions. No forum provides such a guarantee but at least, say in public hearings, respondents have to expose themselves to different arguments. In my experience, at least, it often takes only a small tidbit of information, or a little food for thought to cause a person to move off of their first instinct – particularly when the issue is one that the person hadn’t put much thought into in the past.

To the government’s credit it makes a reasonably good effort to give respondents some things

to think about for some of the issues before answering the questions.

For example, in the survey on cannabis legalization the government seeks input on what is an appropriate legal age they offer a few pros and cons for both higher and lower thresholds. The survey points to the evidence that marijuana can affect brain development as a reason to set the legal age higher than the bare minimum of 18 as established

by Ottawa. On the other hand, it notes, setting the age limit too high could stymie the government’s efforts to reduce the role of the black market.

The nitpicker in me thinks that the respondents should also consider more fundamental philosophical question like whether government has any business protecting people we deem as “adults” – those between the ages of 19-25 – from their own decision making. My own response was that the age ought to be set at 19 – just old enough so that the overwhelming

majority of high school students can’t purchase, yet not so high as to infringe on the personal autonomy of those charged with the many responsibilities associated with adulthood.

At the end of the day there is no “perfect” form of consultation, and other methods have drawbacks of their own. Public hearings tend to draw those who are most passionate about their views and have the time available for participation. In some circumstances this may create the impression that their views are more representative of public opinion than they actually are. This was obvious during consultations on hot button environmental issues like planning in the Peel and fracking.

Properly conducted public opinion polls would give the most representative picture of public opinion. But they would be costly (especially for issues requiring an in-depth response), and are even less likely to provide informed opinions

than the self-initiated format. Some will just want to get through it quickly and get the interviewer off the phone.

And at the end of the day, how much stock do governments really put on the results of these consultations? Politicians come to the table with their own opinions on these issues, and their own political considerations. How much of this is just going through the motions to make people feel as if their opinions are important and taken into account?

But whatever caveats need to be attached to public surveys with self-selection bias, any consultation is better than nothing and the move to create surveys like these is laudable.

So I would encourage readers to take five to 10 minutes to weigh in on these issues and others that will undoubtedly arise in the future.

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

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Werner Rhine holds an anti-Nazi sign during a rally against extremism yesterday at the healing pole in downtown Whitehorse. Close to 150 people attended and half a dozen speakers addressed the crowd. Antoinette Oliphant gave a personal testimony on her experience with racism. “Get out of your circle,” she said. “You’d be amazed how much we are the same.”

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Dirt bikers hit the trails in harescramble race

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Left: Terje Kristensen rounds a corner on his way to taking second place in the under-15 category at the Mosquito Harescramble on Aug 20 south of Whitehorse.

Right: Under-15 third-place finisher Seth Adams gets his foot down on a turn.

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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im Schirmer knows his way around his backyard — his very big backyard.

The 19-year-old placed first in the expert AA division at the Yukon Cross Country Motorcycle Association’s Mosquito Harescramble I, at the 160-acre Schirmer Family Ranch south of Whitehorse,

on Aug. 20.

Schirmer’s win streak is now in its third season. He won both of the YCCMA’s harescramble races in 2015 and 2016.

He also won the highest division at YCCMA’s first event this summer, an endurocross race, in early June.

A harescramble is an offroad race in which dirt bikers complete as many laps as they can in a set amount of time. An endurocross event

consists of a series of races with winners determined by points collected in each race.

“Each loop is designed to challenge the riders’ physical endurance, technical riding skills and navigation skills according to their class. The racing is designed to be fun and a good outdoor physical activity,” said YCCMA president Mike Beaman in a media release.

“There are classes for the whole family from kids to

expert riders, keeping it more about the adventure and camaraderie.”

A total of 37 racers took part on Sunday, 22 less that the association’s record turnout in June.

The YCCMA will cap off the season with a weekend of racing featuring another endurocross Sept. 16 and a second harescramble Sept.

17.

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If you are interested in any of these positions, please apply with an updated resume which outlines all of your past experience. While we like to see our applicants in person, you are also welcome to email your resume to us at resume@pelly.net or send it by fax to 867-667-4194. If you are in the area, please stop into our office at 111 Industrial Road, which is right beside Integra Tire. We are open from Monday to Friday, 8AM until 5PM. If you have recently applied to work for our company, please give us a quick call to ensure your resume is still on file!

Mission oak table, size 41.5” x 67.5”, includes two 12” inserts & 6 chairs, $1,000. 633-6548 Queen size mattress w/box spring, in excellent condition, comes with bed protection cover, $300 obo.

393-2630 Queen Tempur-Pedic mattress, good, clean condition, always had cover, $300 obo. 633-5177

Garage Sales New Fierce Edge 7mm rem with 30mm light weight talley rings & spare magazine. Black stock with titanium barrel & muzzle break, $3,000 call/text 780-805-0226

Heavy Duty Machinery 1980 D8K double angle tilt, Ripper new cutting edges 70% undercarriage rock guards, vg cond, $65,000.

250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net

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S.A. vouchers accepted.

Remington 700 CDL 7mm Rem Mag, left-hand bolt, PAL required.

Call/text 306-981-6939

Winchester 30-06 ultimate game gun, w/Bushnell scope, like new; Winchester Defender 12-gauge shotgun, like new. 456-8910

MasterCard

Cheque, Cash

SKS rifle, folding stock, choice of scopes, $375 obo. 332-0067

Pelly Construction is a privately owned and operated contract mining company based in Whitehorse, Yukon. Over the past 24 years Pelly has successfully completed many substantial earth moving projects, mine development & infrastructure, environmental reclamation projects, as well as an isolated airstrip and port facility in Rothera, Antarctica.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

1998 R520 Kubota ex-farm machine, 3500 hrs, exc cond, new front tires, 110” snow bucket, 60” bucket, forks, log rock grapple, $35,000 250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net 2002 John Deere 644H 4.5yd QC bucket 8700 hrs.

Yokahama 23.5x25, 95% very tight pins, exc loader $70,000.250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net 2005 Rainbow 36’ 5th wheel spring, loaded ramps, 20,000 lbs tandem axle. Sat in a barn for 10 years. New tires, paint & deck like new. Spare tire. $9,000. 250-651-7880 2015 7x20’ load trail dump trailer, remote control dump, like new, $10,000. 250-651-7880 20’ container, no leaks $3,000. 45’ x 9’H aluminum container, side door 2 side windows, no leaks, $5,000.

250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net Godwin pump 10x10 self priming John Deere 6cyl 980 hrs, c/w 20’ suction hose with floating or sinking screen. Like new New $120,000, asking $69,000. 250-651-7880

Misc Services MADD Canada is holding an open house / volunteer information session on Aug 30th We are holding an meeting at Canada Games Centre on Wed, Aug 30th at 6 pm. Here we will provide you with more information answer any questions and introduce you to others.

Light refreshments provided.

Please invite anyone you feel would also like to learn more.

Thank you very much.

Tracy Crawford, 604 552 9273 or 1 877 676 6233, E: tcrawford@madd.ca

2017 Startup Canada Awards Volunteer Task description: Looking for motivated individuals to fill various positions on Friday August 25th of YukomiCon primarily, other shifts also available. Security, Hospitality and Gaming area volunteers needed.

Responsibilities: Being responsible for the area you are assigned, handling money and registration forms.

Skills needed: responsible and outgoing individuals who can work with teams and individually and adapt to last minute changes.

Time commitment: 3 to 10 hours Incentive for the volunteer: Day pass with 3 hour shift, Weekend pass with 3 or more shifts worked, entry into our draw for a volunteer prize, prize to be determined.

Staff position that will supervise the volunteer: Kate McConnell Kate McConnell, info@yukomicon.com, (867) 333-9888

Thanks for your interest and we hope to give you a call in the near future!

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

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4500 litre double walled w/square catch spill under on skids, c/w electric pump, meter, hose & auto shutoff nozzle. Used once for fuel. $6,000.

250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net New 8x10 grizzly, adjustable spacing, $5,500. 250-651-7880

Misc. for Sale 10” Delta construction table saw w/stand, $200; 12” King tilt sliding mitre saw, $250; Campbell Hausfield compressor on wheels, 8 gal, 125 PSI, $40. 335-5766 1976 60’x12’ mobile home, 2-bd bathroom, F/S/W/D hot water tank incl, nice interior, outside needs TLC, ready to move, great starter for $25,000. 336-4123 or 334-0372 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 Da-Lite heavy duty fast fold deluxe projection screen, 11’ wide x 7’ 6” high, exc cond, transport case included, $800. Call 668-5014 Dresser, 4-pc set, cream w/gold trim, $800 obo. Indoor plants $5/ea, 2 for $7. 2 lg ceramic floor lamps, $50/ea. 2 black office chairs, $40/ea. 668-4186 Handheld shower & showerhead wall bar combo, brushed nickel, 5 spray settings, new, never used, paid $120 US, asking $120 Cdn. 668-7601 Mastercraft router & table in box, never opened, $200; Mastercraft 9” bandsaw, 9” throat, in box, never opened, $200. 335-5766 Men’s & women’s Vasque hiking boots, floater jacket, hip waders, metal frame glass door with lock, FREE. Call 667-7144 Mining equipment, household equipment, garage tools, camping gear, goldsmith shop and tools. 667-6779 Moving out sale, items too numerous to mention including outboard motors, sporting goods, cutting torch, quad, wood stove, etc, 10am12Noon. Call 456-4927 for more details Norge propane stove, used, $100.

867-821-4338 Raspberry plants, $15 each. 3326565 Reciprocating saw in box, never opened, $110; various carpentry tools, 4’ level, squares, 1/2 drill, skillsaw etc. 335-5766 Refurbished Fisher Wood stove, new fire bricks, gaskets, new paint, 25.5”W, 33”H, 28”D, 2 lengths 8” pipe, $500. 668-4945 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

Misc Services

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TOPSOIL Call Dirtball

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

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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.

2010 Dodge Charger, cruise, a/c, stability control system, pozi rear end, $6,300 obo. 333-3457

Triple E Commander, 33’, Ford chassis, V8, needs minor mechancial work, 47,500 miles, Yukon registered, $12,000. 250-335-0632

2005 Dodge Caravan, everything works, $1500. 335-2273 or whitestork57@gmail.com

14’ Crestliner, $600. 12’ boat, $400.

Aluminum boat rack, fits any make, $400. Aluminum HD boat rack fits GM trucks, $550. Homebuilt boat trailer, $500. 250-651-7880 mdlenard@telus.net

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

Misc. Wanted 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: Others concerned with NTHE to help build a Yukon NTHE community. Contact Box 11267, Whitehorse, Y1A 6N5.

Wanted: Sausage stuffer. Call 6685644 WILL PAY for Yukon River Salmon, also moose meat. Call 867-9962006 or 867-393-4074

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

2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187,000Km, loaded, excellent condition, $13,900 obo. 322-2404 2012 Ford Focus, command start, summer & winter tires on rims, automatic, 110,000 kms, great condition, $8,000. 334-6759 2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 13,400kms, loaded, exc cond, new Nokian tires, reduced to $23,900 obo. 456-3373

Motorcycles 2003 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic, $14,500. 668-1315 2006 Harley Davidson Softail DeLuxe, well maintained, low mileage at 8,000 mi, $13,900 obo. 306-6610988 2014 Yamaha 950 Bolt, 3,448 km, street bike, near new condition, white, c/w rear passenger back rest and passenger pegs, $6,800 obo.

Barry 633-4417

Off Road Vehicles 2009 Argo Avenger 50, c/w tracks, tub trailer, 7,000lb flat-deck utility trailer, exc cond, low mileage, $19,999 obo. Call/text 335-3784

Recreational/Sale 1986 Bigfoot 8’ camper on 3/4 ton trailer, no leaks, $3000. 393-2714

Sporting Goods

1993 Coachmen 29’ Class A motor home, 454 Chev motor, four speed auto, air ride, 1,000 watt inverter, ready to go, $10,500. 633-3257

Canondale men’s road bike, handmade in USA, 56 cm frame, exc cond, $600; Haro BMX 24” wheels, mint condition, need to sell ASAP, $400. 334-0368

2000 National Dolphin Class A, 36’, 2 slides. V-10 Triton engine (Ford), 77,342 miles, sleeps 6, incl’s car dolly, $25,000. 250-869-7110 or 334-8340

Hockey gear, tykes and youth, shin pads, chest protectors, pants & pant covers.

Tykes to youth skates.

Goalie pants, youth XL. 668-4186

2005 Ford/Majestic Class C 24’ motorhome, sleeps 6, washroom, microwave/oven, generator, lots of storage, E350 super duty, good gas mileage, $24,900 obo. Phone/text 867-332-4909.

Women’s mountain bike, Giant Liv Tempt 3, small frame, 27.5” tires, hydraulic disc brakes, front suspension,, near new condition, $550 obo.

332-2905

Stereo / DVD / TV

2007 8.5’ Adventure truck camper.

North/South bed, bathroom w/shower, vg cond, everything works. It only weighs 865 kgs, $8,000 obo. 3330990

RCA 52” Television, must be picked up, best offer. 633-3518

21’ travel trailer, sleeps 6, $1,000.

668-4240

Transportation

Aircraft Super Stinson 108-3 230 hp, 900 SMOH, floats, wheels, GPS, STOL, all metal skin, many new parts, recent annual, $56,000. 867-994-2262 for details

Auto Accessories/Parts 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 Universal roof rack for small to med car, $50 obo. 689-2752

Cars - Domestic 1999 Ford Taurus 4 dr sedan, 130,000kms, p/s, p/w, a/c, auto, V-6.

667-7777 1999 Toyota Camry LE, excellent condition, low kms, auto, $2,000 obo. 633-3982 2000 Audi TT, very good condition, runs beautifully, 193,000kms, $7,500 obo. 335-5221 2005 Ford Taurus, 4 door, power equipped, 83,000kms. $5,500. 6677777 2005 Nissan Altima 2.5 S, 4-dr, 170,000kms, P/S, P/W, P/L, no leaks, doesn’t burn oil, c/w 4 winter tires on rims & spare, clean & reliable. 334-7162 2006 Kia Sorento needs ball joints and tune up 180,000 kms, 2,000 obo. 336-0231 2007 Chevy Cobalt LTE, 170,000kms, 4-dr, 5-spd, power locks & windows, cruise, remote start, good tires, $4,500 firm. 6686911

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Sport Utility Vehicle

2007 Chev Trailblazer, Ultra grip tires, trailer hitch, tinted windows, $6,300 obo. 333-3457

2000 Jeep Cherokee, Special Edition, complete power, infinity sound system, heated leather seats, sunroof, remote start, new tires, 216,000kms, $5,500. 667-7777

2007 Dodge Calibre, 4-dr, custom rims with new tires, c/w extra set of snow tires on rims, $4,500. 6681958

Trucks & Vans 1993 Chevy Suburban, $2,500 obo.

633-2218 1993 GMC 3500 dually, 5-spd, 6.5L diesel, extended cab, long box, 294,000kms, excellent condition inside/outside, safety inspection, ready to haul, $5,500. 334-0372 1994 Ford F250, 4WD, Turbo diesel, runs well, great work or wood truck, $1,850 obo. 633-2218 1995 Chevrolet S10, automatic, no reverse, no rust, engine runs well, 259,780kms, canopy, c/w 2 sets of good tires, best offer. 633-4826 1997 Ford F250 Turbo Diesel 7.3 litre Trailtech flat deck Manual transmission Comes with tire chains $4,000 obo 335-4334 2000 Mazda MPV mini-van, like new tires, runs great, $3,300 obo. 3333457 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 2003 F250 Triton V10, 288,000kms, 4X4 auto, c/w 1979 camper, #9 cylinder has misfire, runs/drives just low on power, $5,900. Call/text 867333-0375 for more info 2003 Montana van all equipped for traveling, + cooler, 2 bikes, rack, 185,000 kms. New brakes, battery, alignment. All together, $4600.

Available Whitehorse Aug. 12-14th Call/Text 403-493-6044 2004 Dodge Durango LTD, 4X4, one owner, new tires, $3,500. 6605360 2009 Chev 2500, 3/4 ton, 4x4, extended cab, $9,200. 667-7777

Obituaries

Siebert (Bert) Oscar Hadvick May 4, 1927 – August 4, 2017

Bert passed away peacefully at Whitehorse General Hospital on Friday, August 4, 2017.

Bert is survived by his children Sheila (Denis), Sonja, John (Konnie), sister Madeleine Ellis, grandchildren Justin and Kaighen Munro (Mike Tripp), Elena Drouin, great grandchildren Arlow Pinette (his little Swede) Myah, Aria and Walker Tripp whose visits added a twinkle to his eyes and his “adopted daughter” José (Wilfred) Lohnes. He was predeceased by his wife Karen and eight of his siblings.

Bert and Karen moved to Whitehorse in 1954 and in 1966 with Karen’s help, Bert started his own business, Oscar’s Electric Ltd. Bert was heavily involved in the community as a Scout Leader, co-founder of the Whitehorse Skating Club, a founding member of the Whitehorse Lutheran Church, a member of the Masonic Fraternity (55 years) and the Whitehorse Elk’s Lodge (45 years), serving in many Executive positions for both organizations, an Associate member of the Royal Canadian Legion, a 20 year member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers and long-time Shriner. Bert received the Governor General’s “Diamond Jubilee Award” in 2003 and the “Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal” in 2013. Bert was a Board Member of the Electricians Trade Advisory, Yukon Vocational & Technical Training Centre (1976) and a founding member of the Yukon Electrical Contractors Association (President 1978). He was elected as City Councilman in 1977.

The family wishes to express special thanks to Dr. Alison Freeman, Dr. Alison Madlung, the nursing staff and Home Care, his faithful visitor Malcolm Greer and chauffeur, Wilfred Lohnes.

A Masonic Service will take place at the Elk’s Lodge at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017. There will be no grave-side service.

Bert’s ashes will be privately scattered.

A scholarship has been established in Bert’s memory. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Yukon Foundation, PO Box 31622, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6L2.

Bert will be dearly missed by family, friends and the community.

2008 F-350 Lariat s/c long box srw diesel, 160,000kms, 5th wheel hitch, $23,900. 334-9258 2008 GMC K1500 4X4, whiskey brown, extended cab, short box, 6” lift, 20” rims, new tires, well maintained, rear air bags, dual exhaust, 210,000kms, $9,500. 334-0372 2009 Ford F150. Has a lift & levelling kit. Rock guard on hood & body line down to rockers done professionally in Edmonton, $14,000 obo.

335-8903 2009 Ram 1500 Sport, well maintained, all round good condition, 131,000kms. 335-5221 2011 Ford F-350 Lariat, 134,000 kms, winter & summer tires on rims, tonneau cover, light bar, white w/beige trim, Bully Dog delete system, leather heated & A/C seats, $35,000. 335-8107

Utility Trailers TAIT’S TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers for sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

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19’ Lymann motor boat, model Fisherman w/inboarder 150hp, 4,200 RPM, and 21’ trailer, $3,000 obo.

633-4826 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 Min Kota electric boat motor, 30 lbs, 12 volt, $80. 633-4826 PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49 MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467

Services Carpentry/ Woodwork 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

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SHERIFF’S SALE

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. (1) The land known as: Lot 97, Group 905, Plan #29988 in Ross River, Yukon, Canada 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.

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

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

Obituaries

Obituaries

Alain Murphy June 14, 1970 - August 4, 2017 Alain Serge Murphy was born in Edmonton, Alberta June 14, 1970 to Aline (Hamel) Murphy and Mario Murphy. Alain left us on August 4, 2017 after a 34 year struggle. He was 47 years old.

Alain moved to the Yukon at the age of 3 with his parents and his brother Peter and two sisters, Manon and Joanne. A third sister came up one week after they arrived, Shannon.

Alain attended most of his schooling in Faro, Yukon where the family moved when he was 8. He was a large, helpful and very healthy boy who loved to work with his hands and loved big machinery, especially trucks. He was given a warning by the RCMP at the age of 12 that maybe he was still a little to young to be driving an 18 wheeler when Alain and his dad were caught driving one of the White Pass trucks even though Alain knew how. He was moving those same trucks around the yard and doing oil changes on them at that young age. He definitely was mechanically inclined. He once built a bicycle for his youngest sister from stuff he had collected at the Faro dump.

Alain was always busy fishing, biking, or snowmobiling with either friends or siblings.

He was an awesome son and brother. Unfortunately, Alain would never get the opportunity to live his life to the fullest. On May 5, 1983 he came home from school and did not feel well. By that evening he had his first of thousands of seizures he would have before his last battle. He was airlifted to Whitehorse that night and barely survived. While the airline removed several rows of seating from one of their planes, Alain continued to fight for his life at Whitehorse Hospital. He was finally airlifted to Vancouver BC on Mother’s Day and arrived safely after having stopped somewhere along the way to get more oxygen on board the plane. Mom always spoke how amazing the staff were through all those times, the compassion they showed to Alain, and to her. Alain would spend weeks, at BC Children’s Hospital, in a coma in ICU where upon waking he had to relearn all of his skills, like walking and dressing etc. He would never regain his previous level of health, and we, as a family would never learn why he ever became so ill. We ask that those who knew Alain either before his illness or after, remember him with kindness and love, and to please be forgiving when next you meet someone with a brain injury who may act in a way that makes you uncomfortable.

Alain’s way of telling you he thought you were pretty was to call you ugly. He was ours and we loved him dearly, always remembering the boy inside the man.

Alain is survived by his mother and siblings as well as numerous nieces and nephews. The family would especially like to thank the staff and family at St. Elias home for being a part of Alain’s life for the past few years.

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HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs

Large dog kennel, 48”Lx32”Wx36”H, used only once, paid $390, asking $220. 668-5644.

Local Whitehorse dog park needs help & volunteers needed to improve it. Email or check online link bit.ly/2wk5Rc1

PUBLIC TENDER

PUBLIC TENDER

ROSS RIVER SOLID WASTE FACILITY ATTENDANT SERVICES

FIRE APPARATUS INSPECTION MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND PUMP PERFORMANCE TESTING

*Restorations * Maintenance

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

393-2275

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

Phone (780)355-3557 If no one available please leave message or call (780)461-9677 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 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

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

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 *Roof Tiles *Repairs (867) 334-8263

Pets & Livestock

Livestock 1991 Logan Coach 2 horse straight haul trailer, excellent condition, loading ramp, interior lights, locking tack area, ready to haul, $3,800. 3340372 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.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 * 335-5192 Quarter horse, Fjord, 14 years old, 14 hands, lined buckskin. 867-5362633 for more info

Announcements

YUKON GAZETTE

Coming Events 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.

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 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.

CNIB mobile days, September 8, Dawson City, 10-3pm @Tr’ondek Hwech’in Community Hall, September 11, Whitehorse 10-3pm @Golden Age Society, September Watson Lake 9-2pm @Signpost Seniors Centre. More info: Brad Hooge 1604-431-2151 Elijah Smith School Council is holding its AGM on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at 6:30 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Foodsafe Level 1 workshop, Saturday August 26, 2017. Cost: $75.00.

Pre-registration required. Please contact the Yukon Tourism Education Council at 667-4733 or info@yukontec.com for more information or to register.

Historical evening prayer, Anglican, Old Log Church Wednesday & Sunday, 7pm, ‘till August 30, 2017; Tuesday Outreach barbecues, Stringer Park, Christ Church Cathedral, 11:30am-1:30pm ‘till August 29.

Hope Community Church meets each Saturday at 1pm for Worship Service. All are welcome in the log church across from the RCMP station in Carcross. Come as you are!

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 Jack Hulland School Council is holding its AGM on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 7:00 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

MADD is holding an open house/volunteer information session meeting at Canada Games Centre, Wednesday August 30, 6pm. We will provide more information, answer any questions and introduce you to others at that time.

MAGGIE T’S BACK YARD SALE 121 Hillcrest Drive Saturday August 26, 10am-4pm New clothing lots of teen sizes Gently used clothing, all sizes Suitcases (like new) Adult tricycle, never used Female Rocky Mtn bike, like new Car tires Garden shed stuff Screen tent Quality juicer/household items and lots more!

Multicultural Centre of the Yukon, After School ESL Tutoring Program Kindergarten to Grade 12 begins September 11th. Register now at 4141D-4th Avenue. For more information call 667-6205 or email info@mcyukon.com Packing our stories over new trails, Whitehorse 911 with Max Fraser, Sept 11, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. Storytelling, live music, bannock and tea.

Porter Creek Secondary School Council is holding its AGM on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at 6:30 PM in the school library.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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, fly like an eagle or build paper planes that do, August 27, 2-4pm, Yukon Transportation Museum. $5 for members, $10 for non-members.

Printed by the Authority of the Queen’s Printer, Yukon

NOTICE The following Orders-in-Council were issued during the period August 1 to 15, 2017:

Order #

Name of Regulation

Act

2017/126

Appoints a deputy secretary of the Executive Council

Government Organization Act

2017/127

Appoints a marriage licence issuer

Marriage Act

2017/128

Appoints a deputy head of the Department of Environment

Public Service Act

2017/129

Elections Act Establishes the Regulation Prescribing the Remuneration of Members of the Electoral District Boundaries Commission

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 14, 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 Tony Radford at anthony.radford@gov.yk.ca.

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

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Rising old age security spending dampened by CPP increases: Report Jordan Press The Canadian Press

OTTAWA mandatory review of the country’s largest seniors benefit program is predicting all-time highs in spending over the coming years with waves of baby boomer retirements — spending levels that could have been even higher if not for changes to the public pension program.

The report is the first glimpse into how the CPP expansion, phased in over the next 40 years, will affect old age security.

The country’s chief actuary writes in his report that program spending is projected to hit about $247 billion by 2060, an almost five-fold increase from

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planned spending this year, as more Canadians hit retirement and live longer, meaning more beneficiaries drawing payments for longer periods of time.

The projected increase is expected to be cushioned by ongoing economic growth.

Over the same projection period, Canada Pension Plan benefits will increase.

The extra money to be doled out through CPP, funded by an increase in employee and employer premiums, is expected to reduce the number of low-income seniors — meaning $3 billion less in spending on the guaranteed income supplement in 2060 — and reduce overall spending on old age security benefits, which

are scaled back as incomes rise.

Paul Kershaw, an associate professor in the school of population and public health at the University of British Columbia, said the report shows that the country is expecting younger adults to rely less on old age security down the road by paying more into CPP, while simultaneously asking them to pay for increases in spending for today’s aging population, noting they are often parents and grandparents.

“Younger generations will (hopefully) gladly do this. But they will be much happier doing so if their aging parents and grandparents contribute to an honest conversation about the fact that today’s aging population didn’t

prepay for OAS like they did for their CPP, and that this is having substantial implications for the public resources that are available to spend on all age groups — including their kids and grandchildren,” Kershaw, the founder of the group “Generation Squeeze,” which seeks to engage young people in politics, said an email.

The most recent census figures showed the ranks of seniors grew by the fastest rate in 70 years, with Statistics Canada projecting there could be 12 million seniors by 2061. Declining birth rates mean that without increases in immigration levels, there will be fewer younger workers to replace coming waves of retirees.

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vative government raised the age of eligibility for old age security by two years to 67 from 65 to save on costs and prod people to work longer. The Liberals reversed the decision in their first budget, but have stuck by the need to keep older Canadians in the workforce longer.

A spokesman for Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the Liberals knew reversing the age of eligibility back to 65 would have an impact on program cost, but noted that the parliamentary budget watchdog has reported that spending is sustainable in the longterm.

“Without the changes proposed in Budget 2016, the most vulnerable Canadian seniors would have

lost up to $13,000 per year,” Mathieu Filion said.

“We think that it was the best decision to take for our seniors.”

A February presentation to a group of deputy ministers said that if the retirement age stays fixed at 65, and life expectancy increases, there will be relatively more people claiming pension benefits for longer, and fewer people working and paying income taxes.

“Younger generations may be required to pay higher taxes to compensate for higher spending commitments and lower tax revenue,” one slide reads.

“This could create disincentives to work and for firms to invest, and in turn lead to a fall in growth and productivity.”

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Delegation pays final tribute to those who fought in Dieppe Canadian Press

OTTAWA small crowd of veterans, dignitaries and invited guests marked a final, drenched ceremony in Ottawa Tuesday in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe in France.

The ceremony was held in the pouring rain at the National War Memorial, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took note of the weather as he paid tribute to the soldiers killed, wounded and captured during Canada’s bloodiest Second World War battle.

It was the final acknowledgment of the sacrifices made by the soldiers who landed at Dieppe on August 19, 1942.

Trudeau joined the Canadian delegation, including Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr, who had just returned from a service held in France on Saturday, where a new monument was unveiled to honour members of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment who fought at Dieppe.

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Veteran Stan Edwards, centre, lays a wreath on behalf of veterans during a ceremony in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, at the National War Memorial in Ottawa Aug. 22. about 2,200 made it back to England.

Another 900 were killed.

“Today, we honour those who fought with such grit and valour on the beaches of France,” Trudeau said as he stood

beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the foot of the memorial.

The prime minister called it appropriate that the skies had opened up during the ceremony, giving those in attendance

a small feeling of sacrifice in remembrance of those who fought.

“As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet and our hair gets

wet and our shoes get wet, I think it’s all the more fitting that we remember

on that day, in Dieppe, the rain wasn’t rain — it was bullets,” Trudeau said as he lowered his own umbrella.

The Dieppe raid began before dawn on that bloody August day in 1942 and was intended to test the German defences along the shore of the occupied French port. But tanks that were supposed to provide armoured cover for the soldiers were late in arriving and the infantry battalions were met with heavy machine-gun fire from the fortified cliffs overlooking the beach.

Despite the bloodshed, the raid provided valuable intelligence that would later be used in Allied amphibious assaults on Normandy and in Africa and Italy.

Trudeau said he hoped the remembrance would serve as a reminder of the terrible price paid in armed conflict.

“Today, and every day, we recommit ourselves to the pursuit of peace and justice for all,” the prime minister said.

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Earlier this month, Trump pledged to answer North Korean aggression with “fire and fury.” North Korea, for its part, threatened to launch missiles toward the American territory of Guam before Kim Jong Un said he would first watch how Washington acts before going ahead with the missile launch plan.

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“Moreover, high-ranking bosses of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces flew into South Korea to hold a war confab. Such huddle is increasing the gravity of the situation.”

The drills are largely computer-simulated war games held every summer and have drawn furious responses from North Korea. This year’s exercise involves 17,500 American troops and 50,000 South Korean soldiers, according to the U.S. military command in South Korea and Seoul’s Defence Ministry.

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SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF orth Korea’s military on Tuesday greeted the start of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills with its standard fiery threats, vowing “merciless retaliation” for exercises Pyongyang claims are an invasion rehearsal.

North Korea routinely issues such warlike rhetoric or conducts weapons tests to respond to the U.S.-South Korean exercises. Tuesday’s threat came as top U.S. generals, including Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, visited South Korea. Ties between the Koreas are almost always fraught, but anxiety is higher than normal following weeks of tit-for-tat threats between President Donald Trump and Pyongyang in the wake of the North’s two intercontinental ballistic

missile tests last month.

The U.S. generals were to travel to the site of a contentious U.S. missile-defence system in South Korea later Tuesday.

The North’s military statement said it will launch an unspecified “merciless retaliation and unsparing punishment” on the United States over the Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills that began Monday for an 11-day run.

Despite the threat, an unprompted direct attack is extremely unlikely because the United States vastly outguns Pyongyang, which values the continuation of its dictatorship above all else. Impoverished North Korea hates the drills in part because they force it to respond with expensive military measures of its own.

The North Korean statement accused the United States of deploying unspecified “lethal” weapons for the drills that it says involve a “beheading operation” training aimed

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Trump vows continued fight in Afghanistan; reversing stance Josh Lederman & Robert Burns The Associated Press

WASHINGTON eversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, declaring U.S. troops must “fight to win.”

He pointedly declined to disclose how many more troops will be dispatched to wage America’s longest war.

In a prime-time address to unveil his new Afghanistan strategy, Trump said Monday the U.S. would shift away from a “timebased” approach, instead linking its assistance to results and to co-operation from the beleaguered Afghan government, Pakistan and others. He insisted it would be a “regional” strategy that addressed the roles played by other South Asian nations — especially Pakistan’s harbouring of elements of the Taliban.

“America will work with the Afghan government as long as we see determination and progress,” Trump said. “However, our commitment is not unlimited, and our support is not a blank check.”

Still, Trump offered few details about how progress would be measured.

Nor did he explain how his approach would differ substantively from what two presidents before him tried unsuccessfully over the past 16 years.

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“We will ask our NATO allies and global partners to support our new strategy, with additional troop and funding increases in line with our own. We are confident they will,” Trump said in comments echoed

by Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.

Earlier this year, Trump announced he was entrusting Mattis and the military with the decision about how many troops would be needed. In talking points sent Monday to congressional Republicans and supportive groups, the White House affirmed that the troop numbers were up to Mattis and added that the administration wasn’t seeking more money from Congress for the strategy in the current fiscal year, which concludes at the end of next month.

While Trump stressed his strategy was about more than just the military, he was vague on other “instruments of American power” he said would be deployed in full force to lead Afghanistan toward peace, such as economic development or new engagement with Pakistan and India. Absent military

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An Afghan boy watches Cpt. Chris Esrey scan the area during a patrol in Sangin, south of Kabul, Afghanistan in November 2010. specifics, it was difficult to assess how his plan might dissolve the stalemate between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

On one point — the definition of victory — Trump was unequivocal.

He said American troops would “fight to win” by attacking enemies, “crushing” al-Qaida, preventing terror attacks against Americans and “obliterating” the Islamic State group, whose affiliate has gained a foothold in Afghanistan as the U.S. squeezes the extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Trump’s definition of a win notably did not include defeating the Taliban, the group whose harbouring of al-Qaida led the U.S. to war in Afghanistan in the days after the 9-11 attacks. Like President Barack Obama before him, Trump conceded that any solution that brings peace to Afghanistan may well involve the Taliban’s participation.

“Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political

settlement that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan,” Trump said.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in a statement after the speech, said the U.S. was ready to support peace talks with the Taliban “without preconditions.”

Talk of future Taliban reconciliation was one of several echoes of Obama woven into Trump’s plan.

Like Trump, Obama insisted near the start of his presidency that the “days of providing a blank check are over,” urged a regional approach and said U.S. assistance would be based on performance.

Still, Trump was intent on differentiating his approach from his predecessors — at least in rhetoric.

He emphasized there would be no timelines, no hamstringing of the military and no divorcing of Afghanistan from the region’s broader problems.

One step being considered to further squeeze Pakistan is to cut foreign aid programs unless Islamabad clamps down on the Taliban and an associated group known as the

Haqqani network, senior administration officials told reporters ahead of Trump’s speech. Using civilian and military aid as a pressure lever with the Pakistanis has been tried for years.

Trump’s speech concluded a months-long internal debate within his administration over whether to pull back from the Afghanistan conflict, as he and a few advisers were inclined to do, or to embroil the U.S. further in a war that has eluded American solutions for the past 16 years. Several times, officials predicted he was nearing a decision to adopt his commanders’ recommendations, only to see the final judgment delayed.

And while Trump has pledged to put “America First,” keeping U.S. interests above any others, his national security advisers have warned that the Afghan forces are still far too weak to succeed without help. Even now, Afghan’s government controls just half the country.

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spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid dismissed Trump’s speech as “old” and his policy as “unclear.” But the plan was cheered by Afghanistan’s government.

Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib, the Afghan envoy to Washington, called it a “10 out of 10.”

“We heard exactly what we needed to,” Mohib said in a phone interview. “The focus on the numbers has taken away the real focus on what should have been: what conditions are required and what kind of support is necessary.”

Among U.S. elected officials, the reception was equally mixed, reflecting the deep divisions among Americans about whether to lean into the conflict or pull back.

John McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman who’d criticized Trump for delays in presenting a plan, said the president was “now moving us well beyond the prior administration’s failed strategy of merely postponing defeat.” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said the speech was “low on details but raises serious questions.”

“Tonight, the president said he knew what he was getting into and had a plan to go forward. Clearly, he did not,” said Pelosi, D-Calif.

At its peak, the U.S. had roughly 100,000 in Afghanistan, under the Obama administration in 20102011. The residual forces have been focused on advising and training Afghan forces and on counterterror operations — missions that aren’t expected to dramatically change under Trump’s plan.

“I share the America people’s frustration,” Trump said. But he insisted, “In the end, we will win.”

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n a mountain ridge above the Kluane Lake Research Station, Claudia Copley was flipping over stones on a cold day in late June and uncovered an animal that has never been spotted in the Yukon before.

The species of snail, Vallonia cyclophorella, is common in British Columbia but has never been seen in the territory until now, according to Yukon researchers.

Copley, the entomology collections manager and researcher with the Royal B.C. Museum, was expecting to find spiders. But during this rare trip to the Yukon she was collecting a little bit of everything she spotted.

“That’s the most likely thing to find, spiders. Then whatever else is under there comes into the collection too.”

Though potentially appearing insignificant to the untrained eye, for scientists the tiny snail is the latest discovery helping to understand biodiversity in the Yukon.

Over a weekend at the end of June more than 55 scientists and more than a dozen volunteers descended on Kluane National Park as part of a ‘bioblitz’, a concentrated effort to collect as much data and samples as possible about the plants and animals that live in the park.

“It’s just like a big grownup treasure hunt,” said Syd Cannings, a species-at-risk biologist for the Canadian Wildlife Service and one of the event’s organizers.

The hunt was put on by the Yukon and federal governments in partnership with Kluane First Nation and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.

Centred mainly around the Kluane Lake Research Station, the search area covered a circle about 30 kilometres in diameter. Some scientists stayed closer to the ground while others, like Copley, were flown by helicopter to heights harder to get to by foot.

Cannings said scientists like Copley know how uncommon it is to get samples from those locations so they try to collect as much as possible.

“She wouldn’t normally collect snails. But if she goes to a place like Kluane and gets flown up into a high mountain, she’ll collect everything because she

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Dozens of scientists and volunteers combed through Kluane National Park during a June bioblitz. A species of snail was found in the Yukon for the first time. knows that no one is going to go back there anytime soon,” Cannings said.

It’ll take time for experts to officially identify everything that has been collected. The snail wasn’t identified until Copley got back home and was able to show it to a colleague.

As of Aug. 1, experts estimate they collected 302 species of plants from that area of the park along with 14 that still need to be confirmed. That includes a a liverwort not seen since 1902. The samples represent about a quarter of plants known in the Yukon, Cannings said.

As for how many insects and other animals were identified, those numbers haven’t come in yet. It was a successful weekend, Cannings said. One person who was interested in butterflies and moths personally found 29 different species.

It’s not surprising that new or uncommon plants and animals were found in the area once people started taking a closer look, said Todd Powell, manager of the biodiveristy section of Environment Yukon’s fish and wildlife branch.

This is only the second time that experts have been brought in to do this kind of intensive search in the Yukon. Last year’s bioblitz was in Carmacks.

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A water boatman is seen through a magnifying lens.

Powell estimates the territory has about 5,200 native plants and animals in its database but there are “easily another 10 to 20,000” that haven’t been found yet.

“With the number of species, and the variety of life on the planet, it just takes a long time to get a handle on that,” he said.

“We’re just at that point in our evolutionary stage that it still allows us a lot of opportunity to continue

to look and discover new things.”

Along with uncovering new species, the Kluane bioblitz scientists were able to learn more about animals they already know are living in the park.

In 2010 Cannings found a species of bumblebee scientists had never seen before. The recently-named Bombus kluanensis is the first new bumblebee discovered in Canada and the U.S. in almost 90 years.

Cannings first spotted the species in two Yukon locations— once outside Kluane National Park and once inside the park.

During this year’s bioblitz the bee was seen in two or three more spots in the park, he said.

“That’s one of the reasons we wanted to go to Kluane, because it has these interesting species and we wanted to be able to locate them in more places than we knew of.”

Researchers also found seven caterpillars in the park belonging to a rare species of tiger moth, Cannings said.

“Before that, in the world, I think there were only four specimens known. We now know that it is more widespread and it must be reasonably common if we can find seven in one day.”

Cannings belongs to the national organization that labels species as endangered or at risk. Knowing how common a species is and how far its habitat spreads is important to that work, he said.

Sometimes something will be labelled at risk but once the time and money is put into researching the species it’s found to be much more common than people thought, he said.

“When we go to put species in the rare/endangered list for Canada, we don’t want to spend all the time and effort assessing things that aren’t that rare.”

The samples from the park will be going to various research collections and be available for scientists to study for years, Cannings said.

“It’s fun and you feel like you’re adding to human knowledge.”

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APPLEDORE ISLAND, MAINE hen diving in the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a flowing kelp forest that had long served as a nursery and food for juvenile fish and lobster.

But Dijkstra, a University of New Hampshire marine biologist, saw only a patchy seafloor before her. The sugar kelp had declined dramatically and been replaced by invasive, shrub-like seaweed that looked like a giant shag rug.

“I remember going to some dive sites and honestly being shocked at how few kelp blades we saw,” she said.

The Gulf of Maine, stretching from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, is the latest in a growing list of global hotspots losing their kelp, including hundreds of miles in the Mediterranean Sea, off southern Japan and Australia, and parts of the California coast.

Among the world’s most diverse marine ecosystems, kelp forests are found on all continental coastlines except for Antarctica and provide critical food and shelter to myriad fish and other creatures.

Kelp also is critical to coastal economies, providing billions of dollars in tourism and fishing.

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and Japan, tropical fish are feasting on the kelp.

Most kelp are replaced by small, tightly packed, bushy seaweeds that collect sediment and prevent kelp from growing back, said the University of Western Australia’s Thomas Wernberg.

“Collectively these changes are part of a recent and increasing global trend of flattening of the world’s kelp forests,” said Wernberg, co-author of a 2016 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which found that 38 per cent of kelp forest declined over the past 50 years in regions that had data.

Kelp losses on Australia’s Great Southern Reef threaten tourism and fishing industries worth $10 billion. Die-offs contributed to a 60 per cent drop in species richness in the Mediterranean and were blamed for the collapse of the abalone fishery in Japan.

“You are losing habitat.

You are losing food. You are losing shoreline protection,” said University of Massachusetts Boston’s Jarrett Byrnes, who leads a working group on kelp and climate change. “They provide real value to humans.”

The Pacific Coast from northern California to the Oregon border is one place that suffered dramatic kelp loss, according to Cynthia Catton, a research associate at the Bodega Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis. Since 2014, aerial surveys have shown that bull kelp declined by over 90 per cent, something Catton blamed on a marine heat wave along with a rapid increase in kelp-eating sea urchins.

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“It’s pretty devastating to the ecosystem as a whole,” Catton said. “It’s like a redwood forest that has been completely clearcut. If you lose the trees, you don’t have a forest.”

Kelp is incredibly resilient and has been known to bounce back from storms and heat waves.

But in Maine, it has struggled to recover following an explosion of voracious sea urchins in the 1980s that wiped out many kelp beds. Now, it must survive in waters that are warming faster than the vast majority of the world’s oceans — most likely forcing kelp to migrate northward or into deeper waters.

“What the future holds is more complicated,” Byrnes said. “If the Gulf of Maine warms sufficiently, we know kelp will have a hard time holding on.”

On their dives around Maine’s Appledore Island, a craggy island off New Hampshire that’s home to nesting seagulls, Dijkstra and colleague Larry Harris have witnessed dramatic changes.

Their study, published by the Journal of Ecology in April, examined photos of seaweed populations and dive logs going back 30 years in the Gulf of Maine. They found introduced species from as far away as Asia, such as the filamentous red seaweed, had increased by as much 90 per cent and were covering 50 to 90 per cent of the gulf’s seafloor.

They are seeing far fewer ocean pout, wolf eel and pollock that once were commonplace in these kelp beds. But they also are finding that the half-dozen invasive seaweeds replacing kelp are harbouring up to three times more tiny shrimp, snails and other invertebrates.

“We’re not really sure how this new seascape will affect higher species in the food web, especially commercially important ones like fish, crabs and lobster,” said Dijkstra, following a dive in which bags of invasive seaweed were collected and the invertebrates painstakingly counted. “What we do think is that fish are using these seascapes differently.”

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LIFE Yukomicon: a chat with the voice of Tuxedo Mask, Toby Proctor and cosplayer Andy Rae

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fter going on hiatus last year, Yukomicon, the self-proclaimed largest gathering in the territory for all things geek-culture, is coming back to Whitehorse for its third edition. The News caught up with two special guests that will be making an appearance at the Yukon Convention Centre Aug. 25 to 27 — voice actor Toby Proctor, who voiced Sailor Moon’s Tuxedo Mask, and cosplayer extraordinaire Andy Rae.

Toby Proctor You came to Yukomicon two years ago. What were your impressions?

I didn’t know what to expect and when I got there, it was so well organized, people were smiling from ear-to-ear.

Yukomicon’s kind of the perfect size in my mind because you you can feel an energy in the room and I like that.

One of your most recognizable roles is Tuxedo Mask, a character that’s over 20 years old.

Does that bother you?

You don’t get to pick your nickname, so I’m happy that it was something for a lot of people in a generation.

If it gets out at a gathering, people still, to this day, kind of freak out. I guess it’d be like for me, meeting Mel

Blanc, the voice of all the Loony Toons, I’d go crazy.

The fact that I became even just a little slice of that pie is pretty cool.

How did you land Tuxedo Mask?

The woman who was the very first Sailor Moon was also the very first Sailor Moon director. I was taking a workshop with her. I did my first class and she said, “If you worked on your reading, you could make this your entire career.” And I was like, “Yeah, okay, whatever.”

About a week later, I get a call to audition for something and it was my nightmare, reading cold. I went in and they said, “Here’s a tape of a guy, don’t try to be him exactly but try to get the vibe,” and it was the original Tuxedo Mask. I did it and the next thing I know, my agent called me and said, “Hey, congratulations, you just got Sailor Moon!” And I was like, “That’s amazing! What’s Sailor Moon?”

You auditioned not knowing what the show was?

Nobody did! Everybody who auditioned for this show had no idea because it was in Japanese and I didn’t even get to see the animation. I literally just got a paragraph to read and that soundbite to listen to. It was fast and furious.

The week later, I landed the voice of Flash Gordon so I was doing two series at once.

It was pretty freaky.

Have you showed you kids Sailor Moon or any of your other work?

About a year ago, we watched a little bit and it was a strange because they have Tuxedo Mask plushie dolls and they ran around the house saying lines from the show. I still live in the space that I lived when I got Tuxedo Mask, and now I have three kids running around saying my name, it’s weird.

Do strangers ever recognize your voice?

Commercials is what I get recognized for. I was at a concert and some crazy scary biker guy taps me on the shoulder and says a line from one of my commercials and it freaked me out, like, “How did you even know that was me? I was facing the wrong way.” And he goes, “It was your voice.”

Is it weird that people don’t really know your face but know your voice?

For sure. I’ve had friends who have asked me to call someone for their birthday and say, “Hey, it’s Tuxedo Mask calling, how are you doing?” and it freaks them out. And I find being at comicons, that’s basically the thing — “Can you still do the voice? Can you do it for me?” And the minute you do, it zaps them from a 33-year-old back to their 12-year-old self, and it’s an honour.

Andy Rae You came to Yukomicon two years ago. What impression did you get?

There’s really a sense of camaraderie up there. I try to go to a lot of small cons because I feel like they have the most passionate community and a lot of heart.

Was there a moment when you realized you’ve made a name for yourself in the cosplay world?

I don’t really consider myself as on some sort of level of fame, I just do it because I’m passionate about it. During the year, I’m actually a substitute elementary school teacher. I just kind of picture myself as the same person as five years ago who was just duct-taping stuff together.

Have you told any of your students about your costume-making?

There was one girl who, I gave her my Instagram, she really wanted to make cosplay stuff and I got a message from her a month later and she said she had made her first costume ever. It was Elsa from Frozen and she never would have done it if she hadn’t had somebody show her that she could believe in herself. It was very sweet. In certain schools, I’ve literally spent 40 minutes talking about Call of Duty with some Grade 6 kid. I think they just like having a teacher that

I made my first cosplay costume about five years ago and it was when I just found out about the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. It was Lady Loki from Thor, it was awful. The horns were made out of clay, which was a nightmare and so heavy, there were bolts to attach, it was just really poorly-crafted but a lot of fun to make.

Is there a costume you want to do but haven’t gotten around to yet?

There’s a character in League of Legends, her name is Nami. I want to challenge myself and start experimenting with silicone and prosthetics and this character has a full-scale mermaid tail and I would love to sculpt and cast a working mermaid tail and be able to actually do an underwater shoot, so that’s the sort of dream.

What’s been your most complicated build?

I’m doing a partnership with Twitch and Blizzard Entertainment and they’re supporting me making a cosplay for BlizzCon, so I’m making the Necromancer from Diablo. This is actually one of the most detailed armours, if not the most detailed armour, that I’ve ever created. It’s full head-to-toe, helmet, massive shoulders, the swords — it’s going to be a real doozy, this armour.

How do you deal with negative comments about your cosplays?

You’ve just got to let trolls be trolls. You have to realize that if you’re submitting your photo out there into

the void, you might be met with really wonderful praise but it could also be met with really harsh criticism.

There’s nothing you can do except laugh it off. A few years back, we did armoured Disney princesses and that went really viral and there, a lot of people were complimenting our craftsmanship but people found other stuff to attack.

You’re never going to satisfy every single person out there.

Tell me a little about the workshop you’re leading at Yukomicon.

It’s going to be a handson process of creating a small armour piece. I work with thermoplastic materials and that can be daunting for people, so this is really trying to show that you can make armour in the way that I do and it’s really not a super scary thing.

On Instagram, you have a few pictures of your Sailor Jupiter cosplay. Why’s she your Sailor Scout of choice?

Jupiter is like the ultimate sort of duality character.

She emcompasses so many different things about being a woman. She’s very strong and she’s very smart. But I also love the fact that she’s goofy, she’s silly, she loves to cook, she chases boys, she just has a real well-roundness of her character I feel encompasses my personality. I feel very strong-warrior, but at the same time, I have my girly times.

Interviews edited for length and clarity.

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Old Crow runner turns track star at Alaska Games

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ld Crow’s Allan Benjamin has been keeping a quick pace since he was a little boy.

“My grandmother adopted me when I was two years old and she raised me,” said Benjamin.

“I always walked with her, snowshoed with her when we went out in the bush.

So she was kind of my coach. She always hustled, she never walked slow. So every time I walked with her I had to walk fast, so it’s kind of built into me.”

More than five decades later Benjamin is still fast on his feet.

The 60-year-old won 12 medals at the Alaska International Senior Games in Fairbanks, Aug. 11-20.

Benjamin, who competed in the men’s 60-64 division, not only won gold in a five-kilometre road race, he set a new Games record. The lifelong Old Crow resident, competing at the Games for his first time, finished in 20 minutes and 50.37, beating by two seconds the previous record set in 2003.

“I’m actually not a sprint racer; I don’t train for sprints,” said Benjamin. “I do well in sprints and distance, but I don’t train for sprint races because you can get injured and probably be off for a month or two.

“My expertise is distance and snowshoeing.

The five-kilometre — that was a perfect run.”

Benjamin’s other medals came in track and field events. He almost cleaned house in the running events he participated in, taking gold in the 50-, 200, 400-, 800- and 1,500-metre races. He only missed out in the 100-mete dash, taking bronze.

Benjamin, who won five medals at the 2016 Canada 55+ Games, even took gold in the 1,500-metre power walk despite having no experience in the event.

“That was my first time competing in the power walk,” said Benjamin.

“I didn’t know anything about it. But when I’m not running I always walk or I bike or I ski or snowshoe.

I’m kind of a cross trainer; I’m involved in everything.”

Benjamin’s medals weren’t limited to track

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Old Crow’s Allan Benjamin runs a five-kilometre race at the Alaska International Senior Games in Fairbanks on Aug. 14. Benjamin won a dozen medals at the event. events with silver and bronze medals in triple jump, standing long jump, long jump and shot put.

He also placed fourth in javelin.

“It was just an awesome event,” said Benjamin, who was also a torchbearer in the opening ceremonies. “I wanted to have fun and that’s what it’s all about — meeting new people at the Games, learning.”

Benjamin was one of six Yukoners to compete at the annual Games that saw 353 athletes compete with 11 states, including Alaska, represented.

Whitehorse’s Brenda Dion also won hardware

in track and field, but she’s more proud of her silver in the five-kilometre road race, finishing in 26:51.20.

“I did get a lot of medals, but I want to qualify that,” said Dion. “I was in six events in track and field and in all six of those events I was either the only one or one of two competitors in my age group.

“But in the five-K run there were eight competitors in that event. So that’s the one I’m very, very happy about.”

Dion, who competed in the women’s 60-64 division, took gold in the 50-metre, the 100-metre, discus, long jump and javelin.

“I did one of my best javelin throws ever,” said Dion, who threw 71 feetfour inches. “It made me very happy … I think it is my personal best at competition.”

Dion, who also won silver in the standing long jump in Fairbanks, won four medals in track and field events at the 2017 World Masters Games this past April in New Zealand.

“It was our first time at the event. We heard about it through a couple other Yukoners who had gone there in other years,” said Dion. “We thought it would be fun to go out there and make a camping trip out of it and just expe-

rience the Alaska Games.

“They were very warm, friendly people.”

Whitehorse’s Patrick and Karen Milligan combined for seven medals in athletics.

Patrick, in men’s 65-69, won gold in standing long jump and silver in the 50-metre dash. He also won gold in javelin (throwing 20 feet farther than the silver medalist) and gold in the discus (throwing 30 feet farther than the silver medalist) — registering throws of 83 and 85 feet respectively.

Karen, in women’s 6569, won silver in discus, bronze in the standing long jump, bronze in shot

put, and placed fourth in javelin.

Whitehorse’s Bryan Craven took sixth place for men 60-64 in the five-kilometre road race with a time of 26:51.71.

Whitehorse’s Brent McLaren logged a Yukon first in pickleball, a version of tennis played on a small court with wooden paddles and a wiffle ball.

McLaren won silver in singles and gold, with Craig Patyka of Fairbanks, in doubles in the men’s 5559 competition. The medals are the first-ever won by a Yukoner in pickleball at a major Games.

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onsidering the cosmic ballet witnessed across North America on Monday, it would have been fitting had race records also been eclipsed at the Run Wild event at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.

A pair of Whitehorse runners came within seconds of surpassing records at the sixth annual event on Aug. 21, the day of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great American Eclipse.â&#x20AC;?

Alex Arsenault was the top youth runner, and fourth overall, on the five-kilometre course. He finished in 24 minutes and 28 seconds, just three seconds from the youth record set last year by Nathyn

Sutton.

Kyle Lavoie placed first overall just eight seconds from the course record.

The 34-year-old, who was the top male finisher in 2014, finished in 20:17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got to see a few animals quickly,â&#x20AC;? said Lavoie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of them were coming to the fence to greet the runners, so that was special. And it was a beauty day with the eclipse, so that was nice as well.â&#x20AC;?

Paige Jackson bagged her first race win. The 32-year-old, who moved to Whitehorse from Vancouver in February and was in the event for her first time, was the top female with a time of 25:47. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was awesome,â&#x20AC;? said Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was cool seeing

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A total of 63 runners and walkers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 20 less than last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; took part in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event that raised $875 for the preserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go to general animal care of injured or orphaned animals that come through the wildlife preserve,â&#x20AC;? said Lindsay Caskenette, the preserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager of visitor services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That can mean anything from simply the food, to the medicine that might be needed for some of the animals, or it may go into a fund for any equipment that we need. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The breadth of things that are require in the care of animals is quite extensive, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite a spectrum of things.â&#x20AC;?

There is a pair of new residents that might benefit from raised funds.

The preserve received an injured red-tailed hawk this past weekend from downtown Whitehorse. The hawk apparently flew into a window and might have a concussion, but should to be released soon.

The reserve is also caring for a raven that recently arrived with a broken humerus in its wing. The raven will be a permanent resident due to the severity of its injury and is roommates with a bald eagle, another permanent resident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have quite a bit of bantering back and forth,â&#x20AC;? said Caskenette. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both social birds, so it works well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The raven encourages the bald eagle to be a little more active, moving around the habitat.â&#x20AC;?

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Runners and walkers leave the start line at the sixth annual Run Wild on Aug. 21 at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. Alex Arsenault, centre with bib 153, was the top youth runner.

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