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ukon miner Tony Beets, a star of Discovery Channel’s reality television series Gold Rush, and his company Tamarack Inc. have been fined $31,000 for violating the Yukon Waters Act after a subcontractor poured gasoline into a pond in 2014 and another employee set it on fire.

The incident was caught on camera and aired in the episode, “100 Ounces.” The footage was later used as evidence in a trial earlier this year.

Beets was found guilty of permitting the deposit of waste into water in a water management area and failing to report having done so. Tamarack Inc. was also found guilty of those charges, as well as two counts of failing to comply with the conditions of its water licence.

In his sentencing decision in a Whitehorse courtroom Friday, territorial court judge Peter Chisholm called the case a “unique facts situation” that was without precedent.

“On the one hand, the amount of fuel deposited into the pond was relatively small,” Chisholm said. “On the other hand, with Mr. Beets featuring prominently this illegal behaviour was broadcast widely via a popular television program.”

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Tony Beets stands in front a fire created by pouring gasoline in a dredge pond in this video still from the Gold Rush television show.

In the footage filmed Oct. 4, 2014, welder Mark Favron, who pleaded guilty and paid a $1,725 fine for his role in the incident, is seen pouring about a gallon to a gallon and a half of gasoline in a dredge pond at Eureka Creek near the Indian River. After it’s set on fire in what the narrator calls a “Viking baptism,” Beets is filmed standing in front of the blaze with his arms outstretched, triumphantly declaring to the camera, “I told you guys, ‘come hell or high water!’”

Chisholm said that although Beets and Tamarack Inc. don’t “have a history of this type of behaviour, they appear to possess little insight into the seriousness of

these offences” and that Beets “failed to scuttle the ill-conceived plan despite having the opportunity to do so.”

Chisholm was also critical of the failure of Beets or Tamarack to report the polluting, noting that the “contraventions would likely have gone unnoticed but for the airing of the television episode.”

“This incident displayed a lack of common sense and good judgement by those involved. It taints the reputation of the territory and does a disservice to the many individuals in the mining community who diligently follow the rules,” Chisholm said.

“The bottom is line is that polluters, or those who are contemplating such

activity, must be aware that violations of environmental legislation in this jurisdiction will be treated seriously by the courts.”

The judge gave Beets a $4,000 fine for permitting the deposit of waste into water and $2,000 for failing to report it. Tamarack Inc. was fined $10,000 and $5,000 for the same charges, respectively, and then $5,000 each for the two failures to comply with the conditions of its water licence.

Beets and Tamarack Inc. will have three months to pay the fines.

Beets and his lawyer, André Roothman, declined comment as they left the courthouse.

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

Salvation Army off the hook for any contamination found under new Whitehorse building Jackie Hong News Reporter

The Salvation Army will not be liable for any hydrocarbon contamination found underneath its new building in Whitehorse, thanks to an order-in-council signed last week.

The order authorizes the territorial government to “give an indemnity… to the governing council of the Salvation Army in Canada against liability arising from hydrocarbon contaminants in the ground water [sic] and soil” in and

under the organization’s new building at 4th Avenue and Alexander Street, starting no later than Oct. 1 and effective for a maximum term of 20 years.

The indemnification was requested by the Salvation Army, cabinet spokesperson Sunny Patch said, because the site used to be home to a gas station and auto repair shop and left the soil and groundwater contaminated with fuel and other pollutants.

The soil was cleaned up prior to the construction of the new building and the groundwater will be monitored for the next

five years, Patch said, but should future issues arise, the order will ensure the Salvation Army is not on the hook for the clean-up.

Earlier this month a spokesperson for Environment Yukon said the department spent $1.2 million on soil and groundwater cleanup.

“It will still be the responsibility of the Yukon government to mitigate (contamination) as needed,” Patch said, adding that the government is also the owner of the new building.

Reached on Aug. 29, Whitehorse Salvation Army executive director Ian

McKenzie said the request for the indemnity was put in by staff from the organization’s national headquarters in Toronto and that local staff had little to do with the process.

A spokesperson for the Salvation Army in Toronto did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

The new building, which will provide much-needed additional shelter and support services for vulnerable people in Whitehorse, is slated to open this fall.

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

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he Whistle Bend continuing care facility is on schedule and on budget, despite earlier concerns about frost heaves, officials say.

“The frost heave is over,” said PCL Construction representative and superintendent Grant Blackler. Standing amid the shell of the building with hard-hatted construction workers milling about busily, Blackler pointed out the general area where the frost heave occurred. “The frost is out of the ground and the permanent system to stop future frost is in use.”

This system involves a mixture of backfill, insulation and heating the space under the ground, to keep the soil at a no less than 5 C, he said.

Construction is moving along, with the “closing date” — the point when the exterior of the building is sealed off to create a closed-in work site for winter — of Oct. 15, he said.

Government officials took the chance to show off their progress on the new facility during a tour for media Aug. 29. The design and architecture includes a series of ‘wayfinding’ points designed to help visitors and residents — many of whom may have memory problems —find their way amid the sprawling, hand-shaped complex. The entryway is built of stripped cedar logs shipped up from from Powell River, British Columbia.

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An earlier issue with frost heave during construction at the new Whistle Bend continuing care facility has been dealt with, officials say.

“The entryway is made from wood and stone to reflect cabins,” said Nancy Kidd, director of the project, noting that many of their residents were comforted by these kinds of materials.

The 150-bed facility, which has faced criticism over its size and location, will house three separate but related long term health care units, said Kidd.

There will be a long term mental health care unit with 12 beds, a community hospice centre with 18 beds, and the longterm care housing facility with 120 beds. Kidd said the long-term care facility will be opening first, in the next year, followed by the other two facilities the year

after. This is because the greatest need in the community is for this longterm care, she said.

While the hospice centre opening is still a ways away, Kidd said it will fill a much needed role in the community.

“Respite care bookings are (currently) made months in advance… sometimes we are able to be helpful (to families) in a timely way and sometimes were are not,” said Kidd.

“Community hospice is an opportunity for individuals to receive really specialized care at the end of life.”

The long-term care unit will be divided into five separate “houses,” the names of which have yet to be selected, as the

residents themselves will vote to make that choice when the facility opens.

Each house has two wings with 12 beds, with shared central common areas where residents can socialize and spend time outside of their rooms, not unlike a modern university dorm.

While most of residents’ meals will come from the main kitchen, there is a supervised kitchen facility in each house so that people who are able and wish to may cook if they like.

The facility will also feature indoor and outdoor gardens, so that residents can care for plants even in the winter time, Kidd said.

While the building is still under construction, staff have finished a sample room, to demonstrate

what the average living space will look like. Each will contain a wheeled hospital-style bed, with a night stand, television, built- in closet and chair.

There is a private bathroom in each room, with a shower; residents who wish to take a bath can use one of seven bath facilities.

“We have found many of our residents prefer showers now,” said Kidd.

Each room will have a mobile lift system built into it, so that, if a resident falls, staff have no difficulty in helping them back up. Some units will also have a built-in oxygen and medical gas system.

Patients with dementia will be aided by special bracelets which will identify their whereabouts to

staff if they are not where they usually are, said Kidd.

They will also limit where residents can go, so that residents who are not capable of being outside their rooms unsupervised remain safe.

“We know a large number of clients will have dementia, so it’s really important that they feel comfortable here and have a secure environment,” Kidd said.

Each room has a “memory box” at the door where residents can securely keep items that are important to them, to personalize the space and to aid people in remembering where their rooms are. Residents will also have continuous access to the outside via common areas and balconies, and the view beyond the windows overlooks the surrounding — and rather soothing — mountains on the horizon.

“The Yukon has experienced an increase in the number of people needing long term care and there being no beds for them,” Kidd said.

“A year from now my team and I will be making these beds.”

An open house for the facility is being held for the public Sept. 9 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m, with activities, a site tour and refreshments. People who would like to attend are encouraged to wear closed-toed shoes.

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

Number of bears killed in the Yukon this year rises to 55 Jackie Hong News Reporter

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ifty-five bears have been killed in the Yukon this year as of Aug 29, according to Environment Yukon, putting the territory well on pace to meet, or break, the record for most number of bears killed in a season.

“We’re not sure exactly what’s causing it … but it’s just one of these odd years where there’s a high number of conflicts for whatever reason,” Human-Wildlife Conflict Officer Aaron Koss-Young said Tuesday.

So far, about 50 per cent of the bears killed have been shot by conservation officers while the other half were shot by citizens in self-defence, Koss-Young said. Most recently, two black bears were killed in the Dawson area — one in Eagle Plains and one in Dawson City itself — and

another a black bear and a grizzly were killed in Haines Junction. In the Dawson cases, both bears were getting into garbage, and one of them had already been translocated earlier in the summer.

The record for the most bears killed in a season, set in 2012, is 61. With about three months left in the 2017 season before black bears start to hibernate, Koss-Young said the Yukon is “nowhere near out of the woods yet” — if anything, human-bear conflicts tend to increase this time of year due to hunting season and hunters not storing meat or getting rid of bones and scraps properly. “(If) bears are aggressive or perceived as a safety threat to hunters, they’re quite often shot in self-defence, so we end up seeing a spike in those numbers come fall here,” he said, adding that seriously “food-stressed”

bears will also stay out longer as they try to prepare for hibernation and can get into trouble well into November.

Unfortunately, relocating a problematic bear isn’t always practical or successful.

“The public really is unaware… of the great extent conservation officers go to try to (avoid euthanasia),” Koss-Young said, explaining that officers will do aversive conditioning with bears to try to keep them from getting into conflicts as well as work with and try to educate locals on how to avoid attracting bears.

“Quite often, if a trap is set and a bear isn’t seriously food-conditioned already and a serious public safety issue, then we do go through a lot of efforts to capture these bears, we mark them with ear tags and we do translocate them 100 kilometres or

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About half of the 55 bears killed due to humanwildlife conflict in the Yukon this year have been by conservation officers and half by the public. so away from the nearest community and release them,” he said.

The success rate of relocations depends on the area; around Dawson, about two-thirds of relocated bears end up staying away from further

conflicts, Koss-Young said, but around Whitehorse, relocations don’t work nearly as well due to the higher population density.

“There’s not really anywhere we can properly translocate a bear given the means we have,” he

said. “We don’t have… any helicopter transportation budget for that matter, so trying to translocate them 100 kilometres away from people is not an option for us. We try to do it along highway corridors and such, that we can access by vehicle. Again, it’s really hard to get them far enough away that they don’t end up getting into conflict again.”

Relocations are costly and time-consuming, Koss-Young added, but is always the preferred choice of conservation officers.

“The public’s probably not aware, but we have probably translocated about half … as many bears as we’ve had to kill this year, so there’s a great number of bears we have saved, in that sense,” he said. “We’ve given them a second chance at life by translocating them.”

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

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Tum Tum’s Black Gilt Meats wins mobile abattoir contract Lori Garrison News Reporter

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The contract came up for competition earlier this spring. Tum Tum’s has been the operator in previous years.

“They’re operating under the new contract but they’re not new operators,” said agriculture development officer and meat inspection supervision Jesse Walchuk. “It’s nice because it provides some consistency (for farmers), without any disruption in service because we don’t need to train someone new.”

The mobile abattoir service allows local farmers to slaughter their livestock on their own property in an inspected facility so they can be legally sold according to government standards.

Farmers can contact the abattoir, book an appointment and have the unit show up on site, where a trained animal health technician inspects the animal before and after slaughter, said Walchuk.

After slaughter, the animal is cooled and either sold farm gate — a private sale done on the farm, often within the community — or shipped to a butcher for wrapping and retail sale, Walchuk explained.

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The government’s mobile abattoir will be operated by Tum Tum’s Black Gilt Meats. ernment health regulation, meat that is not professionally slaughtered and inspected is not eligible for retail beyond the farmgate.

While there are other mobile abattoirs in Canada, the Yukon is the only place where the service is publicly owned, said Walchuk. Having an abattoir come to you creates “incredible teaching opportunities,” because it allows farmers to be directly involved in the final, full cycle process of raising livestock, he said.

“Having an inspector right there provides a private situation for farmers to be educated about the quality of their product,” Walchuk said. “Most livestock owners in the Yukon take a lot of care and pride in raising those animals… we want farmers to have the full feedback on any health or possible issues with their animals.”

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agriculture sustainability, Walchuk said, as well as being a valuable community connection.

This year, for the first time ever, the unit went up to Dawson City, where it was used to process eleven hogs from the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in teaching farm, as well as four domestically raised wild boar. The TH animals were butchered and processed and then distributed to TH citizens, and some of the wild boar was retained by a local business to make charcuterie and other meat products for the community to purchase.

“The trickle-down of bringing (the mobile abattoir) up there, to the community, is amazing,” he said.

This isn’t just good for hungry people and farmers, but for the animals too, said Walchuk. Prior to this, farmers in Dawson had to ship their animals to Whitehorse and then have them shipped back up after they had been slaughtered. Trucking animals to slaughterhouses — especially long distances — instead of slaughtering on the farm can cause the animal more fear and stress, so the mobile unit is actually a much better end for them, Walchuk said.

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The unit is consistently in more demand each year, said Walchuck, which he said he thinks is evidence of the growing farming community and demand for locally-raised meat. In 2016, the unit processed 188 animals, up from 152 in 2015 and 87 in 2014. Pigs were the most commonly raised animal in 2016, at 109 processed, followed by 55 head of cattle and 19 farm-raised wild boar and five farmraised elk.

Appointments for the unit must be made at least 30 days in advance, but the the branch also recently set up a new online booking system to make it easier and more convenient to use. The facility operates three days a week during the summer and five days a week when need ramps up in the fall, from late August to November.

While the unit is popular, there have been problems with it in the past, including a lack of trained inspectors and backup inspectors.

This caused unexpected delays in slaughter, which caused problems for some farmers who had retail contracts which they were unable to meet. Walchuk said this issue has been resolved.

“There were concerns raised in previous years that we didn’t have enough available and in time,” Walchuk said, adding that this issue was resolved in April 2017.

“We now have back- up inspectors for our back-up inspectors,” he said with a laugh.

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

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Women’s safety survey a guide for the future, say women’s agencies and RCMP Jackie Hong News Reporter

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omen’s groups and Whitehorse RCMP say the results of a survey about women’s perceptions of safety in the city will serve as a rough guide about what initiatives are working and what needs to be improved on.

Put together by Together for Safety, a partnership between eight community organizations and the Yukon RCMP, the 2016 survey asked 147 Whitehorse women and girls what what made them feel safe or unsafe as well as their experience with reporting a crime to the Whitehorse RCMP. Among the things that respondents said made them feel safe were good lighting, having a cellphone, and public buildings and women-focused agencies.

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the Millennium Trail, dark, empty areas and crime were listed as things that made respondents feel unsafe.

The responses aren’t surprising or new, said Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre program coordinator Sarah Murphy, but help bring women’s safety concerns into clearer focus.

“I think it can be very easy to look at this survey and say, ‘Oh, well women don’t feel safe in secluded areas and drinking establishments, so they just shouldn’t go there,’ which is not at all the answer,” she said.“That’s a victim-blaming response and it puts the onus on women to protect themselves from their attackers rather than what we believe is the right thing to do, which is to hold attackers accountable. …”

“We have this information, we know women don’t feel safe in these circumstances, so what can we do to make them feel safer and move towards this being a

safer community without telling women they should stay away from those areas?”

The focus of the survey and how to respond to the results is to “bolster the dignity of women who are victims of crime and working with the RCMP to increase compassionate responses, increase capacity around violence against women and gender-based violence in general,” Murphy added.

The Whitehorse RCMP will use the survey results as a “tool,” Supt. Brian Jones said, to “help us improve and continue to improve and enhance the delivery of policing service in Whitehorse.”

Jones said he plans to find out whether some of the points mentioned by survey respondents, about what would make them feel more comfortable reporting a crime to police — access to female officers, empathetic officers, and knowing that victims would be taken seriously, among other things

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A survey conducted jointly between the RCMP and eight community organizations asked 147 women and girls in Whitehorse about safety and reporting crimes to the RCMP. — are already in place and anticipated, or if respondents meant those resources weren’t there.

That survey respondents considered the Millennium Trail unsafe was “a bit of a surprise,” Jones said, and he’s interested to know if any sections in particular are the source of concern.

“I think we’re going to sit down and work with the signatories (of the) Together for Safety initiative, take a look at it, understand it and see what take-aways we can get out if that,” he said.

Plans are already underway for a second survey that will paint a clearer picture of women’s safety concerns in

Whitehorse and reach more demographics than the first one, Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society executive director Barbara McInerney said.

McInerney said she was surprised that 55 per cent of the survey’s respondents reported owning a dwelling of some sort, which may indicate the survey didn’t reach the most vulnerable women in the community, and that only three per cent of respondents were ages 20 or younger.

In the meantime, the society will continue having regular meetings and training sessions with police about how to respond to victims of violence.

“We want to do everything that we can to have women and girls have a relationship with our local police that is trusting and open,” McInerney said.

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

Yukon government bans future staking at Venus mine tailing site Lori Garrison News Reporter

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n order-in-council prohibiting future staking at the now-defunct Venus mine tailing site 22 kilometres south of Carcross was issued Aug. 24 by the Yukon government.

“The purpose of this order is to prohibit entry to the Venus mine tailing site for the purpose of maintaining the integrity of the remediated

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Venus mine,” the OIC reads.

Exploration, staking and mining were active at the Venus mine from 1901 to the 1980s. Gold and silver were the primary products, along with cadmium, lead and zinc. The site was remediated by the federal government in 1995 as it “presented considerable health and safety risks,” to the public according to the federal government’s 2008-2009 northern contaminated sites

performance report.

According this report, claims in the area expired in the mid-1990s. However, according to the Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources there is still one active placer mining claim. The claim, opened in 1997 is owned by Brian Scott.

It is set to expire Sept. 4.

Scott also owns an adjacent quartz mining claim. It was filed July 2006 and is set to expire July 12, 2018.

“Depending on the miner, on how he moves forward… if he choses to let the claim expire then no one else can choose to stake that area (in the future),” said Sue Thomas, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.

Thomas said even if the claims were renewed, that doesn’t necessarily mean they could be mined. They would have to go through the planning and approval

process before anything happened. Given that the area is a remediated site, any mining approval in that area would likely come with a security, to ensure the integrity of the remediated area remained intact, she said.

The federal government is still monitoring the Venus mine. The remediation work there has an expected life of 150 years, Thomas said.

Lewis Rifkind, mining analyst for the Yukon Conser-

vation Society, said the site “has been closed for ages,” partly because it is “heavily contaminated” with arsenic.

Preventing further staking in the area stops the potential for the site to be disturbed, which might cause contaminants to escape the remediated area.

“Sometimes, what’s best for these sites is to just not disturb them,” Rifkind said.

ner’s Service confirmed.

Whitehorse RCMP were called about a single-vehicle rollover at kilometre 1386 of the Alaska Highway just before 9 p.m. on Aug. 25, according to a press release.

Upon arrival, police found a BMW in the northbound

lane facing the shoulder of the highway and the driver, deceased, nearby.

The initial investigation found that the BMW carrying four people was travelling southbound when it “left the highway, collided with the southbound shoulder and

flipped, eventually coming to a rest in the northbound lane,” the press release said.

The driver was not wearing a seatbelt at the time and was “ejected from the vehicle upon impact.”

The Yukon Coroner’s Service has identified the de-

ceased as 33-year-old Jeffrey Rory Dion Williams, who had been living in Atlin, B.C. EMS transferred the vehicle’s three other occupants, a woman and two men, to Whitehorse General Hospital with what’s believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.

The RCMP closed a portion of the Alaska Highway both ways for several hours for the investigation, eventually allowing traffic through intermittently.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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COMMENTARY Words matter when it comes to preventing drug overdoses

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ince 2016 our minimally populated, quiet territory — our community — lost seven people who died from drug overdoses.

Canada is in the midst of an overdose crisis which has left no community untouched and while the question of “why” has been asked and studied, we have yet to address one of the root causes of drug overdoses.

Stigma is the reason people in Canada are still dying from drug overdoses.

Words matter — the language and words we use can contribute to stigmatization. This includes words like junkie, addict, clean, dirty, and abuse. These words are problematic because they do not distinguish between a person and an illness. They create a discourse where the person is the illness instead of someone living with it. These words label people in damaging ways because they reduce the dignity and humanity of people who use drugs. Being labelled like this is one of the most common reasons people do not seek supports when they use drugs.

Unfortunately, this language and labelling is everywhere. These words are used in common conversation, at the doctor’s office, in the media, and even within the walls of treatment centres. After someone hears these words and labels often enough, they start to internalize them which results in a person believing they are unworthy of treatment or supports.

The options for people to access supports are very limited and do not work for everyone.

Traditional treatment often requires a person to be sober and ready for care and is one of the only ways someone can access care and supports. People who are overdosing are the ones who have been failed by these limited treatments options or are not yet ready to access them.

This is why it is so important to talk about making more harm reduction sites like needle exchanges available to people in this territory, especially those in rural Yukon. Right now in Whitehorse users can exchange their needles for clean ones at Blood Ties but there are no dedicated services outside of the city.

Having more harm reduction sites available can mean support options for people who have mostly felt alone with their drug use. It will mean people have more accessible options and tools to keep themselves safe and alive while using. Having more harm reduction services available to people can ultimately reduce isolation. It can be the difference between life and death.

Stigmatizing language combined with a lack of treatment options leads to isolation.

Once a person believes they cannot talk openly about their drug use, let others know that they are using, and discuss safety while using, they are essentially alone with their drug use.

Our attitudes towards people who use drugs are another way we stigmatize and push people into isolation. It has been reinforced our whole lives that drugs and the people who use them are bad and should be avoided. It isn’t socially acceptable to talk openly about

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A naloxone kit is displayed at a media event in Whitehorse. drug use and drug safety and it is common for someone with a drug addiction to be viewed as having a moral failing rather than a medical condition. In our society, it is also risky for a person to talk about their drug use in an honest way as it can result in them losing their family, their friends, or their job.

Isolation is deadly because when someone uses alone there is no one to call 911, no one to administer naloxone the life-saving medication that reverses the effects of an overdose, no one to know that something could be wrong. Having supports available for people to discuss their drug use openly and honestly without fear of judgment creates safety for those people.

When we look at the whole picture, it isn’t surprising that people are dying at an alarming and tragic rate. We have pushed people to the farthest margins of society and left them there without a second thought. Now we have mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and friends – people who we love – dying. The truth is, as hard as it is for us to change our built-in

stereotypes, people who use drugs are no different from those who don’t. They never were any different.

No matter what we may be facing in our lives, the struggles we may have, no one is disposable and we should not be made to feel like we are. We are treating people as though they are unworthy of time, resources and investment. If we don’t start changing our stigmatizing language and attitudes towards people who use drugs, we will not see any change in the overdose epidemic. In fact, if we don’t recognize these last couple of years as a wakeup call, it will only get worse.

Thursday, Aug. 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day. Please join us at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre that day at noon for a panel discussion to turn up the conversation on the stigma of people who use drugs and its relationship to the overdose crisis in Canada.

Emily Jones is the harm reduction and wellness counsellor at Blood Ties Four Directions Centre

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The carbon tax is supposed to incentivize low carbon alternatives

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s the feds were in town last week sorting out some of the details of the upcoming carbon tax with the Yukon Government, we have further indications that no “exemption” for the North is in the cards.

Seemingly resigned (finally) to the notion that this is coming one way or another, the opposition has embraced a new line of attack. A refusal by the government to promise that the tax it collected once in place would be “revenue neutral”, not for government, but for individual Yukoners paying it led to criticism that it would be picking winners and losers If I might move slightly off track for a moment, let us add the expression “pick winners and losers” to our list of meaningless political talking points that

ought to be excised from the political discourse.

Almost everything government does, whether overtly or more subtly, involves the choosing of so-called “winners” and “losers.”

Yes, since they need to win elections politicians will often go out of their ways to only highlight who stands to gain from a particular move while downplaying the hit suffered by those who lose. But the losers are still there even if they don’t recognize themselves as such. Every dollar spent on a program or policy that doesn’t benefit you in some direct or indirect way makes you a “loser” in some sense. It means less money to spend on those that do benefit you or to return to you in the form of tax cuts.

Ultimately picking winners and losers is what government does. It is not that anyone wants there to be “losers” in the world, but zero sum situations exist and governments have to contend with them.

Returning specifically to carbon pricing, I certainly always understood the expression “revenue neutral” to mean revenue neutral for government (as

in it didn’t result in a net increase in revenue), and not revenue neutral among individual payers.

The latter would defeat the purpose of the tax. If you literally returned every dollar and cent to the exact person who paid that tax to begin with it would accomplish nothing. A carbon tax creates winners and losers by design. The point is to create a structure so that the losers want to and can become winners by reducing their emissions.

The tax is supposed to be about incentivizing low carbon alternatives wherever they are available. So yes if you are one who purposely chooses a high carbon lifestyle which provides little in the way of broader economic benefit in the face of reasonably cost effective alternatives you have to “lose” in order for the policy to be effective.

So what principles ought to govern the rebating of carbon tax revenue to Yukoners? This was the subject of one of those online consultations the Yukon Government has been doing recently.

As I’ve argued before, I don’t think carbon pricing

should be a “tax grab” or a means to accomplishing some other social policy change. This is why I supported the Liberal promise of revenue neutrality over the NDP promise of splitting the money between rebates for low income households and a green energy fund.

If we are modelling for other jurisdictions around the world that might be considering carbon pricing as an economically efficient mechanism to reduce emission, it behooves us not to prove the critics right by using it to increase the size of government or redistribute wealth from rich to poor.

My view, as it has always been, is that the manner in which the money collected through carbon pricing is rebated should be structured in a way that recognizes that a certain quantity of carbon emissions are unavoidable or cost prohibitive to eliminate.

Carbon taxes collected on those emissions ought to be refunded to the payer.

But that doesn’t mean returning every dollar to the person who paid it.

For example, as the former premier constantly

felt the need to remind us, home heating is unavoidable in the Yukon. That is absolutely true and it isn’t just low income households that must cope with the increased cost of home heating. It is middle and high income ones as well.

But how much you spend on heating your home is the result of certain choices regarding size, temperature and efficiency. I think there needs to be some sort of flat rebate structured around the number of people living in a household. But that rebate ought to create winners and losers.

Transportation is another one. Most of us have to get to work. Some of us need vehicles – often bigger vehicles – to do our jobs and that ought to be recognized. But if you drive your one ton to your desk job then you may be one of those “losers” under whatever carbon rebate scheme is devised. Drive a fuel efficient car? Maybe you can break even and receive back what you paid. Ride a bike, catch public transit, or carpool? Perhaps the net result of the rebating will make you a “winner.”

There are also certain

industries – the placer industry being one commonly cited by my colleague Keith Halliday as a cause for concern – which has to pay big fuel bills that ought to be specifically targeted. But there are going to be differences in level of efficiency between operations as well and we ought to be creative in how we return the money.

Perhaps rebates could be a function of the amount of minerals produced rather than the quantity of fuel consumed.

Yes, implementing carbon pricing is going to create some winners and losers. And some of the details are going to be complicated. Let us get those uncomfortable truths out of the way and recognize that not all carbon emissions were created equal.

Some are the practically unavoidable consequence of living and working in 2017. Others are the result of our own excess. The key to devising an effective policy will be recognizing he difference.

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

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Bennett, Philpott tag team Indigenous file as feds look to dissolve department Kristy Kirkup Canadian Press

OTTAWA rime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he is preparing for a significant shift in his government’s handling of the Indigenous Affairs file — a plan designed to lead to the dissolution of the department itself.

As part of a small cabinet shuffle Monday, Trudeau announced that Carolyn Bennett — the minister in charge of the Indigenous Affairs Department since the fall of 2015 — will tag team efforts on the complex file along with former health minister Jane Philpott.

Bennett’s focus will be on the Crown’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples — a key priority for the Trudeau government since coming to power — while Philpott will tackle Indigenous services, including the need to address longterm boil water advisories, First Nations education and housing.

The eventual creation of two separate ministries to replace the existing department will involve legislation, Trudeau said, noting Bennett’s work over the last two years has brought his government to the point where it can explore changes.

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Carolyn Bennett, left, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs and Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott take questions from media after a Liberal cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Aug. 28.

INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) about as far as they can go,” Trudeau said as he stood outside Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s residence.

“Being able to have ministers like Carolyn and Jane in charge of moving forward in substantive ways that will demonstrate Canadians’ commitment to reconciliation is something that is very exciting.”

The federal government is also taking steps to move beyond the Indian Act, Trudeau added, pointing to a 141-year old statute that has been widely criticized

by Indigenous leaders.

“It is a story that is about decolonizing,” Bennett said Monday. ”It is about getting rid of the paternalism and being able to understand that we have to move to a new way of working together. It is …

about us stopping delivering government programs and begin to build Indigenous-led institutions and Indigenous-led governments.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde called Trudeau’s announcement Monday a “positive step” for Indigenous People and their relationship with the Crown, saying the decision will allow communities to

exert their jurisdiction over territories and rights.

He also said he hopes the bureaucracy will be able to find new ways of doing business now that Philpott will take over this aspect of the file.

“We’ve always said the bureaucracy is really colonial and outdated and everything is done the same old way,” he said in an interview.

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Metis National Council President Clement Chartier also praised the federal government on Monday, saying he was alerted of the decision personally in a Monday morning phone call from the prime minister.

“You have two, I believe, well-placed ministers that are serious about what they’ve been tasked with,” he said. “I think in this way, progress can, in fact, be made. I think it is a proactive, positive step that the government is taking.”

National Inuit Leader Natan Obed extended his congratulations to the two ministers.

“I welcome today’s acknowledgement that the federal government must do better when it comes to policy, programs and services for Inuit and all Indigenous peoples,” he said in a statement.

NDP Indigenous affairs critic Romeo Saganash interpreted the announcement differently, saying that splitting the Indigenous-related files is an “acknowledgment that the Liberal government has so far failed to comprehensively address the formidable challenges Indigenous communities face.”

“The long-standing injustices cannot be addressed by any symbolic change and I reiterate the NDP’s call on the Liberal government to comply with legal orders to end discrimination of First Nations kids,” he said in a statement.

The Conservatives declined to comment on the cabinet shuffle for Indigenous Affairs.

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Connor Nugent as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.

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he third instalment of Yukomicon, the territory’s most hotly-anticipated weekend of games, cosplay and comic culture, played out August 25-27.

Recurring characters such as voice actor Toby Proctor, cosplay artist Andy Rae, and the swordand-axe-wielding Company of the White Wolf returned after their stellar performances in Yukomicon Ep II back in 2015.

Joining the cast this year were names such as actress Melissa O’Neil from the TV show Dark Matter and cosplayer Justin Saint, who demoed his transformation into Maleficent from the Disney movie of the same name.

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Trump promises federal aid to storm-ravaged Texas Andrew Taylor Associated Press

WASHINGTON resident Donald Trump has promised federal assistance to storm-ravaged parts of Texas, insisting Congress will act swiftly on a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey recovery package as the government signaled current funds will be exhausted in the next few weeks. “I think it’ll happen very quickly,� Trump said Monday of an aid package that could rival those enacted after Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. “It’ll go very fast.�

The president said existing disaster balances of more than $3 billion are sufficient for the immediate emergency but promised his administration will send lawmakers a request for far more to help Texas rebuild from the record storm in which catastrophic flooding has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city. “The real number, which will be many billions of dollars, will go through Congress,� Trump said at a White House news conference.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., promised through a spokeswoman that “we will

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The Republican-led Congress appears likely to add an immediate infusion of aid to a temporary spending bill to prevent a government shutdown Oct. 1, though congressional aides say the larger recovery package may take more time to develop.

It’s way too early to guess how much will be required with floodwaters rising in Houston, people stranded in homes and the city essentially paralyzed.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster fund currently contains more than $3 billion, but FEMA on Monday said the response to Harvey is “quickly drawing down� disaster balances.

The upcoming disaster aid package is yet another item for a packed September agenda in Washington that includes preventing a government shutdown, making sure the government doesn’t default on its debt obligations, and laying the groundwork for overhauling the tax code.

Vice President Mike Pence told a Houston radio station Monday that given the “magnitude of the flooding� in the area that “it will be years coming back.�

He said 22,000 people had already applied for federal aid but that as “many as a half-a-million people in Texas will be eligible for and applying for financial disaster assistance.� “We remain very confident that with the reserves and with the support in the Congress, we’ll have the resources that we need,� Pence told KHOU radio.

Democrats promise they’ll help. “Republicans must be ready to join Democrats in passing a timely relief bill that makes all necessary resources available,� said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Last week, Trump threatened a government shutdown if he didn’t get his $1.6 billion request to begin building a U.S.-Mexico border wall. But the need for disaster funding could make a shutdown showdown in September less likely since Trump may want to avoid a battle that could make him look like he’s prioritizing wall funding over flood victims.

Asked if the natural disaster would make him reconsider a shutdown, Trump said: “I think it has nothing to do with it, really. I think this is separate.�

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Participants hold up the cyanotype print they made at Shipyards Park in Whitehorse Aug. 28. Local artist Chelsea Jeffery, second from right, has been working with cyanotypes during her summer residency at the Jenni House.

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tiff, navy-blue sheets of watercolour paper are hanging from a clothesline inside Shipyards Park’s Jenni House. On each of them, an object is imprinted in stark white relief — leaves with veins, stems and jagged edges clearly defined on one sheet; a twig with leaves and what could be flowers or buds poking out on another.

The work of local artist Chelsea Jeffery, who’s completing the Yukon Arts Centre’s Jenni House Residency this summer, the prints were created via a method called cyanotype, which involves mixing two chemicals — ammonium iron(III) citrate and potassium ferricyanide — to create a light-sensitive solution. The solution can then be painted on paper

or fabric. When an object is put on top and the medium is exposed to sunlight, the subsequent reaction turns the uncovered areas blue while leaving the parts covered by the object the original colour of the paper or fabric.

“It’s really just applying objects to a sensitized surface and then capturing something of their physical form in the finished product, which I find really interesting,” Jeffery said, who did her largest cyanotype to date on Aug. 28 — a roughly three-metre-by-three-metre print that enlisted the help of a handful of people who laid down on the treated fabric in Shipyards Park for over 30 minutes.

Originally a printmaker who worked in historical photo curation while living in Toronto, Jeffery’s background in women’s studies and the history of

photography led her to discover the work of Anna Atkins, a 19th century English botanist who’s widely cited as being the first female photographer and whose book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, published in 1843, is widely considered the first book to be illustrated with photos.

Although she knew about cyanotype’s historical significance — it was also used by engineers and architects to duplicate designs, which is where “blue print” came from — Jeffery said she never tried it herself until she moved to Whitehorse two and a half years ago.

“When I moved here, (I) didn’t really have access to a letterpress which I loved, so I was like, ‘What else can I do?’ So although this is very different from letterpress printing, I kind

of see this as a form of relief printing, so using the surface of an object to create a printed image,” she said.

Along with her interest in botany and plant identification, Jeffery said she was drawn to cyanotype because of the unique process, one that straddles both photography and printmaking.

“I was really intrigued by the chemical process that it involves, it’s a very beautiful process to me. I enjoy mixing the chemicals, I enjoy applying the emulsion to the paper, I really enjoy exposing it to the sun and then kind of seeing the result as you rinse it,” she said.

The making of a cyanotype is somewhat of an art in itself, an evolving series of gentle colours that lead up to the final, bold print. When first applied to paper, the solution takes

on a greenish-yellow colour that looks more like a stain than paint. Once exposed to the sun — typically, Jeffery places the treated paper and objects between two sheets of glass and hold them tightly together with binder clamps — the exposed parts of the paper gradually start to turn brown-grey. Depending on how sunny it is, a print typically sits out for 15 to 20 minutes until Jeffery retrieves it and dunks it into a tub of water, where yet another transformation happens; as the water turns yellow, the parts of the print exposed to the sun suddenly turn a deep, dark blue, while the covered fade from an electric greenish-yellow to white. After swirling it around to get the remaining chemicals out, Jeffery washes the print under running water before hanging it up to dry.

Although the majority of her prints so far have been of plants, Jeffery recently started experimenting with making prints of litter.

Hanging between two recent prints of leaves and flowers on her Jenni House clothesline were pieces featuring cigarette packages and butts, straw wrappers, a muffin liner and cough drop wrappers. It felt like a natural next step for what Jeffery sees as a medium meant to document what’s immediately in the world around her.

“I would say that our natural world also now includes garbage…” Jeffery said. “I feel like if I were to only select beautiful plants to make prints of, then I’m not really sampling from my environment accurately.”

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SPORTS AND RECREATION New royals crowned at King of the Canyon mountain bike championships Tom Patrick News Reporter

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here were some fresh faces in Yukon’s mountain biking royal court following the King of the Canyon race in the Grey Mountain area on Aug. 27.

A new king, prince and princess ascended to the throne by the end of the event — Yukon’s mountain bike championships — hosted by the Contagious Mountain Bike Club.

Only this year’s queen, Whitehorse’s Meagan Wilson, had previously sat on the proverbial throne, having won in 2012 and 2015.

“I’m tired. That was really hard,” said Wilson. “It was challenging and I knew Sammy (Salter) was right behind me, so I knew I had to keep on going hard.

“She’s really fast, but she and another guy took a wrong turn … She was ahead of me on Downtown Boogaloo and took a wrong turn, so somewhere around Hula Girl (or) Hilarious I got ahead of her.”

Wilson, 33, finished the 47-kilometre course, starting and ending at the Schwatka Lake Boat Launch, in three hours and two minutes. Salter came in just three minutes later for second and Amanda Taylor placed third.

Whitehorse’s Josh Decloet is this year’s king as top male on the long course.

The 30-year-old was happy just to finish the course.

He has done the event before, “but I don’t know if I’ve ever finished it,” he said. “I’ve always had some kind of issue — mechanicals or a crash or something like that.

“It was nice to actually finish it, so to win is a nice bonus.”

Josh Decloet finished the 47-kilometres of trail in 2:35. Ian Parker took second at 2:48 and Craig Mactans third at 2:59.

“It was pretty good overall. I was able to ride my own race for the most part,” said Decloet. “I got a little lucky. Ian (Parker) … had a little mechanical. We were battling for about the first 15K before he had a little problem with his seat. So he stopped and I was able to hold him off until the end.”

As a mountain bike guide for Boreale Explorers, Whitehorse’s David Pharand was happy to go as fast as he wanted on Sunday. The 37-year-old took first for

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Josh Decloet, left, and Ian Parker lead the field at the start of the King of the Canyon mountain bike championships near Schwatka Lake on Aug. 27. Decloet and Parker placed first and second respectively on the long course. males on the shorter 26-kilometre course, earning the title of prince.

“I don’t think I’ve ever won a cross-country race,” said Pharand. “I feel fantastic. I had a fun week at work guiding customers — I ride bikes for a living — so at the end of this week I was really stoked to go for a ride and not have to worry about other people behind me. I just had to work on whoever was in front of me and go for a ride.”

Though he could go as fast as he wanted, it’s fair to say Pharand went a little too fast in one spot. He clipped a tree and “had an OTB moment,” said Pharand, using the acronym for over the bars. “It was a silly moment, but I guess I usually ride the trails a lot slower, so I underestimated the corner.

“But I dusted myself off and kept on going.”

Pharand finish in 1:37, just one minute ahead of second place’s Sam Oettli.

Daniel Philips-Friedman placed third with a time of 2:12.

This year’s princess was a first-timer in the annual championship. Jaylene Goorts, who moved to Whitehorse from Nunavut a little over a year ago, took the princess title.

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Tony Painter rides his fat bike to the finish.

The 31-year-old finished in 1:50, more than a half hour ahead of Lucy Steele-Masson in second, despite some hiccups with

new equipment.

“It was my first time wearing clipless shoes and I had a couple standstill spillovers,” said Goorts.

“There were a couple sections where I couldn’t get my feet unclipped fast enough and just fell over at a standstill. So I have a

couple bruises, not from the trail, but being unable to get my feet out.”

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Whitecaps soccer camp in Whitehorse doubles in size

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Etnik Tarakaj, left, and Finn Johnson fight for the possession during a Vancouver Whitecaps Youth Prospect Camp at Porter Creek Secondary on Aug. 25. The camp doubled in size from last year with over 80 Yukon players participating.

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he Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team has its eye on Yukon soccer

players.

A number of Yukon players impressed visiting coaches during a Vancouver Whitecaps Youth Prospect Camp last week in Whitehorse.

Where there’s passion, there’s promise, said Whitecaps mainland head coach Craig Angus.

“There’s a lot of passion for the game here.

And with passion comes players who want to play, practice year round,” said Angus.

“There are players with potential here. How good that potential can turn into is an unanswered question right now, so they need to be exposed to different environments a lot more from their environment in Whitehorse, whether that be in Vancouver with programming we have down

there or the additional tutor program we have linked to our academy centre model.

“In the high potential player program players are identified across B.C. and are then invited to represent Whitecaps in one-off events where they can test their abilities with like-

minded players against top competition.”

More than 80 Yukon players, from ages five to 18, attended the five-day camp held Aug. 21-25 at Porter Creek Secondary School. That’s twice as many players from last year’s camp.

The idea of the camp is

to identify players suitable for the Major League Soccer team’s youth program.

The Whitecaps organization has youth teams from ages under-18 down to a “pre-prospects” academy for 13 and under.

“We’re going to explore opportunities to be closer together for the benefit of the children … make them an integral part of our player pathways,” said Angus. “Whether that’s into the professional game or whether that a player from this territory going to college, knowing exactly how they’re going to get there. So we’re going to seriously explore opportunities to add structure that we’ve had over the last two years.”

“We have a showcase program that competes twice (or) three times year,” he added. “The players who showed well at this camp will be invited to play for the Whitecaps at a college showcase tournament in January.”

The fact the camp was held a second straight year

shows that the Whitecaps organization recognizes potential in Yukon players. It also shows that the Whitecaps and Whitehorse FC have established a longterm affiliation.

“We are working with the Whitecaps, not just to offer camps for Yukon youth, but to offer opportunities to Yukon players to be part of the Whitecaps academy program,” said Edgar Musonda, technical director of Whitehorse FC and the Yukon Soccer Association. “It’s exciting for us because we have talented players, but we

haven’t had opportunities for them to further their soccer careers through professional clubs. For us this is a good avenue to getting players to become professional players playing for Whitecaps or any other professional clubs around the world.

“This is also good for the parents because they know they’ll be investing in their child’s future in soccer, knowing there’s a stop more than just playing for the Yukon territorial teams.”

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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E.R. V.I.P.s

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Backflow preventer in a drain

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Brief, as a visit

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Iron: Fr.

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Stereotypical oil tycoon

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Remains unused

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Sweets

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Word on a jar

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Bombs developed in the 1950s

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Some airport figures, for short

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116 Detective in a lab

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Mathematician Turing

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44

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90

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When a baby is expected

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Comprehensive job descriptions are available at: Dawson Designated Office, 705 Church Street in Dawson, Teslin Designated Office, 8 McLeary Street in Teslin, Head Office, Suite 200–309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca/employment Should any of these exciting opportunities be of interest we’d like to hear from you.

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Please forward applications to: Finance and Administration Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Applications must be received by September 17, 2017.

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Firearms

Firewood/Fuel

Misc. for Sale

FIREWOOD $175/cord 20-foot lengths, 5-cord loads Small delivery charge You Cut Weekends, $70/cord 668-6564 Leave message

10â€? Delta construction table saw w/stand, $200; 12â€? King tilt sliding mitre saw, $250; Campbell HausďŹ eld compressor on wheels, 8 gal, 125 PSI, $40. 335-5766 6x4 closed in trailer, does not leak, older; table & 4 chairs, excellent cond, both go together, $650. 6677223 or 335-2038 Air tight wood stove, great for wall tent, cabin, 2nd largest of the 3 sizes available, c/w 2 90 degree elbows, $100. 633-6264 BBQ with full tank, $150; ice ďŹ shing tent, $300. 336-4245

1974 Gold Rush model 94 30-30, never ďŹ red, still in box, serious inquiries only, collectable. 336-3922 for more info 9.3 x 74 R over/under double rie, c/w extra set of 12 gauge shotgun barrels, $3,500. 660-4826 Ithaca model 37 Featherlight 12-ga pump shotgun, good cond, $275; Mannlicher-Berthier mountain carbine 8mm level, good cond, c/w 100 new cartridge cases & 2 new clips, $700. 456-2633 LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN ries & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Mannlicher-Shoenaur 6.5c53 mm carbine, re-stocked, c/w 3 boxes factory ammo, good cond, $550; early 8x57mm German 98 Mauser sporting rie, double set triggers, good cond, $425. 456-2633 Non-restricted ďŹ rearms course, Whitehorse Rie & Pistol Club, Sept 9 & 10. For more info call 667-6728 or 334-1688 Remington 700 CDL 7mm Rem Mag, left-hand bolt, PAL required.

Call/text 306-981-6939 VZ-24 Mauser, cal 8X57mm, w/ammo pouches, sling, bayonet, cleaning equip, original military, exc cond, 650; Fox 16-ga double barrel shotgun, single trigger, good bores, exc cond, $650. 456-2633 Wanted: WTB Ruger single six. Let me know if you have any for sale.

867-993-3041 Zastiva M85 mini mauser bolt action rie, Turkish walnut stock, 7.62 x 39. shortened stock, perfect for youth/lady, less than one box ďŹ red, c/w bases, rings, $500 obo. 867994-2262 for pics

Firewood/Fuel

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

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

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Furniture Couch, dresser, chair, stand-up dresser, 4 chairs. 633-7399 Elegant home/ofďŹ ce desk, 60Lâ€?x28Dâ€?x30â€?H, with matching wooden ofďŹ ce chair, purchased at Ashley’s less than 2 years ago, too large for condo, $400.

Reply to nnigel34@yahoo.ca FREE: Single bed box spring & headboard, no mattress. 667-2943 Mission oak table, size 41.5� x 67.5�, includes two 12� inserts & 6 chairs, $1,000. 633-6548 Set of wall mirrors, $60; TV stand w/glass shelf, $50. 336-4245

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 1988 GMC 7000 picker truck, 5 & 2 speed, 147,500kms, 4 outriggers, 18’ at deck, heavy duty hitch, offers. 633-3571 or 335-4407 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 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

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

Help Wanted

Godwin pump 10x10 self priming John Deere 6cyl 980 hrs, c/w 20’ suction hose with oating or sinking screen. Like new New $120,000, asking $69,000. 250-651-7880 New 8x10 grizzly, adjustable spacing, $5,500. 250-651-7880

Merchandise for Sale

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 Fox fur jacket, beautiful, quilted lining, vg condition, no loose fur, text 867-334-9959 or email ahnkarolev@yahoo.com to view in Whitehorse 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 Meccano Play Sets #5550 & #8540 in Meccano case, motor, tools, instructions, clean, $30. 667-6717.

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 NEW 2017 MANUFACTURED HOMES starting under $80,000 delivered! Best Buy Homes Kelowna www.bestbuyhousing.com Canada’s largest in-stock home selection, quick delivery, and custom factory orders! Text/call 250-7652223.

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Merchandise for Sale

Transportation

Misc. for Sale

Misc. Wanted

Numerous items, pyrography art, leather goods, some tools, chop saw, small drill press, router set, router table, exercise equipment, elliptical trainer, PT ďŹ tness rower, 3323114

Wanted: 1 acre of land for mobile home, willing to rent or buy the acre, am relocating in October, contact ASAP at 951-260-3666

Auto Accessories/Parts

Odyssey 400 barbecue, c/w 20lb propane tank. 668-5786 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 ďŹ re bricks, gaskets, new paint, 25.5â€?W, 33â€?H, 28â€?D, 2 lengths 8â€? 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 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. STEEL BUILDING SALE ...�PRICED TO SELL!� 20x21 $6,296 Front & Back Walls Included. 25x25 $6,097 No Ends Included. 32x35 $9,998 One End Wall Included. Check Out www.pioneersteel.ca for more prices. Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036.

Toko Ski Wax iron, like new, used once, $50; Skazz dance shoes, size 7, excellent condition, $25. 6677715 We will pay CASH for anything of value.

Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & ďŹ shing supplies, ries & ammo.

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Wheelchair lift, used very little, new $8,000, asking $2,800. I can install.

633-4533

Misc. Wanted Wanted: Free-standing bathtub with feet. Will pay. 633-4826

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

WE ARE HIRING!

GRAPHIC DESIGNER REQUIREMENTS: • Prołcient in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator in a Mac environment • Well organized and able to work within short deadlines

• Creative team player • Quick and accurate typing • A keen eye for detail • Strong design skills

Misc. for Sale 2 pellet stoves, Jamestown large house stove, $600; portable camp stove for cabin or wall tent, $150.

456-2633

Dental Assistant Experience is an asset but will train the right candidate.

Hourly rate based on experience.

Please drop off your cover letter and resume to Elias Dental 106-100 Main Street, Horwood’s Mall

Wanted: Person to replace garage door opener motor & reset spring for senior citizen, pays well. Roger @ 633-5210 Will take freezer burnt or old wild meat and ďŹ sh in the Whitehorse area. Call evenings, Peter at 3339043

Musical Instruments Kurzweil PC3LE8 88-Key keyboard, over 1,000 pro sounds, mint shape w/box, etc, $1,700 ďŹ rm. 667-6717 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certiďŹ ed piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com

Sporting Goods Schwinn Searcher hybrid men’s bike, size L, very nice cond, good tires, gears, brakes work great, carrying rack on back, $100. Text 867334-9959 or email ahnkarolev@yahoo.com

Stereo / DVD / TV RCA 52� Television, must be picked up, best offer. 633-3518

Transportation

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

Volunteers

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

Nissan

Studded winter tires on rims, 185/60R14 82T, + 3 summer tires, used on Pontiac Wave, $150. 456 2218.

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 1996 Toyota Camry V6, sunroof, great condition, $4,000 obo. 3358572 for more info 1999 Ford Taurus 4 dr sedan, 130,000kms, p/s, p/w, a/c, auto, V-6, $2,200. 667-7777 2001 Hyundai Elantra, 4-dr sedan, $1,900; 1996 Toyota Corolla, 4-dr sedan, $350. 393-3457 2006 Kia Sorento needs ball joints and tune up 180,000 kms, 2,000 obo. 336-0231 2009 Jeep Compass, high km functioning SUV, extra rims available, damage to front passenger quarter panel, driveable as is, $950. 6894674 2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187,000Km, loaded, excellent condition, $13,000 obo. 322-2404 2014 Chevy Volt Electric, low kms, pristine shape, 70km electric range, 500km extended, $24,900 obo. 6677550

Volunteers

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

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

Center console for Chevy Tahoe or Yukon, $225 obo. 334-3456

Combine your passion for creative advertising solutions and can-do attitude in this exciting PART-TIME role up to 22 hours per week.

The Yukon News, published twice weekly and online 24/7 is the leading source for Yukon residents to learn about news, arts and business in their communities. We offer a small, boutique environment with the support and resources of a large industry leader.

Black Press, is Canada’s largest privately held, independent community newspaper company with more than 150 newspapers, corresponding websites and associated publications located in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii. www.yukonnews.com Please email cover letter and resume to Mike Thomas at mthomas@yukon-news.com.

Closing date: September 22, 2017.

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Transportation

Services

Motorcycles

Trucks & Vans

Carpentry/ Woodwork

2012 CRF250X, bought new in 2014, well maintained, many extras, new tires, low hours, $6,500 obo.

335-3935

2013 Ford F150 Platinum 4X4 crewcab, 6.5’ box, 44,000kms, 3.5 L Ecoboost, fully loaded, Tonneau cover, spray-in boxliner, box extenders, light bar, exc cond, $31,000. 3341511

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 2008 8’ Adventurer, north/south 60” bed, 2-way fridge, HD roof racks, rear ladder, furnace, toilet, extra insulation, exc cond, $11,000 obo.

667-6907 2011 Pleasure Way camper van, 21’ long, 95,000kms, like new, excellent shape. 668-2771 or 334-3290 2013 26’ Evergreen trailer, leather seats and chesterfield upholstery, lightweight, easy to haul, large frig, stove, oven, TV, multiple storage areas, $25,000. 633-3113 21’ travel trailer, sleeps 6, $1,000.

668-4240 Triple E Commander, 33’, Ford chassis, V8, needs minor mechancial work, 47,500 miles, Yukon registered, $12,000. 250-335-0632

Snowmobiles 2008 Skandic WT 550 Fan-cooled, excellent condition, low kms, $5,500. 660-4073 evenings

Sport Utility Vehicle 2000 Jeep Cherokee, Special Edition, complete power, infinity sound system, heated leather seats, sunroof, remote start, new tires, 216,000kms, reduced to $4,400.

667-7777

Trucks & Vans 1989 3/4 ton Ford, 4X4, canopy 5L 6-cyl engine, not a beater, $2,500 obo. 667-6907 1993 Chevy Suburban, $2,500 obo.

633-2218 1993 GMC 3500 dually, 5-spd, 6.5L diesel, extended cab, long box, 249,000kms, 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 1996 Dodge Ram 2500, short box, $1,700. 393-3457 1997 Ford F350 crew cab, $1,500; 1989 Chev reg cab 4X4, $600; 1979 Chev 1/2 ton, reg cab, $400. 6687898, leave message 1999 Toyota Hiace truck body with 3Y engine, 68,000kms, RWD, great rig, will last a long time yet, $7,500 obo. 334-1859 2002 Ford Ranger 2WD, 3.0L V6, 234,000kms, well maintained, runs great, lots of new parts, $3,200 obo.

Dylan 336-4832 2005 Dodge Caravan, everything works, $1500. 335-2273 or whitestork57@gmail.com 2007 Chev Trailblazer, Ultra grip tires, trailer hitch, tinted windows, $6,300 obo. 333-3457 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 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

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2005 CHEV EX-CAB 3/4 TON 4x4

$6950.00

667-7777

Older 5-ton International gravel truck, Cummins diesel engine, box needs some patching, not used lately, offers. 456-2633

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 Trailer ideal for skidoo or quad with load ramp, wired, 6’x10’, $990 obo.

334-3456

Boats 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 20’ glass-hulled cruiser, Chev marine inboard, new canopy, c/w E-Z load trailer, offers; older 65 hp Evinrude, runs good, long shaft, $950.

456-2633

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

www.yukon-news.com Home Repairs HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs *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

Services

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 Advertising It’s good for you.

Livestock 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

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

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

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

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

Misc Services

Misc Services

Misc Services

Attn Hunters: 14’ fibreglass boat with trailer, $1,500. 633-3608 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

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Tenders

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Painting & Decorating

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

26’ Searay cruiser, excellent condition, c/w tandem axle trailer. 3368850 for details.

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633-6019 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER:

2017

Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CLOSED Sundays & Mondays

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

633-6019

...that you can donate credit at The Feed Store for us so we can purchase food and other items for the animals? ...that we have accounts with both P&M Recycling and Raven Recycling? You can drop off your recycling with them, tell them that it’s a donation for us and they’ll add your recycling to our account! ...that you can submit your Independent Grocer receipts to help Mae Bachur Animal Shelter? Drop them off at the Shelter for every $5000 in receipts, Independent Grocers give the Shelter a donation

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Domino

Digby

Falcor

Brenda

Moana

Koda

Fletcher

Wallie

Emmie

Teagan

Gracie

Moody

Cypris & Zohan

Master Shifu

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

Tenders

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

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point d’eau/Lieu

Type of Undertaking Type d’entreprise

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

And more...

PM10-068-1

Assignment from Brent Waldon & Kelly Benson to Kelly Benson

Swede Creek, Tributary of Haggert Creek

Placer

September 14, 2017

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

Art Christiansen

Maisy May Ck, Tribs to Maisy May Ck, Tribs to UNRLT to Dome Ck & UNRLT to Dome Ck, Trib of Stewart River

PM17-040

Missy

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

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867456-3980.

Placer

September 25, 2017

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquée sur le présent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrétariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.

Pepper

RUNNING AT LARGE...

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

Check out our website at:

WWW.HUMANESOCIETYYUKON.CA

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Pets & Livestock

Announcements

Announcements

Legal

Livestock

Coming Events

Information

Tenders

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

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.

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Pets 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

Announcements

Coming Events 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 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.

Giant Book Sale fundraiser for Food Bank in Energy, Mines & Resources Library, Room 335, Elijah Smith Building, September 6th-8th, kick-off event September 6th, 12Noon-2pm.

Further information 667-3111.

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.

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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

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 Porter Creek Community Association meeting Monday, September 11th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall. All Welcome. Come show your support.

Info 633-4829 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.

Sarah Ward Workshop: Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills in the Classroom and Beyond! October 18. Registration and details: www.ldayukon.com, 668-5167 Selkirk Elementary School Council is holding its AGM on Wednesday, September 20th at 6:30 in school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Yukon Bird Club Field Trip Sunday September 10, Birding the Whitehorse Sewage Ponds with Devon Yacura. Meet at the SS Klondike at 10am, 3 hrs. Everyone welcome.

Carpooling encouraged.

Yukon Broomball Association AGM Sunday September 17th, Sport Yukon 1-4pm. For information contact: 335-1203 Yukon Registered Music Teachers Assoc. Annual General Meeting Sunday September 17, 6:30 PM 106 Strickland Street. All welcome.

Yukon Women in Music (YWIM) AGM Friday, Sept. 29th, 5:30pm at the Westmark Whitehorse, Bennet Post Room. Come hear what we’ve been up to, and share your ideas for coming year.

More info: www.ywim.ca

Tenders

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SUPPLY OF CATERING SERVICES AND STAFF QUARTER MAINTENANCE FRASER CAMP, 2017-2018 Project Description: To provide catering services and cleaning of staff quarters at Fraser Camp km 36.5 Klondike Highway, Yukon Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 20, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

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Personals JOHN and JIM QUINSEY, please call Ralph at 667-5732

Lost & Found Found: Dentures at yard sale at 57 Army Beach June 3/4 weekend, fell out of black vehicle. 336-4245 LOST: Dog from Keno Music Festival August 11. Log is a medium built slender senior Husky cross, reward of $2,000 offered for his safe return, no questions asked. Danielle 867689-8548 or any animal shelter Left hand, man’s golf set. 10 clubs, 50 plus golf balls. One of a kind Casino Rama golf bag, $75. 633-3113

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PUBLIC TENDER REVEGETATION VARIOUS LOCATIONS CAMPBELL HIGHWAY #4 AND ALASKA HIGHWAY #1 YUKON 2017-2018 Project Description: The project includes hydroseeding 30.79 hectares, hydro re-seeding (no mulch) 5.93 hectares and mechanical seeding 29.18 hectares of land along the Campbell Highway #4 and the Alaska Highway #1.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 18, 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 Dale Enzenauer at dale.enzenauer@gov.yk.ca.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

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PUBLIC TENDER PROVISION OF LEGAL SURVEY SERVICES FOR WHISTLE BEND SUBDIVISION PHASE 3C Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 11, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

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