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Yukon government agrees to cover the additional $1 million to fix Ross River bridge Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Yukon government has agreed to cover the extra $1 million needed to fix Ross River’s footbridge.

In July, bids for the last phase of repairs to the bridge, which dates back to 1944, came in at $4 million, about $1 million more than the Yukon government had originally estimated.

The extra million dollars will be coming out of the territorial government’s general revenues, Community Services Minister John Streicker said this Sept. 8.

That brings the Yukon’s contribution to this phase of the project up to $1.75 million. Ottawa has already agreed to chip in up to $2.25 million.

The contract has been awarded to Surespan Construction Ltd. out of North Vancouver.

Streicker said the government will be talking to the company about ways to lower costs but he doesn’t anticipate the price will come down.

He said the government waited to make a decision about spending the extra money until after it had spoken to the Ross River Dena Council.

Streicker went to Ross River on Aug. 23. Chief Jack Caesar asked for more time to discuss the issue with council, and there were follow-up calls the week after, the minister said.

“We took the time to go back and talk to chief and council to really make

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The Yukon government announced Sept. 8 it will spend up to $4 million to repair the Ross River footbridge. sure this was a priority to them because it was more expensive.”

Streicker said the meeting “reinforced” how important the bridge is to the community.

The Ross River bridge was constructed by the U.S. Army to carry an oil pipeline over the river and later retrofitted as a footbridge. It’s the only thing that connects the two sides of the Pelly River during freeze-up and break-up when the ferry can’t run.

In 2013 engineers found that the bridge was unsafe and needed to come down.

The community protested and the Yukon Party government agreed to save it.

About $1.6 million in combined federal and territorial money has already been spent on the first phase of repairs to stabilize the north and south towers.

The final stage of repairs, which will mean the bridge can be walked on again, will include new

stairs, cables, anchors and decking.

Streicker couldn’t say when the latest work on the bridge will happen.

The hope originally was to have everything done this summer.

“It’s obviously going to be a little bit later because we had to have those conversations,” he said.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Whitehorse city council unanimously voted to officially put the Whitehorse Trail and Greenways Committee to rest at the regular council meeting Sept. 11.

The committee was formed in 2013 to make recommendations on the city’s 2007 Trail Plan, which is set to expire this year.

Staff had recommended council disband the committee at last week’s standing committee meetings, but the advisory group has

been on unofficial hiatus since August.

Coun. Roslyn Woodcock, speaking as chair of the corporate services committee, said in her report to council that the WTCG had “served the purpose for which it was originally formed.”

The decision to disband the committee was met with emotion by members when it was first brought to their attention in late July.

Some members, Woodcock had said previously, felt their work was not being given the proper weight by council. Woodcock admitted there were “tensions”

between the committee and council.

“It definitely is time to mandate that the committee come to an end.…

It made the most sense to end it right now,” she said in an interview.

“We need to look at what worked and what didn’t … to assess the lessons learned and consider how we can make it efficient and not waste people’s time. This is a group of really committed community members and to some degree that committee took a lot on the nose that didn’t belong to them.”

Woodcock was also a non-voting member of the WTGC. Staff and council have previously said that when the next trail plan is launched in 2019, they will look at having a similar committee.

“I truly believe we will revisit this decision,” said Woodcock.

Councillor Samson Hartland and Mayor Dan Curtis were absent from the meeting.

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

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Nehass bound for psychiatric hospital in B.C. Jackie Hong News Reporter

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en minutes and and three pages.

A ten-minute discussion in a Whitehorse courtroom Sept. 12 and the resulting three-page transport order were what finally cut Michael Nehass free from a nearly six-yearlong tangle with the Yukon justice system, one that raised alarms about the treatment of First Nations inmates, inmates with mental health issues and the use of solitary confinement.

His destination: a psychiatric hospital in Kamloops, B.C., where he will be swapping his long-held designation as an inmate to that of a regular inpatient. There he will receive mental health treatment under terms laid out by the B.C., Ontario and Yukon mental health acts.

That treatment is something his lawyer, Anik Morrow, said Nehass was severely lacking during his years — many spent in segregation — at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) after being charged for a violent Watson Lake knifepoint assault in late 2011.

“I have always said … it’s proper mental health care for Mr. Nehass that’s needed, not the criminalization of mental illness, and that’s what was happening here,” Morrow told reporters outside the court. “(His family) is in agreement that they would like to have their boy, Michael, back, and what that means is they want him back in the way he used to be … they all want treatment for him.”

Nehass is scheduled to arrive at the Hillside Centre in Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 18 from the Ontario Shores Centre for

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Anik Morrow, Michael Nehass’ lawyer, says proper mental health care for Nehass is needed.

Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ont., where he has been a ward of the forensic psychiatry unit since late 2016. According to the transport order, signed by Justice Ronald Veale, Ontario Shores will “deliver Mr. Nehass to the RCMP” or other qualified authorities, who will then transport him to the Hillside Centre. The order also authorizes the “appropriate use of sedation” and “physical pinel restraints” by “experienced, trained and authorized personnel when necessary and solely to maintain safe travel.”

Nehass’ father and a sibling will be moving from the Yukon to British Columbia to be closer to him, Morrow said, and depending on how treatment

goes, Nehass may eventually be moved to “lower-level infrastructure” such as a group home or assisted living.

Morrow added she was “extremely grateful” to the British Columbia government for finding Nehass a bed, taking and returning calls “at the speed of light” and understanding Nehass’ situation “through a mental illness lens, not a security lens.”

But it’s not the legal ending the defence lawyer wanted.

The transport order came four days after the Crown attorney in Nehass’ case, Eric Marcoux, entered a Crown stay Friday morning, essentially bringing all court proceedings against Nehass to a halt.

In Canadian law, a Crown stay cannot be contested by a judge or the defence and also allows the Crown to revive the charges within a year.

In her scathing halfhour address to the court following the Crown stay, Morrow dubbed the stay a “manoeuvre” that prevented her from further pursuing her application for a judicial stay, the hearing for which was supposed to start that same day.

Had the judicial stay been granted by Veale, it would not have only permanently stayed Nehass’ charges but allowed Morrow to present her evidence — 15 volumes of it — to the court about her allegations that there was an abuse of process and that Nehass’

Charter rights were violated.

“Ultimately, by staying the case and doing it by way of a Crown stay and therefore not providing us with the tools and powers of the court, Mr. Nehass is cut free from the justice system umbilical cord but he is … unceremoniously dumped on the sidewalk in Ontario and clearly the Crown feels no responsibility in that regard,” Morrow had said. “And I think that is shameful.”

The last statement caused Marcoux to object and, after being told by Veale that he intended to listen to what Morrow had to say, ask to be excused.

Veale later described Marcoux’s exit as “unfortunate.” The judge also said

that he intends to write a memorandum on Nehass’ case, describing it as “far too important to simply disappear.”

Nehass, who has been appearing in court from Ontario via video link, was visibly agitated throughout the proceedings Tuesday, at times interrupting Morrow and Veale to demand he be allowed to return to Whitehorse.

“I would like to come home now…. I need to go back to Whitehorse,” Nehass said, echoing comments he made following the Crown stay last week.

Under the strict framework of the transport order, that won’t be happening, Morrow told media Tuesday. She remained critical about the Crown stay, describing it as a “gag order” on evidence about alleged conditions and shortfalls in the Yukon justice and mental health system she said should concern everyone.

“This is a situation the entire country needs to deal with. We have to start looking at how we’re incarcerating individuals, what we’re trying to achieve when we incarcerate them.… If you can say a person presumed innocent is mentally ill can be segregated in their cell … and then be shackled and belly-chained and cuffed when they go to the shower, I think that’s a very wrong statement about what you do in Canada,” she said.

“It’s not about pointing fingers. It’s about solving the problem.… It’s about respect for your people at the end of the day,” Morrow said. “Do the Yukon people know they don’t have a mental health infrastructure capable of serving their needs?”

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

Case shows need for justice system overhaul, observers say Jackie Hong News Reporter

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ichael Nehass’ treatment during his years at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre show the “real need” for change within the Yukon justice system, said the executive director of a First Nations organization and a First Nations elder last week.

“This case of Michael Nehass has shown the world about … not only gaps, but the real need to overhaul our justice system and our mental health systems as it pertains to Indigenous people,” Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society executive director Ann Maje

Raider told media after Crown attorney Eric Marcoux entered a stay in the Nehass case Sept. 8.

The stay stopped all court proceedings against Nehass.

“I think (the situation) goes beyond Michael,” Maje Raider said. “I think it goes to Indigenous people. I think the injustices here within the justice system has to change in how we treat Indigenous people.”

Roger Ellis, who said he was one of six elders currently on the WCC’s Elders Advisory Group, agreed.

“You need to treat (a First Nations person) like a human, not like an animal and cage them up,” Ellis said. “They need help.

They need counselling, stuff like that, so they can learn to be in society.”

Ellis added that he thought recommendations from the Elders Advisory Group often fell on deaf ears.

“We can make recommendations … (but) we don’t see any changes to the system. And that’s the sad part — why are we there?” he said. “We’re not making (any) headway here. Are we just put there just to make it look good, you know, to say, ‘Okay, we’re involving the elders in this,’ you know? It’s a slap to the elders.”

The Yukon Department of Justice did not respond to a request

for comment on Ellis’ concerns.

There needs to be a shift towards supporting mental health and addiction treatment programs for First Nations people that take place on traditional land, Maje Raider said — both for healing and to prevent people from entering the correctional system at all. “(The Yukon government has) got to understand, community people want their own culture, they want their own treatment centres where they’re using their own elders and their own culture,” she said.

Ellis said he was glad Nehass’ lawyer, Anik Morrow, talked about Nehass’ treatment at

WCC and the treatment of First Nations people in the justice system in her address to the court following the Crown stay.

“The public needs to hear this,” he said. “It’s like the residential school stuff, it’s the same thing, the way people are being treated. Talk about reconciliation — where is it? We’re still being mistreated, so there is no reconciliation there.

“I just pray that the justice system is changed, not only for the First Nations people, but for (everybody in) the system.”

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

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whooping cough outbreak which began in June has not yet abated, putting unvaccinated children at risk now that school is back in session, health officials say.

The territory is “still in the midst of an outbreak” of whooping cough, said Dr. Catherine Elliott, Yukon’s deputy chief medical officer of health. There is “the potential to spread in schools and work as people return” from summer breaks and vacations, she said.

“Whether or not we see a second wave in the schools, it’s hard to say.”

There have been 74 reported cases of whooping cough so far, she said, with most cases centred in Whitehorse. There have been no hospitalizations related to the outbreak.

Whooping cough outbreaks tend to occur naturally every three to four years, she said. The last outbreak occurred in 2012, with 43 confirmed cases.

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Dr. Catherine Elliott, Yukon’s deputy chief medical officer of health, says a whooping cough outbreak that started in June could spread in schools among unvaccinated children. including sneezing, runny nose, mild cough and lowgrade fever. During the next one to two weeks, the coughing becomes worse, progressing to lengthy and often severe fits that end in a tell-tale ‘whooping’ sound when the infected person inhales. Coughing bouts may so bad that they may cause people to gag, spit up a thick, clear mucus, or vomit. The illness can last as long as two months.

While this unpleasant for adults, it can be especially severe in infants and young children, Elliott said.

“It can be very difficult in young children,” said Elliott. “Very young children and babies can have episodes where they just stop breathing.”

Every year in Canada, one to three people die from whooping cough, mainly infants and people with compromised immune systems who have not been vaccinated, she said.

Elliott said the health department expects to see new cases related to classroom transmission. The disease can spread with

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as little as five minutes of face-to-face interaction or one hour of being in the same room with an infected person and is infectious even before the cough fully develops, she said.

Children who have been diagnosed with whooping cough should be taken out of school and remain at home until they have had at least five days of treatment with antibiotics, she said.

While “washing hands is even more important now than ever,” Elliott said, “the best way to protect against (whooping cough) is to get immunized.”

The vaccine commonly used to protect against whooping cough is called Tdap, which also protects against tetanus and diphtheria. As the News has previously reported, the Tdap vaccine is effective but does not provide life-long protection, and so more than one vaccine is required to maintain immunity over a person’s lifetime.

To arrange a vaccination or for more information on whooping cough, contact the Whitehorse Health Centre.

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

Man charged after attempted murder in Haines Junction Jackie Hong News Reporter

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man has been charged with attempted murder and impaired driving, among other things, after allegedly shooting another man with a rifle in Haines Junction Saturday.

According to police, Haines Junction RCMP were called to the Haines Junction Health Centre around 8 a.m. Sept. 9 where a 53-year-old man was being treated for “injuries believed to have been caused by a firearm.”

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Police arrested Haines Junction resident Lucky Alex Jackson, 57, shortly after and charged him with attempted murder, uttering threats, assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm with intent to wound, impaired operation of a motor vehicle, impaired operation of a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration greater than 80mg and driving while disqualified.

Court documents allege that a .30-06 calibre Ruger M77 Mark II rifle was used in the incident and that Jackon was driving a Ford pickup truck.

Jackson appeared in Whitehorse court Sunday and remains in custody.

He’s scheduled to appear in court next on Sept. 14.

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

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Advisory panel pitches sales tax to help balance budget Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ith the prospect of future budget deficits looming, the Yukon government has been handed a series of draft options for how to improve the territory’s books.

The choice is to either manage spending plans, raise revenue, or some combination of the two, according to a draft report by the territory’s financial advisory panel released this week.

If the Yukon is going to raise revenues, a new sales tax is the way to go, they say.

“Over the last 10 years spending has been growing a little bit faster than revenues,” said panelist and University of Calgary economist Ron Kneebone Sept. 12.

“Although it’s only a relatively small difference, if you allow that to happen for a decade or more it starts to have serious implications for your financial situation and your future choices.”

The government’s own projections predict the territory will be facing deficits starting next fiscal year if nothing changes.

The government’s budget forecast includes plans to increase government spending by two per cent per year from now until the 2020-21 fiscal year.

If this growth rate is maintained beyond 2020, then the territory is on track to balance by 2022-23, according to the advisory panel report.

If the territory wants to be back to balance sooner, the government needs to spend less than it’s planning to.

To balance by 2020-21 spending increases need to stay at one per cent. If spending levels are frozen at the levels they’re at this year, balance could be achieved by 2019-20, according to the report.

According to this year’s budget, a one per cent reduction in spending growth appears to work out to between $10 million and $12 million.

If the government decides to dig its way out of the hole by raising revenues, the panel believes a harmonized sales tax, or HST, is the way to go.

“If the choice is to raise additional revenue, the preferred way of doing it is with the sales tax,” Knee-

bone said.

A one per cent HST would raise about an extra $7 million a year even with expanded low income rebates, the report says.

It provides a few different options for what the tax might look like if it’s combined with spending changes.

If spending grows at two per cent, a four per cent HST would balance the budget by 2020-21.

If spending grows at 1.5 per cent with a four per cent HST, balance would happen by 2019-20.

If spending grows at 0.5 per cent, a two per cent HST would allow for balance by 2019-20.

Visitors now spend more than $300 million per year in Yukon, according to the panel. If two-thirds of that money now had an HST attached, “then visitors end up paying roughly one-quarter of the total potential HST revenue earned by the government,” the report says.

Money raised by an HST could be used to lower other taxes.

A five per cent HST would give the government enough money to raise the personal income tax exemption from $11,635 to $20,000, “ensuring 6,500 Yukoners pay no income taxes at all,” the report says.

At the same time the government could reduce the number of income tax brackets from five to three and lower the general corporate income tax rate to 10 per cent.

“Due to the high contribution to HST revenue from non-Yukoner visitors, Yukoners as a whole will see tax liabilities fall by more than the HST paid,” the report claims.

Both opposition parties are against the idea of a new tax.

Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers said the government needs to manage its spending and grow the economy, not create a new tax.

“With the potential of the Liberal’s planned carbon tax and now, the looming potential of a sales tax, this is the type of thing

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Ron Kneebone, a University of Calgary economist and financial panelist, speaks at a media briefing Sept. 12. that does cause immediate concern for small business owners,” Cathers said.

Cathers said the government should look at its capital spending for

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each year “and potentially, just as we’d shown in the last budget tabled, having less government capital spending in certain years to ensure that we weren’t

getting into debt.

“We’d also be looking at making decisions when departments are requesting their resources.”

NDP MLA Kate White said a new tax would disproportionately affect low income earners “as opposed to someone who makes more than $100,000, where far less of their spending is going to be affected by the HST.” White said she’s concerned by the panel’s suggestions around the Yukon healthcare system.

The panel wants the government to consider a “comprehensive” review of the healthcare sector “focusing on the factors driving costs and on the quality of the outcomes being delivered to Yukoners,” according to the report.

The report provides examples like contracting out to private firms some diagnostic work to mobile labs or clinics or considering privately operated but publicly funded surgical facilities.

“It essentially talks about the privatization of healthcare,” White said.

The idea of using the HST to lower the income or corporate taxes is also problematic, she said.

The corporate tax rate

was just reduced this year from 15 per cent to 12 per cent.

“We’ve just gone from 15 to 12 and they are suggesting going down to 10,” she said.

If the government does choose to create a new tax, it’s not going to be an easy process. The Yukon’s Taxpayer Protection Act says a new tax needs to be put to a referendum before it can become law.

Premier and Finance Minister Sandy Silver was not immediately available for an interview.

In a statement Silver said he supported the panel’s work.

Members of the financial advisory panel are travelling to 15 Yukon communities in September and October to discuss their draft report.

Members of the public can also comment on the recommendations via a survey, written feedback or an online discussion forum.

More details on the draft report are available online at www.yukonplans. ca.

A final report from the advisory panel is expected by the first week of November.

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t appears that the risk of ransomware attacks locking doctors and medical institutions out of their own files has now become a reality for some areas of Canada. Although there are no reports yet of doctors or other healthcare providers being affected by ransomware in Yukon, now is the time to ensure we are ready, if and when the time comes.

An article in the Aug. 30 National Post discusses an increase in ransomware attacks on Canadian doctors’ offices and hospitals.

Ransomware is “malware” or malicious software that installs itself on computers and other electronic devices. It encrypts the entire hard drive, or specific files, and then demands a ransom be paid before the information is decrypted.

The article warned that hackers have been targeting Canadian doctors and hospitals in this way, indicating that a major healthcare organization in Ontario reported that it is “getting physicians on a regular basis saying, ‘I have a computer, I got locked out, I have ransomware.’” The article also reported that there has been an estimated 600 per cent increase in ransomware attacks in the past year.

Once computers or systems are infected with this kind of malware, doctors or medical institutions are ordered to pay a ransom in bitcoin, to regain access to their files. The risks posed by these attacks are significant. During a ransomware attack, all files (including patient information) stored on the computer are inaccessible. With this information unavailable to healthcare providers, there are serious risks to patient safety and care. A doctor can be missing key aspects of a patient’s history while diagnosing or dealing with a health issue.

Even if the doctor’s office or institution has a backup system in place, the process to restore these files is not instantaneous and can take several hours or days. And, if the ransom is not paid by the deadline given, hackers will destroy the files, which means the important medical

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history of patients would be lost. There are additional risks to patient privacy, if hackers are able to access patient files during the attack.

There are a number of things that can be done to mitigate the risk of becoming a victim of a ransomware attack.

Computers in a doctor’s office can become infected when someone opens an attachment or link in an email containing malware, which is then installed when opened. Ransomware on a networked computer system can also spread to others connected to the network. Doctors and their staff need to educate themselves about how to recognize suspicious emails, and about phishing or spear-phishing attacks, which lure people into providing information that enables hackers to gain access to their computers and systems.

Doctors’ offices must ensure they have good information security practices and policies that include regular backup of computer files.

It is also important to have a documented breach management process, so valuable time is not lost trying to navigate the steps necessary to address an attack. Yukon’s Health Information Privacy and Management Act (HIPMA) has specific requirements that doctors must meet when a privacy breach occurs. I encourage doctors to familiarize themselves with these

requirements and build them into their breach management procedures.

While doctors’ offices are currently being targeted for ransomware attacks, other healthcare providers could be next. I strongly recommend that all healthcare providers examine their information security management procedures and take the steps necessary to address the risks associated with a ransomware attack.

My office recently issued a Ransomware Advisory which provides more detail on how these attacks occur, how to prevent them, and what steps to take to respond to an attack. It is available on our website at www.ombudsman. yk.ca. You can find it in the Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner section of the website, under the tab entitled “For Custodians.”

This fall, we will be presenting privacy breach management workshops for healthcare information custodians (as set out under HIPMA) that will specifically address these risks.

My office is also available by phone if you have concerns or questions about ransomware or the upcoming workshops, at 867-667-8468, or toll-free in Yukon at 1-800-661-0408, ext 8468.

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LETTERS Thanks to health-care workers This is an open letter to Home Care Yukon and the doctors who looked after my wife during the last days, weeks and months of her life.

From the bottom of my heart I want to thank all those people who work at Home Care Yukon: the nurses, the home support people, social services and the doctors who supervised Joy’s care.

My wife Joy just passed away on Sunday Sept. 10. I am so thankful that she passed peacefully while sleeping. In the days weeks and months before her passing, as her health declined, the people at Home Care kept increasing its support for me. I kept Joy at home and Home Care, and the home support workers would visit every day.

We don’t realize how lucky we are here in Yukon to have such services and from such wonderful caring people. I cannot put into

words how much it meant to my wife, how she would perk up and be happy and smile and talk and even joke during the visits. These are times that I will remember. And when she became too ill to do that I could see in her face that she still loved the visits. It tore away at my heart to see her decline, but these wonderful people were there to support me as well and I am forever grateful.

The most important thing to the doctors, the nurses at Home Care and the support workers was that Joy remained comfortable, that there was no pain, that her personal care was looked after and that she could enjoy their visits. The help to me was immeasurable — it made it possible in the most difficult of times to keep my love with me rather than at the hospital.

Who ever heard of doctors doing house calls, and answering their phones at all hours of the day and night? Well, the doctors looking

after Joy did just that and much more. People down south couldn’t believe the care Joy was getting.

Thank you to Dr. Kanachowski and Dr. Biss: you were there to guide me through this time and to make sure Joy was comfortable and I need you to know how much it means to me that you were there when Joy and I needed you.

Thank you as well to the nurses, Margie, Emilly, Sam, Erin, Jessika, Beth, Holly, Heather, to Jenny the social worker (who was so much more than that) and Jose the physiotherapist.

And to the home support people: Rita, Jan, Glenda, Jose, Bony, Gladice, Samantha and Sol. And to anyone that I may have missed, I am truly sorry.

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Believe it or not, the Yukon needs more MLAs

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he Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission is once again looking at rejigging the territory’s 19 legislative assembly ridings.

The current boundaries were established after the commission last sat back in 2008. Since people tend to move, it is time for another once-a-decade review. Neither the Whistle Bend nor Ingram subdivisions even existed back in 2008, so it seems likely that changes will be in store for Porter Creek Centre and Whitehorse West, including the possibility that those ridings (and others) will be renamed. Not all Yukon ridings have the same number of voters.

The commission takes the degree to which a riding deviates from the average into consideration but

balances that against other considerations like geography, community interests and minority representation.

In 2008, there were 20,828 electors in the territory. Divide that by the 19 seats in the legislature and you would expect to see about 1,096 voters per riding. However, since the Vuntut Gwitchin riding is such an extreme outlier with just 176 voters, the commission excluded it from the calculations altogether and worked with an average 1,147.

The end result is — as has long been the case — the communities and their surrounding areas are mostly overrepresented in the legislature, while voters in Whitehorse are underrepresented relative to the capital’s population.

At the time of the last redistribution Kluane had just 753 electors (34.4 per cent below the average), Mayo Tatchun had 797 (30.5 per cent below) and Pelly Nisutlin had 714 (37.8 per cent below). At the other end of the spectrum is Whitehorse Centre with 1,368 voters, almost twice

as many as Pelly Nisutlin.

On average, the 11 Whitehorse ridings had about 1,270 voters. This exceeds the Vuntut-Gwitchin-excluded average by 10.7 per cent and the true mathematical average by about 15.9 per cent.

We have come to accept these deviations both here in the territory and at the national level as normal.

It is a sacrifice that I have mixed feelings about. The root of the word “democracy,” after all, is rule of the people, not rule of the most sparsely populated.

It is a system that strengthens the power of rural voters and dilutes that of urban voters. But if we look at voters in a more collective sense — not as individual voters but as inhabitants of communities and regions with local interests and values — the decision to sacrifice proportionality to give those areas a larger voice in government seems more reasonable.

At the federal level, we Yukoners are significant beneficiaries of this. Ours is the third least populous riding in the country after Nunavut and Labrador,

with about one third the population of the average Canadian riding. Even if the three territories were combined into one riding it would exceed the national average by less than 10 per cent and wouldn’t even crack the top 100 in terms of overall riding population.

Of course, we scoff at the idea that we might share an MP with the other territories. After all, we have little in common with far away Nunavut. We are our own unique territory.

At the federal level, the imbalance is mitigated by the fact that all voices are so dilute to begin with.

Brantford-York may have almost five times as many people as Nunavut but when each member of Parliament is but one of 338, who’s counting?

In the Yukon however, with just 19 seats, it can make a big difference. The challenge for the commission this time around is how to deal with the fact that most population growth since 2008 has been concentrated in Whitehorse. In 2006 — the last census before the

2008 redistribution — the population of the Yukon was 30,372 with 20,461, about 67 per cent, living in Whitehorse. Last year, the Yukon population had risen to 35,874 with 25,085, or about 70 per cent, in the capital.

In order to maintain a balance between proportionality and regional representation we will probably need to add another seat or two to the territorial legislature before the next election. I know, I know, I can already hear the groans. “Just what we need,” you might be thinking, “more politicians.” But I don’t think it is nearly as bad an idea as it might sound.

One shortcoming of having such a small legislature is the lack of committee work that takes place to study issues and policy at the legislative level.

Such study is an important contribution made by politicians federally and in the provinces.

With so many of the legislature’s members tied up with their cabinet and critic roles there are only a handful of MLAs left for

committee work. We’ve filled the void with cabinet-heavy decision-making process and an overabundance of unelected policy analysts. Maybe moving some of that work back to the elected legislature wouldn’t be so bad.

But what of the cost?

Well, a backbench MLA in the Yukon legislature brings in $76,775 with a $14,763 expense allowance. That isn’t too far off the cost of a policy analyst.

Economic Development is hiring one right now and is offering a salary of between $79,722 and $92,104.

“But there is no guarantee that MLAs will have any sort of expertise on policy,” you might say. True enough, but by no means are professional policy analysts going to become an endangered species in government just because we trade a few of them in for new MLAs. More democracy. More careful study of the issues.

It’s a win-win.

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

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691 Canadians who wanted out of hurricanestruck Caribbean are home: minister Canadian Press

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. nternational Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says 691 Canadians have now been flown out of the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean as the Liberal government fends off criticism of how it handled the disaster.

And while Bibeau acknowledged that the federal government could have been more efficient at communicating with those affected and their families, she suggested there was an element of truth to the reverse as well.

“We could have done better in terms of communication,” Bibeau acknowledged Tuesday before heading into the start of a two-day cabinet retreat in St. John’s, N.L., with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“But I can assure you that we were following the situation closely. We were in contact with the families, those who contacted us. Because once again, as travellers — and I include

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International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau talks with reporters before the morning session as the Liberal cabinet meets in St. John’s, N.L. Tuesday. myself in that — we forget to consult the website of the government to get the advice concerning the

countries where we are going.”

Bibeau said as far as she knows, all Canadians

who wanted off the islands of Turks and Caicos and St. Maarten “have had the possibility” to get

home as of Monday night.

She urged any other Canadians who still need help, or their families, to reach federal officials.

“We should always register for the government to know where we are in case of emergency. If we don’t do that and we don’t do that enough, well, then we have to wait for Canadians to inform us where they are.

“So this is why I insist: Please, if you know someone or if you are in a country affected, send an email to sos@international.gc.ca to make sure we know where you are and if you have special needs.”

Bibeau said federal officials are now on the ground in the Caribbean assessing how Canada might help with humanitarian aid and rebuilding after widespread destruction from hurricane Irma.

Stranded travellers and opposition critics have lambasted an evacuation effort that many said was slower and less organized than American operations.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau said he understands the frustration,

but continued to insist that Ottawa responded to a complex, difficult situation as quickly as it could.

“I’m not going to speak about the American situation,” he said of critical comparisons.

“We mobilized right away at the beginning to deal with this situation and one of the challenges which I spoke about was the challenge of being able to either land or take off from … the Turks and Caicos and St. Maarten.

“We had the availability of commercial airlines,” Garneau said. “The problem was getting them into a situation where they could actually bring the people back.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are in St. John’s for two days of meetings expected to include North American Free Trade Agreement talks and the reaction to hurricanes Irma and Jose. They will be among various topics as the Liberal government heads into the second half of its mandate.

Evacuation orders mount as wildfire spreads Canadian Press

WATERTON, ALTA. mandatory evacuation has been ordered for part of a southwestern Alberta First Nation because of a wildfire that’s threatening Waterton Lakes National Park.

The Blood Tribe, southwest of Lethbridge, issued the order early Tuesday morning for homes and apartments in Zone 1 of the Blood Reserve, and said residents of Zone 3 should be prepared to leave on short notice.

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to register at a multi-purpose building on the reserve.

Blood Tribe fire Chief Oscar Cotton said Zone 1 is in the extreme southwest corner of the reserve.

“There’s probably about 50 homes. What I can tell you is that our evacuation centre has about 100 people,” said Cotton, noting that Zone 3 is farther away from the fire and has about 150 homes.

The fire chief said the blaze is moving at a very rapid clip.

“At 4:00 (Tuesday morning) it was about five kilometres from the reserve.

At the same time Monday it was probably 20 or 30 kilometres.”

Cotton also said there is more than the threat of property damage for reserve residents to worry about.

“The only problem that we really have is the massive amount of smoke we’re getting from that fire,” he said.

People were told to leave Waterton Lakes National Park late last week because of the fire.

Alberta Emergency Services issued a mandatory evacuation order late Monday evening for residents of the Municipal District of

Pincher Creek No. 9, located just north of the park.

As well, nearby Cardston County declared a state of emergency and told residents to head to the civic centre in the town of Cardston.

Parks Canada said as of Monday, the Kenow fire had covered about 114 square kilometres and moved 11.5 kilometres down British Columbia’s Akamina Valley over the past three days.

By Monday night, the fire had become firmly established in the Cameron Valley along the Akamina Parkway.

Officials said there was

also fire in the Tamarack Basin which is expected to grow and move into the Blakiston Valley and toward the Red Rock Parkway.

Parks Canada’s Rick Kubian said the fire had the potential to reach the Waterton townsite, though they were hopeful that would not happen.

“That would require really specific alignment of winds and really challenging fire suppression conditions,” he said.

“And so with our fire suppression activities that we have planned and prepared for, we’re hopeful

that it would not reach the townsite area in a single operational period, but it is possible.”

Kubian said he’s expecting another two to three days of burning before rainy weather is forecast to sweep in later in the week.

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B.C. budget funds 3,500 teachers, homes for homeless; hikes taxes on rich Dirk Meissner Canadian Press

VICTORIA ritish Columbia’s minority New Democrat government says it is starting to build the province all residents want, tabling a budget update that promises to hire 3,500 teachers and build thousands of rental units and homes for the homeless.

Finance Minister Carole James said Monday the government’s first budget document puts people first after 16 years of Liberal rule where families, students and seniors struggled.

The government forecasts a surplus of $246 million this year and economic growth of 2.9 per cent, up from the 2.1 per cent projected in last February’s budget.

The New Democrats formed a minority government last June after the May election did not produce a clear winner in the 87-seat legislature.

The NDP, with 41 seats, and the Greens with three seats, combined their seat totals to oust the Liberals in a non-confidence vote.

“The budget really does invest in people to invest in B.C.,” James said in a briefing before introducing the budget in the legislature.

“I am a big believer that a budget does not stand alone,” she said. “A budget is a tool to make sure the people of this province who built our economy benefit from the economy.”

The updated budget confirmed many of the NDP’s spring election

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John Horgan Deputy Premier Carole James look on before the speech from the throne in the legislative assembly in Victoria September 8. promises, but other major pledges appeared to be under review and considered works in progress.

B.C.’s carbon tax, currently at $30 a tonne, will increase by $5 per tonne on April 1, 2018, James said. The $5 annual increases ensures B.C.’s carbon tax reaches the federal goal of $50 a tonne a year before Ottawa’s 2022 deadline for a set carbon price agreement across Canada.

She also said the carbon tax will no longer be required to be revenue neutral and the expected $1.2 billion in revenues this year will fund government programs rather than tax measures.

“We will use carbon

tax revenue to support families and fund green initiatives to address our climate action commitments,” said James.

Green Leader Andrew Weaver said he supports the increase and the move to drop revenue neutrality, saying the government could use the money to fund transportation initiatives.

James acknowledged the government’s plan for a universal, $10-a-day child-care program and its promised $400 subsidy for renters are currently in planning stages and may be more fully addressed in the government’s budget this February.

“We will implement programs and services

as we are able,” she said.

“You can’t turn back the clock on 16 years overnight. That’s not possible.”

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said investing in affordable housing and offering start-up funding for a poverty reduction strategy are welcome changes, but delaying work on the child-care promises raises concerns.

“The question is how ambitious their plan is going to be,” said economist Iglika Ivanova.

“I’m expecting to see a lot more in the budget in February.”

James said the government will invest $681 million over three years to hire more teachers

and provide services for students.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling last year ordered B.C. to reinstate classroom composition rights taken away from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation about 15 years ago.

The budget update contains immediate housing initiatives for renters and the homeless and housing will remain a major focus of February’s budget.

She said the government will spend $208 million to build 1,700 affordable rental housing units and $291 million to build 2,000 modular housing units for homeless people.

“Putting people first is our government’s priority,

and we’re working on a comprehensive strategy to improve housing affordability, close speculation loopholes and reduce tax fraud and money laundering in B.C. real estate,” James said in her speech to the legislature.

She said the government will cut Medical Services Premiums by 50 per cent in January and the government’s promise to increase income and disability assistance by $100 a month are budgeted at $472 million.

The budget includes tax measures that lowers the corporate income tax rate for small business to two per cent from 2.5 per cent, but increases the general corporate tax rate from 11 per cent to 12 per cent.

The personal income tax rate will jump from 14.7 per cent to 16.8 per cent for those earning $150,000 and over.

Jock Finlayson, B.C. Business Council vice president, said the business community expected the tax changes as they were part of the NDP’s election platform, but “this budget isn’t going to create a lot of new investment.”

He said the increase in personal income tax, coupled with federal government tax changes, could result in B.C. businesses not being able to attract top-job candidates.

Opposition Liberal finance critic Shirley Bond said the budget did not contain a jobs plan or an economic agenda.

“Today we see the NDP delivered a plan to spend,” she said. “There was no single mention of a jobs plan.”

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Rule of law lacking in Canada’s prisons, segregation trial hears Liam Casey Canadian Press

TORONTO anada’s prison system lacks the rule of law when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, a court heard Monday.

A lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called the system of administrative segregation unconstitutional and said a key statute must be rewritten to protect inmates from harm.

The association, which argues the practice amounts to indefinite solitary confinement, submitted evidence of several inmates kept isolated for years. The current law is flawed because it does not take into account the harm caused, Jonathan Lisus said.

“The statute does not require one to turn its mind to the impact on the inmate or the reasons for the isolation,” Lisus told Superior Court Associate Chief Justice Frank Marrocco at the start of the week-long hearing.

“There is no statute against the mentally ill, or against those who have done nothing and are placed in isolation because of incompatibility.”

No independent review of a segregation decision exists because the “isolator” can review itself, he

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The segregation unit at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre. said, adding that “incompatibility” is too broad and generic.

A variety of Canadian medical organizations argue solitary confinement for as little as 48 hours can cause psychosis, hallucination, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, court heard. Long-term effects

include impaired memory and confusion.

“There is no serious debate or controversy about the harm caused,” Lisus said. “One of the roles of the justice system is about rehabilitation and reintegration into society (and) this certainly doesn’t help.”

The lawyer cited an example of an inmate

placed in administrative segregation for 23 hours a day, for 138 days “without doing anything.” Another prisoner who needed protection from other inmates was sent to administrative segregation where he spent more than 580 straight days, court heard.

“There was nowhere else to go,” said Lisus’s

co-counsel, Michael Rosenberg. “These are inmates who are in segregation through nothing they’ve done.”

While there are no current limits to administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation is limited to 30 days.

In July, Marrocco rejected the federal govern-

ment’s attempt to delay the challenge because Parliament had proposed legislation to address the issues.

Two years ago, the liberties association and the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies launched the constitutional challenge, arguing the practice amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, and means offenders are effectively punished more than once for the same crime.

The association wants administrative segregation to be limited to 15 consecutive days, and never used for the mentally ill or a person aged 18 to 21 years old.

In response to the challenge, and a similar one ongoing in British Columbia, the Liberal government introduced Bill C-56 several months ago. The bill would limit administrative segregation to 21 days — a limit that would fall to 15 days 18 months after the legislation took effect.

The federal government is expected to detail its position later in the week.

In their court factum, the government’s lawyers say administrative segregation is a necessary, but restricted tool used to maintain the safety of a person and the security of a penitentiary.

Ottawa urged to release historic data on Inuit tuberculosis treatment Bob Weber Canadian Press

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ne of the country’s strongest international voices in the fight against AIDS says Canada owes the Inuit a full explanation of what happened to relatives removed from their homes to be treated for tuberculosis in the 1950s and ’60s.

“It was something that continues to complicate the entire response to tuberculosis now,” Stephen Lewis, co-director of AIDS-Free World and former United Nations special envoy on AIDS/HIV, said Monday.

“It’s like another level of the residential school phenomenon.”

Lewis has been working internationally for years to fight the spread of AIDS/HIV and tuberculosis, which are strongly linked.

But at a recent conference in Durban, South Africa, he learned tuberculosis continues to be a

major problem back home.

“My colleagues said to me, ‘Look, Stephen, you’ve been neglecting your own country.’

“They were right.”

Although tuberculosis is almost unheard of in the south, it is present in many northern reserves and in 17 out of 25 Nunavut communities. Infection rates are about 50 times higher among Inuit than in the general population, according to 2016 figures.

“I was startled to find the incidence in Nunavut is so much higher,” Lewis said.

The problem is often blamed on poverty and overcrowded homes in Arctic communities.

But sociologists have said one of the factors that make TB hard to handle is the memory of how Inuit were treated in the past.

Research suggests the disease took firm root among the Inuit after they were moved from hunting camps on the land

into communities with government-provided, one-room houses with no bathrooms.

Others lived in cramped shacks cobbled together from construction debris, which provided ideal conditions for the disease to spread.

Hospital ships such as the C.D. Howe sent Inuit who tested positive for the disease to southern treatment centres.

Records show that between 1953 and 1961 a total of 5,240 Inuit were sent south. The entire population of the Eastern Arctic at the time was about 11,500.

Many lost their language and culture after years in the south.

Many never returned at all or lost contact with their families — a lingering psychological scar in many communities, said Lewis, who met last week with Inuit in Iqaluit and Igloolik.

Elders talked about “the evacuation and the total disruption of families and the devastation

of not knowing what happened.

They were not able to talk about the story without weeping,” he said.

“For many of them, they’re still searching for a grave site.

They still don’t understand why they don’t know what happened.”

A formal apology is due, said Lewis. He also urged the federal government to grant a request from Inuit organizations to open its archives and let Inuit trace their lost family.

“We have the files. We have the names. They would be able to tell people, this is what happened to your relative, this is where they’re buried.”

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott said the government is aware of past and present issues around TB. She said she’s met with Inuit leaders on the subject as recently as last week.

“These are conversations that are taking place very actively,” she said Monday. ”We are deter-

mined to address this, both in the context of redress for historic injustices, but also with a very strong focus on people who are living now with tuberculosis.”

Philpott acknowledged that memories of their treatment in the past is affecting how Inuit see TB today. But releasing historic information isn’t her department’s responsibility, she said.

“My priority is recognizing present-day services and those are areas where there’s a tremendous amount of work to be done,” she said.

“There’s no questions terrible injustices have taken place in the past.”

Lewis said that even after years of travelling around the world to underdeveloped countries, last week’s trip was an eye-opener.

“These are Canadian citizens,” he said. “How dare we treat them this way.”

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Hundreds of old newspaper sales boxes are shown Sept. 11 in a vacant lot near the former offices of the Alaska Dispatch News in Anchorage, Alaska.

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ANCHORAGE federal bankruptcy judge on Monday approved the sale of Alaska’s largest newspaper for $1 million, saving the paper from folding, Judge Gary Spraker made his decision after hearing hours of testimony over the financial liabilities of the Alaska Dispatch News.

In approving the sale, Spraker said it was the best option available — better than liquidation — despite his concerns over the fast pace of the process.

The new owner of the Anchorage newspaper is the Binkley Co., a family owned firm in Fairbanks.

Ryan Binkley and Alaska Media’s Jason Evans are currently co-publishers of the newspaper and intend to keep it going.

The judge noted he had to bite his tongue to keep from asking why the buyer believed it could be successful in what has been a money-losing venture.

Former publisher Alice Rogoff bought the Anchorage Daily News for $34 million from The McClatchy Co. in 2014. Since then, the renamed paper has been losing about $500,000 a month and entered bankruptcy on Aug. 12.

A bid of $1 million was submitted by the Binkley Co. and there also is a long list of creditors involving about $12.5 million in debt.

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A handful of other prospective buyers had indicated interest, but no one else submitted a formal offer, she said.

Binkley said after the hearing that the family is happy about the outcome, but indicated to Anchorage television station KTUU that layoffs would likely occur among the staff of more than 200 people. He also said creditors would likely see little or no money on work they had performed for Rogoff.

The new owners have brought in former Anchorage Daily News publisher Jerry Grilly as a consultant as they attempt to turn around the finances. Grilly also was president of the Denver Post before he retired.

Cabot Christianson, Rogoff’s attorney, was also happy about the outcome.

“We sold the paper,” he said, leaving the courthouse. “That’s what we wanted.”

A hearing was scheduled for Sept. 22 to consider a U.S. trustee’s motion involving attempts to

recover more than $2 million that creditors claim is owed to them in unsecured debt, said their attorney, Mike Mills.

In August, the judge approved a $1 million loan from Binkley for the newspaper to keep it operating as negotiations continued.

In Monday’s testimony, involved parties said that money has been depleted.

The newspaper used the loan to pay insurance premiums and employees.

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The Anchorage-based newspaper filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 12.

Last week, a judge and Northrim Bank allowed Alaska Dispatch News to move $800,000 out of its account to pay newspaper carriers and another $50,000 to pay workers compensation, insurance premiums and employee reimbursements while hearings for its sale were delayed.

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Irma kills 3 in South Carolina and 2 in Georgia

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ATLANTA he remnants of Hurricane Irma forced Atlanta’s international — the world’s busiest passenger airport — to cancel nearly 200 flights early Tuesday.

The storm also claimed three lives in South Carolina and two in Georgia.

The flights cancelled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport put the total number of interrupted trips there due to Irma at about 1,300, spokesman Andrew Gobeil said. The airport remained operational, with flights taking off and landing.

However, some passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport. Gobeil said he didn’t have the exact number.

Meteorologist Keith Stellman said Atlanta’s airport recorded sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) with gusts up to 64 mph (103 kph). The National Hurricane Center said it expects Irma to drop 5 inches to 8 inches (13 to 20 centimetres) of rain across South Carolina and the northern regions of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi through Tuesday.

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Deal called the storm an “unusual” in that it affected the entire state, rather than being localized.

For that reason, Deal said, recovery “could be a bit slower.”

“This is a different kind of natural disaster. We have not had one like this in the state of Georgia for a long time,” Deal said in a news conference on Tuesday.

More than 1.2 million Georgia Power and Electric Membership Corp. customers were without power Tuesday morning.

The utility companies said they would continue to assess damage as power is restored. The Alabama Power reported 20,000 outages mostly in eastern Alabama as the remnants of Irma toppled tree and power lines, but didn’t cause major damage. The utilities said repairs could take several days.

In Atlanta, people nervously watched towering oak trees as the city, 250 miles inland, experienced its first tropical storm warning. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority resumed full service Tuesday.

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Weakened into a tropical depression after strafing the Caribbean and Florida, Irma still had enough force when it swirled into Georgia to cause significant damage.

Heavy rain and strong winds caused flooding along the coast, downed power lines and sent trees crashing onto homes.

Traffic flowed easily on normally jammed Atlanta highways.

In Georgia, a man in his 50s was killed just outside Atlanta when a tree fell on his house, Sandy Springs police Sgt. Sam Worsham said.

A woman died when a tree fell on a vehicle in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said on its website. Martin Eason said in an interview with the AP that the victim was his mother, Nancy.

Some 540,000 people were ordered to evacuate days earlier from Savannah and the rest of Georgia’s coast. Irma sent 4 feet of ocean water into downtown Charleston, South Carolina, as the storm’s centre passed 250 miles (400 kilometres) away. City officials urged residents to stay off the streets.

Charles Saxon, 57, became South Carolina’s first recorded death when he was struck by a tree

limb while clearing debris outside his home in Calhoun Falls amid wind gusts of about 40 mph (64 kph), according to a statement from Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley.

Another man was killed in a wreck on a wet and windy interstate as Irma moved past. Public Safety Director Leroy Smith said 21-year-old Zhen Tain died in the crash on Interstate 77 just east of Columbia.

Sumter County Coroner Robert Baker Jr. said 54-year-old William McBride was pronounced dead Tuesday of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Baker said McBride had

been running a generator inside his mobile home for at least several hours, with only a single window cracked for ventilation.

Communities along Georgia’s coast were swamped by storm surge and rainfall arriving at high tide Monday afternoon. On Tybee Island east of Savannah, Holland Zellers was grabbing a kayak to reach his mother in a home near the beach.

“In the street right now, the water is knee-to-waist deep,” Zeller said.

Tybee Island City Manager Shawn Gillen said waters were receding quickly, but many of the

3,000 residents’ homes were flooded.

“I don’t think people who have lived here a long time have ever seen flooding this bad,” Gillen said.

The tidal surge sent damaged boats rushing more than three blocks onto downtown streets in St. Marys, just north of the Georgia-Florida state line, St. Marys Police Lt. Shannon Brock said.

In Alabama, hotels remained full of evacuees, most coming from Florida. A convoy of 180 FEMA trucks carrying relief supplies began making its way to Florida.

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Tom Thomson, ‘glitter skunks’ and wolverines: Trapped opens at YAC tepping into Winnipeg-based artist Willow Rector’s new show Trapped is immediately arresting — in part because the delicate, detailed embroidery work is so bright and striking, but also because arresting one’s movements is the correct response to seeing a skunk.

Hanging suspended by a pair of wires, the piece —also called, Trapped — floats with its back to

with the theme of “midnight petting zoo,” she said.

“I was literally vacuuming one day and I had this phrase come into my head and it was ‘glitter skunk’… and I was like, ‘what is that all about?’”

Rector became enamoured with the idea. She reached out to a furrier, from whom she acquired the skunk pelt. Rector also pointed out that this particular skunk — which would probably have been about the same size as a healthy Yukon porcupine when it was alive — was exceptionally large, and would have been “a real

the observer, white stripe flashing a warning which is primarily embedded in the brain of anyone who has lived far enough south to have encountered skunks before. Once you’re over this, however, and realize the skin is just a skin (which, having been cleaned, is odourless) you can fully appreciate the rich nuance of the work.

“The skunk was the first piece in this collection … it’s a metaphor as well as a reference to the literal trapline,” Rector said. “In so many ways, we’ve trapped ourselves in our culture.”

The idea to work with animal skins this way — taking the skin of a once-alive, wild animal that had been trapped and made into a pelt and then creating an embroidered image on the skin side — started out “very playfully” when Rector was taking part in a small show in Winnipeg

bruiser.”

“It was very visceral,” Rector, who had never worked with pelts before, said. “She smelled like a skunk, she had all these wounds on her…. I wanted to repair some of the wounds.” (Rector refers to all of her pieces as “she” regardless of what sex the animal was, because she considers her work to be a feminine process).

“It got serious very fast after that…. I realized very quickly that what I was working with had once been a living creature.”

Rector reached out and touched the work, pointing out places where the hide had been torn. Skunks have no commercial value, and the animals are often caught as “nuisances,” so they are often treated roughly, she said. Rector took these damaged places and stitched them up, closing the injuries with beads as part of the

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“There’s a stereotypical view created by the Group of Seven and it’s no longer appreciated.

All the changes that have been made to this land have affected these animals.”

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Winnipeg artist Willow Rector’s show Trapped, showing at the Yukon Arts Centre until Nov. 25., combines animal pelts with intricate embroidery and beadwork.

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creation process.

The skunk pelt is remarkably soft — sleek, less like cat fur and more like a ferret, but longer — although Rector asks that viewers resist the urge and keep their hands off the delicate hides.

Each of the pieces on display in Trapped is its own, separate, singular, once-living animal with its own theme and design which Rector crafted specifically for each pelt, with the goal of “placing (them) in an environment that was nurturing and familiar … trying to rebuild the animal…. What features of their lives would they remember the most?”

Much of the embroidery Rector has created are based on the landscape paintings of the Group of Seven. The eponymous Trapped, for example, features a copy of a work by Tom Thomson. Initially, Rector said she wanted to focus on the Group of Seven aspect of the work, but says that is changing for her.

“There’s a stereotypical view created by the Group of Seven and it’s no longer appreciated. All the changes that have been made to this land have affected these animals,” she said. “Many of the places the Group of Seven painted wouldn’t even be recognizable to them anymore.”

“It’s the animal pelts and the stories of the animals themselves that are really driving this project now.”

The exhibit, which contains a variety of northern animals, also features a one-time Yukon resident: a wolverine pelt, trapped in the Yukon.

The wolverine alone took 27 months to complete, which is the nature of this kind of work, Rector said. Embroidery is naturally a slow, “meditative” process, she added.

“I think one of the reasons (embroidery) isn’t practiced much today is speed. It demands that you focus.”

The wolverine in particular is of special importance to her, she said, partly because of how vulnerable the animal is to human intrusion. Wolverines are projected to be extinct in the continental United States in 30 years, she said, because the animals have such large habitat ranges and small litters.

“They require so much land, their biggest enemy is urban sprawl and deforestation…. They have a hard time adapting to change. In some ways they are the exact opposite of the coyote,” she said. “So it’s doubly important for me to honour this creature.”

“It’s a reclamation project, a celebration project. It’s about transforming things that could kill you into something that breathes.”

Trapped runs through until Nov. 25 at the Yukon Arts Centre public gallery.

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

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Canadian producer Erika Olde, 25, on making her Hollywood dreams come true Cassandra Szklarski Canadian Press

TORONTO t’s not easy to break into Hollywood as a relative outsider, but emerging producer Erika Olde says it can be done. And the 25-yearold’s career is proof.

The rising Canadian filmmaker says she had no formal training, movie experience or industry connections when she decided to move to Hollywood and stage a career in film.

Three years later, Olde hits the Toronto International Film Festival with the period drama “Woman Walks Ahead,” directed by Susanna White and starring Jessica Chastain as a strong-willed woman who becomes a confidante to Hunkpapa Lakota holy man Sitting Bull.

Olde says being an outsider in show business has given her an advantage, suggesting it’s tempting for those entrenched in the field to lean on past experiences.

“If you take the approach where you come into an industry and you think that you can apply similar techniques and knowledge to what you’ve experienced in the past with what you have now, I think that’s a bit of an incorrect approach,” says Olde.

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into an industry and you actively are listening and learning from people who are mentoring you — and I have had a lot of mentors — that’s when your work really pays off.”

Olde traces her passion back to watching films with her dad, an entrepreneur whose business dealings kept the family traversing the globe.

Every summer they would return to the family tree farm in Stony Point, Ont., says Olde, who was born in Detroit and now lives in Los Angeles.

“Films were a constant for me because I travelled all over the place. I literally was somewhere (new) sometimes every couple of months.”

Olde studied marketing in London, but found herself more interested in helping film school friends shoot music videos and short documentaries. She then decided to make movies herself.

Her quick trajectory sounds like a Hollywood dream: Olde landed an L.A. agent and started perusing scripts. Her first project was “November Criminals,” starring Chloe Grace Moretz.

Then came Whitney Cummings’s directorial debut, “The Female Brain,” starring Sofia Vergara; and Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s “Home Again,” starring Reese Witherspoon, which opened last week.

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She feels the tide changing, and credits much of that momentum to the summer success of Patty Jenkins’s female superhero breakthrough, “Wonder Woman.”

“That, really, I think has changed the game a lot. ‘Wonder Woman’ did immensely well at the box office, it was the highest grossing film ever by a female filmmaker. That said I think pretty much everything that needs to be said.”

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Olde admits she’s had an easier ride than most, but she’s made it her mission to champion other women trying to break into the business.

“I do sometimes feel like I’m not taken as seriously as some other people might be — like when you’re on set if you have a male producer who is producing with you, sometimes there are tendencies for people to look to them for instruction before me,” says Olde, who set up her own production company, Black Bicycle Entertainment.

“I continue on despite them and I lead with my actions and I find that that goes a long way.”

Olde pays it forward by running a mentorship program for aspiring female filmmakers at Ghetto Film School, a non-profit with campuses in New York and L.A. “It’s our duty to support the next generation of female filmmakers,” she says, adding she’d like to bring a version of the program to Canada.

“Focusing on change at a grassroots level really is the way forward. Because thought process and viewpoints are generational and so if we can influence the next generation of filmmakers and really hone in these messages, I think there will be more effort put in en masse, so to speak.”

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SPORTS AND RECREATION Six Whitehorse teams take titles in road relay, Anchorage wins overall

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Above, Extreme Green’s Maude Molgat of Whitehorse runs Leg 10B in the youth category of the Klondike Trail of ‘98 International Road Relay on Sept. 9. Six Whitehorse teams won categories in the 35th annual event.

Left, Haines, Alaska’s Ariana Marquardt receives high fives from another team on Leg 9.

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Whitehorse’s Denise McHale nears the finish line to help her team win the masters women’s division.

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t has now been three years since a Whitehorse team has claimed overall victory in the Klondike Trail of ‘98 International Road Relay.

An Anchorage team once again took the coveted title in the 35th annual 176.5-kilometre relay from Skagway to Whitehorse, Sept. 8-9.

Open category’s Broken Tooth-Take No Prisoners placed first overall at 11 hours, 15 minutes and 35 seconds, just under an hour from the course record set by a Juneau team in 1990.

Broken Tooth contained members from the overall winning team, Skinny Raven: Take No Prisoners, the last two years.

“We look forward to it all year,” said captain

Corbyn Jahn. “It’s always a great experience. The race directors do a fantastic job and they’ve always been really generous to us.”

The top Yukon team was Wu-Tang Clan, named after the American hiphop group, placing third overall and in the open category. Wu-Tang finished in 12:29:56, 17 minutes behind second place’s Team 8 of Juneau.

The rappers of the WuTang Clan “were a bunch of guys from Brooklyn who like to get rowdy and do things to the fullest, and that was the style we wanted to emulate,” said captain Colin Abbott.

Abbott was one of only six Whitehorse runners to win his leg. He was the fastest runner on Leg 9 with a pace of 16.1 kilmetres an hour — the 10th fastest time posted in the event.

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by teammates Stephen Dynes, Michael Abbott, Logan Potter, Ian Weir, Nansen Murray, Brian Horton and David Greer of Whitehorse, Dawson City’s Scott Bradley and Switzerland’s Jonathan Zaugg.

“Everyone on the team has run before and we’re all friends that go a long way back,” said Abbott.

“Most of them skied on the Yukon Ski Team at some point or another ski team — or worked at Yukon Brewing.”

Though Whitehorse teams came up short in open and overall, six won divisions in the event that saw 184 teams register, featuring 1,750 runners and walkers — 1,093 of whom were female.

After placing second the last two years Whitehorse’s Running Home to Yukon Brewing finally claimed victory in the mixed category.

“The goal of this was not to get the mixed win, though when you look at the team there’s some real talent on it and it certainly was a possibility,” said captain David Eikelboom.

The brew crew finished in 12:43:29 to place fourth overall. Eikelboom and teammates Matthias Purdon and Anett Kralisch won their legs of the race.

Eikelboom, who ran Leg 10, set the fastest pace on the team at 17.5 km/h and was the third fastest overall in the event. Kralisch was the fastest female on the team with an average speed of 13.2 km/h to win Leg 9 for females. Purdon was the fastest male on Leg 8, tying teammate Brendan Morphet’s pace of 15.3 km/h.

“Matthias and I both laugh because the legs we won were the second legs for the runners from TNP (Take No Prisoners),” said

Eikelboom.

Running Home to Yukon Brewing also included Kendra Murray, Caleb Light, Sarah Murray, Shane Carlos, Luke Carlos and Harry Borlase.

Anchorage’s The Rats took second in mixed at 13:45:00 and Juneau’s Thibodeaus and Friends Unite third at 13:56:12.

Whitehorse teams have a couple significant win streaks going in masters divisions.

Whitehorse’s Quantum Running Machines won the masters women category for a sixth year in a row.

They “absolutely” intend on defending the title next year, said captain Joanne Van Bibber-Widrig.

“That’s always the plan, but we’re not a very competitive team,” she said.

“We have fun together, but of course it’s always in the back of our mind that we

like to win.”

The quantum team consists of Van Bibber-Widrig, Karen Loos, Polly Thorp, Josie Martin, Maureen Johnstone — who have been members since the start of the win streak — as well as Sue Bogle, Sandra MacDougall, Tamara Goeppel, Helen Stappers and Denise McHale.

McHale won the 10th leg with a speed of 14.3 km/h and was the fifth fastest female in the entire event.

The team finished in 15:29:01 and was third for women’s teams and 19th overall.

“It feels great. We were actually threatened last year by the team we beat by 58 seconds and they said, ‘We’re going to get you next year.’ But then they went into the open category, so they must have had a younger person

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Juneau’s Brenton Savikko runs through a construction zone on the Alaska Highway early on Leg 10.

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Members of Juneau’s Crazy Cats cheer on their teammate at the finish line in Rotary Park.

“We have fun together, but of course it’s always in the back of our mind that we like to win.”

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Anchorage’s Ryan McLaughlin gets an unusual high five metres from the finish. on their team,” said Van Bibber-Widrig. “We beat their time by quite a bit even though we weren’t in the same category.”

Juneau’s Glacial Erratics came second at 16:39:46 and Anchorage’s Crow’s Feet third at 17:58:34.

Whitehorse’s Shier Law Runners topped the open masters division for a seventh year in a row. The team, which was the only one in the division, placed fifth overall with a time of 13:40:31.

“We have personnel changes every year, but there’s a core of runners on the team that have run together for more than 25 years,” said captain Tom Ullyett. “It started out as the young fast guys, but over the decades it’s evolved into a mostly 50plus team. But we actively recruit guys in their 40s, so this year one of new young

recruits is Brent Langbakk, who is well known in the orienteering world.

“Don White has certainly been on the team since the beginning. Dan Shier has been on the team a long time. There are a few others. I’ve been on the team for 10, 15 years now.”

Also on the team were Dominic Bradford, Bill Matiation, Jeff Larson, Richard Zaidan, Dan Shier, Jerome McIntyre and Dave Brook, who was the fastest male on Leg 7 with an average pace of 15.3 km/ hour.

Whitehorse teams ruled supreme in the youth and walker divisions held on Legs 7-10, from Carcross to Whitehorse.

Whitehorse’s Buffalo Bill and the Funky Bunch took first in youth at 5:40:34.

Juneau’s Road Hogs placed second at 5:50:12 and Whitehorse’s Out Chasing

Booty, with many members of the Yukon Ski Team, third at 5:53:24.

“It’s really good, really nice, I guess you could say,” said Buffalo Bill captain Naoise Dempsey. “The whole race we were kind of neck and neck with the Juneau team — we were five or 10 minutes ahead of them.”

Dempsey, 14, who led his team with a pace of 14.2 km/h, was joined by teammates Sammy Mather, Cory Holway, Darby McIntyre, Ben Kishchuk, Thomas Bakica, Neil Mikkelsen and Isaac O’Brien.

Whitehorse’s Judy Kelly, Phil Gibson, Rick Griffiths and Don Roberts, who make up the team Slowly Heading North, placed first in the walking division with a time of 9:23:32.

Whitehorse’s Finance Chicks — Kate Davidson, Gayle Alford, Laura Scott

and Anne Hotte — took second at 9:56:35. Juneau’s Class ACTS came third at 10:32:15.

Whitehorse teams swept the podium in the other walking division in which the last four legs are split into two (like in the youth division).

Whitehorse’s 16 Legs A’Walkin took in first at 10:15:39. The 16 legs a’walking belonged to Catherine Simpson, Susan Dennehy, Corinne Delaire, Tamar Vandenberghe, Toni Blois, Peggy Chippett, Jodie Thomson and Maggie Griffiths.

All Girls and a Guy placed second at 10:31:22 and May The Firth Be With You third at 10:57:33.

Anchorage’s TMP placed first in the women division at 14:13:57.

Whitehorse’s Babes on the Run, featuring Lauren Klammer, Vesta Mather,

Vanessa Scharf, Shawna Smith, Haley Digel, Sarah Preiksaitis, Hannah Gray, Jennifer MacKeigan, along with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia’s Rosy Tutton and Calgary’s Laura Kosakoski, took second at 15:26:07.

Anchorage’s The Classics sped to a win in the masters mixed division with a time of 15:31:06.

Whitehorse’s The New Thirty took second place at 19:26:15. The team was made up of Patsy Stehr, Lenore Morris, Lana Pinhey, Charles Furchner (running Legs 4 and 5), Deborah Lynn Kiemele, Sandi Coleman, Lee Malanchuk, Peggy Dorosz and Art Webster.

Whitehorse Fire Department was the highest finishing team in the corporate category, placing third behind two Alaska teams at 15:47:10. The team, which placed 21st overall,

was Michael Smith, Scott Macfarlane, Nicholas O’Carroll, Mike Martin, Torey Wiebe, Wayne Smyth, Coty Fraser, Michael Ennis, Luke Parker and Alexandre Cusson.

Roughly 250 volunteers helped put on this year’s race, which is a fundraiser for Sport Yukon. An abundance of black flies — like a crazy amount — made life uncomfortable for many of them manning the checkpoints Saturday morning.

“I have tons of respect for volunteers normally, but I just have a double portion of it this year,” said Eikelboom. “They were doing everything they could to stand the bugs and still doing their best to help the race going, and it couldn’t happen without them. So hats off to them.”

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Yukon runners complete journey for Senator’s Cup Tom Patrick News Reporter

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ix Whitehorse runners joined an exclusive club following the Klondike Trail of ‘98 International Road Relay on Sept. 9.

They were among 24 to earn a spot on the Senator’s Cup at the 35th annual relay between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse.

The Cup commemorates those who have completed all 10 legs of the 176.5-kilometre race.

For Whitehorse’s Corey Roussell it was 20 years in the making.

“It was never a priority. The last couple of years I was kind of eager to get the last one,” said Roussell. “In ’97 I was a lot younger and they call the younger guys often for Leg 6, the longest one, and I kept putting my hand up for that. And my favourite was Leg 2, and it still is, so whenever I could do Leg 2 I did it.”

Roussell, 60, who first ran the relay in 1997, did Leg 9 on Saturday in what

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was his 17th time in the event.

His wife Dianne Bruce also secured a spot on the Cup after completing Leg 2 Friday evening. This year’s race was her 14th since first running it in 1999. “(Leg 2) has got a lot of good things going for it,” said Roussell. “For one thing, it’s often over in around an hour, so it’s not a long leg — it’s under 10 kilometres. You also get to know when you’re going to start too for Leg 2 because you sure know when Leg 1 is going to start and you get a good estimation of when you’re going to start. That’s not the case when you’re doing Leg 9 like yesterday.”

Maura Sullivan, Greg Lane, Jenn Roberts, Marcia Lalonde are the other Whitehorse runners to be etched on the trophy.

Sullivan was in her 14th Klondike relay while the other three were in their 10th.

Calgary’s Julie Meyer, who was in the event for her 10th time, was the only other Canadian to make the Cup. A total of 17 Americans — all from Alaska — have also earned a spot on the Cup. They are: Juneau runners Dan Monteith, Dan Robinson, Dolly Kremers, Jared Erickson, John Kremers, Kathy Kartchner, Lisa Worden, Megan Ahleman and Susetta Cole; Anchorage runners Amara Liggett, Bill Zagrocki, Chera Boom, Ric Wilson, Steve Agee and William Grether; and Skagway’s Becky Jensen and Auke Bay’s Caro Rosier-Polley.

The Senator’s Cup, which was donated to the race by Yukon Senator Dan Lang in 2010, now has a total of 267 names.

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Arena group proposing rapid construction timeline in Seattle Tim Booth Associated Press

SEATTLE proposal to remodel KeyArena now has an ambitious timeline that could have it ready to house a professional franchise within three years.

The timeline was laid out in a proposed memorandum of understanding between Seattle and Oak View Group. The MOU will be presented to the Seattle City Council on Tuesday but the final version of the agreement won’t be voted on until the first week of December at the earliest.

Still, the draft agreement is a significant step in the process of redeveloping the cityowned building through a privately financed project that officials believe will finally lure the NHL or NBA — or both — to Seattle. KeyArena housed the NBA’s SuperSonics until they relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. Oak View Group believes it can have the building ready by October 2020 if environmental approvals are obtained and demolition can start in October 2018.

“I think the most important part of this MOU is the fact it states very clearly to the leagues that this project is going to happen, we do have a deal with the city, they can make a deal. They are very focused ultimately not only on building a new arena here and giving us the partnership and certainty in order to do that,” OVG CEO Tim Leiweke said.

“But more importantly it sends a very strong message now to the NBA and to the NHL that everyone worried about, ‘Yeah will it ever get done with the city? Will they ever be able to get to the finish line?

Will you ever possibly get this deal done within the politics of Seattle and the Seattle process as everyone likes to call it?’” Leiweke said. “Guess what?

Game, set and match. We clearly send a message to everyone that this will get done, this will get built and we are ready now to go get one and hopefully

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soon, two teams.”

The timeframe is sure to attract attention, including from the NHL. OVG has not hidden its intentions to be aggressive in an attempt to obtain an NHL expansion franchise soon after the arena agreement is finalized.

Likewise, the NHL has not hidden its interest in Seattle, the No. 14 media market in the country and the only market in the top 25 that does not have an NBA or NHL team.

OVG has lined up billionaire David Bonderman and filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer as the lead owners for a potential NHL franchise.

“From our standpoint, this timeline is geared toward what we believe is the optimal timeline in order to begin to get a team or two for Seattle,” Leiweke said.

The project is expected to total about $600 million and Oak View is also on the hook for another $40 million to help improve transportation in the area around Seattle Center.

They are also responsible for regular facility upgrades for the life of the 39-year lease agreement.

Should those upgrade requirements be met, there are two eight-year lease extensions that will be activated, and carry the entire life of the lease agreement to 55 years.

In all, OVG is liable for about $168 million in capital investment upgrades on the facility during the life of the lease. The project will be financed through a mix of revenue streams. OVG also has financial backing from Madison Square Garden Entertainment.

Among the other de-

tails of the MOU: — OVG will be required to pay yearly rent equal to what the city is making off KeyArena now, estimated to be $2.6 million at the start.

— OVG will pay for the displacement and relocation of existing tenants on the Seattle Center campus during the construction.

— OVG will assume the city’s current obligation to the Seattle Storm or arrange a new deal with the WNBA team.

“One of the principals that we had was the city would never go backward as far as its ability to maintain the revenues that were received through the operations of KeyArena going forward,” said Brian Surratt, the director of the Office of Economic Development for the city. “We would be partners in any deal moving forward.”

The negotiations between the city and OVG have come as a similar agreement between the city and investor Chris Hansen is in its final stages. Hansen and the city agreed to an arena plan in 2012 that was contingent on Hansen acquiring an NBA team and included some public investment in a project to be constructed near Safeco Field.

Hansen has since offered a completely privately financed project, but has continued to run into road blocks in getting final approvals to make his arena “shovel-ready” should an NBA team become available. Hansen’s agreement with the city expires Dec. 3, meaning OVG’s agreement with the city could be approved as early as the week of Dec. 4.

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Blood Ties is looking for Board Members Task description: Blood Ties Four Directions Centre Society’s mission is to eliminate barriers and create opportunities for people to have equal access to health & wellness and to live in our community with dignity.

If you are interested in addiction, poverty, housing, HIV/AIDS, and Hep C in Yukon then please consider joining the board of Blood Ties.

Call Patricia Bacon, Executive Director for more info: executivedirector@ bloodties.ca, 867-335-9067 Responsibilities: The Board of Directors at Blood Ties is a Governance & Policy board. Board members set strategic directions and policies for the agency. Directives are operationalized through the Executive Director and staff.

Skills needed: • Must be available for 1 board meeting per month - about 2.5 hours • Must be available for occasional committee work - in person and or via email • Must have email computer access Assets but not required: • Government relations • Financial management • Strategic planning Time commitment: Monthly board meeting of 2.5 hours. Committee work of 1 hour per month Incentive for the volunteer: This is an ideal opportunity to develop board governance skills and to help create a better community.

Staff position that will supervise the volunteer: New board members are provided with Board Training Orientation manual as well as opportunity to meet with Board Chair prior to volunteer commitment Patricia Bacon, executivedirector@bloodties.ca, 867-335-9067

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Currently we are advertising for the following positions:

NOTE: If the substantive position interests you through a flexible working arrangement, job share, under-fill, or professional services contractual arrangement, please respond with your expression of interest to the undersigned.

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

Advertising Sales Representative The Whitehorse-based Yukon News, a twice-weekly awardwinning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time salesperson for print and digital advertising. We are part of Black Press Ltd. which has over 170 newspapers across Canada and the U.S. Candidates must be a self-starter with the ability to clients. The winning candidate will be called upon to grow an account list with an aggressive cold-calling mandate.

• Must be a team player.

• Be able to pay attention to the details.

• Work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.

• Basic computer skills.

• Must have vehicle and valid drivers licence.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Experience in advertising, retail sales or service industry is an asset.

Competitive base salary, commission, gas allowance and a Please submit your resume and cover letter by October 2, 2017.

Mike Thomas Publisher, Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2E4 mthomas@yukon-news.com

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Transportation

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Services

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Furniture

Misc. for Sale

Cars - Domestic

Trucks & Vans

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

Shared staff accommodation or rental homes available.

Starting wage $15/hr.

Salary evaluated after training.

Starting immediately.

Email Dawn info@worsleygateway.ca

FOR SALE Queen mattress & solid wood bed frame with removable 1X4 slats, $400 or best offer.

Serious inquiries only.

867-689-5294

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 ...”BLOWOUT SALE!” 20X23$5,998.

25X27 $6,839. 30X33 $8,984. One End Wall Included. Bonus Drill/Impact Driver Combo Kit Included.

Check Out www.pioneersteel.ca for more prices. Pioneer Steel 1-855212-7036 Toyostove Laser 56, heats up to 1,100 sq ft, ideal for zone, small home or cabin, clean, safe, odorless, easy to install, $1,200. 3360444 Two 16-piece dinnerware sets, like new, unique patterns in brown, Stoneware, $25 per set. 393-4366 Ultimate Spinning floor mop system, $20; large oval silver roaster with rack, line new, $20; Bissell vacuum cleaner, like new, $25. 393-4366 Various hockey cards, complete sets, OPC, McDonalds. 633-3154 for details.

Yukon Wildlife Conservation stamps, set of 13 annual stamps 1996-2008, beautiful Yukon wildlife artwork, great gift, $150. 633-3154

2001 GMC Jimmy, 4WD, needs work, new MotoMaster studded tires, 259,589kms, $4,000 obo. 3330915 2001 Hyundai Elantra, 4-dr sedan, 158,000kms, $1,900; 1996 Toyota Corolla, 4-dr sedan, $350. 393-3457 2001 Subaru Forester, runs, high kms, $500; Jag, 6-cyl, low miles in rebuild, $2,000. 332-2768 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V, 91,000kms, sporty, autostart, 6-speed manual, c/w summer tires, Toyo winter tires, runs, engine needs work, new spark plugs/battery, $3,500. 335-3546 2005 Toyota Camry SE, 4-cyl, 190,000kms, good condition, view at 16 McQuesten Road, $5,900 obo.

393-6888 2008 Ford Escape, AWD, 164,000kms, excellent condition, $10,800 obo. 322-2404 2010 Ford Escape XLT, 116,000kms, non-smoking car, $12,000. 333-2061 to view 2012 Chrysler 200 Touring 4-dr sedan, auto, 78,000kms, new tires, windshield, metallic auburn, light tan cloth interior, $8,950. 333-9020 2014 Chevy Volt electric, low km, pristine shape, 70km electric range, 500km extended. Bose sound, Nav, Bluetooth, htd seats, $24,900. 6894674 2014 Toyota Camry LE, exc cond, lots of extras, AWD, sun roof, spoiler, chrome trim, etc, $16,000 firm.

334-4299 8am to 8pm 2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 13,000kms, loaded, exc cond, new Nokian tires, reduced to $22,900 obo. 456-3373

2002 Chev Silverado 2500, crew cab, 246,000kms, good condition, $6,000. 335-6551

Painting & Decorating

Motorcycles

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

Children Children’s Misc Boys clothes, sizes 3T to 7X, excellent condition, including winter gear (snow pants, jackets etc), brand names and assorted. 393-2630

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances Kenmore top mount fridge, white, good shape, approx 21 cu ft, $150; older electric range, white, clean, 24” wide, $50. Dan @ 334-3654 Maytag washer & dryer, 6-months old, as new, had to move to apt, $1,200 obo. 334-5186 for details

Firearms Excalibur ecomax high power hunting crossbow, c/w scope, quiver, bolts, etc, paid $1,100 for it, I want to trade for 12-gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Email me at kungfoocraig@gmail.com if interested Norinco 45 ACP Commander 2, as new, 10 round mags, target sights, less than 50 rounds fired, original case, $370. 668-6066 Remington model 673 in .350 Rem Mag, c/w Burris Timberline scope, dies, brass & some ammo, exc cond, PAL req’d, $900 firm. 6684634 Remington semi-automatic, .308 calibre, c/w Bushnell 3x9 scope, good condition, $550. 633-6826 Remington Wingmaster shotgun, model 870, $325; Robinson Arament XCR-M, .308 Win, $3,000 obo; 5 boxes of .308 shells, 5 new clips with rifle case. 780-913-3155

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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2.5 cords of dry wood cured from green, in town, $400 obo, you pick up. 633-5023 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 FIREWOOD $175/cord 20-foot lengths, 5-cord loads Small delivery charge You Cut Weekends, $70/cord 668-6564 Leave message

Furniture Youth double bed, boxspring & mattress, $150. 334-5189

Heavy Duty Machinery 1968 International tractor, 6-cyl diesel, $7,500 obo. 332-2768 Mahindra 4X4 tractor, front-end loader, new, diesel engine, 8-sp shovel, 4WD, box for hydraulics, lifts or rises, $12,000 firm. 456-8910 Skid Steer dozer blade, heavy duty 78” width, hydraulic angle, universal skid steer mount, bolt on cutting edge, $2,100. 334-3775

Misc. for Sale 100 lb propane bottle, full, certified in 2017, $150 firm. 333-1010 1950s motion lamp, good condition, forest fire scene, offers; Ryobi detail carver power tool, new, $50. 3349120 2000 Case 580 Super L backhoe, 4X4, good working condition, claim bucket & extenda-hoe, located near Whitehorse, $22,995 obo. 334-8444 30 gallon goldfish tank with stand, c/w 4 goldfish & 1 sucker fish, $100.

689-8539 6x4 closed in trailer, does not leak, older; table & 4 chairs, excellent cond, both go together, $650. 6677223 or 335-2038 Brother sewing machine, couple years old, vg condition, $130. 6685185 days, 667-7840 eves/weekend Camping/Backpacking items, paddles, tools, deck heater, SkeeterVac, books, DVDs, CDs, boots, xcountryskis, O2 tire inflater, RV mirrors, laundry rack, Coleman lantern in case, September 16, 9am4pm Cliffside Greenhouse 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 Comfort Zone CZ 1500 space heater, infrared, therapeutic heat, cost effective, silent, plugs into any outlet, new cond, located in Haines Junction, $199. Hedy at 250-5661346 Elliptical trainer, cardio style, barely used, $500 obo. 633-4311 Four foot shop light fixtures, T12, qty 10, $10 each. 334-6087 Four professional power saws, call 456-8910 for details Fox fur coat, long, luxurious, super soft, very nice cond, size M, $500.

Text cell 334-9959 or email ahnkarolev@yahoo.com to view in Whitehorse Front tire only for fat tire bike, rim/tire/brake disc assembly complete, 26” x 4”, $100. 633-4311 Generators for sale, Rigid 600 watt, $250; Subaru, $100; Honda 3000 EU for parts, $350. 332-2768 Giant TCR 1 road bike, $500. 3322768 Lumber, 2x4x10’, approx 50 pieces, 2x4x5’, approx 30 pieces, used only for perimeter fence, perfect condition, $300. 336-0444 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 Oil space heater, monitor model 441, 44,000btu, fully serviced & working well when removed, $500; truck canopy, fits older 8’ box, red, tinted & sliding front & side windows, exc cond, $500. 334-3775 Polaris ATV radiator,, new in box, good for hunting season, $50. 3339020 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 Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $40, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $250, retail $500. 633-4311 Unique hubcap collection. 332-3591

Misc. Wanted Wanted: Book by Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”. Deborah at 667-2066 or lv msg Wanted: rolled roofing for shed.

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Musical Instruments PIANO FOR SALE Older model upright.

Great for student. $1,200.

Call 633-5289 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com Saxophone for sale, like new. 3326631

Sporting Goods Austrialpin P12 ice climbing crampons, new, unused, $75 pick-up or delivery in Whitehorse, text to 3349959 or email ahnkarolev@yahoo.com Caribou snowboard, 152 cms, mens, new, $100.

Burton board w/bindings, new 158 cms, $160.

633-3982 Goalie Skates $75/pair; Reebok size 6 (=shoe size 7.5); Bauer size 5 (=shoe size 6.5), very good condition. 336-5543.

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts 5th wheel trailer hitch, new last year, now upgrading, $1,000 obo. 3345189 for more info Four Winter Force tires, P225/75 R15, 102S, M & S, good tread remaining, $160 obo. 336-0667 Mastercraft studded winter tire, 195/60/15, new, never used, $100 obo. 867-994-2442 Set of two 195/65 R15 Nokia mud & snow tires, vg cond, $80. 334-9120 Studded winter tires on steel rims, R18, perfect condition, used 1 season, $1,200 obo. 778-952-2885 Synthetic 60/80 gear oil, 5 gals, $100; Blizzak tires, 235/55/18, 80% tread, paid $1,000, asking $300 obo.

Dan @ 633-6684 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

1995 Honda 400 4-wheeler, good for parts or rebuild. 332-2768 2003 BMW K1200LT luxury touring motorcycle, blue & grey, 1200 cc, 5-spd, electric reverse, 32,000 miles, $8,500. 334-3775 2008 ARGO Avenger 750, great condition, c/w tracks, aluminum ATV trailer, ramps, 7000 lb flat-deck trailer, $18,000 obo. 335-3784 2010 2-passenger automatic scooter, 250cc, new cover, windshield, 400kms, new condition, $2,750.

333-9020 2017 Yamaha Grizzly, 25,000kms, 80% 26/12 Mudlite tires, LED lights, $4,000 obo. 633-6684

Off Road Vehicles Argo Conquest 2002 8x8, 500hrs, completely gone over at Polaris Dealership. 2 spare tires, spare hood, cover, winch, $8000 firm. 8213294 Polaris 330 ATV, 840kms, $4,000.

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Recreational/Sale 1995 Triple E 5th wheel, bunk bed model, good condition, stove, AC, furnace, solar panel, fridge/freezer, $7,500 obo. 335-6551 1999 Chateau on Ford 450 Class C 28’ motorhome, excellent condition, only 87,000 miles, Yukon registered, $28,000. 668-7766 or lv msg 2005 Ford 350 Super Duty 25’ motorhome, excellent condition, $23,000.

633-3977 2016 Adventurer camper, 8’ model w/small slide, excellent for short-box pick-up, 1,594 lbs, purchased new this April, used only 3 nights. 3339221 8’ camper, $500. 667-7167

Snowmobiles 2014 Yamaha Venture 500 cc 4-stroke snow machine, 2-up seat, 16x144” track, excellent fuel economy, like new, hardly used, $8,500.

George @ 334-7338

Sport Utility Vehicle 2009 Jeep Compass. New battery, wiring harness. Some cosmetic damage, working vehicle, $950.

689-4670

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Trucks & Vans

1980 Corvette, call 336-8850 for details 1986 Olds Ciera 4-dr sedan, vg shape, 93,000kms, remote, safe dependable transportation, $1,600 obo. 633-4311 1990 BMW 535i, E34 Series.

320,000 kms. Loaded & many extras. Summer & winter tires, great cond, $9000. 335-8729

1967 Ford Mercury 1/2 ton, 54,751 original miles, overload springs, good rubber, new fuel pump, needs work & has rust, $1,650 obo. 3993920 eves 1983 F150 4X4 supercab, straight 6, winch, well maintained, good wood truck, $1,900. Kelly @ 456-3373 1996 Dodge Ram 2500, short box, $1,700. 393-3457

2007 Chev 2500HD crew cab 4x4, great unit, 175,000kms, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, $13,500 obo. 6334311 2008 Ford Ranger 4X4, extended cab, 4L auto, 96,000kms, good condition, $8,500. 633-4666

Utility Trailers Cargo trailer, 6’X8’ enclosed, single torsion axle, outfitted for motorcycle transport, $1,200. 334-3775 Snow machine tilt trailer, $500. 3322768 TAIT’S TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers for sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

Boats Avon inflatable boat, great for fly-ins, includes transom, boards, oars & pump, aircraft friendly, 4hp rating, original owner, $2,000 new, asking $500. Archie @ 250-651-7622 Boat and motor, 16’ Lund aluminum boat, 30 hp Johnson outboard motor, in good condition. 667-6772 for more info

Mercury 25hp outboard, 2-stroke, 20” shaft, $1,500. 821-4429 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

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

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

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

Phone (780)355-3557 If no one available please leave message or call (780)461-9677 FROGGY SERVICES PEST CONTROL For all kinds of work around the house.

Windows & wall cleaning Painting Clean Eavestroughs Carpentry Yard Work, etc. references available 867-335-9272 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

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

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

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 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

Pets CANINES & COMPANY offering indoor classes: Preschool Essentials, Play Skills Foundation Sept. 5 / Oct. 3.

Puppy Obedience fundamentals Oct. 24. www.caninesandcompany.ca Please call Erika at 333-0505

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2017 Trilogy Challenge! September 30th 10am Includes everything you need to play Disc Golf! $45 Entry / $40 Students & Seniors dgscene.com/wdgatrilogy3

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

The Old Log Church Museum has been hacked! Come to Culture Days, Friday September 29 and Saturday September 30, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday October 1 from 12pm to 4pm. Free!

Whitehorse Chess, everyone welcome. We meet every Monday and Thursday from 6:30pm to 10:00pm at the Yukon College, Room A2101.

For further info, Nathan at 867-3362291

The Pioneer Women of the Yukon, Whitehorse Lodge No. 2 will be meeting on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 12:00 noon at the Whitehorse Public Library.

Whitehorse Community Choir fall registration and practice Sept 11 & 18, 7:15 pm Whitehorse United Church. Try a session for free and bring a friend. Come early to avoid lineups.

Coffee House! Saturday November 4, 2017. Featuring: Jasmine Sudlow+Lexi Joinson+the Open Stage!

Help set up 6PM+open stage signup, 730PM show, $5 bsmt United Church 6th+Main, 633-4255

Squash Yukon is offering FREE introductory squash lessons to youth, women and men. Sessions can be private, semi private or group sessions. Contact Coach by emailing squashyukon.league@gmail.com

Coffee House! Saturday October 7, 2017. Featuring: Fraser Canyon +the Open Stage! Help set up 6PM+open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show, $5 bsmt United Church 6th+Main, 633-4255 Estate Sale, 5.3 Mayo Road, moving sale, kitchen, outdoor items etc, running until October 31. Call first, Joe at 867-335-5283 FASSY Parent/Caregiver Support Group Thursday September 28th at 6:30pm at the FASSY office at 4041B 4th Avenue. Come and share your experiences, wisdom and knowledge. 393-4948.

Fiddleheads AGM Sunday, September 24 th, 2:30pm at Mount Lorne Community Centre. Everyone welcome.

The Yukon Gymnastic Association annual general meeting is Tuesday, September 26, 6:15 pm at the Polarettes gym, 16 Duke Road. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

Tuning In: Using Virtues to Develop Capacity Workshop with Marie Gervais of Edmonton. Saturday, September 16 Public Library 10-4pm Seats Limited. Please Register now at Eventbrite on Facebook. Info 3354822

STUFF THE BUS Help us feed the hungry.

Fill a school bus with donations for the Food Bank Society of Whitehorse on September 16, 10am-4pm, at Superstore.

United Way Yukon is conducting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 14, 2017 at Carpenter’s Hall, 106 Strickland Street from 7.00 p.m to 8.30 p.m. All are welcome.

Legal Notices 8336916

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From The Ground Up Fundraiser.

Support Yukon schools and local farms! Order Yukon veggies, $35 for 20 lbs until October 2. Info visit: yukonfromthegroundup.ca

The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Trust holds a number of private investments in its portfolio, some of which require representation on the Board of Directors.

Golden Age Society Seniors (age 55+) Line Dancing is starting Wednesday, September 27. Beginner Instructions: 12:45pm; Advanced Beginners, 2:00pm. All are welcome to attend both sessions.

Golden Age Society, 4061A - 4th Avenue

The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Trust is currently accepting expressions of interest from individuals to fill current and future vacancies on the boards of the following companies:

Harmed someone, want to make amends? Been harmed, want some closure? Yukon Circle of Change has free facilitators to help. Restorative Conference may be an appropriate response. 867-333-9936 Hospice Walking Group. Mondays September 11 to October 2, 6-7:30pm. Walk the Millennium trail with others on their grieving journey.

To register: 667-7429 or: administrator@hospiceyukon.net 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 International Day of Older Persons, Sunday October 1, 1pm-3pm. Meet and greet, light refreshments, keynote speaker and launch of Learning for Life program, Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre, Grey Mountain Room Kathleen Lake, Kluane National Park, September 22 & 23, 2 evenings of stargazing with Yukon Astronomical Society & Parks Canada, painting, astrophotography (Neil Zeller), music, traditional stories, hot dog roast etc Lot 21, Deep Creek, Lake Laberge, Thursday & Friday September 14 & 15, 10am-5pm, cowgirl boots, horse shoes, western clothes, cowboy hats, baskets, pick-up truck, coffee, tea, music Lucie D and the Immortals, St. Elias Centre, Haines Junction, Saturday, September 16, 7:30 pm. Tickets at the door or email: hainesjunctionjam@gmail.com Nakai Theatre AGM Monday, September 26, 6 pm, 2nd floor, White Pass Building, 1109 Front Street.

Food will be provided. 393-6040 for more info Parents of students in Catholic Schools and Parish Community Members can join us at the 2017 Joint Catholic Schools Councils & CEAY Annual General Meeting, September 21, 7:00pm. Light refreshments. Vanier Catholic Secondary School Library Salsa Yukon Fall 2017 Beginner Salsa and Bachata Class starts October 17th 2017, 7:35pm to 8:50pm. salsayukon@gmail.com for info

We are looking for interested and experienced individuals to assist our various private investments by becoming a board director.

Chief Isaac Group of Companies

Kilrich Industries Ltd.

Yukon Inn

Tr’ochek Limited Partnership

As a Board Member you are responsible for: • Regular attendance at board meetings; • Preparation for board meetings by reviewing key documents, agenda and minutes; • Participate fully in board meetings and have the ability to make sound business decisions; and • Providing quarterly updates to the Trust.

If you have knowledge of one or more of the following sectors: finance, business, hospitality, property management, security, construction, mining and/or transportation: we encourage you to submit a cover letter along with resume, stating how your qualifications and experience will be of benefit to Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Trust and its’ various holdings.

Terms are for three years and directors are compensated for their time.

Please submit your resume and covering letter by email to maureen.birckel@thtrust.com or by mail to: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Trust PO Box 929 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Attention: Maureen Birckel Deadline for submissions is September 29, 2017 (5:00 pm)

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Loving Memory ED CHAMBERS

May 13, 1935 – September 12, 2007

It’s been 10 years since you left and not a day passes by Dad that you don’t cross our minds.

Not all of you departed when you left our earth behind.

In our hearts there is a place that only you can hold.

Filled with loving memories more priceless than gold.

I know you still hear us Dad so please know this is true, that everything we are today is all because of YOU.

Love and miss you dearly, Frances, Ruth, Elaine, Bonnie, Donna, Steve and the rest of your loving family.

Tenders

PUBLIC TENDER CONTINUING CARE INCONTINENCE PRODUCTS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is October 2, 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 Elena Joss at elena.joss@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Yukon Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, September 20, 5:30-6:30 pm at Library, Fireweed Meeting Room.

Please RSVP 668-7911.

Squash Leagues for players of all levels now forming for youth after school and/or Saturdays; for women Tuesdays, Thursdays and/or Sundays; for men Tuesdays, Thursdays and/or Saturdays. Email: squashyukon.league@gmail.com.

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Selkirk Elementary School Council is holding its AGM on Wednesday, September 20th at 6:30 in school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF TWO (2) BITUMINOUS DISTRIBUTORS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is October 2, 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 David Knight at david.knight@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Box 160 Mayo, Yukon YOB 1MO Phone: (867) 996-2317 | Fax: (867) 996-2907 E-mail: mayo@northwestel.net Website: www.villageofmayo.ca

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE HEATING FUEL TO THE VILLAGE OF MAYO Fuel Delivery Companies are invited to provide a proposal to supply heating fuel to the Village of Mayo from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

Proposal must include either, or all, of the following Option A and/or B: Option A) A fixed price per liter for the duration of the contract; or Option B) A fixed discount on posted Mayo residential heating fuel rates (which may vary depending on market conditions).

Prices must be given for both Furnace Oil and Arctic Stove Oil. (Note: the Village of Mayo’s yearly use of Furnace and Stove Oil is approximately 80,000 liters).

Following are the terms of the contract: 1. The fuel supplier must be a registered business with the Village of Mayo and have his own liability insurance and Yukon workers compensation coverage. Any proposal received without a current Village of Mayo or Inter-Municipal business license may not be considered.

2. Fuel Oil must meet specifications as outlined under Section 3 - GP - 2D Type 1 and Section 3 - GP - 4P of the Canadian Government Specification Board.

3. The proposal must include all costs (including GST) and must remain valid and in effect for the duration of the contract, subject only to changes in Government taxes. The Clerk/Treasurer of the Village of Mayo must be advised immediately, in writing, of any price changes due to changes in taxation.

If Option B is chosen, the Village of Mayo must be notified by fax or email prior to changes in fuel prices.

4. All applicable taxes are to be specified and included in the price.

5.The contractor must provide adequate, regularly scheduled delivery to tank locations (see list below).

Fuel tanks, which are identified below, by the Village of Mayo must be topped up on a regular basis.

VOM Facilites *Mayo Pumphouse

Health and Social Services

VILLAGE OF MAYO

*Mayo Pumphouse Gen Set Mayo Liftstation Mayo Firehall *Mayo Recreation Centre *Zomboni shed *Village of Mayo Shop *Mayo Recycling Centre *Mayo Pool *approx. 7 Staff Residences

type of tank size of tank Above ground 500 gallons outside building Above ground 250 gallons outside building Above ground 500 gallons in building Underground 1,000 gallons Above ground 2,000 gallons Above ground outside Above ground outside Above ground outside Above ground outside Above ground outside

delivery schedule monthly as required monthly monthly monthly

250 gallons

monthly

500 gallons

monthly

250 gallons

monthly (as req.)

1,000 gallons monthly (May-Aug) 250 gallons

as requested

*These tanks require Arctic Stove Oil in the winter months.

6. All invoices are to be submitted to the Village of Mayo, Box 160, Mayo, Yukon, Y0B 1M0.

7. The Village has the right to terminate the agreement should any of the above conditions not be met. Guaranteed service and satisfaction must be considered a condition of this contract and first rate service must be provided for the duration of the contract.

8. Should the contractor cancel the contract prior to the expiry date, he/ she will not be permitted to submit another proposal for a period of one year.

9.Bids/Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly stating “Village of Mayo Heating Fuel Proposal – September 2017/18”.

Sealed proposals must be mailed to Box 160, Mayo, Yukon, Y0B 1M0, or dropped off at the Village of Mayo Office, 310 Sixth Avenue, Mayo, Yukon. The due date for submission of proposals is Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 3 pm Yukon time. Submissions of proposals by fax or email will not be permitted.

The lowest or any proposal will not necessarily accepted.

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You are cordially invited to an INTERFAITH POTLUCK DINNER on Thursday, September 21, 5:30pm-9pm at Lewis Hall (Whitehorse United Church) 6th & Main, downtown elevator access Please do not include alcohol, pork or beef in your dish All are welcome! https://www.facebook.com/whitehorseinterfaith/

Yukon Broomball Association AGM Sunday September 17th, Sport Yukon 1-4pm. For information contact: 335-1203

Yukon Bird Club visit September 16 to Teslin Lake Bird Observatory to check out fall migration. Meet 8am at Teslin Lake Campground. Everyone welcome, 3-4 hrs

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PUBLIC TENDER PARKING LOT SNOW & ICE REMOVAL YHC UNITS AND OFFICE IN WHITEHORSE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 26, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Technical questions may be directed to Ted James at ted.james@gov.yk.ca.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review.

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

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

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF THREE [3] ENGINE DRIVEN 4-INCH PUMPS WITH WHEEL KIT Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is October 4, 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 Germaine George at germaine.george@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

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

Yukon Kennel Club will be having their AGM on Sunday, September 24 at 10:30 am at the Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. New members are welcome.

Yukon Orienteering Association 4 person relay September 13 Takhini sprint map. Registration 6pm and Mass Start at 6:30pm at empty lot south of Takhini School. www.yukonorienteering.ca or 3325035 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

Lost & Found FOUND: At Wolf Creek Campground trail, dog leash and special plastic thermos. 667-7144 FOUND: Girl’s handbag at McDonalds on September 6, pink with Paw Patrol pups, e-mail description of contents to claim: bvj003@gmail.com FOUND: Knife at Lewes Lake. Call 867-336-1951 to describe & claim

Tenders

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY INTERPRETIVE PLAN Project Description: The Department of Tourism and Culture, Historic Sites Unit is seeking proposals to develop an Interpretive Plan for the Yukon section of the Top of the World Highway.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is October 3, 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 Clare Daitch at clare.daitch@gov.yk.ca.

An optional RFP INFORMATIONAL MEETING will take place on September 20 at 10:00:00 a.m. PST at 204 Lambert Street, Historic Sites Unit Library on the 3rd Floor.

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

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

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

DO YOU HAVE ALCOHOLICS A PROBLEM ANONYMOUS MEETINGS WITH FOOD? Yukon Communities Meetings

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

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

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THURSDAY 7:30PM 5 Mile Group (OM) Tlingit Cultural Centre 1-250-651-7799

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12:00 Noon Sarah Steel Building on 609 Steel Street, Main Entrance

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

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