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arryl Sheepway was in an “abnormal” state of mind induced by significant cocaine use when he killed 25-year-old Christopher Brisson in 2015, a forensic psychiatrist testified at Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial.

The defence’s key witness, Dr. Shabreham Lohrasbe told a Whitehorse court Nov. 29 about the “hyper-focused” mindset and “hyper-reactivity” Sheepway would have been experiencing when he fatally shot Brisson, his crack cocaine dealer, on a deserted Whitehorse road after luring him out under the pretense of buying more drugs.

The trial hinges on not whether Sheepway killed Brisson — he’s already admitted to that — but Sheepway’s degree of culpability. The Crown has previously rejected his offer to plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.

In both video statements played earlier in the trial and on the witness stand last both, Sheepway said he had only intended to rob Brisson following a month of almost-daily crack cocaine use. The day of Brisson’s killing, Sheepway’s then-wife had taken away his bank cards and cell phone, leaving him without a source of cash to buy more crack.

In his testimony, Lohrasbe spoke about the effects of cocaine use and addition, telling the court that it creates a “paradoxical hyper-focus” on the drug and getting more of it while, at the same time, tuning everything

else out. Users are restless, hyper-reactive and respond very impulsively and quickly to unexpected situations, Lohrasbe testified, thanks both to the “jagged” ups and downs getting high and coming down produce.

Prior to the trial, Lohrasbe also interviewed Sheepway and his ex-wife, and watched a “re-creation” Sheepway led the RCMP on. The psychiatrist, who’s served as an expert in hundreds of cases, said that Sheepway described the “hyper-focused cravings” for crack cocaine that he’s heard about “many times before.” In that kind of state, Lohrasbe said, caring about consequences and the realities of normal life tend to fall away — a mindset that could be described as “abnormal.”

After years of hiding his marijuana use and later, his use of crack cocaine, Sheepway would have become “skilled at maintaining a façade of normality,” Lohrasbe continued, and would be able to complete seemingly mundane tasks — holding conversations or driving his truck for example — while still in an “abnormal mindset.”

In recounting the time immediately leading up to the shooting, Lohrasbe said the narrative Sheepway had built up in his mind was to rob Brisson, use the crack and then build up the courage to kill himself. Lohrasbe noted later in his testimony that symptoms of a cocaine “crash” are essentially the opposite of a high, with users reporting feelings of despair, suicidal thoughts and being on-edge.

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Darryl Sheepway is on trial for first-degree murder in death of Christopher Brisson. the barrel of the shotgun was an important point, Lohrasbe said, because Sheepway never considered the possibility of something going wrong.

That unexpected turn of events would have triggered Sheepway’s hyper-reactivity, Lohrasbe said, and in his mindset, Sheepway didn’t think about consequences — his thought process “seized” and he simply reacted, his actions driven by the cravings for more crack cocaine.

“He shot without thinking of the consequences, he just wanted the drugs,” Lohrasbe said.

Killing Brisson would then have had a “dramatic” and “drastic” impact on Sheepway’s mental state, Lohrasbe said, shifting him out of that hyper-focused and craving-driven mindset from before.

During cross-examination by the Crown, Lohrasbe confirmed that Sheepway did not appear to have experienced cocaine-related psychosis of any sort, nor did he claim amnesia for any part of the events. As well, he confirmed that his assessment was based on what Sheepway told him about his own drug use, and that no one could say, with certainty, how high Sheepway was at any point during the day of the killing.

Lohrasbe also agreed with the Crown that Sheepway appeared to show logical, rational and goal-oriented thinking both leading up to and after killing Brisson, but also noted that “goal-oriented behaviour” can co-exist with a disordered mental state.

The trial continues.

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Supreme Court rules Yukon government overstepped in Peel watershed case Jackie Hong News Reporter

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ukon First Nations and conservation groups declared victory Friday morning after the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in the Peel watershed case, ruling that the Yukon did not have the authority to make the changes that it did to the Final Recommended Plan.

The decision marks the ostensible end of a fiveyear-long legal battle over the future of the Peel, a 68,000-square-kilometre area of largely undisturbed wilderness in northern Yukon, and one that tested the territorial government’s commitment to modern treaties with Yukon First Nations.

The dispute began shortly after the Peel Watershed Planning Commission finished a seven-year planning process in 2011, recommending that 80 per cent of the Peel be protected from development. The ruling Yukon Party released its own plan in 2012 that nearly inverted the amount of protected land.

“In this case, the Yukon did not have the authority under (the Umbrella Final Agreement) to make the changes that it made to the Final Recommended Plan,” reads the unanimous judgment written by Justice Andromache Karakatsanis. “Yukon’s changes were neither partial nor minor….

(The changes) did not respect the land use planning process in the Final Agreements and its conduct was not becoming of the honour of the Crown.”

“Yukon must bear the consequences of its failure to diligently advance its

interests and exercise its right to properly propose modifications related to access and development to the Recommended Plan.”

The decision orders all parties to return to the stage in the planning process where the Yukon can approve, reject or modify the final plan after consultation.

The current Yukon Liberal government had already promised as part of its election platform to implement the original Final Recommended Plan.

The Supreme Court of Canada decision comes after — and overrides — earlier decisions from the Yukon Supreme Court and the Yukon Court of Appeal, both of which ruled that the Yukon Party government broke the rules by releasing its dramatically different plan. Both lower courts offered different remedies.

In 2014, the Yukon Supreme Court, in response to a lawsuit brought against the territorial government by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, the Yukon Chapter-Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and the Yukon Conservation Society ruled the government could not change the amount of protected land or allow new roads or other surface access. It ordered the second round of consultations to be done again.

The Yukon government appealed that decision and, a year later, the court of appeal said the Yukon could make more significant changes as long as it properly consulted with everyone first, returning planning to the first stage of the process and essentially giving the territorial government a do-

over after it failed hold up its side of the agreement.

The court of appeal had no right to return the parties to an earlier planning stage, Karakatsanis wrote, adding that it “improperly inserted itself into the heart of the ongoing treaty relationship between Yukon and the First Nations.”

“In my view, the Court of Appeal’s approach is inconsistent with the appropriate role of courts in a judicial review involving a modern treaty dispute,” Karakatsanis wrote. “The court’s role is not to assess the adequacy of each party’s compliance at each stage of a modern treaty process…. Modern treaties are constitutional documents, and courts play a critical role in safeguarding the rights they enshire.”

In a press release, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation Chief Roberta Joseph said she was “extremely pleased to be finally arriving on a path of certainty.”

“This is the outcome we were hoping for. This is a victory for our modern-day treaties and the collaborative planning processes promised for Land Use Planning,” Joseph said. “We look forward to working with the present government on the next steps outlined by the court.”

Chief Simon Mervyn of the First Nation of Na Cho Nyäk Dun and Chief Bruce Charlie of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation echoed Joseph’s sentiments.

“I want to thank Yukoners and Canadians for all the support in protecting the integrity of our final agreements. The agreements were designed for us to protect the environment, and now we will work in unity, for the animals, the land and the people,” Mervyn

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Protect the Peel supporters gather outside the Yukon legislature in 2012. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Dec. 1 that the Yukon government did not have the authority to make the changes that it did to the Final Recommended Plan. said. “As we move forward, we hope that Canadians and Yukoners will plan for the betterment of humanity. I’m looking forwards to coming home to celebrate.”

“We have always been responsible stewards of our traditional territory even in the face of adversity and uncertainty,” Charlie said. “We are pleased that the Court agrees that the path towards reconciliation requires honourable implementation of the spirit and intent of our final agreements.”

Jeff Langlois, counsel for the Gwich’in Tribal Council, who served as interverners on the case, said in a phone interview he considered the decision a victory.

“At the outset of this case, this result was far from certain and my clients, they’re really ecstatic,” Langlois said, describing the case as “foundational” for future land use planning done under the Umbrella Final Agreement.

Although the Gwich’in Tribal Council is not a signatory to the UFA, Langlois said it wanted to get involved because it recognized the case would have an impact on all future collaborative processes between First Nations and governments.

“These modern treaties set out a lot of processes by which the government, as a result of claims for titles for

Aboriginal rights, have said, ‘OK, reconciliation is going to mean we’re going to share some of the decision-making power the Crown says we have,’” Langlois said.

“Gwich’in Tribal Council’s point was, if that’s going to have any meaning, and you’re going to do that through this collaborative decision-making process … every party going forward for the other planning regions will have to pay attention to this, and really, what I think it’s going to mean is, it’s going to tell First Nations and the Crown, ‘You need to be participating in details and saying your piece when you’re supposed to.’”

Yukon NDP MLA Kate White said the decision was “fantastic” and spoke to the perseverance and resilience of Yukon First Nations as well as all Yukoners.

“It’s hugely valuable, and not just for Yukon… This sets out the expectations for other governments in Canada and First Nation communities and First Nation governments,” she said in a phone interview.

“I’m super excited…

Facebook showed me a picture from five years ago on Monday, and it was us, a huge group, hundreds of people at the Gold Rush Inn talking about protecting the Peel and how we wouldn’t accept the government’s desire to re-write it. It’s awesome.”

Not everyone was pleased with the decision.

In a news release, the Yukon Chamber of Mines said it was concerned with the amount of land that has been put off limits to development.

With files from Ashley Joannou Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com

Appeal court hears case of Old Crow woman who says sentence unfairly factored in marijuana use Jackie Hong News Reporter

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he Yukon Court of Appeal heard the case of an Old Crow woman Nov. 30 who’s contesting her sentence for an assault charge on the grounds that the sentencing judge focused on her marijuana use — despite it having nothing to do with her offence.

Fifty-six-year-old Lena Josie, of Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, pleaded guilty to common assault in February after punching

another woman in the face at an Old Crow grocery store in December 2016.

However, although sentencing judge Michael Cozens found Josie was unlikely to reoffend and would otherwise be granted a conditional discharge, he wrote in his sentencing decision that Josie “admitted to smoking marijuana on a daily basis” and because of that, found a discharge wasn’t in the public interest.

Josie instead received a sixmonth probation order.

In court, Josie’s lawyer Vincent Larochelle argued

to Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale that modern Canadian society has moved towards the legalization of marijuana and a greater acceptance of its consumption, to the point where smoking marijuana is largely no longer seen as a major issue.

Larochelle also took issue with Cozens linking marijuana consumption to supporting drug trafficking and crime.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Larochelle said, and offered up a theoretical scenario to Veale — if he were to show

up in court for an assault charge wearing a cotton shirt made in a sweatshop in Bangladesh, does that mean he shouldn’t get a conditional discharge because he,

by Cozens’ logic, is funding slavery?

Larochelle argued, in closing, that allowing Josie’s sentence to stand would set a dangerous precedent, setting up a future where lawyers will tell their clients not to disclose drug use in order to obtain conditional discharges.

Crown attorney Amy Porteous, in her submissions,

said that Josie’s sentence was fit. The whole point of a conditional discharge is that the person to whom it’s granted to will follow the law and keep the peace, she said, and possessing marijuana is a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Porteous argued that Larochelle was asking the court to overlook that fact and assume that Josie wouldn’t be caught, even though she said she intends to continue smoking marijuana.

Porteous said if the situation were the other way around — if Josie had been

charged with possession and told the court she intends to keep punching people in the face — the court would have no issue with not granting her a conditional discharge.

Porteous also noted that, even though it wasn’t a key factor in Cozens’ sentencing, Veale should consider the issue of what she said was Josie’s lack of genuine remorse and how that would impact a sentence.

Veale is reserving his judgement.

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

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he Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre and Les EssentiElles are calling on women to sign a letter that asks the City of Whitehorse to look into the number of sexual assaults taking place in taxis.

“We are calling on the mayor and council to address taxi safety in Whitehorse in light of the recent case where a taxi driver (allegedly) assaulted two women,” the letter reads.

“Taxi cab drivers sexually assaulting women in taxis is not a new issue in our community.”

The incident the letter refers to occurred in early October of this year, when 25-year-old Whitehorse taxi driver Jaspal Singh Tamber allegedly sexually assaulted two women on the evening of Sept. 29. That case is still before the courts.

The letter makes 10 recommendations, including changing the bylaw so that all video recorded in cabs is sent to the city following the end of each driver’s shift and ensuring that the cameras cannot be shut off or disabled. The letter also recommends each cab contain an information sheet, including the cab driver’s name and the company they drive for, and that the Fri, Dec 1 thru Thurs, Dec 7 Whitehorse Yukon Cinema 304 Wood Street Ph: 668-6644

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Elaine Michaud, executive director of Les EssentiElles, from left, Sarah Murphy, program coordinator at Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, and Collyn Lovelace, Yukon Women’s Coalition coordinator, hold up the letter they plan to present to city council full of women’s signatures on Dec. 4. city create a training and accreditation program that cab drivers must pass before being licensed.

Mayor Dan Curtis said he felt the issue of safety for women in taxi cabs was “of grave concern” and that the record of assaults was “unacceptable.”

Curtis said he isn’t sure why taxis are so unsafe for women.

“It makes me really sad that we are even having this conversation,” he said. “In recent memory, people have fallen victim to drivers who have preyed on the most vulnerable…. It’s appalling.”

Curtis said the city is “doing what it can” to “weed the bad apples out.”

The mayor said he also recognized that there were

“constraints” within the city’s public transit system, which does not run on Sundays or after 10:30 p.m.

Concerns around sexual violence and taxi services have existed in the city for more than a decade.

In 2006, a cab driver told a News reporter that he would tell “young girls never to get into a cab at night,” following reports of sexual misconduct by drivers against intoxicated female passengers, including exchanging sex for rides with teenage passengers. Similar concerns were raised the following year, when one man — himself a retired cab driver — said he witnessed a taxi driver solicit oral sex from a woman instead of money for a ride.

In June 2009, cab driver Mohamed Abdullahi was charged with sexually assaulting a female passenger.

He was released on bail and was permitted to continue opporating his taxi service provided he “did not pick up unaccompanied female passengers” by late July of the same year.

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Up until 2010, the city did not require taxi drivers to have background checks. In 2015, the city made further changes to its taxi bylaws, including mandating the installation of high resolution cameras which record for up to 72 hours. Cab companies were given two years to comply, and the bylaw became enforceable in May 2017.

Ken Giam, owner of Premier Cabs, told the News at the time the bylaw went into effect that he felt it unfairly “punished” cab companies, even as he alleged there were criminal elements within the industry.

Sarah Murphy, program co-ordinator for the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, said she felt the 72-hour cap time on recordings was not long enough.

Copies of the letter can be found at endviolenceyukon.com. Completed letters can be sent sent to vfwc@ northwestel.net or elles@ lesessentielles.ca, or printed off and delivered in-person to 503 Hanson Street.

The letter-signing campaign is part of the 16 Days to End Gender-Based Violence campaign which runs Nov. 25 to Dec.10.

The letters will be presented to council at the Dec. 4 standing committee meeting.

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Council of Yukon First Nations hosts training for Gladue report writing Jackie Hong News Reporter

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rganizers of a workshop in Whitehorse that trained participants on writing Gladue reports, which help shape sentencing decisions for Indigenous offenders, are hoping it’s the first step in building a much-needed reserve of Gladue writers in the Yukon.

Facilitated by the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) and funded by the justice department, the three-day session, held at a Whitehorse hotel starting Nov. 28, saw approximately a dozen participants learning how to write Gladue reports as well as the history, law and responsibility surrounding them.

Gladue reports are named after a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision brought on by a Cree woman, Jamie Tanis Gladue, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and appealed her sentence. Her appeal forced the court to clarify a section of the Criminal Code that states court must consider all alternatives to jail when sentencing an offender, with “particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders.”

“Really, what the court said was, ‘There are too many Aboriginal people in jail,’” said workshop instructor Jonathan Rudin, the program director at Aboriginal Legal Services in Toronto.

“They talked about the over-representation of Aboriginal people in Canada and called it a crisis in the Canadian criminal justice

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Shadelle Chambers, CYFN executive director, bottom row second from left, sits for a photo with participants being trained to write Gladue reports on Nov. 30. system and they said, ‘Judges need information about the Aboriginal person that they’re sentencing.’”

Gladue reports take into account an Indigenous offender’s personal history as well as historical and systemic issues — the impact of residential schools, for example — and suggest how those factors should be taken into account when it comes to sentencing. The reports may also suggest alternatives to incarceration and instead focus on themes like restorative justice.

“The courts are working in vacuums, and when the court works in a vacuum, Indigenous people who

don’t present well generally to the court … because they have prior criminal records, they often don’t have jobs, they don’t look like the people who we should give breaks to and we don’t know anything about their lives, it’s easy to resort to jail for people in those circumstances,” Rudin explained.

“The idea of a Gladue report is that it stops that process and it makes that person a person. A Gladue report lets you hear from the individual.

They’re quoted directly.

You hear from people who know them. You get to see the person as not just someone who’s before the courts but is a full per-

son,their strengths and their weaknesses. And that’s something you don’t get too much in court.”

However, even though more than 70 per cent of inmates at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre are Indigenous, the Yukon does not have any dedicated Gladue writers. There are currently three people in the territory who do it on a volunteer basis and “write these reports sort of off the side of their desks while they were doing other things,” Rudin said.

Ontario, by contrast, has about 30 full-time, paid Gladue writers.

CYFN executive director Shadelle Chambers said there’s been a need

for a Gladue program in the Yukon for years, but, until recently, there hasn’t been political support in place for establishing any sort of framework.

“Obviously, previous government had different views around justice and crime … so I think it’s important to realize that there are restorative justice principles in place here in the Yukon, and throughout the Criminal Code as well, that perhaps have not always been accessed,” said Chambers, who also participated in the workshop. “But with the willingness of dedicated political leadership, both on First Nations’ sides and territorial and

even the federal (side).…

We are seeing some movement towards this.”

The goal now, Chambers said, is to continue to hold training sessions and build up a “large, healthy roster” of Gladue writers in the Yukon to work for various First Nations governments and organizations.

Tracey White was among the participants of the Nov. 28 training session. An Anishinaabe woman originally from Northern Ontario and an intergenerational survivor of residential schools, White has lived in the Yukon for 14 years now and is the women’s legal advocate for the territory.

She said she decided to do the training because, through her work, she’s seen the important impact Gladue reports can have.

“My interest was purely because (Gladue reports) need to be written and they’re not,” she told the News following the final day of training. “There’s not enough people available and I want to make myself available and help our people. Trauma is trauma across the country and we just need to step up as a people and make sure that the judges are using this.”

She added that she thought it was important for First Nations people to be Gladue writers.

“I think it’s important to be First Nations because you have a greater understanding of the impact of trauma and colonization,” White said. “You have to be empathetic — not sympathetic, but empathetic.”

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s Canada hurtles towards the legalization of marijuana next year, the provinces and territories have begun outlining their regulations for the drug.

So far, the regimes we know about have been a decidedly mixed bag. Ontario and Quebec have gone full narc. Quebec is flat-out banning home-grown plants — even though federal rules allow for four per person. Ontario is planning absurdly harsh punishments for any lingering grey-market dispensaries that might compete with its government retail monopoly, which will only see 40 stores to start.

New Brunswick, meanwhile, is enacting what might be the dumbest individual rule so far: It will require pot stashes to be kept under lock-and-key, like guns, ostensibly to protect children. According to Global News, Denis Landry, the province’s public safety minister, explicitly likened cannabis to guns.

“For people here in New Brunswick who have guns in their houses, it’s locked. It’s their responsibility. This will be the same thing,” he said.

This is just another example in a long line of politicians saying dumb things about pot. Peter Kent, a Conservative MP and former journalist who should know how to, you know, research things, told the House of Commons that legalizing weed is “virtually the same as putting fentanyl on a shelf within reach of kids.”

This is a very stupid thing to say, because a speck of fentanyl can kill you. Marijuana is not harmless, particularly for the developing brains of children, but a 2014 study found that it’s almost phsyically impossible to consume a fatal dose of the stuff.

Meanwhile, in Quebec, public health minister Lucie Charlebois wrongly believes black market weed is laced with fentanyl and that homegrown plants must be banned because kids will eat them. Not to be outdone, an Alberta MLA suggested this week that legal pot may cause a communist revolution.

Even in the Yukon, officialdom is not immune to reefer madness. Consider the case of Lena Josie of Old Crow. Josie was denied a conditional discharge on an assault charge, despite pleading guilty, apologizing and having no prior criminal record.

The reason, according to sentencing judge Michael Cozens, is because Josie admitted to smoking two joints a day. Cozens believes Josie is supporting drug trafficking, which is technically true, though it exhibits a lack of understanding by Cozens about how Canada’s grey market pot industry currently works.

Furthermore, Cozens’ decision contains no evidence about where Josie’s weed comes from.

He argues that it is not in the public interest to give Josie a discharge, even though marijuana has absolutely nothing to do with the assault.

Josie is, understandably, appealing. The Crown, shamefully, agrees with Cozens.

It’s perhaps too much to expect judges and politicians to be experts on every subject they encounter as lawmakers, but it is reasonable to demand that they base their views and policies on something resembling reality.

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Jackie Hong Fortunately, at the level of territorial politics at least, common sense and reasoned debate are breaking out all over the place. No, seriously.

The government’s pointwoman on pot, Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee, has treated this file matter-of-factly, acknowledging the fact that the government has a tight timeline to put together a Cannabis Act, more or less from scratch. Remember, because of the Yukon’s fixed legislative sitting dates, the government has to get this bill passed by March, even though federal legalization doesn’t kick in until July 1.

“This is the beginning. We’re under a tight timeline, everybody in Canada is, so we’re doing this in stages,” McPhee told reporters Nov. 22.

While there won’t be private retail right away, the government has promised there will be and has also signalled interest in encouraging the creation of a local “craft” growing industry. For the time being, customers will have to make do with a store in Whitehorse and online sales for the rest of the territory.

This is not perfect, and the businesspeople who have expressed interest in opening will have to wait.

But there are criticisms from the opposition parties that are also fair. The Yukon Party’s Brad Cathers has said the government’s published five-page framework is too vague and he’s right.

Cathers is also concerned about the tax on cannabis. Ottawa has mused about charging a 10 per cent excise tax. It’s not clear how the feds will split that money or how much tax the territory will add on its own. Cathers argues the tax needs to be low enough to freeze out the black market, and again, he has a point here.

Certainly the government isn’t finished

crafting its Cannabis Act, but it could certainly release more details.

And NDP Leader Liz Hanson has a point with her criticism of the too-simplistic rules regarding where it will be legal to consume pot. Too start, it will only be allowed on private property or with a landlord’s permission.

There are a couple of problems with this.

One, as Hanson points out, is that people with prescriptions for medical cannabis could be prohibited from smoking in their homes. Two, it’s unfair to renters, who will have to rely on the goodwill of their landlords to consume — even outside on their back deck — a product that it’s otherwise legal to buy.

The third thing is that there is so far no differentiation between smoking, vaping and the consumption of edibles (which won’t be legal until 2019). The government is leaving open the possibility of allowing, say, vaping lounges in the future, but these are loopholes it should sort out sooner rather than later.

Still, what’s refreshing here is that both the government and the opposition parties are treating this as a serious public policy issue. The government is aiming for balance and appears not to have included any supremely boneheaded rules like, say, New Brunswick. The opposition is making substantive criticisms based on fair reading of the government’s plans.

Best of all, neither the government nor opposition politicians have said anything blatantly insane, uninformed or stupid. That in itself is a win.

Contact Chris Windeyer at editor@yukon-news.com

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The very long term view on commodity prices

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f you are looking for Christmas gift ideas for that special policy analyst in your life, I highly recommend A Long-Run Version of the Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index (1870 to 2015).

In the age of Twitter, when even the 30-minute cable news cycle is too much for many, it’s good to take a step back and take the 100-year view.

And to allow us to do that about commodity prices, boffins at Statistics Canada have been beavering away to link dozens of dusty old data sets on historic commodity prices.

This is a family newspaper, so I won’t get into the details of their Fisher chain index methodology. But the insights that come out the other end shed a unique light on the Yukon’s favourite commodities, as well

as the jobs and business opportunities they create.

The report includes dozens of commodities: nine metals, three energy sources, lumber, pulp, newsprint, six agricultural commodities, plus fish.

The first insight is how Canada’s commodity production has changed over the years. Back in 1870, when Canada acquired what is now the Yukon, 88 per cent of the young nation’s commodity output was agriculture. That has declined steadily to just 12 percent in 2014.

In 1870, forestry was 11 per cent. It peaked in 1947 at 36 per cent but in 2014 was just eight per cent.

Energy was one per cent in 1870 and has surged in recent decades to 63 per cent in 2014. Canada is indeed a petro-commodity player.

As for mining, it peaked at 31 per cent of our output during the Second World War and has been declining through some booms and busts to 15 per cent today.

If you look at mining as share of the total economy and not just commodities, so far in 2017 the industry represents 1.2 per cent of

Canada’s total output. That is just “metal ore mining,” and excludes coal, quarries and support activities for the mines.

While mining is critical to Yukoners, you can see why people in, say, Toronto think of it as a small and declining part of Canada’s economic story.

The next insight is from the mix of Canada’s mining output and the different fates faced by the Yukon’s most common commodities. Gold was a huge part of Canada’s output until World War 2. You won’t be surprised to hear that there is a huge spike between 1898 and 1900, when Klondike gold pushed the metal to over 3/4 of Canada’s total mineral output. Today it is around 1/3.

Copper and nickel were each around 20 per cent of Canada’s output for decades after the Second World War, but have slipped to about 10 per cent each today.

Silver, lead and zinc now represent less than four per cent of mineral output combined. The Faro mine may have contributed to a surge in zinc that can be seen on the chart from the

1970s to the late 1990s, but the line trends down after that.

So much for production. What about prices?

For commodities overall, the long-term price trend has been negative. The index was 155 in 1870 and was 79 in 2015. This data is interesting because of the long-standing debate about population growth, resource scarcity and technological change.

Some people thought that rising populations and fixed amounts of farmland and non-renewable resources would lead to shortages and price spikes.

Others argued that technological advances and improved business techniques would allow more output to be generated at ever lower costs.

The long-term price data in the report suggest the latter argument has prevailed (although we can’t say for certain whether this will be the case in the future). Take agriculture commodities as an example. The U.S. Department of Agriculture puts out inflation-adjusted data on prices for corn, wheat and soybeans. All three are

only half or even one-third as expensive as they were in the 1950s.

The report also contains interesting hints about the “supercycle,” that semi-mythical beast that often inspires the most optimistic mineral exploration plans. The supercycle idea is that powerful, but sometimes deeply hidden, factors drive the commodity industry in multi-decade cycles of boom and bust.

Indeed, the report’s authors include a chart showing their index from 1870 today. Over and above the daily ups and downs of the commodity markets, it clearly shows some big cycles every 30 years or so.

There are big surges during both world wars, which is to be expected given the massive war efforts. There is another after the world changed monetary systems in the 1970s after the demise of the Bretton Woods system, and another in the first part of this century, possibly caused by the massive growth in China and India.

Falling oil prices since 2014 have hit the index hard given how big a part of Canada’s output comes

from this sector. The index today is below the line.

Does this portend another slump for a decade or two until another supercycle upturn in the 2040s?

Whoever manages to answer that question correctly may make big bucks in mining and commodity investing.

So what does all this mean for the Yukon? One observation is that, even at the nadir of the cycle over the last 100 years, mining never went to zero. If a property has good grades, good economics and a strong management team, it can survive even the worst cycle.

On the other hand, the long term production and pricing trends may not be our friends. We can improve the chances of Yukon mines if we keep working to keep energy costs and taxes low, as well as regulatory processes predictable and not too onerous.

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. He is a Ma Murray award-winner for best columnist.

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Tories call for Morneau to resign, but Trudeau defends his ďŹ nance minister Andy Blatchford Canadian Press

OTTAWA onservative Leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation Wednesday as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister mired in controversy for weeks.

But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched a spirited defence of Morneau, accusing the Tories of engaging in baseless personal attacks that they won’t repeat outside the House of Commons for fear of being sued. “After careful consideration, in my capacity of leader of the Opposition, I am officially calling on Bill Morneau to resign as finance minister,� Scheer said shortly before question period, where the issue dominated debate.

He advised Trudeau to fire Morneau if he refused to step aside on his own.

But the prime minister said he still has full confidence in Morneau and then went on the offense against

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the Opposition. “The fabrications and the personal attacks, the slinging of mud in this place, and hiding behind parliamentary privilege, is not what Canadians expect from this place,� Trudeau said.

The push for Morneau’s departure is yet another challenge to a finance minister who’s been forced to navigate several ethics-related controversies since the summer.

In July, he proposed tax-system changes that enraged small-business owners to the point he eventually had to back off elements of his plan.

Morneau has also faced intense political pressure over how he handled his personal financial arrangements after coming to office.

The questions focused on his shares in the human resources firm Morneau Shepell, which was built by his family and for which he was executive chairman until his 2015 election win.

After the controversy erupted, he sold off the remainder of his holdings in the company — worth about

$21 million — and vowed to place his other substantial assets in a blind trust.

Morneau donated to charity the difference between what the shares were worth at the time of the sale and their value in 2015 when he was first elected — an amount estimated at about $5 million.

The federal ethics commissioner also fined Morneau $200 for failing to disclose a private corporation, in which he is a director, that owns a villa in France. Morneau had disclosed ownership of the villa to Mary Dawson but, due to what his office called an administrative oversight, failed to disclose that ownership was through a corporation.

Then came conflict-of-interest allegations over proposed pension reform, spearheaded by Morneau, that opponents have alleged would bring him personal financial benefit. The federal ethics commissioner has launched a formal examination into the matter.

This week, the Tories and the New Democrats have been grilling the Liberals

about his earlier, late-2015 sale of shares in Morneau Shepell — a transaction that took place ahead of a tax change announcement.

During Monday’s question period, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre claimed Morneau’s December 2015 announcement, which unveiled the government’s plan raise income taxes on the highest earners, caused the entire stock market to drop — including the value of Morneau Shepell shares.

Poilievre said 680,000 shares in the company were sold off roughly a week earlier in a move that saved the owner half a million dollars.

On Dec. 7, 2015, the day of Morneau’s tax-change announcement, the Toronto stock index fell 2.4 per cent for its single weakest day of the quarter. Oil prices fell by about five per cent, which one bank economist said may have been responsible for much of the weakness in the market.

Nevertheless, the Conservatives have been repeatedly asking Morneau all week if he was the person who sold those Morneau Shepell

shares.

Morneau initially sidestepped those questions, but on Wednesday he acknowledged he did sell off some shares shortly after coming into office in the fall of 2015.

He did not provide specifics on the timing of the sale nor how many shares were involved.

On Monday, Poilievre went so far as to suggest that Morneau used his inside knowledge as a minister to benefit himself financially, telling the Commons that “it is actually the responsibility of government to ensure that no minister ever uses inside knowledge to benefit from transactions on the stock market.�

Morneau called that insinuation “absurd� and threatened Tuesday to sue the Conservatives. He dared the Tories to repeat their suggestion outside the House and away from the shield of parliamentary privilege, which gives MPs legal protection from libel and defamation laws.

And again on Wednesday, Morneau and Trudeau took turns challenging the Tories

to utter the insinuation outside the House. “If the member opposite has an allegation, if he wants to say something, he should say what he means,� Morneau said in a response to a question from Scheer. “He should say it here, he should say it now, he should stand up and say it — and then he should go out into the foyer and say it again.�

The Conservatives, meanwhile, added a new argument to their charge that Morneau personally benefited from the tax announcement, pointing out that it prompted some market analysts to encourage wealthier shareholders to sell off some their stock before the changes came into effect on Jan. 1, 2016. “The members of the opposition cannot even keep their story straight in their attacks,� scoffed Trudeau. “For weeks they demanded that the finance minister sell his shares. Now, they are saying that he should not have sold his shares. They are all over the place in their attacks, because that is just what they do.�

U.S. governors to Canada: Use NAFTA to relax duties on online purchases Alexander Panetta Canadian Press

WASHINGTON anada is being pressed for freer trade in online goods by a number of American states, with eight state governors writing a letter seeking an expansion of Canada’s low limits for online duty-free purchases.

Their letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer says the NAFTA talks are an opportunity to review the $20 limit for what Canadians can buy online without paying duties on foreign goods.

Canada has one of the strictest duty-free limits in the world for online goods — a mere fraction of the $800 Americans can spend on sites like Amazon and eBay without paying an import fee. “Canada’s ‌ threshold remains among the lowest in the industrialized world,â€? says the Nov. 21 letter, signed by the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Virginia. “Canada’s low threshold for the collection of duty and tax creates unnecessary price increases for Canadian consumers and hinders North American manufacturers’ supply chains on both sides of our shared border‌ “A modernization of the

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Canadian de minimis level would be beneficial to both countries.�

Changing Canada’s limit is a high priority for the U.S. side in NAFTA talks.

An American source familiar with the talks tells The Canadian Press that’s one reason the U.S. mentions the issue and sets a specific $800 target in its published list of negotiating objectives.

The source says that while other U.S. demands are vaguely worded and devoid of hard numbers to leave negotiating room, the demand to change the limit — known as “de minimis� —

is firm and unequivocal.

In Canada, the debate pits importers versus bricksand-mortar shops. Traditional retailers warn that domestic stores would be hit hard by a change in policy, as Canadian purchases would flow to retailers based outside the country.

The Retail Council of Canada says it’s unfair to compare the duty-free levels between the countries, since the domestic tax burden is different on U.S. retailers. “There is no comparison between Canada and the U.S.,� the council says on its website.

“First, the United States does not have a federal sales tax, so there is no tax advantage created for inbound shipments. The U.S. also does not collect state and local sales taxes at the border

or for interstate shipments.�

The U.S. also dominates the online retail space, the council notes: only 22 per cent of U.S. customers report having made a purchase from a foreign seller,

compared with 67 per cent of Canadians.

The U.S. push for changes is not new — raising Canada’s de minimis level was also a priority of the Obama administration.

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Canada’s top court to hear Vice Media fight RCMP demand for reporter materials Colin Perkel Canadian Press

TORONTO anada’s top court agreed on Thursday to weigh in on a case in which the ability of journalists to do their work conflicts with the ability of police and prosecutors to do theirs.

The Supreme Court of Canada decision to grant Vice Media leave to appeal follows a ruling

by Ontario’s highest court that reporter Ben Makuch turn over background materials to the RCMP related to interviews he did with a suspected terrorist.

“Oh, man, very relieved,” Makuch said moments after learning of the leave decision.

“This is an extremely important matter that our country’s highest court needs to hear.”

The materials at issue relate to three stories Makuch wrote in 2014 on a Calgary man, Farah Shirdon, 22, charged in absentia with various

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terrorism-related offences. The articles were largely based on conversations Makuch had with Shirdon, who was said to be in Iraq, via the online instant messaging app Kik Messenger.

With court permission, RCMP sought access to Makuch’s screen captures and logs of those chats. Makuch refused to hand them over.

RCMP and the Crown argued successfully at two levels of court that access to the chat logs were essential to the ongoing investigation into Shirdon, who may or may not be dead. They maintained that journalists have no special rights to withhold crucial information.

Backed by alarmed media and free-expression groups, Makuch and Vice Media argued unsuccessfully that the RCMP demand would put a damper on the willingness of sources to speak to journalists.

The conflicting views will now be tested before the Supreme Court.

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In his initial ruling, Superior Court Justice Ian MacDonnell said the screen shots were important evidence in relation to “very serious allegations.” MacDonnell also said the public had a strong interest in the effective investigation and prosecution of such allegations.

The Ontario Court of Appeal agreed, rejecting Vice’s arguments that the prosecution should have to prove the requested information is essential to the RCMP case. It also said MacDonnell had been aware of the potential “chill” effect — that sources may not be willing to speak to reporters if they risk exposure.

Chris Ball, a spokesman for Vice said the outlet was “thrilled” by the willingness of the

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“This has been a long battle so far, not only for our journalist Ben Makuch, but for all journalists and protecting their ability to do their jobs without fear of interference by the state,” Ball said.

The legal battle has been playing out against a backdrop of uncertainty as to whether Shirdon is dead or alive. American military officials said over the summer that Shirdon was killed more than two years ago.

The statement came just months after the U.S. State Department listed him as a designated terrorist, suggesting he was still alive.

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Vice said recently it would drop the appeal if the RCMP dropped its production order given Shirdon’s reported death.

RCMP and prosecution, however, citing the confusion, refused.

Makuch, who has said he published all information relevant to the public, said Thursday the ongoing battle has not been easy.

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B.C.’s mental health detention system violates charter rights: report Geordon Omand Canadian Press

VANCOUVER ritish Columbia needs to overhaul a mental health system that allows psychiatric facilities to detain people with little justification, to deny them access to a lawyer and to take away their personal clothing as a form of punishment, a legal advocacy group says.

The Community Legal Assistance Society published a report titled “Operating in Darkness” on Wednesday, which describes B.C.’s mental health detention regime as one of the most regressive in Canada.

The report says the province’s Mental Health Act allows people in care to be put in solitary confinement, strapped to a bed or given involuntary treatments like drugs and electroconvulsive therapy.

Report author Laura Johnston said it is “extremely unusual” for a provincial mental health act in Canada not to prohibit the discipline of patients who are being held without consent.

“Not only does our act not prohibit it, but it actively authorizes it,” Johnston said, adding that disciplinary measures include the use of restraints, solitary confinement and withholding personal clothing.

“You can ‘earn your way’ back up to your clothing access by good behaviour. But bad behaviour, you can lose your rights to clothing,” she said, describing the practice as disturbing.

The society, a non-profit group that provides legal services to people in mental health detention, has launched a charter rights court challenge against the provincial government over the same issue.

The group started the court action in September 2016 on behalf of two people being treated against their will, arguing that B.C.’s laws deprive involuntary patients of their rights to equality and life, liberty and security of the person.

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The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions responded to Wednesday’s report in a statement, saying it welcomes feedback from groups that have experience with such issues.

“Our government established a dedicated Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions to give this area the attention it deserves, and to make a difference for the people and families suffering without the kind of support they need,” the statement says.

The ministry declined further comment because of the legal action before the court.

While voluntary mental health detentions have remained stable at about 17,000 per year over the past decade, the number of involuntary detentions spiked from about 11,900 to more than 20,000 over the same time period, the report says.

Female patients routinely have their clothes removed by male staff, doctors can make detention decisions without conducting in-person exams and there is no legal aid for patients at the time they are detained, the report says.

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what she called a widely held view that people can only be detained if they are deemed to be an imminent threat to themselves or others. Involuntary detention can occur if it is believed someone may “deteriorate” without in-hospital treatment, which is a much lower standard, she said.

One of the features that sets B.C. apart from mental health regimes in other Canadian jurisdictions is the absence of a regular review process, Johnston added.

“That is the main point of this report: Who’s looking at this system? Who’s monitoring this system?” she said.

A lack of oversight makes it difficult to understand why detention numbers are rising so steeply and whether policies such as solitary confinement or restraint are successful, she added.

The report calls for an independent commission to overhaul the B.C. Mental Health Act, and makes a number of recommendations, including better training for health-care providers, regular detention review hearings and the re-establishment of an independent mental health advocate.

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MONCTON, N.B. prosecutor is asking for the maximum fine against the RCMP for Labour Code convictions stemming from gunman Justin Bourque’s 2014 Moncton, N.B., rampage that left three officers dead and two injured.

Crown prosecutor Paul Adams said a $1 million fine would amount to “a clear declaration of disapproval” of RCMP conduct that left its officers outgunned and ill-prepared.

The force knew of the need for better weaponry seven years before the Moncton shootings, he told Moncton provincial court judge Judge Leslie Jackson Thursday.

“There was a confusing lack of urgency in dealing with this type of risk,” he said.

Bourque had targeted police officers in the hopes of sparking an anti-government rebellion.

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Defence lawyer Mark Ertel suggested a penalty of $500,000, much of it as donations to groups suggested by the Crown.

Jackson convicted the national police force in September of failing to properly equip and train its members.

The judge was given victim impact statements from the wives of two fallen officers on Thursday.

One of them, Angela Gevaudan, said in a recording that as a dispatcher with the Moncton-area Codiac detachment, she was aware of safety concerns for officers prior to the June 2014 shooting.

“I feel there was not an appropriate process to address those concerns,” she said.

Gevaudan said there needs to be an independent process to monitor and address safety concerns.

She said that knowing there were safety concerns and not being able to have them addressed only increased her mental suffering and she now suffers from PTSD. Adams told Jackson that if the RCMP officers had the proper training and equipment, it would have been “a game-changer.”

“They (the force) was responsible to prepare the officers to deal with this situation, which they failed to do,” Adams said.

Adams also asked that the RCMP be ordered to make a public statement on what measures have been taken since the Moncton tragedy.

Ertel said since 2014 the force has made a clear acceptance of responsibility.

He said the introduction of carbine rifles “could” have made a difference, but the Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they “would” have made a difference.

Bourque pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years.

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In a report Tuesday, the bank said there’s some evidence Canada’s exposure to these persistent trouble spots has begun to ease, thanks to healthy job creation, tightening housing policies and higher mortgages rates.

The assessment is part of the bank’s semi-annual review, which explores key vulnerabilities and risks surrounding the stability of the financial system. It describes vulnerabilities as pre-existing conditions that could amplify or propagate economic shocks.

“Overall risks to the Canadian financial system remain elevated. Some preliminary signs of improvement, however, are emerging,” the bank said in its latest financial system review.

“Better economic conditions and several new policy measures support prospects for additional progress.”

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that suggest stricter lending rules have started to reduce the country’s exposure to hefty debtloads.

The report pointed to mortgage insurance policy changes, which included a stress test, introduced by the federal government a year ago.

The bank predicted further easing is likely on the way due to higher interest rates and another new stress test to be introduced in the new year, this time aimed at low-ratio mortgages that don’t require insurance.

In January, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions will implement new lending guidelines that will require borrowers who do not require mortgage insurance to show they would still be able to make their payments if interest rates were to rise.

The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark rate twice since July and experts predict it’s likely to continue along a gradual hiking path.

The combination of these factors is also expected to reduce household imbalances by applying downward pressure on prices in major real-estate markets like Vancouver and Toronto.

Still, the bank’s report carefully noted that it’s uncertain exactly how borrowers and lenders will react to the incoming OSFI measures.

“Our financial system continues to be resilient, and is being bolstered by stronger growth and job creation — but we need to continue to watch finan-

cial vulnerabilities closely,” Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said Tuesday in a statement.

In the report, the bank once again listed cyber threats as another key vulnerability for Canada.

Poloz has said a cyberattack against the financial system is a scenario that likely troubles him the most. In a recent interview, he said he was unsure how severe the fallout from such an event could be and he struggled to picture what it might look like.

“Cyberattacks do not respect borders: they can originate from outside Canada and be transmitted across the global network that financial institutions rely on to operate their businesses,” the report said.

The bank said it has been working with industry, international organizations and federal and provincial authorities to improve collaboration and policy-making to ensure rapid response and recovery from a cyber event.

An example could include a loss of connectivity or corruption of data within the payments system.

The report also assessed how the biggest risks facing Canada have evolved since its last update in June.

It said the chances of a severe nationwide recession or a drop in global growth triggered by a significant financial disruption in an emerging market, like China, remained elevated. However, the bank added that the chances of these scenarios playing out were decreasing.

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‘Open banking’ holds promise but cybersecurity fears loom for Canadian banks Armina Ligaya Canadian Press

TORONTO s banks work to fortify their cybersecurity defences amidst a growing number of data breaches, they are also exploring the promise of so-called “open banking,” a concept that could finally disrupt the staid financial services industry.

Customers have increasingly moved away from physical branches towards online and mobile apps, but banking has yet to reach its “Uberization” moment, one that breaks down traditional models to usher in new innovations, as Uber has done for the taxi industry.

Open banking — granting third-parties like financial technology startups access to bank data to develop innovative apps — could be such a ”game changer,” according to Toronto Dominion Bank’s chief information officer, Jeff Henderson.

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ment executives at major banks globally said they were planning major investments in open banking by 2020, according to an online survey by consulting firm Accenture released last month.

But even as Canadian financial institutions toy with the idea, they’re concerned about the looming risk to consumers’ personal information amid the growing threat of cyberattacks.

The Accenture survey also showed that 50 per cent of respondents said that implementing the emerging concept increases risk.

“There’s no question this is a trend,” TD’s Henderson said. “(But) I want to make sure that any time we exchange information externally, that is done so in a very controlled and understood manner.”

In these early days, the exact nature of the innovation in the open banking landscape is unclear, said Bob Vokes, managing director of financial services at

Accenture in Canada.

“What we’re trying to do in open banking is to create new sets of services off of the banking data, or alternatively, allow you to manipulate your banking information in a different way,” he said.

Open banking allows consumers to share their banking data, which proponents say will spur the creation of new apps and platforms that will make financial transactions easier or develop new use cases.

For example, a consumer could log into one app and see all their financial accounts, from various banks, to get a full picture of their net worth and move funds in real time. Or, geolocation data could be layered over payment data, allowing a consumer to analyze exactly where their money is being spent, while also allowing merchants to offer them location-based rewards.

The buzz around open banking is building just as concerns about cybersecurity mount.

Most recently, Uber announced earlier this month that hackers compromised some 57 million user accounts and Equifax Inc. disclosed in September a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of half of Americans and some 19,000 Canadians.

It also comes as the Bank of Canada once again listed cyber threats as a key vulnerability for the Canadian financial system in its semi-annual review released Tuesday.

“The high degree of financial and operational interconnectedness among financial institutions means that a successful cyber attack against a single institution or a key service provider could spread more widely within the financial system.”

Meanwhile, various jurisdictions are pushing ahead with legislation that would see financial institutions become even more interconnected.

By January 2018, banks in Europe will be required

to share proprietary data, in a regulated and secure way, under the U.K.’s Open Banking Standard and Europe’s PSD2 legislations.

Canadian institutions are also jumping on board.

The Competition Bureau said in a report on fintech earlier this month that it is early days “but the potential impact on competition and innovation is promising.”

The Ministry of Finance said in August it is “examining the merits of open banking.”

“Open banking holds the potential to make it easier for consumers to interact with financial service providers and increase competition,” the ministry said in a consultation paper as part of a review of the federal Bank Act. The Canadian Bankers Association responded to the ministry that while its members are proponents of innovation, they are also concerned about the potential impacts on safety, soundness and stability in Canada’s financial system.

“Canadian banks have devoted very significant resources to creating well-established information security and data warehouses that meet the highest standards worldwide, the CBA said.

“Any initiative that could undermine this trust would be very problematic for Canadian consumers, financial market participants and the broader economy.”

Vokes says these concerns — as well as questions about whether the bank or the third party is liable if something goes awry — will need to be addressed in legislation.

If additional layers of security protection are put in place, open banking should not raise the level of cybersecurity risk, he said, adding however, that cyberattackers are becoming more sophisticated as well.

“Innovation isn’t just the purview of fintechs,” he said. ”As we continue to innovate, fraud and criminal enterprises are also innovating.”

Crown says B.C. ex-Mountie accused of sexual assault painted woman as instigator Camille Bains Canadian Press

VANCOUVER retired RCMP inspector had a mistaken belief that a civilian employee consented to sexual activity in a washroom at the force’s British Columbia headquarters, the Crown says.

Michelle Booker said Wednesday that Tim Shields did not take any steps to see if the woman provided consent for him to allegedly kiss and grope her in 2009.

Shields, 52, was charged with one count of sexual assault in May 2016 and has pleaded not guilty.

Provincial court has heard that the woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, filed a civil lawsuit against the RCMP and Shields in 2014 that was settled in December 2016.

The complainant provided a statement to police in 2015 as part of a code of conduct investigation but Booker said the court must not use the delay to gauge her credibility because that would be relying on myths and stereotypes about when complainants should disclose their experience.

She asked Judge Patrick Doherty to be guided by “common sense and a painstaking, careful, repeated testing of the evidence to see

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how it stacks up.”

“In the Crown’s submission, the evidence of Mr. Shields does not stack up,” Booker said during closing arguments. “The Crown has proven that Mr. Shields has sexually abused (the complainant) beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Court has heard both Shields and the woman exchanged flirty emails before the alleged assault, which occurred in either in April 2009 according to Shields, or in September that year based on the woman’s testimony.

Booker said that while defence lawyer David Butcher questioned the woman’s credibility, Shields’s evidence related to the alleged assault in a ground-floor unisex washroom eight years ago contained far too much detail to be believable.

The woman has testified Shields told her he had something important to tell her and that she followed him into the washroom she’d never seen, before he locked the door.

She said she was “frozen and confused” when he touched her breasts, unbuttoned her pants and put her hand on his genitals.

However, Shields has testified the woman went further and “actively and enthusiastically” had sex with him and made no attempt to

escape from the washroom.

“This is his evidence about what transpired in the bathroom,” Booker said. ”It is extraordinarily detailed.

It is a mechanical rendition of what went on and I say it is unreasonable and not believable.”

Shields has testified the complainant often walked into his office and hugged him, starting with friendly embraces that became more sexual, along with the conversation.

Booker said Shields portrayed the complainant as the initiator, instigator and aggressor while painting himself as the victim of her advances who simply reacted to the woman’s actions.

“He’s reconstructed and rehearsed what took place,” Booker said. “Her unshaken evidence is that she did not consent.”

Butcher told the court on Tuesday that there is no basis for the Crown’s argument that Shields abused his position of authority to coerce the woman into the washroom.

“Mr. Shields says she’s a fraud, a liar and a perjurer,” he said in closing submissions. “Mr. Shields asks the court to positively find there was actual consent in this case.”

Shields joined the RCMP in 1996 and was promoted to

inspector in 2009. He was the Mounties’ media spokesman in B.C., and was suspended with pay in May 2015 in

the middle of the code of conduct investigation. He left the force in December of that year.

The lawyers will be back in court on Friday to set a date to hear the decision from the judge.

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Threat reduced to B.C. coast as fuel barge on its way to safe haven

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BELLA BELLA, B.C. loaded fuel barge that broke away from its tug off British Columbia’s central coast was being towed to safety on Monday as the threat of a spill diminished, officials said.

The barge, loaded with 3.5 million litres of diesel and 468,000 litres of gasoline, was set to anchor off Campbell Island in the Inside Passage.

A U.S.-registered tugboat, the Jake Shearer, was pushing the barge through Queen Charlotte Sound when it broke free southwest of Bella Bella on Sunday.

Roger Girouard, assistant coast guard commissioner, said the vessel encountered strong seas and suffered damage, which broke the pin arrangement connecting the tug to the barge.

“The control of the barge was lost and the barge started drifting onto the B.C. coast,” he said.

On Sunday evening, the barge crew laid an anchor, which held and kept the barge off the rocks near Goose Island, Girouard said.

He said coast guard resources, including the Norman Reid, arrived on the scene in stormy weather. A decision was made to let the anchor hold as conditions were expected to improve.

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The tugboat Gulf Cajun picked up the barge — identified by the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre as the Zidell Marine 277 — and it was scheduled to reach its destination off Campbell Island on Monday evening.

Washington state-based Harley Marine Services owns both the tug and barge. Vice-president of safety Rich Softye said the incident is regrettable.

“We’re doing a full investigation to make sure that if there’s anything that is a problem on the operation side that could have been changed, we will change,” he said.

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ufacturer of the linking system, he said.

He said the company has been using so-called articulated tug barges — where a tug pushes a barge rather than pulls it — for years and has never had any safety issues.

“We were hit by a couple of very large waves, cross-wise, from the port side that caused everything to be slammed over,” he said. “With that, the separation took place.”

Articulated tug barges are more fuel-efficient and require fewer crew members than traditional tugboats, but they are more difficult to control in rough seas or bad weather, said Mike Fitzpatrick, president and CEO of Robert Allan Ltd., a naval architecture and marine

type of vessel has along Canadian waters,” he said.

Heiltsuk First Nation Chief Marilyn Slett said her community is still recovering from last year’s spill and this latest incident shows a response centre is needed on the central coast.

She called on the federal government to help fund an Indigenous response centre that would have equipment and vessels as well as training and certification for its members.

“We can’t continue to hope, as we did last night when the anchor dropped,” she said. “We have to do better than that. We have to make sure the infrastructure and capacity are in our communities.”

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“If you’re in really rough weather, barges need to be towed. If you’re in sheltered waters, they can be pushed,” he said.

Girouard said the tug was en route from Seattle to Alaska and was in international waters, defined as being more than 12 nautical miles from Canada’s shoreline, when it hit heavy weather.

After the Nathan E. Stewart sank near Bella Bella and spilled 110,000 litres of diesel last year, greater restrictions were placed on access to Canadian waters by U.S. tugboats, he said.

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Trump tweets strain US-Britain ‘special relationship’ Jill Lawless Associated Press

LONDON few days after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and proclaimed the strength of the “most special relationship� between their two countries.

Ten months later, that relationship looks decidedly strained. As May and Trump traded criticism Thursday over his retweets of a far-right group’s anti-Muslim videos, British lawmakers labeled the U.S. leader a hate peddler. They also urged May’s government to revoke an invitation for Trump to visit Britain as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II. The furor erupted after Trump, who has almost 44

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million Twitter followers, on Wednesday retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by a leader of the far-right group Britain First. The tiny group regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show Muslims engaged in acts of violence, but without providing context or supporting information.

The U.K. ambassador in Washington, Kim Darroch, complained to the White House, and May’s spokesman said the president was wrong to retweet the group’s content.

Trump responded with a tweet urging May to focus on “the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom� instead of on him.

May countered Thursday that “we take the need to deal with the terrorist threat very seriously� and rebuked the leader of Brit-

ain’s closest ally. “The fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say when we think that the United States have got it wrong and to be very clear with them,� May said Thursday during a visit to Amman, Jordan. “I am very clear that retweeting from Britain First was the wrong thing to do.�

London Mayor Sadiq Khan was one of many politicians urging the government to scrap the still-unscheduled state visit by Trump that first was announced during May’s trip to Washington in January.

Khan, the British capital’s first Muslim mayor, said the American president had promoted “a vile, extremist group� and an official visit by him “would not be welcomed.�

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US putting off planned ban on its use of cluster bombs Robert Burns Associated Press

WASHINGTON he Pentagon has put off indefinitely a planned ban on using certain cluster bombs, which release explosive sub-munitions, or bomblets. The U.S. military considers them a legitimate and important weapon, although critics say they kill indiscriminately and pose hazards to civilians.

A 2010 international treaty outlaws the use of cluster bombs, but the U.S. is not a signatory.

The George W. Bush administration declared in 2008 that by Jan. 1, 2019 the United States would continue its use of cluster bombs only if they met a performance standard of failing to detonate one per cent or less of the time.

That standard is important because armed and unexploded cluster munitions left on the battlefield pose a long-term hazard to civilians.

Tom Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman, said that despite efforts to develop more reliable, and thus safer, cluster munitions, the U.S. military has been unable to produce bombs with failure rates of one per cent or less. He said it’s unclear how long it might take

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to achieve that standard, and thus the Pentagon concluded in a months-long policy review that it should set aside the 2019 deadline and allow commanders to authorize the use of the weapons when they deem it necessary.

A new Pentagon policy approved Thursday erases the 2019 deadline and asserts that the weapons are legitimate, not necessarily a humanitarian hazard, and important for wartime attacks on “area targets� like enemy troop formations.

The new policy authorizes commanders to approve use of existing cluster bombs “until sufficient quantities� of safer versions are developed and fielded. “Safer� means meeting the 1 per cent failure standard or developing bombs equipped with a self-destruct mechanism or that can be rendered inoperable in 15 minutes or less by the exhaustion of their power source.

The policy does not define what qualifies as “sufficient quantities� of safer weapons, and it sets no new deadline.

In practice, the U.S. rarely uses cluster bombs.

The Pentagon says its last large-scale use was in the 2003 Iraq invasion.

They could be considered important for use in a large-scale conflict such as

a ground war against North Korea.

In a memorandum signed Thursday, Deputy Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. remains committed to fielding weapons that are effective in war and that “minimize unintended harm� to civilians and U.S. and partner forces. “Although the (Defence) Department seeks to field a new generation of more highly reliable munitions, we cannot risk mission failure or accept the potential of increased military and civilian casualties by forfeiting the best available capabilities,� Shanahan wrote. “Cluster munitions are legitimate weapons with clear military utility,� Shanahan wrote. He also asserted that cluster munitions “may result� in less unintended harm to civilians and others than if other types of weapons have to be used instead against certain targets like massed formations of enemy troops and time-sensitive or moving targets.

The new policy is likely to draw criticism from disarmament groups and some members of Congress.

By law, the U.S. cannot provide cluster munitions to other countries unless they meet the one per cent failure standard.

makers criticized Trump in unusually blunt language.

Labour’s Naz Shah accused him of promoting “the hate-filled ideology of fascism.� Conservative Tim Loughton said Twitter should take down Trump’s account for peddling “hate crime.�

The chill between London and Washington could not come at a worse time, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union and forge new economic relationships around the world.

May was the first world leader to meet with Trump after he took office in January partly because Britain is eager to strike a free trade deal with the U.S. after it leaves the EU in 2019.

But the prime minister’s bid to nurture a close relationship with the unpredictable president has not gone according to plan.

Trump greeted May

with warm words, and even briefly held her hand as the two leaders walked along a colonnade at the White House.

Within hours of May’s departure, Trump signed an order banning travel to the U.S. from several majority-Muslim countries. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said soon afterward that Trump would not be invited to address Parliament during his state visit, an honour given to President Barack Obama and other world leaders.

Analysts predicted Thursday that the trans-Atlantic relationship would be strong and important enough to survive the current strain “The core U.K.-U.S. special relationship is co-operation in nuclear weapons, special forces and intelligence,� said Tim Oliver, an expert in Europe-North America rela-

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Report on sexual assaults in Arctic rocks Norway Jan M. Olsen Associated Press

COPENHAGEN enerations of native Sami people living in remote northern Norway have been victims of rape and child sex abuse that has gone largely unreported and uninvestigated, police have acknowledged in a report citing deep failings in the way authorities operated there.

A police report covering the period from 1953 to August 2017 documented at least 151 sexual assaults, including 43 rapes, in the Arctic municipality of Tysfjord, which has a population of less than 2,000.

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reported at the time.

The youngest of the 82 victims identified by the police was 4, while the 92 suspected offenders were aged between 10 and 80.

Some people appeared on both lists. As well as the rapes, 40 cases dealt with sexual intercourse with underage children.

So far two people have been charged in 10 cases, but many cases have been dropped because the statute of limitations has expired.

The report by the Nordland police, where Tysfjord sits, was commissioned after Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang last year published accounts of 11 men and women who claimed to have been

assaulted.

Tone Vangen, head of the Nordland county, apologized after the publication of this week’s report, acknowledging that police “didn’t do a good job.”

Vangen told Norway’s NTB news agency that police had heard “tales from victims that offenders had gotten forgiveness from religious circles and the cases have in a way been settled.” She added that they saw that many had links to a conservative Lutheran revival movement started in Lapland in the middle of the 19th century.

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Verdens Gang reported the case of a woman identified as Liv who said her father was jailed for raping her, but that other men raped or sexually assaulted her over a 10-year-period until she turned 19.

Karl Edvard Urheim, a Sami folk singer who also said he was raped as a child, told the daily that “people there are incredibly good at shutting up, and that makes me angry.”

An estimated 40,00060,000 Sami live in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia and have their own language.

Their situation has been compared to that of American Indians, but rather

than establishing reservations for Sami, the region’s governments have sought to absorb them. In 1997, Norway’s King Harald V publicly apologized on behalf of the nation for its treatment of the Sami.

Samis have their own Parliament, and those in Norway are also represented in Norway’s Parliament.

A small number of them are still closely associated to nature and are involved in reindeer herding but also fishing, fur-trapping and hunting. However, their way of living has threatened by mineral mining, wind farms and extensive logging, which are encroaching upon reindeer herding grounds and fishing areas.

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for the abuses,” she said.

“At the same time there are mechanisms related to the (Sami) environment, which makes it difficult to get to investigate.”

Lars Magne Andreassen, a spokesman for the local Sami community, cited “loyalty, lack of confidence in authorities and the fact that police and health and social services have not had competence to see what has happened” as responsible for the perpetuation of the situation.

“There has been a huge failure in the whole safety net that should have been around the children who have been subjected to abuse in Tysfjord,” added Anne Lindboe, the children’s ombudsman — an

Dan Joling Associated Press

ANCHORAGE subsidiary of an Italian energy company has received a federal permit to drill the first oil exploration wells in U.S. Arctic waters in two years.

The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced Tuesday it has approved an application from Eni U.S. Operating Co. Inc. to drill exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea. Drilling could begin next month from Spy Island, a gravel artificial island in state waters about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) off the coast near Prudhoe Bay. Eni will use extended-reach drilling techniques to reach federal submerged lands.

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The drilling would be the first in federal Arctic waters since Royal Dutch Shell in 2015 sent down an exploratory well in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast.

Former President Barack Obama last year banned oil and gas exploration in most of the Arctic Ocean. President Donald Trump in April ordered Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the ban with the goal of opening offshore areas. Environmental and Alaska Native groups in May sued to maintain the ban.

Environmental groups strongly opposed Arctic Ocean drilling. In a statement, Kristen Monsell, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, said drilling threatens coastal Arctic wildlife.

“The Trump administration is risking a major

oil spill by letting this foreign corporation drill in the unforgiving waters off Alaska,” she said.

“Offshore drilling threatens coastal communities and wildlife and will only push us deeper into the climate crisis.”

Mark Fesmire, BSEE’s Alaska region director, said in the announcement that agency staff conducted a thorough review of Eni’s well design, testing procedures and safety protocol.

Eni already has production wells on the 11-acre (.04-square kilometre) Spy Island built in state waters 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 metres) deep.

It’s one of four artificial islands in the Beaufort Sea that support oil production.

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of its Liberty Project, a facility that could hold production wells, a processing facility and the start of an undersea pipeline carrying oil to shore and connections to the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Eni plans four exploration wells. Exploratory well operations will add at least 100 jobs, the company said. Production could lead to as many as 150 jobs in the region and 20,000 barrels of oil per day, according to the company.

The permit was issued as Congress considers opening additional onshore Arctic drilling within an Alaska wildlife refuge. Congressional Republicans are pushing for lease sales on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to help pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed tax cut.

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f you have ever wondered how to dangle precariously from two silk ropes secured to a ceiling or flip gracefully through a hanging hoop, aerial circus training sessions would be for you. At least a dozen people were up for the high flying class organized by the Yukon Circus Society and taught at a Yukon Arts Centre studio last month. Acrobatic hopefuls learned how to climb and pose in silk ropes, trapeze, and aerial hoop, as well as some floor acrobatics and juggling.

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Monika Kozlerova and Orion Wanner try out a two-person pose on the aerial hoop while at an aerial circus class in Whitehorse on Nov. 27.

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Anna McEachern learns a pose on the silk ropes as instructor Kieran Wolfe guides her.

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Chris Lovatt learns a new trick on the trapeze during an aerial circus class at Yukon Arts Centre studio.

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Coco draws Latino audiences, others with theme of family Russell Contreras Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. he day before Thanksgiving, a predominantly Latino audience packed an Albuquerque theatre on Route 66 to catch the U.S. premiere of Coco. In San Jose, California, multi-generational Latino families came together to see the movie. At the Vineland Drive-In outside of Los Angeles, Mexican-Americans in trucks and vintage cars sat outside then took selfies with the movie’s

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“Coco,” one of the largest U.S. productions ever to feature an almost entirely Latino cast, is drawing large audiences among Latinos for its depiction of Mexican culture at a time when many feel uneasy about their place in the nation’s policies, including immigration.

In the Pixar animated film’s opening week, Latino families crowded theatres from Houston to Phoenix and posted photos and comments about the movie’s references to Pedro Infante and painter Frida Kahlo. They took note of the mention of chancla (flip-flops used by Mexican mothers to also discipline children) and urged others to see the film, too.

“It was a great way to spend the holiday in light of everything that has been going on,” said Jennie Luna, a Chicana/o Studies professor at California State University, Channel Island. She saw the film with her mother, grandmother and 3-year-old niece. “It was representative and well done. We

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were excited to see people like us in a movie.”

“Just watched Disney’s and Pixar’s movie #Coco with the family!” Retired Mexican American NASA Astronaut Jose Hernandez tweeted on Friday. “What a well done movie that respects our culture!”

“Coco,” which opened last Wednesday in the United States, is Pixar’s first feature film with a minority lead character. The English-language version is sprinkled with bilingual dialogue and set in a pueblo that resembles a town in Mexico or a village in northern New Mexico.

The animated film opened to the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend ever with an estimated $72.9 million over the five-day weekend. That total easily toppled Warner Bros.’ “Justice League.”

Centred on the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Coco has already set box office records in Mexico, where it has made $53.4 million in three weeks.

The movie follows Miguel, a 12-year-old Mexican boy with the heart of a musician born in a family that has prohibited music for generations. After fighting with his family, Miguel slips into a wondrous netherworld where he

depends on his long-dead ancestors to restore him to the land of the living.

Characters in the English version of the movie are bilingual and drop references to pan dulce (Mexican pastries) and various foods. Spirits had to “crossover” from the land of the dead to the land of the living — an allusion to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Coco comes after Disney’s sucessful Moana — a computer-animated movie featuring a girl from a Polynesian village. That movie garnered mostly positive reaction from Polynesian audiences in 2016 and used consultants to make sure the film was culturally sensitive.

Lina Maria Murillo, 36, of San Jose, said Coco’s early success showed that a film that used predominantly Latino characters who are bilingual could do well in the U.S. Because those references are so rare in mainstream movies it was special to see them in a movie with a strong storyline, she said.

Murillo took her husband and two daughters to see the film Sunday. Her daughters, Samaralucia, 8, and Isamaria, 6, had wanted to see it since viewing the previews, Murillo said.

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ish-language version of the movie around 11 p.m., the girls began asking about deceased family members on the way home, Murillo said.

“My parents emigrated from Colombia and my husband’s family goes with many generations in El Paso….so this movie hit all the connections,” Murillo said. “It moved me to tears.”

Alexandro José Gradilla, a Chicana and Chicano Studies professor at California State University, Fullerton, saw the film on its opening night with his wife and daughter. After discussing the movie with extended family during Thanksgiving, he went to see the movie again with those who hadn’t seen it yet.

“It’s striking a nerve at the right time,” Gradilla said. “And people were posting their photos on social media to document it.”

For Disney, the positive reaction from Latinos was a remarkable turnaround from four years ago when production came under scrutiny after Disney sought to trademark “Dia de los Muertos,” the name of the traditional “Day of the Dead.” Disney Enterprises Inc. dropped its trademark filing after

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fiery social-media posts charging Disney with culturally appropriating the holiday.

Disney had hoped to secure name rights for merchandise such as snack foods and Christmas ornaments as it partners with Pixar Animation Studios Inc. Mexican-American cartoonist and humorist Lalo Alcaraz was one of those critical of Disney’s trademark try. But after he created a cartoon of a skeletal Godzilla-sized Mickey Mouse destroying a city, Disney hired him as a cultural consultant for the project.

Alcaraz said he and others helped Pixar make a film that Latinos felt wasn’t stereotypical or demeaning. As the film was set to be released in the U.S., he asked his fans to tweet pictures of their families at theatres.

“That’s why we did it,” Murillo said. “It was like we were part of something.”

Hispanics made up 23 per cent of frequent moviegoers last year.

Disney didn’t share ethnic demographics for Coco ticket buyers, but the movie was No. 1 at the U.S. box office and performed well elsewhere, like in China where it made $18.2 million.

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African music star in exile awaits real change for Zimbabwe Andrew Selsky Associated Press

EUGENE, ORE. s Zimbabweans celebrated the ouster of dictator Robert Mugabe, they danced on the streets to previously banned protest songs by one of the country’s most famous musicians — a man jailed by the country’s former white rulers and hounded by the black government that succeeded them.

The musician, Thomas Mapfumo, watched the euphoria from exile in the U.S. But he’s not rejoicing — because Mugabe’s political party and his cronies still run the country.

“I think there’s nothing to celebrate about,” Mapfumo said this week in an interview with The Associated Press in the college town of Eugene, Oregon where he has lived since 2004. “It’s still the old train that we’re riding but they’ve got a different driver now.”

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Mapfumo’s songs blasted from car speakers to the crowds partying on the streets. For years, his music had been banned from public airwaves and was played in secret by Zimbabweans.

With Mugabe’s party, ZANU-PF, still in power, there’s no sign Zimbabwe will overcome its long history of repression and political corruption, Mapfumo said. Former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, now the party head, was sworn in as president on Nov. 24. Nicknamed The Crocodile, he is accused of helping direct the slaughter of thousands of people in ethnic massacres in the 1980s.

“The root cause of our problems is ZANU-PF. There are still people who still believe in those bad policies,” Mapfumo said, citing in particular the takeover of white-owned farms — many of which went to Mugabe’s allies — that led to the collapse of Zimbabwe’s agricultural production.

Zimbabweans are electrified about the possibility of Mapfumo returning

home to perform with his band, The Blacks Unlimited, for the first time since 2004, when he left the country with band members and relatives.

“I thought we will never see him play here again, but now I am very hopeful he will return home for a show of our lives,” said Shupai Muchingami, a fan in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital.

Mapfumo, known as the Lion of Zimbabwe, confirmed to AP that his manager is trying to arrange a gig in the southern African country.

His upbeat music, featuring the traditional mbira thumb piano and an electric guitar tweaked to sound like an mbira, often carried lyrics of rebellion in the Shona language and in English. He called the musical style he invented “chimurenga,” which means “struggle” in Shona.

During the guerrilla war against the white racist regime when the country was named Rhodesia, Mapfumo sang lyrics like “Mothers, send your sons to war” in support of the struggle. After Zimbabwe

Russell Simmons steps down from companies amid allegation Mark Kennedy Associated Press

NEW YORK ussell Simmons has stepped away from his companies following a second allegation of sexual misconduct, though the Def Jam founder again denied ever being violent.

Rachel Getting Married screenwriter Jenny Lumet — the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet — wrote an essay published by The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday in which she recalled a night around 1991 when Simmons took her to his New York apartment and had sex with her, despite her repeated demands that he stop.

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achieved independence, he performed in a 1980 celebration concert that also featured Bob Marley.

But several years later, Mapfumo became disenchanted with the government as Mugabe and his ministers enriched themselves while Zimbabweans became more destitute.

His most politically charged anti-Mugabe songs included “Masoja neMapurisa” (“Soldiers and Police”), “Pidigori waenda” (“The Man is Gone”), “Vanoita sevanokudai” (“They Pretend to Love You”) and “Corruption .”

“When I see something wrong I have to point it out,” Mapfumo said. “I can’t stand by and look when these things are happening to my people.

That’s not what we fought for. We fought in the struggle because we wanted to be a free nation. We were fighting for democracy, for freedom of speech, freedom of movement.”

Zimbabwe, he said, might need a mass revolt to usher in true democracy.

“The country belongs to the people. The soldiers won’t do nothing if the

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people revolt. They will just stand by,” Mapfumo said in the interview in his small apartment.

Mapfumo, who drives a Dodge minivan in Eugene, still chafes at the government’s confiscation of several of his BMWs in Harare years ago, which he labeled as government harassment.

“The reason was because I was singing against the ruling party, the government and the corruption that was going on,” he said.

A friend was later told he could collect the cars for Mapfumo, but they were gone when he went to get them.

“They’d been sold by a corrupt policeman,” Mapfumo said.

Mapfumo believes Zimbabwe needs young leaders and said he admires Nelson Chamisa of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party. But Mapfumo ruled out performing in support of him or any other politician.

Mapfumo plans to keep up his criticism in a new album he’s working on that includes a song he wrote shortly before Mugabe resigned. He sang part of it during the interview.

“Rise up Zimbabwe, wake up Zimbabwe, open your eyes,” Mapfumo sang in a deep voice.

“It’s all about fighting against corruption, fighting against injustice, bad rule of law,” he said with a smile.

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n remote Bathurst Island in the central Arctic archipelago, there’s a national park that has seen just four visitors since its creation in 2015.

In mid-September, the cruise ship Ocean Adventurer crossed the Parry Channel to visit one of Canada’s newest national parks — Qausuittuq. The park was created primarily to protect the calving and wintering grounds of the endangered Peary Caribou herd. It would be the northernmost point of our journey at 76 degrees north.

As we approached Bathurst Island the temperature outside was -10C and we encountered newly-formed sea ice that was thin, clear and very flexible. It was interesting to watch it flex with wave action created by the ship.

The zodiacs had no problem breaking through this ice and we were taken ashore to explore.

I had opted for a long hike and our route took us up a ridge made entirely of sedimentary rocks of various sizes. From the ridge we spotted both a lone muskox and a large herd across the valley and a few Peary caribou further away on the tundra. There were lots of polar bear tracks and a few places where a female bear had been digging in the snow drifts on the steep slope checking out possible denning sites.

We also saw small flocks of snow buntings feeding on grass seed in the bare patches at the base of the

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Headstones mark snow covered graves on Beechey Island with Devon Island in background. ridge. With winter just around the corner I was amazed these little birds were still this far north.

Perhaps they were just as amazed to see us.

After travelling overnight through Barrow Strait, we dropped anchor off Beechey Island, a starkly beautiful and desolate spot connected by a narrow strip of land called a tombolo to Devon Island (the largest uninhabited island in the world).

Beechey is the site of three graves from the Franklin Expedition. The sailors buried here died in the first year of the expedition while the crews overwintered near this

spot in 1845-46.

Beechey Island gained international attention in 1987 when Canadian forensic anthropologist Owen Beattie published a book called Frozen in Time in which he detailed how he and a team had exhumed the three bodies and performed autopsies in tents at the site. Other than elevated lead content in their bodies and evidence of lung disease, Beattie and company discovered nothing that categorically pinpointed why these three young men died so early in the expedition. Researchers speculated that traces of lead in their bodies may have come from soldering

used to close the cans of food taken on the expedition.

When we went ashore it was cold, windy, and a little foggy, creating an eerie scene around the graves.

Looking around at the landscape with its massive width of stark rocky beach and backdrop of craggy rock cliffs, I was struck by the overwhelming vastness and barrenness of this location. The Franklin crews must have been saddened to bury their friends in such a hostile and alien location.

One of the men buried here — John Hartnell — had a brother named Thomas on the expedi-

tion.

When his body was exhumed researchers noted John was wearing a shirt embroidered with the initials TH. It may have been the loving act of a grieving brother to use his own shirt to clothe his younger brother prior to burial. While the crew wouldn’t have known it at the time, these three who died so early in the expedition were probably the lucky ones. We now know that many of the remaining 131 men died long and painful deaths by starvation, and some even resorted to cannibalism in a last desperate attempt to survive.

Leaving the graves, we

walked down the beach about a kilometre to the ruins of Northumberland House. This structure was built from wood scavenged off a wrecked whaling ship in 1852 by the crew of HMS North Star, who were searching for the Franklin expedition. The building was stockpiled with food in case the missing crews made it back.

Time and the environment have not been kind to this structure. All that is left standing is a partial wood frame and a stone wall. Evidence of coal can still be seen where it was piled behind the building.

Barrel staves, bits of cans and scraps of wood litter the ground everywhere around the ruin. When it was time to leave I dragged my feet as I slowly approached the zodiacs — taking time to examine some of the many fossils visible on the beach.

Looking at rocks containing fossilized coral and sea creatures from a southern clime juxtaposed with the desolate High Arctic environment was a surreal experience.

While we had come to see historic artifacts less than 200 years old, the story here goes back millions of years to a time when this island and the tectonic plate it sits on were close to the equator before continental drift brought it all the way to this polar region.

Both the island and the men who died on it travelled a long way.

Marina McCready is a Whitehorse based freelance writer and photographer. This piece is third in a five-part series.

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Left: The remains of Northumberland House stand on Beechey Island. Right: The Ocean Endeavour is seen through the frame of what little still stands of the Northumberland House.

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Post-Weinstein, Lauer: A reckoning for fans of fallen heroes Leanne Italie Associated Press

NEW YORK hen it comes to fandom, it’s reckoning time for Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor and scores of other men accused of sexual wrongdoing.

Hero celebrities have fallen before — Bill Cosby’s career ended after assault allegations in 2014 — but never in the rapid succession that has rocked so many worlds since revelations about Harvey Weinstein exploded in October. Accusers of politicians, actors, comedians, singers, producers, directors, other media powerhouses and assorted business moguls have taken the power and fans of the disgraced have largely stood with the wronged.

But for some, giving up heroes isn’t easy.

Savannah Guthrie, in breaking the news Wednesday on NBC’s Today show about Lauer’s firing over “inappropriate sexual behaviour” with a colleague, appeared to be on the verge of tears.

“How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly, and I don’t know the answer to that,” she said. “But I do know that this reckoning that so many organizations have been going through is important, it’s long overdue and it must result in workplaces where all women — all people — feel safe and respected.”

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Paul Booth, an associate professor of media and cinema studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, said some fans derive a piece of their identity from those they admire.

“Certainly to a lot of fans, fandom feels like something that you almost don’t have control over, that what you’re a fan of is part of who you are as a person,” he said.

On social media and around the dinner table, many fans are in mourning.

But in the Arizona border town of Douglas, 37-year-old Nubia Romo isn’t ready to dump Lauer.

“Oh my goodness, I’ve woken up to the Today show for years. It’s so, so, so sad.

My mother is really sad, too, but we don’t have his side of the story,” said Romo, who is studying to become a real estate agent.

Booth’s academic focus includes fan mentality, along with the social media hive mind. While Romo said she was shocked that Lauer would be accused, hardcore fans, including those of Lauer but also of Louis C.K. and Kevin Spacey, may have had an inkling of rumoured transgressions beforehand, choosing in the past to let the negative slide until allegations were pushed into full view, he said.

“For many fans, these are not necessarily new stories,” Booth said. “One of the things about being a fan is that you learn the minutiae of a star. Although some of

these stories are just coming out in the mainstream media, they have been circulating in fan circles for a while.

Rumours about Kevin Spacey have been out and about in fan conversations for many years. Certainly Louis C.K.’s misconduct and harassment has been jokingly referred to by a lot of fans.”

Letting go of longtime heroes can be a process, said Booth, other pop culture experts and women’s rights activists.

“I think all of us are going to struggle with people who we looked up to and have done really good things,” said Linda Sarsour, co-chair of this year’s Women’s March in Washington. “I can think of people like Al Franken and John Conyers and I’m so hurt and disappointed, but we’re going to have to reckon with the issue and how it’s impacted the victims and not our personal heroes.”

The range of emotions among fans of Louis C.K. and the more recently accused — Lauer, Charlie Rose and Keillor — among so many others, continued to flow Wednesday.

Susan Scharf, a 69-yearold retired teacher in suburban New York, said she’s a longtime Lauer fan and was “very, very shocked and disappointed,” echoing what others also have pondered: “I thought he was a nice guy.

As a woman, I can’t support him now.”

In Royal Oak, Michigan, Lauer fan Amy Hurley, a 45-year-old administrative

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Matt Lauer on the set of the Today show in New York.

NBC News fired the longtime host for “inappropriate sexual behavior.” assistant for General Motors, put it more succinctly: “Is every man a hypocrite?”

Outrage, sadness, frustration, shock and the craving to gather and share are common denominators among fans.

On Twitter, one angsty Louis C.K. die-hard in Egypt, using the handle @MilanistaFito, relied on the fictional Showtime series The Affair and the character Dr. Vic Ullah to help him articulate: “I remember that scene from The Affair where a character says, ‘If you think, on balance, that the good I do outweighs the bad, I’m a good person. If you think the bad outweighs the good, the opposite is true.’ And I believe that the good C.K. does outweighs the bad.”

Thousands of miles away, continents collided in the brain of comedian Sarah Silverman, Louise C.K.’s friend of 25 years, when she broke her silence in an emotional monologue before an episode of her Hulu talk show, “I Love You, America.”

“Some of our heroes will be taken down, and we will discover bad things about people we like, or in some cases, people we love,” she said.

While thousands stand with accusers and wish Lauer and others who have toppled a bitter farewell, Hilari Vires, of Scottsburg, Indiana, feels as Romo does about one of the big faces of Today.

“I honestly think that people should not judge or hate on him until there is

proof regarding the accusations,” she said. “Even if he did the things he’s accused of, I don’t think he’s a bad or evil person.”

Bridget Barisonek, 42, of St. Paul, Minnesota, is a huge Keillor fan. She has listened to his former radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, for 20 years and has seen the show live several times.

“I want to trust public figures. I want to trust somebody who leads what is essentially wholesome family entertainment,” she said. “Tremendous disappointment. And like almost a sense of loss. “ The process for some looking in from the outside as non-fans is void of heartbreak.

“Sorry to straight people who keep finding out their heroes suck but you should’ve listened to gays and worshipped 52-yearold actresses who specialize in monologues about their crumbling marriage,” tweeted comedy writer, entertainment journalist and the sometimes pop culture podcaster Louis Virtel.

In a recent interview, Virtel said fall they must.

“There’s always this ongoing conversation on separating the art from the artist,” he said. “As somebody whose heroes have never turned into sexual predators I find it a pretty mundane conversation. It’s a conversation usually started by men who think the only form of universal genius out there is stuff given to us by men.”

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We are making changes to serve you better.

Effective December 13, 2017, when coming to the hospital for a laboratory service such as routine blood work, patients will proceed directly to the lab reception counter for registration.

This means you no longer have to register for lab services at the main Admitting & Discharge desk. To help accommodate this change, the lab will be closed from 2:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6 and resume regular hours from 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7.

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Les inscriptions ne se feront plus au comptoir des admissions et des congés. Le service de laboratoire sera fermé de 14 h à 16 h 30 le mercredi 6 décembre pour faciliter la transition. Les heures normales, de 7 h à 16 h 30, reprendront le jeudi 7 décembre.

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All about recalls

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utomotive recalls are defined as a notice of defect or notice of non-compliance, and are issued by vehicle manu-

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facturers when a safety problem is identified on a particular model. Recalls affecting drivers could also include things like tires and child car seats.

Safety-related defects are usually common to a specific group of vehicles.

They are generally issues that without warning may pose a safety risk for drivers.

Potential recalls could include: • Steering components that may fail suddenly, causing loss of vehicle control, • Problems with fuel system components that may cause vehicle fires, • Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems that activate when not required resulting in a loss of vehicle control, • Wiring problems that may lead to a fire or a sudden loss of lighting, • Air bags that deploy when they should not, • Child restraints or car seats with defective harness systems, buckles or components, • Improperly designed or constructed tires that may fail unexpectedly, • Critical components that may fail causing loss of vehicle control, or injury

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to people inside or outside the vehicle.

All vehicle manufactures have recalls from time to time. Some are minor and others can be very serious. Poor handling of recalls by some manufacturers in the past have proven to be very costly and damaging to company reputations. As a result, manufacturers today seem to err on the side of caution with any potential recalls.

Road safety is a shared responsibility between vehicle manufacturers, Transport Canada and vehicle owners.

According to the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act: “Motor vehicle manufacturers are responsible for notifying vehicle owners when a safety-related defect has been identified in one or more of their vehicle models. This notification must be in the form of a Notice of Safety Defect, which is also referred to as a recall notice and which must contain three pieces of information.

“The notice must describe the defect, present an evaluation of the safety risk arising from it, and provide directions on how

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ing of the problem and the potential risk to safety. At times the investigations may lead to safety recall campaigns or safety advisory publications.”

Transport Canada does not regulate the actions of vehicle owners but does urge vehicle owners to understand their responsibilities and to act on them in a timely manner.

As a vehicle owner you are responsible for helping ensure their own safety, the safety of passengers, and other drivers.

It’s important to keep your contact information updated with your vehicle manufacturer or their local dealership. This ensures they can reach you, and notify you of any potential recalls. Once notified it’s very important to follow the instructions and have the recall completed as soon as possible.

When you are considering buying a used vehicle it’s important for you to know if there are any outstanding recalls on the vehicle and details of any recall. Is the vehicle safe to drive before the recall is performed? How long before the recall can be completed? Is there any cost to the recall? If you’re

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the defect can be corrected. Usually, the correction consists of a repair that is carried out free of charge by the vehicle manufacturer.”

Vehicle manufacturers get the names and addresses of owners affected by recalls on new vehicles from buyer warranty registrations. Motor vehicle registration records may also be used to help find owners who may have moved and not updated their contact information with their dealer.

Transport Canada is responsible for regulating the safety of the newly manufactured vehicles sold in Canada. Its defect investigations group is mandated under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to investigate complaints relating to reported manufacturing safety defects: “Complaints are documented in a database and then reviewed by an experienced analyst. When warranted an investigation will be initiated to further research the problem.

During the investigation process we work closely with consumers, dealers, forensic scientists, manufacturers and others to obtain a clear understand-

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buying a used vehicle from a reputable car dealership they will likely have already checked this for you. If you are buying a used vehicle in a private sale you can check for recalls with the manufacturer’s local dealership or you can check online yourself.

To check for recalls either at a dealership or online you will need the VIN or vehicle identification number. You can find it near the very bottom of the windshield on the driver’s side or on the door frame.

While there are several different websites offering recall information if you want to check yourself, it’s likely best to just check the road safety recalls database on Transport Canada’s website.

Taking the time to ensure your contact information is up to date and acting on recalls immediately will help ensure road safety for everyone and offer some peace of mind.

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Renewable energy isn’t perfect, but it’s far better than fossil fuels

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n their efforts to discredit renewable energy and support continued fossil fuel burning, many anti-environmentalists have circulated a dual image purporting to compare a lithium mine with an oilsands operation. It illustrates the level of dishonesty to which some will stoop to keep us on our current polluting, climate-disrupting path (although in some cases it could be ignorance).

The image is a poor attempt to prove that lithium batteries and renewable energy are worse for the environment than energy from oilsands bitumen. The first problem is that the “lithium mine� is actually BHP Billiton’s Escondida copper mine in Chile (the world’s largest).

The bottom image is of an Alberta oilsands operation, but it’s an in situ underground facility and doesn’t represent the enormous open-pit mining operations used to extract most bitumen.

Lithium is used in batteries for electric cars, cellphones, computers and other electric devices, as well as power-grid storage systems, because it’s light and highly conductive.

Most lithium isn’t mined.

More than 95 per cent comes from pumping underground brine into

pans, allowing the liquid to evaporate and separating out the lithium using electrolysis.

Any real comparison between oilsands and lithium batteries shows that oilsands products, from extracting and processing to transporting and burning, are by far the most destructive. Extraction and production destroy habitat, pollute air, land and water and produce greenhouse gas emissions.

Burning the fuels causes toxic pollution and wreaks havoc with Earth’s climate.

Does that mean batteries are environmentally benign? No. All energy sources and technologies have some environmental impact — one reason energy conservation is crucial.

A 2010 study comparing the environmental impacts of electric cars to internal combustion vehicles found the latter are far more damaging, taking into account global warming potential, cumulative energy demand and resource depletion. Battery components, including lithium, can also be recycled, and used electric car batteries can be repurposed to store energy for homes, buildings and power grids.

Lithium wasn’t found to be a major environmental factor for electric car batteries, but copper, aluminum, cobalt and nickel used in the batteries have high impacts. Materials used to make other car components, for electric and internal combustion vehicles, also come with environmental impacts.

The energy sources used to charge car batteries also determine the

degree of environmental impact. If coal is the main source, negative effects are much higher than if the power comes from hydroelectric or renewables such as wind and solar. But the impacts are still lower than fuelling cars with gas.

One study found using lithium for a rapidly expanding electric vehicle market, as well as numerous other products and devices, could cause supplies to become scarce. As with fossil fuels, this means more destructive methods, such as mining, would be required. But these arguments are more against private automobiles than batteries. Electric vehicles

are part of the short-term solution, but reducing environmental damage from transportation, including climate disruption, will require shifting as much as possible to better alternatives such as public transit, cycling and walking.

We still need batteries, though. Storage systems are essential to making the best of renewable energy.

They make power available when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Finding ways to make them — and other renewable energy components such as solar panels and wind turbines — with minimal environmental impact is a challenge.

Some components in electric vehicles and solar panels use “rare metals�, which are often mined in ways that damage the environment and endanger miners. But these materials are frequently used in newer internal combustion vehicles, too.

Part of the solution is to improve labour and environmental standards in mining operations — a challenge considering many materials are mined in Africa by Chinese companies that put profit above human health and the environment.

The good news is that renewable energy and storage technologies are

advancing rapidly, with attention paid to the environmental impacts of materials used to make them. The ability to recycle batteries and their components is also improving but needs to get better.

Renewable energy is already far better environmentally than fossil fuel energy. It’s time to shift from current massive fossil fuel support and subsidies to making renewable energy as clean and available as possible.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

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When you’re looking for your Christmas tree, please respect property rights, municipal bylaws and zoning.

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Biologist trapper retires after helping transform Aleutians

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n Halloween 2017, Alaskan Steve Ebbert, 56, retired from his job as an invasive species biologist. His longtime mission of removing arctic foxes and other human-introduced species from the Aleutian Islands has left him with a legacy few of us will match.

“There are hundreds of thousand more birds flying around on the planet because of that work. That’s a pretty cool accomplishment,” said Steve Delehanty, manager of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, referring to a program that began in the late 1940s. Ebbert took it over in 1995.

Ebbert’s job was to reverse another legacy, that of Russian and American fur trappers who, starting in the late 1700s, dropped off a few pairs of arctic foxes on Aleutian islands. Those foxes, later harvested with their offspring for their fur, ate birds and their eggs, removing birds from some of

the richest nesting cliffs and rye grass tangles on Earth.

In 1949, Bob “Sea Otter” Jones, a biologist and World War II veteran hired by the refuge, started removing foxes from Amchitka Island.

Since then, refuge biologists and hired trappers have returned 48 islands to their fox-free beginnings, first using poison baits and since the 1990s using traps and rifles.

In 1995, Ebbert stepped into a dream job for someone who as a teenager trapped muskrats and raccoons in Indiana. In summer of that year, as a start to his career with the refuge based in Homer, he camped on Simeonof Island with three seabird biologists.

There, he trapped the last fox that survived a trapping effort the previous year.

From there, the burly biologist with a sourdough’s beard planned and helped execute fox removal from different islands in the expansive refuge, which includes the entire sweep of the Aleutian Islands and stretches farther than the distance from St. Louis to San Francisco.

Ebbert remembers his summers by the islands he lived on, learning all the grassy bumps, fox trails, conical volcanic mountains and fresh water streams.

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Steve Ebbert hauls lumber for a cabin refuge staff built on Buldir Island in 2004.

Steve Ebbert and Jeff Williams mark an Aleutian cackling goose nest they found on Nizki Island in 2004.

pochnoi was 1997. The next year was Kanaga. Attu was the year after that.

In his 22 years with the refuge, he and his seasonal teams of professional trappers from the USDA cleared 18 islands of foxes. The islands ranged in size from Rootok (3,345 acres) to the farthest island in the chain, Attu (almost a quarter million acres). Put all those islands together and the restored Aleutian land is the size of the Anchorage bowl.

As the foxes disappeared, the birds returned. Heather Renner is a bird biologist who was Ebbert’s supervisor. She remembers visiting Attu in 2003, right after foxes were removed from the mountainous island.

“We were doing a bird survey by skiff and we found the first Aleutian cackling goose nest since foxes were eradicated,” she said. “If you go to Attu now, the valleys are deafening with the noises of Aleutian cackling geese.”

That bird, similar to a Canada goose but with a shorter neck, was thought to be extinct before 1962, when Bob Jones found a few dozen on Buldir, a rugged and isolated island between Kiska and Shemya that had no foxes. Refuge biologists captured a few, bred some in captivity, and later released them on fox-free islands. Today, more than 150,000 Aleutian cackling geese nest in the Aleutians and winter in California and Washington. The bird moved off the endangered

species list in 2001.

Renner thinks more islands could start to resemble Buldir, home of the largest and diverse bird colony in the northern hemisphere.

She knows Ebbert had a lot to do with it.

“We all wish we could leave the refuge a better place, and he’s one of the people who can retire knowing he did.”

She also appreciated that, on a staff dominated by bird biologists, Ebbert saw things through the eyes of that boy who received $7 for every muskrat he pulled from Indiana ditches.

“Steve had a different skillset than your typical refuge biologist,” she said.

“He was exactly what we needed. And he was alway the guy, who, if there was an oil spill (like when the Selendang Ayu broke in two off Unalaska Island in December 2004), he’d be the one to drop everything and go. Because of that, he knew the refuge better than anybody.”

Over the phone from Indianapolis, where he was visiting his father and brothers on the family farm, Ebbert said his timing for retirement was good, in part because he had trapped himself out of a job.

All of the do-able islands with problem foxes have been done, he said. He also designed and helped finish plans to remove European rabbits from Poa Island and hoary marmots from Sud Island in 2010. In 2008, a team of partners killed all the

Norway rats on the former Rat (now Hawadax) Island.

One of Ebbert’s favorite memories is of a mission he designed to live-capture and transport a special group of birds from Attu to Agattu.

Evermann’s rock ptarmigan exist only in the far-west Aleutians. When foxes came to Agattu in the 1800s, the birds disappeared. But they endured on Attu, perhaps because they could hide in the spacious mountains while foxes spent most of their time near the beaches.

In 2004, Ebbert enlisted grouse expert Clait Braun, wildlife veterinarian Bill Taylor and volunteer Pat Pourchot to catch ptarmigan amid the rusting frames of Jeeps and other World War II relics on Attu.

Using a 16-foot pole with a slipnot noose on one end and carpets that snagged ptarmigan toes, the men captured 27 birds. The crew of the refuge boat the Tiglax then transported the birds across 30 miles of North Pacific Ocean to Agattu, where foxes had been removed 40 years earlier.

The birds have a new foothold on the island, as many thousands of seabirds and songbirds now do on Aleutian islands that are becoming greener (from the added fertilizer) and louder each summer.

“I think it is one of the great conservation stories,” said Jeff Williams, assistant manager of the refuge who has stepped foot on each of the affected islands. “It has

returned to what it was.”

Trapping foxes off islands large and small “seems easy to do, but it’s not,” Williams said. “You need a person with drive and persistence.

Tanaga, for example, took like six years of going back there to get the last couple pairs of foxes.”

Ebbert will miss living on islands few people will ever see, but knows he will enjoy the lifetime of Saturdays ahead. He will also miss working off the Tiglax, with its able, professional crew, including a cook serving up fine breakfasts and dinners.

He forged a special bond with the hired trappers with whom he would share an island for a summer. For entire summers, pairs of men would be in their own territories, executing their duties on a wet, windy, often chilly island. Just like old-time trappers, two or three times each summer the trappers would walk to an island landmark to meet up with the others for a “rendezvous.”

When Ebbert remembered those men, he might have been speaking of himself.

“No matter how old they are, they’ll be able to point at a map and tell their kids and grandkids, ‘I made that island fox-free.’”

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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his year the YHMA, or Yukon Historical and Museums Association, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

There is a story about how the society got its name. At the founding meeting, which took place March 12, 1977, Peggy Crook, the chair of the gathering stated that the organizing committee had come up with the name Yukon Museums and Historical Association, or YMHA. Flo Whyard quickly pointed out that the YMHA was the Yukon Mental Health Association, so they switched the second and third words in the name to ensure that there would be no confusion between the two organizations.

Looking now at the photographs of the organizing group, I see that many of them have passed away during the intervening 40 years.

There is Flo Whyard, a true champion of Yukon history, especially of George and Martha Black.

In the photo is Al Wright, author of Prelude to Bonanza, and a great inspiration for my own dream of becoming a writer. While still working in Ottawa, I learned that he was visiting the city, so I tracked him down and asked him to autograph my copy of his newly minted book. We got together, and when he offered me a glass of whisky.

I accepted without protest my first and only drink of the golden liquid.

There is Father Henri Huijbers, whom I never met. But in 1977, my truck became mired in a bog a few miles off the road near Burwash Landing, and a couple of young fellows who were working for him offered to help me out. They used his truck and got stuck too, so I hitchhiked to Destruction Bay and Mike Williams came to pull me out with his tow truck. I later sent Father Huijbers a donation for any inconvenience it caused him.

There is Iris Warner, a treasure trove of Yukon history, who never failed to share that knowledge — and her enthusiasm.

I spoke to Valerie Gra-

ham a couple of days ago about her involvement with YHMA. Her eyes lit up when she thought back to the many field trips and gatherings that were held in various Yukon communities. She remembered a camping weekend at Champagne — very unstructured event, but memorable. A weekend field trip to Elsa and Keno City in 1980 may have been the high point in the era of such outings, and one that my wife Kathy and I, like Valerie, remember with fondness.

YHMA had its first conference in October of 1978, and brought together 150 people to hear historians Roy Minter and Al Wright, anthropologist Julie Cruikshank, and executive director of Heritage Canada, R.A.J. Phillips.

I recall the projectionist fainted at one session and shared with the audience the fact that she was pregnant — before she had told her husband! Those who had travelled to Whitehorse from Dawson to attend, like me, had to drive back to the Klondike in a blinding snowstorm, arriving home at 2 a.m.

I was not at the founding meeting of YHMA, but was quickly signed up as a member of the society. Not long after that, I was enlisted as one of the directors, which prompted numerous trips to Whitehorse to attend board meetings. When I suggested that they hold a meeting in Dawson City, the other board members protested that it was too far to drive. The fact that I had to make the trip regularly to attend the meetings seemed to be lost to them.

At a spring meeting of 1979, I proposed that the conference be held in Dawson City on the Labour Day weekend. “That is so far to go,” griped one of the people at the meeting, but I persevered, and it was agreed.

As it turned out, plenty of people from Whitehorse attended. On May 3, Dawson was inundated by a dreadful flood, and was still recovering at the beginning of September, but we pulled it off.

The featured event, the very first screening of a selection of silent movies dug out of permafrost the year before, filled the Palace Grand Theatre and even appeared on the B.C. evening news.

The house I lived in had floated off its foundation during the flood, and I had just moved back in four months later when

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Top: The first meeting for what became the Yukon Historical and Museums Association (YHMA) took place March 12, 1977 at the MacBride Museum. Bottom: Members of the Yukon Museums and Historical Association attended a tribute to the organization in the territorial legislature on Nov. 21. the conference took place.

The plumbing worked, but the furnace didn’t.

Nevertheless, I invited many of the attendees from Whitehorse to crash there. Everybody brought foamies and sleeping bags, and we formed a spontaneous kazoo band and played songs till the late hours. Nobody complained, and I don’t remember anybody being too cold either.

These were some of the many personal memories that have made my

affiliation with YHMA enjoyable. Of course, there was the organizing of the conferences, workshops, publications and the advocacy role. One milestone was the restoration of Donnenworth House,in Lepage Park, which has long served as the headquarters for the association.

In more recent years, the YHMA was involved in organizing an annual conference of the Canadian Museums Association here in Whitehorse. There

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was the World War I conference in 2016, and the Joe Boyle birthday party that we celebrated just a few weeks ago that attest to the durability and continuing purpose of the organization.

On November 21, 15 YHMA members attended a tribute at the Yu-

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kon Legislature. Among those in attendance were presidents of the society, past and present, board members, past and present, two executive directors (past and present) and four who have been members since the organization was founded 40 years ago.

Yukon’s Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie Dendys rose to acknowledge YHMA’s mission to inspire and share a passion for Yukon heritage, and its work to provide support for education, networking, advocacy, partnerships and preservation of our past.

MLA Geraldine Van Bibber also rose to acknowledge YHMA’s prolific track record, including walking tours, flea markets, and the Yukon/ Stikline regional heritage fairs. “A small group realized that there was a need to capture, preserve and find our local history,” she said, “so that future generations would know what happened within our territory…. I would like to congratulate … the Yukon Historic and Museums Association on 40 years of promoting heritage and history in Yukon.

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SPORTS AND RECREATION Tyke hockey program embraces half-ice setup

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Whitehorse tyke and novice teams now practice and play exclusively on half a traditional hockey rink.

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or the youngster looking to start his or her hockey career, things are a little bit different than they used to be.

Gone are the days of four, five and six-year-olds skating slowly up and down the full length of ice, hoping and praying to touch the puck.

Thanks to changes that have trickled down from Hockey Canada and BC Hockey, tyke and novice teams now practice and play exclusively on half a traditional hockey rink.

The Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association (WMHA) was an early adopter of the new format, implementing the changes a full year before its governing body, BC Hockey, made it mandatory.

Desiree Martsinkiw, who oversees the tyke division, said although it was a big change for some players and parents to switch from fullice to half-ice, reception to the change has improved.

“At first, for the ones that did play full-ice for so long, it was a big change, but once they got the idea behind it and people saw the structure, they were OK with it,” said Martsinkiw.

“They realized it does

work and that we can have four teams on the ice instead of just two.”

The decision to change tyke — also called initiation — and novice programs to cross-ice allows for players to be more engaged, according to statistics published by BC Hockey.

In a half-ice situation, players take six times as many shots, receive five times as many passes and touch the puck twice as often.

Keegan Goodrich, manager of communications for BC Hockey, said the change brings hockey more in line with other sports.

“A five-year-old playing baseball doesn’t start playing in a major league baseball stadium with a pitcher throwing from 60 feet,” said Goodrich in an email. “They start in a smaller field playing t-ball. Hockey should be no different with size-appropriate playing surfaces.”

The tyke program in Whitehorse has grown substantially, with registrations ballooning from as low as 38 just a few years ago to close to 70 this season.

More teams mean more ice time is required for the division, and half-ice programs allow four teams to train at once instead of the usual two.

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Penguins’ Kennedy O’Brien celebrates a goal during the tykes final at the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Championships on Sunday at the Canada Games Centre in 2015. The Penguins beat the Wild 13-6 for gold.

Justin Halowaty, president of WMHA, said that while there is still some grumbling about the changes, ultimately the goal is to help players improve and learn to love the game.

Once players get to the atom division, they gener-

ally have the skating and puck skills required to play a full-ice game with all the traditional rules.

BC Hockey released a 25-page transitional plan designed to help coaches and associations assist players make the jump from half-

ice to full-ice, introducing elements like offsides and icings.

Ultimately, Martsinkiw said the changes have been positive for those that matter most — the players.

“My son played on fullice,” said Martsinkiw. “A full-

ice game for him at that age, he was five, was hard. Not every kid will get to touch the puck if they don’t know how to skate.”

“If they’re on half-ice, they get to touch the puck.”

Contact John Hopkins-Hill at john.hopkinshill@yukon-news.com

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he Yukon Men’s Basketball League is back for a fourth season and the league continues to grow.

Colin LaForme, president of the Yukon Men’s Basketball Association, said the idea for a league in Whitehorse stemmed from a group who routinely played pickup basketball together and felt there was more interest in an organized league.

“There was always talk of, ‘this guy would play, that guy would play, this guy used to play,’” said LaForme.

All the talk led to the decision to host a tournament, mainly as a way to gauge interest in the idea. The tournament was a success, with teams from Whitehorse and squads from Dawson and Old Crow.

“That was the kickoff to our league,” said LaForme. “We were able to say there are enough guys.”

The first season, the league was made up of four teams and approximately 60 players.

The league has since grown to eight teams with a 30-game season and playoffs.

Although the regular season started in October, LaForme said the league is always ready to accept new players.

“Our skill range is brand-new to the sport all the way to some expro players,” said LaForme.

The “rec-competitive” league focuses on fun and exercise, but quality

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Above: The Thunder Gods move the basketball during a Yukon Men’s Basketball League game between the Royals and the Thunder Gods at Porter Creek Secondary School on Nov. 28. Right Nicholas Brayant goes up for a layup against Jason Kelly. tends to increase as the playoffs approach.

“We have an opportunity so guys can learn the game, learn how to play in a fun environment,” said LaForme. “But it still is a men’s league and come playoff time, the intensity does pick up.”

Focusing on fun, exercise and competition makes the league the perfect balance for most players.

“It’s a great mix of a league because you get a nice long season to get out and to get your exercise in, because that’s what most of us want,” said LaForme. “You get out, get some exercise, have some fun, go for some pints, that sort of thing. Then come playoff time, guys get a little more intense and the skill level increases.”

“We’ve all got to go to work the next day, so it’s

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Although currently scheduled to run through March, LaForme said based on feedback from last year and the prevalence of vacations

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Last year’s edition of the tournament included 12 teams, both men’s and women’s divisions and teams from across the North.

“The initial tournament was just to see if we could get a league going,” said LaForme. “This year we’re trying to grow and expand it again.”

Contact John Hopkins-Hill at john.hopkinshill@yukon-news.com.

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May 22/Jun 21

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Jun 22/Jul 22

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Jul 23/Aug 23

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Power Generation Technician Whitehorse, Yukon

ATCO Structures & Logistics is a North American leader in technical services and facilities management for the telecommunications, resource, transportation, utility and defense sectors. Our Joint Venture with the Northern Aboriginal Services Company has an immediate requirement for a Power Generation Technician, to maintain diesel power generation systems at telecom sites in Yukon & northern BC. The Power Generation Technician will provide scheduled preventive maintenance on diesel generators at remote sites, unscheduled repairs and emergency response to correct diesel generator failures and other related problems, and periodic installations of generators and related equipment.

Inspections of fuel systems, fuel tank dips and reporting as well as associated fuel supply problems that may arise.

YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION.

Merchandise for Sale

Furniture

Firewood/Fuel

Sloan chair, beige with large ottoman, $45 ea. 660-4321 Wanted: Sturdy double bed for large, disabled man. Dwayne @ 334-8150

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Fox Lake Fire-Killed Wood for sale $190/cord for 8 cords delivered tree length $250/cord for 2.5 cords delivered at 16” length Or You Come and Get It from our yard in Whitehorse $185/cord cut your own from the pile $190/cord you pick up 8’ lengths $220/cord you pick up 16” stove lengths 333-5174 or 633-3493

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

The position requires regular travel by truck and helicopter to remote sites in northern BC, and Yukon.

The successful candidate will be a diesel or heavy equipment mechanic (Journeyman/Apprentice or Equivalent experience) with a valid driver’s license.

Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience maintaining and repairing diesel generators; trouble shooting and repairing mechanical and electronic engine controllers; and repairing other equipment associated with remote diesel power generation. A demonstrated ability to work independently and “get the job done” thoroughly, ef¿ciently and safely is essential.

ATCO Structures offers a competitive pay and bene¿ts package.

Quali¿ed individuals are invited to apply on or before December 22nd to: Administration Coordinator, ATCO Structures & Logistics. #210-1100 Front Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6K6 Fax: (867) 667-4820 | or e-mail alberta.weber@atcosl.com

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 $250/cord Single and emergency half cord deliveries Scheduled delivery

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Furniture Beige love seat, $300. 393-2113 Queen size mattress and box spring, clean and slightly lumpy, $30. 633-6603

Houseplants, Dracaena Tree, Palm Tree, Umbrella Tree, large Spider plant, long ivy, Kalanchoe, Begonia, $5 to $35. 660-4321 Husqvarna 357 chainsaw, $357.

633-6603 Insulated snow pants, custom made

by Sporties, zippered legs with reflective tape, $125. Ice Field winter boots, like new, good to 50 below, sz 10, $100. 633-3117 iPhone 5S 32 GB Bell/Virgin, good cond, c/w charge cord, $160. 3346087 KLONDIKE UPHOLSTERY We recover: * Snowmobiles * Boats * RVs * Restaurant seats * Heavy equipment seats We also sell DYI supplies, foam cushions and mattresses.

Call or text 867-335-2301 Longvie propane heater, good for cabin; women’s bomber jacket, leather, black, sz medium. 334-0572 On November 15 someone picked up my friend who hitchhiked from Yukon River Bridge to Jake’s Corner. He left his Leatherman in the vehicle. Did you find it? 333-7044 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 Small round dining room table, folddown 2 sides, c/w 2 chairs, $175 obo; dark green metal unit, 3 shelves & bottle display, $90 obo, N/S home. 689-5907 “Tractor printer” perforated paper, full box, FREE. 334-1875 Unimount aluminum rim that fits on a 1100x24.5 tire, good shape, $150.

668-5906 or 668-1281 Women’s 3/4 length, navy blue winter coat, new, size 3x, down fill, $80 obo. 393-2780

Misc. Wanted Wanted: Apartment-size freezer.

667-4526, lv msg.

Wanted: Delivery of three boxes to Edmonton in exchange for gas money. 334-1875 Wanted: used sheet metal roofing for large shed. 334-6087

Musical Instruments 7-piece Pearl drum set, good condition, barely used, $6000 obo. 6677455

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Sporting Goods

3” electric water pump, $1,500; new 3-yd tooth bucket, loader; standing custom wood coat rack, nice, $150; Norge NSF wood stove, $200; 2.5hp Briggs & Stratton, running, $250.

667-4821 3 large Native moose skin drums, $250 ea; Grizzly bear rug, full head mount w/claws, silver tip hair, for floor or wall, $2,000. 867-689-6197 40 square feet sheets of stained glass, various colours & sizes, $400 for all. 633-3117 Birdcage, 18.5”Wx41.5”Hx18.5”L, $45; Aquarium 12.5”Wx18”Hx30”L, $45; also kennels. 660-4321 Books on DVD, straight trade, 1 for 1, call to check titles. No kid stuff or x-rated. 667-2607 Burnham oil-fired boiler, great condition for home or shop. 867-399-3063

Senior goalie gear, pads 35+1 Brian’s G-Netik Pro, $800 obo. Goalie gloves, Brian’s trappers Vaughn blocker, $350 obo. 668-4186

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 Coleman Genset, 5,000 watts, 120240, new, $500; hydraulic tank, $100; steel fuel tanks, all sizes; masonry saw, $50; 30kw gen set; Cummins engine for parts. 667-4821 Couch, beige/brocade pattern, $150 obo; tall bookshelves, tan colour, $75 ea; clean, non-smoking home.

689-5907 Eddie Bauer ladies black Superior down parka, fur on hood, never worn, sz large, fits 12-24, $300; Ladies Calgary Flames jersey, sz XL, fits sz 12, $75. 668-7383 lv msg

Stereo / DVD / TV 25” Samsung flat screen TV, $100.

668-7383

Transportation Auto Accessories/Parts 2005 F-150 1/2 ton motor, tranny & diff; 2005 F-150 17” factory aluminum rim & tire; 4 Cavalier rims & tires, 15”; 300 Ford 6-cyl EFI & C4 auto. 667-4821 Nokian studded snow tires, hardly used, size 2015 65R 15, $400 for set. 668-1040 TRUCK CANOPIES in stock *New Dodge long/short box *New GM long/short box *New Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

Cars - Domestic 2002 Ford Focus station wagon, power everything, equipped for winter, many new components, ready to go, $3,600 obo. 456-7030 2002 Honda CRV, AWD, leather, heated seats, block heater, equipped for winter, asking $6,300 obo. 456-7030

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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

Office Administrator The Carcross Tagish Renewable Resources Council (CTRRC) was established under the Carcross Tagish First Nation (CTFN) Final Agreement as a “primary instrument for local renewable resources management” in the traditional territory.

Our office is located in Tagish, Yukon and we need a person who is great at multitasking to run our office, 18 to 20 hours a week (flexible hours) Must have: • Organizational skills - co-ordinate meetings, travel, catering • Office skills- correspondence, filing, annual reports, minute taking • Computer skills- Office, outlook, internet research • Communication skills, oral and writing • Ability to work independently and as part of the team Would prefer: • A renewable resource background • Knowledge of the Carcross Tagish First Nation Final Agreement Chapter 16 • Knowledge of the Carcross Tagish First Nation Traditional Territory.

Contact: Carcross Tagish Renewable Resources Council by Email: carcrosstagishrrc@gmail.com Resumes must be received by December 10, 2017.

2016 Hyundai ai ort Santa FE Sport

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

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HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs

39,995

*Restorations * Maintenance

2015 Ram 2500 00 Laramie $

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

6300km

6.7L Cummins diesel, black, ack, Crew cab, 4x4, Bed coverr

49,900

USED VEHICLE CLEARANCE! $ 2007 Toyota Seqoia 4-DOOR LIMITED BLACK 2014 Ram 1500 Crew 4X4 SLT, WHITE 2014 GMC Acadia SLE2 BLACK 2017 Chev Cruze PREMIER TURBO, GREY 1999 Buick Century 4-DOOR 2016 Chrysler 200 LX 4-DOOR, BLACK 2500KM 2011 Kia Sorento LX AWD WHITE 2010 Ford Mustang GT CONVERTIBLE, 5.0L 2004 Chrysler Intrepid BLACK 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Leaded 2001 Chev 3500 15 PASS WGN, WHITE, LOW KMS

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Other Older Models going for between

$199.00 to $399.00!!!!!

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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Cars - Domestic

Recreational/Sale

2004 Honda Civic Si, power everything, equipped for winter, very clean, good windshield, sunroof, $5,400. 456-7030

2013 26’ Everlight trailer, leather seats and chesterfield upholstery, lightweight, easy to haul, large fridge, stove, oven, TV, multiple storage areas, A/C, pics available, $27,000. 633-3113

2007 Chevy Equinox, AWD, fully loaded, 220,000 highway kms, $6,000 obo. 333-0260 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT wagon, 2 Li 14, 4-dr, 143,000kms, new winter tires & windshield, 5-spd manual, seats 5, well maintained, $6,755.

335-3439 2009 Dodge Journey SXT sport utility, 3.5L, V6, 173,000kms, 7-passenger fold-down seating TV, new windshield, sunroof, heated seats, tow package, Bluetooth, good winter tires, etc, $9,655. 335-3439 2009 Hyundai Elantra, 5-spd trans, reliable, clean, all season tires good shape, moving & need to sell, $3,600. 335-1088 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT, automatic, only 56,000 kms, beautiful condition, ready to go, recently serviced, extra set of all season tires, $9,950.

333-9020 2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187,000Km, loaded, excellent condition, winterized, extra set of new winter tires, $10,500 obo. 322-2404 2013 Jeep Sahara, 4-dr, 119,000kms, 41K/2yr warranty, manual, remote, loaded, Smittybilt bumpers, winch, 5XBFG A/T 275/70 tires, 50” rigid lightbar, soft top, $229,000 obo. 335-9343 4 new studded winter tires with rims, Hercules Avalanche Extreme, 185/60 R15, fits Yaris and small cars, only 200kms on them, $700.

667-4681

Motorcycles 2010 2-passenger automatic scooter, 250cc, new cover, windshield, 400kms, new condition, $2,500.

333-9020

Off Road Vehicles Polaris 330, excellent condition, has winch & 4-wheel drive, only 400kms, must sell, $4,000. 334-8197

Snowmobiles 2006 Arctic Cat M-7 black w/orange decals, 162” trac, 2 and 1/2” paddles, upgraded exhaust, boss seat, also c/w originals, scratchers, tow hitch & cover, exc cond, must see.

335-0277 2006 Bombardier Skandic snowmobile, widetrack, 800 cc, new battery, great condition, runs great, $4,500.

334-3456 2011 RMK 600, 500 miles, 40hrs on sled, reverse, hand & thumb warmers, great cond, $5,900 obo. 3348892

Sport Utility Vehicle 2002 Nissan Xterra suv Super charged 3.3L engine, 4x4, standard, new timing belt, command start, extra tires on rims, service history, exc cond, $5,500. 333-9020 2008 Ford Escape AWD, 134,000kms, heated leather seats, command start, snow tires, always dealer serviced, $9,900. 633-4607 2008 Nissan Rogue SL, AWD, sunroof, heated seats, never smoked in, low kms at 77,000, exc cond, winter/summer tires, $11,000 obo. 6674540

Trucks & Vans 2007 F350 quad cab, short box, 4x4 Triton V10, 212,000 kms, fully loaded, clean, $16,500 obo. 633-2218 2007 Ford F-250 SD Super-Cab 4X4, brush grille, aux driving/backup lights, 5 spare rims & tires, rear axle airbags, camper tie-downs, 150,000kms, $16,500 obo. 6338430 2011 BMW X5 turbocharged Diesel AWD SUV, full options incl. command start, 360d camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual dvd players, too much to list, $27,950.

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Wish List Items:

Surgical Vinyl Gloves, Medium and Large Dog toys!!

Rubber Gloves, Medium and Large Large/medium kennels (plastic or metal) Hand sanitizer Bleach Dog Beds Cat Litter Dish Soap Heavy Duty and Extra Large Garbage Bags

Laundry Detergent Poop Bags Insulated Dog Houses Mop Heads Towels Stamps Paper towels White Rawhides Canadian Natural Adult Dog Food Summit Puppy Food

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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

3RD Annual Christmas Market at the Old Fire Hall Friday: December 1st, 11am-7pm, Saturday: December 2nd, 11am-5pm TWO DAYS ONLY! 28 local artisans & Atlin Mountain Coffee providing coffee service!

Kids’ Shopping hour with wrapping table 3pm-4pm on Saturday!

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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 Ask about free delivery for larger orders Straw and alfalfa bales available 335-5192 * 668-7218

Candlelight Concert. All welcome for an evening of modern Christmas music, hot cider and candlelight, December 10 at 5 and 7pm, Whitehorse Baptist Church.

Chilkoot Trail/Log Cabin: Non-motorized weekends, December 8-10 & 29-31. Other weekends & weekdays: multi-use. For info 867-6673910 Coffee House Saturday December 2, featuring Tania Gosselin & the Open Stage. Help set up at 6pm, open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show, basement United Church, 6th & Main. 633-4255 Council of Yukon First Nations Holiday Open House, Thursday, December 14, 2017, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, at 2166-2nd Avenue, Whitehorse. Refreshments and appetizers will be served.

Wanted: Horse-drawn sleigh, must be able to hold at least 6 people, ideally around 10. Call 335-2257

Pet Services CANINES & COMPANY Offering classes: Puppy Essentials/Agility November 28 Puppy Fundamentals/Basic Obedience January 9 Private lessons Training daycare available Call 333-0505

Pets Miniature Dachshund puppies for sale, ready for their “forever” home, serious inquiries only. For more info text or call 867-335-0082 Wanted: Free cat & dog for out of town cabin life. 633-4826

Misc Services

Do you have a hard time at Christmas? Whitehorse United Church, corner of 6th and Main, is having a Blue Christmas Service on December 3, 7pm. This is a service of understanding and quiet hope. All are welcome.

Drop in Mental Health Association, Yukon’s Holiday Open House. Mingle and enjoy some refreshments on Thursday, December 7th, 5-7pm upstairs, Horwood’s Mall #1.

Horaire piste Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 8 au 10 et du 29 au 31 Decembre: activities non motorisees. 867-667-3910

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Announcements Coming Events Elegant Canadian fur coats, beautiful condition, plus assorted winter wear at the Anglican Church Market, 4th & Elliott, on Saturday, December 2nd until 1pm.

Elijah Smith School Council is holding it’s Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 6:30pm in the School Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Frostbite 2018 at Centre, evening, follow!

Returns March 2, 3 & 4, The Kwanlin Dun Cultural Friday evening, Saturday Sunday family day. More to

Golden Age Society: We have one 6’ table left for our Christmas Craft Sale on Saturday, December 2.

Cost $25 to book. For more info call Deborah 668-5538 Hospice Yukon: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement.

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

667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net Jack Hulland School Council is holding it’s Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at 7:00pm in the School Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Many Rivers is hosting a 6-session healthy boundaries group from 11:30am-1pm at 4071 4th Ave starting January 16. Call Kim Rogers at 667-2970 to set up your intake meeting.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Garage Sales Indoor sale, 83-11 Avenue, Porter Creek, Saturday December 2, 9am-12Noon, shop vac, clothes, fireplace, curtains, toys etc

Announcements Coming Events Queer Yukon: upcoming social events for the LGBTQ + allies community. www.queeryukon.com.

The Heart of Riverdale Annual General Meeting is on Thursday, December 28 at 7:30pm, 38A Lewes Blvd. Please do your best to attend; we will be discussing topics which will impact our future.

Whitehorse General Hospital Women’s Auxiliary Monthly Meeting and Christmas Party Monday December 11, 7:30pm @ WGH. Guests Welcome! Info: 667-2087 YRTA (Yukon Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tuesday December 12th, 9:30 am at Ricky’s. Info: 667-2644 YRTA (Yukon Retired Teachers) Christmas Dinner Thursday, December 7, 5pm-9pm, Westmark Whitehorse. For info or to book: 668-6905 Yukon East Coast Cultural Association AGM is Tuesday, December 5, 6:30pm, at the Whitehorse Legion.

Joint the Board or just vote. More info yukon.east@gmail.com

Music for a Winter’s Eve. Yukon Arts Centre December 11 & 12, 7pm both nights, featuring All-City Jazz Band, Vanier Junior Jazz Combo etc. Adults $12, students/seniors $10, children $7. Tickets @ Yukon Arts box office, Arts Underground, www.yukontickets.com

Yukon Federal Green Party AGM - Thursday, Dec. 7th, 7pm Lupine Room, Whitehorse Public Library.

Appies by The Claim; Speaker: Adam Olsen, BC Greens by Skype.

660-5212 for more info.

One Starry Night, free, family event.

Experience the Town of Bethlehem the night Jesus was born. Holy Family Elementary School, 4 showings, December 15-17. Email: onestarrynight@whbc.ca for more info

Yukon Territorial Green Party Annual General Meeting is Thursday, December 28 at 7pm, in the Library meeting room.

Share-the-Spirit Pancake Breakfast, Porter Creek Secondary School, Tuesday December 5, 7am-10:15am, pancakes, sausage, coffee/juice $5/plate, special appearance by Santa & his elves SILVERSMITHING COURSES offered by Motherlode Jewellery! $150 for pendant and earring sets, and up to $225 for pendant, earrings, bracelet sets or two rings.

More info at: facebook/Motherlode Jewellery email: motherlodejewellery@gmail.com

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Personals Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club November 28, 2017 1st - Lynn Daffe & Bruce Beaton 2nd - Mark Davey & Chris Bookless 3rd - Jan Ogilvy & Darwin Wreggitt We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society.

New players are welcome.

For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.co

Lost & Found LOST: Our big, white dog, Bannock, went missing from the North Klondike Hwy, Km582 after Halloween.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT, Aurora Inn Inc. of PO Box 1241, Dawson City, Yukon, Y0B 1G0, is making application for change(s) to Food Primary – All liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Aurora Inn situated at 736 5th Ave. in Dawson City, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 4:30pm on the 20th day of December, 2017 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is December 1st, 2017.

The second time of publication of notice is December 8th, 2017.

The third time of publication of notice is December 15th, 2017.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

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PUBLIC TENDER WINTER VEGETATION CONTROL KM 668.3 TO KM 670.2 AND KM 686.2 TO KM 690.4, KLONDIKE HIGHWAY YUKON, 2017-2018 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 18, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

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

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OBJECTIONS TO LIQUOR LICENCE RENEWALS Any person wishing to object to the renewal of any liquor licence may do so, in writing, not later than January 1, 201 .

PLEASE FORWARD WRITTEN OBJECTIONS, WITH REASONS TO: THE PRESIDENT YUKON LIQUOR CORPORATION 9031 QUARTZ ROAD WHITEHORSE, YUKON Y1A 4P9 A copy of the written objection must also be served by the objector on the licensee, either in person or by registered mail.

THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 35(3) OF THE YUKON LIQUOR ACT.

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

ROBERT EMMETT MCGURK

Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on October 28, 2016.

All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to Àle a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Anna C. StarksJacob, on or before December 15, 2017, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so Àled.

All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to:

AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN

Liquor Corporation

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TAKE NOTICE THAT, Kluane Energy Limited Partnership of PO Box 61, Burwash, Yukon, Y0B 1V0, is making application for change(s) to Food Primary – All Liquor and OffPremises liquor licence(s), in respect of the premises known as Kluane Energy Cafe situated at Lot 1021, Alaska Hwy in Burwash Landing, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 4:30pm on the 13th day of December, 2017 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is November 24th, 2017.

The second time of publication of notice is December 1st, 2017.

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SHOPPING B By the Book Craft Sale

Friday, December 1, 10am to 8pm AND Saturday, December 2, 10am-5pm. Join us at Well Read Books.

Artists: Jeanine Baker, Larry Duguay, Mary Hudgin, Nancy Mercier & more.

3RD Annual Christmas Market Friday, December 1, 11am-7pm, & Saturday December 2, 11am-5pm at the Old Fire Hall. 2 DAYS ONLY! 28 local artisans & Atlin Mountain Coffee providing coffee service.

Kid’s shopping hour with wrapping table 3pm-4pm on Saturday. Find us on Facebook!

Yukon Artists at Work does Christmas December 1 to 31. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am6pm; Sunday, 11am-4pm. Reception, December 1, 5pm8pm.

Yukon Artists @ Work Gallery, 4129-4th Ave.

Cookie Walk Saturday, December 2, 10am-1pm at Whitehorse United Church. Cookies: large container, $15; small container, $7; Cookies may contain peanuts and/or tree nuts. Jam, $5; Pies, $12. 6th & Main, downtown, elevator access.

667-2989, wuc@klondiker.com. Everyone welcome.

Attention: Anna C. Starks-Jacob Barristers and Solicitors 3081 Third Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z7

The third time of publication of notice is December 8th, 2017.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

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STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT(S) ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADS & SOLID WASTE

YUKON DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND CULTURE – PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FACILITATORS

Geek The Halls: Craft and Collectible Fair

Project Description: Engineering services for data gap analysis, feasibility assessment, preliminary design, detailed design and construction administration services related to water, wastewater, roads and solid waste.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 10, 2018.

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 Rick Kent at rick.kent@gov.yk.ca.

Project Description: A pool of qualiÀed facilitators is required to assist the department of Tourism and Culture in facilitating public engagement sessions related to the Yukon Tourism Development Strategy.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 18, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Ewa Dembek at ewa.dembek@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/

Facilitators will be provided with a facilitation guide and module. A training session on the use of the facilitation guide and module will be held in Whitehorse in early January 2018.

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/

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Flea Market & Craft Sale Saturday December 2, 9am-1pm, Hellaby Hall, 4th & Elliott. Table rental, $15. Call 668-5530. Sponsored by the Indigenous Anglicans Group.

Last Minute Christmas Sale Saturday, December 2, 10am-3pm, Golden Age Society, 4061A – Fourth Avenue, Sport Yukon Building.

December 2 & 3, 10am-4pm. 1405 Hickory Street, Porter Creek Secondary School cafeteria. Contact Zabrina at zabrina.rm.leslie@hotmail.com for info.

Sunday, December 3, 10 am to 4 pm, at the Town Hall - Gold Rush Inn. Local crafts and collectibles for all the geeks on your list, photos with Geek Santa, geeky craft workshops, board games to play. Make a day of it!

Carcross Christmas Market Sunday, December 3, 11am to 5:30pm, Learning Centre, Carcross. Maple toffee on ice, kick-sled demonstration, dogsled demo tours, kid zone, bonÀre, music, Àreworks and Santa!

Country Christmas Craft Fair Sunday, December 3, 12Noon to 4pm. Mt. Lorne Community Association. Call for vendors, local arts and crafts. To reserve a table call 667-7083 or lmca@ northwestel.net

Spruce Bog’s Christmas Boutique December 7 to 20, Monday-Wednesday, 10am-7pm, Thursday-Friday, 10am-9pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, Sunday 11am-5pm. Westmark Whitehorse, Room 5.

Hand-crafted items by local artisans. Brought to you by Yukon Crafts Society.

12 Days of Christmas Market Friday, December 8 ÂŻ ÂŻ Tuesday, December 19 Opening Day 12noon-9pm, Sat - Wed 10am-7pm., Thurs & Fri 10am-9pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.

Presented by the Fireweed Community Market Society.

Christmas Bazaar & Flea Market Saturday, December 9, 11am to 3pm, Atlin Recreation Centre. To book a table, call Lynn at 250-651-7663

First Nations Christmas Craft Fair Saturday, December 9, 10am-4pm, Elijah Smith Elementary School, 1399 Hamilton Blvd. Carving, traditional beadwork, Tlingit weaving, concession, Bannock & tea, silent auction, rafĂ e baskets. Come and have tea & support Elijah Smith Elementary in fundraising. Table bookings by donation. Contact Holly Legge at 667-5992

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