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he forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Christopher Brisson’s body testified in Whitehorse court Nov. 10 as the first week of Darryl Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial drew to a close.

Sheepway has admitted to killing 25-year-old Brisson, his crack cocaine dealer, in August 2015 and dumping his body down a cliff at Miles Canyon. At issue are the circumstances surrounding the killing and Sheepway’s degree of culpability.

Dr. Matthew Orde confirmed that he examined Brisson’s body after a mushroom picker found it in early September 2015.

Brisson’s body measured 178 centimetres long and weighed 63 kilograms at the time of the autopsy, Orde said. He was wearing a grey, heavily bloodstained hoodie and grey t-shirt, both of which had large holes in the back consistent with Brisson’s gunshot wound, as well as tracksuit bottoms, underwear and socks.

All of Brisson’s clothing was damp with fragments of leaves and twigs stuck to them, Orde said. The hoodie and t-shirt in particular also had what appeared to be fragments and slivers of glass on them as well as what appeared to be pieces of a blood-soaked, foamy material.

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A Whitehorse placer miner and two local drilling and mining companies pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to three charges for building 21 kilometres of unauthorized trail in Little Salmon/ Carmacks First Nation traditional territory in 2016.

Miner Nicolai Goeppel, Kluane Drilling Limited and H. Coyne & Sons Ltd. pleaded guilty to three charges under territorial Land Use Regulations for using a bulldozer to clear land, creating a trail exceeding 1.5 metres in width and four hectares in area and for doing work using a bulldozer, all without the appropriate permits.

The three were acquitted on a charge under the Forest Resources Act for the same incident.

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The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Christopher Brisson’s body testified as the first week of Darryl Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial drew to a close. ed Orde the headrest that had been in Brisson’s truck with a bullet hole in it, the forensic pathologist said that, to his untrained eye, the foam in the headrest appeared to be the same kind of material he’d found on Brisson’s clothing.

Besides the shotgun slug wound in Brisson’s upper-left back, which measured approximately two centimetres by two centimetres, Orde said he found a number of smaller injuries on Brisson’s body, including a number of cuts, scrapes and bruises.

Asked by the Crown, Orde agreed that the smaller injuries could be consistent with being ejected from a vehicle.

Focusing in on the fatal wound, Orde said it appeared the slug entered Brisson’s body below his

left shoulder and to the left of his spine. The slug then travelled, relative to Brisson’s body being on the autopsy table, upwards and to the right, badly injuring the left lung and breaking several ribs, continuing into the neck in front of the spine and into the rear throat region before finally stopping in Brisson’s lower right jaw, badly shattering the jaw bone.

Orde said he recovered the slug, which he described as “somewhat deformed,” as well as shotgun wad and smaller bits of blood-soaked, paper-like material from the wound track. Based on what body position would create a straight wound track — bullets tend to travel in straight lines through the human body, unless they hit something particularly

hard — Orde said Brisson was most likely hunched over in the driver’s seat with his neck rotated so that his left cheek was facing upwards when he was shot.

The court adjourned following a cross-examination by the defence that mainly centered around a medical journal article which concluded that shotgun wadding is found in injuries when the the gun muzzle is two metres or fewer away from the victim when the shotgun is fired. Orde said he was not aware of the article and, after being given an opportunity to read it, pointed out the article takes a clinical approach.

The trial, being heard

by Justice Leigh Gower, is on break this week and will resume Nov. 20.

ments, the work took place approximately between June 20 2016, and July 4 2016, north of Carmacks.

In a 2016 interview, Goeppel told the News the work was the result of “a series of misinterpretations of the regulations” and that the trail had been built on top of an old CAT trail.

At the time, then-LSCFN Chief Eric Fairclough told the News that he was unimpressed.

“It’s totally unacceptable for anyone to assume they can go and cross a First Nation site, plow over a trapper trail … and to haul equipment without having any authority to do any such work on that piece of land by EMR (the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources) or the lands department,” he said.

Sentencing is scheduled for December.

(Jackie Hong)

Human rights complaint hearing over motel pantsing put off until next year

ing to a press release from the Yukon Human Rights Commission. The motel is co-owned by Eikland and Suzanne Trembly.

However, Eikland failed to show, and his lawyer Shaunagh Stikeman attended and applied for an adjournment instead.

In a written decision, Chief Adjudicator Penelope Gawn noted that both respondents in the complaint have continually been missing hearings and meetings related to the complaint, which “does not inspire confidence in their respect for the process.”

However, Gawn ultimately granted the adjournment, concluding that Eikland should, in the interest of fairness, be given the opportunity to be heard.

The complaint hearing will be rescheduled for sometimes after Jan. 13 2018.

(Jackie Hong)

The hearing for a human rights complaint over allegations of a Destruction Bay motel co-owner repeatedly pulling down an employee’s pants will be rescheduled after the accused failed to show up last week due to “medical reasons.”

The Yukon’s Human Rights Board of Adjudication had been scheduled to hear a workplace sexual harassment complaint in Whitehorse Nov. 6 to 10 that was filed by Peter Budge against Talbot Arm Motel co-owner Charles Eikland in July 2015.

Budge alleges Eikland repeatedly pulled down his pants while he was working at the motel’s restaurant.

Budge also alleges that his employer, Talbot Arm Motel Ltd., “did nothing to stop the harassment,” accord-

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

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Victoria Gold plugs into power purchase agreement with Yukon Energy Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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ictoria Gold’s Eagle mine near Mayo is expected to spend at least $100 million on power over the first 10 years of its life.

On Nov. 10 Yukon Energy and Victoria Gold signed a power purchase agreement detailing how the mine will get power from the grid. The agreement has been submitted to the Yukon Utilities Board which will have the final say, likely sometime in the new year.

According to Yukon Energy, Victoria Gold has agreed to cover the full cost of connecting to the main power line and most of the costs of a new substation.

The Eagle mine is expected to go into production by mid-2019, according to Yukon Energy.

John McConnell, the CEO of Victoria Gold Corp., could not be reached for comment.

Andrew Hall, president of Yukon Energy, said the $100-million price tag for the energy is just an estimate.

“It’s probably going to be more than that at the end of the day,” he said.

The mine will be subject to any changes in power rates, he said.

The two sides signed

the agreement even though the federal government has yet to approve funding for an upgrade to the Stewart-Keno transmission line that would connect the mine to the power grid.

The Yukon government has applied to Ottawa for help covering a $75-million bill to build the new line from Mayo and Keno and upgrade the entire length from 69 to 138 kilovolts. It hasn’t heard from the federal government yet, Hall confirmed.

The mine could operate using the old power line for the first year or possibly two, according to Yukon Energy. The early stages of production are not expected to use as much energy.

If the mine connects to the old line, Yukon Energy is willing to sell it a maximum of 10,100 kVA, the documents say. If the line gets upgraded, that will jump to 14,300 kVA. Hall said the mine is expecting to limit production in the colder months of December through February. That works out well for the energy company, which sees peak power usage across the territory in the depths of winter, he said.

Yukon Energy says it expects to meet the mine’s power needs with a mix of hydro and thermal energy.

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Yukon Energy president Andrew Hall speaks at a news conference. On Nov. 10 Yukon Energy and Victoria Gold signed a power purchase agreement.

Most of the thermal energy will be from liquified natural gas, the company said in a statement.

Hall estimates connecting the mine to the grid will save up to 53,000 tonnes per year of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to the mine generating its own power using diesel.

Yukon Energy also estimates that the new

revenue will result in a one to two per cent reduction in rates for other customers the next time rates are reviewed by the utilities board.

According to the documents submitted to the utilities board, Yukon Energy is coming up with alternatives if the federal funding can’t be secured for the new transmission line by the end of Septem-

ber 2018.

Hall said it’s possible Yukon Energy could choose to do a smaller portion of the full line. If the company only upgraded the line from Mayo to the Eagle mine it would cost approximately $24 million, he said, and could be built without federal money.

In that case, the utility could recoup upgrade

costs from any mines that choose to connect to the line.

The fees mines pay to use the line include a formula for paying back the cost of new infrastructure once the mine is in operation, Hall said.

If the federal government chooses to cover the cost of the new transmission line, mine companies won’t have to pay.

Hall said getting the whole line upgraded is the ideal option.

“It sets up the line for the long term, being able to serve additional customers if any when they develop,” he said. “I think everyone would ideally want the federal funding so we can do the whole piece.”

Victoria Gold officially broke ground on the first phase of the mine’s construction this past August.

The company must complete a final round of financing to move on to the next phase of construction next spring, according to Yukon Energy’s statement.

There’s still no word on when the federal government will make a decision on whether to fund the Stewart-Keno line or not.

Meanwhile Yukon Energy hopes the utilities board will make its decision by February.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Proposed Whitehorse capital budget heavy on infrastructure funding Lori Fox News Reporter

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hitehorse city council took the opportunity to showcase its proposed 2018-2021 capital budget Nov. 14.

The proposed budget is heavy on infrastructure funding with $30 million set aside for “crucial” projects, Mayor Dan Curtis said.

The city’s “top priority” is getting the new operations building built. That project is slated to cost $55 million over the next three years, $23 million of which will come from the federal government through the gas tax fund.

“The relocation and consolidation of nine downtown buildings (to the new operations building) will help us become more efficient in offering services to Whitehorse

residents, and will free up prime real estate in downtown and industrial areas,” Curtis said.

The budget sets aside $1.5 million to replace aging maintenance equipment, such as loaders and graders, and $900,000 to replace a 21-year-old fire rescue vehicle.

The city will also spend $260,000 in 2018 on an environmental assessment for the “dismantling, demolitions and cleaning-up” of the municipal services building on Fourth Avenue, and fire hall #1, located next to city hall.

There’s also $370,000 going to improve parks, trails and playgrounds in the city, including $65,000 for playground equipment upgrades in Cowley Creek and Hidden Valley.

“We’ve seen an unprecedented amount of infrastructure dollars from the federal government,”

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Mayor Dan Curtis talks to media after a city council meeting announcing the proposed capital budget.

Curtis said.

The proposed budget also includes a list of

projects which are awaiting approval from gas tax and other outside funding

sources, including “major bus repairs,” more transit shelters, landfill upgrades

and a software replacement for fire and bylaw services dispatch.

Curtis said he was “proud” of the proposed budget.

“We have always strived to face challenges head on, no matter how daunting,” he said.

“Adopting a city budget is never easy, as resident and taxpayer expectations continue to rise. Mayor and council must make decisions that are in the best interest of the entire community.”

The present 2014-2017 capital budget is in its final year and “the city is working hard,” to have the new capital budget in place “by the end of this year,” Curtis said.

The budget will receive a public hearing on Nov. 27, with a final vote scheduled for Dec. 11.

Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@yukon-news.com

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Project near Takhini Hot Springs to measure geothermal energy Jackie Hong News Reporter

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new project that involves drilling a hole near the Takhini Hot Springs just a few centimetres across but 500 metres deep will soon be giving researchers a better idea of the Whitehorse area’s potential to generate power via geothermal energy.

A partnership between the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Da Daghay Development Corporation and Yukon Geological Survey, the project is funded through the territorial and federal governments. It will see crews drilling into the earth about three kilometres west from the hot springs, on Ta’an Kwäch’än land, and then inserting a thermistor string — essentially, a cable with multiple thermometers in it — down into the well to measure the ground temperature at various depths.

If temperatures register at 90 degrees celsius or above, that would mean there’s good potential for establishing a geothermal power plant, using the heat from earth to create steam and passing it through a turbine to generate electricity, said Maurice Colpron, head of bedrock geology with the Yukon Geological Survey.

“The grand prize in geothermal energy would be power generation,” Colpron said in an interview Nov. 14, noting that the Takhini Hot Springs were a clear indicator to researchers

that there was some sort of geothermal energy present in the area.

The project is already starting to pay off though, said Da Daghay Development Corporation CEO Ben Asquith — all the contracts for work on the project were awarded to local businesses.

“We’re proud to be sourcing everything locally, we’re proud to be partnering with the Yukon government and we’re really excited to see the results, to see what we can look at in terms of business case,” he said.

However, there’s still a lot of work ahead before a power plant even becomes a consideration.

For starters, crews are still in the process of boring the hole, work which began Oct. 30. After starting off with a reverse circulation drill, crews recently switched to a diamond-tipped one after passing the 50-metre mark, with the well’s diameter, which started off at about 15 centimetres, shrinking to about eight centimetres now.

The project’s goal right now is to get the well to a depth of 500 metres and, failing that, to get at least a minimum depth of 300 metres in order to mitigate the impact of weather and other atmospheric effects on the temperature readings, Colpron said. The endeavour, which will see crews working around the clock, is expected to take up the better part of three weeks.

“We are trying to make

sure that we have a vertical hole so that we’re going straight down 500 metres as opposed to deviating … so it requires kind of going a little slower,” Colpron explained, adding that the crew must also be cautious of hitting pockets of pressurized water or natural gas. The hard rock the crew is encountering is also making progress slow.

But in the long term that’s a good thing, Colpron said, because it means the well will be stable and less likely to collapse in on itself.

Once the well is completed and crews have inserted the thermistor string, the hole will be grouted to ensure the thermometers are in contact with the surrounding rock and then permanently capped off, Colpron said, after which more waiting begins.

“We expect it’s probably going to take at least six months before we start reading temperatures that are not affected by the drilling itself. As we drill, we are obviously heating the rocks around the hole so we need that temperature re-equilibrate,” he said, adding that someone will be going to the site about once a month to download the data from the wellhead.

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The drill project is located approximately three kilometres west of Takhini Hot Springs. that’s the goal, just to get an accurate temperature measurement in the Whitehorse area.”

If temperatures are recorded in the 90 to 100 C sweet spot, Colpron said that would only be the beginning of exploring geothermal energy production.

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From there, researchers would need to drill more — and deeper — holes to determine how viable the resource is, and also check for underground caverns containing water that could be turned into steam.

But even if the temperatures don’t hit the energy production range, the project isn’t all for naught — if crews discovered pockets of water at, say, 50 C, that could still be used to heat buildings, and the geother-

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mal data generated will be unlike anything that’s ever been collected in the Yukon.

“Right now, the only, the best data that we have for the crust temperature in the north, in the Yukon in particular, it comes from a few deeper oil and gas exploration wells, so that would be around Eagle Plains or Kotaneelee Field,” he said.

“Our experiments are going to be the first ones that are specifically designed for that purpose, so, yes, whatever we find, this is going to be a new piece of data that will make us understand, better, the thermal regime of the crust in the Yukon.”

Colpron added that there are plans to drill one or two more test wells around southern Yukon to collect the same kind of data, although the locations have not been finalized yet.

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

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Win some, lose some: council approves 5 of 7 infill parcels Lori Fox News Reporter

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he tumultuous infill saga of 2017 has finally come to a close, with Whitehorse city council voting to approve rezoning for five of the seven proposed parcels at the Nov. 14 regular council meeting.

The city first proposed the rezoning in September, when the project passed first reading Sept. 25. Then there were two public notices — one on Sept. 29 and one on Oct. 6 — followed by a public meeting Oct. 23. During this time, controversy erupted around the rezoning of some of the proposed parcels, especially in the country residential neighborhood of Mary Lake.

Twenty delegates appeared at the public meeting, all of whom were from country residential neighborhoods affected by the development. People voiced concerns about losing greenspace, the impact on wildlife, the ability of the water and sewage systems to handle the new housing developments and perceived impacts on

property values.

Based on these concerns, council voted at the Nov. 6 standing committees meeting to break the process down so they could assess and vote on each of the proposed parcels separately.

“The most salient point for me,” said Coun. Dan Boyd, “is the (city) responsibility for our zoning….

Council has the right to change the zone but we need to be careful when we do it.”

When it came to the the actual voting, the main issue dividing council — whether to rezone green space and environmental protection areas — became immediately apparent. The first proposal, which involved rezoning a five hectare parcel in Hidden Valley from parks and recreation to country residential, was immediately opposed by Coun. Betty Irwin and Coun. Samson Hartland.

The proposal passed 5-2.

Irwin and Hartland went on to oppose all five projects where green space, environmental protection or parkland rezoning was involved.

“I have a real problem when I see parks and greenbelt and environmental protection areas just rezoned for development,” said Coun. Betty Irwin.

Citizens need and deserve “some assurance that when you make that kind of investment” in a home in a country residential area, that area will remain “reliably the same,” and that people needed to have “some faith” in the stability of city zoning, she said.

Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu said she felt a balance had to be struck between a desire for green space and the need for development.

“The ‘not in my backyard’ mentality is not sustainable or reasonable,” she said.

The two defeated projects centred on this issue.

The proposed infill in Whitehorse Copper on Talus Drive would have seen a two hectare plot rezoned from environmental protection to country residential and was defeated 4-3.

The second defeated project in the much-contested Mary Lake area would have seen a three-hectare parcel rezoned from greenbelt to

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Coun. Betty Irwin votes during a meeting deciding the rezoning fate of seven proposed parcels of land. country residential. This project was defeated 6-1, with only Mayor Dan Curtis supporting it.

Coun. Curteanu said she had visited the area, and that “despite what (she) read in the administrative report,” she noted “significant trail use,” in that area, causing her vote against the development.

“I feel this is something the residents in the area would greatly miss if it was taken from them,” she said.

A second, 2.5-hectare parcel of greenbelt land was successfully rezoned in Mary Lake, however, by

a vote of 4-3, with Hartland, Boyd and Irwin all opposed.

Opposed residents of Mary Lake who had come to observe the final vote did not seem entirely happy with that outcome.

“We still didn’t have any true consultation on the project,” said Mary Lake resident Stuart Young. “I think they are still breaking their own (planning) rules.”

The proposal to rezone a two-hectare plot in Cowley Creek from future planning to country residential and a proposal to change a lot in Arkell from

neighborhood commercial to restricted residential passed unopposed.

The final bylaw authorizing the rezoning — now comprised of only the five approved parcels — passed 5-2, with Irwin and Hartland opposed.

Curtis — the only member of council to vote yes on every one of the approved parcels — said infill is always a contentious subject, but the needs of the community needed to be considered.

“The city is growing up fast and it is hard to keep up,” he said. “It’s a difficult thing to do ….(but) the noble thing to do is to do what’s best for the majority of the community.

“NIMBYism is alive and well in Whitehorse.”

Still, he acknowledged that some of the approved infills were not popular with some people. That’s always the case with this sort thing, he said.

“It’s a hard thing to do, to piss off your neighbors,” he said. “I don’t think anyone has the right to say ‘my neighborhood is sacred, no one can come here.’”

Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@ yukon-news.com

Councillors skeptical of infill survey results Lori Fox News Reporter

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urvey results “suggest that the broader community is in favour” of the hotly-contested proposed infill project, city planner Kinden Kosick said told a recent city standing committee meeting.

The online survey showed 78 per cent of respondents were in favour of new developments in Hidden Valley, 75 per cent in favour for Whitehorse Copper, 62 per cent in favour for Mary Lake, and 68 per cent in favour for

Cowley Creek.

Numbers were similar in urban residential areas, with 72 per cent of respondents in favour in of development in Porter Creek, 74 per cent in Arkel, 65 per cent in Logan and 78 per cent in Granger.

The survey was designed by the city and operated through a survey service called SurveyMonkey, said Kosick.

The results “contradicted what (she) heard from the public,” said Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu.

Coun. Dan Boyd had concerns about the validity

of the survey, and said that he had criticized SurveyMonkey as a method before. He said he questioned the validity of the process.

Kosick said the surveys were not “designed to be statistically valid.”

“They’re not a vote,” he said. “They’re part of the input process.”

Coun. Samson Hartland said he was “somewhat skeptical of the results we’ve received” through the survey. He questioned how many of the respondents were actually from the affected neighbourhoods, as the survey allows people to

“self-identify” their area.

Curtis said he didn’t think that was particularly important.

“I think if the survey was the other way around, the same conversation could be had,” he said. “We don’t know everyone who weighed in… it’s not a slam, we’re all citizens of Whitehorse.”

The country residential and urban residential surveys were conducted separately.

Respondents were asked which neighbourhood they lived in. In the country residential survey, 178 peo-

ple responded, with more than 30 per cent of those surveyed identified as being from a neighbourhood “other” than Hidden Valley, Whitehorse Copper, Mary or Cowley Creek.

Residents who identified as being from Mary Lake made up the second largest group of respondents, at just under 30 per cent.

In the urban residential survey, 93 people responded, with 40 per cent of them identifying as being from neighborhoods “other” than Porter Creek, Arkell, Logan or Granger.

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have the exact breakdown of what those “other” neighborhoods were, but there was no indication anyone outside of the territory had participated.

Kosick said the survey could only be done once per person per device, and that the city could track the IP address of the person taking the survey.

Council voted to approve the rezoning of five of the seven proposed infill parcels at the Nov. 14 regular council meeting. The remaining two were defeated.

Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@yukon-news.com

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id Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intend to cause an international incident?

That’s what many columnists and pundits are still trying to figure out after our national leader’s confusing absence, and sudden reappearance, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC).

Let’s go back a few steps.

Trudeau was in Danang, Vietnam, last week to meet with other world leaders at the APEC summit. One of the main issues was the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which had been left in the dust after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew his country last January. The remaining 11 countries, including Canada, would meet to discuss whether they would revamp and relaunch the agreement.

TPP Version 2.0 was thrown for a massive loop, however, when Trudeau didn’t attend the scheduled meeting. The international press called it everything from a “snub” to Australia’s Fairfax Media correspondent Lindsay Murdoch’s suggestion that the PM had “sabotaged” this trade arrangement.

At the time, it was pretty hard to argue.

Trudeau didn’t attend the meeting and no Canadian official was offering an explanation.

This narrative changed within a few hours.

International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne met with the media and acknowledged that progress had occurred. When asked why the PM hadn’t shown up at the original TPP meeting, Champagne said “things are fluid” at APEC – and chalked it up to a “misunderstanding” about his schedule due to a bilateral meeting that “took longer than expected.”

This bilateral was with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The two leaders had reportedly disagreed on a number of issues about TPP. “The scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Abe … went long,” Trudeau told the media, “we obviously had a lot to talk about, and at the end of the meeting it

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became clear it was in everyone’s interest to postpone the meeting on TPP11.”

The PM also noted, “I wasn’t going to be rushed into a deal that was not yet in the best interest of Canadians. That is what I’ve been saying at least for a week, and I’ve been saying it around TPP12 for years now and that position continues to hold.”

In the end, the TPP countries (including Canada) reached a partial agreement on Nov. 11. While this doesn’t guarantee the trade deal’s passage, everything seems to be moving in the right direction again.

What exactly happened here?

Trudeau’s explanation is plausible. Bilateral meetings can often go much longer than expected and hold up other meetings and proceedings. If there were some points of disagreement about TPP between Canada and Japan, they obviously had to be dealt with beforehand.

Meanwhile, there are moments when world leaders get tied up for other reasons. At the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived late to the traditional “family photo.” While the international press had a short-lived field day, both men made it and the photo was taken.

But some sticking points about Trudeau’s disappearance remain.

First, if Abe did cancel this meeting between the TPP countries due to Canada’s concerns, as some have suggested, why wasn’t this information immediately released?

The press and public remained in the dark for hours over an issue that could have been swatted away in mere minutes.

Second, why didn’t Trudeau go to the large-scale TPP meeting to formally express any concerns he had mentioned in the bilateral meeting with Abe? This is an important issue and the PM should have made a brief appearance instead of not showing up at all.

Third, why did Champagne have to explain Trudeau’s absence? It should have been up to the national leader and not the international trade minister to provide a blow-by-blow account of this weird event.

So, was Trudeau’s absence a “nothing-burger,” as the cool kids like to say, or did the burger contain plenty of bacon and cheese? I’m still chewing on it, alas.

Troy Media columnist and political commentator Michael Taube is also a Washington Times contributor, Canadian Jewish News columnist, and radio and TV pundit. He was also a speechwriter for former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

LETTERS Beware of debt Premier Sandy Silver may rightly be tagging the Yukon Party as at least partly responsible for this year’s expected deficit, however, the un-budgeted end of term expenditures at the centre of the present debate appear to have been mostly necessary rather than frivolous so most people might be hard pressed to answer what they would have done differently with respect to those items.

Perhaps the YP could have done a better overall job of managing our territory’s finances, but what does seem odd is Premier Silver complaining that the Yukon Party left

him a small $5.4-million deficit when he is planning to leave a giant deficit for the next government at the end of his five year term.

Deficit financing, especially in a little jurisdiction like Yukon, should not be undertaken unless it’s for a necessary reason and is accompanied by a plan to get back to a balanced budget and retire the debt.

Imagine Yukon’s total population of 37,000 people trying to pay off a half-billion dollar debt (Editor’s note: The Yukon has a federally-imposed debt limit of $400 million). That is not the picture of a rosy future for our Territory and the justification for our current government to embark on this dangerous if not deadly fiscal practice

is not apparent.

Don’t do it Sandy! Govern well with the money you have. No more taxes, no deficit financing and no more excuses or complaining.

We already have a fiscally incompetent government in Ottawa on track to drive our national debt to a trillion and a half dollars according to the Parliamentary Budget Office (Editor’s note: the CBO’s actual federal debt projection for 2022-23 is $717.7 billion), with no justification for its profligacy and no plan to retire the debt except taxing us more. Let’s not repeat that folly here.

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Survey this: How does Yukon’s health care rate?

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he Yukon government loves its surveys. In the past few months, I’ve completed surveys about pot, the school calendar and Yukon’s financial priorities. Noticeably absent was a survey on what should be our top priority — keeping each other healthy.

Or maybe it’s coming in the mail. Either way, in the interest of being helpful, here are my survey answers about the state of our health care system.

Medical travel Medical travel to Whitehorse, or hospitals in the south, leaves Yukoners with their own bills to pay since there is a significant gap

between what is covered, and what it actually costs to travel to, say, Vancouver for treatment.

Stories abound of Yukoners who travelled for life-saving treatment, only to return home with hotel, meal and transportation bills they simply can’t afford. Others have decided to skip treatment altogether because the expense of travelling is too much.

Yukoners who skip medical treatment because they can’t afford the expense of travel will only end up costing our health care system more as their conditions worsen.

Medical travel isn’t a luxury — it’s for medically necessary treatment that isn’t available locally. Make no mistake, medical travel isn’t some side benefit to living in the North. Our government is obligated to provide this service to us. So why are we asking Yukoners to pay when, in the opinion of their doctor, they require medical treatment they can’t get at home?

The News has reported

several cases of patients being overwhelmed by medical travel costs: One senior ended up at a hotel that cost him $300 per night.

Another noted that when he worked for the territorial government, his per diem for work travel was $100 — more generous than what travelling patients get.

We should be covering the actual cost of medical travel, in and out of territory, rather than an arbitrary limit of $75 per day. Yukoners deserve to receive the quality healthcare they need — not what their pocketbook can afford.

More beds We’re going to need more beds — way more beds. More hospital beds, more continuing care beds, more home care support.

Either we lurch forward, stumbling from crisis to crisis, or we plan ahead. It makes financial sense, and good policy, to anticipate this need and start working on those beds now.

Case in point is the $1

million our government spent last year to quickly renovate the Thomson Centre to create more beds – money that could have gone to a more sustainable and permanent solution.

Our Whitehorse General Hospital can’t keep pace with the growing need, even with the recent expansion. We’ve heard stories of patients being moved to Watson Lake and Dawson simply because we don’t have room for them.

What can be done now to support our hospital into the future?

More continuing care beds are certainly part of the solution. No doubt that beds at Whistle Bend will fill quickly when it opens next year. But looking ahead, long-term forecasts say we could do with twice the 150 beds this facility will provide. Let’s start planning for this now.

There may be better ideas than adding another 150 beds to the Whistle Bend facility. The government should be open to alternatives.

Home care is a big piece of the puzzle in allowing Yukoners to age in their communities. Last week, our government pledged to provide more home care for rural seniors. This is a good start. Let’s talk more about how we can make this happen throughout the territory.

More beds come with a hefty price tag — but the cost will only go up if we procrastinate on dealing with this issue now. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but you know we will fare better in the long run.

Mental health We need more mental health workers — enough so someone in crisis can get help within 24 hours.

Sadly, every story in the Yukon about mental health includes an extended wait time for support services.

We’ve heard of Yukoners in crisis suffering through a lag time of six months, or longer, to see a psychiatrist.

Even more troubling is the wait times for kids facing

mental health crises.

Providing access to mental health services at the moment when the patient is open and receptive to receiving this care is critical. Earlier this year, Premier Sandy Silver set out in the budget funding for 11 new addiction and mental wellness workers for communities. This is moving in the right direction, but our need is greater and more urgent.

Survey says: it’s time If there is one issue we can all rally around, no matter our political stripes, let’s make it fixing our health care. It sounds a little daunting at first, but there are creative solutions out there. And we have no shortage of passionate and committed health-care providers who have great ideas for how we can do better.

Shaunagh Stikeman is a lawyer, facilitator and community advocate who lives in Whitehorse.

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McKenna uses Twitter to troll coal from Bonn during U.S. event promoting it Mia Rabson Canadian Press

OTTAWA U.S. effort to stoke the fires of coal-powered electricity didn’t escape the attention of Canada’s environment minister Monday as Catherine McKenna used her Twitter account to troll the carbon-based fuel just as American officials were extolling its virtues.

McKenna is in Bonn, Germany, for the 2017 United Nations climate change talks, where the rules for implementing the 2015 Paris accord are being hammered out — and where she and British counterpart Claire Perry hope to convince the world to abandon coal-fired power.

By contrast, the United States — with President Donald Trump at its helm — has famously promised to “end the war on coal.”

Having declared his intention to pull the U.S. out of the Paris accord, Trump dispatched George David Banks, his special assistant on energy and the environment, to Bonn to host an event promoting coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, as well as technology that can reduce their impact on the environment.

Speaking in Manila Tuesday where he is attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled no punches by calling coal the “dirtiest of all fossil fuels.”

“Let me be very blunt about this. Coal represents perhaps the greatest challenge to the world not meeting its climate change targets,” Trudeau said.

“Unless we reduce coal consumption, we are not going to be able to prevent catastrophic global warm-

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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna is in Bonn, Germany, for the 2017 United Nations climate change talks, where she hopes to convince the world to abandon coal-fired power. ing.”

The International Energy Agency forecasts global demand for coal and natural gas will not diminish over the next 25 years, Banks said Monday.

Coal already produces twofifths of the worlds energy supply, and another 1,600 coal plants are in the works right now. And by 2040, Southeast Asia will get half its power from coal plants.

“Without a question, fossil fuels will continue to be used and we would argue that’s it’s in the global interest to make sure that when fossil fuels are used, that it’s as clean and efficient as possible,” Banks said.

He acknowledged as “provocative” the decision to promote fossil fuels at an international climate change conference, but argued that while renewables have a bright future, much of the necessary innovation to store and transmit power from wind and solar sourc-

es is still in its infancy.

“Before that innovation is realized, the idea that the world can somehow meet ambitious mitigation goals, support development in poor countries the way we should and ensure energy access by only deploying solar and wind is naive.”

All the while, McKenna was on her Twitter account, extolling the virtues of alternatives to coal in a series of tweets that stood in sharp contrast to the U.S. position.

“Burning coal responsible for 41 per cent of our global emissions,” McKenna tweeted. ”The largest single source worldwide.

Phasing out coal represents a massive opportunity and #ClimateAction.”

Coal, she continued, is “the most powerful fossil fuel in the world. We must all work together to get off fuel and transition to cleaner forms of energy.”

Some 23 countries, states and cities have either

already phased out coal or have a plan to do so, including Canada, she further noted to her followers.

“In less than a decade, solar will be cheaper than coal in China, India, Mexico, the U.K. and Brazil.”

Many environmental activists argue there is no such thing as clean coal, though even McKenna and Perry’s alliance appears to allow for coal if it’s accompanied by carbon capture and storage technology.

Canada, where coal accounts for about one-tenth of the electricity supply, has committed to phasing out coal power plants by 2030, as has the Netherlands. The U.K., Italy and France all plan to get rid of it by 2025.

Trudeau said in Manila that Canada has taken “significant steps” in phasing out coal and will continue to ensure those efforts are successful.

“We are investing in renewables, we are moving beyond it … we are com-

mitted to working with our international partners, with our friends and allies, to reduce coal consumption, to reduce emissions related to coal and to find alternatives

that are less polluting.”

In some ways, however, Banks’s message was not entirely different from Canada’s position on oil under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has said many times neither Canada nor the world will eliminate fossil fuel use overnight, and that Canada’s oil resources will be produced and transported in a sustainable way, remaining an important part of global systems for many years to come.

“We need to ensure we are creating much greater energy efficiencies while at the same time, ensuring the way we are extracting and processing and using these fuels has the minimal impact on the environment,” Trudeau said.

“That’s hardest to do with coal, but we recognize there is much to do to improve our efficiencies and our cleanliness or the lowering of emissions around all fossil fuels.”

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Trudeau: Peacekeeping plan will satisfy UN and Canadian values Lee Berthiaume Canadian Press

OTTAWA hile Canadian officials and the United Nations have been furiously trying to iron out the details of Canada’s long-awaited peacekeeping plans, one senior UN official says no final decisions have been made — even with Vancouver playing host to a twoday summit on the subject starting Tuesday.

“It’s a work in progress,” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the undersecretary general for peacekeeping operations, said Monday in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“It looks like there are a number of avenues that have been explored quite thoroughly. But we’re waiting for the Canadian government to come up with a final decision.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t offer any details, but told reporters in Manila Tuesday at the

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit that an announcement will be made in Vancouver that will satisfy both Canadians at home and the United Nations.

“I’m very pleased to say that we will be announcing … is fully in line not just with Canadian values and Canadians’ desire to see our country have a maximum positive impact around the world, but fully in line with the UN and indeed, the world, has expressed its need and interest in,” he said.

“Make no mistake,” Trudeau continued, “Canadians expect Canada to have a strong and positive contribution that makes a real difference and the world expects Canada to make a significant contribution that makes a difference.”

He said the announcement will focus on how Canada can best use its abilities and expertise to ensure “maximal positive impact, not just for Cana-

dian contributions but for all peacekeepers.”

Trudeau added that the world has “long been waiting to see Canada once again step up in the way we did all those years ago when Lester Pearson contributed to the creation of the UN peacekeeping force around the Suez Canal crisis.”

The comments by Trudeau and Lacroix — who is responsible for managing all peacekeeping operations — come as the Liberal government prepares to host representatives from 80 countries at the peacekeeping summit in the B.C. city.

It was widely expected that the Liberals would announce their plans to deploy peacekeepers either before or at the summit, more than a year after promising up to 600 troops and 150 police officers for UN missions.

While Lacroix’s comments appeared to pour cold water on that idea, he also said he was “encour-

aged” that there is finally some movement after more than a year of delays and silence from Canada.

“Things are moving, and it’s not frustrating, it’s rather encouraging,” he said.

“Now, given the needs, I would be quite happy if the delays are rather short than long. But then again, I am quite encouraged by the latest evolution.”

Sources say the government has put several offers on the table for the UN’s consideration, including the deployment of helicopters to help in Mali, and a transport plane in Uganda to assist different missions in Africa.

Canada is also reportedly ready to provide a rapid-reaction force in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria; contribute to the UN’s new police mission in Haiti; and send trainers to help other countries become better at peacekeeping.

Lacroix would not comment on the government’s offers, but did say discus-

sions on “when and how and where these potential contributions would be used and where they would make a difference, that’s where we are.”

Trudeau is scheduled to appear at the meeting Wednesday with Lacroix as well as Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

The summit is only for countries that have made — or are ready to make — concrete pledges to peacekeeping, and some UN officials, foreign diplomats and experts have warned Canada will be embarrassed if it doesn’t deliver.

Yet while the Liberals have been criticized for dragging their feet on a decision for more than a year, Lacroix said the UN hasn’t been sitting around waiting for Canada to make a commitment.

For example, after the government refused to commit to providing desperately needed helicop-

ters to Mali, Jordan and Belgium are now stepping up, meaning any Canadian contribution might be delayed to 2019.

Nonetheless, said Lacroix, gaps remain and “the demand is still bigger than the supply.”

Much of the focus of this week’s meeting in Vancouver will be on pledges that different countries make to peacekeeping missions, as well as taking stock of previous commitments.

But the meeting will also feature discussions about ways to increase the role of women in peacekeeping and conflict-prevention, reduce the use of child soldiers, and better protect civilians.

“So how do we improve the protection of civilians in our environment? Lacroix said.

“Where we have more displaced persons. We have more people in need of humanitarian assistance and support. And we have more difficult and dangerous security environments.”

Bombardier says Airbus deal increasing confidence but no new C Series sales talks Ross Marowits Canadian Press

MONTREAL ombardier Inc. said its deal with Airbus has yet to ignite new sales discussions, but existing efforts have yielded results as the

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to purchase up to 24 of the plane’s larger version.

The agreement announced at the Dubai Airshow includes 12 CS300 aircraft with purchase rights for an additional 12 aircraft.

Bombardier said that based on the list price of the CS300, a firm order for 12 aircraft would be valued at about US$1.4 billion.

That would double if the airline exercises the 12 purchase rights. However, airlines typically receive large discounts.

“It would be difficult to wish for a better carrier to establish our presence in the region,” Bole said in a conference call with reporters from Dubai.

“It’s a great template and it is something that will followed extremely closely by the other carriers in the regions and the sub regions in the area.”

The C Series has also been ordered by Iraqi Airways, Saudi Gulf and Gulf Air. The national airline of Egypt told reporters in Dubai that while it has been studying the C Series for a long time, Airbus’ involvement makes them feel better about the program, Bombardier commercial aircraft president Fred

Cromer added on the conference call.

EgyptAir chairman and CEO Safwat Musallam said the planes will help the airline to modernize its fleet.

“We selected the C Series aircraft because its excellent range will allow us to best serve domestic and regional destinations, including neighbouring Arab cities, the Middle East as well as several European destinations,” he stated in a news release.

Analyst Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group says Airbus’ involvement assuage fears that the C Series will be an “orphan” airplane because it will have the support of the European aerospace giant.

“I would argue that the Airbus effect will be fairly profound,” he said in an interview.

Aboulafia said the C Series is a great plane but Bombardier has had major financial issues.

“That is no longer a problem. You remove that, you now have just a great jet that the people want.”

The EgyptAir letter of intent and a deal for up to 31 planes announced Nov. 2 with an undisclosed customer are expected to be firmed up by the end of the year. That would raise

the number of firm C Series orders to more than 400.

Bombardier said it remains confident that Boeing won’t be able to prove in its trade complaint that it has been damaged by the C Series since it doesn’t make a plane the size of the CS100 and wasn’t invited to bid on the Delta order.

Nonetheless, Cromer said Bombardier is developing contingency plans if high tariffs continue to be applied on aircraft manufactured in Canada and delivered to the U.S. “We have opportunities to place some of those early Delta positions with other airlines,” he said.

“And in the meantime we’re working with Delta — having announced our assembly line in Alabama —to ultimately deliver aircraft from Mobile to our customers in the United States.”

Cromer declined to say if the second assembly line in Alabama estimated by the company to be built at a cost of more than US$300 million would be affected by the maintenance of high U.S. duties.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, Bombardier’s shares gained nearly two per cent at C$3.12 in midday trading.

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Trudeau pitches Canada in pursuit of key seat at Asia-Pacific security table Andy Blatchford Canadian Press

MANILA, PHILIPPINES rime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a sales pitch to core members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday in hope they will open the door to Canada joining their exclusive and influential circle.

Trudeau said Canada looks forward to becoming a member of the association’s East Asia Summit and the ASEAN defence ministers panel at the earliest opportunity.

“Canada is not only willing, but ready to be a key partner for the next 50 years,” Trudeau said in a speech in Manila,

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Philippines, at a special ASEAN-Canada summit in front of leaders of an alliance that includes Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar.

“This would allow Canada to become a full and dynamic partner of ASEAN.” With the appearance, Trudeau became the first Canadian prime minister to participate in the one-hour exchange at the ASEAN summit, during which members were to ask him questions and debate the depth of Canada’s co-operation in the region.

The opportunity arrives as Trudeau makes efforts to raise Canada’s international profile and demonstrate it can wrestle with complicated challenges, at home and

abroad. His government has also been building a case with hope it can eventually obtain a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Trudeau was asked later in the day about why he’s interested in expanding Canada’s engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.

He replied that Canada currently has a mostly economic relationship with the region through its membership at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation.

“There is more than just economics to discuss and the East Asia Summit has become the central place for discussing Pacific issues,” he told a news conference Tuesday.

“Canada is a Pacific country, as you well know, and being able to

engage on broader issues of security, of development, of human rights, of economic opportunity — broader than just the APEC group — is very much in line with how Canada wants to and should engage constructively with the region and, indeed, with the world.”

The East Asia Summit is a larger ASEAN grouping focused on security that brings together leaders from 18 countries, including the U.S., China and Russia.

“Canada is deeply committed to multilateral institutions and fora, and the East Asia Summit is an important one in an extremely compelling and growing region of the world,” he said.

During his speech, Trudeau highlighted

Canada’s efforts to help the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, including its decision to appoint former Liberal MP Bob Rae as a special envoy to the region.

He told the room that Rae will engage in diplomatic efforts and identify ways in which Canada can support the response to the situation and the plight of the Rohingya minority.

Trudeau was referring to a crackdown against the Rohingya by Myanmar’s security forces that began in late August.

The alleged attacks have forced more than 600,000 Rohingyas into exile in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Trudeau also said Canada stands alongside Asia in demanding that North

Korea abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

“North Korea must immediately cease all activities that go against its international obligations and United Nations Security Council resolutions,” he said.

Trudeau attended the ASEAN summit thanks to an invitation from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who sat across from the Canadian leader as he made his remarks.

Francisco Fernandez of the Philippine embassy in Ottawa says Canada sought the invitation and Manila didn’t hesitate to grant it, partly because of trade and investment ties and partly due to the 837,000 people of Filipino descent who live in Canada.

Drug users, first responders share stories from the overdose crisis’ front lines Geordon Omand Canadian Press

VANCOUVER ore than a month had passed before Antonette Rea found the note her young friend had written her before fatally overdosing earlier this year.

“Thank you so much for saving my life,” Rea reads aloud to a crowd of 80 people packed into a community hall in the tony Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano.

“I love your dancing and your singing and sorry for using all of your nail polish and art supplies,” she continues, prompting laughter from the otherwise silent audience. She smiles and puts down the note: “I called her Jilly Bean. Jilly.”

Rea was one of more than a half-dozen drug users and first responders based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside who shared their stories with residents living elsewhere in the city over the past six weeks as part of a series of overdose awareness and prevention workshops.

Monday evening’s gathering in Kitsilano was the last of six events aimed at delivering stories from the front line of British Columbia’s overdose epidemic.

Jackie Wong helped facilitate the program, which was organized by

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the Overdose Prevention Society and Megaphone Magazine, a monthly publication sold by homeless and low-income vendors.

It is important the overdose conversation happens beyond the Downtown Eastside, in neighbourhoods where drug use is not as public, Wong said.

“I think that that’s where the conversation needs to move, … to places where people might be overdosing in private residences or quieter places because of the stigma that still is associated with them as a drug user.”

Storytellers included people who survived the

residential school system or various forms of violence and discrimination, those who experienced a traumatic childhood or worked in the sex trade.

Rea is a transgender poet and playwright who has struggled with drug addiction and once worked as a prostitute in the Downtown Eastside.

She said there is a good chance her friend Jilly Bean would be alive if she had overdosed in the Downtown Eastside instead of in North Burnaby, thanks to the lack of overdose-prevention training and resources outside of Vancouver’s hardest-hit neighbourhood.

The hall was completely quiet as Samona Marsh spoke about the number of people she knows who have died from an overdose, including her feather in early 2017.

“If I had one wish or magical wand, I would bring back everyone’s friends and families who passed away and make fentanyl non-existent,” said Marsh, who has lived in the Downtown Eastside for the past 25 years.

She coined the term “fentanality” to refer to a fentanyl fatality.

The workshops also included a training session on how to respond to an overdose, delivered by

the Overdose Prevention Society Kitsilano resident Deborah Buchanan volunteered to be shown how to administer naloxone by filling a syringe and injecting it into the leg of a stuffed toy gorilla.

“I’m so happy I learned,” Buchanan said afterwards. “I need to know how to do this and help someone.

“My son was involved in drugs, my middle son, and it kind of tore me apart, because I always thought, ‘I’m going to see you die one day and I don’t want to see that.’ “ She said what she found most inspiring was

hearing from the storytellers.

Frederick Williams, a responder with the overdose prevention group, led the training session.

He said it’s important that these events happen outside the Downtown Eastside because has turned into a city-wide epidemic.

“It’s very important to have it come out to places like Kitsilano, Shaughnessy, all these higher-end neighbourhoods,” he said in an interview following the presentation. “They can’t put their head in the sand like an ostrich and think it’s going to go away, because it’s not.”

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Father of woman missing in B.C. fundraises for drones to help other families Laura Kane Canadian Press

VANCOUVER ohn Simpson is determined to use the novel experience he gained in a troubling search for his daughter to help others who have lost loved ones.

Ashley Simpson went missing in Salmon Arm, B.C., in April 2016, and this spring her father travelled there from Ontario for a second time. He believed her body might be along the banks of a river or creek.

The area had been flooded and it was too dangerous to search on foot, but Simpson had an idea. He told friends he wanted to borrow a drone, and was put in touch with a surprisingly young expert — a 14-year-old boy with a fleet of drones and a strong commitment to his hobby.

“It really got me thinking,” said Simpson in a recent phone interview from his home in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. “Watching this young man, and his drone.… He can go thousands of feet in the air and he can hover just three or four inches off the ground. If it was going to come to an obstacle, it would stop.… It’s absolutely amazing.”

Simpson hired the boy to search the mouth of the Salmon River where it flows into Shuswap Lake.

Although his daughter wasn’t found, Simpson

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women’s shelters. This year, they added a golf tournament and her father used the proceeds to purchase four inexpensive drones, two of which he sent to a missing-women’s advocate in B.C. RCMP wrapped up a wide-scale search of a Salmon Arm farm last week. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said human remains found at the property were confirmed to belong to one person, 18-yearold Traci Genereaux. Her death is being treated as suspicious but no charges have been laid.

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Jody Leon of the Splatsin First Nation in Enderby, near Salmon Arm, organized a search party for the women this spring that covered more than 100 kilometres. Last week, she received the drones from Simpson and held a meeting for interested volunteers.

Leon said she’s connected with a number of experienced drone operators, including some with longer-range drones and another who will help volunteers get licensed under Transport Canada regulations. Their first drone

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search could be as soon as next week, she said.

“John Simpson has been a huge teacher for me in terms of resiliency,” she added. ”In any situation, no matter how painful it is, you can still get up and keep fighting.”

Transport Canada currently requires anyone using drones for anything other than fun to obtain a special flight operations certificate. Applicants for the certificates are evaluated on a case-by-case basis according to criteria including proposed use, safety record and experience, Transport Canada said in a statement.

Even those with a certificate are not allowed to fly drones outside their visual line-of-sight.

This makes it difficult for search and rescue crews to use them over distances, said Ali Miri, president of UAViation Aerial Imaging Solutions.

Search and rescue organizations in Kamloops and Coquitlam are participating in a pilot project that allows crews to use drones. The project is set to expand to more groups next year, said Andrew Morrison of Emergency Management BC. There are limitations,

including that drones can’t see through the tree canopy and weather conditions and battery life make it difficult to search large areas. But they have been useful in assessing hazards before volunteers enter an area and to pinpoint people’s locations using infrared cameras, Morrison said.

RCMP have access to drones but Moskaluk declined to say whether they were used in the search for Ashley Simpson. Salmon Arm Search and Rescue said they conducted a three-day ground search.

John Simpson doesn’t believe drones will now find his daughter. His aim is to help others who are searching for their loved ones, especially in the crucial first days after they go missing. He eventually hopes to have a Canada-wide network of volunteer drone search teams.

But he said he and his wife won’t ever give up searching for their daughter, a jack of all trades who loves to cook, travel and entertain children, and who turns 34 on Nov. 15.

“We’ll fight this right to the very end,” said Simpson. ”We’ll bring our daughter home and lay her to rest here.”

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House speaker joins GOP chorus calling for Moore to quit Alan Fram & Kimberly Chandler Associated Press

WASHINGTON ouse Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Washington Republicans calling upon Roy Moore to drop out of his embattled race for the U.S. Senate in the wake of allegations by a second woman that the conservative Alabaman groped her when she was a teenager in the late 1970s.

“These allegations are credible,” Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters on Tuesday. “If he cares about the values and people he claims to care about then he should step aside.”

Moore is showing no sign of quitting, even as his chances to win the open Senate seat appear to be in peril.

“I can tell you without hesitation this is absolutely false,” Moore said Monday at an abruptly called news conference in Gallant, Alabama, after the latest allegations were made. “I never did what she said I did. I don’t even know the woman.”

The former state Supreme Court judge and outspoken Christian conservative has dug in, rejecting all calls in Washington from GOP senators for him to quit. Senate Republicans face limited options in trying to force out Moore whose name remains on the ballot for the Dec. 12 special election against Democrat Doug Jones.

A defiant Moore spoke after a tearful Beverly Young Nelson, now 56, detailed new allegations to reporters in an emotional appearance in New York.

One night when she was 16, Moore offered to drive her home from her after-school job at a restaurant in Gadsden, Alabama,

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she said. Moore, a regular customer, instead parked behind the restaurant and locked the door to keep her inside, squeezing her neck while trying to push her head toward his crotch and trying to pull her shirt off, Nelson said.

“I thought that he was going to rape me,” she said.

Moore stopped and as she left the car he warned no one would believe her because he was a county prosecutor, Nelson said.

She said her neck was “black and blue and purple” the next morning.

In Alabama, Jones unveiled a new campaign ad in which state voters, including Republicans, say they can’t vote for Moore.

Even before Nelson’s news conference, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a remarkably personal swipe at Moore, based on last week’s Washington Post reports of other incidents involving Moore and teen-age girls decades ago.

“I believe the women,” said McConnell, R-Ky., marking an intensified effort by leaders to ditch Moore before the election that has swung from an assured GOP victory to one that Democrats could conceivably win.

Moore fired back at McConnell on Twitter.

“The person who should step aside is @ SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp,” Moore wrote.

He also signalled he has no intention of ending his candidacy, writing in a fundraising appeal, “I’d be honoured to have you in my corner with me while I slug it out with the forces of evil trying to keep me out of Washington.”

The exchange between McConnell and Moore

underscored the civil war between establishment Republicans worried that candidates like Moore could cost them their Senate majority and hard-right elements who say McConnell is not conservative enough.

Moore has been backed

by Steven Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief White House adviser who is openly seeking GOP Senate challengers who will pledge to dump McConnell. A political committee linked to McConnell spent huge sums unsuccessfully trying to defeat Moore in the GOP’s September primary, but Moore defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Luther Strange.

Republicans have discussed having another Republican like Strange stage a write-in candidacy, but Strange told reporters

Monday “a write-in candidacy is highly unlikely.”

“I made my case during the election,” Strange said.

Cory Gardner of Colorado, who heads the Senate GOP’s campaign organization, said if Moore is elected, senators should expel him “because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements” of the Senate.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Moore “should not be a United States senator, no matter what it takes.” Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who’s not seeking re-election after criticizing Trump, said he’d “vote for the Democrat” if he had to choose between Moore and Democrat Jones.

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the alleged incident that Moore signed her yearbook. A copy of her statement at the news conference included a picture of what she said was his signature and a message saying, “To a sweeter more beautiful girl I could not say, ‘Merry Christmas.’”

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Moore denied last week molesting the 14-year-old but didn’t flatly deny he’d dated teenagers, saying in an interview with conservative talk show host Sean Hannity, “It would have been out of my customary behaviour.”

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‘Knees together’ former judge Robin Camp to ask for return to law practice Canadian Press

CALGARY former judge who resigned over his treatment of a sexual assault complainant is making his case today for why he should be allowed to practise law again.

The Law Society of Alberta is holding a day-long reinstatement hearing for Robin Camp in Calgary.

Federal Judge Brian Bell, a friend and former colleague, told the hearing Camp is a good person who isn’t homophobic, sexist or discriminatory.

Camp stepped down from Federal Court in March following a Canadian Judicial Council recommendation that he be removed from the bench.

Court transcripts from the 2014 sexual assault trial show that Camp — a provincial court judge in Calgary at the time — called the complainant “the accused” numerous times and asked her why she didn’t resist by keeping her knees together.

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Bell said the headlines calling Camp the “knees-together judge” don’t reflect the person he knows.

“He’s just a very, very good person.”

After he stepped down from the bench, Camp spent some time consulting for The Rebel, but was ultimately not employed by the online conservative website.

“I don’t speak for Camp,” Rebel founder Ezra Levant said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

“He did some work for me back when he was a lawyer. Over several weeks, we explored whether there could be a role for him at The Rebel. During that time, he helped with some administrative work but did no legal work. We both agreed the was no role for him at the Rebel and ultimately, he was never

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Karen Hansen, representing the law society at the hearing, said the group is taking a neutral

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LONDON il will continue growing as a source of energy for over two decades, with the U.S. set to become the undisputed leader in crude and gas production, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.

The report from the Paris-based agency will come as grim news for officials attending global climate talks in Bonn, Germany, as they grapple with ways to contain carbon emissions.

Scientists just this week said that emissions of the heat-trapping gas rose this

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year after three years of not growing.

The IEA said oil production will be driven by continued growth in energy-hungry industries.

Though solar power is set to become the cheapest source of new electricity generation and the boom years for coal are over, oil and gas will continue to meet the bulk of the world’s energy needs, the IEA said.

Oil demand is forecast to keep rising until 2040, with natural gas growing by a sharp 40 per cent.

A more widespread use of electric cars will not be

enough to consign oil to the past, said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

“It is far too early to write the obituary of oil, as growth for trucks, petrochemicals, shipping and aviation keep pushing demand higher,” said Birol.

Total energy demand is expected to have grown by 30 per cent by 2040 — and would be growing twice that without efforts to improve energy efficiencies.

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review,” the society said in an emailed statement earlier this month.

“The law society may investigate to see if the individual has previous disciplinary proceedings or criminal convictions, and may refer the application to the conduct committee if such concerns are identified.”

Camp, who was born in South Africa, originally had a legal-aid practice which included some criminal law. As he became more senior, he took on mostly litigation cases.

An agreed statement of facts said he was involved in the anti-apartheid movement and represented members of the African National Congress.

After moving to Calgary in 1998, his practice focused mainly on contractual, bankruptcy and trust law, as well as on oil and gas litigation.

He was named an Alberta provincial court judge in 2012, but did not receive training or judicial education on sexual assault law or how to conduct sex assault trials.

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stance. She said the panel has to make a very difficult decision.

“The question of the panel is whether Mr.

Camp’s reinstatement would tend to harm the reputation of the legal profession,” she said in her opening remarks.

Camp has apologized for his remarks as a judge and has undergone training and counselling.

When law society members become judges, they are automatically no longer part of the organization.

The law society said that when a former judge applies to be reinstated as a lawyer, the steps taken depend on whether he or she retired in good standing or was otherwise removed from the bench.

The application may be approved quickly if the person satisfies competency and conduct requirements, but in other cases it’s more complicated.

“If there are concerns around credentials and education or competency to practise law, the individual may be referred to various committees comprised of benchers (law society board members) and volunteers for further

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nomic growth around the world. But analysts expect the price to not rise much further in coming months as the U.S. ramps up production.

The IEA echoed that view, saying it expects the U.S. to see a resurgence in its oil and gas industries and become the world’s biggest net exporter by the end of the 2020s. Asian countries will become the biggest net importers of oil and gas, taking in 70 per cent of imports by 2040 as their economies expand at a fast clip.

Environmental activists decried the IEA forecasts as discounting any efforts by countries to limit emissions as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

“None of its core scenarios for the future of energy provide a reasonable chance that the world will avoid climate catastrophe,” said Adam Scott, senior advisor at Oil Change International.

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here wasn’t an empty seat available during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Canada Games Centre over the weekend as Yukoners took the time to honour veterans. Over 130 wreaths were placed around the towering cenotaph which read “Lest We Forget.” The pipe band played “Amazing Grace” and the “Last Post” bugle call was made as the clock neared 11:11 a.m.

The pipe band marches around the auditorium at the beginning of the ceremony on Remembrance Day.

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Tiny houses are trendy — unless they go up next door Scott McFetridge Associated Press

DES MOINES, IOWA s he tows a 96-square-foot house around Des Moines, Joe Stevens is overwhelmed by the intense, sometimes tearful support he receives from churches, schools and service groups for his plan to use the trendy little structures to help homeless people.

But when Stevens actually tried to create a village of the homes in Iowa’s largest city, the response was far different. “We got shot down,� said Stevens, who leads a group that proposed erecting 50 tiny homes on a 5-acre industrial site north of downtown Des Moines. “It was a sense of fear, uncertainty and doubt, a kneejerk situation.�

Tiny homes have been promoted as the solution to all kinds of housing needs — shelter for the homeless, an affordable option for expensive big cities and simplicity for people who want to declutter their lives. But the same popularity that inspired at least six national TV shows about the homes often fails to translate into

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acceptance when developers try to build them next door.

In at least a dozen cases across the nation, neighbours organized to stop tiny house projects, including in Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; San Jose, California; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tallahassee, Florida; and Bend, Oregon. Sometimes the efforts moved ahead despite objections, but in many cases, the communities were blocked.

The president of the American Tiny House Association said opposition arises even among people who feel an affinity for the homes. “People say, ‘Tiny home are great and cool, and you can put that village anywhere but right across the street from my subdivision,’� said Chris Galusha, who is also a Fort Worth, Texas, area builder.

The current interest in small houses follows a steady growth in the median size of homes, from 1,200 square feet in the 1940s to about 1,860 square feet in this decade.

As home sizes spiraled up, tiny house pioneers in the 1990s began promoting the austerity and frugality of spaces smaller than most garages. The

idea captivated millions of Americans, even those who remain in more spacious accommodations. “It’s an aspirational lifestyle, and it’s fun to watch people try to do something difficult, which is to live contrary to the general trend, which is more space,� said Ben Keys, a real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

The opposition is often focused on developments for homeless people, as in Des Moines. But in many cases, it also extends to tiny home communities designed for the open market.

That’s what happened in Charlotte, North Carolina, where a developer had hoped to build 56 tiny homes near a neighbourhood filled with ranch houses and split-levels.

Opponents argued that the tiny homes would clash with existing housing, cause traffic problems and fail financially due to the cost of the 500 squarefoot homes, which would be priced at about $90,000. “The tiny houses, we feel they’re a fad,� said Robert Wilson, who helped lead the opposition. “It’s a niche market, and we think it is not less expensive.�

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A similar story unfolded in the high-desert resort city of Bend, Oregon, where owners of a development inspired by author J.R.R. Tolkein’s vision of a Middle Earth paradise were shocked when they learned of plans for a 22-lot tiny home development that would wrap around many existing houses. “I think tiny homes are great and people can enjoy them if they like, but please don’t put them in our neighbourhood,� said Joanna White Wolff, who fears existing home values could drop by $100,000 if the tiny development proceeds. “My home is my sanctuary, and it’s going to be destroyed by different thinking.�

Wolff and her neighbours are considering legal action to block the development if city leaders approve the plan, she said.

For his project to help the homeless, Stevens arranged for high school and college students to build the houses, with donations to cover costs.

But after being thwarted in the search for a building site, the Des Moines group he heads, called Joppa, turned to the nearby city of Van Meter about locating the village there. “We’re not giving up because we really do believe this is an answer to a serious problem,�

said Stevens, who noted that about 250 people are typically homeless in the Des Moines area.

The homeless population in San Jose, California, is much larger — an estimated 4,000 people. That city would like to offer tiny houses as a solution, but one middle-class neighbourhood has threatened to file a lawsuit. “People are sympathetic toward the homeless, but to put this in an established neighbourhood doesn’t make sense,� said Jon Kanter, a retiree who has lived in the neighbourhood for nearly 40 years.

It’s a comparable situation in Nashville, where residents went to court to stop the zoning board from approving a church’s plans to build a village of 22 tiny homes for homeless people.

Some homeless advocates also oppose the move to offer tiny houses to homeless people, saying the money could be better spent subsidizing their move into traditional apartments.

In Tallahassee, Florida, a privately funded development called The Dwellings will open this fall, with 11 of an eventual 130 tiny houses intended for homeless people who have some resources.

Residents will pay $550 to $850 a month for homes up to 410 square feet, a

price that also includes meals and a range of other services.

Before the development could become a reality, backers had to give up on plans to locate it within the city because of zoning issues and then successfully fight a lawsuit filed by neighbours.

Tiny home supporters point to successes in Madison, Wisconsin, and in Seattle and Portland and Eugene, Oregon.

Sometimes communities actually seek out tiny home developments, although it is rare.

That’s what happened in Colorado, where Pueblo-based Sprout Tiny Homes has been building tiny houses and then trucking them to communities that need affordable housing. More than 40 of the homes serve as seasonal housing for workers in the exorbitantly expensive resort city of Aspen.

Others serve as overnight rentals in the city of Lyons, near Rocky Mountain National Park. The latest effort is a market-rate development of 200 homes on nearly 20 acres in the city of Salida.

Company President Rod Stambaugh said the key to avoiding opposition is to fill a need and take pains to be clear about your intentions. “You have to have a full-blown plan that’s well thought out,� he said.

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Atelier de laine feutrée Bénéficiez des conseils de l’artiste Karen Éloquin lors de cet atelier de fabrication d’un mobile en laine feutrée.

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Yoga et musique en pyjama La Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon, en partenariat avec l’Association franco-yukonnaise, franco y vous offre cette activité gratuite pour les enfants de 3 à 6 ans accompagnés d’un adulte. Brigitte Desjardins et Mélissa Sauvé-Dupont animeront l’atelier. Mardi 28 novembre, de 18 h à 19 h, au Centre d’alphabétisation familiale (2e étage du Centre des Jeux du Canada). Inscription requise. q 667-8680 poste 4 | g 667-8680, genevieve.tremblay@ yy@yyesnet.yk.ca y

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Duplex / 4 Plex 2-bdrm duplex, Hillcrest, avail Dec. 1, oil/wood heat, w/d, no parties, responsible tenants, $1,050/mon + utils. 668-5558

Misc for Rent Small, self-contained bachelor apartment, downtown, heat, lights & basic cable include, N/P, no parties, available immediately, $825/mon.

668-5558

Homes for Rent House, small, furnished, available January 1 to December 31, 2018, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, lease, deposit, references required.

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Office/Retail Office/retail space on Ogilvie Street, includes S&W, bldg fire insurance, taxes, garbage collection, Toyo stove available. Small coffee/sink area. 667-7144 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

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

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Real Estate 1,200 sq ft condo, downtown, quiet, economical, heated floor, concrete, no shared walls, parking, storage, elevator, pets allowed, $345,000.

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Employment Help Wanted Located on Vancouver Island, and hiring a Guardianship Team Lead and C6 Delegated Social Worker.

Competitive wage and Benefits and Pension package.

Relocation allowance.

Contact: MKerman@kwumut.org for full job descriptions.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have workat-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

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Wanted: Showroom or storefront to display hand-crafted furniture made from local Yukon wood. Francois @ 336-7579

Boys clothes, sizes 3T to 7X, excellent condition, including winter gear (snow pants, jackets etc), brand names and assorted. 393-2630

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First Nation of Na-cho Nyäk Dun

MAYO, YUKON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Does being a part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes interest you?

YESAB is an independent, arms-length body responsible for carrying out the assessment responsibilities under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA).

Our commitment is to be an impartial, effective and efficient organization that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

ASSESSMENT OFFICER Watson Lake Designated Office Full-time, permanent Located in Watson Lake, the Assessment Officer reports to the Manager, Designated Office and is responsible for assisting in conducting environmental and socio-economic assessment of projects. This includes identifying project effects and mitigation measures for adverse effects, determining the significance of any residual effects and developing recommendations.

The annual salary range for this position is $69,177.57 - $79,756.68 based on 75 hours biweekly.

Should this exciting opportunity be of interest we’d like to hear from you.

Ensure your submission clearly identifies the position title and office location, includes both a cover letter and résumé and clearly demonstrates how your background and experience make you the ideal candidate for this position.

A comprehensive job description is available at: Watson Lake Designated Office, 820 Adela Trail in Watson Lake, Head Office, Suite 200–309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca/employment Please submit applications to: Finance and Administration Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Applications must be received by Sunday, November 26, 2017.

Larrikin Entertainment Ensemble Volunteer Bar Tenders and Box Office Task description: Larrikin is at it again! We’ve produced another play and we open in two weeks! The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien will open November 8th and we need bar tenders and box office volunteers for 12 show nights.

Wednesday, November 8 – Saturday, November 25.

What’s in it for you? Free show tickets and all that fun serving drinks to theatre goers you know! What more is there?

Please reply to larrikinprod@gmail.com if you wanna come and play. M Thanks so much, Team Larrikin Responsibilities: Serving drinks, helping out around the theatre before and after the show.

Skills needed: Ability to serve drinks, sell tickets, be friendly and enjoy watching a great show!

Time commitment: Usually it’s a three hour commitment on one evening. Feel free to do more though if you have a blast (which you will) ;) Incentive for the volunteer: A free ticket to the show the evening that they volunteer. Or a different evening if that suits better.

Staff position that will supervise the volunteer: Front of house/production manager Valerie McCallum | larrikinprod@gmail.com | 867-335-2288 You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

Christmas Dinner Coordinator The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun is seeking an individual to coordinate the Annual Whitehorse Christmas Dinner. The dinner will take place on December 8, 2017.

All interested applicants may submit their resume by email or fax to: First Nation of Na Cho Nyak Dun Attention: Chrystal Lattie Email: chrystal.lattie@nndfn.com Fax: 867-996-2267 Closing date for submissions is November 24 at 4:30PM For more information, please contact Chrystal Lattie at 867-996-2265 ext. 213.

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ISABEL’S DAY HOME * Downtown location * Age 18 months and up * Loving care Call 332-1721

1895 Marlin Guide gun, 45/70 blued, walnut, exc cond, must have PAL, $800. 332-2352

Merchandise for Sale Appliances Frigidaire range, beige, mint working order, $50; Danby fridge/freezer, 4.7’Hx1.11’W, beige, $50. 633-4826 Maytag washer & dryer, 1 year old, as new, had to move to apt, $1,300 obo. 334-5186 for details

375 HH Browning X bold and 300 win mag Mossberg, FAC required.

333-1234 Black Serpa holster, left hand for Serpa model 1911, full size, $25.

668-6066 LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL

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Mossberg JIC M500 Mariner 12gauge, pistol grip shotgun w/orange carrying tube, new, PAL req’d, $450.

633-6828

Savage 17 HMR model 93R17, heavy varmint barrel, stainless, composite stock, Bushnell scope, $450. 336-3383

Non-restricted firearms safety course, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club November 18 & 19. For more info call 667-6728 or 334-1688 Restricted firearms safety course, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club November 26. For more info call 6676728 or 334-1688 Rifle 243 Ruger M77 w/Ruko scope, 2X-7X32, waterproof, $600 obo.

867-689-6197

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

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Help Wanted 633-6019 HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER:

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Natural Resources Manager This is a full time position

Reporting to the Director of Lands and Resources, and working closely with other Lands and Resources staff, the incumbent is responsible for developing, directing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating a wide variety of projects and initiatives related to the protection, use of, and interaction with the Teslin Tlingit ecosystem. This position supports TTC efforts to effectively fulÀl its mandate under its Final and Self Government Agreements, other related agreements, TTC legislation and TTC’s asserted claims for Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring natural resources projects identiÀed within the annual work plan of the TTC are implemented and accounted for consistently.

TTC’s Lands and Resources Department is continuing to evolve in its mandate, functions and structure. The Natural Resources Manager will contribute to this evolution. This position will be affected by this change, including changes in the position’s job description.

Education & Experience • Undergraduate degree in earth sciences, biological sciences, geography, geology, anthropology or a related Àeld of study. A graduate degree is preferred • in depth knowledge of Teslin Tlingit Council, their history, cultures, traditional territory, goals and aspirations • knowledge of Yukon First Nation Land Claims history, process, and agreements • knowledge of and experience with asserted Aboriginal Rights, including Aboriginal Title, in British Columbia • knowledge of and experience in applying principles and practices of renewable and natural resource management • knowledge of and experience working with other governments’ natural resource departmental structures, mandates, processes and related legislation • a working knowledge of the TTC Final and Self-government agreements and their Implementation Plans, TTC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan and the effective assertion of Aboriginal Rights, including Aboriginal Title, in BC • thorough knowledge of the TTC Fish & Wildlife Act and the TTC Settlement Lands & Resources Act • ability to research, analyze and synthesize a wide variety of documents, maps and information

For a job description please call 867.390.2532 ext 316 To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume: Recruitment OfÀcer Workforce Development, Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 | F. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com

Closing Date: Thursday, November 17, 2017 **No later than 4 pm**

Merchandise for Sale

Firewood/Fuel

Firewood/Fuel

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

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

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

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Furniture 2 wood kitchen arm chairs, upholstered seats, $70/pair. 311B Hanson Street.

Table set, 4 chairs, mechanical leaf, bar height, exc cond, $1,400 new, asking $260. 335-2038 or 336-0995

Heavy Duty Machinery 2005 Clark C25 Forklift, 4,500 lb capacity, 15’ lift, propane, side shift, exc cond, $18,000 obo. 667-7646 Magnum chain rack, holds 1 set of triple tire chains or 4 single chains, new, $200. 633-4656

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12’x21â€? ofďŹ ce counter, 3 cabinets underneath, 2 w/2 drawers, drawers heavy duty on rollers, counter solid 1-pc, can be cut to ďŹ t needs, $400.

867-536-2345 220 CD’s, wide selection, $40 obo.

393-2780

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Misc. for Sale

3/4 length, navy blue winter coat.

Brand new, size 3x, down ďŹ ll, $80/obo. 393-2780 3â€? electric water pump, $1,500; new 3-yd tooth bucket, loader; standing custom wood coat rack, nice, $150; Norge NSF wood stove, $200. 6674821 7.5’ Rocky Mountain Pine Christmas tree, well cared for, $60; selection of LED lights & decorations available, reasonably priced. 633-4311 Acupuncture kits texts, sealed needle packs, $25/ea. 334-1875 Canon 50D Digital camera, comes with 75-300mm lens, tripod & charger, $550. 335-5766

Grey steel commercial ďŹ reproof door, new, c/w frame hardware etc, $500; 500lb propane tank pig w/gauge, good shape, $500; Kozy cast iron stove for shop/cabin, $250.

867-536-2345 Have cleared my land, have ďŹ rewood for sale for very reasonable price, basically transportation costs.

867-689-8791 for more info Hydraulic tank, $100; steel fuel tanks, all sizes; masonry saw, $50; 30kw gen set; Cummins engine for parts; 4’ culvert, 2 pieces, 60’; 4� onda gas water pump, $1,500. 6674821 iPhone 5S 32 GB Bell/Virgin, good cond, c/w charge cord, $160. 3346087 Kitchen table, $100; Small Sony TV w/Blueray Nexix, $150; Twin bed, line new, $200; Acer laptop, $150; newer futon bed, $75. 332-1560 Massive collection of Bobby Orr hockey cards, and some other Orr collectibles, $5,000. Serious enquiries only. Contact Ross at 335-0719.

Mattress pads, wool in brocade, cuddle ewes, 2 sin + 1 dbl, $150$200. 334-1875 Mink fur jacket, size med, waist length, lined. New over $2500, asking $500 obo. 867-689-5907 Motorized Scooter, Invacare Comet, only used one year, $2,500. 6333240 Oil-ďŹ lled electric heater, radiator type, free standing, $30 obo. 3344110 Ornate balinese chess set in case.

Pieces gods, $50. 334-1875 Steel tank cradle, holds up to 250 gal, 4’ high, steel construction, like new, $200. 633-4656

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 Coin Collections and certiďŹ ed bank notes, rarity pieces for sale, all 30% off. Francois @ 336-7579 Elliptical trainer, cardio style, barely used, $500 obo. 633-4311 Front tire only for fat tire bike, rim/tire/brake disc assembly complete, 26â€? x 4â€?, $100. 633-4311 Games, $20 each; Klondike Claims, age 8 plus; Klondike Bilingual, age 12 plus; Trailblazer, Rediscovering Canada, age 7 plus; Canada Quiz Edition Deluxe, age 12 plus. 6334826 Hand-made Texas saddle, 16â€? seat with quarter horse bars, near new condition, some decoration, $1,000.

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Chinook

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Willow

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Merchandise for Sale Misc. for Sale Potter’s clay, 6 lbs, $10. Felt hats, cowboy, Smithbilt, like new, $25-35.

Early’s Witney, r 4-point caped blanket coat, Voyageur, 1970, $200.

334-1875 RON’S SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATV’s, Small industrial equipment.

Light automotive & welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDING SALE ...”FALL CLEARANCE SALE ON NOW!” 20X21 $5,990. Front & Back Walls Included. 25X25 $6,896. One End Wall Included. 32X33 $8,199. No Ends Included. Check Out www.pioneersteel.ca for more prices. Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036 Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $40, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $250, retail $500. 633-4311 Women’s addidas runners, turquois, sz 8, exc cond, worn only a few times. 668-4108 Women’s Columbia Boots, sz 7.5, waterproof, rated to minus 43, white & black, new, never worn. Bought too small. 668-4108 Women’s medium Wind River 2-1 coat, $90. Women’s medium Denver H down coat, black, exc cond, $40.

Spider & ivy plants, $15 for both.

311B Hanson St. Yukon women’s parka, maroon with appliques, sz 14, full length, maroon, seldom worn, needs fur on hood, $200. 821-3821

Misc. Wanted Wanted: Cotton fabric, rolls of canvas would be ideal, all forms of cotton will do. 668-4186 Wanted: Outboard metal 6-gallon fuel tank, either OMC or Mercury, in good condition with no rust. 6335575 Wanted: used sheet metal roofing for large shed. 334-6087

Musical Instruments Violin Nishakawa 1950s, sweet & clear, case canvas, $120. 334-1875

Sporting Goods Magellan Meridian XL Navigator, 6 pcs, in case, manual, $25. 334-1875

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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 Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 * 668-7218

Gwaandak Theatre presents “Performance Techniques: Expressing the Artist Within” workshop with Margo Kane. Ideal for actors, singers, dancers.

Nov 21-23, 5:30-9:30pm, YAC Studio. $75.

Ages 15+. 393-2676 Hospice Workshop: Living with Loss Wed Nov 22, 6:30-8:30pm at Whitehorse Public Library for anyone living with grief or supporting others who are grieving. To register: 6677429 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 Jazz on the Wing. Nov 26. 7:30 pm.

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt Quintet from New York City. Yukon Arts Centre cabaret.

Long Ago Yukon SKYPE speaker Dr. Alexis M. Mychajliw “ ‘Lost World’ of Caribbean mammals: extinction and survival from Pleistocene to Anthropocene”” 1 p.m. Saturday, November 18 Beringia Centre. 633-6579 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.

Meaning of Home, a National writing contest for grades 4, 5, & 6 students, Support Habitat for Humanity, October 10-November 30. Learn more here: https://meaningofhome.ca/ Pine Ridge Neighbourhood Assoc AGM Thursday November 23rd, 6pm, 34 Harvey. Come on out Pine Ridgers!

TV Cable Box Digital Video Recorder (DVR), Motorola DCT3412, record up to 70 hrs. of digital TV or 15 hrs. of HD, $100 obo. 633-6961.

Transportation Aircraft Parts for Chinook wt-2 ultralight, main tube, root tube, engine mount, tail assembled, $1,000; assorted tubing, rotax 447,503 w/starter. 867536-2345

Auto Accessories/Parts 17” 6-hole aluminum rims off 2006 F-150, fits many years, excellent shape, use for summer/winter tires, $400. 867-536-2345 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 2 pairs snow tires on 14” Ford Escort or Mazda rims, $100 for newer pair, $75 for older pair. 633-4379 4 Goodyear Duratrac studded winter tires, 100% tread (used 3 month sold truck). Size: 265/70/17, $400 for all. 633-4234 4 winter tires for Smart Car on rims.

660-5545 5th wheel hitch, $1000. 334-5186 Acura wheel lock kit complete, $30; cable chains, 14”, $25. 633-4311 Heavy duty headache rack, worth $300, asking $150. 41 Takhini Trailer Court after 5pm. 867-689-9754 lv msg 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 1999 Subaru Impreza, 4-dr auto.

393-1992 2003 Subaru Forester, regularly serviced, heated seats, P/W, P/D, P/mirrors, stereo, good cond, $5,500 obo. 393-2275 2006 Toyota Corolla, 190,000kms, white, serviced regularly, second set of tires w/rims included, great cond, $5,450. 393-2275 2007 Ford Escape, exc cond, $4,500 obo. 334-7305 2007 Subaru Forester, standard, 231,000kms, lots of work in past 2 years, no rust, great highway vehicle, non-smoking, one owner car, $7,200 obo. 867-660-5212 or purewater@northwestel.net

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2009 Hyundai Elantra, 5-spd trans, reliable, clean, all season tires good shape, moving & need to sell, $3,900. 335-1088 2009 VW Jetta, 110,000kms, sedan, remote entry, P/W, P/L, cruise, heated seats & outside mirrors, aux/USB ports, c/w 4 winter tires on rims, very dependable/gas efficient, $7,500.

633-3867 2010 Chev Malibu LT, 4-dr, 42,000kms, auto, all power, heated seats, auto start, good winter tires, very clean, $8,500. 334-1935 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 2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 15,000kms, loaded, 5-dr, 7 seat, exc cond, new Nokian tires, $21,000 obo. 456-3373 Wanted: Early model Chev Tracker.

Call 867-863-5715

Motorcycles 2007 Honda Rancher 420, liquid cooled, EFI, winch, windshield, good Kenda Bear Claw tires, 5-spd manual, great cond, recent service. 6894912 2010 2-passenger automatic scooter, 250cc, new cover, windshield, 400kms, new condition, $2,500.

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Recreational/Sale 2013 26’ Everglight 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

Snowmobiles 2004 Arctic Cat 440Z parts sled, blown drive shaft bearing, good Suzuki motor, new camoplast skis & windshield, have some bearings for it, lots of life left, very fast, $500.

867-536-2345 2006 Bombardier Skandic snowmobile, widetrack, 800 cc, new battery, great condition, runs great, $4,500.

334-3456

Trucks & Vans 1955 Ford pick-up, good body panels, some new parts, restoration job.

332-3928 1992 Toyota Xtra cab, p/u 4x4, needs engine, good tires, new clutch, have new parts. 332-3928 evenings 1993 Jeep Wrangler, over $12,000 invested, Rubicon 3” lift on 32” BFG, great for hunting, bush, exploration, plowing, $4,000. 867-536-2345 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4, H/D crew cab, 114,000kms, all power, auto trans, new tires, very clean, $12,300. 334-1935

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When an ad is seen frequently, it gets the consumer yearning for your service and they will take action to buy it.

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Frequency is the best way to get lower advertising rates.

2007 Dodge 1500 5.7 Hemi Quadcab, 196,000kms, auto, cruise control, tow pkg, bed liner, running boards, $13,500, Atlin. 250-6512170

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Advertising frequently is a lot like repeatedly inviting a friend to come see you. One day, they are bound to visit!

2008 F150 4x4 crewcab, rack with flashing light, exc cond, $8500 obo.

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Frequent advertising helps you build a steady source of incoming sales.

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Out of sight, out of mind.

2008 Ford F-150 King Ranch Supercrew, 4X4, 5.4L, 6.5’ box, sunroof, power everything, heated leather, backup camera, canopy, 2nd owner, non-smoker, 130,000kms, $19,900 obo. 336-4005

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It’s plain and simple.

2007 Chev 2500HD crew cab 4x4, great unit, 175,000kms, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, $13,500 obo. 6334311

2010 Ranger XLT, 4x4 Super Cab, 5-spd manual, matching canopy, newer tires, 15K & 2 full-size spares, well maintained, 94,500kms, $14,700. 332-4890 2011 BMW X5 turbocharged Diesel AWD SUV, full options incl. command start, 360d camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual dvd players, too much to list, $28,400.

333-9020

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

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

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

Services Carpentry/ Woodwork MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles.

Kitchen, bathroom, doors, cabinets, windows, framing, board, painting.

Drop ceiling, fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com

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

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

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ATLINQX Fine wood-turning from Atlin, B.C. Go to etsy.com, look for “atlinqx”.

Contact me at fastqx@gmail.com

BUSY BEAVERS Hauling, Pruning, Painting Snow Shoveling General Labour Call Francois and Katherine 456-4755 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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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

Announcements Coming Events Alaska Highway, The Yukon Perspective, 1942-2017. Join us on Monday, November 20, doors open at 7pm. Alaska Highway material on display, films & refreshments. www.yukonarchives.ca Annual General Meeting of 551 Whitehorse Lions Cadet Squadron Sponsoring Committee is at Whitehorse Elementary School, 4181-4th Avenue, on November 21, 2017, 6:30pm. Parents encouraged to attend. All welcome.

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 Dealing With the Whole Child Society will be holding its AGM on November 29 at 6:00 pm at Whitehorse Elementary School. For information, call Cathy at 334-1384 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.

FRENCH, Atelier nutrition, visite de l’épicerie : déchiffrez les étiquettes nutritionnelles, faites des choix santé. En français, Partenariat communauté en santé (PCS). Gratuit, 20 novembre, 17h-18h, Superstore. Inscriptions : 668-2663.

FRENCH- First Aid and CPR training: intervening in case of emergency. Offered in French, partnership Yukon College / Partenariat communauté en santé, $195, November 18-19, 8:30am – 5:30pm. Registration: 668-5201 FRENCH - Nutrition workshop, visit a grocery store: How to read nutritional labels, make healthy choices.

Offered in French, Francophone Health Network (PCS). FREE, November 20, 5pm – 6pm, Superstore.

Registration 668-2663.

Golden Age Society has 4 tables available for rent for their craft sale December 2nd. Call Deborah 6685538 for info.

PLEASE JOIN US for an INTERFAITH POTLUCK DINNER Thursday, November 23, 5:30pm to 9:00pm, Lewis Hall (Whitehorse United Church) 6th & Main street, downtown.

Elevator access.

PLEASE do not include alcohol, pork or beef in your dish.

ALL ARE WELCOME. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorseinterfaith/ Porter Creek Secondary School Council regular council meeting is November 22, 2017, at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Saturday Salsa at Social House, Intro Bachata and Salsa lessons at 7pm. Dance to the latest Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba music! Saturday November 25, 7:00pm to 10:00pm. 102 Wood street Stories into Songs, free workshop for seniors. Come tell us what’s on your mind and pro musicians will make it into a song. November 19, 1pm-4pm, Well Read Books. Info: 336-2015 or wittheatre.ca Support Meeting Thursday, November 23, 6:30pm, at FASSY office.

Come and learn what’s happening for people with FASD in Yukon. 3934948

CELEBRATE! Births! Graduations!

Birthdays! Weddings!

Anniversaries!

1 column x 3 inches

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

Wed - $34.02 • Fri - $35.10

SPEEDY SPARKLE Professional Snow-Clearing Company Specializing in downtown sidewalks and home driveways Fully insured Call Francis 668-6481 or 334-8480

2 columns x 3 inches

2 columns x 2 inches Wed - $45.36 • Fri - $46.80 Wed - $68.04 • Fri - $70.20

2 columns x 4 inches Wed - $90.72 • Fri - $93.60

Phone: 867-667-6285 211 Wood S Street, Whitehorse

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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

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

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PUBLIC TENDER LOAD AND TRANSPORT OF SCRAP TIRES TO REGISTERED RECYCLING FACILITY Project Description: Requires a contractor to load and transport tires from designated solid waste facilities within Yukon to a registered recycling facility out of Territory.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is November 28, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 4, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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PUBLIC TENDER WHISTLE BEND SUBDIVISION PHASE 3&4 SCREENING AND STOCKPILING OF STRIPPING MATERIALS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is November 29, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

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

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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.

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AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below.

BY: Madeleine Girard c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CARE AND MAINTENANCE AT THE MOUNT NANSEN SITE Project Description: Government of Yukon is soliciting proposals for the provision of services for the on-going operation, maintenance, repairs, inspections and monitoring of the former Mount Nansen Mine Site (B.Y.G Natural Resources Inc).

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 Leigh Adamsky at leigh.adamsky@gov.yk.ca.

CITY OF DAWSON KLONDIKE VALLEY LIFT STATIONS IMPROVEMENTS Project Description: Improvements to three sewage lift stations in Dawson City. Work includes but is not limited to: cleaning, inspection, repairs, and rehabilitation of the wet wells; supply and installation of various electrical, instrumentation, and piping components; programming; provisional work; commissioning.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 7, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

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

This project is funded under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.

Bidders must attend the mandatory site visit. Site visit details will be issued via addendum.

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

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

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

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy may apply to this project.

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

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Human Resources Audit Ta’an Kwäch’än Council (TKC) invites proposals from those with CHRP (Certified Human Resource Professional) status, or equivalency for conducting a Human Resources Audit. This audit will complement the Strategic Planning exercise that is currently underway.

For additional information please e-mail requests to: dsteele@taan.ca The RFP must be submitted by November 17, 2017 at NOON, in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFP for Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, HR Audit”, and addressed to:

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The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not Yukon Water Board – Application Notice necessarily be accepted.

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Yukon Water Board – Application Notice This tender is subject to Chapter Officedesdes eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Office eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Five of the Canadian Free Office Trade des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Agreement.

Deadline for This tender is subject to the 4:00pm Application Number Comments 4 :00pm Comprehensive Economic and Applicant/Licensee Water Source Location Type of Undertaking Numéro de la Date limite pour Demandeur/Titulaire Point d’eau/Lieu Type d’entreprise Trade Agreement.

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

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-4563980.

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

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Darrell Hookey ustomers don’t really face a wall of flowers inside Plantation Flowers and Gifts. It’s more like a forest.

The counter is straight ahead, but shoppers are drawn into a meandering path to the right or left to see the dizzying selection of gift baskets, candles, picture frames, tea cups and saucers, clever notepads, stuffed bears in pink, blue and traditional brown, desk lamps, greeting cards and table runners.

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Just five minutes of browsing would have a last-minute shopper looking like the most thoughtful gift giver.

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Christmas has come alive at Plantation Flowers and Gifts, which is located at the corner of Second Avenue and Alexander Street in Whitehorse.

For those on a gluten-free diet, there is sea salt and butter popcorn.

“I like a variety of things,” says Goring. “We keep trying to find new stuff to keep people interested. In six months only some of this will still be here, but then there will be new stuff.”

Flowers are still the main focus of Plantation but, here, too, Goring and her team try to keep it new and exciting.

“I have really, really good staff who do wonderful arrangements and come up with great ideas,” she says.

“I have ideas and I want them to come up with their own ideas because I don’t want to do the same things all of the time.”

Goring bought Plantation from the Fisher family in 2008 when it was located on Main Street. She had worked at the shop for over 20 years before

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She loves the flower business: “It makes a lot of people happy, especially when you surprise people who weren’t expecting flowers,” she says. “I love being around plants all year long….

In the winter it is nice to have fresh plants for people. It just brightens up the house and growing something from small to large makes them feel like they have accom-

plished something.”

Goring says the business can be emotional too. There are those who are consoled by the expression of flowers, too.

“That’s the hard part — and the good part — to show those who are grieving that you have empathy for them.

I always tell them I have lots of hugs and give it to them if they need it. And I am here all year long if you need them.”

There is a private area for planning flowers for a funeral or memorial. It is ringed with wreaths that are handmade by her florists. Families can request special flowers.

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