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agish dog rescue owner Shelley Cuthbert was back in court Jan. 22 to ask a judge to put a hold on a court order for her to get rid of all but two of her dogs until her appeal can be heard.

Representing herself, Cuthbert, largely reading from her written submissions and affidavits, argued that the injunction issued by Justice Leigh Gower in October 2017 that gave her four months to reduce the number of dogs on her property from 60 to two would cause “irreparable harm.�

Six of Cuthbert’s neighbours successfully sued her in 2017 over what they said was the unreasonable level of barking and other noise coming from her rescue.

Cuthbert, who also represented herself throughout that trial, is appealing the decision, arguing that, among other things, she was not informed about legal procedures, that she wasn’t given an opportunity to recommend alternative remedies and that Gower failed to properly consider all evidence.

In front of B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal Justice John J.L. Hunter, Cuthbert said that should Gower’s injunction not be stayed, she’d be forced to “get rid of 53 dogs in the next weeks, or face contempt of court proceedings.� “These 53 dogs will not simply find their way to loving and caring homes at the snap of the appellant’s fingers,�

Cuthbert read from her written submissions. “They will be killed.�

In one of her affidavits, Cuthbert wrote that she loves “every single one of my dogs with all of

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Tagish dog rescue owner Shelley Cuthbert was back in court to ask a judge to put a hold on a court order for her to get rid of all but two of her dogs until her appeal can be heard. my heart� and that they are “important for my emotional, mental and financial stability.� She noted that to date, she’s managed to transfer five dogs out of her rescue and that an additional five are waiting to be transferred, but the remaining 50, due to age or behaviour issues, have proven difficult to re-home. “My shelter is often the last stop for dogs,�

Cuthbert said. “They come here because no one else, including other rescues, shelters and potential adopters, will take them in.�

Between now and the hearing of her appeal, the soonest of which would be in May, Cuthbert said she that she willing to “take steps to acknowledge and diminish the inconvenience alleged� by her neighbours, including erecting a privacy fence as soon as the weather allows. She also argued that several of the neighbours who sued her are currently away from their properties and would not be impacted if Gower’s injunction is stayed.

Cuthbert added that she was still “very confused by the whole (legal) process� but that she now has a “friend� with legal knowledge who is assisting her, and that with his “invaluable� help, she hopes to “expedite things forward.� “I wouldn’t be able to stand here without him,� she said.

Hunter acknowledged that she was in a “difficult� position. “I’m sorry that you haven’t been able to obtain counsel, because really, running an appeal in the Court of Appeal without counsel is virtually impossible,� he said.

Lawyer Graham Lang, who is representing Cuthbert’s neighbours, said in his submissions that he believed the merits of Cuthbert’s appeal were “weak� and that Gower had gone “above and beyond� to ensure that she had a “full and fair trial.� “We are willing to concede that Ms. Cuthbert may suffer irreparable harm by (the injunction), but I’d like to point out to the court that some of this urgency is manufac-

tured by Ms. Cuthbert,� he said, noting she didn’t bring the application for a stay until the “grace period� granted by Gower “was basically running out.�

Instead of granting Cuthbert a full stay, Lang proposed the court grant a stay based on a series of conditions. He proposed that, starting Feb. 15, Cuthbert begin surrendering 10 dogs to the Yukon government on the 15th of every month, or however many dogs the government is willing to accept, until the number of dogs on her property is down to 10. The conditions would also include that Cuthbert keep all her dogs inside at night and that she stop taking in dogs starting Feb. 15.

Cuthbert later said that she has seven dogs at the rescue that need to stay outside 24-7. In response, Lang suggested that those dogs be part of the first group she surrenders to the Yukon government. “The point there isn’t to put her into contempt of court, the point there is to start dealing with the inevitable, which is starting to unwind this program,â€? Lang said. â€œâ€Ś By the time we get to the May hearing, we’re down to about 25 dogs, 20, 25 dogs, so it gives some incentive to Ms. Cuthbert to have this heard in May.â€?

Lang had also applied for a motion asking Cuthbert to put down money to guarantee that she can afford to cover the cost of potentially losing the appeal. That application was adjourned after Hunter raised questions about the court’s authority to approve it.

Hunter reserved his decision on the stay and is expected to deliver it Jan 24.

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Yukon government mulls power line to Site C Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he Yukon Development Corporation is looking again at tying the territory’s power grid into British Columbia now that the B.C. government has decided to go ahead with the huge Site C hydro dam.

Minister Ranj Pillai, the minister responsible for the corporation, said he’s asked officials to “engage in some high-level due diligence on the concept.”

“The new government in British Columbia continue to talk about one of the challenges with the Site C project was the fact that they thought there was going to be a surplus of power,” Pillai said from the Association of Mineral Exploration’s annual Roundup in Vancouver on Jan. 23. “And they were really concerned about … where would they get an appropriate price for that surplus and what they would do with it.”

This is not the first time the idea of tying into B.C. has been floated. A 2016 report concluded that building a 763-kilometre transmission line from Iskut, B.C., through Watson Lake and into Whitehorse was not economical either to export or import energy.

The report puts the capital costs to build the line at $1.7 billion.

Pillai said previous governments were more

focused on sending Yukon energy south as opposed to shipping energy North, so the price tag for the line could change if Yukon was looking to import.

The 2016 report mentions both options. When it comes to importing power from either B.C. or Alaska, “it is less expensive to remain self-sufficient and build Yukon-based generation,” it says.

The line would make the Yukon dependant on an external source for its supply of energy, it says.

“Additionally, since the transmission line would supply a large fraction of Yukon’s electricity needs, back-up generation such as diesel or natural gas generation would be constructed for when the long interconnection transmission line has a failure.”

Pillai said the territorial government would have to convince Ottawa that building the line was a good idea.

“We would be looking for the federal government to understand how important this is to not just the Yukon and B.C. but to the whole country.

I mean, this is the ability to drive a resource economy on clean energy and provide a big impact and input into the whole Canadian economy.”

The private sector could also help pay for the connection, he said.

Yukon companies, as

well as mines just over the border, see the potential in the project, he said.

“There’s a lot of interest but there’s a tremendous amount of research and information that has to be gathered.”

Last year Yukon Energy released its own plan for meeting the territory’s future energy needs.

Costs for three different plans to generate more power within the territory over the next 20 years range from $206 million to $458 million depending on how many mines come online.

They include plans to improve current facilities and invest in battery storage as well as building a new LNG or diesel facility and a small hydro project.

Pillai said Yukon Energy’s plans are still valuable, but it’s worth looking at other options.

“We’ve got a federal government that’s really starting to put money into the renewable space or to build a green economy,” he said.

“From a financial perspective when you take into consideration the potential third party contribution that doesn’t put a cost on the taxpayer, that changes the discussion a little bit. You have to at least take a look at other options.”

To build new facilities Yukon Energy has to borrow money, said president Andrew Hall.

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Ranj Pillai, the Yukon’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, said the territorial government could buy power from British Columbia’s controversial Site C dam. approved by the Yukon government since the corporation’s debt is included in the territorial government’s books.

Paying off that debt would mean increased rates, Hall said.

Hall said federal funding would be critical for both Yukon Energy’s plans, and if the territory decides to link to B.C.

“Having that federal funding there will be important to keeping the power rates affordable,” he said.

Pillai said Yukon Energy’s plans still use fossil fuel and only deal with communities and mines currently on the grid.

“You still could build $400 million, you still could use a ton of fossil

(fuels) and you’d still be having fossil being burned in other parts of the Yukon,” he said.

“It causes enough interest to take a look at a bit more study on what the options are.”

According to Yukon Energy, its plan for a “medium” amount of new generation uses more than 95 per cent renewable energy, except for in 2021, when hypothetically that number would drop to 85 per cent.

Some of the smaller projects that are part of Yukon Energy’s plans are progressing, Hall said. A third LNG engine should be installed in the current facility by the end of the year, he said. An expanded energy conservation program will also be designed this year.

The plans also call for a new diesel or thermal facility by 2021.

Hall said the corporation was originally thinking of a new permanent facility, but now renting extra resources to cover peak times might also be an option.

Nothing has been sent to the government for approval yet, he said.

Yukon Energy starting early planning work for a small scale hydro facility this year.

The first step is to talk to the government about the two highest potential options identified in the plan, Hall said.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

Yukon government pulls plug on engineered ice bridge to West Dawson Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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fter approximately a week of trying, the Yukon government has given up on building a sanctioned ice road on the Yukon River from Dawson City to West Dawson.

Highways and Public Works Minister Richard Mostyn said the weather has been too warm for crews to make enough progress closing a 90-metre gap of open water.

“While we were making ice, we weren’t making it fast enough to get a bridge in place before break-up,” Mostyn said Jan. 23.

The government announced in late December it would try to use technology that has worked in other jurisdictions to spray water and snow onto the river to help close the gap.

On Jan. 16 the govern-

ment announced contractors had started the job, but by Jan. 22 Mostyn pulled the plug.

“It was too warm for us to be able to continue to make the ice bridge. When we started this process a while ago it was actually raining.”

The temperature eventually dropped to the -20s which is “just the barest minimum for good progress,” he said, but even then that progress was slow.

“While the crew were really working hard, they were building about a metre of ice a day. The gap in the river is currently about 90 metres wide.”

At that rate it would take about three months to complete the bridge plus some extra time to make sure it was sturdy enough for cars.

That was just too slow

to warrant continuing, Mostyn said.

Environment Canada’s forecast predicts the temperatures in Dawson City will remain in the -20 C to -30 C range over the next week.

Roughly 100 people live in West Dawson on the opposite site of the Yukon River from Dawson City. In the summer the two sides are connected by a ferry but in the winter residents wait for the water to freeze.

The ice bridge is usually open to traffic by mid-December.

Last winter, the river didn’t completely freeze and residents were forced to find their own unsanctioned routes to the other side.

That’s what’s happening again this year, Mostyn said. Even without an official ice bridge, people are finding their own, lengthy

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Ice-making equipment was moved into place and began the attempt to build the bridge in mid-January. ways across.

“It’s certainly not on a sanctioned crossing, which raises concerns for me, if we can’t guarantee their safety,” Mostyn said.

Government vehicles are only allowed to travel on sanctioned roads,

which means that fire trucks and ambulances won’t be able to get to West Dawson in the event of an emergency.

Mostyn said he’s willing to try again to create an ice bridge next winter.

The plan is to start

spraying earlier, possibly next November, instead of waiting to see if the river freezes on its own, he said.

“Now that we have this engineering plan in place we should be able to actually execute on this earlier and see if that will help form the ice.”

Mostyn said the government spent $120,000 on the failed plan. Some of that was the cost of coming up with the engineering plan in the first place, he said, though he couldn’t say how much.

A permanent bridge between the two communities is still not something that is being considered.

“It’s measured in tens of millions of dollars,” he said. “That’s an awfully big expense for a bridge of limited use throughout the year.”

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Three of four Whitehorse cabs had mandatory cameras switched off Amy Kenny News Reporter

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hree out of four cameras were turned off when city staff did random checks of Whitehorse cabs on Jan. 12.

That’s what city bylaw manager Dave Pruden told city council on Jan. 22.

Pruden was bringing forward amendments to the Vehicle For Hire bylaw that would aim to address safety concerns.

These concerns arose last fall. A Whitehorse cab driver was charged in October 2017 with kidnapping and sexual assault after two women accused him of assaulting them.

In November, a number of women’s advocacy groups sent delegates to speak to council about gender-based violence, and provide recommendations to improve passenger safety.

Recent amendments came into effect in May 2017 after a 2015 rewrite of the bylaw.

Those changes included requiring at least one wheelchair-accessible vehicle be available during all hours

of operation, providing a machine for debit and credit cards at no extra fee to the customer, offering text and web-based calling systems for the hearing-impaired, and having security cameras present and recording at all times.

The cameras council identified as being appropriate range from $500 to $700 and can record in the dark.

However, they can also be turned off.

The three cabs found to have done this in January are being charged under section 89 (failure to retain images) of the vehicle for hire bylaw. The city wouldn’t comment further, as two of the matters are still under investigation.

In the case of the fall sexual assaults, there was no video footage.

Pruden told council that GPS-enabled, hardwired cameras (the new recommendation) would cost between $2,000 and $5,000.

“I would have to make a comment on that and think that would be a dreadful hardship on riders,” said councillor Betty Irwin. “Have we thought about that?”

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Three out of four cab cameras were turned off when city officials did a random check on Jan. 12.

Local cab driver Yonis Melew has.

Melew addressed council during the meeting. He said he owns his cab and covered the cost of its camera. He said that camera is already hardwired, though it lacks GPS. He said he supports the idea of cameras in cabs.

“People who tamper with that, they have to face the consequences,” he said.

However, he thinks his current camera is sufficient.

He said Whitehorse is a small town. He can drive from end to end in 10 min-

utes. He said GPS is unnecessary, and is not cost-effective for drivers.

Mid Kalpak, a manager with Premier Cabs, told the News over the phone on Jan. 23 that the cameras in his company’s taxis do have GPS, but he hasn’t figure out how to use the feature yet.

He said Premier bought 35 cameras in order to comply with the previous amendments (the company has 20 to 22 cars, and sold cameras to a number of its drivers who have their own cars). Those cameras cost $525 each.

He said he’ll be curious to see if those cameras will suffice.

“If they want us to get a different camera, it’s not even a year later. You’re looking at lots of money there,” he said.

Both Kalpak and his boss, Premier owner Ken Giam, heard about the proposed amendments from media reports.

Giam said he was surprised no one from the city spoke to him about it before it went to council.

“The women’s group has been very vocal and I can

see where they’re coming from,” Giam said. “But the bylaw (staff) and the women’s group completely shut us out. We have no say at all. I feel this is not good without our input.”

Pruden said if he gets the go-ahead to further investigate the amendments, there will be consultations with cab companies, as well as with the RCMP and others.

In addition to GPS-enabled tamperproof cameras, city staff recommend posting a charter of driver and passenger rights in cabs, providing training to drivers that focuses on passenger safety, regulating tamperproof driver permits, and limiting the number of plates provided to cab companies.

The issue will come forward at the Jan. 29 council meeting. If it goes ahead, Pruden will meet with stakeholders including cab companies, the RCMP, and women’s groups to come up with amendments to the existing bylaw.

Pruden said he would like to present those by June.

Contact Amy Kenny at amy.kenny@yukon-news.com

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hours of her day walking to school at Yukon College.

Boles was one of four delegates who spoke during city council’s standing committees meeting on Jan. 22.

Boles was joined by fellow college student Kultej Gill. Collete Atcheson and Michael Dougherty, co-chair and secretary of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC), also spoke.

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nipeg to Whitehorse five years ago. In Winnipeg, she was a year-round cyclist. If she couldn’t ride, transit was readily available.

“Being in Whitehorse is a wonderful opportunity.… It’s also had a lot of challenges,” she told council.

If she’s going to rely on transit, she said she can’t stay late at the college on Saturday nights, or even make it there on Sunday. The other option is to walk in occasionally brutal conditions, or to hitchhike.

Atcheson and Dougherty said a lack of service can lead to people making risky decisions to get where they need to go.

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“I think this is really about inclusion and people having the ability to get where they need to get when they want to get there,” she said. “That includes everything from doctor’s appointments, to job interviews, to programs.”

The city launched work on its first transit master plan project in the fall.

Staff will present council with the findings of that project, including the results of online transit surveys and the recent bus lane project in Riverdale, in March.

She said YAPC recognizes that bus service is currently heavily subsidized as it is, but she’d like to see the city come together with the community to develop creative ideas around what improved transit might look like.

Bus service could be limited on Sundays to keep costs down, Craig said, adding that low-income earners should also have access to the same cut-rate bus passes available to seniors and people with disabilities.

“This is not a new issue at all,” Craig said. She said she wants to make sure there’s some recognition of that in the master transit study.

Contact Amy Kenny at amy.kenny@yukon-news.com

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For new RCMP Mayo commander, post is a homecoming Jackie Hong News Reporter

MAYO s a kid, RCMP Cpl. Robert Drapeau remembers playing in the two-storey house in Mayo that, at the time, served double-duty as both the RCMP detachment in town and the home for its members.

“I was friends with the members’ kids, we went to school together,” Drapeau recalled.

“We used to go (into the house) when we kids and fingerprint each other and photograph each other.…

We used to look at the pressed uniforms hanging in the closet and it was something that I never, ever expected, to come back and actually live in that same house.”

But now, he’s doing exactly that. Decades after leaving Mayo as a teen, Drapeau took over as the town detachment’s new commander six months ago, marking a special homecoming for the member of Selkirk First Nation.

“I’ve been away for a number of years so … being home gives me that opportunity to spend more time with the elders and the people that I grew up with,” Drapeau said in an interview at the Mayo detachment — now a separate building from the house — on a recent weekend. “I think that’s pretty, pretty special.”

Most recently stationed in Faro, Drapeau’s career with the RCMP has taken him across western Canada, including several First Nations reserves in Alberta, High River, Alta., where he

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RCMP Cpl. Robert Drapeau took over in mid-2017 as commander of the Mayo detachment. was part of the response team for the 2013 floods, and to Vancouver, where he worked at the media plaza during the 2010 Winter Olympics. His previous career as a dental therapist and manager of the Yukon Children’s Dental Program also saw him travel around the territory as well as to Saskatchewan, Nunavut and Labrador. Until now, though, Drapeau said, he hadn’t had the chance to return to Mayo for very long.

“The time that I did get to have off work, I would

generally come back to Mayo to visit with my mother, who still resides here,” he said.

When it came time to transfer out of Faro, Drapeau, who has a sister and a cousin who are also RCMP officers, said he picked three other communities in the Yukon as his top choices, including Mayo.

“I’m just honoured to have been selected to come back to police my own community,” he said.

“I think it’s not often done, but I’m happy to see the

people that I grew up with, I’m happy to see, in general, I’m just happy to see people, familiar faces.”

That familiarity with many of the area residents is a positive when it comes to doing police work, Drapeau said.

“I think it’s an advantage because I know them and I know their parents and their grandparents, so if a young person gets into trouble, I can say, ‘I’m going to tell your mother,’” he said with a laugh.

“There’s some challeng-

es in dealing with clients I grew up with or who are my relatives,” he acknowledged, “but a part of that is just clear communication … and discussing process in order to reduce anxiety and fear about the court process.”

Drapeau said he also has another policing advantage granted by having grown up around town — he’s intimately familiar with the trail systems around town, which he roamed extensively in his youth (he and a friend cut the trail around

a SUV crashed through a fence near Whitehorse Elementary.

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before noon and found a vehicle that had crashed through the elementary school’s chain-link fence, coming to a stop on top of

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RCMP officers at the scene said blood was found in the vehicle and that a man and a woman

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No children were injured and there were no

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Five Mile Lake as teens), and he knows the Stewart River well, too, along which his family has a fish camp.

Since he’s already familiar with the basics of the community, Drapeau said his next goals are to strengthen the detachment’s relationships with J.V. Clark School and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun. Officers are at the school once a month to help cook hot lunches for students, he said, and also meet with Na-Cho Nyak Dun on a monthly basis to discuss priorities.

Drapeau is also volunteering (and playing) at the local curling rink, where, as a boy, he fell in love with the sport.

“When I was younger, the president of the curling club … gave me the key to the curling club and she goes, ‘You go throw rocks after school,’” he said. “I didn’t understand it at the time, but that was so that I didn’t get into trouble as a youngster and that I was learning, so I really appreciated that.”

Curling has since played a large role in both Drapeau’s personal life (he used to curl competitively) and in his policing career: in his posts around Alberta and in Faro, he’s mentored youth on how to get the ice ready and play the sport.

“Curling club is always a place where people meet, eat, visit, it’s just a special atmosphere when people come to curl or just to watch curling,” he said. “Curling is really a big part of my life. I like it. It’s a good sport and I like the idea of how it brings people together.”

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instein put forward the revolutionary notion that time can speed up or slow down. Certainly, a full year of President Donald John Trump seems to confirm that idea in spades. It feels like the longest 12 months ever in political history, and not in a good way.

As Trump was about to be sworn in exactly one year ago, we warned in this space that his presidency “has all the signs of a disaster in the making.” Got that one right.

A year of Trump has been every bit as bad as we had feared, at least in terms of public discourse. Every time he plumbs a new low, he finds a way to go lower.

At the same time, we offered some thoughts on how to keep things in perspective. Constant outrage is exhausting, and it’s easy to lose sight of what really matters amid all the noise.

So how do those suggestions stand up, 12 months later? Here’s a review: First, we warned the tweets would keep coming — and did they ever. Trump has tweeted more than 2,300 times as president.

The trick is to distinguish between mere electronic flatulence and messages of real consequence.

Unfortunately, there were all too many truly damaging tweets, times when Trump abused his position in ways that undermine democracy and deepen social divisions.

He used Twitter to label the news media “enemies of the American people.” To slur Puerto Ricans as they reeled from a major hurricane. To lash out at black football players and stir up the worst racial feelings.

To accuse Barack Obama of tapping his phones and being a “bad (or sick) guy.” To fuel a backlash against Muslims. And on and on. It’s a continuing disgrace.

We warned that Trump feeds off anger and uses it to cement support among his so-called “core supporters.” That’s true, but we underestimated the numbing effect of Trump’s constant outrages against decency.

Standards have been set so low in American political culture that it will take a very long time to repair the damage once he’s gone.

Some of the harm may never be undone.

We noted that Trump is a negotiator at heart and some of his more shocking comments may be just his way of getting to a deal. Here, we fell too much for Trump’s own self-invented “Art of the Deal” PR. However well that worked for him as a property developer, it turns out that as president he’s actually a lousy deal-maker.

Examples are legion. He promised to deliver the “ultimate deal” in the form of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and then handed Israel a big win by recognizing Jerusalem as its capital without getting anything in return. He blustered about trade with China and then cozied up to its president. His promise to make Mexico pay for a border wall is ridiculous. We’ve yet to see how his threat to gut NAFTA turns out.

At home, he’s made some attempts to reach out to Democrats in Congress. But each time he ends up pulling back or insult-

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With Republicans, his strategy seems to be to sign “anything we put in front of him,” in the words of the party’s leader in the Senate.

Some deal-maker.

We reminded readers that Trump has been elected president, not king or emperor — that however bad he is he will face pushback from Congress, the courts and other power centres.

That’s turned out to be partly true.

States and cities have challenged some of his worst moves in the courts — on his proposed Muslim travel ban, on climate change, and on deportation of the so-called “Dreamers.” This has slowed some of his worst moves or made him change course, which is all to the good.

It’s also true, however, that Trump has been able to do a lot of damage on his own hook. He’s gutted many environmental policies, sabotaged Obama’s healthcare policies, cracked down on immigrants, and much more.

Worst of all, he’s faced almost no resistance from the Republicans who control (for now) both houses of Congress. A year ago there was a big question as to whether Republicans would follow such an unpopular, unstable president. Now we know that almost all of them will — to their shame.

We also recommended that everyone take the long view and remind themselves that, at heart, “Americans are an essentially good and decent people.” The same electorate that narrowly elected Trump twice sent Barack Obama to the White House. A nation of 320 million people doesn’t turn evil overnight.

That’s certainly true. Trump didn’t win a majority of the popular vote in 2016 (or

even as many votes as Hillary Clinton). And he remains the most unpopular president in decades despite a booming economy that’s delivering lower unemployment, rising wages and record highs in the stock market.

Naturally he’s taking credit for that, but the U.S. economy, along with the entire world economy, was gathering speed before he took office. Trump is more lucky than clever.

Overall, less than four Americans in 10 approve of his performance. And in the most important electoral test so far, voters in Alabama backed a Democrat over the appalling, Trump-endorsed Republican Roy Moore. There are, it seems, limits even in one of the most deeply conservative states.

That’s all encouraging, but the real test will come in November’s mid-term elections. Will enough moderate voters desert the Republicans (and by extension Trump) to tip the balance in Congress? Decent people can only hope.

One thing that we (and others) missed was the most important social counter-current to the rise of Trump. It is deeply ironic — though perhaps not surprising — that the first year in office of the most blatantly misogynistic president in modern times coincided with the emergence of the most powerful movement yet against sexual abuse and harassment.

The #MeToo movement has humbled dozens of prominent men accused of sexual misbehaviour and worse. It’s in the midst of its own inevitable backlash moment now, but there’s little doubt that the movement is resetting the power balance between men and women in the workplace.

That’s another reason to take the long view. Long after Trump is a bad memory, that kind of positive change will remain.

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t’s a good thing we parents love our little bundles of joy as much as we do, because if we can’t sort out our daycare situation, working moms (and dads) in this territory are going to be spending a lot more time with their children. That might not be great news for your career, your sanity, or our economy, but it sure looks to be the way we’re heading.

Child care services Yukon-wide are feeling the pinch. As reported just last week in the News, a daycare in Whitehorse suddenly closed down and parents were left scrambling. In November, the

only daycare in Watson Lake shut its doors because they simply couldn’t keep staff who, understandably, left for better-paying jobs.

The Boys & Girls Club suspended their after school care program (Weekday Warriors) for this year due to a lack of government funding. Is this the start of a disturbing trend?

Here’s the problem: Even if we had enough daycare spaces for every kid in the Yukon under the age of five, we couldn’t staff them because wages for these jobs are so low.

A quick search on YuWin gives you easily a dozen job postings for child care providers in the range of $12 to $25 per hour. The low end of this range is not even considered a living wage, which is $18.26 per hour according to the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.

And worst of all, most of these jobs lack any kind of benefits.

How did we get our-

selves in this pickle? The most obvious answer is that the Yukon government hasn’t given child care operators a raise in 10 years.

Between 2005 and 2015, the average income of Canadians grew nearly 13 per cent according to figures from Statistics Canada.

Women continue to earn less than men (it’s mostly women who work in daycares). The Yukon government funds licensed child care facilities through a direct operating grant, but hasn’t increased funding for wages under the grant since 2008. And all this time costs like rent, utilities and food keep rising for our child care providers.

This is making the pinch on daycare operators tighter and tighter.

More money is needed from our territorial government to directly fund a wage increase for our child care providers. Ottawa gives us the Canada Child

Benefit, which helps with the cost of raising children, but doesn’t increase wages for child care providers.

And raising daycare fees to pay for higher wages just isn’t an option. In Canada, parents already spend almost one-quarter of their income on child care, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

What happens when daycare is either too expensive or simply not available or both? Women don’t get to work for pay, that’s what. When the chips are down, one parent or the other will need to forgo a paycheque and stay home with children. And in most cases that duty falls to mom.

Experts tell us that making more affordable child care spaces available will grow our economy because more moms will enter the job market. Early Childhood Educators of B.C. commissioned a

report on the economic impact of a $10 a day child care plan for British Columbia in 2017. Not surprisingly, it found that affordable child care boosted gross domestic product because it increased mothers’ labour supply. Businesses benefitted from reduced staff turnover, absences, and increased productivity. In fact, a report from the Conference Board of Canada in 2017 found that every $1 invested in child care creates $6 in economic benefits.

It’s pretty hard to raise a family these days on only one salary. I work full-time and have three kids of my own, so daycare is my lifeline to earning an income and having the mental space to find personal fulfillment beyond mothering. Unfortunately not every working mom in the Yukon can say the same.

So we need to attract and retain early childhood educators by offering com-

petitive wages. It’s good for working women, it’s good for their kids, and for our economy.

I value the staff at my son’s daycare. I feel so lucky to have quality child care, lovingly provided by educators with great knowledge and skill. They are the professionals I turn to when I need parenting advice because, if I’m being honest, I still haven’t found the instruction manual on how to raise these little people.

Taking good care of young kids all day might be the hardest job there is, and often a thankless task. Let’s show child care workers what they’re worth to us. If we can address this issue, we can boost our economy, and improve economic and social outcomes for all Yukon children.

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

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Tsunami fears send people in B.C. to higher ground; warning ends after quake Terri Theodore & Beth Leighton Canadian Press

VANCOUVER tsunami warning issued for coastal British Columbia was cancelled Tuesday morning after people living along parts of the province’s coast evacuated to higher ground when a powerful earthquake struck off Alaska.

Residents in some coastal communities were woken by warning sirens shortly after the quake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck at about 1:30 a.m. Pacific time.

The quake was centred 278 kilometres southeast of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said several communities activated their emergency plans and evacuated those at risk as the provincial emergency co-ordination centre and five regional operations centres were also mobilized.

In low-lying areas of Victoria and Esquimalt, officials went door-todoor telling people to evacuate, while elsewhere sirens and text alerts were used to get the warning out, he said in an interview.

An alert was still in place hours after the initial warning, which means there may be

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higher wave action in low-lying areas along the province’s coast, Farnworth said.

“Although the tsunami warning was eventually suspended, this event demonstrates that coast warning systems do work.”

Patricia Leidl, communications director with Emergency Preparedness BC, said there was a three centimetre wave and a 15 centimetre rise in sea level hours after the quake at Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

The tsunami warning covered B.C.’s north coast, Haida Gwaii, the west coast of Vancouver Island, the central coast and northeast Vancouver Island, and along the Juan de Fuca Strait.

People were told to evacuate inland or to higher ground, or move to an upper floor of a multi-story building, depending on individual situations.

Dan Banks, a public works employee in Tofino, said residents in low-lying areas, including resorts on along the beach, were told to go to higher ground.

“It’s tsunami protocol, everybody is going to high ground and evacuating the low-areas like they are supposed to,” he said, adding people also gathered at a community hall.

Gillian Der, a Univer-

sity of British Columbia geography student who is studying in Queen Charlotte on Haida Gwaii, said she didn’t feel the earthquake.

“I don’t think any of us felt anything,” she added.

“I just heard the fire trucks going around, honking their horns and on the loud speaker saying there is a tsunami warning. It was very apocalyptic. So I was just running up the street to the muster station, up the big hill.”

The last devastating tsunami to hit B.C. was 54 years ago in Port Alberni after a 9.2 earthquake off Alaska. Two waves gathered force as they raced up the funnel-like Alberni Inlet in March 1964, hitting the city with forces that swept away houses and vehicles, but caused no deaths.

Scientists in Japan, and Vancouver Island First Nations, have gathered accounts of a huge earthquake and tsunami in January 1700 that wiped out communities and killed thousands of people. A wave the height of a four-storey building hit the east coast of Japan nine hours after the original earthquake off the B.C. coast.

People in Alaska received warnings Tuesday from the National Weather Service sent to cellphones that said: “Emergency Alert. Tsunami

danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland.”

Lt. Tim Putney of the Kodiak Police Department said the earthquake woke him up out of a dead sleep, and he estimates it shook for at least 30 seconds.

“I’ve been Kodiak for 19 years that was the strongest, longest lasting one I’ve ever felt,” he told The Associated Press.

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the quake was felt widely in several communities on the Kenai Peninsula and throughout southern Alaska, but it also had no immediate reports of damage. People reported on social media that the quake was felt hundreds of kilometres away, in Anchorage.

Keith Perkins, who lives in the southeast Alaska community of Sitka, arrived at the high school early Tuesday morning, after an alarm on his cellphone alerted him of the tsunami warning. He said the city’s sirens also went off later.

Given the magnitude of the earthquake, Perkins said he thought it best to head to the school, the tsunami evacuation point, even though in the past he felt his home was at a “high-enough spot.”

“I figured I’d probably just better play it safe.”

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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This ain’t a Muppet from your childhood Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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on’t let the brightly-coloured felt puppet on the poster fool you, the Guild’s latest play is not a show for children.

The first sign of the adult themes in Hand to God comes when director Brian Fidler talks about the coaches he brought in to help the cast prepare.

There was dance choreographer Allyn Walton who worked as the show’s “intimacy choreographer” to plan out the sex scenes, as well as fight choreographer Anton Solomon.

“He’s a master fight choreographer who can teach you how to slap someone in the face and grab someone by the nuts,” Fidler said.

“He’s really got some pretty specific skills.”

Hand to God is the story of a group of teens who spend their time building puppets in a church basement when one of the puppets becomes possessed by the devil.

“Things come to a boil and people’s animalistic urges really just bust through,” Fidler said.

“People end up doing things that are really perhaps socially unacceptable and also against the grain of what you would think a good Christian should do.”

The play, by Robert Askins, has been performed both on and off Broadway and received multiple Tony Award nominations.

The show is not recommend for children, Fidler said.

While characters aren’t actually shown doing the nasty on stage, “we see the lead-up to it, and it’s a little bit rough,” he said.

“So I made sure that I brought in someone who could be there to help almost choreograph these scenes so that the actors felt safe.”

Loughran Thorson-Looysen plays the lead character Jason as well as his possessed puppet, Tyrone.

“We did the group read-through all together and throughout the beginning of act one, all I could think of was, ‘Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into? This is dirty,’” the 18-year-old said, drawing out the last word for emphasis.

As the play progresses

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Pastor Greg (James Cleary) wrestles with the evil hand puppet Tyrone, bottom left, and his puppetmaster Jason (Loughran Thorson-Looyson), right, in a dress rehearsal for the Hand To God at Guild Hall Theatre on Jan. 21. though, Thorson-Looysen said he realized the story was about more than being raunchy.

“If you’re listening and looking closely you can notice how each of these characters’ experiences tie into the grand plot of the show. It’s a really deep play that is masked by a whole lot of dirty, raunchy comedy,” he said.

Fidler said Hand to God is a commentary on grief and loss. Both Jason and his mother are dealing with the loss of Jason’s father.

“Because he’s having so much trouble expressing his grief, he makes this puppet that is able to say things that he can’t say and sort of act out his more base feelings and anger,” he said. “She, his mom, she does something that’s really inappropriate and that’s because she’s struggling, she’s repressing her grief as well.”

Fidler has experience with puppets. He’s done multiple puppet shows with his own theatre company, Ramshackle, as well as a few particularly dirty ones when he was the director of the Varietease burlesque show. (He said he’s still a little nervous

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Left: Margery (Odile Nelson), centre, gives a speech as Jessica (Brooke Fusick), left, and Timothy (Adrian Woodhouse) listen on stage. Right: Tyrone the hand puppet and his puppetmaster Jason (Loughran Thorson-Looyson), right, interact with Jolene and her puppetmaster Jessica (Brooke Fusick) during a scene in Hand To God. that his kids might some day find archival footage of those ones.)

When it came to putting the cast together, Fidler said he “was really looking for a willingness and an openness to try this,” not necessarily actors who had extensive experience working with puppets.

Adrian Woodhouse, who plays Timothy, got some basic stage combat training from Wood Street School’s music, art and drama (MAD) program and later when he went to musical theatre college in

Ontario, but said he hasn’t used it much.

Now, he’s in four of the more physical scenes in the show.

“Being able to actually do this level of choreography and explore this side of theatre, I haven’t really had that much experience.

It’s really been a blast.”

The actors started in-studio rehearsals earlier this month.

“As an actor you have to just be able to jump right in,” Woodhouse said.

“It’s better to dive right in than to get caught up in the headspace of weird

emotions.”

The character Jason spends almost the entire show with the Tyrone puppet on his arm. Thorson-Looysen, who also attended the MAD program, said he he’s enjoyed the challenge of playing both the passive human and the aggressive puppet.

“A lot of the fighting comes from Tyrone himself so everything that I do that’s physically aggressive has to be led with my hand. The power has to come from my hand and show through into this puppet while I’m

not showing (it) through myself.”

He described the relationship between the two characters as “kind of like an abusive relationship that he literally cannot get out of because it’s on his own hand.”

Hand to God runs from Jan. 25 to Feb. 10 at the Guild Hall. Shows start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24 and can be purchased online or in-person at Whitehorse Motors. A $10 preview show is taking place Jan. 24.

Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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Fewer than half of Canadians hold optimistic, open view of the world: poll Stephanie Levitz Canadian Press

OTTAWA anada’s reputation as a nation with an open and optimistic world view that flies in the face of rising pessimism and nationalism elsewhere is being challenged by new research suggesting many Canadians hold views acutely in line with some of those darker forces.

Fewer than half of Canadians appear on the “open” side of a index devised by EKOS Research and The Canadian Press to gauge populist sentiment here, and the remainder either have a closed-off view of the world or are on the fence — a potentially volatile swing group.

The research aggregated polls involving 12,604 people to explore to what extent Canadians’ views are in line with voters who backed two of the most surprising manifestations of 21st century populism in recent years — Donald Trump’s campaign for U.S. president and the exit of Britain from the European Union.

Both were understood to be the results of rising discontent among those sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic transformation and seeking to regain some measure of control by eschewing the political status quo in favour of a dramatic new approach.

Whether Canada could be facing a similar issue has been a question ever since.

The results of the study suggest 46 per cent of

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Canadians are open-minded towards the world and each other, with the highest numbers found in B.C. and the Atlantic provinces.

But 30 per cent report feeling economically and culturally insecure, a sentiment found in the largest numbers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The remainder — roughly 25 per cent — have a mixed view.

To gauge where Canadians sit, EKOS Research and The Canadian Press aggregated responses to questions posed in two telephone polls between June and December about people’s perceptions of their economic outlook, class mobility, ethnic fluency and tolerance. Pollsters also asked whether they believed such movements were good or not.

The results were in turn plotted on a spectrum from “open” to “ordered” — a new way of classifying people’s political viewpoints that goes beyond the traditional right-versus-left.

The old partisan markers are driven by fiscal and social philosophies and are less a part of today’s political debate that broader opinions about how the world should be run, said EKOS President Frank Graves.

“The left-right has mutated under these pressures into this ‘ordered-open’ and it brings along some of the traditional left-right, but it brings along a lot of new divisions,” Graves said.

“The questions now are: Do you want to pull up the drawbridge? What do you think about people who don’t have the same skin

colour as you? What do you think about the importance of tolerating dissent or having a more-ordered versus a more-chaotic or creative society?”

The telephone polls had a margin of error of 0.9 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

OPEN: The Atlantic region The research reveals the complex nature of what EKOS has called “northern populism.”

For example, 50 per cent of those surveyed in the Atlantic region hold an “open” view. That means they feel positive about their economic future and class mobility and have a perception of the ethnic make-up of the country that most closely mirrors reality. They’re also the least likely to view populism as a positive force.

Yet, in the Atlantic, the population is older, less diverse and somewhat less educated that other regions.

Those are all factors understood to underpin a more closed-minded view of the world: supporters of Britain’s exit from the E.U. were more likely to have lower incomes than those who voted to stay, and lower levels of education as well.

Graves pointed out that the region’s dependence on immigration to sustain its fiscal future likely influences the rankings there, and also a coastal culture that literally provides a more open view of the world.

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dian income levels are high and so are the numbers of people with post-secondary degrees. Yet, 38 per cent of those polled in that city skewed towards having a more ordered view of the world. No city had more people on that side of the spectrum.

“Where you live is instructive, and the collective economic experiences and the demographic is also important. But they are by no means deterministic,” Graves said.

“It means that communities can choose to take different routes.”

Many people have held up the diversity of Canada’s major centres as a reason why a populism rooted in anti-immigrant sentiment that was part of both Trump’s victory and Brexit could never take hold here.

The research suggests however that in the suburbs of those centres,

some of which feature exceptionally high concentrations of single ethnic groups, people can be just as much in search of a more traditional order as those in the rural pockets of the country.

“Canadian populism shares more with southern American populism than people think, but there are some important and distinct differences,” Graves said.

“One of the most important is that populism in Canada is not rooted in just the white population; in fact there isn’t any significant difference across white and non-white portions of the population in Canada.”

MIXED: a prime political target Questions about class and inequality are top of mind this week as world leaders meet in Davos, Switzerland for the annual

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World Economic Forum.

Among them is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an entourage of Liberal cabinet ministers.

“We must have the full and equal participation of all to have economies that work for everyone and a future that is fairer, more inclusive, and more compassionate,” Trudeau said in a statement ahead of the trip.

It’s a message that the 25 per cent of Canadians who fall into the “mixed” category in the study are meant to hear, suggested Graves.

“That’s a swing group,” Graves said.

“They are probably people who were on the ‘open’ side 10 years ago.

You can argue that if you can’t produce a sense that there is a hopeful future then this problem is going to get bigger (rather) than smaller.”

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Del Toro’s Shape of Water lands a leading 13 Oscar nods Jake Coyle Associated Press

NEW YORK uillermo del Toro’s lavish monster romance The Shape of Water fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and Mudbound director of photography Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman nominated for best cinematography in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards.

The Shape of Water, shot in Toronto and Hamilton, came just shy of tying the record of 14 nominations shared by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

Toronto native J. Miles Dale shares in the best picture nomination for the film.

Oscar voters put forward nine best-picture nominees: The Shape of Water, Martin McDonaugh’s rage-fueled comic drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Gerwig’s nuanced coming-of-age tale Lady Bird, Jordan Peele’s horror sensation Get Out, Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour, Steven Spielberg’s timely newspaper drama The Post, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk, Luca Guadagnino’s tender love story Call Me By Your Name and Paul Thomas Anderson’s twisted romance Phantom Thread.

Del Toro’s dark fantasy scored a wide array for nominations for its cast (Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer), del Toro’s directing, its sumptuous score (by

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Alexandre Desplat) and technical craft.

“It is a privilege to tell such stories and to be able to make films that show there is a life beyond the life that people know — one that is not always seen,” said best actress nominee Hawkins.

The cascading fallout of sexual harassment scandals throughout Hollywood put particular focus on the best director category, which for many is a symbol of gender inequality in the film industry.

Gerwig follows only Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Kathryn Bigelow, the sole woman to win (for The Hurt Locker).

Also nominated for best director was Peele.

He becomes the fifth black filmmaker nominated for best director, and the third to helm a best-picture nominee, following Barry Jenkins last year for Moonlight. He’s also the third person to receive best picture, director and writing nods for his first feature film after Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait) and James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment).

“What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?” said Peele on Twitter.

Though all of the acting front-runners — Frances McDormand (Three Billboards), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards) — landed their expected nominations, there were surprises.

Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) was nominated for best actor, likely eclipsing James Franco (Disaster Artist).

Franco was accused of sexual misconduct, which

he denied, just days before Oscar voting closed. The category’s other nominees were a retiring veteran — Daniel Day-Lewis for what he’s said is his final performance (Phantom Thread) — and a pair of breakouts: Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) and Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out).

Christopher Plummer, who replaced Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, also sneaked into the best supporting actor category. Added to the film in reshoots little more than a month before the film’s release, Plummer is now, at 88, the oldest acting nominee ever.

Perhaps most unexpected was the broad success of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, which scored not only nods for Day-Lewis and Lesley Manville, for best supporting actress, but also nominations for best picture, Anderson’s direction, costume design and Johnny Greenwood’s score.

Anderson likely displaced not only Steven Spielberg (The Post) but Martin McDonagh, the director of the film many have tapped to win best picture, Three Billboards.

His absence is a major knock for a film that has endured the harshest backlash of the contenders, with many claiming it’s out of touch in matters of race.

Still, Three Billboards scored seven nominations Tuesday, behind only The Shape of Water and Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

The World War II epic, thus far little-honoured in Hollywood’s awards season, emerged especially strong with Oscar voters,

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Though the favourites are largely independent films, a number of blockbusters fared well, including five nods for Blade Runner 2049, four for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, three for Baby Driver, two for Beauty and the Beast and two for Pixar’s Coco, which is up for best animated feature. Still, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, which became the highest grossing movie ever directed by a woman, failed to receive any Oscar nods despite an awards campaign.

But the box-office hit that carved the most unlikely path to the Oscars was Get Out. It opened back in February on Oscar weekend, and went on to pocket $254.7 million worldwide. It scored four nominations.

Though many minorities were still absent from the acting categories, the film academy, which has worked to diversify its membership, put forward a field of nominees almost as diverse as last year when Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures powered a rebuttal to the “OscarsSoWhite” backlash of the two years prior. Four black actors — Washington, Kaluuya, Spencer and Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) — are among the 20 acting nominees.

Meryl Streep, who stars as Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in The Post, notched her 21st Oscar nomination. She was joined for best actress

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“I am honoured beyond measure by this nomination for a film I love, a film that stands in defence of press freedom, and inclusion of women’s voices in the movement of history,” Streep said in a statement.

“Proud of the film, and all her filmmakers. Thank you from a full heart.”

The 89-year-old French filmmaking legend Agnes Varda, an honorary Oscar winner this season, is also up for best documentary for her co-directed Faces Places. The other nominees are: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Last Men in Aleppo and two Netflix entries: Icarus and Strong Island.

Some had lobbied for A Fantastic Woman star Daniela Vega to become the first transgender actor nominated. While Vega didn’t garner a nomination, her film, from Chile, landed in the best foreign language category. The other nominees are: The Insult, from Lebanon; Loveless, from Russia; On Body and Soul, from Hungary; and the Palme d’Or winner The Square, from Sweden.

Last year’s Oscars broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, drew 32.9 million viewers for ABC, a four per cent drop from the prior year. More worrisome, however, was a steeper slide in the key demographic of adults aged 18-49, whose viewership was down 14 per cent from 2016.

Though the show ran especially long, at three hours and 49 minutes, it finished with a bang: the infamous envelope mix-up that led to La La Land being incorrectly announced

as the best picture before Moonlight was crowned.

This year, the academy has prohibited the PwC accountants who handle the envelopes from using cellphones or social media during the show.

The accounting firm on Monday also unveiled several reforms including the addition of a third balloting partner in the show’s control room. But the movie business has larger accounting problems. Movie attendance hit a 24-year low in 2017 despite the firepower of The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

It was a dominant if bittersweet day for 20th Century Fox. Its specialty label, Fox Searchlight, is behind both Three Billboards and The Shape of Water, and Fox released The Post. Yet those wins may soon count for the Walt Disney Co., which last month reached a deal to purchase Fox for $52.4 billion.

Both Amazon and Netflix failed to crack the best picture category but earned nominations elsewhere. Netflix’s Mudbound scored four nods and Amazon’s The Big Sick grabbed a nomination for Holly Hunter, best supporting actress, and Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s original screenplay about their real-life romance.

“At times we worried it would be insurmountable, or would rip us apart, or even worse — that no one would like it,” Nanjiani and Gordon said in a joint statement. “The fact that it connected with audiences is exhilarating, and this nomination proves that our love is real. We have decided to stay married.”

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Get your stuff and go: Amazon opens store with no cashiers Manuel Valdes & Joseph Pisani Associated Press

SEATTLE o cashiers, no registers and no cash — this is how Amazon sees the future of store shopping.

The online retailer opened its Amazon Go concept to the public Monday in Seattle, which lets shoppers take milk, potato chips or ready-toeat salads off its shelves and just walk out. Amazon’s technology charges customers after they leave.

“It’s such a weird experience, because you feel like you’re stealing when you go out the door,” said Lisa Doyle, who visited the shop Monday.

Amazon employees have been testing the store, at the bottom floor of the company’s Seattle headquarters, for about a year.

Amazon.com Inc. said it uses computer vision, machine learning algorithms and sensors to figure out what people are grabbing off its store shelves.

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er sign that Amazon is serious about expanding its physical presence. It has opened more than a dozen bookstores, taken over space in some Kohl’s department stores and bought Whole Foods last year, giving it 470 grocery stores.

But Amazon Go is unlike its other stores. Shoppers enter by scanning the Amazon Go smartphone app at a turnstile, opening plastic doors. When an item is pulled of a shelf, it’s added to that shopper’s virtual cart. If the item is placed back on the shelf, it is removed from the virtual cart.

Not everyone can shop at the store: People must have a smartphone and a debit or credit card they can link to be charged.

Amazon said families can shop together with just one phone scanning everyone in. Anything they grab from the shelf will also be added to the tab of the person who signed them in. But don’t help out strangers: Amazon warns that grabbing an item from the shelf for someone else means you’ll be charged

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More than a year after it introduced the concept, Amazon opened its artificial intelligence-powered Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle on Jan. 22. for it.

There’s little sign of the technology visible to customers, except for black boxes, cameras and a few tiny flashing green lights in the darkened, open ceiling above.

One shopper, Paul Fan, tested the technology by turning off his phone and taking items and putting them in incorrect spots.

The app was still able to tally up his items correctly.

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“It’s really smart,” he said.

At 1,800 square feet, Amazon Go resembles a convenience store, except for a kitchen visible from the street where sandwiches and ready-to-cook meal kits are prepared.

A small section features products from the Whole Foods 365 brand. There’s no hot coffee or hot food, but microwaves are available for customers who

want to warm something up. Beer and wine is in a cornered-off section where a staffer checks ID before anyone enters.

The store has other employees, too, who make food, stock shelves and help customers. On Monday, workers were on hand to help shoppers find and download the Amazon Go app and guide them through the exit.

The company had

announced the Amazon Go store in December 2016 and said it would open by early 2017, but it delayed the debut while it worked on the technology and company employees tested it out. By lunchtime on day one, Amazon’s no-lines hope was thwarted, at least outside the store: There were at least 50 people waiting to enter, in a line that stretched around the corner.

Peter Gray, who said he typically shops online and avoids physical stores, stopped by Amazon Go on Monday morning after seeing it on Twitter.

“Just being able to walk out and not interact with anyone was amazing,” he said.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

LIFE Behind the scenes at Air North’s kitchen Jackie Hong News Reporter

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he smell of coconut curry and freshly-baked pie crust hits you as soon as you open the door to Air North’s kitchen.

Immediately to the left are two long, metal tables covered with at least a hundred paper plates arranged in neat rows, the beginnings of deli platters — crackers, cheese cubes and slices, small bunches of green grapes — are starting to take shape on each of them.

Beyond the tables in the room next door is the source of the smell: a handful of women wearing deep-blue uniforms, hairnets and gloves are either ladling out a mild Thai curry sauce over dozens of portions of Arctic char and vegetables on rice, or pulling turkey pot pies out of the oven.

In a time where the majority of airlines in North America have stopped serving (free) food on domestic trips, Air North, based in Whitehorse, is an outlier, serving passengers meals on almost all of its flights. The magic all happens in a small, inconspicuous building just a stone’s throw from the runways at the Whitehorse airport.

“The easiest part of the whole thing is making the product because that’s something we’re very comfortable with doing,” said Michael Bock, Air North’s manager of catering and cabin services, told the News during a recent visit to the facility. “It’s, how do you make it for hundreds of people and how can you supply it and serve it? How will it hold up during transportation?”

The answer: A lot of testing, and a nearly around-theclock effort.

A typical day at the kitchen starts at 5 a.m., when the day crew comes in to load the breakfast food, prepared by the evening crew the night before, on to the morning flights.

The staff’s usually back at the kitchen by 6 a.m., which is when they begin the inhouse, from-scratch baking: loaves, muffins, and, of course, the famous cookies.

The day crew also preps meals for flights later that day — on the morning the News visits, two staff are assembling deli plates for the Whitehorse-Vancouver flights while the rest are making the casserole dishes for the long haul to Ottawa — before the evening crew comes in at 3 p.m. The evening crew is busy loading planes, cooking and getting

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Brenda Fentie prepares deli trays for a flight at the Air North kitchen in Whitehorse on Jan. 16.

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Michael Bock, left, and Jaclyn Flaherty prepare a display of pies, fish, platters, cookies and cheesecake for a photograph at Air North’s kitchen. breakfasts ready until 1 a.m., during which time the kitchen is quiet for four hours until the day crew arrives and starts the cycle all over again.

During peak travel times like Christmas and summer, it’s not uncommon for the kitchen to pump out 1,400 meals a day, Bock said, with closer to 600 a day during off-season.

“It’s quite a complex system when you think about it, because airline catering is pretty different from any other catering sector, where meals are made here in advance and delivered to the aircraft,” Bock said. “It’s almost like a military exercise at times.”

Besides the volume, which fluctuates from flight to flight, the team also needs to create recipes that can stay palatable and presentable through the intricacies of getting it from the kitchen to a passenger’s tray table, said Jaclyn Flaherty, flight kitchen supervisor.

“Every menu item needs to go through the test of freezing, defrosting naturally and then reheating, so we try to do our best to mimic the ovens on the aircraft with our oven here and we get to try a lot of things, but that’s the way to make sure it’s a solid, true recipe,” she said, adding that past successes include breakfast burritos, meatballs and pasta, chicken cordon

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Daniela Sibaja wraps arctic char meals. bleu, chicken parmigiana, chicken pad thai, beef stroganoff, beef bourguignon, and perogies and sausage.

There’s also another key challenge that the kitchen needs to keep in mind — food tastes different at different altitudes, so what might taste good on the ground can seem bland in the air.

“Not that we over-salt the food, but we try to season it as tasteful as we can so people don’t have to put on extra salt when they’re having a meal,” Bock said, noting that some ingredients like cauli-

flower seem to lose all taste at a certain altitude.

“It doesn’t seem to make a difference when it comes to desserts, though,” he added.

“Desserts always taste good for some reason.”

When it comes to the cookies, Flaherty said it may be more than the taste that’s made them so popular amongst travellers.

“I think it’s something about the smell…. Everyone loves (it). It’s a comfort thing, I think, and everyone loves the smell of a warm, fresh cookie,” she said. “So when

you’re flying, maybe you’ve been flying all day, you’re coming from overseas and you’re trying to get home, I think that adds an extra element to it.”

And although not quite a secret, Bock said there’s one ingredient that makes it into almost every cookie.

“You’ll find most of them have chocolate chips because the owner of this airline likes his chocolate-chip cookies,” he said. “So almost all our cookies have a chocolate chip in them.”

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

YUKON NEWS

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Guides to the Law

L’Association yukonnaise d’éducation et d’information juridiques a publié de nouveaux guides de loi.

Les thèmes incluent Poursuite civile ou être poursuivi et La faillite.

More topics will be available soon.

Visit us at 102-2131 2nd Avenue as well as online at www.yplea.com and many community libraries.

D’autres guides seront bientôt disponibles.

Passez nous voir au 102 -2131, 2e Avenue, ainsi qu’en ligne à www.yplea.com, et plusieurs bibliothèques régionales.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

SPORTS AND RECREATION

Fourth annual basketball tournament a slam dunk

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A player from Big Bigness drives to the net during the last quarter of the championship game.

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A player from Big Bigness makes a two point basket in the final seconds of the last quarter of the annual Lights Out basketball tournament to give his team the win on Jan. 20.

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he fourth annual Lights Out Yukon Invitational bas-

ketball tournament was held in Whitehorse from Jan. 18 to 20.

Six women’s teams and seven men’s teams took part in the tourna-

ment, including a men’s side from Dawson City and a women’s side from Haines, Alaska.

A busy weekend of basketball culminated in

a pair of final games at Porter Creek Secondary School.

The men’s final was a nail-biter, and in a thoroughly entertaining

game, Big Bigness beat 40 Below at the buzzer 61-59.

The game started evenly, with 40 Below ahead by the slimmest of margins, 15-14, after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Big Bigness put their stamp on the game by jumping out to a ninepoint lead, 33-24, by halftime.

Whatever was discussed by 40 Below during the break seemed to work, and a 23-14 run in the first 8:21 of the third quarter meant the score was all square again at 47-47.

Having lost the lead, Big Bigness called a timeout to disrupt their opponent’s momentum.

It seemed to work, and Big Bigness hung on to keep a 51-49 lead at the end of three.

The fourth quarter, which included some inadvertent bloodshed, was close from start to finish.

With 36.3 seconds left in the game, Big Bigness was up 59-56 and had possession of the ball.

After the inbound, 40 Below forced a defensive stop and moved back down the floor in transition and a three-pointer from the wing tied the game up, albeit briefly.

Big Bigness quickly pushed the ball back down the court to score an uncontested layup with 6.7 seconds left and a two-point lead.

Following a timeout, 40 Below tried to

create an open look in the corner for a three to win it outright, but tight defense made that impossible. A quick pass inside gave 40 Below a chance at a buzzer-beater, but the layup was off the mark.

In the women’s final, the Haines Merchants handily defeated the Black Mambas 53-36 despite being down to just six players for the final game.

The Black Mambas tried to press at times during the second half with some success, but despite a longer bench seemed unable to consistently pressure the backcourt for the Merchants.

Lianne Fordham, one of the tournament organizers, said the tournament was a success.

“We had more teams join this year than last year and we had more community involvement through sponsors,” said Fordham.

The plan for next year is to include teams from Juneau, Yellowknife and Inuvik. This year, teams from Yellowknife and Inuvik both dropped out at the last minute, but the addition of an Arctic Winter Games boys team and a sixth women’s team helped keep things competitive, said Fordham.

The Whitehorse Women’s Basketball League and the Yukon Men’s Basketball League co-hosted the event.

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

YUKON NEWS

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

New signs unveiled outside rebuilt Harvey’s Hut John Hopkins-Hill News Reporter

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ruce Harvey always believed in the power of commu-

nity.

“In the back of his mind, he always thought the community could come together and make something to better the community,” said Gordon Harvey, Bruce’s nephew.

“He was born in Saskatchewan and they used to have these things called barn raisings. If your barn burned down, the whole community would come and help put it up.”

It’s fitting, then, that within days of the original Harvey’s Hut burning down on Sept. 29, 2016, efforts were already underway to rebuild.

Dermot Flynn, president of the Whitehorse Cross-Country Ski Club, said the response was immediate.

“Within a matter of days of the fire, people were raising money, people were offering their services and our supporters were offering cash donations to help us out,” said Flynn.

“On the one hand we had Brittany Pearson Smith starting a GoFundMe campaign within a day or two and some of our long-standing members had a bake sale.

Each were very successful in their own way.”

All that hard work and “the great effort and speed with which people jumped in to make things happens” was recognized on Jan. 21 with a ribbon-cutting outside the new hut and an unveiling of two new signs recognizing the history of the building and the efforts to rebuild.

The original Harvey’s Hut, installed during the preparation for the 1981 World Cup race held at the club, had a rather interesting journey to its final location nearly three kilometres from the clubhouse.

Peter Steele explained to the crowd at the event the story of how he and Bruce first installed the hut.

“We noticed that in the compound of the old liquor store there was this hut that had been sitting there for a long time,” said Steele. “I talked to Bruce and we decided that we would see if we could purloin it to bring it to the ski

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Patch Groenewegen, granddaughter of Bruce Harvey, smiles after unveiling the signs outside the new Harvey’s Hut on Jan. 21. club.”

After getting permission to move the hut, a hired truck dragged it through the woods to its pedestal.

Harvey’s Hut is a fixture in the ski community, with the original hut serving as the site of two weddings and countless children’s birthday parties.

The new hut is already proving to be a popular space for get-togethers.

A group of skiers even celebrated New Year’s Eve in the cozy interior.

Gordon said Bruce was always good at getting volunteers involved in community service.

“His idea of a good time was enjoying the great outdoors and helping everybody participate in that,” said Gordon, adding the hut was meant to serve as a place to warm up and make the club more appealing for bigger events.

“I remember Bruce saying ‘good, clean family entertainment’ where you can bring the kids along, grandma along and everybody gets to

participate. That is what he was all about.”

Another of Bruce’s projects — the DC-3 weather vane at the Yukon Transportation Museum — perfectly encapsulated that sentiment.

“He wanted to include everybody, including the jailbirds,” said Gordon.

“For one whole summer he took the jailbirds every weekend and we gutted that whole airplane.”

Built using a hollow airplane and bearings from a bulldozer, the weather vane was entirely volunteer work.

“What a good way to get people to be included back into the community,” said Gordon. “Then the community would be looking at those jailbirds in a better light.”

Asked if Bruce would have approved of the way the community responded to the fire, Gordon said without a doubt.

“Just like the barn building — that’s what came to mind when it burned down.”

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

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FULLY FURNISHED CABINS for rent in Mayo.

Great for contractors working in Mayo.

Call 867-332-4947 or email: mayocabinrentals@gmail.com

Homes for Rent 2-bdrm, 2-bath executive home, Valleyview, large open bsmt, large fenced back yard on greenbelt, heated garage, responsible tenants, refs req’d, $2,500/mon + utils.

333-9849 Small 1-bdrm house, Calgary area, 40 mins from airport, private & quiet, short term considered, furnished incl utilities for preferred renter. 3352063

Office/Retail Office/retail spaces downtown, 1350 sq ft, has wheelchair access and enclosed office; and, 1150 sq ft, could possibly be combined, small coffee areas, available in spring. 332-7144

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Will consider options to lease shop or consider contract arrangement for you to operate the current business.

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Firearms Blackhawk Serpa holster, left hand for model 1911, 5”, full size, $25.

668-6066

Large 12x24 room, Porter Creek, available January 1, shared bathroom & kitchen, separate entrance, $800/mon + DD. 334-4568

Lee Enfield No1 Mk3 sporter made

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Large bedroom, free TV, laundry & power included, available immediately, $800/mon. Turk @ 667-6060

Lee Enfield No 4 converted to .308 win, new barrel in the white, new stock, scope mount, no sights/no mag, $450 firm, PAL req’d. 3332680

Real Estate Office/Warehouse Space for Lease, 14 Burns Road, Whitehorse.

Central location across from airport.

Spaces from 1,730sqft to 5,000sqft, can configure to suite 2 loading docks with dock levelers & roll-up doors Offices facing Burns Road Cornelia at 334-7735

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Merchandise for Sale GE Dryer, 6 cycle, 4 fabric care settings. 393-2170

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Lee Enfield No 4 MK 1/2*, 10 rd mag, sporterized, sights and D&T, hung trigger, excellent bore, $300 firm, PAL req’d. 333-2680

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Non-restricted firearms safety course at Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club, January 27, 28. For more info call 667-6728 or 334-1688 Remington model 740 30-06 semi auto. Comes with sling, scope, 1 box ammo, $600. 336-0502

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Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed Everything over 8" split Prices as low as $250/cord Single and emergency half cord deliveries Scheduled delivery

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

Furniture 2 desks, student size, $10; computer desk, $20. 667-2601 2-pc solid oak china cabinet, 82”Hx66”L, glass & solid doors, adjustable shelves, $500 firm. Kelly 668-7821 3-shelf bookcase, 30x11x32, new, never used, $35. 668-7001

Heavy Duty Machinery 2009 Kubota excavator, 2022 hrs, c/w buckets. 334-9867

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

Are you moƟvated by the opportunity to make a real and lasƟng impact on public policy?

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

Our commitment is to be an imparƟal, eīecƟve and eĸcient organizaƟon that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

POLICY OFFICER Head Oĸce – Whitehorse Full-Ɵme – Permanent

ReporƟng to the ExecuƟve Director, the Policy Oĸcer works closely with the Board and senior management to determine policy needs and prioriƟes. They play a pivotal role in deĮning and elaboraƟng the assessment framework under YESAA by leading and coordinaƟng major policy iniƟaƟves, working with parƟcipants in the assessment process, and researching and developing assessment-related guidance, policies, systems, standards, procedures and processes. The Policy Oĸcer works with assessors and senior managers to design and implement systems to support consistent applicaƟon of policy and the producƟon of high quality assessment reports. The posiƟon demands strong research and analyƟcal skills, policy experience, knowledge of assessment processes, and strong interpersonal and communicaƟon skills, both oral and wriƩen.

The annual salary range for this posiƟon is $81,659.89 – $94,344.19 A comprehensive job descripƟon is available at: YESAB Head Oĸce, Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca/employment Please submit applicaƟons to: Finance and AdministraƟon 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 Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 ApplicaƟons must be received by end of day February 11, 2018.

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Bolland pipe, 7’ long, 6” I.D. sked, 40 or 1/4” wall, new, 1/2 price, $90.

667-6752 or 332-8706

Puretec reverse osmosis under sink water system, c/w everything & pressure tank, needs small repair, $50 obo. 336-1133 Rhythmic gymnastics/figure skating girl’s sequined costumes, sizes range from 5-6, $100 each, must be seen, can send pics. 867-689-5294

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Call or text 867-335-2301 Woods 3-star sleeping bag, canvas shell, goose down liner w/snap-in wool blanket, $275 obo. 332-0067

inistrative Officer Chief Adm Carmacks is a scenic community located at the confluence of the Nordenskiold and Yukon Rivers. Located approximately 2 hours north of Whitehorse by highway, it is known as the “Hub of the Yukon”, as you can easily travel by road to almost any destination in the Yukon. Carmacks is home to approximately 550 residents, many of which are citizens of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation.

Under the direction of council and in accordance with section 184 of the Yukon Municipal Act, the CAO is responsible for the operation and administration of the municipality.

Please submit your resume and cover letter clearly demonstrating the qualifications outlined below, as selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER Permanent, Full-Time Position

Salary Range starting at $48,804 per annum (based on experience)

Overview:

The Community Support Worker supports individuals and families with achieving wellness goals through outreach, prevention, pre-treatments, support, counselling, education and activities that helps to improve the overall wellbeing for the KFN citizens and the community at large. This position will work closely with the Case Manager.

Accountability/Knowledge/Skills:

• Possess strong motivational, public relation and conflict resolution skills, along with the ability to promote and facilitate Councils’ vision through programs, projects and activities;

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• Knowledge of grant programs available;

Education/Experience:

• A post-secondary degree in Public or Business Administration; • Several years of senior management experience, local government experience would be an asset; • Proven experience in strategic planning, labor relations, financial management and communication skills are essential;

• Bylaw, policy and budget development and knowledge of territorial and federal statues and regulations; • Ability to foster and develop collaborative relationships within the community and with other levels of government; • Knowledge of rural Yukon and local community would be an asset; Salary is commensurate with education and experience. A benefits package including RRSP, relocation and housing subsidy is also available subject to negotiation.

Please submit your resumes with references by January 26, 2018 addressed to: Mayor Lee Bodie, Village of Carmacks Box 113, Carmacks, YT YOB 1CO Fax: 867 863 6606 | Email: vocmayor@northwestel.net

Misc. Wanted Attention Outdoor Climbers: Yukon Climbing Access Society seeks your input. Please email: climbingaccess.yt@gmail.com for the survey link by January 30 and be entered for a prize draw.

Auto Accessories/Parts Four (4) like new Trail Cutter tires.

Radial M/S Size LT235/75R15. Perfect for our icy conditions. 633-6315

Wanted: RV propane camper fridge in working order. 867-660-5545

Cars - Domestic

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. Sorel 1964-style high top winter boots, waterproof leather upper, rated at -40, 12” high, size 10, $90 obo. 633-4311 STEEL BUILDING SALE...”REALLY BIG SALE-EXTRA WINTER DISCOUNT ON NOW!!” 21X22 $5,190 25X24 $5,988 27X28 $7,498 30X32 $8,646 35X34 $11,844 42X54 $16,386. One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $30, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $200, retail $500. 633-4311

Wanted: Trommel with stacking conveyor and outflow conveyor, cash buyer or lease to purchase, reasonable. Vern @ 867-332-5181

1997 Mustang GT, 2-dr, V6, auto, green, no rust, serviced regularly, runs like new, $3,500 obo. 335-0894

Sporting Goods

2001 Honda CRV, blue, manual, good condition inside & out, all season tires, very reliable, $5,000 obo.

Call/text 867-333-0445

Wood stove, brand Valley Comfort, Model C25, wood capacity 22” long, cast iron liner.

Dimensions: 22.5x22x35, vg cond, $350. 6674380

4 winter tires for Smart Car on rims, $450. 660-5545

Wanted: Home exercise working order. 633-4806

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Bauer skates, sz 9, Easton shoulder pads, JRXL, Easton Stealth pants, adult M, elbow pads, referee pants L,, referee jersey, XL, $100 cash for all. 867-689-5600 Fitness Flyer stepper, $175; NSP250 rowing machine, $125, both in good working order. 6334656

Transportation Auto Accessories/Parts Cable chains, 14”, $25; Acura wheel lock kit, complete, $30. 633-4311

2005 Kia Spectra, 5-dr hatchback, 137,000kms, manual, great condition, $3,450. 333-9020 2006 Ford Escape, $4,000 obo. 334-7305

• Degree or Diploma in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or relevant degree/or a minimum 5 years’ experience working in the field of wellness.

• Experience working in a cross-cultural and team environment.

Conditions of Employment: • • • • •

First Aid/CPR certificate Criminal Record Check Clean Driving Record Class 5 driver’s license Food Safe (not required but preferred)

For more information please contact Human Resources at careers@kfn.ca or call 841-4724 ext. 229.

Please submit your resume, in confidence, to the above address.

Thank you, for your interest in working for Kluane First nation, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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Local freelance photographer looking for reliable, enthusiastic women to model for various outdoor winter projects including a local calendar shoot. No experience is necessary but you must be at least 18. For more info, email: yukonmemories@outlook.com

Non-violent and positive communicator Holistic Perspective on Wellness Comfortable to work within Cultural Protocols Ability to deal with stress and crisis situations Good Time Management Flexible and Adaptable Problem Solving Skills Accountable and Dependable Adhere to Policies, Legislations and Regulations Ability to maintain Confidentiality Excellent Ethics & Integrity

Open until filled.

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

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

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2017 Nissan Micra, hatchback, manual, gas, 4 seats, winter package, windshield protection, 4 seats, prepaid maintenance plan, rock chip protection, 7-yr warranty included, $12,600. 334-6862

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

333-9020

Off Road Vehicles 2013 Ranger, side by side, half windshield, top and back, around 400 hours, vg shape, $12,000 obo.

334-5199

Snowmobiles 1996 340 Indy Lite, runs great, looks good, $2,500 obo. 334-5199

Sport Utility Vehicle 2014 Kia Rondo 5-dr SUV, auto, exc cond, low kms, extra set of tires on rims. 333-9020

Trucks & Vans 1989 Chevrolet Suburban 3/4 ton, 172,000kms, 3-speed auto, daily driver, lots of new parts, $2,350 obo.

336-0783 1996 Chev 6.5L diesel, tow package, air bag on suspension, $2,000 obo. 867-536-4876 2007 Chev 2500HD crew cab 4x4, great unit, 175,000kms, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, $13,500 obo. 6334311 2008 F150 4x4 crewcab, rack with flashing light, exc cond, $7,500 obo.

334-7305 2011 BMW X5 turbocharged Diesel AWD SUV, full options incl. command start, 360d camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual dvd players, too much to list, $27,500.

333-9020 2016 GMC Sierra SLT 3500 HD, 4WD, crew cab, dual diesel, 80,000km, black, 2 alternators, trailering wiring, camper, 5th wheel, high idle switch, underbody shield, box cover, $53,000. 633-4375

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

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

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Yukon Council on Aging (YCOA): Secretary - YCOA Board of Directors • Support the Board by creating agendas, taking minutes of meetings & action items, keeping board on task with timelines.

• Work with President and staff, help with new Learning for Life Program, monitor progress on implementation of YCOA Strategic Plan.

• Take minutes at AGM and SAGM. Optional: Write articles for Newsletter.

Responsibilities:

See above - there will be training and mentoring for this position.

Systems, structures and templates are current and already in place.

Skills needed:

• • • • •

Must have your own computer Microsoft Word Computer Skills (Excel would be an asset).

Some familiarity with facebook; emails “People” person and good diplomacy skills Good organizational skills

Time commitment:

10 hours per month. No Board meetings in July or August.

Incentive for the volunteer:

• • • •

TTC Invites resumes for

Records Information Manager This is a regular full time position

Task description:

Great experience being on a Board of Directors Great opportunity to work with seniors Satisfaction in knowing you are helping Yukon seniors No charge for Learning for Life learning events

Staff position that will supervise the volunteer:

Reporting to the Executive Manager, the Records Manager ensures effective development and administration of processes and procedures for storage and maintaining of TTC’s information and records in all formats and mediums most commonly appearing in paper and electronic. This position also develops processes for auditing compliance to the standards put in place.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Sue Meikle, whitepines@northwestel.net, 867 333-9640 You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

Home Repairs

Home Repairs

HANDYMAN SERVICES 24-7 *Renovations * Repairs

SMITH’S CONTRACTING RENOVATIONS *New building renovation. *Windows, doors, siding, decks & fences. *All home repairs from footings to roof. *Over 30 years experience.

Phone 867-689-2881

393-2275

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

SALVAGE SALE The following insurance salvage is up for bids.

Salvage vehicles may have significant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an “as is, where is” basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Bids close at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 29th.

Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information.

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We are looking for an RN who has a solid understanding of the YRNA’s role, communicates with influence, cultivates productive and strategic working relationships. Previous experience working with non-profit boards and committees is an asset.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate their abilities in program delivery, managing complex stakeholder relationships, regulatory awareness, and community engagement.

The Executive Director of the YRNA is a highly visible leader who actively engages multiple stakeholders, policy makers, employers, and the public to carry out YRNA’s mandate.

This expression of interest will be closing on Friday, February 2, 2018

• The key responsibility of this position is to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations regarding the creation, storage and retention of both paper and electronic records • Manages and directs the preservation of the corporate history and valuable information throughout • Manages the resources of the records management team Education & Experience • Graduation from an accredited college or university in records and document management program, information management program, archival or library science or minimum of 5 years related experience in the industry as a certiÀed records manager (ICRM).

• Demonstrated experience in using records management or document management software and general information systems • Experience in establishing and scheduling records disposal protocols and procedures • Good understanding of information management principles, information systems and archives • Knowledge of electronic imaging, storing, arranging, indexing, classifying records and documents • Ability to maintain strict conÀdentiality is a mandatory requirement • Valid Class 5 Driver’s License • Sign & agree to abide by TTC Oath of ConÀdentiality & Code of Conduct For more information please call 867.390.2532 ext 316

Community Services

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

The Yukon Registered Nurses Association is seeking a Registered Nurse with significant managerial and leadership experience to temporarily fill the role of Executive Director from February 26th to November 5th, 2018 inclusive.

To apply, please submit a current CV (max. three pages) and a cover letter that outlines your qualifications, capabilities, and experience to the position as well as why you are interested in the role.

Submissions can be directed to: exec.director@yrna.ca Salary range will be determined based on previous experience.

A copy of the job description is available upon request.

The YRNA thanks all those that apply. Only those short listed will be contacted for an interview.

Champagne Aishihik

Trust

Conditions of Employment

President, Yukon Council on Aging

*Restorations * Maintenance

E XP RE S S I ON OF I N TE RE S T

YRNA Executive Director position

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Are you looking for volunteer opportunities?

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

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Please quote the job title in the subject line of your email, fax and/or cover letter: Workforce Development, Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133,Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 | F. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com

TRUST ADMINISTRATOR Job Type: Part time – hourly Salary: TBD Job Description: Under the direction of the Trust Chair Person, this position provides a variety of coordination and administrative duties to the Champagne Aishihik Trust (CAT).

Duties: Closing Date: Friday, January 26, 2018 **no later than 4pm**

Misc Services

Misc Services

HOUSECLEANING Professional Reliable Reasonable Rates References Available 393-3868

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

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

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com

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Pets

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

• Support the Chair and Board of Trustees by scheduling and coordinating all board, committee & community meetings • Consolidating & distributing materials and taking minutes at the Board meetings • Manage and coordinate the CAT records, including management of active, inactive, archival records and a reference library • Oversee the transferring of funds from investment accounts • Assisting the Chair in creating the annual operating budget • Monitoring operating budget funds and reporting on budget variances and cash flow • Assist the Chair with preparing reports, briefings, correspondence and proposals • Liaise with CAFN on communication and planning • Manage accounts payable, process expense claims & honorariums and arrange travel • Liaise with investment managers and contractors • Other duties as required

Experience: Grade 12 post secondary education or training, office administration or secretarial experience with coursework in bookkeeping or accounting or equivalent combination of training and work experience.

Working in a First Nation trust environment would be an asset.

Please send all resumes and enquiries to: cafntrust@outlook.com

Livestock

Pet Services

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

CANINES & COMPANY Classes: Puppy Fundamentals/Basic Obedience January 9 & February 13 Puppy Essentials January 3 & February 26 Private lessons Training daycare available Call 333-0505

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Coming Events Jazz in the Hall, Thursday February 1. Grant Simpson’s Duke Ellington Duets with saxophonist Olivier de Colombel. Old Fire Hall. Doors 6:30 pm. Show 7 pm.

Announcements Coming Events 24th Marsh Lake Classic Ski Loppet Saturday, February 10 @ MLCC. Register at Icycle Sport, Coast Mountain, WCCSC at Mt. McIntyre or Marsh Lake Community Centre.

660-4999 for more info.

All-City Band Dessert & Dance February 10, 2017, 7pm. Featuring: The Big Band, Mt. McIntyre. Tickets @: Whitehorse Motors, online @ allcityband.com. Home-Baked Desserts!

Ancient Beringians and Peopling of the Americas, the next Long Ago Yukon talk with Dr. Ben Potter of the U. Of Alaska, Beringia Centre, on Saturday, January 27 at 1pm Chilkoot Trail/Log Cabin: Non-motorized weekend: January 19-21.

Other weekends & weekdays: Multiuse. For into: 867-667-3910 28-Day Jumpstart Get Back Your Health Lose Weight Feel Great Look Great With Jumpstart get all of the 100% natural supplements, meal plans, grocery shopping lists, recipes, wellness journal, do-at-home fitness plan and support, motivation & accountability that you need to succeed.

Program is starting on Jan 29th.

Hurry, limited spots available.

For more information contact Julia at 334-5076 or julia@bethechangewellness.net.

Building a Better World: Implications for Individual, Family and Society January 26, 7:00pm, KD Cultural Centre. Saturday Workshop 1:00pm French Cultural Centre 393-4335 Coffee House Saturday February 3, featuring: Deb Jutra+Annie Avery+ Open Stage! Help set up 6PM+open stage sign-up, 7:30PM show, bring a $5 bill, bsmt United Church 6th+Main, 633-4255 COME STROLL DOWN PENNY LANE at Whitehorse United Church Sunday, January 28, 7:00pm An evening of live Beatles music, so come listen, sing, maybe even dance a little? $10 charge.

All proceeds to Mission & Service Fund and Braeburn Camp Fund 6th & Main Street, Upstairs Elevator access 867-667-2989 or wuc@klondiker.com

Porter Creek Community Association meeting Monday, February 5th, 5:15 pm, Guild Hall. All Welcome.

Come show your support. Info 6334829 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 Imagine Yukon Huts public meeting.

Join the discussion, explore the dream, Thursday January 25, 7pm9pm, Grey Mtn Room, Mt Mac Rec Centre. More info, Shea @ 6332799 Interfaith Potluck Dinner & Talk

by Dr. Wayne Horowitz Sunday, February 4, 2018, Lewis Hall, Whitehorse United Church, 6th&Main, downtown, elevator access. Dinner 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Please label any pork, beef or alcohol ingredients clearly.

7pm-9pm, The Feast of the Boy inn the Moon, discussion by Dr. Wayne Horowitz of the traditional Gwich’in Festival.

For more info see Interfaith Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/whitehorseinterfaith/ “Life in Water”, a new exhibit of relief prints by Linda Leon opens with a reception at Yukon Artists at Work Gallery, 4th and Wood, February 2nd, 5-8 pm.

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Feel like a small fish in a big pond?

FASSY Parent Caregiver Support meeting, Thursday January 25, 6:30pm at FASSY. Come and learn what’s happening for people with FASD in Yukon. Call 393-4948

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Coming Events Queer Yukon: free, all ages bowling night for the LGBTQ+allies community. Mad Trapper Alleys, Saturday, January 27, 7 - 10pm. www.queeryukon.com.

Stories Into Songs EN FRANÇAIS, free workshop for seniors. Help pro musicians make a song! January 25, 1830, AFY (Strickland). For more info: 336-2015 or wittheatre.ca The Pioneer Women of the Yukon, Whitehorse Lodge No. 2 will be meeting on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 12:00 noon at the Whitehorse Public Library.

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Annual General Meeting Sunday February 4, 2018 at 1:00 pm at clubhouse on Grey Mountain Rd.

DRUG PROBLEM?

Pets Wanted: Aquarium 24”W x 21.5”H x31” diagonal. 393-6443

Narcotics

Anonymous MEETINGS: WEDNESDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 404A Ogilvie Street < BYTE Office> FRIDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Avenue <Many Rivers> SUNDAYS 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 404A Ogilvie Street < BYTE Office>

Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

ATLIN, B.C. THURSDAY 7:30PM 5 Mile Group (OM) Tlingit Cultural Centre 1-250-651-7799

BEAVER CREEK, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

CARCROSS, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

CARMACKS, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

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

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1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

FARO, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

HAINES JUNCTION, YT FRIDAY

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Coming Events

The Yukon Circle of Change annual AGM is Wednesday, February 7, 7pm in the Lupine room of Whitehorse Public Library. Come help us Be the Change! yukoncircleofchange@gmail.com

Yukon Music Teachers in Concert!

Sunday Jan 28th 3pm at Riverdale Baptist Church. Annie Avery, Keitha Clark, Danette Readman, Barry Kitchen, Henry Klassen, Olivier de Colombel and more! Admission by donation.

Yukon Territorial Green Party AGM is Thursday, January 25th, at 7:00pm, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. yukongreenparty.ca

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOOD?

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

MAYO, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

OLD CROW, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

PELLY CROSSING, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

ROSS RIVER, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

TESLIN, YT WEDNESDAY 7:00PM Soaring Eagles Group (Closed) G Bldg, #4 McLeary Street FRIDAY 1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre

WATSON LAKE, YT FRIDAY

1:30PM Yukon Unity Group (Open) Health Centre (Downstairs)

Tibetan Buddhist scholar, Khentrul Rinpoche, will be teaching in Whitehorse February 10 & 11. For information go to katogchokuling.org.

Suggested donation $220. All are welcome.

Legal

Meetings

Mondays 7:30 p.m.

4071 4th Avenue oayukon@gmail.com www.oa.org

AL-ANON MEETINGS contact 667-7142

Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking???

WEDNESDAY

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

FRIDAY

7:00 PM Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg (4th & Strickland)

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS MEETINGS ANONYMOUS

Friday

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8:00 PM Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg (4th & Strickland)

DESTRUCTION BAY, YT W A L K O N W A T E R

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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Tenders

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF 1 MOBILE LUBE SKID PACKAGE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 12, 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 Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Yukon Science Institute AGM Monday, January 29, 5:30 pm at the Whitehorse Public Library. All welcome.

Tenders

PUBLIC TENDER SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF CAMPGROUND FIREWOOD- NORTH REGION Project Description: The supply and delivery of round or split (spruce or pine) 16” (+/- 1”) in length, 4” to 12” in diameter of dry (seasoned minimum 2 yrs.), beetle or Àre killed Àrewood to various Yukon Parks- North Region campgrounds.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 12, 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 Carrie Mierau at carrie.mierau@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Environment

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

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PUBLIC TENDER

DEL VAN GORDER DOOR REPLACEMENT

PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY ANALYTICAL SERVICES RELATED TO CONTAMINATED SITES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 13, 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 Katrina Wohlfarth at katrina.wohlfarth@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 8, 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 Darryl Froese at Darryl.Froese@gov.yk.ca.

Site visit: January 31st, 2018 All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre.

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

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.

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

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Treat your Sweetheart to a PRE-VALENTINE’S DAY Sourdough Pancake Supper on Tuesday, February 13, 5pm-7pm, Whitehorse United Church, 6th & Main, downtown, elevator access.

Adults, $10; Seniors, $7; kids 12 & under, $5; Maximum family price, $25.

All proceeds go to the life and work of this church.

867-667-2989, or wuc@klondiker.com

CRIMINAL RECORD? Why suffer Employment/Licensing loss? Travel/Business opportunities? Be embarrassed? Think: Criminal Pardon.

US Entry Waiver. Record Purge.

File Destruction. Free Consultation 1800-347-2540.

LOST: Green North Face backpack with coat/gloves etc, on Sunday, January 14 on the snowmobile trails in Fish Lake. Please call 333-9034 if found

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PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF 1 TOWABLE TRAILER MOUNTED 25KW GENERATOR Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 12, 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 Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@gov.yk.ca.

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

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

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

Highways and Public Works

PUBLIC TENDER

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

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

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

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

Highways and Public Works

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Application Number Numéro de la demande

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

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

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

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Call for Proposals - 1 Year Projects The Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS): Designated, Aboriginal and Rural and Remote funding streams

April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019 Closing Date: February 23, 2018 – 4:30 pm Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) Background: The Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) aims to prevent and end homelessness across Canada. It does so by developing partnerships that contribute to a sustainable and wide range of supports to help those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness move towards self-sufficiency through three separate funding streams.

Canadian Tire Cashplan Coles (Chilkoot Mall) The Deli Edgewater Hotel Your Independent Grocer Fourth Avenue Petro Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant

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Kopper King McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

1. Designated Funding Stream (Whitehorse only): Designated funds are targeted to local priorities identified in the 2014-2019 Community Plan, and should be cost-matched (directly or in-kind) by other funding partners. Proposals will be assessed according to whether the projects are meeting or working towards the HPS Community Plan priorities, which are as follows: 1. To reduce homelessness through a Housing First approach.

2. To improve the self-sufficiency of homeless individuals/families and those at imminent risk of homelessness through individualized services.

3. To preserve/increase the capacity of facilities used to address the needs of people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

2. Aboriginal Funding Stream (Whitehorse only): This stream funds projects delivered primarily by Aboriginal service providers and is also guided by the 2014-2019 Community Plan priorities outlined above. It includes activities that promote inclusion within the Aboriginal community and that are congruent with Aboriginal identity and practices to ensure services are integrated and culturally-appropriate.

3. Rural and Remote Funding Stream (Rural communities only): Projects that address prevention and reduction of homelessness in communities outside of Whitehorse are eligible for funding. This funding stream does not require funding from other sources, although partnerships are strongly encouraged.

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In order to receive an application package including the Proposal Guide please contact: Name & Title: Donovan Cote, Homelessness Partnering Strategy Coordinator Address:

Council of Yukon First Nations – HPS Community Entity 2166-2nd Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4P1

Phone:

(867) 393-9222

E-mail:

donovan.cote@cyfn.net

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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 Bill Stonehouse at bill.stonehouse@gov.yk.ca.

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