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Utility Fees Draw a Curious Crowd Story & Photos By Dan Davidson Concerns about sewer and water billings drew about 15 people out to a special public meeting in Dawson’s council chambers on March 17. Under discussion was Bylaw #11-03, the Water and Sewer Services

that he or she is the owner of the property in question. That might have been one of the major topics for the evening but, as it was, the discussion turned to other matters. The city staff had provided a useful series of charts to illustrate the various changes proposed in the new rates, which

Dawson CAO Jeff Renaud and SFO Joann Van Nostrand. Bylaw (2011), which will replace the existing bylaw once it is passed. City manager Jeff Renaud opened the presentation by noting that the version of the bylaw that had been included with the last council package on March 9 had been missing a vital section, the absence of which had been noted by many people and had been the subject of some Internet chatter. The missing subsection dealt with the rate to be paid by seniors for the service. “Senior citizens (60 years of age and older) applying for water within the City shall receive a discount of forty percent (40%) of the fees herein prescribed …” This is assuming the citizen can offer proof of age and proof

are occasioned by a restructuring of the fee schedule to eliminate the subsidy system which used to be a bonus for year round residents who paid their bills on time. Senior financial officer Joann Van Nostrand joined Renaud in

explaining the new rates and

dealing with detailed questions. Under the new rates the fictitious Lucky Hotel (used as an example), which would have paid a total of $7,732 in 2010, would see an increase to $8,060 in 2011. Its staff housing, had been billed as $1,025 in 2010, would see its rate increased to $1,620. Private home owners, who were billed at $1,025 (after subsidy) in 2010, will now see a bill of $1,060. Seniors can expect their 2010 bill of $600 to rise to $636. Those seniors present indicated they had no problem with this. Mayor Peter Jenkins explained that the subsidies had been eliminated, but the bills had also been reduced, partly due to a more accurate idea of actual costs provided by the town’s new computerized accounting package, and that the average real increase in bills had been either slightly below or slightly above 5%, rounded off to the nearest dollar. To any yearly S/W billing a waste management fee of $100

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IN THIS ISSUE:

1 - Utilities & Mining 2 - page 1 continued 3 - Climate Change 4 - Uffish Thoughts 5 - a Letter & a Poem 6 - Trek News 7 - Regional Planning 8 - Bookends A Tilley of a Reading

9 - Hunter-Gatherer 10 - 7 Days News

11 - DCMF News 12- 16 - TV Guide pages deleted 17 - 20 Years Ago 18 - Fire Chiefs 19 - Focus on CFYT 20 - Trio Accord 21 - 100 Exhibition 22 - Cartoons 23 - Classifieds 24 - Obituary

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RECOGNIZING SUCCESS – Scott Jobin-Bevans (right), president of the Prospector and Developers Association of Canada, presents Shawn Ryan with the Bill Dennis Award for prospecting success at the association’s recent conference in Toronto. Photo courtesy of the PROSPECTOR AND DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

Book deal beckons prospecting superstar By Chuck Tobin, Whitehorse Star, March 18, 201i Shawn Ryan says he’s already been approached about a book on the leading role he and his wife have played in sparking the Yukon’s modern-day gold rush. And a New York Times reporter who recently spent a few days with Ryan and Cathy Wood told the couple movie producers usually turn up not long after a book. As much as he quietly accepts the spotlight he and Cathy have been under for more than a year now, Ryan isn’t interested in playing any leading characters just yet. He did turn down an invitation from the Discovery Channel to anchor a documentary this summer on the territory’s newly-ignited gold fever. But Ryan understands the interest in their story. “It’s kind of more of a fairlytale,” he said in an interview this week. “It’s in the Klondike, in the heart of Gold Rush country, and there is this couple living in a cabin and they kind of find the monster lode that led to the Klondike Gold Rush.” Just over a year ago, the Yukon Prospector Association named Ryan and Wood prospectors of the year. B.C. followed suit last year, and the Prospector and Developers Association of Canada did the same in Toronto last week at the world’s largest mining conference. Last month, the couple sold Ryanwood Exploration and its remaining mineral claims for $7.5 million, plus stock options and future royalties to Ryan Gold – no relation. As part of the package, Ryan will be named president of the Toronto-based company listed on the TSE, with hands-on involvement in the company’s exploration portfolio. The self-made millionaires spent many years plugging away in the mineral exploration industry, never striking it rich but maintaining a living and a modest home for their two children in Dawson City. All the while, Ryan never lost sight of possibly finding the source of gold which filled the Klondike creeks and transformed the Gold Rush capital into Canada’s largest city west of Winnipeg by 1898. There’s been some luck involved, he acknowledges, but not without persistence, and what he describes as the development of a precise and professional method of soil sampling.

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Ryan & Wood are prospecting cont’d from p. 1 superstars Ryan says he likes to share a little story when he gets the chance, which has been pretty regularly these days. In the years and decades gone by, the soil sampler was generally the low rung on the ladder, the crew member who was expected to clean up and do the dishes after the geologists and others were done eating at night. It often wasn’t the most revered position, and if you ticked him off, the next day’s samples could easily be nothing more than a sloppy fist-pump into the ground with a handful of dirt hastily thrown into the bag. He says considering multimillion mineral exploration programs are built from soil samples, it was somewhat ironic the job didn’t get a little more respect. Recognizing the importance of precision sampling, Ryanwood Explorations refined the technique over the last six or seven years. The White property south of Dawson, Ryan recalls, was discovered by one – one – soil sample taken by Ryan and company. It quickly became the sizzling discovery that kick-started the exploration and staking rush over the last two years. Early diamond drill results by the junior company who optioned the property from Ryanwood had everybody in the industry turning their heads, including Kinross, one of Canada’ gold mining giants. Kinross bought the property from Underworld last year, and is plan-

ning major work this year. Same sort of deal for the Coffee property about 15 kilometres away. One soil sample, and today the preliminary estimate is showing the potential for a million ounces of gold, and probably more. Ryan said of the thousands of samples collected in a field season, he can tell you exactly where each one was taken to within five metres, thanks to the advancement of GPS technology. It use to be that a busy season in the bush would involve collecting 1,500 samples, maybe 2,000, as was the case when the White property was discovered, he says. In the years since, however, the Ryanwood’s pace of sampling skyrocketed – 8,000, 14,000, 18,000 and then 37,000 last year. Between the 50 properties Ryan Gold purchased, and the properties Ryanwood had optioned off previously, Ryan estimates there’ll be 150,000 samples collected. Some things, however, never change. He and his crew still use the daffodil planters they buy directly from Holland to scoop up the sample. As Ryan Gold’s president to be, Ryan doesn’t plan on giving up his flower planter, though having more time with the family was among the deciding factors to sell.

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is charged to handle the costs of running the Quigley Landfill. Former mayor John Steins wondered why, if the new accounting system was providing better information on costs, the city did not wait for a full year’s run before making major adjustments to the utilities bills. Mayor Jenkins apparently misunderstand this as an attack on the new system and responded with a familiar dissertation on the sad state of the city’s account books, the performance of the town’s former auditing firm and, by extension, the Steins’ administration. “The city’s finances are in serious disarray,” he said, “and have been for number of years. In fact, the auditing statements can seriously be called into question.” “Don’t make it sound like we didn’t keep good books,” Steins shot back, “because that’s not true.” It was left to Councillor Stephen Johnson to pour oil on the waters and remark that the previous council had done the best it could with the antiquated accounting software it had inherited, but that some deficiencies had been corrected during the switch from the old system to the new. Van Nostrand indicated

Three council members – Stephen Johnson, Peter Jenkins and Wayne Potoroka, were present for this special meeting. that the first quarter’s utility bills had been able to invoice $10,000 that had been missed due to confusion in the record keeping that went back some years. Oddly, none of this was picked up during the exhaustive forensic audit that was conducted on the city’s books by Doddington and Associates during the twoyear trusteeship. Aside from that exchange many of the questions had to do with comparative rates between different types of housing accommodation and rental properties, with numerous landlords expressing varying levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the rates that are proposed. Steins, who is currently housing his aged father in what used to be a rental suite in his home, felt he was being overcharged. Gail Hendley, operator of the Bonanza Gold RV Park and Andy Fras, owner of the Dawson City RV Park, argued that they will

be overcharged by the new rates, which Hendley claims will see their cost rise by as much as 90%. Since the RV parks both operate only about a third of the year and are actually constructed so that their water systems, which would freeze, are not operating most of the year, both owners agree that they should be paying at a lower rate. Both are currently on metered water rates rather than regular billing, and would prefer to stay that way. Second reading of this bill has been postponed to give some of these issues further study. That also means that complete phasing out of the city contracted water delivery system for those residents not on the utility grid will be postponed as well, and Jenkins indicated that submissions have been received for a temporary tender to extend the current contract, which will expire on March 31.

list of possible issues that might have an impact on Dawson City if nothing is done to mitigate the effects of climate change. “Dawson is a climate stressed community,” he said. “We’re right on the dividing line between … more southern eco-systems and eco-systems that are far north and have a thick layer of permafrost under them.” Dawson’s permafrost layer is characterized as discontinuous. It does not underlie the entire town, and it thickens and thins depending on the season and other factors. Even a slight average rise in temperature, Scott said, could play havoc with most of the town’s buildings and infrastructure. The DCC has produced an impact paper, which lists possible changes ranging from forest fires to floods, to changes in local wildlife and damage to transportation routes. Some of these items were key points in the evening’s discussion. Scott turned the moderator’s chair over to Peter Menzies, a

Dawson teacher who owns and drives an electric truck for use around the town. Anyone expecting a lot of sparks to fly between Bagnell and Strieker would have been disappointed. The two men demonstrated a lot of respect for each other and their stated opinions. Indeed, they agreed on many of the points raised during the evening, and were especially simpatico when it came to denouncing the record of the current Conservative government. The two agreed that the Conservatives have done nothing on this file and have actually gotten in the way of anyone who might be trying to put together a science based approach to the problem. While admitting, after Strieker’s prompting, that the Liberal governments of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin had not done nearly enough on this file when they had the chance, Bagnell trotted out an impressive list of initiatives that had been in Cont’d on p. 3

Climate Change Forum Sees Little Disagreement among Participants Story & photo By Dan Davidson A healthy crowd of about 30 turned out to attend a Climate Change Forum hosted at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre by Dawson Climate Circle (DCC) on March 14. The climate change circle had invited representatives from all the federal political parties to take part in the debate, but only Larry Bagnell, Yukon’s MP (Liberal) and John Strieker, the Green Party’s candidate for the riding, showed up. In fairness to the Conservatives and New Democrats, it should be noted that neither party has selected a candidate to run in the next federal election at this time. Strieker did note, however, that the last time there was an all-party debate on political issues in Dawson, the Conservative candidate was the only no-show. The Dawson Climate Circle’s Chris Scott introduced the theme of the evening and produced a

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the planning stages before the Conservatives took power, and noted that these, along with many other programs related to climate change, had been cancelled. Strieker actually agreed with this, saying that he had been aware of many of the programs Bagnell mentioned. The major difference between the positions the two took could be summed up by the phrase “hard targets”. Strieker and the Greens see an absolute need to deal with carbon emissions by means of deadlines and carbon taxes while Bagnell’s Liberals are proposing “cap & trade” solutions. Both supported initiatives to get away from the use of fossil fuels, including everything from wind and solar power to biodiesel, waste wood and small scale nuclear. The Green’s platform is opposed to any development of nuclear power, but Strieker is personally disposed to keep an eye on the science and see where it goes. The formal topics for the debate included construction, mining, tourism and food production. Both men favoured programs to allow homeowners to increase their energy efficiency, a program Bagnell said had been cut by the Conservatives. Both agreed that placer mining is a different sort of mining that the larger scale operations

that have left the territory with such clean-up messes in the past. Much of the debate here revolved around whether new mines should be on or off the power grid, and what types of alternative power generation (such as those brush piles along our highways) might be used to power new projects. Strieker suggested portable bio-diesel/ waste wood power plants as an option. When it came to tourism the discussion focussed more on what might be done to reduce power use in the summer. Bagnell suggested that solar power should certainly be an option during Dawson’s tourist season. Strieker wanted to look for sustainable solutions, which might include that. When it came to food production, both men agreed that more could be done to encourage local production, both here and in Mayo. Questions from the audience included such topics as nuclear power, preservation of the boreal forest, possible development of mass transit (perhaps by rail), pipelines for gas, encouragement of alternative energy sources and elimination of the subsidies that are currently paid to oil and gas companies. In his conclusion Strieker referred to climate change as a “transformative opportunity”, a chance for the nations to stop living beyond their means and

Green Party candidate John Strieker, moderator Peter Menzies and Liberal MP Larry Bagnell discussed climate change in Dawson on March 14.

come up with sustainable lifestyles. Bagnell’s closing remarks focussed on the election that he clearly believes is about to

confront us. It should, he said, be about ideas rather than personalities. He expects it to be a bitter battle, and he encouraged people who don’t usually get involved in

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Uffish Thoughts: Redefining the Conservative Party By Dan Davidson

The telephone rings (well, act ually they mostly cheep these days) and I pick up the handset. The voice is chipper and positive. “I’m calling on behalf of Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party.” The man or woman (I’ve had both) on the line wants to know if I’m willing to pledge my support to the party in light of the possibility of a coming election. As the author of this column I tend not to give support to any particular party, leaving myself free to say nasty (most often) or nice (sometimes) things about any of them, so I politely decline and hang up. And then it hits me: Stephen - Harper’s - Conservative Party? When did THAT happen? I thought it was the Conservative Party of Canada, not to be confused in any way with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, which I will admit to having voted for a few times in the past, depending on the local

candidate. I should have stayed on the line long enough to hear some of the pitch and find out more about this new political movement, one which I’m sure isn’t registered as such anywhere in the nation. I missed my chance. I can’t recall that any earlier prime ministers or party leaders have ever renamed the parties they led after themselves, but perhaps I just didn’t notice. What I had noticed earlier was that the Retro-Tories love to play games with branding. After all they spent almost two years using the phrase “Canada’s New Government” to refer to themselves after they first came to power. That got old really fast. Now, of course, they’ve taken things to the next level and renamed the Government of Canada. According to recent news stories, we are now being led by the Harper Government. That noun phrase has replaced the more accurate Government of Canada. Now it’s not uncommon for us journalists and others to refer to the government in power in

a similar fashion. We’ve had the Trudeau, Clark, Mulroney, Campbell, Turner, Chretien and Martin governments over the last several decades, but in each case it’s been pretty clear that the leader’s name is just an adjective indicating this particular incarnation of the Government of Canada. Today’s Conservatives are placing all their chips on the reputation of their leader. A quick peek at their website shows that every single press release archived there over the last three months begins with the words “Prime Minister Stephen Harper … today”. According to reports on both the CT V and CBC net works there are now scores of press releases from such branches of the Government of Canada as the Canada Revenue Agency, Fisheries and Oceans, Finance, International Trade, Health Canada and Industry, and the Treasury Board, all of which display the phrase “Harper Government” where normally one would find “Government of Canada”.

This is of a piece with the giant cheque exercise we saw last summer and fall, during which oversized display cheques bearing the amount of grant money authorized through the stimulus fund and other Government of Canada programs were prominently labeled with the Conservative logo and the name of the local Conservative MP. In fact, the most recent rebranding exercise goes beyond the big cheques. Those, at least,

wanted you to know about the Conservative Party and its local representative, as if that party and its platform stood for something. Now, it’s just Harper, Harper, Harper. It’s all rather strange. Perhaps the next time the PM puts together a pick-up band for a Conservative function, he’ll call it Harpers Bizarre and give us all a few choruses of “Feeling Groovy”.

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The Crocus

We got it right

The promise of summer lingers on the cool spring breeze.

Dan,

Fragrant whispers of green to come decries the snow icing the ground. Then, in slow surprise the crocus crowns its head Clayton Saunders

Well, after an almost interminable wait, I’ve finally got my hands on the article you wrote about me back in September, so just wanted to write and say thank you! It’s definitely the best of all the articles that have appeared in local papers about my journey so far, and the first one without any factual inaccuracies!! Thanks again for your interest in what I’m trying to do, Silver Tana Silverland <t.silverland@googlemail.com>

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What to SEE and DO In Dawson Now This free public service helps our readers find their way through the many activites all over town. Any small happening may need preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To join this listing contact Tara Borin at klondikesun@northwestel.net. Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) - Odd Gallery: Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 5 pm Sat noon - 5pm. Visit www.kiac.ca for current exhibitions and programming information. DCAS AGM - Thursday, March 31st in the KIAC Ballroom, 7 p.m. “Me So Corny” - A night of improv comedy in the style of “Who’s Line is it, Anyway?” March 26th, Diamond Tooth Gertie’s. Show starts @ 9 p.m. Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race - March 24th, race begins @ 10 a.m. King St. & 3rd Ave. Seedy Saturday for Market Vendors - Sell your wares, take orders for spring, promote! April 9th, 1-3 p.m. To reserve a table contact the Rec. Dept. 993-2353 Dawson Curling Club - The ice is in! Team nights every Tues. Drop-in curling Mon/ Wed/Thurs. Any skill level welcome! For info call 993-6262 or visit www.dawsoncurling. blogspot.com Dawson City Rec Department - Drop-in Badminton Mondays in the RSS Gymnasium Families from 6:15-7:15 p.m., Adults from 7:15-8:30 p.m. Fitness Classes Mon, Wed and Fri 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Ancillary Room. $2 drop-in fee or $25/6 weeks. For more information on these and other available programs, please contact the Rec Department, 9932353 Dawson City Museum Theatre - Tron:Legacy (PG - 2010) March 26th @ 2 p.m.; Fair Game (PG - 2010) March 26&27 @ 7 p.m.; Aladdin or Finding Nemo March 27 @ 2 p.m. Westminster Hotel - Live Music in the Tavern, Thurs. - Sat. nights, 4-8. In the Lounge this month: Friday nights, the Greasy Band, Saturday nights featuring Harmonica George. Music starts at 10 p.m. Dawson City Chamber of Commerce - Regular meetings 2nd Wed. of each month. Dawson City Community Library - Open Mon - Fri, noon to 6:30. Conservation Klondike Society Depot Hours - Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed: 1-5 pm, Tues: 3-7 pm. Donations of refundables may be left on the deck during off hours. Info: 993-6666

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Trekkers Enjoy Helicopter Sled Drop Story & photos by Dan Davidson

Silly as it may seem when put into words there’s still something compelling about watching a snowmobile falling from 500 feet in the air and crashing onto the ice of the Yukon River. It’s been a few years now since the Dawson Sled Dawgs added this unusual raffle/ contest to the Trek Over the Top weekends, but the event never fails to draw a crowd. Everyone seemed to have the timing right on March 11. There were only a dozen or so people along the top of the dyke beside the old CIBC building at 4:50, but by 5:05 the walking trail was packed. Many of them were from the 160 or so Trekkers who had come to Dawson from Tok the day before for the second and last run of this year’s event, but there were lots of local faces as well. Kids were sliding down the slope of the dyke to the ice below, where a trailer was set up, and the contest officials were waiting for the damaged and donated snow machine to hit the ice. By 5:15 there were voices hollering that they heard the chopper coming up the valley. A minute later it came into view, the snowmobile dangling from a long cable, swinging slightly from the motion of the aircraft above it. The helicopter swept by the waiting crowd and north along the river valley, and turned back, thankfully presenting a scene wasn’t marred by sun and lens flare. It moved to a spot over the place where all the stakes were driven into the snow on the river, and began to climb.

Reaching a pre-determined height the pilot then released the sled, which was on the ground with several pieces scattered nearby by 5:19. The judges rushed out to see which stake the machine was closest to, and the crowd began to disperse. There were two of these events during this year’s Trek weekends. The first set of tickets was not a sell-out and so Alaska’s Hark Hasner collected only $937.50. The March 11 event was sold out, and local Robin Gillespie picked up $1250.00.

Above: Which of those stakes will be the winner? Below: The crowd waits for the helicopter to arrive. Right: The sled plunges to the river.

The KVA Takes on the Trek Over the Top Story & photo By Dan Davidson “It was cold,” said Hap Mead of Fairbanks, one of the approximately 112 riders who made the 354 km Trek Over the Top from Tok to Dawson on February 24.. “The terrace was pretty ugly,” he continued, referring to a snowed in area of the road just this side of the Canadian border. “It was blown in pretty good and steep. “One gal rolled her sled right there at the terrace and broke her ankle. Another guy fell off his sled and actually slid down into the valley quite a ways. He couldn’t get back up by himself so we spent two hours getting him back up the mountain. That was an ordeal. He was a big boy. “The last twenty mile stretch

coming in was really cold.” Mead has done the Trek nine times now, missing only one ride since his first in 2001, and arrived in Dawson around 9 o’clock Thursday night. “I’ve never arrived that late, in the dark, before,” he said. Asked why he has done the trip so often, he paused only briefly. “It’s just something different to do. It’s a little different every time. Sometimes the weather’s a big factor and sometimes it’s mechanical issues, but the folks here always do a great job, are really welcoming, and it’s just a lot of fun.” Mead travels with a group from Fairbanks, which makes the trip just about every year. ‘This year I brought my brother-in-law from Houston, Texas, who’s never been on a snow

machine before. He’s having a great time. It’s a blast.” The Trek has been running now for 18 seasons, having begun as a lark on the Alaska side in 1993. It remains a sore point with its original organizers that it gets scant promotional assistance from the Dept. of Tourism. Retired hotelier Dick Van Nostrand raised this issue again with Tourism officials at the annual general meeting of the Klondike Visitors Association on February 28. Trek founders Eric Zalitis and Laurie McCrory have now turned the Dawson side of the operation over to the KVA, which work with the Dawson Sled Dawgs to organize things on this side of the border. In Tok, the Alaska Trailblazers handle the international ride, which has been rated very

highly by magazines that deal with the sport. There were two Trek weekends this year, with numbers up about 50 people over the year before. Still, 270 riders are not enough to make it worth staging three weekends, as the event did before the 2008 recession. KVA’s Paul Robitaille says that getting the numbers back up is a long

term goal for Dawson’s tourism promotion agency. “We’re not changing very much,” he said. “It hasn’t been our event and we’re still new players in this. We want to get our feet wet this year, hopefully do a good job, and see a further increase in numbers for next year.”

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Jeff Hamm to head up Dawson Regional Planning Commission Office to be located here before summer

Story & photo By Dan Davidson

The members of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce could hardly have been more pleased with the outcome of the first full meeting of the Dawson Regional Planning Commission, at which the members decided that it was vital to move the commission’s office to Dawson before this coming summer. A request for proposals ad in the current edition of the Klondike Sun says the DRPC would like to set up its local office sometime in April or May. Newly hired full time Senior Planner Jeff Hamm made the same point at the March 9 meeting of the chamber, adding that he is seeking living accommodation for his family as well as office space. The Commission is a sixperson board established under terms of First Nation Final Agreements. At the inaugural meeting Scott Casselman was selected as the first Chair of the Commission. The other members are Bill Bowie, Roger Ellis, Will Fellers, Chester Kelly and Steve Taylor. Hamm comes to the Senior Planner’s position after some years spent as a town planner for the city of Whitehorse, as well as time spent in the private sector and after participating on all the regional land use plans that have been worked on so far. A press release from the commission notes the following. “Mr. Hamm has worked extensively on both the North Yukon and Peel Watershed land use plans, and the Commission intends to draw on that experience in hopes of keeping on time and on budget, while still meeting the expectations of government and stakeholders for a rational, implementable land use plan.” The DRPC has a budget of $935,000 and a timeline of three years, with a mandate to bring the process to a successful conclusion by the end of December 2013. This budget is less than that devoted to each of the plans that have been worked on so far, but Hamm told the 16 chamber members at the meeting that he felt it was doable. The Dawson region has, he said, seen much more study and mapping than the other areas had at the time they began, and the combined resources of all those previous studies, taken with the expertise in the area, should enable the project to

move along. That said, he also pledged not to rush things and to have more than one round of public consultations before launching into the final phase of the report. There will be consultations and meetings before anything has been written, and another set at the draft stage. The land use plan, covering an area of about 45,000 square kilometres, is being prepared on behalf of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Vuntut Gwitchin and Yukon governments, will consider issues such as mining and mineral exploration, renewable resource use, traditional uses, heritage and cultural significance, recreation and tourism. The final report’s recommendations are not binding in any way, except in the case where protected zones are identified. Until the Commission gets its feet on the ground in Dawson City, it is operating out of the offices of the Yukon Land Use Planning Council in Whitehorse, but Hamm was very clear that he does not wish that situation to continue any longer than absolutely necessary. This fits very well with the desires of the local business community, which complained loudly when told by members of the YLUPC that the Dawson commission would have to be located in Whitehorse for its first full year of operation. Most of the first year of the process will be information gathering, Hamm said, and there was no better place to do that from than right here in Dawson, though there will be meetings in Whitehorse and in Old Crow as well. Hamm noted that existing communities are not part of the planning process and their own official community plans will not be affected. “We don’t plan for Dawson, but that doesn’t mean that Dawson doesn’t have an important role in the region. I think that’s one of the issues we’ll discover as we move through the planning process. How does the region support Dawson? How does Dawson support the region? What is the relationship? How do we want to improve that relationship?” Hamm said it was important for the commission to have an open relationship with the region. In his opinion part of the problems currently being faced by the Peel Watershed Planning Commission stem from the fact that so much of the process was

not transparent to the public or even to the stakeholders. “Without engagement of the stakeholders at the beginning of the process, when we get to the end we have disengagement. ‘What I’m hoping to do in the Dawson case that is different is to extend the discussion of the issues through the whole first and second quarters of our work plan.” There was pressure from the territorial government to do much of the first year’s work from Whitehorse, he said. “That just doesn’t resonate with me. We really have to be in the region’ we really have to understand the issues in the region before we can collect the information about possible solutions.” This opinion is nearly identical to those expressed by the Dawson Chamber and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, both of which lobbied loudly, along with the town’s council, to have the office located

Jeff Hamm discusses the region planning process on the map.

here from the beginning. The office will begin with just Hamm working there, but the commission’s advertising includes a request for expressions of interest in work such as mapping, public consultation, workshop facilitation, translation, graphic design, web design,

photography and language editing. The office will grow or contract services as needed during the process. Hamm got a warm reception as the meeting, which was seen as a positive beginning for his tenure here.

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The Fantasy Worlds of Guy Gavriel Kay By Dan Davidson

The Sarantine Mosaic By Guy Gavriel Kay ROC /Penguin two volumes

Guy Gavriel Kay is a fascinating writer of complex fantasy novels. In this field he is an oddity in that he does his best to avoid simply following the quest template laid down by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings. This could be seen as odd, since Kay has the best excuse of any fantasy writer for following in Tolkien’s literary footsteps. When he was barely 20 years old he was hired by Christopher Tolkien to assist in the preparation of his father’s last new book, The Silmariliion. That took two years, after which he returned to Canada, finished a law degree, got interested in writing and worked on the CBC radio program The Scales of Justice. I became aware of him in 1984 when his first volume of fiction, The Summer Tree, appeared. This was the start of a fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, which contained elements of fantasy and science-fiction, taking place both in our world and in another dimension. He has followed this with a series of stand-alone fantasy novels, each of them based on the legends and culture of a differ-

touch of some sort of local magic in each one. The Sarantine Mosaic is a two volume work which adapts the culture of the Byzantine (or Eastern Roman) Empire. Sailing to Sarantium (Roc, 448 pages, $15.77) introduces us to a number of key characters, including the Emperor of the Sarantine Empire, his wife, and the man they hire to be the creator of a vast mosaic within the royal temple to the great god, Jad and

his son Heladikos, beings which are clearly analogues of Yahweh and Christ. Concerns about religion and art underlie nearly every page in this book, along with court politics and imperial strategy. Our artist, Caius Crispis (or Crispin) has to make the hazardous overland journey to the capital when he is summoned by the Emperor Valerius. He travels through lands where the local deities have not quite vanished from sight, and has some interesting encounters along the way. At the same time the young Queen of Batiara, a state adjacent to the empire, struggles to keep her rule intact in spite of plots by her largely male court to overthrow her. In the capital city there is much court intrigue and a great deal to do with chariot races, all of which makes for an exciting story. It ends on a terrific cliffhanger, so I warn you to have the second book on hand before you begin it. The vast historical scope of the work is enhanced by the long prologue in which we learn of the events that eventually brought the emperor to the throne, and numerous asides, which seem almost to be historic commentary in several voices. In some ways, it is like we are reading a history book and dipping into it from time to time to enjoy vignettes relating the events as they happened at

lives in St. John’s but it seems, from the reading, as if she has left something of herself behind in the North and is searching for it. “I’m a bit of a goof, you might notice,” Sara says. “I’m also a clown and I feel a little clowny today, so I might make some weird faces while I’m reading, you never know.” But that doesn’t happen. Her voice is light but serious as she reads and the only faces she makes come later, when she tells us there might be some “language” in the next reading. The project she is working on while at Berton House is a novel based on the log books and other writings of Duke Tilley, her great-grandfather, who travelled to Alaska and the Yukon just after the Gold Rush period and left behind a treasure trove of documents –

some 200 pages - dated from 1888 to the 1940s. “It’s the first time I’ve ever read from this work so I’m a little nervous,” she says, “but I’m also pretty excited to have it come out this way. I’m almost at the end of my first draft and that’s my goal – to have that done when I leave here.” The story will be fictional when it is done, however much it is based on Duke’s writing. In particular, the finished product will look like Duke’s papers, which have very little punctuation, bits of bad poetry, capital letters in odd places and strange spacing on the page. For all that warning, the prose sounds quite readable when Tilley gets into it, and the audience coaxes her to read nearly all the extracts that she brought with her. In contrast to the quieter

ent region on Europe (Provence, medieval Spain, medieval Italy) and thus each having a different flavour. Typically, his books read like historical novels, with just a

Bookends

by Dan Davidson the time. As usual, there is not a great deal of magic in the story, but there is a magician, some sort of nature god, and telepathic mechanical birds, which are

apparently enlivened by the captured souls of dead women. Lord of Emperors (Roc, 448 pages, $16.00) further complicates the story, introducing Doctor Rustem from an eastern land, and developing many of the characters from the first book in a great deal more detail. There are several romances, more gripping races, an assassination plot and a great deal more. The second half of the novel (for it really is one great

book, not t wo) moves more quickly than the first as all the various clockworks of the plot have been wound up and are now spinning apace. If you are hoping for a triumphal conclusion to all of this, you will be both disappointed and satisfied. Things do not go in a very stereotypical direction in Kay’s writing. In an essay on fantasy he once wrote ““to be successful in fantasy, you have to take the measure of Tolkien — work with his strengths and away from his weaknesses”. I think he does a very good job of that. These books have been reissued several times since I first acquired them 12 years ago. I was moved to pluck them from the shelf where they had languished when I realized that I had read and reviewed a later book by Kay and wasn’t’ doing this pair justice. Both books have recently been reissued in paperback, and the page counts on both volumes have me concerned for middle-aged eyes. My copies were 559 and 655 pages respectively. The print size and leading must be considerably reduced to get the total page count down by over 200 pages. They are also available in eBook editions, and one of the advantages of this format is that you can increase the print size. However you choose to acquire them, they are worth your time.

From Newfoundland to the Arctic at Berton House Story & Photo by Dan Davidson Sara Tilley says she’s nervous as she faces her audience of about a dozen people in the Dawson Community Library on March 9. She has two plans, she says. First she will read from Skin Room, her first novel, published in 2008. It has won a number of awards, including the aptly named Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers. It is set partly in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where Sara lives, and partly in the Northwest Territories, where she spent part of her childhood. There are two voices in the novel. Both belong to Teresa Norman, but they are separated by age. At age 12 Teresa lives in Sanikiluaq, in the NWT, in a village that is now part of Nunavut. In her mid-20s Teresa

Sara Tilley – Berton House writer-inresidence Sara Tilley reads at the Dawson Community Library in early March.

reading from Skin Room, the new manuscript is declaimed in “gosh wow” tones of excitement and intensity. The fictional version of Duke travels the rivers on steamers and becomes a logger, but always seems to suffer from poor timing. He misses the gold rush entirely and finds himself

in the logging business with his brother around the time the boats are shifting to coal. The final reading relates the bizarre murder of an intruder to their isolated winter cabin. It sounds like it will be quite a book when it gets to its final form.

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Hunterer Gatherer By Allie Haydock Like many (I tell myself ), I’ve got an insane addiction to chocolate. I’m pretty sure I inherited it from my mother who hides it all over the house in secret places only she knows about. Her online banking was shut down when she was prompted to answer the secret question: “what is your favorite chocolate bar?” – she couldn’t remember. All she knew was that she liked them all and after the 15th guess of what her favorite was when she was programming her account, she received a message stating that due to suspicious activity she would no longer be able to access her account online. I also like all chocolate bars and I like cookies, brownies, doughnuts, ice cream, boxed chocolate, bagged chocolate, I’ll even take it happily straight from the pantry in chip-form, though of all the possibilities my favorite chocolate comes in cake-form. This has posed some serious problems, mostly the constant urge to bake giant cakes for a household of two. Most delicious cake recipes end up in three layers and require pounds upon pounds of costly chocolate and leave you with nearly full containers of whipping cream about to expire. It’s always a lengthy and expensive production that more often than not results in half a sad, dried-out cake getting thrown out a week later. Then this recipe came along and changed everything. It is a take on my mother’s version of the six-minute cake that she whips up during chocolate emergencies and I think the frosting really pulls it together. It’s luxurious enough for a birthday but still appropriate for everyday. The ingredients are all things you probably have on hand anyways and it literally takes six minutes to mix together. It turns out moist, rich and extremely chocolately.

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Six Minute Chocolate Cake with Two Minute Frosting For the cake: - 1 ½ cups all purpose flour - 1/3 cup cocoa - 1 cup sugar - 1 tsp baking soda - ½ tsp salt - ½ cup vegetable oil - 1 cup water - 2 tbsp instant coffee granules - 2 tsp vanilla extract - 2 tbsp vinegar - 1 cup chocolate chips (optional) - - - - - -

into an un-greased 8 inch square baking pan sift the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt in a medium-sized bowl stir the instant coffee into the water and add the oil and vanilla pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and stir until combined once the batter is smooth add the vinegar, stirring quickly until just evenly combined stir in the chocolate chips bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees

For the frosting: - 4 squares unsweetened bakers chocolate, finely chopped - ½ cup butter, softened - 2 ½ cups icing sugar - 1 tsp vanilla - 2 tbsp milk or brewed coffee - - - -

microwave the chocolate in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until completely smooth in a large bowl beat the chocolate, butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer add the vanilla and milk or coffee and continue beating for a minute or so or until reasonably fluffy spread on the cooled cakes

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THANK YOU! ‘‘100 + some’

‘Where we were, where we are, where we are going!’ We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to those who contributed to the success of this show. What a wonderful way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. We were astounded at the response from local artists and artisans. Such a talented bunch of people we live with (well, at least near.) Contributors of works: ( it’s a very long list … my sincere apologies for any misspelled names or missed names) Amanda Germann Wilson, Ange Bonnici, Angela Senft, Ann Newall, Aubyn O’Grady, Audrey Legoffe, Audrey Vigneau, Barb Hanulik, Becky Bristow, Betty Smith-Titus (From Whitehorse), Bonnie Barber, Bonnie Duffee, Carole Lagace, Cheryl Thompson, Chris Clarke, Christiane Robert, Collette Levesque, Cynthia Hunt, Danielle Palmer, Dawn Dyce, Dawson Dolly, Delores Anderson, Edith Jerome, Edith Josie, Eleanor Millard, Evelyn Loreen, Faye Chamberlain, Fran Morberg, Gail Calder, Gavin Johnson, Ginette Brisebois, Glynnie Cara, Jackie Olson, Jackson Lovett, Jayne Fraser, Jayme Favron, Jessica Vallenga, Jill Delaney, Joann Vriend, Joyce Caley, Jude Baptiste, Karen DuBois, Karen Mackay, Kate Crocker, Kath Selkirk, Kathryn Johnson, Kirsten Lorenz, Krystal Manuel, Laurie Sokolowski, Leslie Leong, Linda Warner, Lisa McKenna, Lois Hendley, Lulu Keating, Lydia Oleson, M.A. Saunders, Melinda Margeson, Margaret Van Dusen, Mary Bradshaw, Mary Dolman, Meg Walker, Merran Smith, Naomi Borisenko, Nathalie Parenteau (from Old Crow), Nicola Walch, Palma Berger, Parks Canada, Pauline Scott, Penny Schell, Penny Soderlund, Rev. Ellen Bruce, Rhonda Taylor, Rian Lougheed-Smith, Riley Brennan, Robyn O’Brian, Rosemarie Gassner, Ruby Grace Mahoney, Sandra Hall, Shelley Hakonson, Shirley Pennell, Suzanne Crocker, Tiss Clark, Veronica Reid, the Women’s Shelter and from the TH Collection: Angie Joseph Rear, Annie Henry, Debbie Nagano, Hilda Titus, Jenny Christenson, Elaine Behn, Eldria Christianson, Lucy Woods, Clara van Bibber Sr, and Madeline deRepentigny

speciAl congrAtulAtions of the winners of our

people’s choice AwArds:

Grand Prize: Riley Brennan - mosaic - - $500 Firsts : Cynthia Hunt – watercolour – Museum Carole Lagace – stained glass - SOVA Dolores Anderson – beaded graduation outfit – Danoja Zho Other winners: Palma Berger, Bonnie Barber, Lulu Keating, Melinda Margeson, Laurie Sokolowski, Barb Hanulik, Karen Dubois, Danielle Palmer and Rhonda Taylor We would also like to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following groups: The Women’s Directorate, Yukon Employees Union, the Whitehorse Regional Women’s Committee Klondike Local, and Local Y0105 (Parks Employees Union). The generous donation of the venues by Trondek Hwechin , the Dawson City Museum and Yukon School of Visual Arts. Bonanza Market for trays and Many Rivers for admin support. The Dawson Shelter Society for the excellent food, KIAC for always being there to show me what to do next and unflappably lending a hand. Last but not least, the organizing committee; Penny, Tara, Diane, Glenda, Phil, Erin and Jude.

It was a huge undertaking and Dawson rose to the challenge.

Thank you everyone! From the Dawson Regional Women’s Committee.

THANK YOU!

‘100 – Where we were, where we are, where we are going!’ ‘100 – Where we were, where we are, where we are going!’ We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude all of those Wetowould like who to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of those who contributed to the success of this show. We were astounded at the response from local contributed to the success of this show. We were astounded at the response from local artists and artisans. Such a talented bunch of people we live with (well, at least near.)

artists and artisans. Such a talented bunch of people we live with (well, at least near.)

Contributors of works: ( it’s a very long list … my sincere apologies for any misspelled

This Column has 7 days

Monday, March 21 – Wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen left Vancouver in 1985 on his around-the-world Man In Motion tour to raise money for spinal-cord research. In 26 months he would travel 40 000 km through 34 countries. Tuesday, March 22–Figure skater Elvis Stojko was born in 1972 at Newmarket, Ontario. Wednesday, March 23 –Samuel de Champlain set sail in 1633 on his final voyage to Québec at age 63. Thursday, March 24 –Geneticist and broadcaster David Suzuki was born in 1936 at Vancouver. Friday, March 25 –In 1958, the supersonic jet fighter AVRO CF105 Arrow flew for the first time. Saturday, March 26 –Ojibwas artist Benjamin Chee Chee was born in 1944 at Temagami, Ontario. Sunday, March 27 – The Edmonton Grads beat Seattle Ferry Lines by 59 points over two games in 1930 to retain the Underwood Trophy and the women’s international basketball title.

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Over the coming months, the Klondike Sun will be featuring a number of artists appearing at the 2011 Dawson City Music Festival. To see this year’s complete line-up, buy your tickets, and learn more about the festival, visit the festival’s new website: www.dcmf.com

Artist Profile: The Stampeders Artist Profile: David Essig Thirty-three years ago, David Essig was talking about music with some locals in Dawson City. “What about having a music festival?” David Essig was introduced to Canadian audiences in 1971 as a “talented newcomer” at the legendary Mariposa Folk Festival. Now, nearly 40 years later, he has an international career as one of Canada’s finest interpreters of original, contemporary folk music. Always paying homage to his roots in Bluegrass and Country Blues, David uses these traditions to create timeless new songs. David is highly respected as a thoughtful and intelligent songwriter, with Canadian folk standards like “Albert’s Cove” and “High Ground” to his credit. His work moves from pieces as contemporary as today’s news, to songs that sound as if they were rediscovered from old country blues 78’s. Equally renowned as an instrumentalist and traditional performer, David is a master of the blues and slide guitar. Whether on the lap-style Weissenborn or the electric slide guitar, his spontaneous style crosses all the borders between country, blues and the avant-garde. With his 5/8” socket and a sound that could peel the petunias off your mother’s porcelain, David Essig is considered one of Canada’s finest slide guitarists. Impressively, he has inspired a new generation of Canadian songwriters and performers – in fact, 2010 DCMF performers the D Rangers worked with other Winnipeg musicians to record a tribute album of David Essig classics. It’s clear, then, that this musician casts an extremely long shadow, both in Dawson and in the Canadian scene at large. We’re excited to watch him inspire a new generation of DCMF patrons.

AN INSPIRATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A GROUP OF WADOWDEN, NORTHERN MANITOBA SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EMPOWERED TO GROW THEIR OWN LOCAL SUSTAINABLE GARDENS IN THEIR BACKYARDS WITH THE HELP OF THEIR TEACHER ELEANOR WOITOWICZ . FOLLOW THEIR JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE GROWING SEASON.

The Stampeders are true legends of Canadian classic rock. One of the 1970s’ hardest-touring groups, this iconic Calgarian trio were true national ambassadors, spreading an organic and crowd-pleasing approach to Canadian music around the globe. The Stampeders dominated the charts in the 1970s like few other Canadian groups, hitting the Billboard jackpot with songs like “Carry Me,” “Hit The Road, Jack” and “Sweet City Woman.” Between 1970 and 1977, they released ten albums and fifteen singles, with six albums and seven singles going gold. Like the title of the band’s second album, the Stampeders have been “carryin’ on” since the reformation of the original trio of founding members Ronnie King, Rich Dodson and Kim Berly in the late Nineties. Their first reunion album, released in 1997, was entitled “Sure Beats’ Workin,” and their tour history over the past decade makes it clear that it does: the band’s been playing festivals, fairs, hockey rinks and casinos in towns large and small across Canada. Now, the Dawson City Music Festival is proud to present the Stampeders’ first Yukon appearance since… well, since the original Stampeders invaded the Klondike in the late 1800s. This band is one of the last remaining true links to a grassroots Canadian music scene. While the Stampeders were signed to several major labels during their tenure, the band has consistently ignored their advice, and arguably turned down even more substantial commercial success by stubbornly refusing to conform to the conventions of a single genre – starting by casting off the cowboy hats and fringe jackets they were asked to wear in the late ‘60s, dabbling in jazz in the late ‘70s, and taking a staunchly do-it-yourself approach to recording, management, and booking in the 2000s. In fact, one of Canada’s great benchmarks of rock n’ roll history – Dave Bidini’s On A Cold Road – cites the Stampeders as trailblazers for Canada’s touring music scene, doing for Canadian mainstream and alternative rock what Black Flag did for American punk/hardcore in the ‘80s. It’s a fair point: for over forty years, despite what their ’97 album title suggests, the Stampeders have been, on and off, one of Canada’s hardest-working bands. At the 2011 Dawson City Music Festival, they’ll join younger bands who are currently the beneficiaries of this trailblazing work – and, of course, pack the dancefloor at mainstage with the sweet, sweet sounds of “Carry Me.” We’re privileged to have the Stampeders visit Dawson this summer.

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Twenty Years Ago in the Sun

The Sun celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009 and we are re-printing our front pages from 20 years ago as a souvenir of our lively history. Back issues are being archived on our new website from 1989 to the present. Visit www.cityofdawson.com/category/klondike_sun for research. This is a great resource for students, writers and historians, and also for prospective tourists with an interest in Dawson Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. The Sun has obtained funding in late 2009 from the City of Dawson, YTGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heritage Branch and the Community Development Fund to conserve and archive the early issues and make them available once again in the public domain.

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Why Complete the Chief Fire Officer Designation Program?

Two visionary fire chiefs comment on the benefits and rewards of completing CAFC’s Chief Fire Officer Designation program By Les Karpluk From The Canadian Fire Chief magazine The Chief Fire Officer Designation (CFOD) program is designed to underline the importance of training, education, and the management and leadership competencies necessary for today’s fire chief. Most noteworthy, the CFO Designation is another step to ensure that the interests of the public; our clients in particular, will be properly served by Fire Chiefs. Two visionary Fire Chiefs were interviewed for this article; Fire Chief Jim Regimbal (Dawson City, Yukon), and Fire Chief Bill Stewart (Toronto, Ontario) answered questions to reveal why they chose to attain the CFO Designation, and how they see the program benefitting not only their department, but their community as well.

“I feel that Lifelong learning and professional development in the fire service is a must to ensure ones success as a leader,”... I have a personal map in place in becoming the best leader I possibly can. I strongly believe that the CFO Designation is not just about climbing the career ladder; it is about being a professional. In attaining my CFO Designation, I have shown that I take what I do seriously with honor and purpose.” Fire Chief Bill Stewart realized early in his career that

What was your motivation to achiever the CFOD? Fire Chief Jim Regimbal:

the profession did not clearly demonstrate the abilities of the members in the Canadian Fire Service. “My interest and membership in the Institution of Fire Engineers and the professional designation process at the international level assisted me in completing my CFO application in 2000. Achieving a Professional Designation in your chosen ca-

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reer field clearly demonstrates your dedication, education and ability as a fire service leader.”

What short-and long-term benefits did you hope to accomplish with the CFO Designation? Fire Chief Jim Regimbal: “I didn’t really look at the benefits of accomplishing my CFO Designation in a short or long-term way. What I did look at was how can I be better prepared to serve my community and would achieving my CFO Designation give me the tools to enhance my service to my community. The CFO Designation tied together my academic work, technical competencies, and other achievements, and established my professional credibility so that I am better prepared to serve my community.” Fire Chief Bill Stewart: “The designation process has allowed me to measure the areas of competency required to successfully complete and achieve the Chief Fire Officer Designation. The application process assists a chief officer in identifying the areas where you must be competent in order to achieve designation. Further, it allows the candidate to seek further education in our profession and this continues to assist me as a fire service leader.” Chief Regimbal, you are viewed as a visionary leader in a volunteer department-do you see the CFOD as being a component of succession planning for the volunteer sector? Fire Chief Jim Regimbal: “The CFO Designation is a component within succession planning that shows loud and clear to your current and up and coming volunteer members how serious the Chief takes the position as a leader. Successful fire departments, regardless of whether they are career or volunteer, depend on the pride within the organization – the CFO Designation shows that their leader is proud, and this keeps members engaged.” Chief Stewart, you have been at the groundwork of the CFO Designation for the Canadian Fire Services and are a strong advocate and behind the scenes worker for the program. What are the biggest challenges you’ve witnessed to the program and have they made the CFO Designation easier to achieve? Fire Chief Bill Stewart: “The process has changed since the

inception and launch of the CFO Program. The initial application process was indeed repetitive and required each applicant to provide a detailed accounting of all actions undertaken in each section to prove their level of competency. In fact, my submission in 2000 filled a three-inch binder for review. Today our process has been streamlined for the applicant. The candidates must clearly demonstrate their competencies and provide additional information upon request to support their applications.” Why do you feel that many fire chiefs are still hesitant to take the step to apply and pursue the CFO Designation?

Fire Chief Jim Regimbal: “I think that a high percentage of volunteer fire chiefs are hesitant to take that step in applying and pursuing the CFO Designation because they feel that they lack the competency required. I would not have been successful in attaining my designation if not for the amazing volunteer fire service personnel that I have been involved with over my career. A volunteer fire chief protects their community with a team of engaged volunteers and is well on their way to achieving CFO Designation if they decide to take the step. My advice and encouragement to any volunteer fire chief is – GO FOR IT – as the process will only make you a better leader.

Fire Chief Bill Stewart: “I would encourage all interested members of the CAFC to consider submitting their credentials to achieve the Chief Fire Officer Designation. In the future, the designation may be considered as a requirement for future management positions in the Canadian Fire Service. This is an individual choice by our members and as such, they should consider their future aspirations and prepare for career opportunities.” Some fire chiefs have stated that by having their CFO Designation, they have gained more credibility with their municipal governments and taxpayers. Can you comment on this? Fire Chief Jim Regimbal: “Fire chiefs as fire service leaders must not allow their council and taxpayers to loose site of that key word ‘credibility’. Council and taxpayers would not expect their chief administrative officer to hire a city lawyer or accountant

that was not credentialed. So why would council and taxpayers settle for a fire chief who is not credentialed – especially when the fire chief makes decisions critical to the community.”

Fire Chief Stewart, you are very active with the Canadian Institution of Fire Engineers. How has this benefitted CAFC and the CFO Designation program? Fire Chief Bill Stewart: “The review process undertaken for the CFO Program mirrors the review process for the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), which provides the only recognized international professional designation in fire engineering. Candidates who are successful in achieving CFO Professional Designation are afforded the opportunity to apply for various grades of membership in the Institution of Fire Engineers. The IFE was established in the United Kingdom in 1918 and we currently have 40 Branches worldwide with a membership of 12,000 members. The Canada Branch of the Institution offered assistance to the CAFC to move the CFO Program forward for the Canadian Fire Service. This partnership continues today to assist the members of the CAFC seeking professional designation.” Both of these visionary fire chiefs recognize the numerous benefits of the Chief Fire Officer Designation program to not only the individual, but to the community and the profession. The Koran says, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there”. As fire service leaders, the CFO designation is a road to leadership excellence and sets an exemplary standard for others to follow. Ultimately, the choice to attain the CFO Designation is a personal one. Just remember, at the end of the day, the choice you make makes you. For further information on the CFO Designation program go to the CAFC Website and download the application form. Les Karpluk, CFO, MStJ, BAppBus: ES is Fire Chief for the Prince Albert Department. He chairs the Chief Fire Officer Council of the CAFC, is a graduate of the Fire Service Leadership and Fire Service Administration programs from Dalhousie University, and a graduate of the Bachelor of Business: Emergency Services from Lakeland College. He can be contacted at l.karpluk@sasktel.net.

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In each issue of The Klondike Sun, we’ll be profiling programs on CFYT 106.9FM, Dawson’s community radio station. You can listen to CFYT on your FM radio, the DC TV Channel 11 Rolling Ads, and online at http://cfyt.ca. This issue, get to know John Watt of On the John and Mike Penrose of The City Mic. Name of DJ: John M. Watt Name of Show: On the John Day and time the show airs: Fridays, 3 to 5pm On CFYT since: October 16, 2009

Description of your show: Is there a better way to spend a Friday afternoon than sitting On the John listening to good music?!? Genres of music typically played on your show: Rock, country, folk, bluegrass, blues, soul, R&B, jazz, funk, or whatever else I might be in the mood for that week (but mostly the first four).

What are some of your current favourite albums/songs?: Currently digging into the bowels of ‘70s “Outlaw Country” thanks to the wonderful documentary Heartworn Highways. What are your top 5 “desert island” albums?: 5 albums? I would start swimming!

CYFT 106.9 FM:

What has been your favourite on-air moment?: Sitting back and watching Fred Penner work his magic on my (now defunct) “Kid’s Time” show.

“The Spirit of Dawson”

What do you like best about being on CFYT?: The chance it has allowed me to rediscover the absolute power and beauty of sitting back and listening, just listening, to great music, and then to share that with friends, family and strangers both near and far.

Find On the John on the Internet at www. facebook.com/pages/an-hour-on-thejohn/197127311104 (or just search for An Hour on the John)

Names of DJs: Michael, Stephenie, and Ezra Penrose Name of Show: The City Mic Day and time the show airs: Sundays, 12 – 1pm On CFYT since: On and off since 2008

Description of your show: We are a show dedicated to playing Canadian music, independent artists, as well as many great tunes culled from the pantheon of rock and roll. We are also big fans of country/western music. Genres of music typically played on your show: Canadiana, country, rock, folk, independent, featured artists, show-relevant songs

Dawson City Community Radio

Thursday, March 24th 5:00-6:00 6:00-7:00 7:00-8:00 9:00-10:00

Jorn- The Grapevine Jenna - Spires and Spindles Rosie and Capri- Queens of Dawson City Ben- Party Time Machine

Friday, March 25th 3:00-5:00 5:00-6:00 6:00-8:00 8:00-9:00 9:00-10:00

John- On The John Tara- Tara’s Show Aaron- Old Fashioned Gumption Sonny Boy Williams- Rockin’ Blues Show Jim- Psychedelic

What are some of your current favourite albums/songs?: Rheostatics (anything), Nick Buzz – Circo, Two Man Gentleman Band

Saturday, March 26th

What do you like best about being on CFYT?: Broadcasting my favourite music across the Klondike and the world!

Sunday, March 27th

What are your top 5 “desert island” albums?: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon, Rheostatics – Whale Music, Jeff Buckley – Grace, The Clash – Sandinista!, Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night

What has been your favourite on-air moment?: Interviewing Dave Bidini of the Rheostatics

What do you do when you’re not on the air?: Work as a carpenter, raising my son, building electric guitars

You can “Like” the City Mic on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/ The-City-Mic/407231550455

10:00-12:00 12:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:00 4:00-5:00 5:00-7:00 7:00-9:00

12:00-1:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:00 4:00-6:00 6:00-8:00 8:00-10:00 10:00-12:00

Jason- Foxy’s Breakfast Georgia - Back in Effect John - Hours on the John Freddie- The Howling Revivalists Hour Of Power Tim and Megan- Nuggets Molly - Shore ’nuff Jen- The Cave of Spleen

Mike- The City Mic Julie- Francopen Various Hosts- Yukon SOVA Radio Program Matt and Aubyn- Diff’rent Strokes Kit- Meat and Potatoes Ben and Brendan- The Kings of Dawson City Charles - The DEW Line

Tune your dial to 106.9 FM or Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) in Dawson City, or listen live over the internet at www.cfyt.ca!

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Trio Accord resonates within in the Odd Fellows Ballroom Story by Evan Rensch Photos by Megan Graham & Dan Davidson In the time before internet, cable television, or radio, the role of music occupied a especially dominant function within the greater social landscape. In addition to its capacities for personal expression, music served as an auditory vehicle that facilitated a sense of communal gathering, whether it be witnessed in the public opera house or private drawing room. In the heyday of the Enlightenment, the performance of “chamber music” became a focal point for the gatherings witnessed in the courts across the European continent. Always light, charming, and witty in nature, this music never failed to delight its elite audiences. Court composers constantly tested their ingenuity, arranging their works for a variety of strings, woodwinds, and keyboards, and in groupings ranging from duo to octet. It was with these historical undertones of leisure and sociality that an eager audience of approximately forty spectators gathered in the Odd Fellows Ballroom on Sunday, March 6th, to welcome Trio Accord. The ensemble, based in Vancouver, played a recital the night before at the Yukon Arts Centre and with the help of Whitehorse Concerts, the organization responsible for bringing them to the territory, they were able to make the extra leg up to Dawson. Comprised of Mary Sokol Brown, Andrew Brown, and Ariel Barnes on violin, viola and cello respectively, the trio dazzled the audience with their musicianship and unflinching virtuosity. Each successive piece on the program progressively charted new waters of musical depth and expression, and illustrated the growth of a musical genre over the course of three separate centuries. The program began with the playful Serenade Op. 8 by Beethoven, an exemplar of the musical/social conversation piece. This work, written quite early in the young composer’s career, is very much a product of the dominant musical styles and forms prevalent in late eighteenth century Vienna and references to the composer’s predecessors - Haydn and

Mozart - are numerous. While the piece does not exhibit the spiritual exuberance that would eventually mark the signature of Beethoven’s mature musical language, it was delightful nonetheless. Each phrase floated on a dreamy cloud of sound as Trio Accord tossed the music off with gusto and charm. The piece coaxed each instrument into a rollicking, witty dialogue filled of mischievous quips and punchlines. Next on the program, the String Trio by the twentieth century Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu provided a jarring contrast to Beethoven’s dulcet harmonies. In the violist Brown’s introduction to the work, he noted that Martinu was very much embedded within the movement of Expressionism – the widespread ideology guiding the aesthetics of many artists in the early part of the century. The work’s brevity only served to increase its underlying intensity. In contrast to the cordial rapport witnessed in the Serenade, all three instruments joined forces in a piercing cacophony, filled with jarring syncopations that kept the listener guessing at every downbeat. On the surface, it is surprising to learn that much of the source material for this dissonant music can be found in the folk melodies of Martinu’s homeland. Trio Accord managed to interweaveandaccentuatethisembedded lyricism from the external rawness and turmoil that disoriented the listener’s sensibilities. After a brief intermission, the ensemble provided a soothing antidote with their pièce de résistance, J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. This immense masterpiece, as the performers noted in their introduction, was originally written for harpsichord yet, for many listeners, the work is synonymous with the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould who recorded it both in 1954 as a young man and in 1981 shortly before his death. Gould transformed the piece into a synthesis of musical and spiritual expression, not only elevating the Variations to a new level of popular fame, but also revolutionizing the interpretation of Bach’s music as a whole. With this awe-inspiring precedent

Above: Trio Accord in concert at KIAC’s Odd Fellows Ballroom on March 6th. Right: Trio Accord worked with students from Robert Service School the day after their Dawson recital.

still looming in the background, Trio Accord had their work cut out for them. This particular transcription of the piece - arranged by the Soviet violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky – broke the individual musical lines between the three instruments, serving to amplify the pronounced contrapuntal relationships guiding Bach’s musical language. It was possibly for these reasons that the musicians took a rather conservative approach to famous opening Aria. Though their interpretation lacked the level of spiritualism exposed by Gould, it oozed with a de-

gree of grace and interplay only three string instruments could provide. In each successive variation, the players embarked upon a map of humanexpressionthatlefttheaudience spellbound. Trio Accord unravelled all the vigour, determination, playfulness, and heartache embedded within a crisp rhythmic framework marking all the great performances of Baroque music. Thirty variations and a half hour later, a recapitulation of the opening aria brought the spiritual journey to a close, with listeners both nourished by its effects and exhausted

from its intensity. At the final moment the players’ bows glided off their strings, a penetrating, stunned silence enveloped the room momentarily before the audience rose for a standing ovation. Even though this marked the end of the program, Trio Accord left the audience ravenous for more. The evening showed that Dawson does indeed have an appetite for a historical music that still manages to bring listeners together within an intimate musical community.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day’s 100th Anniversary Story & photos by Dan Davidson

“Where We Were, Where We Are and Where We’re Going” was a 100 piece (or more) exhibition of work intended to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. Since it was difficult to find one venue large enough to display all the work and give people room to enjoy them in a social setting, Dawson’s organizers decided to use three different venues for the March 8th event. The Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson City Museum, and Yukon School of Visual Arts played host to the exhibits, which opened that evening and were available for viewing during afternoons throughout the remainder of the work week. Visitors to the exhibits were invited to choose their favourite three pieces of work from each venue and the winners were announced on the Friday. The exhibits contained just about every sort of work one might consider, from clothing to beadwork, literature to film, painting to woodwork and stained glass to collage. Some items were clearly intendedtooffermessagesabout the condition of women over the years, while others simply reflected the range of things that women do. The list of awards gives a good sense of the variety of the work. Grand Prize: Riley Brennan January – mosaic Dawson City Museum: 1st Cynthia Hunt - Heart Rock Firth River, watercolour; 2nd Palma Berger - Breaking the Glass Ceiling – painting; 3rd Bonnie Barber - Parka Girl Quilted hanging. Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre: 1st Dolores Anderson - White dress; Tie for 2nd and 3rd so the prize money was split and both were awarded seconds - Lulu Keating - Her Man Plan - film, and Melinda Margeson - Earth – painting Yukon School of Visual Arts: 1st Carol Lagace - stained glass; 2nd Laurie Sokolowski - Wall hanging; and a four way tie for 3rd - Barb Hanulik, Danielle Palmer, Karen Dubois and Rhonda Taylor. For a complete list of the participants see the ad on page 10.

Bonnie Barber’s Parka Girl

Carol Lagace’s Stained Glass.

The Women’s Shelter produced this quilt hanging.

Palma Berger’s Breaking the Glass Ceiling, a comment on office life.

Visitors examine the displays at SOVA.

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Dolores Anderson’s White Dress is at the left.

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Cartoons

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Roache’s Corner by Mike Roache

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Elwood by Bryley

Tundra by Chad Carpenter We don’t have permission to use Tundra online. Nemo’s Notions

Climate for Dawson for February 2011 TEMPERATURE Mean max for Feb -17.9 Warmest 2011 -5.5 3rd Normal Max mean -16.5 Extreme max 9.5 1995 28th Mean min for Feb -28.6 Coldest 2011 -45.5 16-17th Normal Min mean -28.2 Extreme min -55.8 1979 11th Mean for Feb

-23.3

Normal mean

-22.4

PRECIPITATION Rain 0.0

Rain normal 0.0

Extreme rain 1.0 1992 28th

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM COME OUT AND LISTEN TO EXPERIENCED YUKON GROWERS SPEAK ON ORGANIC AND MARKET GARDENING IN THE NORTH.

Snow 23.0cm

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Snow normal 17.0cm

ENJOY A FREE LUNCH, MADE FROM LOCALLY GROWN FOODS.

Extreme snow 12.8cm 1995 20th

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Snow water equivalent 16.2mm Snow normal water equivalent 12.7mm Extreme precipitation 9.5mm 1985 27th Snow on ground end of Feb 2011 51cm Normal snow on ground end of month 54cm Extreme snow on ground 117cm 1979

BRING YOUR FAVORITE SEEDS ALONG TO EXCHANGE AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS. CHECK OUT OUR DEMONSTRATION AND KIDS ACTIVITY TABLES. BUY ORGANIC HEIRLOOM SEEDS, ORDER PLANTS AND SIP SOME LOCALLY GROWN TEAS.

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Klondike Sun Classifieds

Churches

Support

Real Estate

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Corner of 5th and King Services: Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, Sat. & Tues. 7 pm, Wed. to Fri. 9:30 am All are welcome. Contact Father Ernest Emeka Emeodi for assistance: 993-5361

Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services

FOR SALE BY OWNER 1 1/2 COMMERCIAL LOTS O n 3 rd A v e n e x t t o t h e Westminster Hotel. Call 993-5346

Individual, couple, family, or group counselling. A highly confidential service located in the Waterfront Building. We are a non-profit organization with a sliding DAWSON COMMUNITY fee scale. To make an CHAPEL appointment call 993-6455 or email dawson@manyrivers. Located on 5th Ave across from Gold Rush Campground. yk.ca. See our website at www.manyrivers.yk.ca/. Sunday worship at 11 am. Everyone is welcome. Pastor Ian Nyland 993-5507 ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH

Sunday Services 1st and 3rd Sundays: 10:30 am - Morning Prayer 2nd and 4th Sundays - 10:30 am - Holy Eucharist 5th Sundays - 10:30 am Special service.

Alcoholics Anonymous New Beginnings Group meets Thursdays 8 pm, St. Paul’s R. Martin Chapel kitchen, Church St. North Star Group meets Saturdays 7 pm at the Community Support Centre, 1233-2nd Ave, call 993-3734 or 5095 for info.

Employment Needed Wanting summer employment Experienced Op. 320 Cat excavator, backhoe 480F D.L. 1 Air. Gravel truck some logging truck. Machinist, Some welding ability, Structural rigger, fitter. Some electrical, electronic, Carpentry, drywalling. Computer, Non S. D. Honest, Health good. Need clean quiet residence. Salary negotiable. David 306 398 2379 cma.energy@gmail.com

Klondike Outreach Job Board Open Positions:

Automotive Mechanic Barista/Front Counter Person Bartenders Carpenter Childcare Workers Commercial Sewing Machine Operator Cooks Dishwashers Driver Guides Enumerators Exploration Field Assistants Fleet Detail Crew Front Desk Clerks Housekeepers/Room Attendants HVAC Technician (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) Journeyman Labourer Monitor Operator Night Auditor Night Janitor Office Assistant Oil Burner Technician Servers Tombstone Guide

Positions with Closing Dates:

Heavy Duty Mechanics x 2: March 23 Custodial Tenders x 2: March 24 Janitorial Contract Tender: March 25 Janitorial On-call Tender: March 25 On-call Emergency Plumbing & Heating Contractor Tender: March 25 Events Coordinator: March 31 Bank Cashier: April 7 Dealer: April 7 Door Security: April 7 Customer Service Representative: April 8 Forest Fire Crew (anticipatory): April 8

Positions Out of Town: Metallurgist: March 30 Various Mining Positions Mine Technical Assistant Industrial Electrician

Business Directory

For more information on these and other positions, come into the Klondike Outreach office next to the Territorial Agent/ Liquor Store (853-Third Street).

Advertise your business and services with The Klondike Sun! Submit your business card at a normal size of 2” x 3.5” Cost is $20.00 per issue and yearly billings can be arranged.

Your Business Card Ad could be in this space

Klondike Outreach hours: Monday-Friday 9-noon and 1-5 pm Closed weekends and Stat. Holidays Phone: 993-5176 ~ Fax: 993-6947 Website: www.klondikeoutreach.com E-mail: info@klondikeoutreach.com Additional TV Channel Listings

7 - Dawson Dome 12 & 13 - Possible Local Camera Programming 9 - Preview Guide 11 - Rolling Ads

The Klondike Sun’s deadline for ad and story submissions is 12 noon, Friday, April 1, 2011 for the Wednesday, April 6, 2011 edition.

Ad rates available upon request. Classified ads are $6 for 50 words per issue. Email: klondikesun@northwestel.net Telephone: (867) 993-6318 Fax: (867) 993-6625

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SPiriT of SPring 2011

okanagan SPring Wine feSTival Tour May 6 – 8, 2011

Spirit of Spring Wine Tour 2011 Package Air, Accommodation & Wine Tour

749

From

+ Fees & Taxes

Round-trip airfare from Whitehorse to Kelowna with two nights’ accommodation at the Hotel Eldorado and wine tour. * Departs May 6, returns May 8. Per person, based on double occupancy (Heritage Room). Subject to change/cancellation fees. Breakdown – Airfare & Hotel Package $749 • Fuel Surchargeº $36 Security Fee $14.24 • Airport Improvement Fee $10 • Taxes $66.30 • Total $875.54

Limited seats available!**

upgrade to arms guest room Lake or valley view (limited availability) –$30 per person. $909.14 including airfare and all fees and taxes.

Spirit of Spring Wine Tour 2011 Package includes: ◗

Round-trip airfare

kelowna Spring getaway Package

❫ Depart Whitehorse Friday, May 6 at 12:00pm arriving in Kelowna at 2:20pm

Air & 2 nights at Sandman Hotel

❫ Depart Kelowna Sunday, May 8 at 8:45pm arriving in Whitehorse at 11:05pm

629

From

+ Fees & taxes, based on dbl occupancy all-in: $732.80

air only

Whitehorse ↔ kelowna

509

From

+ Fees & taxes • all-in: $598.46

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2 nights’ accommodation at the Hotel Eldorado, located on Lake Okanagan

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Valley First Vintages in the Park, Father Pandosy Mission, an official Okanagan Wine Festival Event

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Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan Farm tour and tasting

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Tour and Tasting at CedarCreek Estate Winery, Mission Hill Family Estate, Rollingdale Winery and Quails’ Gate Estate Winery

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Three course luncheon at Quails’ Gate Estate Winery with wine pairing

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Prime Rib Dinner at the Hotel Eldorado - Lakeside Dining Room (beverages not included), Sunday, May 8✛

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Airport transfers, gratuities and ground transportation to all locations listed above

flyairnorth.com/specials Call your local travel agent, or Air North at

1.800.661.0407 or (867) 668.2228

Above options are 100% non-refundable, non-creditable fare. Date changes are not permitted as this is a limited edition charter. Name changes permitted up to 2 hours prior to departure at a cost of $50 + GST per itinerary. Pricing subject to change without notice. All venues, performances, events and times may vary due to unforeseen circumstances. Subject to availability and some limitations apply. Single and triple supplements available. ºFuel Surcharge valid March, 2011 and changes monthly. See flyairnorth.com/fuel-surcharge to learn why. ✛Set menu.

Dawson City  Whitehorse

Add-on Fares

199

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Old Crow  Whitehorse

299

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Inuvik  Whitehorse

299

Accommodation in Whitehorse - Contact one of our hotel partners for special Yukoner overnight rates: Best Western Gold Rush Inn, High Country Inn, Riverview Hotel, SKKY Hotel or Westmark Whitehorse. *** Requires overnight stay in Whitehorse. Accommodation not included. Departures permitted Wednesday or Thursday, return Tuesday or Wednesday. Additional Fees & Taxes: Fuel Surcharge ($86 Dawson, $98 Inuvik & Old Crow) and 5% GST.

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Charles Edward Bullen March 28, 1946 – March 3, 2011

Charles “Chuck” Bullen was born March 28, 1945 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. He was the only child of Sidney and Winifred Bullen. He spent the first six years on his life on a farm in Yorkshire, England, enjoying his childhood with his family. He had many aunts, uncles and a few cousins. He moved to Canada in 1952 with his parents. They settled in Abbottsford, BC where they had a small farm and he was part of the 4-H club, raising turkeys and bulls. He entered the fair every year he was a member of the 4-H Club. He attended school until he graduated from Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. He always amazed his children by telling them he went to Grade 13. He worked at many jobs in his youth as well as working for his father’s road construction company. In 1967 he joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce, a year later he was transferred to the Branch in Dawson City, he worked 8 months. Not liking the living arrangements he moved on to the DCW Store and the Downtown hotel as a bartender. On Christmas Eve 1973 while out visiting friends, he met his future wife-- Kathy who he affectionately called Katie. They dated, married and had two children, Donna and Darren. What he didn’t know was that he married into a large family but was embraced by the whole clan. In 1974 he was hired as the first manager and maintenance man of Yukon Housing and. He worked there off and on for 17 years, keeping many people warm during the cold winter months. He would get calls in the middle of night about broken furnaces and would not hesitate to go to someone’s aid. He worked at a variety of jobs as well as taking courses through distance learning to be an Oil Burner Mechanic before starting at YTG Property Management. While working for YTG he was the only Oil Burner mechanic for the Northern Area. He was responsible for boilers from Pelly Crossing to Old Crow. He spent many hours on call, giving instructions on the phone to keep boilers running in Old Crow, as well as traveling the region on a regular basis. In his 19 years of working for YTG and all his travels he made friends near and far and will be dearly missed. He spent a great deal of time providing for his family, building his home and cultivating his garden and greenhouse. He liked to try out new and different varieties of plants every season. He also enjoyed history, watching documentaries and reading. When his family was young he enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends. He took great pride in providing for his family off the land, experimenting with difference food preservation and later wine and beer making. In 1993 he completed his home on the Dome and the family moved up the hill. He then expanded his garden and spent most of his summers there. He retired in 2008, his coworkers giving him a big send off and a new greenhouse! During his retirement he was able to spend time with his wife, children and grandchildren, as well as dedicate his extra time to his garden and greenhouse endeavours and going for coffee with his friends. Pre-deceased by his parents Sidney and Winifred Bullen. Chuck is survived by his wife, Kathy Children: Donna (Marcel) and Darren. Grandchildren: Kale, Mickey, Mica, Rowan, Tristan and Arden. And all his second family, the Blanchards’, Johnsons’, Lindgrens’ and Knutsons’.