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The community would like to expand its solar energy capabilities, possibly by building a solar farm, he said. It also is planning to build a new multiplex with an arena, office space and other amenities. Because of the proximity of the prosed building to the existing diesel plant, waste heat could be diverted from the generators and used to heat the building, said Linklater. The community wants to reduce the cost of energy in the community, but it also wants to do something good for the environment, he said. “The environment is obviously a huge concern.” The younger generations in particular are worried about the future and wondering what kind of future that will be, he said. Rapid changes to Arctic permafrost are already posing challenges for building construction, said Linklater. Old Crow is a small place, and the impact of conservation initiatives there will have only tiny effects on the global scale. But “at least we are trying to do something about it,” said Linklater. Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com
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equipment operating on the opposite bank from Mitford’s house, which works to keep a channel open through the ice to manage the water flow. Mitford said after inspecting the flooded area, Yukon Energy agreed to reduce the Mayo B station’s flow for the next seven to 10 days to allow Submitted photo/Yukon News the heavy equipment the time to make the channel bigger. Waters from the Mayo River reach the top of the bank near Bruce Mitford’s home in Mayo. It has allowed the water to Yukon Energy will hold back more water at the Mayo B power station to ease the flooding recede for now, but Mitford in the area. says he wants a better longJesse Winter creeping through the snow,” when Yukon Energy increased term solution. News Reporter Bruce Mitford said. their flow through the Mayo “We’ve been good about Mitford said the flooding B, when they had the grid tie- this. Over the past years Mayo resident says the happens when Yukon Energy in with Dawson. It increased we’ve been unhappy about Yukon Energy Corporatinkers with the flow rate the winter flow rate. This this. This year it just got too tion needs to do a better job through the power station, year and last is the highest it’s far. We’ve been patient this controlling the flow through which leads to ice jams down been,” Mitford said. year as well, thinking maybe the Mayo B hydro station river. The water ends up flowThe most recent floodthey’re just going to clear after floodwaters came within ing over the ice into his yard ing happened last weekend. the blockage – every time it metres of his home. and threatening his property. After Mitford complained, floods it floods over the bank “It was overflowing the And it’s been getting worse, Yukon Energy sent hydroloand freezes,” he said. riverbank. It got to within a he says. gists to tour the affected Yukon Energy did not couple of feet of our house, “It only started happening area. The company has heavy return a call for comment by
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press time. In the past, the company has always insisted that the Mayo B facility is not responsible for increased winter flooding downstream, as those areas have always seen some floodwater activity. In response to a reader’s letter last August, Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson wrote her own letter saying, “the worst flooding took place even before Mayo B was constructed and before we did any work in the water … to conclude that Mayo B is the cause of this flooding flies in the face of the facts. Since Mayo B has been completed, Yukon Energy has been very diligent about monitoring our flows to ensure we don’t exacerbate winter flooding.” Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com
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It also ruled the government must consult with the Ross River Dena Council to he government says White determine if certain areas of River First Nation will have the traditional territory should to wait its turn for any changes be withdrawn from staking to staking and exploration rules completely. on traditional territory. In an interview yesterday, The First Nation issued a Dermot Flynn, with the execustatement earlier this week de- tive council’s aboriginal relamanding an immediate staking tions division, said the governban on its territory like what’s ment is still working to meet its currently in place for the Ross requirements to the Ross River River Dena Council’s land after Dena Council. He said that a long legal battle. needs to be complete before They insist that as another turning government attention unsigned First Nation in the to White River First Nation. Yukon, they are entitled to the At the last sitting of the same considerations outlined legislature for 2013, the govby the Yukon Court of Appeal ernment passed amendments in late 2012. to the Quartz Mining Act and In that decision, the court Placer Mining Act and the asfound the Yukon government sociated regulations. had infringed on the rights of Those changes allow the govthe Ross River Dena Council by allowing staking and Class 1 ernment to designate areas that exploration in the First Nation’s require consultation for Class 1 work. As of right now, changes traditional territory without notification or accommodation. have only been made relating to News Reporter
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Ross River land – the land that was the subject of the lawsuit. However, the required discussions around a staking withdrawal were not completed in time for the court’s December 2013 deadline. The government issued a four-month ban on staking in the area, until the end of April, so the details could be worked out. Flynn said the government informed the White River First Nation in a letter in November that consultation with Ross River had to be completed before anything else could begin. With the staking ban in place in Ross River, the consultation work is not done, he said. “That four month period will give us an opportunity to complete our consultation with Ross River Dena Council, and as we said to White River, once we finish that task we will then move to consult with them.” Flynn said the government
would not be issuing a staking ban on White River land. “At this stage, we are not going to do that,” he said. “I know that White River feels that the circumstances of Ross River are essentially the same for them, but there are some differences. So we can’t just take the outcome of one court case and apply it to a different fact situation.” In their statement, the White River First Nation Chief Charles Elkland Jr. said: “The Ross River Dena Council case decision that found that ‘free entry’ mining system was a breach of aboriginal rights clearly applies to White River First Nation territory and is a call to action to the Pasloski government.” Flynn insists there are significant differences between the two First Nations. “The primary example is that White River has a 100 per
cent overlap with the traditional territory of Kluane First Nation, which does have a final agreement in place,” he said. “So it’s a much different circumstance. In the course of our consultation with White River, we’ll certainly have to have conversations with them about that aspect of the situation.” As for whether regulations surrounding Class 1 work could be expanded to include White River First Nation land, Flynn said he suspects discussions around that will also occur. In its statement, the White River First Nation threatened legal action against “any activities that take place without proper consultation with White River First Nation.” Flynn said he could not comment on that possibility. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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Health minister touts collaborative care Jesse Winter
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he government and the Yukon Hospital Corporation need to work together better in order to get the territory’s health care professionals working better together. That’s the word from Health Minister Doug Graham, commenting on the health-care needs assessment report that was tabled in the legislature last month. “The most important thing is probably the collaborative care. Collaborative care means not only within the hospital but it means collaboration between the hospital and Health and Social Services to deliver a whole range of services in those communities that will provide additional service to the community,” Graham said. The biggest challenge, he says, is getting the hospital corp.’s medical advisory committee to give nurse practitioners more freedom to exercise their power and expertise. “One of the big challenges that we’ve found to date, the nurse practitioner model … hasn’t been, shall we say, universally accepted by the medical community here in Whitehorse,” Graham said. “We’ve had some difficulties with the medical advisory committee at the hospital corp. which is not providing nurse practitioners with the necessary abilities that we think they should have, ursd
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he Department of Education has signed off on the last draft of the territory’s Catholic Schools One Heart policy on homosexuality. Deputy minister Valerie Royle said on Thursday that she had just received the latest draft back from the Justice Department, which found that it does meet all the requirements of Yukon and Canadian law, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Now the document will go back to Whitehorse Bishop Gary Gordon. The decision about whether to implement it or not will rest with him, Royle said. “It’ll be totally up to the bishop. We’re fine with the draft based on what Justice has said. If he wants it enacted at a public school, he needs to ask school council to approve it, and that’s up to him. Gordon could present the document for approval as early as next Tuesday’s Vanier school council meeting. If he chooses not to present it at all, that will effectively end the whole affair. “In the absence of a schoolbased policy, the department’s gender identity and sexual orientation policy stands, and has been in place this whole time,” Royle said. The bishop’s original document, titled Living With Hope, Ministering by Love, Teaching in Truth, was removed from Whitehorse Catholic schools last year
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not spoken to the News about the policy since the controversy first erupted last year. He did tell The B.C. Catholic, an online Catholic newspaper that, “substantially the document will not change.” That’s a big concern for Cynthia Matichak, one of the parents who first spoke out against the original documents. “Was it changed? Because that’s the most important concern. If it was, shouldn’t there be another step where we can look at it?” Matichak said. “Will the school councils come back to the Catholic community and ask us, or will they just make their own decision?” she said. “By not presenting it right now, it keeps it in limbo,” said Leah White, another outspoken parent. “We don’t know what’s going Mike Thomas/Yukon News to happen with that policy. Right After much consultation, Vanier Catholic Secondary School’s redrafted same-sex policy rests now, after everything awful that in the hands of Bishop Gary Gordon. happened last year, (Vanier Catholic Secondary) school is solid. The would be drafted that would meet veto over any student group or by the government after parents gay-straight alliance that he feels is acting principal, the teachers, this complained. Among its teachings, all Canadian laws. She said it would be finished by contradicting the teachings of the is really strong good stuff happenLiving With Hope included pasing there, but we don’t know if he’s church. the end of the summer. sages from the Catechism of the going to stay or not. The latest draft incorporates That draft was finally presented Catholic Church, calling homo“This can’t be just, ‘he gets to sexual acts a “grave depravity” and at a meeting in October for public public feedback provided at a sit on this forever.’ Sometimes it school council meeting in October. input, and many parents critihomosexual urges an “inherent almost sounds like lip service. It Royle said she couldn’t provide the cized it for simply whitewashing moral evil.” It also forbade the seems like they’re trying to wait News with a copy of the new draft long enough until we just give up. the controversial language of the formation of a gay-straight allibecause it is the bishop’s document I find it extremely disrespectful to ance at the school, in conflict with original. and won’t be made public until it The passages from the Catthe Education Department’s own the parents and the kids who have is presented to the Catholic school worked so hard on this,” White echism were removed from the policy. councils. body of the document, but were At a public meeting in the said. Gordon was unavailable for spring, Royle promised that a new still included in the footnotes. Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com comment on this story, and has policy specific to Catholic schools The draft also gives the bishop a investigate until they are able to speak to him themselves. Murray Scheck was last seen in Whitehorse on Dec. 19. In an interview this morning, Yukon RCMP Const. Dean
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he giant Casino mine, if it is ever built, could be an environmental disaster for the Yukon, warns a local conservation group. “These big projects tend to leave bid headaches and big problems,” said Lewis Rifkind, the Yukon Conservation Society’s mining co-ordinator. “I don’t know if the Yukon is ready to deal with a project of this size.” Western Copper and Gold Corp. this week submitted a proposal for the $2.5 billion mine to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board. The project is located 150 kilometres northwest of Carmacks. It is by far the largest mine proposal that the Yukon has ever seen. The plan is to process 120,000 tonnes per day over a 22-year mine life. By comparison, Capstone Mining Corp.’s Minto mine currently processes under 4,000 tonnes per day. The project would employ 1,000 people during construction and 600 people during operation, generating $274 million in economic activity for the Yukon annually, according to the company. Rifkind has not yet reviewed all the details of the company’s proposal, which is about 7,000 pages long, but already has many concerns with the project, he said. The plan is to extend the Freegold
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Road out of Carmacks by about 120 kilometres to the mine site. Building new roads tends to have an exponential impact on further development, said Rifkind. The road extension will make the area more accessible to both prospectors and hunters, and the proposed route goes through some critical caribou habitat, he said. The plan is to power the opera-
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tions with an on-site power plant fuelled by liquefied natural gas. It will take 11 truckloads of the fuel to power the 150 megawatt plant. That’s more than the entire generating capacity of the Yukon. “It’s going to put the Yukon’s greenhouse gas emissions through the roof,” said Rifkind. He would like to see the company commit to supplementing the fossil
frastructure could be left as a legacy to the Yukon when the mine shuts down, he said. Rifkind also worries about the amount of water the project will use, he said. The plan is to pipe water from the Yukon River to the mine site. What effect will that have on the water level and flow? he asked. The Yukon River’s salmon population is already in trouble, and pumping huge amounts of water out could have serious effects, said Rifkind. And he worries that the company’s closure plan could be catastrophic if not properly managed. The plan is to construct a major embankment to hold back tailings and waste water. “I don’t think it’s going to work,” said Rifkind. “It something goes wrong, we’re then stuck with a huge mess, much larger than Faro.” Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for cleaning up the mess left behind when the Faro mine closed. That work is expected to cost $450-590 million over about 35-40 years, according the website for the cleanup project. “Faro is an unmitigated disaster,” said Rifkind. “Faro is never going to be remediated at the rate we’re going, and the taxpayers are paying for that cleanup.”
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remier Darrell Pasloski and his cabinet colleagues are a busy lot – so busy, it seems, they increasingly don’t have time to communicate important matters with the public. This bewildering assertion has been offered up with growing frequency in recent months by cabinet’s spindoctor when our reporters have sought comment on matters of public concern. It would be far more believable if our ministers were similarly unavailable to speak about the easy stuff that makes them look good. But that is not the case. One recent example shows just how silly this has all become. Late last month, the hospital corporation finally released for public consumption a report it had received two months earlier on the health needs of Dawson City and Watson Lake. It confirmed what many critics have long asserted: these communities need better access to social services and community nursing – Watson Lake, in particular, is in dire need of more addictions counselling – rather than more acute care, which is what the two new hospitals built in the areas are intended to deliver. Surely many voters would appreciate hearing what Health Minister Doug Graham would have to say about all this, beyond the canned statements included in a news release. We were assured Graham did have five minutes to spare the afternoon before we printed our final edition of the year – on an anodyne, unrelated matter of the government making a big donation to the food bank. We pressed for an interview with Graham on the hospital report instead. Graham’s handler declined. So, keeping in mind that Graham had allotted five minutes to speak to us, the reporter dealing with the food bank kept things to under one minute, then explained the minister’s thoughts on the hospital report were needed and transferred him to another reporter.
Alas, Graham was no longer on the line. Only the spindoctor could be heard, insisting that Graham had had to dash. She later added that he hadn’t had a chance to read the report yet – which is awfully strange, because he had already issued a statement about its contents. His sudden reluctance to speak was also strange, because anyone familiar with Graham knows that he has no shortage of strong opinions, and is usually more than willing to share them. To Graham’s credit, he did grant an interview this week. At its end, he maintained that he had no knowledge of our earlier interview request. If this is true, it means the minister was kept in the dark on the matter by his own spokesperson. That would speak volumes about the premier’s communications strategy: keep everyone in the dark – certainly the public, and sometimes even your own ministers. When ministers do speak, they’re expected to stick to a tight script. During another telling moment earlier this fall, Graham was asked in an interview about the rules governing pharmacists if there was anything he’d like to add. “Yeah, there is,” he said. “I want to add some stuff but my staff have all told me to shut up.” It’s so difficult to obtain comment from our ministers on delicate subjects, it’s not unusual for reporters to have to resort to ambushing politicians with unrelated questions at the rare news conference one will emerge from their bunker to attend. It’s sometimes the only way to reach them. Maybe that’s also the only way they’re allowed to speak on certain subjects. This all fits part of a larger pattern. As a rule, our ministers are able to address technical questions best answered by officials, provided it makes them look good, while they throw officials into the firing line when there is anything too politically contentious involved. When the government stonePublisher
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he National Post reports this week that police will not lay charges against two protestors who “came within touching distance” of Stephen Harper at an event in Vancouver. Dressed as waiters, Sean Devlin and Shireen Soofi stood onstage beside the prime minister and held up signs demanding climate justice. A Vancouver Police spokesperson told the press, “After consultation with both (the RCMP and the Crown), it was determined that it wasn’t in the public’s best interest to pursue an investigation into criminal charges.” At press time, the Nordicity research team was
unable to substantiate a rumour that Department of Justice staff are working round the clock to draft a bill imposing mandatory minimum sentences for unauthorized proximity to the prime minister. If there is any doubt that Canada needs a bill to protect the PM from unwanted closeness, surely it is banished by the case of Awish Aslam, a 19-year-old University of Western Ontario student who attempted to attend one of Harper’s 2011 election rallies. Fortunately, alert staff had taken the trouble to check Aslam’s Facebook page, where she had posted a picture of herself posing with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, and she was summarily ejected from the meeting. A few days later Conservative staff were forced to remove a group of students from a rally at the University of Guelph after learning that they had earlier participated in a “vote mob,” a kind of student demonstration aimed at encouraging young people to participate it the election. Imagine the consequences if dangerous radicals such as these were able to enter the prime ministe-
the prime minister and talk to him about homeless veterans. Had Lowther managed to get close to the PM he might have used the occasion to point out that, while eager to milk the flag-draped coffins of dead soldiers for all the cheap jingoistic publicity they’re worth, the Conservative government has made a policy of screwing every dime it can get out of services to soldiers who survived. Clearly such radical fact-mongering can’t be allowed to proceed within the prime minister’s aura. Chief among the Canadians whose access to the prime minister must be strictly controlled are the members of the media. While prime ministers before him braved the scrum on Parliament Hill, Harper accepts only five vetted questions per press conference. During Harper’s 2013 Arctic tour, Li Xue Jiang of the People’s Daily, China’s largest newspaper, tried to squeeze in a sixth, unauthorized, question and had to be dragged to the back of the room by two members of the RCMP. A loophole in the law prevented the police from
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Wind power trumps LNG Open letter to the YESAB executive committee: We would like to suggest an alternative to Yukon Energy’s LNG conversion project. Our alternative idea is for YEC to expand its wind energy supply and to use the wind energy in conjunction with electrical thermal storage (ETS) to replace heating oil, and reduce our need for diesel peaking. First, in the spirit of expedience, we will choose a known and accessible wind farm site near the biggest load on the Yukon grid, the city of Whitehorse. Haeckel Hill already has a road, power line, two wind turbines and YEC has a land-use permit in place. We suggest removing the smaller aging Bonus 150-kW wind turbine and replace it with a far larger turbine of 2.3 megawatts like the ones used at Diavik Diamond Mine in the N.W.T. The other existing Vestas 660-kilowatt turbine can be left in place until we can afford to upgrade it. Haeckel Hill has room for two more 2.3-megawatt wind turbines. The expanded wind farm will have a total 7.56 megawatts of capacity, produce 16 gigawatt-hours a year and the cost should be $3.6 million per megawatt (assuming similar cost to Diavik) or $25 million. First Nations could be equity partners, local contractors will be employed to upgrade the road, transmission lines and build the foundations for the new turbines. We will target roughly 1,200 homes and replace their oil furnaces with ETS units. This first phase will increase the annual electrical heating needs by about 15 gigawatt-hours. This will increase Yukon Energy’s revenues by $2.3 million annu-
rial presence. It’s one thing to encourage young Conservatives to vote, but given the fact that the young are disproportionately left-leaning, attendance at a vote mob is clearly a radical act. If given access to the PM’s rally, who’s to say the vote mobbers wouldn’t have held up signs calling for nonConservative youth to exercise their right to vote? The law as it stands provides no penalty for trying to attend a Conservative Party or government of Canada function without permission from the prime minister’s staff. If left uncorrected, this hole in the criminal code could open the door not only to inappropriate proximity, but also to the unbridled expression of unauthorized opinion. All kinds of unsavory characters would like to gain proximity to the PM. Take Jim Lowther. Himself a veteran of two foreign wars, and the founder of the Veterans Emergency Transition Team, Lowther attempted to enter a Harper rally in Nova Scotia and was stopped at the door. In comments to the press, Lowther admitted that he hoped to meet with
ally (assuming $0.15/kWh). Local electrical businesses and furnace installers will be employed installing the new furnaces. The wind project will diversify our renewable energy sources and enhance the existing hydro system, since wind energy is more prevalent in the winter. The ETS units will be interruptible and controlled from Yukon Energy’s expanded SCADA system, this will stabilize the grid, help reduce the daily electrical peaks and be a valuable tool for YEC to reenergize the grid in the case of power outages. It will also be cleaner and safer in case of winter power outages because the ETS units store heat. Yukon Energy should replace their old diesel units with more efficient ones that are more suitable for peaking and short time usage. As a comparison, diesel units that are being bought by YECL presently are $1.5 million per megwatt, so YEC’s new diesels should only cost $12 million, rather than the $34 million proposed for the LNG system. This is just the beginnings of an idea. We recognize that electrical generation, management and distribution is very complex, but we don’t think it is beyond the capabilities of engaged Yukoners to contribute, expand on and explore these opportunities. There are plenty of well educated people in the Yukon. Our classrooms are in the bush, office, ski trails, workshops, on the rivers and mountain passes. People who live here think about their impact on this beautiful place every day, and we want to be involved with managing those impacts. Sally Wright and JP Pinard Whitehorse
Write for Rights a success Thanks to all those who participated in the “Write for Rights” events held in Whitehorse on December 10, International Human Rights Day. Amnesty International is an international human rights organization which seeks to support prisoners of conscience – that is, people who have been imprisoned on the basis of their beliefs – in many countries around the world. Amnesty International has learned that the simple act of writing a letter can ultimately have an enormous effect in influencing governments. For the sixth year in a row, Vanier Secondary teacherlibrarian, Janet Clarke, organized letter-writing sessions in the library for students on December 10. In all, they wrote 177 letters to governments in various countries on behalf of prisoners of conscience. The local letter-writing group sponsored an evening event at the United Church. As a result of this gathering, 54 letters were sent to governments and 23 greeting cards were sent directly to prisoners of conscience. For those who wish to participate in the local letter-writing group, we meet on the last Tuesday evening of each month from 7 – 9 p.m. upstairs at the United Church. Newcomers are always welcome. Wendy Jickling Amnesty International Whitehorse
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marching the miscreant off in handcuffs and tossing him in the deepest dungeon. What’s to come next? Will reporters breach the prime minister’s ring of privacy and demand that he answer unscripted questions? Will they come within touching distance and raise uncomfortable issues? Will Canadians be forced to hear dissenting voices and witness real debate? In short, will the prime minister lose control of the message? Probably not. According to the Hill Times, there are now 1,500 communications staffers working for government, 87 in the direct service of the prime minister. Add these to the Conservative Party and RCMP security staff who work together to protect Harper from having to answer to the media or the public, and it’s clear that access to Canada’s prime minister is as tightly controlled as it is to even the strongest of dictators around the world. Al Pope won the Canadian Community Newspaper Award for best columnist in 2013. He also won the Ma Murray Award for Best Columnist in B.C./Yukon in 2010 and 2002.
Also we would like to extend a thank you to the minister of health, Doug Graham, and his staff for helping people with multiple sclerosis overcome some health challenges and make it a little easier for us to obtain the help that we need. Thank you for the Yukon legislature and the City of Whitehorse for making tributes and flying the MS flag during May’s national awareness month. Also thanks to staff with medical travel for ensuring we make our appointments with the specialists. Thank you to the doctors we have that understand and know what multiple sclerosis is, and what it does to us each differently who live with it. I extend to the rest of the doctors in the Yukon, if your not sure what MS is, let us help you to understand, as it is a disease that affects every one of us differently every day. Also it is one of the hardest diseases to diagnose and manage. The Yukon Multiple Sclerosis Association is a non-profit group in Whitehorse and is distinct from the MS Society in B.C. If you’re looking for some help or resources, you are welcome to contact the association directly at m.s.selfhelp.roberts@gmail. com.
Open letter to all Yukoners: As president of the Local Yukon Multiple Sclerosis Association in Whitehorse, it brings me great pleasure to write this letter to you. It has been a great year in the Yukon with creating more awareness of what multiple sclerosis is. I would like to start with thanking all the people who have volunteered their time to help. A&W, thank you for everything you do for us all year long. And thanks to the classic car club for coming out and supporting the “Dub” and “the Cause” days! Whitehorse Star, Yukon News, community channel 9, CKRW (Tim K) – thank you for your supporting nonprofit organizations to help advertise meetings and other events. Also thank you to Quizno’s, Air North, Staples, Whitehorse Beverages, Starbucks, Yukon Electrical, Alpine Health, Superstore, Subway, City of Whitehorse, Tim Horton’s, the local produce stand, Wal-Mart, St. John Ambulance, Paradise Alley, Yukon Springs, YARA and Lil’s Place. And thanks to Brian for the photography. Thank you to Ed the groundskeep- Jenny Roberts President er at Shipyards Park for everything Yukon Multiple Sclerosis Association you do.
Quote of the Day “It seems like they’re trying to wait long enough until we just give up. I find it extremely disrespectful to the parents and the kids who have worked so hard on this.” Leah White on the wait to see the latest draft of Vanier Catholic Secondary School’s policy on homosexuality. Page 5
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Politicians criticize York siding with student who snubbed working with women Jennifer Ditchburn
request. His religion is unclear. Sociology professor Paul Grayson originally rejected the man’s request OTTAWA that he be allowed to skip a group ederal MPs of all political stripes project last fall; the student went on took a Toronto university to to meet with his female classmates task Tuesday for siding with a male as scheduled. student who requested that he be But Grayson said he was later excused from participating in a told by the dean of the faculty of group project with women. liberal arts and professional studies The York University student, that the student should have been whose name has not been released, accommodated, since the request cited religious grounds for the did not have a ‘substantial impact’ The Canadian Press
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Request for Public Input on Changes to the Employment Standards Act From December 19, 2013 to January 31, 2014, the Yukon government is seeking public input In the spring 2013 legislative session, the Government of Yukon made changes to the Employment Standards Act. The Act now provides an employed parent of a critically ill child with up to 37 weeks of job protection to match the federal Employment Insurance Act, and up to 35 weeks for a parent of a missing child or a child who has died as a result of a crime so that they can take unpaid leave from their jobs and be able to access new federal financial benefits. With this public review, we now ask Yukoners to provide their feedback on the minimum length of employment required before becoming eligible for these new types of leave.
Everyone is welcome to attend the following events to contribute their ideas and help shape the Range Road North Neighbourhood Plan.
We also ask for feedback on the maximum length of unpaid leave for employed parents of a missing child or a child who has died as a result of a crime.
This area includes the Takhini & Northland Mobile Home Parks, Mountain View Place, Mountain Air Estates, Stone Ridge, several Kwanlin Dün First Nation parcels, and surrounding greenspace. Public Event 1: Visioning Workshop 7-9 pm, Tuesday January 21 Public Event 2: Design Workshop Open House 7-9 pm, Wednesday January 22
In addition, we are reviewing the appropriate ‘probationary’ period for all employees governed by the Employment Standards Act.
Both events will be held in the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Multi-Purpose Room (1171 Front Street). For more information please visit whitehorse.ca/rangeroad, email ben.campbell@whitehorse.ca or phone 668-8338. online at
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To complete the online survey or to submit written comments, please visit www.community.gov.yk.ca/es.html or contact: Employment Standards, Community Services Email: employmentstandards@gov.yk.ca Phone: 667-5944, or toll free in Yukon at 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5944 Fax: 867-393-6317 Survey feedback and written comments are invited until January 31, 2014.
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Fatal case of H5N1 bird flu reported in Alberta, first North American case Lee-Anne Goodman and Helen Branswell Canadian Press
OTTAWA anada has reported North America’s first case of H5N1 bird flu infection, in an Alberta resident who recently returned from a month’s visit to China. The person, whose name and age were not revealed, was reportedly feeling ill on Dec. 27 while flying from Beijing to Vancouver and then on to Edmonton. The patient was admitted to hospital on Jan. 1 and died Jan. 3. Federal public health officials said confirmation of the rare exported H5N1 infection was made Tuesday evening and Canada informed officials of the World Health Organization on Wednesday. Health Minister Rona Ambrose, who took part in a hastily assembled news conference in Ottawa, said the case is likely to be an isolated one. “The risk of getting H5N1 is very low,” Ambrose said. “This case is not part of the seasonal flu, which circulates in Canada every year.” The discovery of a case of H5N1 so far afield was already garnering international attention Wednesday. But flu experts said that in some ways, the novelty isn’t that a case was found here, it was that such an event hadn’t happened sooner. “I’m surprised we haven’t seen at least one importation before now into North America ... given the connectedness that we have with that region,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an influenza expert at the
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Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Gregory Taylor speaks during an announcement on Wednesday in Ottawa. Officials announced the first reported death in North America from H5N1 bird flu.
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control “We’ve been preparing for an incursion for over a decade,” acknowledged Dr. Theresa Tam, head of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s health security infrastructure branch. “It’s actually much rarer than we had ever thought. This is the first case in this whole continent.” Officials did not release the name of the patient, nor did they indicate how old the person was, where he
or she lived in Alberta or whether the person is a he or a she. During the news conference, the term “she” was used several times, but it wasn’t clear if that was a slip and officials insisted they would not confirm the person’s gender. Contacts of the Alberta resident, as well as the health-care workers who cared for the patient, are being monitored for signs of illness but to date there does not appear to have been onward transmission of the virus. They have been offered the antiviral drug Tamiflu, which can be taken to prevent infection as well as to treat it. “None of them have symptoms and the risk of developing symp-
toms is extremely low,” said Dr. James Talbot, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. “Precautions for health-care staff were also taken as part of this individual’s hospital treatment.” The Public Health Agency will be contacting passengers who were on the same flights as the Alberta traveller to check on their health. But Dr. Gregory Taylor, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, said it was unlikely transmission occurred on the planes. The person travelled on Air Canada flight 030 from Beijing to Vancouver, and Air Canada 244 from Vancouver to Edmonton. Both flights were on Dec. 27.
Dr. Perry Kendall, British Columbia’s chief medical officer, said the person spent about two and a half hours in Vancouver International Airport waiting for the connecting flight and was there from about 12:30 p.m. PST to 3 p.m. PST. He too suggested it was unlikely that the infected person transmitted the virus to others en route. In fact, flu experts were viewing the event as interesting, and a useful reminder that international travel can spread infectious diseases around the globe. But they weren’t unduly concerned. “Every H5N1 case makes you nervous. But I don’t think it should be a cause for alarm,” said Dr. Allison McGeer, head of infection control at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. “It’s good that people are watching for it. Brilliant that people identified the issue and made the diagnosis.” Figuring out what was behind the illness wasn’t easy. The patient had what is being described as an atypical presentation – fever and headache, which are symptoms of flu, but no cough, which is common in influenza cases. The person went to hospital on Dec. 28 but was sent home after being examined. The illness progressed rapidly and the person returned to hospital on Jan. 1 and was admitted. On Jan. 3, he or she died. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Taylor said initially it was thought the person had a clot in the lung – a pulmonary embolism – but that was ruled out. And after the first visit to hospital by the person, on Dec. 28, the patient was sent home. The health-care team caring for
the patient also thought the person might have meningococcal encephalitis, an infection of the brain. But a chest X-ray showed signs of pneumonia and the unidentified hospital ran a battery of tests. The influenza A test came back positive, as did one for a human coronavirus, one of the causes of common colds. The team wondered for a time if the severity of the illness was due to the co-infection with two viruses. On Jan. 5, Taylor received a call
from Talbot, who said tests showed the flu virus was not one of the seasonal influenza A viruses. Alberta was going to send a sample to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to get their help. The specimen arrived in Winnipeg on Tuesday morning. By that evening the Alberta lab had identified the virus as an H5; it didn’t have the capacity to identify which neuraminidase or “N” number the virus had. Almost simultaneously,
the Winnipeg lab’s testing got the full result: H5N1. Tam said the national lab will share the virus with the WHO’s network of influenza collaborating laboratories, but Canada is certain of the test result. “We’re very confident this is the diagnosis,” she said. Taylor said the Public Health Agency is also liaising with China and hopes to investigate with it how and where the person was exposed
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Saskatoon woman says she is grateful to be alive after her car went off a bridge and plunged into the icy South Saskatchewan River. Breanna Pegg was on her way to lunch with her cousin Dec. 30 and was travelling east on the Circle Drive North Bridge when she lost control and went up a snowbank. The 23-year-old nurse had crossed the span many times before, but this time her car ended up in the river. “I remember realizing my car was going over the barrier into the river. I remember just thinking: ‘Oh my God,
I’m going to die,”’ she told radio station CKOM. “When I first came to, I remember thinking: ‘Oh, I’m alive, I’m so relieved!”’ Pegg’s survival instincts had kicked in as her car had up-ended and begun to sink. The power windows didn’t work and she noticed a hole in the bottom corner of the smashed windshield, so she crawled out onto the hood. She slowly lowered herself into the water and swam over to the edge, where she was able to pull herself onto the ice. “I knew that the water was going to suck and it was going to be really cold, but it wasn’t really that bad. I guess
the adrenaline was pumping,” she said. “The coldest I got was when I was pulling myself on the ice.” That’s when the pain from her broken clavicle hit. “I stayed on my stomach really flat to pull myself across the ice sheets. I just kept pulling myself along my stomach as much as I could towards the edge of the river,” she said. “By the time I was just about to the edge, that’s when people arrived.” Pegg was taken to hospital. Her car was left in the river, where it will stay until spring. She says that the one good thing to come from the accident was a public conversa-
Get the flu vaccine. To see a complete schedule visit yukonflushot.ca NOTE: A bilingual nurse will be on duty at most Whitehorse flu clinics.
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tion about snow removal on the bridges. “I think that’s awesome.
I’m so glad that there’s not going to be any of those snow ramps around.”
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contained the virus appeared to vanish. It returned with a vengeance in early 2004, igniting a large multicountry outbreak that continues to this day. Since then nearly 650 human cases have been reported from now 16 countries. While the virus does not often transmit to people, it can cause severe illness when it does. About 60 per cent of known cases have died from their infections.
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Talk with your friends and neighbours, and let your MLA know that you… Support an on-going staking ban in the peel Watershed Support the Final recommended peel Watershed regional land use plan
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to H5N1. It is currently thought the person did not travel outside Beijing, where there have been no recent reports of H5N1, in birds or in people. The virus is endemic, though, in parts of the country and continues to spread in a number of countries in Asia and the Middle East. This virus was first spotted in 1997, in an outbreak in which 18 cases – six of them fatal – were reported. But after that flare up was
Saskatoon woman recalls how she survived after plunge into icy river
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Fatal case of H5N1 bird flu reported in Alberta, first North American case Lee-Anne Goodman and Helen Branswell Canadian Press
OTTAWA anada has reported North America’s first case of H5N1 bird flu infection, in an Alberta resident who recently returned from a month’s visit to China. The person, whose name and age were not revealed, was reportedly feeling ill on Dec. 27 while flying from Beijing to Vancouver and then on to Edmonton. The patient was admitted to hospital on Jan. 1 and died Jan. 3. Federal public health officials said confirmation of the rare exported H5N1 infection was made Tuesday evening and Canada informed officials of the World Health Organization on Wednesday. Health Minister Rona Ambrose, who took part in a hastily assembled news conference in Ottawa, said the case is likely to be an isolated one. “The risk of getting H5N1 is very low,” Ambrose said. “This case is not part of the seasonal flu, which circulates in Canada every year.” The discovery of a case of H5N1 so far afield was already garnering international attention Wednesday. But flu experts said that in some ways, the novelty isn’t that a case was found here, it was that such an event hadn’t happened sooner. “I’m surprised we haven’t seen at least one importation before now into North America ... given the connectedness that we have with that region,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an influenza expert at the
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Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Gregory Taylor speaks during an announcement on Wednesday in Ottawa. Officials announced the first reported death in North America from H5N1 bird flu.
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control “We’ve been preparing for an incursion for over a decade,” acknowledged Dr. Theresa Tam, head of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s health security infrastructure branch. “It’s actually much rarer than we had ever thought. This is the first case in this whole continent.” Officials did not release the name of the patient, nor did they indicate how old the person was, where he
or she lived in Alberta or whether the person is a he or a she. During the news conference, the term “she” was used several times, but it wasn’t clear if that was a slip and officials insisted they would not confirm the person’s gender. Contacts of the Alberta resident, as well as the health-care workers who cared for the patient, are being monitored for signs of illness but to date there does not appear to have been onward transmission of the virus. They have been offered the antiviral drug Tamiflu, which can be taken to prevent infection as well as to treat it. “None of them have symptoms and the risk of developing symp-
toms is extremely low,” said Dr. James Talbot, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. “Precautions for health-care staff were also taken as part of this individual’s hospital treatment.” The Public Health Agency will be contacting passengers who were on the same flights as the Alberta traveller to check on their health. But Dr. Gregory Taylor, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, said it was unlikely transmission occurred on the planes. The person travelled on Air Canada flight 030 from Beijing to Vancouver, and Air Canada 244 from Vancouver to Edmonton. Both flights were on Dec. 27.
Dr. Perry Kendall, British Columbia’s chief medical officer, said the person spent about two and a half hours in Vancouver International Airport waiting for the connecting flight and was there from about 12:30 p.m. PST to 3 p.m. PST. He too suggested it was unlikely that the infected person transmitted the virus to others en route. In fact, flu experts were viewing the event as interesting, and a useful reminder that international travel can spread infectious diseases around the globe. But they weren’t unduly concerned. “Every H5N1 case makes you nervous. But I don’t think it should be a cause for alarm,” said Dr. Allison McGeer, head of infection control at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. “It’s good that people are watching for it. Brilliant that people identified the issue and made the diagnosis.” Figuring out what was behind the illness wasn’t easy. The patient had what is being described as an atypical presentation – fever and headache, which are symptoms of flu, but no cough, which is common in influenza cases. The person went to hospital on Dec. 28 but was sent home after being examined. The illness progressed rapidly and the person returned to hospital on Jan. 1 and was admitted. On Jan. 3, he or she died. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Taylor said initially it was thought the person had a clot in the lung – a pulmonary embolism – but that was ruled out. And after the first visit to hospital by the person, on Dec. 28, the patient was sent home. The health-care team caring for
the patient also thought the person might have meningococcal encephalitis, an infection of the brain. But a chest X-ray showed signs of pneumonia and the unidentified hospital ran a battery of tests. The influenza A test came back positive, as did one for a human coronavirus, one of the causes of common colds. The team wondered for a time if the severity of the illness was due to the co-infection with two viruses. On Jan. 5, Taylor received a call
from Talbot, who said tests showed the flu virus was not one of the seasonal influenza A viruses. Alberta was going to send a sample to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to get their help. The specimen arrived in Winnipeg on Tuesday morning. By that evening the Alberta lab had identified the virus as an H5; it didn’t have the capacity to identify which neuraminidase or “N” number the virus had. Almost simultaneously,
the Winnipeg lab’s testing got the full result: H5N1. Tam said the national lab will share the virus with the WHO’s network of influenza collaborating laboratories, but Canada is certain of the test result. “We’re very confident this is the diagnosis,” she said. Taylor said the Public Health Agency is also liaising with China and hopes to investigate with it how and where the person was exposed
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Saskatoon woman says she is grateful to be alive after her car went off a bridge and plunged into the icy South Saskatchewan River. Breanna Pegg was on her way to lunch with her cousin Dec. 30 and was travelling east on the Circle Drive North Bridge when she lost control and went up a snowbank. The 23-year-old nurse had crossed the span many times before, but this time her car ended up in the river. “I remember realizing my car was going over the barrier into the river. I remember just thinking: ‘Oh my God,
I’m going to die,”’ she told radio station CKOM. “When I first came to, I remember thinking: ‘Oh, I’m alive, I’m so relieved!”’ Pegg’s survival instincts had kicked in as her car had up-ended and begun to sink. The power windows didn’t work and she noticed a hole in the bottom corner of the smashed windshield, so she crawled out onto the hood. She slowly lowered herself into the water and swam over to the edge, where she was able to pull herself onto the ice. “I knew that the water was going to suck and it was going to be really cold, but it wasn’t really that bad. I guess
the adrenaline was pumping,” she said. “The coldest I got was when I was pulling myself on the ice.” That’s when the pain from her broken clavicle hit. “I stayed on my stomach really flat to pull myself across the ice sheets. I just kept pulling myself along my stomach as much as I could towards the edge of the river,” she said. “By the time I was just about to the edge, that’s when people arrived.” Pegg was taken to hospital. Her car was left in the river, where it will stay until spring. She says that the one good thing to come from the accident was a public conversa-
Get the flu vaccine. To see a complete schedule visit yukonflushot.ca NOTE: A bilingual nurse will be on duty at most Whitehorse flu clinics.
YUKON NEWS: 10 January
tion about snow removal on the bridges. “I think that’s awesome.
I’m so glad that there’s not going to be any of those snow ramps around.”
Yukon Fish & Game Association PRESENTS
Wild Game Banquet, Awards & Dance. Saturday, February 1st, 2014 Cocktails at 5:30, Dinner at 6:30 Come and enjoy a Wild Game feast, and bid at our silent auction & Dance to the “Sunday Night Jam band” Tickets are available at the YFGA office (667-4263) 509 Strickland Street Whitehorse, Yukon
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contained the virus appeared to vanish. It returned with a vengeance in early 2004, igniting a large multicountry outbreak that continues to this day. Since then nearly 650 human cases have been reported from now 16 countries. While the virus does not often transmit to people, it can cause severe illness when it does. About 60 per cent of known cases have died from their infections.
Yukoners overwhelmingly want…
Talk with your friends and neighbours, and let your MLA know that you… Support an on-going staking ban in the peel Watershed Support the Final recommended peel Watershed regional land use plan
Once school starts, the action never stops! That’s why we’re getting the flu shot — and not missing a moment.
to H5N1. It is currently thought the person did not travel outside Beijing, where there have been no recent reports of H5N1, in birds or in people. The virus is endemic, though, in parts of the country and continues to spread in a number of countries in Asia and the Middle East. This virus was first spotted in 1997, in an outbreak in which 18 cases – six of them fatal – were reported. But after that flare up was
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Huge Catholic parade in Philippine capital held to remember victims of monster typhoon Jim Gomez
monster typhoon. About 6,000 police were deployed to secure the massive, MANILA, Philippines daylong pilgrimage – a security undreds of thousands of nightmare in a country still Filipino Catholics jammed battling Muslim extremists and the streets of the capital Thurs- widespread crimes. More than day to parade a centuries-old 600 devotees, many of whom black statue of Jesus Christ in walked barefoot under the sun, a raucous annual event that were treated for minor injuries, took on a special significance by according to the local Red Cross. Officials said up to 12 million remembering the victims of a Associated Press
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were expected to join though the figures were difficult to confirm. The wooden statue of Christ, crowned with thorns and bearing a cross, is believed to have been brought from Mexico to Manila on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught fire, but the charred statue survived and was named the Black Nazarene. Some believe the statue’s survival from fires and earthquakes through the centuries, and intense bombings during World War II, is a testament to its mystical powers. In Mass before the start of the procession at Manila’s seaside Rizal Park, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged nearly half a million devotees to pray for the victims of disasters like Typhoon Haiyan, which on Nov. 8 killed more than 6,100 people, left nearly 1,800 others missing and displaced more than 4 million mostly poor villagers. The killer wind and tsunami-like storm surges levelled entire villages and damaged or destroyed more than a million houses. Bodies were still being found in mounds of debris months later. Housewife Jackelyn Cometa said she and her husband joined the procession each of the last 12 years to pray for good health and a better life, but she came with a different plea Thursday. Her 2-year-old niece remained missing in the storm while two cousins were killed in her father’s hometown of Palo in worst-hit central Leyte province. “I’m praying that my niece be found, even her body,” said
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Filipino Catholic devotees ride on the carriage of the Black Nazarene during an annual procession to celebrate its feast day on Thursday in Manila, Philippines.
Cometa, who lives in a Manila slum. The Mass at a grandstand abruptly ended when swarms of devotees breached through a security cordon and pushed away iron railings in an attempt to get close to the Black Nazarene, which nearly got knocked down in the melee. Police restored order but several devotees were injured. Authorities blocked a main road near Manila’s City Hall with container vans to prevent participants from passing through a traditional route across a bridge, where cracks have been found. Huge crowds pushed a container van aside, insisting to pass through the old route, prompting officials to deploy riot police to divert the procession away from danger. The spectacle reflects the country’s unique brand of Catholicism, which includes folk
superstitions, in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Dozens of Filipinos have themselves nailed to crosses on Good Friday each year in another tradition to emulate Christ’s suffering. A young French tourist, JeanBaptiste Guillemot, marveled as thousands of devotees walked barefoot past him, pressing forward to touch, kiss or wipe towels on the Black Nazarene. Others struggled to pull rickety carriages with heavy replicas of the statue. “This is very powerful,” he said. “It’s really, really religious … I didn’t know it was this much.” Two years ago, authorities jammed cellphone services and put air force helicopters on standby after President Benigno Aquino III warned that terrorists might target the gathering. No such threat was monitored Thursday.
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Cheap travel may be at risk if Canadian dollar continues to fall Linda Nguyen Canadian Press
TORONTO lower loonie may be good news for many Canadian businesses but, over time, consumers may see prices creep up for those popular vacations to warmer climates, and fewer reasons to shop online or in the U.S. The Canadian dollar lost another 0.27 of a cent on Wednesday, to close at 92.56, a price not seen since October 2009. On Tuesday, it fell more than a penny to 92.83 cents US. David McCaig, president of the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies, said a weakened Canadian dollar has had little to no effect on Canadians booking vacations down south but, if the trend continues, history may repeat itself. Back in 2009, McCaig said travel agencies across the country saw declines in the number of vacations Canadians were booking. Instead of packing their bags and heading south or to the Mediterranean, many opted to have a “staycation” or travel within the country to stretch their dollar. The travel industry may see this again if prices for vacations begin to creep up on a lower Canadian dollar, he said. For now, agencies continue to see a lot of “pent-up demand” to get away to the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe, an urge exacerbated by the frigid temperatures that have recently gripped most of Canada. “It’s cold enough in Canada that everyone wants to get away,” said McCaig, whose group represents 2,000 agencies. “There’s been very little differences with purchases of holidays like doing a week in Mexico, going to Las Vegas or Miami, Florida. That’s because most Canadians feel they have the right to have a holiday and they’re going to take it.” Most vacations are still be-
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ing listed at last summer’s prices, when the Canadian dollar was stronger. Those prices are likely to stick for the next few months but will rise if the loonie continues to fall. McCaig noted that a lower loonie over the long-term will boost travel to Canadian destinations. “That’s part of what happened when our loonie was so high. Americans had been used to coming to Canada before that, having a big discount or value for their dollar and didn’t mind paying the taxes,” he said. “A dropping loonie is frankly good for Canadian business. (Tourist destinations) are going to be happier to have Americans come here.” Business professor Ambarish Chandra said U.S. retailers who depend on Canadians crossing the border to do their shopping will also feel the pinch. Online shopping will also see declines, as items such as books, clothing and electronics will no longer be cheaper if purchased in the U.S. But ultimately, he said, a lower loonie will be a boon for Canadian businesses. “Something like this will always be good for Canadian businesses whether they acknowledge it or not,” said Chandra, who teaches at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He said goods from Canadian exporters will be seen as more competitive and cheaper in the eyes of foreign buyers. Another benefit will be that most goods are priced in U.S. dollars. Chandra said manufacturers who rely heavily on goods and parts made overseas will feel squeezed if they end up paying more due to a weakened currency. Nevertheless, companies are now more prepared to deal with a weaker loonie, said David Sparling, a professor at Western University’s Ivey Business School. “When the loonie started to rise
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the company has broached its plans for multiple transits with the government. he company that made the “Nordic Bulk Carriers reprefirst commercial transit of the sentatives have met with Canadian Northwest Passage plans to increase Coast Guard and Transport Canada its shipments through the legendary representatives to discuss anticipated waterway next year, suggesting such transits in 2014 through the Northtraffic is coming sooner than anyone west Passage,” said Kevin Hill of the anticipated. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, “We hope and expect to do it,” said which is responsible for the Coast Christian Bonfils of Nordic Bulk Car- Guard. riers, the Danish shipper which owns Those discussions have included the Nordic Orion. possible icebreaker assistance, Hill The vessel made history last Sepsaid. tember when it hauled 15,000 tonnes That means an era that many of coal to Finland from Vancouver experts relegated to the future is through waters that were once impen- already here, said Rob Huebert, an etrable ice. It took four days less than Arctic policy expert at the University it would have taken to traverse the of Calgary. Panama Canal, and its greater depths “The game is afoot,” he said. allowed the Orion to carry about 25 Huebert suggested that previous per cent more coal. surveys reporting almost no interest Sailing through the passage saved in the Northwest Passage were simply the company about $200,000 and the result of shippers playing their resulted in a nicely profitable voyage. cards close to their vests. “We had a very smooth voyage and “When you look at the number not any major delays,” said Bonfils. of ice-strengthened vessels that came “We’re very pleased about it.” out of the woodwork for (Russia’s) The company is talking with the Northern Sea Route, it’s obvious that Canadian government about ramping some companies have been quickly up those shipments, Bonfils said. The building up capacity. It’s obvious now number of planned transits is under the companies aren’t being forthright discussion. in terms of what their capabilities are.” “It’s a bit too early to say,” said In Russia, 421 vessels applied Bonfils from Copenhagen, Denmark. for permission to use that country’s “The window for doing this changes northern passage last season. every year. We need to slowly explore Now that Nordic Bulk Carriers has what is actually possible to do here.” shown it’s possible – and is acting on A federal spokesman confirmed that information with more crossCanadian Press
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ings – other shippers are likely to follow suit, said John Higginbotham, a professor at Carleton University and former assistant deputy minister of transport. “I expect more companies to take advantage of it,” he said. “I think there’s some Canadian companies that got scooped. I believe they only woke up to this development.” Higginbotham said the ice in the Passage varies in extent from year to year. But the old, tough, multi-year ice that once blocked the route is largely gone. “It is thinner and more rotten and (has) less volume than ever before,” he said. However, one commercial transit does not a Suez Canal make. That waterway gets 18,000 ships a year. Since 1903, Coast Guard records show only four tankers have made full transits of the Northwest Passage, including one each in 2011 and 2012. No cargo ship has made the voyage and the Nordic Orion is the only bulk carrier to have done so. The Northwest Passage lacks adequate nautical charts, ports, search and rescue stations and icebreakers available to commercial ships. Unlike in Russia, the federal government has not made upgrading those facilities a priority. But Bonfils said his company is convinced there’s money to be made in sending goods through a waterway that once bedevilled generations of mariners. “It’s a good addition to what we do because we have the ships already,” he said. “We don’t expect a boom in ice-class bulk carriers being built because all of a sudden you can sail the Northwest Passage. This is more of an addition (instead of) a stand-alone business.” Expect more shippers to reach the same conclusion, Higginbotham said. “Where there’s cargo to make money, ships will go.”
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his is probably about as collaborative as an art project can get. After months of work by 115 artists from around the community, a new mural was officially unveiled this week at Yukon College. The art piece, dubbed I Dreamed I Was Home, now permanently adorns the back wall just inside the Whitehorse Campus’s main door, as well as the nearby staircase. The painting is large. It’s made up of 65 panels, each about 16x16” and puzzled together in the shape of an abstract wave or mountain peaks. An additional 13 panels are being sent to the college’s community campuses and learning centres. As you read it from left to right, the painting travels through the seasons, highlighting northern activities and the many different cultures that now make up the territory. It is the last project of Yukon Cultures Connect, a two-year series of public events and art workshops at the college, focusing on cultural diversity. Prior to beginning the painting in September, community groups from around the territory were consulted to gather ideas for what should be in the art. Throughout the mural the words “dream” and “home” appear in a variety of languages. Upon closer inspection, a pair of cross-country skiers is seen making their way through the Yukon snow. One is in a kilt. The other is wearing a traditional kimono. Project coordinator and Yukon College artist-in-residence Nicole Bauberger said she hopes the mural and its many small details is an “ongoing source of surprise” for students and staff that will walk past it for years to come. “I hope they see things that they recognize and remind them of home and things that surprise them and excite their imagination,” she said. So how exactly does one
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The I Dreamed I Was Home mural at Yukon College, and the individual panels sitting below, which are headed for community campuses, was a group effort.
coordinate 115 volunteer artists for one project? The task of corralling the creativity fell to Bauberger. The long-time Yukon artist has worked on a number of community murals in the past in both the Yukon and Ontario. “People might think, ‘Art by committee? That would be hard.’ Are you kidding me?” she laughed. “It just means that you have extra brains.” After ideas were gathered, the work began as many art projects do – by putting pencil to paper. A group of volunteers drew the first sketches on two 11x16” pieces of white paper. With a basic idea in mind, sample images were collected and collaged on a larger prototype. A grid was then penciled on to that creation. Finally the painting began. Volunteer artists, mostly people with little experience, were able to enlarge the prototype by mimicking what they saw in each small grid square onto a larger version of the grid placed on the
final mural. Paint was layered onto the panels over a long period of time, meaning often a number of different artists worked on each different part. Bauberger said this method of painting – going one small grid square at a time – makes working with such a large group easier and is also much less intimidating for inexperienced artists. “It’s easier than just sitting them down and saying, ‘paint me a bear,’” she said. Practical nursing student Pauline Chambers estimates she spent about 100 hours volunteering to work on the piece. She says she learned a lot from the process. “So often in life we’re told to be independent and work on your own,” she said. “But here we are listening to Nicole saying, ‘Work together, make it your own but make it everyone’s.” The mural marks the end of the college’s 50th anniversary celebrations that happened over most of last year. The title of the work came
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Artist Nicole Bauberger, right, coordinated the 115 people working on the project.
from a traditional Tlingit song associated with the Story of Kaax’achgook. The song was sung by Angela Sidney when she gave the
name Ayamdigut to the college’s Whitehorse campus at its official opening in October 1988. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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Creepiness galore promised in new Helix science fiction drama Nelson Wyatt
possess us. And in fact there are things that possess us that we can’t see and they’re called MONTREAL viruses. They’re smaller things f the possibility of worldwide than we can see and they get pandemics is already giving inside us and change us and kill you the jitters, Helix is poised us and leap from body to body to ratchet up your paranoia and it’s a fact of life…. levels. “What’s more scarier than “There is a good creepy fac- the thing that you know is tor to it,” says series star Billy coming down the road?” Campbell. “I’m a big fan of That’s echoed by Montrealcreep and I think we’re going raised actor Mark Ghanime, to have a lot of creepy so I’m who plays Maj. Sergio Ballesepretty excited about it.” ros, an army engineer with a The latest entry into the mysterious agenda. mysterious-virus-runs-amok “We have viruses out there horror genre, Helix premieres that have taken many, many tonight on Showcase at 7 p.m. lives,” he said. Intrigue abounds as scien“It’s a very large possibility. tists from the Centers for DisIt’s not your far-fetched sceease Control led by the brilliant narios like zombies or vampires Dr. Alan Farragut (Campbell) or werewolves. That stuff ’s all go to a remote Arctic installacool but it’s very fantastical and tion to investigate the outbreak not real. This is what makes it of a virus that could wipe out so scary is that it’s so plausible.” humankind. Campbell, who is well “This could happen,” the known for a slew of movie Virginia-born Campbell says of and TV roles including Once the possible infection, although and Again, Crime Story, Killhe acknowledges things get ing Lincoln and The Killing, a little “wackier” in the show describes Helix as a “kind of because of some plot elements science fiction-fantasy-horror he can’t reveal. mashup.” Helix, he says, taps into pri“It’s a bit of a mashup of The mal fears. Andromeda Strain, which is a “It’s a fear, really, of ghosts good old movie – one of my faand spirits and things that vourites – John Carpenter’s The Canadian Press
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PaSToR RICK TURNeR
2111 Centennial St. (Porter Creek) Sunday School & Morning Worship - 10:45 am
Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details
PaSToR NoRaYR (Norman) haJIaN
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First Pentecostal Church 149 Wilson Drive 668-5727
Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon
Whitehorse
Baptist Church 2060 2nd AvEnuE • 667-4889
Pastor Mark Carroll Family Worship at 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am
St. Nikolai Orthodox
Christian Mission
Reader Service Sundays 10:30 am 332-4171 for information
www.orthodoxwhitehorse.org
Quaker Worship Group ReLIGIoUS SoCIeTY oF FRIeNDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship. For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca
website: quaker.ca
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Rigdrol Dechen Ling,
Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society Meditation drop-in • Everyone Welcome!
403 Lowe Street
Mondays 5:15 to 6:15 PM
www.vajranorth.org • 667-6951
Christ Church Cathedral Anglican
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Religion of the Light and Sound of God
For more information on monthly activities, call (867) 633-6594 or visit www.eckankar-yt.ca www.eckankar.org ALL ARe WeLCOMe.
Church of the Northern Apostles
An Anglican/episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:00 aM
1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) 633-5385 “We’re open Saturdays!” Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting All are welcome.
oFFICe hoURS: Mon-Fri 9:00 aM to 12 Noon
Sacred Heart Cathedral
TAGISH Community Church
Box 31419, Whitehorse, YT Y1a 6K8 For information on regular community activities in Whitehorse contact:
www.tagishcc.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of
(Roman Catholic)
4th Avenue & Steele Street • 667-2437 Masses: Weekdays: 12:10 pm. Saturday 5 pm Sunday: 9 am - english; 10:10 am - French; 11:30 am english
Bethany Church
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada early Service 9:00 - 10:00 am Family Service 10:30 am - Noon Filipino Service 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday School ages 0-12
91806 alaska highway
Ph: 668-4877 • www.bethanychurch.ca
The Temple of Set
The World’s Premier Left hand Path Religion
a not-for-prophet society. www.xeper.org
canadian affiliation information: northstarpylon@gmail.com
4Th aveNUe & eLLIoTT STReeT Services Sunday 8:30 aM & 10:00 aM Thursday Service 12:10 PM (with lunch)
668-5530
Meeting First Sunday each Month Details, map and information at:
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Calvary Baptist
1301 FIR STReeT 633-2886
Sunday School during Service, Sept to May
THe ReV. ROB LANGMAID
45 Boxwood Crescent • Porter Creek 633-4032 • All Are Welcome
Bahá’í Faith
whitehorselsa@gmail.com
Latter Day Saints
108 WICKSTROM ROAD, WHITeHORSe
1-867-667-2353
Sunday Sacrament Service starts at 10:00 AM Sunday School at 11:00 AM and Priesthood hour will be from 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Northern Light Ministries Dale & Rena Mae McDonald Word of Faith Ministers & Teachers. check out our website!
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Pastor L.e. harrison 633-4089
www.northernlightministries.ca
St. Saviour’s
1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland
Regular Monthly Service: 1st and 3rd Sundays of the Month 11:00 AM • All are welcome. Rev. David Pritchard 668-5530
For further information about, and to discover Islam, please contact: Javed Muhammad (867) 332-8116 or Adil Khalik (867) 633-4078 or send an e-mail to info@yukonmuslims.ca
Anglican Church in Carcross
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Blue Rodeo duo headline Order of Canada list The Canadian Press OTTAWA he singer-songwriters behind the enduring success of the band Blue Rodeo headline a talented cast of new appointments to the Order of Canada. Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor will be celebrated as Officers of the Order in a ceremony later in 2014, along with 88 other new or promoted appointees, Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced Monday. Those being honoured include actors Colm Feore and Sarah Polley, author Douglas Coupland, journalists Steve Paikin and
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George Jonas, historian Michael Bliss and fashion TV host Jeanne Beker. Former Conservative deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski and retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps are among four eminent Canadians who are being promoted to be Companions of the Order of Canada, the highest honour. Cuddy, 58, and Keelor, 59, have been making music together since teaming up in high school, a lasting if sometimes combative duo whose relationship Cuddy once called “incendiary.” “It’s like being between a rock
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and a hard place,” longtime Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil Donovan once said of the pair. Together their sound – described variously as roots rock and alt-country – has pushed more than three million discs, a collaboration that includes 12 studio albums, three live recordings and a greatest hits compilation. And it was 20 years ago this past October that they released Blue Rodeo’s biggest selling album, Five Days in July. The band has often been a counterpoint to the pop hit sounds of the day, starting with its work in the late 1980s when overblown production was the norm. “We started out to be the anti-music of that kind of music,” Cuddy told The Canadian Press in a 2012 interview. “What we learned was we never, ever ceded control to anybody again for our records.” Cuddy and Keelor are being cited by Rideau Hall for “their contributions to Canadian music and for their support of various charitable causes.” The Order of Canada over the years has included a who’s who of Canadian music – from Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to Oscar Peterson, Maureen Forrester and Stompin’ Tom Connors – but it doesn’t often invest multiple band members together. Notable group appointments include the 1996 investiture of Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart and the 1993 investiture of sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle. The latest recipients will be invited to a ceremony at Rideau Hall to accept their insignia at a later date.
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Rewriting the textbook in Old Crow Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter
Making school work
Christianson knows she wants to go to college or university, but isn’t quite sure for what. She would like to work with animals, especially wild animals, or be a social worker like her mom, she said. The fall hunt was, for her, a new and enlightening experience. The class was accompanied by an impressive collection of caribou experts. There was the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation’s game guardian and local hunting experts, but also a biologist and a veterinarian. So while others were learning how to skin a caribou, (“which I’m not interested in, at all,” she said) Christianson was learning how to detect and diagnose disease. “That was scary, but aweAlistair Maitland/Yukon News some. I worked with a biologist Morningstar Christianson is a high school student in Old Crow. and took blood samples from caribou. I poked its eyeball and she could focus on schoolwork. “A big thing of what we’re Gadzoosdaa residence in Whitewas feeling for cysts in the lungs, horse. It’s a long way from home, trying to do is also break down which I thought was totally too especially for those coming from people’s idea of what school has weird and scary at first, but it Writing the textbook Old Crow, Yukon’s only fly-in to be,” said Ross. “Because a lot was a really awesome experience. themselves community. of students have been unsuccess“I’m really happy to be up It’s a great option for some ful in what they imagine in their here, because at my old school, Every student in the class has students, for example those who heads school is: ‘School is sitting I never got opportunities like their own program, based on are interested in specific course at my desk, writing notes, school what it is they would like to get Reason to be excited that. I never got very many opofferings, or sports teams, said is the class having a discussion portunities. It’s just first class, out of it. Ross. and me not participating, school High school was offered in “Everything in the class basic- second class, lunch, third class, But some get more out of is me doing poorly and feeling the community for the first time forth class. You didn’t get to do ally just starts with a conversastaying at home. bad about myself.’” in the fall of 2012. Christianson anything, and there were hardly tion between the student and Christianson said that meeting Christianson had never had a chance to join the very first any trips.” myself,” said Ross. Ross helped her to choose to stay imagined that school could be class. The class is structured around Ross has worked with Chrislike this. She grew up all over Residents had been calling for in Old Crow. project-based learning. That tianson to make school work for “She was awesome,” said Ontario, and had lived for four the program for decades, said means that instead of the teacher her. Christianson. “She was like, the years in South River, south of Frances Ross, who teaches the delivering, say, a geography lecLast semester, Christianson nicest person I have ever met. North Bay. new Grade 10-12 class. ture, the class will come up with spent the mornings in a math There, she struggled with “A big reason that they wanted She’s so enthusiastic and happy a project to work on together, class at Old Crow’s campus of about everything.” bullying and anxiety. it is that they raised their kids and each student will tackle a Yukon College. It was a good choice. When “I tried to conform to what until they get to 12, 13, 14, and different part depending on the Then she worked for a couple September rolled around in the peer pressure was telling me I then in those formative teenage learning objectives they need to hours over lunch as a housekeepfall of 2013, it was the first year should conform to.… I started years they’d have to send their meet. er at a local bed and breakfast. since Kindergarten Christianson losing my, what some people kids off to Whitehorse,” said This past fall, the class worked And the afternoons she spent had been excited for school to call my bark. I wasn’t outgoing Ross. together on a project to docuwith Ross, plowing through the start, her mother said. anymore. I wasn’t laughing as “They were worried about ment the history that led to the coursework she needs to get into much, and I wasn’t as loud and kids losing their connection to Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation the kinds of programs she wants. A new way of seeing school obnoxious as I usually am. I was signing its self-government the land, and they were worSpecialized courses, like bioljust quiet and I kept to myself.” ried about kids getting lost in agreement with the governments ogy, she takes through distance Old Crow feels more like Ross’s classroom inside the the shuffle or they would see of Yukon and Canada in 1993. education with Ross’s help. home than South River did, said students come back not with the Chief Zzeh Gittlit School is set The students sat in a wall tent If she had continued in a Christianson. skill-set that they had sent them up like any classroom anywhere on Crow Mountain for a couple Although she is Ojibwe and else – desks and chairs in rows away thinking that they would of hours, listening to stories from regular high school program, she would have graduated a year not Gwitch’in, she relates easily facing the larger teacher’s desk get.” community members who were behind her peers, said Christianto the culture and community in In the Yukon, graduation rates and a white board, a bank of involved with the land claims son. Old Crow, she said. computers facing one side wall. for students living in rural areas agreement, and took notes. But because of her unique “I just find First Nations But it is also different. In lag behind those for students Then they brought those lesschedule, she is set to graduate culture to be so down to earth one corner there is a couch and from Whitehorse. sons back to the classroom with on time in June, with the first and so beautiful and I just feel lounge chairs with bright throw In 2012, the graduation rate the goal of compiling the inforlike I belong here. Whether it’s class to ever graduate from high pillows. On the wall, a picture for Whitehorse was 80 per cent mation into a useful format. with the people or the earth, the school in Old Crow. compared with 61 per cent in the frame featuring favourite snaps Rather than learning from a She’s not sure where she’ll go from the class’s fall caribou hunt. culture is just wonderful to be communities. First Nation stutextbook, the class was writing around.” In another corner there is a next, she said. dents are less likely to graduate the textbook themselves. Coming to Ross’s class was “a coffee, tea and hot chocolate in both rural and urban areas. Some students were working She might stay in Old Crow strange and new way of seeing station, paid for through Ross’s While some of Yukon’s larger towards English credits, other for another year to save money “attendance initiative program.” school, for me,” said Christiancommunities have high schools, social studies. for school. The students earned the funds son. many rural students still have to One student spearheaded the “I want to figure out what I It was easy, right off the bat, themselves by contributing samtravel away to finish school. collection and editing of video want to do – that’s what I want she said. With only four students clips to accompany the project. ples for scientific analysis of the Students from communities to do after high school.” five caribou they took on a recent regularly attending classes, anxwhere high school is not availThat work would contribute Contact Jacqueline Ronson at iety melted away and she found jronson@yukon-news.com hunt, netting $50 per animal. towards an applied arts credit. able can apply to live at the
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year ago, Morningstar Christianson, 17, had a choice. Her mom was offered a job with the Vuntut Gwitchin government in Old Crow. Christianson could have stayed behind to finish high school in Ontario, or move in with a sister in Calgary, or follow her mom to a fly-in community of a couple hundred people north of the Arctic Circle. “At first I didn’t think that I was going to come,” said Christianson. “I was like, ‘That is too far, and it’s too crazy.’ And then my adventurous side came out and I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ “Within a month we were packed up and ready to go. It was awesome. I had never flown before, I had never left Ontario. It was just crazy to hear that we were going to be living in this fly-in community with a bunch a people I’ve never met, completely cut off, away from things like Wal-Mart or a Pizza Hut.” They moved in December, and Christianson had another choice to make before school started back up in January. Old Crow, or Whitehorse?
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Out of darkness, the light
by DAVID SUZUKI
SCIENCE
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elson Mandela, who died last month at age 95, was sentenced to life in prison in 1962 because he fought for justice, equality and democracy. He was finally released 27 years later, in 1990. South Africa’s racist apartheid system fell and Mandela served as president from 1994 to 1999. The tributes after his death rightfully celebrated him as a forgiving, compassionate humanitarian and great leader. Closer to home, on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to obey a bus driver’s
order to give up her seat to a white person. She was arrested for violating Alabama’s segregation law. It wasn’t the first challenge to U.S. racial policies and prejudice – it wasn’t even her first – and that act alone didn’t change laws and attitudes. But it catalyzed the civil rights movement that led to massive social change. In Canada, in 1965, Everett George Klippert was sentenced to “indefinite” imprisonment for having sex with other men. Then-Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau later said, “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” and sexual activity between same-sex, consenting adults was decriminalized in 1969 (although Klippert was imprisoned until 1971). Now, same-sex couples can get married in Canada. We pride ourselves on our
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ing wisdom tells us are destructive or immoral. Often, resistance to calls for greater social justice or environmental protection is based on economics. When momentum to abolish slavery in the U.S. started building in the mid-1800s, many feared the economy would fail without free human labour. People fought a war over what they believed was a right to enslave, own and force other human beings to work under harsh conditions for free – in a democratic country! U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opposed sanctions against apartheid South Africa in part because of concerns about trade. Fortunately, Canada’s Prime Minister Brian Mulroney stood firm on sanctions, despite pressure from his allies. Economic arguments are also often used to stall environmental progress – something we’re seeing with climate change, and pipeline, mining and fossil fuel projects, among other issues. They were employed in the 1970s, when scientists found that
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democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn’t vote until 1918, Asians until 1948 and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960. We’ve come a long way. It’s hard to fathom that such widespread, often state-sanctioned discrimination occurred so recently – much of it in my lifetime. My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family’s possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan. We still have discrimination and many other problems, but these examples show change is possible – often quickly, after reaching a critical mass of public support. Studies show discrimination, murder and other violent crime rates and death from war have all declined over the years. Throughout history, we’ve faced challenges and adapted to changing conditions. We’ve renounced practices that, in hindsight, seem foolish and often barbaric. We’ve overturned economic systems that no longer meet our needs or that our increas-
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chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, were contributing to a weakening of the ozone layer, which protects us from the sun’s rays. Despite opposition, world leaders signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987, and today, it’s starting to recover. We now face many other global challenges in addition to regional ones. Our impacts have multiplied as population, trade and communications have grown to encompass the planet. World events viewed in isolation may make it appear as though humanity is moving backward. We still suffer wars, unimaginable violence, prejudice, environmental devastation, foolish politicians, greedy industrialists and selfish individuals. But we also have new ways to communicate widely at lightning speed, wisdom acquired from millennia of experience and people everywhere reaching out to encourage respect and kindness for each other and all life sharing our planet. Change is never easy and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things. Those are the lessons from Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and all those who refuse to give up in the face of adversity when the cause they pursue is just and necessary. With contributions from from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.
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Derek Kindervater (Mic Mac Toyota), John Robbins(Habitat Yukon), Alanna Johnson(making the draw!)
Habitat for Humanity Yukon congratulates Cliff Graw of Whitehorse.
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liff is the winner of the 2013 Toyota RAV4 from our 2013 Raffle. His lucky ticket(sold at Trails North) was drawn on December 31, 2013 at Mic Mac Toyota.
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abitat for Humanity Yukon congratulates Bev Bingham of Whitehorse. Bev is the winner of the $1,000 Gift Certificate at Integra Tire from our 2013 Raffle. Her lucky ticket(sold during an August 2013 ticket blitz) was drawn on Dec 31, 2013 at Mic Mac Toyota.
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abitat Yukon thanks all those who bought tickets in our raffle; you are all winners to us! The proceeds from this raffle are being used
for Habitat Yukon building projects(Takhini River triplex—almost finished, Whistle Bend 1 duplex—under construction).
Mac Toyota, TD Canada Trust-Haines Junction, The Feed Store, Trails North, The UPS Store, UAP NAPA, Well Read Books.
e certainly express our thanks to the management and staff at Mic Mac Toyota for their generous support and co-operation.
e would also like to thank those businesses that supported Habitat Yukon during our raffle: Canadian Tire, Extra Foods, Fireweed Market, Superstore, Whitehorse Liquor Store, Home Hardware.
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abitat Yukon is very pleased that the following fine Yukon businesses sold our 2013 Raffle tickets: Alpine Bakery, Bank of Montreal, Builders Supplyland, FAS GasHaines Junction, Griffith’s Heating and Sheet Metal, Integra Tire, Kal Tire, Kopper King Services, Locksmith Services, MacKay LLP, Mic
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Up Here Business invites you to the 2nd Annual Frozen Globe Awards Gala. You will be treated to a Frozen Globe reception, three-course sit-down dinner, the exciting award unveilings, and entertainment!
Be there as we shine a spotlight on the best of northern business in Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. We want everyone to know about the cream of the crop North of Sixty, from all three territories and across the spectrum of industry and commerce. When: Thursday, January 23, 2014 Where: High Country Inn Dress: Business or formal attire Cost: $125.00
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New book reveals early Yukon exploration
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where he was engaged by Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper as a member of a party that was sent to explore the remote regions of Alaska. This was the beginning of the narrative that is detailed in Travels to the Alseck. The series of articles published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper are reproduced in this volume, followed by the text of two articles that were featured in the highly regarded Century Magazine after his second trip the following year. In 1890, Leslie’s party travelled up the Chilkat River valley, and crossed the coastal mountains at Kusawa Lake. There, the party split in two. Glave and Dalton turned westward and trekked over to the Shakwak valley, eventually navigating the Alseck River (today known as the Tatshenshini) to the Pacific Coast. The remainder of the expedition party continued down the Yukon River, ultimately reaching Alaska. The following year, after failing to find sponsors, Glave self-financed a second trip into Alseck country, again accompanied by Dalton, this time using pack horses. Following the route of the present-day Haines Highway, they reached the northernmost point of the Tatshenshini River, continued north, crossed the Dezadeash River, passed Kloo Lake, and then retraced their steps to the coast after nearly drowning in Kluane Lake. But there is more to this story than Glave’s articles reveal. What makes this book more fascinating is that the editors incorporated the diary entries kept by Glave from his unpublished notebooks, which are now housed in the archives at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. These faded diary entries are made on the tattered pages in Glave’s nearly illegible scrawl. They include information never before published, which throws light on Glave’s travels through Kluane country.
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Cruikshank provides insightful commentary about the narratives, both public and private, contrasting the 1890 trip with the 1891 venture. Unlike his contemporaries, she notes, Glave “sought out indigenous inhabitants, did his best to learn local languages, recorded names of those he interviewed and incorporated them into his reports.” The published account of the second journey takes on the more traditional narrative voice of the period, and masks the fact that a disillusioned Glave considered his self-financed trip into the wilds of the Yukon a failure. They nearly drowned, lost much of their equipment, including his faulty mapmaking instruments, and failed to find mineral wealth. Cruikshank assumes that his true motive behind his Alaskan journeys was to position himself for a return to Africa. Not mentioned in Cruikshank’s analysis, I note, are Glave’s intriguing reference to an unnamed love interest back in New York City, and the implication that fame and fortune from his 1891 exploration would establish his reputation and provide economic security so that he might win her hand in marriage. Place names are important to Glave’s narrative. In order to connect the names with the correct places, Doug Hitch analyzes Glave’s notes and map references. In doing so, he establishes clearly the route followed by Glave and Dalton on both of their adventures. The notebook entries are illustrated with numerous annotated sketch maps in this volume, accompanied with interpretation by Hitch, of the route using contemporary maps of the region. Fortunately, some of the photos of the 1891 journey survive, and are included in this volume, along with the original drawings rendered from these photographs, and modernday photos taken of the same views. These validate Hitch’s interpretation
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sidekick, Jack Dalton. I have a personal connection to this account. In 1971 and 1972, during my first summers in the Yukon, I travelled over much of the same landscape as these two white men, although I did not know it until later. Glave was an Englishman who, during an age when class structure dominated British society, turned to the exploration of faraway places to advance himself. Starting in 1883, he served for three years at an isolated outpost in the Congo under the tutelage of famed British explorer Henry Morton Stanley. ot on the heels of the WhiteGlave, who described himself as horse history book comes a “a man who relishes a task for its fascinating volume that will be of bigness, and takes to it with a fierce interest to many Yukon history joy,” then spent another three years lovers. Travels to the Alseck by Edward J. on a riverboat for an ivory tradGlave is edited by the sterling team ing company on the upper Congo of Julie Cruikshank, Doug Hitch River. This and his later accounts of and John Ritter. It is the account of travel in Africa are said to have been two exploration trips made to the the inspiration for Joseph Conrad’s southwest Yukon in 1890 and 1891 famed novel, Heart of Darkness. by the aforementioned Glave and his In 1890, Glave was in America,
of the route followed by the two adventurers. Glave took particular interest in the traditional place names of the region he visited and recorded these in his notes. In addition, he recorded the personal names of those he met, traditional Tlingit and Athabascan words and phrases, and word lists in both Tlingit and Southern Tutchone. Of particular note is how modern geographers have displaced traditional places names with contemporary ones, or assigned traditional place names to the wrong features. This volume documents these and sets the record straight. The tributary today known as the Blanchard River, for instance, was originally noted as Tarjansini by Glave, That native name (Tatshenshini) was assigned, by 1900, to the Alsek. The name Alsek was assigned to what was known traditionally as the Kaska Wurlch (Kaskawulsh). As Cruikshank noted, “Shifting names created cascading confusion for local residents… local elders still express feelings of displacement as their country was renamed around them – ironically using their own names.” The text is divided into three main sections; one for the 1890 expedition, and two for the 1891 venture. Each includes a section by Doug Hitch analyzing Glave’s notes and interpreting the route that they followed. Travels to the Alseck, which is published by the Yukon Native Language Centre, and can be obtained at their office at Yukon College, is hardbound, with 408 glossy pages of text, profusely illustrated with 108 photos and drawings, and 85 maps. It includes a bibliography and index. For anyone interested in the history of the Kluane region, this book is a must read. Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net
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Old dogs, Alaska, and the New World by Ned Rozell
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hen people first walked across the Bering Land Bridge thousands of years ago, dogs were by their sides, according to researchers who wrote a paper published in the journal Science. Scientists from Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles used dog DNA material – some of it unearthed by miners in interior Alaska – to conclude that today’s domestic dog originated in Asia and accompanied the first humans to the New World about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. One of the study’s co-authors suggests that man’s best friend may have enabled the arduous journey from Asia into North America. “Dogs may have been the reason people made it across the land bridge,” said Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles, who worked on the study. “They can pull things, carry things, defend you from nasty carnivores, and they’re useful to eat.” Researchers have agreed that today’s dog is the result of the domestication of wolves thousands of years ago. Before the recent study, authored by Jennifer Leonard, an evolutionary biologist at the Smithsonian Institution, a common thought about the precise origin of North America’s domestic dog was that natives tamed local wolves, the descendents of which now live with people in Alaska, Canada, and the Lower 48. Leonard and Wayne’s study suggests that domestic dogs predate humans’ arrival in the New World. Frozen dog remains from a Fairbanks-area gold mine helped the scientists reach their conclusion. Leonard extracted DNA from 11 bones of ancient dogs that were locked in permafrost until Fairbanks placer miners uncovered them in the 1920s. The miners donated the preserved bones to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where they remained untouched for more than 70 years. After borrowing the bones from the museum, Leonard and her colleagues used radiocarbon techniques to find the age of the Alaska dogs. They found the dogs all lived between the years of 1450 and 1675 A.D., before Vitus Bering and Aleksey Chirikov were the first known Europeans to view Alaska in 1741. Those bones of dogs that roamed the Fairbanks area centuries ago should therefore be the remains of “pure native American dogs,” Leonard said. The DNA of the Fairbanks dogs would also reveal whether they were the descendents of wolves
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These dogs, along with all the other dogs in North America, may be descendents of those that accompanied their masters across the Bering Land Bridge thousands of years ago, according to a study in the journal Science.
from North America. Along with the Fairbanks samples, the researchers also extracted DNA from bones of 37 dog specimens from archeological sites in Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia that predated the arrival of Columbus. In the case of both the Alaska dogs and the dogs from Latin America, the researchers found that the dogs shared the most genetic material with gray wolves of Europe and Asia, which supports the idea of domestic dogs entering the New World with the first human explorers who wandered east over the land bridge. Leonard and Wayne envision dogs of different genetic lineages joining the first humans that ven-
tured across the Bering Land Bridge to slowly populate the Americas. Wayne thinks the dogs that made the trip must have provided some excellent service to their human companions or they wouldn’t have made the trip. “Dogs must have been useful because they were expensive to keep,” Wayne said. “They didn’t feed on mouse pellets. They fed on meat, which was a very guarded resource.” Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute. A version of this column ran in 2003, when the related Science article was published.
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Versatile machine and happy bacteria serve science and mining
YOUR YUKON Erling Friis-Baastad ining developments that make the news are often controversial. A casual glance at the media might well leave one thinking that good news for the industry must always be bad news for others who fear for the health of the environment. “Mining and the environment are often see as competing entities,” says Amelie Janin, NSERC industrial research chair in mine life cycle at Yukon College. But the chemist, her colleagues and their students are adapting some state-of-the-art research
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methods to the industry in the North, which promise to serve the hopes and needs of environmentalists and miners. Recently, scientists at the college have honed their skills on a new atomic absorption spectrophotometer and on contaminant cleanup techniques using a bioreactor. These can be used to help locate new, rich sources of ore, remove toxic metal waste from the environment, and do both while serving the educational needs of future scientists and technicians. The spectrophotometer, or “AA” as it’s called around the lab, is a very versatile piece of technology, says Janin. In fact, versatility was one of the most essential features when the device was being considered for the college. The researchers were also looking for reliability, that is for something
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that would require very little maintenance up here, far from major centres. Three mine sites in the territory employ a similar technology, says Janin, but the company machines are not available for student use. The college AA is also somewhat more complex. “We have different requirements,” she says. “When we talk about the environment, we are looking at very, very low concentrations. When we talk about ore concentrations for the company, then it’s very, very high concentrations. We wanted this machine to do both.” By “very low concentrations” of contaminants, such as arsenic, Janin is referring to amounts at the lowest level of detection. The AA itself is a modern relative of the spectroscope, long used by astronomers to determine the makeup of stars, distant planets and other celestial bodies. A star’s components, such as the gas helium, reveal themselves in characteristic lines within a spectrum of the star’s light. Metals found in earthly soil, water and plant samples will give off light after
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In fact, friendly bacteria can do the job without constant supervision. The process is elegant. “I collect bacteria from sediments in a creek,” says Janin. These sediments, or substrates, contain many different bacteria that specialize in different jobs. In this case the helpful organisms employ sulphates in a sample, such as mine waste water, to produce sulphides. The sulphides precipitate metals that have been floating freely in the water. Thus sequestered, the metals are easier to remove. “It’s a way to reduce metal concentrations to very low levels,” she says. Climate is the big challenge when it comes to bioreactors. “Climate is the tough thing, the one we all think about when we think about bioremediation,” she stresses. The cold of the North results in different and fewer varieties of bacteria being available in substrates. As well, biological processes can be slowed down by cold. “They like it where it’s warm, so we’re looking at trying to find a recipe that we could put in in the Yukon to help nurture the bacteria and make them happy,” she adds. At the lab, wood chips and biochar are also being employed to cheer up the bacteria. “In nature there are a lot of mechanisms to sequester contaminants in the environment,” says Janin. “Wood is good at this. Wood is porous and bacteria like that kind of environment.” Mixing metal with wood chips keeps the metal close by and makes it easier for the sulphideproducing bacteria to do their work. Running the results of their labour through the atomic absorption spectrophotometer can reveal just how happy they are. “We are working at solving northern challenges with local innovative solutions,” says Janin. “ A lot of great things are happening: in the Yukon we are starting to take ownership of the research.”
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Vernissages d’exposition Spectre blanc Exposition collective d’artistes visuels francophones de la communauté. Le 10 janvier, de 17 h à 19 h, à Arts Underground Œuvres de Josée Fortin Les oeuvres de l’artiste peintre se démarquent par des mises en scène mystérieuses, romantiques ou érotiques. Le 10 janvier, dès 18 h, au Centre des arts du Yukon Appel aux artistes Exposition collective Les Femmeuses 2014 Cette exposition multidisciplinaire, qui a pour thème « La grande femme en nous », est dédiée aux femmes francophones et francophiles de notre communauté. L’exposition aura lieu au Centre de la francophonie, du 23 janvier au 3 juin 2014. Soumettez vos œuvres au bureau des EssentiElles au 302, rue Strickland, avant le 17 janvier 2014. Rens. : Natasha Harvey 668-2636; elles@essentielles.ca Formations et ateliers en français Vous avez envie d’apprendre les techniques de secourisme? Vous aimez vous servir de vos mains pour créer? Vous avez envie de mieux parler l’anglais ou le français? La programmation de cet hiver est Programmation maintenant disponible! Inscrivezd’hiver 2014 vous dès maintenant. Rens et inscription : AFY 668-2663, poste 500 reception@afy.yk.ca - www.afy.yk.ca Cours de français langue seconde pour adultes Cet hiver, vous souhaitez apprendre la langue de Molière? Vous aimeriez vous perfectionner en français? Des cours de tous les niveaux sont offerts en journée et en soirée, à partir du 17 janvier, à raison de 2 heures par semaine durant 12 semaines. Les cours sont offerts au Centre d’enseignement du français aux adultes au 411 rue Wood. Inscription et évaluation : Angelune Drouin 667-8611; angelune.drouin@gov.yk.ca Vivre avec le deuil Cet atelier favorisera une réflexion sur les pertes de la vie afin de vous permettre de reconnaître les signes du deuil et de vous familiariser avec les ressources disponibles. Le 15 janvier, de 18 h à 21 h, au Centre de la francophonie. Gratuit. Inscription : AFY 668-2663, poste 500; reception@afy.yk.ca Jeux de la francophonie canadienne (JFC) 2014 Les JFC sont au rang des plus grands rassemblements de la jeunesse francophone du Canada. Cette année, ils auront lieu à Gatineau, Québec, du 23 au 27 juillet 2014. C’est l’occasion pour les jeunes d’exercer leurs talents dans trois volets : arts, leadership et sport. Date limite d’inscription : le 31 janvier 2014. Rens. : Chef de mission Yukon, Geneviève Gagnon 668-2663, poste 850; ggagnon@afy.yk.ca
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Mount Sima breaks 900 in season pass sales Tom Patrick
go, but we have a solid foundation right now. I continue to encourage people to come out ike the phoenix rising from and support the hill.” the ashes in Greek mytholFriends of Sima operated ogy, Whitehorse’s Mount Sima is under the belief 85 per cent of back from the dead and is flying the 800 pledges would be made high. good on. It would seem that Following an off-season in might have been a conservative which Sima looked to be on its estimate. way out due to financial difHenderson credits early ficulties, the ski and snowboard season pass sales at a lower price resort is thriving with high ticket than last year, as well as great sales and great weather. conditions, to the high sales. As of this week, Sima has “When Softball Yukon got sold just over 900 season passes, the ball rolling with their supwhich is believed to be the most port, everyone seemed to jump ever in its 21-year history. on board,” said Wilson, referProvided the vast majority of ring to a $20,000 donation and passes were purchased by Yukon a $50,000 loan Softball Yukon residents, that works out to made to Friends of Sima. “I think around one in every 38 Yukoners that’s one of the most satisfying having one. things about seeing the hill open, The outpouring of support there were so many people putfrom the community has been ting their time and support into tremendous, says general manseeing that it happened.” ager Don Wilson. “I think it took the scare of “It’s great that it’s open and losing it to get people to not take I’ve got to say the community it for granted,” said Snowboard support has been overwhelmYukon president Norm Curzon. ing, and I think that’s one of “The combination of a great the most satisfying things this amount of snow and decent year,” said Wilson. “When we temperatures over the break is were gearing up to open the hill obviously working to the hill’s people were congratulating us. benefit. ‘It’s great you guys are open“It’s the best I’ve ever seen it ing!’ Businesses in town offered since I moved back to the terrisupport and they’re not even tory (eight years ago).” associated with the industry, The snow gods have definthey’re just regular businesses itely smiled down on Sima this around town glad to see it open. season. Whitehorse experienced People were volunteering their twice the average snowfall in time, their equipment, ‘If there’s December with 55 centimetres of anything we can do to help, just downfall, up from the average of let us know.’ Construction com26 centimetres. panies said, ‘We have a loader, “Mother Nature was defindo you need your parking lot itely on our side on this one,” cleared?’ There were companies said Wilson. “She’s an important that said, ‘We have mechanics one to have on your side in this that are not really busy right industry.” now, do you need some help?’” “It’s a recreational facility, it’s In addition to the 900-plus very dependent on weather and season passes, Sima has also sold so as a result it’s hard to predict 1,772 day passes. what you’re going to spend on The resort welcomed about your budget for things like snow7,000 visitors over the Christmas making, grooming, etcetera … break between Dec. 20 and Jan. and how much money is going 5. to come in,” he added. “I would “Traditionally, that’s comliken it to the city’s snow-clearing close to half of our typical ing budget. They put a number year,” said Wilson. “So having Tom Patrick/Yukon News in the budget and I’m sure this that many just on the Christmas The bunny hill at Mount Sima was packed with skiers and snowboarders on Saturday. Sima year they’ve gone over that.” break is a good indication that To cut costs, Sima has gone has sold over 900 season passes, and had roughly 7,000 visitors over the holiday season. we’ll exceed our normal skier from operating four days a week visits. to three, Friday to Sunday. Howdetermination of the number of Sima, which took over for the the Christmas break. If you lose “Based on that number I Great Northern Ski Society, kept ever, Sima will return to four people out during the day.” that, it really puts you behind for think we’re likely to see in the days a week with the addition of the nails out of Sima’s coffin. With debts to local creditors, the whole year.” 18,000 to 20,000 skier visits.” Thursdays beginning February Friends of Sima secured 800 chairlift manufacturer DoppelSima topped out with about In an average season Sima pledges to buy season passes and 13, weather permitting. will have about 14,000 to 17,000 700 visitors over the holiday and mayr and the WildPlay adven“The hill has always been raised about $500,000 from local visitors. Numbers were down last bottomed out with between 250 ture park franchise exceeding operated by a non-profit society $400,000, Sima began to collapse businesses, ski and snowboard and 300 on Christmas Eve. season with between 12,000 to and the goal has always been, not associations, and the territorial under its debt during the sum“We have a counter on our 13,000 visitors, “because we had to make a lot of money, but to mer. The Great Northern Ski So- government. lift that tells us how many rides quite cold weather during the make enough money to survive “I’m very, very happy and ciety, the non-profit group that Christmas break, so we lost a fair people have taken on the lift to the next year and obviously thank everyone who bought oversaw Sima’s operations, anand from that we can do some number of days,” said Wilson. pay all the bills,” said Wilson. nounced its intention to dissolve passes and are so keen to support “The actually operating bill for “That’s when everybody is on statistical analysis based on that at the end of June and the resort the hill,” said Friends of Sima number of rides,” said Wilson. holidays and the whole family the hill, in my opinion, is fairly president Laurie Henderson. “We do three estimates and then ceased operations on July 2. can come up and ski together. lean and always has been.” A hugely successful fundrais- “We’re about a quarter through do an average of those three That’s when we see a good porContact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com the season, so we have a ways to estimates to get a fairly accurate ing campaign by the Friends of tion of our numbers, is during News Reporter
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Emily Nishikawa nears spot on Sochi team Tom Patrick
“I think there are two spots for women and two spots for men, so they’ll probably take a distance and a sprint (skier),” said Emily. Also competing at the trials are Whitehorse’s Knute Johnsgaard and Colin Abbott of the Yukon Elite Squad. Johnsgaard placed 13th in the open men’s sprint Wednesday and 14th in the 15-kilometre classic Thursday. Abbott darted to ninth place in the sprint and 25th in the classic. Chances of making the Olympic team are slim, but Johnsgaard is also shooting for a spot at the World U23 and World Junior Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, at the end of the month. Whitehorse’s Dahria Beatty is hoping to qualify for her third junior worlds in Canmore. Beatty, who is in her last year of eligibility, took second place in the junior women’s five-kilometre classic on Thursday. Beatty was one spot up from Whitehorse skier Annah Hanthorn, who moved to the Yukon from N.W.T. Russ Ullyot/Crag & Canyon/QMI Agency during the off-season and is also vying Top, Whitehorse’s Emily Nishikawa skis to a first-place for a spot at the junior worlds. The last Yukon cross-country skiers finish in the women’s 10-kilometre race at the Canadian to compete at the Olympics were Jane Olympic trials in Canmore, Vincent and Lucy Steele at the AlbertAlta., on Thursday. Nishikawa ville Games in 1992. Yukon has never won the race by more than had a male skier make the Olympics. 54 seconds. Left, Graham Canada’s Olympic cross-country Nishikawa races to a thirdteam will be announced on Tuesday. place finish in the sprint on Contact Tom Patrick at Wednesday. tomp@yukon-news.com
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mily Nishikawa has taken a large stride towards landing a spot on Canada’s Olympic team. The Whitehorse cross-country skier took first place in the open women’s 10-kilometre classic in the Haywood NorAm and Buff Sprints – the final selection races for Canada’s Olympic team – on Thursday in Canmore, Alta. “It was a great race for me so I’m very excited,” said Nishikawa. “But there’s one more to go – one more distance race on Sunday – so I’m going to stay focused for that, do the best recovery I can and prepare as well as I can.” The 24-year-old member of Canada’s development team completed the race in 32:32.1, almost a full minute ahead of second place finisher, Brittany Webster, who competed for Canada at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. “I had big lead in this race, I just pushed as hard as I could,” said Nishikawa. “I’m so very happy with how I raced today.” Another top finish in Sunday’s 15-kilometre skiathlon would likely be enough to make Nishikawa Sochi bound. She began the Olympic trials with fifth place in the open women’s 1.3-kilometre free sprint on Wednesday. Nishikawa hadn’t decided whether or not she will compete in a second sprint race on Saturday when she spoke to the News Thursday afternoon. Odds of two Nishikawas representing Canada in Sochi are not looking good. Brother Graham Nishikawa placed seventh in the open men’s 15-kilometre classic on Thursday. Surprisingly the 30-year-old distance skier had a much better result the previous day, placing third in the open men’s 1.7-kilometre free sprint. “It’s a good result, I was doing it in preparation for tomorrow,” said Graham on Wednesday following the
sprint race. Graham will need a top finish in Sunday’s 30-kilometre skiathlon to stay in the running for a spot on the Olympic team. Three women and four men skiers, none of whom are racing in Canmore this week, have already been nominat-
ed for Canada’s Olympic team. (Dasha Gaiazova, Perianne Jones and Chandra Crawford for the women, Alex Harvey, Devon Kershaw, Ivan Babikov, Lenny Valjas for the men.) Team Canada can take a maximum of 12 skiers to the Games next month in Sochi, Russia.
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he Yukon men’s basketball team posted their first of what they hope will be many wins of the season on Saturday. The team that will represent Yukon at the upcoming Arctic
Winter Games had one win and two losses at the Augustana Invitational Basketball Tournament in Camrose, Alta., at the University of Alberta Augustana campus last week. Their three games, all of which were against Alberta high school teams, were their first
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together as a team. “There are a lot of things we can improve on, get better at doing and correct, but at the same time we’re taking away some positives and it was good to get these games under our belt,” said Yukon head coach Tim Brady. Yukon finished the tournament with their win to place third out of the four teams. They held on to a pocket-size lead in the fourth quarter to beat Camrose Composite High School 67-64. “It was a hard-fought game, a contested game all the way through,” said Brady. “We shot the ball a little bit better and played a little bit better, so we were glad to get a win and end the tournament in this way.” Yukon opened the tournament with an 89-86 loss to the R.F. Staples Secondary School team from Westlock. The Yukon squad almost pulled off a substantial comeback, having started the fourth quarter down by 20 points. They missed a three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime. “It was a really good comeback for these guys, to play from behind and really put a good effort in, and almost catching this team at the end,” said Brady. Yukon then fell 89-46 to Archbishop Jordan Catholic
High School from Sherwood Park. The Jordan team went undefeated en route to winning the tournament. “We had the kind of game where we just couldn’t buy a basket,” said Brady. “We were really cold and missing shots. We fell behind early and just could not get it done. “If we could shoot a decent percentage, we would have been in that ball game. I think we made them work the whole game, but we dug a hole for ourselves with our shooting. We couldn’t seem to score.” Yukon guard RJ Siosan led his team with 70 points in Camrose, including a 31-point performance against R.F. Staples. Fellow guard Bryan Hermosa was second in points with 30 in the tournament opener on his way to 60 in total. In addition to the tournament games, the Yukon team participated in clinics hosted by
the men’s university team every morning on the trip. “Our challenge right now is becoming more sure when we’re in possession of the ball, working to get a good shot every time, and not trying to make the perfect pass or passes that are high-risk,” said Brady. “That’s part of learning. Part of it is just the age group that we have.” The 2014 Arctic Winter Games this March in Fairbanks, Alaska, will mark Brady’s eighth time coaching at the Games. He was head coach for the goldwinning team in 2012 and for Yukon’s first-ever gold-winning men’s team in 2000. Both Yukon basketball teams – men’s and women’s – won gold at the 2012 Arctic Games in Whitehorse. The men’s team includes returners Hermosa and Chris Carino, who was absent from last week’s tournament. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
Arctic Games roster Chris Carino Nylan Duncan Bryan Hermosa Ryan Hindson Pierre Lefebvre Ian New Chris Nersoo
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Junior Shooting Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre ExprEssion of intErEst DEsign anD ConstruCt Display CabinEts for thE tEslin tlingit hEritagE CEntrE The Heritage Department of the Teslin Tlingit Council requires new cabinets for display of artifacts and artwork. We are looking for professional(s) experienced in design and construction display cases. Cases will be sympatric in look and materials to existing cases. Case 1: Will be a Clan Regalia Case sensitive to the important cultural artifacts that are being displayed. The case will dramatically display the objects and create a safe standard museum environment. The case will free standing easy access exhibit case of wood and tempered glass with stand alone lighting system with storage/display drawers. The case will accommodate 2 life size mannequins and two upper torso mannequins and three glass shelves. Maximum size is 9'X 8'X 4'. Case 2: Will be a wall mounted case of wood construction with tempered glass with ceiling lighting with storage/display drawers. It is to be easily accessible and be design to dramatically display the objects and create a safe standard museum environment. Maximum size is 10'X6'X2'. Interested parties please submit proposal, budget, timelines, resumes of principals and references on or before 4:00pm January 20th, 2014 to the Department of Heritage, Teslin Tlingit Council, Box 133 Teslin Tlingit Council. Email proposals are acceptable to tip.evans@ttc-teslin.com Contact Tip Evans, Director of Heritage, Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133 Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 Phone 867 390 2532 Ext 330 tip.evans@ttc-teslin.com
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To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No difit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.
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CLUES ACROSS 1. 1960’s civil rights college organization 5. Big K store 9. A slab of lumber 14. Hilltribe of Thailand 15. From a distance 16. Earth color pigment 17. A gelling agent in foods 18. Plural of sorus 19. Shabby in appearance 20. Outdoor cookers 23. The immaterial part of a person 24. A single unit or thing 25. Containing salt CLUES DOWN 1. Thick piece of something 2. Dorset ____ chilli 3. Burn the surface 4. Border of a pavement or street 5. Party where guests wear costumes and masks 6. In a state of conflict 7. Not frequently experienced 8. Smart and trim in appearance 9. Commercial enterprise 10. Beaten egg dish 11. Cain and __ 12. Bolsheviks 13. Not wet
28. Erstwhile 33. Mimicked 34. God of the underworld 35. Quick head motion 36. Narrow country roads 38. To become old 39. Diminished light under a tree 41. Behave in a certain manner 42. Counterweights 44. 84097 UT 45. Brief communications 47. Common folder color 49. Hostelry
50. Section of a window 51. Discrepancy between actual and stated 58. Brief publicity notice 59. Elliptical 60. Racer Earnhardt 61. Attempt one more time 62. A boundary line 63. Italian Island 64. Turkish rulers 65. Secondhand 66. S. branch of the Lower Rhine
21. Longest division of geological time 22. Italian capital 25. Arabian greeting 26. Keep up 27. Seasons of fasting 28. Venerated wise men 29. Lyric poems 30. Lake in N. Finland 31. Object built to scale 32. Excessive fluid in tissue 34. Genus lepus 37. Understudies 40. Smooth-skinned melon
43. Hindu god of fire 46. Rugged mountain range 47. Sent by USPS 48. Small social insect 50. Apply a thin coat of metal 51. Horse fly 52. Wife of Boaz 53. Headstream of the Ubangi River 54. “Rudolph” singer Burl 55. Celebration 56. Gaelic name for Scotland 57. Make a ringing sound 58. Women’s undergarment
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LARGE ROOM in PC (12ʼx24ʼ), private ent, recent reno, shared accom, avail immed, $750/mon + dd. 668-7213
3-BDRM TAKHINI West duplex, full laundry, oil furnace, N/S, refs, oil and security deposit required, avail Feb. 1. $1,475/mon + oil and elec. 668-2703
MARSH LAKE 3-bdrm 2-bath house (1,000 sq ft) washer/dryer, N/S, avail immed, $1,000.00/mon + elec & dd. (250) 864-4499
900 SQ/FT shop, insulated, oil heat, set up with three car bays. Out of city limits, 20 mins from town. $750 + utils. 335-4181
3-BDRM HOUSE, Takhini area, 2,000 sq ft w. garage, N/S, N/P, avail Jan. 1, $1,500/mon. 334-6510
1 BEDROOM in Riverdale house, upper level, fully furnished, 3 mins to bus stop, N/P, N/S, dd, avail Jan. 1. $500 + utils. 334-3280
1-BDRM FULLY furnished apt in d/t, incl heat, lights, hot water, basic cable, N/P, no parties, responsible tenant, avail Jan 1, $950/mon. 668-5558
2-BDRM HOUSE, Riverdale, spacious, newly renovated, open concept, heated tile floors, close to bus stop, $1500/mon. Amy 334-3878
2-BDRM APARTMENTS, Takhini, clean, well-kept, incl w/d, f/s, dw, parking & city utils, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, $1,300/mon or $1,100/mon & sec dep. 668-7596 after 4pm
BACHELOR APT, clean, bright, 15 mins from downtown, above ground, small deck, close to bus stop, N/S, N/P, $900 incl. cable & utils. 333-0497
6-BDRM EXECUTIVE House in Porter Creek area. 250-661-0745
3-BDRM, 1-BATH country residential suite, wood stove, W/D, deck, well, storage space, pet friendly, $950/mon. 334-3053
2 BEDROOM townhouse/condo, 1300 sqft, min one year lease, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $1,800 + utils, a month obo. 335-7515
2 BEDROOMS, Copper Ridge, for more details contact Julie at 334-4430 APT TO share with single, mature, N/S female, Riverdale, steps from bus stop, reasonable price, avail Jan 15. Leave contact details at 336-0355 1-BDRM 1 bath suite Crestview, avail immed, c/w dishwasher/washer/dryer, parking spot w/plug in, quiet, N/S, N/P, $1,000/mon incl utils, dd reqʼd, 393-2378 BEDROOM, FULLY furnished, Riverdale house upper level, on bus route, share kitchen, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $650 + dd, utils incl. 336-0368 SMALL 1 bdrm apt D/T, quiet, secure building, new floors, paint, includes 1 parking spot w plug-in, N/P, N/S, refs&dd reqʼd. $750/mon + partial utils. 334-2269 1-BDRM BASEMENT suite w second spare room, PC, avail Feb, clean, spacious, new windows/upgrades, close to bus, $900/mon. info/photos at www.79-12.com. 334-2490
HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE year-round. Professional, non-smoking, non-partying, mature female, offering unequalled care for pets, plants, yards, & house. Refs. Call Tracy 334-2882 LONG-TERM HOUSESITTER available for winter months, gd w/pets & plants. No criminal record, 30 yr. Yukon resident. 335-0009 RESPONSIBLE MATURE female looking to rent a one bedroom suite or apartment in the Whitehorse area, preferably downtown or in Porter Creek. Michell at 336-3389 HOUSE-SITTERS AVAILABLE to care for pets, plants, property etc. Responsible with references and transportation. Non-smokers, non-drinkers, no pets, no children. 867-689-1737 WANTED: 1 or 2 bedroom place starting in Feb 2014 for 1 year. Ideally close to downtown. Must have parking space. Price is negotiable. 613-298-0690 HOUSESITTER WANTED, rural property near Whitehorse, have own wheels, love dogs, OK with woodstoves, Feb. 21 – March 9. 393-2929 WANTED: 1-2 bdrm for family of 4 for June or earlier, prefer heat included in cost, have great references, N/S, N/P & working, respond by email tara_deej@live.ca
Real Estate HAINES JUNCTION 2-storey house. Contemporary design, open concept on cul-de-sac, 10+ acres, Fire-smarted around house, lots of trees left, view of St. Elias Mtns, 1350 sq. ft. Rod 634-2240 WATSON LAKE split level home, 2 acres, private well, 3-bdrm 2-bath, custom kitchen, heated workshop, garage and outbuildings, patio. Winter sale: $199,000 (appraised at $250,0000). Call 867-536-7757 TESLIN LAKE. 4-bed, 2-bath home with stone fireplace, beautiful pine finishing, spa tub, built in sound system, alarm, large garage, drilled well w great water. $365,000. 633-4778 BEAUTIFUL 2013 Moduline 3 bed + 1 bath home in quiet, well managed Benchmark, 6 months free pad rent, no dogs. Property Guys #143605. $154,900. 334-4174 RIVERDALE LOT, clear, vacant, ready to build, new services, upgraded, 100x50, RS zoning, south-facing back yard/alley, quiet street, 2 minutes trails and, river, 393-4440 WINTER GET-AWAY in Sooke, BC, mobile home priced at $129,000, furnished, clean, adult park, allows two dogs, new flooring, green space/beaches nearby. 456-7140
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Friday, January 10, 2014 WORLD HOCKEY Association – remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154
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HOCKEY CARD set: 1956-57 Parkhurst Missing Years set, printed 1993-94, set of 180 + Future Stars insert set of 6. $150. 633-3154
Gold Village Chinese Restaurant Looking for experienced full-time kitchen helper and server Apply with resume to 401 Craig Street, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 867-993-2368
HOCKEY CARD set, 1964-65 Parkhurst (Tall boys format; printed 1994-95), 180 cards + Future Stars insert, set of 6. $150. 633-3154
NOC: 6435 Wanted: Hotel Front Desk Clerk Full time, 40 hours per week, permanent Wage: $13.00 per hour Main Duties: Register guests, Answer Inquiries Follow Safety and Emergency Procedures Clerical duties (faxing, photocopying) Apply by email to yukon202@gmail.com Employer: Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd.
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COUNSELLOR TRAINING ONLINE, Register before January 15 at www.collegemhc.com, Mental Health Counsellor Certificate/Diploma, Recognized. Available: Supervision, Membership, Insurance, Employment/Placement Assistance, Client Referrals Creative Play Daycare is seeking a full-time and part-time child care worker Wage will depend upon level of ECD education Level 1 - $16.00/hr Level 2 - $18.00/hr Level 3 - $22.00/hr Downtown location Health Benefits Off the floor planning Wonderful facility with on-site playground and indoor mini gym Drop off resume to 312 Strickland Street or Phone 667-2761
Tanned beaver & other furs also available.
Ph (780) 355-3557 or (780) 461-9677
or write Lodge Fur and Hides, Box 87, Faust AB, T0G 0X0 CIVIL WAR Trading Cards: 4 complete sets of unique trading cards commemorating the U.S. Civil War, including the 1962 Topps set. $750 firm. 633-3154 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. 633-3154. HELMET, MOTOR bike, size for 8-12 yrs, $10. 667-6966 1X6” CEDAR boards, 370 sq ft, $500. 633-4018 BIOMAT PROFESSIONAL Amethyst Pillow Mat produces Infrared ray that penetrates body 5-6 inches, keeps cold out of bones, c/w spare controller, new $2,000 ask $1,200, deliver to Whse, 821-6000
CANADIAN LYNDEN TRANSPORT Looking for Class 1 drivers with superb experience Please e-mail resume to abjork@lynden.com or Fax 867-668-3196 Phone: 668-3198
MOVING SALE, household furniture, couches, chair, kitchen table, microwave, kitchen appliances, etc. 335-6042 lv msg WOOD LATHE in Atlin, new March 2013, specs and details, Google "General lathe 25-300." $1,100. Come with pickup, two strong backs, timbers, tarps, tie-downs and cash. 250-651-0055
Miscellaneous for Sale BETTER BID NORTH AUCTIONS Foreclosure, bankruptcy De-junking, down-sizing Estate sales. Specializing in estate clean-up & buy-outs. The best way to deal with your concerns. Free, no obligation consultation. 333-0717
CENTRAL VAC plug in outlet kind, $150, girl cartoons VHS $3, DVD cartoons $3, some action, girl clothes 4-6 and other things, $2, call Shelly 393-4341 OTTER SKINS, two, tanned. $150 each. 668-2802 SIZE 8 booties, beige, Coast Mountain, new cond, $80 obo, hand-knit green sweater, $50. 667-7840
We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, vehicles & ATVs. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS
2005 SUMMIT 1000 in very good condition. 163 inch track, only 1700 km, not being ridden. $4,900. 334-6370 2 BRAVO 250cc Yamaha sleds, both run but need a little work, $425 ea. 335-2406
LADIES "COWBOY Threads" western style vest. New, never worn, with tags. Small. $25. 667-6717 MODEL CARS & trucks, 1/24th -1/25th scale. Most are new/sealed, many to choose from, $10-$20 each & up. 667-6717 TRADING CARDS – binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association – 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. 633-3154
20 IAN Rankin paperback novels (John Rebus detective), all in good cond, $30. 633-3154 YASHICA-CONTAX LENS, 100-300 mm, $60. 335-8964 PELICAN BOX #1400, airtight, shockproof, ideal for cameras, sat phones, $60. 335-8964 BARBELL WITH 290 lbs of weights, $200 obo. 633-5324 TOASTER, NEW, white, Hamilton, $12, 14” Canon cartridges, $14. 335-8964
THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. 633-3154
FIBREGLASS WALL & tub combo, half price, some minor damage, can be hidden during inst, $450, can view on Main St, local deals only. 996-7531
CFL FOOTBALL cards – 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards, serious inquiries. $1,500. 633-3154
BATTERY CHARGER, new, 10A2A, $20, electric heater, mini-oil filled, new, $15, Brother 275 fax/phone, heat printing, no ink, $20. 335-8964
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SNOWBLOWER, SEARS, 30”, 10 HP, in great shape, $800 obo. 633-2916 CASH REGISTER, $100, 12”x18” paper cutter, like new, $35, Sylvania microwave, great shape, $30. 334-7250 TEETER EP 950 Inversion table w elec massage mat, like new, paid $780, asking $400. 633-4607
Electrical Appliances KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 DRYER, 2 years old, excellent working condition, $250. 335-6042 LG DIRECT drive large tub dishwasher, stainless steel tub, white outside, 1 year old, exc cond, offers, 633-4234 ELECTRIC WATER Heater, 1 year old, bought atFred's Plumbing, John Wood Pro Series 184 litre, 4500 watts, pickup or delivery, $350. 667-2680 WASHER AND dryer, Kenmore, regular, top loading washer and matching propane dryer, both work fine. $60 ea. or $100 for both. 393-2929 SMALL CHEST freezer, 5.5 cu ft, compressor makes high-pitched sounds, fine in a basement, $30. 393-2929
TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS TIVO W/REMOTE, IR sensor & WiFi adaptor, $30 obo. 667-7840
Computers & Accessories LINKSYS WIRELESS G Router (in box) and 2 Adapters (1 new in box). Exc shape. $50. 667-6717 MACBOOK AC power extension cord (cord only), new, for MacBook Air/Pro 11”, 13”, 15”, and 17”. 6 feet. $10. 667-6717 ASUS LAPTOP Model: S400C Windows 8 touch screen. Asking $500. 668-4364
Musical Instruments We will buy your musical instrument or lend you money against it. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com FULL SIZE violin for sale, with case and bow. Never used. Comes with teach-yourself instructional video. $300. 668-7659
Stringed instrument repair and fine furniture restoration
Erica Heyligers * luthier 104 Tungsten Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6T9
867-668-3408 erica@northwestel.net CORT X2-SA Limited Edition electric guitar with a Spyder IV 30 amplifier, both in great condition, barely played. $500. 335-8844 TENOR RECORDER, Clarinet size, polished nickel flaps on lower notes, c/w case, carry strap, beginner songbook, beautiful sound. $55.00 obo. 633-6355 PIANO WITH Bench, Mason & Risch upright, full keyboard, 39 & 3/4“ high, motivated to sell, $865 obo. 633-6355
Firewood CRL FIREWOOD/WHITEʼS WOOD Standing dry from Haines Junction. Cut to any length • $250/cord 335-1934 Serving Whitehorse since 2007
Come on Whitehorse, get off your stumps and start heating your homes with Yukon-made fuel! CGFJ WOODCUTTING SERVICE $250 - 16” lengths $220 - 4ʼ lengths Prompt, friendly service Dry timber, money-back guarantee 336-2013
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Friday, January 10, 2014 FIREWOOD FOR SALE 20-cord orders Big or small tree length Logging truck loads $150/cord Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton: 335-0894 HURLBURT ENTERPRISES $250 per cord We have wood. You-cut, You-haul available. Discount for larger quantities. Stockpiled in Whitehorse for PROMPT Delivery Visa, M/C, Cheque, Cash Dev Hurlburt 335-5192 • 335-5193 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432 Fire-killed Spruce Firewood Very dry, clean burning $250/cord 16”x3-cord load Larger loads available $190/cord if you cut & haul from my yard in town 333-5174
DONʼS FIREWOOD Wishing all a Merry Christmas Single cord specialists since 2008 3-hour emergency delivery time 20 cord cut firewood Always stockpiled for quick delivery No excuses 393-4397
STAFF NEEDED:
1ST QUALITY heating wood Season-dried over 3-yrs. to be picked up on Levich Drive in Mt. Sima industrial subdivision. Complete info at 335-0100. FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $210/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @668-4360 TEN TON Firewood Services $160/cord for 10-cord load - 30ʼ lengths $200/cord - 3-cord load 11' lengths $240/cord - bucked up, discounts on multiple-cord orders Call or text David 867-332-8327 DIMOK TIMBER 6 CORD OF 22 CORD LOADS OF FIREWOOD LOGS BUNDLED SLABS YOU CUT FIREWOOD @ $105/CORD CALL 634-2311 OR EMAIL DIMOKTIMBER@GMAIL.COM
Employment Opportunity
CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE RESEARCH & WRITING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION.
Deadline for Submission: January 17th, 2014 Location: Whitehorse Time Frame: Must be available immediately and able to complete all project work by March 31st, 2014
The Contractor hired will provide research, writing and planning supports to the CYFN Education Staff and project teams for the following YFN education partnership projects. 1. YFN Student Achievement Strategy 2. YFN Literacy Framework 3. YFN Community Consultations & Education Agreements 4. Joint Action Plan for YFN Education Please submit your resume, portfolio of written works (including technical writing), references, the total number of days to complete the work and your expected daily rate. Only those candidates who demonstrate the ability to perform the work requested within strict timelines and budget parameters will be contacted. For further information and details, please contact Tina Jules at 867-393-9243 or email at tina.jules@cyfn.net.
Employment Opportunity
CONTRACTOR TO FACILITATE YFN EDUCATION WORKSHOPS & SUMMIT YUKON FIRST NATIONS PREFERENTIAL HIRING POLICY IS APPLICABLE AND MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON APPLICATION. Deadline for Submission: January 17th, 2014 Location: Whitehorse Time Frame: Must be available immediately to March 31st, 2014
Summary: The Contractor will work closely with the CYFN Education staff and project teams to plan and facilitate the following Yukon Education Events, inclusive of producing event reports by March 31st, 2014. 1. YFN Literacy Framework Workshop 2. YFN Student Success Workshop 3. YFN Education Summit Additional Information: Please submit your resume, references, the number of days needed to complete the project and your expected daily rate for services. Only those candidates who demonstrate the ability to perform the work requested within strict timelines and budget parameters will be contacted. For further information and details, please contact Tina Jules at 867-393-9243 or email at tina.jules@cyfn.net.
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Part-time, Flexible hours after 4:00pm Excellent wages. Must have own vehicle.
2220 2nd Ave
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Yukon Summer Music Camp Coordinator $14,000 per annum
The Yukon Music Camp Society is requesting resumes for the Camp Coordinator position by January 20. The main duties will involve working with the Board of Directors to organize and produce the 27th Yukon Summer Music Camp (July 27 to August 2, 2014). This position is ideal for someone who: · is very organized; · is a good communicator; · has experience working with volunteer-based organizations; and · is enthusiastic about music education in the Yukon. Interviews are planned for the end of January 2014.
For a copy of the job description and to submit a resume, please contact Sophia Marnik at sophia.marnik@yahoo.com. http://www.yukonmusiccamp.ca/
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
Our flight attendants provide authentic Yukon hospitality throughout the Yukon, Canada, and the United States. A flight attendant’s primary responsibility is to ensure the safety of all passengers and crew while on duty. Positive energy, teamwork, a sense of humour, a professional attitude and the ability to work in a team environment are required to work in this highly visible, fast-paced and exciting environment. For complete details visit flyairnorth.com/careers CLOSING DATE: January 20, 2014 LOCATION: Whitehorse, Yukon POSITION TYPE: Seasonal full-time, March – September 2014 If you are interested in this position, please submit your resumé to Krista Power on or before January 20, 2014. EMAIL/FAX: careers@flyairnorth.com / 867.456.3111 IN PERSON: Air North Administrative Office 150 Condor Road, Whitehorse, Yukon We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest in the position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Air North, Yukon's Airline is committed to employment equity, and has been serving Yukoners for over 35 years. We offer competitive wages, a benefits package and an enriching work environment to our over 300 employees.
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DUKEʼS FIREWOOD Standing Dry Beetle Killed Spruce Wood Prices: 6 cord load $240/cord $260 for multiples of 2 cords Cut your own at $95/cord 20 cord truckload logs $155/cord 8 cord loads of 20ft dry logs $180 per cord Cash and Debit Accepted 334-8122
Guns & Bows PENTAX PF 65 ED spotting scope with 60X zoom eye piece. One of the best value, high end optic scopes around. $500. 668-4634
WHITEHORSE RIFLE and Pistol Club, non-restricted firearms safety course (class size limited to 22 students) Jan. 11+12/2014. Info 633-2488, 333-5640
Friday, January 10, 2014
VINTAGE BEAR archery "polar" recurve RH 55# @ 28" $180. 334-7664 Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS
WANTED: LEE Enfield No4's prefer Longbranch- Top $ for original sniper stuff, email me at thirtypound@hotmail.com or call pete @ 905-878-1584 REMINGTON .280 stainless, Lone Wolf Summit XL bedded stock, Leupold 6x36 scope with original laminate stock. Ex. shape, very light mountain rifle, $1,500. 668-4634
EmploymEnt opportunity
expression of interest Youth Story Animation Project Champagne & Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) is looking for an individual or team with multi-media training and experience to work with CAFN Youth to assist them in telling our traditional stories through simple animation techniques. The project will operate during the period January through March 2014, and result in the production of one or more short multi-media presentations suitable for public viewing. An information package on the Youth Story Animation Project can be obtained from the Department of Language, Culture and Heritage at Da Ku Cultural Centre in Haines Junction, and at the CAFN office at 304 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse. Contacts for this project are Sheila Joe / Paula Banks, at 456-6876. Those wanting to be considered for this project must obtain the information package, and submit a formal “Expression of Interest” that includes details noted in the package. Deadline for submissions of Expression of Interest is January 15th, 4:30pm.
E MPLOYMENT O PPORTUNITY
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT / EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING BOX 130, CARCROSS, YUKON Y0B 1B0 PHONE (867) 821-8300 FAX (867) 821-8214
Counsellor
Health and Wellness Department
The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) is seeking an experienced and highly motivated person to lead and manage our organization. The successful candidate must have: • excellent communication skills • management, fundraising, and strategic planning skills • experience with non-governmental organizations • relevant educational background or equivalent experience • knowledge of environmental issues • a strong environmental ethic
YCS is a vibrant, 45-year-old grassroots environmental organization committed to pursuing ecosystem well-being and sustainable living throughout the Yukon and beyond. 37.5 hours per week $27 to $32 per hour
We thank all those who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Preference will be given to Carcross Tagish First Nation citizens on all competitions for CTFN. Candidates’ applications/resumes should clearly demonstrate their related qualifications, since selection for further consideration will be based on the information provided. APPLICATIONS/RESUMES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:00PM ON THE CLOSING DATE. Please apply to: Carcross/Tagish First Nation Human Resource Department Box 130, Carcross, Yukon Y0B 1B0 Phone: (867) 821-4251 ext:8213 or 8269 Fax: (867) 821-8214 Email: patricia.james@ctfn.ca or tanya.james@ctfn.ca
WANTED: POWER-LIFT chair for elderly person with disabilities, must be in very good operating condition. Linda 633-3476 WANTED: PLASTIC model car and truck kits, AMT, Revell, Monogram, etc, small or larger collections, all considered. 667-6717 WANTED: SNOWMOBILE trailer 2 place steel frame. 634-2559 WANTED: SMALL woodstove suitable for a wall tent. 633-4322
Cars 2006 FORD Fusion, auto start, good tires, 173,000 kms, no problems but has cracked windshield, $5,400 obo. 335-5690
2005 PONTIAC Sunfire, 4-dr, low kms, new windshield/tires, P/W, P/L, air, tilt, cruise, CD fully loaded, good on fuel, $4,400, 332-6022
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HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT / EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING BOX 130, CARCROSS, YUKON Y0B 1B0 PHONE (867) 821-8300 FAX (867) 821-8214
Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program Coordinator Health and Wellness Department
JOB SUMMARY As a member of our Health & Wellness team, the successful candidate is responsible, under the direct supervision of the Wellness Director for coordinating and providing prenatal nutrition support and education to expectant mothers and families. The Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Coordinator will use the Values and Virtues of Life (mental, emotional, spiritual and physical) as the basis of re-engaging and providing opportunities for like skills, education and support the health of women, mothers/fathers and infants up to age of three. Also be willing to implement the Theory of Change into the work environment. The person in this position must be willing to develop and implement the program in regards to change within the ongoing evolution of C/TFN circle governance, and other related duties as requested.
An eligibility list will be established from this competition. It will be used to fill future vacancies, which may arise, for identical positions in the same department and location. The eligibility list will be valid for a period of six (6) months.
WANTED: LADIES Rendezvous dress size 12-16. Call 334 - 4625
yukon Conservation Society 302 Hawkins Street, Whitehorse, yukon, y1A 1X6 867-668-5678
Email resume and cover letter to: ycs@ycs.yk.ca, Attention: Search Committee For full job description see www.yukonconservation.org
JOB SUMMARY As a member of our Health & Wellness team, the successful candidate is responsible, under the direct supervision of the Director of Health & Wellness, to provide direct clinical counselling services involving consultation, assessments and treatments using individual, family and group modalities, often with survivors/victims of physical, sexual and other types of abuse. Assessing urgency and risk of harm to self and/or others involved with the client and developing a holistic treatment or management plan. The candidate will use the Values and Virtues of Life (mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical) as the basis of their duties.
Job Description is available, please contact Patricia James at 867-821-4251 ext. 8213 or Tanya at ext. 8269.
WANTED: ASAP dryer in good condition, reasonable. 332-7447
2006 HONDA Civic, 4-dr, very clean, one owner, winter tires, remote starter, $10,500. 334-9087
CLOSING DATE: January 9th, 2014 STATUS: Full Time-Permanent SALARY: Level 7-9, commencing on education and experience
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT • Criminal record check • Will at all times maintain the strictest of confidentiality. • Sign and abide by the CTFN Code of Ethics
Wanted
Closing date: February 16, 2014.
CLOSING DATE: January 10th, 2014 STATUS: Full Time-Term 2 Years with the possibility of extension SALARY: Level 12-14, commensurate with education and experience
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor or Master of Social Work or Psychology Degree (or equivalent work experience in the areas of crisis intervention, trauma counselling, or psychology). • Experience working with First Nations • Experience dealing with issues pertaining to the protection of children and families • Experience with several treatment modalities (family systems therapy, group and individual therapy) • Knowledge of mental health disorder, classification and diagnosis. • Knowledge of Yukon first nation history with residential schools, loss of culture and community healing. • Knowledge of current trends, developments and issues in mental health services and programming including assessment, interventions and support services. • Ability to design and deliver individual and group treatment programs for a wide range of mental health and trauma issues. • Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary healing program and make appropriate use of other community resources
SAKO A7 Stainless/Syn bolt-action 308 win. Peep sight, extra mag, scope rings. $950. 334-3375
ANTLERS WANTED: Antler pile getting a little big? Looking for antlers for creative project. Moose, Caribou, or Elk, willing to pick up, open to negotiations. 332-8642
Executive Director Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
CUSTOM 98 Mauser in 8 mil, stepped barrel, butterknife bolt, c/w 6X Redfield sling & 5 boxes ammo, $450. 668-4632
QUALIFICATIONS • Completion of grade 12 with post secondary coursework in Early Childhood Development, Woman’s Health Issues or a combination of work experience and education. • Knowledge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and ability to help educate others on the topic; • Knowledge of nutrition, health and wellness of First Nation Communities; • Knowledge of C/TFN culture, history,demographics, goals and aspirations as well as a good knowledge of the Carcross, Tagish, Squanga and Whitehorse. • Knowledge of and willingness to implement the Theory of Change concept into the program • Ability to deal with crisis intervention events • Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT • C/TFN Health and Wellness Department policy requires that all Health and Wellness Employees are role models for a substance abuse free lifestyle, and are working on their individual wellness plan • To submit to a Criminal Records Check • Valid Yukon Class 5 driver’s licence • Travel to various locations in the Yukon is a requirement of this position
2005 CAVALIER, 4-dr, black, 5-spd, 4 cyl. 118,312 km, great cond, c/w 2 sets of tires and rims, $4,500 obo. 336-0594
2004 JETTA 4-dr auto, 2L, GL model, aluminum alloy rims, sunroof, Monsoon stereo, new windshield, brakes, timing chain, certified. $6,500. 660-4806 2002 C H R Y S L E R Concorde LX, 117,000kms, leather, CD, A/C, fully optioned, super clean cond, $3,800. 335-3868 2001 KIA Sportage, needs work, I have parts, $2,000 firm. 334-8668 2000 HYUNDAI Accent 5-sp manual, 130,000 kms, $2,000 obo. 668-7190, lv msg 1997 CHEV Lumina, 117,000 kms, priced to sell, $1,000 obo. 333-9880 1997 COUGAR XR7, Gold Edition, never winter driven, exc cond, ivory, 142,000 kms. $8500 obo. 633-3116 or 334-3160 1997 HYUNDAI Tiburon, great car but needs transmission work, $700.00. 334-5309 1996 HONDA Accord 4-cyl, front wheel drive, 5-spd standard, 270,000kms, c/w PL, PW, PS, AC, CC, command start, good on fuel, new winters, $3,600 obo. 333-9982 1974 VOLKSWAGEN Beetle, body in great shape, runs well. $2,500. 993-5576 CHEVY HHR, 150,000 kms, very good cond, $7,000. 336-2036 2012 NISSAN XTerra, Trail Green colour, trailer package, hatch tent, Bluetooth and more. Pd $41k in 08/12, reduced to $29,900. 336-0375 2007 DODGE Caliber, standard, heated seats, remote start, 6 CD stereo, 2 sets tires, like new condition, 127,000 km, $9,500, obo. 333-0236 or 456-4112 2007 TOYOTA Highlander SUV, white, AWD, command start, extra set winter tires, tow package, approx 128,000kms, $15,000 obo. 332-4143
Job Descriptions and Statement of Qualifications are available at the Capacity Development Office, please call: Patricia James at 821-4251 ext 8213 or Tanya James at ext 8269 An eligibility list will be established from this competition. It will be used to fill future vacancies, which may arise, for identical positions in the same department and location. The eligibility list will be valid for a period of six (6) months. We thank all those who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Preference will be given to Carcross Tagish First Nation citizens on all competitions for CTFN. Candidates’ applications/resumes should clearly demonstrate their related qualifications, since selection for further consideration will be based on the information provided. APPLICATIONS/RESUMES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:30PM ON THE CLOSING DATE. PLEASE INCLUDE COVERLETTER WITH RESUME Please apply to: Carcross/Tagish First Nation Capacity Development Department Box 130, Carcross, Yukon Y0B 1B0 Phone: (867) 821-4251 ext:8213 or 8269 Fax: (867) 821-8214 Email: patricia.james@ctfn.ca or tanya.james@ctfn.ca
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Trucks 2011 CHEVY 1 ton diesel crew cab, only 40,000km, still under warranty, command start, On Star. Paid $59,000, asking $39,000. 456-7157 2009 TOYOTA Tundra Crewmax 4x4, 5.7L Limited, red, leather interior, sunroof, power everything, ext warranty, 68,500kms, $29,500. 335-2083 2008 F250 supercab with 7' flatdeck, 5.4L V8, 4WD, auto, recent full service, new windshield/battery, winter package, new tires/rims, low kms. $12,000 obo. 334-3049 lv msg 2008 FORD F150 4x4 quad cab 5.4 l, c/w P/S, P/L, P/W, cruise, back-up camera, tow package w brake controller, 3-pc. Tonneau, CD, new tires, etc., 120,000 km. $17,500. 660-4806 2008 GMC Sierra 2500 6.0l 200,000km $15,500. 334-4923 2005 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 quad cab 4-dr, long box, auto, V8, P/S, P/B, cruise, a/c, radio/CD, $6,550. 336-2029
2002 F250 ext cab long box, 4x4, 5.4 gas, 225,000km, new transmission $8,400 obo. 668-5882
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2001 FORD F-250 Super Duty, 225,000kms, 7.3L diesel, auto, new tires, Titan fuel tank, Detroit TrueTrac rear diff, bed liner, Tonneau cover, isspro gauges, alpine headunit, $10,500 obo. 335-7878 2000 INTERNATIONAL 4700 Deck Truck, fully hydraulic beavertail, 2-10,000 lb winches, well maintained, 335-7510 2000 TOYOTA Tundra SR5, 4.7L V8 auto, 4-dr, xtra cab, 2wd, black, power everything, clean, 175,000kms, $5,500. 334-8604 lv msg 1999 GMC Sierra 4wd, V8 auto, ext cab, cruise, a/c, c/w extra tires, 228,000 kms, good cond & reliable, $4,500. 633-3860 or 334-3860 1998 DODGE Dakota Sport, 4x4, 5 spd manual, rear airbag ride. Nw: front brakes, roters, ball joints, tie rod & a boxliner. Candy apple red. 229,000kms. $6500obo. 633-3116 or 334-3160
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Friday, January 10, 2014 2007 CHEV Avalanche LT, 5.3L 4X4, 129,000kms, black, cloth seats, 17” wheels, new Cooper Discoverer AT tires, headers, exhaust, $24,000 obo. bruce@ykgold.ca or 867-322-1049 2007 TOYOTA Sienna limited AWD 7 passenger minivan, 74,000 kms, power sliding doors/rear hatch, sunroof, every option available, new winter tires on rims. 333-9020 2006 HUMMER H2 SUV, fully loaded, c/w TVs leather, all power heated seats, dvd, low millage, after market moto metal rims, new tires, chrome kit, mint cond, 335-3869 2005 F150 Super Crew, loaded, leather int, FX4, sun roof, 135,000kms, black, $17,800. 334-3160 or 633-3116
2005 F350 diesel Lariat, 4wd, long box, fully loaded, all engine updates, exec condit, $19,000. 668-7455 2005 F350, 6” lift, 20” rims, $17,000 obo. 335-0293 2005 NISSAN frontier Nismo, 165k, new shocks, brakes, battery, transmission, hid headlight conversion, $9,900 obo. 333-9000 2004 GMC Savannah Cube Van, 143,000 km, white, good condition, priced for quick sale $12,000 obo. 334-9903 2003 FORD Explorer SportTrac XLT, 4x4, 4L. V6, 4-door, heated leather seats, remote start, sunroof, c/w 4 winter tires, pickup box cover & extension rack. $7,500. 667-6951 eves
Softgoods Buyer Wanted
We are the Taku Sports Group, a group of sports companies that cater to a wide range of sports and outdoor enthusiasts in the Yukon. We have 4 stores encompassing 30,000 square feet of retail space, located in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon.
We are looking for a softgoods buyer, to be located in Whitehorse, Yukon. Responsibilities include: Managing product assortment in order to identify and address opportunities; • Negotiating product costs, terms; • Identifying items to maximize promotional and marketing opportunities; • Participating in product pricing strategies to achieve specific margin objectives, and recommend appropriate markdowns; • Traveling to trade shows across Canada and the US.
expeRience/education RequiRed: • Minimum 2 years related retail buying experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Effective communication, analytical, negotiation and organizational skills. • Completely comfortable working with Excel and Word. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package. If this opportunity appeals to you, please send your resume to chougen@hougens.com or fax 867-667-7282.
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
1994 F250 w. canopy, 219,000kms, priced to sell, $1,000 obo. 333-9880 1992 GMC 2500 ext cab 4/4, new motor, exhaust system & transfer case, very powerful, $5,500 obo. 334-5032
Youth Coordinator
Pay will be commensurate with experience Ta’an Kwäch’än Council is looking for a TKC Citizen to assist in coordinating programs and activities for TKC youth. This is a casual position (up to 2 days a week) to March 31, 2014. The successful candidate should possess excellent interpersonal skills and be able to develop strong trusting relationships with youth. Computer skills, a valid driver’s licence and criminal record check are also required. The competition is open to TKC citizens only. If this appeals to you, submit a cover letter and résumé to the Human Resources Unit or e-mail pkimbley@taan.ca. Closing Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014.
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Governance Office EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Chief Administration Officer Regular Full Time • $80,000 to 90,000 Salary • TRTFN wage scale dependent upon experience, knowledge and suitability.
The CAO reports directly to the Spokesperson. This management position will be responsible for ensuring that government services are in place and working effectively, ensures that policies are developed, updated and complied with by all managers and staff of TRTFN. This position also directs the activities of the Administration department, including planning and evaluation in the areas of administration, human resource management, organizational analysis; development of budget, staffing activities. The CAO will be working closely with the Finance Department, a firm grasp of accounting is recommended. To obtain a job description, contact: Vickie Cowan, Assistant to the Spokesperson at (250)651-7904. To submit a cover letter and resume, Fax: (250)651-7908 Email: spoke.assist@gov.trtfn.com or mail to TRTFN • Box 132 • Atlin BC • V0W 1A0. Closing date: January 24th, 2014
We thank all those who apply but only those who are being considered will be contacted.
1995 CHEVY Blazer, 4-dr, auto, 4x4, $2,500 obo. 335-0293
program coordinator
Yukon FamilY literacY centre RequiRements: Post-Secondary degree – Education and/or Early Childhood, or equivalent experience HouRs: 20 hours/week Wage: $25-$28/hr Job DescRiption: The Family Literacy Program Coordinator is responsible for the programming of daily activities, efficient operations and upkeep of the Family Literacy Centre during specific hours and assists with YLC and FLC outreach programs and initiatives, in addition to running literacy programs at community events. Duties incluDe: • Daily operations and maintenance of the Family Literacy Centre • Updates FLC social media website regularly • Welcomes and interacts with visitors • Prepares materials and other resources for clients • Perform other duties as requested by FLC Manager to assist in the efficient running of the Family Literacy Centre please mail or drop-off resume to: tHe Yukon liteRacY coalition #207-100 main st., Whitehorse, Yt, Y1a 2a8 canada email communications.literacy@northwestel.net for any inquiries and a full job description.
117 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Telephone: 867.668.3613
Casual EmploymEnt opportunity
FOR SALE, 2004 Dodge Laramie, 1500 quad cab, fully loaded 4x4, new tires, canopy, 185,000km, $12,500. 456-4377
Employment Opportunity www.yukoncollege.yk.ca Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.
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College Relations Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus From: January 27, 2014 to March 31, 2014 (with a possible extension) Hourly Rate: $28.99 (based on 75 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.: 14.03 Initial Review Date: January 17, 2014 Yukon College is looking for a web developer to assist with two large projects. The qualified candidate must be able to develop HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL; and participate in running focus groups and usability testing. The ideal candidate should have post-secondary education in a related field and should clearly demonstrate their knowledge and experience with: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL and PHP, their ability to write code that conforms to current best practices, and have strong communication skills. Experience in the Adobe Suite, including Photoshop will be considered an asset. Candidates with an acceptable combination of education, training and experience may also be considered. Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
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2002 CHEV Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4, auto, V8, ext cab, P/S, P/B, cruise, a/c, radio/tape, new Wrangler grips, short box, 207,000 kms, $6,250. 336-2029
CENTENNIALMOTORS.COM 867-393-8100 We are now The Yukonʼs Distributor for TRUCKBOSS. TRUCKBOSS is simply the best truck deck on the market today. TRUCKBOSS provides users unequalled quality and flexibility in hauling snowmobiles, ATV's, UTV's, and motorcycles along with industry exclusive winch loading & sealed under deck storage.
2002 F250 ext cab long box 4x4, 225,000km, lariat trim, tow package, camper package, new transmission, $8,400. 668-5882 1994 CHEV Silverado 2500 2wd, new engine, rebuilt tranny, new tires/alternator/battery, P/S, P/B, P/L, P/W, no rust, ext cab, winch, clean, 290,000kms, $2,800 obo. 668-4726
Auto Parts & Accessories
1990 TOYOTA 3L V6 220,000, some rust, is straight piped, new water pump & alternator, c/w canopy, studded winter tires on rims $2,000 obo, 334-8287 call or text 1990 TOYOTA Hiace, 4 wheel drive, 4 cylinder diesel engine, auto, excellent fuel consumption, 8 passengers, middle seats swivel, 128,000 kms. 333-9020
Daisy May Rose
1986 F150 ext cab long box 2x4 351w. either for parts or needs some TLC, body quite rough, $500. 334-6776 1981 DODGE 250 Camper van, 5.9L, new battery & starter, runs well, $1,800. 993-5576
September 28, 1923 – December 24, 2013
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we announce the passing of Daisy after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Great Harbour Newfoundland, she moved to Whitehorse in 2003. She leaves many wonderful memories with her sister Cora Carter in Virginia, her children Everett Rose (Christine) in Newfoundland, daughter Phyllis Boone in Whitehorse and son Guy Rose (Colleen) in Newfoundland. Also remembering are grandchildren Gail (Melvin), Terry (Linda), Tara, Scott (Tanya) and Jonathon. Great grandchildren Brad, Cassandra, Brian, Kimberly, Melissa, Bjorn, Luke and Deven, and great great granddaughter Paige. She also leaves memories with many beloved friends in the Yukon and in Newfoundland. The family would like to thank all her friends for the continued support through her illness, Dr. Tierney and the amazing hospital staff at the Whitehorse General Hospital. The wonderful people at Home Care. Daisy will be missed and always will be in our hearts and thoughts. There will be a Celebration Tea held January 19, 2014 from 4-6 p.m. in the Frank Slim building in Shipyards Park.
MAZDA B2300 2.3L 4 cylinder manual 150,000 km new timing chain and set c/w studded winter tires canopy included, great running cond, 334-8287 call or text TOYOTA TUNDRA 4x4, 380,000kms, many new parts, awsome bush truck, great for snow plow, good rubber, $2,500. 336-3922
the eldest of three children, Don was born in Calgary Alberta to the late Bill and May Hutton on August 13, 1941. Don graduated from the university of Calgary in 1972 with a Master of science degree in biology specializing in animal ecology / behavior. He is survived by his loving wife Paule senechal, her children Marie-Pierre and Marc-André, sisters Debra Hutton and Linda Atkinson, niece Lisa Peirce Hanson, cousins Joy Wirtanen (roy), sandy Payne (roy), Waine Orpe (gerry), Bill Denney (sharon) and sam (his long time feline friend). Don had a keen mind, a wonderful sense of humour and a love for life. He always enjoyed sharing stories of his 40 plus years living in the yukon and his careers with the Federal and yukon government and various Boards and Associations he served. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish, hunt and boat. He was an active member in the Canadian Power and sail squadrons, silva Bay yacht Club
Don will not be forgotten by so many whose lives were enriched by knowing him; he will be sadly missed. there will be no funeral services but a Celebrations of Don’s life will be held on gabriola Island in the near future. In lieu of flowers, please consider giving a donation in Don’s name made to the Haven Foundation (www.haven. ca/giving). Please mention his name and any other wishes you want to express in the comment box. His name and yours will be added to donors wall.
NEW 2007-2013 GMC pickup Grille with GMC Emblem, in box. $150. 667-6717 HEAVY DUTY receiver hitch that specifically will fit a 2011 Chev/GMC 3/4 or 1-Ton Longbox. Gd shape. C/w bolts. ($800 new), $200. 667-6717. MANY TOOLS, new, great Christmas gifts. 633-2740 4 17” summer tires, good cond, from 2007 Ram 3500, $250. 633-2740
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Gilberte Ouimet passed away peacefully on 31 December, 2013 after complications from lung cancer. Gilberte worked and lived in the Yukon for many years.
August 13, 1941 – JAnuAry 5, 2014
and a long time member of the rotary Club of Whitehorse. Don was actively involved in his personal development at the Haven on gabriola Island since 1993. He had just received his diploma in Haven group Facilitation in september 2013.
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Donald (Don) Arthur Hutton Don Hutton, of gabriola Island, BC died sunday, January 5, 2014 after a lengthy battle with leukemia.
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11 June, 1943 31 December, 2013
She is remembered by her spouse Jocelyn, her children Doris (Alain), Luc (Genet), Daniel, grandchildren Julie (Greg), Nicole (Addam), Danielle, Nathan and Christian and great granddaughter Annabelle. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Lung Cancer Research Foundation.
3 TRAILER tires, 14” on white spoke rims, $300. 633-2740 DODGE DAKOTA tail gate, new cond, $300. 633-2740 4 TOYOTA Matrix mags with 4-16” tires, good cond, $400. 633-2740 TWO NEW 12” Sony subwoofers, 2000w, and new 1400w 2-channel Sony Xplode amplifier with custom box ready to install, $500. 334-7877 4-195/55R 15 studded snow tires, lots of tread, $100. Keith, 334-8560 2003 CUMMINS turbo, intercooler, intake pieces and cold air intake for sale. All excellent shape. 633-6502 MOTOMASTER ELIMINATOR battery charger with digital technology for 6V and 12V batteries, never used, 2A/12A/30A/80A, paid $120 asking $60. 667-2196 eves BLACK CANOPY to fit Dodge Dakota truck, pretty new, $700. 393-2630 FOUR 245 75 R16 tires, $80, two 215 75 R15 tires, $30. 333-1010
Pets 2 PET carriers, small, for cat, plastic hard shell, $15 ea. 660-4806 FUNDOGS DOG TRAINING January 2014 Classes Positive, gentle, force-free Puppy Kindergarten Jan14 Small Dog Play Jan20 Growly Dog Class Jan14 K9 NoseWork® I + II Jan16 Good Manners I + II Jan20 667-6668 FunDogsTraining.com Canines & Company Puppy & Obedience Level 1 January 7 Private Lessons Behaviour Modification FCI/WUSV/MEDE certified Bronze Master Trainer Serving the Yukon since 1992 www.facebook.com/ caninesandcompany 333-0505 or 668-4368 caninesandcompany@northwestel.net GERMAN SHEPHERD puppies, CKC reg. hip and health guarantee, European working bloodlines, approved homes only, crate trained, top sport, family, personal protection, ready to go, $2,000. 668-6118 WANTED: UNNEUTERED male Labradoodle, will consider 0-5 yrs old. 536-2296 GIVE AWAY to good home in the city, mature neutered Bichon Frise, crate and leash trained, microchipped and CKC registered, loves walks and cuddles. Serious enquiries only. Kala 332-3258 MINIATURE SMOOTH Dachshund puppies, 1 black/tan male, 1 brown female, 1 red/tan female, ready to go to their forever homes in mid-January. 633-2336 NEW EXO Terra reptile terrarium, c/w lock, Eco Earth substrate, PT2602 Mini/Tall size, 12”wx12”deepx18”tall, $100. 667-6717 BLUE HEELER/BEAR dog cross, good temperament, 6 months, all shots, spayed if chosen, serious inquiries only. 667-6207
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles TAITʼS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com
MeMorial for
Scott fraser A ski up Mount McIntyre will be held on th
Saturday January 18
Time: Family and Friends will meet at 9:00 am; all are welcome to follow the procession at any time Start Location: Whitehorse Cross-country Ski Club Wax Room The Trail: Flowers will mark the course starting at the bottom of the Ascent Trail, up to and around the Jack Fraser Loop, ending at the site of the old Jack Fraser Cabin at 12:00 noon Attire: Kilts are strongly encouraged, but not required.
RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 2008 SKIDOO Summit X154 track 800R c/w Skidoo cover, tank & belt, exc cond, $6,900 obo. 332-8801 2003 POLARIS Trail 550, new parts, in reliable condition, strong hitch, $2,000 obo. 334-2647
To be followed by
2010 RMK 800, 863 miles, mint shape, 155" track 2.5" paddles, c/w slp pipe and can, slp intake kit, clutch kit, Vforce 3 reeds, cover. $8,000 obo. 634-2157 or 634-5389
Time: 6:00 pm
2 ARCTIC Cat 440s trail sleds, 1988 & 1989, ʻ89 has new motor/clutch, good cond, ʻ88 has torn track, good motor/clutch, good for parts, $2,400 for both. 334-7030
A gathering of warmth, food and stories Location: 801 Ogilvie St. On behalf of the family we welcome everyone to the evening gathering who would like to participate. Please RSVP and for more information please contact: cyd@cydfraser.ca
1999 SUMMIT x 670 HO, 136X2" track (90%) runs awesome, twin Jaws Pipes (stock as well), 4" risers, pro taper bars, $2,800, 334-6776 1998 YAMAHA 600, vg shape, c/w elec/pull start, hand/thumb warmers, reverse, 2-up seat, lots of power, $2,300 obo. 633-4018
2010 POLARIS Assault 146 2 1/2" paddle track good mountain machine, c/w new powder track, many accessories, low compression in one cylinder, offers. 335-1983 2006 ARCTIC Cat Panther touring, 660 4 stroke, 2600 miles, exc cond, quiet, great on fuel, full factory cover $4,700. 333-0866
Heavy Equipment
Campers & Trailers
YAMAHA SRV 500, $1,500, sled trailer, $200. 633-3086
TAITʼS 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
SNOWMOBILE SLED deck, aluminum, power tilting, LED lighting, good cond. $1,000. 333-0117
2009 BEARCAT 570 XT Wide Track, 2up, reverse, hand warmers, elec starter, good cond, $4,950. 332-1002 2004 800 MountainCat snow machine, only 1000 miles, great condition, $3,700. 333-0192 2009 M8 Arctic Cat. 153" x 2" track. Can. 2" riser. 800cc. 334-1890 USED SIMMONS Skis to fit Polaris spindles, good cond, $250.00. 660-4000 2009 YAMAHA Venture MP, 500 cc 4 stroke, exc cond, $6,500 obo. 633-3012 2003 POLARIS 600 cc snowmobile, rack in the back, good cond, $2,500 or exchange for ATV. 819-817-0841 2005 FIRE Cat 700 runs awsome, low kms. $3,000 PROJECT SLED, Mint Formula Z Chassis with 1100cc street bike motor, hood, drivetrain, motor mounts, have everything to finish project, $2,000, info at 334-6776 2008 POLARIS Widetrak LX, c/w Muff pot, bib kit, chainsaw holder, axe holder, beverage cover, well maintained, $5,500 firm. 668-2407 2004 SUMMIT Highmark 800 HO, 46” track, can and pipe, $5,000. 335-0293
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2010 4X8 enclosed utility trailer, 950 lb capacity, 2000 lb axle, very sturdy, lightweight, great cond, $1,800. 335-9199 2009 T@B trailer in exc condition, fridge, stovetop, sink, dining table folds down to large bed, CD player, c/w large tent which attaches, $12,000. 334-5190
Pet of the Week!
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Hello! My name is Rider. I am a very active young guy and boy do I love to play! I get along well with other dogs, AND I’m housebroken. I’m a little cautious of men at first but I warm up quickly!
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Pet Report
17 H.P. 225 amp portable arc welder/genset, comes with trailer. excellent running condition. $2,500.00 obo. 633-6502
2001 POLARIS 800 RMK 151” track, black, low miles, exc cond, $3,500 obo. 334-4477
2009 BEARCAT Widetrack XT, 3,500kms, 2-up seat, winch, handwarmers, reverse. $6,200. 335-2083
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Hours of operation for tHe sHelter: Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm • Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CloSed Sundays & Mondays
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Help control the pet overpopulation problem
2014
have your pets spayed or neutered. For inFormation call
633-6019
LOST/FOUND LOST
• riverview Hotel area, brown, small male puppy, wearing a red collar, short legs and a long torso. if found please contact Florence @ 668-2237 or 332-8082 or 867-969-2117 (07/01/13) • Pilot mountain, redish brown, spayed female, small huskyx, wearing a green collar no tags, very shy answers to red. if found contact lee @ 668-3469. (27/12/13) • mcintyre area, 10yrs old, black with white on chest and white toes,
male, wearing camo collar with city tags. if found contact Jarmah @ 335-4802 • Wolf creek area, Black lab, neutered male, wearing a red collar, very friendly answers to Jad. if found contact Bruce @ 336-2327 (03/01/14). • mount mcintyre little corgiX, big ears and black, answers to Blue, no collar. if found contact Gary @ 3343313. ( 08/01/14)
FOUND
• none at this time.
RUNNING AT LARGE... if you have lost a pet, remember to check with city Bylaw: 668-8382
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION
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IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS
• 5 year old, spayed female, lab/Pit Bull X, black (Gaia)
CATS
• 11 month old, neutered male, DlH, grey (Deegan)
AT THE SHELTER
JAMES IVOR WINBERG December 17 1938 – December 23, 2013
A deep sadness is shared as this announces the sudden passing of Jim Winberg, beloved husband of Judy, her soul mate, friend and my rock, on December 23 in Whitehorse, at Copper Ridge Place. Remembering him with love, and mourning his loss also, are his sisters, Carla & Roberta in Ont., brother Gary (Pat) MB, daughter Jamie in Ont., their families, Uncle and Aunts on Judy’s side, Kim, Mai, Austin and Alissa (adopted “Grandpa Jim”) and many cousins, nieces, nephews, friends throughout Yukon, outside and in the U.S.! Jim’s life in and love of the Yukon began in 1966 – more will be written, but for now, sincere thanks go to all who shared in Jim’s care, caring about him and our journey with Alzheimers – to our family; Dr. Zimmerman, Dr. Tai, Dr. Averill, Dr. Tierney, Dr. Sally MacDonald, Dr. O’Hearn, many staff at W.G.H. and those with Home Care and all our new resident friends and the special staff at Copper Ridge ‘Lodge’! Thank you Karla, at Heritage North and your staff – you were a patient, gentle soul; to Heather Jones and Kirsten Macdonald; to you, reading this, thank you for checking on
us and all the supportive things you did, said and offered. At a future date we hope to have an informal gathering to honour Jim and his life amongst us. In lieu of flowers please consider some kind of support for the Alzheimer’s Society. In honour of Jim, perhaps visit, share your time or talents with another person you may or may not know; share a smile or a hug. Thank you.
DOGS
• 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey and white (a.J.) • 7 yr old, neutered male, GSDX, black and tan (nitro) • 12 week old, female, Husky X, blonde (Bianca) • 11 week old, female, Husky X lab, black and tan (Bell) • 1 yr old, neutered male, lab X GSD, black and tan ( rider) • 3 yr old, female spayed, Bear DogX GSD, black and tan (Holly) • 5 yr old, neutered male, lab X collie, black (arlo) • 1 yr old, neutered male, Pekingese, white and brown (christmas) • 8 wks, male, Border collie/lab X, blonde (Frosty) • 3 yr old, female, Dachshund X, Black and White (Queenie) • 8 wks old, female, alaska malamute/ Husky, tan and black (Dasher) • 8 wks old, female, alaska malamute/ Husky, blonde (comet)
• 8wks old, female,alaska malamute/ Husky, tan and black (Donner) • 2 yr old, neutered male, black and white, Husky X (D.o.G) • 1 yr old, female, blonde, Husky/ lab X (lucky) • 1 yr old, male, black, Husky/ lab X (monkey) • 5 months old, male, Husky, white (cupid) • 3 yr old, male, GSD/ rottweiler, black and tan (trouble)
CATS
• 8 yr old, DSH, female spayed, calico (mao) • 1.5yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy) • 6 months old,DSH, grey and white, neutered male (moss) • 6 months old, DSH, black and white, female spayed (Pinecone) • 3 yr old, DSH, black, male (coal) • 2 yr old, DSH, brown female spayed ( minou)
SPECIAL • Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com if your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.
Pets will be posted on the Pet report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.
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Yukon News Coming Events
YUKON SCHUTZHUND Association AGM, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Dog training enthusiasts invited. LATIN DANCE Classes. New 8 week sessions starts January 10, 2014, Beginner Salsa and Merengue, Intermediate - Salsa, Intermediate - Rueda de Casino. 336-0255 or salsayukon@gmail.com to register TAI CHI Yukon classes resume the week of January 6 including two classes for beginners. See www.taichi-yukon.ca, email info@taichi-yukon.ca or call 668-3814 THE YUKON Orienteering Association AGM will be held Jan. 29, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sport Yukon boardroom. Members are welcome.
ATLIN - GLACIER VIEW CABINS “your quiet get away” Cozy self contained log cabins canoes, kayaks for rent Fax/Phone 250-651-7691 e-mail sidkatours@ atlin.net www.glacierviewcabins.ca
WHO IS Baha'u'llah? Has Christ returned? Find out on Saturday, January 11 @ 7:30 pm. Call 633-5411 for directions. THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713 LATIN DANCE Classes, New 8 week sessions starts January 10, 2014, Beginner Salsa and Merengue or Intermediate - Salsa. 336-0255 or salsayukon@gmail.com to register HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3:00, www.hospiceyukon.net, 667-7429
FALUN GONG is an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Fa study Monday, Wednesday, Friday at Wood Street Annex from 6 p.m. No charge. Newcomers are welcome. Call 633-6157 MENTAL HEALTH Caregivers Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m., #4 Hospital Rd., main floor resource room, in Whitehorse. 667-8346 LATIN DANCE Classes. New 8 weeks sessions starts January 10, 2014. Beginner Salsa and Merengue, or Intermediate Salsa. 336-0255 or salsayukon@gmail.com to register
Friday, January 10, 2014 YUKON WIG Bank lends wigs, hats, head coverings to cancer patients for free. Email yukonsupport@hotmail.com to make an appointment or for more info LDAY SNOWSHOE Loppet: Saturday, February 1st at Mt. Mac, 2.5 and 5 km routes. Hot lunch, prizes and silent auction. $20 adults/$10 children/$50 families. www.ldayukon.com/668-5167 for details QUEER YUKON: upcoming socials events for the LGBT and allies community at www.queeryukon.com. Bowling night, Rendezvous Drag Dance, Film Fests and more! YUKON SCIENCE Institute AGM Wednesday, January 15, 6:00 pm at the Whitehorse Public Library. All welcome BARN DANCE Saturday Jan. 11, 7:30pm Old Fire Hall, Bob Kuiper, Barndance Band, Fiddleheads. Adults $10, Youth $5, Families $25. Tickets at the door. Bob at 633-4501 for more info YUKON FISH & Game Association will be holding their AGM on January 15th, 2014, at the Canada Games Centre Board Room 7:00pm -10pm CRESTVIEW CROSS-COUNTRY ski group meets Sundays, 11am, at 222 Squanga Ave, to ski Pine Forest Loop, 2 to 3 hours, free
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DUGS COMMUNITY Garden AGM and Potluck, 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 6189 6th Avenue at the corner of Cook and 6th. All welcome. 633-4379 for info
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ATLIN GUEST HOUSE Deluxe Lakeview Suites Sauna, Hot Tub, BBQ, Internet, Satellite TV Kayak Rentals In House Art Gallery 1-800-651-8882 Email: atlinart@yahoo.ca www.atlinguesthouse.com THE AGM of the Yukon Music Camp Society will be at Well Read Books 11:00am on Sunday Jan 12. Everyone welcome! HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 17 au 19 janvier : fin de semaine réservée aux activités non motorisées. 867-667-3910 CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekend, Jan 17-19. Other weekends & weekdays, Multi-Use. For more info: 867-667-3910 WEEKLY DROP-IN Recovery Group meetings, Wednesdays: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Alcohol and Drug Services. Call 667-5777 for more information SEEKING SAFETY Group, for women dealing with trauma and addiction. Call Alcohol and Drug Services at 667-5777 for more information AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Action Circle. Letter writing to protect and promote human rights worldwide. Tuesday, January 28, upstairs of Whitehorse United Church 7:00pm-9:00pm, www.amnesty.ca, or call 667-2389
Public Meeting
Hotsprings Road Property Owners HILLCREST
PORTER CREEK
RIVERDALE:
Airport Chalet Airport Snacks & Gifts
Coyote Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Heather’s Haven Super A Porter Creek Trails North
38 Famous Video Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar
GRANGER Bernie’s Race-Trac Gas Bigway Foods
When: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., thursday, January 23, 2014 Where: Hootalinqua Fire Hall For more information contact please contact the EMR Land Planning Branch at 667-3236 or toll-free at 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3236.
DOWNTOWN: The Deli Extra Foods Fourth Avenue Petro Gold Rush Inn Cashplan Klondike Inn Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire Edgewater Hotel
The Energy Mines and Resources, Land Planning Branch is holding a public meeting to discuss possible changes to the minimum lot size and allowances for detached secondary dwellings on rural residential properties in the Hotsprings Road Development Area.
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Kopper King Hi-Country RV Park McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore
Public Meeting
local Area Plan - tagish The Yukon government and Carcross/Tagish First Nation will be holding public information sessions on local area planning for Tagish residents and Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizens. Local area plans are policy documents that guide land use and development in a particular area. They are developed with the assistance of a planning committee consisting of people who are familiar with the planning area. There will be public information sessions in Tagish and Whitehorse:
THE YuKoN NEWS IS AlSo AVAIlABlE AT No CHARGE IN All YuKoN CoMMuNITIES AND ATlIN, B.C.
MONDAY • WEDNESDAY • FRIDAY
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Tagish Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., tagish community Hall Whitehorse Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Whitehorse library For more information please contact Doris Dreyer, Land Use Planner, Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Planning Branch at (867) 667-5299 or toll free 1-800-661-0408, or email doris.dreyer@gov.yk.ca
YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tues. Jan. 14th, 9:30 a.m. @ Ricky's. Guests welcome. Info: 667-2644 YUKON WIG Bank provides wigs, free of charge, to individuals suffering hair loss due to cancer treatment. For more information contact: yukonsupport@hotmail.com PEER FACILITATED Support Group for people with a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com PEER FACILITATED Support Group for people with a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com WILL KOOP, BC Water Tap Alliance will be speaking on how fracking will impact on Yukon's water, Danoja Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson City, Monday Jan. 12/14, 7:00 pm. 993-4430 QUALITY ASSURANCE Course for Health Canada's COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. February 22 & 23 Best Western Hotel, Kelowna, BC. Tickets: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882 COME EXPERIENCE an Aurora workshop on Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10:15am4:15pm, Whitehorse Public Library. Learn new strategies that enhance your day-to-day learning COME TO the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's monthly meeting on Thursday, January 16, 5:00pm-7:00 pm at CYO Hall. Everyone welcome. 334-9317 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Association general sharing meeting. All welcome! Thursday January 30, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room 3:45 pm. Find out/tell us about EE in Yukon SENIOR LIBERAL Commission meeting, Monday January 20th 7:00pm, 40 Firth Road. Call Ron at 668-2886 to confirm attendance PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, February 3rd, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. More information 633-4829. Everyone Welcome. Come show your support PADDLERS ABREAST Open House/AGM followed by a General Meeting. Jan 16th 5-7pm CGC Boardroom. Bring an appie to share. ALL welcome. PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council is having a regular council meeting January 15, 2014 at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is Welcome WILL KOOP, speaker, Clean Water Forever. Use & abuse of water by Gas & Oil Industry. Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, Whitehorse. Wednesday, January, 15, 2014. 667-2005
BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755
Services SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service. At corner of 6th & Strickland. 667-2988 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta. Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc. Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • construction • renovation • finishing • cabinets • tiling • flooring • repairs • specialty woodwork • custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Windows Framing, Board, Drywall, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414
NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106
S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs “Make it work and look good.” Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” •Post hole augering •Light landscaping •Preps & Backfills Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369
MEETINGS contact 667-7142
life been affected by someone’s drinking ???
Commercial & Residential
LOG CABINS & LOG HOMES Quality custom craftsmanship Using only standing dead local timber For free estimate & consultation contact: Eldorado Log Builders Inc. phone: 867.393.2452 website: www.ykloghomes.com
AL-ANON Has your
60 Below Snow Management
WEDNESDAY 12:00 noon Hellaby Hall, 4th & Elliott
CLOSED DEC. 25TH FOR CHRISTMAS
FRIDAY
7:00 pm Lutheran Church Basement Beginners Mtg ( 4th & Strickland ) 8:00 pm Lutheran Church Basment Regular Mtg ( 4th & Strickland )
Snow Removal (867) 336-3570
Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding
DRUG PROBLEM?
WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting, Mon. Jan. 13th, 7:30 p.m. @ WGH. New members welcome! Info: Barb @ 667-2087
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Narcotics
Anonymous MEETINGS:
Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. <BYTE> Fridays 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 4071 - 4th Ave. <Many Rivers>
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.
Beaver Creek Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Carcross Y.T. Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Library Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Carmacks Y.T.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse
MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM,NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui 4141B - 4th Avenue. 8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St.. 8:00 pm Porter Crk Step Meeting (CM) Our Lady of Victory, 1607 Birch St. 8:00 pm No Puffin (CM,NS) Big Book Study Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Grapevine Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 6:00 pm Young People’s Meeting BYTE Office, 2-407 Ogilvie Street 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street (Porter Creek) FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Big Book Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital (room across from Emergency) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Marble Group Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS)
NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking
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AA 867-668-5878 24 HRS A DAY
Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Dawson City Y.T.
Thursday - 8:00 p.m. New Beginners Group Richard Martin Chapel Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Saturday 7:00 p.m. Community Support Centre 1233 2nd Ave.
Destruction Bay Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Faro Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Haines Junction Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Mayo Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Old Crow Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Pelly Crossing Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Ross River Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Tagish Y.T. Monday 7:30pm Lightwalkers Group Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m. Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre
Teslin Y.T. Wednesday - 7:00pm Wellness Centre #4 McLeary Friday - 1:30p.m. Health Centre Watson Lake Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
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Yukon News NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS
Liquor Corporation
LiQUoR acT Take noTice ThaT, 16714 Yukon Inc. of 131 Falaise Place - Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3C8, is making application for a Food Primary- All Liquor, liquor licence, in respect of the premises known as G&P Steakhouse and Pizza situated at 209 Main St. in Whitehorse, Yukon. any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4P9 not later than 4:30pm on the 15th day of January, 2014 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant. The first time of publication of notice is December 20, 2013. The second time of publication of notice is January 03, 2014. The third time of publication of notice is January 10, 2014. any questions concerning this specific noTice are to be directed to Licensing & Social Responsibility at 867-667-5245 or 1-800-661-0408, local 5245.
in the matter of the estate of
Peter Scott Fraser
Deceased, late of marsh Lake, in the Yukon territory, who died on
December 14, 2013.
all persons having claims against the above mentioned estate are requested to file a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Gregory a. fekete, on or before January 24, 2014, after which date the said estate will be distributed, having reference only to claims which have been so filed. all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to:
Gregory a. fekete AUSTRING, FENDRICK & FAIRMAN
Barristers & solicitors 3081 third avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1a 4Z7
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of
Clayton Robert Wilson,
PUBLIc TENDER APRON PANEL REHABILITATION - ERIK NIELSEN WHITEHORSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHITEHORSE, YUKON Project Description: The project includes removal of existing concrete apron panels, removal and disposal of existing granular base, placement and compaction of new granular base course materials, construction of concrete stabilized base, forming, pouring and dowelling of new concrete apron panels, re-grading and installation of new asphalt pavement, sealing of joints with jet fuel resistant cold pour sealant, and repainting of aircraft stand markings. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 23, 2014. 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 Kyle Jansson at (867) 633-7922. There is a MANDATORY site visit scheduled on January 15, 2014. This project is being partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Airports Capital Assistance Program. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project. Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Highways and Public Works
of Dawson City, Yukon, Deceased, who died on November 4, 2013, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 7th day of February 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice. AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below. BY Cheryle R. Wilson c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251
PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote! 867-332-7879
ExPRESSION OF INTEREST GROUP FACILITATION TRAINING CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALS Interested parties are invited to submit expressions of interest relating to The Yukon Government, Department of Justice, Correctional Services Branch, is seeking interested persons to provide group facilitation skills training to professionals who work in a corrections environment. Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to January 17, 2014, at Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliot Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 0M2. Technical questions may be directed to Leah White at (867) 667-5483. The responses will not be ranked or used to pre-qualify or assess the respondent’s ability to provide goods or services. Interested parties may obtain the information package from www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre.
DEVELOP BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND BOOK FOR VICTIM SERVICES
LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 Snowblower and Shovelling Driveways, sidewalks, and Low sloped roofs Put me to work! Good rates. Call Dave at 333-9084 SNOW REMOVAL No job too big or too small Skid Steer & Trailer Call Lawrence at 335-3390 CATHWAY WATER RESOURCES We buy used hot tubs and take trade ins! come visit us today at 101B Copper Rd., Whitehorse or call 668-7208
REqUEST fOR PROPOSAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
Project Description: The Contractor will develop a brand identity and a brand book for the Victim Services Branch. The Contractor will also do branding work on two of the Branch’s programs; namely Project Lynx and Crime Prevention Victim Services Trust Fund. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 30, 2014. 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 Annette King at (867) 667-5962. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Project Description: This RFP is intended to procure a contract for the identification, consolidation and disposal, treatment or recycling of household hazardous waste from specified sites in Yukon. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 29, 2014. 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 Dwayne Muckosky at (867) 456-6191. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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Community Services
LOST: ON December 26th (wedding day) a new Acer Aspire laptop in the box between PetroCan and Carmacks on N. Klondike Highway. 335-7478 LOST: DEC. 24, Pilot Mtn area, husky mix female, brown/reddish color, wearing green or red collar, shy, lives in Ibex Valley, name is Red. 668-3469
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Sports Equipment BOYS BAUER ice skates, sz. 5, Pro-Hockey Life, exe cond, paid $335, asking $150 obo. 667-6966 SNOWBOARD BOOTS, Firefly brand, menʼs sz 11.5, used 5 times, exc cond. $50 obo. 456-2218 SNOWBOARD & bindings, Firefly brand, 156 cm, used 5 times, exc cond, $75 obo. 456-2218 134" BURTON snowboard with liquid bindings and boots size 7, used twice. $150 obo. 633-3565
GATEWAY laptop computer.
SOLOFLEX EXERCISE (muscle) machine with leg extension, butterfly attachment and extra weight straps. See www.soloflex.com for info and pics. $400. 399-4478
LOST: DOWNTOWN Whitehorse Dec 21 set of house keys on a carabiner. 334-5655
AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVERS: Ortovox F1. Excellent condition. $150 each or 2 for $250. 667-8031
FOUND: 334-0184
Kitchen or Restaurant for Lease
Town and Mountain Hotel 401 Main Street Apply to Kayle Tel: 668-7644 Fax: 668-5822 Email: info@townmountain.com
Request for Proposals Technical Support Services Executive Committee Screening of Copper North Mining Corp. – Carmacks Copper Project. The Executive Committee of YESAB is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for technical support services in anticipation of the screening of the Carmacks Copper Project. Interested Bidders should submit their Proposals on or before 4:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday, January 20, 2014. For more information related to this RFP visit our website www.yesab.ca and click ‘Employment and Contracts’ at the top of the page or email Daniel.beaudoin@yesab.ca.
WEIDER WEIGHT machine, complete exercise for the entire body, also Trimline treadmill, monitors distance & time, walk, run, climb, $100 ea or $150/both. 668-5786 ELAN PINBALL Pro Junior twintip skis 145cm comes with Tyrolia SL75 bindings good condition. 821-3823 FISHING GEAR, new, never used, 5 reels-Scientific Angler, Penn, Daiwa. 8 rods-Tica Spey (15 ft.), Abu Garcia, Okuma, Penn, Alps, Colman, Berkley, Rapala, #1600 Pelican case, package $$. 668-4732
Livestock HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Dev & Louise Hurlburt Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix Small square & round bales Discounts for field pick up or delivery Straw bales also for sale 335-5192 • 668-7218 HAY FOR SALE Good variety of excellent quality hay 1st cut alfalfa/timothy mix (65/35%) 60-65 lb, $14.50 2nd cut alfalfa/timothy mix (90/10%) $15 Brome/timothy/orchard grass mix $14.50 Plus we have our own brome hay, $12 for 50-55 lb Oat straw bales $7 Nielsen Farms - Maureen at 333-0615 or email: yukonfarm@gmail.com
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Friday, January 10, 2014 QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for full delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192
BABY CAR seat, newborn-12 mo, $40, auto baby swing, $50, 2-pc infant snowsuit, new, 1-pc infant snowsuit, new, all in good cond, 334-7061 for details
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FORD 5000 farm tractor, hi/lo speeds, four cylinder diesel, ford factory front end loader, three point hitch, new rubber. $4,200.00 obo. 633-6502 HERITAGE BREEDING sows available, Berkshire/Tamworth mix, 335-4431 Fresh free run farm eggs for sale. $6.00 / dozen Phone 633-4249
MAY-MAY'S FAMILY Day Home in Cowley Creek has two (18 months & up) spaces available M-F 7:30-3:30pm. Hot meals and diapers included. Day Home is closed on all school holidays (Christmas/Spring breaks & summers from July to mid-August) Please call Mary @ 668-3348 for more info
Furniture CREAM-COLOR OVERSTUFFED couch, good cond, $200, 633-4707
Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 WOODEN PLAN Toys dollhouse and furniture and dolls. $125 for all. 668-7659 HIGH CHAIR, exc cond, paid $170, asking $80 obo. Evenflo Car Seat, 2011, expires Dec 2017, rear facing from 5-30lbs and forward facing over 30lbs, $100 obo. 456-2753
DOUBLE-SIZE MATTRESS, cast iron headboard & footboard with rails, black, $150. 633-4707 MICROWAVE STAND with hutch 2 doors + shelf on casters, dark wood grain, lots of storage space exc cond, $35 obo. 456-7880 MICROWAVE CART with hutch, 2 doors on casters, dark wood grain finish, exc shape, $35.00 obo. 456-7880
TWO OFFICE chairs, adjustable height, exc cond, $50 & $25. 334-7250 RESIN SHELVES, 36”x18”x72”, new, $18. 335-8964 2 CDN. Tire Jobmate work benchs, $40 ea, computer desk, exc cond, 24”x50”, $25, book shelf 28”x48”, like new, $15. 334-7250
Personals CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community? Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime. Info: RCMP 867-667-5555
Garage Sales ESTATE SALE, Closeleigh Manor, Apt. 210, Saturday, Jan, 11; 9:00am to 12 noon, TVs, X-mas tree, ornaments, kitchen tools, dishes, pots, crystal, books, petit ladies clothing, some furniture
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DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered? Would you like to be involved? There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845
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TV/ENTERTAINMENT STAND, black, holds 32” TV, 3 large shelves/storage on both sides, $25 obo. 456-7880
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REqUEST FOR PROPOSALS EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAM YUKON HOUSING CORPORATION
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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 28, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Don Routledge at 867-667-8086. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.
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PUBLIC TENDER RESIDENTIAL FUEL TANKS AND SUPPLY LINE REPLACEMENTS YUKON HOUSING UNITS ROSS RIVER, YUKON Project Description: Installation of 6 supplied residential fuel tanks and supply line replacements. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 23, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Carmon Whynot at 867-667-3764. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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1 FURNACE AND 2 FUEL TANK REPLACEMENTS YUKON HOUSING UNITS DESTRUCTION BAY, YUKON
11 FURNACE AND 4 FUEL TANK REPLACEMENTS YUKON HOUSING UNITS WATSON LAKE, YUKON
RESIDENTIAL FUEL TANKS AND SUPPLY LINE REPLACEMENTS YUKON HOUSING UNITS MAYO AND PELLY CROSSING, YUKON
Project Description: Installation of Owner supplied 1 Dettson AMP098SD furnace.l Installation of 2 fuel tanks Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 23, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Carmon Whynot at 867-667-3764. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Project Description: Installation of Owner supplied Dettson furnaces and fuel tanks Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 28, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Carmon Whynot at 867-667-3764. Site Visit: Wednesday January 15, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
Project Description: Installation of 4 supplied residential fuel tanks and supply line replacements. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 23, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Carmon Whynot at 867-667-3764. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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PUBLIC TENDER REPAIRS AND UPGRADES YUKON HOUSING UNIT #851300 - 106 NISUTLIN, WATSON LAKE, YUKON Project Description: Supply and installation of repairs and upgrades to Unit #851300 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 30, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-667-8114. Site Visit: January 16, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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