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he Yukon’s stand-alone temporary foreign worker program is on its way out the door. The one-year pilot project, which launched on August 1, 2013, will not be renewed by the federal government. The stand-alone program differs from the national temporary foreign worker program and also the Yukon Nominee Program. Its mandate was to bring short-term workers into the territory for no longer than 12 months. The nominee program is for foreign workers seeking permanent residency. Each of the programs are federal but administered by the Yukon government. The stand-alone program was launched to combat labour needs in the tourism and hospitality, oil and gas, mineral exploration and mining sectors. Employers were not able to extend their offers to temporary foreign workers until jobs had been advertised to Canadians for four weeks. Rick Karp, president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce, was the first employer to put in an application for the pilot program and brought in one worker to Hair Sensations, a business he owns with his wife. He expressed concern about the scuttling of the pilot project and changes to the federal temporary foreign workers program. At Hair Sensations, seven of the eight employees are foreign workers. “In Yukon, in the North in general, immigration is a key component to filling vacant jobs,” he said. “Especially as we move forward into a time when mining activities are going to come back and tourism is going to grow, retail sales and construction and everything else will grow as well. It all works together.” Karp said he expects that growth to occur in the next two to five years. But not everyone sees the end of the program as bad news. “We believe this is a good day for workers in the Yukon,” said Vikki Quocksister, president of the Yukon Federation of Labour. “Overall the temporary foreign worker program in the Yukon and all of Canada, it creates a slave labour position, in that the workers coming in have no rights and they are tied to their employer. We’re not for it at all.” Quocksister acknowledged that unlike other Canadian jurisdictions, the Yukon program worked closely with the Yukon

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Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board to ensure compliance with the program. Yukon was the first in Canada to take those measures. Quocksister hopes the workers that have been brought into the territory through the program will be able to switch over to the nominee program and maintains that the temporary foreign worker program “isn’t necessary.” “I’m still calling for the federal program to be trashed,” she said. “I think we can come up with something better for workers.” The nominee program, which launched in 2006, has brought about 700 workers into Yukon. The program allows the Yukon government to nominate potential migrants based on economic priorities, labour market conditions, and assess candidates that have a strong likelihood of “successfully establishing themselves in Yukon society.” The growth of the federal temporary foreign worker program in Yukon has been steady since 2008, when it brought in 234 workers. It peaked in 2011, with 271 temporary workers. That number fell to 256 in 2012, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Last month, the federal government announced nationwide changes to the temporary foreign worker program, which has resulted in backlash from the business community across the country. The reforms hike processing fees for employers, shorten work contracts and also place a cap on the percentage of immigrant workers a business can employ and the total number of hours they can work. Despite the protest of the business community, Canada’s labour shortage may be less severe than government statistics indicate, according to the C. D.

Howe Institute. Speaking from Prince Edward Island on Tuesday afternoon, Elaine Taylor said the Yukon government learned the stand-alone program would not be renewed when the announcements concerning the federal program were made. Taylor is currently attending a meeting with federal, territorial and provincially elected officials in regards to temporary foreign worker program. She said the territorial government is seeking clarity about what the changes mean for the Yukon but said they won’t affect the nominee program. The Yukon government can continue to receive applications for the TFWP until the end of the month and all permits already issued will be honoured until their closing date. Taylor said the government had approved 20 applicants so far. Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said they made changes to the national program to discourage abuse by employers, particularly in the food services sector, but Taylor said the Yukon government hadn’t received any complaints. “There were a number of fundamental differences between our own program and the federal program,” she said. “We had on-site monitoring by the Department of Education and the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board, just to help ensure compliance and prevent program misuse.” Taylor said they will work with the federal government to create a new arrangement that’s a “better fit.” “What that looks like, we’re scant on details,” she said. Contact Sam Riches at sam@yukon-news.com


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Plaintiffs argue case for Peel protection Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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his week lawyers are arguing in front of Yukon’s Supreme Court to decide the fate of the Peel River watershed. The 68,000-square-kilometre swath of largely undisturbed wilderness is at the centre of a debate over the limits of aboriginal rights in the Yukon. The outcome of the case is poised to ripple across the country. When Yukon First Nations signed treaties with Canada and the Yukon 20 years ago, they gave up aboriginal title to the vast majority of their lands in exchange for smaller parcels of land, money and certain rights. One of those rights is to participate in land management decisions on Crown lands. The central question of this week’s trial is not how much of the Peel watershed should be protected from development, but the limits of the Yukon government’s power to ultimately decide that question. On Monday elders and chiefs who came to witness the proceedings from remote Yukon and N.W.T. communities filled more than half the courtroom. The remaining benches were filled by journalists and bureaucrats, forcing more than 100 interested members of the public to watch by live feed from a nearby room. Justice Ron Veale has been charged with determining if the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s final recommended plan or the Yukon government’s plan should be considered the legally binding document. The commission spent seven years consulting with the government, First Nations and communities to develop its plan, released in 2012, which calls for a ban on new roads and development in 80 per cent of the watershed. But the Yukon government did not like that plan, and drafted its own. In that plan only 29 per cent of the area is protected from new mineral staking. New road construction is not ruled out anywhere in the watershed. Over two days famed aboriginal rights lawyer Thomas Berger has argued that the commission’s plan must be considered approved and binding on the Yukon government, because it is the only plan that flows from the process outlined in the First Nations’ treaties. Berger represents the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, the Tr’ondek Hwech’in and conservation groups. Those First Nations are signatories to the Umbrella Final Agreement, the document enshrined in treaties and the Constitution of Canada that

the Gwich’in Tribal Council, made a brief submission as an intervenor in the case. The council represents the Gwich’in people of the N.W.T.’s Mackenzie Delta, including communities located within the Peel watershed downstream from the Yukon. The council is not a signatory to the Umbrella Final Agreement, but has provisions in its final agreement for participation in land use planning for the Peel watershed. Langlois argued that the court must rule in the interest of dialogue and reconciliation between the Yukon government and First Nations. A narrow, contractual interpretation of the treaties would undermine relationships with First Nations and dissuade unsigned First Nations from entering into treaties, he said. He asked why a First Nation Alistair Maitland/Yukon News would trade the uncertainty of The trial over the Peel watershed plans began Monday morning in Whitehorse. common-law aboriginal rights for legally enshrined rights that describes the process for land lands under their jurisdiction. sion in implementing the plan. are interpreted narrowly at use planning in the Yukon. But when the the Yukon It would be absurd for it to every turn. Under the process, the plan- government then set out to have such a role in a plan it has In order for the land use ning commission must prodevelop its own plan, separate never considered, said Berger. planning process to meaningduce after extensive consultafrom the process, it “went off The commission’s final fully function, there must be tion a recommended plan. the rails,” argued Berger. recommended plan must limits to the authority of the Then the government and The government was not therefore be ruled the approved Yukon government over Crown First Nations must consider within its rights to propose plan for the Peel watershed, lands, said Langlois. that plan and approve it, reject new modifications after the binding on all parties including It might have to submit to it or propose modifications to final plan was developed, he the Yukon government, Berger co-operative process and live it. said. concluded Tuesday afternoon. with compromise, he said. In this case, the government It’s important because the “If the court finds that “Reconciliation requires elected to propose modificafinal plan must flow from the greater care should have been very hard work,” said Langlois. tions to the plan. It asked gen- dialogue between the parties given to proposed modificaJohn Hunter, counsel for erally for more areas open to and the commission, and the tions offered by the governthe Yukon government, will development and more options required public consultations ment at the earlier stage, and argue today that the governfor access, as well as for some after that, Berger argued. that consultations must flow ment must retain the ultimate specific modifications. The government’s plans from dialogue between the par- decision-making power over Then the commission recon- were concocted after the com- ties and the commission, that non-settlement lands, just at First Nations retain it over settlement lands. “At the end of the day, somebody has to be responsible for making a decision,” he said in a news conference following Tuesday’s court session. First Nations have a right to participate in decisions regarding land use planning on Crown lands but not a right to determine the outcome, he said. “There’s quite a lot of involvement by First Nations in the planning process,” said Hunter. “I think there’s a lot of reason why this process is a good one and First Nations ought to feel that they have significant involvement in it, even if at the end of the day, it doesn’t work out exactly the way they want it to.” Hunter is scheduled to make his arguments to court Alistair Maitland/Yukon News Justice Ron Veale moves the thick binders of legal documents that underpin the dispute over Wednesday morning, after which Berger will have an opthe Peel watershed land use plan. portunity for reply. The trial is scheduled sidered the plan and produced mission’s work was done. The will be of very real usefulness through Friday, although its final recommendation, as commission never participated to all parties,” said Berger. Hunter said the proceedings required by the process. in its drafting nor considered It would uphold the integare likely to wrap up WednesThe First Nations and the its implications. rity of the UFA and provide a day afternoon or Thursday government then have the The Umbrella Final Agreelandmark for all future land option to approve, reject or ment clearly spells out an use planning exercises, he said. morning. Contact Jacqueline Ronson at modify the plan as it relates to ongoing role for the commisJeff Langlois, counsel for jronson@yukon-news.com


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Income cap couldn’t save affordable housing projects Ashley Joannou

afford higher rents would be given the cheaper options, skipping over those most in need. he possibility of an income In an interview yesterday, Cathcap for renters was considers said he asked the housing corered in the final days of a poration in late May to look into doomed government plan to build adding an income requirement for affordable apartments. renters of the new apartments. But even that wasn’t enough The letter is dated May 28 – to save the much-heralded proj28 days before the Yukon Party ect from last-minute government cabinet, through its management cancellation. board, cancelled the project after The problem is, no one can the housing corporation’s board quite agree on how that part of the had approved it. plan fell apart. “That was in direct response Last month the Yukon govto the concerns we’d heard from ernment scrapped plans to help a number of Yukoners, including subsidize 75 affordable apartments landlords and realtors who were in Whitehorse. The developers were concerned about the potential imgoing to get federal money to help pact of the program,” Cathers said. cover building costs if they agreed The final recommendation from to keep rents at 95 per cent the the housing corporation was to median rate for 10 years. add an income cap of $68,300 for a Housing minister Brad Caththird of the affordable rental units ers says, even with the last-minute being built, the minister said. addition of an income cap, the deal Cathers calls $68,000 “almost brought to the government for final at the point that someone could approval was not good enough. afford home ownership based on One developer, who was ready most calculations.” He says the to build, says he was willing to proposed project was “not clearly make changes but the government targeting the people most in need.” slammed the door. Government officials have The lack of an income cap for maintained all along that these the new rentals was one of the cen- affordable rentals were not meant tral complaints about the plan. to be social housing – government Critics argued that, without the subsidized housing for people with cap in place, people who could an income of less than $40,000. News Reporter

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Instead, the affordable apartments were intended for those who didn’t qualify for social housing but could not afford to buy a house. The most recent Statistics Canada numbers, from the National Household Survey, puts the median household income in Whitehorse at $82,345 in 2010. If the income cap was set at $68,300, that works out to 83 per cent of the median income – a lower percentage than the government was going to require rents be set at. Cathers maintains that developers were only willing to cap the incomes of renters in a third of the affordable units. “If you have an income cap of $68,000 on a third of the units, and they won’t agree to even that high of an income cap on the others, what confidence can anyone reasonably have that the renters of those units would have been the people most in need, instead of people who could afford other rental units that were on the market?” he asked. But Antonio Zedda, one of the three Whitehorse developers approved by the housing corporation to build in Whitehorse, says he was more than willing to put income limits on more units. Cathers describes the process of coming up with the cap as a “negotiation.” Zedda paints a different picture. “They presented it as a new condition and we agreed in principle. Basically, we would have had to get a proof of income from tenants so that total family income did not exceed $69,000 to be eligible,” Zedda said in an email. “We suggested that it apply to one-third of the apartments we were proposing but we would

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Builder speaks out over affordable housing cancellation Ashley Joannou

because there’s a return there that’s been reasonable. You’re in and out in a short period of time. You know ntonio Zedda says he never what you’re going to make and you would have applied to build can move on and do something else affordable housing in Whitewith it.” horse had he known the project Concerns that these rentals would could have gone this way. have harmed other landlords and He was forced to watch in silence flooded the market don’t hold water as landlords and real estate agents with Zedda either. spoke out at the last minute against “Really, the demographic that we a government plan to build rentals, a were catering to has very little impact plan that had been public since last on existing apartment owners. We year. were catering to a market that’s just He’d been told he was approved not being dealt with by anyone.” by the housing corporation for fundAs a business owner, he says he’s ing to build rentals in Whitehorse, seen the need first-hand. That’s why but contractually he couldn’t say he decided to get involved. anything until the final details were “Between my different compaworked out. nies I have about 50 employees and He’s not under that contractual we were having a really hard time Alistair Maitland/Yukon News obligation anymore. fi nding accommodations for those The motorways site in downtown Whitehorse would have been the future location of Zedda is a partner in Kobayashi employees and it had an impact on affordable rentals, if the government had not cancelled the project. and Zedda Architects Ltd., a whether we could actually keep the Whitehorse-based architecture and employees,” he said. request for qualifications, asking the motorways site across from the He denies claims by realtors and planning firm. It was one of three “Our whole idea was based on the businesses and non-profits for ideas landlords that with time the rental builders approved by Yukon Housing Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre. fact that we wanted to do something to develop affordable rentals. The three-storey building would rates will correct themselves. Corporation to build some of the 75 Two months later 22 proponents have had 27 one-bedroom units. “This isn’t a recent demand, we’ve downtown and we wanted to do affordable rentals in Whitehorse. came forward with ideas. Nine proThree of those apartments would been having this need for affordable something that provided small, afThe project was cancelled at the fordable units that would be geared ponents with projects in four comhave been wheelchair accessible. housing at least acutely for the last eleventh hour by the Yukon governto the demographic that were my munities advanced to the next step, a five years. The vacancy rate proves According to a package that had ment, leaving Zedda and two other employees, whether they be in the already been prepared on the project, request for proposals, in February of that there’s a huge demand out developers burned. cafe at Baked, whether they be in the this year. there.” “Why would I waste my time and rents would have been set at $795. Of those, the housing corporaThe housing corporation was preIf he’d been given the green light, construction company, whether they my money knowing that somebody pared to cover $2.5 million of the $6 tion’s board approved five. In the Zedda said construction could have be here in the office for Kobayashi is going to change their mind after and Zedda, like summer students.” all this process is completed?” Zedda million construction budget, he said. end, the government cancelled three started before the end of the sumZedda said he never received any projects for Whitehorse that would mer. The building would have been The public perception that said yesterday. formal word from the government have made up 75 apartments. Two up by sometime mid-summer next landlords will just turn around and “We entered into these things that the project, which he had spent projects in the communities were year. “condo-ize” their rentals as soon as with the understanding and the $20,000 on, had been cancelled. approved. Zedda maintains that government the 10-year window is done, is also a assumption that this is going to “I didn’t hear from the housThe process that led to the selecincentives are the only way to get happen. If someone had said, ‘Well, mistake, Zedda said. ing corp. and I didn’t hear from the tion of the affordable housing plans affordable housing built. we’re not quite sure this is going “I don’t think I can condo-ize the government, at least not formally. was well-publicized and open to Unlike condos, that can be built to go ahead’ … I would have never units that I was proposing. My units Like I said, I didn’t receive a letter everyone, Zedda points out. and sold off individually, rentals take are 350 square feet. The building submitted in the first place.” from anybody saying, ‘We regret to “We spent a ton of time, a consid- longer to be profitable since you’re Zedda is the first of the three hasn’t been designed to be a condo erable amount of our own money, only earning small amounts every developers involved in the cancelled inform you that…’ I got nothing building, it’s been designed to be an our own time, to do this, with the month, he said. project to speak publicly about what from anyone,” he said. apartment building.” In October 2013, the Yukon understanding that this was going to “Why most people are building could have been. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com Housing Corporation released a He was planning to build on be a real project.” condos instead of apartments is News Reporter

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Group unveils seniors housing project Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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he Vimy Heritage Housing Society has announced details of its plans to build a supportive housing project for seniors in Whitehorse. The non-profit organization, in partnership with the Yukon government and the City of Whitehorse, is working towards establishing a 75-unit facility within the next two years. The barrier-free building, made up of one and two-bedroom apartments, will bridge an important gap between home ownership and long-term care, said Bev Buckway, vice-president of the society. “The facility is geared towards seniors over 55 years of age living independent lives, who may find it physically and financially hard to maintain their homes and need a bit of assistance,” she said. “The project, not to be confused with social housing initiatives, is designed to be selfsupportive and will not require ongoing (operating and maintenance) funding from the Yukon

government.” Monthly fees, expected to be in the neighborhood of $2,400, will be significantly higher than the median rent in Whitehorse, which was $900 as of Dec. 2013 according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics. While the figure might seem steep, Buckway said seniors who live at the facility will be saving on expenditures such as home maintenance, insurance, property taxes, groceries and water. “Yes, it’ll cost more, but we will have staff on-site and for people who have a modest pension it’s not out of reach,” she added. The fee will also include two meals a day, light housekeeping, laundry and recreational activities. The model is based on similar facilities run by the New Chelsea Society in British Columbia, one of the first Royal Canadian Legion housing societies established in Canada. Work on this project initially began in 2011, when the VHHS approached the Yukon government with the idea.

tag of $18 million, is contingent on its location. The VHSS is aiming for a portion of capital funding to come from the government and is hoping to obtain a piece of land from the city at a nominal fee. “That combination of funding will help us keep rent fees low,” Buckway said. A short fundraising stint has already brought in more than $70,000 and the society’s board members said that amount represents a clear support for the project. The VHSS also has a few financial ideas to fall back on if it isn’t able to fill up every unit by the time the facility opens. “The Yukon College brings Myles Dolphin/Yukon News in transient students who might Bev Buckway, vice president of the Vimy Heritage Housing need a place to stay and the Society, shared an updated on plans to open a 75-unit facility health care department brings for independent seniors in the territory at a news conference in patients on a temporary on Monday. basis,” said Barbara Evans, VHSS treasurer. Recently, a verbal agreement forward with the project,” Buck“It would definitely help with was established between the way said, noting the next steps our cash flow.” groups to co-operate on the new include finding a location for the A groundbreaking ceremony facility. building, a project manager and is anticipated for 2015, while “Based on those discussions, starting a marketing campaign. completion is slated for 2016. our board feels confident that The final design of the buildContact Myles Dolphin at we are now in a position to go ing, as well as its estimated price myles@yukon-news.com

White Pass cancels its herbicides plans Ashley Joannou News Reporter

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he White Pass and Yukon Route railway has cancelled the plan to spray herbicides along its tracks. The company was in the process of applying to spray the chemicals in Yukon, but on Friday Environment Yukon was told the application was being withdrawn. “Following the announce-

ment that the WP & YR was preparing to spray herbicide on the right of way between Skagway and Carcross there has been a great deal of comment and debate about the merits, community concerns, and legality of the proposed program,” company president John Finlayson said in a letter. The letter, sent to the City of Skagway, the Carcross/Tagish First Nations, Environment Yukon and DBI Services, says the project has been suspended indefinitely for the entire track. The railway had argued the herbicides were necessary to clear weeds away and kill roots that could make the tracks unstable.

The work in the Yukon was being done at the request of Transport Canada. In an interview Monday afternoon, Finlayson said the company has hired a new contractor to use weed whackers on the pesky plants in the short term. That will take care of the Transport Canada requirement that the tracks be visible for inspection. But the roots will still have to be removed somehow to keep the track safe. The company will be looking into other, more organic, options for killing the weeds, Finlayson said. What that will be exactly, hasn’t been decided, he said. Finlayson said the company

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Whitehorse RCMP detachment gets new boss ‘I don’t have all the answers to all the problems, but I’m sure I can work with people.’ Thompson to stare down any polar bears this winter, a wide range of challenging criminal rchie Thompson has and social issues await him in faced a number of subWhitehorse. stantial obstacles during Formerly a major crime his 29 years of service with the investigator and operational RCMP. policy writer at the RCMP naThe new detachment comtional headquarters in Ottawa, mander for Whitehorse, once he believes his capacity to listen stationed in the remote Laband bring people together will rador community of Forteau, serve him well in Whitehorse. came face-to-face with a “I’m a good listener,� he said, 1,000-pound polar bear he was “and I like to make contact and tasked with scaring away. develop relationships.� “They would come ashore “What’s worked for me in sometimes and we had to close the past is not dictating what the highway off,� he said. people need but rather finding “The last thing we wanted out what their priorities are, to do was put the bear down and what kind of initiatives I but if people got too close, it’s something we had to consider. can put into place to address those.� One day this big polar bear One of those initiatives was on the road and turned involved partnering with around, then walked towards business groups near Halifax, me.� N.S. and fi nding new ways to Thomson stood his ground cut down on the high rate of and pointed a shotgun at the break-and-enters. intimidating beast. Together they found ways to All of a sudden, a local make break-in prone buildings elder came up behind him and more visible at night with adleaned in. “Sonny, I hope you got more ditional lighting. The RCMP also increased its than bird shot in that thing.� presence in the area, and over With that, fortunately, the Alistair Maitland/Yukon News bear turned around and walked time the strategies led to 34 per Archie Thompson is the new RCMP detachment commander cent fewer break-and-enters. away. for Whitehorse. While it’s unlikely for “The crime rate will never Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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What the ‘Peel trial’ is about David Loeks

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he “Peel trial” is underway this week. After years of public controversy, this is coming to a head. These hearings are not about the contents of the planning commission’s final recommended plan. That matter has been heard and judged in the court of professional review and public opinion. That verdict is in: the Yukon public and four of the five Parties (that is, the four First Nation sponsors) overwhelmingly accept the plan as reflecting the public interest. The Yukon Government is the exception, and their ersatz alternative plan was rejected in this same court. So what is the Peel trial about? From a layman’s understanding (I am no lawyer) on the surface it addresses points of process in the Yukon land claims Umbrella Final Agreement. These are technical details and perhaps not very exciting, but on them, many important matters hang. Two First Nation governments, along with two environmental organizations, have taken the Yukon government to court. They claim the territory failed to follow the legally required land-use planning process set out in the UFA and that the Yukon government’s alternative “plan” is invalid. Setting aside the Peel plan for a moment, the First Nations have to draw a line on the government’s challenge to the UFA. If the territory can play loose with its details and with its guiding philosophy, the UFA is a shaky document. At issue: the First Nations believe the UFA intends that public lands and resources to be managed by the territory and the First Nations cooperatively. The Yukon government claims the UFA intends that the territory manages public lands and the First Nations manage their lands independent-

ly. This lawsuit will clarify which interpretation of the UFA will hold. At stake is the edifice of selfgovernment that we in the Yukon have been painstakingly erecting for the past generation. Back to the Peel trial, if the plaintiffs are correct, the commission’s plan – not the Yukon government’s alternative – will be the binding outcome of the planning process. The UFA makes plain that land use planning in the Yukon must be a product of the UFA planning process. This is equally true for Yukon government and for First Nations land. So an important question is whether the Yukon government’s “plan” for the land it manages is a modification of the commission’s work or not. Can it be considered a product of the UFA planning process? Or is it is such a departure that it is a “wildcat” plan written outside of the bounds of the UFA? If it is, it is invalid. The Yukon government’s lawyers will assert that the territory has been following the UFA process correctly and that they are entitled to modify the commission’s plan as they see fit. Technical details aside, beneath the government position is a philosophical challenge to the UFA as a template for co-management with First Nations. Not being tested in the courts (but in the court of public opinion) is a conviction held by cabinet that politicians have an unfettered right to make far reaching decisions over public resources. Even if most people strongly disagree. Even if their decisions are short-sighted and harmful. In other words, cabinet – a group of people elected for just four years – claim the right to mar assets that should be a legacy for future generations. Over a seven-year process, the Yukon people clearly said that they valued the wilderness character of

the Peel watershed and that they saw no reason to change it at this time. Cabinet wants to ignore and override the public’s wishes: “vote us out if you don’t like it,” they say. But here is the rub: politicians’ accountability is measured in just a few years. The consequences of their short-term decisions can persist on the Peel landscape for centuries. The Peel trial would not be necessary had the Yukon government shown a decent respect for binding agreements. Had it participated squarely in the process, the government would have learned that Yukoners can identify the public interest through good land use planning. A key objective set out by the parties for the Peel watershed plan is to sustain the ecological integrity of the region. To do this we need humility, ethical stewardship, and cautious decision-making. The Yukon people don’t need swagger from their government, they need it to be a cooperative partner. That is what is at stake in the Peel trial.

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‘Boggles the mind’ Conversation overheard in a cafe recently: “Hey, do you live in a tent?” “Yeah, do you?!” “Yeah!” As in – that’s pretty cool, living in a tent, below the clay cliffs, for my summer spent in Whitehorse. A fun memory later on of “when i was young.” But what if it’s not so cool and in fact it’s not a choice at all? And what if it’s not summer, but rapidly cooling fall, and what if you are a young single mother or a person struggling with alcohol – is it so cool then to have so few choices available you have to live in a tent? Thank you to the Yukon AntiPoverty Coalition for showing what this housing project was meant to be for our community and working so hard to make it so. “Boggles the mind” is one way of putting this action by the Yukon government. I would really like to know where

the Yukon Real Estate Association and the Yukon Landlords Association and the Yukon government were during the efforts the coalition was making to work on this Yukon Housing project. Coming in at the 11th hour to criticize and torpedo the project is government decision-making at its worst. Where is the intention for community building, listening to and responding to the needs of the 90 per cent, and not just the 10 per cent in our community that was at the heart of this proposal and that the coalition worked so hard to promote? There has to be a better way for the Yukon government and our business community to work with the rest of the community on making it better for all of us. I would really like to see our territorial government and local business community get that and act on it. Gillian McKee Whitehorse

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Time to revisit our liquor regulations of liquor. The reality is that we cannot regulate healthy use of liquor. It is by Graham impossible for the same reasons Lang why prohibition was not tenable in the United States. What we can do is focus our efforts less on regulation and more on policies that encourage healthy consumptions and programs that treat the social ills associated with such consumpe over-regulate liquor. tion. If we can loosen our regulaI mean that in reference to both the Yukon tions and stop treating alcohol as a forbidden fruit, we can move and Canada as a whole. We treat towards a healthier societal atalcohol as a taboo product to be kept out of sight. We set up com- titude towards consumption. The key to such a move is plicated monopolies and regulatory structures in order to help us to first admit that our overly sleep better at night, to give us the onerous control of liquor sales is impression that we are somehow not doing much to limit alcohol consumption. We have a weirdly tackling the issue. complicated liquor sales policy Our current approach has resulted in the Yukon boasting a per that, at times, does not seem to make much sense. capita alcohol consumption rate Consider the ever-present signs that ranks us first in the world. This is a showing that is repeated at local hotels which prohibit minors in their restaurants/pubs year over year, and not really a after 11 a.m. This is because the feat we should be proud of. It hotel has a liquor license that is a statistic that shows that our current approach to alcohol is not allows them to sell off-sales. Why not let kids staying in the hotel working, that as a society we are consuming an unhealthy amount eat in the restaurant? Will these

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children explode if they see a patron having a beer at lunch or buying a six-pack to go? I recognize that there is some choice of the hotel at play here, but still a fairly absurd result. Then there is the epic journey you need to embark on to purchase a keg of beer. You cannot purchase a keg, which holds around 60 litres of beer, through the retail store; instead, you must order it advance and pick it up at the warehouse out back. Before that happens, you must execute a lengthy contract that gives the address where the keg will be consumed, a hefty deposit, a promise to return the keg within a week and, if you do not own the house where the beer will be drank, the approval of the owner of the home. Of course you can simply purchase 150 cans of beer through the retail store and end up with the same amount of beer, for around the same price, without the hassle. Which is absurd. Why set up such an onerous system to control kegs when one can simply bypass it by purchasing the same amount of alcohol in a different

format? Defenders of our liquor rules may retort with a list of petty complaints and minor nuisances. I’d reply that the more petty regulations we have on the books, the more time and money our government is spending enforcing those regulations and prohibitions, leaving us with less money to actually address the problems stemming from alcohol use. Such petty regulations and prohibitions also give us the illusion that we are somehow combating our unhealthy consumption of alcohol. A bit of smoke and mirrors, as the heavy regulations in place are empirically doing very little to affect consumption. The point here is two-fold. First, let’s stop spending time and money administering and enforcing liquor regulations that don’t make much sense. Let’s spend that time and money instead on rehab and support programs. I would advise that our territory undertake a review of the entire regulatory structure surrounding liquor sales, as our current plan simply is not providing healthy results.

A central plank of such a review should be a hard look at whether a government-run liquor monopoly is still needed, or whether it is time to fold up the shop. Second, let’s stop treating alcohol like a banned substance and start treating it like a part of society, much along the lines of continental Europe. In Germany and France alcohol is far more available than in North America, subject to less regulation, and their populations are far less prone to binge drinking than their North American counterparts. We unfortunately inherited the British system of heavy regulation, which has been shown to result in heavy binge drinking from a young age. At the end of the day the statistics cannot be ignored. We are the biggest per capita consumers of alcohol in the entire world. The status quo is not working, we need a new approach. We need to start looking at ways to encourage healthy consumption of alcohol; we need to be creative and we need to start now. Graham Lang is a Whitehorse lawyer and long-time Yukoner.

conditions. Women continue to have their children taken away from them for being homeless, reduce their spending on food and Open letter to Whitehorse mayor was Martin Niemoller, rather than will be the ruin of society. For me, healthcare to pay for housing, or Rather than treating this disand council: ruption to the lives of residents as Bonhoeffer who “did not speak the ruin of society surfaces when put themselves at risk in abusive I’m writing concerning 706 a windfall opportunity to increase up.”) Well, after having my Gmail our right to exist and be ourselves relationships or by exchanging sex and 708 Ogilvie St. I was living the tax base and downtown is removed – when we can no account overloaded with Dad’s for shelter. at 7th and Cook when the city densification I think it would be longer just be. opinions on this matter, I have Given these realities, we should expropriated the escarpment lots, better to expand the nearby garMy father will likely respond chosen to speak up . be jumping at the opportunity to and I was surprised that people’s dening area and put up a plaque to this, pointing out that I watch Who or what determines homes could be taken away from with some words of apology, and moral propriety? My father looks too much John Stewart, attended spend $13.5 million on creating housing. But by sending the them. It was disturbing but I something about the wisdom of a biased liberal arts university, am to a book for the answer. This or issue back to the drawing board accepted it as being a necessary thinking long and hard before that is morally bad because … the having an emotional but never again, the government has clearly safety measure. acting. logical reaction, and that I know Bible said so. chosen not to. Their reasoning for The house I was living in at the little about life with a capital “L.” In my opinion, right and cancelling the project was not to time was worth about $40,000 Gord Bradshaw Well Dad, I’m sufficiently wrong should not be determined and I remember talking to a reWhitehorse embarrassed by your most recent make it more fitting to the realby what a pen puts to paper, but tired man over at the top of Hawopinion piece that I am willing to ities of people’s varying housing rather by our common humanneeds; no, they instead took their You can’t pick your family kins or Hanson who was going to ity. To allow policies to linger that accept that. advice from the Yukon Real Estate be paid $18,000 for his lot with its make being you something that is Association, which claims that the I know nothing. I am narrowAllyssa Tone little trailer. He was upset, wonwrong – is wrong. When you beplan could have unfairly deflated minded. I am naive. After four come a thing that needs fixing to Whitehorse dering where he was going to be the market. With 75 new units, in years in university where I learned restore moral worth, intolerance able to find another place for that a population of 25,000. the value of a strong argument, We are letting people and hatred are perpetuated. amount of money. It didn’t seem This is our responsibility as and a willingness to acknowledge Ironically, as my father fair but, like I said, it appeared suffer in the streets well. The money involved came that the city was acting in his best the relevance of opinions that do referenced Niemoller last week, out of our taxes, and the elected not accord with my own, I have I couldn’t help but think how interest, having determined that As many of us are now fully offi cials choosing not to use it are also learned that there is no sense neatly this quote works when the escarpment could come down aware, the territorial government paid by us to make decisions in in arguing with a brick wall – only turned around. The gay-straight on him. has just cancelled three “affordthe interests of the community. exhaustion ensues. alliance donning rainbow socks Now the city has changed its able” housing projects that were Will we stand by silently as they My father, Rick Tone, armed was a display of “speaking” for a mind. The escarpment is not slated to create 75 housing units actively reject the opportunity with the power of the keyboard group that has been, and remains, at up to 95 per cent the market going to slump, at least not at the to prevent some of the desperate and a PhD in Wikipedia, has been marginalized in society. top end of Ogilvie Street. It is derental rate. The plan was funded compromises people are forced extremely vocal about his opinA group of students, coming pressing that one city council can by the Northern Housing Trust, into when they cannot afford ions, particularly in regard to the together and working towards a take away residences and a busiof which the government has housing? controversy surrounding Vanier common goal, is beautiful, not ness (it was Patriquin’s Garage, as $13.5 million left after six years of We need affordable housing Catholic Secondary School. He wrong. Vanier students’ demonI recall) and another city council sitting on the money. now. It is not something we can has been equally vocal at the dinstration of solidarity with those can say, “Oops! Say! Look at the The rejection of this plan, simply put off for a few more ner table about my incompetency perceived as others is a demonlots we can sell downtown!” which took years to arrive at, no years, or until the next election. in the formation of opinions on stration of the health, vibrancy I have read the administrative doubt means several more years We should not accept the fact that all subjects socio-political – to the and strength of a community – report of April 14, 2014 concernof inaction before another atour government is actively makpoint where I am skeptical that he not of its degradation. ing “Public Input Report – Land tempt is made to solve the housing decisions that endanger the would consider me smarter than a I had a child at the age of 17 – Disposition (706/708 Ogilvie ing crisis. health and safety of hundreds of fi fth-grader. maybe I missed a Sunday school Street).” I came away with the Meanwhile, people in the teradults and children in our comBut sweeping adjectives, namememo or two – but I refuse to impression that the risk in this ritory continue to be unable to munity. dropping, and Internet scholarbelieve that having my daughter area was always low. I believe the afford the housing they need. This ship will only get you so far, and makes me a morally bankrupt stabilization measures referred can mean having to access emerMona Luxion and do not address the real issue. person. According to the Bible, I to, except for revegetation, were gency shelters regularly, or staying Robin Reid-Fraser These can also lead to the misatalso live one of these alternative implemented further south along tribution of quotes (Mr. Tone, it Whitehorse lifestyles that my father proclaims with friends in overcrowded the escarpment.

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A primer on Conservative government’s proposed new prostitution law, Bill C 36 Canadian Press

OTTAWA n a rare summer sitting, the House of Commons Justice committee is examining Bill C-36, the federal government’s proposed new prostitution law. Here are some of the changes the bill makes: Why a new law? Last December, in a case known as Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada threw out existing prostitution laws, saying the violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court gave the government a year to bring in new legislation. Choices: There are different approaches to prostitution across the world. In some countries, such as New Zealand, it is legal and regulated under labour and public health laws. In the United States it is illegal in all but a few counties in Nevada. The so-called Nordic model, followed in Norway, Sweden and Iceland, makes buying sex illegal, while selling it is not Old law: Selling sex was legal, but living in a bawdy house or brothel was illegal, as was living off the profits of another’s prostitution and soliciting sex in public.

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for the purpose of prostitution New law: Selling sex remains and prohibits advertising the legal, but buying it becomes a sexual services of others. criminal offence. It will also be Pros: The government says illegal for anyone to communicate

the bill will protect vulnerable women and keep communities safe by allowing prostitutes to rent apartments, screen clients,

hire a receptionist or security guard, and advertise their own services. Cons: Sex workers say that because buying sex remains a criminal offence, the new law will drive prostitutes back into dark alleys and industrial zones, leaving them at risk. Quotes: “These appeals and the crossappeal are not about whether prostitution should be legal or not. They are about whether the laws Parliament has enacted on how prostitution may be carried out pass constitutional muster. I conclude that they do not.” – Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, writing the decision in the Bedford case. --“We believe prostitution is inherently dangerous and exploitative.” – Justice Minister Peter MacKay, testifying at a Commons committee. --“They are not harmful because they are illegal. They are illegal because they are harmful.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking of activities in the sex trade.

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government a year to replace it with one that would comply with the Charter of Rights and OTTAWA Freedoms. ustice Minister Peter MacKay MacKay says the bill is sound says the government’s new law and is highly “defensible.” prostitution bill is constitutionHe says it balances the need to ally sound, but he fully expects protect communities from prosit will be challenged again at the titution, including children, while Supreme Court of Canada. protecting the prostitutes themMacKay was the first witness selves, whom he says the governtoday as a marathon round of ment considers victims. hearings by the House of ComMacKay has said the governmons justice committee on the ment’s message this week is to Harper government’s new prosti- pass the bill because there’s a tution bill got underway. sense of urgency. The Supreme Court struck MacKay has said he is open to down Canada’s old prostitution amending the bill, but he’s droplaw last December and gave the ping strong hints that will have Canadian Press

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limits. “As sure as night follows day, there will be challenges when new bills are presented,” MacKay told the committee. “So we believe that the likelihood that it will be challenged is very real.” He says the bill is constitutionally sound and is an adequate response to the Supreme Court. Justice Department officials, who advised the government, will be open to questioning by all parties later today after MacKay has finished his testimony, says Bob Dechert, the minister’s parliamentary secretary. Prostitution itself was actually legal in Canada under the

old law, but most related activities – including communicating in a public place for the purposes of prostitution, pimping and running a brothel – were criminal offences. The Supreme Court said that amounted to a violation of the basic Charter right to security of the person was concerned that the provisions unduly increased the risk to sex workers. The Conservatives new bill creates new offences for clients and pimps, but does not criminalize prostitutes themselves. It also cracks down on advertising and selling sexual services in public places where a child

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Private member’s bills: backbench success story or government strategy? Jennifer Ditchburn Canadian Press

OTTAWA pilepsy, human trafficking, wine, autism, prize fighting – those are just a few of the topics covered by private member’s bills and senate public bills passed into law by the current Parliament. Twenty-four pieces of legislation sponsored by backbench MPs or senators have been passed since the last election – one of the most prolific periods for such bills ever. Four of them came from opposition parliamentarians. Conservative MPs say the success of their legislative projects challenges the notion that individual parliamentarians can’t effect change. But the opposition says the system is being used by the Conservative leadership to push through legislation that’s not subject to the same checks and balances as more closely scrutinized government bills. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative government technically passed more private member’s bills – 31 during one Parliament

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alone. But most of those bills were name changes to individual ridings, a technical change that is now done in a single piece of government legislation. The last majority Liberal Parliament saw only eight private members bills pass. Conservative B.C. MP Dan Albas put forward a private member’s bill on personal wine imports, and saw it pass in 2012. He wanted to amend a bit of prohibition-era law that banned Canadians from taking wine over provincial borders – a big issue in the Okanagan Valley where he lives. After Albas’s bill passed, the government decided to pick up on the idea in the last budget and expand the change to include beer and spirits. “People really do appreciate when you take local concerns, bring them up to that level, and in this case, we were very successful,� said Albas. “It shows that your member is listening and that the system works. You can bring ideas to Ottawa, and you can see them through.� NDP MP Randall Garri-

son has found success twice in getting a bill through the Commons to criminalize discrimination against transgender Canadians, managing to secure the support of 18 Conservative MPs and cabinet ministers. But a year later, the legislation remains stuck in limbo in the Senate. Garrison now fears there is a behind-the-scenes plan to make sure his bill never becomes law. Garrison, who sits on the Commons public safety committee, said he’s seen Conservative private member’s bills on law and order that should have been introduced by the government. When legislation is proposed by a minister, it gets vetted by departmental lawyers and policy experts before landing in the Commons, unlike private member’s legislation. A recently passed private member’s bill restricting offenders from coming within two kilometres of a victim’s home came out of the justice committee with seven amendments. “We’ve ended up amending the Criminal Code and the Corrections (and Conditional Re-

lease) Act in piecemeal fashion, without the minister of justice being involved in the constitutional questions, because that doesn’t happen for private member’s bills,� Garrison said. “I think we’re in for some confusing court time as a result of the government using the private member’s bills this way.� Ontario Conservative MP Gord Brown, who has seen two of his private initiatives become law, argues that the government couldn’t possibly draft legislation on issues that come up in 308 ridings. Brown gave voice to a push inside his riding to change the name of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada to the more precise Thousand Islands National Park of Canada – something that had been supported by constituents since the 1970s. “No government ever did it. Something like that had to be driven locally. It is an example of something that is driven by a riding and brought forward by a member of Parliament,� said Brown. Even with the Conservative majority, there’s no guarantee of success. Private member’s

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Pacifist no more? Experts discuss where Japan’s military is headed, why issue so divisive ficult for the U.S. to serve as lone policeman for the world, Associated Press and it might have faced calls from its people to step back. TOKYO But we say, “America-san, n one of modern Japan’s please keep your presence biggest changes to security here for the peace, stability policy, its government last and prosperity for the Asiaweek decided to reinterpret Pacific region. Japan will help Article 9 of its constitution to more, so let’s do it together.� allow greater use of military That’s what we are trying to force to defend other coundo. tries. The move sparked street protests amid fears it marks a Public fears reversal of Japan’s post-World KINGSTON: A lot of War II pacifist principles. analysts say, “Hey, you have Three experts shared their thoughts with The Associated North Korea lobbing missiles, China flexing its muscles, you Press about where Japan’s have these disputes in the military is headed and why it East China Sea. Why don’t is such a sensitive issue: Jefthe Japanese people get with frey Kingston, head of Asian the program?� The thing is, studies at Temple University pacifism is part of Japan’s Japan; Takeshi Iwaya, chairnational identity. Postwar, the man of the ruling Liberal Japanese people have found Democratic Party’s Research in pacifism – redemption. All Commission on Security; children, where do they go for and Narushige Michishita, their school trips? Hiroshima director of the Security and International Studies Program and Okinawa. Both places reinforce anti-war sentiments, at the National Graduate which are further reinforced Institute for Policy Studies. in Japanese textbooks. Look Quotes have been edited and what happens when you go to condensed. war. Look at the devastation the Japanese people suffered The antiwar constitution during the war. Japanese peoKINGSTON: Article 9 was ple are very much aware of part of the U.S.-written conwhat happened the last time stitution that banned Japan militarists were in control of from maintaining armed their country. So there is an forces and resorting to war. abiding fear of what might Over the years, Japan has happen if Article 9’s constiactually built up a fairly large tutional constraints are eased and modern defence: navy, on what Japan can do militarair force, army. Also, Japan ily. They really fear that the has stretched the envelope of alliance with the United States what’s possible in terms of will somehow pull Japan into what it can do in the secuconflict. That’s why it’s so rity realm. But this really is controversial. not seen by Washington as enough, and certain conservaPolitical constraints tives in Japan have long advoMICHISHITA: We often see cated for Japan to develop a more assertive defence posture. So Article 9 is seen to be a constraint on Japan’s desires used vehicle sales to up its security profile, and the fact is, Japan does live in a dangerous neighbourhood.

expectations for Japan’s role. Previously, Japan could have said, “We cannot contribute to the region because we cannot exercise the right to collective self-defence.� Japan now has lost that excuse, and the question is how much will Japan be able to contribute to security in the region.

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Jan Stick, co-owner of Well Read Books on 4th Avenue in Whitehorse, is celebrating the store’s 15th anniversary this week.

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he pusher stands on a street corner in downtown Whitehorse. A fresh shipment has just come in. It’s Saturday and everyone’s jonesing for a fix. The clientele is scandalous: a former Yukon premier’s daughter, notable business owners – everyone is looking to score. A man sidles up, his face pocked and scarred. Opening a frayed backpack he displays the contents and nervously asks, “how much?” The pusher reaches in, handling the contents with a practiced hand. She pulls three packages out. “$12.50 for these,” she says “but I don’t want the rest.” After almost two decades in the business, this pusher can tell the good stuff from the bad in a heartbeat. “What about you?” she says, turning on me. “You need anything?” I wet my lips. It’s been almost three weeks since my last hit. “Some Fitzgerald,” is all I manage to stammer out. Jan Stick turns and leads me into the doors of Well Read Books. This Thursday the store is celebrating its 15 year anniversary. In an era dominated by mega chains like Chapters Indigo, which in 2011 accounted for almost half of all Canadian book sales, this in-

dependently owned second-hand book store has reached a significant milestone. Stick, the book pusher, is part owner of Well Read Books. Over the past decade and a half the store has managed to pay off its investors and maintain a steady, if somewhat modest income. “We pay the staff, we pay our rent, we pay the bills, there’s not a lot left over after that. Our value is in our inventory – it’s in what we own.” The store works on a straightforward trade-in system. People are offered store credit for books in good condition at a quarter of the cover price. The books are then resold for half the cover price. Customers may apply half of their store credit to any purchase. “Yukoners are very well read,” Stick says. “Most of our customers think about (used bookstores) most in terms of cost, but there’s also the recycle, re-use aspect. We have some customers that like to recirculate books all the time and others that probably have more books than I do.” The system keeps a steady rotation of titles in the store, some as fresh as I am Malala, only four months off the New York Times bestseller list, and others as old as first editions from the northern collection. From behind the

counter Stick produces the most valuable book in the store, a thumbnail size copy of Robert Service’s Songs of the Yukon, published in 1913. “It was printed in Edinburgh,” says Stick. “It’s worth about $500.” The business, however, has not been immune to changing consumer tastes. Electronic books, which accounted for 17.6 per cent of Canadian book sales in 2013, have taken a bite out of the market. “There has been a plateau in sales over the past three years,” Stick tells me as we walk through the store. “We noticed the change with the onset of e-books. When people are travelling they just download e-books and are on their way.” Despite this potentially grim shift, Stick is optimistic. “When you shift to online you lose the feel of books. And you can’t get everything online.” As Stick leads me through the rows of bookshelves my fingers brush across the spines of countless stories. The cackling voice of Pratchett’s Nanny Ogg calls out to me, I can hear spray from Hemingway’s giant Marlin, snared and splashing in the Caribbean Sea. “We have a lot of books,” Stick comments. “When we opened we had maybe 11,000. We have over

40,000 titles now.” With so many titles Well Read could easily have become a cluttered quagmire of musty books, yet the store has maintained a neat sense of propriety. “We’re very fussy about the quality of our books, we’ve also gotten really good at weeding,” Stick says, laughing. “We’ve even banned certain genres and certain trashy authors,” she confides. The result is a spacious, sun-soaked store where a copy of Tender is the Night presents itself freely. Thumbing through the pages I find a hand-written inscription: “Berlin – January 2009, and so my darling, we try again. I’m sure this one will hit the spot, with love. Luke.” The physical memory of used books is one of the quirks that makes Well Read an irreplaceable commodity among bibliophiles. In the basement of the store, where duplicates of books and special editions are stacked from floor to ceiling, Stick shares some of the more peculiar aspects of owning a used bookstore. Like the time Karen Walker, a partner in the business, grabbed a random book off the shelf only to discover the book, from 1930, was signed to her own mother and had made its way to the Yukon all the way from

Ontario. Upstairs, Stick shows me the wall covered with various items staff have found hidden among the pages of sorted books. “We’ve found $50 bills, pressed flowers, old letters. We even once had a wedding picture that someone came in and claimed!” Stick exclaims. “There’s always little magic stories.” Well Read has also served as a well-used public space. “We’ve had book clubs, play readings, we have an annual craft sale,” says Stick. Over 15 years there are a lot of things to remember, and it falls to me to remind Stick that Well Read was once the generous host of the FH Collins writing club. “That’s right!” she exclaims. “I used to be behind the counter and just listen… it was like somehow the kids thought there was a cone of silence. I loved it. It cracked me up.” Stick says she is optimistic that Well Read will manage to carve its niche into the next 15 years. “I don’t think we need to change much,” she says, gazing wistfully across the rows of books. “It’s a good business to be in. Books, literacy, it’s a good thing to push.” Pavlina Sudrich is a recovering bibliophile and freelance reporter.


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Indigo still remains ‘huge believers in books,’ says CEO Heather Reisman Linda Nguyen

in a different way. I think they play a different role in our lives,â€? said Reisman. “There is TORONTO something about the physicalhe head of Indigo Books ity of books.â€? and Music Inc., and its selfBut even though Indigo is proclaimed chief booklover, continuing to bet heavily on believes there will always be a books, the company is still market for the written word – readying itself to grow into on paper and bound between more than just a bookseller. It two covers. hopes to complete its five-year “We believe books are here transformation to become the for the long term,â€? chief execu- “world’s first cultural departtive Heather Reisman said folment storeâ€? by 2015. lowing Indigo’s annual general Some of these changes have meeting last week. “Yes, people already taken hold, as the stores will read digitally but a lot of continue to expand their gift people are reading both. We sections with candles, soaps are huge believers in books ‌ and jewelry, and educational that is at the core, at the very toys. The company has also essence of our business.â€? opened Apple kiosks that Reisman said Indigo may be sell iPads and Apple TV, and the “only people on the planetâ€? American Girl doll boutiques, who are still investing in book- in hopes of drawing in more shelves at their stores, with no customers. plans to cut back on titles. In It also wants to become a fact, it is aiming to increase the destination for more public number of books it carries. speaking engagements and Meanwhile, Indigo, Canada’s author visits. Last week, former largest book, gift and specialty U.S. secretary of state Hillary toy retail chain, expects the Rodham Clinton signed copies surge in popularity of digital of her new book at Indigo. In books to wane. the past year, the store locations “We can only go by what the have also welcomed Hollywood curve says and the curve right star Arnold Schwarzenegger, now has completely flattened singer songwriter Paul Anka out,â€? said Reisman. “That’s not and tattoo artist and television to say that over the course of 10 years, we’re not going to see an New Inventory increase. But for the moment, Arriving Weekly! books seem to be behaving in a contrarian way to other digital media.â€? Unlike music, newspapers and magazines, which have lost a huge proportion of market share to digital options over the past few years, she said physical 1o867o668o2137 books still have mass appeal. www.drivingforce.ca “Books seem to behaving Canadian Press

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personality Kat Von D. Indigo first began making changes to its business model in 2010 as the popularity of ebooks and e-readers, like Amazon’s Kindle and its own Kobo, grew. Indigo sold its remaining share in Kobo Inc. in 2012 to Japan’s Rakuten Inc. in a deal worth US$315 million. Since then, the bookseller has been struggling with sales amid intense competition from mass merchants, such as Walmart and Target, and online

giants like Amazon. Last month, Indigo reported a $14.4-million net loss in the fourth quarter as the company cited lower margins along with costs for severance and store closures and continuing investments in its transformational strategy. That compared with a net loss of $8.2 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, for the same period a year earlier. Revenues for the quarter came in at $184.3 million, up from $184 million year-over-year.

Since January, Indigo has closed two major Toronto bookstore locations at Chapters Festival Hall and the World’s Biggest Bookstore near the Toronto Eaton Centre. Indigo reports its first-quarter earnings on Aug. 5. The company operates 95 superstores under the banner Chapters and Indigo, and 131 small format stores under Coles, Indigospirit, SmithBooks and The Book Company.

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Injection of drilling wastewater into four big Oklahoma wells triggered more than 100 earthquakes Seth Borenstein Associated Press

WASHINGTON new study explains how just four wells forcing massive amounts of drilling wastewater into the ground are probably shaking up Oklahoma. Those wells seem to have triggered more than 100 small-to-medium earthquakes in the past five years, according to a study published last week by the journal Science. Many of the quakes were much farther away from the wells than expected. Combined, those wells daily pour more than 5 million gallons (19 million litres) of water a mile or two underground into rock formations, the study found. That buildup of fluid creates more pressure that “has to go somewhere,� said study lead author Cornell University seismologist Katie Keranen. Researchers originally figured the water diffused through underground rocks

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slowly. But instead, it is moving faster and farther and triggers quake fault lines that already were likely ready to move, she said. “You really don’t need to raise the pressure a great deal,� she added. The study shows the likely way in which the pressure can trigger fault lines – which already existed yet were not too active– but researchers need more detail on the liquid injections themselves to absolutely prove the case, Keranen said. The wastewater is leftover from unconventional wells that drill for oil and gas with help of high pressure liquids – nicknamed fracking – and from the removal of water from diluted oil. These new methods mean much more wastewater has to be discarded. While there are about 8,000 deep injection wells in the region, the amount of water injected at the four wells – named Chambers, Deep Throat, Flower Power and Sweetheart – has more than

doubled since the drilling boom started about a decade ago. From 1976 to 2007, Oklahoma each year averaged about one quake of magnitude 3 or more – strong enough to feel locally but too weak to cause damage. But from 2008 to 2013, the state averaged 44 earthquakes of that size every year. So far this year there have been another 233, Keranen said, getting her earthquake figures from the U.S. Geolaogical Survey database. The rattling has led some Oklahomans to push for restrictions on the use of injection wells. While past research has shown more quakes in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Kansas and correlated it statistically to injection wells, this study used computer simulations to identify the mechanism of how massive amounts of water travel as much as 32 million kilometres from the well. The pressure then triggers existing

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Chad Devereaux examines bricks that fell from three sides of his in-laws home in Sparks, OK following two earthquakes that hit the area in less than 24 hours in 2011.

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Midnight marvels Whitehorse’s inaugural Nuit Blanche festival offered participants a 12 hour marathon of arts, entertainment and eats from Saturday evening until Sunday morning.

The interactive sound art piece “Mass Guitar” organized by local musician Jordy Walker at the Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse.

Interpreter Sylvie Binette, rear, helps Erin Sanderson and her mother, Irene, celebrate the timelessness of the Yukon River behind the Kwanlin Dun Centre.

Ben Hermann was one of 12 musicians who played at every hour at the Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters for the Whitehorse Nuit Blanche.

Eric Bardin, left, and Mira Freiman add to the community mandala at the end of Jarvis Street.

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Deaths from opioid overdoses have risen dramatically, Ontario study finds Sheryl Ubelacker Canadian Press

TORONTO he rate of fatal overdoses from opioids such as oxycodone and morphine has soared over the last 20 years as prescriptions for the addictive and highly potent painkillers have continued to rise, an Ontario study has found. The annual rate of opioid-related deaths jumped by 242 per cent between 1991 and 2010, said lead author Tara Gomes, a scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, or ICES, which conducted the study published Monday in the journal Addiction. “In 2010, we found that there were approximately 550 deaths related to opioid overdose, which equates to one or two deaths every day,” said Gomes, noting that the annual fatal overdose rate two decades earlier was 127. The highest proportion of deaths was clustered among young adults, say the researchers, who analyzed provincial coroner’s records from 1991 to 2010. “One in every eight deaths in people aged 25 to 34 were related to opioid overdoses,” said Gomes. Twenty years ago, the rate for that age group was one in 25. “Given the concentration of deaths in the younger ages, we found that opioid-related deaths had a considerable societal burden” she said. “In 2010, these deaths led to over 20,000 years of life lost,” In all, 5,935 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in the 20year period. “These could be people who purchased the drugs on the street, these could be people who received legitimate prescriptions and mistakenly took too much of the drug

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or escalated their dose without checking with their primary-care provider,” Gomes speculated. “These could also be people who have heard about recreational use of these drugs and knew to go into their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine cabinet and find the drug and try it. And never having taken the drug before, they can overdose after just one or two pills of a highstrength formulation.” Over the last two decades, several new products have come on the market, among them oxycodone. Doctors began prescribing the drugs more often to treat those with intractable pain, and often in increasingly potent doses. “And I think the combination

of these factors is likely driving a lot of this increased risk of opioid overdose that we’re seeing, because there’s a lot more of the products available, and as well these drugs are being used at higher doses,” she said. “And we have seen in past research that higher doses of opioids are associated with increased risk of overdose death.” Codeine, hydromorphone, morphine, fentanyl and oxycodone are the “big players” among the opioids, she said. Opioid prescription rates have continued to rise, driven by aggressive marketing by manufacturers of the products to physicians, who she believes have become more

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comfortable with recommending them for patients suffering with hard-to-treat pain. But drug-seeking behaviour by those looking to abuse the medications is also likely driving up prescribing rates, she said, adding that opioids’ addictive nature can lead to someone visiting several doctors to obtain multiple prescriptions, a phenomenon known as doubledoctoring. Gomes suspects the escalation in opioid overdose deaths is likely occurring across the country. However, there is no national database to track overdose deaths, said Benedikt Fischer, a professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., although the numbers are moving upwards in that province as well. “It’s an extremely worrisome picture that the number of deaths are going up and have been going up for many years the way they are,” Fischer, who was not involved

in the study, said of the Ontario findings. “And this is a huge death toll. “We know that the number of opioid deaths is almost perfectly correlated to the amount of prescription opioids dispensed to the population. So, in essence, the number of deaths are a function of the amount of opioids prescribed and dispensed into the population.” In order to reduce the death toll from prescription opioids, a strategy needs to be found to reduce the amounts being dispensed, he said, noting that Canadians are the second-largest per capita users of these drugs in the world after Americans. Fischer said that while chopping the overdose death toll has to begin with doctors cutting back on prescriptions, it’s also critical to recognize that these medications play a key role in treating many patients with pain, including those with cancer. “Let me be clear. We cannot afford to eliminate these medications. We need them,” he said. “They’re important to a lot of people with chronic and severe pain who need these drugs. “But current prescribing and dispensing goes far beyond those parameters. It exceeds those hazardously.” The Ontario researchers have developed an interactive map of Ontario counties with the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths, including Thunder Bay and Sudbury, and large urban centres like Toronto. Gomes said health-care providers need to ensure that patients understand the risks opioids may pose and that they should be “very careful” with their use. “They shouldn’t share their drugs, they shouldn’t escalate their dose without consulting their physician and they should just be very aware that these are risky drugs that can be effective but can also be very dangerous.”

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Royal Canadian Mint plans to produce another big collectors’ coin Dean Beeby

Just five of the pizza-sized, world-record bullion coins were sold. OTTAWA The mint also issued a aving dumped the lowly $100,000 numismatic coin in penny, the Royal Canadian 2011, with 10 kilograms of pure Mint is planning to create two gold, its second-biggest coin ever. high-value coins that won’t apOnly seven of those were sold, pear in any change handed out at and the item – featuring an image the local Tim Hortons. of Bill Reid’s sculpture “Spirit A recent cabinet order autho- of Haida Gwaii” – is no longer rizes the mint to produce two available. coins with face values of $1,000 The two new coins will be and $1,250, destined for colin the mid-range of the mint’s lectors rather than pockets or collector coins, smaller in depurses. nomination than its $2,500 coins They’ll join a series of highcontaining a kilogram of gold, denomination items struck by but larger than the popular series the mint in recent years, includmeasured in ounces of gold or ing a monster $1-million gold silver. coin issued in 2007 featuring 100 A spokesman for the mint kilograms of pure gold. says the new denominations are Canadian Press

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intended to fill a gap. “They will be introduced on future collector coins to meet demand identified by our customer research,” said communications manager Alex Reeves. “At this point, we only have approval to use the new denominations. Until there is approval of specific coins from the minister of finance, we cannot discuss the themes or release dates for what we intend to use these new denominations.” Last year, the mint sold $167 million worth of numismatics and collectibles, a record, after having issued 201 new non-circulating types. The federal cabinet has also recently approved a new circulating toonie, which will include the

partial reproduction of a 1940 photograph by Claude P. Dettloff. Dettloff, of the Vancouver Province newspaper, captured a famous image in New Westminster, B.C., of a young boy catching up to his soldier father, who was marching with his regiment. The image, “Wait for Me, Daddy,” was used in war-bond drives during the Second World

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CRTC has received more than 1,000 complaints since anti spam law took effect Michael Oliveira Canadian Press

TORONTO ore than 1,000 complaints have been filed since the new anti-spam law took effect on Tuesday, says Manon Bombardier, the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforcement officer. Hundreds of reports have been submitted daily at fightspam.gc.ca and investigators are already at work looking into whether companies have violated the new law, says Bombardier. “We have received a number of complaints, and the numbers will keep going up for sure, but really for us the positive message is Canadians are seeing the importance of the legislation and they are

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Snowboarder Melvin-McNutt identified by Team Canada erage sponsored event, at Sun Peaks Resort in Kamloops, B.C., the next week. “The big one was the Dew Tour one. There were a lot better riders,” said MelvinMcNutt. “I consider it a higher contest (than nationals). I was a lot more stoked about that result.” Melvin-McNutt also placed third in a Canadian Shield Snowboard Tour event at the start of the season. Following the season he submitted an application for the developmental team along with a video of his big tricks to Canada Snowboard. Melvin-McNutt’s biggest trick last season, he says, was a cab 1440 – that’s going off the jump switch and completing four full rotations. “I just want to do really well in my contests next year,” said Melvin-McNutt. “I want to train really hard this summer, which I’m doing. I want to get in really good shape and get prepared physically and mentally for the next season.” Final selection will be made after the team’s funding is determined by the Government of Canada’s Own The Podium program, Snowboard Canada told the News. “I’d love to send out a message to the snowboard kids back home,” said MelvinMcNutt. “Telling them to stay focused on your goals. Anything is possible if they believe in themselves.”

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hitehorse snowboarder Max Melvin-McNutt has had some ups and downs over the past three seasons. In 2011 he became the first Yukoner ever named to the B.C. Provincial Freestyle Snowboard team. After a couple podium finishes in his first competition with the team he missed the rest of the season with a broken collarbone. The same thing happened the next season with another collarbone break. Then last summer the B.C. team dissolved due to a lack of funding. But things appear to be turning around for the 20-year-old. Melvin-McNutt is one of just nine boarders currently in line for Canada’s developmental slopestyle team, Snowboard Canada announced last week. “I’m super happy,” said Melvin-McNutt. “I was really, really happy. Thrilled. All the hard work has paid off and I’m finally getting somewhere with it.” This past season MelvinMcNutt did it alone, without a team, on the freestyle circuit. Melvin-McNutt, who is now living full-time in Whistler, finished last season tied for 13th in Canada in slopestyle after some big results. After missing the nationals the previous two years because of his collarbone, he rode to a fifth place finish in his first appearance at the Canadian Freestyle Snowboard Championships in March. He then scooped up a third place at the Dew Tour AM Series, a Mountain Dew bev-

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Whitehorse’s Max MelvinMcNutt competes at the Dew Tour AM Series in Kamloops, B.C., in March. Melvin-McNutt has been named to a developmental group by Snowboard Canada.

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he Whitehorse Curling Club will be in the national spotlight next spring as host of the 2015 Canadian Masters Curling Championship, it was announced last week. “It’s a great opportunity for the club,” said club president Mark Evans. “It’s great for the club in that it creates interest in the game. And it brings people to Whitehorse, which is good for

all sorts of reasons, not directly related to tourism, in terms of tourism. “For the club itself, it helps raise interest in the game for club members. Whenever there’s any national-level competition, it raises everyone’s game. It makes them want to compete.” The Masters is a national championship for athletes 60 and over. The first championship

was held in 1987 and was a men’s tournament until a women’s side of the championship was added in 2000. It will be the first time the Whitehorse club hosts the Masters and the first time the club hosts a national championships since it housed the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in 2006. It’s a great chance for the club

to showcase the facility and local volunteers, said Evans. “It also brings awareness of curling in the Yukon, and obviously the Whitehorse Curling Club, to the national level, like the Canadian Curling Association,” he said. “We haven’t hosted a national championships in a long time so this will be a great opportunity to put our organization in place

and hopefully be able to bid for other national competitions in the future.” Playdowns for Yukon’s spots in the championship will be held at the Whitehorse club in December. The Masters is sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association and will take place March 29 to April 5. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com


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Bikers swarm Mosquito Harescramble Tom Patrick

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t was happy trails once again for the Yukon Cross Country Motorcycle Association on Sunday. The YCCMA hosted its first event of the summer – the Mosquito Harescramble – at the Schirmer Family Ranch in Mount Lorne. It was an injury-free event with a great turnout and was a good start to the season, said YCCMA president Chris Locke. “No accidents at all, it was nice and sunny, everybody had a great time, lots of trophies for the kids,” said Locke. “I wouldn’t say it was our biggest event, but certainly the turnout was very big as far as spectators go. There was a lot of people there.” Thirty-seven riders took part in cross-country endurance races at the event that included a B loop and a more challenging A loop for advanced riders. It was the first of three events the YCCMA has planned for the season, which will mark the first time the club hosts that many events in a summer since its inaugural year in 2011. The association in currently preparing an application to take guardianship of a piece land in Whitehorse to run races. One spot they are considering is the “Stinky Lake” area 12 kilometres down Long Lake Road, the location of the YCCMA’s first races. Having guardianship of the land will allow riders under 16 years of age to ride their bikes within City of Whitehorse limits, which is currently against the law under the Yukon’s Highways Act. “It’s not a perfect location, and we may end up somewhere else, but it’s certainly one of the tracks we enjoy,” said Locke. “It’s not that we can’t ride there, the kids can’t ride there. So once it becomes our guardianship land, then we’re not encumbered by city bylaws because we’re responsible for insuring anybody there.” Since the association prides itself on hosting family events, offering races to youngsters, the YCCMA almost didn’t hold any races at all last season. They only held one in August after the Schirmer family offered their property. The YCCMA has since given up on repealing the law, said Locke. “That’s no longer a pursuit of ours. We’ve kind of figured out that that is something that is never going to get changed.” “We’ll be pursuing finding our own area to ride in whether it’s within the city limits or outside city limits on … territorial government land.” The next YCCMA race will take place on August 24 and will be followed by a third in September. For more information find the Yukon Cross Country Motorcycle Association on Facebook. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Mini class 1st Seth Adams (KTM) 2nd Austin Larkin (Kawasaki) 3rd Landon Locke (KTM) Junior under-15 1st Cole Beaman (Yamaha) 2nd Ethan Davy (Kawasaki) 3rd Dylan Kindervater (Yamaha)

Junior over-15 1st Brody Ryckman (Husqvarna) 2nd Morgan Schmitt (Honda) 3rd Justin Macdougal (Yamaha)

Novice “B” 1st Antje Beaman (Yamaha) 2nd Susanne Moser (Yamaha) 3rd Emma Murphy (Honda)

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Expert “A” 1st Shawn McFarland (KTM) 2nd Tim Schirmer (KTM) 3rd Sam Schirmer (KTM) Alistair Maitland/Yukon News

From top to bottom, Dale Panchyshyn catches air during the Yukon Cross Country Motorcycle Association’s Mosquito Harescramble on Sunday; peewee racers come out hard of the last turn; Derek Kindervater makes a sharp turn on the A loop.

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Men’s champ Dan King lines up his putt on Hole 18 on Sunday. King won his first title by four strokes.

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ll hail the king. Dan King. The Whitehorse golfer topped the leaderboard both days to win his first men’s title at the 2014 Yukon Golf Championships on Sunday at Whitehorse’s Mountain View Golf Course. The 31-year-old carded a 77 Saturday and a 75 Sunday for the trophy. “It feels good,” said King. “I shot three rounds in the 70s (including Friday’s national qualifier), which I don’t often do, so it was fun.” Yukon’s 2007 champ, Landon Kulych, came second with an 80 and 76 to finish four strokes back. Rick Gingell, who took the low net, placed third overall with a combined 161. Gingell teed off a stroke behind King

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in second on Sunday before a quadruple bogey on Hole 5 derailed his run. King kept his lead intact with his putting on Sunday’s back nine, “or else Landon probably would have had it,” he said. “I made three birdies on the back. I was pretty happy with that. “I started off a little rough. I bogeyed the first couple holes and then got it together.” King, who placed third at last year’s championship, is one of three Yukoners to earn spots at the 2014 Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship over the weekend. Kulych and Steve Estey, who moved to Whitehorse from New Brunswick last fall, will join King at the championship in Winnipeg this August. Scores from the championship and a round Friday evening in the rain determined Yukon’s roster for the nationals. (Gingell and Dan Hogberg are the alternates.) “(Kulych) probably had the round of the weekend on Friday – shot a 76 in the pouring rain,” said King. “It was really impressive and he’s a good guy to play

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with.” Whitehorse’s Nicole Baldwin etched her name on the women’s trophy a second year in a row. Baldwin topped the field of four women golfers with an 88 and 84. “I just went out there to play my own game and have some good shots for myself,” said the 33-year-old. “I wanted to be in the 80s and I succeeded.” “Nothing outstanding really stood out today other than from (Hole) 2 to 6, I paired every hole,” she added. Elaine Sumner claimed second place with a combined score of 222, one stroke in front of Sheila Stockton, who won low net. Whitehorse’s James McGrath made his last season as a junior count. The 18-year-old penciled in a 90 Saturday and 86 Sunday to defend his junior title from last year. “Not the greatest (score), but it held up,” said McGrath. “I thought Riley Smoler was going to get me there after the first day. “I played a lot better today than yesterday,” he added. Parker Olson chipped out a second place finish with a 90 and 89, ending one shot in front of Smoler in third. Olson missed Sunday’s award ceremony having already hopped a plane south to play in the B.C. Junior Boys Championship this week in Pitt Meadows. Even though still a junior, McGrath is set to represent Yukon at the B.C. Amateur Championship next week in North Vancouver. “I’m really excited to go down,” said McGrath. “I played the juniors last year … before

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Whitehorse’s Nicole Baldwin tees off on Hole 16 during the Yukon Golf Championships on Sunday at Mountain View Golf Course. Baldwin won her second straight women’s title.

the (Canada) Summer Games, and now I have some experience in big tournaments like that and I think I’m ready to go.” The 18th green was good to Whitehorse’s Tom Amson on Sunday. Amson drained a 60foot putt to win his first senior men’s title by a stroke. “That putt was really great,” said Amson. “It was a really lucky putt. “I was five-over on the front (nine) and then I started to settle down.” The three-time open men’s champ hit an 85 and 83 over the weekend, beating second place’s Dan Hogberg, who bogeyed 18 on Sunday, by one stroke. “It’s not that good. I guess old guys aren’t that good,” he added with a laugh. “I think it’s the first time I’ve played as a senior. It was fun.” Vic Istchenko, the 2011 senior men’s champ, placed third after starting Sunday with a five-stroke lead over both Amson and Hogberg. Istchenko opened the back nine with four straight bogeys followed by a

quadruple on 14. “Vic really had the lead and he blew up on the back nine,” said Amson. “Dan and I were tied going into today and I wasn’t really paying attention to Dan, I was paying attention to what Vic was doing.” Istchenko is slated to represent Yukon at the B.C. Senior Championships later this month in Christina Lake. Amson will compete for Team Yukon at the Canada 55+ Games in Strathcona County outside of Edmonton at the end of August. “(Course superintendent) Derek Wirth and his crew did a really good job getting the course ready,” said King. “I think he’s had some challenges this spring with how the weather’s been, but he always does a good job. “(Club director) Jeff (Wiggins) and his staff did a really good job organizing the tournament. It’s a lot of work every year.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com


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Klondike dancers step it up in Red Deer Tom Patrick

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embers of the Klondike Highland Dancers made a road trip to Alberta a profitable one. Dancers from the Whitehorse school collected three overall trophies in two events in recent weeks. Klondike dancers raised two overall wins at the Red Deer Highland Games on June 28 in Alberta. Klondike’s Cadence Milford danced to first overall in the 10-yearold beginner division out of nine competitors in Red Deer. For the trophy she placed first in the sword and the flora, third in the fling, second in the lilt and fourth in Seann Triubhas. Kiarra Fitzsimmons was the other to grab the overall trophy. She also claimed first in the sword and flore, took second in the fling and lilt, and grabbed third in Seann Triubhas out of 13 dancers. Red Deer marked two in a row for Fitzsimmons. She won four gold and the overall trophy the previous weekend at the Ellerslie Highland Games. Teammate Jordyn Cowan, who moved up into novice this season, came third in the fling, fourth in the sword and fifth in flora out of 13 dancers in 12-and-over. In just her second Outside competition Dawn Cowan/Yukon News Klondike’s Kylie Pfieffer Klondike Highland Dancer Kylie Pfieffer competes at the Ellerslie came fourth in Seann Triubhas, fifth in sword Highland Games two weeks ago in Alberta. The Whitehorse school won three overall trophies on their Alberta road trip. and lilt out of eight dancers in 13-and-over “They’re like, ‘That’s the displace. For a few people it’s the beginner. dance they enjoy or prefer, but dance you always get on my case Pfieffer placed second in the for most people it’s not and their for.’ Obviously, it paid off.” sword the previous weekend in eyes always pop open when they Contact Tom Patrick at Ellerslie. Klondike instructor Errinlee tomp@yukon-news.com get a placing in it. Fitzsimmons is a little surprised how well her students do in that event – in which one dances over and around a pair of broad swords crossed on the ground – considering it doesn’t tend to be their favourite. “It’s interesting because they always seem to cringe when it The Yukon News comes to the sword,” said Errinlee. “It’s a difficult dance. You is available have something that you have Fridays and to dance over and not touch or

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carts that the ice cream men have pushed through various New Delhi neighbourhoods during the heat of the day, finally converging as the sun falls at this century-old park at the ceremonial heart of the capital. The ice cream is cheap. Most cost 35 rupees or less. That’s just 60 cents, inexpensive enough so that even the thousands who gather here can afford a couple for the kids. On a hot summer night, 10,000 people can come to India Gate park, named for the ceremonial arch that honours the Indian soldiers who died in World War I. Families carry sheets to spread on the lawns. They bring picnics with a half-dozen courses packed into plastic and metal containers. Children play badminton, chase each other on the grass, beg for cotton candy or balloons. Young couples, escaping the relentless

watch of extended families, find privacy in the crowds. They stay for hours. Often, there are traffic jams – horns-blaring-drivers-going-the-wrong-waytraffic-jams – long after rush hour has ended. The crowds are still at the park at 10 p.m. They are here at 11. Sometimes they stay long after midnight, children playing as their parents lie back on the lawns. Particularly in the summer, when India Gate is a solace and an escape, this is the city’s backyard. For the most part, though, it’s not a rich crowd. Around here, the handful of Range Rovers and Audis trolling for parking spaces are outnumbered by the endless cheap Marutis. And the Marutis are outnumbered by motorized rickshaws for those without cars. Rich people have air conditioning at home, and generators or backup batteries for when the electricity goes out. They live in neighbourhoods with green spaces. They can afford the city’s increasing numbers of high-end restaurants, or at least the food courts at the malls. While pretty much everyone in New Delhi comes to India Gate at some point, the rich don’t need it the way most of this city does. There are nearly 17 million people in New Delhi, most living in cramped concrete apartments in cramped concrete neighbour-

hoods, places where trees are rarities and parks are often reduced to dirt and garbage. In the summer, when 100-degree days are normal, the heat indoors is choking. So in the evenings, thoughts in these neighbourhoods often turn to India Gate, where the breeze blows across the grass and there’s always something interesting to watch. Ravi Pandit came to New Delhi when he was 15 years old, arriving from a poverty-battered village in far-away Bihar. Through friends, he found work selling cheap trinkets at India Gate. These days, his offerings include toy light-up eyeglasses, red devil horns and plastic helicopters with tiny blue lights that you shoot into the air with a rubber band, and which flutter back to earth like dancing blue fireflies. He’s 25 now, with a wife back in Bihar who he visits once a year. In New Delhi, he shares a kitchensized, one-room apartment with three other men. The bathroom is down the hall. On a good summer night – one of those relentlessly hot nights when the crowds turn out in force – he can make a 300-rupee profit, about $5. It’s not a bad living, he says. The work is certainly better than sitting at home. He gestures around him: “At least here there is fresh air, and there is always someone to talk to.�


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Wife would like to say goodbye to husband’s hellos eager to hear what he has to say on other subjects. DEAR MISS MANNERS: Would I need to have a corsage for the guest of honor at a baby by Judith shower? GENTLE READER: Because Martin you phrased this as a “need,” Miss Manners gathers that you would not intend giving it as a spontaneous and charming gesture. Rather, you are thinking of it as possibly DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have required, as a badge to distinguish an ongoing disagreement with my the guest of honor. No, it is not necessary. At a baby husband regarding telephone etiquette. When he calls me, I pick up shower, it is not difficult to distinguish the guest of honor. the phone and say “Hello” and he responds with “Hi.” He then falls DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is silent, expecting me to respond to it appropriate to use soap that is his “Hi” with a “Hi” of my own. shaped like a rose as a decoration I feel that, since he called me, and favor, placed on guest tables at and I have already greeted him, it is not necessary to then respond to a wedding reception? GENTLE READER: Considerhis greeting, as it would be reduning that weddings often feature dant. So I just wait for him to tell rose decorations made out of me what he called about. sugar, Miss Manners would conThis irks him no end, which I find rather silly, and the conversa- sider this a dangerous idea. tion then becomes about why I DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every don’t say “Hi” back. Eventually he tells me why he called, but by then so often, my mom — with no small amount of soft soap — will he’s annoyed. Am I required to comment negatively on an aspect answer his greeting with another of my appearance (say, a hair exgreeting, or is he being overly tension). Do you think I should: sensitive? (A) play the respectful daughter GENTLE READER: If a greetand remove or change whatever ing given and acknowledged is it is; after all, how often do we see not sufficient, where does your each other and what would it hurt husband draw the line? Would he have responded to your “Hi” with me? OR, another “Hello”? (B) say, “Thank you for sharHad Miss Manners been asked ing,” in the hope of discouraging to listen in on your end of the this kind of behavior in future? conversation, she would have Our time with our parents is concluded that your husband’s short, so I’m inclined to just make cellphone reception was unreliable. my mother happy. On the other Explain that while you, too, put hand, if I’ve turned myself out in a premium on manners, you also something, usually I feel good in it. enjoy your conversations and are GENTLE READER: May Miss

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude to eat in bed? GENTLE READER: Is there anyone else in that bed? If so, that person gets to respond, not Miss Manners. It’s no crumbs in her sheets. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I suppose I should be grateful that we have received thank-you notes at all for wedding presents we sent, but when did it become acceptable to send out photo cards with a preprinted message? They have even gone so far as to have preprinted envelopes as well! There is no personalization, let alone a mention of any gift. I have even been told that the “thankful” couple can place their order with the printer, include the mailing list, and the printer will handle that pesky detail for them as well! They need not even be bothered with stuffing the envelopes. I may be overreacting, but I find this practice insulting. I understand that people are busy, and it is nice to see wedding photos. But is it too much to ask that the happy couple take a few seconds to jot their names and at the very least a line in their own handwriting on the back of the card about how grateful they are for the generous gift? GENTLE READER: You are assuming that they are grateful. Miss Manners finds no sign of that in your account. DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there an etiquette for handing a

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click-type pen to someone? I want to know if one is supposed to click it closed before handing it over, so as not to accidentally mark their hand or shirt. That’s what I always thought, but my girlfriend says that perturbs her when people do that because she has to click it open again. GENTLE READER: Anything that has the potential to do harm should properly be disarmed (or, in the case of a sword, reversed) before being offered. But Miss Manners is more emphatic that this be applied to cutlery than to a pen.

ity. It should be noted, however, that veto power ultimately goes to the baby, who may eventually ignore even unanimous decisions and call you what he or she likes.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m about to go to a high school reunion. How does one reply when someone compliments you besides thanking them, if the years haven’t been as good to them as they have to you? I look younger than my age in years, partly because I have a young-looking face, but also because I work out, watch what I DEAR MISS MANNERS: My eat, and haven’t spent time in the husband’s daughter will be having sun so my skin looks good. When a baby soon. This will be our first people compliment me about how grandchild, and so what the child good I look or how young I look, I calls me will, I imagine, set the thank them, and if they look good standard for future grandchildren. too, I return the compliment. My husband’s daughters were GENTLE READER: Contrary adults when my husband and to common expectations about I married. Although we rarely high school reunions, participants see his ex-wife, I suspect that we are not required to appraise one will all be thrown together more another. frequently when babies enter the The real purpose of reunions is picture. to allow everyone the opportunity Should the children call me to upgrade the impression he or Grandma also, since I am their she left years ago. So if someone grandfather’s wife? Is there another compliments you, Miss Manners possibility? I really want to do recommends that after you accept the right and kind thing. I don’t graciously, you provide the desired want to upset anyone, or confuse opening by saying: “How wonderanyone, but the children using my ful to see you. I’d love to catch up.” first name seems odd to me, and, as I am a Yankee, Miss Scarlet just DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sent would not fit. a note of congratulations, along GENTLE READER: Even with- with a monetary gift, in response out divorces, it is not uncommon to a graduation announcement I for children to have more than received. I eventually received a one living grandmother. Well, two, hurtful response from the paranyway; and with divorces, four or, ent, saying that the size of the gift in the case of step-exes, more. showed that I must be in financial So it behooves the family to hardship. work out designations, which The person went on to say that could include some version of the they started to send the gift back title (diminutives, such as Granny, to me, but decided to thank me for with or without your given or sur- the thought. This was a very painname added, or translations that ful response to a genuinely heartrefer to the family heritage, such felt expression of happiness for the as “Oma” or “Nonna”), or just a family. The person is not ignorant special, affectionate nickname. of social graces and manners. All generations may be considGENTLE READER: Really? And ered interested parties in finding what would this person have done something mutually agreeable, if he or she was, in fact, ignorant and, in your case, your stepdaugh- of social graces and manners? Sent ter may also represent the wishes a collection agency after you for of her mother, toward whom Miss whatever amount they believed Manners appreciates your sensitiv- that you owed? Miss Manners cannot help noticing that while insulting you for your present, the family still accepted it. No response to them from you is necessary. Ever again.

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Manners pick one from column A and one from column B? From A, she would pick being a respectful daughter, but not changing merely because of the criticism; from B, saying just “Thank you,” but not hoping to re-educate your mother. Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

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Beautifully finished office space is available in the Taku Building at 309 Main Street. This historic building is the first L.E.E.D. certified green building in Yukon. It features state of the art heat and ventilation, LAN rooms, elevator, bike storage, shower, accessibility and more.

Call 867-333-0144 3-BDRM 2-BATH in Takhini, garage, N/S, N/P,avail July 1, $1,650/mon. + utils. 334-6510

All shares for complete ownership offered at $990,000. Call Leigh at 867-633-4136 for details.

4-BDRM DUPLEX, Porter Creek, fenced, newly renoʼd, avail Aug 1, dd&refs reqʼd, min 1-yr lease, responsible tenants only, $1,700/mon + utils. 334-9557 BACHELOR SUITE, Riverdale, newly renoʼd, walk-out basement, cooking range, w/d, microwave, fridge, N/P, N/S, no parties, $1,200 incl heat & elec. 587-438-7776 3-BDRM + bsmt, Hillcrest, furnished, storage/gym, N/S, dog considered, refs & dd reqʼd, 9-mon lease (Sept 1), then monthly, winter wood supplied, $1,900/mon + utils. Contact Hillcrestrental_33@hotmail.com

2.5 BDRM main floor legal suite, Riverdale, stove, fridge, laundry facility hook-up, close to schools/hospital, $1,450/mon + utils (approx $290/mon) + dd of $1,450. 667-2452 BOTTOM FLOOR of house, Mile 2 Mayo Rd by Takhini River, lg living room, 2-bdrms, kitchen & bath, N/S, $900/mon + 1/2 utils. Peter 633-5461 ROOM, RIVERDALE, $650/mon utilities incl, N/P. Rick at 332-6030 for info NEW CABIN, 600 sq ft, propane stove and fridge, wood stove for heat, currently no running water, $550/mon. 334-4473 2-BDRM SUITE, Riverdale, W/D, laminate floors, close to bus/grocery, N/P, N/S, $1,300/mon incl utils. 333-9948 3-BDRM 2-BATH house, large deck, 700 sqft per floor, oil/elec/wood heat, refs reqʼd, N/S, N/P, $1,600/mon + utils. 335-8815

2-BDRM CONDO, downtown, elevator, heat water floor heating, no shared walls, 2 units per floor, deck, wheelchair access, humidifier, intercom, fan, bsmt storage, $312,000. 250-716-6190, email hanasaly.czca@gmail.com 2-BDRM CABIN, Tagish, Sidney Str, Lot 12, blue siding, electric ready to hook up, gd location, 5 minutes to bridge for fishing, serious inquiries only. Delphine 780-926-1966 1850-SQFT RANCHER. 2-bdrm + den, 2 kitchens, wood/tile floors, new windows, propane, wood stove, well, new septic, garage, cabin, fenced. Beautiful 4.9 acres, Hot Springs Rd. Serious purchasers only. 668-2972 7.5 ACRES of land close to KM 1462 Alaska Hwy on South Side. 2 parcels to chose from, close to power & phone. Treed & slopes slightly, $159,500. 633-4822 LARGE LOG 5-bdrm home in Watson Lake by airport, $169,900, reduced, must sell, see www.propertysold.ca for more details, ID 3601, best offer takes it. 780-628-4722

OFFICE/RETAIL SPACE, downtown Ogilvie St, wheelchair access, 1,350 sqft, reasonable rent, 667-7144

3-BDRM + bsmt, Hillcrest, furnished, storage/gym, N/S, dog considered, refs & dd reqʼd, 9-mon lease (Sept 1), then monthly, winter wood supplied, $1,900/mon + utils. Contact Hillcrestrental_33@hotmail.com

1-BDRM BSMT suite, Porter Creek, avail July 15 or Aug 1, full bath, washer/dryer, close to bus route, N/S, N/P, $1,000/mon + plus deposit, heat & light incl. 456-7729

1-BDRM NEW apt, Riverdale, avail Aug 1, utils included, laundry facilities, N/P, no parties, responsible tenant, $1,200/mon. 668-5558

2-BDRM SPLIT level basement apt, Riverdale, lots of windows, N/S, N/P, w/d, sep ent, $1,250/mon, heat & hot water incl. Natalie or Chris 633-6331

3-BDRM 1-BATH mobile home, Benchmark Trailer Park, quiet, well managed, no dogs, asking $149,900 + GST. 334-4174

2-BDRM 2-BATH energy efficient single level townhouse, 1,000 sqft, Ingram, $1,500/mon. 333-0383

2 CABINS, solar & wood, carports, 1-bdrm greenbelt, Whitehorse, $550/mon, July 15, long term. 332-8899 or 689-2017

ROOM ON ranch close to Whitehorse, rent negotiable in exchange for helping on ranch, country living, room for your horse, own transportation reqʼd. email: raftera@northwestel.net 667-7844

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BAKERY AND lodge on 5 acres, close to Alaska border, moving out of Canada. 867-862-7047

1-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, quiet location, wood heat, use of garden & sunroom, N/S, responsible tenants, $800/mon inclusive. 633-2455

2-BDRM APT, Riverdale, resonsible tenant, N/P, no parties, big balcony, heat, lights & water incl, avail Aug. 1, $1,400/mon. 668-5558

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871

2-ROOM SUITE, Granger, lg yard, private ent, storage room, laundry, parking, satellite TV incl, N/S, avail Jul 1, $1,095/mon incl utils. 633-4715

3-BDRM 1-BATH, Riverdale, N/P, N/S, dd reqʼd, avail Aug 1, $1,600/mon. Richard 336-0125 or 668-2998

3-BDRM 1.5-BATH condo, Riverdale, oil heating, energy-efficient, front-yard patio, large backyard patio, large detached, yard house, Theresa (807)-629-1705

3-BDRM 2-BATH condo, Porter Creek, N/P, N/S, refs&dd reqʼd, avail July 16, $1,700/mon + utils. 335-5248 2-BDRM MAIN flr, Riverdale, avail Aug 1, N/S, N/P, $1,400/utils. 335-3660

SHARES FOR SALE Location, Location, Location Alro Properties Ltd. owns free and clear 2 office buildings in Whitehorse - The PROF. BUILDING at 2099 2nd Avenue & The SELWYN BLOCK on 4th Avenue. This is a thriving office rental business at a very low price.

1-BDRM BASEMENT suite with outside access, Porter Creek, pellet stove, washer/dryer, electric, oil, basic cable & water incl, N/P, no parties, $1,050/mon. 335-6944

FULLY FURNISHED room, clean Copper Ridge home, avail Sept 17, single bed, dresser, desk, bookcases, utils, cable & wifi incl, close to grocery/bus, $600/mon. 456-7855

2-BDRM 1-BATH bungalow house, downtown, laundry facilities, N/S, N/P, $1,500/mon + utils + $1,500 dd. 336-0125 3-BDRM 1-BATH top floor of log house, Annie Lake Rd, private entrance, W/D, wood heat, pet friendly, $1050/month. 334-8271 3-BDRM 1-BATH top floor of log house, Annie Lake Rd, private entrance, W/D, wood heat, pet friendly, $1050/month. 334-8271 3-BDRM 2-BATH upper floor of house & garage, Riverdale, very neat & clean, close to park, N/S, long term only, avail Aug. 1, $1,800/mon. 456-7397 1-BDRM LEGAL suite, Takhini, sep ent & parking, w/d, avail July 15, N/P, N/S, $1,000/mon. 335-5898 SHOP DOWNTOWN, 118 Copper Road, 40X45 with top office, waste oil furnace, fenced in yard. $2,000/mon plus utils. Days 633-2043 ask for Al, after 6pm 633-6379

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE year-round, professional, non-smoking, non-partying, mature female, offering unequalled care for pets, plants, yards, and house. References. Call Tracy 334-2882 ALPINE BAKERYʼS guest cook Michael Mishka is looking for a house to house-sit in a central location July 19-Aug 5 & Aug 16 to end of October, refs available. 668-6871

Real Estate PRIME REAL estate, 32 acres between Mayo Village and Band, less than $9,999 per acre, $299,000.00. 333-9627 CABIN, FOX Lake water front, main bdrm main floor, large sleeping loft, solar/wind power, propane fridge, stove, Lights, partially furnished, $249,900, call 867-633-5540 4-BDRM HOUSE on 7 acres. Large separate shop. Beautiful location looking SSW at Kluane Mountains near Haines Junction. Great for a B&B or outfitters, $510,000. See Property Guys #143516. 867-336-1870

RIVERDALE LOT, 100x50, new water/sewer services, south-facing backyard, alley, 3-mins to trails, quiet street, 21 McQuesten, 2nd floor views, $169,900. wallymaltz@mac.com

TRAILER, #35 Takhini Trailer Court, on sale as is for $39,000. 334-5794 HALF-ACRE PROPERTY, fenced 3 sides w/gate, no service to property but goes by property, next to Matco, currently in use collecting $500/mon, located in McCrae, $139,000. 333-0717 BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH BUNGALOW, four years old, Sunshine Coast. Low yard maintenance, low running costs, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, ocean & mountain views. Information and pictures, 604.485.8321 REDUCED TO $279,000, 3-bdrm 2-bath condo, 1,742 sq ft, Porter Ridge, Porter Creek, many upgrades, built-in vac, French door fridge, double sink vanity, etc, built in 2012, one owner. 334-3978 3-BDRM HOUSE w/2-bdrm suite, Granger, separate paved driveway & entrance, great revenue or quality family home, $385,000. 633-4778

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YUKON NEWS 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

5 PLASTIC drums, black, $40 ea. 456-4755 GLASS ENTRANCE door, metal frame, used, steel tracks for 5th wheel hitch, basic cash register. 667-7144 MANFROTTO VIDEO Head and Tripod: Manfrotto Video Head (504HD) with 3-section Carbon Fiber Tripod (MPRO 535) and nylon carry case (MBAG100PN). Like-new condition. $900. 667-6472

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The successful candidate will be responsible for accurate and timely data entry as well as a wide range of administrative duties. This person must be a team player with exceptional customer service skills, solid English grammar, have attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast paced deadline driven environment. Black Press is an internationally recognized newspaper/publishing group with more than 170 publications across Canada and the United States. If you possess strong time management skills, have a sharp wit, and a responsible work ethic, please submit your resume with a cover letter to: Stephanie Newsome, Operations Manager, Yukon News 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4 Or email to stephanien@yukon-news.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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Accounts Payable Clerk Regular Full Time Employment | Salary: $48,617.15 - $56,875.19 Location: Haines Junction The Accounts Payable (A/P) Clerk is directly responsible for performing data entry and related duties in disbursing non-payroll accounts payable to individuals, suppliers, corporations, and other entities. This includes maintaining ledgers, credit balances, and account irregularities. The A/P Clerk will also ensure the timely and accurate processing of payment documents such as purchase orders, travel reimbursements, stipends, and any other accounting transactions related to A/P management. This position involves diplomatic interaction to provide billing information and support in order to facilitate daily bank reconciliations. Performs other duties as required. Education and Experience: Successful completion of High School – Grade 12; with successful completion of post-secondary course work in accounting, word processing and computerized accounting programs such as ACCPAC Accounts Payable, Receivables, Payroll, General Ledger and Excel or an equivalent combination of training and work experience. CAFN’s Human Resources Policy will apply. For complete job description please check the CAFN website at http://www.cafn.ca/jobs.html or contact below.

401 MAIN STREET Whitehorse, Yukon info@townmountain.com

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT to start training for your work-at-home career today! WANTED Welders, labourers and those familiar with steel work for tank projects in NWT and Nunavut 3-4 weeks in, one week out Must not be afraid of heights Criminal Record check required, however a criminal record does not eliminate you as a Candidate. Must be in good shape, pass a medical. Above costs paid for. Fax Resume to: (780) 449-0001 FRISKY FRESH FISH is looking for young, energic, self-motivated individuals with experience in retail and food service. Positions in Whitehorse and Carcross. Please send resumes to friskyfreshfish@gmail.com OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR NEEDED Experience in AP/AR an asset Full time Email resume to: lechefmichel@yahoo.com WANTED: FEMALE BOARDER in exchange for assisted living for person with some mobility issues. Prefer a person with some previous experience and skills for assisted living. Full details will be explained with phone interview. Please only apply if you have previous experience. Call 867-334-4080 THE SALMON Arm Curling Centre in British Columbia, is accepting applications for Head Ice Technician. Successful applicant starts mid August for 2014/2015 season. Preference Level 2 certification or better, with ice making experience. Position includes ice installation, care/maintenance throughout season and year-end removal, along with some facility care duties. Season normally runs from first week of September to March. A competitive wage based on experience is being offered. Send resumes/questions directly to President, Salmon Arm Curling Centre, Darcy Seghers dsrenos@telus.net.

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 BASIC OLDER cash register, $150. 667-7144

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

Short Term Workers Required

2014 General Assembly Workers CAFN Government is calling out to CAFN Citizens who are interested in submitting their names for a variety of on-going short-term work. CAFN Citizens are encouraged to submit their name into any of the various positions listed here. You will be required to submit an updated resume with copies of any and all certification where applicable. 2014 General Assembly workers will be chosen from these lists.

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HR Dept. will not be responsible to submit anyone’s name via a phone call or email instruction. Each applicant will be responsible to submit an updated resume and copies of all updated certificates. HR Department must ensure that all paperwork is updated and current certificates on file are current for each applicant. CAFN Citizens who do not have all the required certificates will be given the opportunity to get the required certification within six months to be eligible to have their name stand on the list. CAFN’s Human Resources Policy will apply. Application deadline: CAFN Citizens names can be added to any of the above lists at any time as long as they can verify their certification for the particular job area. SEND APPLICATIONS AND/OR RESUMES TO: Human Resource Officer, Champagne & Aishihik First Nations Fax: (867) 634-2108 | Phone: (867) 634-4244 Email: jgraham@cafn.ca

Application deadline: 4:30 p.m. on July 21, 2014 SEND APPLICATIONS AND/OR RESUMES TO: Human Resource Officer, Champagne & Aishihik First Nations Fax: (867) 634-2108 | Phone: (867) 634-4244 Email: jgraham@cafn.ca

Kluane First Nation JOB OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER Permanent, Full-Time Position, LT4 Level - $47,356 - $55,383 per annum based on 70 hours bi-weekly

OVERVIEW: Under the direction of the Social Services Manager, this position supports individuals and families with achieving wellness goals through outreach, education and activities that assist with improving the overall wellbeing of KFN citizens and the community at large.

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EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Diploma and/or CertiďŹ cate in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work or minimum 2 years equivalent combination of education and experience in a care ďŹ eld is required, including knowledge and experience working in a First Nation cross-cultural and team environment.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Working with clients in severe distress due to residential or other past trauma encounters. s #ROSS CULTURAL AWARENESS OR EXPERIENCE IN A CROSS CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT s #OMPUTER SKILLS s &IRST AID CERTIlCATE OR WILLINGNESS TO OBTAIN s #RIMINAL 2ECORDS #HECK s 6ALID #LASS 9UKON $RIVER S ,ICENCE To be considered for this position, please submit your resume by July 11, 2014, in conďŹ dence: careers@kfn.ca Thank you for your interest in working with Kluane First Nation; only qualiďŹ ed candidates will be contacted.


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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 DIESEL OIL stove, new, gravity fed, 32,000BTU, perfect for camp, shop, greenhouse, with fuel line, $950. 334-5214

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REBAR INSTALLERS NEEDED 24 HOUR CONCRETE GRAIN SILO FORM POUR NORTH VANCOUVER (accommodations provided)

Be part of a landmark project, recognized throughout Vancouver, then Come back to grow with us at LMS Reinforcing Steel Group! Our City infrastructure could not be built without experienced professionals like YOU! Project Duration: Monday, July 21st - Monday, July 28th, 2014 Number of Vacancies: 50 Requirements: Looking for DEPENDABLE and HARD working professionals who can commit to: seven (7) to eight (8) straight days (Monday to Monday) of twelve (12) hour shifts (see below for either Days OR Nights). Shifts: 1) Day = 7am to 7pm; OR 2) Night = 7pm to 7am (premium rate paid) BeneĹľts: • Accommodation (if you reside out of North Vancouver area) • Meals provided (During shifts) • Completion Bonus (if all 7 days of 12 hour shift is completed). Application requirements: Send your Letter of intent/interest and point form Resume (outlining your previous experience & transferable skills) and preferred shift (Day or Night) via: careers@lmsgroup.ca OR Fax: 604.572.6139 – Quote: “SILOJuly2014â€? in the subject line.

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We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those who clearly outline the application requirements above will be contacted toward future screening.

ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Are you looking for volunteer opportunities? Please check www.volunteeryukon.ca to find more volunteer opportunities.

Little Footprints Big Steps Administrative Support You can make a difference to the children and families in Haiti that Little Footprints Big Steps International Development Organization works with - right from Whitehorse! If you have a couple of hours a month to spare, we would love to have your assistance taking minutes at Board meetings, helping online research for grants, etc... You will make a difference. You will be part of a grassroots, Yukon founded, internationally impacting organization.

Our work in Haiti includes advocacy and rescue of the most vulnerable – children from the streets, from corrupt orphanages and from abusive, enslaved situations. See more at www. littlefootprintsbigsteps.com and on our Facebook page: Little Footprints, Big Steps. Staff position that will supervise the volunteers: Board of Directors, karenwienberg@gmail.com

Secretary to the Friends of McIntyre Creek Board, Volunteer Opportunity Task description: Responsible for taking the minutes, producing the minutes and keep a record for anyone to review. Respond in writing to anyone bringing issues to the Board’s attention. Responsible for email correspondence to and from the Board. Skills needed: Minutes taking skills, organization, ability to use email. Responsibilities: As above, and maintain records. Time commitment: A minimum of 3 hours a month attending monthly meeting,

preparing and distributing minutes, and monitoring email, and regular mail. Incentive for the volunteer: The opportunity to be part of a group dedicated to the creation of a park along the length of the McIntyre Creek, from the mountains to the river. Education at various times throughout the year with various workshops, and events. Staff position that will supervise the volunteer: Reporting to the Board. Dorothy (President) (867) 633-3771 friendsofmcintyre@gmail.com

Kluane First Nation JOB OPPORTUNITY ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR Permanent F/T L5- $40,331- $45,354 (Public Works & Housing Department) Reporting to the Director of Public Works & Housing, the Administrative Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative support to both the Public Works and Housing Department and coordinate all departmental administrative procedures.

ACCOUNTABILITIES: s !SSISTING WITH ALL 0UBLIC 7ORKS (OUSING ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES s 0ROVIDING RECEPTION DUTIES INCLUDING RECEIVING MESSAGES AND COORDINATING REQUESTS FOR WORK ORDERS AND SERVICE s !SSIST WITH CREATING A WIDE VARIETY OF CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS s %NSURING MANUAL AND COMPUTERIZED lLLING AND DATABASE ARE MAINTAINED AND KEPT CURRENT s !SSISTING WITH ANNUAL BUDGETS AND WORK PLANS s -AINTAINING PERSONAL RECORDS AND PREPARE TIMESHEETS AND STAFF TRAVEL CLAIMS s %NSURE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROCESSES ARE MET s !SSISTING WITH NEW PROGRAM AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING s 7ORK TOGETHER WITH +&. &INANCE IN PREPARING BILLING FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE s !SSIST WITH RESEARCHING AND PREPARING FUNDING PROPOSALS INVOICING

QUALIFICATIONS: s 2ELATED EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE IN OFlCE ADMINISTRATION WITH COURSE WORK IN A VARIETY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS 7ORD %XCEL AND 0OWER -INIMUM 'RADE REQUIRED s -UST HAVE PROlCIENT COMPUTER SKILLS ON -3 /FlCE SUITE OF PROGRAMS s !CCOUNTING EXPERIENCE IS CONSIDERED AN ASSET s 4RAINING IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT WORK PLANS BUDGETS s !BILITY TO RESEARCH ANALYSE AND CREATE A WIDE VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS and information.

CONDITIONS/QUALIFICATIONS: s 6ALID #LASS $RIVER S ,ICENSE s %XCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS

You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.

QualiďŹ ed candidates can submit their resume to: careers@kfn.ca BY July 11, 2014. 4HANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST ONLY QUALIlED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED Community Services

14X16X6' TENT, new, no frame, rear chimney, 2-zipper door, 2 windows, $1,200. 334-8335 TORIN FLOOR jack, 2 1/2 ton, new cond, $40. 334-8318 MENĘźS VASQUE hiking boots, size 10.5 or 11, 667-7144 LARGE 667-7144

O U T D O O R air conditioner,

WOOD STOVE, 2ʟX2ʟ, c/w 14ʟ pipe insulate, $400. 867-862-7047 CAN THE FELLOW who has my 6 John Lyons VHS videos come forward and call me. I have lost your number. Call Deb at 333-0744 STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca GYPSY WAGON on 16ʟ flat trailer, unfinished, make me an offer. 456-4755 JACK LALAINE power juicer elite mod #MT-1066, good cond, $50. 633-2106 after 5pm TRAILWOOD OVEN & 2 burners, camping stove, new, never used, $200. 456-4755 PORTABLE BBQ with full 20 lb tank, $30. 633-3053 HEAVY BARBEQUE, 6ʟ long, 2ʟ diameter, $800. 862-7047 SECURE METAL shed, 5ʟX5ʟ, good cond, $1,500. 867-862-7047 2 ALUMINUM boxes, 19"L x 16" W x 16"H w/seats and backrests, 1 Aluminum box, 24"L x 25"W x 16"H w/seat, $ 190. 668-6808 HOOD FOR argo, new, half price, misc bearings & seals, drive belt & drive chain, all new. 334-6101 EQUALIZER HITCH, heavy duty, $250, portable torch kit c/w spare oxy bottle, only used twice, $400. 334-6101 20ʟX16ʟ STELCO steel corrugated culvert, new, $250. ykstuff@yahoo.ca 2 PLASTIC water tanks, never used, 3ʟHX2.5ʟWX5ʟL, $400 ea. LARGE FOUNTAIN corner type made in Australia, used only 2 seasons. Cost $2,500, asking $1,500. A must see item. Beautiful in a greenhouse or garden. 335-8815 50ʟ TOWER for wind generator or communications, 24" wide, all steel, very strong, on my trailer, ready to go, $1,500 obo. 335-8815 WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE sawmill, 125 hrs, 18 HP, gas, LT28, on wheels w/power feed option, 12 spare blades, Runs & works very well. Cost $17,000 + shipping. Asking $12,000. 335-8815 SAW MILL, 36� blade w/gas motor, can cut up to 30' long beams or boards. Needs a new home to build, $1,800 obo. 335-8815 STEEL BUILDINGS...SUMMER MELTDOWN SALE! 20X20 $5,419. 25X26 $6,485. 30X30 $8,297. 32X34 $9,860. 40X48 $15,359. 47X68 $20,558. Front & Back Wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca SZ 20P pants, 17 pairs of pants, dress, capri, shorts & yoga pants, exc cond, $100 firm. 668-5154 SHOP RIDER, redone, battery charger, new tires, $3,500 obo. 334-6043 BLUE RAY movies, $10 ea, regular movies, $5 ea, power tools. 334-6043 BLACK TV stand, glass doors, $50 obo; white microwave oven, $50 obo; 2 lg wooden trunks both w/locks, $75 obo. 393-3113 TINY HOUSE on trailer, 144 sqft main + 72 loft with dormers, quality, bright, charming, healthy, R-30 sheepwool insulation, Incinolet, shower, Bosch on-demand hotwater, propane F/P, $69,900. wallymaltz@mac.com SZ 18P pants, 24 pairs of pants: dress, capri, shorts & yoga, $120 firm. 668-5154 KITE ARC 630, never used, make an offer, 633-2236 PLAY STATION 2 with 10 games, $50. 633-4827 GARRET ELECTRONICS, 4-coil metal locator w/case, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 ITALERI 667-7144

3-AXLE canvas trailer, $25.

FREE BBQ to give away. works, has side burner, lots of cooking surface, 334-2693 EARLIER MODEL car kits, $10 ea, 5 for $40. 667-7144 SPILSBURY TINDALL SBX-11 2-way radio w/antenna, $500. 332-6565 ANTIQUE TREADLE sewing machine, $425 obo. 668-4240


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MODEL TRAIN track, accessories, etc. 667-7144

Job Posting

AIR NORTH shares, 668-2972 MCPHAR MOD. TV-A1 spectrometer w/case, exc shape, cost over $6,000, offers. 332-6565 TROYBUILT RIDE-ON lawn mower, c/w triple bagger, 54" cut, 26hp, exc cond, $1,000. 633-6920 2 SHANIA Twain tickets for July 10 Calgary stampede, 5 rows from main stage, $650 obo. Call/txt 335-5945 80 WATT Sharp solar panels, 7 years old, very good shape, amperage rating 4.63 amps (max). $200 ea or $350 for 2. Randy @ 867-399-4478 (Tagish) BUTTON MAKING Kit (PIN Back), $20. 335-7711 THULE QUEST, soft-sided cargo carrier, $40. 456-7758 FULL SIZE pick-up truck boat rack, good cond, $400. 336-0667 CHIMNEY PIECE, two 3ʟ sections & rain cap, 6� inside diameter, $50 ea obo. 456-4926 HOUSEHOLD W I R E , 3-conductor, 14-gauge, min 75ʟ (probably more), call after 5pm. 633-2106 ALUMINUM FLOATS, will make barge or dock, complete with frame, new. 333-0192 SKID SHACKS, 10' x 20', new, finished but no wiring and finishing plumbing, Arctic insulation. 333-0192 TREADMILL, GREAT condition, selling due to lack of space, $200 obo. 335-6343 MENʟS BLACK leather jacket, size L, $60. 633-5324 FLOOR DRILL press, $75; steel scrap pieces & tubing. 668-6931 HANDI-CAP SCOOTER, Dawson City, Invicare Meteor, 440lb capacity, 4-wheel, in exc shape, $1400 obo, call George @ 334-3555 in Whse RIDGID 918 Hydraulic Roll Groover c/w 2"-12" rollers, like new, $1,800 obo. 667-7844 or raftera@northwestel.net for info/pics MEAT GRINDER, 1/2hp, c/w various dies and sausage stuffer, like new, $800 obo, 667-7844 or email raftera@northwestel.net

Project Coordinator

Engaging Men to End Violence Against Women (men are encouraged to apply)

Task Description s #OORDINATE THE BILINGUAL PROJECT %NGAGING -EN TO %ND 6IOLENCE !GAINST WOMEN s /RGANIZE TRAIN THE TRAINER WORKSHOPS IN 7HITEHORSE $AWSON #ITY AND 7ATSON ,AKE s 3UPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 7HITE 2IBBON 9UKON s 7ORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 9UKON 7OMEN S GROUPS #OALITION s )MPLEMENT AN EVALUATION OF THE 0ROJECT

Education, Experience & Skills required: s 0OST SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE OR RELATED lELD OR COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE s %XCELLENT OUTREACH CAPACITY WITH A DIVERSE PUBLIC s %XPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT s +NOWLEDGE OF ISSUES FACING 9UKON WOMEN s +NOWLEDGE OR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN ABOUT &RENCH COMMUNITY IN MINORITY SETTING s +NOWLEDGE OR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF 9UKON &IRST .ATIONS s 3TRONG ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Electrical Appliances CROSLEY ELECTRIC clothes dryer, works great, $100. 335-7711 SAMSUNG HIGH efficiency top load 5.2 cu.ft washer, 7.4 cu.ft dryer, both have 5-yr extended warranty, bought in May for $1,598, selling for $1,298. 633-2448 FREEZER, MEDIUM size, $100. 335-6042 lv msg KITCHEN STOVE, working cond, 4 burners & oven, $50 obo. 633-2106 after 5pm DRYER, HARDLY used, exc working cond, $200. 335-6042 lv msg

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS MRX 500 JBL speakers, 800 watts, total rms, $600. 667-7055 2 BELL satellite receivers w/remotes, good cond, $60. 334-8318 42� FLAT screen TV, $400, tall corner unit entertainment centre, $100. 633-4707 32� RCA TV, free for you to pick up. 633-2093 20� TV with DVD, like new, 334-9593 WOODEN TV stand with shelves, $20. 633-4827 32� TUBE TV, exc cond, $25. 633-4827 FREE TV stand, measuring 48" H, 49" W, 17" deep, pick-up only. 335-2223

Job Title: Business Development Manager Position Type: Full Time Description: Named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 8 years in a row, DRIVING FORCE Vehicle Rentals, Sales and Leasing requires a customer oriented individual to join our Business Development Team to focus on the Yukon/ NWT region. Reporting to the Executive Manager, the successful candidate will work with integrity and respect to exceed our customer’s expectations. Duties will include but are not limited to: ‡ 3URVSHFWLQJ QHWZRUNLQJ DQG JHQHUDWLQJ QHZ EXVLQHVV IRU '5,9,1* )25&( Vehicle Rentals, Sales and Leasing and Klondike Motors Inc., a General Motors dealership. ‡ 1HWZRUN ZLWK FXUUHQW FXVWRPHU EDVH WR PDLQWDLQ DQG LQFUHDVH EXVLQHVV and referrals ‡ &UHDWH VKRUW WHUP DQG ORQJ WHUP IRUHFDVWV JRDOV DQG REMHFWLYHV ‡ $VVLVW EXVLQHVV GHYHORSPHQW WHDP LQ RYHUDOO HIIRUW RI LQFUHDVHG VDOHV 4XDOL¿FDWLRQV ‡ 0LQLPXP RI \HDUV EXVLQHVV PDQDJHPHQW H[SHULHQFH DXWRPRWLYH H[SHULHQFH DQ DVVHW ‡ $ UHSXWDWLRQ IRU GHOLYHULQJ YDOXH E\ FRQVLVWHQWO\ H[FHHGLQJ FXVWRPHUVœ H[SHFWDWLRQV Please forward a letter of interest and resume to: Human Resources 6XLWH $ $YHQXH (GPRQWRQ $% 7 6 0 )D[ ( PDLO KU#GULYLQJIRUFH FD )D[ ( PDLO KU#GULYLQJIRUFH FD

&ULL TIME POSITION HOURS PER WEEK $URATION !UGUST TH TO -ARCH ST 3ALARY HOUR $ETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST 3END YOUR RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER IN %NGLISH OR &RENCH WRYUKON GMAIL COM BEFORE *ULY TH 4EL

Be a part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energe c, progressive organiza on. We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

CANNING JARS, assorted sizes, baker's rack & assorted kitchen/household items. 456-7880 after 6:30

10' AND 12' new heavy duty butterfly valves for pipe or hose, suction hose to fit also available. 333-0192

Job Posting: WH-2014-06-27

Conditions:

2-PC RAIN suit by Columbia, youth size L, exc shape, dark blue, $30. 456-7880

ROLLAWAY COT, $40, 5-shelf bookcase 12�deepX23�wideX72�high, $40, Kenmore white microwave, $15. 668-6079 or 336-1763

Job Opportunity

Local Delivery Driver Pacific Northwest Freight Systems is currently looking for a full me local delivery driver to serve the Whitehorse area. Responsibili es: • Working Monday to Friday, you will deliver a wide variety of products to dierent addresses, via various routes. Willingness to work the occasional weekend is a must. • Follow route and me schedule • Load, unload, prepare, inspect and operate delivery vehicle • Collect payments • Fill in logs and reports • Follow safety regula ons and standards Qualifica ons: • Class 3 license with air (Class 1 license a definite asset), with clean abstract • Must be physically fit, capable of li ing up to 75 lbs. • Forkli experience • Able to work both in a team environment and unsupervised • Excellent organiza onal and me management skills • Good communica on skills We oer: • Team atmosphere where sta are valued and appreciated • Excellent well maintained equipment and facili es • Compe ve industry wage rates with annual review • Group benefits plan • Opportuni es for learning, advancement, personal growth, and challenge How to Apply: Please email resumes to lance@pnwgroup.ca or call Norm or Lance at 667-2050. We would like to thank all candidates in advance for their interest in this posi on, however only those being considered will be contacted. Applica ons are being accepted un l Friday, July 11, 2014.

Our commitment is to be an impar al, eec ve and eďŹƒcient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Haines Junc on Designated OďŹƒce Permanent, Part- me 40 hours biweekly

This posi on oers a salary of $26.30 per hour. Located in Haines Junc on, this posi on reports to the Manager, Designated OďŹƒce and is responsible for providing recep on and administra ve support to the sta of the Designated OďŹƒce. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work independently in a confiden al environment, with frequent interrup ons, and their ability to mul -task and priori ze their workload while maintaining a posi ve a tude with both co-workers and the public. Applicants must have experience with Microso Outlook, Word, Excel and Access. If you feel you have the qualifica ons and desire to meet the challenges of this posi on please forward a cover le er and resume outlining how your experience and qualifica ons relate directly to the posi on. A job descrip on is available at the Haines Junc on Designated OďŹƒce, 100 Steele Street, Haines Junc on YESAB Head OďŹƒce, Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca. Please submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes must be received by July 20, 2014.


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YUKON NEWS KAWAI PIANO, black, made in Japan in the 1970s, bargain price, height 52"/131cm, width 59"/150cm, depth 26"/66cmm, $1,600. 336-2502

Computers & Accessories LEXAR PRO Compact Flash Reader ExpressCard PCLe Interface, $35. 667-6472

Firewood

SONNET TEMPO SATA PRO, 2 port expresscard/34 expansion card, $35. 667-6472 SEAGATE 1.5 TB External hard drive, still in box, $60, 633-2093

LOOKING FOR 3-yr seasoned firewood, willing to purchase, call David 332-8327

2 SATELLITE phones GSP-1600 Tri-Mode, c/w 3 x 110 V chargers, 2 extra batteries, 2 hard cases, works exc, $160. 668-6808

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276

Musical Instruments

Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ $250 per cord (2 cords or more) ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ You-cut and you-haul available ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery

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 RED FENDER Squire Strat, solid body, pristine condition, don't use it enough, beautiful sound, great guitar, $150. 867-634-2350 BEAUTIFUL 5-STRING right-handed banjo, strummed a handful of times, great cond, $400, obo, 334-4092 for details

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

DRY STANDING PINE For sale 668-3534

AYA (AGUIRRE y Aranzabal) 12-gauge shotgun, vg to exc cond, to trade for similar cond/quality 16 gauge sxs. 633-2443

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed Approximately 20-cord logging truck loads $150 per cord Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894

Bowtech Compound Bows for sale. New with warranty, free set up and tuning. Carbon Arrows from $75 a doz. Montec BHʼs $35. Will ship. martin@swampdonkeyoutdoors.ca Martin Tinney Ph: 780-720-8357 http://www.swampdonkeyoutdoors.ca

Donʼs Firewood “Service thatʼs often copied, never duplicated” 1/2 - 4 cord deliveries Kwanlin Dun & Social Services $250 per cord 393-4397 anytime

BENELLI NOVA 28" pump action 12ga 3 1/2 chamber camo. Interchangeable chokes, great cond, $500. 867-634-2559 RUGER MINI 14 223 target matte stainless 22” heavy barrel, 3 mags, scope, exc cond, 2 boxes ammo, $750. 333-0087

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

WANTED: IMR 4831 & IMR 3031. 633-3738

Wanted WANTED: IF you have any wild meat or fish in your freezer I will take it off your hands, even dog food type, Josef 335-2300 WANTED: CARING individuals who would like to join our team of volunteers, training will be provided. Contact Cst. Philip Whiles at Philip.Whiles@rcmp-grc.gc.ca for more info

Guns & Bows MasterCard

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

Murdoch’s is seeking a

Full-time

Receiver Please apply in person with resume to

207 Main Street

Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS BRAZILIAN MAUSER in 8mm Mauser, nice hand made hardwood stock, bedded and floated, recent refinish of whole rifle, sights & rings, $300 firm, PAL req'd, 667-2276 VIVITAR (CAMERA lens company) scope, fixed 4-power scope with rings, duplex cross-hair reticle, exc cond, $75. 633-2443 LEE ENFIELD No. 1 Mk III, 303 British, sporterized, very nice bluing, good bore, scope rail instead of rear sight, 10 rd mag, $300 firm. PAL reqʼd. 667-2276

Whitehorse – Fort Nelson Switches Pacific Northwest Freight Systems is currently looking for a long haul driver to serve the Whitehorse – Fort Nelson Switches. Responsibili es: • Transport goods and materials over long distances and obtain necessary documents to transport goods • Load and unload cargo • Ensure cargo is secured properly and compliant with safety requirements • Follow safety procedures for transpor ng hazardous goods • Perform pre-trip, en-route and post-trip inspec on of vehicle • Record cargo informa on, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel expenditure • Manage bills of lading and maintain log books • Communicate with dispatcher, other drivers and customers • Report any incidents to dispatcher • Follow all appropriate traffic laws • Report serious mechanical problems to the freight managers • Keep truck and associated equipment dy and in good working order Qualifica ons: • Valid Class 1 licence with air, and clean driver’s abstract • Must be physical fit, capable of li ing up to 50 lbs. • Be available to work the occasional weekend • Able to work both in a team environment and unsupervised • Excellent organiza onal and me management skills • Good communica on skills We offer: • Team atmosphere where staff are valued and appreciated • Excellent well maintained equipment and facili es • Compe ve industry wage rates with annual review • Group benefits plan • Opportuni es for learning, advancement, personal growth, and challenge How to Apply: Please email resumes to lance@pnwgroup.ca or call Norm or Lance at 667-2050. We would like to thank all candidates in advance for their interest in this posi on, however only those being considered will be contacted. Applica ons are being accepted un l Friday, July 11, 2014.

2012 HONDA Civic EX, auto, blue w/grey interior, sunroof, low km, city & highway driven, interior in great shape, c/w winter & summer tires, $19,000. 334-5713 2012 NISSAN Versa, black, 6-spd manual, 13,000kms, DC sports intake and exhaust, HID headlights, summer/winter tires on rims, $14,900. 335-7878 2010 HYUNDAI Genesis Coupe 2.0T premium package, 55,000km auto w/sport shift, extended warranty to October 2016, all the options, winter/summer tires, $16,500. 633-5635 2007 DODGE Caliber SXT, 4cyl auto, P/W, P/DL, A/C, cruise, well maintained, c/w mounted winter tires & roof rails, 94,000 km, $9,200. 334-4965 2007 PONTIAC G5, red w/black&grey interior, 67,000kms, mint, $6,500. 667-6185 2007 PONTIAC Grand Prix, silver, loaded, second set of tires, 90,000kms, $6,500 obo. 668-6961 or 332-8918

WANTED: MEDIUM size wood stove for use in green house in good cond. 393-3777

2007 SUBARU Impreza Special Edition, 5-spd, 145,000 km, heated seats, 6-CD changer, summer/winter tires on alloys, sun roof, leather steering wheel/shifter, temp display, fog lights, hitch, $12,000. 335-1426

WANTED: TESLIN frieghter canoe, 336-3383 byrongagne@gmail.com

2000 VW Golf TDI, 238,000kms, c/w spare set of tires, $4,000 obo. 334-8249

WANTED: SOMEONE to bring 3 lash cinches from Valemount, BC, thinking big game guide if anyone can pass on this request, 250-566-1346

2007 TOYOTA Camry Hybrid, 118,000km, exc mileage, Toyota maintained (records available), push-button start, Bluetooth, new brakes & windshield, dual climate, mechanics report, $9,900. 456-7857

WANTED: SOMEONE to teach me Quick Books, call Pret 335-6959 WANTED: USED lawn tractor for a very rough yard so needs to be cheap but working. 867-634-2082 or 867-333-0636 LOOKING FOR one or two tickets for the Atlin Music Festival. Please call 334-2994 and make us happy WANTED: USED wall panelling, 4ʼX8ʼ, even damaged. 633-2837

MOSSBERG 4X4 .30-06, stainless steel barrel & action, synthetic stock, fixed 4 power Bell scope, very good cond, $450 obo. 633-2443

Cars

AMMO, HORNADY 450 Marlin 350 + 325 gr.2, Winchester 300 WSM 180 gr.3, Federal 300 WSM 180 gr, scopes, 2 x Leupold, Vari-X III 2.5-8x40 & VX-3 4.5-14x40. 668-6808

Long Haul Driver

2013 CHEVROLET Cruz, exc cond, power windows, AC, winter/summer tires, selling because heading to school, $19,000 obo. 335-6343

2006 4-SPD auto Chrysler Sebring, P/L, P/W, keyless entry, cruise control, A/C, second row folding seat, exc cond, $7,500 obo. 667-7733 2006 CHRYSLER Sebring, auto, P/L, P/W, keyless entry, cruise control, A/C, blue, exc cond, $5,700 obo. 667-7733 or jenskel@hotmail.com 2006 FORD Mustang 3.8L, V6, burgundy, exc cond, 74,000kms, $6,500 obo. Ken 668-7366 2005 CHRYSLER Sebring convertible, 4-cyl, 75,000 mi, P/S, PDL, P/W, $7,250. 668-6961 or 332-8918 2005 DODGE Neon, 4-dr sedan, great gas mileage, exc cond, 100,000km, blue, $5,700 obo. 667-7733 2005 MONTE Carlo 3.4L, 6-cyl, 77,500kms, auto, P/L, P/W, remote start, extra winter tires on rims, mechanical & body great, $5,000 obo. 667-0407

303 BRITISH, $100. 762X54 R Russian, $150. 12-gauge Winchester pump model 2200, $450. 30-30 Winchester Model 94, 1970 mint cond, $650. 667-6752 or 332-8706

2004 PONTIAC Vibe (like Toyota Matrix), very good cond, dark blue, FWD hatchback, P/L, P/W, 138,000kms, $6,600. 393-2929 2004 TOYOTA Matrix XR 5-spd manual w/ sunroof, good cond, must sell. $5,700 obo. 333-0069

LEE ENFIELD shtle III, 303 British, sporterized wood, very good bore/metal finish, 10 rd mag, sights & scope rings installed, $300 firm, PAL reqʼd. 667-2276

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 2003 TOYOTA Solara, heated leather seats, remote start, original owner, exc cond, 205,000kms, $7,995 obo. 393-2926 or 336-1754 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. v good cond, alloy rims, AWD, 106,000 km on engine, c/w winter tires on rims, $6,800. 393-2929 1996 DODGE Caravan 155,893kms, blue, $1,300 obo. 336-1493 after 3:00 1992 HONDA Civic VX hatchback, red, 50mpg drives straight 5-spd standard, air, good glass & interior, body fair, 328,000k, solid engine, 2-dr, on winters, $1,800. 334-6087 1991 SENTRA Classic, good motor, exceptional interior, good tires, can be delivered, $200. 821-2938

2007 CHEV LS 2500 HD Crew Cab 4X4 short box, 171,000kms, 6.0L V-8, auto, jack & spare, airbag, AC, pwr lock/seat/window/mirror, AM/FM/CD, trailer tow pkg, great shape, $16,000 obo. 633-4311 2005 F-350 4x4 crew cab diesel, short box, good cond, lots of upgrades, $12,000. 334-7373 2003 JEEP Liberty Sport, 4-cyl, 5-spd 4x4, 110,000kms, new windshield, block heater, oil pan heater, battery warmer, nice vehicle, $6,500. 668-7976 2002 DODGE Caravan, V6, 178,000km, white, dual automatic sliding doors, great shape, no damage, winter tires, $2.950 obo. 668-6491

1990 CHEVY Sprint, running, motor needs work, auto, 4-dr, good tires, low mileage, some new parts & other parts, 456-7868

2002 LTD 4-Runner with leather/sunroof, upgraded w/offroad ARB Old Man Emu 3" suspension lift (professionally installed), ARB bumper, brakes, exhaust & tires replaced wipast 18 mon, $9,500 obo. 332-7285

1990 MERCEDES-BENZ 200-Series sedan diesel, manual, mint cond, mechanically superb, great gas mileage, 4 tires on wheels, oil and diesel filters, some accessories, $5,700 obo. 668-6808

2001 CHEVROLET half ton, 4.3 litre, short wheel base regular cab, needs transmission. Best offer. 335-1681

1989 TOYOTA Corolla, $700, 1989 Enticer snowmobile, $300, or $800 for both. 668-7987 1978 GRAND Marquis, all original, body in prime shape, interior in good shape, drive train in good shape, great classic and driver. 668-3229 1972 DODGE Challenger Rallye Coupe, numbers matching car, 340 4-barrel, 4-spd posi, numerous new parts installed plus additional spare parts, $15,800. 334-5578 1965 OLDSMOBILE Starfire convertible, 867-821-3004 1961 CADILLAC Coupe De Ville 2-dr hardtop 48,000 mi, $2,000 obo. Days 633-2043, ask for Al, after 6pm 633-6379

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2001 CHEVROLET Silverado 2500 4x4, super cab short box, 290,000kms, very good cond, recent work done, c/w 5th wheel hook-up, $5,200 obo. 334-8871 2001 MAZDA B 3000, plus cab, 2wd, 220,000+ km, exc cond, 5-spd manual, silver grey, $2,800 obo, also dump storage box, $150. Kevin 633-6953 2000 CHEVY S10 extended cab 2x4 /4 cyclinder w/new auto transmission and lots more, runs great, $2,500 obo. 334-7723 2000 F350 super duty 4 door super cab long box 2-wheel drive, 7.3 diesel, island blue exterior, 157,000kms super clean condition, non-smoking owners, $12,500 obo. 335-3868 2000 RAM 1500 crew cab short box 4X4, auto 5.9L V8, new motor last year, 165 mi on body, 4� lift, Cai Xtraleif shocks, canopy, 12� subs, $7,500. $7,500 obo. 335-8657

1996 DODGE 3500 Dually 12 valve, 5-spd 4x4 ext cab, good cond, $9,600 obo. 332-2452 1994 CHEV diesel 3/4 ton, well maintained, $5,500 obo, 668-2972 1992 DODGE 250 5.9 Cummins diesel dually, gone through from one end to the other, in great shape mechanically & body. 668-3229

2009 DODGE Grand Caravan, Stow nĘź Go, 145,000 kms, new tires & brakes, silver, $9,999 firm. Text/call 867-332-5322 2008 DODGE Ram 4x4, 1/2 ton short box, extended cab, 71,000 km, c/w canopy, $15,000 obo. 456-4241 2008 HONDA Pilot SUV, V6, auto, P/W, P/S, cruise control, A/C, alloy rims, cloth seats, CD/radio, seats 8, 3rd row seating, winterized, no accidents, Honda serviced regularly, $16,500. 334-3352 1998 TOYOTA Tacoma, V4, 4x4, 4" lift w/canopy, roof rack, great cond. 335-4431

TOYOTA ALLOY wheels, fits Tacoma or Tundra, 16X7, retail $490 ea, asking $250 ea or 4 for $900, near new condit, 633-3053 TWO MAGNAGRIP radial HT tires, P215/75 R15, new, $50 ea. 668-6805 JEEP DRIVE-TRAIN, rebuilt 351 Windsor engine with auto trans, $1,000. 667-2046 THULE FRONTIER 668ES rooftop carrier c/w Thule roofrack & hardware, $450. 335-8201 TRUCK/CAR SEAT Recaro Orthopedic, never used, ready for installation, $350 obo. 668-6808 TIRE, CHEV S10, 1990, R15 w/rim, 633-2236 SET OF 4 Motormaster tires, all season, lots of tread, P195/70R 14, $25 ea. 335-7711 WESTIN SPORTSMAN Winch Mount Grill Guard and Westin T-Max 8500lb winch, new, grill guard fits 2005-2014 Toyota Tacoma, bolts to factory frame, no drilling required, $500. 335-7504 3 DODGE vans, Dawson City, 1980's, part of estate, in reasonable shape, 1 running, currently in storage, $100 ea. Call George in Whse 334-3555

WANTED: 2005 Chev Malibu for parts, has to have a good front bumper, n n ran mounts. 390-2313 MISC TIRES w/rims, 2-16�, 1-14�, 4 -13�, 668-6931 or 332-9355 2003 DODGE 3/4 long box 4x4 Cummins 5.9 diesel, rollover, parting out, still have all parts, Ben @ 334-2992 or Ross @ 332-3293 CANOPY FOR 90s Toyota pick-up, windows, good shape, with light, 332-3928

Pets

1991 CHEVY Astro Van, 307,000 km, needs some repairs, $500. 335-7711

2 DOG houses for medium size dogs, one non-insulated for free, one insulated for $50. 335-2223

1990 FORD F250 4-spd manual, comes with canopy, $2,000. 456-4567

GORGEOUS POMERANIANS, 2 Males available, light cream/orange. CKC Registered, microchipped, vax'd & dewormed. Outstanding personalities. Will be very small, so appropriate homes a must, $2,500. 333-9770

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have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

YARD SALE July 26th & 27th t 9:00AM-3:00PM @ the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter parking lot

Any items you wish to donate can be dropped off at the animal shelter during regular hours.

BARBEQUE & FREE Pet Cuddles! Come by and shop for an assortment of household goods and animal equipment. All proceeds go towards the care of our homeless Yukon animals.

Want to set up your own table? You can do that! $25.00 for a 10x10 space, just be sure to take an items that do not sell with you when you leave.

Contact the shelter for further details. ( We will not be able to take the following donations: t #PPLT .BHB[JOFT t *ODPNQMFUF #SPLFO &MFDUSPOJDT t $PTNFUJDT t 'PPE 1SPEVDUT t $MPUIFT 4IPFT t 0MEFS 57T

LOST/FOUND LOST t Crestview, DSH female 6-7 months old, black with white paws, no collar, answers to Boots Contact Sabrina @ 334-9160 (27/06/14). t Burma rd, Siamese, male, black, Contact 3356260 (02/07/14) t Pelly rd, 2-3 years old, DLH, black and brown no collar, answers to Nim, Contact Ducan @ 332-4322. (03/07/14) t Tlingit st, 1-2 yrs old, DSH, Brown tabby, no collar. Contact the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter @ 633-6019 t Downtown, DSH, female spayed, grey and black on top and brown and black spots on the belly has yellow green eyes, no collar answers to Macha Contact Meghan @ 335-2774. (05/07/14)

t Crestview, Blue point Himlyain, neutered male, grey and white, blues eyes, 2 years old, wearing a blue collar, answers to Milo, Contact Tasha @ 667-6019 (08/07/14) t Jeckell street, Tabby, female spayed, very light orange and white, answers to Tigger, Contact Shawna @ 334-2503 ( 08/07/14)

FOUND t Found between Dawson and Stewart husky X, white and black with a curly fluffy tail, female, 7-8 months old no collar, Contact @ Ashley @ 336-4557 (02/07/14) t Falcon, DSH, female, black and white with white on all its paws, no collar, Contact Kethry @ 613857-5989 ( 08/07/14)

RUNNING AT LARGE... If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS

CATS

t 3yr old, neutered male, Akita, grey and white (A.J.) t 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Rottie, black and brown (Tristan)

t None at this time.

AT THE SHELTER DOGS t 7 yr old, female spayed, rottie X, brindle (Daphne) t 1 yr old, female spayed, staffie/labX, black (Peanut) t 2 yr old, spayed female, cream, husky (Darby) t 3 mo old, female, Husky X, Black and White (Monica) t 7 mo old, neutered male, nova scotia duck toller brown and white (Caleb) t 6 mo old, neutered male, lab/husky X, blonde (Sven)

AIA

Hi! I’m Maia. I love cuddling and playing out in the yard. Come on down and say hi soon.

633-6019

MALE NEUTERED cat, 3-yrs old, black & white spots, calm, well behaved, suitable for quiet, responsible owner. 393-2869

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WANTED: ROOF rack for 2009 Toyota Corolla, doesnĘźt have to be pretty, 336-2205

1991 31Ęź school bus, seats removed. Good running order, gas. Suitable for moving, storage, camping or work shop. 633-5155

1977 CLUBWAGON Chateau van, 50,000 original mi, exc engine, 3/4 ton, $1,500. 668-6805

2010 NISSAN X-Terra 4x4, ewsm very good shape, low mileage, good glass, good rubber, 332-3928 lv msg

Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

SET OF 4-Michelin summer tires, 275/65R18, like new, mounted on Custom Strada M01 Chrome wheels from 2007 Ford F150 6-lug, will sell mounted or separate, $1,200 for set. 667-7573

We Sell Trucks!

2010 F150 Supercrew 4X4, $21,000 + GST 2011 F550 Crew Diesel 4X4 flat deck, $41,000 + GST 53Ęź triple axle (inclined) car hauler trailer, $9,500 + GST Range Rider canopies off long box 2010 GMC, $1,000 + GST ea 456-2121

TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box

1997 DODGE D150 1/2 ton, 2wd. SWB, EC, 5.3L auto, immaculate, new tires, shocks, brakes & battery, 190,000kms, no room to park, must go, $3,500 obo. 456-9608 1997 F150, 3-door 4X4 pick-up w/canopy, standard, low mileage, 667-2046

Pet Report

Auto Parts & Accessories

THULE ROOF rack parts, set of 4 feet to fit factory roof racks $120, set of 4 feet and false gutters to fit truck canopy $150. 633-2348 after 7pm

Trucks

2012 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 6L, crew cab, 4X4, 24,000kms, $25,500 obo. 668-6961 or 332-8918

WANTED: SJ410/SAMURAI drive train parts, transmission, transfer case etc. 332-1999

1999 DODGE Ram 1500 Quad Cab, 4x4. 360, 5.9L, white w/white canopy, longbox w/liner, Sirius radio, driving & fog lights, running boards, cloth interior, 193,500km, $6,200, 867-993-6920 to view

1990 TOYOTA Hilux diesel, 4X4, right-hand drive, 5-spd, standard, 131,000kms, strong SUV, $3,500 obo. 393-4796 lv msg for August

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t 3 yr old, spayed female, Lab X, Black (Meraai) t 1 yr old, neutered male, huskyX, white and brown (Mi loo) t 1 yr old, neutered male, boxerX, brindle and white (Nikolaos)

CATS t 3yr old, Female spayed, Calico, Tortie and white (Maia)

SPECIAL t Homes needed for retired sled dogs. They would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

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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BEAUTIFUL WORKING line German Shepherds, 3 avail, M&F. CKC registered, microchipped, vaxed & wormed. Suitable for work, sport, SAR, Therapy, Service or companion. Parents health tested, titled, $1,800. 333-9770 ADORABLE PURE bred Pomeranian female, not spayed, must go to loving home. 667-2293 or 335-0659 PUPPIES, 2 female, 1 male, Min Schnauzer/Havanese cross, black, ready July 22, 1st shots, $400. 668-7157 FOUND ON Klondike Hwy half way from Dawson to Stewart, 7-8/mon old pup, black and white face, looks like she was out there for long time, 336-4557 for info or to claim

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 RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

ALEX HARE Sept 1, 1927 - June 27, 2014

Alex Hare was born in Mayo to William (Bill) and Nora Hare. William Hare had immigrated from South Africa and became a very well known photographer in the Yukon. Alex grew up in the Dublin Gulch area and their family cabin can still be found. As a young man, Alex moved to Dawson City and one of his jobs as an equipment operator took him to the Dempster as the lead hand on the cat train punching in the right of way. A number of photographs at Eagle Plains Lodge show Alex, relaxing against machinery with his cap brim at a jaunty angle. He and his wife, Connie, moved into Whitehorse and then to Fort Nelson where as operator and mechanic, Alex worked on the highway along Muncho Lake, around Fort Nelson and Alexis Creek. When Alex retired, he was able to fulfil a life long dream….he got his pilot’s licence! His first plane was a Cessna Skyhawk followed by a 1946 Luscombe and Alex and his plane were a regular sight in the skies for the next 20+ years – whether locating cattle for ranchers or making a quick hop into a perfect fishing lake or socializing with other pilots. Along the way the Hare family grew and the latest count of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren is 91 descendants. But this number does not include all the others – those who became informally adopted into the warm, welcoming world of Alex and Connie. Alex was a very special man, his compassion and sense of peace, his gift of love and acceptance, his sense of humor – touched many many people. And above all, the strength of the love between Alex and Connie was like a lighthouse – lighting the way for the family. Clear skies, Alex, the fish are rising and the next lake is waiting.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 2007 SUZUKI Bandit 1250 S, 25,000kms, matching exhaust/tuner mods, Corbin seat, soft bags, new chain/sprockets/tires, show room cond, garage-kept, $7,500. 334-6366

Recreational Powersports and Marine (RPM) Repairs Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates! Call Patrick at 335-4181

2010 WR 450, Recluse clutch, new back tire, handle bar risers and hand guards, awesome trail riding machine, $5,500 obo. 332-7174

2012 YAMAHA Super Tenere XT 1200Z, 1200 cc, shaft drive adventure touring motorcycle, many after-market accessories, very good cond, 26,500kms, $12,000. 660-4711 2010 POLARIS Ranger 6X6 side by side, EFI 800, only 190kms, c/w winch, windshield roof & side racks for box, spare tire & misc, $13,500 firm. 334-6101 2012 ARCTIC Cat 550 ATV, 900km, power steering, winch, windshield, h/t warmers, $8,500 obo. 668-6961 or 332-8918 2007 GSX-R Suzuki 1000, Fender Eliminator, after-market exhaust, new tires, fully serviced at Listerʼs, $6,500 obo. 867-536-2779 ATV BOX, heavy duty, $100. 668-6808

150 PITSTER side by side, good cond, $1,600 obo. 332-7174 2011 YAMAHA 250R 4-stroke, upgrades fuel tank to 15L and customized to fit saddle bags. barely driven & only on paved roads, exc cond, $7,000 obo. 336-0769 2002 CRF 450 rebuilt engine, new air filter, good cond, $2,500 obo, trades welcome, also wanted bikes, outboards, atvs, dead or alive. 334-9118 TRAILER WITH side rails, $1,700 obo. 668-2972 2008 KAWASAKI KLR 650, immaculate cond, new rear tire, like new front tire, new battery, all fluids changed/topped up, 6,865 km, c/w seat, saddle bags, $4,500 obo. 334-4658

KTM 530 EXC 2010, exc cond, street legal, 145 hrs, mods, recluse clutch, FMF exhaust, JD jetting, R&D Powerbowl, skid plate, hand guards, well maintained, $7,200 firm. Hans 668-2703

1997 HONDA Goldwing GL 1500 Aspencade, all bells and whistles, new rubber serviced, ready to go, a great ride. 668-3229

1984 YAMAHA XVZ12 Venture motorcycle needs work, $1,200 obo. 335-1681

2007 CAN-AM 800cc quad, 600kms, gently used, $8,500. 668-6931

2002 YAMAHA RX1 1000 cc, 4 stroke trail machine. Very fast with nice ride. Must sell. $4,000 obo. 335-8815

2011 YAMAHA 250WR 4-stroke engine, c/w upgrades & accessories, barely driven & only on paved roads, exc cond, 336-0769 for info

2011 YAMAHA 250R. Upgrades include fuel tank to 15L. Customized to fit saddle bags. Barely driven & only on paved roads, exc cond, well maintained. 336-0769 2005 V-STAR 1100 Yamaha, fully dressed, 13,000 kms, flawless, red on black, $5,200. 821-2938

SNOWMOBILE ARTIC Bearcat, 2-up seat 570, reverse drive, exc cond, $3,750, 2013 Skidoo Tundra 600, 250kms, offers, also nice skimmer, offers. Kevin 633-6953 2010 SKI-DOO 600 XP RS race sled, good cond, lots of fun, $4,000 obo. 334-2347

JOSEPH LOUIS COUTURE

passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving parents on June 29, 2014. Louis was born at 5:05pm on June 28, 2014 at BC Women’s Hospital and was gathered into our heavenly father’s warm and loving embrace the following day. During his short time here on earth he touched many lives and was deeply loved by family and friends. His life was a brief gift that will live on in our hearts and memories forever. Louis is the beloved son of Guy Couture and Kathy Ellis of Dawson City, Yukon. Louis is survived by his loving big brother Joe Couture of Dawson City, Yukon, paternal grandparents Gerald and Jan Couture of Dawson City, Yukon, maternal grandparents David and Rezna Ellis of Toronto, Ontario, and his many aunts, uncles, cousins and so many dear friends.

KEITH CALVIN

SCHRADER

Beloved husband of Yoshi Schrader of Lethbridge, passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the age of 81 years. Besides his loving wife, he is survived by two sisters LaRayne Carroll of North Vancouver, BC and Marlene Johnson of Ontario, one brother Neil Schrader of Vancouver, BC, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, including one special niece Kimball Fletcher and her children of North Vancouver, BC. Keith is also survived by two children from a previous marriage. He was predeceased by his parents Lilah and John Schrader, one brother Owen and one son Russell. Keith was born August 31, 1932 in Rimbey, AB. He was raised and educated in Calgary. Keith enjoyed working in many places but spent over 40 years in the Yukon and part of those years as Housing Supervisor for the Yukon Government along the Alaska Highway, as well as a self employed contractor. Keith was easily recognizable by his handle bar moustache and his great sense of humor. He will be fondly remembered and sadly missed. A Celebration of Keith’s Life will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2800 Mayor Magrath Drive South, Lethbridge, AB on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. In memory of Keith memorial donations may be made to the Lethbridge Humane Society (SPCA), 2920–16 Avenue North, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1H 5E9.

In lieu of flowers we would be honoured to have you support the BC Women’s Hospital Neonatal ICU at: Kathy Ellis’s online fundraising page through BC Women’s Hospital website (www.bcwomens.ca). A private family graveside was held in Dawson City, Yukon.

HEADSTONE POTLATCH for the late

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Heavy Equipment HIGHLANDS IRRIGATION Supplying miners since 1974 Aluminum Pipe - New and Used Diesel Pumps Hoses - Fittings info@thewaterpeople.com 1-800-665-5909 www.thewaterpeople.com AIR ROTARY drill rig, everything needed for water wells & exploration, $45,000, atlinmech@outlook.com KUBOTA GEN set, 24 kw, diesel rebuilt, (gasket, starter, alternator) lots of parts, $4,000. 867-862-7047 DIESEL TANK, 12ʼ, 3,000L, good cond, $1,200. 867-862-7047 2002 POWER Prime V300" Dry Prime Water Pump . Hours on meter: 3050.0 hours. 12" intake, 10" discharge, Diesel, John Deer 6068TF158 Engine, Skid Mounted, Integrated Fuel Tank. Maximum output 5000 GMP. Maximum Head 115 feet Purchase Price: $28,000.00 Phone A1 Cats for questions or details at 780-538-1599 or view www.a1-cats.com for photos.

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Caterpillar D9N, D10N, & D11N dozers (all with u-dozers and rippers), Cat 345C excavator & Cat D400D Rock trucks for sale, rent, or rental purchase. All sitting in Dawson City, YK. Phone A1 Cats for questions or details at 780-538-1599 or view www.a1-cats.com for photos.

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100 KW John Deere generator, 10,000 hrs. Can be used for mining camp or placer operation. Will trade for smaller welder & portable air compressor + cash. $7,500 obo. 334-9357

“Dalena”

will be at the Champagne Hall (Champagne, Y.T.) July 11, 2014 – “Gathering” July 12, 2014 – “Potlatch” All friends and family are welcome to come celebrate her short but full life.

“Life life to the fullest” For more information, contact Margaret Chiblow 867-634-2468 or 867-334-6802

12,000 KG ATCO-Trailer, dual axles, Gooseneck, currently with high sides, can be converted into flatbed, new bearings, brakes & tires, $3,800 obo. 668-6808 3406 CAT engine, complete, 250 Cummins new rebuilt, air ride various heav truck cutoffs. 667-2046 RIPPER FOR 330 Hitachi Excavator, $3,800 obo. 333-9627 2 404 timberjacks skidders, $4,800 pair, 2 D69U cats parts, $4,000 pair, Chev service 4x4 1-ton $3,800, Champion grader, $4,900, 48'' head sawmill, $6,400, Mayo location for all. 333-9627 2008 B26 Kubota, 487 hrs, has excavator attachment, 8ʼ dig depth, loader bucket for snow removal, fork lift attachment, $24,500. 335-6869 8KW KUBOTA engine light tower, $8,000 and 6kW Perkins engine light tower, $6,000. 333-0192


WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 2002 F350 1-ton truck, 18' cedar lined box, gasoline, runs great, sun roof, heater installed. 334-0085

1991 FORD 1-ton crew cab with camper, exc cond, fridge, stove, furnace works great, 667-2046

SKID STEER, over tire tracks to fit 12x16.5 tires (Bobcat S250 etc) $800 obo. 667-7844 or raftera@northwestel.net for pics

VANGUARD 9'6" truck camper. Older model in perfect working order. Sink, gas stove, heater, gas/electric fridge. Sleeps 4. New foam bed. Ready to go camping, $1,800 obo. 333-0919

TRACTOR, 50 hp MFWD, self levelling front end loader, quick attach bucket/bale fork, 3-pt hitch, tire chains, 3-cyl Yanmar diesel, runs great, low hours, $5,800 obo. 335-2034

Aircraft EASYRIDER, UNSINKABLE canoe w/rigging to fit on Super Cup float spreader bars, spin tested and STC'd, $900 obo. email: raftera@northwestel.net or 667-7844 for info/pics

Campers & Trailers 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 2000 COACHMEN Mirada 30ʼ Class A motorhome, 66,139 kms, Ford Triton V10, Onan 4000 gen, A/C, shower, queen bed, mechanically inspected May/14, price reduced to $19,000 obo. 335-5506 2009 VERY low mileage, easy towing, 15' Hi-LO travel trailer, 3-way fridge, propane furnace & stove, Everything works perfectly, $12,000 obo, must be seen. 335-2223 2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28ʼ, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $10,500. 633-2580

1992 NORTHERN Lite 6ʼ10” camper, fits small trucks, currently on Dodge Dakota, fits Tacoma etc, GVWR 310kg, fiberglass construction, no damage/leaks, $9,500. View at 148 Alsek. 335-2173 2008 CORSAIR Excella 29.5 RKDS Polar Pac 5th wheel, loaded, many extras, screen room, 867-536-7626 or 867-689 -4590 1991 FORD 1-ton crew cab, exc shape, with older camper, everything works, stove, fridge, furnace. 667-2046 2009 ROCKWOOD Freedom 1910 tent trailer, furnace, 4-burner stove, fridge, 2 propane tanks, new battery, awesome family camper, great cond, $8,000. 456-4071 1990 FORD Coachmen Family Van 3500, Sleeps 4, 22,700 original miles, furnace, stove, fridge, microwave, shower, toilet, generator, kitchen sink, new tires worth $3,000, exc mechanically, $7,500 obo. 332-6967 35ʼ SAFARI Monaco motorhome, great cond, 300hp diesel, 6-spd auto, all new tires, trailer hitch/tow bar, back-up camera, 3 solar panels, sofa, queen island bed, etc. $36,000 obo. 334-2345 27ʼ FRONTIER motorhome, exc cond, new tires, large fridge, rooftop air, lots of storage, 60,000kms, very clean & ready to go, $14,000. 334-0675 or 334-0657 CAMPER SECURITY Timberline SC89, 8ʼ9” long box, just inspected, exc cond, sleeps 4, N-S queen bed, fridge, 3-burner stove/oven, large skylight, bathroom, furnace, insulated basement, stored covered, $7,500. 335-4393

2009 30' Citation trailer, polarpak pkg, enclosed valves tanks, thermopane windows dualpane skylights, 50amp power baseboard heaters, slide awnings, 16" wheels, shocks, equalizer hitch/antisway, $32,900 obo. 633-3339 or 334-9634

1994 12ʼ Coleman Pioneer tent trailer, good cond, $3,500. 335-3397

30ʼ RAINBOW Gooseneck trailer w/flip over ramps, 3-7,000lb axles, $10,500 obo, 18ʼ heavy car haulter trailer w/hideaway ramps, $4,000 obo, single axle enclosed trl, 6ʼx10ʼ, 3 outside tool boxes/roof rack, $2,500. 334-6101

2014 CAR tow dolly with electric brakes swivel platform spare wheel with tire on. 334-4299

2011 24' Cougar travel trailer, exc cond, 1/2 ton towable, polar plus package, rear kitchen, dinette, large windows, lots of storage, awning, one slide, queen size bed, $22,000. 334-2693 VANGUARD OKANAGAN camper, older but in good shape, 11ʼ, c/w fridge, stove, furnace & bathroom, $2,900 obo. 334-6101 HEAVY DUTY trailers made from 3/4-ton pick-up boxes, $600 ea. 667-2046

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1993 MOTORHOME, 27ʼ, vg cond, 138,000 kms on it. Sleeps 6, full bathroom, $10,900. 334-3252

GENERATOR GEN, 1,000 watt, like new, 334-9593 2009 ENCLOSED auto/cargo trailer, inside measurements: 26' long, 8' wide, 80" high, $10,000. 335-2223 2004 COACHMEN Class A motorhome, 34ʼ, under 50,000 kms, Ford V10 new tires pull-out 5500w Onan gen set, clean cond, 334-4299 UTILITY TRAILER, sturdy, 2 wheel, Ford p-up hub wheel bearings, 2" ball, $1,100, call 867-993-6920 to view or 604-538-4175 for more info PROWLER LIGHTWEIGHT 25ʼ 5th wheel, good cond, Northwest Edition, slide, bunks, AC, awning, full bath, microwave, TV antenna, rear hitch, flipped axles, outside shower, sleeps 6-8. $9,500. 633-5948 2002 SALEM Lite 26ʼ bumper pull, sleeps 8, queen/bunks, fold-out couch/table, insulated, new floor, 2x30lb propane tanks, appliances work, outside shower/BBQ, awning ripped but works, $8,200 obo. 335-1509 1987 FORD 27ʼ motorhome, 110,661 kms, $11,500 obo. 668-6931 1988 F250 w/87 Falcon camper, exc cond, for the age, 460 engine, new battery, ext cab, CD stereo, camper is super clean, $6,000. 668-5154 2008 14" cargo trailer by Interstate, near new, 3,500lb axles, low miles, LED lights, plywood floor, checker-plated front, spare, greasable hubs, all in exc cond. 335-1509 2010 CARGO trailer, 6ʼ X 10ʼ, easy lube bearings, good tires, rear ramp door & side door, good cond, $3,600. 334-5047

Coming Events THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713 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 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

CAMP YUKON Teen Camp (ages 13-18): July 13-19. Cost $285.00. Register Now: www.camp-yukon.com, 91806 Alaska Highway. 668-4817 YUKON ECONOMIC Developers Conference, for people involved in community economic development, Dawson City, September 10-12. For more info and early registration http://ecdevnorth.org/ CANADIAN CELIAC Association Yukon Support Group, monthly meeting in Whitehorse Library Meeting room, drop in July 24 between 6:00 and 7:45 p.m. for information, informal discussion and support ATLIN MINI Marathon Saturday July 12/14, 10am 24 k, 12 K, 6 k or 1.6k, Tarahne Park Reg. 9:30 Runs end at the Warm Springs with picnic. Free. Michèle 633-6081 CAPITAL CUP Tennis Championships, Whitehorse vs. Juneau, the rivalry continues July 11-13 at Mt.Mac tennis courts. Sign up now tennisyukon@gmail.com, www.tennisyukon.com YACL CELEBRATE Summer invites children, teens & adults with disabilities & their families/caregivers to join in 8 inclusive summer events June 24th-Aug 21. Call 667-4606 http://www.ycommunityliving.com/programs. html YUKON ORIENTEERING Association meet July 16 on Paddyʼs Pond/Hillcrest map. Start 6:30pm at Elijah Smith School. For info call Forest at 668-2306 IʼM RIDING my bike from Dawson to Inuvik. Could you drop off a medium sized package of food at the Eagle Plains Hotel sometime between July 18- 22? David 336-1174 “ROCK WALKS”, hosted by Yukon Geological Survey geologists. Thursday, July 10th, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, Geology of Whitehorse. Meet outside the Whitehorse Visitor Info Centre, 2nd & Lambert. Info: 393-7187 WHITEHORSE ABORIGINAL Women's Circle AGM July 28, 5pm, #6-4230-4th Ave. (where Chon FM was), light refreshments served, hear what we've done over the past year and what weʼll be doing next YUKON INVASIVE Species Council is hosting an outdoor Spotter's Network Workshop. Learn to identify priority invasive species, July 16 at 6pm at the Frank Slim Building, Shipyards Park. Info@yukoninvasives.com CHILI AND Bean Canoe and Kayak Race 18.5 km Rotary Park to Takhini River Bridge Tuesday, July 29, register 5:30 pm, start 6 pm. Pat 668-5298 SUMMER PROGRAMS at Old Log Church Museum, daily tours about Herschel Island, Spirited Characters, First Nations Arts, Anglican Church History, 11:30am & 2:30pm. Info: 668-2555 YUKON COUNCIL on Disability Annual General Meeting is on Thursday, July 31, 2014 @ 5pm, Yukon Council on Disability's Office, #2, 211 Wood Street MT. LORNE Mis-Adventure Run, Sunday July 20, registration 9am at Mt. Lorne Firehall, Robinson Rd. Race starts at 10am, proceeds Fire Department, fee $25/runner WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting Monday July 14, 7:30pm at WGH. New members welcome! Info: 667-7185 VOLUNTEERS WANTED for Frog Food & Music Festival Aug 1, 2 & 3, good time, awesome food & music, website www.frogfoodfestival.com, Linda 668-3984 or Lara 633-5402 RIVERDALE BAPTIST celebrates its 50th Anniversary Sunday, August 3, 10:30 am, 15 Duke St FROG FOOD Festival.ca, served with great music, Aug. 1, 2, 3, Alaska Hwy km 1459, 25 min. west of Whitehorse, free camping, Friday hog roast, beer garden

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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 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Yard Cleaning and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368

Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414 FROGGY SERVICES PEST CONTROL For all kinds of work around the house Windows & Wall Cleaning & Painting Clean Eavestroughs Carpentry Yard Work etc. References available 867-335-9272

IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It's That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1-800-587-2161. MAN WITH 3/4 TON High-side truck for hire $40 per hour Phone 668-3534 WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell new & used triple/double/single windows. We have wooden, vinyl and metal windows available. Check out our selection of brand new exterior doors/frames as well as vinyl windows. Cheapest in town. 333-0717 Licensed and Professional Automotive Repairs 20-year Journeyman Mechanic Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm Call Brian Berg 867-633-6597

HOUSECLEANING, SPRING Cleaning, Detailing! Safe, reliable, bondable RCMP check available on request For into call 334-7405

TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

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 NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106 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 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 www.svpcarpentry.com

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TAIGA TILE & STONE Ceramic, porcelain, glass, slate, stone & cultured stone kitchens, bathrooms, backsplashes, fireplaces and exteriors 6 years in the trade Excellent references Contact Adam, 867-335-6526

S150 Substation Foundations

MEETINGS: Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. <BYTE>

Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC) is inviting bids from qualiďŹ ed Contractors to pour and form a new concrete pad required in its S150 Substation located at the Main Yukon Energy site at #2 Miles Canyon Road in Whitehorse. This Work will be done on a Fixed Price basis and will be completed by August 15, 2014, or sooner. Sealed proposals, clearly marked “RFQ # 2014-030 S150 SUBSTATION FOUNDATIONâ€? will be received up to 4:00:00 PM Yukon time, July 23rd, 2014, at Yukon Energy’s corporate ofďŹ ces, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail. To obtain a Request for Quotation package contact Lynda Harlow Yukon Energy Corporation, 867-393-5302 or e-mail at Lynda.harlow@yec.yk.ca.

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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 PufďŹ n (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 OfďŹ ce, 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 (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting 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)

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MISSING: FROM Bernie's gas station June 23 at 1 pm, decorative large green bag with two stylized butterflies, sentimental value, older iPod inside, reward, no questions. Vanessa 456-4877 FOUND: MASTERCRAFT circle saw set last week in front of Yukon Employees' Union building, please call 667-2331 to identify and claim FOUND: MASTERCRAFT circle saw kit (originally identified as drill kit) at corner of 2nd & 4th in front of YEU Building. 667-2331

Are anticipating the construction of Phase 2 of the Teslin street improvement project during the summer/fall of 2014.

LOST: 1 pair brown frame reading glasses, reward offered, 667-7756

In anticipation of this initiative, Village of Teslin and Deslin Development Corporation are seeking EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE SUPPLY OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

IF YOU left a full grocery bag at the Self-Checkout (Super Store) Wed, July 2, call 336-4887 to identify and claim FOUND: MENĘźS coat at Fox Lake boat launch on June 27, company logo on the chest, 667-7455 LOST: WHITE Bushnell rangefinder in white case, $50 reward for its return, Wayne at 335-1897

Deadline for Expressions of Interest is July 18th, 2014, 16:00 Interested parties can access information from: Brad Stoneman, Deslin Development Corporation Box 93, Teslin Yukon Y0A 1B0 e-mail: stoneman@northwestel.net phone: 867-390-2180

Business Opportunities GET FREE VENDING MACHINES Can Earn $100,000.00 + Per Year. All Cash-Retire in Just 3 Years. Protected Territories. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629. Website WWW.TCVEND.COM.

This project is being funded under the Building Canada Fund.

ALL SEASON ALTERATION Business for Sale Everything Must Go 668-3818

Yukon Water Board – Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon – Avis de demande Application Number NumÊro de la demande

PM05-475-1

QZ11-013-1 (Amendment to QZ11-013)

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Placer Mining

July 21, 2014

Strata Gold Corporation

Groundwater, Trib. of South McQuesten River

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August 8, 2014

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

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations à l’Office avant la date limite indiquÊe sur le prÊsent avis. Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de l’Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrÊtariat de l’Office au 867-456-3980.


WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

Looking for NEW Business / Clients?

COMING TO the Yukon with an empty horse/stock trailer? We have 2 Llamas to pick up in Barriere near Kamloops. Preferably the 1st half of August. Call evenings at 994-3102

Advertise in The Yukon News ClassiďŹ eds!

OLDER MARE, broke to ride, up to date on Coggins, vaccines, teeth and farrier work, for more info call 456-2249 KUBOTA DIESEL tractor, BX25D, backhoe & loader, 3pt hitch, 30 hrs, under warranty, $18,500. 862-7047

Take Advantage of our 6 month Deal... Advertise for 5 Months and

2 ENGLISH riding jackets, ladies size 14-16, one black Devonaire, one dark grey wool, plus one sleeveless blouse, $60 for all, anna.lorrina@gmail.com

Get 1 MONTH OF FREE ADVERTISING Book Your Ad Today! 4 s & E: wordads@yukon-news.com

Sports Equipment AIR HOCKEY table w/digital scoreboard & music adaptor, exc cond, hardly used, $100. 633-4827

TREADMILL, TEMPO 632T, 2 1/2 years old, gently used, $400. 334-2031 SHIMANO SPD MO71 bike shoes, menĘźs size 10.5, $15. 668-4129 GIRLS FIGURE skates, like new, size 6, $15, Graf 370 Supra hockey skates, size 2.5, $15, Easton Synergy Hockey Pants, YT(XL), 16"-28", $15, snowboarding helmet, small (53-55cm), $15. 456-7758 TREADMILL, TEMPO 632T, wide track, 2.5 years old, gently used, in excellent condition, $450. 334-2041 SNOW BOARD boots, Osiris-D3, child size 5, white/navy, exc cond, $20. 668-4129

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GOLD RUSH chest trunk, $130. 668-6808 KING-SIZED MATTRESS, like new, deluxe, organic, Green Sleep brand, Ergo Hevea Sogno, see tmasc site for details, Selling due to latex allergy. 633-6462

2-PIECE COUCH, cloth, brown, $75 obo. 334-1732

USED FARM MACHINERY Mower Conditioner, Round Bailer, Square Bailer, Seed Drill, Swather Disc, Hay Rake Machinery is older in working condition 335-5192 or 668-7218

Baby & Child Items

UMBRELLA PATIO set incl couch & 2 chairs, $100. 4 antique dining chairs, matching setee w/floral upholstery, very comfy w/arms, offers. 667-4090 CONTENTS OF 1-bdrm apt, $2,500 obo for comlete contents picked up, no partial inquiries, serious enquiries to arrange viewing by appointment only, e-mail thebigcontentsdeal@gmx.com WOODEN FRAME futon, magazine racks on side, mattress, beige, $100, high stone top patio table w/3 wooden chairs, $50, bookcase $20, corner TV unit, $40. 393-3143 COUCH, $75 obo. info @ 334-1732

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PUBLIC TENDER S2014/04 SALE OF SURPLUS RECREATIONAL & TRADES EQUIPMENT

Project Description: Lab analysis for water samples collected from drinking water and wastewater facilities operated by the department of Community Services. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 31, 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 Rob Anderson at (867) 456-6542. 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: Sale of Surplus Yukon Government Equipment Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 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 Stan Dorosz at (867) 667-3164. Viewing Dates: Tuesday, July 15, 2014: 12:00 PM to 2:00PM Tuesday, July 22, 2014: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM 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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Highways and Public Works

LAB SERVICES FOR WATER SAMPLES

FREE RANGE, ORGANICALLY FED, locally reared; Fresh Chickens, Ducks and Turkeys. Remember what chicken tasted like... this is it. Processed whole birds will be ready mid-July. Robert 334-8444 ibexvalleyfarm@gmail.com

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COUCH & loveseat, rust colour, faux suede, easy to clean, $600 obo. 336-846

SMALL RECLINER, blue, free. 633-4827 Free Range grass-fed Chickens & Turkeys Irrigated & fertilized Brome Hay Standing dead pine firewood Call 334-8960

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WOODEN KITCHEN table & chairs, $75. 335-6042 lv msg

COUCH & love seat, good cond, $400 obo; double bed, box spring & frame, very clean, $190 obo. 393-3113

SADDLEBRED MARE, 13yrs, 15hh, pretty sorrel, good temperment, light touch response, nice gait, good on trails, good with feet, many good qualities, serious enquiries only $2,000 firm, approved home only. 333-9841

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BEDROOM SET, 7-piece solid hickory wood, $650 obo. 668-2972

HAY FOR SALE Dry bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale. 633-4496 or astra@northwestel.net

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ANTIQUE OAK hutch, completely refinished including glass doors, 6Ęź long, exc cond, $1,000. 633-6244

WANTED: A good used double bed & frame. 336-1621

CHILDRENĘźS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for guaranteed delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192

Furniture

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

1982 PEUGEOT 10-spd road bike, like new, $250. ykstuff@yahoo.ca

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CELEBRATE! 1 column x 3 inches ...............Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 2 columns x 2 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $46.80 2 columns x 3 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $70.20 2 columns x 4 inches .............Wed - $ s &RI $93.60

Births! Birthdays! Weddings! Graduations! Anniversaries!

SMALL STAINED spruce study desk with three drawers, built-in light and cork back board, great for small office space/kids bedroom, $50. 456-7944 LARGE COUCH, black/multi-colour, $50; dark green recliner, $50, both in good cond. 633-5324 LARGE SECTIONAL-L Couch w/blue, green, grey shades, Country House, $200 obo. White 5-drawer chest of drawers, $40. Small shelving units, $20 ea. Antique tri-light floor lamp, $150. 667-4090

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE MATTER of the Estate of BERNARD LESLIE ROBERGE, deceased, late of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, who died August 24th, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. All persons having claims against the above-mentioned estate are requested to file the same, supported by Statutory Declaration, with the undersigned on or before August 6th, 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 said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the Estate in care of the undersigned. Christine M. Hakim Lamarche & Lang Barristers and Solicitors 505 Lambert Street, Whitehorse Yukon Y1A 1Z8

PUBLIC TENDER SITE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ECOLE EMILIE TREMBLAY SCHOOL - BLDG. #1362 WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2014

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 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR BUILDING ENVELOPE UPGRADE TO THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - BLDG. #1259 WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2014 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 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 Philip Christensen at (867) 6673543. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Project Description: Civil, electrical, eavestroughing, fencing and landscaping works for site drainage improvements. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 24, 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 Anton Pertschy at (867) 6673651. Tender Site Visit July 10, 2014 @ 09:00 a.m. 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

Project Description: Provide daily food and beverage service, and occasional catering service, within Vanier Catholic Secondary School Cafeteria in Whitehorse Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is July 31, 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 Shannon Trott at (867) 667-3483. A mandatory information meeting will take place at Vanier Catholic Secondary School at 16 Duke Street, Whitehorse, Yukon 11:00 am to 12:00 pm local time on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

Education

OPERATION OF VANIER CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA

211 Wood Street, Whitehorse

www.yukon-news.com | Phone: 867-667-6285


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