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Trask said he doesn’t know how close the two sides were to completing discussions before Gordon left. Plans to update the hiring policy In the meantime, the Departat Vanier Catholic Secondary ment of Education’s policy on School are on hold until a new sexuality, which calls for the bishop is in place, Yukon’s Deschool to create a welcoming enpartment of Education says. vironment for gay students, is the The same is true for any mem- one that stands at the school. orandum of understanding to “With the policy, only school define the roles of the department council can set school policy, the and the bishop at the school. episcopal corporation never had Albert Trask, Yukon’s assistant the authority to set policy,” said deputy minister of public schools, department spokesperson Mark said the episcopal corporation Hill. can’t work on the documents “They had drafted guidelines until a new bishop is in place. that there was discussions about. Anyone acting in the position But in the end the school council doesn’t have the authority to apdid not have the appetite to adopt prove major decisions. a different policy.” Gary Gordon was made the (Ashley Joannou) bishop of Victoria in June. He had served as Whitehorse’s bishop Deadline approaches for since 2006. comments on power plan So far, no replacement has been named. Trask said he doesn’t Yukoners have until Friday to know how long it will take. Gordon had spent the last year comment on the Yukon government’s draft independent power embroiled in the controversy production policy. involving Vanier Catholic SecOnce implemented, it will alondary School’s same-sex policy, low smaller independent power which, on the school’s website, called homosexuality a “disorder” generation projects to sell energy and homosexual acts an “intrinsic to Yukon’s grid and off-grid communities. moral evil.” The draft policy does not In response to public concerns, focus exclusively on energy from the department promised the renewable sources, and that has changes now on hold. the Yukon Conservation Society The plan is to resume work as concerned. soon as a new bishop is in place, The draft policy also “calls Trask said.
Review of Vanier school’s hiring policy on pause
for the replacement of imported diesel fuel with Yukon’s oil and gas resources.” Conservationists say that independent power production should only be generated by, and purchased from, renewable energy sources. The NDP Opposition is also critical of the policy, saying it opens the door to using liquefied natural gas, including fracked Yukon gas, to feed the electricity grid. The draft policy divides proposed projects into two categories. Smaller projects selling either to Yukon’s main grid or to Watson Lake will get a guaranteed price per kilowatt hour. Those projects have to be fuelled by renewable energy sources. For the second category, for larger projects, both renewable and natural gas fuelled projects will be considered. When the draft policy was released, Energy Minister Scott Kent said it could help smaller communities stop burning diesel. “We want to look to a cleanerburning fuel, and we feel that natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel,” he said in May. It also could help mining companies that wish to fuel operations with liquefied natural gas, and sell excess power. The draft policy is available for review at www.energy.gov.yk.ca. (Ashley Joannou)
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The stone sheep, grizzly, caribou and moose trophies.
fine. He pointed out that Tallerico has no previous record and has apologized for what happened. In the case of Dougan, who received the $15,000 fine, Chisholm said the guide in this situation was the one with the greatest expertise. Chisholm acknowledged that Dougan too was remorseful and had no previous record. Tallerico has been banned from hunting in the Yukon for 10 years. Dougan is banned from hunting or guiding in the territory for 20 years. All the wildlife, including the trophies from the caribou, sheep, grizzly bear and moose, were ordered forfeit. The fines will be going to the Yukon Fish and Game Association’s Turn in Poachers & Polluters fund. The court heard that Tallerico has already written a cheque to pay his full fine. Dougan paid $10,000 of the $15,000 fine. He has one year to pay the rest.
pher and an assistant. In the end the hunter killed a caribou, sheep, moose and grizzly bear n American hunter and his on what was designed to be a remote B.C. guide have been fined backpack hunt. $11,500 and $15,000 respecThat’s enough game to equal more tively, following a 2011 Yukon hunt. than 700 pounds, or 300 kilograms, Abraham Dougan, of Kamloops, of meat, the court heard Tuesday. B.C., and Brian Tallerico, of Etna, Wy- Instead, they came out with about oming, pleaded guilty to two charges 200 pounds, or 90 kilograms. each under the Yukon’s Wildlife Act. Tallerico pleaded guilty to wasting Both men admitted to wasting the sheep and moose meat. Dougan game meat and hunting less than six pleaded guilty to wasting the meat hours after getting off a non-comfrom a caribou, sheep and moose. mercial flight. Kirkpatrick said Tallerico, 43, was Prosecutor Lee Kirkpatrick called looking to hunt the stone sheep as the 2011 hunt a “train wreck waiting part of what is known as a “grand to happen.” slam.” That means a hunter has killed Dougan, an experienced licenced a Rocky Mountain sheep, a desert guide, and Tallerico, an experienced mountain sheep, a Dall sheep and a hunter, were hunting in August 2011 stone sheep. near Fox Mountain with a photograKilling the stone sheep means Tal-
lerico had completed two of the four in his years as a hunter. The hunt started on Aug. 16, 2011. Moments after landing in the area, the caribou was photographed, territorial court judge Peter Chisholm heard. Within an hour and a half it had been killed. The group left that carcass in bags under rocks and brush. Yukon law requires that a hunter wait at least six hours after getting off a non-commercial flight before they kill any game. The rule is aimed at ensuring there is a more fair chase. The hunter and guide initially told conservation officers the caribou was taken the day after the group landed. On the 20th, Tallerico shot and killed a grizzly bear. The next day was a stone sheep.
By the time the group got back to the original site the next day, the caribou was unsalvageable. Tallerico later shot a moose. When the group returned to Whitehorse to report the hunt, conservation officers became suspicious of how little meat they had brought out. Everyone cooperated with officials and led the conservation officers back to the kill sites, the court heard. Neither Tallerico nor Dougan, 39, appeared in court yesterday. The large fines were part of a joint submission from the Crown and the men’s lawyers. The case was scheduled to go to trial starting yesterday and continuing for the rest of the week. Both lawyers for the men said their clients were incredibly remorseful after what happened. In making his final ruling, Chisholm said Tallerico showed a “serious lack of judgment.” Chisholm agreed with the $11,500
Mark Wykes, the Extra Foods franchisee, will continue on with the rebranded store. On Wednesday evening, customers at Extra Foods expressed a mix of excitement for the new departments and worry about a possible bump in prices. Various items around the store had their prices reduced for quick sale and store activity was busy as usual during the early evening hours.
“isolated singular component failure” is to blame. “After the accident there was a more comprehensive inspection performed on all of the switches,” Rose said. “There was also a comprehensive, full-scale rail inspection prior to the re-opening of the service.” The company hasn’t been able to pinpoint why the switch failed. There are 34 switches in total on the track, which is approximately 110 kilometres in length. On the afternoon of July 23, a tourist train carrying 360 passengers derailed northeast of Skagway. Nineteen people were treated for minor injuries at the Dahl Memorial Clinic in Skagway. They were all released within hours. Full operations resumed two days later, on July 25. The cost of the accident has yet to be determined. (Myles Dolphin)
deliver a Yukon-specific solution to the current and future skilled labour shortage facing the territory’s mining industry. The centre also has a mobile Kobayashi + Zedda Architects trades training trailer to offer Ltd. will design the new Centre for Northern Innovation in Min- training in smaller communities across the territory, as well as at ing building at Yukon College. operating mine sites. The firm emerged ahead of The centre will be able to five other bids for the contract. serve an expected 1,234 students Plans for the design and over six years if all the funding construction of the building was comes through. announced last year by Prime Design of the new building Minister Stephen Harper and is expected to take up to six Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski. months, with construction slated The Yukon government has to begin in 2015-16. The new spent more than $11 million to building will be located behind the centre over five years. The funding, divided into capital and the Yukon Arts Centre, close to the existing trades wing, and programming, allowed the cenwithin the current footprint of tre to offer a range of courses, buildings that make up Yukon including heavy equipment opPlace. eration and underground mine In the past 18 months, the training. The centre received centre has graduated 40 stu$5.6 million in federal money. dents from programs in heavy Most programs offered by equipment operation, welding, the centre are new. Previously geological technology, and inoffered programs have been extroduction to underground and panded to offer full apprenticeship training. The centre aims to surface mining. (Sam Riches)
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Ryan Hennings, manager of enforcement and compliance, holds the moose trophy from a 2011 hunt by a Wyoming resident.
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Extra Foods to shut for major renovations Whitehorse’s Extra Foods will be closed for several months, starting next Saturday, as the store undergoes renovations. When it reopens in the late fall, it will be rebranded as Your Independent Grocer. The relaunched store will include new features, such as a salad and juice bar, a bakery and a deli department. Dino Naccarato, Loblaw’s vice president of franchise operations, said in an email to the News that the revamped store will also offer more prepared quick meals that are served hot or ready to heat. The new departments will bring in an additional 30 employees, upping the total staff to 120. Loblaw also owns the Real Canadian Superstore, where current Extra Foods employees may be able to relocate during the renovations.
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Train derailment caused by broken switch A faulty switch is the cause of a railroad accident that sent 19 people to the hospital last month, the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway company has revealed. The switch, the only one of its kind on the track, has since been replaced and repaired. Tyler Rose, a safety officer for the company, said an
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Tributes flow in for master outdoorsman with us, but he had a certain pace. By lunchtime we were a bit tired and more or less at onty Alford, one of the same pace. But by three the Yukon’s great o’clock great fatigue set in for mountaineers, us, and he had kept the same passed away last week. pace all day.” He was 90 years old. Alford spent 35 years as a Alford was a guide in the federal water surveyor, conexpedition party that brought tinuing a strong family tradiRobert F. Kennedy to the sum- tion of love for the water. mit of Kluane’s Mount KenneHis father had been a memdy in 1965, the first ascent of ber of the Royal Navy. the 4,000 metre (14,000 feet) In 1998, at the age of 75, tall mountain. Alford’s children bought him a comprehensive package of The climb was one of many sailing lessons for his birthday. for the Whitehorse resident, Monty bought a sailboat, who completed a number which he kept in Skagway, and of daring expeditions in the loved bringing his friends on 1960s and 70s, many of which trips. took him to some of the highMalcolm Taggart, a godson est peaks in North America. of Monty’s, recalled a sailing Remembered as a humble trip they had about 15 years and generous man, Alford ago. rarely boasted of his accom“My wife and I offered to plishments. crew for him for three weeks One of his three sons, and he was really happy with Dominic, said his father found that,” Taggart said. peace and solace in beautiful, “We sailed with him for 21 wild surroundings. days – it rained for 20 of them “I realized, by doing a lot of – but Monty didn’t care about little climbs with him, that he the weather. It made no difhad little interest in the sumference to him. He just loved mit,” Dominic said. being out there.” “It was all about the day for Dominic said his father him. The destination was a would relish the bad weather, footnote.” when it came. Born and raised in CornHe would appreciate the wall, England, Alford immilessons it provided. grated to Canada 1948 and “He used to tell us that wasted little time organizing a some of the best experi6,700-kilometre canoe expedi- ences can come from adverse tion from British Columbia to weather,” Dominic said. the Gulf of Mexico. “He said you’d get bored Alford’s endurance was leg- and unappreciative of the nice endary. He would often outdays if you had too many of pace his young, fit sons when them.” they were out on day trips. One of Taggart’s most vivid “Dad was a consummate childhood memories of Alford tortoise,” Dominic said. was of his infectious laughter. “I can remember quite Growing up nearby in demanding hikes or ski trips Riverdale, the families would where we’d start out with a lot often spend time together. of vigor in the morning. We’d Dinner parties were often an exciting affair. tease dad about keeping up
ing warm and staying hydrated. Stephen Hureau, who took one of these courses as a 16-year-old in 1989, said Alford was a very friendly man who was also caring and mindful. “We were up on Grey Mountain and he taught us how to make a stove out of two tin cans and tea candles,” he said. “Some years later when I’d see him around, he’d always ask me whether I still had the little stove.” Monty and Renee had six children in total. Dominic recalled an evening in the mid-to-late 1960s, shortly after the last of the children had been born, when his father came home with news that he’d been invited to another lengthy expedition to Antarctica. Monty casually made the announcement, one that could shake the foundation of any family, over the dinner table. “He floated that out, just to share what had happened during his day, and I can remember my mother saying, ‘Well, you have to go!’” “Dad told us so many times that he’d hit a home run with her. He said he was so blessed to have had a woman like that who supported his dreams.”
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Leaders must put people before politics exposed to ends up in our bodies. We need clean soil to give us clean by DAVID food. These are basic, biological facts SUZUKI and should be the prism through which any decision is made at individual, corporate or government levels. Protection of air, water, soil and the web of life should be the highest social, political and economic priority. We’re also social animals. Scienhen we elect people to tists have shown that love during office, we give them power childhood is essential for healthy to make and enact decidevelopment. Children who are sions on our behalf. They should deprived of love at critical points have a vision that extends beyond can develop a variety of physical the next election and the latest Dow and psychological deficits. To avoid Jones average – to our children and those, we have to work for strong grandchildren. families and supportive comWe expect our leaders to have a munities, full employment, justice, clear picture of our world and the greater income and gender equity conditions necessary for human life and freedom from terror, genocide and well-being. If they don’t, how and war. can they make informed decisions? Finally, we are spiritual creatures So let me outline some simple, sciwho require sacred places, a sense entifically validated truths about us of belonging to the world and a and the world we live in – truths that recognition that we are not in charge should guide our political decisions. of nature, but dependent on the bioWe are, above all else, biological sphere for our health and well-being. beings, with an absolute need for We are not outside of nature; we are clean air from the moment of birth part of it. to the last death rattle. We take air To be fully healthy and hudeep into our lungs and filter what- man, our most elemental needs ever’s in it. Plants on land and in the are biological, social and spiritual. ocean take in the greenhouse gas Politicians ought to know this. Their carbon dioxide and release oxygen role is to protect and enhance those during photosynthesis, creating the necessities of life; otherwise there is atmosphere we depend on. no vision, direction or leadership. We are about 60 per cent water by That’s why it’s absurd for a weight, so we need clean water to be politician or government representahealthy. When water falls to Earth, tive to speak about any aspect of it’s filtered through tree and other the economy without acknowledgplant roots, soil fungi and bacteria, ing the threat of human-induced cleansing it so it’s safe to drink. climate change. Many oppose doing All the energy in our bodies that anything on ideological grounds, we use to move, grow and reprobut the science is overwhelming and duce is sunlight captured by plants compelling, and the need for action in photosynthesis and converted to is clear. What can you say about chemical energy, which we ingest. “leaders” who choose to ignore the We eat plants and animals for our best available evidence to the detriment of the people they are elected nourishment, so whatever they’re
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towards the spending of taxpayers’ money (even taxpayers’ money from Alberta and Ontario) wrote previously about Yukon is disturbing and far too common Housing Corporation’s soin Yukon. Even in a small jurisdiccalled “affordable housing tion like Yukon where our terprogram” that was recently and ritorial government receives more abruptly cancelled by the govthan a billion dollars in federal ernment. Had it proceeded, the transfer payments, we should still affordable housing program may expect that government attempt have accomplished its stated goal to maximize the benefit of each of increasing the stock of afforddollar that it spends. able housing in Whitehorse, but it Proponents of the affordable would have done so in a manner housing program defended it that on its face appeared exon the basis that if it were not tremely lucrative for participating so lucrative that no developers developers. would care to get involved. Call To recap, the government me skeptical. was going to provide half the What about the option of construction costs for new units Yukon Housing building affordwhile the developers would able housing units itself? It may maintain ownership, collect all have resulted in fewer units or of the rents (up to 95 per cent of more expense, but at least the median market rent) and after 10 rental income would be collected years could do as they please with by the government and there the units. would be guarantees beyond 10 For some supporters of the years. program, the fact that it would Unfortunately, Yukon Houshave increased affordable rental ing’s record of obtaining “bang stock in Whitehorse was good for its buck” when engaging in enough. After all, the money for new construction projects itself the program came from Ottawa is every bit as depressing as the and was just sitting there in a details of the now cancelled afbank account waiting to be spent. fordable housing program. This type of cavalier attitude In its 2013 Social Housing ReSpecial for the News
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port, Yukon Housing highlighted some of the social housing projects it has undertaken between 2010 and 2012. While social housing and affordable housing are different, it is reasonable to expect that the cost of constructing affordable housing would be at least as expensive as constructing social housing. One of Yukon Housing’s projects was the construction of a 30-unit seniors housing apartment building with a capital cost of $11,822,317, or $394,077 per unit. Meanwhile, units in a relatively high-end downtown condominium complex are being listed for sale for significantly less – between $279,000 and $359,000. Granted, some of the upgrades to make the units more “barrier free” for seniors may have cost extra money, but that must be set off against the high-end fixtures that are built into the price at the condominiums I am referring to. In its report, Yukon Housing also highlighted the construction of “six units of family housing in three duplexes” at a capital cost of $2,427,837. This works out to $404,640 per unit. This high price is strange, as it is rare to see a duplex in Whitehorse to sell for
more than $300,000. Another project involved the creation of six units of threebedroom row housing for families at a capital cost of $2,198,574, or $366,429 per unit. For comparison, a local developer is currently selling three-bedroom townhouses for $299,900. A friend of mine purchased a three-bedroom townhouse for $277,000 in the fall of 2011. There is even a local developer that is selling brandspanking new detached homes for prices starting at $349,900. In other words, Yukon Housing is paying significantly more for the constructing houses than you or I would for comparable housing in the local market. Granted, we have seen a modest downswing in the local real estate market since 2010-2012, but that alone cannot explain the gap. The disconnect between what Yukon Housing has been paying and what you and I may have paid is all the more puzzling because it turns basic economic principles on their head. The Yukon government is by far and away the largest economic actor in the Yukon, with the deepest pockets. Typically such a large purchaser would have more clout
to demand a discount from its suppliers than you or I. Moreover, the developers themselves should be in a position to offer the government a discount, because unlike with sales to the public, they can save on realtor fees, and direct advertising expenses. The Yukon government also has the luxury of not having to pay GST on new houses (unlike you or I), which should result in a further discount as the GST is often (partially) built into the advertised sale price of a new home and absorbed by the developer. Perhaps it is time for the Yukon government and its armslength housing authority to do some soul searching and explore why housing is so much more expensive whenever it is involved. Providing citizens with social housing and affordable housing should not require large giveaways or the payment of inflated prices. The government should insist that it pay no more than you or I for comparable properties and if anything it should pay less. Kyle Carruthers is born and raised Yukoner who lives and practices law in Whitehorse.
ing experience of a lifetime, where we could be instructed on the natural sciences, research methods, and ways in which to create meaningful conservation.org. dangerous dependence on a finite travel agents and airlines. change in our community. It will Mr. Pain, Dave Sterner of Preciresource that is destabilizing the cliYukon government is accepting truly be a life-changing experience. sion Engines, Carmen and Oliver of comments on its draft independent mate and destroying water resources There are certain individuals Anne Middler Klondike Travel and Sharon Miller power production (IPP) policy until and habitat. who have contributed to making Yukon Conservation Society Energy of Air North we will be forever The draft IPP policy highlights Aug. 29. this dream become a reality. Many Analyst indebted to. the contradictions in the 2009 An independent power producWhitehorse citizens have donated The part was delivered within tion policy is an opportunity to en- Energy Strategy for Yukon, which time and money towards our cause hours – not days. Thanks for the courage communities, First Nations includes positive aspects promoting just so they can see us participate We head back out on the road and businesses to produce renewable energy efficiency, conservation and helping hands in something they deem important. today to continue our journey and energy for the Yukon’s electrical grid renewable energy, but also blatant Local companies have also made to continue our fundraising. and for isolated diesel communities. promotion of oil and gas developIt’s early on Saturday, Aug. 23. We such a commitment – especially Whitehorse makes good people ment and consumption that negates are stuck in Whitehorse. My partner However, the draft policy proOutside the Cube, a local agency and I’m proud to be Canadian. everything good in the document. vides no incentives for independand I have been a part of the Alcan that has helped raise awareness for A very important note to Mr. The Select Committee Regarding 5000 Rally from Seattle to the Arctic ent power producers to develop our fundraiser, has advertised our Pain – you have done your father’s the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic electricity from clean, renewable Circle. campaign, assisted with social media memory proud. Fracturing is still deliberating sources. Instead, it encourages the We are from Toronto, driving a promotion, and has generously whether fracking should be allowed 1961 Triumph TR4. We have had a development of a Yukon fossil fuel sponsored us $1,000. Jan Frolic and Tim Burgess in the Yukon. From the Yukon Con- lot of local press at home because industry by making natural gas an Outside the Cube challenges Car # 5, Alcan Rally 2014 eligible energy source for independ- servation Society’s participation in this is a huge trip in a ridiculous other businesses to match their that process, learning from experts ent power producers to sell to the car, and we are driving to support sponsorship, and we will show Antarctica or bust Yukon electrical grid and to isolated and hearing from people in Yukon Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer. off any companies who do. CAP communities, we are confident that We have an international Facebook off grid communities. The policy Engineering, Laberge Environthe only sensible recommendation explicitly calls for “the replacement following, and we have been invited As summer comes to an end, and the mental Services, and Environmental trip fee deadline draws closer, we are Logistics & Resources has already of imported diesel fuel with Yukon’s by the committee to government is to be special guests at the largest that fracking should not be allowed North American British Car Show in getting nervous about whether or oil and gas resources.” met their challenge and made their not we will be able to make it aboard commitment to education and the here. Greenhouse gas emissions from September. the M/V Ushuaia – the icebreaker But that is not reflected in this natural gas are at least as intensive as We blew our head gasket climbenvironment. that will hopefully carry us to the IPP policy, which clearly is designed ing the 3,000 feet from Skagway from diesel. And since most of the Because of their generous supAntarctic Peninsula this coming to increase markets for fossil fuels in back up. Yukon’s gas is in shale formations, port, Sabrina and I are both only December. the draft policy indirectly opens the our electrical system which would We were able to locate a part $4,500 away from our goal of Sabrina Clarke and myself have justify fracking in the Yukon. door to fracking in the territory. in Kelowna, but we couldn’t get it attending the expedition, and need been accepted to the Students on You have an opportunity to tell The draft IPP policy would comhere until next Wednesday… until one last push of community support Ice University Antarctic Expedition, to attend this Christmas. government that independent power the local Whitehorse community mit us to purchasing natural gas which is an environmental science production should only be genergenerated electricity from sources stepped in. If you are a community member program that educates students ated by, and purchased from, renewlike large mines with surplus LNG They worked all day to arrange and would like to help us out, or from around the world on the able energy sources. electrical generation capacity, alfor us to meet and speak to the are a part of a business that would Please make your voice heard. lowing dirty electricity to displace people we needed. Dennis Henneke, impacts that humans have on our like to rise to Outside The Cube’s planet – particularly in the fragile For more information on the existing renewable energy on our a.k.a. Mr. Pain, is a Whitehorse challenge, then please contact us at: polar regions. draft policy and how to submit com- angel. He drove us to the very best grid, and blocking potential future psoppat@gmail.com. This expedition would be an ments, visit www.energy.gov.yk.ca. renewable energy projects. This people. He introduced us. He got us amazing opportunity for us young To read YCS’ comments on the would not create energy security or Patrick Soprovich tools that we were able to borrow draft IPP policy, visit: www.yukona sustainable energy future, but a Whitehorse from people. He hooked us up with university students to have a learn-
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Yukon bear cubs arrive in Calgary Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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wo orphaned black bear cubs made it safely from Whitehorse to their new home at the Calgary Zoo. The siblings took off on the Friday afternoon Air North flight. They travelled in what Environment Minister Currie Dixon describes as something akin to a dog kennel “souped up to make sure they don’t stick their claws through.” The male and female cubs, that now weigh 60 and 40 pounds respectively, spent the trip munching on apple slices inside their kennels. The pair were orphaned back in July when conservation officers were forced to kill their mother. The sow had begun eating out of garbage cans, and returned to residential neighbourhoods even after officials tried to relocate the family. The cubs have been living at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve since their mother died. Dixon said the two bears, who are about six or seven months old, have become very attached to each other. Local staff took extra steps to make sure they would be comfortable travelling in separate kennels. “They put the cages in the room with them for a while so they get used to the cages,” Dixon said Friday before the plane took off. “Then they let them sleep in
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The two orphaned black bear cubs, seen here at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, have been given a new home at the Calgary Zoo.
the next few weeks,” she said. The Yukon cubs won’t be introduced to their local companion until vets give them a clean bill of health. The Calgary Zoo has said the three will be able to educate visitors about the dangers of bears becoming habituated to humans. Dixon took the opportunity to remind Yukoners to take responsibility for their garbage. “We live in an area that has a
lot of bears. While they will come into town, if there isn’t anything here for them to eat, then they will just move on, no harm no foul,” he said. “But when they get into the garbage, and they become dependant on it, we have no choice but to deal with them. Although it’s a happy one, it’s a cautionary tale.”
landing just above Spain and trailing the United States. Hong Kong is the world leader at 44.14 Mbps. NorthwesTel announced the upgrade recently, saying it aligns with Internet speed in the company’s modernization plan. Watson Lake upgraded That plan, a $233 million expansion of communications technology, Internet speed in Watson Lake has vows to deliver faster internet access been bumped up to 15 Mbps, the across the North, including 4G wirefastest speed ever available in the less broadband to 67 communities community. and upgrades to residential services The upgrade, launched August 20, that will double Internet speeds in 58 is three times faster than previously terrestrial communities. available and brings the community With the new service offered in up to speed with the national averWatson Lake, residential customer alage. lotments have been increased to 150 Ookla, a broadband research gigabytes. NorthwesTel said with that company, determined that Canada’s cap customers can send and receive average internet speed is 16.6 Mbps, 10,000 emails, upload 2,000 pictures, which place them 34th in the world, or watch more than 50 standard defi-
nition movies in a single month. For business customers, the new service offers a 180 GB usage allotment. The 150 GB residential package costs $119.95 a month. DSL packages range from $41.95 to $89.95. In 2013, the company invested $44 million into upgrades across the North, launching 4G services in 20 communities, upgrades in four communities and installing new network switches in an additional four communities. Watson Lake is the latest community to receive a complete upgrade. Plans are in the works to upgrade Watson Lake’s 4G wireless service later in the year. The planned upgrade will extend the 4G wireless range to the Mt. Maichen Ski Hill area. (Sam Riches)
separate cages over the last couple of nights just to sort of get used to being separate.” Finding a home for baby bears can be a challenge, Dixon said, but in this case the stars aligned. The Calgary Zoo was looking for a companion for its lone, white-furred black bear, Manuka. “Bears are social to a certain extent and they wanted to find some companionship for that
bear,” Dixon said. “It worked out really well. We had two bears looking for a home and they had a single bear looking for some friends.” Calgary Zoo spokesperson Trish Exton-Parder said the cubs appear to be doing well and getting used to their new home. They are playing and eating well. “Our vets are going to be doing some initial examinations over
this last couple of weeks and we hope to be able to announce next steps very soon, but we don’t have that information just yet.” The government continues to work Meanwhile the Ross River ferry is towards the stabilization of the Ross operating on a limited schedule this River bridge. season because of the potential threat It promised it would request that the bridge poses. An engineer proposals to save the bridge back in March after residents protested plans has found that the structure is at imminent risk of collapse. to tear it down. The Pelly barge has been operatThe government has recently reing from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from ceived a technical assessment on the 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., seven days condition of the bridge, confirmed cabinet spokesperson Elaine Schiman a week, confirmed Kendra Black, spokesperson for Highways and last week. Public Works. “The purpose for that was to A rescue boat is on standby for make sure we have information that all crossings, and all passengers are would put us in a position to have a successful RFP (request for proposal) required to sign a waiver. There has been only one disrupprocess,” she said. tion in service, due to a fuel line “We have been reviewing it over
failure on the barge, said Black. The ferry was out of commission for about a day and a half for repairs. (Jacqueline Ronson)
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Message from the Minister of Education The back to school season is upon us once more. As Minister of Education, I would like to welcome new and returning students, our dedicated teachers, instructors and support staff back to class. The start of each school year offers students a new beginning and an opportunity to seek out new interests and successes in academics, arts, sports, life skills, trades and skills training. Learning is a lifelong journey of which there are many rewarding opportunities to gain new knowledge and skills. Enthusiasm and support from family and friends make a world of difference to each student’s success in education. When a student feels supported in their learning, they are inspired to do their best. Thank you to the families, teachers, friends and communities for working together to encourage Yukon students on their journeys of learning both inside and outside of the classroom. I wish all of our students and their families an engaging, safe and rewarding school year in 2014-2015. Sincerely,
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Scientists study seismic line restoration in Alberta foothills to save caribou Bob Weber Canadian Press
HINTON, ALTA. cientists studying the ravaged caribou habitat of Alberta’s northwestern foothills say they have found so much disturbance from decades of industrial use that restoration will have to be selective. “There’s just so much disturbance, it’s important we prioritize,� said Laura Finnegan, a biologist with the Foothills Research Institute in Hinton, Alta. The institute is one year into a three-year study on how animals and humans continue to use this ragged landscape in an effort to understand how to best restore it. Governments are counting on that work to help them live up to promises of sustainable development. This stretch of foothills still looks like pristine, trackless boreal forest when seen from the highway. But back roads into the bush reveal a patchwork of clearcuts, well pads, access roads and seismic lines so extensive that gravel and green greet the eye almost equally. It’s part of an area that recent satellite data suggests is being deforested at a rate that outpaces what’s going on in Brazil’s rain forests. There are more than 16,000 kilometres of seismic lines, cut by the energy industry through the forest, within the study area’s 13,000 square kilometres. About five per cent of range for the Little Smoky and a la Peche caribou herds remains undisturbed – a long way from the federal government’s 65 per cent target. Finnegan and her colleagues are trying to figure out how to bridge that gap. Their first step is to understand how both animals and humans are using
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what’s on the ground. That means understanding the impact of seismic lines, which are used to study geology underground. Wolves normally prefer to prey on deer and moose, but seismic lines allow them to penetrate into the deep woods where caribou hide. Caribou also normally avoid coming within 500 metres of a seismic line, making every line, in effect, a kilometre wide. It takes up to 70 years in this cold climate for nature to efface a seismic line. The passage of even a single quad can retard that restorative creep by crushing plants and compacting soil. “You can just look at the vegetation on the line and you’ll see tracks,� Finnegan said. Researchers have used sophisticated satellite-based radar to map average vegetation heights across the entire study area to within a few centimetres. They’ve erected motionsensitive cameras on selected seismic lines to record what’s using them – caribou, wolves and snowmobilers alike. Preliminary results suggest there’s a threshold at which the lines are no longer an easy way for animals to get around. “Seismic lines with vegetation heights less than 1.4 metres facilitate movement by caribou
predators,� says the institute’s report. Human use is more complex. Snowmobilers and quadders prefer little ground cover and dry soils as well as lower vegetation. “Human motorized use of seismic lines is extensive across the range of a la Peche and Little Smoky caribou, and the probability of high levels of motorized human use increased when vegetation height along seismic lines was less than two metres in height,� says the report. Mapping where seismic lines attractive to predators and humans cross what used to be the best caribou habitat could suggest where restoration could do the most good, the researchers say. Such maps have been produced for the institute’s preliminary report. Priority seismic lines for restoration will still add up to many hundreds of kilometres – and the study area is only one small part of a heavily affected natural region that stretches almost all the way down Alberta’s western edge. But the institute’s work could provide at least a plan to get started, Finnegan said. “That’s the primary goal of this research, so that land managers on the ground could look at it and know where to begin.�
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Tim Hortons and Burger King to join forces to form a new company Romina Maurino Canadian Press
TORONTO urger King and Tim Hortons are teaming up in a US$11-billion deal that will allow the fast food companies to grow in the U.S. and internationally, but promises no changes to Canadians’ morning coffee. “One of the key value drivers of this transaction is the potential to significantly accelerate Tim Hortons’ international growth potential, like we did with Burger King,� Alex Behring, executive chairman of Burger King and managing partner at 3G Capital, said during a call with investors to discussed the deal Tuesday. “By leveraging our master
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A Burger King sign and a Tim Hortons sign are displayed on St. Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa on Monday.
Marc Caira said. “This transaction will not only allow us to preserve our rich Canadian heritage, but it will allow us to bring even more meaningful benefits to Canada in the long run.� The company has been owned by a large U.S. chain before, when it was purchased by Wendy’s International Inc. in 1995. It was spun-off from Wendy’s in 2006. No major changes are expected to the actual brands, and Oakville, Ont., will remain the headquarters of Tim Hortons and Miami will remain the home base of Burger King.
When asked Tuesday if the deal meant Burger King could eventually sell Tim Hortons coffee, the answer was a quick and definitive “Absolutely not.� “There’s no to mix the product or do any co-branding,� said Daniel Schwartz, CEO of Burger King. “The real driver here is the growth, and the ability to take such a strong and beloved brand internationally.� Schwartz will become CEO of the new combined company, with overall day-to-day management and operational accountability. The new company’s board will include the current eight Burger King directors and three directors to be appointed by Tim Hortons, including Caira, who will also be appointed vice-chairman and focus on strategy and global business development. Private equity firm 3G Capital will own about 51 per cent of the new company, with Behring as executive chairman and director. The corporate headquarters of the new global company will be based in Canada, but despite much speculation about the possible tax benefits of such a deal, Behring said taxes weren’t a motivating force for the move.
Burger King says it won’t see any meaningful change to its tax rate. “This is strategic transaction, this is creating a new global leader in the QSR sector, and it’s not being driven by tax rates,� he said. “Burger King’s effective tax rate is the in mid to high 20s, which is largely consistent with Canadian taxes.� The companies said there won’t be any changes to the way the franchises are managed or jobs, saying repeatedly the deal wasn’t about synergies but rather growth. Under the terms of the transaction, Burger King will pay C$65.50 in cash and 0.8025 common shares of the new company for each Tim Hortons’ share. This represents total value per Tim Hortons share of C$94.05 Canadian, based on Burger King’s closing stock price on Monday. Tim Hortons shareholders can choose either all-cash or all stock in the new company. Tim Hortons shares were up 8.6 per cent to $89.10 on the Toronto stock market, while Burger King ticked down 2.6 per cent to US$31.55. Both shares surged almost 20 per cent on Monday when reports of the deal first surfaced.
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Veteran of the arts scene honoured
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cott Wilson has worked on so many artistic projects over the years that he’s momentarily forgotten when he retired. After a brief pause, he comes up with it – 2002 – and keeps going down the list of contributions he’s made to the Yukon arts scene since his arrival in the territory in 1989. On the phone from Haida Gwaii last week, Wilson spoke to the News about being this year’s recipient of the Conrad Boyce Award. The award recognizes people who have made a significant contribution to Yukon’s arts community over an extended period of time without ever being formally acknowledged. The former family physician might be retired, but you wouldn’t know it by his schedule. He’s played in countless bands, managed an electronic mailing list, been involved with the Yukon Bluegrass Music Society and the Golden Horn Music Society, helped reinstate the jazz society as Jazz Yukon, was a judge for the Western Canadian Music Awards, a founding member of the Big Band and the editor of a magazine. And that’s just off the top of his head. Wilson said he grew up in Truro, N.S., a “really musical town” where he became involved in a band program at a young age. Playing the saxophone and clarinet, he continued playing throughout university and medical school. “I kind of got away from music until I came to Whitehorse from Truro in 1989,” he said. “There was such a great cultural scene here and there was a call up to start a community
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big band. There was a gig for a circumpolar health conference and all these people came out of the woodwork to audition.” Roughly 20 years ago, Wilson and the award’s namesake, Boyce, had a few interesting interactions. Wilson played in a few pit orchestras with the Golden Horn Music Society, which Boyce directed. Boyce had arrived in the Yukon in 1977 and was very involved in all things artistic until his departure from the territory in the mid 1990s. One opening night for Annie, Wilson was getting ready for the show when Boyce burst onto the stage and addressed the audience. He asked if there was a doctor in the house, to which the audience laughed, thinking it was a joke. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. Cast member Mark Smith, playing the role of Daddy Warbucks, had aggravated a bad shoulder by putting his costume on. Wilson was rushed backstage to attend to the injured man and eventually popped his shoulder back into place, while the actors ad-libbed on stage. “I knew that he was a real mover and shaker in the arts
world in the Yukon,” Wilson said of Boyce. “We overlapped by just a bit in the community. It’s pretty thrilling to have received that award.” Ted Garland, one of the judges on the committee, said Wilson was highly deserving of the award, which was first presented in 1996. “Scott has been very active in the music scene for years, a driving force behind jazz and a very popular choice,” he said. “The whole point was not to give anything particularly to performers or professionals. Conrad Boyce would do everything – he acted, directed, ran lights, soundboards, was a stage manager. So when he left, some of us thought it would be fitting to honor him by striking an award that would recognize the people who made the magic behind the scenes.” Wilson was honored during a pre-show ceremony at the Yukon Arts Centre in midMay. Andrea Simpson-Fowler won the award in the builder’s category that evening for her work in the dance community. Both names are featured on a plaque at the centre. Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com
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‘Crossword Century’ an elegant ode to puzzles; captures charm that solvers will appreciate for the Guardian newspaper, is more than up to the challenge. Connor is the author of The The Crossword Century: 100 Years Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief. (Gotham Books), by Alan Connor The book details the history f you love solving crosswords, and evolution of crosswords you know how it feels to be in since the first one appeared in the fraternity. There’s the rush 1913. But what makes it such of matching wits with a myste- a fun read is Connor’s evident rious puzzle-maker, the thrill of passion for all things crossword. nailing an elusive answer and “The moments you spend in the satisfaction of filling in the a puzzle have the potential to final square. shut out the outside world for a There’s a charm in playing blessedly silent period,” he says. the game, a charm that can be “You return refreshed from a hard to describe. But Alan Con- happier place.” nor, a British quizmaster who Indeed. Solvers recognize writes a column on crosswords that feeling, but it’s nice to be Dinesh Ramde Associated Press
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The Ritual: Can America change its script of outrage and conflict after unarmed black deaths? Jesse Washington Associated Press
FERGUSON, MO. he choir sang, the preachers shouted and the casket stayed closed. The body was taken to the cemetery, and Michael Brown was laid to rest. Thus went the most recent enactment of “the ritual” – the script of death, outrage, spin and mourning that America follows when an unarmed black male is killed by police. With a few variations, the ritual has followed its familiar course in the two weeks since the 18-year-old Brown was shot by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb. It continues as the country awaits the judgment of a grand jury considering whether or not Wilson should be charged with a crime. Will the ritual ever change, and is it even possible that Ferguson could be part of that? This time, can recognition of the well-known patterns help heal the poisonous mistrust between police and many black people? Is the ritual already helping, in small gains buried beneath the predictable explosions of anger and media attention? “This tragedy, because the world’s attention has been galvanized, this is one of those things that’s ripe for change,” said Martin Luther King III, the son of the famed civil rights leader, after the funeral Monday. The ritual began to take shape in the 1960s, when instances of police mistreatment of black people led to organized resistance in many places across America – and sometimes to violence. As the decades passed, a blueprint developed for how black advocates confronted cases of alleged police brutality: protest marches, news conferences, demands for federal intervention, public pressure by sympathetic elected officials. Sometimes this led to charges or even convictions of police officers. Sometimes there were riots: Miami in 1980 after police were acquitted in the death of a black motorist; Los Angeles’ Rodney King rebellion in 1992; Cincinnati in 2001 when a 19-year-old was fatally shot by an officer; Oakland’s uprising in 2009 after Oscar Grant was shot in the back while face-down on a train platform. The 2012 killing of Trayvon Mar-
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tin by a neighbourhood watchman in Florida added the transformative element of social media. The public was now participating much more intimately in the ritual. And still, the unarmed black males kept dying. The chants of “No Justice, No Peace” kept rising. So what happened after Brown was shot on Aug. 9 was predictable: First, protests and outrage. A narrative forms in favour of the deceased: According to accounts of several witnesses from Brown’s neighbourhood, he was shot with his hands up. He was a “gentle giant” headed to college. Pictures of Brown circulate that show him smiling, baby-faced – reminiscent of the childlike photos that first introduced us to Trayvon Martin. The day after Brown’s shooting, protesters are met with a militarized police response. Violence and looting erupt, and persist for days. Police respond with tear gas and rubber bullets, “scenes that have brought back visions of the 1960s when civil
rights activists were met with force in the streets,” says the president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, La June Montgomery Tabron. Michael Brown’s death goes viral. Ferguson trends on Twitter. A horde of media descends. The civil rights activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson arrive. A backlash builds against the protesters. There are complaints that the liberal media skew the facts to create a false narrative about racist white police. As with Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant, a narrative forms against the deceased: Based on a video released by police, Brown is characterized as a weed-smoking thug who robbed a store minutes before his death. Social media spreads facts, rumours and lies at Internet speed. There is a chain email with a fabricated arrest record saying, falsely, that Brown was charged with several felonies. A photo circulates of someone who is not Brown pointing a gun – like the menacing photo of a
gangsta rapper that some said was Martin. “Every time a black person does something, they automatically become a thug worthy of their own death,” the actor Jesse Williams says in a TV appearance. The media reports new versions of the old stories: White flight has created poor black neighbourhoods policed by white cops. Black people don’t trust the police. Black males are stereotyped as violent. Then, the funerals. The main sermon at Brown’s service was delivered by Sharpton, who is as much a part of the ritual as police tape. His solution is twofold: Change the nation’s policies on policing, and repair the black community from within. “Nobody is going to help us,” Sharpton said, “if we don’t help ourselves.” There are a few glimmers of institutional change. Those concerned that Brown’s death might not be fairly investi-
gated took note of the high-profile appearance of Eric Holder, America’s first black attorney general, in Ferguson to meet with locals and discuss the federal probe he ordered. At least three police officers in the Ferguson area have been suspended for behaviour that came to light due to newly heightened scrutiny of police. The White House is reviewing policies that have supplied police departments with military hardware, an issue that received much scrutiny in Ferguson. In Michael Brown’s case, can the ritual be remembered for more than riots? “Most definitely,” said Ferguson resident Jeremy Rone as he completed a protest march on Saturday. He said Brown’s death should increase voter registration, which would “put the right people in the right places” to change the way police deal with the black community. Soon after the unrest started, a voter registration booth went up on the corner of the hardest-hit street.
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Open-ended ceasefire reached with Israel, Hamas announces Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub Associated Press
GAZA, GAZA STRIP fficials from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the main groups fighting in Gaza, said Tuesday they have reached a deal with Israel to end a sevenweek war that has killed more than 2,000 Palestinians. There was no immediate Israeli comment. Ziad Nakhala, a senior official in Islamic Jihad, said the deal calls for an “open-ended” cease-fire, and an Israeli agreement to ease its blockade of Gaza to allow relief supplies and construction materials into the war-battered territory. Talks on more complex issues, such as Hamas’ demand to build an airport and a seaport for Gaza, would begin in a month, he said. Egypt planned an announcement later Tuesday, he said. The Hamas official, who spoke on condition of anonymity pending the announcement, confirmed the terms. If the details of the cease-fire are confirmed, it would effectively mean Hamas and Islamic Jihad settled for terms that are similar to those that ended more than a week of fighting with Israel in 2012. Under those terms, Israel promised to ease restrictions gradually, while Hamas pledged to halt rocket fire from Gaza at Israel.
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The truce held for long stretches, but Gaza’s border blockade also remained largely intact. Israel and Egypt imposed the blockade in 2007, after Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007. Under the restrictions, virtually all of Gaza’s 1.8 million people cannot trade or travel. Only a few thousand are able to leave the coastal territory every month. During the war, Hamas had said it would only cease fire if the blockade is lifted. However, Israeli pressure on the group has been escalating. Hamas is believed to be left with just onethird of its initial rocket arsenal of 10,000, while Israel says it has destroyed most of Hamas’ network of military attack tunnels. Israeli strikes have destroyed or severely damaged more than 17,000 Gaza homes, according to U.N. estimates, leaving about 100,000 people homeless. The number of dead has also been rising steadily, reaching at least 2,138 by Tuesday, with more than 11,000 Gazans wounded since July 8. On the Israeli side, 68 people have been killed, all but four of them soldiers. Thousands of Israelis living near Gaza have fled their homes, including in recent days when Gaza militants stepped up mortar fire on southern Israel. In Gaza, Israel also escalated its strikes, toppling five highrise buildings housing offices, apartments and shops since this weekend.
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Palestinian firefighters inspect the wreckage of a vehicle following an Israeli airstrike near Palestine stadium in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.
On Tuesday, Israel bombed two Gaza City high-rises. The strikes levelled the 15-story Basha Tower with apartments and offices and severely damaged the Italian Complex, built in the 1990s by an Italian businessman, with dozens of shops and offices. Both buildings were evacuated after receiving warnings of impending strikes. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said 25 people were wounded in the attack on the Italian Complex. One resident of the Italian Complex, 38-year-old engineer Nael Mousa, said that he, his four children and 70-year-old mother had managed to flee the building late Monday night after a guard
had alerted them of an impending strike, and that he was in his car some 300 metres (yards) away when it was bombed by an Israeli F-16 fighter jet. Within two hours, he said, it had been completely levelled by at least five additional bombs. “I have become homeless, my children’s fear will never be soothed and something new has now been added to our feelings toward Israel and all the world, which has been looking on without doing anything,” he said. In the past, the military has hit targets in high-rises in pinpoint strikes, but left the buildings standing. The objects of the latest strikes
contain apartments inhabited almost exclusively by middle-class Gazans, who up until now have been largely spared the considerable dislocation that has affected tens of thousands of other residents in densely populated neighbourhoods of the coastal strip. That has raised the possibility that the Israeli military is trying to use better-off Gazans, like professionals and Palestinian Authority employees, to put pressure on Hamas to end the fighting on Israel’s terms. The Israeli military said it targeted sites linked to militants Tuesday, but made no specific reference to the two buildings. Israel alleges Hamas often operates from civilian locations. The military has not said why it has begun collapsing large buildings, rather than carrying out pinpointed strikes against suspected militant targets located there. In an email message to The Associated Press, military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said the strikes were “a direct result to Hamas’ decision to situate their terrorist infrastructure within the civilian sphere including schools, hospitals and high-rise buildings.” He said Israel will not “enable Hamas to continue to kill Israelis, target our towns and cities and expect to operate without consequence to their facilities, militant operatives and the leadership of their heinous attacks against Israel.”
Californians swap out thirsty grass lawns for gardens to cope with state’s historic drought landscape,’’ said the 51-year-old medical sales director. As California faces an historic LONG BEACH, CALIF. drought, more residents are folick Blankenship was tired of lowing in Blankenship’s footsteps an insatiable lawn he couldn’t and tearing out thirsty lawns to cut keep green, no matter how he wa- down on water use. Water agencies tered it, so he decided to tear it out. across the state have been encourThree years later, he brims with aging the change by offering thoupride at his new front yard in Long sands of dollars in rebates to help Beach, California, carpeted with homeowners make the switch to a natural sage- and emerald greendrought-friendly landscape with colored ground covers and shaded better odds of surviving dry spells by flowering magnolia and pepcommon to the local climate. permint willow trees. The Metropolitan Water Dis``It just sounded like a great trict of Southern California, which way to save money and at the covers 19 million people, received same time, kind of beautify my requests to remove 2.5 million square feet (230,000 sq. meters) Amy Taxin
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removal programs _ fueled in part by an increase in rebate rates _ is encouraging. ``Twenty years from now, the ideal thing is, you take your dog for a walk in a neighbourhood and the guy who has grass on his yard would be the abnormal yard,’’ McDonnell said, adding more than 21 million square feet (1.95 million sq. meters) of turf have been removed in Metropolitan’s six-county service area since the incentives began. For many years, water agencies focused on improving the efficiency of indoor plumbing, where installing a low-flush toilet, for example, would have guaranteed results. Not so with gardening, which relies on residents to turn off the sprinklers or hose to save water, Berg said. Now, agencies are turning their attention to outdoor uses, which make up the majority of water consumption in some residential areas, according to the State Water Resources Control Board. Most are encouraging the use of droughtfriendly plants, though some also allow synthetic turf.
Residents who remove their lawns not only weed out mowing and fertilizing costs but also save on water. In Long Beach, which began its turf replacement program four years ago, residents have cut their water bills by about 20 per cent, said Matthew Lyons, director of planning and conservation for the city’s water department. Ripping out a 1,000-square-foot (90-sq. meter) front lawn in Long Beach saves about 21,000 gallons (8,000 litres)of water a year, and amounts to roughly $86 in annual savings on homeowners’ water and sewage bills, he said. For years, conservation advocates have urged residents to plant drought-friendly landscapes but previously saw few takers. Many homeowners thought the gardens would be dry, dusty and filled with prickly cactus until they saw neighbours creating landscapes with lush evergreens and California lilacs, said Lili Singer, director of special projects and adult education at the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants.
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LIFE Yukoner’s aboriginal advocacy, education blazes world trail ‘We’re very strong people. That’s where my passion comes from.’
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“She’ll be starting this year and I’m really proud of her.” Fox’s education has opened ecently more than 100 numerous doors for him in youth, speakers and his field of work, including facilitators gathered in roles with the B.C. governTeslin for one of the largest ment in children and family First Nation youth gatherings development and a spot as a 2010 Olympic coordinain Yukon’s history. Among the tor in North Vancouver with speakers was Yukoner Mikah Squamish Nation. Fox. Fox also holds a diploma The youth gathering was from BCIT in marketing and born from a demonstrated entrepreneurship, and he’s need for young people to feel hoping to satisfy his entreconnected and supported, a preneurial drive through the need that wasn’t being filled development of a First Nain the territory. tions clothing line that sends That’s where Fox comes in. a message of inclusiveness – The first thing he does modern First Nations fashion when he speaks at events is for the contemporary world, give thanks to his mother and he said. grandmother. “I want it to be not just From his mother, he geared towards First Nations learned the importance of but geared toward mainspeaking up for what you stream people with more of a believe in and to pay attention collective, to share our culture to the policies and politics and for them to be immersed that shape communities. in who we are in a contempoDon Erhardt Photo/Flickr.com From his grandmother, he rary level.” Mikah Fox at a Ch’nook Scholars gathering in 2012. learned cultural traditions, Despite his world traveland the importance of spiriling, he’s proud to call Yukon raising his teenage sister and other generations and the He supported himself in tuality and humbleness. home and hopes to be back helping support her as she impact of residential schools his post-secondary career, Together their teachings soon, continuing his advocacy heads into her fi rst year of really had a strong impact on seeking out scholarships and formed the underpinnings of work. me. bursaries, which is part of his aboriginal advocacy work. university. “The fact that I could travel Advocacy work, promoting “A lot of the youth don’t the message he sends to other For more than 15 years, all over the world on behalf of engagement and cross-culknow they have a voice and First Nations youth. Fox, a two-spirited member aboriginal youth, our culture tural work is Fox’s way to give the power to make change.” “There are lots of things of the Crow Clan and Kwanlin back to a community that has Fox recently completed his out there that the youth need and traditions is very gratifyDun First Nation, has traving,” he said. to know about,” he said. “And elled the world and worked in given him so much already, he education, earning a bach“To be able to show the elor of business administrathey need to know you can many capacities in municipal, said. world that we’re not all alike. “Growing up in a First Na- tion from British Columbia move out and come back and We’re very strong people. community, territorial and tion community, surrounded Institute of Technology, where work with your First Nations.” That’s where my passion national councils and comby my immediate friends and he finished his last semester His main goal, at the momittees. comes from.” family, seeing the difference studying abroad in Paris, ment, is to watch his sister Currently, he’s calling Contact Sam Riches at sam@yukon-news.com Vancouver home, where he is between my generation and France. succeed in university. News Reporter
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Saskatoons or Juneberries? Name debate brewing between Canada and U.S.
Canadian Press REGINA food fight of sorts could be growing between Canada and the United States over a tiny berry. A U.S. researcher with the Cornell University Co-operative Extension is suggesting Canadians use a different name when selling Saskatoons south of the border. Jim Ochterski says there is a surge in demand for the berry in the U.S., where it has been known for years as the Juneberry. “We’re at a point now where there’s actual dollars at stake,” Ochterski said in a phone interview Tuesday from Canandaigua, N.Y. “We’re taking our heritage name for the berry, called Juneberry, and Canadian growers have their heritage name for the berry, called Saskatoon, and now there seems to be some marketing tension between the two.” Ochterski said Canadian growers might benefit if they use the name Juneberry on packaging because it’s what American consumers know. “Because produce is marketed internationally, we wind up with two different names for the same fruit and it becomes a question of would the name Saskatoon
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be preferred in the marketplace or would the term Juneberry be preferred in the marketplace,” he said. “And based on what I’ve been experiencing here in the U.S., the term Juneberry has been resonating very strongly with consumers and buyers.” Ochterski insists he’s not suggesting a complete name change – just adding the name Juneberry for cross-border sales. He says it would “speed up sales tremendously.” He wrote a letter to the Saskatoon Berry Council of Canada asking if it would be open to the idea. Ochterski wrote that he raises the issue with “a pang of compunction” because he knows how much work has gone into marketing the Saskatoon berry and its deep roots in Canadian prairie culture. The Saskatoon berry, which mostly grows on the Prairies, looks similar to a blueberry but is considered more nutritious. The website www.juneberries. org, which is supported by the Cornell group, says the berries have about as much vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, folate, vitamin A and vitamin E as blueberries. It says they also have twice as much potassium and iron as blueberries.
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Oldest athlete in seniors games, 101, aiming for more medals in javelin it, I grab it. It’s safer.” Her eyesight is not so good these days either, she says. SHERWOOD PARK, ALTA. And the javelin keeps gaining lorence Storch is a little old size on her. She used to stand lady with a really big stick. about five feet tall, but she’s The 101-year-old from Hanshrunk a bit over the last few na, Alta., has been competing years. The women’s javelin meafor about a decade in javelin at sures slightly longer than two both the seniors provincial and metres (seven feet). national levels. And Thursday, Still, Storch wants to keep she’ll be doing it again, tossing competing. the long spear in the over-85 She says her husband, who category at the Canada 55-Plus died 15 years ago, would have Games in Strathcona County told her: “If you want to do it, go east of Edmonton. ahead and do it.” Event organizers say Storch Storch grew up on a farm and will be the oldest athlete at the worked as a teacher in a rural Games, a title she has held for schoolhouse, where she often the last few instalments. played sports with her students. But Storch says it’s no big She later married Bill Storch, a deal. farmer, and raised three boys. “I don’t like a fuss,” says the She “accidentally got into feisty centenarian. this javelin thing” while helping She says she’s healthy and fit, organize the seniors games when although not as athletic as she the event was in her home town. used to be. She jokes about look- She noticed no one had signed ing more like she’s 110. up for javelin, so she wrote her When she started the sport in name down. her 90s, she says she was able to She did poorly that first year get a running start on throwing but was determined to keep trythe javelin. But now she’s not so ing. “I decided if I’m going to do steady on her feet and stands in this, I’m going to train.” the same spot. Storch sought out the athletic “In my right hand, I have coach at the local high school the javelin. My left hand – the and he agreed to help her so she could compete again the next walker’s right there, so if I need Chris Purdy Canadian Press
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thing. “Anybody can throw it, but you’ve got to learn how to pierce the ground … If you don’t pierce the ground, don’t bother measuring. It doesn’t count.” Storch can’t recall her personal best, and her family hasn’t kept track of her distances. Her 70-year-old son Ed has also competed in several seniors games in the sprint event and calls his mother a “hard act to follow.” Although she hasn’t been injured while throwing the javelin, he worries about her. “She could easily break a Mary Nanninga/The Canadian Press bone, or so many things could Florence Storch holding a javelin in 2013. The 101-year-old go wrong,” he says. “But she from Hanna, Alta. has been competing for about a decade wants to go.” in javelin at both the seniors’ provincial and national levels. And saying “no” to your mother is never easy, he says. year. through the lodge and they head He plans to be on the field After a couple of years, she out behind the building near cheering her on, along with actually got quite good, she says, some horseshoe pits for practice. some of her grandchildren and Each time she pitches the and started winning medals. great-grandchildren. javelin, her assistant has to fetch One of her gold medals Organizers say Storch is one it for her. hangs in a frame on the wall of of only two athletes signed up in Storch describes her techher room at the Hanna Seniors the over-85 category for javelin, nique: Lodge. The same javelin she considered a niche sport when it “You balance it right and hold comes to seniors. borrowed from the high school to train that first year is propped it right and put it at the right Storch says she plans on winangle, just about as high as your ning big. up in her clothes closet. ear – for me. And tip it the right When the weather is good – “You’ve got to make up your way, throw it properly and have dry with little wind – a friend mind and I’ve made up my mind – I’m going to get a gold.” or volunteer carries the weapon it pierce the ground – that’s the
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ctor Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do the ice bucket challenge. DiCaprio was in northern Alberta last week visiting the oilsands to do research for an environmental documentary. The Oscar-nominated star of ``The Wolf of Wall Street’’ posted a video on his Facebook page of him doing the ice bucket challenge with two First Nations chiefs. Afterward, he called out Harper to do the same. Harper’s press secretary says the prime minister had been already challenged by oth-
ers last week to either dump a bucket of ice water over his head or make a donation, and he’s made a donation to the ALS Association. The association raises money for Lou Gehrig’s disease research and assistance. ``The Prime Minister was challenged by others last week and posted the following message on Twitter: (at)pmharper: Thanks everyone for the #IceBucketChallenge nominations. Laureen & I will be making a donation to support the (at) ALSassociation,’’ Carl Vallee said in an email to The Canadian Press. ``Obviously, the donation has been made since (to ALS
Canada).’’ DiCaprio has a long history of involvement with the environment. He sits on the boards of several international conservation organizations and started an environmental charity foundation in 1998. ``Hello from Lake Athabasca, we’re here learning about the Canadian tar sands. We took a moment to join the #IceBucketChallenge movement in support of the ALS Association. My friends Chief Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges Dave Collyer, president of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Chief Courtoreille of the Mikisew
Cree First Nation challenges Mark Little of Suncor Canada and The Sierra Club President Michael Brune challenges Shell CEO Ben van Beurden,’’ says the post on DiCaprio’s site. ``And me? In addition to a donation from my foundation, I challenge Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.’’ The controversial oilsands development near Fort McMurray has seen a string of high-profile visitors in recent years. They include human rights leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, musician Neil Young and Oscar-winning film director James Cameron. Since the ALS Association
began tracking the campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what is one of the most viral philanthropic social media campaigns in history.
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Canceled invitation gets lost in casual online use horrible incident. GENTLE READER: Yes, and Miss Manners is even less casual than you are about a guest’s canceling an invitation once accepted. by Judith But assuming that you find Martin your friend’s reasons compelling, let us deal with the manner in which she did so. Someone who mails you a conventional letter at an address that you have supplied can reasonably expect that you DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am will receive it. This is true even today, when modern technology 14 years old. As you may know, provides a plethora of ways to many people my age (including receive correspondence without myself) have joined the popular supplying additional eyes and ears social networking sites. I had planned a sleepover with with which to process it. But when canceling an invitaa friend of mine, not someone I see at school every day. I do tion, there is a special burden not go to the site often, but that on the ex-guest to see that the evening I was waiting for her to message is received. When your arrive and I went online. I then friend did not hear from you on saw that a few days ago she had the social network site, she should sent me a message there, telling have proceeded through other me that she could no longer come forms of communication until to my sleepover. she made contact. I found this very rude. What if I had not checked my account DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am at that time? I could have just sat currently divorced. My ex-wife there for an hour like a silly goose just got married to a woman. For and not have known that she the longest time, I was playing the canceled. Wouldn’t the right thing field, and now I have a girlfriend. to do have been for her to at least I am quite cordial with my ex call me? Please address this, what and want to introduce her new I think was a very unmannerly, spouse to my new girlfriend. How
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New royals crowned at mountain bike championships
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Above, Thane Phillips leads some bikers through the “hot lap” at the start of the King of the Rocky Canyon on Sunday. Phillips placed third for men. Right, past champ Meagan Wilson rides some single-track near the start of the race.
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behind them, didn’t do that.” The two former champs missed a turn on Upper Rocky during the ukon’s mountain bike comfirst lap of the race, shaving a little munity has a whole new royal over a kilometre off. Gonda was family. defending his crown from last year. All four division winners “We went right instead of left,” rode to their first Yukon titles at said Gonda. “I was leading and the King of the Rocky Canyon Jonah was following me, so it’s – Yukon’s mountain bike chammostly my fault – I’d say 100 per pionships – at Mount McIntyre on cent my fault. We both had a trail Sunday. map and it was explained pretty Three of the winners – the king, clearly. It’s just one of those things, queen and princess – were also you get caught up in the race.” racing in the championship for Machtans, who moved to their first time. Whitehorse from Yellowknife last The event featured single-track September, came in about 10 minriding fit for a king. utes behind Gonda. “I loved the single-track. “Totally surprised,” said MachThere’s was tons of climbing, it tans. “Jonah and Dave are faster was pretty hard for sure,” said riders, so I knew they’d be coming Craig Machtans. “It felt like they moved the trees closer together on in in front of me, so I expected to come in third.” the second lap – it was harder.” Jonathan Kerr took second Machtans grabbed the king’s on the long course with a time throne as the top rider on the 45-kilometre course with a time of of 2:55:03. Though he was edged 2:48:33. However, the 45-year-old out of royal standings, he did win the opening “hot lap prime” that was not the first to cross the line. was used at the start of the race to Three-time champ David Gonda and two-time champ Jonah spread out the field before going onto the single-track. Clark, while leading the race, Thane Phillips, who was just missed a section of the course and coming off a fourth place finish were disqualified. “The other board member here the day before in the Mountain and I sort of talked about it and if Canyon Crusher enduro race, took it wasn’t flagged and everyone was third on Sunday at 2:57:11. “Today hurt a lot; it was really missing it, then I think we would painful,” said Phillips. “Yesterday’s have awarded it to them anyway,” enduro was harder than anyone said race organizer Jenn Roberts. thought … it was 55 K of riding “But it really did take out a bit and today I felt like I rode 55 K of a chunk (of the course) and Craig, who was only a few minutes yesterday.” News Reporter
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Yukon’s new biking queen rode in with less than a minute to spare. Kristenn Magnusson outpaced 2012 champ Meagan Wilson by 58 seconds to win the crown. Magnussonn, who moved to Whitehorse from Vancouver Island in the spring of last year, completed the 45-kilometre course in 3:11:04. So how was the course? “I’m a little biased because I chose the course,” said Magnusson, who is a board member of the hosting Contagious Mountain Bike Club. “So I thought it was pretty good. “Huge shout out to CMBC for putting these on all the time. We have a great group of people on the board, a great group of volunteers and it’s just awesome to have people come out and support the events. It’s really good to see.” The 37-year-old was also the top female on the B course in the Canyon Mountain Crusher on Saturday. “I wasn’t stiff, but walking up the stairs this morning was challenging,” said Magnusson. Sammy Salter placed third for women on Sunday’s long course, posting a time of 3:16:11. Sunday marked the first time the King of the Rocky Canyon – formerly King of the Canyon – was held at Mount McIntyre. The championship was previously held at Grey Mountain but CMBC decided to move the event since it already held the 24 Hours of Light Mountain Bike Festival there this
summer. The new location left this year’s princess, Mariam Lukszova, little choice but to enter the championship for her first time. “I’m pretty surprised, to be honest,” said Lukszova of winning. “I love biking and that’s what I’ve been doing the last six years, and I bike for fun. But it was really nice to go out there and get challenged a little bit. I know that course well because I live right here in Takhini North, so it’s like playing on a playground at home. “I love these courses, so I said, ‘This year it’s here so I have to do it.’” Lukszova was the top female on the 25-kilometre course with a time of 1:50:52, beating second place’s Kirsten Hogan (2:01:15) and third’s Sara Burke-Forsyth (2:06:35). Lukszova, who only started racing this year, placed second for women in an enduro race at the CarCranked Festival the previous weekend in Carcross. Fabien Florentin – the only winner who had raced in the event once before – is Yukon’s mountain
biking prince this year. The 39-year-old rode the short course in 1:36:24, outpacing Chris Rider in second at 1:41:40 and Steve Coventry in third at 1:44:53. “It was great. It was very well organized,” said Florentin. “It was very good to see how many people showed up. It would have been better with more people, but it was pretty good for a Sunday in Whitehorse, given that the weather wasn’t that great.” The King of the Rocky Canyon, which saw 32 riders hit the trails, marked the end of the inaugural Yukon Dirt Rush, a three-event series over two weekends. It included the two-day CarCranked Festival and the Canyon Mountain Crusher on Saturday. Phillips, who placed third in the king category, took a bonus award Sunday as the only rider to race all three events – all on the same bike. “I expected a few more people to do it, but it’s hard to come up with time on the weekends,” said Phillips. “I have a very understanding wife.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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hitehorse’s David Pharand overcame adversity to win his division of the inaugural Canyon Mountain Crusher on Saturday. He prevailed despite tough trails, fierce competition, oh, and falling off a cliff. On the final stage of the enduro race, along the clay cliffs in Whitehorse, Pharand was bucked from his bike and went head-first over the edge. Amazingly, he was not hurt. The soft clay made it feel like landing in baby powder, he said. “I was coming along the ridge and it was beautiful and sunny, trail conditions were perfect – we couldn’t have asked for a better course,” said Pharand. “The next thing I knew I was going head-first over the cliff, down towards downtown in a very fast, direct route.” Pharand’s first thoughts in free-fall was to halt his descent before he picked up too much speed and tumbled all the way down to 7th Avenue through the Whitehorse Community Garden. “The first thought was: stop as quickly as possible,” said Pharand. “The folks in the communal gardens in that area work really hard, and I was really concerned about destroying raspberry bushes or any vegetables.” Pharand was one of 23 riders to take part in the enduro race, a type of race gaining popularity in North America in which sections of downhill are raced with non-timed transition sections in between. Despite having to do a little rock climbing on the seventh stage, Pharand was the fastest male rider on B Course with a time of 56 minutes and eight seconds. Paul Burbidge rode to second place at 57:46, ahead of Dan Bedard at 1:18:01. “Today was just phenomenal,” said Pharand, who is a coach for Boreal Mountain Biking. “The little bit of rain yesterday made for some of the best trail conditions you could ask for. It started off brisk in the morning, which made great racing conditions.
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David Pharand goes over Whitehorse’s clay cliffs in the final stage of the Canyon Mountain Crusher on Saturday. Pharand, who was surprisingly unscathed by the accident, won his division.
Once you get moving everything was fantastic. “I had the best ride of my summer today … It was the most fun I’ve had on two wheels all year, for sure.” The enduro race featured three stages on Grey Mountain followed by four stages on the west side of the valley, including Mount McIntyre. Strung end-to-end, the race sections were about 30 kilometres long. Racers rode roughly 55 kilometres through the day, with the transitions from stage to stage. They also tackled about 1,600 metres of climbing. After all that, only 19 seconds separated the top three male riders on the tough A Course that began with Money Shot, a double black diamond run on Grey Mountain. Michael Abbott slipped into first at 1:05:46, just 14 seconds ahead of second
place’s Massey Baker, who competed in mountain biking at the Canada Summer Games in Quebec a year ago. Ben Gilbert was edged into third at 1:06:05. “There was some good competition. I didn’t think I had it, but I was pretty consistent all day and it worked out,” said Abbott. “I just showed up to have fun and have a good ride with everyone, and it just worked out.” Martina Knopp, the only female rider on the A Course, finished with a time of 1:28:54. “This is honestly my first real race, but I’ve been mountain biking since I was a kid – the past 15 years, at least,” added Abbott. “This event seemed like a fun event so I decided to go for it.” It was a close one on the female B Course as well. Kristen Magnusson placed first at 1:06:32, ahead of
Kendra Murray (1:08:27) in second and Christine Kirk (1:17:16) in third. Magnusson went on to win the women’s Yukon mountain biking title the next day in the King of the Rocky Canyon championship. “It’s been a great weekend with the enduro yesterday and this today,” said Magnusson on Sunday. “It was a pretty awesome weekend of mountain biking in Whitehorse, I’d say. I’m pretty sure we’ve covered a very significant portion of Whitehorse single-track in the last two days.” The Canyon Mountain Crusher, which takes its name from gold rush-era name for Grey Mountain, was the second of three events that make up the inaugural Yukon Dirt Rush. The Dirt Rush opened with the two-day CarCranked Festival in Carcross the previous weekend, which also featured
enduro races. It wrapped up with the King of the Rocky Canyon – the Yukon mountain bike championship – on Sunday. “It went well considering it was a pretty crazy plan to try to put on a race that spans both sides of the Whitehorse valley, and all courses where it’s point to point, not loops like a typical cross-country type race,” said Canyon Mountain Crusher organizer Jonah Clark. “Everything, pretty much, went as planned… “It was a good test of the idea – proof of concept – and we’ll see how we can make it happen again next year and potentially grow it a little bit. There’s talk of making a series of the two (weekends) in future years, attracting people from out of town and things like that.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Yukon horseand-rider teams jump to 57 ribbons in Calgary Tom Patrick
learning – it’s not all about the ribbons, it’s about the learning,” said Northern Tempo ukon equestrians accucoach Inge Sumanik. “For all of mulated a mountain of them it was a very invaluable ribbons at the Rocky Mountain experience. And the opportunClassic in Calgary, Alta., the ity to ride in three consecutive shows really honed their skills last three weeks. and they all moved up in their Ten Yukon horse-and-rider teams, including eight from the classes.” Of the ribbon performances Northern Tempo Equestrian by the Yukon teams, 15 were Centre, collected 57 ribbons top-three finishes. Some of the for top-eight finishes over the ribbons were won in divisions three five-day hunter jumper with as many as 37 horse-andevents that ended Sunday. rider teams. “I’m thrilled. We had some “Getting an eighth place really good ribbons, we had was a pretty big finish because some really good performances the classes were huge,” said and we had some incredible Sumanik. “Some of the kids are competing in classes with Looking for NEW over 30 riders, and competing riders who have been Business / Clients? against doing this all summer.” Katelyn Holway and her Advertise in horse Absolute Perfection The Yukon News Classifieds! were near perfection last week. Holway became the 0.9 metre Take Advantage of our jumper champion at the third 6 month Deal... in the series, the Rocky Mountain Classic III, “which is a Advertise for 5 Months and pretty big deal,” said Sumanik. Get 1 MONTH OF “That’s the accumulation of FREE ADVERTISING scores over several rides.” Jetta Bilsky/Yukon News Holway and Absolute won Book Your Ad Today! Yukon’s Katelyn Holway rides Absolute Perfection at the Rocky Mountain Classic II in Calgary eight ribbons with two first 4 s & two weeks ago. Ten Yukon riders competed in the event. place finishes. E: wordads@yukon-news.com Rider Spencer Sumanik and horse Deno got off to a great start in Rocky Mountain I three weeks ago. Spencer took 2015 U18 Female Hockey Team first in the junior 0.75 jumper medal class, which is based on the performances of both the rider and horse individually. “That was a pretty big win for him,” said Inge. Ashley Borgel rode MoonDryland Testing: light Montage to 11 ribbons Aug. 23rd, 13:00 to 15:00 at École Émilie with third places in training Tremblay, 20 Falcon dr. Whitehorse. hunter 2’8” and low hunter 3’0” over the three weeks. Ice Times Sydney Johnson and Frank Aug. 24th 10:15 to 11:45 at CGC. jumped to eight ribbons Sept 3rd, 19:15 to 20:30 at CGC. including second in schooling Sept 6th, 16:30 to 17:45 at CGC. hunter 2’3” class and third in Tracey Bilsky/Yukon News low hunter 2’6”. Whitehorse’s Jetta Bilsky congratulates her horse Bobby THIS CAMP IS OPEN TO ALL FEMALE HOCKEY Terri Inglis and Hollywood McGee after an event. PLAYERS BORN BETWEEN 1997 AND 2003. trotted away with six ribbons and a third in junior 0.75 1.00 metre. horse Carmen snagged three From this camp players will be identified to a training squad metre jumper medal final. “It’s a very popular show ribbons at Rocky Mountain III. for the 2015 U18 Female Hockey Team that will represent Jetta Bilsky and Bobby Mccircuit,” said Inge. “All three Yukoners Sarah Hougen and Yukon in Prince George at the Canada Winter Games in Gee captured four ribbons and weeks were fully sold out, Jody Mackenzie-Grieve went Feb. 2015. Final selection will occur before December 2014. took a second in a mini prix which means there were more down separately for Rocky 0.75 metre class. than 300 horses there. Registration forms available via Sport Yukon Mountains II and III. Katrina Fekete and Wilson “There were five show rings Mackenzie-Grieve and horse took three ribbons and a third going at once and we had three CampFor fee is $10 which will the guarantee the first can ice session. any questions Head Coach be Cote D’Azur won two ribbons in the schooling hunter 2’3” riders in the show rings.” in Rocky II, including a second class. reached by email at lblbhockey46@gmail.com Contact Tom Patrick at place finish in the jumper stake Maren Sinclair-Eckert and tomp@yukon-news.com News Reporter
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Boehmer repeats in pre-Skagway 10 miler
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Left, runners head down the Millennium Trail at the start of the Chocolate Claim Pre-Skagway 10 Miler on Sunday. Whitehorse’s Logan Boehmer won the race for the second year in a row. Above, a pair of racers cross the Miles Canyon Bridge.
third for men 20-24, at the 2014 B.C. 10-Kilometre Championship in July. Dominic Bradford, who placed f Logan Boehmer’s performance third last year, moved up to second on Sunday is any indication, the in Sunday’s 10 miler at 1:02:50. Whitehorse relay team Scarecrow Boehmer and Bradford were will have a strong anchor runner shoulder to shoulder until the first come the Klondike Road Relay in a big hill on Miles Canyon Road. week. “We chatted for a bit and we like, For the second year in a row, ‘Do you want to work together?’ and Boehmer was the top finisher in the we did until the first big hill,” said Chocolate Claim Pre-Skagway 10 Boehmer. Miler, Whitehorse’s warm-up race “It’s nice to run hard on a Sunday for the Klondike Trail of ‘98 Intermorning. I’m glad Dominic was national Road Relay. there to push me.” Boehmer finished the roughly Ted Tucker completed the race in 10-mile race, starting and ending in 1:09:38 for third. Aidan Bradley, who Rotary Park on Sunday, with a win- competed in athletics at the Canada ning time of 1:01:39. Summer Games with Boehmer a “It was a little windy today, a little year ago, took fourth at 1:09:38. rainy, but it still makes for a good Hot off her win at last week’s race,” said Boehmer. “You don’t have Yukon 10-Kilometre Championto worry about getting too hot.” ships, Whitehorse’s Anett Kralisch Boehmer is registered to run the was the top female on Sunday and final leg of next week’s Skagway to ninth overall. Whitehorse relay as Whitehorse’s “I guess the 10K on Tuesday gave Team Scarcrow goes for their fifth me quite a bit of confidence that I straight title of the event. can do this one, so that was good,” The 22-year-old won the halfsaid Kralisch. distance at the Yukon River Quest Kralisch finished in 1:14:36 to Marathon at the start of the month. beat her third place time from last He also placed 13th overall, and year by just under two minutes. Not Tom Patrick News Reporter
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an easy task considering the course is a little long this year due to construction of Yukon Energy’s Whitehorse liquefied natural gas plant on Robert Service Way, removing the shortcut onto Miles Canyon Road. “I didn’t think I would be able to beat my time from last year, but I did,” said Kralisch. “It was very tough at first – the wind was brutal. And then there was that extra loop at Yukon Energy. But I felt great, so that was good.” Janet Clarke placed second for females at 1:17:26 and Laura Daly darted to third with a time of 1:17:30. “I ran the first four kilometres with my friend Laura who basically pushed me through the season and is the reason I got a bit more serious about running,” said Kralisch. “Without her I’d probably just run my five kilometres once a week. I’m really glad she’s such a good friend and got me into running.” While the Scarecrow team roster tends to change a little year to year, there is a significant difference in the line-up for next week’s race. Scarecrow will have its first female member next week with
Whitehorse’s Lindsay Carson. Carson was the top female in the half distance of the River Trail Marathon, placed second for open women (first for women 20-24) at the 2014 B.C. 10-Kilometre Championship and placed second out of 19,377 women runners at the Vancouver Sun Run in this spring. She came fourth at last year’s Canadian National Cross Country Championships. Also on Scarecrow, which will
continue to race in the competitive open division, is Team Canada crosscountry skier Graham Nishikawa of Whitehorse. This year’s relay has a total of 182 teams registered, surpassing the previous record of 161 set in 1998, Sport Yukon says. Though the exact number has not been pinned down, it appears over 1,500 runners will take part in the 32nd annual, 175-kilometre race September 5-6. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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Gender gap in golf favours young women more than men for variety of reasons Stephen Whyno Canadian Press
LONDON, ONT. or every Tiger Woods, there’s a Michelle Wie, a Lexi Thompson and a Lydia Ko. Much-hyped teenage stars are all over women’s golf. Thompson won a major championship at the age of 19, and Ko was 15 and 16 when she won the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in 2012 and 2013. Canada has a phenom of its own in Brooke Henderson, the 16-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., who recently finished second at the U.S. Amateur Championship. Explaining why women find the spotlight in golf so much younger than men has a lot do with body mechanics and a little to do with advances in teaching and technology that have been refined over time. ``The simple fact is that girls develop earlier than boys,’’ Golf Canada’s women’s amateur coach Tristan Mullally said. ``They reach their peak height faster, they develop in terms of their end body type faster. ``By the time they’re 15, 16, 17, they’re not going to change as much as a boy will, so they have an opportunity to be a little bit more consistent and to maybe reach some of those things earlier.’’ Mullally added that a lot of teenage boys can’t keep up with full-grown men on the PGA Tour because it’s hard to drive the ball 300-plus yards consistently. Canadians Mike Weir, Graham DeLaet and David Hearn are in the majority of men who have taken longer to find their games. Weir won the 2003 Masters at 32, while the 32-year-old DeLaet is only now enjoying his prime. Hearn took until just before his 34th birthday before he made the cut at a major tournament. Younger women can match older peers easier, in part because they play on shorter courses. ``If you can hit out there 240, 250 (yards), you can really compete at a young age,’’ Mullally said. But the physics of women developing earlier than men is no new phenomenon. What’s different is how girls with any golfing
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Brooke Henderson of Canada watches her tee shot on the eighth hole, during third round play at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open golf tournament in London, Ont., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
potential get extra attention to help refine those skills. ``They’re more prepared to play professional golf than I was when I came out,’’ said 36-year-old Cristie Kerr, who has two majors among her 16 career LPGA Tour victories. ``I just had my dad. They have their swing coaches, their mental coaches, their trainers, everything. They have sponsorships when they come out and we didn’t. It’s a lot different world for them.’’ As a member of Golf Canada’s national team, Henderson has two coaches in Mullally and Ann Carroll, a fitness trainer, a physiotherapist, a nutritionist and a psychologist. ``It’s an amazing support system,’’ Henderson said. ``I think the stronger your support system, you don’t have to focus on things outside of golf. You can just focus
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on your golf game itself.’’ When Karrie Webb was getting into golf, her first clubs were an adult set cut down to fit in her hands. Webb, 39, went on to win seven majors on the LPGA Tour. The first of those didn’t come until the age of 24, and Webb sees the future faces of the sport and knows they’re much more ready to compete at 16 or 17 than she was. The average age of 2014 major champions on the LPGA Tour is 25, compared to 28.5 on the PGA Tour. Beyond just those winners, the average LPGA rookie age is 23.6 and the average PGA rookie is 28.8. ``I always joke around like, ‘Is it 12?’ Because I’m way past 12,’’ said American Danielle Kang, who at 21 wasn’t close to being one of the oldest players at last week’s Canadian Women’s Open.
``I think the guys our age are still very, very talented, it’s just there’s more competition that are in their 30s to 40s for men,’’ Kang said. ``I mean, they’re still shooting 10-under par. But I think this game is growing, so there are much younger players that are coming up faster.’’ Wie had a big role in sparking this trend, qualifying for the U.S. Amateur at the age of 10 and becoming the youngest player to make an LPGA cut at 13. She validated a lot of the hype by winning the U.S. Open this year at 24 and is currently ranked fifth in the world. Even if Wie took some time to go from prodigy to major champion, her success story is an attractive one for young female golfers. ``You can see it on TV, it’s become almost a celebrity to be an athlete now, where maybe in the
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past it wasn’t like that,’’ Mullally said. ``There’s definitely a bigger interest in the amount of players who see that as being a goal for their career has definitely increased.’’ While LPGA purses are well below those on the men’s tour, there’s still plenty of money to be won. So Yeon Ryu earned more than US$300,000 for winning the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday, and 20-year-old rookie Jaye Marie Green _ 100th on the LPGA Tour money list _ has made $62,346 so far this year. Before making a living on tour, most women have successful amateur careers. Five-time major winner Inbee Park said the expansion of quality junior and amateur tournaments has helped speed up the learning curve. Of course not every teenage golf star finds success like Wie, Thompson and Ko. Park, who was on the LPGA Tour at the age of 18, said the key is for young players not to lose interest in what they’re doing. Four-time LPGA Tour winner Lorie Kane is trying to help the next generation of Canadian golfers not just keep interest but blossom into stars. The Charlottetown native’s advice to Henderson _ ``Don’t read your own press’’ _ goes for others, as well. ``I think it’s just stay out of their own way, and that comes from encouragement from the adults in their lives and not to make a big deal out of what they’re doing,’’ Kane said.
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LARGE FURNISHED room, incls wifi internet, TV w/cable, parking & all utils. Share house w/other adults, N/P, avail immed, $650/mon. 334-3456
CONDO IN Victoria, 5 min bike ride to University of Victoria, 2-bdrms, perfect for students, $200,000. 633-5583
SHARE HOUSE, not just a room, with 3 quiet professionals, private, Porter Creek, furnished, Internet, everything included, N/S. $850/mon. tim@timmit.ca, toll-free 1-855-628-7138 x99, http://timmit.ca/share
2-BDRM 1-BATH condo, quiet, downtown, end of Main, elevator, water floor heating, no shared walls, 2 units per floor, deck, wheelchair access, humidifier, intercom, bsmt storage, $310,000. 250-716-6190, email hanasaly.czca@gmail.com
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1st, 4-bdrm 2-bath house, Riverdale, N/P, N/S, refs&dd reqʼd, oil deposit required, lease, $1,750/mon + utils. 335-5976
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
SHOP SPACE/INDOOR storage space, 2,400 sq ft, good for boats, RVs etc, avail Nov 1, possibly earlier. 335-1509
BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT & new 3 bdrm +1 mobile home in quiet, well managed park. No dogs. Monthly pad $375. See property guys #703464. 334-4174 or 334-9064
CRESTVIEW, 2 bedrooms, livingroom, kitchen, 5 appliances, garden, oil/wood heat, refs req, N/P, $1,400/mon + 2/3 utils, avail September 15. 336-090 3-BDRM DUPLEX, Riverdale, 5 appliances, N/S, N/P, no parties, avail Oct 1, $1,400/mon. 668-2006 3-BDRM 2.5 bath townhouse, Ingram, open concept, new, 2 parking stalls, $1,800/mon + utils, N/P, N/S, no parties, avail immed. Inquiries 332-1612 1-BDRM EXECUTIVE country cottage, wood/oil heat, all amenities, spectacular river/mountain view. 1/2 hr north of D/T, available Oct 1, $1,100/mon + utils. 393-2684 MARSH LAKE, Judas Creek, cottage fully furnished, equipped, ready for winter, clean, tidy tenant willing to shovel w/references, $850 + utils & heat. 660-4106 3 BDRM 2.5-bath open concept unfurnished duplex, Takhini North, energy efficient, modern appliances, N/P, N/S, $1,800/mon + utils & deposit. 633-5998 1-BDRM HOUSE, car-port, quiet country living 15 minutes from downtown, exc cond, washer/dryer, avail Oct 1, N/P, $1,200/mon +utils. 668-3146 (h) or 667-2144 (w)
Wanted to Rent HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871
Brand New Single Family Homes starting at $349,900. Certified Green. Show Home Open Daily 1-85 Aksala Dr. Visit www.homesbyevergreen.ca for more details or call Maggie 335-7029 INCOME PROPERTY FOR SALE 2 home duplex, 1 3-bedroom & 1 2-bedroom Both have fridge stove washer & dryer, new gas furnaces. Newly renovated, large shop with office & 4 piece bathroom. 20x85 ft. greenhouse on 1 acre just outside city limits. Fenced Over $4000.00 month rent, low taxes. Ph. 780-351-2677 Email: crazygoatlady22@gmail.com DAWSON CITY district placer gold claim across from Last Chance Creek on 4 Above Pup, easy access from Hunker Creek road, has been drilled & hand mined, $2,000. Dan 867-336-1412 ESTATE SALE, 7253 Watch Lake Rd, Lone Butte, custom built 3,074 sq ft rancher, 3-bdrm 3-bath, full basement, 2 car garage, 25 acres, 31ʼx23ʼ shop, garden, storage, shed, $399,000. 250-695-6670 1400 SQ ft single family home w/detached garage/shop, ideal town location, 406 Ogilvie St, on 50'X100' lot w/full concrete basement, outside entrance, near Qwanlin Mall & Superstore, $325,000. 393-2200 CABIN NEAR Braeburn, 20 acres titled land w/multiple out buildings, $195,000. 633-3392
3-BDRM 3-BATH house, Porter Creek, 4B-17th Ave West, large house, big work garage, big windows, vaulted ceilings, private unfinished 1-bdrm suite, needs trim/finishing. 633-5495 WATERFRONT 2-BDRM house on Morley Bay, Teslin Lake, $269,000, propertyincludes workshop, garage/woodshed, new partially constructed log building (sauna/guest room). www.morleybayhouseforsale.com SMALL DAWSON trapline for sale (#31). Wray556@yahoo.ca OPEN HOUSE, Thurs Aug 28 @ 6-8pm, 37 Grizzly Circle, Unit A. Great, bright, open concept 4-plex condo. 333-0321 MLS LISTING #9056, asking $35,000 for 1974 Premier 12x68 trailer with 8x10 arctic entry, Baranov trailer park, no dogs allowed in the park, 668-3500 DAWSON CITY, 5 acre riverfront property near Andersonʼs Corner, road, power, cabin, $225,000. 867-993-3763 68ʼ MOBILE home, Northland Park, needs a little TLC, great buy for handy person, 668-1224 for info 3-BDRM 1.5-BATH house, Haines Junction, small & efficient, built in 2011, 1,500 sq ft, chalet style, large south-facing windows, wood stove, elec baseboards, in town, $285,000. 332-3726
Help Wanted Gold Village Chinese Restaurant Looking for experienced full-time kitchen helper and server Apply with resume to 401 Craig Street, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Fax resume to: 867-993-2336 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! SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WANTED Training Provided Apply in person to: TAKHINI TRANSPORT #9 Lindeman Road, Whitehorse, Yukon 867-456-2745
House Hunters
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 Wanted: English-speaking live-in housekeeper beginning August 2014. Meal preparation, shopping, etc, for one senior. Light housekeeping, laundry, etc. Estimated 25-30 hours per week. Knowledge of German required. Knowledge of French and music an asset. Room & board provided with own room, private bathroom. Wage negotiable. 633-3638
SALES CLERKS Bring resume or letter of interest with references to Manager at Midnight Sun Emporium
205 Main Street
An exciting new nightclub with a sensational new team
WE NEED â&#x20AC;˘ Fun, friendly and positive personalities â&#x20AC;˘ Impeccable presentation and communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ A willingness to learn and expand on your hospitality skills/knowledge â&#x20AC;˘ Reliable, dedicated and punctual individuals Part time and casual positions available for successful applicants. APPLY NOW! Send resume with references to club867@yahoo.ca .",& *5 :063 -"45 $"--
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
is looking for
PERMANENT FULL-TIME
SCOOP LAKE OUTFITTERS is seeking an outcamp cook for the remainder of the hunting season. Duties include cooking, baking and cleaning in a remote location in Northeastern BC. Please email to info@scooplake.com
This is the perfect opportunity to get your foot in the door in the hospitality industry or take the next step in your hospitality career. All front of house positions from bartenders, servers, security, team leaders and supervisors need to be filled!
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Porter Creek Super A has the following positions available:
Full-time Bakery Clerk Flight and beneďŹ t package included. Must be able to work weekends and nights. Wages depend on Experience.
Please apply in person to Mike or Dave. No phone calls please.
WATER & VACUUM TRUCK DRIVER Permanent Full-Time
QualiďŹ cations: s Environmental operations certiďŹ cate s Math review for small water systems & bulk water delivery certiďŹ cate s Basic small water systems operations s Grade 12; s Class 3 drivers license with airbrakes; must provide driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract s Knowledge of basic business computer software including word processing and spread sheets; s Knowledge of relevant acts and regulations Duties: s Haul septic from residential areas s Maintain equipment and tools owned by the Capital Department s Ensure that vehicles and/or equipment are serviced regularly. s Must take training pertaining to position s Drive both Water and Vacuum Trucks s Occasional work for 3rd parties s Undertake routine monitoring, record keeping and maintenance of sewage and solid waste disposal systems; s Maintain accurate records of operation and maintenance work on waste disposal systems. s Operate and maintain basic laboratory services for the testing and monitoring of environmental systems LSCFN hire policy will apply.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Executive Director 2 YEAR TERM FULL-TIME SALARY: $84,242 - $105,302 QUALIFICATIONS: Completion of Grade 12, or four to five years working in a senior position in First Nation public administration or, successful completion of a degree in Public or Business Administration, preferably in a First Nations environment or an equivalent combination of training and experience; knowledge of Yukon and LSCFN government systems and Land Claims and other related agreements; knowledge of LSCFN history, culture, demographics, goals and aspirations; knowledge of general management practices; knowledge of Human Rights Legislation; knowledge of Federal Labour Laws; knowledge of contract negotiation.
If you are interested, please submit your expression of interest along with your resume to: Doris Caouette, Human Resource OfďŹ cer Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation PO Box 135, Carmacks Y.T. Y0B 1C0 Phone: (867)863-5576 ext 280 Fax: (867)863-5710 Email: resume@lscfn.ca Closing date: Until Filled If you require a job description, please contact us.
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Nightclub Security A new nightclub opening in beautiful downtown Whitehorse, CLUB 867 oďŹ&#x20AC;ers sophistication and style. We have just taken over this brand new venue in the rear section of the Ramada Inn at 2288, 2nd Avenue, and are looking to fill it with a brand new team. We are hiring qualified individuals for night club Security with experience in security, monitoring, and/or supervision. A focus on de-escalation is preferred. We oďŹ&#x20AC;er 5-25 hours / week once you have passed the probationary period. You must like helping people, have good interpersonal skills and be able to think and respond quickly in a fast paced, ever changing environment. You must have a strong conflict management approach and be a team player. Candidates MUST be available Friday and Saturday nights. APPLY NOW to secure your interview. Please send your resume with references to club867@yahoo.ca .",& *5 :063 -"45 $"--
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Advertising Sales Representative The Yukon News, a twice-weekly award-winning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person. The successful candidate will have sales experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player and will also be called upon to grow the account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary coupled with a strong beneďŹ t package. Black Press has more than 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless. Please submit your resume with a cover letter to Mike Thomas Publisher, Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2E4 or email to mthomas@yukon-news.com No phone calls please.
www.blackpress.ca
www.yukonnews.com
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Administrative Assistant for Hamlet of Mount Lorne Local Advisory Council. 10-15 hrs/month. To start Oct. 1, 2014. Please see ad on website at: http://www.mountlorne.yk.net/ hamlet.html.
LABOURERS PCL Energy - Now Hiring Labourers with over 2 years of industrial experience for IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN work on an industrial project in Vanscoy, SK. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Retention and completion bonuses paid! Send resume to: pclenergyjobs@pcl.com or fax: 1-888-398-0725.
REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Excavator operator to feed a sluice plant and/or rock truck driver for remote camp In Dawson City. Must have own transportation to Dawson. Please send resumes to monster-177@hotmail.com
506 ALL DAY GRILL will be open in September We are looking for a full-time or part-time waiter/waitress with 2 years experience. Drop off resume to: 506 Main Street
WANTED: Restaurant cook & server Located at the Toad River Lodge in Toad River, BC. All accommodations & meals are provided. Shift work, 7 days on 3 days off, 7 days on 4 days off. Resumes or inquires to Matthew at: Phone 1-250-232-5401 Fax 1-250-232-5215 email travel@toadriverlodge.com
EXPERIENCE IS an asset - We offer FREE recruitment services for people aged 45 and over across Canada. Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca or call toll-free: 1-855-286-0306.
SEEKING A FULL TIME RECEIVER
The successful candidate will be processing shipments of general gift merchandise and jewellery for retail sale at Murdoch’s. Shipments arrive in boxes and require physical handling. An eye for detail is an asset to ensure product has arrived in saleable condition. Some jewellery experience is also an asset. The position also requires some front-end customer service. Competitive wage and benefits package. Please apply in person with resume to
Murdoch’s, 207 Main Street
Job Opportunity
WANTED: Retail Sales Clerk (NOC 6421) for Airport Gift Shop Work starts at 4:00am/weekends Wage: $12 per hour Drop off resume at store or call 335-6886
Miscellaneous for Sale OIL FURNACE, 3 yrs old, just serviced professionally. Olsen BML80B, 59,000-97,000, BTU/hr. EnergyGuide 83, $1,000. 335-8153
KITCHEN HELPER/ PREP COOK (NOC6711)
DUTIES: WASH, PEEL AND CUT VEGGIES AND FRUITS. RECEIVE SUPPLIES. BAKING. 35-40 hours/week, $12/hour
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.
This is a full-time position. Wage is negotiable, dependent on experience. Job Description is available up on request. Applications/Resumes can be submitted to: Roma Walker Phone: 250-779-3161 Ext. 248 Fax: 250-779-3371 Email: council@dayluden@council.com Closing Date: August 27, 2014 at 3:30 p.m.
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
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
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
TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. 633-3154
ANTIQUE/VINTAGE STEREO cabinet/record player, Zenith floor model, flips over for compact storage, 333-9020 COLLECTOR STERLING silver collector spoons in display case, 333-9020 TORIN FLOOR jack, 2 1/2 ton, new cond, $40. 334-8318
SERVERS, BARTENDERS & DOOR PERSONNEL, Drop résumé off at
The Town & Mountain Hotel
Daylu Dena Council is seeking applications/resumes for the position
Job Summery: The Director of Health is responsible for the direction and coordination of community health programming and services. The Director is responsible for implementation of all health programming and management of all health project managers. As part of the Management Team, the Director reports to the Management Team. The Director also maintains communication with all stuff and community members, funding agencies, Health Canada and others. The Director is to provide and manage programs and services, and make referrals to maintain and increase community members level of health and well-being. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. To monitor and assist Community Members with health concerns which include: a. Arranging for the escorting to doctor’s appointments; b. Ensuring prescriptions are filled; c. Watching for effects from medications; and d. Maintaining health files on each Elder. 2. To monitor and assist Daycare Manager in the deliver of daycare and headstart to children of the community. 3. To arrange and provide health and dental services to the Community Members through the Health Centre facility. 4. To offer health related workshops for the community (AIDS, STD’s, First Aid) 5. To be the community liaison for health programming issues. 6. To assist community members with personal living situations. 7. To offer one-on-one dialogue to assess and recommend followup for Community Members with other health support services. 8. To review and monitor all revenues and expenditures, and provide reports to funding agencies on a timely basis. 9. To review annual reports with the auditor. 10. To train all staff to manage their own program budget areas. 11. Perform other related work as required.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014
Apply via email: mitsue@bakedcafe.ca
401 MAIN STREET Whitehorse, Yukon info@townmountain.com
ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Are you looking for volunteer opportunities? Please check www.volunteeryukon.ca to find more volunteer opportunities.
WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154
CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards, serious inquiries. $1,500. 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. 633-3154 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10. Almost every card issued minus some short prints, incl. 27 unopened paks/yr. Over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. 633-3154. GARRET ELECTRONICS, 4-coil metal locator w/case, exc shape, $600. 332-6565 MCPHAR MOD. TV-A1 spectrometer w/case, exc shape, cost over $6,000, offers. 332-6565 SPILSBURY TINDALL SBX-11 2-way radio w/antenna, $500. 332-6565 THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. 633-3154 V, THE complete series, The Final battle + the original miniseries, $30. Serge @ 667-2196 eves MERIT KITCHEN cabinets, almond with oak trim, double Jenn-air oven and cooktop included. 667-4970 or 334-1715 INVERTER IN perfect shape, $100. 667-6951 after 5pm FICUS TREE, end table with magazine rack, camp stove. Lv msg 667-2583 400 BOARD ft of 3/4” cedar boards, $700, 35 gallon electric water heater, $60. 633-4018 6 FT piece Diamond Willow, 21 integrated diamonds, epoxy finish, beautiful. $150 firm. 633-2050 MOOSE ANTLERS (11 pts ea), $20, Coast Mountain coffee pot, $20, White Pass 1984 plate, $40, Keurig machine, $20, Sears recliner, $50, old fashioned meat grinder, $20, Muskrat trap, $10. 336-0534 DUAL WHEELED wheelbarrow & rubber tired wagon. 668-2332
Volunteer Auctioneer Wanted Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon is looking for an experienced auctioneer to auction 3 items at a Business After Hours event on September 18th at approximately 5:30 pm. The funds raised will support Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Programs. Refreshment/food available to volunteer in return for their services. Contact: Harold Sher, Executive Director at (867) 668-7911 or bbbsyukon@ gmail.com
Volunteers Needed for Future Routes Music Festival! BYTE needs volunteers to help out at the Future Routes music festival coming up on September 12th, 2014. Positions available include: t Set up and tear down of the sound system (set-up duties to take place the night of September 11th and during the day on September 12th, tear-down duties will take place after the show and on September 13th). Must be able to lift 50 lbs. t Ticket sales t Handing out wristbands t Hospitality – ensuring that food is available to artists and volunteers and that the green room is clean and well-functioning t Setting up beer garden t Clean up after the show Volunteers will be provided with a free all-access pass to the Future Routes Festival, food, coffee, tea, and snacks on the night, and good karma. Contact: If you’re interested, contact BYTE’s Whitehorse Outreach Coordinator Angela at 667-7975 or whitehorse@yukonyouth.com For more information about Future Routes, visit www.yukonyouth.com.
Under the “B”… Volunteer opportunity supporting Residents in Bingo program
BRITISH MILITARY/POLICE sword, Pattern 1827 Infantry, vg cond, c/w leather pig skin scabbard, sword frog & sword knot, collector's item, $450. 668-4732 NEW INSULATED garage door with motor, 8ʼ. Cedar 4x4ʼs in 8ʼ, 10ʼ, or 12ʼ. 334-6868 1 CASE suntan lotion, SPF 60. 335-1410
BARTENDERS, SERVERS & DOOR STAFF Please apply at Jarvis Street Saloon, 206 Jarvis Street with resume and references. No phone calls please.
contract opportunity
Rotary Music Festival Coordinator Part-Time
Thomson Centre, Thursdays 1:15 – 3:15. Orientation provided. Criminal records check required. Min. 6 month commitment requested. Contact Kathy at 393-8629.
The contractor provides administrative and technical support for the organization of the Rotary Music Festival.
You work for a non-profit organization and you would like to add your volunteer opportunities? Please click on http://www.volunteeryukon.ca/.
For a detailed contract description, please visit: www.rmfestival.ca
Community Services
Submit applications to: rod.hill@northwestel.net Submission deadline: Sept. 5, 2014 at 5:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 ENGLISH RIDING tack, 2 Stubben saddles, many bridles, snaffle bits, girths, side reins, training equipment, blankets, fly sheets, saddle racks, martingales, etc, mostly new, package $2,500. 668-4732 2 FOAM-LINED HD aluminum shipping/storage crates on large swivel HD casters, 48"x32"x30" & 36"x24"x22", both equipped with multiple locking hasps, exc cond, $400 for both. 668-4732 CORRUGATED STEEL culvert, Stelco 20ĘźX20â&#x20AC;?, new, Marsh Lake, $200. ykstuff@yahoo.ca DSLR CAMERA bag with laptop pouch, Lowepro Fastpack 250, new, nwanted gift, $60. 334-8388 CEDAR, 2 lifts of 1x6x12'-5' decking boards. Round edge, 900 sq ft in each lift, $1,100 for each lift. 335-1088 DALL SHEEP cape. Frozen, $450. In the Yukon. 250-566-1346 HAMSTER CAGE, $50. Coffee table, $15. Shamrock plant, $5. Ficus tree, $10. Trailing plant, $5. Dresser, $75. Clothes dryer, $250. Power backup, $125. 668-4186 30Ęź RADIO tower in three 10Ęź sections w/winch for extension, $100. 633-3392 STEREO STAND, $50. Touring bike, $800 (53cm). Kitchen lights, $25/ea. Tires for free. Rabbit cage, $150. Table lambs, $7-$10. Dinning room light, $50. 668-4186 PARTRIDGE CREEK farm, moving sale, lots of items, call for list. Mike or Clara 867-996-2580 PORTABLE PROPANE grill (Foreman), never used, incls 3 unused Coleman propane cylinders, $45. 668-7001 70 GAL saddle tank, $35. 332-1927
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WOLF HIDE, tanned timber wolf pelt, typical grey & white colour, large size. 668-3632 lv msg ATCO STYLE trailer broken into 2 rooms, wired. Needs some TLC & to be towed on flat bed from current location 1 hr from Whse, $600. 633-3392 NEW 20â&#x20AC;? air tight wood stove, also known as a hippy killer. Great for a small cabin or wall tent, c/w all hardware & feet, $100. 633-3392 10â&#x20AC;? CRAFTSMAN radial arm saw with stand, gd cond, works great, $100 obo. 633-3392 FULL SIZE school bus, no engine, seats removed. Good for guest cabin or shed. Glass good all around. Must be towed from current location 1 hr from Whse, $500. 633-3392
SMALL DOG crate, box of tennis balls, horse tack (halter, western girth, bits), towels, solar shower bag, shower curtain never used, warm blanket, offers. 334-8086 U.S. ARMY cots, original, official issue, as new $150 ea. Email: cd@norskk.com HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, Blue Ray movies, $7 ea, regular movies, $4 ea, power tools, prices negotiable, need to sell ASAP, 334-6043 or 668-5589 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, quality women's clothes/shoes, cups, binders, stainless steel microwave trim kit for Ge profile microwave, books, cordless phones, cords, Ikea lights, Debbie Travis shelves. 335-2938 SIMPLICITY RIDE-ON lawn mower, runs but needs some work, $500 obo. 456-2633
STEEL BUILDINGS...â&#x20AC;?STEEL OVERSTOCK SALE!â&#x20AC;? 20X20 $4,055. 25X24 $4,650. 30X32 $6,586. 32X34 $7,677. 40X48 $12,851. 47X70 $17,899. One End wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
1976 PICTURE, Jim Robb of Sam McGeeĘźs lounge, 18â&#x20AC;?X24â&#x20AC;?, offers. 332-6565
FLUORESCENT PEPSI sign 1'x4', $120. 334-6740
DVD, GREEN Bay Packers 3 Super Bowl championships, new, unopened, $20. 668-5814 or 335-2005
WOLF HIDE rug w/live mount head, $2,000 obo. 996-2580 SERGENT PRESTON comic books, bought in Dawson, 9 in total, paid $20 ea, asking same price, 633-3819 LARGE 2-DR floor safe on steel wheels, 5Ęź2â&#x20AC;? tall, 36â&#x20AC;? wide, 28â&#x20AC;? deep, 5 number combination, weighs about 1,000lb, old but works fine, $660. 633-3819 PROSPECTING PIECES, lightweight sluice box suitable for sampling, low water useage, $250. Mary 634-2148
2 IMPERIAL gallon crock, Medalta Potteries, Alberta, Town of Redcliffe, 3 gal crock, $35 & $45. 634-2148
TOOL BOX w/multi-purpose tools, $250, smaller multi-tool box, $30, metric & Imperial, for mechanics, plumbing, electrical. Mary 634-2148
PENDLETON JACKET, orange, black & taupe colours, perfect shape, XL. 668-5188
HAND-PAINTED ACRYLIC scenes, unused frames, cards, etc, $15 & up. Mary 634-2148
MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR Stronghold tent, only used couple of times, exc cond, as new, $2,500. Email: vikingar@norskk.is
BLACKBERRY QUALICOM 3G CDMA 3.2mp case & charger, $35. 689-2017
GARCIA MACHINE bear cache/bear proof containers, $40 ea. Email: cd@norskk.com
MENĘźS BOOTS US10 Thinsulate Gortex Georgia Trekker 1600, new, $50. 689-2017
CAMP TOILET, small portable, flush & hold tanks, v clean, $40. 689-2017
VARIOUS SAWS, like new meat saw, etc, garden tools, axe etc, $30 to $40 or less for tools. Mary 634-2148
NEW VINYL Flooring approx 48â&#x20AC;?X70â&#x20AC;?, grey with burgundy diamond pattern, $40. 634-2148
HIP WADERS, like new, $25, Snow Bunny boots, $20. 634-2148
HD MASTERCRAFT wood lathe, new cond, 32â&#x20AC;? between centres, c/w set wood chisels, $500. 456-2633
IRIDIUM 9555 handset + standard accessories (original box) + Pelican carrying case, 2 years old, exct cond, few cosmetic scratches on screen, $1,000. Email: cd@norskk.com WOMEN'S CLOTHING sz s & m, camping cookery/chair, ice skates sz 8, rain jacket 3in1 sz m menĘźs, down jacket sz m womenĘźs, all in good shape/clean, offers. 334-8086 ELECTROLUX CARPET shampooer, $25, newer large red Kitchen Aide enamelled cast iron roaster, $40. Mary 634-2148
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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity through education and training.
Essential Skills Case Manager School of Academic & Skill Development Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Term Position to: May 30, 2015 Salary: $31.79 to $37.85 per hour (Based on 60 hours bi-weekly) Competition #: 14.102 Initial Review Date: September 4, 2014
This position is responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating case management support for Skills for Employment projects at Yukon College by working one-on-one with students in connecting individuals to internal and external agencies, if required. Duties include: liaising with skills instructors, coordinating a student support case management team, monitoring individualized student learning plans, and providing student advising and student intake interviews. The ideal candidate will have a post-secondary degree preferably at the graduate level with experience developing and coordinating educational/training programs, at the adult basic education level, and working with outside organizations and agencies, including First Nation governments. A valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license is also required. Candidates with an acceptable combination of education, training and experience may also be considered. For additional information please contact: Erica Bourdon, Chair, School of Academic and Skill Development Email:ebourdon@yukoncollege.yk.ca Phone: (867) 456-8641 Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
LEAF BLOWER, 14 amp Weed Eater 2580 blower, vacuum and mulcher c/w straps & bag, $25. 633-5774 FOAM MATTRESS, 4"x3'x6.5' $100, diesel stove trekker 12k btu, $700, canvas tent 14x16x5' with poles, $2,400, flagging tape -60 cold crack, $2.50 ea, airtight stove 22" with pipes, $200. 332-0071
2013 CURVED shaft weed eater. Very clean unit, low hours. Runs like a new weed eater. Not messed with. Located in Haines Jct. Paid $110, asking $60. 867-634-2350 NIKON AF camera lenses, F-28 -80 $50, F-70-300 $150, F-80 body (film) $75, all obo. 633-2348 after 6pm
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Reporting to the Manager IT Services, the position is responsible for the administration, design, maintenance and implementation of all data base systems within Yukon College. This position will manage the database resources and services and ensure data quality and integrity and availability to all applications. As the primary resource for the Student Management System (OOXFLDQ %DQQHU \RX ZLOO LQVWDOO VHWXS FRQĂ&#x20AC;JXUH SDWFK administer, troubleshoot and maintain the Banner and Millenium Fast Systems. As well, with your experience in operating systems and business analysis, you will be working closely with a variety of users in the college to determine their current and future requirements and you will work with the user community to further implement our data warehouse environment (Millenium Fast), providing users with the capability of developing and running their own queries and reports. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working closely with users, who can lead the process of providing timely and accurate information as required. Applicants will have Post-secondary Information Technology FHUWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQ DQG RU VHYHUDO \HDUV RI ,7 LQGXVWU\ WUDLQLQJ LQ 'DWDEDVH 0DQDJHPHQW 'HYHORSPHQW SUHIHUDEO\ 2UDFOH DQG RU %DQQHU SURJUDPPLQJ H[SHULHQFH ZLWK 3/ 64/ 2UDFOH DQG 8QL[ VKHOO VFULSWLQJ VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ LQ FUHDWLQJ DQG UXQQLQJ UHSRUWV DQG H[SHULHQFH LQ SURMHFW management. <XNRQ &ROOHJH RIIHUV D FRPSUHKHQVLYH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W SDFNDJH
HYUNDAI PUMP, 2â&#x20AC;?, 6.5 hp, plus 200Ęź commercial grade water hose with shutoff . 633-4149
HYUNDAI GENERATOR, new, HHD6250W, $600. 334-2862 STEEL STUDS, new, 3 5/8â&#x20AC;? wall thickness, 8 only 15Ęź, 20 only 10Ęź, 6 only top & bottom rails @ 10Ęź, 6 wall stiffeners, 12Ęź ea, $100. Len 332-1927 DALL SHEEP shoulder-mount trophy, $750, beautiful taxidermy work, a guardian spirit animal above your fireplace, 333-0772 MONITOR 441 furnace with filter, exhaust and copper piping, 500 gal fuel tank (2008) still 1/2 full of home heating fuel, $1,500. 334-3668 TOYO STOVE Lazer 56, perfect cond, incls new 125 gal Tidy Tank, heats up to 1,000 sq ft, $2,000. 668-3325 4 NEW pocket knives, $10 for all. 334-7061 SEARS-O-PEDIC DOUBLE bed & mattress set, clean & in good condition, $50, 2 exercise machines, Torso Trak 2, $25, Stamina in Motion E1000, $45. 633-2120 COMPLETE SET of tools for bricklaying, drywalling, tiling, carpeting, make a deal. 668-7026 8Ęź BRUNSWICK Commander pool table, 3 sets of balls, cues, racks & scoreboard, $550. 334-7804 SMALL HOUSE plants, $5 to $20, large rubber tree, hibiscus tree, snake plant, $300 ea. 668-4186
Electrical Appliances KENMORE FRIDGE, works great, $150, clothes dryer, $250, upright freezer, $300, located in Judas Creek. 336-3830 18 CU ft fridge/top freezer, self-cleaning stove, built-in dishwasher, microwave, all appliances white, will sell individually or as package. 333-9020 GE PROFILE stove, very clean, vg cond, $250. 633-3982 GE HOTPOINT 30â&#x20AC;? microwave for over the range, can be vented from top or back, looks/works great, $50. 667-7072 FABERGE CONVECTION broiler oven, top of line, electric saver, 2 shelf 12â&#x20AC;?X18â&#x20AC;? oven, $100. 634-2148 FRONT LOAD dryer, free to good home, 633-4018 WALL OVEN, never model with convection, very little use, $350. 335-1019
TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL â&#x20AC;˘ LOANS 2 BELL satellite receivers w/remotes, good cond, $60. 334-8318 42â&#x20AC;? SAMSUNG LED H.D. TV, 4 HDMI outputs, 2 USB outputs, $500 obo. 456-2626 XBOX 360 Arcade with 3 games, new cond, never used, c/w controller in used cond, $180 obo for everything. 633-6799
Computers & Accessories HP COMPUTER with mouse & keyboard, $250 obo. 633-3982 COMPUTER DESK, 67" corner cockpit style, lots of storage, would make great sewing desk, disassembled and delivered to Whitehorse $100, add reassembly, $125. 633-5774
Musical Instruments We will buy your musical instrument or lend you money against it. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL â&#x20AC;˘ LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com
For more information, please contact: Mike Barwell, IT Manager at mbarwell@yukoncollege.yk.ca
YAMAHA CVP 509 digital piano, check many features on Internet, $9,000 value, asking $6,700. Serge @ 667-2196 after 5pm
Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca
1967 GIBSON J50 steel string acoustic guitar w/ hard shell case, exc cond, second owner, $2,000 firm. Dan 867-336-1412 RECORDING KING, acoustic guitar, with Dan Markley pick-up & hard shell case, $450. 668-8737
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MERCER MUSIC STUDIO Piano Lessons Royal Conservatory Program September start Beginners very welcome Come join a great group of students Kathy Mercer, 336-0175
PA SYSTEM, JBL Eon powered speakers & 10 channel Beringer mixer including cables & power cords, $675. 668-8737
YAMAHA CLAVINOVA piano model CVP509, perfect for beginners or advanced students, check all wonderful features on Internet, $9,000 in stores, asking $6,500. Serge 667-2196 after 5pm
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OVATION GUITAR, Morgan guitar, G&L elec guitar, Stentor fiddle, Ibanez SD GR elec bass, 668-1224
IBANEX ARTCORE bass w/soft case, $500, Ibanez electric guitar model 170DX, new, w/soft case, $375. 393-2234
DONĘźS FIREWOOD Scheduled daily deliveries HJ Beetle kill Spruce $260 per cord, City limits Phone 393-4397
SAXAPHONE, EXC cond, hardly used. 667-6630
3,000 WATT gen set & F250 wood truck. 668-2332
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Ruby Range Adventure, one of Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading outdoor adventure companies, is looking for an exceptional office reception clerk. The job of the office reception clerk entails the administration of the office. You need to be enthusiastic with great people skills. You need to be very detailed oriented and extremely responsible to run the day to day of the company office. With a range of responsibilities at your feet, you need to be a great all-rounder and an expert multi-tasker. DUTIES AND SPECIFICATIONS Â&#x2026; BOTXFSJOH RVFSJFT GSPN UIF QVCMJD Â&#x2026; SFTQPOEJOH UP BOE NBOBHJOH CPPLJOH JORVJSJFT Â&#x2026; BENJOJTUFSJOH BDDPNNPEBUJPO TFSWJDFT Â&#x2026; BENJOJTUFSJOH SFTFSWBUJPOT BOE QVSDIBTJOH PG TVQQMJFST Â&#x2026; VTJOH B SBOHF PG PGGJDF TPGUXBSF JODMVEJOH FNBJM TQSFBETIFFUT BOE EBUBCBTFT Â&#x2026; NBOBHJOH GJMJOH TZTUFNT Â&#x2026; SFDPSEJOH PGGJDF BOE PQFSBUJPO FYQFOEJUVSF BOE NBOBHJOH UIF CVEHFU Â&#x2026; PSHBOJ[JOH UIF PGGJDF MBZPVU BOE NBJOUBJOJOH TVQQMJFT PG TUBUJPOFSZ BOE FRVJQNFOU Â&#x2026; NBJOUBJOJOH UIF DPOEJUJPO PG UIF PGGJDF BOE BSSBOHJOH GPS OFDFTTBSZ SFQBJST Â&#x2026; PSHBOJ[JOH NFFUJOHT XJUI TUBGG Â&#x2026; TFMMJOH TPVWFOJST Â&#x2026; TFMG NPUJWBUFE BOE SFTPVSDFGVM XJUI UIF QSPWFO BCJMJUZ UP NVMUJ UBTL BOE PQFSBUF TVDDFTTGVMMZ under tight deadlines and time pressures Â&#x2026; XSJUJOH SFQPSUT GPS TFOJPS NBOBHFNFOU BOE EFMJWFSJOH QSFTFOUBUJPOT Â&#x2026; SFTQPOEJOH UP DVTUPNFS FORVJSJFT BOE DPNQMBJOUT Â&#x2026; FOKPZT B GBTU QBDF EZOBNJD DIBMMFOHJOH BOE UFBN PSJFOUFE XPSL FOWJSPONFOU Â&#x2026; CBTJD LOPXMFEHF PG BDDPVOUJOH JT B QMVT CVU OPU B OFDFTTJUZ Â&#x2026; TUSPOH XSJUJOH SFBEJOH MJTUFOJOH BOE TQFBLJOH DPNNVOJDBUJPOT TLJMMT Â&#x2026; HPPE JOUFSQFSTPOBM BOE UFBNXPSL TLJMMT
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EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Dry accurate cords â&#x20AC;˘ Clean shavings available â&#x20AC;˘ VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432
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2001 CHRYSLER Sebring, 4 new tires, 200,000kms, good shape & good mechanical cond, $1,500. 633-5306
WANTED: BEE-KEEPING equipment, books and information, Christina at 335-4806 WANTED: WORKING CB radio wanted by 11 year old, $20 max. 633-3456
Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL â&#x20AC;˘ LOANS BELGIUM BROWNING 30.06 in Safari grade, premium rifle in exc cond, $750. Remington 700 30.06 w/scope, $450. 334-4067 JR CARBINE, 9mm, c/w carrying case, 3 clips & tactical scope, must have PAL, $1,000 firm. 250-651-0073 BROWNING X- Bolt Stainless stalker, fluted barrel, carbon fiber finish, detachable magazine, bolt action, 30-06, spare magazine, new, never fired, very nice rifle, $1,150 obo. 633-4322
BROWNING XBOLT Stainless Stalker in .280rem, rubberized stock, 3x9x40 Bushnell trophy XLT scope mounted, 25 rounds fired through the gun, $1,000 obo. Mark 334-7335 SCOPES, TASCO, Bushnell, Weaver, Baush & Lomb, in boxes, used, $20-$180, spotting scope 62mm Brunton Eterna, unused in box, $875 new, asking $600. 689-2017 BAGS, PLASTIC sealable, 2 rolls (18x24, 8x12) heavy weight, $25 ea, floodlight (plug-in car/rechargeable), large freestanding, $15. 689-2017 SHOTGUN CLEANING rod, collectible set, $40, Outers Lab USA, 689-2017 TWO PKGS of 7mm WSM (short rem mag), 160 grain. Must have PAL. $10/ea. 336-3474 VZ-58 7.62X39, like new Czech small arms rifle, c/w 3 clips, cleaning kit, camouflage tactical case, 700 rounds of ammo. PAL reqĘźd. 250-651-0073 LEE ENFIELD No 4 Mk1, 303 British, sporterized, very nice bluing, good bore, scope rail instead of rear sight, 10 rd mag, sling, $300 firm, PAL req'd. 667-2276
WANTED: UNICYCLE for 11 year old. Must have adjustable seat height. 633-3456 WANTED: FUEL injector pump for Ęť88 Ford diesel 7.3L, E-350 model, in good cond, 334-8318
1997 CHEVY Lumina, command start, 2 sets tires/rims, exc cond, must be seen & driven, $2,500 obo. 334-8347
WANTED: 12 gauge shotgun, also interested in 20 gauge or 410. 633-4322
1995 CHRYSLER Cirrus, under 100,000km, good clean body, good tires, new spare, as is, serious enquiries only, $700 obo. 336-3805
WANTED: OUTBOARD boat motor, long shaft, 25-50 hp. 633-4322
1995 TOYOTA Corolla, great car, lots of work, good parts car or fixer-upper, $1,000. 633-3982
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1994 LINCOLN Continental stretch limo, good all-over condition, $6,500. 604-308-9001 or 334-0729 1993 AUDI Quattro, red, mint cond, AWD, 2 sets winter/summer tires/rims, $4,900 obo. 335-6655 1993 HONDA Accord, runs & drives well, $1,000 obo, moving out sale, lots of other items. Mike or Clara @ 996-2580 1991 TOYOTA Previa 4X4, vg cond, 320,000 km, engine head replaced, 4 good all-season & 4 very good stud tires, $2,200. 335-7535 1989 TOYOTA Corolla, 2WD, 297,000km, battery & winter tires under 1 yr old, drives well, needs TLC, block & oil pan heater, roof rack, good on gas, $1,000 obo. 334-7097
2014 TOYOTA Yaris LE 32,000 km, all equipped + some extras, $15,000 firm. 334-4299 2012 HONDA Civic LX, auto, black, exc cond, c/w block heater, winter & all season tires, 2 sets of Honda mats, 4-cyl, regular unleaded, 23,000kms, $16,500. 335-5583 2012 NISSAN Versa, black, 6-spd manual, 14,000kms, manual, interor in exc shape, DC sports intake and exhaust, HID headlights, summer/winter tires on rims, fun to drive, $14,900. 335-7878 2010 CHEVROLET Impala, 100,000kms, V6, auto, 4-dr, a/c P/W & seat, c/w winter tires & rims, $6,000 firm. 867-689-6025
1971 FORD Ranchero 6-cyl 3-sp standard, California car, original body, 95% complete, needs carb, $5,000 obo; 1963 Chev Belair 2-dr sedan project car, no motor/trans, original V8 car, $2,000 obo. 393-2234
I991 MERCEDES Benz 2dr coupe 4 seat heat & electric recline, 5.6 L, champagne gray w/buckskin leather interior, every option for Ęť91, 156,000kms, reduced to $6,000 from $7,000, moving. 633-3819
2007 YARIS RS Hatchback, gd cond. Manual 170,000 hwy kms. New Nokia winters on rims inclĘźd, recent BC provincial mechanical inspection. All service records available. No accidents, $6,500. 250-329-4988
2006 HONDA Civic 4-dr sedan, 85,000km, great cond, remote start, block heater, keyless entry, Hankook Optimo 4S tires, non-smoking, highway driven, $11,000 obo, 668-3335 2005 FORD Focus, great shape/cond, has mechanical inspection, white, 4-dr hatchback, 5-spd manual ZX5, $5,000. 334-6976 2005 CHRYSLER 300, new rad engine, 85,000 km, body has 117,000 mi, new ball joints/wheel aliment 18" foose rims fully loaded, 345 hemi, tinted taillights, $1,300 obo. 336-0770 2004 CROWN Vic, nice clean car, c/w safety, transmission rebuilt, $3,000. 334-6976 2004 HONDA Civic LX coupe, 100,000km, c/w 17" Maxxim Ferris gloss black rims/tires, new Kenwood eXcelon sound system, cold air intake, $8,000 obo. 335-5036 2004 KIA Rio sedan. Well maintained, low mileage, command start, manual transmission, $4,000. 334-4898
2004 TOYOTA Echo, manual, 2-dr hatchback, 312,400km highway mileage, set of winter/summer tires with rims, $3,900 obo. 334-5607
WANTED: SHARED transportation to Skagway & back in August, will share gas, possibly 1 to 2 overnights. 668-5188 lv msg
1980 CORDOBA 2-dr hard top, 318 motor, close to rebuilt, new Michelin tires prior to being parked, $300. Jim 634-2151, Mary 634-2148
2007 SUBARU Impreza SE, heated seats, AWD, outside temp. display, safe on ice/snow, 5-spd manual, 146,000 km, loads of cargo space, split folding rear seats, 6 CD player. 335-1426
RUGER 7717, grey laminated stock, $750, Bushnell Trophy XLT scope, $150. 667-4425
WANTED: LARGE collapsible or folding dog kennel at reasonable price. 334-6265
1983 LINCOLN Town Car, 4 door, automatic, V8 302, 40,000kms, gd cond, no rust c/w 1988 Lincoln Town car, 5L fuel injected also runs, $2,500/both. 334-2621
1951 OLDSMOBILE 88 4-dr, project, black, newly painted, new wide oval tires, new seat covers, 303 V8 w/auto, engine is seized, trans good and out of car, $1,500, moving. 633-3819
2004 SATURN ION 160,000 kms, runs great need it gone, no room in, manual, winter tires, $4,600 firm. 334-4188
WANTED: CHARIOT-STYLE single baby carriage with all the coverings, 668-5188
1988 CADILLAC Sedan DeVille, like new cond. 668-2332
2007 PONTIAC Grand Prix, 96,000kms, 4-dr auto, loaded, silver grey, like new, very clean, exc cond, first $6,000 takes it. 332-8918
RUGER M77 338, win mag, wood stock, blued barrel, $525, CZ 455 22 WMR, $525. 667-4425
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2001 JAGUAR S-Type 4.0, Auto, 170,000 km, engine great condition, interior/exterior glossy condition, great investment, $7,000, call/text: 867-335-2555 1999 HONDA Accord Coupe, auto, 260,000 kms, green, leather, 2nd owner, very reliable, great mileage, all receipts since new, newer timing belt, brakes, am moving, $3,150 obo. 250-360-7693
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Application deadline: September 12th, 2014 *G ZPV IBWF UIF FYQFSJFODF ESJWF BOE JOUFSFTU UP RVBMJGZ GPS UIJT PQQPSUVOJUZ QMFBTF email your resume, cover-letter and references to jobs@rubyrange.com.
WANTED: LOOKING to purchase old and antique pocket knives regardless of condition, working, worn out, rusty, cracked, contact me with what you have available. 336-0058
CORDS OF DRY PINE For sale Cut to length 668-3534
HUSQVARNA MAUSER-STYLE carbine 9.3X62. Dies, bullets & ammo, $700. 456-4307
Ruby Range Adventure, one of Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading outdoor adventure companies, is looking for an exceptional Base & Fleet Manager for the seasonal operation.
2002 FORD Focus sedan, auto, power everything, a/c, 159,000kms, c/w 2 summer & 4 studded winter tires, $3,900. 334-5032
FIREWOOD FOR SALE $160 per cord 20 ft. lengths, 5 cord loads. Small delivery charge. 867-668-6564 Leave message
WINCHESTER MODEL 70 pre-64 .270 Win. New Nikon Prostaff 3-9 scope, $900. 456-4307
Base/Fleet Manager
WANTED: SOMEONE in the Marsh Lake area to build a fence on a rural property. 334-6265
WANTED: LAWN mowers, snow blowers, rototillers or anything with a small engine, in need of repair for a rebuild project. 335-1681
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We Sell Trucks!
2003 HONDA Odyssey, red, seats 7, runs well, cloth seats, rear windows tinted, non-smoking, no accidents, aftermarket CD player, decent windshield, p/w, p/l, 192,000km, $6,400 obo. 335-1509
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2002 ACURA TL 4 door sedan in nice shape. Leather interior, heated seats, factory installed command start, sunroof, Bose stereo, $3,500 firm. 456-2130
2006 DODGE 2500 Quad cab 4X4, Rigguard bumper, 233,000kms, $7,900. 668-5906 or 668-1281
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 2009 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 LT extĘźd cab, 4-dr, silver exterior, black interior, new tires, all receipts since new, warranty, $13,800. 333-9020 2009 PONTIAC Torrent AWD SUV, purchased Oct/09, new, all maintenance, tire changes, oil changes done through GM every 5000 kms, 101,000kms, exc cond, c/w extras, $12,150. 335-7777 2006 NISSAN Titan club cab, seats 4, 4X4, 166,000kms, newer tires, runs and looks good, $7,900. 667-7215 2005 FORD diesel 4x4, low kms, lots of new parts, good tires, lots of room, F350, $8,000. 390-2313 2004 CHEVROLET Silverado 3500, 1 ton dually w/canopy, Duramax, Alison trans, exc cond, $8,000 firm. 250-651-2246 2003 DODGE Ram SLT 3500 dually, Crew Cab 4x4, black, 6 speed, 5.9 diesel, 300,000kms, c/w BW flip over ball, runs great, $18,000. 334-2621 2003 GMC 7 passenger Safari van, 4X4, 170,000kms, well maintained, winter tires, $4,900 firm. 334-5491 2003 NISSAN Frontier, 2wd, blue, standard, canopy, 194,000km, $3,500 obo. 867-660-4725 after 5pm 2003 SUBARU Legacy AWD, 187,000, reliable, clean, 4 Hakkepolita studded w/rims, PIAA lights, hitch, air, P/S, good glass, block & pan heater, new battery, $6,500 obo by Oct. 667-6563 or 334-3555 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 quad 4x4, auto, 264,000kms, commercially maintained w/records, runs well, tool box, roof/side racks, new tires/battery, $5,000 obo. Call/text: 335-2555 2001 FORD F350, 7.3L diesel, burgundy, 6-sp manual, 250,000 km, exc cond, regulary maintained, hitch Curt E16, dirt skirt, located Robinson sub, $12,000 obo. 393-3675 2001 GMC Safari minivan, AWD, 160,000 km, good cond, well maintained, 8-seater, 4.3L, V6, trailer hitch & roof rack, AC, good tires, $4,500. 668-5511 2001 TOYOTA Sienna XLE, 7-passenger van, immaculate cond, leather interior, sunroof. Have safety inspection, under 154,000 kms, $6,500 obo. 633-3757 2000 1-TON GMC, diesel motor, motor is cooked otherwise a lot of work done on vehicle, $1,500 as is. 668-5589 or 334-6043 2000 DODGE Ram 1500 ext cab short box, 165,000km, rebuilt motor/front end, lots of extras, canopy, toolbox, cai, xtraleif shocks, 4â&#x20AC;? lift, 33â&#x20AC;? tires etc, $5,500 obo. 335-8657 1999 FORD Explorer Sport, 4x4 works, new all-terrain tires, A/C, good running cond, no leaks, c/w extras, $2,500 obo. 334-8086 1997 DODGE Caravan, recent work done on front end, good running order, new brakes, tires replaced, nice winter vehicle, $2,500 obo. 334-6043 or 668-5589 1997 RAV-4, 4WD, cruise, good rubber, drive away or for parts, no rust, $600. 335-0076 1997 SUBURBAN, good shape, spare set of tires, 4WD, $3,500 obo. 336-3243 1996 FORD Explorer, full extras, 5L V8, AWD, runs like new, heated leather, sunroof, CD-changer, 85% tires, 170,000km, $3,500 obo. 336-2952 1994 CHEV Club Cab, 4WD w/5th wheel, $1,600 obo. 322-1514 1991 FORD E150 van, great shape, 6-cyl auto, 119,000kms, 7-passenger, ex-gov vehicle, $3,500. 667-6433 1990 TOYOTA Hiace, 8-passenger, camping or handicap minivan, 4wd, 4-cyl diesel, auto, 130,000 kms, offers or trades, 333-9020 1987 FORD F350, XL, crew cab, 4X4, 1-ton, $2,800 obo. 456-7122 1983 DODGE Ram w/8Ęź camper, fridge, stove w/oven, furnace, $1,200 obo or will sell separately. 668-4752 or 336-0374
Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100 TOYOTA ALLOY wheels, fits Tacoma or Tundra, 16X7, retail $490 ea, asking $150 ea or all for $500, near new condit, 633-3053 THULE ROOF rack parts to fit factory roof racks, $100. Also set of parts to fit truck canopy, $125. 633-2348 aft 7pm. TOYOTA SIENNA headlights, great cond, fits for the model/year 2004-2010, both $50, call/text: 867-335-2555 WANTED: JEEP Wrangler hard top 2nd doors to fit a 1995. 668-3684 or 332-2259
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4 TRAILER wheels, 205/75 15â&#x20AC;?, $200 obo. 633-4215 AUTO TRANS & trans case, converter mid 80's jeep, $500, Holley d/p carb, $120, Carter 4 bbl $100, 1 new 215/75/14, $40, 2 used 235/75/15 M&S, $40. 334-6740 VINTAGE Ęť49 Chevy cab corner glass 2-left 1-right side, $50 ea. 334-6740 GEM TOP aluminum canopy w/boat roller & rack for full size truck $200, heavy roll bar for small p/u bed $60, dual exaust w/crossover+2 new super turbo mufflers, $140. 334-6740
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 1995 1100 Virago, low kms, new tires, $3,500 obo. 335-0894
633-6019
2008 SUZUKI RM250 dirt bike, 2-stroke, low hours, exc cond, never raced, used for trail riding, $3,200 obo. 334-8347
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
4 WINTER tires P205/70R15 on rims for $195 total, used with Toyota Sienna, 778-708-0058
2006 KX 450, 6 hrs on rebuilt engine, too fast for me, $3,000, trades considered. 867-689-6025
4 20â&#x20AC;? Blizzak winter tires on factory rims, fits Dodge Ram 1500, 334-1023
1997 ARCTIC Cat Power Extreme, 3-cyl, extra exhaust system, engine repair reqĘźd, free, come take it away. 667-6951 after 5pm
4 TIRES on chrome rims, 80%, 16â&#x20AC;?, $100. 334-2862 HANKOOK ALMOST new winter tires 275/55R20, $1,000 obo. 332-0071
Pets TOP DOG TRAINING ACADEMY Specializes in aggression & obsessive behaviors Home visits & private lessons for behavior modification Basic & Intermediate Obedience Classes Sept. 9th- Oct. 8th Certified Dog Trainer with 19 yearsĘź experience Professional & Affordable services 334-7924 Dawnm72@hotmail.com www.Facebook.com/pages/Top-DogTraining-Academy
2007 M8 153. Rebuilt motor & diamond drive, 150 miles on it, 2800 on chassis. $4000 obo or interested in utility sled as trade with cash. 334-7335
WANTED: 2001 Arctic Cat ATV 500. Dead or barely alive. Needed for parts. 633-3456 KINGCAT 900 mountain sled, few cracks in hood, lots of power, race can riser handle bars, low kms, $3,500. 390-2313
2002 16.25Ęź Harbercraft boat & trailer, 50 hp Johnson & 9.9 hp Yamaha, down rig, new winch, life jackets, exc cond, $13,500. 334-8912 lv msg
DOG LIFE vest, for small breeds 10-20lbs, only used twice, like new, 30. Call/text 867-334-8086
NISSAN 10Ęź inflatable boat w/aluminum flooring, 950 lb max load, 5-person, w/Nissan 8hp outboard motor, 1 tank & extras, exc cond, $1,800 obo. 668-7026
2009 POLARIS Razr 800 ATV, winch, roof, snorkel intake, upgraded wheel rims/shoulder seat belts, V plow & double wide trailer f avail extra, $6,950. 333-9020
1980 BAYFIELD 25Ęź sailboat, sleeps 4, new head, holding tank, fuel tank. Yanmar 8hp diesel, 3 blade prop, 2 burner stove. Galley, water tank, 3 sails. Boat cradle, $9,500. 867-336-1412 24Ęź STARCRAFT cabin cruiser c/w full canvas, electronics, runs well. Will consider trade for cargo trailer or $10,000 obo. 668-4593 or 335-1283 ATLIN HOUSEBOAT RENTALS ARE BACK! Still time this season to enjoy the Lake or call and book for next year! bobscontracting@atlin.net Phone 250-651-2488 17Ęź SILVERLINE fishing boat/175hp Merc/Alpha I, full stand-up canvas 14Ęź of flat deck/walk through window, awesome adventure boat, runs great, galvanized trailer, $5,000 obo. 335-0559 michaelfuder@hotmail.com 40 HP Yamaha outboard motor, spare prop, $2,000. 867-536-7610 24Ęź VALCO aluminum boat, $2,000 obo. John 333-9536
Pet of the Week!
AJ
Hi there! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m A.J.! I am an energetic young guy that loves to play. I have made a few friends here and play well with them. I walk well on a leash and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m house broken. I have come a long way with my manners and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m learning lots. I do really well with older children and would do well in a home with lots of room to run. I am currently in foster, contact the shelter for info on how to meet me.
FOR INFORMATION CALL
633-6019
LOST/FOUND
POLARIS RADIATOR for ATV or Rzr, new, never installed, still in the box, 333-9020
CKC REGISTERED Pomeranian puppies to good homes, 1 orange sable male, $1,500, 1 light orange sable female, $2,500, ready to go, vaccinated, microchipped, well socialized with kids, cats, other dogs. 333-9770
RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg
have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
t Centennial Street, DSH, male neutered, black and white, no collar, answer to Baby, Contact Tanya @ 336-0077 ( 12/08/14) t Kopper King, DSH, male, black with white spot on his chest, answers to Tabby, no collar, Contact Jimmy @ 633-5266 (13/08/14) t Grove Street, DSH, 10 yr old, male neutered, maybe wearing a collar, black, answer to Piggy,Contact Alex @ 633-6720 (14/08/14) t Crestview, DSH, 1yr old, female, no collar, Contact Bruce or Marie @ 667-2024 (15/08/14) t Northland Trailer Court, DSH, male neutered, no collar, light brown, dark brown mask on the face, blue eyes, answers to Sam, Contact Frances @ 332-7008 (16/08/14) t 10 Mile Road, DSH,13yrs, grey and white, missing on front tooth, wearing a flea collar and a purple or blue collar, male neutered. contact Karina @ 334-9955 (20/08/14) t Golden Horn Pug fawn, female, no collar, tattoo on belly,answer to Duchess, Contact
PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467
TAITĘźS 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
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WANTED: LARGE insulated dog house. 334-6265
Motorcycles & Snowmobiles
Help control the pet overpopulation problem
SMALL DIRT bike, rarely used, $350 obo. 336-3243
Marine
9-MON ALASKAN Husky female, grey & white, free to good home, large Rottweiler/lab cross, 9 yrs old, not aggressive, good guard dog, free to good home. For pics/info 633-2390
HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER: 5VFT 'SJ QN QN t 4BU BN QN $-04&% 4VOEBZT .POEBZT
2012 ARTIC Cat ATV, 900kms, power steering, 550, 4x4 auto w/diff lock, t & h warmers, windshield, bush bumper, winch, c/w Artic Cat trailer, four extra tires, $8,750 obo. 332-8918
ST. BERNARD puppies, one female left. Available Sept 10. 335-5192 or 668-7218
PORTABLE DOG cage/kennel, 30â&#x20AC;?X30â&#x20AC;?X48â&#x20AC;?, holds dogs up to 110lbs, removable bottom tray, clean, like new, $100. 667-7072
Pet Report
Cynthia @335-6060(22/08/14) t Crestview, Calico, no collar, super fat and friendly, white and black and orange, Contact Joanne @ 250-877-2602 (22/08/14) t Carcross Rd, 12 yr old, brindle boxer, wearing a red collar, answer to Houdini, male neutered,Contact Sherliy @ 393-3681 (23/08/14) t Riverdale, DSH, male neutered, orange, six toe on the front paws and seven toes in the back paws, no collar, answers to Tails Contact Michelle at 336-0078 ( 26/08/14)
FOUND t Found on Balsam, 5yr old, shepx, dark brown or black, male neutered, no collar, Contact Valerie @ 393-3630 (05/08/14) t Found at Riverside Grocery, female husky, gold, blue eyes, wearing a grey collar no tags, Contact Levi @ 667-7712 or 334-4803 (21/08/14)
RUNNING AT LARGE... If you have lost a pet, remember to check with City Bylaw: 668-8382
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION
IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS
t 3yr old, neutered male, Akita, grey and white (A.J.) t 7 mos old, neutered male, lab/husky X, blonde (Sven)
CATS
t 11 yr old, male neutered, DSH, black (Mingus)
AT THE SHELTER DOGS t 7 yr old, female spayed, rottie X, brindle (Daphne) t 2 yr old, spayed female, cream, husky (Darby) t 6 mo old, neutered male, lab/husky X, blonde (Sven) t 1 yr old, neutered male, huskyX, white and brown (Miloo) t 2 yr old, neutered male, labX, black ( Warrio) t 2 yr old, spayed female, beardogX, black (Jackie) t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and white (Buddy) t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and tan (Artie) t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and blonde ( Bobo) t 13 weeks old, male, husky x GSD, black and white ( Cavin) t 3 yr old, female, Chihuahua and dachshund x, white and tan, (Beamer)
t 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Rottie, black and brown (Tristan) t 8 weeks old, male, terrier/shepherdX, black and brown (Raphael) t 1 yr old, neutered male, husky, white and black, ( Salty) t 7 weeks old, female, husky, black and brown, (Megghan) t 7 weeks old, female, husky, black and brown, (Cerry) t 7 weeks old, male, husky, blonde, ( Stephan) t 7 weeks old, male, huksy, blonde, ( Peatah) t 7 weeks old, male, husky, black and brown, ( Daemon)
CATS t 3 yr old, male neutered,DLH, brown and white (Brian) t 1 yr old, female, Calico, tortie, (Harmony) t 2 yr old, female, DSH, grey (Molson)
SPECIAL t Homes needed for retired sled dogs. They would make excellent pets. Please contact 6683647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com
633-6019 126 Tlingit Street
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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.
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YUKON NEWS FISHERMAN'S DREAM, 16.5ʼ Legend, 50 hp Mercury, full canvas, trailer, $8,500 obo. Bob 633-4781 or 334-2660
In memory of
Josie Sias
Thank you for loving us. Your Grateful Family.
16ʼ LUND SV16 deep hull w/30hp Johnson, 3 tanks, 2 with fuel, new swivel seats, battery, fish finder, & spare tire, shore lander trailer, vg cond, $4,100 obo. 633-3170 MARSH LAKE MARINA 4 boats for sale Make an offer Old boat docks to give away Phone Gary at 660-4404 16ʼ FIBERGLASS St. Maurice V stern freighter canoe, good cond, heavy duty, not wimpy plastic, $525. 633-3170
Patrick Tupper May 1975-August 1986
Gordon Frederick Holmes A
27,1956 - N
10, 2003
Passed away at the age of 47 years. Sadly missed and in our hearts forever. From his loving Mother & Father, Joyce & Floyd Holmes, Connie, Ron, Barb & Families Daughters, Julie, Sarah & Families. Missing You xoxo
Leah Carol Issaac April 23, 1972 – August 26, 2010
Your hand we cannot touch, Still we have so many memories Of the ones we loved so much. Your memory is our keepsake With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping; We have you in our hearts. Dearly missed, you will always live in the hearts of your daughter, son, family and friends.
2009 FLATBED trailer, bumper pull, 2 8,000lb axles, single wheels, 20' with 5' beaver tails, ramps, asking $5,000. 334-2621
2004 M O N T A N A 5th wheel, 31ʼ, 2 slides/wtoppers, awning, 10 gal dual HW, AC, magic fan, 42” TV, blu-ray, sleeps 4, great shape, $17,200 obo, could deliver for cost of fuel. 334-8832
TAKING ORDERS FOR Custom built gold mining trommels for next season Any size can be built. Can only build a limited number so order early. Phone 250-638-0552 or e-mail sabre2ooth@hotmail.com
1998 ALPINE Lot, 12ʼ, bathroom, hot water, stove, oven, elec jack, $3,800 obo. 456-7122 1989 TRAVEL trailer, stove, furnace, kitchen, bathroom, everything in good working cond, $4,000 obo. 334-8405
OLDER MERCURY 9.8 hp outboard, reliable and easy to start, no headaches, $475. 335-1019
PLACER CLAIMS for sale, lower Wright creek Atlin, over 1000 ac, lake frontage, no perma frost, tested 1.5-2 oz per 100 cu yards. e-mail sabre2ooth@hotmail.com or 250-638-0552
18ʼ ALUMINUM, deep wide dry, custom console, 25 hp Yamaha long shaft, tuned up, new impeller, nice trailer, good tires, bearing buddies, $4,500 obo. 633-4322
Aircraft
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
Heavy Equipment
AIR ROTARY drill rig, everything needed for water wells & exploration, $45,000, atlinmech@outlook.com
Iē LĔěĎēČ MĊĒĔėĞ Ĕċ
COACHMEN FREELANDER 23CB, model 2012, on Ford E 350, V10, awning, generator, AC, fridge/freezer, 3-burner stove, full bath, rear corner bed, storage, sleeps 6, $39,925. sfbara@yahoo.ca or 456-2729
Coming Events
BUILDING READY to move on steel skids, 50ʼlx10ʼwx10ʼh. 668-2332
Love Always, Mom, Dad, Trent, family & friends.
NEW ZEALAND style trommel diesel engine 2 double hyd pumps, alum fuel tank, near new, only 20 hrs on plant, $45,000. 250-638-0552 or e-mail sabre2ooth@hotmail.com
2010 161 Kubota excavator, 1,370 hrs, 3 buckets, extra wide steel tracks, $48,000. 867-993-3763
12ʼ ALUMINUM boat, trailer & older 9.9 Evinrude motor, recent paint, runs good, $1,650. Lots of mercury outboards running and for parts, great prices. 667-7215
While you were just a small boy, I held your little hand, answered all your questions, kissed away your hurts, cherished your hugs and held you so tight, you will always be a sparkle in our eyes and a gentle kiss to our hearts, miss you so much each and every day.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014
BRENTʼS HYDRAULICS Portable line boring Bore welding, we go anywhere Torque nuts up to 30,000 ft lbs General machining, lathing, milling Phone 334-3027 ATCO UTILITY/CARGO/HORSE Trailer, 12,000kg (25,000lbs), has new bearings, new brakes, new tires, can easily be converted into flat bed trailer, $3,600. 668-6808 BELLY DUMP trailers, 2, tandem axle, $10,000/ea. 867-996-2570 3500 WATT Honda gen set, $1000. 4000 watt Champion gen set $700. AC/DC Tigercat welder. 8000 watt generator, 2-25 amp welder, low hrs, $2000. 867-536-7610 INLINE 6 / 690 John Deere Excavator, late 70s model. Runs great, needs paint job. 30' digging capacity. Previous govʼt owned, engine rebuilt, $12,000. Clayton 335-0894 Skid Mounted 5 x 30ʼ Trommel Plant -Built in 2014 - $155,000 Excavator -$95,000 -2006 Komatsu 300 -8900 hours -digging and clean up buckets Fuel tank $1,800 -2200 litre on trailer 604-825-8312 2008 14'-14K capacity hydraulic dump trailer, used for light duty only, $6,000 obo. Can be viewed at 47 Levich in Sima Industrial sub-division. 335-7380 1971 INTERNATIONAL dump truck, Cummins engine, good rubber, $7,500. 456-2633 METAL A-FRAME 2"x8" frame with pintle hitch, $100 obo, heavy wall flex pipe 8'x4", $40. 334-6740
1972 CESSNA 150F, 6500 TT, 1452 SMOH, excellent cond, new windshield/radio, paint 6/10, interior 8/10, smooth engine, maintained cooperatively, call/text 335-2555, haiderrajab@hotmail.com WANTED: C-180 floatplane, other floatplanes considered. 335-0395
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 2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28ʼ, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $9,800. 633-2580 1988 VANGUARD motorhome, solar panel equipped, Ford diesel, auto, ready to go. 668-2332 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. 633-3339 or 334-9634 1996 TRAVELAIR Rustler 5th wheel RV275, fully equipped with front queen bed, dinette, rear lounge, full bathroom and kitchen, $7500. 393-2629 lv msg CAR HAUL/UTILITY trailer, twin axle, hydraulic brakes, capacity 3,181 kg/7,000 lbs, deck 16'/total length 20', c/w rack for 6 canoes, $3,000. 867-863-5404 FOY SPA RV Resort has More Winter Fun for less! Hot mineral springs, events, activities, fitness, entertainment, Canadian friends in southern California foyspa.com, or 888-800-0772. 1976 13ʼ Boler, original, well maintained, vg cond, new 12v battery & 110 power, water, fridge, 1,200 lbs, 50 lb tongue weight, tows easily with most vehicles, $5,000. 334-8878 2010 JAYCO Jay-flight 31' travel trailer, 2 slides, bunk beds, master bedroom, stereo w/outside speakers, TV, DVD, satellite, power awning, outside BBQ, extended table, couch, Owen 633-6617 DOUBLE AXLE trailer, c/w ramps & side racks, 14ʼ bed, $2,850 obo. 633-4018 RV OWNERS, winter vacation in Arizona. $999.99 three month rental special, large RV lots, activities, entertainment, Pet Friendly. Buy a lot for $49,995.00. vds@robertsresorts.com. 480-363-2087.
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 THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. A group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713 HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3:00, 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net SAFETYPALOOZA, OCCUPATIONAL Health & Safety Committee Training, Coast High Country Inn, Whitehorse, September 17 & 18, open to everyone. Registration deadline 14 days in advance. healthandsafetybc.ca (867)456-8250 YUKON ECONOMIC Developers Conference Sept 10-12, Dawson City, for people involved in community economic development. Info/registration: www.cned2014conference. com YUKON CANINE AGM, September 10, 6pm-8pm, Canada Games Centre swm room WHITEHORSE COMMUNITY Choir rehearsals for the fall term begin at the Whitehorse United Church, Monday Sept 8 at 7:15 pm. Registration available at the first two rehearsals YUKON KENNEL Club AGM, September 17, 7pm-9pm, Sport Yukon Building GWAANDAK THEATRE AGM, Sept. 9, Canada Game Centreʼs Boardroom, 6pm. All invited! info@gwaandaktheatre.com, 393-2676 YUKON ORIENTEERING Association event August 27 on Mt. Lorne map. Start at Mt. Lorne Community Hall on Annie Lake Rd, 6pm. Info call Craig 456-7857 YUKON REGISTERED Music Teachers Association (YRMTA) Annual General Meeting to be held Sunday, September 14th, 2014, 6:30 P.M. 106 Strickland Street, Main Meeting Room. ELIJAH SMITH School Council is holding its AGM on September 2 at 6:30 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome. JACK HULLAND School Council is holding its AGM on September 3 at 7:00 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome. TAKHINI ELEMENTARY School Council is holding its AGM on September 9 at 6:30 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome.
1979 18ʼ Frontier motorhome, 117,000kms, Ford chassis, new tires, appliances work well, have upgraded to bigger, $4,600 obo. 335-0559 michaelfuder@hotmail.com
PORTER CREEK Secondary School Council is holding its AGM on September 10 at 6:30 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome.
19ʼ TRAVEL trailer. 867-536-7610
BURWASH LANDING Resort Silent Auction and Yard Sale, Aug 30, 10 am to 5pm. Located inside the Burwash Landing Resort. Something for everyone.
1972 SILVER Streak 32' trailer, partially restored, pipes need replacing, full bath, large fridge, lots of storage, all window front. 1,587kg, $4,500 obo. 334-6623 10ʼ X 40ʼ TRAILER Kitchen/diner, bedroom & bath Propane forced air heat Excellent condition Reduced to $7,450 Phone 336-2029
SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, September 4 at 7:00 p.m: Faro Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, September 3 at 7:00 p.m. Mayo Community Library, 7 p.m. Free.
30ʼ SALEM Sport 5th wheel, exc cond, fully equipped, up to 14ʼ garage w/ramp door, bathroom, micro, A/C, front queen bed, sleeps up to 6, located Robinson sub, $12,500 obo. 393-3675
SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. Isabelle Pringle Library, Carcross, 7 p.m. Free.
1989 FIFTH wheel 23ʼ Vanguard dual axle holiday trailer, used 5 times in last 4 yrs, probably needs some tweaking, c/w 5th wheel hitch for truck, $3,900. 667-7215
SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. Dawson City Library, 7 p.m. Free
2010 ADVENTURER Camper 810 WS, sleeps 5, vg cond, $14,000 obo. 667-6445
ELIZABETH FRY Yukon AGM, September 24, 5pm, Unit #23, Horwoodʼs. 334-2419
SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. Haines Junction Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. SLIDESHOW & Stories: The Last Patrol with B.C. author Keith Billington, Whitehorse Public Library on September 11 at 7:30 p.m. Free. WHITEHORSE TABLE Tennis Club opening @ Whitehorse Elementary School Wednesday September 3, 7:30pm-10pm, Friday September 5, 7:30pm-10pm, Sunday September 7, 1:30pm-4pm. Dave 668-3358 or Kevin 668-2018 YUKON CURLING Association AGM, Whitehorse Curling Club September 30, 2014 at 6:30pm. Everyone is invited to attend and share your curling thoughts/ideas as well as join the board THE YUKON Bird Club together with MacBride Museum presents Birds of Fall and Winter at the MacBride Museum on Thursday, August 28 at 1:30 pm by Ione Christensen ANNUAL GENERAL Meeting for Selkirk School Council, 6:30pm, Selkirk School Library, September 24, 2014, everyone welcome. For further info Cheryl at 334-4686 NEW YUKON Voices. Do you have a story to tell? Gwaandak Theatre is accepting applications for a mentored group for Indigenous and northern playwrights, application deadline Sept. 8. Info: 393-2676 SUPPORT STUDENTS and schools, order fresh veggies, $20 for 10 lbs and $35 for 20 lbs, between August 25 and September 12. www.yukonfromthegroundup.ca ENJOY WHITEHORSE trails? Attend next meeting of Active Trails Whitehorse Association, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 7:00pm, Sport Yukon boardroom, 4061 4th Avenue, Whitehorse. Visit www.activetwa.org LANDLORDS, IMPORTANT special open meeting Wed, Aug. 27 6:30pm at Whitehorse Public Library meeting room to discuss Northern Housing Trust fund projects. YRLA and Government need your input YUKON ORIENTEERING Association event Sept. 10 on Ear Lake map, register/ start at viewpoint on Miles Canyon Road 1.2 km from Alaska Highway at 6pm. Bob at 633-8495 for info F.H. COLLINS SCHOOL COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday September 10 @ 6:30pm School Fine Dining Room Everyone Welcome! THE GOLDEN Horn Elementary School Council Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 7:30pm in the school library. Childcare will be provided
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 THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY â&#x20AC;˘ Construction â&#x20AC;˘ Renovation â&#x20AC;˘ Finishing â&#x20AC;˘ Cabinets â&#x20AC;˘ Tiling â&#x20AC;˘ Flooring â&#x20AC;˘ Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Specialty woodwork â&#x20AC;˘ Custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Yard Cleaning and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 S.V.P. CARPENTRY Journey Woman Carpenter Interior/Exterior Finishing/Framing Small & Medium Jobs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make it work and look good.â&#x20AC;? Call Susana (867) 335-5957 susanavalerap@live.com www.svpcarpentry.com
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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 Aujourdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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Dawson City Y.T. Thursday - 6pm (summer only) New Beginners Group Rm 2160 @ Hospital Friday - 1:30pm Unity Group Rm 2160 @ Hospital Saturday - 7pm North Star Group Community Support Centre 1233-2nd Ave.
Destruction Bay Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Faro Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Haines Junction Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Mayo Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Old Crow Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Pelly Crossing Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Ross River Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m. Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre
Teslin Y.T. Wednesday - 7:00pm Wellness Centre #4 McLeary Friday - 1:30p.m. Health Centre Watson Lake Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre
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ANGYʼS MASSAGE Mobile Service. Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology. Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist. 867-335-3592 angysmassage@hotmail.com 8 Versluce Place Whitehorse YT, Y1A 5M1
Home Support/Respite Care Available Certified nursing-home attendant/ home-care worker Available days, evenings & weekends Recent RCMP check Valid drivers licence Tender, loving care 334-7405 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632
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RFQ2014433 CNIM Foundation Yukon College is inviting tenders to submit a stipulated price bid for the supply of all labour and materials for the civil site work and concrete foundations for a future 1,000 m2 pre-engineered steel work shop. The project includes, but is not limited to the following: civil site-work, hydrant relocation, excavation, backfill, compaction, reinforced concrete retaining walls and piers, rigid insulation, damp-proofing and winter protection. Sealed tenders, completed in conformance with the contract documents provided will be received up to NOON local time, September 10, 2014 at: Yukon College – Procurement and Contracts Office PO Box 2799 500 College Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Contract documents will be available at the address above. Any questions to be directed to purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca.
LAND LOTTERY REMOTE RECREATION LOTS Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Management Branch is holding a lottery for 19 remote recreational lots in the Carcross area. 13 remote lots are located on Bennett Lake and 6 are on Tagish Lake. Information packages and application forms are available from: Land Management Branch 3rd Floor, Room 320 Elijah Smith Building 300 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Or online at: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands/upcoming lotteries tender.html Deadline: Lottery applications must be received before 4:30 p.m., September 15, 2014. Lottery Draws: The lottery will take place in Whitehorse at 1:00 p.m., September 17, 2014 in Room 1A, Elijah Smith Building, 300 Main Street. Applicants and the general public are welcome to attend the draw. All successful applicants will be noti¿ed the next day. For more information contact the Land Management Branch at (867) 667-5215 or Toll-free 1-800-661-0408 local 5215 or visit online at: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands.
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HOUSECLEANING, SPRING Cleaning, Detailing! Safe, reliable, bondable RCMP check available on request For into call 334-7405 JUDEʼS PAINTING & HOME RENOVATIONS •Interior/Exterior Painting •Kitchen/bathroom renovations •Hardwood & Laminate flooring •Decks •Fences Call 867-689-1458 Email judewaldman@gmail.com DIPLOMA IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY STUDIES (Online): A holistic program for adults who live with or work with people who have an intellectual disability. http://sites.stfx.ca/continuingeducation/INDS 1-877-867-5562. JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER 30 years experience Commercial-Residential •Renovations •Repairs •Kitchens •Bathrooms •Drywall Tiles •Decks •Fine Finishing and Painting No job too small Local references available Phone 335-8924 bradmre@gmail.com
FOUND: FLEECE hoody at Riverside camp on Yukon River on August 11. Appreciate how clean you left the camp. 668-2802
LOST: BLACK-AND-BLUE Windows large flat cellphone, 8X by HTC. Reward. Anne 334-1840
Lost & Found LOST: AT the airport August 12, a black fabric wallet. Reward. 667-6542
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LOST: HEIRLOOM cameo ring while shopping in Whitehorse on Thursday August 21. Please call 250-651-0007
EAGLE CONSTRUCTION Specializing in bathrooms & kitchens Also all facets of construction Journeyman Carpenter Operating since 1985 Phone 335-2005 or 668-5814
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Sports Equipment ADULTS, TEENAGER and kids bikes, all in good cond, one with child seat, $10-$25, call or text 335-2555
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FULL SET of womenʼs golf clubs, c/w cart, $60. 633-4018
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ROPE CLIMBERS purlou etc 50-100ʼ 8 hanks, mostly new, $25-$35 ea, chest waders, menʼs size 11, Cabellas, new, $45. 689-2017
SOON GOVERNMENT LAW will mandate every bar provide a breathalyzer. Learn how to be the first in your area to cash in. Call 1-800-287-3157 ext.3; breathalyzerineverybar.com.
GIRLS FIGURE skates, sz 6, $15, Graf 370 Supra hockey skate, sz 2.5, $15, Easton Synergy hockey pants, XL, $15, snowboarding helmet, small, $15, CCM Vector hockey helmet w/cage, youth, $15. 456-7758
OCTANE ELLIPTICAL with heart monitor, excellent shape, $1,100 obo. 334-8832
6-SPD LADIES bike, $50. 633-2513
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LANDSCAPING AND RETAINING WALL YUKON HOUSING UNIT 232900 131 ALSEK CR. HAINES JUNCTION, YUKON
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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 17, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.
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 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
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 16, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.
If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-6+67-5795.
If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-6678114.
Site Visit: September 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Site visit: September 4, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.
The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.
View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
HAY FOR SALE Dry bales kept under a shelter Great quality, $12/bale. 633-4496 or astra@northwestel.net 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 FOR RENT: farm equipment, aerator, plough, manure spreader, mower, and no-till-drill. View online at www.yukonag.ca (Equipment). Email: admin@yukonag.ca or call 668-6864 LEBARGE RANCH HAY Premium three grass horse blend, available in small square and netted round sizes. Also taking orders for fall oat bundles. Call 334-4589
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 FORD DIESEL farm tractor, model #5000, c/w front end loader & 3 PH, gd cond. 668-2332
ANTIQUE DRESSER and mirror, 4 drawers, original mirror/hardware, exc cond, $400 obo. 334-5683
FRESH CUT 1,000 lb hay bales In the field $100 each 867-633-3388 Please leave a message
LEATHER COUCH, green, very solid/heavy, some wear on 1 cushion but in good shape, 84" long x 42" deep, comfy, $350. 668-4364
FOX LAKE HERITAGE FARM -Free range, grass-fed “phat” chickens, 8-12 lbs -Free range, grass-fed Heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving -Brome Hay for sale -Chicken plucker for rent 334-8960 QUARTER HORSES, mare & gelding, reliable, easy keepers. 867-996-2570
ENTERTAINMENT CONSOLE, solid wood, dark finish, 60" long x 19" deep x 24" high, $300. 668-4364 DRESSER, BC pine 5-drawer chest, 33" wide x 17" long x 46" high, $200. 668-4364 DOUBLE BED, BC pine 2500 double head/foot & rails, Whistler firm EPT double mattress w/Durasystem HP double base, 1-yr old, new $1,500, asking $800. 668-4364
OAK HUTCH & dining room table & 4 chairs, oak bar stools, 4-pc bedroom suite, ivory & black sofa, loveseat & arm chair, all in exc cond & modern. 336-8900
ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered? Would you like to be involved? There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845
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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
DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office
2-HORSE TRAILER w/walk-thru doors, large tack area, 2 front man doors, drop down loading ramp & roof escape hatch, $3,900 obo. 334-7612
Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903 BABY CRIB and toddler bed, open to offers. 334-7061 MEC CHILD trailer, single, great trailer, great condition, happy to send photos, $200 obo. 334-8388 CONVERTIBLE WAGON/SLEIGH with removable wooden sides, foam pads inclʼd, $75. 633-2390
Childcare WANT THE BEST FOR YOUR KIDS? This is your opportunity to enrol your kids in Bubbleʼs Preschool, downtown. We offer a great environment, excellent programs and highly qualified teachers. Call Now 393-2577 CREATIVE PLAY DAYCARE has openings in its preschool program. Fun, caring environment. Qualified staff onsite. Playground mini-gym. Please stop by 312 Strickland Street or call 667-2761 MONTESSORI BOREALIS PRESCHOOL has limited spots available for 2 to 5 year-olds. For more information about the program and to register, please call 456-7100 or visit MontessoriBorealis.com
Furniture ANTIQUE OAK hutch, completely refinished including glass doors, 6ʼ long, exc cond, $1,000. 633-6244 ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, wood top, two shelves, glass door, 33"highX22.5”wideX20" deep, $25. 633-6310 COUCH & loveseat, green plaid pattern, includes new pillows, good cond, $300. 633-4607 HIDE-A-BED, $75 obo. 667-7626 LARGE SOLID wood oak desk, single pedestal w/filing drawer, $375. 667-6951 after 5pm DOUBLE BED w/extra long mattress, exc cond, pine headboard & frame, $450. 667-6951 after 5pm MOVING SALE: Sofas, dining table & 6 chairs, other good quality furniture. 456-7728 SIMMONS DOUBLE mattress & boxspring, pillow top, high quality, clean, new condition, metal frame, $250. 333-9020 COUNTRY HOUSE Farmhouse bookcase, solid wood, burnished cherry, 5 shelves, 36" wide x 14" deep x 60" high, $300. 668-4364 COUNTRY HOUSE Cambrige dining table w/6 chairs, solid wood light oak, 54"x 36" folds out to 54"x54" square, $1,500. 668-4364
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NOTICE The following Orders-in-Council were issued during the period August 1 to 15, 2014: 2014/144 Revokes an appointment to the Building Standards Act Building Standards Act 2014/145 Appoints and revokes members of the Yukon Child Care Board Child Care Act 2014/146 Appoints and revokes the secretary of the Management Board Financial Administration Act 2014/147 Appoints a member of the Yukon Lottery Appeal Board Lottery Licensing Act 2014/148 Appoints members of the Driver Control Board Motor Vehicles Act 2014/149 Appoints and revokes the Queen’s Printer Public Printing Act 2014/150 Establishes the Permit Term, Fee and Technical Review Amendment Regulation Environment Act 2014/151 Amends the Judges Remuneration Implementation Order Territorial Court Act 2014/152 Amends the Justices of the Peace Remuneration Implementation Order Territorial Court Act 2014/153 Amends the Salaried Presiding Justice of the Peace Remuneration Implementation Order Territorial Court Act
VENTILATION SYSTEM CLEANING YUKON HOUSING UNIT #450000 - 600 COLLEGE WHITEHORSE, YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 18, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Laura Vanderkley at 867-667-8114. Site Visit: September 11, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.
TEMPORARY STORAGE SHELTER SYSTEMS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE WHITEHORSE, FARO AND DAWSON CITY Project Description: Supply and install three metal truss framed fabric structures. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 18, 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 Pete Smillie at (867) 667-5220. 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. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
SUPPLY OF CATERING SERVICES & STAFF QUARTER MAINTENANCE - BLANCHARD Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 10, 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 Val Bumstead at (867) 667-5147. 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. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL GEORGE BLACK FERRY REPOWERING Project Description: Repower George Black Fery in Dawson City by removing current equipment as required and supplying and installing new engines, gears and other components as required with minimum modification to vessel and support with service and parts availability Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 17, 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 David Knight at (867) 667-3114. 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. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
PUBLIC TENDER CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE LANDFILL CELL CONSTRUCTION AND SITE ENHANCEMENTS Project Description: Construction of a new “Construction and Demolition Landfill Cell” including re-grading, and relocation of shelters, buildings and garbage bins at the Champagne Solid Waste Facility Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 16, 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 Darrin Fredrickson at (867) 667-5195. 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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Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon, August 15, 2014.
SET OF 2 handmade Kashan Persian 100% wool Oriental rugs, 3ʼX4ʼ ea $300 or both for $500. call/text 867-335-2555 COUNTRY HOUSE buffet bottom, 4 drawers, 2 doors with lead glass, solid wood, light oak, 57" long x 18" wide x 36" high, $500. 668-4364
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LARGE, TALL hanging lamp, paid over $200, asking $150. 332-8945
6-YR OLD Red Dun Quarter horse, needs training, 15 hands. 867-536-2633
FORD 5000 tractor diesel w/front end bucket & forks (quick change), PTO & 3-point hitch, 3 volume mechanical manuals incl. 633-4243 eves
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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is September 10, 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 Val Bumstead at (867) 667-5147. 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. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html
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