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The jury made four recommendations directed at the Yukon Hospital Corporation.

During the first day of the fall sitting at the legislative assembly on Thursday, Stick pushed Graham on the matter during question period. “Will this minister commit to having the hospital corporation report to the Yukon public about how each recommendation is being followed and acted upon?� she asked.

Graham said he realized Stick may have forgotten the conversation they had in which he told her the corporation would indeed appear in the legislature. “I realize that the member opposite perhaps didn’t remember when I mentioned it to her,� he said. “I agree that, because of my very gentle, sweet nature, sometimes I

The resource category in question went from $5.23 per 100 employees in 2014 to $5.02. ssessment rates will stay The services category went the same or go down for from 75 cents to 72 cents. most industries in the But not everybody will see territory, the Yukon Workers’ their rates go down.

Compensation Health and Safety The 208 businesses in the Board announced yesterday. services “high� category, which According to the board more includes businesses like security than 2,050 employers will see services and animal control, will their rates fall as much as four per see a 7.5 per cent increase in their cent next year. About 1,000 will rates. They’ll jump to $3.02 from see their rates stay the same. $2.81 per 100 employees. “For several years, we’ve been The WCB said that in the telling businesses that preventing coming weeks, they will be lookinjuries and returning injured ing at the safety practices in that employees to work doesn’t cost particular category to see if there money, it saves money,� president is a way to bring those numbers and CEO Joy Waters said in a down. statement.

The governments category, To come up with the assesswhich covers municipal, First ment rates, industries are grouped Nations and territorial governtogether based on their level of ments, will see an increase of 4.1 risk. per cent. That rate is going from The highest drop for 2015 went $1.46 per 100 employees in 2014 to the “medium� group of indus- to $1.52. tries in resource and transportaThe WCB says the increase has tion, and the “low� rate group in to do with a decision announced the services category. in March to amend the workThese two categories includes ers’ compensation rules when it businesses like short-haul truckcomes to Yukon firefighters. ing, reclamation work, churches, Under the new changes, condilibraries and schools. tions like a heart attack or certain News Reporter

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The NDP Opposition’s health critic, Jan Stick, gives a tribute during the first fall sitting of the Yukon legislature.

don’t get to put across my points as well as I should. Perhaps I can apologize for not making sure that she understood when I talked with her recently. “The Yukon Hospital Corporation will attend during this session and they will be able to answer some of the questions proposed by members opposite.�

But Graham stopped short of promising a public report on the implementation of the recommendations after Stick requested one. “I can’t commit to that because I don’t know which parts of the assessment that will be conducted by the Yukon Hospital Corporation will be confidential to the corporation itself,� he answered.

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an Stick said at no point has she had a conversation with Health Minister Doug Graham about the Yukon Hospital Corporation appearing before the legislative assembly during the fall sitting.

Earlier in the week, Graham told the News he had spoken with the NDP Opposition’s health critic two weeks ago and told her the corporation’s officials would “definitely� appear before the legislature this coming sitting.

The NDP had made the demand in a news release on Monday. In response, Graham accused the opposition of “playing silly political games.�

But in an interview on Wednesday, Stick said that conversation never took place. “I spoke to Doug this past Friday but before that I hadn’t spoken to him in about a month and a half,� she said. “I’m not sure why he would pretend otherwise. It’s just sad that Mr. Graham thinks that patient safety is a political game. “Yukoners want assurance that the Yukon Hospital Corporation and the minister of Health and Social Services are accountable.�

The NDP have also called on Graham and the corporation to adopt the recommendations made by the coroner’s inquest into the death of Mary Johnny.

Last week, the jury ruled that her death was a homicide, meaning it was caused by a human but that no one was directly responsible.

types of cancer are presumed to be work-related if you are a firefighter.

This streamlines the process when it comes to applying for help.

The calculation of these rates uses number from the last 10 years.

So far five people have died this year. Those deaths are not included in the math for 2015.

This includes a Burwash Landing man who died in January while wrangling wild horses, an employee of the Whitehorse Home Hardware who died in April, two truck drivers, and a worker who died from a disease he developed on the job.

Spokesperson Richard Mostyn said he didn’t have many details on that last death because of privacy concerns. “We are happy to recognize industries that perform well, but we must not take anything for granted. We’ve had five workplace deaths in 2014, and that is far too many for a community our size,�

Waters said.

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Ottawa shooting casts shadow on Yukon legislative opening Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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his Wednesday’s shooting in Ottawa and Monday’s targeted hit-and-run in Quebec weighed heavily on the opening Yukon legislative sitting yesterday.

The day began with a moment of silence for the two Canadians soldiers killed in the separate attacks.

The public noticed beefed-up security measures to enter the gallery, with more guards at the entrance.

Reporters were told they will have to show identification to enter the press gallery in the future.

Leaders from the three parties rose to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers.

“As we have seen, there are those whose hatred and fear of freedom and democracy compels them to seek to destroy us,” said Premier Darrell Pasloski. “This is not an abstraction either. The threats are real and we must be vigilant. We will not be intimidated or silenced. We will not flinch in the face of evil.”

Pasloski also tabled a motion urging the Yukon government to show unity in supporting the federal government’s commitment to help fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to recognize the personal contributions of soldiers and veterans.

Opposition parties presented their own motions calling on the federal government to reverse recent cuts to Veterans Affairs office and do more to support the well being of soldiers after they come home.

“As we prepare for another military action, I wonder and I hope: Are we prepared to support our veterans as they return from active duty?” asked Liberal Leader Sandy Silver in his tribute.

good for Yukon. This creates certainty for industry. It creates opportunities for jobs and that’s good for Yukon families.”

NDP calls for action on recycling

With Raven Recycling shuttering its free public drop off last week, more recyclables will inevitably end up in the landfill until a solution can be reached.

“Why is the government dragging its feet to the point where many recyclables are now heading straight to the landfill?” asked NDP MLA Kevin Barr during question period.

The government tabled two motions related to recycling, both promising action that it has already committed to.

One related to planned changes to the beverage container regulations and new recycling Alistair Maitland/Yukon News fees for some tires and electronNDP Opposition Leader Liz Hanson reacts to Premier Pasloski’s answers concerning amendics. The other promised that ments to Yukon’s environmental assessment regime during question period yesterday. more money will go to recycling processors as a result of these tion gave the Yukon government changes. units, and “they’ll tell you that details. province-like powers for land The government has been they took a risk when they got Raven has said that these and resource management. This changes have not come soon sitting on the money since 2006. into the market,” she said. was an important step in Yukon’s enough, and that recycling fees It was intended “to meet short“I just wonder if they, colhistory and crucial in Yukon’s term pressures with regard to the lectively as a group, have ever on some products to subsidize supply of affordable housing in sat down and talked to someone ability to determine our own the processing of others is not an the North,” according to federal who makes $12-15 an hour,” said future, a future grounded in ideal solution. respectful relationships among government documents.

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Community Services Minister Yukon First Nation governments Brad Cathers said the governA much-publicized plan to “Do they understand what build new affordable rentals in that reality is? How precariously and the Yukon government,” said ment continues to work towards Hanson during question period. a permanent solution.

Whitehorse with the money was people are housed?”

“With these proposed amendquashed at the last minute earlier Liberal Leader Sandy Silver “Our focus is working with ments to what is a made-inthis year, after developers had has called on the premier to rethe City of Whitehorse in particYukon environmental assessment spent tens of thousands of dolmove Cathers from the housing ular to identify sustainable, longprocess, YESAA, it’s no longer lars on proposals, because of a file over the ongoing affordable ours. The Yukon Party has said it term, cost-effective solutions backlash from the real estate and housing bungle. for processing recyclables in the landlord associations.

“Plenty of time has passed for is satisfied to go backward, back Yukon. I would encourage the to a time before the new rela“Does the minister underthe minister responsible to find member to actually look to the tionship between First Nations stand the difference between a way to spend this money and fact and recognize that the Yukon and the Yukon government was affordable rental housing and to address the obvious need in government has contributed forged in land claim agreements. social housing?” asked NDP our territory and he has failed to significantly to Raven Recycling “Can the premier explain MLA Kate White in her followdo so,” he said during question and other recycling agencies, why 21 years after the Umbrella up question. period. including the recycling depots in Final Agreement was signed, he “Does the member under“My question is to the precommunities, in promotion of now thinks we should return to stand that, in fact, the majority mier: How long does he intend recycling throughout the years the past and why he supports of Whitehorse area landlords Affordable housing money are little landlords who own one to allow the minister responsible legislation that would again aland we will continue to do so.” for the Yukon Housing Corporato fund Salvation Army low a federal minister in Ottawa or two rental units?” responded tion to fumble around on this to dictate how environmental Cathers. “These are people who, file before replacing him?”

Senior’s fuel rebate to be The minister responsible for assessments will or will not be in many cases, depend upon the Unsurprisingly, the premier restricted by income the Yukon Housing Corporation, income from a rental unit to help showed no interest in the procarried out in Yukon?”

Brad Cathers, got a little ahead of pay the mortgage on their home.” posal. He did not address the In his responses, Pasloski The Yukon government tabled himself during question period, said that policy direction from In an interview yesterday, competency of the minister in a bill that will restrict a subsidy spilling the beans that some of the federal minister will reduce White said that while vacancy either of his replies, and instead for seniors to help with home the unspent Northern Housing uncertainty and delays. rates may be slightly up, affordspoke generally to the governTrust money will go towards a “Policy direction provided has heating costs to those whose ability of units has not changed. ment’s accomplishments. planned expansion of the Salvato be consistent with YESAA,” he income falls under a certain Indeed, according to the most tion Army shelter, ahead of an said. “It has to be consistent with benchmark. recent statistics Whitehorse Currently any Yukon senior official announcement. rental rates remain at record high Government feels heat on the Umbrella Final Agreement environmental assessments and, in fact, all of the individual age 65 or older can apply to the “The remaining amount in levels.

Pioneer Utility Grant if they are the northern housing trust acland claims and other pieces of Cathers’ assertion that smallNDP Leader Liz Hanson took Yukon legislation.” responsible for paying heating count of $11.5 million, which has time landlords can’t afford not been announced for allocaFirst Nation participation in cheaper rates does not give them the premier to task for supportcosts at a residence they own or ing planned amendments to Yu- the process is guaranteed, and tion, will include a contribution enough credit, said White. pay market rates to rent. kon’s environmental assessment final agreements take precedence to the Salvation Army project,” “His essential insinuation is The income benchmark is not regime that would give a federal over other pieces of legislation, he said. that they are inept at their own set in the new act, and would be minister new powers to dictate A cabinet spokesperson he said. money management.” set by subsequent regulations. the process.

“This legislation is good for confirmed this to be true, but White has talked to many Contact Jacqueline Ronson at Yukon. These amendments are “Eleven years ago, devolujronson@yukon-news.com people who rent out one or two declined to provide any further

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he city’s only walk-in clinic has been given a reprieve.

The River Valley Medical Clinic would likely have closed at the end of the month, Yukon’s health minister Doug Graham confirmed.

The clinic’s only doctor – Dr. Shahid Syed – hasn’t completed the required test in time to get his Canadian medical licence. Now he’ll be given a little more than a year to get that done.

Syed was part of a government program designed to bring foreign-trained doctors to the territory.

They were given five years to get the required certification through the Canadian College of Physicians. That timeline was later extended to seven years, Graham said.

Syed’s licence was scheduled to expire Oct. 31, but vocal patients rose up in an effort to stop that from happening.

When the News showed up at the clinic just before closing yesterday, Syed was busy with a patient, but the petition with hundreds of names was there.

“He’s a good doctor. People like him, judging by the number of phone calls and emails I was getting,” Graham said.

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The receptionist at River Valley Medical Clinic flips through dozens of signatures calling for Dr. Shahid Syed to be kept in the territory.

for his “exemplary service” to the community.

“Dr. Syed has worked tirelessly and has shown great commitment to the people of Whitehorse. He is a dependable and dedicated professional that has nurtured and built a trusting and local following of patients that rely on his wisdom and knowledge,” it says.

“Whitehorse deserves a caring, committed doctor like Dr. Syed. We don’t want to see a different doctor every time we visit a doctor’s office. We want to foster a long-term doctor-patient relationship.

The health of our families, children, friends and neighbours depend on this.”

Graham admits that had the clinic closed, the emer-

gency room at Whitehorse General Hospital “simply wouldn’t have been able to handle” the influx of patients looking for non-emergency walk-in care.

The estimated number of patients on file at the clinic is around 6,000.

Graham praised the Yukon Medical Association for working with his department to find a solution.

Graham said his department is working on finding locum doctors to temporarily fill in at the clinic so that Syed can find time to study for the exam.

The next sitting of the national test is scheduled for November 2015, Graham said.

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it says government support for recycling does not cover the costs of processing and shipping out materials. It will continue to offer a bottle return service and other programs.

The public is being encouraged to come to the meeting if they have questions about what is going on, or questions about recycling in general. For more information, call Raven at 6677269.

(Ashley Joannou)

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Leef stood armed with makeshift spear in meeting room following gunshots Myles Dolphin

experience though,� he said, “and as Wednesday’s events unfolded it became a brand new experience s gunfire echoed through all on its own. the hallways outside the “I really hope there’s not a Conservative Party’s cauthird.� cus meeting room on Wednesday Yukon Senator Dan Lang was morning, legislators quickly in the same room as Leef. He said made plans to protect themselves it was an experience that is hard against any intruders. to put into words.

MPs began heaving heavy “You can use the word surreal, chairs to barricade the doors, because you don’t really believe while others snapped flagpoles to this is happening but you know it turn them into makeshift spears. is,� he said yesterday.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay “It was an ordeal I wouldn’t handed one to Yukon MP Ryan recommend to anybody.�

Leef, who was guarding a door, It wasn’t the first time Lang’s ready to impale anyone who life had been put in danger. He came in. found himself involved in a “We wanted to make sure none four-rocket attack alert in Israel of our colleagues were going to last summer as part of a group inadvertently slip out and that of seven Canadian politicians nobody could get through the visiting the country as guests of doors without a heck of a fight,� the Centre for Israel and Jewish said Leef.

Affairs.

As the distinctive bangs moved Wednesday was a very sad day closer and were getting louder, for Canada, Lang said.

Leef could tell they were coming Nina Grewal/The Canadian Press “We lost a wonderful young from more than one weapon.

MPs barricade themselves in a meeting room on Parliament Hill on Wednesday. soldier who was basically shot in That’s when his training and By 10:12 a.m., Parliament Hill cold blood,� he said. “I looked around and recogHe said he first thought the experience as a RCMP officer in “We’ve experienced a lot of was put on lockdown. nized that we had a military or sounds came from all the conWatson Lake kicked in. terrorist threats in the past 10 Chaotic scenes unfolded struction around Parliament Hill. police officer at every single ac“Many of us have had these years, that we’ve been able to cess point in the room,� he said. around Parliament Hill and “It was a bit surreal,� he said, scenarios run through in trainthwart, but we’ve never really Leef hoped his NDP colleagues media reports began talking “as all of this is happening in ing,� Leef said, referring to other experienced the situation where about 45 seconds.� across the hall were safe, too, and about the possibility of multiple members who also have backthose who wanted to harm us “Your mind quickly races to worried the gunmen would get shooters. grounds in military or police actually accomplished it.� what’s going on in the hallway, access to their room, he said.

Footage emerged of police service.

Both Leef and Lang expressed who is engaged in the shooting.

The following 10 hours were officers running up the hallway A retired mixed-martial arts Many of us knew what we had to filled with anxiety and uncertain- leading to the Parliament Library, their condolences to the family of fighter, Leef helped barricade a ty for MPs who had no idea what ducking for cover over the sound Cirillo. door and was prepared to defend do, which was to ensure no one was going on. of sustained gunfire. it against whatever came through could get out of the room. “This act was clearly designed Leef said security staff staAt 9:52 a.m., Michael ZehafIt’s the second domestic it. to intimidate but it has not deBibeau fatally shot Cpl. Nathan terrorism event Leef has experi“Most of us realized that if we tioned in the hallways quickly terred not intimidated anybody,�

Cirillo, a soldier standing guard enced in the past 18 months. could hold anybody off for about locked the doors to the room.

Leef said.

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ou’ve got to hand it to Jayden Soroka for putting his money where his mouth is. He has a hunch that if you give poor families more money, they make smarter life choices, and he’s willing to sell many of his worldly possessions to prove the point.

The Yukon filmmaker plans to use the raised money to help boost several struggling families above the poverty line, and then create a documentary about the results.

The underlying idea is a counterintuitive one. Conventional wisdom tells us that the poor owe their lot, in large part, to bad life decisions. It’s impossible to deny there isn’t something to this. Yet there’s good reason to suspect that the inverse is also true: poverty encourages people to make bad life decisions. Give families a reasonable amount of money to meet their needs, this line of thinking goes, and they will invest in their futures in productive ways not otherwise possible, saving society money in the long run.

That’s the idea behind a guaranteed annual income.

And there’s some compelling evidence that it works.

The small farming town of Dauphin, Manitoba, became a test-case in the mid-1970s. For a few years residents received a top-up of their incomes, with few strings attached. The provincial government soon lost interest in the program, and many bankers’ boxes worth of data compiled sat gathering dust for many years. When they were finally analyzed recently, the results showed a considerable improvement in health outcomes and high school graduation rates. Adults remained just as likely to work full time, save for women who stayed at home to care for young children, the elderly and disabled relatives – again, offer-

ing savings to the state.

Boosters of such a guaranteed income are often anti-poverty advocates who couch their arguments in moral reasoning.

They say that everyone in our society deserves enough money to live with dignity, whether they have a job or not. But some of the more interesting arguments for a guaranteed income come from conservatives, who make a more pragmatic case.

No less a conservative thinker than the economist Milton Friedman supported the same idea, which he called a negative income tax. He reckoned that poor people are in most cases the best judges of how to spend money on themselves, and he held a dim enough view of government to suspect bureaucrats are not usually up to this job anyhow.

Hugh Segal, a Progressive Conservative politician who until recently sat as a Canadian senator, has been a passionate advocate of a guaranteed income, and wrote the definitive case for such a plan a few years ago for the Literary Review of Canada.

“Only a small portion of Canadians need expensive health care at any time,” he writes. “But we are there to help as members of a competitive, free market and coherent society – not by embarrassing them with governments asking why they are sick, but by letting their universal health coverage, financed from general revenue, see them through. Since poverty is the most reliable predictor of bad health outcomes, not acting to eradicate it is senseless.”

As Segal envisions it, a guaranteed annual income would be best rolled out as an extension of the federal tax system.

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a big bundle of money, but it would also produce big savings, as the thousands of government workers who run welfare programs for the provinces and territories would suddenly serve no purpose, as, with a guaranteed income program, nobody would qualify for these programs. Further savings would be yielded by reduced cases of mental illness, domestic violence and other ills that thrive in poverty.

A well-designed program could also help eliminate the “welfare wall” created when social assistance recipients see their benefits clawed back when they work, creating a perverse incentive to remain dependent on government hand-outs.

A federally managed guaranteed annual income has been touted by Don Drummond, the former chief economist for TD Bank, and wonks at the Conference Board of Canada.

These are serious, sober-minded people, not easily given to flights of idealistic fancy.

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no sure thing, given that many governments jealously protect their bureaucratic turf.

Given public desire, of course, the Yukon could always go its own way with such an experiment one day. The NDP’s Todd Hardy used to champion the idea. But such a program would obviously be a nonstarter for the Yukon Party currently in power.

Meanwhile, nobody even knows how many poor people there are in the Yukon. This is admittedly a tricky question, as there’s no agreed upon method of measuring poverty.

One rough estimate was conducted when the territory prepared its 2010 social inclusion report. It cobbled together Yukoners’ after-tax incomes from the 2006 census and applied these figures to the low income cut-off that Statistics Canada uses nationally for communities of less

than 30,000 people. (StatCan’s poverty surveys exclude the territories.)

The results: 360 Yukon households fell beneath the poverty line, or 4.3 per cent.

That’s actually less than half of the national average of 8.8 per cent. Unfortunately, this figure doesn’t take into account Yukon’s higher cost of living.

Other indicators – such as food bank use and social housing demand – suggest that number should probably be doubled, putting us back on par with national figures.

Perhaps the upshot of all this is that the number of Yukoners under the poverty line is not insignificant, nor insurmountable. In other words, poverty may be a solvable problem in the territory. Whether this is a project that interests our leaders is another matter. If it interests you, tell them.

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Fort McMurray, thanks you for your support ing beast. And – spoiler alert – if you don’t like fracking and the tar you’re probably not going

by Keith sands, to like where this article is headed.

Halliday Not so long ago, we got our gas and heating oil from conventional oil wells. In a remarkably short period – we’re talking years, not decades – this has shifted dramatically.

I don’t have the science skills to test the gas in my outboard to pponents of switching see where it’s from. But looking Yukon Energy’s power plant from diesel to natu- at production figures and supply ral gas have raised some interest- lines, I can make a guess.

Most of the Yukon’s fossil fuels ing questions about whether the probably come from Western gas will come from fracked or Canadian sources. The Canconventional wells. adian Association of Petroleum I pondered this as I recently Producers puts out a crude oil poured go-juice into my outreport every year. In 2013, about board. Where does that miracle fluid come from? What about the 60 per cent of Western Canadian gas in my truck or my home heat- crude came from the oil sands. ing fuel? The avgas that keeps my Since crude from many different sources gets mixed together as it friend’s plane in the air?

It’s a big-dollar question, since is refined and shipped to market, it is probably safe to assume the Statistics Canada estimates that Yukon’s petroleum consumption the Yukon burned 96 million breaks down the same way. litres of refined petroleum prodThis means that if you use gas ucts in 2011, including personal, or diesel in your vehicle, heat your commercial and government house with oil, or fly in a plane, use. That’s about eight litres per you can be confident that a good Yukoner per day. chunk of your energy comes from The Yukon fossil fuel supply the two million barrels that Canchain turns out to be a fascinat-

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Thanks for the stories of hope and change I have often read the local and very relevant and insightful articles published in your paper. Roxanne Livingstone has presented some life stories that I believe are so very helpful. I would like to thank her, and the young woman she interviewed, in her recent article “Battling with the bottle.”

This article spoke of a young woman who had been involved with government care since she was a baby. I have seen firsthand over the years the many struggles that young men and women face after they have been in government group homes. They have often also had to deal with family struggles from a young age.

Children are our most precious resource. As a society we can all help to keep them safe,

adian oil sands producers pump to markets every day.

Fort McMurray thanks you for your support.

Your energy demand also supports expansion of the oil sands.

CAPP predicts oil sands production will more than double by 2030, when it is expected to make up three quarters of Western Canadian output.

The story is a bit different if you travel in Alaska or the Pacific Northwest. Washington State has a cluster of refineries, including some just south of the Canadian border in Bellingham. Oil tankers from Alaska have been passing Victoria on their way to Bellingham for more than 40 years. I was recently on a whale watching tour in the San Juan Islands, and annoyed my children by distracting them from the orcas and pointing out tankers, oil refineries and other points of economic interest.

Alaska used to supply around two million barrels a day to the Western U.S. refineries, including the ones in Washington. As Alaskan production has declined to about half a million barrels a day, these refineries have taken to shipping in huge trainloads of fracked oil from the Bakken Shale

healthy and happy. May there be many more young people who can somehow turn their difficult and challenging lives around, to become confident, successful and happy in the life they choose to live.

Thank you to the Yukon News for presenting these striking local stories of hope and change.

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in North Dakota and other unconventional sources. An industry watcher I met from Seattle told me that the fracked oil is cheaper to refine than Alaskan crude, which makes it popular with oil executives.

One of the Washington refineries claims to be the biggest supplier of jet fuel to Vancouver airport. So if you fly through Vancouver, you are quite likely flying on either fracked fuel or energy drilled from Alaska’s Arctic coast.

While it is an interesting theoretical question as to whether your car is burning conventional oil, Arctic oil from Alaska, fracked oil or Fort MacMurray’s finest, in practical terms it doesn’t matter.

All the crude gets blended together in the supply chain. That’s why they call oil a commodity, and why your gas station doesn’t advertise as many local varieties as the wine store or Starbucks.

Alaskan Amber is a beer not the kind of gas you brag about putting in your snowmobile.

The same point applies to the debate about whether Yukon Energy’s new power plant will burn conventional or fracked gas.

The power station will increase demand for natural gas, which

will draw from the pool of natural gas in Western Canada. Even if Yukon Energy buys a truck load from a conventional well, it just means there will be more fracked gas available for other users. Gas is fungible, as economists say.

Our current dependence on fossil fuels has four strikes against it. First, it is expensive. That eight litres per Yukoner per day works out to well over $100 million a year. Second, importing energy creates lots of jobs in Alberta and Alaska but not in the Yukon.

Third, burning non-Yukon fuel creates zero royalty revenues for the Yukon government and Yukon First Nations. Fourth, burning fossil fuels pumps carbon dioxide into the planet’s atmosphere.

It may be hard to find an energy source that is cheaper than oil, creates local jobs and royalty revenues and doesn’t produce carbon dioxide. But perhaps we could do better than zero out of four.

Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. You can follow him on Channel 9’s Yukonomist show or Twitter @hallidaykeith

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“He went on for more than an hour about how much this country sucked and how he wanted to get out of here, and he was furious about the passport,” LeBlanc said Thursday outside the mission.

“That made a lot of the others guys mad, and they were going to take him out back and give him a beating.”

Hours after the shooting Wednesday, police descended upon the mission, removing a hockey bag from Zehaf Bibeau’s locker that was so heavy it required two men to haul it outside into an armoured vehicle, LeBlanc added.

Police refused to elaborate on the contents of the bag.

Zehaf Bibeau often prayed with two Somali men in the shelter in an east-facing window in accordance with the Muslim faith, LeBlanc said.

One of them, Abdel Kareem Abubakrr, denied his new friend’s actions had anything to do with his faith.

“He was a crackhead, I think,” he said.

Despite his recent struggles, however, those who knew Zehaf Bibeau as a younger man say he showed promise only a few years ago.

He attended exclusive, private high schools in the 1990s in Montreal and the nearby city of Laval. Today, tuition at two of the academies ranges from $3,000 to $4,500 per year.

The principal of College Laval said Zehaf Bibeau studied there from 1995 until the middle of the 1998-99 academic year, when his parents removed him without explanation.

The mere fact Zehaf Bibeau studied at College Laval suggests he had a bright future, Michel Baillargeon told The Canadian Press.

“If this young man was with us for a couple of years, that means he had good grades,” said Baillargeon, who described Zehaf Bibeau’s record as nondescript.

He was also remembered fondly by someone at another local high school he attended. That person paid homage to “Mike” in a blurb published in the Saint-Maxime high school yearbook, according to the Courrier Laval newspaper.

The undated write-up described Zehaf Bibeau as a friendly guy, a new kid who barely had any friends at the school when he first arrived in the

middle of Grade 10.

“He didn’t know very many people, but in a short time everyone knew him,” said the short message authored by the unidentified friend. It was published Thursday by the Courrier Laval.

“Mike is a sociable and intelligent guy. He likes to laugh and his smile makes girls crack up. He will go far in life. He will surely be a business man in the near future.

“Follow your heart. Take care of yourself. I adore you.”

A former acquaintance of Zehaf Bibeau’s father said he believes the young man’s path would eventually take him to Libya.

At the shelter, Abubakrr said Zehaf Bibeau told the men that he had left Vancouver for Ottawa in an attempt to obtain a passport. The Somali man said his new prayer-mate wanted to leave Canada to get treatment for his addiction because he didn’t feel he could get help in Canada.

Three days ago, Abubakkr said, Zehaf Bibeau began taking drugs again and started espousing “extremist ideas” – Abubakkr wouldn’t elaborate – because he was frustrated about his failure to obtain a passport.

“He was a good guy, he was talkative, a very lovely person, but he was a drug addict,” Abubakrr said. “In the last three days, he shifted.”

Zehaf Bibeau had a criminal record for petty crimes in both B.C. and Quebec. He visited a mosque in Burnaby, east of Vancouver, for several months in 2011 until he was told not to return, said Aasim Rashid of the B.C. Muslim Association.

Rashid said Zehaf Bibeau approached administrators to complain that the mosque was too liberal.

“So they sat him down and explained to him that this is how the mosque runs, and they didn’t really hear anything of that nature again.”

Zehaf Bibeau’s mother, Susan Bibeau, released a statement on Thursday apologizing for her son’s actions.

“I am mad at our son; I don’t understand and part of me wants to hate him at this time,” the statement said. “(He) was lost and did not fit in. I, his mother, spoke with him last week over lunch; I had not seen him for over five years before that. So I have very little insight to offer.”

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‘You are so loved’: Ottawa lawyer describes trying to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo side to stanch the bleeding.

Another corporal, a third member of the honour guard who accompanOTTAWA ies the two standing at attention, was awyer Barbara Winters was on Cirillo’s right side, pressing his headed to a meeting Wednesday hands to a wound there. near her office at the Canada Another soldier was bent over Revenue Agency when she passed the Cirillo’s head, talking to him.

National War Memorial, stopping to “You’re doing good, you’re doing snap a few pictures of the two honour good, buddy,” he told Cirillo. “You’re guards standing soberly at attention. breathing – keep breathing.”

Moments later, after passing by a Another passerby was at Cirillo’s Canada Post office at the corner of feet. Winters, who served as a medic Elgin and Sparks streets, she heard during her 17 years in the Naval four shots. For Winters, a former Reserve, asked the man to elevate member of the Canadian Forces Cirillo’s feet. She loosened his tie.

Naval Reserve, the sounds were unThe group began calling for an mistakable. ambulance, and for police. Winters Turning, she saw people on Elgin began to pray, reciting the Lord’s Street ducking. She began to run – Prayer. She talked to Cirillo. He was not towards safety, but towards the conscious; his eyes were open, and shots, and the wounded soldier lying he was staring straight ahead. She felt at the foot of the memorial. that he could hear her.

As Winters ran, she looked for – “You’re a good man, you’re a brave but couldn’t see – the two soldiers. man,” she told him.

Her mind went to the hit-and-run Someone – Winters can’t redeath in Quebec of Warrant Officer member who – said the soldier had Patrice Vincent two days earlier, and stopped breathing. she instinctively knew the honour They began trying to find a pulse, guards had been targeted. one feeling his neck, one his wrist.

As she reached the memorial, Remarkably, everyone on the scene Winters saw four people bending over had First Aid or medical training. a fallen soldier. She dropped her purse Instinctively, they began operating as and briefcase on the steps and began a team, talking and encouraging one to help. another.

Margaret Lerhe, a nurse on her They began CPR. The soldier way to work at the Elizabeth Bruyere at Cirillo’s head started mouth-toHospital, was pressing her hands to mouth respiration. Winters began a wound on Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s left compressing Cirillo’s chest. She asked

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mouth, her body prone over Cirillo’s, her feet resting on the fallen soldier’s empty rifle.

The paramedics cut open his clothes to assess the injuries, took over the chest compressions and put a neck brace on him. As they worked, Lerhe relayed information about his injuries.

But Cirillo died in the arms of the people working so hard to keep him alive.

Winters does not think she did anything extraordinary by running towards the sound of the shots. She is shaken by the experience, but full of praise for all of those who worked Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press to help.

A soldier, police and paramedics tend to Canadian reservist “No one was hysterical. Everyone Cpl. Nathan Cirillo who was shot at the National Memorial was so calm. Everyone was entirely near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. focused on the soldier and on helping him.” that the man holding Cirillo’s legs didn’t know if he was married. So she She has complete admiration for lift them higher. Lerhe, the nurse, just kept repeating: the courage of her fellow helpers, who coached Winters on the compressions, “Your family loves you. Your worked steadily despite the possibility reassuring her that they were strong. parents are so proud of you. Your mil- of the danger from another gunman.

After a time, someone else relieved itary family loves you. All the people Afterwards, Winters remembered her on the chest compressions, and here, we’re working so hard for you. the actions of other women who went Winters moved to Cirillo’s head. She Everybody loves you.” to the aid of another dying soldier talked to him, comforting him.

The impromptu team kept waiting – Lee Rigby, murdered in southeast “You are loved. Your family loves for an ambulance, desperately willing London in 2013. As Rigby lay bleedyou. You’re a good man,” she told him. Cirillo to hang on. ing, several women persuaded his Winters told Cirillo to think about “You are so loved,” Winters told killers to let them go to him. One sat what he was doing – that he’d been Cirillo. “We’re all trying to help you.” beside him and held him. standing guard at the National War Sirens signalled the arrival of the Winters did what most people Memorial. She told him what a good paramedics. The soldier at Cirillo’s would do, she says. man he was for doing his duty. head stood up to give them access.

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House of Commons gets underway in wake of stunning Parliament Hill attack Jennifer Ditchburn Canadian Press

OTTAWA he House of Commons is back in action, kicked off by an exhilarating show of support for the sergeantat-arms of the House of Commons, who was among those who opened fire Wednesday on the gunman who stormed Parliament Hill.

Applause from all sides of the House rained down on a stoic Kevin Vickers as he carried the mace into the legislative chamber.

Vickers was largely expressionless, save for an occasional nod of acknowledgment. At one point, he appeared close to tears during the ovation, which lasted several minutes.

Several more ovations ensued over the course of the morning.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a statement to express the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gratitude for the work of the police and security services, and to reiterate that Canada wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be cowed by Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this struggle in which we are engaged, in which not only our finest values must be pushed to work, so must be, and will be, the highest unity and resolve,â&#x20AC;? Harper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will not be intimidated. We will be vigilant, but we will not run scared. We will be prudent, but we will not panic. Here we are, in our seats, in our chamber in the very heart of Canadian democracy, and the work is going on.â&#x20AC;?

Harper also indicated that an effort to toughen up the â&#x20AC;&#x153;surveillance, detention and arrestâ&#x20AC;? powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service would be forthcoming in short order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to be much strengthened, and I assure you, Mr. Speaker, that work â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is already underway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will be expedited.â&#x20AC;?

Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks ended with the remarkable spectacle of the prime minister walking across the floor to embrace and shake hands with both Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

Earlier in the morning, heavy hearts and high security were on full display at the National War Memorial as Harper arrived to pay tribute to the Canadian soldier killed in the shooting.

Harper was on hand to lay flowers at the cenotaph where Cpl. Nathan

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Cirillo was fatally shot by a gunman who then stormed Parliament Hill before dying in a hail of gunfire that echoed through the marble-lined halls of the Centre Block.

As Harper arrived, officers swooped in to detain a man who police later said tried to breach the crime scene â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a reference to the memorial itself, where Cirillo was serving as an honour guard at the time of the shooting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get down on the ground,â&#x20AC;? yelled one officer as several police, guns drawn and trained on the dishevelled-looking man, approached and placed him in handcuffs without incident.

None of the commotion seemed to disrupt the solemnity at the memorial, where Harper and wife Laureen quietly laid a bouquet of flowers, paused briefly, their heads bowed, before turning to leave.

Several other MPs were on hand to pay their respects. An impromptu singing of O Canada even rippled through the crowd at one point.

At the same time, however, politicians, police forces and intelligence officials were beginning to undertake the long work of assessing security around Parliament Hill â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the safety of the country itself â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the wake of the shocking attacks in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital.

The Parliament Buildings remained under close surveillance early today as the RCMP continued to sweep the area for evidence.

They are still piecing together the events that led to the fatal shooting of Cirillo and the burst of bullets that echoed later inside Parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall of Honour.

Michael Zehaf Bibeau, born in 1982 and known to police in Montreal and Vancouver, has been identified as the gunman. He was killed just feet from where hundreds of MPs were meeting for their weekly caucus meetings.

Three other people injured in the melee were released from hospital Wednesday, including one person with a minor gunshot wound.

The shootings placed the heart of the national capital under lockdown throughout the day as police scoured the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown core for other possible assailants. By Thursday morning, however, Ottawa police said they believed only one gunman was

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An Ottawa police officer runs with his weapon drawn in Ottawa on Wednesday.

involved in the attacks.

Const. Marc Soucy said no other assailants were being sought, but added the investigation was ongoing.

Parliament Hill remains closed to visitors, however, and a full investigation into House of Commons security is underway.

As late as 9:30 at night â&#x20AC;&#x201C; almost 12 hours after the first shots were fired â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some MPs were still being evacuated after a long lockdown, and one government source said Bibeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was still lying in the hallway.

Early Thursday morning, a government statement said Ottawa police and the RCMP had lifted the downtown Ottawa safety perimeter and that federal public servants could now return to their offices.

Police say they do not yet know Bibeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motive, but Harper has already drawn a link between his brazen actions and international terrorism. In a televised address late Wednesday, he said Canada would never be intimidated.

What exactly a redoubling of efforts means will be addressed in the coming days.

Already, Canada has sent six fighter jets, surveillance and airlift assistance and 600 Canadian Forces personnel to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In the

last few weeks, there has also been heightened political scrutiny around Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to watch and apprehend radicalized Canadians who many have gone overseas and later returned.

But whether Bibeau is somehow linked to ISIL, or can be considered a radicalized Canadian, has not yet been established.

So many questions swirl around the attacks: How did Bibeau manage to get through the front doors of Parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre Block, and will security need to be permanently adjusted? Is he connected to any larger

group that wishes Canada ill? Could someone have stopped Bibeau before he acted?

The fact that Bibeau struck only days after two Canadian soldiers in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. were hit by a car has only heightened the anxiety around the incident. The slain assailant, Martin Couture Rouleau, has been described as a radicalized Muslim.

Gen. Tom Lawson, the chief of the defence staff, issued a statement late Wednesday saying they are assessing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;current security environment and evaluating the need for additional security measures at Canadian Armed Forces installationsâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

A fresh political debate is no doubt in the offing, but in the shortterm the federal leaders were focused on condemning Bibeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions and rallying Canadians together.

Already, there was a sense expressed by some that something had been irrevocably changed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as it had after a man hijacked a bus 25 years ago and drove it on to the lawn of Parliament Hill, and after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

Members of the public are required to use a specific entrance on Parliament Hill where there is a security screening area, but Bibeau apparently forced his way through the doors MPs, ministers, staff members and reporters are permitted to use. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the intention was to try to make Parliament not look like Fort Knox,â&#x20AC;? said Liberal MP Marc Garneau. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve crossed a river today.â&#x20AC;?

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Attack by ‘terrorist’ on Parliament Hill won’t weaken Canada’s resolve: Harper influence of distorted, ideological propaganda posing as religion.

We will walk forward together, not apart.”

Conservative and NDP MPs had been gathered for their weekly caucus meetings Wednesday morning when the shots erupted in the Hall of Honour, which separates the caucus rooms of the two parties.

Harper, who had been addressing his MPs at the time, was whisked to safety at an undisclosed location.

Mulcair and his MPs barricaded the doors of their caucus room with chairs and tables and hid under tables before being escorted by security officials out of Centre Block. An

aide said Mulcair insisted on staying with his MPs, most of whom were led through a tunnel to the adjacent East Block, where they remained under lockdown until the evening.

Trudeau and some aides had just emerged from his fifth-floor office and were on their way to the Liberal caucus meeting in the basement of Centre Block when the shootout erupted. They were told to return to the office and lock the doors.

Later in the day, as security officials conducted an office-by-office search, Trudeau and his staff were relocated to the fifth-floor cafeteria, where they remained under lockdown until after 8 p.m.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper hugs Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair in the House of Commons yesterday.

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around the world.”

Attacks on Canadian security personnel and governing instituOTTAWA tions are, “by their very nature, athe gunman who staged a deadly tacks on our country, on our values, attack Wednesday on Parliaon our society, on us Canadians as ment Hill was a terrorist whose a free and democratic people who despicable crime will only harden embrace human dignity for all,” he Canada’s resolve to crack down said. on terrorists at home and abroad, But Canada will not be intimiStephen Harper says. dated, Harper declared.

The prime minister tied “In fact, this will lead us to Wednesday’s extraordinary events strengthen our resolve and redouble – the killing of an honour guard our efforts, and those of our nationat the National War Memorial al security agencies, to take all necand a subsequent shootout inside essary steps to identify and counter Parliament’s Centre Block – to an threats and keep Canada safe here incident two days earlier in Quebec, at home – just as it will lead us to where one soldier was killed and strengthen our resolve and redouble another injured when they were run our efforts to work with our allies down by a car driven by a man with around the world and fight against declared sympathies for Islamic the terrorist organizations who bruextremists. talize those in other countries with Harper referred to the hit-andthe hope of bringing their savagery run incident as “ISIL-inspired,” a to our shores. reference to the extremist Islamic “They will have no safe haven.”

State in Iraq and the Levant, against Harper offered the country’s whom Canada has joined a U.S.-led condolences to the family of Cpl. bombing campaign in Iraq. The Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservdriver was killed by police. ist who was shot twice at pointThe Parliament Hill gunman was blank range at the war memorial himself shot dead by the sergeantnear Parliament Hill. at-arms of the House of Commons.

Cirillo was “murdered in cold “Fellow Canadians, in the days blood” at a “sacred place that pays to come we will learn more about tribute to those who gave their lives the terrorist and any accomplices he so that we can live in a free, demomay have had,” Harper said in a live cratic and safe society,” he said. televised statement.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair “But this week’s events are a echoed Harper in expressing his grim reminder that Canada is not revulsion for what he called “a cowimmune to the types of terrorardly attack designed to strike at the heart of our democracy, the heart of ist attacks we have seen elsewhere Canadian Press

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who we are.”

But he appealed to Canadians not to give in to feelings of vengeance.

“We woke up this morning in a country blessed by love, diversity and peace,” Mulcair said in a televised statement immediately following Harper’s.

“And tomorrow we will do the same. These acts were driven by hatred but also designed to drive us to hate. They will not. We will stand up and we will stand together.”

Similarly, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau called the “brutal and heartless” acts of violence “unforgivable” and said any other accomplices must be caught and punished “to the full force of the law.”

But he also urged Canadians not to let anger or fear change the country’s values, describing Canada as an open, welcoming, fair, democratic, peace-loving country.

“Criminals cannot and will not dictate to us how we act as a nation, how we govern ourselves and how we treat each other … and they do not get to decide how we use our shared public places,” Trudeau said.

Of the three leaders, Trudeau was the only one to directly address Muslim Canadians.

“To our friends and fellow citizens in the Muslim community, Canadians know that acts such as these committed in the name of Islam are an aberration of your faith,” he said.

“Continued mutual co-operation and respect will help prevent the

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6:00 Altman

noon Being Caribou**

Dir. J Walker, NS/ON, 2008, 107m.

John Walker’s groundbreaking revisionist hybrid documentary rewrites the history of Hudson Bay Co. explorer John Rae, the Victorian vilification of Inuit people and the false representation of John Franklin as the discoverer of the Northwest Passage.

7:30 New Waterford Girl

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5:00 Passage*

Dir. P Falardeau, QC, 2011, 95 min.

A humble man hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically uses sensitivity and humor to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the taboo of death. In French with English subtitles.

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Dir. C Geddes, YT, 1997, 50m.

An arresting landmark in Yukon filmmaking, Geddes’ documentary focuses on the Tlingit man who photographed the changes in Teslin resulting from the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942. Director in attendance.

Dir. Z Kunuk, NU, 2001, 161m. The newly re-mastered first film in The Fast Runner Trilogy—winner of Caméra d’Or at Cannes and door opener for Aboriginal filmmakers around the world. This exciting action thriller set in ancient Igloolik unfolds as a lifethreatening struggle between powerful natural and supernatural characters. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

Dir. Dennis Allen, NWT, 2009, 66m.

This vérité documentary pays tribute to the community radio station in Fort McPherson. Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the ‘Moccasin Telegraph,’ a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern community of 800 souls. Director in attendance.

Dir. Leanne Alison/Diana Wilson, AB, 2005, 72m. A filmmaker and a biologist follow the Porcupine Caribou Herd 1500 kms on foot to their Alaskan calving grounds.

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Dir. C Ballard, ON/USA, 1996, 107m. A heart-warming movie about inventor Bill Lishman who teaches Canada Geese to return to their winter migratory home. Lishman’s daughter Amy is 13 years old when she goes to Canada to live with her eccentric father and is miserable in her new life…that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned.

Amy, her dad and their friends must find a way to help them.

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Dir. S Polley, ON, 2012, 108m. Polley’s unconventional and highly criticallyacclaimed documentary uncovers the many points of view within her family on her own origins.

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Dir. A Moyle, NS/ON, 1998, 99m.

A coming-of-age comedy about a teenager dreaming of life beyond Cape Breton who becomes inspired when a teenage girl from New York moves in next door.

9:45 Roadkill

Dir. B McDonald, ON, 1989, 85m. The rock ’n’ roll road movie where Ramona is sent to Northern Ontario to recover an errant band in danger of missing the final gig of their tour.

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Dir. R Mann, ON, 2014, 95m.

Canadian documentary legend Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Go Further) returns with a poetic in-depth look at the life and times of maverick filmmaker Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Player, Gosford Park) While refusing to bow down to Hollywood's 7:15 Water conventions, or its executives, Altman's unique style of filmmaking Dir. D Mehta, ON/India, 2005, 117m. won him friends and enemies, Set in Colonial India in 1938 against the backdrop of Gandhi’s rise to power, earned him world-wide praise and Water examines the impact of religion, occasionally scathing criticism, and proved that it IS possible to make truly politics and social mores on the lives independent films. of Indian women. Mehta’s visually lush Oscar-nominated film follows the plight of a group of widows forced 8:00 C.R.A.Z.Y. Dir. J Marc-Valée, QC, 2005, 127m. into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. In Hindi with English The film’s title is an acronym for five brothers: Christian, Raymond, subtitles.

Antoine, Zachary and Yvan 9:45 My Winnipeg growing up in a 1970s suburban Quebec household. The focus is Dir. G Maddin, MB, 2007, 80m. on young Zach, whose burgeoning Both personal fantasy and mythic homosexuality becomes a sticking construction of the history of the point with his strict, temperamental people and places of Canada’s coldest father. When his faith in Catholicism city, Maddin’s signature visual silent buckles and his relationship with his film flair and idiosyncratic narration father suffers, Zach turns to David anchors this surreal and hilarious Bowie for solace. In French with personal documentary.

English subtitles. Screening sponsor: Association franco-yukonnaise.

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War Memorial victim was a father, dog lover and outdoorsman Colin Perkel

mother had split up, the friend said.

“He loved his son,” the soldier shot and killed in friend said. He was the one guy Ottawa on Wednesday that never picked a fight with was a reservist who was only anybody. He was just happy go on a short-term posting at the lucky.“ National War Memorial.

The friend called it “messed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of up” that Cirillo survived a seriHamilton was gunned down as ous motorcycle crash only to he and another soldier stood be gunned down. guard at the cenotaph.

David Cirillo, who identified “Our family is grieving,” a himself as the soldier’s cousin, relative reached at the Cirillo expressed anger at the killing home told The Canadian Press. in a posting on Facebook.

“Right now is the wrong “To the gunman that shot time to talk.” my cousin point blank in front Military representatives were of the Parliament Hill this with the family and the man morning for no reason, you said he would not be speaking will get what’s coming to you,” publicly immediately. the posting reads.

Cirillo’s mother was re“You destroyed my whole ported to have gone to Ottawa family for life. If there’s a way I while his father and sisters can find you I will kill you.” remained in Hamilton.

Cirillo, who attended SherAccording to his Facebook wood Secondary School in profile, Cirillo was an animal Hamilton, was also an online lover, outdoor enthusiast and gaming enthusiast. fitness buff.

The soldier was standing Photographs show him on guard at the war memorial posing with a dog last month. near Parliament Hill WednesOther pictures show him with day morning when a man an axe in the woods in uniopened fire. The gunman was form, or smiling broadly as he later shot dead in Parliament’s stands in a river in swimming Centre Block amid a frantic trunks. Another shows a kitten search for the assailant and any peeking out from his military accomplices. backpack.

The country’s top military Cirillo, 24, left behind a commander, Gen. Tom Lawsix-year-old son, according son, issued a statement offering to a friend who asked not to “heartfelt condolences to Cpl. be named. He and the boy’s Cirillo’s family, friends and Canadian Press

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Canadian reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is the Canadian soldier who was killed in Ottawa Wednesday while guarding the National War Memorial.

loved ones.”

Lawson said Cirillo’s death and Monday’s hit-and-run death of a soldier in Saint Jeansur-Richelieu, Que. are losses “which saddens us all.” He added that the military will carry on its missions at home and abroad “in a steadfast, resolute and vigilant manner.”

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson also issued a statement to

extend his “deepest condolences” and “heartfelt sympathies” to Cirillo’s family.

Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina called it a “such a terrible day” for Canada.

“When you’re a soldier you understand that when you go into harm’s way that there’s always the possibility that the worst could happen, but who would ever think of it standing

in ceremony at the cenotaph in Ottawa,” Bratina told CP24.

After visiting the family, Bratina said Cirillo joined the cadets as a 13-year-old and became a reservist.

He was only at the cenotaph for a day or so, the mayor said. “(He) would have been a trained combat soldier sadly taken in this cowardly ambush, which makes the tragedy even greater,” said Bratina.

“The sad timing of this man’s life to put him there in that position on the day that this occurrence took place is just a horrible irony.”

At least two memorial Facebook pages to Cirillo sprang up within hours after the killing.

“RIP Cpl. Nathan,” said one comment. “Thank you so much for serving our country.

My sincerest condolences to your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you.”

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who represents a Hamilton riding, expressed her condolences, saying Cirillo served bravely with the city’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders – the 91st Canadian Highlanders.

At his home armoury, soldiers watched through the locked gates Wednesday evening as people added flowers and stuffed animals to a growing memorial for their slain comrade.

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Next phase of anti-spam law coming in January Michael Oliveira

installing a program on a person’s computer if the software has the ability to covertly send electronic TORONTO messages or has other functionality anada’s controversial anti-spam outlined in the legislation. law has already forced businessWhile the law has been framed as es to change how they communicate an attack on the creators of malware with consumers by email. and spyware, it also affects legitiEarly next year, the law will also mate software companies, which start targeting software makers. face fines of up to $10 million for Starting on Jan. 15, 2015, compa- non-compliance. nies will have to get consent before “We are regularly installing, or Canadian Press

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In 1952, Parky arrived in the Yukon.

In 1953, he began working for Yukon Motors, which was owned by Bill Drury and Al Clark. In December of 1965, he earned his Automotive Mechanic Journey Level Certification and in April of 1968 he earned his Heavy Equipment Mechanic Certification.

being asked to install, huge numbers of software programs – sometimes on a daily basis – and very often we are unaware of what is happening,” says Michael Geist, a professor at the University of Ottawa and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, who supports the legislation.

“Consumers are putting a plethora of stuff on their systems often without knowing much about

In 1987, he completed a course in New Model Automatic Transmissions, and in 1989 he completed a course in Automotive Wheel Alignment.

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it. This raises the bar in terms of consumer awareness when they’re installing software, better awareness about what that software will do, and greater disclosure requirements on the part of businesses seeking to install those programs.”

The first part of the law targeting programs that can send electronic messages from a user’s computer will allow the CRTC to go after malware or spyware makers that use infected computers to surreptitiously distribute spam.

Companies must also clearly disclose to users if its software could collect personal information, interfere with the normal operation of a computer, alter settings or preferences or data on a computer, or allow a third party to access a computer.

The law states that the disclosure must be described “clearly and prominently and separately and apart from the licence agreement.”

Exemptions are given for operating systems, web cookies, HTML and JavaScript code, and software updates or upgrades if a company can prove a user had previously consented to installing its program.

Michael Fekete, a lawyer with the Toronto-based Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt law firm, says the law is overreaching and should’ve focused specifically on malware and spyware.

“There’s a mismatch between the stated purposes of the legislation as found in the regulations and the scope of the legislation,” says Fekete.

“There is really no question that malware and spyware are things that should be prohibited … but there’s a very broad range of programs that are regulated regardless of whether the software will have a negative impact.”

He says the law could lead to technology companies deciding to keep their products from the Canadian market.

“There’s no other law in the

world that I’m aware of that comes close to regulating computer program installations as broadly,” Fekete says.

“The question will be whether some distributors of computer programs will ultimately decide to geofence Canada and preclude the download of products in Canada because they haven’t made the investments that would be necessary to change the interfaces. We don’t know just yet what the ultimate impact on consumers would be from that standpoint, but that remains a possibility.”

He also says he’s concerned that the law appears to cover not only computers but mobile devices and virtually any other device that works with software code.

“The rules apply to virtually any computer program, even computer programs embedded on devices that do not have a user interface.

And so if you look at the ubiquity of computer programs in not just consumer devices but with just about any device that can be wirelessly connected these days, we’re introducing to Canada this unique set of rules that don’t exist anywhere else and cover the broadest possible scope of computer programs,” Fekete says.

“I think it’s fair to say it’s a grey area and there remains a lot of uncertainty. There’s a lot of interpretation issues that remain unsettled and that’s just one of them.”

But Geist thinks complying with the law won’t be onerous and Canadians will support the change.

“I don’t think it’s so unreasonable to tell people what it is you’re installing and why you’re installing it,” Geist says.

“If someone thinks that’s overly onerous to provide that level of disclosure and to obtain an appropriate consent I suspect that many Canadians would say perhaps that’s not something I want on my system.”

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Friends not surprised sergeant-at-arms intervened in Parliament Hill shootings Canadian Press

OTTAWA o those who know Kevin Vickers, there was little surprise that the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons and former RCMP officer would be the one to intervene in Wednesday’s attack on Parliament Hill and reportedly shoot an assailant.

Friends and family of the former long-serving RCMP officer said it is in his nature to take on a threat unreservedly, regardless of the risk it might pose.

“The fact that Kevin may have been involved in the front end of the incident does not surprise me,” said Dan Bussieres, who is the sergeantat-arms in the New Brunswick legislature and served with him in the RCMP. “Like I said, he’s a top cop in my book.”

Vickers, who has a background in providing security services for dignitaries including members of the Royal Family, was reportedly in the House of Commons when a gunman entered sometime after 9:52 a.m.

Two sources told The Canadian Press that Vickers shot the assailant inside the Hall of Honour, the main entrance to the Centre Block beneath the Peace Tower.

Officials have not confirmed that Vickers fired at the suspect, but one MP credited Vickers on Twitter with saving lives.

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“MPs and Hill staff owe their safety, even lives, to Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers who shot attacker just outside the MPs’ caucus rooms,” tweeted New Democrat Craig Scott.

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino tweeted: “I am safe & profoundly grateful to Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers & our security forces for selfless act of keeping us safe.”

Justice Minister Peter MacKay thanked Vickers and security forces on Parliament Hill.

“Thank God for Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers & our Cdn security forces.

True heroes,” he tweeted.

The 58-year-old became the sergeant-at-arms in the House of Commons eight years ago following 29 years with the RCMP and after serving as aide-de-camp for New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor, Marilyn Trenholme Counsell.

Vickers served under Trenholme Counsell for four years starting in 1999. She watched closely Wednesday as reports came in about the shootings in Ottawa and news that Vickers may have played a central role in the events.

Trenholme Counsell said she was not surprised to learn of his possible involvement.

“Not at all, it’s so much in his character to take charge of something and do what has to be done,” she said from her home as TV news reports played in the background.

Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

The Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receives a standing ovation as he enters the House of Commons yesterday.

Vickers was among those who opened fire Wednesday on the gunman who stormed Parliament Hill.

“He is fearless in the face of a challenge. It didn’t surprise me that he acted.”

Vickers rose to the rank of chief superintendent in the RCMP and often served as the face of the national police force in New Brunswick.

As an RCMP officer, Vickers has been responsible for security services provided for the Queen and Prince Andrew. He also helped defuse a fisheries crisis in northern New Brunswick, where native and non-native

fishermen were locked in a tense dispute over the lobster harvest.

John Martin, a former RCMP officer and a band council member, said Vickers’s steady demeanour and affinity for the local aboriginal community helped ease tensions between the two sides.

“He was a calm, cool, collected individual,” said Martin. “He was very well-respected and honest and straightforward.”

John Vickers called his brother a

“super cop” with a deep dedication to his work, but he said he doubted whether he had ever shot a gun in the line of duty.

“Kevin was in RCMP for almost 30 years and I don’t think ever had to fire a gun in a situation,” he told Saskatoon radio station CKOM. “But, of course, that all changed this morning.”

The sergeant-at-arms is responsible for safeguarding the authority of the Commons, as well as the safety and security of the Parliament buildings.

Although sergeants-at-arms often operate outside of the public spotlight, the events on Parliament Hill are not the first time they have been instrumental in preventing further bloodshed in Canadian history.

When army supply clerk Denis Lortie opened fire in Quebec’s national assembly in 1984, the legislature’s sergeant-at-arms went into the chamber and tried to calm him. Rene Jalbert, a retired major in the army, offered Lortie a cigarette and eventually persuaded him to release about a dozen hostages who were cowering in the chamber.

The legislature was minutes away from convening when Lortie entered the building through a side door carrying two submachine guns, and at one point sat in the Speaker’s chair firing wildly. He killed three people and wounded 13 others.

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Federal bill to expand anti-terror powers through tracking, source identity protection Jim Bronskill

tions would be.

Public Safety officials did not have immediate answers.

OTTAWA Blaney was joined at a news he Conservative government conference in Banff, Alta., by Andy plans to amend the law govEllis, CSIS assistant director of opererning the Canadian Security ations, and RCMP deputy commisIntelligence Service to give the spy sioner Janice Armstrong. agency more authority to track terCanada and other western narorists overseas. tions fear that citizens who travel Public Safety Minister Steven overseas to take part in the Islamic Blaney said last week that the State of Iraq and the Levant’s extremist threat has become more guerrilla-style battles could come complex since the law was passed home with intent to do harm.

30 years ago, adding the dangers to The federal plan to bolster Canada do not stop at the border. security powers follows a recent As expected, Blaney said the gov- statement from the RCMP that the ernment would also take steps to en- national police force has about 63 sure CSIS can protect the identity of active investigations on 90 suspected its sources – a plan that has already extremists who intend to join fights rankled lawyers who have experiabroad or who have returned to ence defending terror suspects.

Canada.

The bill, to be tabled this parliaExtending protection for informmentary sitting, would clarify CSIS’s ants could mean defence counsel ability to act on threats abroad, he and even judges would never have added. the right to question human sources “These tools will ultimately alwho provide information on behalf low CSIS to conduct investigations of CSIS in court proceedings – such into potential terrorists when they as when the government attempts to travel abroad, meaning that those deport a suspected terrorist using a individuals will be tracked, investinational security certificate. gated, and ultimately prosecuted,” Ottawa lawyer Norm Boxall, Blaney said. who represents Algerian refugee Under the CSIS Act, which Mohamed Harkat in a security took effect in 1984, the spy agency certificate case, said he is “far from already has the authority to collect convinced” the spy service needs the intelligence anywhere in the world new privilege. about security threats to Canada.

“The onus should be on them to Blaney offered no details on establish the need to do this,” Boxall how exactly the government would said in an interview. change the CSIS Act, what the re“On the public record, there isn’t visions would allow the spy service the evidence out there to support to do that it can’t do now, or how this.” sweeping the new source protecToronto lawyer Paul Copeland, Canadian Press

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who previously represented Harkat, said giving the class privilege to intelligence informants would be “highly dangerous.”

“The only way you test evidence, in my view, is by cross-examining on it,” he said in an interview.

“I think if they pass this class privilege, nobody will ever get at a human source in a national security case.”

Copeland later served as a special advocate – a security-cleared lawyer who reviews and tests the federal evidence – in Harkat’s certificate case. He remains on the roster of special advocates periodically called to take part in security proceedings.

The Federal Court of Appeal said in 2012 that human sources recruited by CSIS did not have the sort of blanket protection that shields the identities of police informants, even from a judge.

In the case of CSIS, this is instead decided on a case-by-case basis.

The Supreme Court agreed in a May ruling on the national security certificate regime that there should be no overarching privilege for CSIS sources. The high court said the security certificate generally ensures that their identities remain “within the confines of the closed circle” formed by the reviewing judge, the special advocates and federal lawyers.

The court noted the judge reviewing a certificate has discretion to allow the special advocates to interview and cross-examine such informants in a closed hearing, but said this should be “a last resort.”

Making it standard practice to

cross-examine CSIS sources, even behind closed doors, could “have a chilling effect on potential sources” and hinder the spy service’s ability to recruit new ones, the court added.

Two judges – Rosalie Abella and Thomas Cromwell – dissented on the issue, saying CSIS informants are entitled to an assurance that the promise of confidentiality will be protected. “This can only be guaranteed by a class privilege, as is done in criminal law cases.”

Copeland points to a notorious chapter of the Harkat case in arguing there is good reason to test the credibility of human intelligence sources.

In a 2009 ruling in Harkat’s case, Justice Simon Noel said CSIS “undermined the integrity” of the Federal Court’s work by failing to disclose relevant details of a polygraph examination of a source.

CSIS neglected to tell him a secret informant failed portions of the liedetector test – a lapse the spy service itself has called “inexcusable.”

Currently police can use information from secret informants to obtain search warrants or wiretap

authorizations without fear the sources will be subject to crossexamination. However, if those same informants are used as evidence of an accused person’s guilt, the protection does not apply.

“They can’t have their cake and eat it too,” Boxall said. “There is a real safeguard that’s attached to the police informer privilege.”

The new federal bill should include the same sort of protection to ensure fairness for someone facing allegations in a security proceeding, Boxall said.

Canada appears to be mistakenly following the British path as opposed to the American one, which sees informants testifying in court in terrorism cases and facing rigorous cross-examination, said Steve Hewitt, a senior lecturer in Canadian and American studies in the history department of the University of Birmingham in England.

“Informants provide information for a variety of reasons. Some are quite noble, others do it out of blatant self-interest, including the desire for money,” said Hewitt, author of Snitch: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer.

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Fewer Arctic warships, leased tankers a sign of more modest shipbuilding plan Murray Brewster

There is ``growing interest’’ in the plan as a stopgap until the new supply ships arrive, said one defence OTTAWA source, speaking on condition of he Harper government is trimanonymity because the person was ming its expected order of Arctic not authorized to speak to the media. patrol ships and evaluating a set of Questions involving price, timeunsolicited proposals to convert line and the general viability of the civilian cargo ships for use by the proposal are still being explored, a Canadian navy, The Canadian Press second industry source confirmed. has learned.

At the same time, negotiations Both steps are a sign that more with Halifax-based Irving Shipbuildmodest expectations have been ing for the construction of new Arctic set for the government’s national offshore patrol ships have seen the shipbuilding strategy, which has yet government scale back its original to deliver a single vessel some three plan to buy between six and eight of years after the shipyards were chosen the vessels to enforce sovereignty in in 2011. the North.

The navy is set to retire its two reThe new plan is to buy five light plenishment ships, HMCS Preserver icebreakers, with an option for a and the fire-damaged HMCS Protect- sixth. eur, without having any replacements Sources also say the proposed ready to sail, despite a decade-long contract calls for the delivery of only replacement program. one ship per year because that’s all New joint support ships are only the government can afford. slated to begin construction in late The deadline to sign a deal is the 2016, with an in-service target of 2019-20, but the government has yet to sign a construction deal with the designated shipyard, Seaspan of Vancouver.

Officials insisted last year that Canada could rely on its allies to refuel and rearm its warships in the meantime, but a series of government and defence sources say a newer proposal from the Quebec-based Davie Shipyard would provide beefed-up civilian ships under a five-year lease.

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end of the year and there is intense political pressure to see ``steel being cut’’ in time for next year’s federal election.

The Arctic ships, a pet project of the Conservatives, have had their capabilities repeatedly watered down on the drawing board in order to keep costs down.

The original plan included three heavy military icebreakers; what is being proposed now is a ship that can cut through only one-year old ice and with limited armaments.

Phil Lagasse, a defence expert at the University of Ottawa, said the back-room maneuverings only confirm that money remains the biggest problem for the strategy and that the government is prepared to wait and accept fewer ships.

That could be bad news for communities like Halifax, which were counting on building everything the government promised. ``Politically, it was oversold. I

think we can agree on that,’’ said Lagasse, who added that the national shipbuilding procurement strategy, as it’s known, was only intended to set up a framework for building ships in Canada. ``(the strategy) doesn’t magically solve your planning problem. It doesn’t solve your defence inflation problem. None of that is solved just because you successfully selected two yards.’’

Sahir Khan, a former official at the parliamentary budget office who studied the joint support ship program, said Canada _ like its allies _ has yet to be able to balance the kind of warships it wants and needs with the amount of money it’s willing to spend. ``No matter how long we delay having such an open and transparent debate in Canada, it is highly unlikely that our path will diverge from that of our peers,’’ said Khan, who is now at the University of Ottawa.

Both Khan and Lagasse expressed concern about a lease of temporary supply ships, saying the government may end up paying through the nose, depending upon how it’s structured.

Eric Lerhe, a retired commodore, said the stopgap measure for the supply ships isn’t a surprise because of the retirement of the existing vessels, which _ although long past their shelf life _ were not due to leave the service for another couple of years.

There were published reports Canada was considering a deal to acquire mothballed U.S. Navy replenishment ships. That plan was dismissed, partly because the American ships were costly to operate and required a crew complement twice that of the Canadian navy.

Producing only one Arctic ship a year is not a bad thing because it allows for a smooth introduction to service, said Lehre, who’s now an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

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More than 800 foreign scientists urge Canada to loosen funding and freedoms require the full participation of scientists from around the world, but Canadian scientists are missing in OTTAWA action due to budget cuts and conore than 800 scientists from straints on their freedom to travel, around the world have communicate and collaborate. signed an open letter to Prime The letter, with coincides with Minister Stephen Harper decrythe Harper government’s science ing what they call a rapid decline and technology week, prompted a in funding and freedoms faced by fierce Conservative defence of their Canadian government scientists. record.

“Earth to Canada: Science “Since being elected, our Needs You,” says the headline over government has made record the letter that was published Tues- investments in science, technolday as an ad in the Ottawa Citizen ogy and innovation,” Ed Holder, newspaper. the minister of state for science “As scientists outside of Canada and technology, told the House of committed to international coCommons. operation in confronting threats “In fact Canada is ranked first to the planet and human health, in the G-7 for research and develwe urge you to remove excessive opment in our colleges, universiand burdensome restrictions and ties and other research institutes.” barriers to scientific communicaHe noted the government’s tion and collaboration faced by 2014 budget committed $1.5 bilCanadian government scientists,” lion over 10 years on the Canada states the letter from the Washing- First Research Excellence Fund. ton-based Union of Concerned New Democrat Kennedy Scientists.

Stewart, meanwhile, was left asking The missive carries 815 signawhen the Conservatives “will start tories and their academic credenthe repair of Canada’s public scitials from 32 countries, including ence reputation?” hundreds from the United States, Part of the divergence in views Canada’s largest trading partner can be explained by divergent and leading science collaborator. priorities.

They say complex environmenThe Conservatives have boosted funding for applied research while tal and public health problems Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

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Talk to your kids about the Ottawa shootings Helen Branswell

kids know things that they actually don’t know.”

Children may be more likely to TORONTO see the events as having real meaning he extraordinary events on Parlia- for them, because they happened in ment Hill on Wednesday had the Canada. This is not abstract violence. look of a Hollywood movie or a video Children who feel a connection – they game. live in Ottawa, they have relatives in But the fatal shooting of a reservist the Armed Forces, they’ve visited the soldier at the National War Memorial Parliament Buildings – may perceive and the killing of a gunman in the the threat as being more real than Centre Block of the nearby Parliasomething that happens in a far off mentary complex are starkly real place. events that will likely be distressing “The closer you are to it, the more for children, psychologists warn. you’re going to want to know,” says They have some advice for parents David Wolfe, a psychologist who who may be faced with the troubling specializes in issues affecting children task of trying to explain to children and youth at Toronto’s Centre for Adactions that are heinous and events diction and Mental Health. that are tragic.

“If it happened where I live or Here are some tips: where I’ve been, then I don’t feel safe.”

This probably won’t be limited to one conversation. Wolfe says you Talk and listen. shouldn’t force children to keep disMainly listen. cussing it if they don’t bring it up, but There is no way to shelter children neither should you try to shut down from this event – they will hear about children if they want to keep talking the attack, says Sandra Mendlowitz, about the events. a clinical psychologist in the anxi“So long as the child is bringing it ety disorders program at Toronto’s up, I would want to listen. Because it’s Hospital for Sick Children and an something bothering them,” he says. assistant professor of child psychiatry “As long as it’s in the news, as long at the University of Toronto. as they are potentially confused and “These can be very scary moments frightened by it, the message basiand you need to talk to your child cally is ‘You’re safe here. And if there’s about what their worries are and what anything you’re worried about, let’s their concerns are. And you need to talk about it.”’ be truthful, but in a way that is (age) appropriate,” she says.

Gear your explanations “Find out what they’re worried to your audience about. Find out what they know.

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going to be pretty concrete in their thinking and are likely to ask a question like: “Can he come here to my house and shoot me?”

Children who are 10, 11, 12 are at the age where they’re starting to realize that the world is a more complex and less safe place than they previously understood. This age group may be very troubled by these events.

“They’re the ones that ask the more penetrating questions. And I think this is a really good opportunity for parents to be able listen and talk and reassure and not cover up. And not be false about it and say: ‘Oh, don’t worry, it’s never going to happen to us,”’ Wolfe says.

Parents should assure children that they are safe, but will also have to explain – at least to the older ones – that sometimes bad things happen.

Images and videos of this event are all over the Internet and will lead newscasts for days.

But kids don’t need to see this stuff, and especially don’t need to see it over and over and over again, Mendlowitz says.

“One of the most important things is that we don’t over-expose kids to these images. Especially younger children,” she argues. “Little kids don’t need to see these things. They really don’t.”

“It’s going to be very difficult to control teenagers. They’ll have access to the Internet in any variety of forms.

But even then, you have to turn off a lot of this. You don’t need to look at graphic images. It is very unsettling for children, adolescents and adults to

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Results of Election (1) Chief: declared elected Candidate: Allen, James Smith, Steve Rejected ballots Total Votes

Living with Loss An Introduction to Healthy Grieving Grief is one of our most diƥcult experiences.

And although it is hard, it is a natural response to loss and a normal part of life.

In this workshop you will learn about the grief cycle that accompanies any kind of loss. We will talk about healthy grieving and share tools that will help you support yourself and others to heal and grow through times of loss.

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Haines Jct Poll 35 94 129

Steve Smith Takhini and Mail-in 61 101 0 162

Whitehorse Poll 64 151 1 216

Total Votes 160 346 1 507

(1) Elder Councillor: declared elected - Carol Buzzell

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Be observant Children may begin behaving differently – acting out, for instance – as they try to process these events, Mendlowitz says. “You need to monitor what’s going on and you need to expect that their behaviour may change in response to things that they hear.”

She and Wolfe suggest parents watch for signs their kids are having trouble coping with the stress this situation may create. Changes in appetite, mood or sleep patterns are red flags.

Wolfe says boys and girls often respond differently, with the former being uncomfortable talking about their feelings or admitting to being afraid.

Time your talk Don’t save these conversations for bedtime, Mendlowitz warns. You’ll end up with a child who can’t fall asleep.

But do bring the issue up quickly.

With the speed of modern communications, kids will be inundated with information about this event almost immediately.

“It has to be a timely response because you’re up against all the other sources of information, which is fast. Faster than you can think, that information is on the Internet. So you need to be one step ahead of that,” she says.

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Takhini and Mail-in 47 21 54 37 3 162

Whitehorse Poll 71 47 48 45 5 216

Total Votes 162 99 142 95 9 507

(4) Councillors: declared elected - Rose Kushniruk, Shadelle Chambers, Kathleen VanBibber, Leslie Walker Candidate: Anderson, Doris Chambers, Shadelle Fraser, Lance Jim, Jason Johnson, Harold Rose, Kushniruk MacDonald, Dayle Mazur, Rick Patterson, Cheryle Smith, Donna VanBibber, Kathleen Walker, Leslie Williams, Donnie Rejected Ballots Total Votes

Haines Jct Poll 25 71 16 22 33 76 24 37 27 14 36 36 39 1 457

Takhini and Mail-in 34 69 25 35 44 93 46 22 43 41 44 43 25 0 564

Whitehorse Poll 44 121 53 62 44 124 53 24 43 36 76 69 24 2 775

Total Votes 103 261 94 119 121 293 123 83 113 91 156 148 88 3 1796

(1) Youth Councillor: declared elected - Nicole NicholasWorkman Candidate: Jim, Paddy Mazur, Jessica Nicholas-Workman, Nicole Smith, Dallayce Rejected Ballots Total Votes

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Takhini and Mail-in 30 43

Whitehorse Poll 32 50

Total Votes 66 147

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38 48 3 162

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

With early signs flu season looms, it’s time to roll up your sleeve Helen Branswell Canadian Press

TORONTO ublic health officials are hoping you will soon turn your thoughts to preparing for flu season.

As temperatures drop, the viruses that make people sick during what we call flu season start to circulate. Flu season isn’t like hunting season. There is no fixed date for its start; it begins when people start getting sick.

And there are signs that this year that wave of illness could start early and could hit hard, says flu expert Dr. Danuta Skowronski.

Already several parts of the country are reporting sporadic flu activity – coastal British Columbia, much of Alberta, the Toronto-toWindsor corridor and the part of the Canadian map where eastern Ontario and western Quebec meet.

The flu virus that has been seen most frequently to this point is H3N2 – a strain that is especially hard on the elderly. Winters when H3N2 is the dominant flu strain often make for bad flu seasons.

It is still early, and things could change. Influenza is, after all, highly unpredictability. But Skowronski, of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, warns that people ought to be thinking about getting vaccinated, and in particular getting the vaccine early in the roll out.

“Since you’re picking up these early signals, what you want to do is maximize benefit, minimize risk. And there is only benefit to be derived in making sure that people don’t delay getting available vaccine this season,” says Skowronski.

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sees is that the H3N2 component of the vaccine being offered in the Northern Hemisphere is not optimal. It’s a mismatched, in the language of flu vaccine.

Vaccine strains for our winter flu shots were chosen last February, before last winter’s flu season was over. It’s always done that way – it takes months to make, bottle and ship the vaccine we use every winter.

Last February, the viruses circulating seemed to be quite similar to those that were in the 2013-14 flu shot. So manufacturers were told to make this year’s flu vaccine using the same strains.

But when the experts who select the vaccine strains met at the World Health Organization in September to pick those that should go into the Southern Hemisphere winter 2015 vaccine, they saw that a new version of H3N2 had emerged.

The viruses had “drifted” – changing their outer appearance in a bid to evade immune systems that had seen H3N2 before. That means the H3N2 component of the vaccine generates antibodies that may not recognize the new viruses as well.

“The emergence of a new drift strain means that we may have more intense H3 activity this year.

And we’re also starting to pick up early H3s emerging as the dominant player very early on in the season,” says Skowronski.

“H3 is particularly harsh on the elderly. So those (factors) in combination make us pay attention to this virus and the early signals from our surveillance.”

The mismatch is not reason to forgo a flu shot this year, she suggests. It is known the vaccine offers some cross protection against

viruses that aren’t identical to the ones in the shot. And the three strain vaccine also protects against H1N1 viruses and influenza B as well – though the B strain is probably also a mismatch.

But people who do get vaccinated should understand they may still be vulnerable, and take precautions, Skowronski says.

That means things like washing your hands frequently and staying home when you are sick. And if you think you are coming down with influenza, see your doctor quickly to ask about whether you should take one of the flu antiviral drugs.

All of this is especially true for the elderly and those with contact with the elderly, Skowronski says.

So when and where can you get a flu shot?

Most provinces and territories are getting their campaigns going in the next couple of weeks and some – like Ontario – have already started to vaccinate residents of long-term care facilities.

“Needles have gone in arms already,” says Dr. David Mowat, the province’s interim chief medical officer of health.

At this point only Quebec, British Columbia and New Brunswick don’t have universal programs where vaccine is free to all comers.

And those three offer free vaccine to large numbers of their populations, including the elderly, children, pregnant women and health-care workers.

As for where to get a flu shot, the options are greater these days than they ever have been. In many jurisdictions, pharmacists have joined family physicians, workplace clinics and public health clinics in delivery of flu vaccine.

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ample, provincial officials say.

Canada’s main supplier, GlaxoSmithKline had a production problem at its facility at Ste. Foy, Que., that resulted in them cutting the amount of vaccine they could provide this year by two million doses or 17 per cent of the total Canadian purchase.

But the federal government – which bulk buys flu vaccine for the provinces and territories – got additional supply from other manufacturers. They didn’t quite fill the gap; in total provinces and territories will have about 800,000 fewer doses than they had origi-

nally ordered.

However, most had increased their purchase order for this winter over what they had used last year, after a late season demand for vaccine last winter forced several to scramble to try to find more.

Alberta, in fact, ran out.

Dr. Gerald Predy, senior medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services, says the province wants to build on last year’s demand. It ordered two million doses for this year, up from about 1.3 million last year.

“We don’t anticipate supply being a problem,” he says.

Prevention of Violence Against Aboriginal Women Fund (2014-15)

The Women’s Directorate invites applications to the Prevention of Violence Against Aboriginal Women Project Funding. The fund provides assistance to community based violence prevention projects, designed and developed by and for Aboriginal women.

The deadline for applications is Friday, November 14, 2014 by 5:00 pm. Projects may apply for up to $25,000 for one-year projects or $50,000 for two-year projects.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

Health officials fear Ebola may become the new AIDS, but experts note many differences Mike Stobbe

escalated. Both emerged from Africa and erupted into an international health crisis. And both have been a NEW YORK shocking reminder that mankindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s s Ebola the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst infectious battle against infectious diseases can disease threat since AIDS? take a sudden, terrible turn for the Comparisons between the two worse. deadly diseases surfaced in the last In his three decades in public health, the only thing like Ebola has few months as the Ebola outbreak Associated Press

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Ebola can be more infectious than HIV, according to Dr. Bruce Ribner, a physician involved in the care of four Ebola patients treated so far at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

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Still, there are reasons to be more optimistic about Ebola than about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Ebola was actually discovered before HIV. First identified in 1976 and named after a river in Congo, the virus has caused periodic outbreaks in Africa ever since. While a test was made to diagnose it, work on vaccines and treatments has been limited and difficult.

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Scientists did not isolate HIV until a couple of years later. A test for the virus wasn’t available until 1985.

There’s still no vaccine, but medications have allowed those infected to live longer and healthier lives.

In those first few years, AIDS was generally perceived as occurring mainly in gay men, intravenous drug users and Haitians who had recently entered the United States.

“There was kind of a sense that ‘it’s only happening in certain places, and it only happens to certain people,”’ said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a Columbia University professor who as a young physician treated AIDS patients in New York City.

It wasn’t until the mid-1980s when public anxiety and fear about the disease in the U.S. really began to reach the levels seen today with Ebola. In 1985, an Indiana school barred a boy with hemophilia named Ryan White because he was infected through a blood transfusion. Later that year, a national poll showed more than half of Americans favoured the quarantining of AIDS patients and 15 per cent supported tattooing people who had AIDS. The Yukon home of

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Public anxiety about Ebola took flight in the last month with the first case diagnosed in the U.S. in a man who travelled to Dallas from Liberia. In the Dallas area, attendance dropped at schools where children attended who had reportedly been in contact with the man, Thomas Eric Duncan. At the CDC, calls and emails to the federal health agency spiked to more than 800 from a few dozen daily asking questions about the disease.

This past week, screening of travellers from West Africa began at five U.S. airports.

The international response also has been accelerated with Ebola, compared to AIDS. The United Nation’s UNAIDS program didn’t begin until 1995. Some experts feel real momentum in the international campaign didn’t occur until 2000.

The Ebola response also has been faulted as dangerously slow, but it’s been much faster than what happened with AIDS. In the last month – about six months after the epidemic in West Africa first began – officials from the United State and other nations have met to ratchet up an international response with money, troops and supplies.

There’s one more big difference that ironically makes Ebola more dreadful to many people but possibly easier for health workers to one day beat back, said Dr. James Curran, dean of Emory University’s school of public health.

The scariest thing about the Ebola virus is how quickly and dramatically it kills. Initial infection to ghastly death is only a matter of weeks.

That’s different from HIV: An HIV-infected person may not have symptoms for years. And a decade may pass before an untreated AIDS victim dies. That means infected

people can silently and unknowingly spread the infection for years.

HIV “is insidious,” said Curran, who led the CDC’s task force on AIDS in the mid-1980s.

Ebola’s speed is more terrifying.

But it also allows cases to be identi-

fied and isolated and contacts to be tracked down and monitored before they can continue to spread the disease.

“It potentially gives us a way to break the back of the epidemic,” Curran said.

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Yukon artist offers textured take on the natural world

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Leslie Leong, seen in front of one of her photographic works, has a mixed-media exhibit called Metal-stone-clay at the Yukon Artists @ Work gallery, located at 120 Industrial Rd., until Nov. 17.

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But it has sold already, and the purchaser has promised to wear it, said Leong. he calls her art “weird” and “How do you ever know?” she “crazy,” but others would say asked. “eclectic.”

Leong started her professional Leslie Leong’s newest show, career as an artist taking photos Metal-stone-clay, explores natural in the Northwest Territories, textures through natural materi- where she lived for about 15 years als. She finds rainfall in a copper before coming to Yukon five years necklace and melting ice in a clay ago. platter. Other pieces are shaped Then and now, it is textures by small eruptions – fungus from from the natural world that most the earth, kelp from the sea floor, capture her imagination. seeds from pods where they had “I kind of find something that been held captive.

I find interesting like a mushThis show features works of room or a seed pod or whatever clay, metal and gemstones as well and I start exploring it,” she said. as photography.

She uses her camera lens as a Some of the art is functional, tool to look at and deconstruct as a mug, platter, or vessel, say. the world, to find and capture Some is wearable, as a necklace or pieces of it that evoke a certain ring. Some is simply art for art’s feeling. sake. Although at times it can be “But I don’t really know what’s hard to tell the difference. going to happen with that, it just “Sometimes when I’m making kind of becomes embedded, I something I assume that it’s more guess, in my subconscious. When for just looking at,” said Leong in I’m making something later, the Yukon Artists @ Work gallery whether it be months or years or space on Tuesday. whatever, then it’ll seem to come “For example, this crazy ring, out, just magically.”

I thought it was way too crazy, Those natural textures make because it’s heavy.” appearances in her ceramic pots The ring is made of thick and her jewelry. silver, with fungus-like growths Often it takes a while to figure from the top. out where they came from.

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One of Leong’s many fascinating ceramic pieces on display at the exhibit.

She made reclaimed copper necklaces with a motif of linked rings of different sizes before she knew that they came from the texture of rain hitting water.

She made a clay platter with smooth bumps and craters before realizing that the rippled surface was born from a melting ice cave on the shores of Atlin Lake.

Hanging in the gallery is a

photograph printed on canvas, with yellow and greens and browns in a geometric array.

It turns out it’s a close-up shot of the seed pod of a lotus plant, just as the seeds begin to push their way out, but before the whole thing dries up and loses its colour.

It’s easy to see how the colours and shapes captured Leong’s

imagination and pushed her to explore that texture in other ways.

(Her exhibit is not one for sufferers of trypophobia, an aversion to clusters of small holes and representations of them. The lotus seed pod is a common and powerful trigger for trypophobics.)

Clay is a new departure for Leong’s art.

It started with a tea pot workshop at Art’s Underground last year. That’s where those cup-like fungus – or perhaps bulbous kelp – shapes began to protrude from her work.

“When I did that, I thought ‘That’s pretty fun, I think I’m going to have to do some more of that,’” said Leong.

Just like those wonky growths, Leong won’t be held back by the limitations of any particular medium.

“I just want to explore and push it to whatever extreme I feel like doing it. I don’t want the material to try to restrict my creativity.”

Metal-stone-clay will be on display at Yukon Artists @ Work through Nov. 17.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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Late bloomer: David Cronenberg begins literary career at age 71 with novel Consumed Hillel Italie Associated Press

NEW YORK o finish his first novel, David Cronenberg had to work around a few other projects.

Like the four movies he completed over the past eight years.

“I would actually have to leave what I was writing for a year and a half and literally not think about it,” said the Canadian filmmaker known for Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch and his latest, Map of the Stars.

“So I had concerns about continuity, that it was this sort of start-andstop thing,” he adds. “Somehow, it seemed to work.”

Cronenberg begins his fiction career at age 71 with Consumed, an intellectual, macabre thriller of sex, violence and bodily transformation – themes not unfamiliar to fans of Cronenberg’s movies. The protagonists are freelance journalists caught up in a mysterious case of murder and cannibalism, a story inspired in part by the life of Louis Pierre Althusser, a French Marxist who strangled his wife.

Interviewed recently at the offices of his U.S. publisher, Scribner, Cronenberg said that publisher Nicole Winstanley of Penguin Canada had suggested he try a novel. He set himself a goal of two pages a day and found the experience close to directing, a narrative for which he had a final say on casting, lighting, editing, sound effects and special effects.

“The only thing you can do as a screenwriter is the narrative and the dialogue,” he says.

Directors have long felt an affinity with literary writers, although few have triumphed in both fields.

Elia Kazan wrote several novels after his movie career faded, and Jean Renoir wrote a handful of short fiction works in the last years of his life. More recently, Ethan Coen has

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published stories and poems, and Neil Jordan of The Crying Game has completed several novels and story collections. For years, Woody Allen has contributed stories to The New Yorker.

John Sayles has managed parallel careers, directing Eight Men Out and Passion Fish, among others, while writing well-regarded short stories and novels. He prefers completing a book without interruption, noting that he worked on his nearly 1,000page historical tale, A Moment in the Sun, during a Writers Guild of America strike. Film projects took up so much time while he was writing Los Gusanos, published in 1991, that when Sayles returned to the novel, he realized he had scene with a dead man in the trunk of a car and he had forgotten why he was there.

“So I had one of the cops just say, ‘That’s going to be one of life’s unexplained mysteries,”’ Sayles said. “It’s a good idea when you have to leave a book for a while to make some good notes.”

Gus Van Sant, whose experimental novel Pink came out in 1997, said he doesn’t consider himself “the most natural writer,” but still enjoyed the work and only wished he had worked harder. He also believes directors and authors often romanticize each other’s craft.

“The novelist, in some cases, would desire to be less stuck in a room with a typewriter, and I have heard novelists say that it would be great to write in images like the film director, out in the field with legions of extras, and explosions and stuntmen and real sex scenes,” Van Sant, whose films include Good Will Hunting and Drugstore Cowboy, wrote in a recent email.

“The filmmakers respect the writing as a more pure art form and feel a little self-conscious about the Barnum and Bailey aspect of their craft.”

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the sound of his father’s typing.

He’s always been a reader, a fan of the avant-garde Evergreen Review magazine and an admirer of Samuel Beckett, William Burroughs and other writers of Grove Press, known for its experimental and explicit literature.

His writing dates back to his teens, when he submitted a story to a science fiction-fantasy magazine and got a “rejection slip that was really quite nice,” encouraging him to keep trying.

But he “edged sideways” into filmmaking, using screenplays as a way to get directing jobs, among them the horror movie They Came From Within (also known as Shivers).

“In self-defence I had to write my own screenplays,” he recalled. “But it was natural for me because I was an aspiring novelist.”

Cronenberg’s book has so far been received with the kind of respect he had hoped for. Rights to Consumed

have already been sold in more than 20 countries and the novel was praised by author Jonathan Lethem in The New York Times for its “sturdy and direct” story line and “the fierce sculptural intensity” of its details.

If his movie career ever permits, Cronenberg likes the idea of doing nothing but writing for a year or two.

He already has a “tickle of another book, just a sentence or two.”

“That’s all it takes,” he said.

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Malarchuk’s book goes beyond skate cut and is a window into his demons Stephen Whyno Canadian Press

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he scar on the right side of Clint Malarchuk’s neck is still visible. It’s there for everyone to see on the cover of his new book.

Hockey fans will always remember Malarchuk as the NHL goaltender who nearly died in 1989 after a skate blade sliced his jugular vein. He knows that.

“It’s my claim to fame,” Malarchuk said. “There’s a lot of goalies in my kind of category that weren’t the elite, but I’m remembered, even if it’s for the infamous accident.”

But in The Crazy Game: How I Survived the Crease and Beyond, Malarchuk opens up about the post-traumatic stress disorder that infamous accident caused, his obsessive compulsive disorder, alcoholism and anxiety and a couple of other near-death experiences that he was fortunate to survive.

He details battles in his head that made the chaos of hockey feel like a sanctuary.

The opening chapter of The Crazy Game, which was released Tuesday, ends with Malarchuk putting a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. Miraculously, he survived.

“When I woke up in intensive care with a bullet in my head, I felt like I was saved or there was a purpose for me,” Malarchuk said in an interview Monday. “Maybe it’ll help people and maybe somebody won’t feel like they’re the only one going through a dark time or depression, anxiety, whatever it might be.”

Leading up to that point, though, was the toughest part for Malarchuk to re-live as he told his story with the help of Dan Robson, a senior writer at Sportsnet

Magazine.

“Going through that time I did feel like I was out of control and crazy,” Malarchuk said. “I felt like my brain was on fire and I just couldn’t put it out.”

Through the early portions of the book, Malarchuk opens a window into his childhood in Edmonton and Grande Prairie, Alta., with an alcoholic father, a mother who was one of his best teammates in life and a brother who taught him a lot – and broke his nose a few times. Fights, arrests and a hospitalization at 12 for anxiety start to paint the picture of the “demons” Malarchuk has dealt with from an early age.

Chapters about junior and minor hockey and his start in the NHL with the Nordiques include more about his OCD. Malarchuk would run up to 20 miles a day and kept up his workout routine because he felt it was the only way to be the best.

“I think my superior conditioning made up for the fact that other goalies had more skill,” he wrote.

“I basically willed myself into becoming an NHL goalie.”

Along with alcohol and anxiety, it caused personal problems along the way, including marriages that did not last. Then came that infamous incident on March 22, 1989.

Malarchuk describes in graphic detail getting sliced in the throat

by St. Louis Blues rookie Steve Tuttle and the fear he had in his own head in the seconds and minutes afterward.

“I’m going to die,” he thought.

He survived and was back in the Buffalo Sabres net 10 days later.

To this day, he is still recgonized because of that near-death experience. It doesn’t bother him because he’s proud of the perse-

verance and courage it took to get back on the ice so soon afterwards.

“I accept my career for what it was,” he said. “It wasn’t the greatest, I wasn’t Martin Brodeur. But I had a decent career. But a lot of players had lesser careers and a lot have had better. It happened for a reason.”

He cheated death twice more – once when he collapsed after drinking and swallowing pills and then later when he shot himself.

The book tells the bigger story of a goaltender who played 338 career games for the Nordiques, Sabres and Washington Capitals.

There are plenty of hockey anecdotes, like riding horses on a California golf course with Dale Hunter and getting in trouble with the Capitals for taking part in a rodeo exhibition at the Calgary Stampede.

But even after writing the book about his mental struggles, the 53-year-old doesn’t think there are things he could have done differently.

“I was in such a dark place I didn’t know what I was thinking, how I was thinking,” Malarchuk said. “I felt like I was crazy. That helpless and hopelessness is not a good place. For me I’m grateful that I’ve been able to, I don’t want to say conquer this because I still struggle at times, but manage it.”

The book includes its fair share of profanity, language Malarchuk and Robson decided to include because it’s more prevalent in times he was out of control.

“There’s a time that that language was there, it was strong and that was more of when I was in turmoil,” he said. “I wanted to work up or into that time so when I did use that language it was the real language at that time.”

By going into such detail about

his own bouts with mental illness, Malarchuk is hoping to reach others who may be dealing with similar issues or have loved ones who are. Part of his wife Joanie’s journal from a particularly dark period is published, Malarchuk said, because it tells a different side of the story.

“She was able to get the support and help as well,” he said.

“There’s probably more people who will read the book that aren’t affected with mental illness but are on the other side where they know somebody or a loved one and they don’t know how to cope or deal or what to do and they feel trapped.”

While promoting the book, Malarchuk knows he has to stay on top of his regimen of keeping his emotions in check because this is a stressful time in his life.

He still has his battles, admitting

that tragedies like the overdose of former NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard and the suicides of former Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien and junior player Terry Trafford hit him “on an emotional level.”

“I know just how you feel or felt,” he said. “It brings back some of that pain where I was in my life and at those dark times. I feel their helplessness if that makes sense.

They feel helpless and hopeless and I feel the same way again.”

He says the book has helped him become more self-aware.

“I wanted to impress upon people that I am alive and it’s for a reason and it’s to be honest and disclose my demons so that other people can maybe be helped by it,” he said. “All the stuff that I have gone through, if I don’t somehow relay it to people, I’ve gone through it for nothing.”

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Calgary’s Kiesza feels ‘super vulnerable’ as she releases her debut album The song topped charts in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and the U.K. while reaching the Top 5 in TORONTO many others, including Canada, ith the one-shot, non-stop in the spring. Her debut album, “Hideaway,” Calgary’s Kiesza Sound of a Woman, was completed introduced herself to the world fairly quickly before its release this with a fluttering tune and a ceaseweek. less flurry of nimble footwork – She’s still writing songs for other and it seems like she hasn’t stopped artists, she contributed music to moving since.

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No longer an indie artist, Kiesza couldn’t be blamed if she decided

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Yet there she was recently touring possible settings for her second video, “No Enemiesz.”

“The producer just stopped for a minute and said: ‘The artist never comes to the location scout. You realize this? If you have other things to do…’” Kiesza recalled during a recent interview in Toronto. “I’m like, no, I need to see the rooms. I was involved in saying this is the room I want and I want it to look this way. And this is the section I’m dancing in here.

“Sometimes the people, they don’t give you that time for your art because they’d rather have you doing other things, more promo, but I put so much effort into the quality of my work. So for me, it’s the most important thing that I put the time in and the preparation.

The art is everything to me.”

So even though the turnaround on Sound of a Woman was fairly quick, it’s tough to doubt Kiesza’s commitment to the material.

Aside from the years-in-theworks synth bath “So Deep,” these 13 songs came together very quickly – something Kiesza’s comfortable with, given that breakout “Hideaway” was written during an hourlong ride to the airport.

That sleekly propulsive number leads off the album, and while its pop house lean generally hints at

the sound of “Woman,” the record refuses to stay fixed in one place too long.

Hip hop crops up on the vamping “Losin’ My Mind” and even moreso on “Bad Thing,” a showcase for dexterous Brooklyn teen rapper Joey Badass, one of a series of genres Kiesza hopscotches through: soul, Chicago house, R&B and EDM. “They all have a place in my mind from a similar era,” she summarized.

That would be the ‘90s, when the 25-year-old was exposed to a variety of sounds by her musically adventurous mother.

Some of Kiesza’s earliest memories feature her mom hot-stepping around the kitchen while club music poured from the speakers.

“I don’t know how she got into the whole Chicago house thing, because she’s from Calgary – which is very much a country-music town,” laughed Kiesza, born Kiesa Ellestad, reasoning that Michael Jackson was a gateway.

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“I was really influenced by that,” she added. “The first album

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Confessions before Mass & by appointment.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 I wanted to buy was ‘Dance Mix ‘94.”’

Her upbringing was similarly marked by broad aptitude and a wandering interest. She trained as a ballerina young but hurt her knee, began sailing at 13 and worked on 40-metre-high boats at 16, and a year later joined the reserves of the Royal Canadian Navy, where she proved a crack shot.

She studied music at Selkirk College in B.C. before being granted a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Her earliest compositions were simple and quiet.

“When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play,” she said. “It was slow, soft melodies. But then as I got better on the guitar, I started exploring different sounds.”

As usual, she jumped around a bit.

“I was in a death metal band, a jazz band, a rock band, a solo pop thing where I wore spandex and aviator goggles dyed different colours,” she recalled. “I felt like I was just trying on different hats and they didn’t fit.

“And then writing ‘Hideaway,’ which happened out of nowhere, and realizing this is so right, realizing that this is the music that’s etched into my DNA, since being in the womb. It just flows out of me naturally.”

At Berklee, pop music was the subject of derision or outright dismissal – “at music school, pop is considered not music” – but Kiesza studied it like an academic. She wanted to look carefully at trends in country, rock, pop, dance and rap, figuring that penning songs for artists across genres represented the best application of her talent.

That songwriting career has been moved to the side for now,

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by Rihanna will appear on the Barbadian star’s next album.

Still, she’s remained aware of what’s out there, and she sees a key difference in the music she’s composing and the adrenalized stuff ruling radio.

“Recent dance songs, like EDM, are so fast that all you can do is fist pump along to them,” said Kiesza, who now lives in New York. “And once you’ve danced to the chorus you’re so out of breath you have to take a break to get through the verses. Then it’s the drop again – it’s so crazy.

“If you slow it down to 120

(beats per minute), it’s like running long distance – you can go steady and keep a steady pace. You go to those underground house nights, people dance non-stop, all night.”

She says she’s writing her second album now, utilizing the one big indulgence she’s allowed since “Hideaway” hit: a new guitar.

Originally, Kiesza thought of her solo music as a “side project” and figured it would be “underground, maybe with an indie following.”

A bigger than anticipated audience is paying attention now, and she knows it.

“It’s hard to open up all your emotions to the world,” she said. “I feel very – super – vulnerable.”

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LIFE 30 years and counting: Yukon Film Society celebrates anniversary niversary, the society is organizing a three-day film festival at the Yukon Arts Centre this weekend, presenthe Yukon Film Society was ing some of the most popular once little more than an Canadian films that have screened organization running out of at its Available Light Film Festival someone’s kitchen that produced over the years. fewer than 10 events each year.

They include Sarah Polley’s Now in its 30th year, the society Stories We Tell, Zacharias Kunuk’s has expanded its operations signifi- Atanarjuat and Leanne Allison’s cantly, presenting or co-presenting Being Caribou. upwards of 100 events annually.

The films were chosen based on It now provides media art a survey sent out to Yukon Film production training and profesSociety members this summer. sional development, presents more Connors tried to make sure they independent films and media art, represented as much of Canada as and supports emerging filmmakers. possible.

“It’s grown tenfold in terms of He said he fondly remembers budget,” said Connors, the society’s when Kunuk’s film, the retelling of artistic director. an oral tale told over thousands of “A lot of people did the heavy years, was screened in 2002. lifting in terms of getting the orga“We had to turn people away nization into where it is today.” from the first screening,” he said.

Connors became a board mem“I remember the second screenber in 1999 and joined the staff in ing was pretty full as well. The ap2003. petite in the Yukon for documentaThe society has gone from ries is really strong.” having one seasonal, part-time Another film being presented contract staff person in 2001 to this weekend is Carol Geddes’ 1997 three full-time permanent staff and documentary Picturing a People: many seasonal contractors today, George Johnston, Tlingit PhotograConnors said. pher.

It was 2002 before the sociThe filmmaker wrote and diety was able to secure a desk in a rected the Gemini-nominated film shared office space. about a Teslin man who document“Now we have 800 square feet,” ed the life of his family between Connors said, adding the soci1920-1945. ety has about 10,000 admissions Geddes said the Yukon Film per year and a budget of roughly Society is an important agency $400,000. in the territory, “not only for the independent filmmaker, but for the To celebrate the milestone anMyles Dolphin News Reporter

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included.

Marten Berkman, Allan Code and Dan Sokolowski are the other participating artists.

At least two of the commissioned works will be feature length narrative films and two will be released as interactive web-based documentaries, Connors said.

He’s hoping the projects will be completed in the next few months so they can premier at either the Available Light Film Festival in February or the Dawson City International Short Film Festival in Alex Salter/PTV Productions April.

Geddes said her project is a Rick Roberts looks out over an Arctic sunset during the historical documentary that focuses filming of Passage. The film is one of many that will be on the regiments of black soldiers screened this weekend for the Yukon Film Society’s 30th sent to the Yukon at the start of anniversary event.

World War II to assist with the conentire Yukon in its encouragement projects. struction of the Alaska Highway. of creativity in the visual medium,” “The industry has changed so “Life was rough for all soldiers she said in an email. rapidly over the past 10 years,” as the project was rushed through,” “The YFS has become the Connors said. she said. repository of important Yukon “Access to financing has always “For black soldiers it was worse. stories. The number of such stories been a challenge here. With the ad- Unusually cold winters, social rejechas increased considerably due to vent of access to video production tion, poor equipment, and brutal the efforts of individuals associated in the early 2000s, there was a crop punishment for stepping out of with the YFS. of films that got made between line resulted in a significant death “Aside from the purely cultural 2001 and 2004. toll among the strictly segregated rewards of endeavors, there is an “There was a lot of enthusiasm troops. additional market component that back then and then it sort of leveled “Dramatic re-enactments will lends riches to the Yukon at large.” off. The tools for filmmakers are convey some of the situations that Connors said Geddes’ film crecertainly better now than they used took place during this time.” ated a ripple effect for other filmto be but the storytelling has always The film festival kicks off on Frimakers in the territory. been strong here.” day at noon and goes until Sunday Because it was co-produced by The society is also celebrating its evening. A total of 14 films will be the National Film Board of Canada anniversary by commissioning four screened at the Yukon Arts Centre. and had a larger budget, it inspired documentary projects to Yukon Contact Myles Dolphin at others to follow suit with their own artists, among whom Geddes is myles@yukon-news.com

Dawson City filmmaker wins audience award for documentary Myles Dolphin News Reporter

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uzanne Crocker’s documentary about life off the grid has earned praise at one of Canada’s biggest film festivals.

All The Time In The World recently won the audience award for most popular Canadian documentary at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

In the 88-minute film, the Dawsonite filmmaker, her husband and three children spend almost 200 days living in the bush from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011.

Their destination was a cabin with no electricity, no running water, no Internet and no television.

It took Crocker about three years to edit more than 500 hours of footage and complete the documentary.

She said she wasn’t sure what kind of reception the film would get because she’d been unable to get any media attention prior to the first screening.

“I thought, ‘Are they going to know about this film?’” she said.

“I was really pleasantly surprised that both screenings were full houses. As the filmmaker I’m sitting in the back row and trying to gauge the audience response.

“They were just totally engaged for the whole film.”

The film, which premiered at the festival, was screened both times at SFU Woodward’s, a venue that holds about 350 people.

Question and answer sessions were very well attended, too.

“Usually the credits come up, people clap and half the audience leaves to attend another screening,” she said.

“But for both our screenings, virtually everyone stayed in their

seats.”

She said the applause went through the roof once her family joined her up on stage.

“They make the movie so I was pleased they got the recognition they deserved,” she said.

The audience even gave the family a standing ovation following the second screening, which Crocker described as “totally heartwarming.”

The festival ran for 16 days and featured 349 films from over 70 countries.

The gated attendance exceeded 144,000 this year, a 10 per cent increase from last year and a new record.

One person who enjoyed Crocker’s film so much went out of his way to share his thoughts with the filmmaker.

The man, a projectionist at the festival, approached Crocker following the second screening.

“He’d been screening films all week and his shift was due to end 10 minutes into my film,” she said.

“The film captured him in the first 10 minutes. He watched the whole thing, stayed through the Q&A and waited around to tell me it was his favourite film of the festival.

“It was a really wonderful audience response, which is what you strive for as a filmmaker.”

During one particularly tense scene in the film, a bear challenges Crocker’s husband, Gerard.

Most of the audience actually laughed at the confrontation.

“I think the reaction in the Yukon will be a lot different to that scene,” she said, “because we recognize it’s a challenging situation.”

“It’s a scene that I find quite tense, even when I watch it now, but the audience found it cute.”

When Crocker came back to Dawson City she got an email informing her she’d won the audience award.

Viewers could fill out ballots and rate the films they’d seen.

The film will be coming to Whitehorse for the Available Light Film Festival in February.

It will also screen at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival in April.

Crocker said she’s made efforts to have it screened at other international film festivals, too, and will know more in the near future.

In the meantime, she’s enjoying the fact that the film won an award the first time it was ever presented to the public.

“I better quit now while I’m ahead,” she said with a laugh.

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

What makes a leader tick as important as policy, Trudeau says Joan Bryden

growing up as the eldest son of a prime minister, enduring the lurid publicity surrounding his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; OTTAWA divorce, coping with his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ustin Trudeau says revealing mental illness and struggling to find what makes political leaders tick his way out from his famous fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is just as important as disclosing lengthy shadow. the minutiae of the policies theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d It does not reveal any new implement. specifics of the platform on which Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the Liberal leader says the Liberals intend to run; that will heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bared some intimate details of come during the next election, a his life in a new memoir, Common year from now, and Trudeau says he Ground, which hits bookstores wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be rushed just because NDP today.

Leader Tom Mulcair has already The book chronicles the highs begun unveiling key planks of his and lows of Trudeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 42 years: platform.

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And he wants to build trust with Canadians through his willingness to share some intimate, often painful, memories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision and (thought) process is as important, if not more important, than having a detailed blueprint of every last thing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do,â&#x20AC;?

Trudeau said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that any individual is obviously the sum of their experiences and what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned and how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been shaped by the life theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve led.â&#x20AC;?

Trudeau, whose detractors dismiss him as an insubstantial, intellectual featherweight, said some people advised him the book would flop unless it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;policy-heavyâ&#x20AC;? tome. But judging from the saturation coverage itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s received so far, that seems unlikely.

The book is surprisingly candid about some of the most painful episodes in Trudeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; divorce, his awkward, insecure teen years, the deaths of youngest brother Michel and his father, Pierre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but he suggested Canadians expect that from him.

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eye, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten very, very comfortable understanding that people have a sense of familiarity with me that means that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to ask questions that are perhaps more personal than they would of a different public figure.â&#x20AC;?

Trudeau also wanted the book to explain what motivates him to want to become prime minister, beyond the caricature peddled by political opponents: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was born at 24 Sussex and feels he should somehow be given the keys to go back.â&#x20AC;?

As he was writing the book, Trudeau said he was well aware the Conservative attack machine might try to spin various anecdotes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his admission that he was an indifferent student comes to mind â&#x20AC;&#x201C;to make him look bad. But he felt Canadians deserved and expected an honest accounting of his life to date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I trust that Canadians are going to read it and see a whole person who is dedicated to serving this country.â&#x20AC;?

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In the interview, he was unapologetic about demonstrating an approach to politics that is â&#x20AC;&#x153;both thoughtful and realâ&#x20AC;? and predicted Canadians will see through the spin his rivals put on it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact is, I have a speaking style that sometimes my opponents will leap on to try and twist or try and amplify. I trust Canadians.â&#x20AC;?

Trudeau acknowledges in the book that much of political life is â&#x20AC;&#x153;merdeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or crap, to use a more polite English word. Given that and his first-hand knowledge of the destructive power of politics on family life, one wonders why he relented on his initial determination not to seek the Liberal leadership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was not intending to put my family through what I had been through, not at that point, not with the family as young as it was,â&#x20AC;? he said.

But after thinking long and hard about what he had to offer, what he believed the country needed and the role models in public service heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d grown up with, Trudeau said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew that being a good parent to my kids wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about being there to tuck them in at night, every night. It was also about knowing that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing everything I possibly can to make sure that their world, the world they grow up in, will give them opportunities and fairness and be a better place.â&#x20AC;?

His three children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier, 7, Ella-Grace, 5, and infant Hadrien â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are too young to understand politics. But when they say grace before dinner, Trudeau said the two eldest â&#x20AC;&#x153;think of all the people who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as lucky as we are and (say) thank you Daddy for helping them out.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how they understand my job, that I am working hard to help people, and that explains (to them) why random strangers are nice to me and come up and shake my hand and sometimes want to take pictures with me.â&#x20AC;?

His kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; impression of the job â&#x20AC;&#x153;puts the extra pressure on me to make sure that what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing is actually helping people and not just trying to outsmart or knock down my opponent.â&#x20AC;?

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Researchers develop ‘smart blade’ to measure routine impact on figure skaters “We wanted to be very nonThey will also look at the obtrusive,” King said. skates themselves.

The research is being funded “Could something be done VANCOUVER there that would help reduce by a grant from U.S. Figure Skatriple Axel, death spiral, Lutz, injuries?” ing, the national governing body Salchow, quadruple: figure Hockey players and speedskat- for the sport south of the border. skating even sounds painful.

The initial study was pubers in Europe have been subject It is estimated that the magni- to similar tests, but King said the lished Tuesday in the journal of tude of force on a skaters’ body sport is different, the injuries are the London-based Institute of when they land on the ice can be different and the testing had to Physics. up to six times their body weight. be different.

Injuries are common and can In the hockey study, the playThe Yukon home of be career-ending. ers wore a fanny pack to record But a team of researchers has the information but that would developed a smart ice skate to affect a figure skating performeasure the exact impact on the mance. skater during a routine.

They hope to use that data to help hone the best techniques, training and skate design to reduce chronic injury in the sport, said Deborah King, an associate professor in the department of sport sciences at Ithaca College in New York.

“Figure skaters have, I would say, a fairly high incidence of injury which are thought to be related to the impacts from all the landings on the ice,” King said.

But so far, that’s just a theory.

“We don’t know how high the impacts really are because most testing has been done in laboratory settings.”

For more than two years King and colleagues at Brigham Young University have worked on designing electronic gauges to Are you in a leadership role at work? fit under the boot on the blade of the skate to measure strain and Are you aware of the impact grief has on force. The data will be recorded on an secure digital card that also everyone in the workplace? fits on the skate.

The device had to be small Did you know that you play a criƟcal enough not to affect perforrole in your employee’s grief recovery? mance, and it had to work on the ice during real training and real routines, King said.

In this workshop you will learn to anƟcipate The team is now equipping the challenges of supporƟng employees commercial skates in a range of sizes so they can begin on-ice through loss in the workplace and develop tests this winter. pracƟcal tools to help you provide eīecƟve Many an Olympic dream has been crushed by the sport’s gravleadership in these high stress periods. ity defying leaps and spins – both on the ice and afterwards.

You will also hear ĮrstͲhand from Deputy Since Kurt Browning executed Ministers and other Managers who have the first quadruple jump to win the world championships provided excellent leadership during Ɵmes of in 1988, there’s been no end to loss in their own workplaces. debate over that injury inducing manoeuvre in particular.

But repetitive strain injuries are all too common for all figure skaters, King said. Chronic Who should aƩend: overuse injuries include stress Managers, supervisors, HR professionals, fractures, tendinitis, bursitis, and leg, hip and lower back injuries. educators, school principals, and anyone in a “Can we reduce maybe the leadership posiƟon within their workplace. repeated stress on the body?” she asked.

“Is there something we could do once we have this information for coaches, or skaters, in terms of training? Or how you’re landing a jump? Is there a way to land it that would create less stress that would reduce the chance of overuse injuries?”

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

Let’s slow down, for the sake of ourselves and our planet intervals, magnetic poles reversed and re-reversed. Life flourished

by DAVID because species and ecosystems SUZUKI evolved over time.

The fossil record also indicates periods of rapid change, including mass extinctions when up to 95 per cent of living things were wiped out. Each time, survivors changed, adapted to new conditions and flourished. Still, recovery took millions of years. Humans have been he Amazon rainforest is around for a mere 150,000 years. magnificent. Watching programs about it, we’re amazed We’re an infant species, but our precocity has allowed us to expand by brilliant parrots and toucans, exponentially. Now our technologictapirs, anacondas and jaguars. But al power and consumptive demand if you ever go there expecting to are undermining the planet’s lifebe overwhelmed by a dazzling blur support systems on a geologic scale. of activity, you’ll be disappointed.

We’ve become impatient. We’re The jungle has plenty of vegetaso demanding that we’re unwilling tion – hanging vines, enormous to slow down and ensure our major trees, bromeliads and more – and projects are sustainable for human a cacophony of insects and frogs.

But much of the activity goes on at society and the biosphere. Over the past century, we’ve burned increasnight or high up in the canopy. ing amounts of finite fossil fuels Films of tropical forests don’t that were stored and compressed accurately reflect the reality of the ecosystems. They’re skillfully edited over millions of years, exacerbating conditions that lead to climate shots acquired over many months. chaos. We’ve clear-cut vast tracts of Our media-nurtured impatience and urgent sense of time often pre- forest that have evolved over millennia, flooded huge areas under large vent us from seeing how life truly dams, depleted our oceans with unfolds.

Nature needs time to adjust and over-efficient fishing technology and spread vast quantities of toxic adapt to biosphere changes. After life appeared on Earth, atmospheric waste throughout the planet’s air, water and soil. oxygen gradually went from zero Governments rationalize these to 20 per cent, oceans appeared and disappeared, mountains thrust actions by claiming to do proper upward and then eroded, continents environmental assessments, but continue to impose restrictive time moved on tectonic plates, climate limits on assessment processes while cycled between ice ages and warm

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reducing the number of scientists and other staff who do the work.

It takes time to acquire scientific information, and it can’t always be done on a strict timetable.

If we truly desire a sustainable society, we require vibrant and abundant nature. To recognize that nature isn’t separate from us and fully understand how it provides critical services, we need patience to learn its secrets. We can’t survive, let alone be healthy and flourish, without clean air, clean water, clean soil and food, photosynthesis and biodiversity. But we’re overwhelming nature – and ourselves – with the incessant demands of our ramped-up consumer culture.

Fortunately, people are starting to remember that we’re part of nature and that what we do to the natural world we do to ourselves.

They’re taking notice of the drastic impacts we’re having on Earth, our only home, and demanding that we show more care.

In New York on September 21, more than 300,000 people turned out for what was billed as the largest climate march ever, one of 2,646 marches in 162 countries. Leaders of some of the world’s largest corporations are calling for climate action and carbon pricing, and distancing themselves from organizations that have worked to stall progress.

Even the heirs of the Rockefeller Standard Oil fortune announced they’ll withdraw their investments in fossil fuels, including the Alberta oil sands.

With the Blue Dot Tour, the David Suzuki Foundation and I are hoping to encourage all Canadians to become part of this growing movement to protect the air, water, soil and biodiversity that we and our children and grandchildren need to survive and be healthy. Like nature, social movements sometimes take time to evolve and unfold. We don’t

always see their impacts as they happen. If we expect a dazzling blur of activity and immediate results, we’ll be disappointed.

Let’s slow down, breathe, listen, look and feel. Only then will we understand our place in the world and what we must do to live well on this small blue dot spinning in an enormous universe. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Saturday, November 1- 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Introduction to Holistic Farm Management, by Peter Lundgard. Peter will share his experience as an organic farmer and rancher in the Peace River district, and introducing his decision-making model.

Hay, Yukon! Wendy Johnston, an Equine Science instructor with Olds College will be talking horse nutrition and Yukon hay.

Findings from research into alternative feed options for the Yukon livestock industry, with Yukon Research Centre researcher Treharne Drury.

And other great presentations: Considerations for Choosing Livestock Species to Raise in Yukon with field veterinarian Jane Harms, and Land Leasing Options and Solutions with Ted Nibourg from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

Sunday, November 2 - 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Commissioner’s Awards Call for fall 2014 nominations for: Public Volunteer Service Bravery Nomination forms are available from the Commissioner’s Office or at www.commissioner.gov.yk.ca

Peter Lundgard presents Holistic Livestock Management and a discussion on increasing meat production in the Yukon.

Lunch presentation by the Yukon Young Farmers.

Nominations are due in the Commissioner’s Office by 4:30 p.m. on October 31.

Please register for Sunday by emailing agriculture@gov.yk.ca

Mail, email or fax nominations to: Commissioner’s Advisory Committee 1098 First Avenue, Whitehorse Y1A 0C1 Tel:867-667-5121 Fax: 867-393-6201 Communities: 1-800-661-0408, extension 5121 Email: commissioner@gov.yk.ca

For the complete agenda please visit www.agriculture.gov.yk.ca The local food banquet is Saturday evening, November 1 at the Westmark Whitehorse.

Doors open at 6:00, dinner at 7:00.

For more information or to buy banquet tickets, please contact the Agriculture Branch.

Room 320 Elijah Smith Building, 300 Main Street, Whitehorse Phone:

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Fire on the mountain near the Yukon River

by Ned Rozell

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smoking mountain near the Yukon River not far from Eagle is, after further study, still a puzzle.

People first noticed acrid smoke in September 2012. The mountain has been steaming ever since, even through the coldest days of winter.

Scientists thought a likely cause for the smoldering mountaintop was an oily rock deposit that somehow caught fire.

Linda Stromquist, a geologist for the National Park Service, has been trying to untangle the mystery of the Windfall Mountain Fire that burns above the Tatonduk River.

She is one of few people to set foot on the warm flank of the mountain.

Stromquist and other professionals looked at geologic maps of the area and guessed the mountain might have a base of flammable oil shale that would explain the smoking. She grabbed a few samples of rock during a two-hour trip to the mountain in a helicopter.

“The pilot was worried about clouds of sulfur dioxide, and so was I,” Stromquist said. “It was hot and steamy and smelly, kind of volcanolike.”

Carl Stapler, a ranger at nearby Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, called Windfall Mountain “the Yukon-Charley volcano.” Though he was joking, the steaming hill could pass for a summit surrounding the Valley of 10,000 Smokes.

Windfall Mountain is not a volcano, Stromquist said. What is it then? Windfall Mountain is not feeding a coal seam fire, common throughout the world and recorded in Healy and a few other spots in Alaska. Coal can burst into flames with nothing more than the heat of the sun.

The samples Stromquist plucked during her visit to the mountain haven’t helped explain the fire.

Linda Stromquist/National Park Service

An aerial view of the Windfall Mountain Fire with the Tatonduk River in the background.

“Why is it continuing to burn when our samples show notremarkable levels of organic carbon [like coal and peat]?” Stromquist said. “And there’s no obvious combustion mechanism, either.”

Pat Sanders, a ranger at YukonCharley based in Eagle, said she heard a distant explosion in late September 2012, right before people smelled bitter smoke. Stromquist checked for a record of lightning strikes at that time and found none.

Anupma Prakash is an expert on coal fires who has studied them around the world, including Healy.

Interested in the Windfall Mountain Fire, the professor at UAF’s Geophysical Institute encouraged graduate student Christine Waigl and undergraduate intern Kristen Stilson to review satellite images of Windfall Mountain. They found that during the five years before the fire, the mountain had higher

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temperatures than the surrounding hills and boreal forest.

“The area has had elevated temperatures for a while, which makes it easier for a fire to start,” Prakash said.

Stromquist has shared information on the mountain with a half dozen geologists, including two men who wrote their Ph.D. theses on rocks of the area. The meeting of minds might solve the mystery of Windfall Mountain. Or it might not, she said.

“Science is like that – you can’t tie it up with a bow most of the time.”

Since the late 1970s, the director of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has supported the writing and free distribution of this column to news media outlets. This is Ned Rozell’s 20th year as a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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Submit nomination(s) in writing to the Agriculture Branch with a brief explanation of why the candidate(s) are worthy of the award.

All nominations must be received by Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at 4:00 p.m.

Drop off nominations in person to: Room 320 Elijah Smith Building, 300 Main Street, Whitehorse Fax: 867-393-6222 Email: agriculture@gov.yk.ca For more information, please contact Agriculture Branch at 867-667-5838, toll free at 1-800-661-0408 ext. 5838 or www.emr.gov.yk.ca/agriculture

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October 27–31, 2014 Mental Illness Awareness Week in Yukon Everyone is invited to learn more about mental illness, depression, anxiety and risky drinking at these free events: Tuesday, October 28 at the Beringia Centre 6 pm – 7 pm Confidential screening* 7 pm – 8:30 pm Movie: It’s Kind of a Funny Story 8:30 pm – 10 pm Panel discussion about mental health and more confidential screening* Thursday, October 30 at Yukon College – the Pit 11 am – 2 pm Confidential screening* Thursday, October 30 at 4 Hospital Road, main floor 7 pm – 8:30 pm Caregivers’ Support Group open house: supporting families and friends of those living with a mental illness.

*Mental health experts will be onsite to discuss results of confidential screening for mental wellness, depression, anxiety and risky drinking.

Refreshments will be provided at all events.

For more information, call Mental Health Services at 667-8346, 1-800-661-0408 extension 8346 in the communities or visit www.hss.gov.yk.ca

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by Michael Gates

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hile most people dream about a holiday with palm trees, sandy beaches and surf, my wife Kathy and I think of musty old books and faded photographs. We spent the Thanksgiving Day in Langley, B.C., poring over hundreds of old family photos with my cousin Angie, who has collected vast amounts of information about the maternal side of our clan.

While comparing notes with her, I produced my maternal grandmother’s wedding certificate. She whooped with excitement and produced a similar document. When we placed them side by side, we realized that my grandmother had been married at a double ceremony, along with her brother, my great uncle Stanley.

Neither of us knew that.

Further examination of these old documents was interrupted by Thanksgiving dinner, but continued immediately after the meal. Aunts, uncles, cousins and others were identified in various photographs.

The following morning I presented myself to the keeper of the collections of a small archive of law records in downtown Vancouver.

The visit had been prearranged, so that when I was escorted into a meeting room, the collection of Yukon material was already laid out on the table for me to examine. I systematically worked through the folders, eying the contents of each, finding correspondence between George Black, Yukon’s Member of Parliament for nearly 25 years, and the chamber of mines.

Kathy is researching the life of George Black. I quickly took photographs of the correspondence.

After this work was is complete, I go to our favourite used book store, which is frequently the source of excellent books on the Yukon. Kathy and I look at books on several shelves labelled “Arctic” and find a few interesting items related to the Alaska Highway. These might prove useful, so we bought them.

I tell the proprietor that I am looking for anything that might relate to the Yukon and World War I; would he have anything? It turns out that some years before he had sold a collection of letters and photographs of two brothers from the Yukon to a collector in Vancouver. He promises to see if a meeting can be arranged.

Shortly after returning to Whitehorse, I received a phone call from the collector and we had a good conversation. I quickly assembled a package of information to send to him.

In the afternoon, we walk to the Vancouver Public Library, which is an excellent source of historical information. Kathy goes to the fifth floor and I go to the seventh; each of us has our tasks set out for us. She finds and copies articles about Joe Boyle from an old magazine and scans old newspapers.

Meanwhile, up on seven, thanks to a very helpful librarian, I go through old city directories, tracking George Black’s law practice in Vancouver. I follow his practice from 1910 until

1949.

I go through the index for photographs and another that contains references to books and articles. In the former, I find some interesting photos of early mining on Gold Run Creek, in the Klondike goldfields. I have accumulated a considerable volume of information on this locale; this adds another small piece to the puzzle.

We hurry back to our hotel because we have a dinner engagement with our California friends Bill and Nella Berry. Bill’s great uncle, Clarence Berry, was the undisputed winner of the Klondike Gold Rush. Bill and I joined John Gould 16 years ago on a journey into the Fortymile country to see the places where Clarence mined before the Klondike was discovered more than a century before. Bill and I love to talk Yukon history. He tells me of the new book about Clarence that is ready to be published.

I can’t escape my regular column writing for the Yukon News, so early the next morning, I pound out an article about James Christie, a World War I veteran who had once engaged in hand-to-paw combat with a Yukon grizzly bear – and won.

We revisit the book store and the owner has assembled a selection of Yukon-related material he thinks we might want to look at. One collection relates to Robert Campbell. I say I am not interested, but I know someone else who may be. I take notes and photographs for reference when I am back in the Yukon.

More work in the Vancouver Public Library reveals that we have very effectively harvested the information about George Black during previous visits to the collection.

That evening, I get a phone call: it is the book dealer that I visited two days earlier. Some material has been set aside for me to look at if I am interested. I am, so the last morning in Vancouver is spent copying references from books he has brought in from his personal collection. Having a network of people as interested in Yukon history as I am sometimes pays off.

The references in question are from obscure military histories that mention James Christie, the grizzly bear man, during his four years overseas in the war. I take out my camera and start photographing the pages where Christie is mentioned. By now, it is too late to include any of this in my column, but to my great relief, nothing contradicts in any significant detail the article I have just written.

We pack our suitcases and prepare to return to Whitehorse. The day before, I packed and shipped three boxes containing books we purchased while in Vancouver, but I carry one back with me. It is too interesting to wait for a few days to read. It is the Consolidated Ordinances of the Yukon Territory for 1914 and runs to over 900 pages.

The Ordinances start with the Yukon Act, the very statute by which the Yukon Territory was originally constituted on June 13, 1898. Over the years there were various amendments and additions which were assembled in an organized fashion in this hefty volume.

The ordinance regarding motor vehicles is particularly amusing. It

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Michael Gates and his wife Kathy spent their vacation as only history-lovers would do, looking at musty old books and faded photographs and cruising the stacks at the Vancouver Public Library.

includes sections on how to pass a horse-drawn vehicle in an automobile, and includes speed limits: “No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway …at a greater speed than one mile in four minutes (25 kilometres per hour), nor a greater speed than one mile in six minutes (16 kilometres per hour) when making a turn at an intersection.”

Maximum speed of a vehicle in or through the streets of any town are not to exceed six miles per hour (10 kilometres per hour), states the ordinance (Chapter 33, section 1), or risk being fined $50. Considering inflation, that would be a fine of more than $1,000 today. You can see that they took vehicle safety seriously a century ago! There is plenty more to read between the covers of this volume.

Our visit to Vancouver was filled with history from start to finish, with surprising revelations, startling discoveries and titillating facts.

And that was how we celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary!

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Old Crow-Dawson team wins inaugural basketball tourney Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he long trip home to Old Crow and Dawson wasn’t a bitter one for some community basketball players this week.

An Old Crow-Dawson City split team called OCDC went undefeated to win the first annual North of 60 Shootout Invitational on Saturday at Vanier Catholic Secondary School.

OCDC went 4-0 at the tourney and defeated Whitehorse’s H1 and 1 team 76-65 in the final.

“They have some good players in Old Crow and Dawson,” said H1 and 1 player Colin LaForme.

“The guys from Dawson brought a lot of energy, had a lot of fun, and there was one ringer, but we allowed it.”

Yes, OCDC certainly had a ringer. Through a friend in the territory, OCDC had on their squad Osvaldo Jeanty, a five-time CIS champion who played professional basketball in Europe.

Not surprisingly, Jeanty was named the tournament MVP while teammate Kenji Welch took the hustle award and Jeremy McCullough took top defensive player.

H1 and 1 wasn’t without an honour as Will Chetchit was named top offensive player.

“The tournament was a huge success this past weekend, with top players from the territory and the country,” said LeForme, who was the tournament organizer.

“The tournament saw some spectacular plays and clutch shooting.”

In the battle for third place, Whitehorse’s Rim Shots came back from behind to down the Yukon

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Ross Nesbitt of Whitehorse’s H1 and 1 drives to the net during the final of the North of 60 Shootout Invitational at Vanier Catholic Secondary School on Saturday. OCDC, an Old Crow and Dawson City split team, defeated the H1 and 1 team 76-65 for the title.

C&P’s, a team made up of coaches and players from the territory’s rep program, 66-58.

Other honourable mentions went to C&P’s Chris Carino and Sean McCaron; Rim Shots’ Jon Buckle and Sean Schmidt; and H1 and 1’s Dave Steilan.

“The plan is to keep it going,” said LaForme. “We had

a good turnout and I think it went pretty well. It was the first one, so we’re going to make some tweaks to it.

“We had a lot of support from the communities, they had a great time.

“We organized it with short notice because of how we got the gym time, with a special permit from the city. But I talked with teams

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from Haines and Skagway and they said they would be interested in coming, so I’m hoping we can make it an even bigger tournament next year.”

The timing of the tournament was also meant to kick off the new Yukon Men’s Basketball League, which will start Sunday following a draft on Friday.

“If you are still interested in joining the league, there are forms at Sport Yukon,” said LaForme.

The league will take place Sunday and Tuesday evenings at Porter Creek Secondary School this winter.

The cost per player is $150 for the season, including 10 regular season games, a jersey and playoffs.

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DAVE MOSSOP PROFESSOR EMERITUS, YUKON RESEARCH CENTRE Dave Mossop has spent over 30 years chasing Gyrfalcon and Ptarmigan across the Yukon tundra. Through his collaborative decades-long research, he has had the opportunity to observe the amazing survival strategies these two species have developed for dealing with the harsh realities of the tundra ecosystem. How intimately they are interconnected, not only with each other, but also with environmental conditions, is a key element in their survival. Recently he has seen disruptions in the functioning of this intricate species complex. Join Dave as he leads us to examine how these two species, dependent on environmental predictability, are faring under changing climatic conditions.

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Arctic Edge skaters win hardware in Kamloops Tom Patrick News Reporter

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hitehorse figure skaters welcomed autumn with strong performances last weekend.

Five skaters from the Arctic Edge Skating Club competed and two won medals at the Autumn Leaves competition, part of Skating B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Series, last Friday and Saturday in Kamloops, B.C. Rachel Pettitt skated to gold in novice ladies and teammate Tessa Moore claimed bronze in STAR 4 under-13 girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a great short program,â&#x20AC;? said Pettitt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My long was OK. I had some things that could be better, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not complaining.â&#x20AC;?

Great indeed. Pettitt placed first in her short program with a score of 44.08, surpassing her previous best by almost seven points, and second in the long for first overall out of 16 skaters.

The 15-year-old finished with an overall score of 109.92, beating her previous best of 109.15 set at the Super Series Victoria Day competition in May. In the short, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I landed all my jumps and executed them fairly well,â&#x20AC;? said Pettitt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My spins were really good and I think I got really good component scores, which is performance, execution, my choreography.â&#x20AC;?

Moore placed third out of nine skaters in Group 2 of STAR 4.

She has shown a lot of improve-

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Top: Arctic Edge Skating Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alissa Russell competes at Skating B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Autumn Leaves event in Kamloops last weekend. Five Whitehorse skaters took part in the event. Right: Arctic Edge skater Bronwyn Hayes performs in the STAR 4 competition.

ment lately, said coach Michelle Semaschuk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought she did a great job. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improved a lot in the last while and her elements were strong throughout,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the girls have been practising really hard at home and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to have them represent AESC.â&#x20AC;?

Teammates Bronwyn Hays and Jamie Nickel placed fourth and seventh, respectively, out of eight skaters in Group 1 of STAR

4 girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They all did their axels, so they all skated really well,â&#x20AC;? said Arctic Edge coach Trish Pettitt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the competition was really close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bronwyn skated very well, probably the best she could at that time. She did all her elements really strong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance level was awesome. The skills that she did were really good. There were a

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Arctic Edgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alissa Russell, who was skating in the higher STAR 5 under-13 girls, placed ninth.

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Two axels and two double jumps, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increased her difficulty quite a bit from last year,â&#x20AC;? said Trish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty impressive.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Russell) did everything she could, probably 90 per cent, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter now of just tightening up a couple of those tiny flaws. There were a couple things â&#x20AC;&#x201C; she was a little over time in her music, so she got a bit of a deduction there and that adds up.â&#x20AC;?

Autumn Leaves marked the first time most of the Arctic Edge skaters competed since the end of last season at the Vancouver Island Skate International in April.

At the season-ending meet Russell won two gold, Moore a silver and a bronze, Hays a bronze, in their respective categories.

Pettitt and Arctic Edgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mikayla Kramer are now gearing up for the 2015 B.C./Yukon Section Championships next month in Prince George. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Training is going good. This competition I had a really good mindset going into it, so I want to keep that going before sections coming up,â&#x20AC;? said Rachel, who placed sixth last year, just missing a spot at nationals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to have a better sections than I did last year.â&#x20AC;?

Pettitt was the first Yukoner to win Skate B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Super Series season-long competition in pre-novice in 2012. She qualified for the Skate Canada Challenge national championship after becoming the first Yukoner to win gold at the B.C./Yukon Sectional Championships the same season.

Pettitt placed fourth in pre-novice against 55 skaters at the nationals that year, which marks the highest finish by a Yukon skater at the event.

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Whitehorse selected to host 2016 Haywood Ski Nationals Tom Patrick

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To top it all off, there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too many places where you have a sixmonth ski season â&#x20AC;Ś that contributes to the success of the local skiers too.â&#x20AC;?

The Yukon Ski Team and the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club set a high watermark at the 2014 Haywood Ski Nationals in March.

Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club tied its previous best finish in the club aggregate standings, and accumulated more hardware than it had in its history. Yukon skiers won 19 medals, propelling the Whitehorse club to a second-place finish out of 59 clubs to tie its previous best from

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anadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top skiers will return to Whitehorse in 2016. That is, the ones who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already live here.

Whitehorse will host the 2016 Haywood Ski Nationals, Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross-country ski championships, Cross Country Canada announced Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thrilled,â&#x20AC;? said Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club executive Claude Chabot, who will be chief of competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on â&#x20AC;Ś on the other hand: the work begins. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge job, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun and we always enjoy these things. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting thing. I think these sort of things are good for the ski club and the ski community in general, and good for the city ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for the economy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m) extremely happy, proud weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be organizing the nationals again,â&#x20AC;? said Yukon Ski Team head coach Alain Masson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for the event to happen.â&#x20AC;?

Between 450 and 500 skiers are expected to compete at the five-day competition tentatively scheduled for March 19-26, 2016. The 89th annual event will include skiers from juvenile to open, male and female, able bodied and Para-nordic, with a number of national titles on the line, including Canadian college and university titles.

The Whitehorse club has plenty of experience hosting major competitions.

Whitehorse hosted the championship in 2010, with the Yukon club placing third in the standings.

The club also hosted the Canada Winter Games in 2007, the Western Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships in 2006, a World Cup and the North American championships in 1981, and another national championship in 1977.

Whitehorse has also hosted the Arctic Winter Games six times, most recently in 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ski club aims to host a major event every three or four years, so this fits in with that plan,â&#x20AC;? said Chabot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They used to have separate senior and junior nationals and Whitehorse hosted the junior nationals a couple times way back in the 80s and 90s,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they combined the senior and junior nationals it became a big event and this will be just the second time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve hosted the combined.â&#x20AC;?

When Whitehorse hosted the 2010 Haywoods it is estimated the event contributed about $1 million to the local economy.

The hosting club will need to

2007 and 2012.

However, other than sleeping in their own beds and avoiding jetlag, hosting the championship doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give Whitehorse skiers too much of a home field advantage, said Masson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not so much in terms of results,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to deal with a time change, jetlag and the fatigue associated with travel. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly to expose our ski community to the event, so young skiers and ski families can see an event like this at home.â&#x20AC;?

Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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National Ski Team member Anthony Laroche takes a tumble during the 2010 Haywood Ski Nationals in Whitehorse.

The Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club will host the 2016 Haywood championships, it was announced Wednesday.

shore-up about 250 volunteers for the event, but that shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a problem, said Chabot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually not a big issue,â&#x20AC;? said Chabot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never lacked for good volunteers here â&#x20AC;Ś At the Canada Winter Games, across Whitehorse, we had about 3,000 volunteers.

Whitehorse has a very good culture of volunteerism.â&#x20AC;?

Cross Country Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to bring the championship back to Whitehorse was based on a number of factors, said Dave Dyer, the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event director. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the quality of the trails and facility, the accessibility of the trails, and the performances of Yukon skiers at major events.

Whitehorse currently has four skiers on national teams. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emily Nishikawa, who competed at the Sochi Olympics, on the senior development team along with fellow

Whitehorse skier Dahria Beatty, and Annah Hanthorn on the junior national team. Graham Nishikawa will continue his work with visually impaired Paralympian Brian McKeever on Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Para-Nordic World Cup Team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The events committee made the selection based on the excellent facilities available in Whitehorse, the close proximity between accommodations and the ski trails and the solid performance of local skiers on the national and international stages,â&#x20AC;? said Dyer in a news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a good quality trail system,â&#x20AC;? said Chabot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are well developed for racing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another thing that makes them good is the fact they are so accessible. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re five minutes from downtown. There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too many places where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do that much driving.

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334-1195 SINGLE ROOM, Riverdale bsmt suite, N/S, N/P, private parking, w/d, oven, fridge etc, $590/mon, all utils incl. 335-6830 1-BDRM CABIN, Judas Creek, lake view, fully modern, oil heat, septic system, pets negotiable, avail immed, refs, dd & 1st mon rent reqĘźd, $850/mon + utils. 633-5033 1-BDRM SUITE, 1,200 sq ft, wheelchair friendly throughout, fantastic view, 10 mins from downtown, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd.

667-6579 ROOM, PORTER Creek, avail November 1, cable, utilities, internet included, N/S, refs reqĘźd, $650/mon. 335-8883 1-BDRM BSMT apt, bright, everything incl, 11 kms from town, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd.

393-2349 1-2 BDRM house, Annie Lake Road, water, electricity, washer/dryer, oil stove & wood stove, avail Nov. 1, $1,000/mon + $1,000 dd.

393-2123 for info 1-BDRM 1-BATH, Porter Creek by Super A, avail Nov 1, separate entrance & laundry, all utilities included, $1,100/mon. 332-5574 4-BDRM 2.5-BATH 2-storey house, Copper Ridge, fully furnished/equipped, large laundry/storage, large finished open area, double garage, N/S, N/P, responsible tenants, $1,750/mon + utils. + dd. 393-3123

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 FURNISHED 1-BDRM house 20 minutes N of Whitehorse, private area, 500 sq ft, no water, N/S, pets on approval, $875/mon + power. Hanna 334-4887 before Nov. 2, Marilyn 333-0609 after Nov. 2 1-BDRM APT, Marsh Lake, large, 2nd floor, 4 appliances, lake view, N/S, N/P, clean, quiet, responsible tenants, refs reqĘźd, avail Nov. 1, $1,000/mon + dd. 867-332-4671 or 867-689-9748 3-BDRM 1.5 bath apt, Ogilvie St, large storage room, $1,750/mon including power & heat, $1,750/mon. 335-5237

CEDAR, 2 lifts of 1x6x12'-5', good one side and rounded edge, 900 sq ft in each lift, $750 per lift. 335-1088 for details

FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT

SIMPLICITY RIDE-ON lawn mower, runs but needs some work, offers. 456-2633

(NOC:6641)

WOOD SHAVINGS FROM MILL 1 ton feed bag Clean & dry Excellent bedding, mulch, landscaping, insulation etc. $50/bag plus $25 bag deposit Delivery available 633-5192 or 335-5192

DUTIES: MAKING COFFEE, CASH, CUSTOMER SERVICE, CLEANING. 35-40 hours/week, $14/hour

Wanted to Rent

We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo.

G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871 WANTED FOR Nov 1st, 2-3 bedroom pet friendly rental for working professional with 3 kids and 2 well behaved, housetrained dogs (not barkers). Reliable and referenced.

332-0819 SENIOR NEEDS 1 clean bachelor or room with bathtub, downtown, by December 1.

633-6677

Real Estate CONDO SUITE NANAIMO, B.C. Quality construction+materials, partially furnished, w/kitchen appliances, well organized 300 sq ft.

Quiet residential area near transit, shopping, & park.

Low condo fees+utilities.

Asking $85,000.

Call: 867-660-4516.

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 1974 PREMIER Trailer 12x68 with 8x10 Arctic entry, no dogs allowed in park, must sell, $35,000. shilver3000@msn.com 3-BDRM 2-BATH mobile home on 2 acres, Ibex Valley 20 mins from Whitehorse, garden beds, new fuel tank, Quonset hut, workshop, check MLS listing 9214 or call 393-2234

Help Wanted SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WANTED Training Provided Apply in person to: TAKHINI TRANSPORT #9 Lindeman Road, Whitehorse, Yukon 867-456-2745 HELP WANTED Hotel Front Desk Clerk NOC #6525 Permanent Full-time 35-40 hrs/week, $13.00 per hr Duties include: â&#x20AC;˘maintaining inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments â&#x20AC;˘register guests, answer inquiries regarding hotel services and registration by mail, phone and in person â&#x20AC;˘present statements of charges & receive payment Contact: Joyce Yukon202@gmail.com Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1 FRONT ST. CLOTHING CO. is looking for two energetic and mature sales people for the beginning of November â&#x20AC;˘One full time position with basic managerial duties, Mon-Fri 10am - 4:30pm. â&#x20AC;˘One part time and on-call position with flexible schedule Wage dependent on experience.

Please submit resume with references to frontstreetclothing@hotmail.com.

Apply via email: mitsue@bakedcafe.ca LOOKING FOR a Driving Miss Daisy service for elderly woman needing assistance going to and from the vehicle. Hours flexible and pay is negotiable. Please respond by email.

Kbcharlton@shaw.ca HELP WANTED Yukon Man Barbershop is seeking an experienced male barber/stylist with an artistic flair.

Resume required.

Please call (867) 667-6641 and leave a message.

Home Inspections BUYING OR SELLING? Good information ensures a smooth transaction.

MOTOMASTER AIR compressor, less than 10 hrs use, exc cond, $200 obo. 456-4766

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 FIREPLACE, WALL mount, new, remote, still in box, $100 obo. 668-6033 MANFROTTO VIDEO Head and Tripod: Manfrotto Video Head (504HD) with 3-section Carbon Fiber Tripod (MPRO 535) and nylon carry case (MBAG100PN). Like-new condition. $900. 667-6472 TORIN AUTO floor jack, 2 1/2 ton, good cond, $20. 334-8318 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.

WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $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

300 GALLON round fuel oil tank w/stand, made by Cord Dunn Enterprises in Calgary, $250 obo. Dan 336-1412 METAL HEAT shield for under corner wood stove. Made of fireproof material with metal covering & safety edge by Griffith's heating.

Fits corner 41x50â&#x20AC;?, $80. 336-1412 TIMBER FRAME picnic shelter, 12Ęźx14Ęź, 3 king post trusses with lean-to side. 6x6 beam construction, $5,500. Dan 336-1412 VIKING CLASS 1 chainsaw boots, caulked, insulated, size 15, bought as a gift, never used. $100. Climbing spurs & utility belt for climbing trees & utility poles, $400. Dan 336-1412 METAL HEAT shield for under wood stove.

Fireproof pad w/metal covering & rolled safety edges. 36x50â&#x20AC;?, made by Griffith's heating, $80. Dan 336-1412 LG STAINED glass table lamp, $75; 6 hand-painted dessert dishes made in Germany, $60. 633-5967 TO GIVE away, exterior metal door with window, insulated, door jamb, exterior motion light, both in good cond, Brian or Jeanne, 668-2506

WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. 633-3154

MONSTER 60 steam cleaner w/accessories, used once, $75, lg Tibetan floor length vest for taller person, $100; size 7 Sorels, like new, $20. 633-5967

THREE COMPLETE OPC hockey card sets (1999-00 to 2001-02 period) plus some short prints. Over 900 cards. $150. 633-3154

BOSCH H O T water heater, Model 520HNLP, hot water on demand, never used, still in box, $1,200. 334-8335

COLLECTION OF 1,000 vinyl records, $2,000 obo. 334-4568

WALLHANGING, WOOL, 29â&#x20AC;?X48â&#x20AC;?, woven in Poland, motif: old Warsaw, $100. 633-2236

WHITE ENAMELED antique wood cook stove made by Fawcett/Beaverbrook w/warming oven & copper water jacket, $700. Dan 336-1412

OIL STOVE, gravity fed, 32,000BTU, perfect for wall tent, shop, greenhouse, new, $1,000 with fuel line. 334-8335 VHF ANTENNA, high gain double hoop antron base station antenna, $750. 333-9857

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667-7681 or cell 334-4994 23 Lorne Rd. in McCrae

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MEDIUM-SIZED SEWING table for standard or free-arm sewing machine, $35. 393-3682

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COLEMAN TWO burner gas stove, $40.

Coleman single mantel lantern, $40. Globe cracked. Dan 336-1412

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GED BOOKS for high school equivalency exam at Yukon College, includes science, math, social studies, literature, language.

660-4321

Mobile & Modular Homes Serving Yukon, NWT & Alaska

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KERR OIL furnace, 74,000 BTU, serviced every year, very good cond, $450 obo.

667-6365 YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154

Miscellaneous for Sale

BARBECUE TABLE, $35. 660-4321

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35 PAPERBACK mysteries, various authors, $20. 633-3154

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www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

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.

Coordinator/Faculty Advisor

Yukon Native Teacher Education Program (YNTEP) School of Health, Education and Human Services Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Term Position from: December 15, 2014 to December 15, 2017 Salary: $74,096 to $88,204 per annum (based on 75 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.: 14.110 Initial Review Date: November 3, 2014 Credentialed by University of Regina and delivered fully at Yukon College, YNTEP is a dynamic Bachelor of Education program with an emphasis on teaching in rural and Yukon First Nation communities. We seek an individual keen to lead the program through change, build towards the future, and inspire new generations of Yukon teachers.

Coordinator duties of this position include: reviewing curriculum, building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders (e.g., Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s K-12 teaching community, the Department of Education Public Schools and Yukon First Nations), and liaising with the University of Reginaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faculty of Education. Faculty advisor duties include: teaching and supervising teacher-learners as well as advising them in the areas of academic requirements and professional growth.

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The following will be considered assets: experience teaching pre- or post-service teachers; knowledge of Yukon First Nations; knowledge of and/or experience with distance-learning methodologies and technologies. A valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license is required.

Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 WALL TENT, 14X16X6, 12 oz canvas, new, never used, $1,200. 334-8335

ELECTRICIANS

Needed Immediately!

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A well-established electrical contracting company since 1992, High Point Electric Ltd. requires experienced Journeymen and Apprentice Electricians for a commercial project in Whitehorse.

E M P L OY M E N T O P P O RT U N I T Y ADULT EDUCATOR - FACILITATOR Position Type: Department: Closing: Salary:

Casual, Term (to March 31, 2015) Education and Social Assistance Fri., Oct. 31, 2014 at 4:30p.m.

Level 7 - $40.71 - $48.85 per hour

Complete position details and job description can be found online at: www.kwanlindun.com/employment

Email resume to: ofďŹ ce@hpoint.ca

RFP2014442

AUTOBODY PAINTER Well established collision repair shop is seeking an additional qualified Autobody Painter.

Tender speciďŹ cations for design/build â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lower residence renovation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; north side Closes: Noon PST, October 29, 2014

Top straight time wages and benefits, based on qualifications journeyman level experience required.

ready speciďŹ cations for a design/build renovation

Must have current experience.

of the lower residence â&#x20AC;&#x201C; north side.

Phone days 867-667-6315 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax 867-668-6977 Email: irving@northwestel.net

The College requires the development of tender

Complete packages are available by emailing Procurement and Contracts at purchasing@yukoncollege.yk.ca (867-668-8864).

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APPROX 7'X6' front door with double pane windows on either side, one unit glass cracked a little in one corner, $75. 335-1088 200 GALLON oval oil tank with stand, $400 obo. 633-6502 APARTMENT SIZE Sears stove/oven, exc shape, hardly used, $250. 668-2972 SOLID WOOD pool table with pearl inlays, 1" slate, leather pockets, c/w cues & 2 sets of balls, $4,000 new, asking $1,500 firm, will deliver in Whse. 334-9903 7â&#x20AC;? CHIMNEY sections, 2 insulated, bunch of flashing pieces for roof, lightly used, $100.

Call or text 334-7391 or email casson@live.ca FLOORING, 3300 SF, new in box, light commercial/residential glue-down vinyl plank, lighter warm colour, retails for $9,000, asking $4,500 or will sell smaller job lots. 334-9903 FRAMED AND signed Jim Robb, 1979 TrapperĘźs Home, number 1 out of 100, $100.

456-4507 70 CHRISTIAN books by Laucado, Yancey, Chan, McCarthur, Swindol, etc, some hard cover, all in good shape, $100. 456-4507 MOUNTAIN EQUIP womenĘźs down coat sz XS, $75, MEC pile-lined jacket, wms large, $60. 311B Hanson St. OLDER PART oak bathroom vanity, 68â&#x20AC;? long, incl countertop, good cond for cabin or similar, $100. 668-5148 MR HEATER, good for construction site/indoor/outdoor, no exhaust to outside, diesel fuel, used few hours, 85,000 BTU, still in box, good to -30, paid $500, asking $400.

335-6886 USED RIELLO burner & furnace blower, make an offer. 334-2695 VANITY COUNTER top, black, new, 24'' x 32'' $100. 335-6886 after 6pm NATURAL STONE, easy, DIY project, good for fire place, new, still in box, approximately 100 sq ft, $5/sq ft. 335-6886 after 6pm BRUCE HARDWOOD floor, approx 200 sq ft area, new in box, paid over $1,000, asking $500. 335-6886 after 6pm 30ĘźW X 50ĘźL x 17ĘźH uninsulated Coverall quonset, 12ĘźH x 14ĘźW bay door & man door included, available spring of 2015, photos available by email, $6,000. 667-4981

Be a part of one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes; working with an energe c, progressive organiza on.

We are commi ed to the well-being of our employees and encourage their personal and professional development.

Our commitment is to be an impar al, eďŹ&#x20AC;ec ve and eďŹ&#x192;cient organiza on that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Teslin Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce Permanent, Part-Ć&#x;me 45 hours biweekly

This posi on oďŹ&#x20AC;ers a salary of $26.32 per hour.

Located in Teslin, this posi on reports to the Manager, Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce and is responsible for providing recep on and administra ve support to the staďŹ&#x20AC; of the Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to work independently in a confiden al environment, with frequent interrup ons, and their ability to mul task and priori ze their workload while maintaining a posi ve a tude with both co-workers and the public. Applicants must have experience with Microso Outlook, Word, Excel and Access.

If you feel you have the qualifica ons and desire to meet the challenges of this posi on please forward a cover le er and resume outlining how your experience and qualifica ons relate directly to the posi on.

A job descrip on is available at the Teslin Designated OďŹ&#x192;ce, 8 McLeary Street, Teslin YESAB Head OďŹ&#x192;ce, Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca.

Please submit applica ons to: Finance and Administra on Manager, YESAB Suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Toll free: 1.866.322.4040 Resumes must be received by November 12, 2014.

WINE BOTTLE corker $40, small generator $35, lots of board games. 668-6534 after 5pm JOTUL F500 WOODSTOVE, non-catalytic, front and side-loading, matte black, up to 24" logs, heats up to 2,000 sq ft, exc cond, $1,600 obo. 633-2091 PACIFIC ENERGY Super Series woodstove, 1990 6" 2X walled stove pipe, $750.

668-6631 HOT DOG/BURGER stand w/canopy, fully operational, $6,900. 867-996-2111 for info FLAT BED scanner, Epson 1260, comes with 35 mm slide scanner, works on Windows Vista and XP, maybe 7, NOT on 8, $50. 633-4796 HOUSE PLANTS $5-$20, silk flowers $10-$100, floor lamp $110. 668-4186 BERKELEY 5PL pressure pump with Pro Pressure Tank, PS6H-505, new, never used, $550. 334-8335 RUBBERMAID 31 L industrial mop bucket and squeeze, great condition, new looking, $25. 633-4326 GOPRO HERO 3 Black edition, 12MP sensor, 4K digital video at 15 fps, 2.7K video at 30 fps, 1080p up to 60fps, 720p at 120 fps, WiFi remote, $175. 667-6472 32ĘźX16ĘźX6Ęź WALL tent, new, never used, $2,000. 334-8335 CRAFTSMAN SNOWBLOWER, 32â&#x20AC;?, electric start, $750. 456-2633 LARGE PEACE lily, long ivy, long orange bloom, lipstick, umbrella tree, etc, $10-$45.

660-4321 CRAFT, PIN Back button parts and supplies, make your own buttons, $20, 335-7711 2 WOOL winter coats, 1 red sz 16, 1 black sz 20, exc cond, $100 ea obo. 633-2751 3 COMPACT discs, 3 hours of audio dramatization, Louis L'Amour $15, 4 cassettes, 4 hours of audio dramatization, Louis L' Amour, 4 short stories, $20. 335-7711 8ĘźX6Ęź SLIDING glass door, new, never used, $1,000. 456-2633 MASTERCRAFT WOOD lathe, 36â&#x20AC;? between centres, new cond, on metal stand, $500.

456-2633 POKEMON CARDS, 23 cards per pack for $2.50. 633-2479

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 Miscellaneous for Sale MURDĘźS BARBER SHOP in the Westmark Hotel is CLOSING All Fixtures, barber chairs, supplies and decor ARE FOR SALE. Drop in Sunday, October 26 or Monday, October 27 from 1-4pm to view

DONĘźS FIREWOOD Scheduled daily deliveries HJ Beetle kill Spruce $260 per cord, City limits Phone 393-4397 FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $230/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord Prices include GST 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @ 668-4360 or 668-4363

Electrical Appliances PROPANE CLOTHES dryer, new, $1,000.

334-8335 LG 5.4 cu ft slide-in stainless steel glass top range, exc shape, paid over $2,400 2 years ago, $1,300 obo. 633-6855

Guns & Bows

GE ELECTRIC range, black glass door, good cond, $30. 334-8318

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY â&#x20AC;˘ SELL

MAYTAG PORTABLE dishwasher, $100.

456-7030

12 GAUGE bolt action shotgun with 3-shot clip, $200. 335-1106

100 GALLON hot water tank $150.

335-1088 WASHER AND dryer stand up style, $250 firm. 335-1088 STOVE, ALMOND w/black oven door, works well, $75 obo. 393-2926 CROSLEY ELECTRIC clothes dryer, works great, we upgraded, $75 firm. 335-7711 KENMORE 668-4680

18 cu ft fridge, $140 obo.

TVs & Stereos 2 BELL satellite receivers w/remotes, exc cond, Model 3100, $60. 334-8318 FREE, CITIZEN TV, silver colour about 32â&#x20AC;? wide, good cond. 668-5185

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com

MERLIN MOD 1895CB, cal. 45/70Govt, Octagon barrel 28", lever action, mint cond, 50 shells, photos available, $400.

250-483-1276, lv msg, or email: heidiwirth47@gmail.com

ALTO SAX, ST.90 Series IV Keilwerth, pristine condition, new travel case & shoulder strap $800. 668-4587

Firewood

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

â&#x153;&#x201D; Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed â&#x153;&#x201D; Everything over 8" split â&#x153;&#x201D; $250 per cord (6 cords or more) â&#x153;&#x201D; Single and emergency half cord deliveries â&#x153;&#x201D; Scheduled or next day delivery

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FIREWOOD FOR SALE $175 per cord 20 ft. lengths, 5 cord loads.

Small delivery charge.

867-668-6564 Leave message FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed Approximately 20-cord logging truck loads $150 per cord Also offering approx 8-cord orders Delivered to Whitehorse Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894 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

WINCHESTER 3 0 . 0 6 model 70 stainless/synthetic stock, w/telescope (2.5-10). Exc cond, pkg worth close to $1,800. Asking $900. 332-2020 COMPOUND BOW PSE. Little use, c/w case, trigger, arm protector & a few arrows.

Paid over $700. Asking $400. 332-2020

Kluane First Nation JOB OPPORTUNITY

GUN CABINET for 8 guns, $130; Weaver scope 2.5-1, $50. 633-3728

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

WINCHESTER 35 Whelen, 2.5-1 Weaver scope with 40 rounds plus 270 Winchester barrel, $850. 633-3728

OVERVIEW

MARLIN 725, 7 shot clip bolt action .22 with scope, laminate stock, new (less than 50rnds) $200, PAL reqĘźd. 333-9313 MARLIN 795 semi-auto, nickel plated 7 shot clip with 4X Bushnell scope, new, never fired, $200, PAL reqĘźd. 333-9313 BEEMAN .177 air rifle with scope, rarely used, been in storage for last 10 months, 3-9X32 scope, not a scratch on it, $150.

668-6631 WINCHESTER 30.30 16" barrel, saddle ring, new black ceracote, True Glo sights, rear sight slighly damaged, recoil pad + Vero Vellini leather sling, $630. 334-9622 22-250 DIES, full length die and micrometer seater are Forster, neck die is Hornady, dies are in exc cond, c/w Forster hard case.

668-6066

Located in Whitehorse, YT Kluane First Nation is one of the Yukon self-governing First Nations.

We are searching for a Director of Finance who will be located in Whitehorse and will manage our Finance Department remotely.

Overnight visits to Burwash Landing will be required on a regular basis. Burwash Landing is approximately 2½ hour drive north of Whitehorse on the paved Alaska Highway.

Reporting to and partnering with the Executive Director, the Finance Director will play a critical role in developing and implementing the financial strategy of Kluane First Nation.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing organization with a healthy balance sheet.

REQUIREMENTS Must be an accredited accountant (CGA, CA, CMA or CPA) in good standing with a provincial or territorial association.

ACCOUNTABILITIES Overseeing all aspects of KFNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial functions; forecasting, accounting, budgeting and reporting.

Designing and coordinating a wide variety of accounting and statistical data and reports.

Management of KFNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finance team.

QUALIFICATIONS â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Accredited accountant 2 to 5 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in a senior level finance or accounting position Strategic planning experience, knowledge of contracting & negotiating Ability to work effectively with Simply Accounting and Excel Experience in budgeting, internal controls, and asset & change management Knowledge and management of Federal and Territorial financial regulations and experience in managing contribution agreement requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of Docushare and the ADP payroll system is desireable

Quiznos is looking for

FULL TIME EMPLOYEES

The starting salary is in the range of $93,184 - $104,832 per annum. This is a management position and does not accrue overtime. To compensate there is an additional 10 days of annual leave.

100% benefits paid by employer for health and dental coverage and a 5% matching private pension plan.

This area is in a northern prescribed zone for tax purposes.

Wage dependant on experience $11.15-$15.00 per hour Apply in Person with resume: 210B Ogilivie St NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

For a job description or if you have questions, please contact Mel Orecklin at Executive.Director@kfn.ca or call (867) 841-4274 ext. 231.

Qualified candidates may submit their resume in confidence to: careers@kfn.ca The position will remain open until filled.

SATURDAY GUITAR CLASSES at Dean's Strings Beginner & intermediate levels For more information or to register contact Krista at kristaaustad@gmail.com FENDER TWIN reverb tube amp, needs tube or fuse, older model, $300 obo.

867-869-2545

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Employment Opportunity www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Employment Opportunity www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

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.

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WANTED TO buy: X-large walking boot air cast, need by end of November. Maggie 332-4377

1999 TOYOTA Tercel, auto, 235,000 km, great working cond, exhaust, R&F breaks, power steering, new filters, oil change done, struts to be changed, $1,000. 581-888-1287

Cars

1995 CHEV Corsica, 195,000 mi, drive away for $100, Marsh Lake. 660-4410 afer 6pm

2006 INFINITI G35x, AWD luxury sedan.

Loaded w/amenities, comfort & performance.

Great vehicle, great price. No accidents in great shape. 165,000 kms, $8,900. Alan 668-5790

1995 DODGE Neon, running order, no dents, new paint, exc glass, 2 extra tires, has mechanical inspection, $900 obo. Richard 667-7057

WANTED: METAL folding dog kennel 1.5Ęź by 3Ęź long or slightly larger, reasonable price for a senior. 667-4526 WANTED: WOOD stove for greenhouse.

393-3777 WANTED: VW camper van, good condition, 1979 and up. 334-4576

2010 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 quad cab ONLY 52,000KM! The 5.7 litre Hemi has plenty of power and the Eco drive makes it great on fuel.

Comes with a trailer break and tonneau cover.

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334-9903 2004 CHRYSLER Intrepid, $3,000. 335-5263

2004 DODGE SX 2.0, 117,000 kms, light body damage, $2,200. 667-6616 2002 CAVALIER, std, CD, winter tires, clean, vg cond, 15,9750 kms, always regular oil change. No airbags, $2,100 obo.

333-9313 2001 INFINITY Qx4 green 4x4 auto, loaded, heated leather seats, exc cond, body very good, safe, clean in/out, service done, $7,500. 778-683-6237 2001 LEXUS LS430, white, 4-dr sedan, 70,000 miles, loaded, heated front/back leather seats, new brakes/tires, clean, safe, email for details binhbmw@yahoo.com 2000 TOYOTA Corolla, 5-spd, 178,000 kms, vg cond, great gas mileage, winter/summer tires both on rims, recent mechanical inspection, $3,500 firm. 633-2981 1999 FORD Taurus, great car, 130,000 km, 5 new winter tires, runs perfectly, well maintained, exc interior/exterior, must be seen, $3,350. 335-3570

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1993 SUBARU Legacy Wagon, runs great, new alt & battery, safety check completed, winter tires on, $1,200. 668-2576 1978 CAMARO, 454 LS6/7, 4-spd with positraction and 3â&#x20AC;? dual exhaust, very fast, $4,000 obo. 667-6641

Trucks 2011 FORD Ranger, auto, 2 sets of tires including new studded winter tires, $1,000 value, 78,000km, 4L, V6, 4x4. 334-0972 2009 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 LT 4x4 extended cab truck, 4 doors, silver exterior, black interior, new tires, all receipts since new, warranty, $13,800. 333-9020 2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD Classic V-8, 6L gas, crew cab, 8Ęź box, recent frontend overhaul, new rubber, 161,000 kms, $15,000.

John 633-5665 after Noon 2006 FORD Escape, quality SUV for the North, reliable, great for camping trips/getting around town, lots of room for gear, 215,000kms, $4,000 obo. 335-0891

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2005 DODGE SLT diesel, 298,000kms, exc shape, new Toyo tires, box liner, recent Southbend clutch, $15,000. 334-9990 2004 TOYOTA Sienna LE, great shape, 185,000kms, clean, $10,000 obo. 668-2659 2003 5.9 Cummins turbo, intercooler, air intake, chip, call for prices. 633-6502 2003 DODGE Caravan, FWD, exc cond, 102,000 kms, power windows & doors, $5,900 obo. 667-7733 or 334-3456 2003 F-250 XLT 7.3 diesel 4x4 SuperCab auto, power windows/mirrors, remote start, trailer brakes, new injector cups/o-rings/batteries/alternator/rear springs/brakes, very clean, good cond, $8,990. 668-7295 2003 SUBARU Legacy AWD, 187,000, reliable, clean, 4 Hakkepollita studded w/rims, PIAA lights, hitch, air, P/S, good glass, block & pan heater, new battery, $5,900. 667-6563 or 334-3555 2000 46-PAX Thomas Saf-T-Liner Bus. Large windows. Cloth covered high-back seats, overhead luggage racks, pass through under floor storage, PA system, AM/FM radio, 110K mi. CAT 3126 Diesel rear-pusher.

907-314-3006 2000 GMC 1 ton, 4 door, 4x4 long box, air, tilt, cruise, P/W, P/L, matching canopy, 300,000 km, runs good, great work or wood truck, $3,300 obo. 334-9903 1997 CHEVROLET Tahoe, exc cond, 4X4, captains chairs, fold down back seat for extra storage, $3,500. 667-7733 or 334-3456

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1996 DODGE Grand Caravan, 225,000km, runs great, reliable smooth ride, fully loaded, dark green, near new winter/summer tires, $3,300. 335-3570 1995 NISSAN Pathfinder 4WD, clutch needs work, c/w winter tires & 4 extra tires on rims, great custom roofrack, $600. 633-2479 1994 CHEV 1/2 ton, 4WD w/5th wheel, $1,400 obo. 322-1514 1994 CHEV Diesel 3/4 ton, exc shape, $5,000 obo. Call for details 668-2972.

1994 FORD F250, reg cab, 7.3L turbo diesel, 320,000kms 8Ęź box, $3,500. 633-2218 1990 FORD F250 4-spd manual, comes with canopy, $1,000. 456-4567 1984 FORD F350 4X4, c/w winter tires & 2 spares on rims, reg cab, 10Ęź box, 4X4 works, diesel, $2,500. 334-8086 TRUCK & camper, 1988 Ford F-250 XLT, V8 gas, ext cab, 5 new 10-ply tires, tow package, trailer & camper wiring, exc cond, $6,500 obo. 335-1106

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 $125 ea or all for $400. 633-3053 5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, $420 cost each, will sell for $325/ea obo, only sold as a complete set, will not fit my truck. Call 332-1374

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456-7030 ENGINE HOIST & stand, $200. 333-9857 COATS 10:10 nomatic tire changing machine, old school, works good, $250.

333-9857 4 BRIDGESTONE Blizzak 195/65R16 winter tires on steel rims from 2002 Pontiac Sunfire or similar, exc shape, $500 obo. 667-2917 BLIZZAK WINTER tires, 175/70 R13 from 1992 Plymouth Colt 100 E, set of 4 tires on rims, $200 obo. 660-4012 8Ęź HEADACHE rack from late 80Ęźs Ford, $60. 867-869-2545

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CKC REGISTERED female Pomeranian, orange sable, 5 months old, will be 3.5 lbs full grown, non-breeding contract required. Perfect companion or could be shown as a hobby, absolutely gorgeous girl, $2,500.

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Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg 2008 POLARIS Dragon 800 155, slp stage 4 kit except porting, aftermarket clutch weights & plug wires, springs, 2009 front end narrowing kit, slp cold air vent kit, $6,500 obo.

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Call Patrick at 335-4181 2009 POLARIS IQ 2-person touring snow machine, 4-stroke electric start, block heater, reverse, driver/passenger hand/thumb warmers, exc cond, $7,500. 333-9020 2003 ARCTIC Cat 900 Mountain Cat snow machine, 151â&#x20AC;? track, low mileage, exc cond, trailer available etc, $3,750. 333-9020 1998 POLARIS Venture snowmobile, touring, runs well, new battery, $1,000 firm.

Claude 399-4002 2013 SKANDIC WT with 600 ACE 4-stroke engine, exc cond, only 3,200km, $10,000 firm. 399-3791 2002 BOMBARDIER Scandic 500F skidoo, 6,334kms, great shape, $4,900 obo.

334-3456 or 667-7733 2003 ARCTIC Cat 700 Firecat sled, awesome running machine, ready for winter lots, of recent work done. 390-2313 HYDRAULIC LIFT table for motorcycles & snowmobiles, $600. 668-6716 1992 POLARIS ATV 2-stroke 4X4, $550 in new tires, works great, $1,500. 334-8086

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1990 WESTERN Star s/a dump deck, fold down/removable sides, 1000 hrs on reman Cummins, needs work to pass PMVI, but solid truck. $11,000. 332-0343

2009 POLARIS Assault 800 slp pipe, intake, programmer with LCD display, heads and reeds low miles, $7,000 obo. 334-7131

700 LITRE slip tank, c/w GPI 12V pump, 1 yr old, $1,000. 332-0343

2001 RAPTOR 660R, motor blown, aftermarket bumpers, nerf bars & pipe, newer tires, for parts or fixer-upper, $500.

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2 ARGO Conquests, one with rebuilt engine, windshield & canopy, $6,500, second with new tires/rims, $5,500, or both for $10,000.

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HEAVY DUTY 3/4 ton utility truck box trailer, 16â&#x20AC;? tires, $750 obo. 334-4568

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16Ęź WELDED aluminum lake boat, lots of recent work done, great lake boat, windshield, ready for next season, c/w Ezload trailer, $3,000. 390-2313

x-rentals Check out: klondikerv.com (867) 456 2729

21Ęź JET boat, wood fibreglass deep V design, older boat, 350 Chevrolet V8 with SmithMarine Jet, tandem axle trailer incl, $1,500 firm. 667-6641

2010 COUGAR 24 RKS travel trailer, 1/2 ton series, polar pkg, $22,000. 660-5152 TRAILER FOR up to 2 snow machines or ATVs, just serviced & wired, really nice cond, $500. 333-9020

Heavy Equipment

HEAVY DUTY flat deck trailer, 9X12 deck, good tires, two spares, $600. Call or text 334-7391

BUCYRUS ERIE 22W drilling rig on tandem GMC 7000 truck. Powered by 4 cyl Ford industrial engine powered w/propane. New 3/4 inch main drill line, new bushings, $20,000 obo. 336-1412

SLED/ATV TRAILER, 2 unit, $1,400 obo.

668-2972

2012 BOBCAT S-205, fully loaded, hand & foot controls, exc cond, like new, only 175 hrs, 2 buckets, will deliver in Yukon, $39,500 obo. 335-1106

UTILITY TRAILER made from 1/2 ton box, high-top canopy windows all around, 15â&#x20AC;? wheels, spare lights, 1 9/16 ball, $350.

333-9857

1998 DRESSER TD 25G crawler tractor with semi-u, cab & ripper (320 HP), view at Mercer Contracting, Whitehorse, $83,000, Wayne @ 250-392-7755 or Ross 867-332-3293

2014 CARGO trailer, 7'x14', 3500lb tandem axles, 2 5/16" ball hitch, 15" radial tires, cargo doors, man door, vent. 335-0879 or 633-6434 evenings 5TH WHEEL hitch, Reese 16K, all hardware included, fits most pick-up truck boxes, $200.

633-4796

TECK ARMORED electrical cable, size 000.

863-5715

CELEBRATE! Births! Birthdays!

Weddings! Graduations!

Anniversaries!

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633-6019

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

2014

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

LOST/FOUND

LOST

t Mayo rd, 5 yr old, spayed female, DSH, grey with white paws, no collar, answers to Angel, Contact Chris @ 633-5164 (09/10/14) t Fish lake rd, 2 Alaska huskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both wearing collars, Contact Tony @ 335-0941 (07/10/14) t Carcross, 4 yr old, male, bear dog x, black with white on the feet, no collar, answers to Rover, Contact Colleen @ 821-4821 (07/10/14) t Arkell, 1 year old, male neutered, DSH, tabby orange, no collar, answers to Chase, Contact Andrew @ 6337934 (w), 633-5316 (h) ( 09/10/14) t Porter Creek, 2yrs old, neutered male, Himalayan, seal coloring, no collar, answer to Freemoose, Contact Max @ 333-0524 (14/10/14) t Alaske Hwy, 9 yr old, female, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, brown and white, answers to Abby Contact Al @ 633-3758 ( 23/10/14)

633-6019

FOUND

t Mt. Sima Copper hall rd, large, male husky, no collar, very friendly, Contact Cathie @ 335-7260 ( 13/09/14) t Cowley creek, husky X, female, black and white, wearing a collar no tags, Contact Megan @ 335-4776, 393-4404 (20/09/14) t Airport Chalet, pug X, male wearing a black collar, has red paint on the left leg, and a cherry eye in the right eye, Contact Evghenii @ 416-834-8596 (27/09/14) t Copper Ridge, Golden Retriever, Wearing a red collar.

Kristen Contact 334-8622 (08/10/14)

RUNNING AT LARGE...

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

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Phone: 867-667-6285 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse

www.yukon-news.com

IN FOSTER HOMES DOGS

t 2 yr old, spayed female, cream, husky (Darby) t 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/Rottie, black and brown (Tristan) t 2 yr old, female spayed, husky, brown, ( Foxy)

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YAMAHA

(867) 668-2101 or 1-800-661-0430

1 KM south of Robert Service Way, Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Y.T.

CATS

t 11 yr old, male neutered, DSH, black (Mingus)

AT THE SHELTER

DOGS

YUKON

NO BALLS

Costume Dinnerfundraiser & Dance

2004 PIONEER travel trailer, overall length 28Ęź, large bath, queen bed, full kitchen, stereo, large awning, $9,800. 633-2580

NEW FOLDING boat seat. Blue, never installed, $25. Dan 336-1412

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

SPOOK-

1980'S MF 50E industrial loader, 1yd q/a bucket, power shuttle trans, 3PT hitch, ext hyd, counter weight, 70 hp, 3,400 hrs, $20,000. 332-0343

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 7 weeks old, female, husky, black and brown, (Cerry) t 7 weeks old, male, husky, blonde, ( Stephan) t 7 yr old, female spayed, rottie X, brindle (Daphne) t 9 month old, male, bear dog X, blonde (Snoosh) t 3yr old, neutered male, landseer, white and black, ( Zeus) t 2 yr old, female, labx, blonde, (Julie) t 2 yr old, male, collie X, black,(Spooky) t 7 weeks old, female, labX, brown and tan, (Gertie) t 7 weeks old, female, lab X, black (Haggis) t 7 weeks old, male, labX, blonde, (Troy) t 7 weeks old, male, lab X, brown (Ranger)

t t t t t

7 weeks old, male, lab X, black, (Bentley) 7 weeks old, female, lab X, blonde, ( Broo) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, blonde, ( Cedric) 7 weeks old, male, lab X, black, ( Bert) 2 yr old, female spayed, bear dog, black and white, ( Bella) t 2 yr old, male, bear dog x, black and brown, (Bear)

CATS

t 9yr old, female spayed, calico, tortie and white,(Mao) t 3 yr old, neutered male, DSH, black and white ( Stewart) t 9 month old, DSH, female, brown (Boo) t 9 month old, DSH, neutered male, brown (Stinker) t 2yr old, DLH, female spayed, tabby, ( Lindy) t 2 yr old, Siamese. male, white. ( Epprit)

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

If your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

Pets will be posted on the Pet Report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.

You can also check out our award winning website at:

WWW.HUMANESOCIETYYUKON.CA

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1977 SKYLARK camper, 8ʼ, c/w new Porta-potty, extra jack, fridge, furnace & stove all work. 334-2018 after 6pm

Coming Events 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 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

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

DANCE GATHERING, first Saturday of every month 8-9pm at Leaping Feats. Adults and mature teens, a place to be yourself, connect with community and dance the way y o u w a n t ! whitehorsedancegathering@gmail.com FREE DROP-IN computer lab, self directed computer studies, Mondays from 12pm-2pm, tutor/Instructor on site to assist. Yukon Learn Society 2158 - 2nd Ave, Suite B

CONTAGIOUS MOUNTAIN Bike Club AGM. L'AFY at 302 Strickland Street, 6pm on October 25.

FH COLLINS Parent-Teacher-Student Conference, parent-teacher meeting Thursday Oct. 23, 5pm-7pm, & Friday Oct. 24 10am-1pm. No student classes Oct. 24, but they may attend either conference session, no appointment necessary

BRAEBURN LAKE Christian Camp Association AGM Tuesday Oct 28, 5:15pm, Whitehorse United Church. Looking for new members to share ideas for future successful camping season. Info: Stella 668-4629

YUKONERS' TALL Tales (from when we were short!), Oct. 25, 7pm, Old Fire Hall, storytellers, appetizers, drinks, silent auction, lots of fun! $20-25. Ages 19+. Gwaandak Theatreʼs Fundraiser. info@gwaandaktheatre.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 FREE SENIORS/ELDERS Conference, October 27/28 on protecting senior's benefits, wills, enduring power of attorney, advance directives, preventing abuse, mental health issues, etc. Rural travel subsidies. See www.yplea.com/conference or phone 867-633-5269 THE WHITEHORSE Photography Club's Wildlife Photography Workshop Oct 24 to 26 will be led by Yukoner Peter Mather. Details at www.whitehorsephotoclub.ca COFFEE HOUSE! Sat. Nov.1, 2014. Featuring: Erin Evangeline + the Open Stage. Help set up 6PM, open stage sign-up 7PM, 730PM show! $5 United Church Bsmt, 6th+Main, 633-4255 INTRO TO Silversmithing New SLVR 001.

Join instructor Shelley MacDonald for a hands-on workshop designed to introduce you to silversmithing, October 24-26, Yukon College METAL-STONE-CLAY MULTIMEDIA art by Leslie Leong, Yukon Artists @ Work, Oct. 17-Nov 17, 120 Industrial Road, Whitehorse ATLIN ANNUAL Fireman's Masquerade Ball October 25, 8pm, Rec Centre. Dance to Roxx Hunter and Friends. Cash bar, $15 ticket with snack bar, costume prizes. Info: 250-651-7454

BAKER

nee Boddington

I

Beatrice Coghill

April 22, 1925 - September 30, 2014

t is with great sadness we announce the death of our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Marg Baker, who after a short illness passed away at the Whitehorse General Hospital on September 30, 2014 at the age of 89. Predeceased by Ken her husband of 53 years, mother Gladys, father Gordon and Sister Barbara.

Marg was born during the depression in Toronto, Ontario on April 22, 1925. The oldest of three girls, her sisters Barbara and Joan soon followed. When Marg was six the family moved from Toronto to Morrison Lake, Muskoka, Ontario so that her father could provide a better life for the family. According to Marg, Morrison Lake was the second most beautiful place in the world, The Yukon being first.

She was home schooled until Grade 8, when she traveled to Toronto to live with her aunt Laura so she could qualify for high school. Marg always said that living on Morrison Lake was a very good life (not much money but lots of love).

In 1942 at the age of 17 Marg went to work at the Massey Harris aircraft plant where she installed wiring in the wings of the famous “Mosquito” bombers. Two years later, at the age of 19 Marg joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was posted to Eastern Air Command headquarters in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was here that she met her future husband Kenneth Baker who was serving in the R.C.A.F in Europe. At the end of the war Marg married Ken in Newmarket Ontario then returned to Halifax so Ken could finish his education and they could start a family.

Two of their six children were born in Halifax, Linda (1949) and Rick (1951). The family moved to the Yukon on January 25, 1952 arriving to a chilling temperature of -36C. Son Ron (1952) and daughter Cathy (1954) were born in the old military hospital in Whitehorse. In 1957 their daughter Sharon joined the family, born at the Whitehorse General Hospital which was located where the Territorial Government Building is now on Second Avenue. Youngest son Jimmy was born in 1965 at the “new/old “Whitehorse General Hospital. (You old time Yukoners will know what I mean).

Marg joined the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary in 1954 and continued to be a member of this wonderful organization until 2014. She felt this was a good way to give back to the community.

Marg, always interested in what her children were involved in became a member of the PTA, a Brownie and Girl Guide leader and Division Commissioner with the Girl Guides until 1972.

Marg was a long-standing member of the Anglican Church where at one time she sang in the choir with her daughter Linda and occasionally with her mother, when she was visiting from Ontario. She volunteered at the soup kitchen with her youngest granddaughter Kienna at her side.

ANYONE 55+ interested in playing shuffleboard join us at the Golden Age Society Monday afternoons from 1pm-4pm

ANYONE 55+ interested in playing pool, join us at the Golden Age Society Monday mornings from 10am-Noon or call about a different time.

WE ARE looking for seniors 55+ interested in quilting, knitting, crocheting & crafts to join us on Tuesday afternoons at the Golden Age Society.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Writing Circle meeting Tuesday, October 28 from 7pm-9pm at Whitehorse United Church (upstairs). Writing letters to support human rights worldwide. www.amnesty.org THE COMPASSIONATE Friends for bereaved parents is coming to Whitehorse looking for members and professionals for support and to serve on the advisory board.

Contact Kim 336-1416 FALUN GONG, an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Meeting Mondays and Wednesdays, Wood Street School, 6pm. No charge. Call or come by for an introduction to the practice. 667-6336 SNOWBOARD YUKON 2014 AGM Thursday November 13, 7pm at Sport Yukon.

Come be a part of our family for the upcoming season, board postions available WHITEHORSE EDUCATION, Career and Volunteer Expo. Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Thursday, November 27th- 10:30-4pm.

Public welcome, free entry. Full list of exhibitors at www.volunteeryukon.ca

B

(Scutt)

ea passed away on August 28th with her family by her side. Born in 1929 on a farm near Hawarden, Saskatchewan, Bea was the youngest of three daughters. While working as a telephone operator in Moose Jaw she met and married, John Coghill. They raised three children, Linda, Allan and Wayne, while living in Moose Jaw, Rosetown and Swift Current, where Bea worked for many years in a Nursing Home.

Also a member of the Golden Age Society, Royal Canadian Legion, Elder active recreational Association, Yukon Order of Pioneers, and the Yukon Council on Aging. Through the years and through these organizations Marg enjoyed the company of many wonderful people playing bingo, crib and traveling to the senior games, not to mention the selling of raffle tickets for the different groups. Marg always had a book of tickets to sell in her purse.

Bea’s life exemplified her values of honesty, integrity, hard work, and devotion to family. Family dinners were a passion of hers, and they always included dessert. She also liked to read, play cards, bowl, and she was particularly fond of her beloved prairie home.

Over the years Marg was the recipient of many awards for her volunteer work.

The family extends their deep appreciation to the staff and volunteers in the Special Care Unit of Copper Ridge for the excellent care provided to Bea during her stay, and for the incredible support to the family during her passing.

In 1979 Whitehorse minor hockey awarded her the “Mr. Hockey” award for being instrumental in raising money for the league by selling lottery tickets with the participation of many other hockey moms.

In 1996 she was awarded the City of Whitehorse’s “Volunteer of the Year” after being nominated by the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary.

In 2006 Marg received the Governor General’s “Caring Canadian Award” in recognition of outstanding and selfless contribution to our community and to Canada.

In 2013 she was nominated once again by the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary for the City of Whitehorse Volunteer of the Year award. Marg was so proud to have one of her granddaughters (Brandon) in the group of nominees.

In 2014 the Whitehorse General Hospital held their annual tea in appreciation of the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary. At that time there was a presentation to Marg to show their appreciation for 60 years of volunteer service.

In 2014 Marg was presented with the Commissioners Award for public service in recognition of 60 years of volunteer service with the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary.

Marg was one-of-a-kind, a Yukon pioneer. Truly loved by all and will be missed so very much by her family and so many others.

She is survived by her children Linda (Ted), Rick (Sandy), Ron (Samantha), Cathy (Rob), Sharon (Barry) and Jim (Kelly), 11 Grandchildren, 13 Great Grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held at the Westmark Hotel in Whitehorse, October 25, 2014 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.

A service was held in Saskatoon in early September.

Susan W. Thompson October 1, 1960 October 25, 2012

What does it look like in heaven?

Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say?

Does the sun shine bright forever?

Have your fears and your pain gone away?

‘Cause here on earth it feels like everything good is missing since you left And here on earth everything’s different There’s an emptiness I hope you’re dancing in the sky And I hope you’re singing in the angels’ choir I hope the angels know what they have I bet it’s so nice up in heaven since you’ve arrived ~ Dani and Lizzy, ‘Dancing in the Sky’

Missing you each and every day...

Love Mom and Dad; Richard, Diane, Cheryl, Wayne, Karly, Emily and all your family and friends around the world.

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AGM WHITEHORSE String Ensemble (String Ensemble Society) will be held Thursday, October 30 at 7 pm at Hellaby Hall 4th Ave and Elliott St. Everyone welcome.

667-4630 for more info.

OKANAGAN PEARS & apples, premium fall fruit from Davison Orchards. Order and support Yukon athletes and performers participating in this year's fundraiser. Various varieties. Call 633-6373, 334-8764 or 334-7441 WHITEHORSE ELEMENTARY School Council Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, October 28, 6:15 pm, in WES staff room PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, November 3rd, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. More information at 633-4829. Everyone Welcome. Come show your support HOLISTIC HEALTH Practitioners Network Evening, October 29, 5:30-7:30 pm at Whitehorse United Church. Speakers on Yoga Nidra and Energy Healing. Call 667-6030 for info YUKONSTRUCT WORKSHOPS Thursday nights at 6pm at 135 Industrial Rd. Sign up online at Yukonstruct.com YUKONSTRUCT, THE YukonĘźs maker space. Come check us out Tuesdays 7-9pm at 135 Industrial Rd and see what weĘźre about. Memberships are welcome GIRL GUIDE mint cookies on sale Oct 25 & 26, 10am-2 pm at Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart. Only $5 a box. Info: 667-2455

BSP IS opening a new Chapter in Whitehorse for ages 20 to 40. Would you be interested in joining a women's social community service oriented group. Chantal at 334-4134 or www.betasigmaphi.org

MOUNT LORNE Local Advisory Council will meet Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the Mount Lorne Community Centre at 7pm.

Agenda is available on the Mount Lorne website

PĂ&#x2C6;RE POULE maman gâteau ActivitĂŠs en français pour enfants de 0 Ă 5 ans et leurs parents, Gratuit, mardi, 10h30, du 21 octobre au 16 dĂŠcembre, Bibliothèque Whitehorse.

Rens. 867-668-2663, 500

BODY FOCUS Repetitive Behaviour Peer Support Group (hair pulling/skin picking/nail biting) Monday November 3rd, 7pm at the Family Literacy Centre in the CGC. For more info email: bfrbyukon@gmail.com

YUKON RIVER Trail Marathon (BARA) Annual General Meeting Wednesday November 19, 5pm, Sport Yukon. New board members welcome. Pizza provided. Info: Ken 668-7592 or yukonmarathon@gmail.com HILLCREST COMMUNITY Association AGM Wednesday November 5, 7pm, at Yukon Transportation Museum. For info call Kat at 334-1547

BARN DANCE, Saturday November 1, 7:30 pm, Old Fire Hall, dance caller Bob Kuiper, the Barndance Band & Fiddleheads. Adults $10, youth $5, families $25, tickets at the door. Bob at 633-4501 CHRISTMAS COOKIE Walk, Saturday December 6, 10am-2pm, downstairs at Whitehorse United Church, 6th & Main, pay your money & take your pick of homemade cookies, small box $6, large box $15

DOG POWERED Sports Association Yukon, Friday, October 24, 5:30pm, Town & Mountain Hotel. Meet, chat, become a member or renew, get in the draw for great prizes

THE SHOPPERĘźS Lunch, Saturday November 15, 11:30am-2:30pm, downstairs at Whitehorse United Church, 6th & Main, $7.50 full meal, $3.50 soup or bunwich with drink & sweet; vegetarian choices available

INTRO TO Conscious Aging, Aging with Intention and Passion. 1-day workshop at Vista Outdoor Learning Centre on Sunday, Nov 9. Larry at 336-0370 for registration/info

YUKON ORDER of Pioneers Ladies Auxiliary Bazaar, Tea and Bake Sale, Saturday November 8, 2014, 1pm-3pm, Golden Age Society, 4061A 4th Ave

YUKON SCIENCE Institute presents Ptarmigan and Gyrfalcon tell us about a changing Tundra with Dave Mossop, Sunday, October 26th, 7:30pm, Beringia Centre, Whitehorse.

Free.

MURDĘźS BARBER SHOP in the Westmark Hotel is CLOSING All Fixtures, barber chairs, supplies and decor ARE FOR SALE. Drop in Sunday, October 26 or Monday, October 27 from 1-4pm to view

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DRESS-UP EVENING of cinema, live music and improv in the 1920's. Photo booth, door prizes, popcorn. November 8, Centre de la Francophonie, 302 Strickland, 8pm, doors @ 7:30pm ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association monthly meeting Tuesday November 4, 7pm, Sport Yukon boardroom #1. Major topic, Possible motorization of Rotary Centennial Bridge. All welcome. www.activetwa.org for more info

Services

BRIAN MOTTUS 5

Celebration of Life 5

We welcome everyone to a gathering of friends and colleagues at the Old Firehall on Sunday October 26th from 7-9pm.

Len Hiebert On Monday October 20, 2014 Len started his journey home after a lengthy and strong illness with ALS. He is survived by his wife Gayle, sisters Mary-Anne & Betty along with his three children, two step children, and numerous other family members.He is predeceased by his parents David and Tina, brother Albert, and sister Elsie.

The family would like to express their sincere thanks and gratitude for the outstanding care and compassion he received while residing at Copper Ridge Place.

In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers the family would ask that you make a donation in Lensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; name to the ALS society of B.C./Yukon.

Our sincere thanks for all care and support in our time of need.

He will be greatly missed by all.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1937-OCTOBER 20, 2014 CELEBRATION OF LIFE ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 AT THE LEGION

BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta.

Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc.

Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050 THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY 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 - INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM,NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour 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. 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 (Board Room) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Hospital Meeting Boardroom (OM, NS) NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

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Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915

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Continuing Care & Home Care Services

OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

Beaver Creek Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Carcross Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Carmacks Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m.

Health Centre

Dawson City Y.T. 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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CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES Deadline for Submission: October 31st, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.

Location: Whitehorse Time Frame: Start asap and project completion by March 31st, 2014

BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

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

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

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

RED SEAL CARPENTER FOR HIRE â&#x20AC;˘Crestview and Porter Creek area. â&#x20AC;˘All aspects of building and renovation. â&#x20AC;˘Contract or hourly.

Phone 334-0709

The CYFN Education Department has the following Contracting Opportunities: 1. YFN Education Achievement, Policy & Protocol Coordinator (Minimum of 20 weeks beginning as soon as possible) 2. YFN Parent Engagement Coordinator (Minimum of 20 weeks beginning as soon as possible)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Lease of the Pioneer Hotel 1 (Jenni House)

YFN Preferential Hiring Policy is applicable and must be clearly identi ied on application.

INVITATION TO TENDER

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7HQGHU GRFXPHQWV PD\ EH REWDLQHG DW &LW\ +DOO RQ RU DIWHU 12:00 PM local time Tuesday, October 28, 2014. $ non-refundable WHQGHU GHSRVLW LQ WKH IRUP RI FDVK RU FHUWLÂżHG FKHTXH SD\DEOH WR WKH &LW\ RI :KLWHKRUVH ZLOO EH UHTXLUHG WR REWDLQ 7HQGHU GRFXPHQWV (DFK 7HQGHU PXVW EH DFFRPSDQLHG E\ 7HQGHU 6HFXULW\ All tenders must include a valid or Temporary CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION (C.O.R.) as issued by Northern Safety Network Yukon. 7KH &LW\ UHVHUYHV WKH ULJKW WR DFFHSW RU UHMHFW DQ\ RU DOO 7HQGHUV RU WR DFFHSW WKH 7HQGHU ZKLFK WKH &LW\ GHHPV WR EH LQ LWV RZQ EHVW LQWHUHVW 7HQGHUV VXEPLWWHG E\ )D[ ZLOO QRW EH FRQVLGHUHG &DURO &DPSEHOO $OLVRQ $QGHUVRQ 2SXV 'D\WRQ.QLJKW &RQVXOWDQWV /WG 7

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Now accepting proposals IURP QRQ SURÂżW RUJDQL]DWLRQV societies and businesses for the lease of the Pioneer Hotel 1. Also known as the Jenni +RXVH WKLV LV D KHULWDJH building located in Shipyards Park. The information package will include all GHWDLOV +RZHYHU IRU JHQHUDO LQIRUPDWLRQ WKH EXLOGLQJ will be available for lease from May 1 to September 30 each season. Proposals requesting use of the building for a maximum of three (3) seasons may be accepted.

The building has a total gross Ă&#x20AC;RRU DUHD RI DSSUR[LPDWHO\ m2 IW2).

Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly indicating the applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and address and clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proposal for Lease of the Pioneer Hotel 1â&#x20AC;? and addressed to: 0DQDJHU )LQDQFLDO 6HUYLFHV &LW\ RI :KLWHKRUVH 6HFRQG $YHQXH :KLWHKRUVH <7 < $ & Proposals will be accepted before 4:00 p.m. Local Time Friday, November 7, 2014.

Proposal documents may EH SLFNHG XS IURP WKH RIÂżFH of the Manager of Financial 6HUYLFHV DGGUHVV DV DERYH after 12:00 noon Local Time on Friday, October 10, 2014.

Proposals will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE." All enquiries to:

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www.whitehorse.ca Feel like a small f ish in a big pond?

PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 ANGYĘźS MASSAGE Mobile Service.

Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology.

Angelica Ramirez Licensed Massage Therapist.

867-335-3592 angysmassage@hotmail.com 8 Versluce Place Whitehorse YT, Y1A 5M1

Please submit a covering letter indicating the contract you are applying for, a resume, portfolio of relevant work, three work references, the number of hours you are available to work each week and your hourly rate. Only those candidates who provide all requested information; demonstrate the ability to perform the work requested within strict timelines and budget parameters will be contacted.

For further information and speci ications, please contact Tina Jules at 867-393-9243 or by email at tina.jules@cyfn.net.

All enquiries to:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

Ben Campbell City Planning Services Ph: (867) 668-8338 )D[

E: ben.campbell@ whitehorse.ca

Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT TAKE NOTICE THAT, 46249 Yukon Inc., of 131 Normandy Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3C6, is making application for a Food Primary-All Liquor Licence, in respect of the premises known as 506 All Day Grill situated at 506 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should ďŹ le their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 not later than 4:30 pm on the 29th day of October, 2014 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is October 10th, 2014.

The second time of publication of notice is October 17th, 2014.

The third time of publication of notice is October 24th, 2014.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c NOTICE are to be directed to Licensing & Social Responsibility at 867-667-5245 or 1-800-661-0408, local 5245.

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ELECTRICIAN â&#x20AC;˘Licensed â&#x20AC;˘Residential & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘All jobs, large or small â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘10% SeniorĘźs Discount 332-7879 ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY â&#x20AC;˘Custom Braces â&#x20AC;˘Prosthesis â&#x20AC;˘Custom Orthotics â&#x20AC;˘Custom Compression Garments â&#x20AC;˘Shoe Modification â&#x20AC;˘Shoe repair Call Ursula or Stefan Angerer for Appointment (Former Owner of Northern Hospital Supplies) 867-399-3671 PROFESSIONAL THAI LADY â&#x20AC;˘Hair Styling â&#x20AC;˘Manicure â&#x20AC;˘Pedicure â&#x20AC;˘Thai Massage Will provide services at your home or my home For an appointment phone Pat at 633-5395 (also voice mail)

Lost & Found LOST: OUR son's security blanket, Friday October 17, he is heartbroken, possibly at WGH or Walmart, blue washcloth size blanket with brown puppy head attached. Please call 334-7360 FOUND: I N FH Collins girl's gym changeroom on October 14, 2014, Pandora bracelet and beads. Call FH Collins Office at 667-8665 to describe and claim

Business Opportunities

Looking for NEW Business / Clients?

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Take Advantage of our 6 month Deal...

Advertise for 5 Months and

Get 1 MONTH OF FREE ADVERTISING Book Your Ad Today!

PUBLIC TENDER PURCHASE OF A 24 PASSENGER STUDENT TRANSPORT VEHICLE Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 6, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Shannon Trott at (867) 667-3483.

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

4 s & E: wordads@yukon-news.com MURDĘźS BARBER SHOP in the Westmark Hotel is CLOSING All Fixtures, barber chairs, supplies and decor ARE FOR SALE. Drop in Sunday, October 26 or Monday, October 27 from 1-4pm to view

Sports Equipment GOALIE SKATES, 2 pair Bauer Supreme, size 3.5D, exc skates, $150. Size 5 gd cond, $100. Alan 668-5790 SKI BOOTS, alpine touring black diamond quadrant, size 26.5, tech compatible, good shape, $230. Ken 667-4450 OLYMPIC-STYLE BENCH w/high and low pulley system, also 300 lbs Olympic weight set, $300 for both. 668-2791 EXERCISE BIKE $50, womens soccer shoes sz 8, umbra $10. 668-6534 AT GEAR for sale, Scott mission ski 178cm, Fritschi eagle binding and G3 skins for $500, paid $1,200, excellent condition. 335-5262

Livestock SILVER LACE Wyandotte rooster, 6 months old, very pretty, $20 firm. 867-537-3458

www.whitehorse.ca Stand out from the crowd and be seen!

Advertise your business in the Yukon News.

RETIRED PRACTICAL NURSE 23 years working with Whitehorse General Hospital Seeking to do private duty nursing and/or housecleaning Available anywhere in the Yukon Phone 334-3043

Education

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 â&#x20AC;˘ 668-7218

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

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YUKON NEWS TIMOTHY/BROME HAY â&#x20AC;˘No rain â&#x20AC;˘Quality horse and livestock mix â&#x20AC;˘Square and round bales â&#x20AC;˘Delivery available For more information call 668-6742 or 334-4589 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

YUKON HAY Quality Timothy / Brome mix /P 3BJO t #BSO 4UPSFE 4RVBSF BOE SPVOE CBMFT QSJDFE GBJSMZ XJUI WPMVNF EJTDPVOUT

Childcare KOSS FAMILY DAY HOME available now in Porter creek.

Accepting 18 months and older .

We provide snacks and lunch.

Contact 867-336-3769 CHEEKY MONKEYĘźS DAYCARE Leisure on Lewes Complex A fun, caring environment for your children.

Hot meal program included.

Accepting enrollment in all age groups 6 months to 12 years.

334-4665

Baby & Child Items

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

GREEN BROKE quarter horse, $800.

867-536-2633

ONE-PIECE SNOWSUIT, size 3T, Molehill brand, $60. 393-2630

MASSEY FERGUSON 510 combine with p/u header, $5,000. 633-4326

TODDLERĘźS CLOTHES, 3T & up, make me an offer. 393-2630

OAT BUNDLES FOR SALE â&#x20AC;˘Great horse feed â&#x20AC;˘On field price $1.00/bundle â&#x20AC;˘Two bundles/day/horse â&#x20AC;˘Feed alone or good hay supplement Call 668-6742

2-SEATER BIKE trailer, new, CCM brand, $150. 393-2630 SIMPLICITY BABY basinette, Fisher Price baby swing, $50 ea obo. 633-5298

Furniture

MATCHING LOVE seat & chair $50, sofa table $50, round end table $35, large area rug $250, small area rug $5. 668-6534 after 5pm ANTIQUE DISPLAY case, glass front and top, oak covered sides, very heavy, 50â&#x20AC;? wide, 21â&#x20AC;? deep, 42â&#x20AC;? high, $150. 667-7467 7-PIECE BEDROOM furniture set, perfect for girls room, $275. 633-5592 FAUX LEATHER loveseat, dark brown, exc cond, $230. 668-2576

ARE YOU MĂ&#x2030;TIS? Are you registered?

Would you like to be involved?

There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845

FRONT DESK reception counter, nice shape, $300. 332-0343

Advertising

ANTIQUE DINING table w/6 chairs & buffet, needs some work, $650 obo; lg Country House coffee table w/glass top & lower shelf, $150. 633-5967

ANTIQUE 4-DRAWER dresser with mirror, 1930Ęźs style, original mirror/hardware, exc cond, $400 obo. 334-5683 9-DRAWER DRESSER and matching upright dresser, worn but are still solid dark walnut, $75 for the pair. call or text 334-7391

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

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for you.

Personals DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office

TO GIVE away, double futon mattress, no frame, needs cleaning. 333-9305

FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office

HIDE-A-BED COUCH, matching swivel easy chair & coffee table, floral rust colour, country design, can deliver, $200. 633-2236

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

SURVEY NOTICE Section 87(1) Quartz Mining Act

Situated in the Watson Lake Mining District in Quad 105 H/3 west of Robert Campbell Highway at approximate Latitude 61°07â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Longitude 129°26â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Take notice that a survey has been made of the following mineral claims shown in Schedule A under Instructions from the Surveyor General, and that at the termination of sixty days from the date of this notice the said survey shall be accepted as defining absolutely the boundaries of the said claims, unless in the meantime it is protested, as provided in Section 75 of the Quartz Mining Act. The plan of survey can be viewed at the office of the Mining Recorder, Watson Lake, Yukon.

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon this 6th day of October, 2014.

Gabriel Aucoin Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Agent for Yukon Jade Ltd. SCHEDULE A Lot 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017

Quad 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3 105H/3

Name Nevada 2 King 5 King 6 Arctic 3 Nevada 5 Nevada 4F Nevada 1 King 4 Rose 1 Rose 2 King 3 Arctic 2 Rose 3 Nevada 7F Nevada 6F

Grant No. YE85932 Y64835 Y64836 YA00241 YE85780 YE85779 YE85931 YA68812 YA69220 YA69221 YA68811 Y93771 YA69222 YE85781 YE85782

TAGISH LOCAL AREA PLAN

YUKON GAZETTE PRINTED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUEENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PRINTER, YUKON

NOTICE The following Orders-in-Council were issued during the period October 1 to 15, 2014: 2014/188 Revokes the appointment of a coroner Coroners Act 2014/189 Appoints and revokes members of the Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust board of trustees Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Act 2014/190 Revokes the appointment of a forest ofďŹ cer Forest Protection Act 2014/191 Appoints a deputy sheriff Supreme Court Act

Dated at Whitehorse, Yukon, October 15, 2014

Government

Project Description: Land Planning Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, is seeking professional planning services to develop a local area plan for Tagish area, approximately 120 km south of Whitehorse, Yukon.

The planning process will involve the public, First Nation, Yukon government departments, and other stakeholder groups.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is November 26, 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 Tomoko Hagio at (867) 667-3179.

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

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

Kakuro:

Crossword:

Energy, Mines and Resources 10.24.2014

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH COPPER RIDGE

Hullandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haunts & Holly Craft Fair

M 64 NORTH STAR DR, Copper Ridge, Saturday October 25, 8:30am-12Noon, household items, furniture, miscellaneous M 30 GARNET CRES, Copper Ridge, Saturday October 25, 10am-3pm, moving out sale, furniture, household items, indoor

Saturday October 25, 10am-3pm, Jack Hulland Elementary School Gym, open to seniors at 9:30am

CRESTVIEW

Saturday November 1, 9am-3pm, hosted by Ladies Auxiliary to Legion, First Nations & Yukon-made arts & crafts, bake tables, raffles, etc. 633-4583 to book table.

M 602 KATHLEEN RD, Crestview, Saturday October 25,10am-3pm, hand knit booties

REMEMBER....

WHEN placing your Garage Sale Ad through The Yukon News Website TO INCLUDE:

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Yukon Inn Christmas Craft Sale

A Christmas Bazaar Saturday November 1, 10am-4pm, at the Best Western Gold Rush Inn, for crafters/home businesses. For info, Jean at 667-6772 or Shelly at 667-7629

CKES CHRISTMAS Craft Fair Saturday, November 8, 10am-3pm, Christ The King Elementary School, 20 Nisutlin Drive, Riverdale. Call Paula at 633-2724 to book a table or for more information.

Child Development Centre Christmas Craft Fair November 22, 10am-3pm, Child Development Centre.

Door prizes, silent auction, pictures with Santa between 11-12 & 1-2. For tables call Rhonda 456-8182

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

TRUCK SALE Virtually all mileage is low wear highway mileage

All our trucks have been regularly and professionally maintained None of our trucks have ever been driven off road

FINANCING

All our trucks are 1-ton 4x4 gas and diesel

Absolutely no previous industrial use

Most vacation rentals are for two people so the back cab seats are practically new

* CC = Crew Cab LB = Long Box SB = Short Box QC = Quad Cab DW = Dual Wheels Type *

Fuel

Mileage

STK#

Year

Make

Model

Type *

Fuel

Mileage

STK#

XLT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

68,981 kms

31880

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

51,963 kms

35667

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

50,880 kms

33875

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

52,870 kms

35657

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

53,442 kms

33881

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

55,997 kms

35655

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

58,805 kms

33891

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

50,612 kms

35863

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

67,166 kms

33879

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

52,863 kms

35865

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

70,015 kms

33888

2013

FORD

LARIAT F450

CC / LB

Diesel

56,211 kms

35909

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

60,450 kms

33858

2013

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

56,141 kms

35883

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

64,580 kms

33865 SOLD

2013

FORD

XLT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

44,934 kms

35885

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

66,408 kms

33868

2013

FORD

XLT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

48,871 kms

35887

2012

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

71,881 kms

33864

2014

DODGE LARAMIE 3500

QC / LB

Diesel

21,947 kms

37727

2012

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Gas

64,435 kms

33812

2014

DODGE LARAMIE 3500

QC / LB

Diesel

22,068 kms

37723

2012

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Gas

65,794 kms

33815

2014

DODGE LARAMIE 3500

QC / SB

Diesel

31,439 kms

37732

2012 st

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Gas

70,430 kms

33822

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB / DW

Diesel

19,335 kms

39527

2012

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Gas

74,284 kms

33808

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB / DW

Diesel

23,148 kms

39528

2012

FORD

XLT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

50,655 kms

33834

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB / DW

Diesel

27,992 kms

39525

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

38,651 kms

35673

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

15,213 kms

39561

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

41,187 kms

35658

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

23,891 kms

39548

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

43,346 kms

35665

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

32,463 kms

39542

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

43,859 kms

35664

2015

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / SB

Diesel

25,318 kms

39530

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

48,017 kms

35860

2015

FORD

XLT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

18,819 kms

39596

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

49,460 kms

35652

2015

FORD

XLT F350

CC / SB

Gas

18,606 kms

39571

2013

FORD

LARIAT F350

CC / LB

Diesel

50,493 kms

35670

2015

FORD

XLT F350

CC / SB

Gas

27,711 kms

39568

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Make

Model

2011

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2012

FORD

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