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Ranjit Sarin is the president of Vimy Heritage Housing Society, an organization pushing for a new independent living facility for seniors in Whitehorse.

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important to our government. It was a platform commitment that we made in 2011, and we look he government is keen on forward to seeing this important seeing a 75-unit indepiece of housing infrastructure pendent living facility for seniors developed within the for seniors built in the territory, city of Whitehorse.� said Public Works Minister Scott The government is considKent in the legislature yesterday. ering a parcel of land at the The Vimy Heritage Housing intersection of Fifth Avenue Society was formed more than and Rogers Street in downtown a year ago with the purpose of Whitehorse, Kent said. pushing for that goal.

The housing society has enThe society announced this visioned a facility where resweek that a needs assessment has taurant-style meals and houseshown that more than enough keeping services are provided to Yukon seniors are interested and residents, but otherwise residents able to pay for such a residence live independently in their units. to make it a viable business No medical services would model. be provided on site. That’s the It has asked the Yukon govmajor difference between this ernment for a parcel of land and sort of residence and a continufor seed money to get the facility ing care facility, where residents off the ground, said Ranjit Sarin, typically require access to medithe society’s president, in an cal care around the clock. interview this week.

The cost of living there is “Up until now we have fulprojected to be between $2,000 filled everything the government and $3,000 a month, including has asked us to do, including the two meals a day and activities business plan, the needs assessorganized for residents on site, ment, and looking at different said Sarin. facilities in different parts of The facility would be run by a B.C., and so on,� he said. not-for-profit board made of up The government is working residents elected among themwith the society to make the selves. project a reality, said Kent.

Similar privately run facilities “We have to make sure that in B.C. can cost up to $6,000 a the land provided to them will month, said Sarin. be adequate for the facility and The society’s survey found the number of units that they 500 Yukon seniors potentially want to incorporate there. Again, interested in moving into the this is something that’s extremely residence in the next three years.

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About 100 seniors are interested in moving in and can afford to, meaning that they would spend 60 per cent or less of their income on room and board at the residence.

Of survey respondents, 144 asked to be contacted when suites become available for reservation.

Sarin is among those ready and willing to move in as soon as the residence is a reality. “I’m 75 years old. My wife is the same age, and we’ve always done things proactively, and as we age we figure, what is the next step?� he said. “I don’t want to move when I have to move, I want to move when I want to move. That’s the big thing in my mind.�

The cost to build the facility is projected to run between $18 and $21 million, dependent largely on if the residence is built over two, four or six storeys, said Sarin.

Once the society secures a piece of land and start-up cash, the residence will be completely self-sustaining, he said. “There will be no further comeback to the government. It’s a one-shot deal, and we will not ask the government for any more money.�

Sarin wouldn’t say how much the society has asked for from the government.

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

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When this fox was found abandoned last April it was mistakenly thought to be a puppy. The Yukon Wildlife Preserve later took the animal in and, through its “Definitely a Fox” campaign, raised funds to build it a new habitat, which will open at noon on Saturday. The preserve has seen a record number of visitors over the past year, with over 20,000 people passing through the gates.

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has not publicly stated a position on the issue.

The Ross River Dena Council, B.C.-based Kaska nations and the N.W.T.’s Acho Dene Koe First Nation all have overlapping traditional territories in the Liard basin.

The government has begun negotiations towards a reconciliation agreement with the Kaska nations, Kent said.

It will also begin governmentto-government talks specifically on the subject of fracking with those potentially affected First Nations, he said.

The Kotaneelee gas project in southeast Yukon is majorityowned by EFLO Energy Inc. The company has stated an interest in fracking the area in the next five to 10 years.

The Kotaneelee has produced gas intermittently since the 1970s, and is connected to Outside gas markets by a pipeline to Fort Nelson.

Opposition parties have criticized the government for

continuing to push for natural gas development in spite of First Nation and public opposition to fracking.

“I think the (select committee) report was perfectly clear that First Nation governments, the scientific community and Yukoners don’t believe that fracking belongs in the territory,” said NDP MLA Kate White earlier this week.

Kent said that developing Yukon’s resources is important to reducing the territory’s dependency on transfer payments from the federal government.

“We can’t rely on the hard work of residents of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan to carry the mail for us,” he said.

“I think it’s important that we take advantage of what was given to us at devolution and responsibly develop these resources.”

The fracking committee also made a number of recommendations for the collection of baseline environmental data and for the further study of the potential

impacts of fracking.

The government has agreed to implement all of those recommendations.

Those include conducting a detailed study of the potential economic impacts of an unconventional natural gas industry and collection of data on water, air, wildlife, land and human health.

Perhaps ironically, this work could lessen the regulatory burden on companies that may propose to frack in the Yukon in the future, by completing environmental studies that would otherwise fall on industry.

“There’s a lot of work that needs to be undertaken and we certainly aren’t taking it lightly and we appreciate that there are a number of different benefits that could flow not only to Yukoners but also to the affected First Nations from this type of activity,” said Kent.

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tions, such as whether or not fracking can be safely regulated, and whether or not it should be o fracking will be allowed allowed in the Yukon. in the Yukon without the But it did agree that fracking support of affected First projects should have the supNations, the Yukon government port of the First Nation or First announced yesterday.

Nations with traditional terri“We recognize that a key eletory where the project is being ment is the support of affected proposed.

First Nations,” said Resources That may be difficult to Minister Scott Kent in an interachieve. view Thursday.

Back in 2012 the Liard First “Any proposed activity would Nation was in a very public fight require that.” with the Yukon government over In addition, for now, it will plans to remove a legislative veto only consider proposals to frack LFN had held over oil and gas in southeast Yukon’s Liard basin. development there. The amendThe government announced ment eventually passed. its position on the controversial The First Nation was vehetechnique for natural gas extracmently opposed to fracking at the tion in response to the work of time. an all-party committee on the Then-chief Liard McMillan subject. accused Yukon Party politicians It has accepted all 21 of the of being “too busy drinking their committee’s recommendations, frack cola and pissing all over which were presented in a report aboriginal rights and title to really in January. pay attention to what the real isThe committee could not agree sues are.”

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First Nations to lose out over income tax changes Jacqueline Ronson News Reporter

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irst Nations were not consulted on reductions to territorial income taxes that will decrease their revenues.

The government announced last week amendments to the Income Tax Act that amount to $5.5 million in lowered taxes or increased benefits to Yukoners.

But for residents of settlement lands, almost all territorial income taxes collected go to the First Nation, regardless of whether or not the resident is a member of that nation.

An official with the Department of Finance confirmed that the estimated combined impact

on 11 signed First Nations is $134,000 annually, or an average of about $12,000 per First Nation.

Liberal Leader Sandy Silver and Premier Darrell Pasloski sparred this week over whether or not the government was required to consult with First Nations before announcing the changes.

“First Nation governments are only now finding that their revenues could be impacted by this,” said Silver in the legislature Wednesday.

“Signed Yukon First Nation governments have tax-sharing agreements with the Yukon government. These agreements say the government must discuss any possible changes with First

Nation governments before they happen and not after. This did not happen.

“Can the premier explain why there was no consultation beforehand?”

“Of course, if there is an impact to some of the First Nations, we will certainly be willing to sit down and talk to them,” said Pasloski in his response.

He later came out swinging in a Yukon Party press release.

“The Liberal leader either doesn’t understand the issue, hasn’t read the agreement, or is intentionally trying to drive a wedge between the Yukon government and First Nations,” the release states.

The agreements vary between First Nations but have the same general contents.

While consultations between the government and First Nations are mentioned in the agreement, those sections appear to relate to amending the agreements themselves or the administration of them, and not to changes to the tax regime overall.

There is one provision that would require the Yukon government to consult with the First Nation on tax changes if it is also consulting the public. However, in the case at hand no public consultation occurred before the announcement.

Silver stuck to his guns Thurs-

day, insisting that the agreements require consultation with First Nations.

“I will stand by that this government needs to consult with affected First Nations as required by the personal income tax room sharing agreements,” he said in an interview.

Even if a close reading of the agreements finds that no legal obligation to consult exists, the government still should have had a discussion with First Nations who will have their revenues reduced before announcing the change publicly, he said.

“They were finding out about it by our phone calls.”

Contact Jacqueline Ronson at jronson@yukon-news.com

Tennis Yukon raises stink over city leaving it to pay for its own outhouse ative when answering nature’s call.

That’s because the city of Whitehorse is no longer providing his summer, users of the an outhouse free of charge to the Mount McIntyre Recreation public and users of the facility.

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And with the tennis season looming, the association’s president is worried about the potential impact of not having an outhouse in close proximity to its courts.

“Our concern is that people would use the hill, and the area around the parking lot,” said Stacy Smith.

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could no longer afford to pay for an outhouse at Mount McIntyre.

It gave notice to Tennis Yukon and provided the outhouse until the end of the 2014 season.

But Smith concedes she forgot about the conversation until the city recently reminded her of the association’s responsibility for the outhouse.

“I would say we did not appreciate the certainty of that and did not spend the winter working with the Mount McIntyre recreation area user groups on a substitute,” she said in an email.

Based on two quotes Smith has received so far, the cost for renting an outhouse over the summer ranges from $1,265 to $1,512.

She put out a call to user groups such as the Active Trails Whitehorse Association, Athletics Yukon, Boreale Mountain Biking and others to try and raise funds to rent one this summer.

Tennis Yukon has already pledged roughly half of the cost, or $600, to get the ball rolling.

Those are funds that would otherwise go towards equipment or improving the courts, Smith said.

“Our season starts at the beginning of May and that means kids, and camps, and lessons, and it needs to be in place,” she said.

“I don’t want to spend two months talking about this and risk jeopardizing our season.”

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“But people won’t go there,” she said.

“I don’t think it’s right that one group bears the expense for the whole community.”

Doug Hnatiuk, supervisor of outreach and events, said the city receives numerous requests for outhouses in and around public areas within the city.

But it has to identify key areas where the general public “may be inconvenienced if there isn’t a toilet or outhouse opportunity.”

It was the assessment of the city’s parks department that the outhouse would be better used elsewhere, he added.

“We only have a finite sum of money available and we typically look for areas which are being utilized by a majority of the public,” he said.

“We typically do not provide outhouse services for community organizations that are having activities, like the tennis club, who is leasing an area.

“The city is in no way trying to disparage the tennis association, but we did give them ample notice.”

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Beaver Creek couple has been picketing in front of the legislative assembly building for the right to re-open its business along the Alaska Highway.

Olivier and Mylene LeDiuzet, who have run the Pine Valley Bakery and Lodge since 2010, were shut down last year when Environmental Health Services determined that the well on their property was too shallow and at risk of being contaminated by a nearby failing septic system, which is about 40 metres away.

As such, they would have to install a new sewage disposal system – and a costly UV filter – before the Department of Health and Social Services could consider granting it another three-year permit to operate. “We’re not disputing the fact that we need a new filter,� said Olivier, “the problem is we have never received a written guarantee that if we install it, we’ll get our permit.� “It’s a very expensive filter, worth several thousand dollars.

If we need it so badly, why didn’t they tell us in 2010?�

In a letter to the couple in June 2014, Environmental Health Services manager Benton Foster wrote that the initial permit was issued based on information available to the regulatory body at the time. “Further assessments of your facility and infrastructure have substantiated a risk that must be

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Olivier LeDiuzet, left, and his wife Mylene, have been picketing in front of the legislative assembly building in the hopes of getting a permit to reopen their business along the Alaska Highway near Beaver Creek.

mitigated prior to Environmental Health Services issuing a permit for you to serve the public,� he wrote.

This week the department confirmed that the couple’s sewage disposal system, which dates back to 1966, “does not meet current design specifications,� according to spokesperson Pat Living.

Living would not say whether the couple would receive its permit if they installed the equip-

ment.

The couple, originally from France, has lived in the territory for 12 years and have been Canadian citizens for eight years.

They contend that a health inspection report from May 2014 indicates no issue with the property’s septic system.

At the bottom of the report, the officer writes, “permission to operate is now dependent on water potability.�

The couple submitted a sam-

ple of water for analysis in March, which came back satisfactory. “We’ve tested the water every month that we’re open, since 2010,� Olivier said. “And every time, it comes back negative. If there was something wrong they should have mentioned it on the report. “I can’t accept that they refuse to give us a permit because there’s a potential risk of contamination.

We’re tired and frustrated, we’ve been fighting for 10 months

and its workers broke down.

The hospital employees in Watson Lake, Dawson City and Whitehorse, represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, voted last week 87 per cent in favour to support

their bargaining team and strike if necessary.

The impasse is over pension protection and a concession free contract, according to a news release from Yukon Employees’ Union yesterday.

YEU President Steve Geick said he hopes both sides can come back to the bargaining table. “The workers’ pension request is non-monetary and should be an easy fix for the

now.�

Pleas for help to Kluane MLA Wade Istchenko and former Health Minister Doug Graham fell on deaf ears, they say.

The couple said they met with two lawyers last summer, and both of them agreed a permit should have been issued last year, Olivier said.

They met with department officials on April 1 but have made no headway, he added.

Closing for the entire 2014 season, which lasts from May to September, has taken a significant financial and emotional toll on the couple, they say.

NDP MLA Kate White said the biggest concern is the couple has never received a written guarantee it would obtain a permit upon installation of the filter. “The other challenge is that when a Yukon citizen is trying to navigate a process and they contact department officials, they expect to hear back,� she said. “Sometimes those hardworking people lose track of who they’re supposed to call back.

When that happens they don’t realize the toll on the person who is waiting. “We have people who all they want to do is work and they can’t.�

After sleeping in their van this week, the couple has since returned to Beaver Creek, unsure of how to proceed. “We just want to work, but they’re not letting us,� Mylene said.

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it by bit, Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski is doing more than anyone in recent memory to cripple the territory’s mining industry by provoking a series of lawsuits with aggrieved First Nations.

The latest looming court battle threatens to undermine public confidence in Yukon’s social and environmental assessment process for mining projects. It’s a big enough worry that the boss of the territory’s only operating hardrock mine warns it could spell “the end of mining in the Yukon.” Even if this is exaggeration, there’s little doubt that the controversy will do more serious damage to the territory’s reputation as a stable place to do business.

Pasloski’s response? Full steam ahead.

In broad strokes, it looks awfully like the Peel watershed mess all over again: the Yukon government waited until late in the game to push for controversial changes to resource regulations. This has left Yukon’s First Nations, who signed land claim agreements with the understanding they’d have a meaningful say in such things, understandably peeved.

Our premier is quick to note that the latest run-in is provoked by federal, rather than territorial, legislation. This glosses over the fact that half of the controversial changes were proposed by his government. And does anyone doubt that if Pasloski asked for these amendments to be pulled, they would be?

Instead, Pasloski stuck with his guns during a legislative committee hearing on the matter recently held in Whitehorse. That’s despite the fact that the hearing even heard from miners pleading for the amendments to be put aside, for fear they may jeopardize their projects. Talk about tone-deaf.

Mutual mistrust is at the heart of this dispute. The proposed changes in question would hand the Yukon government more powers over the territory’s assess-

ment board. Chiefs don’t trust the Yukon Party to exercise these powers wisely, and who can blame them, given the way the proposals were introduced? Not during the public five-year review of Yukon’s assessment laws, but instead late in the game, and for quite a while without the knowledge of First Nations.

Pasloski has urged chiefs to sit down with him to talk through their differences. But, as one chief has said, “it’s a little late for that.”

Indeed. If the premier considered chiefs to be genuine partners in governing the territory, he would have made such an overture before making his proposals to Ottawa, rather than at a time when the bill looks set to soon become law.

The premier is right about one thing: there’s enough blame to be spread around beyond him.

Yukon’s MP, Ryan Leef, and our senator, Dan Lang, deserve their fair share of scorn. In particular, it’s outrageous that these controversial changes were kept secret up until the moment the bill was tabled in the Senate. So much for either of our federal Conservative representatives keeping the public in the loop about the goings-on in Ottawa.

The contentious changes would, among other things, allow the federal minister or his territorial counterpart to set binding policy for environmental assessments, as well as decide when such assessments can be waived.

It’s not hard to understand why First Nations would view these changes with such suspicion, given the way they were introduced. Nor is it hard to see why people would question how the Yukon Party, with its unbridled enthusiasm for mining, would exercise these new powers.

Plans to enshrine in law the length of assessment deadlines, meanwhile, just seems odd. Some miners have moaned that the current assessment regime has seen growing wait times. But it’s far from clear that the proposed Publisher

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changes would fix this problem.

Indeed, as the chair of Yukon’s assessment board noted at the hearings, there are good reasons to worry the changes may actually lead to longer waits.

Currently, projects assessed at the designated office level typically see waits of two months.

Our legislators plan to set the deadline for such projects at nine months. This could create pressure on assessors to extend the deadlines for First Nations and the public to have their say, the chair has warned.

Assessments for bigger projects at the executive level, meanwhile, would be capped at 16 months.

However, assessors say if they suspect a review will take longer than that, they will have no choice but to shift more work to an earlier stage, before the assessment clock starts.

In short, there’s little to be gained and much to be lost for miners in our parliamentarians plowing ahead with the controversial changes. Yet, with our premier’s firm insistence, it shouldn’t be surprising if they go ahead and do so. With supporters like this, miners may wonder, who needs enemies?

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Thanks to the Sally Ann I am a Kluane First Nation citizen and mother of a teenage daughter. I grew up in Burwash Landing and attended school at Haines Junction and Whitehorse.

Like others I have addiction issues. I sought help and was accepted into a treatment program offered in B.C. The stumbling block came with covering transportation costs to the centre. My income is limited and as I am involved with the legal system, NonInsured Health Benefits would not pay.

I approached Kluane First Nation and was told it is not in their policies to pay for treatment travel, even though healing is very much part of its platform when chief and council seek re-election.

I am writing this letter to thank the Yukon Salvation Army’s Jeff Howard, Shannon Howard and Alvin Pederson for their support in buying my airline ticket so I can attend the treatment program. I left this week.

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Put on your Goretex, it’s about to rain money really understand what is going on, have a look at the cash flows. This is the “calculation of net financial assets”

by Keith in the Yukon budget. This shows that, Halliday despite an accrual surplus, cash goes down $58 million.

In the old days of cash budgets, the Yukon government would be reporting a deficit of $58 million.

This is a pre-election budget. The government is spending down our rainy day fund by $58 million to buy voters’ love. That works out to about t is a wonder of modern govern$6,000 for a family of four. And that’s ment accounting that the latest on top of the $140,000 they spend on Yukon budget can show both an that family of four before going into annual “surplus” of $23 million for (cash) deficit. the current fiscal year and at the same If a politician can’t win an election time show the government will spend with a billion in cash to spray over a $58 million more than it brings in. population of 35,000, they’re really I love accrual accounting as much better suited to the Senate. as the next person. In theory it is a far Some people are wondering if the superior way to show an organizaYukon Party will call a snap election in tion’s financial activities, since the cost June. I don’t think so. I think you can of long-term assets is spread out over predict the timing of the budget by their useful lives. But, as Jack Mintz re- taking the cash pile on April 1, which cently pointed out, the ease with which was $195 million, and dividing it by accrual accounting can be turned into the spending-spree burn rate. This misleading sound bites for voters is budget shows the government will worrying. still have $137 million in the rainy day When you read the Yukon budget fund as of April 1st, 2016. So expect an you should first look at the annual rev- election in late 2016 after they’ve had enue, expenses and surplus in accrual a chance to have a spring 2016 budget terms: $1.250 billion in revenue and and spend a whack of that cash. $1.227 billion in expenses. This is the Another fact that probably won’t $23 million annual surplus. make it into government talking points is that the Yukon’s tax base And then, just to make sure you

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appears to be shrinking, and therefore our dependence on Ottawa increasing.

In 2013-14, for example, Yukon tax and other “own revenues” were $180 million. The forecast for the fiscal year just ended last week is almost 10 per cent lower at $166 million.

So if you’ve got the impression that the Yukon private sector is smaller and making less money than a couple of years ago, you’re probably right.

It’s hard to fault the Yukon government for high spending. If the money plane from Ottawa keeps landing, what is there to do but get rid of the money before it builds up into an embarrassing pile?

It is important, however, how the government spends the money. I think a good chunk should be invested in long-term productive assets that reduce the cost of living and doing business here or significantly improve our productivity in some way. Things like electrical power generation and backup fibre-optic cables to Outside come to mind.

The huge transfers from Ottawa also give the Yukon government the chance to support the development of community organizations and First Nations governments. These provide important services to citizens, often very efficiently, and also help balance the ever-growing size of the Yukon government apparatus.

And I also think tax cuts make

sense. The Yukon’s income taxes are already a bit lower than many provinces, but not all. Lower tax rates help counteract the higher cost of living and doing business in the Yukon thanks to our distance, cold weather and lack of scale.

Taxes aren’t everything there is to know about economic development, but low and competitive taxes help. All you have to do is look at the ridiculous antics of various Nova Scotian governments, as they commission one study after another about economic development while discouraging economic activity with one of North America’s most onerous tax regimes.

So how does this budget stack up?

There is $5.5 million in broadbased personal tax cuts, which is good news.

Community organizations and First Nations will receive a variety of cash boosts from the budget, including money for a new community centre in Old Crow and a new learning centre in Carcross. It is hard to tell, however, how significant these are in aggregate or if total funding to non-government organizations is up, down or flat overall.

In terms of territory-building economic infrastructure, there is lots of talk about building new hydro generating capacity and connecting our electrical grid with Alaska’s and B.C.’s. But one would have hoped to

Stop the idiotic graffiti To the non-grammatical person or persons responsible for the abhorrent religious fragment sentences painted on private and public areas – STOP IT.

easy avenue for so many to engage in the two of the primary features that add vitality and strength to the human animal, namely breathing and walking.

Fiona Solon Bringing breathing and walking Whitehorse together with purpose, motivaDon’t let offroad vehicles tion and consistency in an “out of the box” environment can only on the Millennium Trail do good for each individual, but is also good for the world. We are Open letter to Whitehorse mayor all “in this together” and we are all and council: contributing to the way humanI attended Tuesday’s city council ity appears, behaves and impacts meeting prepared to speak of the world that we live in. Better to my objection to the possibility be in touch with and aware of the that motorized vehicles would nature of Nature than add impairbe allowed access to parts of the ments.

Millennium Trail, including, and Spiritual in the sense that the especially, the Rotary Centennial Millennium Trail offers a safe and Bridge. inviting way for people to come I was pleased and impressed by together outside of familiar and the intelligent and impassioned often habitual non-active ways of presentations offered by all but being. People generally think and one of the speakers, voicing their speak differently, relative to their discomfort with the possibility. I environment. Good words and give credit to the young man who good thoughts happen on that avsupported the allowance. It took enue of integration. People coming courage. With nearly 90 minutes of together as a family or as friends, offerings, I felt that my comments or as individuals on the trail, get a were not going to add much more stronger sense of community and weight. connection.

In spite of councillor Stockdale’s While I can appreciate that comment that the issue was a “no snowmobiles, ATVs and dirt bikes brainer,” leaving the impression have an appeal to many, their presthat he would not vote in favour ence on the trail with its relatively of the change, and that I find it uncluttered environment would incomprehensible that the motion only prove disruptive in a negacould get the nod, I feel obliged to tive sense. The noise and physical offer my comments. imposition could easily be termed The Millennium Trail is truly “the new tobacco” by those who one of the many physical and follow a sustainable and conscious spiritual pulses of our communpath, or at least those moving in ity. It is a heartbeat unto itself. that direction.

Physical in the sense that it is an The energy of the Millennium

see this kind of announcement in year one rather than year four of a government’s term. It will be years before these provide benefits, and that’s assuming they make the leap from budget speech to reality.

In terms of other infrastructure with economy-building potential, there is also some money to improve the airports at Dawson and at Watson Lake as well as nearly $1 million to continue studying the idea of a second fibre-optic link. The budget also includes more spending on tourism marketing.

There is also $5.5 million for rural land development, with the aim of making more land available to Yukoners. This is the kind of thing people hoped for when devolution happened, and if done right could lead to more economic activity across the territory.

Overall, it is not a budget that future Yukoners will look back on and use words like “vision” or “leadership.”

But as a humdrum budget that gets the money out the door and makes some modest investments in economic infrastructure and lower taxes, it gets a passing grade.

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

Poisoned Corgis were not nuisance dogs Trail is a gem that serves us well at many levels. Physically, mentally (as in it is an easy path for one to “take their thoughts for a walk”) and spiritually, because of it being such a conduit for intrapersonal engagement.

Humans are social, spiritual and kinetic animals. The Millennium Trail, as well as all the other citysupported recreational facilities, nourish all of those aspects.

If the bill in its current form passes, 17 government agencies would be able to share sensitive private information (yours and mine) amongst themselves and even with foreign governments.

This sensitive and private information includes not only our financial affairs, but also our medical history, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and political beliefs. This is not information I think we should Norman Holler allow government agencies to Whitehorse collect, store and share as they wish.

Stop Bill C-51 Government agencies will be able to spy on anyone in the I am concerned about the Harper database at any time and the government’s secret police bill government would have no and that our MP is blindly sup- obligation to tell us we are or porting this draconian measure. were being investigated. This is Bill C-51 is reckless, dangerous wrong and undemocratic. and ineffective.

I ask this question: Do we It is reckless because it turns really want the government the already under-scrutinized to create a shadowy and unCSIS into a secret police agency accountable secret police force without effective oversight or that will trample on innocent accountability. citizens’ freedoms?

The bill is dangerous because I say no. These new spying it creates an open door for aupowers are highly unpopular: thorities to violate our Charter 71 per cent of Canadians do of Rights including censorship not want to trade their privacy and free expression online. rights to give spy agencies more The bill is ineffective because power. Over 110,000 people it will lead to dragnet surveilhave already spoken out. The lance and information sharing government admits Bill C-51 on innocent Canadians that is fundamentally flawed. The even the PM himself admits is government should do the right ineffective. things and withdraw the legislaFully 50 per cent of Cantion and go back to the drawing adians oppose this bill. As more board.

Canadians learn about what is in this secret police bill, more David Hedmann Whitehorse Canadians are opposing it.

Our two Corgi dogs, Becky and Cooper, were poisoned on March 15. The toxicology report states strychnine was present in their systems.

It needs to be clear our dogs were poisoned while in our own back yard, which is fully enclosed by a five-foot fence and a locking gate – a space normally considered a safe place for both kids and pets to play on a daily basis.

It is hard to fathom what might have happened if a young child had mistakenly come into contact with this dangerous substance!

We would like to point out that Becky and Cooper were not nuisance dogs. We never received a complaint from neighbours or the city’s bylaw department.

Furthermore, our dogs were rarely off leash when we went out of our yard.

Becky and Cooper were not just dogs but members of our family. To lose them so tragically and horrifically has been devastating, and we cannot understand why someone would poison our dogs.

Neighbours, please be extra vigilant not only when walking your dogs but when allowing pets and children out to play!

Bylaw officers and the RCMP continue to investigate the situation and we hope those responsible are brought to justice.

If anyone has any information, we ask you to please come forward.

Wade and Christine Kopan Whitehorse

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NATIONAL ‘Not guilty, Your Honour,’ Mike Duffy says on Day 1 of Senate expenses trial ness, or else simply hiding his activities from Senate scrutiny.

Canadian Press “Apart from the policies, there is something more fundamental at play OTTAWA and I think it can be reduced to two propositions,” Holmes said. ttending a friend’s funeral. Taking “One, you can’t steal from your a shopping trip to buy a puppy. employer; and two, you can’t abuse Making sure he was on hand for the your position of authority to unjustly birth of his grandchild. enrich yourself.”

There was nothing wrong with The Crown intends to prove, HolMike Duffy doing any of those things mes said, that in a number of instances – except for one major problem, the where Duffy filed expenses on the crown argued Tuesday during the grounds he was conducting Senate opening act of the year’s most eagerly business, he was actually on a trip for awaited political legal drama. personal reasons.

“He bills it back to the Senate,” Those travel expenses were just one deputy Crown attorney Mark Holmes of four different chapters of charges said as he kicked off the case against laid out by the Crown.

Duffy, the television personalityHolmes also laid out the Crown’s turned-Conservative-senator whose case with regard to $82,000 worth of disputed expense claims have rocked living expenses Duffy filed for a secthe government. ondary residence in the national capiThe suspended senator, who faces tal region, the issue that first sparked 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and the Senate scandal back in late 2012. bribery, delivered his plea after the Duffy declared in Senate papercourt clerk read the charges into the work that his primary residence was record. in Prince Edward Island, the province “I am not guilty, Your Honour,” for which he was appointed to serve by Duffy, clad in a dark suit adorned with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. a white pocket square, told Ontario The problem with that, Holmes Justice Charles Vaillancourt in a clear, said, is that Duffy didn’t really live in steady voice.

P.E.I. – at least not by any “common Over the course of the next 40 sense” interpretation of what “primary minutes, Holmes laid out why the residence” means. Instead, Duffy prosecution believes Duffy is, in fact, continued to live in the same home in guilty of defrauding the public purse Kanata, Ont., outside Ottawa, that he by deliberately manipulating the and his wife had owned for five years financial policies of the Senate in order prior to his appointment.

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raised questions about the former broadcaster’s living and travel expense claims while he was a sitting senator, the credibility of the Conservative Party of Canada and some key players in the Prime Minister’s Office is also likely to be dragged into the spotlight.

At the centre of the bribery allegation is Nigel Wright, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff.

Wright resigned after a media report revealed he provided a $90,000 Justin Tang/CP cheque used to repay the living expenses that Duffy had claimed since Suspended senator Mike Duffy, left, is followed by his being appointed by Harper. lawyer Donald Bayne as he arrives at the courthouse The Mounties have said there for his first court appearance in Ottawa on Tuesday. was no evidence to support crimilawyer Donald Bayne did his best to Holmes said. nal charges against Wright, who has refute Holmes, saying any notion of “He was constitutionally eligible always maintained he was acting in “common sense” has no application had he been appointed from the prov- the public interest and that his only when it comes to interpreting the Sen- ince of Ontario, but that isn’t what goal was to “secure the repayment of ate’s rules and statutes – none of which happened.” taxpayer funds.” his client violated.

The prime minister has maintained Aside from bribery, Duffy faces one As regards travel, Duffy might have throughout the Duffy saga that the count each of fraud on the governvisited family from time to time, but senator was eligible to represent P.E.I. ment and breach of trust related to the he was always doing Senate business, Duffy arrived at the courthouse $90,000 payment.

Bayne said. shortly before 10 a.m., holding his The RCMP have also alleged in Duffy and Bayne have argued in tongue as he was surrounded by a court documents that Duffy paid a the past that there are no explicit rules throng of reporters and camera crews. friend $65,000 for “little or no apparthat say what constitutes a primary or He was joined in the courtroom by ent work.” secondary residence, nor are there any his wife Heather, who sat behind him.

Holmes alleged that Duffy set up a guidelines as to how many days one The trial, currently scheduled to master contract with Gerald Donohue has to spend in a primary home. last more than 40 days, will provide that was later used to disperse funds But there’s also a broader question, Duffy – who has protested his into other contractors or acquaintances albeit one not being addressed by the nocence ever since questions about his court, Holmes added. expense claims surfaced two years ago who did work for him, including a volunteer in his office and a personal “From our perspective, Sen. Duffy – a chance to clear his name. trainer. The Crown alleges that Duffy is probably ineligible to sit But there is more at stake than did so to escape the scrutiny of the in the Senate as a representative Duffy’s reputation.

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Harper government’s promise of balanced budget law panned by critics Lee, a business professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. “They have all kinds of ways of getting TORONTO around it.” abinet ministers would see Such legislation – already in their pay docked five per effect in many provinces and cent if the federal government American states – is popular fails to balance its books unamong conservatives trying to der proposed legislation critics show themselves to be sound fisdenounced as symbolic at best, cal managers. hypocrisy at worst.

Oliver, in fact, made sevIn a politely received pre-elec- eral references to the “reckless” tion speech, Finance Minister Joe spending in the 1970s under Oliver announced on Wednesday then-Liberal prime minister plans for a balanced-budget law Pierre Trudeau, and warned promised by the Conservatives in against a government under the 2013 throne speech. his son, Liberal Leader Justin “The only acceptable deficit Trudeau. would be one that responds to “Trudeau-era debt clung to a recession or to an ‘extraordiCanada like a bad flu,” Oliver nary’ circumstance – that is war said. “(And Justin Trudeau) or a natural disaster with a cost wants to spend money we do not exceeding $3 billion in one year,” have, increase taxes Canadians Oliver told the Economic Club. cannot afford, and repeal tax cuts “The proposed bill would families depend on.” acknowledge the potential need Both Opposition parties were for deficits to counter economic scornful of what they called a decline.” death-bed repentance from a In addition to the ministerial government that has racked up pay cut, a deficit would spark seven straight budget deficits an automatic operating freeze, since Prime Minister Stephen Oliver said.

Harper promised in 2008 he Observers, however, suggested would never run a shortfall. the Tories were looking to score The Liberal leader, who political points by appealing to refused to say whether his party their constituents. would oppose the legislation, “It’s largely symbolic,” said Ian called it “fairly ridiculous” the Colin Perkel Canadian Press

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Finance Minister Joe Oliver speaks during question period in the House of Commons on March 30.

government would now be talking about balanced budgets – five years after the recession and just before an election.

“It’s a great example of how this government simply cannot be taken seriously,” Trudeau said in Saguenay, Que. Liberal finance critic Scott Brison noted Harper came to office running a surplus but has added $150 billion to the

national debt and accused him of demonstrating “toxic levels of hypocrisy” by touting the proposed legislation.

The NDP’s Matthew Kellway called Oliver’s announcement “full of bitter ironies.”

Kevin Dancey, head of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, said fighting deficits requires discipline and tough choices.

“Balanced budget legislation can help instill a culture of fiscal prudence,” he said.

Wayne Simpson, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, said balanced-budget legislation in general has little impact.

Staying out of the red – particularly if the legislation demands balanced budgets every year as opposed to averaged over several years – means squirrelling away large sums of cash to weather bad times.

“It does indicate the kind of fiscal prudence that you might like to see in a government but it kind of puts them in a straitjacket,” Simpson said. “I don’t think it really means very much.”

Manitoba had pioneering legislation that docked ministerial pay by 20 per cent for running a shortfall, Simpson said. However, the legislature suspended the law in 2009 because of the recession, even though the province probably didn’t need to do so, he said.

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Harper rejects stimulus to help economy, stays the course for balanced budget This week, the government also found a way to pump cash into the federal bank account.

OTTAWA On Monday, Ottawa antephen Harper is making nounced it had sold all 73.4 it clear that pretty much million of its GM shares, the nothing will make him stray leftovers from the 2009 effort from his balanced-budget tar- to bail out the then-struggling get this fiscal year. automaker.

The prime minister The Finance Department slammed the door this week said Goldman, Sachs & Co. on the possibility the governacquired the stock in an unment would open the vault for registered block trade, but few a stimulus program to help details of the transaction have the economy, which has been been made public. hobbled by lower oil prices.

Taxpayers’ GM holdings Harper’s remarks came a were worth more than $3.3 day after the government unbillion Monday, based on a loaded its multibillion-dollar US$36.66 price at the close and stake in General Motors, a deal an exchange rate of $1.2473. expected to help the ConserBut it’s still unclear exactly vatives achieve their longhow much cash the sale will running pledge to balance generate for the federal govthe upcoming election-year ernment. budget.

Harper has repeatedly The government isn’t coninsisted the government will templating stimulus because erase the deficit despite the oil the weakened economy is still slump – a promise that could expected to grow, albeit at a be key to his chances in this slower rate than anticipated, year’s election, scheduled for Harper told a news conference October. in Vancouver on Tuesday.

The transaction came a few “Embarking on a major days into the 2015-16 fiscal stimulus program when the year, which means the proeconomy’s growing, and drivceeds will help pad the bottom ing us back into deficit, makes line in this year’s budget. The absolutely no long-term ecobudget will be delivered April nomic sense whatsoever,” he 21. said after announcing a change In November, the governto the student loan program. ment predicted a $1.6-billion Harper argued the govsurplus for 2015-16, but crude ernment will be injecting a prices tumbled even further in “fair bit of money into the the months that followed. The economy” this year – even with lower oil prices are expected a balanced budget – through to indirectly siphon billions of measures such as “very largedollars from federal revenues. scale tax cuts” for families The oil slump also forced and increased infrastructure Finance Minister Joe Oliver to take the rare step of postponspending.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an announcement during a school visit in North Vancouver, B.C. on Tuesday.

ing the release of the budget until April. The fiscal blueprint is usually presented in February.

Oliver said his department needed more time to get a handle on the market instability caused by the oil shock.

In hindsight, however, observers and political opponents wonder if postponing the budget until April was done – at least in part – to allow the government to put the proceeds from the stock sale on the books in the current fiscal year.

“The Conservatives would sell the gold out of their grandmothers’ teeth right now,” said Liberal finance critic Scott

Brison, who also thinks the Tories delayed the budget to draw attention away from the high-profile criminal trial for suspended senator Mike Duffy.

“They will do anything to create a surplus on the eve of an election.”

Brison said one-time asset sales only help create surplus in a single year.

NDP industry critic Peggy Nash said the timing of the GM sale seems suspect with the budget’s release only a couple of weeks away.

The Conservatives, she added, are searching for ways to balance the books after introducing big-ticket tax breaks aimed at families.

In a letter to his caucus colleagues Tuesday, Oliver also hinted the government could make good in the budget on its 2011 election-campaign promise to double the contribution limit on tax-free savings accounts in the budget.

“It seems as though the Conservatives have made a decision to sell the shares simply because it’s a politically convenient time,” Nash said Tuesday.

“Whether Canadians are getting the best deal for their investment remains to be seen.”

On Monday, Oliver said in a statement that the GM sale means taxpayers are no longer exposed to the market.

The government had long voiced its intention to sell the shares.

“We never believed the government should be a shareholder of a private sector company for an indefinite period of time,” Oliver said.

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ARLINGTON, VA. former CIA spy’s eyes widen when he hears that, in Canada, the political opposition doesn’t get to see or scrutinize national-security intelligence files. “You’re kidding me,� says John Kiriakou, who’s now under house arrest in Virginia after a two-year prison stay for revealing information about his former employer. “That’s shocking to me. It seems to block any chance of a national consensus on an issue that I think would be very serious. There has to be oversight.�

Kiriakou made the remarks during an interview in which he described an internal controversy within the CIA over the arrest and rendition of Canadian Maher Arar to be tortured in a Syrian prison.

Many colleagues protested, arguing that they were punishing an innocent man, he said. The CIA’s role in the 2002-03 affair has never been publicly scrutinized.

But the fallout in Canada did include a public inquiry and a $10-million government payout to Arar. A major recommendation from the inquiry was an overhaul of the model used to scrutinize intelligence work.

A decade later, that recommendation from the Arar inquiry has never been implemented – even as the Canadian government prepares to provide intelligence agencies with more power in its new anti-terror

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The inquiry recommended giving review bodies the power to scrutinize more than one agency at a time – so that they could see, for instance, how CSIS and the RCMP cooperate on cases. Also, four former prime ministers recently noted the failure of reforms that would have allowed politicians from different parties to access intelligence files.

The U.S. oversight system was introduced following 1970s scandals involving the CIA, with the creation of bipartisan committees. Canada’s system involves appointed bodies for different agencies, with distinguished Canadians selected by the

government.

Kiriakou likened the Canadian system to Ronald Reagan appointing his own investigators during the Iran-Contra affair: “Is that real oversight?â€? “I think people need to know what the government is doing in their name‌. It’s the only way you can keep people honest. When everything is in the shadows, people tend to push the envelope more than is appropriate.â€?

Some state secrets are necessary, he said – but they need to be shared with people who will keep the government accountable. “Here in the United States we

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have oversight – and even that’s not good enough. We haven’t had serious oversight, really, since the 1970s.�

It took years of negotiating, for instance, to get the Senate intelligence committee to release its torture report – and even then the different political parties continued arguing about the details after the report was released.

Kiriakou was in prison when that report came out late last year.

He said he’s the only person ever punished over the CIA’s post-9-11 use of torture – because he blew the whistle on it. He first mentioned it in a 2007 news interview. He was arrested several years later on different accusations: leaking details about former colleagues to the news media.

He was singled out for punishment, he insisted, in a U.S. capital where leaks are a daily occurrence.

In Ottawa, the Conservative government’s new bill would give Canada’s intelligence agents more power to thwart suspected terrorist plots, including within Canada. It would also apply to crimes against the country’s economic and financial interests.

The government has said repeatedly it doesn’t need to update Canada’s intelligence-oversight model, because it’s already the envy of the world.

The government-appointed panels that monitor different agencies file regular reports to Parliament, and members of all parties can scrutinize the edited results.

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Bring all branches of government under information law, watchdog urges Jim Bronskill Canadian Press

OTTAWA he Access to Information Act should be extended to all branches of government – including the offices that support Parliament and the courts – as part of sweeping changes, says a federal watchdog.

In a report on what she calls a “long overdue� modernization of the law, information commissioner Suzanne Legault proposes tighter timelines in the processing of access requests and changes to ensure exceptions in the act protect only what is strictly necessary.

The report also advocates giving the commissioner the power to order agencies to release records. Currently when a requester complains, the watchdog can only try to persuade departments to comply and, if that fails, head to court – which can be timeconsuming and costly. “The commissioner’s ability to issue binding orders would instill in the appeals process more discipline and more predictability,�

Legault said.

Another recommendation would require the government to ensure major decisions are documented. Legault said that doesn’t mean every phone call or email must be preserved, but important actions must have a record trail.

In all, she offered 85 recommendations for improvements. “Clearly, in my view, there is a need for change.�

Treasury Board President Tony Clement, minister responsible for the law, said during question period the government would examine the recommendations.

New Democrat MP Charlie Angus called the report “a damning indictment� of the Conservative government’s culture of secrecy.

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Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Association of Journalists and PEN Canada issued a joint statement urging the government to overhaul the access law, using Legault’s recommendations as a template. “Without an effective system to ensure adequate access to information and to guarantee government transparency, our democratic system is seriously undermined,� their letter said.

Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch, one of the signatories, said there has been enough study. “We’re really trying to put the pressure on for action right now.�

The access law, which took force on July 1, 1983, allows people who pay $5 to ask federal agencies for records ranging from audits and expense reports to internal emails and briefing notes.

Agencies must answer requests within 30 days or provide a good reason why an extension is necessary.

Many users of the law complain about lengthy delays in processing requests and blackedout passages in the records that are eventually released. In addition, dozens of agencies with federal ties fall outside the access act.

Legault said there has been a steady erosion of access rights in Canada over the last 30 years, turning the access law into a shield against transparency that encourages delay. “Having a modern access-toinformation law will facilitate the creation of a government culture that is open by default,� she said.

Legault recommended extending the law to all institutions that perform a public function or that are controlled or funded – in whole or in part – by the government.

The offices of federal ministers, including the prime minister, should be covered, along with institutions that support Parliament and the courts, she said.

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If seen as a sign of U.S. weakness, Iran nuclear deal could have regional impact Dan Perry Associated Press

CAIRO n a basic level, the framework deal between world powers and Tehran will be judged by whether it prevents an Iranian bomb, but that will take years to figure out.

A more immediate issue is the projection of Western power.

Supporters of the framework deal can argue that the U.S. and world powers extracted significant concessions from Iran, breaking a decade-long impasse and proving that diplomacy backed by tough sanctions can bring about positive change even in the Middle East.

But if, as critics contend, the agreement ends up projecting U.S. weakness instead, that could embolden rogue states and extremists alike, and make the region’s vast array of challenges – from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Syrian civil war to the fighting in Libya and Yemen – even more impervious to Western intervention.

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policies in Egypt and push Iraq’s leaders to govern more inclusively.

Despite years of setbacks, the U.S. would still like to see a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

But if leaders in those places read the fine print of the agreement the U.S. and other world powers hope to reach with Iran

by June 30 and conclude that they were duped or have flinched, these leaders will be less likely to give in to pressure in the future, rendering the Iran agreement a lonely foreign policy achievement clouded by the region’s chaos.

The implications may first be seen in Iran itself. If the agreement leads to acceptance of Iran’s theocracy, hard-liners could feel less pressure to curb their support of regional militant groups and crack down even harder on dissent at home. They would be flush with cash from the lifting of sanctions and emboldened in their confidence that the West will turn a blind eye.

Alternatively, the deal could mark a major victory for President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, and a broader rapprochement could bring about a Persian glasnost of sorts that leads to democratic reform.

Whichever direction Iran goes will have wide-ranging implications for the rest of the region.

Iran backs powerful Shiite proxies in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. It also has supported the Palestinian Hamas, the Sunni Islamists who rule Gaza. Sunni powers like Egypt and Saudi Arabia fear and distrust Iran and have warned of a regional arms race if it becomes a threshold nuclear weapons state. Saudi-led warplanes are bombing the Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are supported by Iran, though both Tehran and the rebels deny it arms them.

The implications of a weak United States, meanwhile, are not just regional but global, affecting events from Russia to China and North Korea – as well as the prospects for global accords on

climate change or even significant trade deals.

Many of these questions will only be answered by the final agreement, assuming there is one.

For now, both sides are presenting the framework accord as a major accomplishment.

On one hand, Iran accepted limits on its enrichment levels and centrifuge numbers to prevent the accumulation of weapons-grade material for a decade or more.

“Breakout time” to a bomb would be extended from mere months to a year or more.

But on the other, its right to enrich uranium would be enshrined, its facilities would remain in place, the sanctions would be lifted and a sort of legitimacy bestowed.

Critics in Israel and elsewhere cannot understand why world powers, who could afford to play for time, did not squeeze Iran by presenting it with a mind-clearing choice between having a nuclear program and having an economy.

They never believed Iran’s claims that – with oil in generous supply – it was investing such effort for nuclear energy and research. They expect Iran’s energies to now focus on fooling the inspectors and developing a bomb.

That won’t be easy. Under the framework deal the U.N. nuclear agency would have substantially more authority than it has had in

the past. The fact sheet issued by the U.S. says Iran has agreed to grant inspectors more intrusive access to both declared and undeclared facilities – access that may not be “anytime, anywhere,” but goes far beyond anything that was in place when weapons were developed by India, Pakistan, North Korea – and Israel.

Supporters of the deal argue that any risks that may remain are preferable to war. Implied is the admission that a global consensus on tougher sanctions to force Iran to its knees was unattainable – Russia, China and even India could not necessarily be corralled.

That would leave armed force, never taken off the table, as the only remaining option.

Some also note that viewing Iran as an implacable regional menace is simplistic. Iran backs groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, which the West views as terrorist organizations, but it is also training and supporting Shiite militias battling the Islamic State group in Iraq, where Washington and Tehran have found themselves on the same side of the conflict.

Washington’s bridled ambitions are understandable given its recent failures in the region. Both Afghanistan and Iraq are still at war more than a decade after the U.S.-led invasions. The Islamic State group, an al-Qaida break-

away, controls a third of both Syria and Iraq. A NATO intervention helped topple dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but Libya today is a failed state in the grip of rival militias and jihadi groups. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is in shambles.

One senses, beyond the specifics of the Iran deal, an implied admission by the global powers: there is a limit to countries’ ability to interfere with one another, however interdependent the world may be.

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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA group of researchers say polar bears forced off melting sea ice will not find enough food to replace their current diet of fat-laden marine mammals such as seals, a conclusion that contradicts studies indicating that bears may be benefiting from bird eggs, berries and other land food sources.

Few bears are using land food and what they find can’t replace lipid-rich ringed or bearded seals, said Karyn Rode, a U.S. Geological Survey research wildlife biologist and lead author of the review paper published in the journal, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

The paper by federal and academic researchers reviews current polar bear research. It’s aimed at recent research documenting bears feeding on land and suggestions that those foods are becoming more important for them, which could increase their chance for survival as summer sea ice recedes, preventing seal hunting.

But not everyone agrees with the conclusions reached by Rode and the other authors at Washington State University and Polar Bear International.

Robert Rockwell, a population biologist and ecologist at City College of New York, who is also affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History, has conducted research at western Hudson Bay for 47 years. He has watched polar bears change their behaviour to eat goose eggs and caribou calves, he said Tuesday.

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A polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska on June 2014.

going to get nothing out of it,” he said.

Polar bears are marine mammals that spend most of their lives on sea ice. They use the frozen ocean to hunt, often catching ringed seals.

The world’s 19 polar bear populations are divided into four regions. In three, entire populations historically remained on sea ice year-round. The fourth has seasonal sea ice and includes Hudson Bay, where polar bears have always spent time on land.

The Bush administration in 2008 listed polar bears as threatened because of an alarming loss of summer sea ice and climate models indicating major declines in polar bear distribution and abundance.

Land food such as berries can be abundant for polar bears but low quality, Rode said. Eggs from ground nests are higher quality but limited. Polar bears feeding on berries lose significant weight, Rode said.

“There is evidence that some bears are using terrestrial sources in a place such as Hudson Bay, but there’s been no evidence that it’s contributing a significant amount to their energy requirements,” Rode said.

Land food may benefit individuals, but the overall contribution to polar bear diets probably will be negligible, the authors said.

“This paper establishes in no uncertain terms that polar bears are very unlikely to be able to make a living on land, and that if we don’t save the sea ice, polar bears will indeed be gone,” said another author, Steven Amstrup, chief scientist at Polar Bear International and a retired USGS polar bear researcher, in an email statement.

Polar bears on land face com-

petition for food from Arctic foxes, birds and grizzly bears. Rode said. Arctic grizzlies are among the smallest of their species.

“Food limitations would be particularly problematic for the much larger polar bears, which often have a body mass double that of Arctic brown bears,” the authors said.

Studies suggesting polar bears have benefited from food on land have not assessed the food’s energetic contribution, Rode said. The ultimate indicator of any food benefit would be their health, she said.

“In western Hudson Bay, where more high-quality terrestrial food (birds, bird eggs, and caribou) may be more readily available than in most other Arctic landscapes, survival rates and population size have declined with increasing time spent on land despite terrestrial foraging,” the authors said.

Rockwell said the paper may be using outdated information. The paper cites western Hudson Bay polar bear research from more than a decade ago, before bears started coming ashore early to feed on snow geese and caribou calves, he said.

Rode and her colleagues have underestimated the number of bears eating food on land and discount that they can learn new behaviour, he said. One bear he documented raided 250 eider nests in 96 hours and filled 20 per cent of its annual caloric intake.

“My 47 years of experience tells me these bears are changing their behaviour,” he said. “How much is that going to benefit them? I don’t know. It’s got to benefit them some. If you eat the eggs from 40 nests, then you just consumed the same number of calories as if you ate a seal.”

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Skiing, salmon spawning may be casualties of glacial melt: report Tamsyn Burgmann Canadian Press

VANCOUVER lue bird days on the ski slopes and expeditions to rivers frothing with spawning salmon could be among the quintessential British Columbia pastimes that vanish in the next century if the province’s glaciers maintain their melt.

Results of a 3D computer simulation, published in a newly released study, reveal in more detail than ever before the magnitude of glacial thawing due to climate change. The study was published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.

It confirms and goes one step further than previous projections on glacial melt, holding up a magnifying glass to specific geography in Western Canada and spurring scientific theorizing about potential localized impacts.

Researchers anticipate that by 2100, disappearing glaciers may alter how much water is delivered to salmon-spawning beds in the B.C. Interior, and similarly dry up corporate visions of future ski resorts, said study co-author Garry Clarke.

A near total loss of glacial ice is expected to be concentrated in the Rocky Mountains, said Clarke, professor emeritus with the University of British Columbia.

“People driving into Banff or Jasper parks will be hard pressed to see glaciers in the landscape by the time this is played out,” he said.

Similar disappearance rates are expected in B.C.’s southeastern Columbia Mountains. But the southern coast mountains may

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fare better than previously expected, mostly sparing the visually stunning Mount Garibaldi, north of Squamish, B.C. Ice caps in B.C.’s northwest, close to the Alaska and Yukon borders, should also survive.

Researchers spent nearly a decade coding and embedding influential factors into the simulation, amounting to high-resolution representations of the glacial degradation in B.C. and Alberta over the years, said Clarke.

While the entire region currently sustains 3,000 cubic kilometres of ice, that’s projected to degrade between 60 to 80 per cent using the simulation, which charts four possible courses based on standard future climate change scenarios.

The study projects the maximum rate of ice volume retreat to occur between 2020 and 2040.

Earlier forecasts using less sophisticated calculus predicted the glacial mass loss would be lower.

“This is not a trivial amount,” Clarke said. “This is in the worldleague in terms of how many glaciers we have in our mountains and what the losses will be.”

He said the big unknown is human behaviour – how rapidly the glaciers flow eternally into the ocean depends on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas additions to

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the atmosphere.

It’s a “one-way trip” if melt rates worsen or even continue along the current trajectory, he said.

But the simulator also showed unexpectedly positive outcomes where some glaciers could outlast the prediction if climate change stabilizes, he added.

“I thought that we might not even have a possibility of a good result, even if we behaved really nicely,” he said. “But this suggests there is a reward for good behaviour.”

Digital pictures of the models at increments from 2010 to 2100 look exactly as if photographed from satellites, but are truer to life because they simulate the physics of ice flow, said Clarke.

The novel simulator is more sophisticated than other calculators, using technological prowess similar to flight simulation or car racing programs, he said.

“You’ve got the physics that describes what’s going on. You try to put as much as you can in there.

And if you’ve done a good job, it resembles the system you’re trying to emulate,” Clarke said.

The team included factors such as the strength of the Earth’s gravity field, the melting temperature of ice, and accounted for precipitation falling as snow or rain

depending on elevation.

But Clarke noted that in some ways, the melt isn’t as dire in Canada because the glacial water doesn’t sustain huge populations.

He’s hoping the simulator will be adopted by glacier experts in Asia and South America, where people’s livelihoods depend on access to water.

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Exxon CEO talks about need to drill in the Arctic, the risks, and what was learned from Valdez Jonathan Fahey

AP: Why now?

Tillerson: There are two important elements for people to WASHINGTON understand. One is the timelines he Arctic is the next great that are required. Anytime you frontier for oil and gas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and are dealing in these frontier areas one of the most environmentally where you are really driven by fragile places on earth. technology, these are very long An Energy Department time frames, multi-decade time advisory council study adopted frames. last week said the U.S. should The second element is just the start exploring for oil and gas enormity of the energy demand in the Arctic soon in order to in the world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s between 85 and feed future demand, and that the 90 million barrels of oil per day industry is ready to safely exploit today. That takes huge resources the Arcticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge reserves, despite to supply that in a reliable way. recent mishaps.

We are in the depletion busiIn an exclusive interview with ness. There will come a time the Associated Press, ExxonMobil when all the resources that are CEO Rex Tillerson, who led the supplying the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economies committee that produced the re- today are going to go in decline. port, talked about why he thinks This will be whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed next.

Arctic exploration is worth If we start today itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take 20, 30, the risk. Exxon has decades of 40 years for those to come on. experience working in that part AP: Why the Arctic? of the world, including successTillerson: The size of the ful projects in Russia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but also resource prize has to be large to a catastrophic oil spill in Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support the risked capital that Prince William Sound when has to be put in place. The Arctic the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran is one of the few places left where aground in 1989. we believe those opportunities Below are excerpts of the exist. interview, edited for length and AP: Environmentalists would clarity. also say that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the last Associated Press

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few places left that are unspoiled.

Why not leave it alone?

Tillerson: Because eventually we are going to need it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back to that insatiable appetite that the world has for energy. Oil demand is going to continue to grow as population grows. If you look out 25 years from now we are going to have another couple of billion people on the planet, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be at 9 billion people. Something like 3 billion people are going to move from poverty into middle class status.

When they do that, the energy

demand goes up enormously.

As we move out into the middle of this century our outlook shows you are going to need those resources even with a lot of other alternative forms of energy continuing at a fairly aggressive growth rate.

AP: Why put your companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation at risk, especially after Valdez?

Tillerson: Valdez was a devastating experience for our corporation. What emerged from that was a commitment to develop a systematic approach to managing

risk in advance.

Since Valdez we have gone into some very challenging environments and we have been very successful in developing those using this approach, which identifies the risk, takes steps to mitigate that risk but then recognizes importantly that you cannot eliminate that risk.

None of us live in a zero risk world. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appropriate nor do we think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what our shareholders want for us to walk away from something because we had a bad experience.

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AP: Shell thought it understood the risk of drilling offshore in the Arctic, but then almost immediately had problems when it began work in 2012. How can we be sure the industry is really ready?

Tillerson: We can develop all of the best technologies and we can prove their efficacy, but at the end of it, it always comes down to execution.

Almost always â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and you can look at all of the catastrophes that the industry has experienced â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was never a failure of the technology, it was a failure of people to execute.

We are always dealing with the human element. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the most challenging element for us. But I would also say it is not unique to the oil and gas industry. Airlines have human competency problems. Railroads have human competency problems. Everyone has human competency problems.

AP: Given these inescapable human factors, is the Arctic too

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Tillerson: Well you could say that about, pick another environment thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to people, the Gulf Coast estuary environment. We have that challenge anywhere and everywhere. But pick another activity and I could ask the same question. Do you get on an airplane? You are subjecting yourself to human error.

Why do you get in your automobile every day?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been Arctic development since the 1920s. Imperial Oil, our affiliate in Canada, was the first, in Norman Wells.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot that we have already done and demonstrated we can do.

AP: You can look for oil almost anywhere in the world.

How does the U.S. Arctic compare to other opportunities you have?

Tillerson: The U.S. is important to us but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the ones deciding how to go about that.

The leasing plan dictates that, the regulatory framework dictates it, and today we find it very difficult

to work in the U.S. arctic because of those two factors. Other countries are taking a different view and they are moving ahead.

AP: Can you give an example of why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so tricky to drill in the Arctic?

Tillerson: It may take you several years to have a good understanding of (the) ocean conditions both at the surface and at the subsurface.

(For example,) the pipelines that run from those (Arctic) facilities to the shore have to be buried at a sufficient depth below the seabed so ice gouging doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t damage them. If you have an iceberg coming along itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digging into the floor. And we collect enormous amounts of data so we know we are well below the gouging depth.

It takes a lot of people out there gathering data in some pretty crummy conditions. I have some wonderful pictures of some of our early research people offshore Sakhalin Island (in the Russian Arctic) climbing around on this ice that is moving and they are taking measurements

because they are trying to figure out how deep the gouging is. You have to get the data.

AP: How can you try to convince people that this is the right thing to do?

Tillerson: First we try to work at a very broad context so the American people understand this is important to them.

Obviously weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a huge economy here that has to be fed.

If we stopped today, everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

lights would be going off before not too long, because there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be anything to fuel that.

When weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to influence policy and regulation, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really around how do we get the right regulatory and fiscal regime in place that allows us to continually do what we need to do, which is replace all of this, and sustain it, and grow it for the future economic growth and demand that we know is coming.

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Forget federal leadership, blue chip panel urges provinces to price carbon now Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press

OTTAWA he least costly, most efficient and effective way to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions is by putting a price on carbon – and the provinces are best situated to make the move, says a blue-chip panel of Canadian economists.

In fact, provincial leadership is “the way forward,” according to the inaugural report of the same name from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, an independent, privately funded, non-partisan think-tank.

Perhaps most surprisingly, the study’s economic modelling determined that federal co-ordination, including a common carbon price across the country, is actually the least important piece of the policy puzzle and can be negotiated down the road.

“Provinces don’t have to wait for anybody, and they’re not,” Chris Ragan, a McGill University economist and the commission’s chairman, said in an interview prior to Tuesday’s release of the 53-page report.

“There is momentum. Let’s build on that momentum.”

It’s a sunny, yet hard-headed, antidote to the current climate policy gridlock in Ottawa, where the federal Conservatives continue to rail against “job-killing carbon taxes” – despite all evidence to the contrary – while refusing to regulate the oil and gas sector.

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Preston Manning, a member of a blue-chip panel of Canadian economists aiming to curb carbon emissions, speaks during a news conference in January 2014 in Ottawa.

The policy prescription comes from a commission, funded by five family foundations and two corporate sponsors, comprising 10 nationally recognized economists and backed by a cross-partisan advisory board that includes the likes of Reform party founder Preston Manning, former Alberta finance minister Jim Dinning, tax specialist Jack Mintz and Suncor CEO Steve Williams.

The commission’s first report lays out in cogent detail the costs of climate inaction,

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the market efficiencies of carbon taxes or a cap and trade system (it declines to pick a favourite) and the benefits of “recycling” the resulting revenues in the economy.

It looks at existing carbon pricing policies in Alberta, B.C. and Quebec and assesses provincial differences in economic activity, emissions profiles and energy mixes.

“To us, the big, big argument is that provincial action is in our view the practical way to do it,” said Ragan, who has served as an adviser to the governor of the Bank of Canada and at Finance Canada.

“To us it’s not a political argument, it’s an economic practicality argument to say: if you want to design systems that work, how would you do

it best?”

Any federal government of any political stripe that hoped to impose a national carbon pricing policy “would actually confront very serious challenges,” that have nothing to do with partisan rhetoric, he said.

That’s in part because carbon pricing generates government revenues, which in a centralized, top-down system would presumably flow to federal coffers for redistribution – conjuring memories of the hated national energy program from the 1980s.

Any national program also must confront the regional economic complexity of the country.

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Under the models used in the commission report, provinces could meet their current 2020 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions more efficiently by pricing carbon than through any other regulatory means.

The report supposes that all revenues generated would go to income tax reductions, although in reality provinces could use those revenues as they saw fit.

The analysis found that by pricing carbon, recycling the revenues into tax cuts, and harmonizing the carbon price across provinces and territories, the country could meet its current 2020 emissions targets while collectively enjoying a 3.7 per cent bump in GDP compared to taking a regulatory approach. Individual provinces would see higher or lower GDP gains, with the biggest relative gains going to oil-and-gas-producing jurisdictions.

Some economists have suggested a quilt of separate provincial carbon pricing systems would be an “inefficient hodgepodge,” said Ragan.

What surprised the commission authors was that pricing carbon, plus recycling the revenues, accounted for most of the relative GDP gains – 3.3 per cent. Just 0.4 per cent would come from establishing a single, pan-Canadian carbon price, making it the least important element of realizing efficiency gains from carbon pricing.

“The kinds of arguments we are making need to be made by economists,” said Ragan.

“The mindset out there is that you can’t have a better environment without paying the economic price. I think that’s wrong – if you do it right.”

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An ode to nature’s prankster

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Artist Heidi Hehn is being showcased at the Yukon Artists at Work gallery with her series Raven Rules. The exhibit runs until April 26.

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stream in Haines, Alaska, while playing with a log.

But Hehn felt like the scene hen Heidi Hehn was was too empty and lonely, so doing her graduate she added a raven and a piece studies in behavof salmon. ioural science, little did she “They’ll get close to bears know she would one day paint and even tug at their tails an entire series about one of sometimes,” she said. nature’s most peculiar animals, “Most animals don’t harm the raven. ravens. In this case the raven It took Hehn seven months has gotten close to the bear to create the 17 paintings and and if he teases him long two sculptures in Raven Rules, enough, he might get a piece a show that’s on display until of the salmon.”

April 26 at the Yukon Artists The raven’s intelligence is at Work gallery. But ravens also on display in a painting have long been one of Hehn’s where it is riding a moose, favourite muses, she says.

Hehn’s version of a “northern “They fascinate me, and taxi.” remind me of human beings,” She’s seen ravens ride she said. muskox before, knowing the “They pick up a lot of our larger ungulates can’t turn habits. For example they’ll go around and shuffle them off. after cigarettes because they “I think sometimes they see them in our mouths, and might be smarter than us,” she they figure it’s either a form of said. pleasure or food.”

“When you look at the As a result, one painting raven in history, and the myth shows a raven picking up a of it being a prankster, that’s cigarette butt. because it’s a great little psyAnother one, called “Out to chologist. It’s watching you, lunch,” was the impetus for the testing you to see how you’ll series. react.

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you into doing what it wants you to do. It’s a very cool character.”

Hehn paints out of her home studio in Pine Ridge, where she has a great view of the Yukon River and the abundance of wildlife that visits on a regular basis.

One time, a moose even pressed its nose against her

bedroom window.

People think her studio must be spotless because her paintings are so detailed, she said.

“But it looks like a bomb blew up in there. If you cleaned it up I wouldn’t find anything.”

Ultimately she paints because of her passion for

colours, something she calls “colour lust.”

She uses three types of acrylic paint to achieve her vivid colours: fluid (creamy), impasto (pasty) and high flow (inky).

Apricot orange, lime green and violet blue are her favourites. She rarely uses brown or black.

“Colour affects you, and affects me a lot,” she said.

“I actually have a visceral reaction when I see colour. With ravens, I use multi-colours because of their personalities.”

She describes her clay sculptures as “quite odd.” One is of a raven on top of a big tequila bottle, holding a worm in its mouth and dropping it to a raven below.

The other shows a tequila bottle with raven feathers on it, and a raven head as a cork.

And while you might think they were inspired by wild trips to Mexico, that’s not the case.

“It’s the only thing I can drink because I have a lot of allergies.”

Contact Myles Dolphin at myles@yukon-news.com

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New sculptor will fix New York town’s ‘scary’ Lucille Ball statue Chris Carola

“Scary Lucy,” according to the mayor of the western New York village where the 1950s sitcom ALBANY, N.Y. actress and comedian grew up much-maligned statue of and her life-size bronze has beloved comedian Lucille stood since 2009.

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A bronze sculpture of Lucille Ball is displayed in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the village of Celoron, N.Y., in her hometown in 2012.

quoted previously by the original sculptor, Dave Poulin.

“We’d like to have better representation of Lucille Ball in her hometown,” Schrecengost told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Celoron, south of Buffalo, New York.

The mayor’s comments came only hours after Poulin told the AP he was willing to create a new statue for free. But after Schrecengost said he doesn’t want Poulin to redo the work, even for free. Poulin said he was “fine” with that decision.

Celoron, a village of about 1,300 in the southwestern end of New York state, found itself drawing international attention when a 2012 statue replacement campaign launched on Facebook with the name “We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue” garnered renewed interest. Critics of the 400-pound (180-kilogram) statue dubbed it “Scary Lucy,” saying its face bears little resemblance to the I Love Lucy star.

Poulin even used the same term in a letter he released Monday evening apologizing for the statue, calling it “by far my most unsettling sculpture.”

Poulin said he was on a family vacation with his wife and son last week when the controversy erupted. By the time he returned last weekend to his home in the area, his work was being vilified online as a “nightmare” resembling a drunken zombie.

Schrecengost said there was displeasure with Poulin’s Lucy statue, which was created a decade ago, from the moment a local couple donated it to the village and it was unveiled in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in August 2009.

There had been earlier attempts to convince Poulin to redo the statue, but the village didn’t have the funds for his fee, Schrecengost said.

The plans are to raise enough money online to rework the statue’s head, neck and shoulders. If the village can raise up to $20,000, the whole statue may be replaced, he said.

Even with its frightening visage, Scary Lucy has always drawn people who pose next to the statue for photos. Now, there’s a steady stream of visitors making their way to the lakeside park.

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New albums pay homage to jazz legend Billie Holiday on centennial of her birth Casey of Caveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alt-rock band The Bad Seeds.

Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sultry, smoky vocals are enhanced by the often haunting, ever-changing electro-acoustic sonic backdrops on such tunes as a slowed-down, minor key â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of Me,â&#x20AC;? the sensual â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Way You Look Tonightâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;You Go to My Headâ&#x20AC;? with a sweeping Philly Soul string arrangement.

Wilson brings â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange Fruitâ&#x20AC;? to a rousing climax full of screaming guitars. Her original â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Song (for Lester),â&#x20AC;? imagining what a heartbroken Holiday might have sung had she been allowed to perform at Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral, matches her tender vocals with Robby Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mellow tenor sax.

Jose James describes Holiday as his â&#x20AC;&#x153;musical mother.â&#x20AC;? On recent albums, James offered an eclectic mix of R&B, hip-hop, neo-soul, indie rock and jazz.

But on Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, the baritone shows he can be a convincing jazz balladeer, sounding almost like an heir to the laid-

back Johnny Hartman.

James is supported by a topflight rhythm section â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with pianist Jason Moran, bassist John Pattitucci and drummer Eric Harland â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who respect the tradition while adding modern touches, playing mostly acoustic arrangements that highlight but never overwhelm the vocals.

James performs a male-appropriate selection of nine tunes from the Holiday songbook. He smoothly croons his way through hushed versions of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Morning Heartacheâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tenderly,â&#x20AC;? gets into slow blues grooves on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fine and Mellowâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;God Bless the Child,â&#x20AC;? and trades briskly paced solos with Moran on the only up-tempo track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a Little Moonlight Can Do.â&#x20AC;?

James closes the album with his own dirgelike solo version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange Fruit,â&#x20AC;? punctuated only by occasional hand claps and his own looped and layered voice adding a droning chant, an emotional reminder of the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relevance today.

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tunes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a Little Moonlight Can Do.â&#x20AC;? Her mood turned darker after tours of the Jim Crow he odds were stacked against South in the late 1930s, leading Eleanora Fagan, who was to the searing anti-lynching song born to unwed teenage parents in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange Fruit.â&#x20AC;?

Philadelphia on April 7, 1915. But The collection concludes with she would become perhaps the more melancholic recordings most influential jazz singer ever, from the early 1940s reflecting Billie Holiday, whose centena greater sense of pain and loss, nial is being celebrated with new including the self-penned â&#x20AC;&#x153;God albums honouring her legacy.

Unlike Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday Bless the Child,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gloomy Sundayâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fine and Mellow.â&#x20AC;? lacked the vocal technique that Cassandra Wilson acknowlwould have gotten her past the edged Holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence by early rounds of â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idol.â&#x20AC;?

But nobody did it better when it opening her Grammy-winning came to interpreting and plumb- 1996 album, New Moon Daughter, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange Fruit.â&#x20AC;? A masing the emotional depths of a terful interpreter of songs, Wilson song.

Billie Holiday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Centennial Collection offers an excellent introduction to 20 of Holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest recordings from 1935-44.

Holiday likened her voice to a horn, and her inventive phrasing and sense of swing enabled her to seamlessly mesh her vocals with the instrumentals. These recordings pair Holiday with top Swing Era horn players, both white and black, including Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck Clayton, Ben Webster and notably her musical soulmate, tenor saxophonist 1 column x 3 inches ....................Wed - $ s &RI $35.10 Lester Young.

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has released a musical homage, Coming Forth by Day, offering a fresh, bold 21st-century take on 11 songs from Holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repertoire.

Wilson once again blends jazz with folk, blues, country, R&B and rock influences. Her genrebending approach is reinforced by involving non-jazz artists â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rock and pop producer Nick Launay, best known for his work with Nick Cave; the iconoclastic Van Dyke Parks, who did the lush string arrangements; producer extraordinaire T Bone Burnett, who plays the guitar on several tracks; and drummer Thomas Wydler and bassist Martyn P.

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ture. She sat down with The Associated Press to discuss the new books; the interview has been NEW YORK edited for length and clarity. any people remember â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mariel Hemingway best AP: You write at length about from her portrayal of the sweet alcoholism, drug addiction, teenager Tracy in Woody Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental illness and suicide in Manhattan, where she delivered your family. Do you feel all these the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uplifting closing line, a things are connected? reminder that â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to have Hemingway: Yes, especially in a little faith in people.â&#x20AC;? my family. Look at my grandBut Hemingway herself, then father, this extraordinary man, only 16, was living a life with Ernest Hemingway, the greatest much darkness in it; her family writer of the 20th century. But was plagued by alcoholism, drug he was also self-medicating pain addiction and mental illness. with a lot of drinking. Then I And suicide: seven of her famlook at my oldest sister (Muffet), ily members have taken their who is still alive, who is wonderown lives, including her famous ful, but â&#x20AC;Ś I think her schizograndfather, Ernest Hemingway, phrenia and mental health issues in 1961, and sister Margaux, the were triggered by drug addicformer supermodel, in 1996. tion. My other sister as well, she Hemingway, now 53, has was a major alcoholic. And you written two new memoirs, Out know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chemical. It changes Came the Sun and a young-adult your brain. In my family, it was version, Invisible Girl, in which never one glass of wine. It was a she frankly recounts her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottle. And it changes people. struggles. The books, she says, AP: You write about how are an effort to shine a light on youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had seven people in your family commit suicide. And subjects still taboo in our culAssociated Press

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AP: In the 2013 documentary Running From Crazy and now in your book, you mention some disturbing suspicions you had about your father and your two older sisters â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the possibility that he was sexual with them.

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drank he changed. And I watched it with both my parents.

I watched it with my sisters. By the fourth glass of wine they were not the same people, their eyes had dropped and there was a darkness that had sort of overcome them.

AP: Why did you write the young adult book?

Hemingway: Because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (the age) when I was the most scared. Also when I was the most confused. A lot of kids donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somebody out there that gets it. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not normal. I thought that when parents fought and there was broken glass and blood on the wall, that you cleaned it up because this was your job.

AP: Your family name has quite a legacy attached to it. Are you hoping to influence it?

Hemingway: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hate to be so egotistical to think I was adding to the legacy of my family. But the same time I do feel a responsibility to honour it. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of misinterpretations. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think my grandfather was a great writer because he drank too much and lived a hard life, I think he was a great writer because he worked really hard to be a great writer.

And if he were to do it all over again, he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it drinking. And the irony is, he never wrote drunk. That was a rule of his. So obviously at some level he understood that, and I just want people to appreciate the greatness of my family and also appreciate how we are just like everyone else at the same time, in some way.

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Grace Community Church 8th & Wheeler Street Pastor Dave & Jane Sager 689-4598 10:30 AM FAMILY WORSHIP WEEKLY CARE GROUP STUDIES Because He Cares, We Care.

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149 Wilson Drive 668-5727 Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon

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Sage .......................................................................

Stevia . .....................................................................

Tarragon French......................................................

Thyme English..........................................................

Lemon.............................................................

Oregano...........................................................

Herbs 6 pks - $3.89/6 pk

Dill Dukat..................................................................

Cilantro Sunmaster..................................................

Summer Savory.......................................................

Winter Savory.........................................................

Large 6 pks - $14.99/6 pk

Basil variety pack......................................................

Mixed Herbs variety pack.........................................

Parsley curled, Italian, or half & half.........................

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Greenhouse Vegetables 4" pot $3.99 ea

(unless otherwise noted) Corn Extra Early Super Sweet . ..................................

Cucumber Sweet Slice..............................................

Mercury...........................................................

Regal (pickling)...............................................

Lemon.............................................................

Long English....................................................

Eggplant Black King.................................................

Melon – cantaloupe Halona...................................

Galia Dipomat......................................................

Pepper – Sweet Better Belle...................................

Pepperoncini (heirloom)................................

Baron...............................................................

Pepper – Hot Ancho Chili.........................................

Jalapeno..........................................................

Red Thick Cayenne...........................................

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Hungarian Hot Wax..........................................

Thai Dragon.....................................................

Pumpkin Neon.........................................................

Squash – Summer Sunburst (patty pan).......................................

Small wonder (spaghetti)................................

Squash – Winter Table King (acorn)............................................

Early Butternut ...............................................

Tomatillo Toma Verde...............................................

Tomato – Bush, (Derminate) Siletz...............................................................

Sub-Arctic Plenty.............................................

Tiny Tim (cherry).............................................. 24" Ball’s Beefsteak................................................

Patio................................................................ 24" Roma...............................................................

Duchess ..........................................................

Gold Nugget....................................................

Lunchbox......................................................... 24" Tomato – Vine (Indeterminate)

Brandywine ....................................................

Brandywine Yellow..........................................

Juliet (grape)...................................................

Ildi (yellow cherry)..........................................

Lemon Boy . ....................................................

Stupice (heirloom).........................................

Sweet Million (cherry).....................................

Long Keeper....................................................

Early Girl..........................................................

Zucchini Onyx (green) ..............................................

Golden Dawn...................................................

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12" Hanging Basket (large plant) $24.99 Tomato Tumbler (cherry) Red or Yellow.............................................................

Basket Stuffers 4" pot $4.49 ea

Argyranthemum Butterfly...................................... 12”

Madeira Deep Pink.......................................... 12”

Madeira White................................................. 12”

Double Madeira Red ....................................... 12”

Madeira Primrose............................................ 12” Anagallis Blue.......................................................... 6” Orange............................................................. 6” Bacopa White, Blue or Pink....................................... 6" Brachycome Amethyst............................................. 10" Calibrachoa Double Magenta................................... 10”

Double Blue..................................................... 8”

Dark Red (Compact)......................................... 8” Cabaret Purple................................................. 10”

Cabaret Deep Yellow........................................ 10”

White............................................................... 10”

Can Can Terracotta........................................... 10”

Vampire........................................................... 10” Canary Bird Vine(2 per pot)....................................

Carnation Magenta & White....................................

Coleus Vino............................................................... 18”

Electric Lime.................................................... 18”

Redhead.......................................................... 18” Dahlia Yogi................................................................ 16”

Devi new!....................................................... 18” Diascia Coral Rose..................................................... 10" Euphorbia Diamond Frost........................................ 10" Felicia Daisy Pinwheel Periwinkle............................ 12" Gerbera Festival Mix................................................. 12" Guara Stratosphere White......................................... 24”

Deep Rose........................................................ 16” Heliotrope Marine................................................... 14" Heuchera Burgundy................................................. 12" Lantana Pure Gold.................................................... 20" Purple.............................................................. 20" Lobelia Magadi White............................................... 10"

Magadi Lavender (Compact)............................ 8" Magadi Ocean Blue new!............................... 10” Love Lies Bleeding Amaranthus caudatus.............. 36" Mecardonia Gold Dust.............................................

Morning Glory Star of Yelta - (deep blue)................

Glory Trio ........................................................

Petunia Jonny Flame................................................ 10”

Black Satin....................................................... 8”

Blue Burst new!.............................................. 12”

Plum Burst new!............................................ 12” Osteospermum Serenity Lemonade........................ 14" Serenity Dark Purple........................................ 12’” Serenity Bronze............................................... 12" Serenity Red.................................................... 12" Akila Mix.......................................................... 12"

Zion Blue Denim new!.................................... 12” Scaevola (Fanflower) Ferry Blue new!..................... 10"

Ferry White...................................................... 10”

Ferry Pink new!.............................................. 10”

Fuego Denim Blue........................................... 10” Tsavo Golden Yellow..................................................

Venidium Zulu Prince (white)................................... 24" Exotic (orange)................................................ 25" Verbena Aztec Blue Velvet........................................ 10" Aztec Dark Red................................................. 8" Aztec Wildrose................................................. 8" Aztec White .................................................... 10"

Fuego Blue Dream........................................... 10” Vinca Vine Minor Illumination..................................

Major Varigated...............................................

Geraniums - Seed 4" pots - $3.49 ea Bulls Eye Light Pink....................................................

Bulls Eye Scarlet.........................................................

Maverick White..........................................................

Maverick Orange........................................................

10 for $29.99

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Geraniums - Cuttings 4" pots - $6.99 (indicate colour preference)

Fuchsia 4" pots - $6.99

Blackie (deep burgundy/deep pink) new!...... 18”

Dark Eyes (red/purple dbl) .............................. 18"

Gartenmeister................................................. 18"

Winston Churchill (rose pink/blue dbl)............ 18"

Dollar Princess (red/purple dbl)....................... 18"

Begonias 4" pot-$6.99

(indicate colour preference).......................................

Non-Stop.........................................................

Rieger..............................................................

Specialty Impatiens 4" pot - $5.99

Double Burgundy............................................. 12" Double Salsa Red............................................. 12" Double Pink Ruffle........................................... 10"

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New Guinea Impatiens 4" pot - $5.99

Fuchsia . .......................................................... 12" Orange............................................................. 12"

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Wave Petunias - Single 4" pot - $3.99 ea Purple..............................................................

Rose.................................................................

Blue.................................................................

White...............................................................

Red..................................................................

Baby Duck Yellow.............................................

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Blue Vein.........................................................

Blue Velvet ......................................................

Purple..............................................................

White...............................................................

Rose.................................................................

Red..................................................................

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Wave Petunias - Double 4" pot - $4.49 ea

Outdoor Vegetables 6-pack - $3.89 Arugula Dragon’s Tongue..........................................

Beet Bulls Blood (heirloom)...................................

Detroit Dark Red Supreme...............................

Touchstone Gold..............................................

Broccoli Green Magic................................................

Destiny............................................................

Brussel Sprout Jade Cross........................................

Cabbage Charmant...................................................

Melissa (Savoy) ...............................................

Super(Red)......................................................

Golden Cross....................................................

Cauliflower Natalino (Romanescu type)..................

Symphony (self-wrapping) .............................

Snowcrown .....................................................

Cauliflower Gourmet Colours

variety pack $4.99 6-pk...............................

(orange, purple, green, white, romanescu).....

Celery Utah 52-70.....................................................

Kale Blue Curled Scotch.............................................

Red Russian (heirloom) .................................

Scarlet new!...................................................

Kohlrabi Kohlibri new!............................................

Leeks Giant Musselburgh (heirloom).......................

Lettuce Relay(batavia).............................................

Buttercrunch....................................................

Black Seeded Simpson.....................................

Red Salad Bowl (oakleaf)................................

Parris Island Cos (romaine)..............................

Annapolis (red romaine) .................................

Variety mix pack..............................................

Steamboat.......................................................

Mesclun Market Blend..............................................

Zesty Mix.........................................................

Onions Norstar .........................................................

Parade (Bunching) ..........................................

Pak Choi Win Win Choi..............................................

Raddichio Palla Rossa special (heirloom)................

Spinach Tyee.............................................................

Swiss Chard Silverado..............................................

Kaleioscope................................................................

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PLEASE CALL 24 HOURS BEFORE PICK-UP.

There is a 5% Discount on orders over $100.

All orders must be prepaid by April 30th and picked up by May 31st.

Unfortunately, not all of our plant material is listed in the catalogue. Please inquire if there is an item you would like to add to your order.

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Annuals - 6 pack $3.89

Wow! What a winter, and now with an early Spring, this is going to be a great growing season! Here at Yukon Gardens, we never look the same as we did last year, so check out big changes coming our way late this summer.

Once again, we will double our vegetable production, watch for new varieties of vegetables being produced by Yukon Gardens.

So besides producing new vegetables for sale, we will also have many new vegetables starters for spring planting. Our northern designed organic fertilizers were a hit last summer.

Yukon soils need nutrient enhancement, so try our Northern Veggies organic fertilizer or fall flower fertilizer and notice the significant difference in the quality and quantity of output. You can expect great results.

want a fantastic hanging basket or deck pot? Bring your

favourite container to us and we will make it look gorgeous!

If you have any questions regarding your gardening program, please come and ask us. It’s going to be a great summer, eat what you grow and have fun growing what you eat!

yard design If you have an old yard or

a brand new one, call for a yard design by our Yukon professionals.

POTTERY, POTTERY AND MORE POTTERY! Never before has there been such a wide selection of Wood, Clay,

Ceramic & Concrete Pots

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Durable Greenhouses in a variety of sizes.

These greenhouses are the most durable on the market today!

For more info, check:

bcgreenhouses.com Book your new Greenhouse before May 15 and receive $50.00 FREE greenhouse veggies!

Weddings

We still have a few open dates; book your wedding in our Wedding Garden!

Wedding Garden

Big Trees are the best and are quick to transplant.

We have so many types, sizes and colours to choose from! If you need an instant flower, berry or shade tree, come to the Gardens!

organic fertilizer »

Designed for the North; expect GREAT results! This product is the best you can use for your garden!

African Daisy Auriantica Hyb................................... 12" Ageratum Blue Hawaii............................................. 12” Alyssum Mix ............................................................ 4" Easter Bonnet.................................................. 4" Easter Violet..................................................... 4" Easter White.................................................... 4" Lemonade....................................................... 4” Aster Pot and Patio Mix............................................. 8" Baby’s Breath Elegans ............................................ 20" Bachelor Buttons Polka Dot Mix ............................ 16" Black Ball......................................................... 30" Brachycome Splendor White.................................... 10" Splendor Purple............................................... 10" Calendula Bon Bon Mix............................................ 10"

Pacific Beauty Mix........................................... 10” Chrysanthemum pal Snowland........................…. 10" Cosmos Sonata Carmine........................................... 22" Sonata Mix...................................................... 22" Sonata Pink..................................................... 22" Dahlberg Daisy Golden Fleece................................. 8" Dianthus Floral Lace Mix.......................................... 10"

Floral Lace Rose............................................... 10"

Floral Lace Cherry............................................ 10" Wee Willie........................................................ 6” Dusty Miller Silverdust............................................. 8" Flowering Cabbage Colour Mix............................... 15" Flower Kale Nagoya Mix.......................................... 15" Gazania New Day Mix............................................... 8"

Daybreak Red Stripe........................................ 8"

Day Clear Orange............................................. 8" Impatiens Impreza Formula Mix.............................. 8” Lavatera Silver Cup (Pink)........................................ 24"

Mont Blanc...................................................... 24" Lobelia Regatta (trailing) Blue Splash...................................................... 12"

Marine Blue..................................................... 12"

Midnight Blue.................................................. 12"

Mix.................................................................. 12" Rose................................................................. 12" Sapphire.......................................................... 12"

White............................................................... 12" Lobelia Riviera (upright) Blue Splash...................................................... 4"

Lilac................................................................. 4"

Midnight Blue.................................................. 4"

Mix.................................................................. 4"

White............................................................... 4" Marigold – African Taishan Mix . ................................................... 12"

Marvel Orange................................................. 16"

Vanilla............................................................. 16" Marigold - French Bonanza Bee.................................................... 12"

Durango Mix.................................................... 12"

Janie Mix......................................................... 8"

Janie Deep Orange........................................... 8"

Janie Spry........................................................ 8"

Janie Bright Yellow.......................................... 8" Marigold – Single Flowered

Lulu (yellow)................................................... 8" Tangerine Gem (orange).................................. 12"

Maroon Gem.................................................... 12" Mimulus Mix Ball Magic........................................... 8" Nasturtium Whirlybird (heirloom)......................... 12"

Jewel Mix........................................................ 12" Empress of India (heirloom)........................... 24" Alaska (heirloom)........................................... 12" Nemesia Stargate Mix.............................................. 12" Nicotiana Crimson King............................................ 12" Perfume Mix.................................................... 16" Pansy Antiques Shades............................................. 10"

Delta Beaconsfield........................................... 10"

Delta Fire......................................................... 10"

Delta Mix Pure Color........................................ 10"

Delta Pure Orange........................................... 10"

Delta Pure Lemon............................................ 10"

Frizzle Sizzle Mix.............................................. 10"

Majest Giants Marine Shades........................... 10"

Majest Giants Red Blotch................................. 10"

Majest Giants Rosalyn...................................... 10"

Majest Giants Sherry........................................ 10"

Matrix Blotch Mix............................................ 10"

Matrix Morpheus............................................. 10"

Matrix Rose Blotch........................................... 10" Matrix Rose Wing............................................. 10” Matrix Sangria................................................. 10”

Matrix Clear White........................................... 10"

Matrix Clear Yellow.......................................... 10" Premium True Blue.......................................... 10" Ultima Morpho................................................ 10"

Whiskers Red Gold........................................... 10"

Whiskers White................................................ 10"

Whiskers Yellow............................................... 10" Petunia Prism Sunshine........................................... 12" Carpet Blue Lace.............................................. 10"

Daddy Mix....................................................... 12"

Double Cascade Blue....................................... 12”

Dreams White.................................................. 12"

Dreams Pink.................................................... 12"

Dreams Red Picotee......................................... 12"

Madness Burgundy.......................................... 12"

Madness Carmine............................................ 12"

Madness Midnight........................................... 12"

Madness Mix Total........................................... 12"

Madness Plum Crazy........................................ 12" Ultra Mix Star................................................... 12"

Double Ball Mix............................................... 12"

Double Cascade Blue....................................... 12"

Double Madness Burgundy.............................. 12"

Double Madness Red....................................... 12" Phlox Twinkle Mix..................................................... 8"

Globe Mix........................................................ 6"

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Portulaca Happy Trails Fuchsia................................. 5"

Mix.................................................................. 5"

Yellow.............................................................. 5" Salvia Evolution........................................................ 16"

Vista Mix.......................................................... 12" Vista Red.......................................................... 12” Schizanthus Hit Parade ........................................... 12" Snapdragon Classic White....................................... 20"

Liberty Classic Yellow....................................... 20"

Liberty Classic Mix........................................... 20"

Liberty Classic Crimson.................................... 20" Magic Carpet................................................... 10” Snapshot Mix................................................... 10" Snapshot Mix Merlot....................................... 10" Stock Vintage Burgundy............................................ 10"

Vintage Mix..................................................... 10" Evening Scented.............................................. 16" Strawflower Finest Mix............................................ 36" Sweet Pea Finest Mix............................................... 30"

Mammoth Mix................................................. 30" Bijou Mixed . ................................................... 12" Torenia Kauai Mix..................................................... 8” Verbena Quartz Purple............................................. 10”

Quartz Mix....................................................... 10”

Quartz Scarlet ................................................. 10”

Quartz Merlot Mix............................................ 10” Viola Sorbet Beaconsfield......................................... 6" Sorbet Black Duet............................................ 6" Sorbet Blueberry Cream................................... 6" Sorbet Citrus Mix............................................. 6" Sorbet Coconut Swirl....................................... 6" Sorbet YTT....................................................... 6" Sorbet Antique Shades.................................... 6" Sorbet Lemon Chiffon...................................... 6" Sorbet Raspberry............................................. 6” Sorbet Purple................................................... 6” Tiger Eyes........................................................ 6" Zinnia Magellan Mix................................................. 12"

Magellan Scarlet.............................................. 12"

Sunflowers 4" pot $4.49 each or gallon $12.99

Pacino Cola new!............................................ 16"

Double Dandy.................................................. 2 ft

Junior.............................................................. 2 ft

Valentine......................................................... 4 ft

Moonshadow . ................................................ 4 ft

Mammoth Russian . ........................................ 6 ft Razzniatazz Mix............................................... 4 ft

Herbs 4" pot $3.99 ea.

Basil Genovese.........................................................

Lime................................................................

Spicy Globe......................................................

Sweet..............................................................

Rosie ...............................................................

Thai.................................................................

Catnip.......................................................................

Chives Garlic.............................................................

Onion...............................................................

Lavender Munstead (English)..................................

Provence (French)............................................

Lemon Balm............................................................

Marjoram Sweet......................................................

Mint Chocolate Mint..................................................

Orange ............................................................

Peppermint.....................................................

Spearmint........................................................

Oregano Greek.........................................................

Italian..............................................................

Parsley Curled...........................................................

Italian..............................................................

Rosemary upright....................................................

trailing.............................................................

Sage .......................................................................

Stevia . .....................................................................

Tarragon French......................................................

Thyme English..........................................................

Lemon.............................................................

Oregano...........................................................

Herbs 6 pks - $3.89/6 pk

Dill Dukat..................................................................

Cilantro Sunmaster..................................................

Summer Savory.......................................................

Winter Savory.........................................................

Large 6 pks - $14.99/6 pk

Basil variety pack......................................................

Mixed Herbs variety pack.........................................

Parsley curled, Italian, or half & half.........................

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Greenhouse Vegetables 4" pot $3.99 ea

(unless otherwise noted) Corn Extra Early Super Sweet . ..................................

Cucumber Sweet Slice..............................................

Mercury...........................................................

Regal (pickling)...............................................

Lemon.............................................................

Long English....................................................

Eggplant Black King.................................................

Melon – cantaloupe Halona...................................

Galia Dipomat......................................................

Pepper – Sweet Better Belle...................................

Pepperoncini (heirloom)................................

Baron...............................................................

Pepper – Hot Ancho Chili.........................................

Jalapeno..........................................................

Red Thick Cayenne...........................................

Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am - 5 pm • For more info, check out our Website! •

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Hungarian Hot Wax..........................................

Thai Dragon.....................................................

Pumpkin Neon.........................................................

Squash – Summer Sunburst (patty pan).......................................

Small wonder (spaghetti)................................

Squash – Winter Table King (acorn)............................................

Early Butternut ...............................................

Tomatillo Toma Verde...............................................

Tomato – Bush, (Derminate) Siletz...............................................................

Sub-Arctic Plenty.............................................

Tiny Tim (cherry).............................................. 24" Ball’s Beefsteak................................................

Patio................................................................ 24" Roma...............................................................

Duchess ..........................................................

Gold Nugget....................................................

Lunchbox......................................................... 24" Tomato – Vine (Indeterminate)

Brandywine ....................................................

Brandywine Yellow..........................................

Juliet (grape)...................................................

Ildi (yellow cherry)..........................................

Lemon Boy . ....................................................

Stupice (heirloom).........................................

Sweet Million (cherry).....................................

Long Keeper....................................................

Early Girl..........................................................

Zucchini Onyx (green) ..............................................

Golden Dawn...................................................

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12" Hanging Basket (large plant) $24.99 Tomato Tumbler (cherry) Red or Yellow.............................................................

Basket Stuffers 4" pot $4.49 ea

Argyranthemum Butterfly...................................... 12”

Madeira Deep Pink.......................................... 12”

Madeira White................................................. 12”

Double Madeira Red ....................................... 12”

Madeira Primrose............................................ 12” Anagallis Blue.......................................................... 6” Orange............................................................. 6” Bacopa White, Blue or Pink....................................... 6" Brachycome Amethyst............................................. 10" Calibrachoa Double Magenta................................... 10”

Double Blue..................................................... 8”

Dark Red (Compact)......................................... 8” Cabaret Purple................................................. 10”

Cabaret Deep Yellow........................................ 10”

White............................................................... 10”

Can Can Terracotta........................................... 10”

Vampire........................................................... 10” Canary Bird Vine(2 per pot)....................................

Carnation Magenta & White....................................

Coleus Vino............................................................... 18”

Electric Lime.................................................... 18”

Redhead.......................................................... 18” Dahlia Yogi................................................................ 16”

Devi new!....................................................... 18” Diascia Coral Rose..................................................... 10" Euphorbia Diamond Frost........................................ 10" Felicia Daisy Pinwheel Periwinkle............................ 12" Gerbera Festival Mix................................................. 12" Guara Stratosphere White......................................... 24”

Deep Rose........................................................ 16” Heliotrope Marine................................................... 14" Heuchera Burgundy................................................. 12" Lantana Pure Gold.................................................... 20" Purple.............................................................. 20" Lobelia Magadi White............................................... 10"

Magadi Lavender (Compact)............................ 8" Magadi Ocean Blue new!............................... 10” Love Lies Bleeding Amaranthus caudatus.............. 36" Mecardonia Gold Dust.............................................

Morning Glory Star of Yelta - (deep blue)................

Glory Trio ........................................................

Petunia Jonny Flame................................................ 10”

Black Satin....................................................... 8”

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LIFE Old Crow ski loppet celebrates Father Mouchet’s legacy Pavlina Sudrich

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n 1963, Martha Benjamin became a legend in the Canadian sport world. The Gwich’in mother of five didn’t just win the national crosscountry ski championships in Ontario, she destroyed the field.

Martha’s time, a minute and a half faster than the next woman, would have also won her the men’s event. The race should have put Martha on the Canadian Olympic team, but it would be another nine years before Canada would send a women’s ski team to the Olympics.

Fifty-three years later in the Old Crow ski chalet, Martha Benjamin is helping us get ready for another race, this one for her granddaughter.

Martha is dressed head-totoe in ski gear and is crackling with excitement. She pokes around, hopping from foot to foot asking questions as we hang banners, blow up balloons, and lay out the registration table. Suddenly Martha leans in and whispers, “I’m going to go out there on that course dressed like an old Didee to surprise those kids.” She gestures down at the pair of old wooden skis with moose hide bindings she has under her arms, then marches out the front door and begins digging a fire pit.

Outside the chalet a small, hand-drawn cardboard sign reading “Welcome to the 1st Annual Father Mouchet Loppet” flaps in the wind.

Father Mouchet’s impact on the North is a web that runs deep through generations and spreads wide to influence who those people have become.

An Oblate priest from France, Jean-Marie Mouchet came to the Yukon in the 1950s. It was here he devoted his life’s work to converting the children of the North not to God, but to skiing. In 1993 Mouchet received the Order of Canada in recognition of his work in the North, notably the creation of the Territorial Experimental Ski Training, (TEST) program. Mouchet passed away in December 2013 at the age of 96.

Nowhere is Mouchet’s impact on the North more evident than in Old Crow, a community where he spent more than 25 years. Last Easter his ashes were spread on Crow Mountain. This Easter a decidedly less somber affair is

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Jonathan Frost races out of the start line at the Father Mouchet Loppet in Old Crow.

taking place in his honour.

We are struggling to draw a start line with a bottle of frozen blue liquid when the whine of skidoos begins to fill the air. Mothers, grandmothers, and kids begin tromping into the ski chalet.

Knute Johnsgaard, one of Father Mouchet’s last TEST athletes, is here. Fresh off his gold-medal race at this year’s Canada Winter Games, Knute helps size people for skis and begins waxing for them. At the registration table I lean in and listen closely as children whisper their last names, venerated names that make up the fabric of the territory’s ski history: Frost, Kassi, Charlie, Benjamin, Moses.

Kids are skiing around, climbing up the woodcut trail, then barreling down on the hard-packed snow before flying, spread-eagle onto the ground. Martha is hauling Desmond Kaye onto his feet while encouraging her granddaughter Tyra to begin warming up.

“Father was my coach,” Martha tells me. “He said, never mind what anybody else say or do. You’re here to do something. It’s all fun. That’s what I’m trying to tell little Tyra now. I say, look Tyra, no matter what they say or do to you, it’s just for fun. If you lose, it’s good. It do you good.

Next time you work harder.”

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Father Jean-Marie Mouchet stands on the left in this photo from the mid-1950’s.

Earl Benjamin has strapped on a pair of skis. “I haven’t skied in 40 years,” he says, grinning. Soon he’s lumbering down the trail, picking up speed as his beaver hat slips down over his eyes. I cover my own eyes and hear Chief Roger Kyikavichik and Stephen Frost laughing behind me.

Earl has started a trend, and soon mothers and grandmothers are searching for skis.

Mary-Jane Moses sets off on the two-kilometre trail, the hood of her wolverine trim parka flapping madly as she rockets, lock-legged down the trail. Soon she too is buried in a snowbank. Her daughter,

who’d been attempting to untangle her son at the start line, rushes down the trail to help her up.

The kids stare wide-eyed as their parents and grandparents ski away. They are like racehorses now, chomping at the bit to race after their elders and become part of the history their parents and grandparents have talked so much about. At the start line the crowd of spectators count them down. As Gavin Charlie, the last starter, sets off the sun breaks out.

Tyra Benjamin is the first finisher of the two-kilometre race. She comes blazing up the final climb and nearly collaps-

es under the finishing banner.

“How’d it go out there?” I ask.

“Sweaty” she replies gasping, “but I sure liked those downhills.”

Racers come and go throughout the day. Stan Njootli Sr.’s grandson Dean wins the 7-10 year-old division and Stan Sr. himself sets off, demanding we time him.

This begins the adult twokilometre race, and before we know it it’s time for the eightkilometre event.

The eight-kilometre race is an ambitious affair. Members of the community have been working to clear the eightkilometre loop for weeks.

The trail hasn’t been used for years, but today it’s open with a fresh-cut track all the way around. Eight of us strap on bibs and set off.

In his book Men and Women of the Tundra, Father Mouchet describes skiing the trails in Old Crow: “Your progression becomes faster and the track is solid allowing your skis to glide effortlessly… Now the beginning of the mountain, arid and treeless, was near. From this position you could see the Porcupine River like a white ribbon curling towards Alaska.”

We make the steady, lungburning climb from the village up to the foothill of Crow Mountain. Nothing Father liked was easy.

The next day, during the community’s Easter celebrations, elders will tell me how stiff and sore they are from today’s adventures. They will share stories of Mouchet, of his first winter in Old Crow, and why they simply call him Father.

Today there is little time for nostalgia. Back at the ski chalet, Tyra Benjamin, her friends and 30 other race participants are milling around, anxiously awaiting their first trophies.

So we speed back down the mountain to where the banks of the Porcupine River reach the town. Here cultures and generations intersect and overlap in the most interesting ways. As the wind whistles in my ears I think of Father, and how the best way to honour him is not by investing in the past, but in the potential of our future.

Pavlina Sudrich is former TEST athlete who worked with Father Mouchet for a number of years.

She currently works as a high performance ski coach in Canada.

Her passion for skiing is second only to her love of the Yukon.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015

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Medical community skeptical about Ontario’s move to regulate homeopaths Diana Mehta Canadian Press

TORONTO ntario’s move to regulate the field of homeopathy in a way similar to how it governs doctors and nurses, making it the first province to do so, is being greeted with skepticism from some in the medical and scientific community.

The province’s Homeopathy Act, which has been in the works since 2007, recently received royal assent.

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“I see this as an issue partly of public safety, to provide for our homeopaths a standard of care and guidelines under which they are expected to practice,” said Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins.

“It gives an opportunity, for the first time, if there’s a patient

of a homeopath that feels that he or she hasn’t received the level of care expected … a place to go formally, where they can lodge a complaint or ask for advice or a decision to be made.”

Hoskins added that it’s up to educated Ontarians to choose the form of health care they want to be provided with.

Homeopathy is based on the concept that “like cures like.”

Illnesses are treated by using highly diluted doses of substances that in larger amounts would produce the symptoms of the ailment.

For some observers, the new legislation is a double edged sword.

“It now gives the homeopaths an appearance that they are now a health profession just like doctors and nurses. Nothing in homeopathy makes any sense based on science. So that’s a problem,” said Dr. Matthew

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Stanbrook, a deputy editor with the Canadian Medical Association Journal, who is also an assistant professor at the University of Toronto.

“On the other hand, it does now pose a regulatory framework and a mechanism for regulation on a group of people who are treating people with medical conditions.”

The Canadian Society of Homeopaths, a national association for practitioners in the field, gives the example of someone suffering from hay fever, which bring on watery eyes, sneezing and a runny nose, being treated with a homeopathic remedy made from red onion.

The Ontario College of Homepathic Medicine, which describes itself as a not-forprofit educational institution, adds that homepathy “treats the person, not the disease” and can therefore be use for patients with all types of conditions, from colds to cancer.

Ontario’s new legislation will establish the College of Homeopaths of Ontario as the governing body for the profession in the province.

A transitional council – which has been working on a framework for self-regulation – will evolve into the college on Wednesday with the authority to register homeopaths, administer a quality assurance program and investigate complaints.

The council declined comment when asked about the consequences of Homeopathy

Act coming into effect.

Health Canada already regulates homeopathic products sold in the country to ensure they are safe to use.

The harm that arises with homeopathy, Stanbrook argued, is when patients with serious medical conditions substitute homeopathic remedies for western medicine.

Stanbrook pointed to a case in Alberta where a boy who had a bacterial throat infection that is routinely treated with antibiotics died because he received only homeopathic treatment.

“That’s an example of how homeopathy can lead to some very serious consequences when it’s given capriciously and irresponsibly,” he said.

“Now that we have a college, will there be some standards of training for homeopaths to know what a serious medical illness that requires a doctor is? And will it impose a professional obligation for those practitioners to refer in those circumstances.”

With a body for members of the public to go to with concerns, the profession could see increased accountability, added Douglas Angus, an University of Ottawa professor who studies heath policy.

“It’s better to have a regulatory environment than not having a regulatory environment,” he said. “The various legal and ethical issues that crop up over periods of time will inevitably have an impact on the regulatory environment.”

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B.C. study finds gas industry has low impact on health conference call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After careful review and analysis, the study found that the risk to huVANCOUVER man health from the emissions from ealth risks associated with oiloil-and-gas activities in the northeast and-gas activity in northeastern remains low.â&#x20AC;?

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The ministry has come under fire for delaying the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release. It was complete in November, but Lake said various government departments needed to review it first.

Independent member of the legislature Vicki Huntington said the government refused her requests in recent months to see the report or its raw data, telling her the information could harm the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;financial interests.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Data is data. There should be absolutely no fear in releasing it so that independent individuals and scientists can take a look at it,â&#x20AC;? she said in an interview shortly before the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release.

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Among the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14 recommendations are baseline, pre-drilling groundwater testing requirements, and updated tools to calculate emergency planning zones. Another recommendation is to review and update the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambient air quality objectives.

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Robbers take $8.5 million in gold from Canadian mine refinery in western Mexico by someone who knows the inside movements … we believe we can solve this very quickly.”

CULIACAN, MEXICO A statement from McEwen robbery of $8.5 million said the theft occurred Tuesday in gold from a Canadianat the El Gallo 1 mine and inowned mine refinery in Mexvolved 900 kilograms of goldico’s western Sinaloa state was bearing concentrate containing likely an inside job, authorities approximately 7,000 ounces of say. gold.

Sinaloa’s interior minister The Canadian mining firm Gerard Vargas Landeros told said the robbers were armed, reporters that the caper at but no one was injured. It gave the facility of Canada-based no more details.

McEwen Mining Inc. had to Authorities said Wednesday have been pulled off by either that the robbery was an isoemployees or ex-employees. lated incident and would not “It was premeditated, well affect operations or internaplanned and organized,” Vargas tional investors.

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egy to guarantee the safety of employers in the industry,” said retired Gen. Moises Melo Garcia, state director of security.

He said criminals in the area usually rob fuel from nearby pipelines of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the state-run oil company, but that this is the first time anyone has hit a mine.

State Prosecutor Marco Antonio Higuera Gomez said there are several important lines of investigation, but declined to give details or a motive.

McEwen said in a release Wednesday that it is working with its insurance carrier and

that it expected to recover the majority of the losses.

It said 30 days of production in concentrates were in the refinery at the time of the robbery but that there was no damage to the plant and that mining and processing continue uninterrupted. It said it expected a strong second quarter in terms of gold production, despite the theft, and that it was maintaining its 2015 production guidance at the mine.

The Toronto-based company, which describes itself as a growing gold and sliver producer in the Americas, has operations in Mexico, Nevada

and Argentina, and its shares trade on the NYSE and TSX. The company website says chairman and chief owner Rob McEwen owns 25 per cent of the outstanding shares.

The robbery was the second hit on a Mexican mine in recent months. In February, several employees of the Media Luna mining company in the southern state of Guerrero were kidnapped for ransom by a drug cartel, and later released.

After the kidnapping, community police demanding more security shut down operations of the mine, owned by the Canadian company Torex Gold Resources.

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Systematic poisoning of dozens of pet dogs shocks industrial city in northern Mexico Alberto Arce Associated Press

MEXICO CITY omebody is systematically poisoning the dogs of Hermosillo, an industrial city in northern Mexico, and not just strays: At least 64 dogs, all with owners, have died of a similar poison since mid-March. More stray animals have probably been killed, but had no one to file a complaint, authorities say.

An organic phosphate compound, possible an insecticide or rat poison, apparently was used in most of the cases, and local media have dubbed the person responsible the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mataperros,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dog Killer.â&#x20AC;?

Not even dogs kept behind the walls of their ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes are safe: Officials say the killer has tossed poison into the gated patios of some homes.

No one knows who the dog killer is, whether the killings involve more than one person or what caused them to turn against dogs.

A male caller to a local radio station in Hermosillo claimed to be, along with accomplices, the killer. But he complained about loose dogs, dog bites and dogs spreading disease and uncleanliness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; complaints that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jibe with attacks on pets inside their ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes.

Animal rights activist Carolina de la Torre said she doubts that one person could have poisoned so many dogs. But she noted there appears to be a modus operandi: poison wrapped in a hot dog or meat as bait. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is systematic. This canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the work of one person alone,â&#x20AC;? said De la Torre, who says a total of at least 71 dogs have been killed in the city of about 800,000.

She said the killings appear to be concentrated in three neighbourhoods on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could range from a neighbour who is bothered by noise

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(from pets), or even thieves who want to get rid of the dog in order to be able to break into the house,â&#x20AC;? said De la Torre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are the two theories we are looking at.â&#x20AC;?

Hermosillo resident Julieta Robles, 23, lost her 5-year-old female German Shepherd, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Box,â&#x20AC;? to the poisoner two weeks ago. The dog had gotten out of her home, but was wearing a collar and tag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When she came home that night, she was disoriented,â&#x20AC;?

Robles said. We tried to help her, we took her to the vet, but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save her.â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a feeling of a lot of helplessness,â&#x20AC;? Robles added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not knowing who they are or how to respond to a mass poisoning.â&#x20AC;?

Animal defenders are starting to fight back.

Los Angeles-based actor Raul Julia Levy has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the culprit or culprits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When have you heard of anything like this?â&#x20AC;? Julia Levy said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know there are serial killers of humans, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard of a serial killer of dogs.â&#x20AC;?

While killing a dog is considered a non-serious crime in Hermosillo, punishable by a fine of about $225, the dog killer has introduced poison into peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes, a much more serious crime involving trespass and risk for the human inhabitants that could carry a four-year sentence.

The killings started to come to light in mid-March. While an average of about 10 dogs, mainly strays, are found dead in Hermosillo each month, authorities were stunned when 10 dead dogs were found or reported in one day.

Jose Luis Icedo, director of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal health centre, said veterinarians were able to identify the poison as a probable pesticide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very easy for anyone to go to a hardware store and buy rat poison,â&#x20AC;? said Icedo, who said at Baldemar de los Llanos/AP

Julieta Robles shows a photograph of her dog â&#x20AC;&#x153;Box,â&#x20AC;? in Hermosillo, Mexico, on April 2.

Robles lost her five-year-old female German Shepard to a dog poisoner two weeks ago.

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least 64 dogs have been poisoned and acknowledged the true number could be much higher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the case of strays, there is nobody to file a complaint,â&#x20AC;? said Icedo. While stray killings have occurred in the past â&#x20AC;&#x201C; strays probably account for about 25 per

cent of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 140,000 dogs, according to conservative estimates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Icedo said with the killings over the last month, the killer â&#x20AC;&#x153;stepped over the line, to inside the home.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear how much attention authorities can dedicate to the case. Hermosillo is the capital

of Sonora state, which is beset with larger problems of drug gangs and common crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have enough other things on our plate for someone to come along and start doing this to animals,â&#x20AC;? said state prosecutor Carlos Navarro.

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scientist named Victor Hessler once made an aurora detector by driving two metal rods in the ground a few hundred feet apart and stringing a wire between them. When voltage changed along the wire, a bell rang. Hessler then pulled on his boots and went outside to take black-and-white aurora photos.

During the recent St. Patrick’s Day geomagnetic storm, people all over North America became aurora detectors. They used tools that weren’t imaginable when Hessler was looking up in the 1930s. Aurorasaurus. org lit up with tweets and messages during those hours of turbulent, lovely space weather, producing a sort of “nowcast” for the northern lights.

That’s one of the goals of the site’s creator, Liz MacDonald.

She’s a space physicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Her dream, after a 2011 solar storm

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UAF oceanographer Mark Johnson is in Svalbard teaching and doing sea ice research. Last week, he captured this photo of a total eclipse of the sun from a remote fjord south of Longyearbyen.

that produced red auroras visible from Alabama, was to enlist people as aurora observers using social media.

“I had heard of Twitter, so I got online that night and could see a lot of people recording their observations,” she said.

Her light bulb was lit, and in the years since she has gathered other scientists and secured research funding to create a website where people can share aurora sightings and images.

“This is the first solar maximum (an 11-year period with

above-average activity on the sun) with social media,” she said.

She is hoping the website, which increased in subscribers by 100 percent after the St. Patrick’s Day storm, will be more than an alert system for the presence of aurora overhead.

One of those citizen scientists could be at the footprint of a magnetic field line while a spacecraft measures it, she said. Another feature she’d like to figure out is how to alert people to a special color of

aurora.

“Our best forecasts don’t predict what the color will be,” she said. The red that forms really high up can be seen hundreds of miles farther south.”

To use Aurorasaurus, people don’t need a Twitter account.

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The woman who ran the Yukon HISTORY

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by Michael Gates

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attended a recent “Throwback Thursday” sponsored by the MacBride Museum featuring women in Yukon history. Pat Ellis and former territorial archivist Linda Johnson profiled a woman who is one of the most significant women in Yukon history: Victoria Faulkner.

I had the pleasure of meeting Victoria Faulkner in 1979, just two years before she passed away. What was immediately apparent was that she had a strong-willed, self-directed spirit. She was, in fact, a woman of remarkable accomplishment.

Victoria Anna Belle Faulkner was born in Tacoma, Washington , June 21, 1897, the daughter of John Thomas Faulkner, an Englishman, and Isabella (McDonald) Faulkner from Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

John Faulkner left his wife and infant daughter in Tacoma while he scaled the Chilkoot Pass in early 1898, en route to the Klondike. He set about mining and in 1901 his wife and daughter joined him on Sulphur Creek.

They soon moved to Hunker Creek, and that is where Victoria spent her formative years. She attended school in a tiny school house at the mouth of Last Chance Creek, taking a dog team in the winter and walking the five kilometres in the summer.

When she was older, she was sent to St. Mary’s Catholic School in Dawson City where she continued her education, developing a love of literature, learning French, and taking music. She learned to play the organ and earned extra money by accompanying silent movies for three dollars a show.

These courses, plus shorthand and business practices, were invaluable skills that served her well as an adult.

In 1916 she was hired by Joe Boyle, who owned and managed one of the large dredge companies operating around Dawson City. Her initial monthly wage of $50 was quickly raised to $75 per month.

Her mother died in 1917, leaving Victoria acting as surrogate mother to her younger sister and housekeeper for her father. August 1, 1918, she was hired as stenographer for George MacKenzie, who was acting gold commissioner of the Yukon at the time.

The timing was fortuitous.

With so many men drawn away from the territory due to the war, she may have been the only person available who could fill the job. Because of

Victoria Faulkner Collection/Yukon Archives/Yukon News

Victoria Faulkner virtually ran the Yukon for frequent long periods of time when the top bureaucrat was out of the territory. Raised in the Klondike from the turn of the 20th century, she witnessed many of the people and events that shaped Yukon history.

her schooling, she could, for example, take shorthand in both French and English. In the wake of massive budget cuts and staff reductions, she was the only remaining secretary, and may have also been paid at a lower wage than a man would command at that time.

Whatever the circumstances, it was the beginning of a career with the federal government that spanned 45 years. Victoria was intelligent, astute, efficient and a perfectionist. She organized and maintained the government files and had access to a wide range of information. As noted by Linda Johnson, cited in the biography of Faulkner written by Joyce Hayden, Victoria “used to laugh and say that she knew everything about everyone, everywhere in the territory.”

Victoria’s father moved to Mayo to work in the early 1920s and remained there until 1938. Her sister moved outside and married, so Victoria was on her own. A single career woman in those times was outside the normal expectations. Victoria took a vacation in Hawaii on her own in 1929. She purchased an automobile in 1934, the first in a succession of cars she named “Betsy,” and she acquired a cabin at nearby Rock Creek, where she could enjoy her weekends canoeing and fishing.

Meanwhile, Commissioner MacKenzie was replaced by Percy Reid in 1925, who was in turn replaced, after his untimely death in 1927, by George McLean. By the time McLean assumed office, the office of gold commissioner

had been rolled into that of the comptroller.

George Jeckell replaced McLean in 1932, and remained in the position of comptroller for 14 years, the longest tenure of any boss during Victoria’s career. Men like Jeckell would be called away to Ottawa for long periods of time. Between freeze-up in the fall and spring break-up, many of the administrative decisions fell to Victoria. In an interview, former Commissioner Jim Smith observed that Victoria also played a vital role as liaison between the commissioner and the public.

It is equally remarkable that during these early times, when the civil service was highly politicized, she survived numerous changes of government. Generally, with a change of government, the appointees from the outgoing government would leave office quickly to avoid being trampled by the incoming horde of new appointees.

Jeckell was followed in quick succession by several more commissioners, each of whom relied upon her breadth of corporate knowledge and familiarity with the Yukon situation to help them execute their duties.

She served nine consecutive commissioners, gold commissioners, comptrollers and controllers, before moving from Commissioner Frederick Collins’ office in 1960 to the historic sites division of the Department of Northern Affairs. There she compiled information on historic Dawson City buildings and prominent historical Yukon personalities.

She was the ideal person for

that job, having lived in the goldfields and Dawson City during the early years of the century. She knew many of the personalities, like Joe Boyle, from first-hand experience. She was in Dawson City during the First and Second World Wars. She remembered the sinking of the Princess Sophia and witnessed the gradual decline of territorial fortunes between 1920 and 1940.

Victoria also experienced the rapid growth of Whitehorse and was there when the government was uprooted and moved from Dawson City to the current capital in 1953.

She was herself a piece of living history.

When she retired in 1962, she became involved in the Dawson Festival, followed by a decade working for the Chamber of Commerce in Whitehorse. She was the president of the Whitehorse Business and Professional Women’s Club. The new women’s centre, which was opened in 1975, was named in her honour. The following year, she was instrumental in founding the Golden Age Society. Victoria also served on the Yukon Historic Sites and Monuments Board during the 1970s.

Always formal of dress and manner, she has variously been described as proper, astute, practical and very private. She played an important role in the administration of the territory in the post gold rush era. She was in fact, the power behind the throne, no small feat for a woman in the first half of the 20th Century.

There is much more that could be said about her; she should be remembered as one of the giant figures in Yukon history.

Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His three books on Yukon history are available in Yukon stores.

You can contact him at msgates@ northwestel.net

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son has some wonderful friends/clients who at are the tippy-top of the economic pyramid. He is invited to many events at their homes and yachts.

He doesn’t bring the hostess a gift. Apparently, none of the other members of the circle bring them either. These are people of all ages from 21 to 79 – some “new” money

and some old.

Are hostess gifts not brought to such events? I will be attending one of these events, and I am not sure what I should do. Also, what would one bring to such an event? I cannot afford a $200 bottle of wine. This is very embarrassing.

GENTLE READER: It needn’t be. Despite the number of people who say they were brought up

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“never to appear empty-handed,” there are indeed circles in which this is not practiced.

It is not money that defines such people, but a sense of hospitality.

While they may be pleased to receive an occasional bouquet or box of chocolates, they dislike what has come to seem like a barter system – a contribution in exchange for a meal. The truly essential bargain between host and guest requires the guest only to respond promptly, show up on time, socialize with other guests, thank the host, write additional thanks and reciprocate.

You needn’t bring anything, and a $200 bottle of wine would be ridiculous.

Your son, although apparently a regular visitor, is probably not yet in a position to reciprocate with invitations. But he can find other ways to show appreciation by training himself to be alert to what would be welcome. An offer to fix the computer problem of a host who is complaining about it, for example.

Sending a book or recording that was discussed to someone who showed interest in it. Learning to crew if his friends don’t have professional crews on their yachts.

A young friend who is thoughtful and eager to be helpful is a treasure that money cannot buy.

dig themselves into an even bigger hole by blurting out things I am sure they didn’t mean to say, e.g., telling me I’m too young to be married, asking my age, or how my first year of teaching is going (I’ve been there for years).

How can I help them avoid feeling embarrassed, and how do I gracefully lead the conversation swiftly back to their interest in our school?

GENTLE READER: It is one of Miss Manners’ great discoveries that one needn’t contradict others in order to set them straight. In this case, she would have you say: “I’m always fascinated by math, or, as you can imagine, I wouldn’t be teaching it all these years. But as you know, one can never really stop studying it.”

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received a Valentine’s Day card from a guy that I like, but I don’t know if I’m supposed to give him one, too.

Should I? Does he expect one from me also?

GENTLE READER: You may be sure that he is hoping for one. As to whether you should comply, Miss Manners would have to examine the state of your heart, which is not in her job description.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As the mother of a first-grader, I am startDEAR MISS MANNERS: What ing to field a lot of birthday invitais an appropriate gift for secondtions from his classmates – many year wives to give husbands? Just a of whom I know nothing about card? Or should I get a special gift beyond the occasional mention for him? from my son at the dinner table.

GENTLE READER: After two When I call to RVSP, I typically years of marriage, presumably pre- ask about the interests of the guest ceded by courtship, you should have of honor so that we can choose an a better idea of what would please appropriate gift. I phrase my quesyour husband than Miss Manners. tion, “And what is it that (child) is If not, you should deal first with into these days?” whatever is wrong with your marThe response is always someriage. thing along the lines of, “We don’t expect a gift; your presence is gift DEAR MISS MANNERS: You’re enough,” or “I’m sure whatever your going to think I am kidding, but son picks, s/he will love it.”

I would like some pointers on the I usually press again for a reappropriate greeting for a casual sponse and receive one, but now I’m acquaintance who has been arrested wondering: Am I rude for persistfor shoplifting. ing, or even asking in the first place?

“Hello, how are you?” seemed a Would it be more appropriate to little awkward in the circumstances. allow my son to choose whatever he To ignore an acquaintance also wants, and include a gift receipt for seems rude. What is your recomthe recipient to return, if necessary? mendation?

Since my son’s birthday is comGENTLE READER: The words ing up in a couple of months, how are right; Miss Manners only needs should I respond to these inevitable to help you with the emphasis. The inquiries myself? idea is to show some feeling for the GENTLE READER: Everyone is person, without seeming to probe behaving well here, Miss Manners is about the crime or endorse it. Thus, pleased to say.

“Hello, how ARE you?”

Asking about a child’s general areas of interest is a tactful way to DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am fish for present ideas without statin my late 20s, am married and ing so directly – and allows the host work as a teacher. At open evenings, to answer in kind, leaving it open to staff and current students mingle interpretation and a variety of price with prospective students and their points. If the host doesn’t give you parents. enough to go on (and you shouldn’t I wear a name badge, but stupress further if it is straining the dents and teachers alike wear suits, conversation), make your son do so I am frequently mistaken for a any further investigating. It is good student aged 16 to 18 by parents training for when he will be doing who haven’t met me before, and this on his own. they greet me with a line such as, When it is your turn, you should “So then, how are you enjoying do the same, keeping it similarly studying math?” general. “Oh, Marcus loves building Once they realize their mistake, things” is acceptable. “We’re hoping they get flustered and sometimes for a sports car” is not.

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Yukon skiers soar to three medals at nationals

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he Yukon Freestyle Ski Team was once again a force to be reckoned with at the Canadian Junior Nationals.

Yukon coach Steven Harlow was “super happy” with his team’s performance last week at Silver Star, outside of Vernon, B.C. “Every single person who went from Yukon was top-10 in every discipline,” said Harlow.

“It really just shows how good they are.”

Yukon skiers made the podium for the third straight junior nationals last week. Kyran Allen won silver in big air for males 18-and-under and teammate Dylan Reed won gold in big air and silver in slopestyle for males 20-and-under.

“I was pretty excited,” said Reed. “It’s never a bad thing, but in my category – it is a junior national competition and I’m getting a little bit old for those comps. So there weren’t many guys my age that were there. I actually only had one other competitor. There were supposed to be two others, but one of the guys ruptured his trachea or something – had air pockets in his stomach. I don’t know. He had to pull out, so I only had one other competitor in my category.”

The 18-year-old captured silver in the slopestyle hitting a switch misty 900 with method grab, right-side corked 720 and a left-side corked 900 on the jumps.

Reed, who won both the big air and slopestyle at the Yukon Freestyle Ski Championships this year, also did a switch misty 900 with method grab for his gold in the big air event last week.

“He’s been working on that trick for a while and he has it in

Those results propelled the Yukon skiers up the standings in the slopestyle-big air combined competition.

Out of 46 skiers from all of the age groups, Allen came fourth overall (third for M18); Geoffroy-Gagnon seventh (fifth for M18); Rodden ninth overall (sixth for M18); and Reed placed 10th overall (first for M20). (Medals were awarded to only the top three overall finishers.)

It’s been a busy few weeks for the Yukon team. Just before the junior nationals they competed at the 10th annual Showdown Throwdown Hoedown at Silver Star, with Rodden making a final. However, the team lost Josh Harlow, who won Yukon’s first-ever medal at the junior nationals two years ago, to injury at the event.

“Josh got hurt in his run – possibly cracked a couple ribs and bruised his liver on one of his qualifier runs,” said Steven.

“The other guys weren’t able to put down their runs like they wanted to.”

A day before the Hoedown the team competed at the Dew Tour at Sun Peaks Resort, outside of Kamloops. Rodden was again a stand-out, finishing one spot from making slopestyle finals.

Tom Patrick/Yukon News The Yukon Freestyle Ski AsYukon freestyle skier Dylan Reed competes at the Canada Winter Games in February. Reed sociation also sent a different won a gold and silver at the Canadian Junior Nationals last week at Silver Star. group of skiers to Silver Star for the B.C. championships in an absolute lock,” said Harthe Canada Winter Games in in every competition at junior the middle of March. Yukon’s low. “It took it way down the February – a record result for nationals.”

Lyndsey Boorse won gold in landing, super big, and in the Yukon at the Games in freestyle Allen also placed eighth in the slopestyle event for females landing he stomped it.” skiing. the slopestyle event on Satur18-and-under.

“I think it’s the same trick I “It was the best one he’s ever day.

“It’s always a lot of fun on got third place at junior nation- done,” said Harlow of Allen’s Yukon’s Niko Rodden took these ski trips,” said Reed. “It’s als last year,” added Reed. silver jump. “He did it perfect. fifth in slopestyle and eighth nice to get out of Whitehorse Allen claimed his big air He absolutely deserved that in big air. Etienne Geoffroyfor a bit and shred. That’s really silver – out of 20 competitors silver medal … He was right Gagnon, who won three gold at all you have to focus on. You – with a switch bio 1080 with behind Patrick Dew, who won last year’s junior nationals, took improve a lot on those trips.” a mute grab. He performed or came second in every other seventh in slopestyle and sixth Contact Tom Patrick at the same trick to take fourth at competition. (Dew) won gold in big air. tomp@yukon-news.com

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Mustangs players turning heads in B.C. Tom Patrick News Reporter

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he Mustangsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; competitive season is over, but success stories keep rolling in.

Seven players from the Whitehorse rep hockey club have caught the eye of B.C. Hockey scouts this post-season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really for happy for the boys,â&#x20AC;? said Bantam Mustangs head coach Martin Lawrie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a testament to how hard theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked these last few years.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to see their individual success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest, I think B.C. has missed a couple of (Whitehorse) players still, even though weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had this many go before.â&#x20AC;?

Five players from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bantam Mustangs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; arguably the best minor hockey team ever to come out of Whitehorse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have been invited to elite showcases.

The Tier 3 Bantam Mustangs opened the season winning a Tier 2 tournament in Richmond, beat numerous Tier 1 teams through the season, and became the first Yukon team ever to win gold at the B.C. Hockey Championships last month on Vancouver Island.

Team captain Joe Stokes was a big part of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success and scouts noticed. His performance on the Mustangs, and on Team Yukon at the Canada Winter Games, earned him an invite to the U16 B.C. Cup later this month in Salmon Arm, B.C. The Cup is an opportunity for the best players from B.C. and Yukon to perform in front of scouts from B.C. Hockey, Hockey Canada, the Western Hockey League and more. It is also a selection camp for an elite provincial camp this sum-

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Mustangs forward Dylan Cozens plays in a Whitehorse tournament in November. Cozens is one of four Mustangs selected to attend the B.C. Best showcase in Richmond next month.

mer in Nanaimo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In U16 they used to have zone camps and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to go through there,â&#x20AC;? said Lawrie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They switched it this year to just an invite only â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 120 hockey players straight to Salmon Arm. You had to be seen through the season and invited from there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question in my mind that Joe deserves the opportunity. He owes a little bit of thanks to the success of his team and teammates to ensure he got to play in front of the high performance B.C. scouts.â&#x20AC;?

Four Mustang teammates prevailed through a regional trial this past weekend in Vanderhoof. Forwards Bryce Anderson, Oscar Burgess,

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Dylan Cozens and defenceman Brett Walchuk were four of 20 selected from 140 of northern B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented players to attend the B.C. Best showcase in Richmond next month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big surprise given how strong that team was this year,â&#x20AC;? said Carl Burgess, president of the Whitehorse Minor Hockey Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think 140 kids were at the tournament in Vanderhoof â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big jamboree tournament and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a dozen evaluators â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and at the end of the tournament they select the top 20 to move on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All four of them certainly did Whitehorse, our association and Yukon quite proud,â&#x20AC;? he

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While the four Bantam Mustangs were showing their stuff in Vanderhoof, two members of the Female Mustangs were performing at the Female U16 B.C. Cup in Salmon Arm. Forward Maddie Nicholson and defenceman Cayman Oestreich earned invites to the prestigious event following regional tryouts at the start of the year. During the jamboree tournament this past weekend both players logged goals.

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Lucas, Sheepway end Twister season with wins

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Fox Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Armin Johnson races in the Watson Valley Grand Finale in Mount Lorne on Sunday. The event was the final Twister race of the winter season.

Tom Patrick News Reporter

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even must be Jonathan Lucasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lucky number.

For the second year in a row the Whitehorse musher ran seven dogs instead of eight and won the Watson Valley Grand Finale, at the Mount Lorne Community Centre on Sunday.

The event, hosted by the Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon (DPSAY), was the final Yukon Brewing Twister race of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So no one can beat me for six months,â&#x20AC;? said Lucas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spent the winter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a warm winter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; trying to find the best eight dogs in my kennel that would run in the heat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had seven dogs I was really sure of. Before Friday I was thinking, who should I use? I was trying different dogs and I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know Jon, last year you ran seven dogs and won, so just run seven dogs, not eight.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Lucas captured his first win of the season, completing the 10-mile sled event in 35 minutes and 58 seconds.

Fox Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Armin Johnson raced to second at 36:16 and Whitehorseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alexandra Rochat nabbed third at 38:19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt the trail was so hard and shaped that I felt like going down a bobsled run,â&#x20AC;? said Lucas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I finished someone asked me how it was and I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I think I have enough adrenaline for a week.â&#x20AC;?

Like many of the recent dog sled races â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Silver Sled in Haines Junction and the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race in Dawson City â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race was held in warm temperatures, a few degrees above freezing. Racing in warmer temperatures might be something worth getting used to, said Lucas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Previous years you have lots of

cold training and cold races and then you get one warm race,â&#x20AC;? said Lucas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been warm â&#x20AC;Ś Previously you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go out (to train) when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warm, but if this is what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be getting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; warm winters â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they should get used to it and so should we â&#x20AC;Ś This might be the new normal.â&#x20AC;?

Mount Lorneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Katherine Sheepway finished the season like she started it: with a pair of wins at one event.

Sheepway, who won two divisions at the Carbon Hill Twister opener, won both the 10-mile skijor and the four-mile recreational races on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really nice,â&#x20AC;? said Katherine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a pretty good turnout considering it was a long weekend.

There was good competition and the weather was beautiful. I think we were pushing to have a race that late in the year, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad it happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was my last ski of the year; the snow is going quickly.â&#x20AC;?

Sheepway won most of the races she entered this season, often finishing just ahead of her husband Darryl.

This past weekend was no different. She finished the 10-mile skijor in 34:22 while Darryl came in at 37:53.

Katherine won the Silver Sled five weeks ago but was second behind Darryl at DPSAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cinnamon Bun Run a month ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a faster time than he did,â&#x20AC;? said Katherine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went back together on the second leg, but my layover time was longer, so he beat me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just wanted to finish because we knew it was going to be a really tough go.â&#x20AC;?

Katherine was the only skijorer in the four-mile recreational race, taking first at 18:36. Darryl placed second at 20:48 and Deb Knight grabbed third with a time of 21:48.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been mixing up the teams and for the most part my team has been four dogs from one litter,â&#x20AC;? said Katherine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This last race we each only had three dogs â&#x20AC;Ś Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always mixing up the teams and experimenting with different combinations.â&#x20AC;?

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Results

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Katherine Sheepway races to a first place finish in the skijor event.

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Ten-mile sled 1st Jonathan Lucas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 35:58 2nd Armin Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 36:16 3rd Alexandra Rochat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 38:19 4th Nathaniel Hamlyn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 38:29 5th Magnus Kaltenborn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 40:47 6th Jakub Nemcek â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 44:48 7th Erin Stevens â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 50:38

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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 2nd floor of building on Gold Road in Marwell Sizes 180 sqft & 340 sqft Quiet spaces with reasonable rent 667-2917 or 334-7000

WEEKEND GET AWAY Rustic Cabin-45 minutes from town Hiking Trails in the summer Skiing in the winter Includes sauna. Reasonable rates.

Rent out by the week or for a weekend.

867-821-4443

AFFORDABLE DOWNTOWN office space for lease, $14 ft 2 + cam, 1,800 sqft, 202 Strickland Street on the 2nd floor. Contact Stephan (867) 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.ca

PRIME DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 2,600 sq ft on 2nd Ave just a block off Main Street.

Large open area and 6 offices with 2 baths, kitchen, vault, wheelchair access, alarm, and parking.

Great to share space or sublet offices.

Additional cold storage available. $5,000/month Phone 334-6676

Horwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mall Main & Front Street Available Now!

Office/Retail & Locker Space

For more information call Greg

334-5553

ROOM FOR rent, N/S, N/P, avail immed, $750/mon all incl. 393-2275 3-BDRM DUPLEX, Copper Ridge, garage, 5 appliances, large rec room, avail May 1, refs & dd reqĘźd, $1,650/mon + utils. 334-1907 2 BEDROOMS in Riverdale house, near park, fully furnished, close to bus, N/P, N/S, $380-$500/mon + utils & dd, avail immed.

336-0368 FURNISHED BEDROOM in new home, Ingram, responsible tenant, $700/mon all inclusive. 334-3186

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Above Starbuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Main St. Nice clean, professional building, good natural light. 536' ft. office space on Main St c/w kitchette.

Competitive lease rates offered.

Sandor@yukon.net or C: 333.9966

2,628 SQUARE FEET OF PRIME OFFICE SPACE Available for Lease NOW! Two Suites available for lease. Suites can be leased separately or combined as one.

One suite is 1,248 square feet. The second suite is 1,380 square feet.

Located in a professional building downtown Whitehorse, this space is ideal for accounting, legal or other professionals.

MOVE-IN READY.

For more information, please contact: 336-0028

Office/Commercial Space for Rent Available Immediately: t Approximately 3200 square feet on the ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor; t turnkey; t downtown on quiet street; t handicap accessible including handicap doors;

t kitchen area; t board/meeting room; t 10 ofďŹ ces/rooms; t reception/waiting area; t lots of windows, very bright. t 4 dedicated parking stalls with plug ins;

t plenty of on street parking for clients/ residents right at the building; t very quiet; t 2nd ďŹ&#x201A;oor of building is all residential

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SHOP/OFFICE/STUDIO Multi-Use Building with space available to rent Very Competitive rates Various sizes, short & long term Washroom on site Friendly environment whserentals@hotmail.com Phone 667-6805

DUPLEX, TAKHINI North, 40 Nijmegan, first LEED certified home ever built in YT, very energy efficient home, close to everything, refs reqĘźd, avail May 1, $1,900/mon.

335-0993

WANTED: COUNTRY residential home within 30 min/easy commute to Whitehorse.

Looking for a home needing TLC or renovating for couple just starting out, preferably waterfront or acreage. 705-868-8873

1-BDRM LUXURY suite, 1,200 sq ft, wheelchair accessible, fantastic view, N/S, N/P, refs reqĘźd. 667-6579

TITLED OFF grid, 0.2734 hectares, at 4th of July Bay, Atlin. Green belt of two sides with view of lake and mountains, $50,000.

250-651-2222 for more details

FENCED YARD for rent, downtown Whitehorse. Contact Stephan (867) 332-4082 or stephane@asprinting.ca

1-BDRM + den apt, Marsh Lake, sep ent, own laundry, open plan living area, lake view, balcony, refs reqĘźd, N/S, N/P, $1,000/mon utils incl. 689-9748

1-BDRM SUITE, Crestview, quiet location, wood heat, pet ok, near ski trails, N/S, $750/mon all inclusive. 633-2455

3-4 BDRM 2-bath house, Porter Creek, spacious, wood stove, huge yard, N/S, $1,695/mon + utils. Contact suites@auroramusic.ca.

2 ROOMS, shared accommodations, $600/mon + dd, utils incl. 689-9956 after 4pm

2-BDRM SUITE, McCrae area, fully furnished incl Satellite TV, avail April 15, $995/mon. 668-5559

1-BDRM APT, downtown, $950/mon 1 person, $1,000 2 people, heat, light, cable incl, avail Apr 1, N/P. 668-5558 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 1,200 sq. ft. on two levels, 3 upstairs and large open space on main level.

Located in the Calcite Center.

Terms Negotiable.

Call 393-2181.

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

FURNISHED ROOM with half bath, Marsh Lake, waterfront, hot tub, water sport equipment, hiking trails, long or short term, N/S, animals welcome, $500/mon. 660-4321 FURNISHED ROOM, includes TV and cable in room, wifi internet, parking, laundry, kitchen facilities, large comfortable home, $650/mon. 333-3457

2-BDRM MOBILE home, Lobird, avail May 1, clean, bright, on bus route, dd & refs reqĘźd, N/S, N/P, $1,100/mon + utils. Call/text 332-8116 2-BDRM MOBILE home, on private acreage city centre, 3 mins to downtown, avail May 31, clean, vg shape, dd & refs reqĘźd, $1,500/mon + utils. 334-6868 PROFESSIONAL HOUSESITTER, female, available now until Sept 2015, very reliable, trustworthy, lots of good references in Yukon, Hawaii, California, Montreal, Spain, etc. Email valerie.mototrek@hotmail.com

FOX LAKE cabin on .144 ha lot, wind/solar power, propane lights, stove, fridge, mostly furnished, 5 rooms main floor w/large sleeping loft, $247,000. 633-5540 3-BDRM 2.5 bath high-end condo, Takhini, 1,600 sq ft end unit, many upgrades, single-car garage, $426,500. 867-393-3993 OPEN HOUSE, Mary Lake, 1,200 sq ft, Saturday April 11, 1pm-4pm, 16 Marigold Place, $400,000. 780-278-7899

WANTED TO RENT: Small garage in downtown near Ogilvie Street to store tools & other items with enough space to set up and use table saw.

Does not need to be heated but would prefer electricity.

Willing to pay $100/mon.

Call 667-2737, leave message PROFESSIONAL LOOKING to house-sit in Whitehorse vicinity from May 11 to early July, refs available. 667-4681

BACHELOR SUITE, Wolf Creek, quiet, bright, private kitchen, ensuite bathroom, avail April 1, $750/mon + utils. 334-4477 1-BDRM APT, Porter Creek, avail April 10, new flooring, paint, ceilings, laundry, dd & refs reqĘźd, N/S, N/P, $950/mon, utils incl.

Call/text 332-8116

2 LAKEFRONT lots @ 4th of July Bay, Atlin, 2 lots, 1.38 acres, 2 cabins, shop, shower house, turn key package $180,000.

250-651-2222 or king,jimbeth@gmail.com for details

Real Estate Condo Studio in Nanaimo, B.C. Quality construction+materials, partially furnished w/kitchen appliances, well organized 300 sq ft space in quiet residential neighbourhood.

Transit, park, shopping nearby.

Low condo fees+utilities.

Asking $85,000.

Call 867-660-4516 OPEN HOUSE Sunday April 12, 1-4 pm, 25 Engelmann Dr, Spruce Hill, 2,200 sq ft, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, well, wood stove, oil boiler, 15 mins from downtown. 334-8121 4-BDRM 4-BATH house, Takhini North, 2,310 sq ft, newly built in 2010, R28 walls, R60 attic, fully fenced, abuts green space, close to everything. 456-0004

Help Wanted SKKY HOTEL IS HIRING Hotel Cleaner/Janitorial immediately.

Starting wage is $14.13/hr 40 hrs a week.

Submit resume to Front Desk or email decristofarop@rogers.com GOLD MINE CAMP COOK May through September Sub-Contractor work Please send resume to: dodgemachining@msn.com or contact: 307-266-1241 for more details.

HELP WANTED Hotel Front Desk Clerk NOC #6525 Qualifications: Completion of college program in front desk operations or hotel management is required.

Applicants with relevant experience preferred: Hours: 8 hours per week Wage: $14/hr Duties: â&#x20AC;˘Register arriving guests and assign rooms â&#x20AC;˘Answer telephone enquiries â&#x20AC;˘Compile and check daily records Contact: HR Manager hr@elitehotel.ca Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd. 206 Jarvis St Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H1

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Regional Program Manager, Bridges Department of Highways & Public Works Salary: $91,302 to $105,692 per annum

Closing Date: April 16, 2015 Requisition: #7378

For viewing all jobs, please go to

www.employment.gov.yk.ca â&#x20AC;&#x153;Committed to employment equityâ&#x20AC;?

Public Service Commission (867) 667-5834

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 EXPERIENCED CUSTOMER SERVICE Fantastic opportunity to learn and do things that would take years to learn at a big retail store.

Wide range of responsibilities including: Expert Sales, Fabric/ Design Knowledge, Lightspeed Sales, Store Merchandising, Social Media Wizarding.

Light sewing duties: finishing, quality control, labeling products, maybe sewing on the odd button.

Apply in person to Andrea at Sportees.

PART-TIME CARPET CLEANER Experience preferred 667-4786

Miscellaneous for Sale WINDOOR RECYCLER We buy & sell: â&#x20AC;˘ Brand new/used double/triple pane vinyl/wood windows. â&#x20AC;˘Brand new steel/vinyl exterior doors with frames.

Now selling: â&#x20AC;˘Brand new unfinished oak kitchen cabinets.

333-0717

1965-66 TOPPS Hockey Cards, complete set, great shape, $1,500. Ross @ 633-3154 YUKON WILDLIFE Conservation stamps, rare and unique collection of 13 stamps, from 1996-2008, beautiful artwork depicting Yukon birds and wildlife, $150. 633-3154 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, rifles & ammo.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 PIONEER FEATHER-LITE parka, menĘźs sz med, like new, $150, snowmobile suit, unisex down insulated, $75. 633-3053

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FOOD SERVICES TENDER For Services in Whitehorse For TTC General Councils and other various meetings.

Tender Packages are available at the TTC Whitehorse OfďŹ ce, Phone: 867-456-4805 Submissions can be dropped off at the TTC Whitehorse OfďŹ ce.

Or email: Ellen.fournier@ttc-teslin.com PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO TTC CITIZENS.

Deadline for submissions is April 13th, 2015 at 5:00 PM. Any questions, please call 867-390-2532 ext: 305.

MYSTERIES, VARIOUS authors. 41 paperbacks, $25. Ross 633-3154 For Sale NATIVE BRAIN-TANNED HIDES and Tanned Beaver Pelts at reasonable prices Phone (780)335-3557 If no one is available please leave msg or call (780)461-9677 KING CANADA KC-1440/Birmingham CT-1440G metal lathe, like new, vg cond, low time/usage, incl floor stand & extras, $5,000 + tax. 667-7573 Mon-Fri or lv msg WORLD HOCKEY Association, 5 complete hockey card sets from the 1970s. Exc cond. $750. Ross 633-3154 CFL FOOTBALL cards, 17 different complete sets of cards, including early OPC. Almost 2,600 cards. $1,400. Ross 633-3154 MCDONALDS H O C K E Y cards from 1991-92 to 2009/10, almost every card issued incl. 27 unopened paks from each year, over 1,200 cards, $1,000 firm. Ross 633-3154 TRADING CARDS, binder full of non-sport trading cards (James Bond, X-men, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom). About 500 cards. $50. Ross 633-3154 WORLD HOCKEY Association, remember it? Two rare books, (history, statistics, photos). Exc. shape, $50. 633-3154 TREKK SLEEPING bags, (7 degrees C, -20 degrees C, -46 degrees C), 3-person dome tent, single sleeping mattress, hip waders.

Will take offers. Call 667-7467 XL T-SHIRTS & sweatshirts, souvenir items that have never been worn. Will take offers.

Call 667-7467 BLADEZ 5.9T treadmill, retailed for over $1,000, asking $300. Call 667-7467 MENĘźS WESTERN-STYLE suits w/2 pairs dress pants & co-ordinating dress shirts, all custom made from Thailand, XL jackets, 34â&#x20AC;? waist, 28â&#x20AC;? length. Will take offers. Call 667-7467

Tlicho Engineering & Environmental Services Ltd (TEES) is committed to developing the capacity of local impacted communities, providing to local business and preserving lands for future generations. TEES works in the most remote locations and extreme environments in the world, where we continually complete projects on schedule and under budget.

We have a number of challenging and exciting career opportunities providing care and maintenance services at the Faro Mine Remediation Project, located in Faro, Yukon. We are searching for skilled and dedicated people to ďŹ ll key roles in our dynamic and fast-paced work teams.

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MENĘźS XL Snowgoose parka, ski pants, down-filled parka, quilted vest, various lighter jackets. Will take offers. Call 667-7467 4 INDUSTRIAL black sinks, will take offers.

Call 667-7467 BELMONT BARBER chairs, asking $300 each. Call 667-7467

Tlicho Engineering & Environmental Services Ltd (TEES) is committed to developing the capacity of local impacted communities, providing to local business and preserving lands for future generations. TEES works in the most remote locations and extreme environments in the world, where we continually complete projects on schedule and under budget.

The Environmental Coordinator is responsible for performing / supervising ďŹ eld activities related to water quality, hydrology, geotechnical monitoring, meteorological, terrestrial, data management, lab analytics, reporting and assessment programs. Duties include (but are not limited to) managing ďŹ eld staff, surface water sampling, groundwater sampling, ďŹ&#x201A;ow monitoring, seepage and groundwater monitoring, and instrumentation maintenance.

We have a number of challenging and exciting career opportunities providing care and maintenance services at the Faro Mine Remediation Project, located in Faro, Yukon.

QualiďŹ cations/Experience: UĂ&#x160; Environmental Sciences or BSc in Civil/Environmental/Geological Engineering preferred, however an Environmental Engineering Technologist Diploma, or other related technician/technologist diploma will be considered; UĂ&#x160; 5+ years of environmental experience in conducting ďŹ eld work in a similar setting would be an asset; and UĂ&#x160; Experience in planning and conducting environmental investigations.

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The incumbent will be expected to live and work from Faro on a 4 day on 3 day off rotation (Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thursday), 10 hours per day. Relocation assistance negotiable.

TEES is contracted by Government of Yukon to provide care and maintenance services at the Faro Mine Complex as part of the Faro Mine Remediation Project.

For more information on the Faro Mine Remediation Project, please visit www.faromine.ca.

APPLICATION PROCESS & FOR MORE INFORMATION Deadline for submission is April 20, 2015 6:00pm Please submit your resume to: jboyd@tlichoeng.com or by mail Faro Mine Complex PO BOX 400, Faro Yukon Y0B 1K0 or by fax 867-994-2378

We are searching for skilled and dedicated people to ďŹ ll key roles in our dynamic and fast-paced work teams.

The Millwright will be a certiďŹ ed journey person and will function as a rotating specialist. The incumbent must be familiar with vertical turbine pumps and familiar with stationary high volume centrifugal pumps.

The incumbent will be expected to live and work from Faro on a 4 day on 3 day off rotation (Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thursday), 10 hours per day. Relocation assistance will be negotiable.

TEES is contracted by Government of Yukon to provide care and maintenance services at the Faro Mine Complex as part of the Faro Mine Remediation Project.

For more information on the Faro Mine Remediation Project, please visit www.faromine.ca.

APPLICATION PROCESS & FOR MORE INFORMATION Deadline for submission is April 20, 2015 6:00pm Please submit your resume to: iboyd@tIichoeng.com or by mail Faro Mine Complex P0 BOX 400, Faro Yukon YOB 1KO or by fax 867-994-2378.

SIMONIZ S1600 pressure washer, will take offers. Call 667-7467 ELECTRIC â&#x20AC;&#x153;OPENâ&#x20AC;? sign, also flashes On & Off, ideal for new or existing business, asking $150. Call 667-7467 INSIGNIA DIGITAL picture frame, asking $50. Call 667-7467 WANTED TO RENT: Small garage in downtown near Ogilvie Street to store tools & other items with enough space to set up and use table saw.

Does not need to be heated but would prefer electricity.

Willing to pay $100/mon.

Call 667-2737, leave message 8ĘźX10Ęź REVERSIBLE braided rug, beige, smoke & pet-free, wood stain on one side, new $1,200, asking $600. 393-8077 DOUBLE WINE kit, c/w 2 kits in 1, makes approx 60 bottles so cost approx .65 cents/bottle, $39. 633-6264 WHITE GOLD diamond ring, emerald & white gold diamond ring, several pieces of very old original paintings, caribou hide, moose hide, original Yukon space heater circa 1904, etc, call to view/price. 332-5181 MEDI-CHAIR, EXC cond, hardly used, blue, remote controls chair to move up & down & lay back, $600 obo. 633-4079 to view BOTTOM OF wine barrel, one glass, bottle holder, solid wood, $200. 335-5352 MOVING-OUT SALE, furniture, tools, electronics, clothing, and housewares. Call 333-0772 to arrange to view WOMENĘźS SZ 9 1/2 Harley Davidson boots, like new, $50. 667-7057 GARAGE DOOR, 8x16, insulated, white colonial style sectional panels, good condition, $1,000. 660-4550 BRAND NAME Kork Flooring, clip & go, no glue, 3'x1', 200 sq ft approx, $475. 333-0539 BIKE CARRIER for car, near new cond, Cdn Tire portable soft tub, glass canning jars, natural food, washer for parts, greenhouse windows. 393-1992 1800ĘźS CEDAR wringer washer; antique oxen yoke. 334-3778

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 BEAUTIFUL STERLING silver spoon collection, spoons from different parts of world, beautiful wood display case w/glass sliding doors. 333-9020

ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE End of season discounts Quality standing dry Haines Junction Full measured cords, stacked $230/cord Discount for large orders 335-0932, leave message

TWO OLDER Leopold riflescopes, glossy black, VARI X II 2-7 by 30 duplex, good cond, $200; M8 4x Compact by 30, duplex, vg cond w/flip up cover, $100. 668-2802

DONʼS FIREWOOD Junction beetle kill spruce Cut to your desired length Kwanlin Dun & Social Services accepted Firewood available for summer delivery Phone 393-4397

WANTED: VOLUNTEER to teach beginner English to an adult. 393-2275

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

Guns & Bows

WANTED: SPRAY foam insulation equipment, cash paid. 334-8444

2 BUSINESS suit jackets & pants, incl complete suit/jacket cover for each w/own hanging protective cover, 30/31waist, 30/31 leg, med shoulders, $60 obo for pair. 667-4892

LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R New & Used 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL

SNOW THROWER, Yard Works, 30” wide, exc cond, $750. 333-9020 250 GAL fuel tank. 668-2216 EMPIRE ARISTOCAT antique UK portable typewriter, first laptop typewrite, $75 obo.

667-4892 SMITH-CORONA ELEC typewriter, Brother 5X4000 elec typewriter, both in good cond.

668-2216

Electrical Appliances WASHER-DRYER, 334-0254 (cell)

$250. 633-4115 or

RESTRICTED FIREARMS course presented

by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club April 26.

For more info call 334-1688 or 667-6728

16.5 CU ft top-freezer GE refrigerator, stainless steel w/spill-proof glass shelves, gallon door bins, 2 humidity-controlled crispers, exc cond, 28"W x 65"H x 28" deep, $375 obo.

332-1779

NON-RESTRICTED FIREARMS course presented by Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club April 18 & 19. For more info call 334-1688 or 667-6728

KENMORE WASHER & dryer, approx 5 yrs old, vg cond, $250. 633-2837

SAVAGE 99 lever action w/Williams scope, 300 gauge, $250 obo. 633-6543

WANTED: USED propane refrigerator in good working order, would prefer mid-size fridge. 335-7343

REMINGTON 12-GAUGE pump action shot gun, $250 obo. 633-6543

Wanted

LOOKING FOR 1980s Yamaha Enticer 340 snow machine, running or not. Call 335-6025 WANTED: OLD style wooden chairs, any condition, cash paid. 334-8444

WANTED: BOAT trailer with brakes, single or tandem for 2500lbs weight 20ft plus, would consider sailboat trailer, $1,000.

334-6087 WANTED: LOOKING to buy trailer in Whitehorse trailer court. 668-6885 WANTED: BAMBOO blinds, 5X5 sizing.

393-1992 WANTED: VANCOUVER 2010 Olympics Yukon YT coloured lapel pin, snowy mountains, green/blue hills & water behind Olympic logos. Contact by email to kmhardman@shaw.ca for picture/info WANTED: 2 hp electric motor, 220 v, 2000 rpm, prefer Baldor. 668-2802

Cars

TVs & Stereos

H&R PARDNER 12G shotgun, modified choke, single shot, break-action, great gun in great shape, New $230, asking $160.

393-4314

2009 VW Jetta wagon turbo diesel, 112,000 kms, 6-spd manual, moonroof, leather heated seats, a/c, winter/summer tires w/rims, well-maintained, clean, $14,900 obo.

Shelagh @ 332-8741

HITACHI 52” LCD television w/stand, asking $1,000. Call 667-7467

VARIOUS MODEL long-barrel guns, PAL required. 668-2216

2009 HONDA ST 1300, red, all tuned up, new tires, fast, 12,000 mi, $9,950. 667-7223

Computers & Accessories

Da Daghay Development Corporation

V-TECH CORDLESS phone system with Blue Tooth wireless technology, asking $100. Call 667-7467

is looking for business minded individuals to fill vacancies on the board. If you are interested in getting involved in the Ta’an Kwach’an development corporation, please contact us.

TKC citizens are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants call for an information package.

Musical Instruments PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com

E. dadaghay@northwestel.net T. (867) 667-6609 C. (867) 332-7898

Guitar/Bass and Music Theory Lessons with Jim Holland in the Takhini Hot Springs area.

Beginners to intermediate Call for times and prices 867-335-0396

Firewood

Employment requirements are as follows: • Completion of secondary school education • At least 3 years experiences in the kitchen as cook • Ability to speak Japanese and cook some Japanese dishes could be an asset.

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC. Store (867) 633-3276

TO APPLY: Email: antoinette@northwestel.net OR drop off your resume in person at Antoinette’s

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

DJG CONTRACTING Delivering single/multiple cord orders cut to length 20 cords in tree length Pick up in Whitehorse or Haines Junction Call or text David at 332-8327 EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise.

ORDER NOW 456-7432

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: t Instruct Occupational Health and Safety courses offered by NSNY. t Collaborate with the Executive Director in monitoring quality of NSNY programming. t Assist in on-going development of internal and external processes. t Provide assistance in sourcing, developing and revising programs and processes. t Provide administrative support. t Travel outside of Whitehorse may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS: t Experience as a professional in the field of Occupational Health and Safety; education, experience or a combination thereof will be considered. t Experience in training to adult education, background in OHS training an asset. t An understanding of auditable health and safety systems. t Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team. t High level of organizational and time management skills. t An appetite to expand your knowledge of OHS, program system management and contribute to health and safety initiatives in Yukon.

Please submit your cover letter and resume to the attention of: Sheila Sergy, Executive Director Northern Safety Network Yukon, 478 Range Road, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 3A2 or email: sheila@yukonsafety.com / Fax: 867-633-6391 * Please note that only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. We thank you in advance for your time and your interest in applying for this position.

(Legal Aid) STAFF LAWYER POSITION Permanent position to start June 2015 The Yukon Legal Services Society (YLSS) is looking to hire a new staff lawyer. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing legal representation to eligible Yukoners referred to them by the Legal Aid Administration Office. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in criminal law.

Desired qualifications: •

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Yukon Suspension Bridge is currently seeking Employees for the remainder of the 2015 tourist season ending September 30th.

Positions available are:

S.A. vouchers accepted.

Competition Closing Date: April 22, 2015 Work Location: 478 Range Road, Whitehorse, YT Condition: One year term with opportunity to extend.

Annual Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Main duties are as follows: • Prepare and cook complete meals • Oversee kitchen operations in the absences of head chef • Maintain inventory and record food, supplies and equipment • Clean kitchen and work area

ROLAND ELECTRIC piano with chair, $250.

633-3053

MasterCard

Administrator - Training and Development

COOK WANTED

YAMAHA MD4 min disk recorder 4-track, originally, $1,000, like new, asking $250 obo.

633-6543

Cheque, Cash

OYMENT OPPORT L P UNI EM TY

YUKON LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY

ANTIQUE GERHARD Heintzman upright piano, est. year 1885, we no longer play, needs tuning, pick up only, will need piano moving equipment, $1,200 obo. 667-7504

✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ $250 per cord (6 cords or more) ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery

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Yukon Suspension Bridge is a world class tourist attraction located between Whitehorse, Yukon and Skagway, Alaska along the Klondike Highway. We are looking for energetic and personable individual who can work well in our customer service business. Daily transportation to and from the Bridge is provided. Qualifications and duties very from each position, should you require more information please contact us. If you feel you have the experience and knowledge to be a part of our team please submit resume.

For more information of our business visit us at,

www.yukonsuspensionbridge.com Email: info@yukonsuspensionbridge.com Phone: 604-628-5660 Fax: 250-262-5123

• • •

Experience in all areas of current YLSS coverage with a focus on criminal law Demonstrated reliability, flexibility and a strong problem solver Ability to meet deadlines in a high demand environment Possess strong time management and communication skills

All applicants must be members of good standing of a Bar in Canada, and eligible to be called to the Yukon. Compensation is based on years of relevant experience. We offer a competitive salary, excellent compensation packages and a flexible working environment.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 24, 2015 We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please submit your resume and expression of interest by email or fax to: Yukon Legal Services Society Administration Office Attention: Shannon Rhames Email: srhames@legalaid.yk.ca Fax: (867) 667-8349

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Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity through education and training.

Instructor/Coordinator

Watson Lake Community Campus School of Community Education and Development Permanent Position Salary: $74,096 to $88,204 per annum (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.:15.40 Initial Review Date: May 4, 2015 Watson Lake is a small Yukon community that lies within the traditional territory of the Liard First Nation with an estimated population of 800. It is located near the Liard River, at the junction of the Robert Campbell Highway and the Alaska Highway and is considered a key transportation hub for the Territory and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gateway to the Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. <XNRQ &ROOHJH LV ORRNLQJ IRU D TXDOLĂ&#x20AC;HG FRPPXQLW\ focused candidate to work closely within a team environment to develop, promote, deliver and evaluate programs/courses that support the education and training goals of the Watson Lake community and Yukon College.

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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

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015

USED VEHICLE SPECIALS!!

SOLD! PR 2012 Toyota Corolla #7569A / $19,7977............. .............

PROMO $13,995 2011 Toyota Tundra SR5 4.6L V8 #7501B / $39 $39,199 199 .......PROMO PR $25,795 2010 Toyota Tundra SR5 #7467A / $42,766 .......PROMO $29,800 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara #7479A / $34,060 ....PROMO $18,995 2009 Kia Sorento #7527A / $32,745.................. PROMO $14,790

2013 Toyota Tundra SR5 TRD

STOCK #1406

2010 TOYOTA Corolla LE, 5-spd standard, 1.8L, very nice shape, 61,000km, $9,000.

334-1935 2008 TOYOTA Corolla, 4-dr, 4-cyl 5-spd manual, 159,000kms, exc cond, $9,200 obo.

333-4014 2007 CHEV Cobalt, 2-dr standard, touch screen DVD player, 140,000km, $4,950.

332-6022 2006 CHRYSLER Sebring, 107,000 kms, great shape, new tires, reduced to $4,900 obo. 333-3457

PROMO:

2005 PONTIAC Sunfire, fully loaded, 150,000km, automatic, good fuel-efficient car. 332-6022

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

2003 BUICK LeSabre Ltd., estate sale, 191,000kms, loaded, very clean inside & out, $4,995. 867-536-7206

PRICE: $49,496 $

38,795

STOCK #7388B

PRICE: $28,998

PROMO:

2003 GRAND AM GT, 162,000km, sunroof, fully loaded, new tires, new front brakes, $3,000 obo. 689-1727

21,290

$

2011 Nissan PathďŹ nder LE

2002 JEEP TJ Sport, 5-speed, well maintained, $6,000. 633-6313

STOCK #7413A

PRICE: $47,748

PROMO:

30,400

1999 PONTIAC Sunfire, sporty economical, 4-dr, auto. 393-1992

2013 Toyota Tacoma Limited

1996 PLYMOUTH Breeze, auto, 2 sets tires, exc glass, very fuel efficient, 190,000km, $1,600. 333-9020

$

STOCK #1502

PRICE: $42,126 PROMO:

$

33,995

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SOLD

WE BUY USED CARS

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2007 HONDA Fit, 154,000 km, 5-spd manual, pwr windows, mirrors, door locks, new windshield, winters, new all seasons, reg maintained at dealership, have all records, $6,700. 335-1230 2008 NISSAN Versa SL 4-dr hatchback, 102500km's, remote start, A/C, keyless entry, CVT auto trans, runs fine, no issues, $7,500. 668-5876 2008 TAURUS LTD, 138,000 kms, transferrable extended warranty, summer/winter tires on rims, blk ext/int, $9,800.00 336-0995 2008 TOYOTA Corolla Sport, FWD, new studded winter tires on steel rims, c/w stock aluminum rims also, 140,000km, manual, $7,500. Call/text 335-7554 to view 2004 CHRYSLER Sebring, 4-dr, auto, air, cruise, tilt, P/L, P/W, remote start, 104,000km, exc cond, $3,900. Rob @ 334-2333 2000 FORD Taurus station wagon, V6 auto, P/W, P/D, 216,000kms, c/w summer tires, new winter tires, seats 8, recent inspection, we upgraded, $3,450 obo. 333-0380

1983 SUPRA Celica, 2-dr, sunroof, standard, runs great, fun car, c/w body kit & extra parts, $4,500. 334-9823

We Sell Trucks!

1-866-269-2783 â&#x20AC;˘ 9039 Quartz Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ Fraserway.com

2011 DODGE Ram 1500 regular cab, short box, 4x4, 26,000km, well maintained, never driven in cold weather, all season/winter tires, headache rack, red, $21,000. 335-3938 2011 GMC Sierra Nevada Edition SL, 44,000km, immaculate, 4X4 short box, headache rack, new tires, levelling kit, tow package, winter package, $23,500 obo. Call/text 336-3464 2008 CHEVY Tahoe, trailer hitch, power windows/doors, trailer hitch, running boards, exc cond, Cdn book value $20,400, asking $12,900. 333-3457 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4, ext cab, long box w/canopy, $15,000 obo. 668-5792 2007 DIESEL Jeep Grand Cherokee, loaded, leather, heated seats, sunroof, trailer brakes, well maintained, 123,000kms, motivated to sell, $19,000, will consider reasonable offers. 334-1195 2005 DODGE Diesel 3500 4x4, not a dually, motor has 105,000km, transmission has 5,000km, truck has 240,000. 993-6066 2005 FORD E350 cube van, low mileage, 152,709km, vg cond. James @ 668-2759 for info 2004 CHEVY Avalanche crew cab 4X4, fully loaded, trailer tow pkg, exc cond, $8,500.

332-6022 2004 F-350 Lariat, diesel, lifted crew cab, off-road 4X4, loaded, heated leather seats, nice truck. 332-6022 2003 CHEVY LS 7-passenger mini van, $1,600 obo. 333-9899

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2011 MALIBU LT 6-spd, man shift out, 63,000km, great on gas, $11,000 obo.

633-4946 or 334-5311

Trucks

2007 TOYOTA Matrix, red, 128,000 km, exc cond, standard, $7,100. 668-4895 to view

2008 F250, new tires, brakes, bearings, great truck, $8,000 obo. 689-1727

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2002 DODGE Dakota SLT 4x4, 4-dr, matching colour cap, 169,000 kms, loaded, blk leather interior/gold exterior, with mechanical, $8,900. 336-0995

2002 FORD Winstar, 154,000km, command start, summer/winter tires, very clean inside & out, elderly owner, $4,995. 867-536-7206 2001 DODGE Durango SLT sport utility 4X4, no rust or damage, $2,700 obo. 333-9899 2000 FORD Explorer LXT, new tires, new engine, clean cond, leather seats, $4,500 obo. 633-2567 1993 CHEV 2500 4x4, auto, 6.5L, diesel, ext cab, long box, clean body, good mechanical condition, camper ready, air bags, $4,000 obo. 334-7373 1993 CHEVY cube van, James @ 668-2759 for info

153,614kms.

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 5 BRAND new Goodyear 245/75-17â&#x20AC;? 10ply mud/snow tires, $420 cost each, complete set of 5 for $1,350 obo. Call 332-1374 TOYOTA ALLOY wheels, fits Tacoma or Tundra, 16X7, retail $490/ea, asking $125/ea or all for $400. 633-3053 DODGE HEAVY-DUTY headache rack for full size truck with 8Ęź box, 64 3/4â&#x20AC;? wide, tapers to 63â&#x20AC;? at back, black, slick, like new, $300 obo. 660-4516 4 BLIZZAK winter tires w/rims, 215/60 R15, used 1 winter, $400 firm, on 2004 Subaru, Faro 1-867-994-2474 or Whitehorse 393-4796 1 BF Goodrich Rugged Trail-TA tire, P265/70 R16 w/rim, 6-holes, 80% tread, $50.

393-4796 1 BRIDGESTONE tire, 6-hole w/rim, 90% tread, 31X1050 R15 LT w/rim, $75.

393-4796 TOUGHEST TRUCK dolly ever made, built to haul large army trucks, older but awesome shape, ready to haul, $1,000. 336-3922 4 15â&#x20AC;? rims, 5-hole, w/mounted tires, LT235/75R, 15 M&S, previously on 1992 Chev p/u, $100. 393-4732 DODGE DAKOTA brake shoe for rear end, still in box, $30 obo. 393-2630

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 2015 SKI-DOO Tundra 550 LT, 154" track, lightly used, less than 200 miles odo, includes new cover & belt, located in Dawson City, $9250 obo. 867-993-3445

4"-&4 t #0%: 4)01 t 1"354 t 4&37*$& 2007 Ford Focus, 4 DOOR, SES, GREEN......................................................... $6,995 2010 Yamaha Grizzly 700 EPS ATV .........................................................$7,595 2004 GMC Canyon, 4X4, SLT .............................................................................. $6,900 2013 CanAm Outlander 800 ATV WITH PLOW! ...............................$13,500 1994 Ford Explorer, NEW TIRES ....................................................................... $1,995 2011 Polaris Rush 800, MINT!! ....................................................................... $8,595 IN-HOUSE FINANCING AVAILABLE!

2008 Hummer H2, SUT

Loaded! Leather, Skylight Roof, Blue

2009 HARLEY Davidson V-Rod, 19,000kms, lots of add-ons, great bike, $14,000 obo.

689-1727 2010 YZ450, $5,200 obo, 2012 KX85, $3,200 obo. 456-2246 1990 HONDA Pacific Coast Touring 800, collectorĘźs bike, rare in Canada, mechanically excellent, new tires, 22,000km, $2,700.

333-9020

WANTED: 20Ęź or 40Ęź seacan in good cond.

335-1106 PLACER MINER, 1995 Kenworth T800, 24Ęź fully insulated van w/all the equipment & approx $200,000 worth of tools, $140,000.

250-573-5765 MILLER BIG 40 welder, 450 amps at 60% duty cycle 400 at 100%, powered with Cat Perkins engine, welder has 3,300 hours on it. 993-6066 HYDRAULIC IMPACTS 1/2 drive 3/4 drive and 1" drive with heavy duty hose reel in cabinet ready to mount, has a 60lb pavement breaker also. 993-6066

31,000

TOP GEAR motorcycle riding leathers, men's XL jacket & matching pants, zip together to make long haul suit, exc cond, $600. 867-332-9099

2007 INTERNATIONAL Haulall garbage truck, only 102,000km, exc cond, must be seen, $43,900 obo. 867-536-7712

2012 Jeep Liberty Sport

2009 YAMAHA 950 VStar, 1 owner, only 8200kms, never dropped, $5,000. 334-5196

Campers & Trailers

$

ARCTIC CAT 90cc, quad $1,500. Don @ 334-1212

Great Deals on used RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s!

2010 Chev 2500 Crew 4x4 LT

2009 YAMAHA V Star 1300 touring cruiser, 31,000km, $7,700. 333-9020

Is SELLING OFF their

$

4-Door 4WD Red

20,995

2011 SKANDIC WT 600 ACE, $6,000.

633-5955

Grey

$

27,900

Marine

2015 Chrysler 200 4-Door, Grey, 5,000 Kms

20 HP Mercury 2 stroke long shaft, guard plate on keel, tank and new spare prop, $750 obo. 633-4508

$

25,500 *VEHICLES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN

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For Quick Approval call: 668-5559 #4 Fraser Road, McCrae, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8 EMAIL: woloshyn@northwestel.net

Pets Has your fur buddy slowed down?

Return 'spring' to your dogĘźs step.

Older or injured dogs benefit from Glucosamine and MSM. Tasty pharmaceutical grade powder.

Dosage based on weight.

332-7828 CANARY BIRD cages for sale, XL, $40; L, $30; M, $20; S, $10. Call 667-7467 CANINES & COMPANY New! Puppy Play School Program March & April, Saturdays, 5 sessions 8-16 week old puppies Practical skills, play skills, house-training, socializing, pre-obedience school Hands-on learning. www.caninesandcompany.ca Phone 333-0505

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles Recreational Powersports and Marine (RPM) Repairs Service, repair and installations for snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, chainsaws, marine and more Qualified and experienced mechanic Great rates!

Call Patrick at 335-4181 TAITĘźS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles

by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com RONĘźS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVĘźs, Small industrial equipment.

Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg POLARIS 2003 RMK 700, new motor, new track, $3,000. 334-0528 or msg at 668-5729 2006 HONDA VTX 1300 w/windshield, saddlebags, back seat rest, new tires, low kms, $8,000 obo. 393-3211 MOTORCYCLE GEAR including leather jacket, chaps, heated rain gear, gloves, helmets, saddlebags, etc, will take offers. Call 667-7467 2009 YAMAHA Venture MP 4-stroke, exc cond, rear seat, cargo box, block heater, extra-wide skis, scratchers, belts, mirrors, Yamaha cover & spare carbide runner, $5,500.

660-4516 2008 YAMAHA Roadliner, 2,800 mi, red/black/chrome, 1,900 cc, 116ci, belt drive, beautiful, selling for health reasons, $9,300.

336-0995 2005 ARGO 8X8 avenger, new top, windshield, multi-mount winch, 40 amp alternator kit, dual gun boot mount, 495 hrs, green, exc shape, runs/drives great, $8,000 obo.

332-1645 WANTED: OLD, broken-down motorcycles.

335-1106

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1992 BAYLINER 2556, 7.4L Bravo2, 9.9HP auto-pilot kicker, galley, marine head, radio, GPS, sleeps 5, canvas enclosure, tandem trailer, many extras $22,000 obo. 334-1001 VOLVO PENTA power steering actuator, $650 obo. 633-6502 1990 FULLY welded aluminum lake boat, windshield, new transom and floor on easy loader trailer, no leaks, ready water, $3,000.

336-3922 12Ęź ALUMINUM boat, $300 obo. 335-3628 21Ęź CAMPION fishing machine 210, walk around w/cuddy, marine radio, GPS, depth sounder, 2 downriggers, 2 live wells, 225 Mercury outboard on transom, c/w trailer, $6,900. email ekositsin@hotmail.com

Heavy Equipment GOLD PLANT Trommel, 36Ęź long, 48â&#x20AC;? diameter, is on a 53Ęź triaxle high-boy, c/w extras, $120,000 + applicable taxes.

780-916-4247, lv msg if no answer

633-6019 FRIDAY, APRIL 10

2015

HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SHELTER: 5VFT 'SJ QN QN t 4BU BN QN $-04&% 4VOEBZT .POEBZT Help control the pet overpopulation problem

have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED. FOR INFORMATION CALL

633-6019

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION Rocco

Leo

x-rentals Check out: klondikerv.com (867) 456 2729 TAITĘźS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

Scorpio

Daphne

DEXTER

2005 20Ęź Frontier travel trailer, dbl bed, great shape, table converts to queen, good layout, everything works, $12,000. 393-3377 2012 DOUBLE A tandem axle trailer, 18Ęź w/2Ęź dovetail & vertical ramps, low mileage, exc cond, good tires, elec brakes, 7,000lb axles, $5,700. 335-1106 2003 ROADTREK 190 Popular, most popular Class B motorhome in US/Canada, 107,100 km, great cond inside/out, $28,500.

633-4239 WANTED: LOOKING for an older Vandura as soon as possible. 332-9446

Maggy

2011 WILDWOOD Xlite 26BH, exc cond, walkaround queensize bed, bunkbeds, all usual appliances/accessories, rear storage rack, stabilizers, awning, loadleveler hitch, $14,500 obo. 867-399-3151 1979 BIGFOOT trailer, 18' basic trailer, fridge, stove, furnace, $3,000 obo. 334-7664

SALVAGE SALE The following insurance salvage is up for bids. Salvage vehicles may have signiďŹ cant collision damages. Listed salvage is currently located at Irving Collision Repairs. GST will be added to all bids. It is offered on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is, where isâ&#x20AC;? basis. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Bids close at 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 20th, 2015. Contact Irving Collision Repairs (867-667-6315) for viewing appointment & information.

YEAR 2011 1988 1998 2009 2015

MAKE GMC Oldsmobile Honda Jeep Nissan

MODEL Sierra Delta Civic Compass Rogue

FILE NUMBER 876981 887510 844405 843921 878100

BRANDING Salvage Salvage Salvage Salvage Non-Repairable

Mingus

Pet of the Week!

T

ROY

Tobie

Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!

Arrival: March 13/15 Sex: Neutered male DOB: 2013 Breed: Siamese Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m new to the shelter life so staff are still getting to know me.

And more....

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

633-6019 126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

If your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

Pets will be posted on the Pet Report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.

You can also check out our award winning website at:

WWW.HUMANESOCIETYYUKON.CA

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Canadian Tire Cashplan The Deli Edgewater Hotel Extra Foods Fourth Avenue Petro Gold Rush Inn Klondike Inn Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant Riverside Grocery Riverview Hotel Shoppers on Main Shoppers Qwanlin Mall Superstore Superstore Gas Bar Tags Walmart Well-Read Books Westmark Whitehorse Yukon Inn Yukon News Yukon Tire

YUKON NEWS Coming Events 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 AL-ANON MEETINGS, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someoneʼs drinking?

Wednesday 12Noon @ Anglican Church, 4th & Elliott, back door, Friday 7pm Lutheran Church, 4th & Strickland, beginnerʼs meeting, Friday 8pm Lutheran Church regular meeting HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to all those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3PM. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net GALA GARAGE Sale April 11 at Whitehorse Elementary gym. Fundraiser for Little Footprints Big Steps work in Haiti. Donate/Help?

456-4434 CRESTVIEW CROSS-COUNTRY ski group meets Sundays, 12Noon, 222 Squanga Ave, to ski Pine Forest Loop, 2-3 hours, free.

Franz @ 633-2455 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 KLUANE QUILTERS Guild meeting, Thursday April 30, Whitehorse Public Library, 5:15pm-6:30pm. Come join us. Memberships due for 2015. New members welcome.

335-0186 for more info CHRONIC PAIN, A Creative Expression support group starts Thurs April 16th for 6 weekly sessions, 12:30-2pm, Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services. Call Kim at 667-2970 ext 234 for info/registration

NSNY IS pleased to announce their AGM on April 28th 2015. Meeting will be held at NSNY location, 478 Range Road, from 12pm to 1pm

COMMUNITY GARDEN sign-up at Whitehorse Food Bank, 306 Alexander Street, Saturday, April 11 from noon until 2pm. For more information call Randy at 633-4379

YUKON COUNCIL on Aging AGM April 17 at the Golden Age Centre, 9am registration.

668-3383

BONES, BOTTLES & birch bark baskets, long ago Yukonʼs artifact identification event, Beringia Centre, 2-4pm, Saturday, April 25.

Let experts look at your Yukon heirlooms.

633-6579

CANOL DEDICATION Dinner Fundraiser at MacBride Museum. Thursday, April 23.

MacBride Museum is hosting a historically themed dinner, with the same menu as original dinner. Doors open at 6pm. Tickets: 667-2709 or www.macbridemuseum.com YK-AK COFFEE House, Saturday Apr. 18, 2015. Open Stage By Invitation, (867) 633-4580. Bring Potluck 4:30pm, help set up 5:30pm, 7pm Show. $5, United Church bsmt, 6th+Main INTʼL FOLK Fest, 29th annual, Skagway, Friday Apr 17, 7pm AK time, Eagleʼs Hall, Broadway at 6th. Skagwayartscouncil.blogspot.com, Réné Koher at Tokyoariel@hotmail.com 212-203-5090. Bring Passport!

APRIL 24, 2015, Midnight Sun Dirt Riders Association is hosting their AGM, 6pm-8pm, at CGC meeting room 2 YUKON PARTY Whitehorse West EDA AGM Thursday April 16, 6:30pm at École Émilie-Tremblay. Info: info@yukonparty.ca THE WHITEHORSE Oldtimer Hockey League Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23, 7pm, Tetra Tech EBA Boardroom, 61 Wasson Place QUEER YUKON: upcoming events for the LGBTQ community and allies, www.queeryukon.com YUKON LEARN Self-Directed Computer Studies (Drop-In) is cancelled for April, May & June. We will open up again in July.

ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association monthly meeting Tuesday, April 15, 7pm, Sport Yukon Boardroom #1. All welcome

THE YUKON NEWS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE IN ALL YUKON COMMUNITIES AND ATLIN, B.C.

“YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION” WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

FRIENDS OF the Whitehorse Public Library AGM in WPL meeting room on Tuesday, April 14, 4pm. Come support your library.

Info 633-6579 THE FROSTBITE Music Society 2015 AGM, is Wednesday May 6, 7pm, at the Frostbite House. Come one, come all, meet the new board and have your say SPAGHETTI BENEFIT Supper for Braeburn Lake Summer Camp Friday, April 10, 5pm-7pm, CYO Hall below Sacred Heart Cathedral 406 Steele. All welcome MARSH LAKE Solid Waste Management Society will hold its AGM on May 6th, 2015 7pm at the Marsh Lake Community Centre.

All welcome TEEN PARENT Society AGM Thursday May 7th at 7:00pm at The Teen Parent Centre.

New members welcome. Visit us at www.teenparentcentreyukon.ca PINE TREE Quilters upcoming quilting retreat April 10 & 11 in the United Church basement. Email ptqcathy@gmail.com for information SWAZILAND EDUCATIONAL Trust Society's AGM will be held April 21, 2015, at 7pm, Hellaby Hall. For further information call Kathy at 334-4473 FREE BOARD game night Saturday Apr 11, 4-10pm @ Titan Gaming & Collectibles, 10-305 Main St for International TableTop Day. All welcome, games provided. Hosted

by Yukon Comic Culture Society SWAZILAND EDUCATIONAL Trust Society garage sale Saturday May 23rd. We are now accepting donations. Your treasures can help put a child through school in Africa.

Contact Kathy @ 334-4473

PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, April 13th, 5:15pm, Guild Hall, 633-4829 for info. All Welcome. Come show your support

TENNIS YUKON summer kids camps. Sign up now for Tennis & Golf Camp or Tennis & Mountain Biking Camp. More information at www.tennisyukon.com

NETWORK FOR Healthy Early Human Development AGM will be held at 6pm Saturday April 18 @ 108 Copper Rd, Whitehorse

YUKON ORIENTEERING Association.

Learn To Orienteer Workshop May 2.

Pre-register by Wednesday, April 29. Barbara at 668-2306

THE YUKON Church Heritage Society/Old Log Church Museum AGM is on April 27, 2015, 7pm, Old Log Church Museum. Society/museum members and interested members of the public are welcome.

KLUANE MTN Bluegrass Festival June 12-14, Haines Junction. Get your weekend passes now at Dean's Strings in Whitehorse, Kluane Machine in HJ, or online: www.yukonbluegrass.com

PINE TREE Quilters upcoming meetings: April 6 and May 4 at 7:00 pm in the United Church basement.

Email ptqcathy@gmail.com for information

THE YUKON Child Care Association will be having it's AGM on April 17, 2015, location Westmark Whitehorse at 12:30pm BUS TRIP to Dawson City May 15, 16, 17.

For more info call Deborah 668-5538

Thank You! The families of

Arlo, Kathryn and baby Sadie

wish to thank everyone (there are too many to list) who responded and gave their love and support when it was needed following a vehicle accident.

WHAT AN AMAZING COMMUNITY

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

AND …

Kopper King Hi-Country RV Park McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015

COME AND sing HU a spiritual love song to God. Helps regain peace, love, comfort.

Tuesday, April 14 from 7:30-8 pm at Elijah Smith School. Info 633-6594 or www.eckankar-yt.ca GIRL GUIDE Cookie Blitz, classic sandwich cookies sold door-to-door April 14, Copper Ridge & Porter Creek, April 15, Riverdale, April 16, Porter Creek, and April 20, Takhini.

Info: 667-2455

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Love you lots!

Services 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 ELECTRICIAN •Licensed •GST free for the month of April •Residential & Commercial •All jobs, large or small •Free Estimates •10% Seniorʼs Discount 332-7879 THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • Construction • Renovation • Finishing • Cabinets • Tiling • Flooring • Repairs • Specialty woodwork • Custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net BURGESS BUILT CONSTRUCTION Journeyman Carpenter New Construction, Renovations Big or Small Frame to Finish Call Shawn 867-334-5190 shwn.burgess@gmail.com TRUE NORTH ELECTRIC Now serving the Communities Residential • Commercial New and Renovations Licensed • Bonded • Insured Over 30 years experience Lance 867-332-2623 tnorthel@gmail.com IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” All Subdivisions & acreages off Mayo Rd, MacPherson, Hidden Valley, Pilot Mountain & Hot Springs Rd. Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369 MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Cabinets, Windows, Framing, Board, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com

FREE WORKSHOP: "It's Not Right!" Neighbours, friends & families of older adults can learn how to help those who may be experiencing abuse/neglect. Monday April 13, 1-4 pm, Golden Age Society, 4061-4th Ave THE YUKON Art Society will hold its Annual General Meeting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, May 13, at Arts Underground, 15-305 Main Street. More info: 667-4080 SCHOOLʼS PING Pong Tournament & Rookie event, Saturday April 18, Whitehorse Elementary, 10am-2pm. Info: Dave Stockdale, 668-3358, stockdale@yknet.ca YRTA (YUKON Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tuesday, April 14, 9:30am, 506 Main Street Grill. All welcome. Info: 667-2644

Naomi!

PORTER CREEK Community Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) Monday, May 4, 7pm, Guild Hall, Porter Creek. All Welcome. Come and show your support.

Info 633-4829

WHITEHORSE G E N E R A L Hospital Women's Auxiliary monthly meeting. Monday April 13th, 7:30pm, at WGH. New members welcome. Info: 667-2087 SPRING JOB & Volunteer Fair April 23, Yukon Convention Centre, 10.30am-4pm, presented by YuWIN, Whitehorse Chamber, l'AFY & Volunteer Yukon. Public welcome, free entry. www.yuwin.ca 393-3874 YUKON TABLE Tennis Championships Sunday, April 19, Whitehorse Elementary School, 10am-4pm. Info: Dave Stockdale, 668-3358, stockdale@yknet.ca

No Job too Small ....we Do It All!! s Garden design s Plant selection s Construction

Specialize in small gardens Book Now!!!

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LOW COST MINI STORAGE ■ ■

Now 2 locations: Porter Creek & Kulan.

Onsite & offsite steel containers available for rent or sale.

Phone 633-2594 Fax 633-3915

OFFICE LOCATED BESIDE KLONDIKE WELDING, 15 MacDONALD RD., PORTER CREEK, info@lowcostministorage.ca

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LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates.

Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632

BUSY BEAVERS Pruning, Hauling, Chainsaw Work, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755

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

SUBARU GURU Fixâ&#x20AC;˘Buyâ&#x20AC;˘Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585

IS THERE A SENIOR you care about that needs assistance with meal preparation, medication reminders, grocery shopping, errands, light housekeeping, companionship, personal care, bathing, dressing, mobility assistance and respite?

Care provider with 20 plus years experience, practical knowledge, insight and compassion is ready to assist your loved one.

Please call Jane @ 335-9123 for more information.

FINISHING CARPENTRY & RENOVATIONS For Clean, Meticulous & Tasteful Quality Work INTERIOR â&#x20AC;˘Kitchen & Bathrooms, Flooring, â&#x20AC;˘Design & organization of walk-in closets, laundry & storage room, garage â&#x20AC;˘Wood & Laminate, Stairs.

EXTERIOR â&#x20AC;˘Decks, Fences, Insulation, Siding, Storage Shed DIDIER MOGGIA 633-2156 or cell 334-2156

SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-7635

SPOT SATELLITE GPS Messenger, new in box, never opened, paid $149, asking $99.

633-6264

Business Opportunities

CHIN-UP BAR, $20; Roach biking shin pads, youth-small, 10-14 yrs, $25; Jumpsoles training platforms, basketball, new, $50. 667-7255

Looking for NEW Business / Clients?

GIANT XTC 21 gear, 24â&#x20AC;? blue kidĘźs bicycle, exc cond, 2 seasons old, $150. 456-7758 after 5pm KUWAHARA 18-SPD mountain bike, $150.

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Lost & Found

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his older brothers, Tony and Danny, and his identical twin, David.

Following an athletic childhood and a teaching degree, Mike came north for a canoe trip on the Yukon River in 1972. He fell in love with the Yukon and working with his hands. He rarely left the territory. Mike will be remembered for his generous spirit, voracious appetite for books, mischievous humour, and intellect. He touched the heart of many.

Michael J. Bailey September 1948 to April 3, . 2015

Mike grew up in Mimeco, Ontario, with his parents Emma and Frederick Bailey,

Mike is survived by his children Ben (Melony), Joshua (Sheena), Anna (Roy), Danny (Samantha), and Beau; his grandchildren Jessica, Taylor, Esten, Elyas, Grace, William, and Lupin; and his brother Danny (Mavis).

Notes or rememberances can be sent to Mikesleftthehouse@gmail.com. In lieu of gifts or flowers, peanut butter can be dropped off at the Whitehorse Food Bank.

In Memory

Clayton Levine Martin

Livestock

Sports Equipment

FOUND: LED light for bicycle, 4th & Strickland. If you're the red-jacketed cyclist who lost your LED light around 1:30 on March 27, call to identify/claim. Darcy 660-5166 LOST: IPOD Touch in bright pink case, lost downtown on April 1, reward. Call 456-2326

QUALITY YUKON MEAT No hormones, steroids or additives Grass raised grain finished.

Hereford beef - $5/lb Domestic wild boar - $6/lb Order now for guaranteed spring or fall delivery.

Whole, half or custom order.

Samples available 668-7218 â&#x20AC;˘ 335-5192

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2015-019 Ten Year Overhaul Mayo Hydro Unit (MH2)

Yukon Energy is inviting proposals from qualiďŹ ed contractors to perform a ten year scheduled overhaul of hydro unit MH2 located at the Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mayo facility. The work would be performed from September 14th, 2015 through November 6th, 2015.

The successful proponent will be responsible for supplying all supervision, labour, tools, equipment, materials, mobilization and demobilization of personnel, transportation, and meals and lodging for the overhaul work to be completed at the site.

Sealed proposals, clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;RFP# 2015-019 Ten Year Overhaul Mayo Hydro Unit (MH2)â&#x20AC;? will be received up to 4:00:00 p.m. Yukon time, April 30, 2015, at Yukon Energyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate ofďŹ ces, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail.

To obtain an RFP package contact Matthew Sills at 867-393-5335 or e-mail at matthew.sills@yec.yk.ca.

FOUND: SET of keys in Porter Creek area.

To identify phone 667-2644

Yukon Water Board â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Application Notice Office des eaux du Yukon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Avis de demande Application Number NumĂŠro de la demande

Applicant/Licensee Demandeur/Titulaire

Water Source Location Point dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau/Lieu

Type of Undertaking Type dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreprise

Deadline for Comments 4:00pm Date limite pour commentaires, avant 16 h

PM14-075

Derek Dodge

Seymour Creek, Caribou Creek and Groundwater

Placer

May 5, 2015

PM15-009

Gimlex Enterprises

Dominion Creek

Placer

May 5, 2015

PM15-017

Ralph Barchen

Johnson Creek, Trib. of McQuesten River

Placer

May 5, 2015

Any person may submit comments or recommendations, in writing, by the deadline for notice.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat at 867-456-3980.

Toute personne peut soumettre ses commentaires ou ses recommandations Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office avant la date limite indiquĂŠe sur le prĂŠsent avis.

Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrĂŠtariat de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office au 867-456-3980.

June 11, 1983 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; December 31, 2014

Yukon Water Board

Clay was born to a pioneering (1919) family in the Fort St. John area. His father Clay Sr. originated from Ontario and his mother Viola was from Saskatchewan. Clay was raised on a family farm in Montney, B.C with his two brothers John and Gordon.

Office des eaux du Yukon

Notice of Type A Application and Public Hearing Avis de demande de permis et dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;audience publique Application Number / NumĂŠro de la demande: QZ14-041 Applicant / Demandeur: StrataGold Corporation Type of Undertaking / Type dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreprise: Quartz Mining Water Source/ Point dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;eau: Groundwater and various surface streams Location / Emplacement: Mayo Public Hearing Date / Date de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;audience publique: To be determined Public Hearing Location / Endroit de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;audience publique: To be determined Intervention Deadline / Date limite dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;intervention: May 11, 2015 @ 4:00 pm

Clay, his brothers, and Neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; children attended a nearby country school and later high school in Ft. St. John. In the early 1960s he became a big game guide for well known northern B.C. outďŹ tters Gary Powell, Red Sorenson and skook Davidson.

He was predeceased by his parents Clay Sr. and Viola Martin, and his long time partner Katie Ostrom; and is sadly missed by his son Chance ( Kara, and Granddaughter Xenovia), brothers john (Elsie)and Gordon (Diane), niece Connie, Nephew Grant (Cheryl) and great-nephew Spencer and great-niece Kira, and his many friends in Yukon, Northern B.C., and beyond.

A Memorial Service will be held April 18 in Fort St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legion.

Applications are available for viewing on the Yukon Water Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online registry, WATERLINE at http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca or in person at the Yukon Water Board office. For more information, contact the Yukon Water Board Secretariat a Telephone: 867-456-3980 - Fax: 867-456-3890 - Email: ywb@yukonwaterboard.ca Pour voir les demandes, consultez le registre en ligne WATERLINE au http://www.yukonwaterboard.ca ou rendez-vous au bureau de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office des eaux du Yukon. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le secrĂŠtariat de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Office au TĂŠlĂŠphone: 867-456-3980 - TĂŠlĂŠcopieur: 867-456-3890 - Courriel: ywb@yukonwaterboard.ca

56 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

Freda Constance STOREY, of Whitehorse, Yukon, Deceased, who died on March 25, 2015,

are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 30th day of April, 2015, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice.

AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below.

BY: Gina Cosco c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT(S) FOR A CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES 20152016 / 2016-2017 Project Description: Construction Inspection Services is monitoring, inspecting and testing the work performed by the Contractor to confirm compliance with the terms of the contract. Areas of work may include various drainage infrastructure, highway surface treatments, various road construction, bridges, and cost estimating.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 30, 2015. 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 Dale Enzenauer at (867) 6337940.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

PUBLIC TENDER

LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION WEB PORTAL

CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC LOG BUILDING AT LOWER LABERGE

Project Description: Create Labour Market Information Portal using Drupal CMS Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 1, 2015. 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 Jean-SĂŠbastien Blais at (867) 456-6162.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: Disassemble and Reassemble Historic Telegraph Office Building; repair and replace logs as indicated on plans. Install new roof.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 30, 2015. 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 Gerry Rivest at (867) 667-5292.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works Tourism and Culture

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

PUBLIC TENDER

SOLID WASTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Project Description: This Request for Proposals may be used to establish one or more Standing Offer Agreements (SOAs). These SOAs may then be used to directly award individual contracts for professional services related to solid waste planning and assessments, and other professional services described herein.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 30, 2015. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location.

Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385.

Technical questions may be directed to Dwayne Muckosky at (867) 456-6191.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Community Services

LIDAR MAPPING PROJECT, VARIOUS YUKON HIGHWAYS & STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT Project Description: LiDAR Mapping Project, Various Yukon Highways including a Standing Offer Agreement for the Final Processed Mapping.

Yukon 2015 - 2016.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 5, 2015. 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 Michael Kearney at (867) 6337931.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix No weeds or sticks Small squares 60 lbs plus 4 ft x 5 ft rounds 800 lb Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 â&#x20AC;˘ 668-7218 TIMOTHY/BROME HAY â&#x20AC;˘No rain and in hayshed 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

HORSE MANURE available, 10 minutes south of Whitehorse, horses' diet is almost exclusively Yukon hay. Bring your trailer and we'll help load it with small tractor. 667-7717 HORSES, BROWN Percheron cross, some saddle training, $1,000; black saddletrained, $1,000; Paint, super-smart, $1,500.

All are female, approx 9 years old, great with trailers, people, dogs. 634-2099 LEO'S BAR Yazhi, APHA registered stallion standing for stud, $600 stud fee, LFG, $10/day mare care, homozygous for the Tobiano gene, 15 hds, 1,200lbs. Call/text Sarah 332-8832

Liquor Corporation

Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT

LIQUOR ACT

â&#x153;&#x201C; Existing Licence â?&#x2018; New Licence â?&#x2018;

â&#x153;&#x201C; New Licence â?&#x2018; Existing Licence â?&#x2018;

TAKE NOTICE THAT, Chilkoot Brewing Co. Ltd., of 102A Copper Rd., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2Z6, is making application for changes to Liquor Manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Retail Brewery and Liquor Manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Retail - Distillery liquor licences, in respect of the premises known as Yukon Brewing situated at 102A Copper Rd. in 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 no later than 5:00pm on the 15th day of April, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is March 27, 2015.

The second time of publication of notice is April 2, 2015.

The third time of publication of notice is April 10 2015.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

TAKE NOTICE THAT, Takhini Gas Ltd., of PO Box 20840, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6N8, is making application for a Food Primary - All Liquor Licence and an Off Premises - All Liquor Licence, in respect of the premises known as Takhini Gas Ltd. situated at Mile 3.8 North Klondike Hwy in 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 no later than 5:00pm on the 15th day of April, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The ďŹ rst time of publication of notice is March 27th, 2015.

The second time of publication of notice is April 2nd, 2015.

The third time of publication of notice is April 10th, 2015.

Any questions concerning this speciďŹ c notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

PUBLIC TENDER

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

SUPPLY DUST SUPPRESSANT AND SURFACE STABILIZATION BINDER FOR VARIOUS YUKON COMMUNITY AIRPORTS

LEASE SPACE FOR GOVERNMENT OF YUKON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL LEARNING CENTRE AND AURORA VIRTUAL SCHOOL WHITEHORSE, YUKON

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 30, 2015. 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 Wayne Beauchemin at (867) 667-8039.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 22, 2015. 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 Marion Morrison at (867) 6675972.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

Highways and Public Works

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 Baby & Child Items CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

Kwanlin Dün First Nation 3 5 McI nt yr e D r ive Whit ehor se, Yukon Y1 A 5 A 5 P h: ( 8 6 7 ) 6 3 3 - 7 8 0 0 Fax:( 8 6 7 ) 6 6 8 - 5 0 5 7

2-SEATER BIKE trailer, $150 obo. 393-2630 for more info 1-PC BOYʼS snowsuit, size 3T, Molehill brand, $60. 393-2630

Liquor Corporation

LIQUOR ACT ✓New Licence ❑ Existing Licence ❑ TAKE NOTICE THAT Lisa Armstrong of Mile 866 Alaska Highway, Yukon Y1A 4S8, is making application for a Food Primary-All and Off Premises Liquor Licenses, in respect of the premises known as Jake’s Diner situated at Mile 866 Alaska Highway in Jakes Corner, Yukon.

Any person who wishes to object to the granting of this application should file their objection in writing (with reasons) to: President, Yukon Liquor Corporation 9031 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4P9 no later than 5:00pm on the 15th day of April, 2015 and also serve a copy of the objection by registered mail upon the applicant.

The first time of publication of notice is 27, March 2015.

The second time of publication of notice is 2, April 2015.

The third time of publication of notice is 10, April 2015.

Any questions concerning this specific notice are to be directed to Licensing & Inspections, Yukon Liquor Corporation 867-667-5245 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408, x 5245.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR 6TH AVENUE CONTINUING CARE CONVERSION WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2015/2016 Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 29, 2015. 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 Anwar Rizvi at (867) 667-3533.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project.

Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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Call for Expression of Interest

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW FACILITATOR For complete details, visit

www.kwanlindun.com/employment

Kwanlin Dün First Nation 3 5 McI nt yr e D r ive Whit ehor se, Yukon Y1 A 5 A 5 P h: ( 8 6 7 ) 6 3 3 - 7 8 0 0 Fax:( 8 6 7 ) 6 6 8 - 5 0 5 7

Kwanlin Dün First Nation

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FOR LEGAL SERVICES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROJECT The Government of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of legal services that will assist the Constitutional Review Committee’s mandate to solicit proposals from Kwanlin Dün citizens for amendments to the Constitution of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.

Inquiries and proposals should be directed to: Sean Smith, Chair of the Constitutional Review Committee Kwanlin Dün First Nation 35 McIntyre Drive Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5A5 submitteed no laterr thann Proposals should be submitted 015, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, April 17, 2015,

PUBLIC MEETING Hotsprings Road Development Area EMR Land Planning Branch will be holding a public meeting to discuss the following proposed amendments to the Hotsprings Road Area Development Regulations: Amend the CMT Mixed Use/Tourist Accommodation Zone to allow bare land condominiums as a form of property ownership on CMT zoned parcels.

When: 7:00 p.m., April 15, 2015 Where: Hootalinqua Fire Hall The amendment will not result in any changes to the types of uses and development currently permitted within the CMT zone or the existing residential capacity of CMT zoned properties. Note that the current zoning already provides for “strata” type condominium development.

Written comments can also be submitted until April 27, 2015 Comments can be mailed to Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Planning Branch, K-320LP, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6 or by fax to 867-393-6340.

For more information please email Christopher.Belanger@gov.yk.ca or phone 867-667-3734.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELLING FOR OFFENDERS

FARO MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT SITE ENGINEER

Project Description: The Yukon Government is seeking a provider of alcohol and drug counselling services for offenders at Whitehorse Correctional Centre and on community supervision.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 23, 2015. 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 Leah White at (867) 667-5483.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Justice Energy, Mines and Resources

PUBLIC TENDER STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR COLD LAID PLANT MIX ASPHALTIC PATCHING MATERIAL FOR GOVERNMENT OF YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 30, 2015. 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 Jenny Richards at (867) 3936387.

The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

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

Highways and Public Works Highways and Public Works

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Project Description: The objective of this Request for Proposals is to contract ONE individual, a professional engineer registered and licensed to practice in Yukon, who will execute the role of the Faro Mine Remediation Project Site Engineer.

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is May 13, 2015. 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 Stephen Mead at (867) 393-7429.

Non-Mandatory Site Visit: April 22, 2015 The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

INVITATION TO TENDER for Construction of Exterior Renovations and Repainting of Klondike Motors PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Demolition and replacement of entry vestibule tower feature; minor modifications to canopies; replacement or over-cladding of stucco areas with ACM panels; repainting of metal cladding to north and south facades, steel doors, site features and other elements; minor modifications to west sidewalk and parking area.

East and SE facades of shop remain unchanged.

Documents may be picked up from Klondike Motors at 191 Range Road, Whitehorse, Yukon, 867-668-3399, after 12:00 PM on Thursday, March 26. A deposit of $50 is required, refundable if documents are returned without marks. The tender closing date is April 21, 2015.

The Owner reserves the right to accept the tender of their choice, and the lowest priced, or any, tender may not necessarily be accepted.

Inquiries during the tender period are to be directed to Charles A. McLaren Architect Ltd. at 867-393-2232.

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PUBLIC TENDER CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE - BLDG. #2576 DAWSON CITY YUKON 2015

INVITATION TO TENDER CANADA GAMES CENTRE JANITORIAL SERVICES The City of Whitehorse is LQYLWLQJ ELGV IURP ÂżUPV IRU WKH supply of labour, materials and equipment as detailed in the tender documents for the supply of janitorial services for the Canada Games Centre.

Bidders must submit bids in writing, enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;2015 Tender for Supply of Janitorial Services for the Canada Games Centreâ&#x20AC;? and addressed to: Manager, Financial Services City of Whitehorse 2121 Second Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1C2 Closing date for this tender is 3:00.00 p.m. Local Time, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

Tenders received after this time will not be considered regardless of the reason for being late and will be returned to the tenderer unopened.

Tender documents may be SLFNHG XS IURP WKH RIÂżFH RI the Manager of Financial Services, City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon. Documents will be available on Friday, April 10, 2015.

A mandatory information meeting relating to these Tender documents is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 9:00.00am.

Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for all tenderers planning to submit a bid.

A site tour of the Canada Games Centre will be conducted.

Tenders will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE.â&#x20AC;?

Tenders submitted by facsimile will NOT be accepted or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Invitation to Tender may be directed to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Operations Supervisor at 668-8302 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Monday to Friday.

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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title.

The closing date for submissions is April 29, 2015. 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 Mike Fraser at (867) 993-6337.

Dual Opening with Property Management Division - Dawson City, Yukon The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The information displayed is as of date and time of opening and is not modified based on the results of the Compliance Review.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS STRUCTURAL REMEDIATION AND RE-LEVELING ROSS RIVER SCHOOL ROSS RIVER YUKON Interested parties are invited to submit information relating to Government of Yukon, Property Management Division, Highways and Public Works is seeking the services of a General Contractor and Structural Engineer, acting together to provide design and construction services to perform the required structural remediation work as outlined in the RFQ for the Ross River School - Bldg. #6723.

Written submissions clearly marked with the above project title, will be received up to April 17, 2015, at Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 0M2.

Technical questions may be directed to Spencer Sumanik at (867) 6673089.

The responses will not be ranked or used to pre-qualify or assess the respondentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to provide goods or services.

Interested parties may obtain the information package from www. gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html or by contacting the Procurement Support Centre.

View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 Childcare ROSIEĘźS DAY HOME Opening May 1, 2015 We will have openings for children 18 months and older Owner has been running the day home for over 15 years Call 668-3448 WANTED: LIVE-IN CAREGIVER for toddler, to supervise, care for, prepare meals & bathe.

40-hr work week (full time). Salary, $11/hr.

Reside in private Whitehorse residence.

Completion of Secondary school and minimum of 1 year full time caregiving work experience required.

First Aid/CPR training and criminal record check is required.

Apply by phone: (867) 334-5351, (867) 456-2081, or email karen.minguito@yahoo.ca

Furniture SOLID OAK coat rack, 3Ęź wide, 2Ęź long, with shelf on top, asking $75. Call 667-7467 2 LA-Z-BOY chairs, size 39â&#x20AC;?Hx49â&#x20AC;?Wx39â&#x20AC;?D, brown sugar colour, smoke & pet free, exc cond, $1,000/pair. 393-8077 2 QUEEN size box springs & matresses, $100 ea. 668-3968

NEW LOG furniture, one king size log bed, one 6Ęź long log bench, can email photos, very fancy & well made. 399-3904

Personals CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community?

Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime.

Info: RCMP 867-667-5555 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office WHITEHORSE CURLING Club March cash winners: $100, Janet OĘźConnor; $50, Terry Aschacher, Dale Turner, Pat Pasichnyk; $25, Linda Derbyshire, Gene Gryba, Cathy Brais, Dietrie Dipasquale, Julie McLaren, Lois Crossman, Heather Doucet, Manfred Janssen, Grace Todd, Kevin Pike, Frank & Eleanor McGinnis, George Nagano, Randy Ries, Chelsea Duncan, E. Brazeau, Mike Stanock, Dios Gilbert, Ken Nash, Michelle Lines, Colleen Nowell, Caroline Derkatch, Sonia Rayo, Andy Girard, Jenny Cretney, Mike Burke, Renie Bruton, Jerry Miller

CONDO SOFA, like new, priced to sell, $300. 393-4366

Garage Sales

SLIDE MOTION solid oak rocker, $100 obo; blue futon w/frame, $125 obo. 332-0067

43 RHINE Way, Takini North, Saturday April 11, 10am-12 noon, microwave, bar fridge, much more

KING SIZE bed w/box spring, like new, $600; beige La-Z-Boy recliner, like new, $350. 335-5352 LEATHER COUCH, dark blue, good cond, $20 obo. 668-4198

3 YEW Place, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday April 11 & 12, 10am-3pm, moving out sale, final weekend, something for everyone, everything must go, 1988 Lincoln Towncar, 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 classic, etc.

INVITATION TO TENDER

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GarageSALES SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH

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TAKHINI NORTH M 43 RHINE WAY, Takini North, Saturday April 11, 10am-12 noon, microwave, bar fridge, much more Crossword:

PORTER CREEK M 3 YEW PLACE, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday April 11 & 12, 10am-3pm, moving out sale, ďŹ nal weekend, something for everyone, everything must go, 1988 Lincoln Towncar, 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 classic, etc.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH PORTER CREEK M 3 YEW PLACE, Porter Creek, Saturday & Sunday April 11 & 12, 10am-3pm, moving out sale, ďŹ nal weekend, something for everyone, everything must go, 1988 Lincoln Towncar, 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 classic, etc.

04.10.2015

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INVITATION TO TENDER ASSORTED HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT The City is inviting tenders LQ ZULWLQJ IURP ERQD ÂżGH proponents for the supply and delivery of assorted heavy duty equipment as listed: Â&#x2021; &DE 2YHU Vacuum Sweeper; Â&#x2021; )URQW (QG Wheel Loader; Â&#x2021; 6LQJOH $[OH Dump Truck; Â&#x2021; 6NLG 6WHHU Loader;

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2015 Supply of 20mm Crushed Gravel

2015 Supply of Road Salt

2015 Supply of 10mm Crushed Sand

2015 Supply of Calcium Chloride

The City of Whitehorse (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cityâ&#x20AC;?) is inviting tenders LQ ZULWLQJ IURP ERQD ÂżGH proponents for the supply of 20mm Crushed Gravel.

Interested bidders must submit tenders in writing enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender for 2015 Supply of 20mm Crushed Gravel" and addressed to the City of Whitehorse, Manager Financial Services, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 3:00:00 PM Local Time, Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

Invitation to Tender documents ZLWK FRPSOHWH VSHFLÂżFDWLRQV may be obtained by Proponents who are or will be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from WKH 2IÂżFH RI WKH 0DQDJHU RI Finance at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon. Documents will be available Wednesday, April 8, 2015.

Tender submissions will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE.â&#x20AC;?

Tenders by facsimile WILL NOT be accepted and / or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Invitation to Tender may be directed to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Supervisor at 867-668-8368 between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Thursday.

www.whitehorse.ca

The City of Whitehorse (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cityâ&#x20AC;?) is inviting tenders LQ ZULWLQJ IURP ERQD ÂżGH proponents for the supply of Road Salt.

Interested bidders must submit tenders in writing enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender for 2015 Supply of Road Salt" and addressed to the City of Whitehorse, Manager Financial Services, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 3:00:00 PM Local Time, Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

Invitation to Tender documents ZLWK FRPSOHWH VSHFLÂżFDWLRQV may be obtained by Proponents who are or will be authorized to conduct business in the City of Whitehorse, from WKH 2IÂżFH RI WKH 0DQDJHU RI Finance at City Hall, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon. Documents will be available Wednesday, April 8, 2015.

Tender submissions will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE.â&#x20AC;?

Tenders by facsimile WILL NOT be accepted and / or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Invitation to Tender may be directed to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Supervisor at 867-668-8368 between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Thursday.

www.whitehorse.ca

The City of Whitehorse (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cityâ&#x20AC;?) is inviting tenders LQ ZULWLQJ IURP ERQD ÂżGH proponents for the supply of 10mm Crushed Sand.

Interested bidders must submit tenders in writing enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender for 2015 Supply of 10mm Crushed Sand" and addressed to the City of Whitehorse, Manager Financial Services, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 3:00:00 PM Local Time, Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

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Tender submissions will be "EVALUATED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE.â&#x20AC;?

Tenders by facsimile WILL NOT be accepted and / or considered.

All inquiries regarding this Invitation to Tender may be directed to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Supervisor at 867-668-8368 between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Thursday.

www.whitehorse.ca

The City of Whitehorse (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cityâ&#x20AC;?) is inviting tenders LQ ZULWLQJ IURP ERQD ÂżGH proponents for the supply of Calcium Chloride.

Interested bidders must submit tenders in writing enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender for 2015 Supply of Calcium Chloride" and addressed to the City of Whitehorse, Manager Financial Services, 2121 Second Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1C2 before 3:00:00 PM Local Time, Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

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Tenders by facsimile WILL NOT be accepted and / or considered.

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