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court in Whitehorse heard from two expert witnesses — one on forensic firearm and ballistics analysis and another on bloodstain pattern analysis — as the first week of Darryl Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial drew to a close. Sheepway stands accused in the August 2015 death of Christopher Brisson, 25, whose body was found at the bottom of a steep slope in Miles Canyon by a mushroom picker. The court heard earlier this week that Sheepway has already admitted to fatally shooting Brisson, his crack dealer, after asking him to meet at McLean Lake Road under the guise of paying him back and buying more drugs. At issue is not whether Sheepway killed Brisson, but the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Sheepway had previously offered to plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter, an offer rejected by the Crown. Testifying as an expert for the Crown, forensic firearm and ballistics analyst Joseph Prendergast told the court Nov. 8 that he’d been asked to examine the shotgun slug retrieved from Brisson’s body at autopsy as well as Brisson’s pickup truck. The slug found in Brisson’s body was consistent in size and weight with a one-ounce Winchester slug, Prendergast said, and the gun it was fired from was a 12-gauge pump-action Remington. Opening an evidence box that was propped up against the witness stand, Prendergast then brought out the gun itself, showing the court how it would be loaded, racked and fired. In Brisson’s truck, Prendergast confirmed he identified two definite object trajectories — in this case, almost certainly the path of two shotgun slugs, due to the amount of lead residue found around the holes left
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Darryl Sheepway is pictured in a 2010 bike race. The court heard from expert witnesses as the first week of Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial comes to a close. in the truck. Both objects, based on fractures in the remnants of the rear cab window, a cratered hole in the windshield and hole that went through the driver’s side headrest, moved from the back of the truck to the front, Prendergast said. Prendergast said the slug that went through the headrest caused no further damage to the vehicle. Asked by the Crown what he could infer from that, Prendergast replied that when he sees bullet holes in seats and no additional damage to the vehicle’s interior, he assumes the bullet went into whoever was sitting in the seat. The Crown also showed Prendergast photos of an RCMP “staging” where investigators had an officer the same height as Brisson sit in the driver’s seat of his truck and lean towards the passenger’s side, a trajectory stick going through the hole in the driver’s headrest. Prendergast agreed that, combined with the trajectory
of the slug, sitting in that position when the slug went through the headrest would cause a wound similar to the one documented in Brisson’s autopsy — a large hole in the back, just below the left shoulder. Among the details Prendergast said he couldn’t determine, though, were where exactly the two slugs entered the truck’s rear window — there simply wasn’t enough left of the window to say — how close the gun was when the shots were fired or how fast the slugs were moving. Following a lengthy cross-examination of Prendergast by one of Sheepway’s lawyers, Vincent Larochelle, the Crown called its next witness to the stand. RCMP Sgt. Alison Cameron testified as an expert on bloodstain pattern analysis and crime scene examination. Like Prendergast, investigators also asked Cameron to examine Brisson’s truck after it was recovered from the brush on the side of
McLean Lake Road. Cameron told the court she conducted the analysis on May 2016 and located spatter stains — basically, bloodstains created by “external force” being applied to “a source of blood” — on the truck’s headliner, passenger headrest, coat hook, overhead light and dashboard below the steering wheel, with the greatest concentration of bloodstains found above the driver’s seat. The shape of the bloodstains indicated that the blood had moved through the air from the driver’s side of the truck towards the passenger’s side, Cameron said, and were consistent with the blood source — in this case, Brisson — being in or near the driver’s seat. Cameron also found a second set of bloodstains on the side of front middle seat. These ones, she explained, were drip stains, which are created when blood drips on a surface and then flows downward due to gravity. As well, Cameron said she found a transfer bloodstain, created by a surface “contaminated” with blood coming into contact with another surface, on the passenger’s headrest. The trial continues. Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com
Correction A Nov. 8 story suggested that adding up-front recycling fees would result in consumers paying twice to recycling their computers through Computers for Schools. Officials with the organization say there would be no “fee doubling” if consumers paid an up-front recycling fee. The fee would be paid once at the time of purchase and Raven Recycling would no longer have to charge. The News regrets the error.
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atson Lake’s only licensed daycare has closed, leaving families of around a dozen children looking for somewhere else to care for their kids. Today was the last day for the Watson Lake Daycare. Board president Tanis Secerbegovic said a lack of staff means the non-profit organization can’t continue for now. Secerbegovic said the daycare had five staff members six weeks ago, but three have left for various reasons. Finding daycare staff to come work in Watson Lake is “next to impossible,” she said. The group has had an ad up for years looking for employees. “We are always looking for new staff. We’ve had a great deal of difficulty in getting staff.” Secerbegovic said it’s difficult to find and keep staff in part because of the wages the daycare is able to pay, which start at about $15 or $16 per hour. “What I do know is what we pay is six dollars less an hour than what is paid, for example, to the person who applies for a job with the town of Watson Lake to work at the front desk of our recreation complex.” The need for more money is a sentiment echoed by Yukon Party MLA Patti McLeod, who represents Watson Lake. McLeod said the daycare closing is “symptomatic of a larger problem that needs to be addressed
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Yukon Party MLA Patti McLeod, who represents Watson Lake, says it should be easier for daycares to access the direct operating grant funding. — that is, making it easier for daycares to access the direct operating grant funding.” There also “needs to be an infusion of cash into the system,” she said. The Watson Lake Daycare receives funding from the government through a number of grants. That includes the territory’s direct operating grant which is meant to help cover operations and maintenance costs as well as wages. So far this fiscal year it has received a total of around $19,000 from the direct operating grant. Last year it received roughly $58,000, according to the Department of
Health and Social Services. The grant is calculated in part based on the experience of staff. The more highly trained the staff, the more money a daycare gets. According to the Department of Health and Social Services, the calculation does not include any consideration for whether a daycare is in Whitehorse or in the communities. The Watson Lake Daycare is not able to attract staff with high levels of training, Secerbegovic said, meaning it can’t get more money to pay higher wages.
“I think that maybe there should be a way that we can apply for extra money and say ‘these are our extenuating circumstances.’ You can’t equate us with Whitehorse, say, where you have a pool of people to draw from,” she said. Secerbegovic said her organization isn’t “sitting here asking for handouts.” Parents fundraise throughout the year to try and cover extra costs, she said. “I think a really precious resource is our children and I don’t think that we pay enough attention to the early childhood care that they’re getting or not
getting.” Improving the direct operating grant is something the NDP has been calling for since at least 2015. McLeod wouldn’t say whether she regrets that her party didn’t increase it while it was in power. As part of the 2016 territorial election campaign the Yukon Party promised to double the size of the operating grant and provide some base funding for daycares in Ross River, Watson Lake and Dawson City. Jean MacLean has managed to find a friend who is willing to babysit for her two-year-old who
used to attend the Watson Lake Daycare. But there’s no guarantee that can go on forever, she said. She’s hoping someone will step in and help get a daycare running again. “If this community doesn’t have a daycare, there’s a significant population of people that are not going to be able to go to work,” she said. For her part, Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost said her department is going to reach out to the Watson Lake Daycare. “I do care about the children, we all care about the children and families and we do not want to see any of our daycare centres close,” she said. Earlier this year the federal government announced a $7.5 billion deal over 11 years for child care across the country. Yukon’s share, at least for the next three years, works out to about $2.4 million per year, Frost told the legislative assembly in June. The deal laying out how that that money will be spent and when it’s slated to start flowing hasn’t been signed yet. Frost told reporters she hoped the money will be used to increase wages. Both Frost and McLeod said they believe the daycare was slated to be open again by January but Secerbegovic said a final decision hasn’t been made yet. The board is scheduled to meet this weekend to talk about the future, she said. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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hitehorse’s Weekend Soup Kitchen will soon be serving its last supper. After more than 25 years of providing food on weekends for the city’s needy, the volunteer-run initiative, based out of CYO Hall in Sacred Heart Cathedral, will be offering one final round of meals this Sunday, Nov. 12, said volunteer coordinator Philip Gibson. “We started 25 years ago or so to serve on the weekends because the Salvation Army was unable to do that,” Gibson explained. “They could only offer (meals) five days
a week.… Now that the Centre of Hope is open, they’re offering a hot meal three times a day, seven days a week, so we don’t wish to duplicate what the Salvation Army is offering. That’s why we’re closing.” According to a press release about the closing, the soup kitchen has prepared and served more than 125,000 “nutritious meals” with the help of “hundreds” of volunteers over the years. Even though talk about ending the program has been in the works since the Salvation Army announced it would be opening a new building, Gibson, who’s been volunteering with the soup kitchen for 15 years,
said the moment was still a little bittersweet. “Certainly, I feel a bit of a shock even though we knew that this was coming,” he said, but added that it was a “good thing” that the Centre of Hope has the capacity and resources to serve meals every day of the week now. The closing of the soup kitchen is unrelated to the controversy in 2016 where territorial government inspectors told volunteers they could not serve homemade food and that meals needed to be prepared in a commercial kitchen. The brainchild of Rose Byrnes, the soup kitchen began in February 1992 after Byrnes approached
Sacred Heart Cathedral’s social justice committee with concerns that, due to financial and staffing issues, the Salvation Army would only be serving food on weekdays. She proposed a project for Lent where Sacred Heart’s parish community would offer a meal to anyone in need on weekends in the seven weeks leading up to Easter, according to the press release. Longtime volunteer and former NDP MLA Jan Stick said Byrnes, who has since died, was the “driving force” behind not only starting the soup kitchen but keeping it going going. Stick, who originally began volunteering on her
own, then with her church and eventually the NDP office, said she’s seen the need for free hot meals grow enormously over the years. “When we started, 30 was a big crowd … And now it’s a big commitment… today, it wouldn’t be uncommon for there to be 100 or more meals served on a Saturday or a Sunday, year-round,” Stick said. With one final weekend in view, Gibson said he was thankful for all the volunteers who helped to keep the soup kitchen going over the years. They came from all parts of the Whitehorse community, he said, including groups
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Yukon MP Larry Bagnell says he is looking forward to seeing Bill C-17, which just had its third reading in the House of Commons in Ottawa Nov. 9, passed. passed expeditiously.” Bagnell did not respond to requests for comment. Bill S-6 has long been a point of contention with Yukon First Nations, who said they weren’t properly consulted about its provisions and that they violated First Nation self-governing agreements. Three Yukon First Nations — the Teslin Tlingit Council, Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations — launched a lawsuit over S-6 but put it on hold after the then-newly-elected federal Liberal government promised to repeal it. In a statement, the Council of Yukon First Nations said it was “pleased” at the news of C-17’s passing. “We have been working
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with both the Federal and Territorial governments to ensure the Final Agreements are being honoured,” CYFN Grand Chief Peter Johnston said in the statement. “While we are not there yet, this is a significant step to ensure that the YESAA process is consistent with the provisions of our land claim agreements…. Bill C-17 supports the restoration of confidence in Yukon’s environmental and socio-economic assessment process while protecting the integrity of our Agreements.” The Teslin Tlingit Council and Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation did not respond to requests for comment. The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations directed the News to the statement from CYFN. Some members of the Yukon mining and exploration industry are expressing concern, though, that no replacement language or legislation has been put in place yet to preserve two provisions they say have
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Yukon government releases survey on the territory’s liquor laws Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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hanges to liquor laws under consideration by the Yukon government include possibly allowing the sale of liquor in grocery stores. The government released a survey this week to gather public feedback as part of a review of the Liquor Act and regulations. The review is the first major overhaul of the rules since 2001, according to the Yukon Liquor Corporation. Smaller changes have been happening periodically, most recently in 2016. Amendments to the act are expected to be tabled in the legislative assembly next fall. The public is being asked its opinion on a series of topics including the availability of alcohol, the government’s social responsibility, and whether alcohol should be sold in grocery stores or private retail loca-
tions. “It’s true that in some jurisdictions in Canada that (liquor sold in grocery stores) is possible. I think that if the public wants to have that suggestion we’re open to hearing it,” said John Streicker, the minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation. “While I have heard that opinion I’m certainly not making a suggestion one way or the other.” Streicker said the legislation is due for a “refresh.” Along with making sure the rules are socially responsible, Streicker said the government is looking at ways to support local producers and licensees. In addition to six government-run liquor stores, Yukon has almost 150 licensed liquor establishments including off-sales. Marko Marjanovic, co-owner of Yukon Winterlong Brewing, said that over the last year a government consultant
has met with industry representatives to gather their concerns. Marjanovic said there are a few changes to regulations for manufacturers he would like to see. Even when Winterlong is selling bottles or growlers of beer directly from its business on Mount Sima Road the government takes the same markup it would if the beer was going to be sold in government retails stores, he said. He’s hoping that markup can be reduced or eliminated all together. It’s meant to cover the costs of warehousing the beer and shipping it to its store shelves, Marjanovic said. “If we sell it here they don’t touch it here at all, but we pay the same markup.” Marjanovic said he’d also like the ability to sell alcohol directly to licensees. Currently a business with a license to sell liquor has to order any beer it wants through
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Winterlong Brewing co-owner Marko Marjanovic says he is in favour of the proposed liquor law changes to allow the sale of beer and liquor in commercial stores, as long as it’s done responsibly. the liquor corporation and everything has to be picked up from the warehouse, he said. In some cases it might be more convenient for people to pick up their beer directly from the brewery, he said. The warehouse is only open Monday to Friday. Lastly, Marjanovic said there could be changes to how the markup on
beer is decided. The regulations could be updated so the markup on packaged beer is based on the number of litres in a bottle, not a percentage of the overall cost. That’s similar to a change that was made to the way kegs are priced last year. If the markup were a flat rate based on the size of the bottle “the premi-
um beers wouldn’t be taxed as heavily,” he said. Marjanovic said he is in favour of having beer and liquor sold in commercial stores and other private places, “as long as it’s done responsibly.” For his part, Yukon Brewing’s co-founder Bob Baxter would only say that it’s important liquor legislation and regulations are current and in line with modern social standards. “As a result, we at Yukon Brewing welcome this review, and look forward to seeing the results of the public consultation,” he said in an email. “We also look forward to working with the Yukon Liquor Corporation through their planned stakeholder scoping meetings.” The survey is running until Dec. 15. According to the corporation’s website public meetings will be scheduled sometime after the survey results are collected. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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stores. Meanwhile, another 24 per cent think private growers should be able to sell directly to retailers. There is overwhelming support for the possession limits proposed by Ottawa of 30 grams of bud or four plants for personal use. But only 45 per cent of respondents supported Ottawa’s suggested minimum age of 19. Respondents also support allowing local growers, with 84 per cent in favour.
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hitehorse city staff recommended council approve a bylaw to enact a local improvement charge (LIC) for the Alexander Street reconstruction project at the Nov. 6 standing committee meeting. A full reconstruction of the roadway and utilities underneath Alexander Street has been scheduled in the city’s four-year capital plan. Proposed improvements include the replacement of water and sewer mains, improved street lighting, new sidewalks, angled parking on both sides of the street and concrete gutters and curbs to improve drainage in the area. This section of the project focuses on Alexander Street between Second Avenue and Fourth Avenue and a portion of Third Avenue between Alexander Street and Black Street. If enacted, the charge would affect 22 property owners in the area. A public hearing on the LIC was held on Oct. 10. Senior planner Mike Ellis
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The way the city handles voting on LICs was one of the stumbling blocks in the failed Hillcrest improvement project earlier this year. Under the Municipal Act, if the majority of property owners objects to an LIC, then the city cannot proceed with it. Even though only two responses were in favour of the project — representing nine per cent of the total vote —
subdivision development can begin. A public hearing was held Oct. 23 on the matter. No delegates spoke and no letters either for or against were received. If approved for development, Phase 5 of the Whistle Bend project will be about 20 hectares in size and is designed for approx-
imately 310 units, housing about 745 people. This will include about 104 single family and duplex lots, 66 townhouses, two multiple family lots, one institutional or recreational lot and one park. Phase 4 of the development was approved in August 2016. Coun. Samson Hartland
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said one delegate showed up, but was neither for nor against the project and was only looking for more information. The LIC passed first reading Sept. 25, at which time the city mailed out response forms to the property owners. Only two of the 22 responses were returned by the deadline on Nov. 2. Both response were in support of the LIC.
because the other 91 per cent of the responses were not returned, the yes vote wins. “With no written responses from benefitting property owners … objecting to the local improvement, council may proceed with the bylaw,” Ellis said. That low response rate was a cause of concern for some councillors. “As much as I want to see this project move forward,”
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said Coun. Samson Hartland, “I have a problem saying two people speak for the majority.” Hartland called the way LICs are sometimes enacted “problematic.” Coun. Betty Irwin agreed. “I too still have a problem with how the Municipal Act (handles) voting (in LICs),” she said. “I don’t think it’s quite fair.” If approved, property owners would pay the charge based on frontage, with residential and not-for-profit properties paying $633.33 per metre, commercial properties $1,266.67 per metre and government-owned properties $1,900 per metre. Property owners could pay the entire amount upfront or amortize the cost over 15 years. The median cost for property owners for the project would be about $19,000. The total budget for the project is $3.2 million, with about $475,500 coming from the improvement charge. Council will make the final vote on the LIC at the Nov. 14 regular council meeting.
said this sort of project was his “preferred approach to development” and wanted to know how soon people could expect the lots in Phase 5 to become available. City planner Kinden Kosick said that was unknown, because the Yukon government, not the city, is in charge of development.
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NDP health critic Kate White (right) is calling on Health Minister Pauline Frost (left) to require consent before patients are moved to Yukon’s community hospitals. a doctor. They argue that moving a patient from the crowded beds in Whitehorse where the hospital has at times been over capacity to the less-used community beds is a way to use resources more effectively. But the move has forced some patients further from their families. The News has reported on the case of Fred Brown, a grandfather from outside of Haines Junction who was moved from the Whitehorse to the
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ment of patient rights and stop transferring patients against their will to community hospitals?” Frost would only promise to follow-up with the department. “If a patient requires care, they receive it either at the Whitehorse General Hospital, Dawson City or Watson Lake. Oftentimes we transport them outside of the community. The patient’s physician works in collaboration, and I’m hoping, as indicated, that this is done with the family
and that informed consent and collaboration is followed through on and that the necessary supports are there,” she said. “If we are moving patients, I will commit that we will look at ensuring that family members are part of that process.” Earlier in the week Frost said her department has offered Brown’s family “support to visit the patient in Watson Lake.” White denied that was true. “We have spoken to numerous family members of this individual, and no one has been offered support to visit their family member at the Watson Lake Hospital,” she said. Brown’s granddaughter, White said, had hitchhiked to see her grandfather and was now sleeping in a chair at his bedside. “No one we spoke to in the family was offered any support by the hospital corporation or by the government to visit the patient at the Watson Lake hospital.” After question period Frost told reporters support for patients’ families can include food or giving them a bed to sleep in at the hospital. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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idden amid gloomy tales of the decline of Canada’s news media is a success story in southwestern British Columbia. Here, a cluster of digital outlets have flowered by paying for top-notch investigative and solutions-focused reporting. They are forging new business models and training the next wave of journalists. Taken together, they form a news media ecosystem in which surviving means competing yet also collaborating. Yes, each vies to break stories and attract money. But they also sometimes republish each other’s pieces, pool resources or team up. “Coopetition” is one way to describe this ecology. Some day we may look back and see this was the beginning of Canada’s media landscape shifting from being dominated by a few giants — CBC, Postmedia, Bell — to one dotted with hundreds of smaller, diverse outlets more responsive to their audiences. I founded one of these “coopetitors,” The Tyee, and I still advise and occasionally write for the publication. As an adjunct professor in communication at Simon Fraser University, and in journalism at the University of British Columbia, I’m also co-organizing Vancouver Media Democracy Day 2017. Consider this a memo, then, to the federal government as it ponders whether to cut that big cheque to save Postmedia or pour $200 million more into the CBC. Who are B.C.’s coopetition creatures? They include: The Tyee, founded in 2003 in Vancouver; Megaphone Magazine, Vancouver’s street paper and website founded in 2006; DeSmog Canada, founded in 2013 in Victoria; Discourse Media, founded in 2013 in Vancouver; Hakai Magazine founded in 2015 in Victoria; the National Observer, founded in 2015 as an arm of the 2006 Vancouver Observer; The Global Reporting Centre, founded in 2016, a non-profit growing out of the International Reporting Program at UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism. It’s a remarkable list, representing millions of dollars in journalism budgets, a combined staff larger than the Vancouver Sun-Province reporter pool, numerous major awards, a steady stream of high-impact work and millions of page views per month. Discourse Media, which specializes in deeply reported projects it terms “collaborative,” is now offering its readers a chance to co-own the company as it aggressively pursues growth. The non-profit Global Reporting Centre, with its mission to innovate how global journalism is practised and to cover neglected issues worldwide, has crowd-sourced storytellers to document the rise of xenophobia. Hakai Magazine, backed by the Tula Foundation and tied to the Hakai Institute, covers coastal science, ecology and communities. It pays top rates for stories from around the world, and has an in-house team producing frequently viral videos.
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A single video interview about Site C Dam published by non-profit DeSmog Canada drew 1.6 million views. It mixes funding from readers and philanthropies. While these organizations aren’t muscling aside B.C. megafauna like the CBC, the Globe and Mail, Postmedia and Huffington Post, they serve as “tip sheets” for those newsrooms, which often pick up their stories and run their own versions. In this way, the smaller fry contribute to the public conversation by means rarely highlighted. Increasingly, too, B.C.’s small independents are collaborating directly with traditional media. The Tyee has partnered with the CBC on a series about Indigenous education best practices and affordable homes. The National Observer is producing a major project with the Toronto Star, Global News and others — tracking oil industry influence in partnership with investigative journalism students from across the country. Discourse Media helped research a Maclean’s magazine feature on Indigenous over-representation in prisons. DeSmog Canada worked closely with the Aboriginal People’s Television Network Investigates on a Site C piece, and Megaphone is joining with the CBC on a series about preventing overdoses. What is emerging here is a good news story about the future of news, one worth paying attention to across Canada and beyond. As the collapse of advertising revenues is threatening to kill Canada’s major newspaper chains, B.C.’s indies are far less dependent on ad dollars for their survival. And at a moment when trivial clickbait is said to rule,
experiments in B.C. are instead pumping out in-depth, public interest journalism. The net result is a more fully informed citizenry and a healthier democracy. Why did B.C. become home to Canada’s most vibrant news ecosystem? Credit the wellspring of creativity here — the province’s beauty and potential has long attracted change-makers. Credit, as well, a backlash empowered by digital tech. For decades, corporations headquartered in central Canada have owned this province’s news giants and their content reflected it. The pent-up appetite for homegrown media spawned upstarts rooted in B.C. culture and interests. That can irritate some outsiders. Alberta Oil magazine fretted that the so-called “Vancouver School” of journalism was too effectively making the case against pipelines connecting the oilsands to B.C.’s coast. But feds pondering how to “save” journalism in Canada ignore at their peril the sentiment that motivates thousands of people to not just read but financially support “Vancouver School” media. Their readers are demonstrating real loyalty to media rooted in their place and their values. They distrust big media run from boardrooms half a continent away. So don’t confuse saving journalism with rescuing dinosaurs that thrived during a different era, when survival sometimes meant ruthlessly assembling a national chain of media outlets sharing the same content and advertisers regardless of local sensibilities. Those days are gone. David Beers is an adjunct professor at the School of Communications at Simon Fraser University.
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t’s like Alaska is a foreign country, a Yukoner once remarked to me. This was sharply illustrated recently by how Alaska’s governor and the N.W.T.’s premier reacted to their respective federal governments’ policies
on Northern oil and gas. Both are facing tough economic times and look to the energy sector for jobs and tax revenues. Premier McLeod went on national TV after issuing a press release that said “Today I am issuing a red alert and calling for an urgent national debate on the future of the Northwest Territories. The promise of the North is fading and the dreams of Northerners are dying as we see a re-emergence of colonialism.” McLeod shared a passionate personal statement about the importance of Northerners making decisions about the North, reminding me of past Yukon leaders when they spoke about the Yukon getting responsible government in 1979 or devolution in 2003. His cri de coeur was provoked by what he called the “unilateral decision by the federal government, made without consultation, to impose a moratorium on
Arctic offshore oil and gas development.” He noted that he and and majority of the N.W.T. cabinet are indigenous, and said the moratorium was “but one example of our economic self-determination being thwarted by Ottawa.” He and the N.W.T. cabinet then proceeded to Ottawa to meet with the Working Group of Ministers on the Review of Laws and Policies Related to Indigenous Peoples to discuss the matter further. Meanwhile, in Alaska, Gov. Bill Walker got on the plane to join President Trump’s trade mission to China, seeking investors for Alaska’s proposed US$43 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. The Trump administration is, as you might expect, fully supportive of Alaskan offshore oil and gas development. The governor’s problem is not with his federal government, but with the economics of the project.
The project has seen tough sledding, despite being a top priority for Walker according to the Alaska Dispatch News. The big oil companies dropped out last year after an independent report flagged its potential high costs and competition from other LNG projects around the Pacific. It’s a big project. It would involve 1,300 kilometres of pipeline from the Beaufort Sea to the Kenai peninsula, moving a whopping 3.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day. The liquefaction plant would fill 15-20 LNG tankers per month. There would be at least five off-ramps so Alaska communities could use some of the gas too. The economic report ranks various LNG projects around the world by cost competitiveness, saying that “the Alaska LNG project is one of the least competitive.” However the report also noted that if the state takes over a bigger share
of the project, garners some federal tax exemptions, and makes concessions around the price it charges for state-owned gas it would help the business case. The report notes some precedents from competing countries. The Snøhvit project in the Barents Sea off the northern coast of Norway, for example, got tax concessions that enabled the project to proceed. And the Russian government exempted the Yamal project from export duties and gave it a 12-year mineral extraction tax and property tax holiday. This is the project whose new “iceclass” LNG tankers went into service in the Arctic earlier this year. We shall see how Walker’s investment mission to China goes. Some have discounted the likelihood of a deal, since the Alaska LNG project has challenging economics and is not yet fully ready to launch. However, others have asked
why Chinese President Xi Jinping dropped in on Anchorage last April on his way back from visiting President Trump. Was it really just to refuel, see the scenery with First Lady Peng Liyuan and enjoy — according Alaska Dispatch News sources — Kachemak Bay oysters and Alaska king salmon with Walker and his wife Donna in the Crow’s Nest restaurant at the Captain Cook Hotel? Clearly, the game is played very differently on either side of the Canada-Alaska border. We shall see whether the governor’s approach or the premier’s works better. Or if both Canadian and American offshore Arctic gas stay underwater as Norwegian and Russian production ramps up. Keith Halliday is a Yukon economist and author of the MacBride Museum’s Aurore of the Yukon series of historical children’s adventure novels. He is a Ma Murray award-winner for best columnist.
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In no rush on TPP, Trudeau says as feds dismiss reports of a deal in principle Andy Blatchford Canadian Press
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM anada won’t be pressured into prematurely signing a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday as his Liberal government flatly denied media reports of a “deal in principle” on the Pacific Rim trade pact. The 11 remaining TPP economies, including Canada, have been trying to salvage the deal after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out earlier this year. But Trudeau’s remarks, along with signals from government insiders, suggest the Liberals — who are currently preoccupied with rescuing NAFTA — hope to avoid making any hurried commitments on the treaty during this week’s APEC meetings in Danang. “We’re not going to sign a deal just because we feel pressured into a signing a deal — we’re going to make sure that it’s right for Canada and it’s right for the world,” Trudeau said during an armchair discussion in front of 1,200
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the environment, gender equality and labour rights. The official said the countries should take more time to get the whole deal right — and to raise the bar. Trump, the official added, only pulled out of the Pacific Rim deal about 10 months ago, while the first discussion by the remaining countries’ officials on how to reshape a post-U.S.. TPP only happened five months ago. Australia, Japan and Singapore had already ratified the TPP and, after Trump withdrew, the official said they were urging the others to just do it, but Canada has insisted the U.S. departure has deeper ramifications than just minus one. The official acknowledged a couple of people around the table might say Canada is being obstructionist, but that it’s probably due to their own domestic pressure to sign the deal. Eric Miller, a Washington trade consultant, said Canada address these concerns by agreeing to sign on to a mechanism to review the TPP. “The countries are going to be deal-minded, but (a review) is going to be more than a legal scrub,” said Miller, president of the Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, which has advised different clients on trade issues, including Industry Canada. “There’s going to have to be some new pieces put on the table, but it’s going to be less than the full-on renegotiation, where you essentially throw everything out and start again.”
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Rat owners need not apply: germ-free lab opens at University of Calgary Lauren Krugel Canadian Press
CALGARY here’s no such thing as an easy coffee run or a quick bathroom break for the dozen or so staffers at a new laboratory opening in Calgary on Thursday. That’s because anyone and anything entering the facility — part of the International Microbiome Centre at the University of Calgary — must be thoroughly cleansed of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microscopic critters. At this lab, the largest operation of its kind at an academic institution in the world, research will focus on the trillions of tiny life forms that inhabit our bodies and play an instrumental role in our health, known collectively as the microbiome. “We think of it actually as another organ,” says Kathy McCoy, the centre’s scientific director. “And so if any organ in your body gets sick, it’s going to have an impact on your health.” Humans are colonized by microbes from the second they are born and are never without them from then on. McCoy says they play a key role in training the immune system and a host of other functions. Scientists have even been researching a potential link between gut microbes and autism. “If you want to harness the power of the microbiota, you need to understand what it does,” she says. The centre will have the technology to create images of cells in real time, label and track them and amass data on a large scale. The researchers need both a blank, germ-free canvas to conduct their experiments and the ability to re-introduce specific micro-organisms they want to test. That means there are layers upon layers of safeguards to avoid contamination. An employee’s workday begins with a thorough shower right as they enter the cramped entrance to
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the subterranean, windowless, maze-like space. Shampoo is a must. But so is conditioner, as microbes are less likely to stick to silky, smooth hair, says McCoy. The workers then change into sterile scrubs, Crocs shoes, paper coveralls, a face mask, hair net and gloves. When they leave the lab for lunch or for a bathroom break, they must repeat the process to get back in. It’s hot work and the only beverage they can have inside the lab is water. McCoy, who has spent years working at germfree facilities at Hamilton’s McMaster University and another in Switzerland, advises her colleagues at the new lab to “just look at it as a normal thing.” Planning is key, she says. “Be prepared. Realize that if you are going to drink three litres of water in the morning, you might have to go out and shower back in,” she says. “Make sure you don’t forget something outside. Bring stuff and leave it inside that we all need in a routine basis.” Phones and laptops are allowed, but they must be blasted with sterilized air in a narrow chamber lined with dozens of jets. Jewelry is OK so long as it doesn’t risk poking holes in protective garments.
Because the experiments are done on germless mice, no one who works in the lab may have a pet rodent at home or a pet snake that eats rodents. Dog and cat owners are allowed, though. Everything from the mice’s food to their bedding must be sterilized before it’s brought into a transparent box called an isolator, which lab workers can handle from the outside through plastic sleeves. There are no floor drains throughout the lab, lest any microbes come up from the pipes. Air from the outside is filtered before it is pumped in and the facility has positive air pressure. The entire microbiome centre has a price tag of around $50 million and has so far met about half of its funding needs through a $9.9 million federal grant in 2015 and $15 million from the university’s Cumming School of Medicine. Shaunna Huston, director of programs and business at the microbiome centre, says the university was chosen as the base because it’s where the talent and expertise is. “Here at the university one of our greatest strengths is chronic diseases,” she says. “And so the university has made that a priority.”
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What’s the meaning of death? Court cases raise questions about legal deďŹ nition Paola Loriggio Canadian Press
TORONTO wo Ontario court cases involving people deemed brain dead are raising questions about whether what constitutes death should be clearly spelled out under Canadian laws. The issue is at the crux of separate legal battles to keep 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty of Brampton, Ont., and 25-year-old Shalom Ouanounou of Toronto on life support. Both cases involve religious objections to the concept of brain death. The lawyer representing both families argues the absence of a legal definition of death creates somewhat of a grey area, particularly when it comes to issues such as religious accommodation. Only Manitoba has legislation that explicitly defines death, which it says takes place �at the time at which irreversible cessation of all that person’s brain function occurs.� Most other provinces and territories allude to the matter in legislation surrounding organ donation, typically by saying death will be determined according to accepted medical practices, without specifying what those
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are. But some legal and medical experts say enshrining the definition of death in law wouldn’t change much, nor would it necessarily prevent future court challenges. And imposing a rigid definition could create issues down the road, they say. “A lot of this stuff is not precisely defined for the simple reason that there are medical standards and medical expertise that in some cases evolve,� said Dr. James Downar, who serves on the board of the Canadian Critical Care Society, an association representing critical care physicians. “The fact that something is not defined in law does not mean that it doesn’t have legal backing, as a concept. There are many (instances in law) where it makes reference to accepted medical standards.� Hilary Young, a law professor at the University of New Brunswick, said it’s extremely rare for the nature of death to be at the heart of a court case, partly because brain death is widely recognized. In Quebec, the court was called to weigh in on the issue in the early 2000s in a case involving a fatal car crash. The
court had to decide exactly what constitutes brain death in order to figure out whether a woman or her toddler had died first, which would then determine who would inherit. It found that the baby boy had briefly outlived his mother based on the fact that he was able to breathe autonomously for a short time after the crash, which showed some brain stem function, documents show. Canadian medical guidelines define brain death as the irreversible loss of the capacity for consciousness combined with the irreversible loss of all brain stem functions, including the capacity to breathe autonomously. Cementing something as fundamental as death in law can be tricky, Young said, noting that Manitoba lawmakers were careful to ensure their wording would survive any changes in diagnostic tools and allow physicians to exercise some discretion, particularly when working outside of a hospital setting. “My view is that legislation might be helpful but I don’t think it would change anything, assuming the standard legislated was brain death,� she said. Even allowing for religious accommodation,
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like the states of New York and New Jersey have done, wouldn’t actually change the definition of death, she said. It lets patients deemed brain dead stay on a respirator until their heart fails, which “buys the family a little time,� she said. “The accommodation is not, ‘you get to decide for yourself what death means,’� she said. “Even without legislation, I expect hospitals sometimes accommodate religious belief by allowing the ventilator to remain on until cardiac death occurs.� Ouanounou’s family is seeking to keep him on a respirator until his heart fails, which is how Orthodox Judaism defines death, their lawyer Hugh Scher has said. McKitty’s family, which is Christian, is seeking to retain a new expert who can assess whether her movements are spinal reflexes or something more. An expert previously hired by the family was disqualified from testifying after telling the court he does not believe in brain death. Both families want their loved one’s death certificate revoked. Downar, of the Canadian Critical Care Society, said these legal challenges could create a slippery slope in which other established scientific or medical facts are questioned and ruled on by the courts. “What has happened in both of these cases is a gobsmacking tragedy of momentous proportions,� he said. “And for all of that, you cannot diminish or undo the tragedy of what’s happened by redefining death.�
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White poppies: Why a symbol of peace have never really caught on in Canada Michael MacDonald Canadian Press
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possible copyright violation because the legion owns the trademark on the poppy. In 2010, the legion threatened to launch a lawsuit to stop the alternative poppy drive. In February 2011, the advocacy group Canadian Voice of Women for Peace met with the legion’s leadership to seek a compromise, but the veterans weren’t interested, Menzies says. “I thought we had made some progress in shifting the paradigm on what would be the focus of Remembrance Day,â€? says Menzies, whose great uncle was the victim of a gas attack during the First World War, and whose father was wounded by shrapnel while fighting in France and Holland during the Second World War. “That would mean honouring the dead but also lamenting war because it is so destructive ‌ I thought they heard us that day ‌ (But) they just kept reiterating, ‘We want to defend our brand,’ which is the red poppy.â€? Since then, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace has quietly soldiered on with its campaign, even thought it hasn’t gained much momentum. Lyn Adamson, the group’s co-chairwoman, says wearing a white poppy is not meant to show disrespect toward veterans and, more importantly, it can help open a broader discussion about the true cost of war. That’s why she wears both types of poppies at this time of year. “We do want to remem-
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More than five years after the white poppy campaign sparked a rancorous debate about how Canadians should reflect on Remembrance Day, the anti-war movement is still stinging from its ugly standoff with the Royal Canadian Legion. ber those who have given their lives by following the instructions of their country in sending them to war, but we also want to remember the civilian deaths,� she says, adding that building a culture of peace involves talking about Canada’s multibillion-dollar arms industry and the federal government’s decision in June to boost defence spending by 70 per cent over the next 10 years. “Let’s think critically about war, while respecting the veterans who lost their lives, and let’s use this opportunity of remembering to figure out how we can end war.� While the history of the
red poppy can be traced back to the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century, it was first adopted as a symbol of remembrance in Canada in 1921, six years after Lt.-Col. John McCrae of Guelph, Ont., wrote about the bloodred flowers that grew over battlefields in his poem, “In Flanders Fields.� The white poppy emerged as a symbol of peace in 1933, when the Women’s Co-operative Guild in Britain was searching for a way to show their members were against war and for non-violence. In Canada, the legion’s enmity for the white poppy has been partially fuelled by the misconception that
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peace activists believe the red poppy represents a glorification of war, Menzies says. “All of the people I know who wear the white poppy are extremely respectful of the message of the red poppy, which is an honouring of the people who sacrificed their lives in war so that there could be peace and freedom for other people,� she says. However, the London-based pacifist group that leads the white poppy campaign in Britain, the Peace Pledge Union, takes a more confrontational approach. The group’s website says the white poppy is a symbol of peace and remembrance for all vic-
Take the time to remember by wearing the Legion’s red poppy and by attending the Remembrance Day Ceremony.
tims of war, but it also says it is aimed at challenging “attempts to glamorize or celebrate war.â€? Marian White, a volunteer with the Island Peace Committee in Charlottetown, says the red poppy is too closely associated with extolling the heroic virtues of the military — a position the legion has strenuously rejected. “What we’ve been doing is quietly, each fall, reminding people that civilians are the majority of the victims of war these days, and that the red poppy campaign is something that we see as glamorizing or celebrating war,â€? White says. “It looks at the victims solely in the military ‌ It’s heavily militaristic.â€? The P.E.I. group handed out fewer than 100 white poppies last year. Asked if the ongoing clash with the legion has hurt their campaign, White said: “I don’t think you can go wrong with promoting peace ‌ It’s not meant to antagonize the vets.â€?
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Despite outcry, committee makes few changes to Access to Information bill Canadian Press
OTTAWA Liberal-dominated committee is sending the government’s Access to Information bill back to the House of Commons with few changes, despite the deep concerns of transparency advocates and opposition MPs. Committee members rejected most of the amendments put forward Wednesday, including some from Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. The Access to Information Act allows applicants who pay $5 to ask for federal documents, but it has been
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widely denounced as slow and antiquated. The Trudeau government says the bill, introduced last June, represents the first real modernization of the law since it took effect in 1983. It would give the information commissioner new authority to order the release of records as well as entrench the practice of routinely disclosing documents such as briefing notes and expense reports. But many who testified at the committee, including information commissioner Suzanne Legault, dismissed the legislation as a step backward. The bill is fatally flawed and will make Canadian
democracy weaker, said committee member Nathan Cullen, a New Democrat MP. “The Liberals chose to ignore just about every piece of testimony that we were given. It just mocks the whole process and their commitment to evidence-based decision-making,� Cullen said after the meeting. The Conservatives considered the bill “beyond redemption� and therefore did not suggest amendments. Erskine-Smith said he �would have liked to have seen some more amendments adopted,� but he still considers the legislation a step forward. In a special report to Parliament in September,
Legault said the bill does not give her office genuine order-making powers. Although the commissioner would have new authority to issue orders about the release of records and additional time taken to answer requests, federal agencies could challenge those orders in wide-ranging Federal Court hearings, which often go on for years. The committee voted down amendments Monday that would have strengthened her orders. Critics say the bill backpedals on a Liberal campaign promise to extend the access law to the offices of the prime minister, cabinet members, senators, MPs and
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What’s next in the criminal probe of Harvey Weinstein Colleen Long Associated Press
NEW YORK criminal investigation by New York police into 2010 rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein does not necessarily mean an arrest is imminent. A look at the case and the next steps: The allegations: More than 75 women have publicly accused Weinstein of inappropriate behaviour ranging from requests for massages to intimidating sexual advances to rape. The list of accusers includes actresses Paz de la Huerta, Asia Argento, Lysette Anthony, Lucia Evans and Rose McGowan, who have all said Weinstein forced them into unwanted sex. The movie mogul has denied having non-consensual sexual contact with anyone. The disclosures come after The New York Times and The New Yorker published exposes of sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein, leading to his firing from the film production company he co-founded. The Associated Press does not typically identify
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people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they speak publicly, which the women named here have done. The investigations: Police departments in London, New York, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California, have said they are investigating potential criminal charges in at least 10 different cases, some involving women who have not spoken publicly. As of yet, only the New York City Police Department has said it has enough evidence to make an arrest. The NYPD has zeroed in on allegations made by de la Huerta, who called police in late October to report Weinstein raped her twice in 2010. NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said detectives interviewed de la Huerta and found her story believable in part because she articulated “each and every minute� of the crime. Two people corroborated portions of her account, he said, and investigators have subpoenaed others. What’s next? A senior sex crimes prosecutor was assigned to the case in New York. New York investigators are likely to present the allegations by
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More than 75 women have publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of inappropriate behavior ranging from requests for massages to intimidating sexual advances to rape. de la Huerta to a grand jury before making an arrest. “If this person was still in New York, and it was recent, we’d go right away and make the arrest. No doubt,� Boyce said of Weinstein. “But we’re talking about a 7-year-old case. And we have to move forward gathering evidence first.� The grand jury would decide whether to indict Weinstein based on the standard of “reasonable
cause� that he committed a crime, lower than that of “beyond a reasonable doubt,� which is needed for a conviction. If an indictment is issued, prosecutors would ask a judge for an arrest warrant. Weinstein defence Weinstein has hired two top defence lawyers to represent him in any legal proceedings stemming from sexual assault allegations: Benjamin Brafman,
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Past friction The New York Police Department and Manhattan district attorney’s office haven’t seen eye-to-eye on Weinstein in the past. In 2015, a model, Ambra Battilana Guiterrez, told police Weinstein groped her during a meeting in his Manhattan office. Police conducted a sting, during which Battilana Guiterrez recorded Weinstein apologizing for his conduct as he tried to persuade her to come into his hotel room. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. decided not to prosecute, citing a lack of proof. After the recent flood of allegations against Weinstein, Vance’s top assistant prosecutor said police had arranged the sting without prosecutors’ knowledge or oversight. The NYPD pushed back, saying it had used established investigative techniques. Statute of limitations New York eliminated the statute of limitations on the most serious rape or sexual abuse charges in 2006. For other types of sex crimes, law enforcement generally must bring criminal charges within five years. London has no such limits. California eliminated the statute of limitations this year on certain rape and child molestation cases. One reason New York prosecutors are taking time could be because winning a conviction may be difficult, even if securing an indictment isn’t, legal experts said. “To prove rape in New York, there has to be physical force or physical intimidation, or the victim was legally incapable of consenting,� said defence attorney and former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Matthew Galluzzo. Where’s Weinstein? Weinstein has an apartment in New York, where his production company is based. His current whereabouts are not publicly known, but New York City police said he is out of the state. Weinstein’s representatives have not responded to media inquiries about where he is, but TMZ last week posted a photo of a man it said was Weinstein in disguise eating at a Phoenix restaurant. Theoretically, there is nothing stopping Weinstein from leaving the country because he has not been charged with any crimes. Often, though, lawyers representing people under investigation will try to hold off hasty arrests by offering to hold onto their clients’ passports.
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As caliphate crumbles, US increases western Iraq footprint Susannah George Associated Press
QAIM, IRAQ he US-led coalition’s newest outpost in the fight against the Islamic State group is in a dusty corner of western Iraq near the border with Syria. Here, several hundred American Marines operate close to the battlefront, a key factor in the recent series of swift victories against the extremists. The Americans directed Iraqi troops in their victory last week recapturing the nearby border town of Qaim, the militants’ last urban holding. Now the Marines will lead the equally difficult task of clearing the extremists from their last redoubt: a large stretch of empty desert north of the Euphrates River adjoining the border with Syria. They also face the possibility of friction with Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias that are increasing their own presence in the border region. Under a plastic tent, the Marines run an austere joint command centre about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the border. A dozen monitors relay surveillance footage and troop positions in the town of Qaim nearby. Using racks of radio and satellite equipment, the coalition forces and Iraqi officers at the base pass information between forces on the ground and al-Asad air base, the coalition’s main base in Anbar province some 130 kilometres (80 miles) to the east. Such outposts have become more common the past year, bringing the Americans out of main bases and closer to the action. U.S. commanders say the tactic has paid off in the swift rollback of the Islamic State group. The capture of Qaim completed the sweep driving IS from major towns along the Euphrates Valley in Iraq. Along the river on the Syrian side, Syrian government forces took the city of Deir el-Zour last week and the border town of Boukamel facing Qaim on Thursday. All that remains from the so-called “caliphate” that once stretched from northwest Syria to the edges of Baghdad are a small stretch of villages on the Euphrates in Syria and the enclave of desert straddling the border into both Syria and Iraq.
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U.S. Marines Col. Seth W. B. Folsom, commander of Task Force Lion, oversaw the Qaim fight and said he expects clearing and holding the retaken territory in Anbar to be more difficult than the assault itself. “It’s much more challenging, no doubt in my mind it’s more challenging,” he said. Motivating troops to attack to regain their country is easy, he said. “What’s less easy to motivate men to do, is to stand duty on checkpoints.” Much of Anbar and Iraq’s border with Syria has been beyond central control for decades. The deserts there have served as havens for smugglers for generations. Iraqi forces are stretched thin. Many are deployed in support of local police in liberated towns and cities and along major roadways. Others have been diverted to the borders of the Kurdish region amid the military standoff between Baghdad and Kurdish forces. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces — the mostly Shiite and largely Iranian-backed paramilitary forces — have also built up their presence along Iraq’s border with Syria. They make no attempt to hide that they are working to physically extend the influence of U.S. rival Iran. Jaafar al-Husseini, a spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, a group under the PMF, boasted during the Qaim fighting that the forces are securing a route from “Iran to Beirut.” “We have foiled the American project in Iraq and on the Syrian borders, and we have succeeded in securing the road that links Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon,” he told The Associated Press. Coalition forces do not directly co-ordinate with the PMF, but rely on the Iraqi military to relay their movements to avoid striking the fighters. U.S. Marines Maj. Greg Duesterhaus said the PMF presence complicates things but is not a great concern. “They are part of the forces that are out there on the battlefield,” he said. The growing numbers of coalition troops are stretching the capacity of Anbar’s bases. Notices warning of water shortages hang in bathrooms and showers at al-Asad. At Qaim, Marines ration water.
of Iraqi military escorts sometimes leaves convoys stuck for hours. Without electricity, cellphone service or internet, Marines at the Qaim outpost pass the evening hours smoking cigarettes and talking. Sitting between an armoured vehicle and the rubble of a partially collapsed building, a group of Marines and soldiers joked about camp conditions and the monotony of their field rations. They also reflected on their mission in
“Anbar is the far reaches of Iraq,” said Col. Folsom. “The challenge that we’ve got here that they have not had as much up in the north is really just the tyranny of distance.” Daily convoys leave from al-Asad to the Qaim outpost carrying water, food, ammunition and building supplies. They travel along desert roads for a tedious seven-hour journey. Storms whip up powder-fine sand, reducing visibility and halting traffic for hours. Lack
Iraq with a mix of sobriety and cynical humour. They may feel a sense of accomplishment in the gains against IS — “but it’s not a sense of finality,” one Marine staff sergeant said. He served in Anbar in 2007, unlike most of his comrades, who are on their first deployment to Iraq. He never thought he’d be back, but now believes there will be a U.S. presence in Iraq for generations to come. “When my son joins the Marines, he’ll probably be deployed to Iraq,” he said
with a laugh. He spoke on condition that he only be identified by his rank in line with regulations. Col. Folsom said he hoped within the next year Iraqi forces would be able to hold the western edge of Anbar on their own and coalition forces can fall back to al-Asad air base. “We have to find some sort of sustainable presence,” he said. “What that will look like, I don’t know. There may still be some commuting to work in one way or another.”
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‘Misfits all getting together:’ Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles Bill Graveland Canadian Press
CALGARY loud whir is followed by a deep rumbling roar as the engine of a decommissioned Canadian Forces armoured recovery vehicle comes to life. A big cloud of black
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smoke belches out of the rear exhaust port. “You see that?” asks John Senior, thumping his chest. “That’s why people are here. When that starts up you should see the smile on the guys’ faces and their glow. Their aura just amplifies. “We veterans are keeping that running and it is keeping us running. You see that
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connection. The happiness. The joy.” Senior is the leader of the Ghost Squadron at The Military Museums in Calgary. He works for the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada as an operational stress injury social support co-ordinator. The Ghost Squadron consists of volunteers who keep decommissioned military vehicles running. Between nine and 20 of them get together every week to do some mechanical work but, more importantly, to
bond in some informal group therapy. Most of the participants are suffering from occupational stress injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. David, who suffers from PTSD and didn’t want his last name used, started coming a year ago after leaving the military filled with anger and resentment. “A lot of us when we got out of the army … didn’t want to have anything to do with the army. I didn’t want to see stuff on TV. I still don’t watch war movies,” he said.
“It’s done me a world of good. These guys, they’ve seen the vulnerability and they still treat me like I never said a thing.” David said everyone has had difficulties reintegrating into civilian life. “This group, it reminds me of how … the legions started — misfits all getting together and going, ‘Hey, no one gets it but us,’ and that’s what this group has become,” he said. “This drags guys out of the basement who are drinking themselves to death and has given them a
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WHAT IS IT? Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from the ground and can collect in houses.
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purpose.” Senior said that, in his day job, he has a list of about 200 veterans he has reached out to in southern Alberta. Most have all their limbs but struggle with mental health. He said the success of the informal therapy comes down to shared experience. “You’re there with people who have the same mission mindset, same feelings.” Scott Vanderveer and his wife, Heather, served in the military and both were diagnosed with occupational stress injuries. Vanderveer, a former corporal, said his problems came gradually. They started with anxiety and unexplained anger. He still only sleeps an hour or two a night. Connecting with fellow veterans has made a world of difference. “When any one of us are having a bad day, the other guys are there. You know your brothers care for you when they’re razzing the hell out of you.” Heather Vanderveer, who was also a corporal, said she left the Canadian Forces because of constant harassment from co-workers and superiors. “I kind of tease everybody that I’m the president of the angry corporals club. That’s what we call it in our house,” she said. “I wanted to fulfil my duty as a soldier and my trade. I feel that was taken from me so the minute I left I was angry. “I knew, for me, something wasn’t right. I suffered from anxiety, lack of self-esteem, nightmares.” She doesn’t tinker with engines but said she’s included in all group activities. Brian McGregor retired as a corporal 24 years ago and nobody has to pretend. “My wife laughs at me because I’ll be cranky and miserable when I leave, because I’m job hunting and nobody’s talking to me. I will come back from one of these nights — greasy and dirty and smelling remarkably like I stood in a diesel fire — with a big smile on my face.” Senior makes sure he keeps his day job and his volunteer gig separate but has noticed the benefits, especially for veterans who have retreated from society and haven’t sought help. “I’ve seen that just a little bit of contact here goes a long way,” he said. “From here I can say, ‘Hey, you might want to look at getting some outside source help.’”
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Mia Rabson OTTAWA rom the slow-paced, tree-lined streets of downtown Charlottetown to the modern, western architecture of metro Vancouver, Canada’s urban waterfronts are a beacon for condo developers, tourists and everyone in between. But even in best-case scenarios for global warming, a new series of interactive maps that illustrate the impact of rising sea levels suggest Canada is facing a mind-boggling challenge to keep such popular and often historic neighbourhoods from becoming lost at sea. John Clague, an earth sciences professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, says thanks to global warming, our oceans are getting an average of 3.3 millimetres higher every year, up from 2 mm a year in the latter half of the 20th century. The United Nations predicts the world’s oceans will be at least one metre higher by the end of the current century. After another 100 years, it could be four times that. “I call it a disaster in slow-mo,” said Clague. “It is really a huge problem. It’s a global problem and the cost of dealing with this or not dealing with it, depending on what happens, is enormous.” The U.S.-based organization Climate Central has created interactive maps that show how Canadian cities could look if the average global temperature rises between one and four degrees Celsius by 2100. All of the scenarios are based on no mitigation efforts taking place, although some areas do already have existing dikes or protections. The world has already passed the one-degree threshold. The Paris climate change accord aims to stave off 2 degrees by the end of the century, but the United Nations warned last week the world has committed to only one-third of the emissions cuts neces-
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A new series of interactive maps that illustrate the impact of rising sealevels due to global warming, suggest Canada’s coast lines will facing a mind-boggling challenge. sary to meet that goal. The Climate Central maps show that in Charlottetown, the harbourfront will be at risk at two degrees. At four degrees, homes several blocks from the waterfront would become oceanfront properties. Lennox Island, a First Nations community off the northwest coast of P.E.I., could lose its bridge to the mainland in the best case scenario. At worst, the entire island disappears beneath the sea. In Halifax, the harbourfront, port and rail lines could all be submerged. The city of Charlemagne, Que., east of Montreal, could lose entire neighbourhoods to the St. Lawrence River at two degrees, while at the four-degree threshold, the birthplace of singer Celine Dion has almost no dry spots at all. The problem could well be most dire in Vancouver, said Clague.
“Metro Vancouver is the most vulnerable urban area in Canada to sea level rise,” he said. “We have about 250,000 people living within about a metre of mean sea level.” At two degrees, hundreds of homes and businesses in North Vancouver would be underwater, as would large parts of the False Creek waterfront. At four degrees, famed Stanley Park becomes an island and the Vancouver neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant and Fairview become a sea of blue. Richmond, B.C., is only one metre above sea level now, but director of engineering John Irving said Wednesday the city has been preparing for sea level rise for years. Between building up existing dikes and building “superdikes” that are more than 50 metres wide, the city is getting ready as fast as it can, he said.
In most communities, flood prevention is in the early planning stages, focused largely on preventing new development in high-risk areas and building dikes around existing areas to try and keep them from harm. Then there are the costs: Clague said in the Fraser Delta area alone, it would cost a projected $10 billion to build up against coastal and Fraser River flooding. The Fraser Basin Council in 2016 found 71 per cent of its existing dikes were vulnerable in the event of a major coastal flood or on the Fraser River. The cause of rising sea levels is twofold. Global warming is happening twice as fast in the Arctic as it is in the rest of the world, and sea ice is melting at a rapid pace. In addition, the oceans are warming up and warmer water takes up more space.
Applications for student financial assistance will be accepted up to 5:00 PM on November 15, 2017. Any late applications will be deferred to the next intake date in May 2018. Please email, mail or fax your application to: Attention: Community Skills Development Officer Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 Phone: 867-390-2532 ext. 318 | Fax: 867-390-2176 marie.davies@ttc-teslin.com
Calling all recipients of the Commissioner’s Award for Bravery and Public Volunteer Service Past recipients of the Commissioner’s Award for Bravery and Public Volunteer Service are cordially invited to an evening of recognition and discussion celebrating the incredible contribution recipients have made to the Yukon Territory.
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Volunteers track dead birds as indicator of coast’s health Phuong Le Associated Press
OCEAN SHORES, WASH. arbara Patton scans the expansive beach on Washington’s outer coast looking for telltale signs of dead seabirds: a feather sticking straight up, dark colours in the sand, unusual seaweed clumps that could mask a carcass. Minutes into the nearly mile-long walk near her Ocean Shores home, she and her husband, Mike, encounter the first of three birds they’ll find that morning. Experience tells them it’s a common murre. But the retired volunteers work through a protocol to identify the species: Eyes gone. Breast eaten. Feet pliable.
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They measure the wing, bill and other body parts, and photograph the bird, front and back. All of that information is entered into a massive database kept by the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, or COASST. The long-running citizen monitoring program at the University of Washington tracks dead seabirds as an indicator of the coastal environment’s health. “The data that the participants collect is invaluable,” said Julia Parrish, associate dean of the university’s college of environment and head of the program. “We can’t get it remotely, with satellites, with drones.” Lately, the data has pointed to bigger and more
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frequent seabird die-offs. “It’s causing us to step back and say, ‘Whoa, what’s going on here?’” Parrish said. “For four years running, we’ve had unusual mortality events of marine birds from California to the Arctic Circle.” Seabirds spend most of their time feeding and living out at sea, coming to land to breed or nest. But more birds are dying and dying close to shore, Parrish said. Researchers think warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures shook up the ecosystem, favouring warmer species and redistributing the seabirds’ food. COASST volunteers are helping search for clues and identify die-offs faster. In 2014, when Cassin’s auklets, a small diving seabird with blue feet, began washing ashore by the thousands along the U.S West Coast, citizen scientists patrolling their stretch of beaches were among the first to notice it. Patton recalls counting a few dozen dead birds in one walk. Under the program, hundreds of volunteers comb stretches of beach from Mendocino, California, to Kotzebue, Alaska, each month looking for carcasses that have washed ashore. Since 1998, they’ve recorded nearly 76,000 dead birds. Combined with oth-
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In this photo taken Sept. 28 2017, Jeanne Finke, left, Susan Kloeppel and Bob Witt begin to identify the remains of birds they collected as part of a citizen patrol surveying dead birds that wash ashore on beaches along the U.S. West Coast, in Ocean Shores, Wash. er large-scale data from satellites and other surveys, Parrish said, it can provide high-quality data over a geographic scale not attainable any other way. The data is used to track seasonal, short-term and long-term changes in seabirds, revealing patterns about where and when certain species die. There are seasonal peaks, after breeding seasons when exhausted parents and chicks wash ashore or when seasonal migratory birds get stranded.
The data amassed has also been used by other scientists and resource managers to monitor bird health and other research. Kristine Bovy, associate anthropology professor at the University of Rhode Island, used the modern bird data to help evaluate how indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest may have scavenged to find bones and other natural resources on the coast hundreds of years ago. “It helped us to be able
Yukon Judicial Compensation Commission The Commissioner in Executive Council, pursuant to the Yukon Territorial Court Act, has appointed Timothy Preston to be sole commissioner of the 2017 Yukon Judicial Compensation Commission. The commission’s mandate is to make recommendations relating to the judicial remuneration of judges of the Territorial Court of Yukon, the Senior Presiding Justice of the Peace, and salaried justices of the peace. These recommendations will cover the period from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2020. The commission is an independent body that, in conducting its inquiries and reaching its decisions, takes direction only from the Territorial Court Act and not from the government nor from any ăected parties.
Public submissions Members of the public are invited to make written submissions by mail or email to the Judicial Compensation Commission. Submissions may address any of the factors to be considered by the Commission. The deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday, December 15, 2017. The factors for consideration in any submission to the Commission, and reports of previous Commissions, can be found on the Yukon Department of Justice’s website at: www.justice.gov.yk.ca The commission can be contacted by email at: jcc2016yukon@gmail.com The mailing address for the commission, which should be used for any written submissions that are not sent by email, is: Yukon Judicial Compensation Commissioner P.O. Box 31042, RPO Main Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5P7
to test our ideas in the past about whether people may be scavenging bird carcasses from the beach,” she said. Parrish said there can be skepticism about citizen science. She designed the bird surveying program years ago so information collected could be independently verified - by photographs, measurements and other paper records. On a recent clear day not far from where the Pattons collected their carcasses, Jeanne Finke, Susan Kloeppel and Bob Witt fan out across the beach. Brown pelicans and seagulls soar above crashing waves. Little sandpipers scurry and peck in the wet sand. But Finke and her team are more interested in the birds that are dead than alive. “It’s an early warning system for the ocean,” said Finke, a retired Boeing worker. “I think some people think we’re odd for doing it,” she added, but she likes learning about her environment and isn’t afraid to put on gloves and rummage for dead birds. Before long, she and the others line up five carcasses on a massive log and get to work. They record where on the beach the birds were found, whether the wings or chest are intact, what kind of bill and foot the bird has. The records and photos they take are sent to COASST’s scientific expert to be verified. Most of the time, the citizen scientists nail the ID. “It doesn’t bother us to handle these dead birds,” said Kloeppel, a retired middle school teacher. “We’re just monitoring the cycle of life.”
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Alaska signs gas pipeline project deal with China Mark Thiessen Associated Press
ANCHORAGE he state of Alaska took a major step toward realizing a longsought pipeline to move natural gas from the North Slope to Asia, siding with interests from China after major oil companies stepped back from the project. The agreement Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed Thursday in Beijing with Sinopec, China Investment Corp. and the Bank of China does not guarantee a pipeline will be built, but it gives the lingering liquefied natural gas project a jolt of life. “This is the market responding, and we’re very, very pleased with that,” Walker told reporters in a teleconference from Beijing. The agreement was signed as both U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping watched. No financial terms were released, but it’s been estimated that the project could cost $43 billion. The agreement means all parties will work on various aspects of the project, including marketing and financing with a status check in 2018. The goal, Walker said, is to have definitive contracts signed by the end of 2018. Construction would start the following year, with the goal to have the pipeline operational by 2024 or 2025. Representatives of Sinopec and the Bank of China toured operations on
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the North Slope and visited facilities in Anchorage before making their decision, which had to be approved by the Chinese government. “This has been a long courtship with these folks,” said Keith Meyer, the president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., the state-sponsored entity advancing the project. Negotiations began in May, he said. In the agreement, Sinopec would be the customer buying the gas, the bank would be the lender for Sinopec and China Investment Corp. would be an investor if there were to be an equity investment in the project. The Alaska corporation would retain majority ownership, Meyer, said.
About 75 per cent of the LNG would go to China, with Alaska retaining 25 per cent for other regional markets in Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. “I look forward to seeing the details, but at first glance, this joint development agreement is very encouraging for the thousands of Alaskans who never lost hope that a natural gas pipeline could one day become a reality,” Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Democrat, said in a statement. “A pipeline project will bring jobs, investment, and, perhaps most importantly, a renewed sense of hope that Alaska’s best days are ahead of us, not behind.”
The pipeline as envisioned would rival the famed trans-Alaska oil pipeline, a major building project of a generation ago. The natural gas pipeline is intended to tap into the rich natural gas reserves on the North Slope. Similar in length to the oil pipeline, it would transport the gas 800 miles (1,287 kilometres) to the coast on the Kenai Peninsula, where it would be liquefied and shipped to Asia. Such a pipeline has been a dream for Alaskans for years, seen as a way to provide economic certainty as oil production from the North Slope declines. Estimates have put proven gas reserves on the North Slope overall at 35
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trillion cubic feet. Alaska could provide a generation’s worth of liquefied natural gas to China, Walker told the Chinese president when Xi stopped in Anchorage on a layover in April. Millions have been spent a pipeline project, which has been marred in recent years by changes in direction, waning interest among state legislators and low natural gas prices. The state took lead on the project with the blessing of major oil companies, who plan to provide gas to the project from their leased North Slope fields but focused priorities elsewhere. Walker has said this would be a make-or-break year for the proposed project, and he’s been working to
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White Pass and Yukon Route musical chugs on without director
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The cast of Stonecliff, a musical about the life of White Pass builder Michael J. Heney, pose for a photo during the scene the death of Soapy Smith, while rehearsing at the Old Fire Hall. Jackie Hong News Reporter
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t the 11th hour, the cast and crew of Stonecliff, an upcoming musical about railway builder Michael James Heney and the construction of the White Pass and Yukon Route, hit an unexpected obstacle that threatened to derail months of preparation and work. With less than two weeks before Stonecliff was set to debut in Whitehorse, creator, director and producer Conrad Boyce told the company Nov. 5 he’d experienced a medical issue and needed to fly to Ontario for surgery the next day. He wouldn’t be able to return in time for the opening night Nov. 17, or for any other part of the musical’s tour. “We were shocked. It’s not something you’d expect,” actor Doug Rutherford said in a phone interview Nov. 8.
But within hours, and over orders of pizza, the shock had given way to planning. The cast and crew decided against pulling the plug and instead, like Heney, chose to forge ahead, splitting up Boyce’s responsibilities among themselves to make sure Stonecliff would make it to the stage as planned. “It’s really important for us, I think, to go ahead, and it’s an important story and it’s a local story that we can all feel passion for,” said actress Angela Drainville, who, on top of playing Harriet “Ma” Pullen, took over as producer for the Whitehorse run. “I think we were all committed to making sure that it was staged and (that we) really do justice to the presentation and we are confident that we will be able to do that, so here we are.” Named after Heney’s hometown of Stonecliff, ON., the musical, which stars Shaw Festival actor
Billy Lake, follows the struggles and triumphs of Henney and his crew as they build the White Pass and Yukon Route, taking the audience on a journey from from Skagway to Carcross to Whitehorse. “It’s one of those perfect musicals where it has all of those experiences — it has some tragedy, certainly, you can’t build a railroad without tragedy, but there’s also a lot of great comedic and romantic moments where you’re released from that drama as well,” Drainville said. Producing the Whitehorse leg felt like a natural fit, she added, since she’s familiar with the Yukon Arts Centre and has extensive experience with producing events, including the annual Atlin Arts and Music Festival. Other cast members who stepped in include story narrator Bruce Barrett, who will be producing the shows in Skagway and Dawson,
actor RP Singh, who will be doubling as technical director and playing character Reverend Sinclair actor James McCullough, who will be filling in as director as well as portraying John Hislop, and actor Brett Chandler, who’s taking over logistical and transportation coordination. “It’s amazing, actually, how many hats Conrad was wearing, because there seems to be far more people wearing far more hats than they used to, than we were Sunday,” said Rutherford, who’s portraying Eratus Hawkins. Rutherford had originally stepped forward to produce the Anchorage portion of the tour, but the cast and crew ultimately decided, under the circumstances, to scrap it and focus on the Whitehorse, Skagway and Dawson stops instead. Boyce had also left the cast and crew in as good of a position as he could have, Barrett said, which made continuing on without him
easier. “We more or less just looked at it and we decided it was doable because the actual show itself was kind of at, let’s say, the 95th percentile of completion. The hard work of actual production and direction and all the artistic components, all of these things were in place and the show was really looking pretty good, so I think that’s what made us decide that, yes, we can carry on,” he said. “I think we’re getting pretty settled in at this point. I would definitely say we’re almost to where we would be comfortable in saying (it’s) business as usual.” And in a poetic sort of way, Boyce’s departure and the cast and crew persevering through the challenge of filling in the gaps he left has brought everyone even closer to the story, Barrett said. “It’s so interesting because it’s a show which is all about overcoming adver-
sity,” he said. “The story’s (about) the unlikely success of, basically, a farm boy from the Ottawa Valley who wound up being renowned as the greatest railway man in North America and his passion and his dedication and his ingenuity and his inventiveness which allowed him to do the things he did. I would say, we’re all taking a bit of inspiration from that right now, so that makes the show very much in the spirit of the show’s hero far more so than anybody would have ever predicted.” Drainville agreed. “I think it’s really giving us an understanding, a little bit, of what Michael Henney went through in terms of building the railway, in terms of now staging, making sure this gets to the stage without Conrad,” she said, laughing. “There’s an allegory there.” Stonecliff runs Nov. 17 to 19 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com
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Keeping young drivers safe vehicle with a driver who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs. I will find other transportation such as a bus, taxi or phone my parents or a family member.
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ast week I wrote about the process of getting your drivers license for the first time. It’s a fantastic feeling of freedom when it finally happens. Your next step is to immediately focus on keeping that feeling by driving safely. Yes, your teen learned the theory behind safe driving while qualifying for their license, but now it needs to be their constant focus while on the road in the real world. We were all young and once and felt invincible. As a parent just think back to your own attitudes around safety and invincibility, then take a moment to look at your own driving habits. Do you observe all the rules and safety measures you are preaching to your new teen driver? Are you texting, speeding, coasting through stop signs, engaging in road rage or other unsafe behaviours? Your new teen driver is certainly watching and learning from your behaviour, from the example you set. It is important for parents and teens to talk about the responsibilities that come with the privileges of being able to drive. Many agencies recommend doing up a family contract between parents and teen drivers. Both parties agree and sign the contract. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia recommends that it includes the following: Rules of the road: 1. I will obey all traffic laws, 2. I will operate a vehicle under the conditions of my driver’s license in the Graduated licensing program, 3. I will not speed, 4. I will wear a seatbelt always and require all passengers to wear a seatbelt, 5. I will not operate a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, 6. I will not use a cell phone while driving or stopped at a red light or stop sign. This includes not sending or reading text messages, 7. I will not get into a
Family rules: 1. I will never use the vehicle without your permission, 2. I will not let anyone else drive the car, 3. I will maintain the vehicle so that it can be driven safely. This includes checking tire pressure, washer fluid, headlights, rear lights and brake lights and gasoline/fuel. I will report any problems with the vehicle immediately to you, 4. I understand that driving is a privilege as well as a serious responsibility. 5. If I need a safe ride home, I will find a designated driver or, no matter what the hour, call you, another fam-
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Should any of these rules be violated, it may result in loss of the use of the vehicle, up to losing the privilege to drive for a period of time. Contracts like this are available on the ICBC, and other young driver websites. It really is worth the time to find one and have everyone read, agree, and sign it. There are also other means available to parents to ensure safe driving habits for their teens. Products like CellControl, Text Buster, and others are available online. These products have a module that you install on your vehicle and app that’s installed on your teen’s smart phone. The app doesn’t allow calls or texts to come through the phone while the vehicle is on. If the module or app is tampered with you get a notification. Some of these units will monitor driving habits and notify you if the vehicle goes outside designated areas.
Further as a young driver, you would agree to be prepared, knowing that one of the most important parts of safe driving is planning. As such you would also agree to the following driving rules: 1. Plan my route in advance. 2. Allow enough time to get to my destination, 3. Avoid taking medications (such as cold medicine) or anything else that can impair my judgment or cause drowsiness, 4. Avoid driving if I’ve recently become upset or depressed, 5. Check road conditions in case of bad weather or changing weather, 6. Only drive in rush hour or on a major highway if I’m confident enough to do so.
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These types of products may not be popular with teens and will incur extra costs and time to set up. If you make sure that you are setting a good example, if you talk to your new teen driver about driving safety, and make them aware that their driving behaviour is being monitored it will help keep them driving safe and retuning home. Catch Driving with Jens on CHON FM Thursdays at 8:15. If you have any questions or comments you can reach out to Jens Nielsen at drivingwithjens@gmail.com, Facebook or Twitter: @drivingwithjens.
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t seems odd that a major U.S. government climate report released Nov. 3 didn’t receive more media attention. But then,
the main thing newsworthy about the Climate Science Special Report is that it was released at all, apparently without political interference. Although the U.S. government is required by law (enacted by President George H.W. Bush in 1989) to report to the public about “climate change and its physical impacts” every four years, the current administration is openly hostile to climate
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science and scientists. According to White House sources quoted in the New York Times, President Donald Trump was “barely aware of the report’s existence.” The report, released by 13 federal agencies under the direction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examines the available science. It was written by dozens of government and non-government scientists, reviewed by the independent National Academy of Sciences and approved by the National Economic Council. It concludes we are living in the warmest period in the history of modern civilization, with the last three years being the warmest on record, that we are seeing more “record-breaking, climate-related weather extremes” and that all the evidence points to human activities, “especially emissions of greenhouse gases,” as the main cause. Climate change should be in the headlines every day until everyone takes it seriously, but the report’s
conclusions are not new. “Thousands of studies conducted by researchers around the world have documented changes in surface, atmospheric, and oceanic temperatures; melting glaciers; diminishing snow cover; shrinking sea ice; rising sea levels; ocean acidification; and increasing atmospheric water vapour,” the reports says. It’s hard to imagine anyone could read this report, or read about it, and not be convinced we have an urgent problem and that failing to put everything we can into resolving it puts our survival at risk! And yet, the government overseeing this report is filled with people who reject climate science. The president himself has called it a hoax. He’s appointed climate science deniers to key positions, repealed and weakened environmental laws, had climate change references removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s website and barred EPA scientists from presenting climate
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change reports. Many delegates at the UN Climate Conference underway in Bonn, Germany, have condemned Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. The official White House statement on the report was a rehash of tired climate science–denial talking points. White House spokesperson Raj Shah said, “The climate has changed and is always changing.” He then went on to cast doubt regarding the climate’s sensitivity to greenhouse gas emissions. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has denied the well-known connection between carbon dioxide emissions and global warming, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry has argued the science isn’t conclusive. But the report also shows that, despite its apparent descent into a post-truth, anti-science dystopia, the United States still maintains sanity in some of its major institutions. Organizations like NASA, NOAA, the EPA and the Department of Defense, along with numerous non-governmental scientific institutions, are continuing to examine the real trends and risks of a planet warming rapidly because of human activity. It also shows we must do all we can to work toward solutions — economic, technological, philosophical and more — and to only support poli-
ticians who demonstrate the foresight, imagination and courage to take on this crisis with the force and intensity it merits. One frustration of studying and communicating about climate issues is knowing that so many solutions exist and are being developed, but that widespread denial of the problem prevents us from moving beyond outdated technologies and economic systems. That people who profit from those outdated technologies would do everything they can to sow doubt and confusion is not surprising. That a government elected to serve the people would reject the findings of its own scientists and researchers from around the world to the detriment of human health, the economy and the environment is an intergenerational crime. Christopher Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, told the New York Times, “This profoundly affects our ability to be leaders in developing new technologies and understanding how to build successful communities and businesses in the 21st century.” It also puts human survival at risk. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.
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When Jerry Brown came to Nome
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few Alaska researchers recently accepted a surprise assignment of giving Jerry Brown a tour of the Seward Peninsula. The California governor was stopping in Nome on his way to a meeting in Russia. The 79-year-old environmentalist and leader of a state that resembles a progressive nation wanted to learn why the Far North matters. He had never been to the Arctic or Alaska before. Amy Breen and Bob Bolton were his tour guides and educators. Both work on the Seward Peninsula: Breen is a terrestrial ecologist who works with tundra plants and Bolton is a hydrologist who specializes in the interaction of the peninsula’s frozen ground with its many waterways. Both work at the International Arctic Research Center, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. On Labour Day weekend, Bolton and Breen traveled to Nome. Breen texted her contact with the governor’s travelling party, which had just landed in Nome aboard a jet. Breen indicated she and Bolton were staying in a hotel with a bar and would be there the rest of the night if Brown wanted to meet before their tour the next morning. “In a few minutes, we turned around and saw the governor, his wife and their entourage walk in,” Breen said. For the next few hours, Bolton sat on a stool next to the California governor and in rapid-fire fashion discussed subjects that
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Bob Bolton, left, with a plug of northern tundra soil from the Seward Peninsula extracted during a field trip in early September 2017. Next to Bolton from left are Anne Gust Brown, Jerry Brown, Lydia Vaughn of the University of California Berkeley and Amy Breen, like Bolton a scientist with the International Arctic Research Center at UAF. often circled back to Brown’s two top concerns: nuclear disarmament and climate change. Breen chatted with Brown’s wife Anne Gust Brown. Thinking of the next day’s field trip, Breen mentioned she carries a handgun for bear protection. “They told me I was the first person who ever asked to carry a handgun while I was with the governor,” Breen said. “She pointed behind us and said, ‘I don’t think those guys over there will allow it.’” Breen turned and saw two men she had not noticed. They were the governor’s bodyguards. Breen did not carry her gun the next day, when the group drove the gravel road that leads 72 miles
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from Nome toward Council. Bolton and Breen have research sites on the tundra along the roadway, which ends at the Niukluk River. Council is on the far side of the river and there is no bridge. During their five hours of driving with the governor, the scientists stopped a few times so Brown could step out and see the landscape of bushy shrubs, sharp hills and clear waterways. “He was saying it was barren and stark,” Breen said. As a botanist who knows the diversity of plants and other living things up here, she wanted him to come away with a greater appreciation for the landscape. At one stop, the Alaska scientists led Brown and his wife out on the
spongy mat of tundra plants. There, they handed Brown a sharpened steel rod attached to a T handle. Bolton demonstrated how to push the rod in the ground until it stopped. Brown did so, shoving until the rod penetrated about two feet. There, he hit permafrost, frozen ground that had endured the heat of 2017’s summer and many previous ones. Bolton then sunk a shovel into the tundra, working up a plug of soil, roots and plants from the surface. In that hunk of earth was the scientists’ answer to why Jerry Brown should care about a place with so few people. The bottom of the chunk was a frozen black
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mass, the remains of ancient plant life that contains stored carbon from another epoch. If current trends continue, warmth will further penetrate the ground, awakening microbes that will then munch on those ancient plants and belch carbon dioxide and methane. Looking over the endless tundra landscape, Brown seemed to realize the magnitude of the far north’s potential to release greenhouse gases. “He was really into numbers and perceptive,” Breen said. “He asked how much carbon was
stored in the permafrost.” Lydia Vaughn, a postdoctoral student at the University of California Berkeley along for the trip, told the governor permafrost holds about 2,000 gigatons of carbon. That is about half of the carbon stored in all of the world’s soils. There was another number that impressed him even more, Breen said. Brown is part of a group of city and state leaders committed to cutting greenhouse emissions enough to prevent 2 degrees Celsius of future warming. Breen handed him a map of Alaska showing the statewide average of 2.1 C warming in mean annual temperatures from 1949 to 2016. Some places, like Utqiagvik (Barrow), have warmed much faster than the world as a whole. “We’ve already surpassed that in Alaska, and arctic Alaska is warming even faster,” she said. After an intense 24 hours with one of the most influential and environmentally active leaders in America, Breen and Bolton said goodbye to Brown and his wife with hugs. They watched his jet depart thinking that a wedge of cold northern soil might have its story repeated in places far away. “I left pretty energized to have our science inform policy,” Breen said. “It’s not something we always do.” Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.
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ast week, I participated in the 150th birthday
celebration for Klondike Joe Boyle, sponsored by
the Whitehorse Legion and the Yukon Historical and Museums Association, at the Mount MacIntyre recreation centre. A major highlight of the event occurred when Sgt. John Mitchell and Chris Collin, of the Canadian Rangers from Dawson City, led a procession into the hall carrying the old regimental colours of the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade. The colours are normally seen mounted on the wall in St.
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Lady Perley, wife of the Canadian hIgh commissioner, presents the colours to the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade at Seaford, east Sussex, England, on April 3, 1919.
The Yukon government continues to engage with Yukon societies to gather information to modernize and improve the Societies Act. Societies and interested members of the public are invited to send in written submissions until December 14, 2017. People are encouraged to comment on current procedures and process, and how potential changes to the Societies Act could better meet their needs. To guide this discussion, a number of issues have been identified and can be found at https://engageyukon.ca/ en/2017/societies-act-and-regulations. Submissions may be sent by email to Corporate Affairs at corporateaffairs@gov.yk.ca or by mail to P.O. Box 2703 (C-6), Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6. For more information, please contact Corporate Affairs at 667-5314 or 1-800-661-0408 ext. 5314.
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Sergeant John Mitchell and Chris Collin of the Canadian Rangers from Dawson City, carry in the colours of the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade at Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre last Saturday. Paul’s Cathedral in Dawson City. The two flags were placed in a prominent location behind the speakers’ podium and were later joined by a life-size cut-out figure of Joe Boyle. The regimental colours for this unit bring with them a story of patriotism, bravery and sacrifice. More than 1,000 men and women from the Yukon’s tiny population served their country during World War I and nearly 100 died in uniform. While they served in many units and numerous theatres of battle, two units are of particular note: The Boyle Machine Gun Detachment and the Black Contingent. Klondike mining entrepreneur Joe Boyle sponsored a detachment of 50 men (39 from Dawson city, 11 from Whitehorse) that left the Yukon in October of 1914 and arrived in France the summer of 1916, renamed the Yukon Machine Gun Battery. They were engaged in numerous battles, including the battle of the Somme (1916), Vimy (1917), Passchendaele (1917), and the defence against the last German offensive in March 1918. The men of the Yukon Machine Gun Battery received many honours for bravery in battle, but by the end of the action of March 1918, their ranks had been decimated by death and injury. The remainder of the Yukoners from this unit were integrated into a new formation in June of 1918, which was known as the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade (2nd CMMGB).
But they were not alone. Yukon Commissioner George Black volunteered for service and was commissioned as a captain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in 1916. He raised a body of Yukon volunteers informally known as the Black Contingent, numbering about 250, and over the summer and fall of 1916, they were transported to Victoria, B.C. for training. Shipped to England as the Yukon Infantry Company in early 1917, they were reformed as the 17th Canadian Machine Gun Company and sent under that name to France in March of 1918, but they joined their comrades from the Yukon Battery in June in the 2nd CMMGB. These men fought in several battles leading to the Armistice Nov. 11 1918, including Amiens, Arras, Cambrai and Mons. That was followed by several months’ duty in the force of occupation in Bonn, Germany. By April of 1919, they were back in England preparing for demobilization when they were presented with the regimental colours by Lady Perley, wife of the Canadian high commissioner, April 3 1919. The ladies of the four chapters of the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire (IODE) in the Yukon raised $100 by public subscription for the creation of the regimental flags, which they hoped would one day be deposited in St. Paul’s Cathedral in Dawson City. The colours, both the King’s Colours (Union Jack) and the regimental banner,
were embroidered by the Royal School of Art Needlework, Kensington. Martha Black, the wife of the commissioner, even went down to Kensington to contribute a few stitches of her own to the regimental flag. The design of the flag consisted of a right-facing red arrow over a blue bar in the centre of a yellow circle, which was surrounded by the battles in which the brigade fought, the initials C.M.G.C. and the motto “Straight and True,” on a field of crimson. The colours were consecrated in the parade ground at Seaford camp, east Sussex, by Colonel (Canon) Almond, the senior Canadian camp chaplain. They were then presented to the standard-bearers Lieutenant Lyman Black, M.C., (son of George and Martha Black) and Lieutenant Alex Wyllie of Ottawa, in front of an armed guard of officers and men. The colours were brought back to Vancouver and remained with the unit until it was disbanded in 1920. The flags were brought home to the Yukon in August of 1922 by His Excellency, Lord Byng of Vimy, the Governor-General of Canada. Byng presented them to Gold Commissioner George P. Mackenzie, the chief executive of the territory, in Minto Park before hundreds of citizens, including George Black and a company of returned soldiers. The ladies of the IODE, who originally commissioned the creation of the colours, including Martha Black, turned out in a body for the presentation. The official party mounted the rostrum where aides to the governor-general stepped forward and carefully removed the flags from their leather casings and unfurled them. After speeches were delivered by the dignitaries, two members of the Mounted Police carried the flags with much ceremony to the council
chamber in the territorial administration building, where they were placed beside the Speaker’s chair. The flags remained in the administration building for the next 26 years. They were brought back to Minto Park, when the new cenotaph bearing the name of fallen Yukon soldiers was unveiled in a sombre ceremony on September 25, 1924. The ladies of the IODE, returned veterans and a party of Mounties accompanied Lieutenants Phillip Creamer and Frank Berton, who carried the colours to the flag-draped obelisk, which was unveiled in front of the assembled crowd. The flags were returned to the council chambers and remained there until they were transferred to St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, Aug. 15 1948. A colour party consisting of members of the Royal Canadian Signals, RCMP officers, Legion members, and veterans of both world wars, accepted the flags from Commissioner J.E. Gibben and escorted A.A. Bigg and John F. Maclennan, the colour bearers, to the cathedral, where they were received by Reverend W.R. Stringer. At last, the wish of the IODE from three decades earlier, was fulfilled. During the Great War of 1914-1918, many Yukon volunteers lost their lives in the service of “King and Country,” including more than a dozen from the southern Yukon. It is for this reason that those present last Saturday gratefully appreciated the loan of the storied banners for the day as part of the birthday celebration of Joe Boyle, who sponsored the original Yukon machine gun unit 103 years ago. Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His new book, From the Klondike to Berlin, is now available in stores everywhere. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net
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Get ready to tumble: Polarettes to flip out at fundraiser
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hink you can do more than 1,472 cartwheels or summersaults in 45 minutes? That was the record set last year during Flip for the Future — a first-time fundraiser for the Polarettes Gymnastics Club. Megan Banks, competitive coach for the club, says the trial run was so successful in 2016, the club is holding the event again this year on Nov. 25. On the day of the event, participants show up for a pre-assigned time slot in one of four categories — kids nine and under, youth 10 to 12, teens 13 to 18, and adult. Each participant has 15 minutes to warm up, then 45 minutes to do as many cartwheels or summersaults as possible. “There’s a mandatory five-minute break at the end, just so people don’t fall over,” says Banks. She says the club holds a few different fundraisers each year, but this is the biggest one. “I know from talking to people that they prefer to support Flip for the Future because kids actually have to work for their earnings rather than just going and selling chocolates,” she says. “And with this, all of the money goes toward the gym.” Last year, Flip for the Future attracted 80 participants and raised $6,000. This year, the club is hoping to top that in order to help with renovations and upgrades to the gym. “The floor hasn’t been replaced since the 90s,”
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Bianca Berko-Malvasio of the Polarettes practices the uneven bars at the club’s gymnasium on Nov. 9. says Banks of the Riverdale facility. As well, the club hopes the building is approved for an addition at the rear, which will house four more competition trampolines under a higher ceiling. Plans also include extra bathrooms, offices, and birthday party rooms. “We just want more space for the (almost 950) members coming through on a daily basis,” Banks says. That membership
includes gymnasts from 18 months of age, all the way up to adults. In addition to recreational and drop-in classes that see roughly 7,000 individual users each year, Banks says there are 40 competitive athletes who train at the gym anywhere from four hours a week for the pre-competitive kids, to 25 hours a week for the older kids working on twists, tucks and flips. Some funds from Flip for the Future may also
support the competitive team when it travels to Calgary in January for the Ed Vincent Invitational. Earlier this year, the Polarettes travelled to Kelowna for the Ogopogo Invitational and brought back 26 medals. Participants can pre-register online at polarettes.org, or wait and register the day of the event at 16 Duke Road in Riverdale. Contact the Yukon News at editor@yukon-news.com
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Bianca Berko-Malvasio, right, and Ava Jampolsky of the Polarettes, practice the uneven bars at the club’s gymnasium on Nov. 9.
Whitehorse Women’s Hockey Association ready to mix it up Amy Kenney Special to the News
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t’s not standard practice to give trophies to both the winning and losing teams, but the Whitehorse Women’s Hockey Jamboree isn’t your average competition. In most tournaments, says Kim Lisgo, outgoing
president of the WWHA, you register as a team. In jamborees, players register individually. The WWHA then makes the teams as even as possible based on the skill levels and positions reported by players at sign-up. This year, the ninth annual jamboree takes place from Nov. 17-18 at Takhini
Arena. “Playing at the Takhini Arena is always a highlight,” says Lisgo. “It has the best ice in town, and we rarely have the opportunity to play on it.” Because of that, they’re making it worthwhile — over the course of two days, four teams will play a total of 10 games. Each
team has 13 players (all women) and one goalie (they occasionally have to recruit a male goalie or two to fill out rosters). Players travel for the event, from Haines Junction, Watson Lake, Dease Lake, Edmonton, and Calgary. “If you’re new to hockey or hockey in Whitehorse, the jamboree is an excel-
lent opportunity to get to know many of the players in the women’s hockey league,” says Lisgo. Though the jamboree isn’t a big fundraiser for the WWHA, Lisgo says any money made after offsetting costs of the tournament will go toward supporting an April tournament celebrating 40
years of women’s hockey in the Yukon. Jamboree games are free and open to the public. A post-jamboree banquet (included in the $80 registration fee) is held in the lobby of the arena. More information is online at whitehorsewomenshockey. com. Contact the Yukon News at editor@yukon-news.com
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AQUARIUS
Aquarius, take some time to do something with your partner, who can probably use your help right now. This can change your life emotionally and financially.
Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, remain tight-lipped about a positive development. You won’t have to stay silent forever, but wait a little longer to share the news.
PISCES Mar 21/Apr 20
ARIES
An emotional encounter that you have with someone close to you gives you clarity and peace of mind, Aries. This is the catalyst for making personal changes that improve your life.
Apr 21/May 21
FRIDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
TAURUS
Taurus, it’s good to want to help others. But do not let someone take advantage of your generosity. Be as accommodating as you can and then communicate your feelings.
May 22/Jun 21
GEMINI
Gemini, spend time fixing up your home this week or doing things that are geared around family. This is a great time for parents and children or even extended family to get together.
Jun 22/Jul 22
CANCER
Hoping and wishing for something without taking any action will not lead to satisfaction, Cancer. Figure out what you hope to achieve and then work toward that goal.
Jul 23/Aug 23
LEO
Optimism abounds this week, Leo. You are ready to tackle any project big or small. Even though you may feel like you can take on the world, enlist a few helpers.
Aug 24/Sept 22
VIRGO
CLUES ACROSS 1. River herrings 6. Body art (slang) 9. Taxis 13. Covered with asphalt 14. Mineral found in granite 15. Assist 16. Handled 17. Not drunk 18. Home to a famous tower 19. Songs 21. A way to designate 22. More infrequent 23. Medical man 24. Tellurium
25. Cycles/second 28. Neither 29. Home to a famous tower 31. Former Ravens tight end Todd 33. One who helps 36. Tries to persuade 38. Israeli city __ Aviv 39. Political distance (abbr.) 41. Emergency first aid worker 44. Canadian law enforcers 45. Fathers 46. Drain of resources 48. An awkward stupid person 49. Home of the Wolverines
51. Chinese 52. Gives a hoot 54. Emaciation 56. “Sam Malone” 60. Horses do this 61. Hillsides 62. River in Florence 63. Republic of Ireland 64. Lapse 65. Blemished 66. Backside 67. Woman (French) 68. An edict of the Russian tsar
20. Harding’s self-proclaimed mistress Britton 21. Nocturnal primate 23. Patriotic American women 25. Vietnamese river 26. Suspect 27. Heroic tales 29. Fences of wooden stakes 30. Venzetti’s partner 32. Outermost parts of an area 34. Type of student 35. Noncoding RNA gene 37. Frocks 40. Sunscreen rating 42. Opposite of women
43. Needed to play games 47. A partner to carrots 49. Absolute 50. Disgraced French aristocrat Antoinette 52. End 53. Food eaten between meals 55. Cold wind 56. Streetcar 57. Soluble ribonucleic acid 58. Singles 59. Intersecting point 61. Beats per minute 65. Gold
Sept 23/Oct 23
LIBRA
Libra, you can make a big difference by contributing time, money or both. Don’t hesitate to pitch in. Celebrate all that you have accomplished with someone you love.
Oct 24/Nov 22
SCORPIO
CLUES DOWN 1. The Bird of Paradise 2. Emit coherent radiation 3. Above 4. Passover feast and ceremony 5. Commercial 6. Rome is on its banks 7. Kershaw and King Felix are two 8. Seaman 9. Stores an electronic charge 10. Teething babies need _ __ 11. Threaten persistently 12. Not fresh 14. Presides over 17. Astronomical period
Safeguard your personal information, Virgo, because not everyone you meet is on the up and up. Be cautious without being suspicious and things will turn out fine.
Scorpio, this week you can dedicate your time to something that will educate you further on an area of concentration you want to pursue. It may be a charitable cause.
Nov 23/Dec 21
SAGITTARIUS
Your great imagination often causes you to be the life of any gathering, Sagittarius. This week you may have to let others’ creativity take center stage.
Dec 22/Jan 20
CAPRICORN
Changes, particularly early in the week, will do you good, Capricorn. Rearrange the furniture or even try out a new hairstyle for some new perspective.
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Herb Carson
September 4, 1943 – November 6, 2017
It is with great sadness that I announce the peaceful passing of my husband Herbert John Carson at Whitehorse General Hospital on Monday, November 6, 2017.
A Funeral Service for
At his request, there will be no service. There will be a Celebration of Life for Herb in the summer of 2018.
Darren Lee Johnson December 5, 1987 - November 3, 2017
Julio (Joe) (Joe) Braga Braga Julio T T
he family of Julio (Joe) Braga he family ofannounce Julio (Joe)hisBraga regretfully passing his5,passing on ttheregretfully evening ofannounce November 2017. on the t evening of November 5, 2017. w born in Bear Creek Yukon Joe was in Bear Creek w asborn 193was inJoe 1931 the youngest child Yukon of John 193 in 1931 as the youngest childinofthe John and A Angela Braga. Joe lived Bear and A Angela Braga.forJoe livedyears in the Bear Creek compound a few before Creek compound forCity. a fewJoe years moving into Dawson andbefore his movingAda, Dawson anduphisin Ainto Willie siblings andCity. MikeJoe grew siblings A Ada, WillieCatholic and MikeSchool grew and up in Dawson, attending Dawson,inattending School and partaking the true Catholic sense of community partaking true sense community that existedininthe Dawson. Joe of spent the that existed in Dawson. spent the remainder of his life neverJoe venturing too far of histhe remainder lifeexception never venturing tooearly far wi from home with of some wi the from experiences home with some early experienc work andexception a few tripsofoutside to see experienc work experiences and see gamb at family and gamble thea few pokertrips slotsoutside in Lasto Vegas. gamb at the poker slots in Las Vegas. family and gamble In 1967 Joe met Marlene and knew he had found In 1967 Joehe met and hadlife found woMarlene the woman would spend theknew rest he of his with. he wo the and woman would spend of hisValerie, life with. r Joe Marlene raised their the fourrest children r Cindy,their Joe and(Kandice), Marlene raised Valerie, Wayne andfour Tinachildren in Dawson. His (Kandice), Wayne and in Dawson. His spCindy, later years were spent with hisTina family who meant sp later yearsto were hisgrandchildren family who meant in withhis the world himspent including Mindy, in Matthew, the world to him his grandchildren Haincluding Roslyn, Scott, Haley, Liam, Giana,Mindy, and Ha Fiona, Roslyn, Scott, Haley, Matthew, Liam, Giana,Eliza, and grandchildre great grandchildren Lily and recently grandchildre great grandchildren Lilyand andnieces recently Eliza, ma Fiona, as well as the many nephews who ma and as well as the many nephews nieces connecte stayed connected sharedand stories withwho him. connecte and shared stories with him. stayed connected As a true Yukon pioneer, Joe worked on a As a true Yukon on a star pioneer, steamboat starting whenJoe heworked was 16 before steamboat starting he operate was 16 before moving onstar to learnwhen how to a dredge moving on to on learn how to#8, operate a dredge (he worked dredges #11, Thistle (heCreek worked dredges #8, #11, Thistle andon Clear Creek). He also worked Creek and Clear Creek). He also worked
on the Mobile Oil cat trains on Oilbefore cat trains up the Mobile Dempster he went up Dempster before he he went on the to YG Highways where became on to YG Highways he became an expert equipmentwhere and transport truck an expert equipment andhetransport driver for 30 years until retired intruck 1994. driver for 30 yearsheuntil he retired in 1994. After retirement continued driving heavy After retirement he continued driving heavy equipment for family friends until he decided equipment for family friends until he decided he had enough working. he had enough working. Joe enjoyed golfing for many years at the Joe golfing for many years at thewith Top enjoyed of the World course and socializing Top of thefriends. World course and socializing with his many He enjoyed spending time his He enjoyed spending withmany past friends. and current Dawsonites – youtime with current – you by knewpast youand were loved ifDawsonites you were teased knew Joe. you were loved if you were teased by Joe. The family would like to express their The familytowould like towho express theirus gratitude our friends assisted gratitude to our friends who assisted us during Joe’s illness, especially Mike Palma, during Joe’s illness, Mike Palma, Rick Gillespie, Gerryespecially & Dina Grenon, and Rick Gillespie, Dinawishes Grenon, Kluane Freight.Gerry Joe’s & family to and Kluane Joe’s family extend Freight. their heartfelt thankswishes to the to doctors extend theirstaff heartfelt to the and nursing at thethanks Dawson Citydoctors and nursing staff at the Dawson City Hospital. Hospital. Joe is survived by his wife and children and Joe survivednephews by his wife children theirisfamilies, andand nieces, and and their families,by nephews and nieces, predeceased his parents, siblingsand and predeceased by his parents, siblings and nephew Michael Braga. nephew Michael Braga. According to Julio’s wishes, a service will According to Julio’s wishes, a service will be held in the summer to commemorate be in the summer commemorate an held amazing life. Detailstowill be shared an life. Details will be shared at aamazing later date. at a later date.
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Debora Ann Welch (Nyberg) July 9, 1961 - November 1, 2017 Born in Elliott Lake, Ont. Died in Vancouver, BC Daughter of Olive and Eric Nyberg Mother to Christopher Welch. Stepmom to Michael, Lenard, Nathan. Aunt, Nana, Mom by heart to Selina, Kayle, Charlie Lynne and Drew. Siblings are Robin Nyberg (Bev), Wayne Nyberg (Shannon), Michael Nyberg (late Darlene), SheriLynne Nyberg (Tom). Survived by many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and grandchildren. Donations can be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or Diabetes Association. Celebration of Life for Debbie Welch will be held at Jar Street Saloon, November 18, 2017 at 1:30 pm. Jarvis
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For more information, please contact: 336-0028 PRIVATE OFFICES & WORKSTATIONS FOR RENT Located downtown Whitehorse in the secure and professional environment of NUVO BUSINESS CENTRE Workstations and private offices are dedicated and include many amenities and services. For more information, including photos, visit: www.makeit.com/workspace
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Christmas Dinner Coordinator The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun is seeking an individual to coordinate the Annual Whitehorse Christmas Dinner. The dinner will take place on December 8, 2017. All interested applicants may submit their resume by email or fax to: First Nation of Na Cho Nyak Dun Attention: Chrystal Lattie Email: chrystal.lattie@nndfn.com Fax: 867-996-2267 Closing date for submissions is November 24 at 4:30PM For more information, please contact Chrystal Lattie at 867-996-2265 ext. 213.
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1,200 sq ft condo, downtown, quiet, economical, heated floor, concrete, no shared walls, parking, storage, elevator, pets allowed, $345,000. 250-716-6190 eves only
Located on Vancouver Island, and hiring a Guardianship Team Lead and C6 Delegated Social Worker. Competitive wage and Benefits and Pension package. Relocation allowance. Contact: MKerman@kwumut.org for full job descriptions.
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Does being a part of one of Canada’s most dynamic environmental and socio-economic assessment processes interest you?
Competition # 17-18-46 | Location: Haines Junction, YT Regular full-time | Salary: negotiable
YESAB is an independent, arms-length body responsible for carrying out the assessment responsibilities under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA).
Director of Property Services
Job Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director and sitting as a member of the Management Committee, this senior management position directs the activities of the Department of Property Services, including planning, management and evaluation of the Department’s program areas for Housing, Property Management, Capital Works and Municipal Services. This position manages human resources, fiscal allocations, capital assets, program delivery and portfolio management and delivery of associated services to CAFN Citizens, in line with the Department’s mandate. The Director ensures that operational and capital plans are prepared for the Department and properly implemented and evaluated. This position communicates with CAFN Citizens, agencies and partners, and performs other related duties as required. For a complete job description please check the CAFN website at www.cafn.ca or contact below. Deadline: Until Filled Send current resumes and supporting documents to: Capacity and Policy Development Department Fax: (867) 634-2108 | Phone: (867) 634-4200 ext. 241 or ejackson@cafn.ca
Our commitment is to be an impartial, effective and efficient organization that provides assistance to all involved in the assessment process.
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Watson Lake Designated Office Full-time, permanent Located in Watson Lake, the Assessment Officer reports to the Manager, Designated Office and is responsible for assisting in conducting environmental and socio-economic assessment of projects. This includes identifying project effects and mitigation measures for adverse effects, determining the significance of any residual effects and developing recommendations.
The annual salary range for this position is $69,177.57 - $79,756.68 based on 75 hours biweekly. Should this exciting opportunity be of interest we’d like to hear from you. Ensure your submission clearly identifies the position title and office location, includes both a cover letter and résumé and clearly demonstrates how your background and experience make you the ideal candidate for this position.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY CLERK/TREASURER The Village of Mayo is looking for an energetic, detail oriented individual who enjoys the challenges of working in a small community located in a wilderness setting. Education and Experience: • Completion of Secondary School along with successful completion of an accounting program; or • a minimum of 3 years experience in each of the following accounting processes: payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger entries and account reconciliations; • Experience in a municipal or local government setting would be an asset; • Experience with Sage Simply Accounting, and Excel would be an asset. Interpersonal Skills: • Ability to work effectively and meeting firm deadlines; • Ability to work independently and as part of a team; • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality; • Excellent oral and written communication skills. Duties: The Clerk/Treasurer is responsible for the financial administration of the Village of Mayo pursuant to Section 185 of the Yukon Municipal Act. The incumbent must be meticulous and capable of meeting numerous dead-lines. The position is also responsible for assisting with preparation of minutes of meetings, preparation of bylaws, etc. This position reports directly to the Chief Administrative Officer. A detailed job description is available upon request. Pay Range: $27.54 to $31.30 per hour/40 hours/week The added benefits package includes an annual travel bonus of $2,000 and health insurance plan including dental, extended health, long term disability, and life insurance , as well as an RRSP Plan. This position has a six months probation period and requires a RCMP reliability/security check. Interested Applicants are invited to submit their cover letters and resumes, clearly demonstrating how they meet the requirements of this position, to the undersigned by November 17, 2017 at 4 pm. Apply to: Margrit Wozniak, Chief Administrative Officer, Village of Mayo, Box 160, Mayo, YT, Y0B 1M0, Tel (867)996-4300, Fax (867)996-2907, caomayo@northwestel.net
Please submit applications to: Finance and Administration Manager, YESAB Suite 200 – 309 Strickland Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J9 Ph: 867.668.6420 Fax: 867.668.6425 or email to yesab@yesab.ca Applications must be received by Sunday, November 26, 2017.
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1895 Marlin Guide gun, 45/70 blued, walnut, exc cond, must have PAL, $800. 332-2352
EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery * Dry accurate cords *1/2 Cord Orders Accepted *Clean shavings available *VISA/MC accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Assoc Costs will rise ORDER NOW 456-7432
2014 Browning BLR pistol grip wood/blued, .30-06 very good condition, iron sights and tally rings included, PAL required, $850. 3328777 375 HH Browning X bold and 300 win mag Mossberg, FAC required. 333-1234 Black Serpa holster, left hand for Serpa model 1911, full size, $25. 668-6066 LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Mossberg JIC M500 Mariner 12gauge, pistol grip shotgun w/orange carrying tube, new, PAL req’d, $450. 633-6828
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Fox Lake Fire-Killed Wood for sale $190/cord for 8 cords delivered tree length $250/cord for 2.5 cords delivered at 16” length Or You Come and Get It from our yard in Whitehorse $185/cord cut your own from the pile $190/cord you pick up 8’ lengths $220/cord you pick up 16” stove lengths 333-5174 or 633-3493
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Non-restricted firearms safety course, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club November 18 & 19. For more info call 667-6728 or 334-1688 Restricted firearms safety course, Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club November 26. For more info call 6676728 or 334-1688 Rifle 243 Ruger M77 w/Ruko scope, 2X-7X32, waterproof, $600 obo. 867-689-6197 Savage 17 HMR model 93R17, heavy varmint barrel, stainless, composite stock, Bushnell scope, $450. 336-3383
Store (867) 633-3276 Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782
Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed Everything over 8" split Prices as low as $245 per cord Single and emergency half cord deliveries Scheduled or next day delivery
Firewood/Fuel DIMOK TIMBER U-Cut firewood $125 per cord Call 867-634-2311
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(Board of Directors) The position of Director is a critical governance role for the organization. It helps to ensure that the highest level of strategic and Āduciary oversight is present to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organization. This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual that is passionate about business and growing the resources within the Champagne and Aishihik community. Selected Board Members will have achieved leadership stature in business, government or the non-proĀt sector. Ideal candidates will have the following qualiǻcations: • Extensive professional experience with signiĀcant leadership accomplishments in business, government or the non-proĀt sector • A business diploma, degree, MBA OR equivalent business experience • Investment experience in private equity • A commitment to and understanding of Dakwakada’s overall business mandate • A strong network to help make connections for the organization • Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural aþnity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating and building consensus • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and a passion for enabling organizational growth The position of Director/Board Member receives re-numeration based on level of participation.
If you are interested in this opportunity please send your resume to Virginia Cobbett, Trust Administrator at cafntrust@outlook.com.
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2 wood kitchen arm chairs, upholstered seats, $70/pair. 311B Hanson Street. Computer desk with shelving, vg cond, light brown color, $30 obo. 667-7840 Table set, 4 chairs, mechanical leaf, bar height, exc cond, $1,400 new, asking $260. 335-2038 or 336-0995
Grey steel commercial fireproof door, new, c/w frame hardware etc, $500; 500lb propane tank pig w/gauge, good shape, $500; Kozy cast iron stove for shop/cabin, $250. 867-536-2345 Hand-made Texas saddle, 16” seat with quarter horse bars, near new condition, some decoration, $1,000. 456-2633 Have cleared my land, have firewood for sale for very reasonable price, basically transportation costs. 867-689-8791 for more info Hydraulic tank, $100; steel fuel tanks, all sizes; masonry saw, $50; 30kw gen set; Cummins engine for parts; 4’ culvert, 2 pieces, 60’; 4” onda gas water pump, $1,500. 6674821 iPhone 5S 32 GB Bell/Virgin, good cond, c/w charge cord, $160. 3346087 Jacuzzi bathtub, 36”x72”x20”, gently used, $350; Fischer Mama Bear wood heater, new brick liner, new gas net on door, new paint, $650. 334-3559 Kitchen table, $100; Small Sony TV w/Blueray Nexflix, $150; Twin bed, line new, $200; Acer laptop, $150; newer futon bed, $75. 332-1560 Log Jam chinking tubes, $13 each, white, 10 per case; 3 triple pane awning windows, vinyl frames, new, 45”x36”, $450 ea; 1x6 t&g pine panelling. $0.55/lin ft, 12’ lengths. 6335470 Massive collection of Bobby Orr hockey cards, and some other Orr collectibles, $5,000. Serious enquiries only. Contact Ross at 335-0719. Oil-filled electric heater, radiator type, free standing, $30 obo. 3344110
Misc. for Sale 12’x21” office counter, 3 cabinets underneath, 2 w/2 drawers, drawers heavy duty on rollers, counter solid 1-pc, can be cut to fit needs, $400. 867-536-2345 1992 Ford B200 Bluebird school bus body, 5.9 Cummins diesel, 273,000kms, $6,500. 334-3559 3” electric water pump, $1,500; new 3-yd tooth bucket, loader; standing custom wood coat rack, nice, $150; Norge NSF wood stove, $200. 6674821 7.5’ Rocky Mountain Pine Christmas tree, well cared for, $60; selection of LED lights & decorations available, reasonably priced. 633-4311 Acorn wood stove, includes 3 lengths of insulated pipe & roof flashing. 633-6848 Canon 50D Digital camera, comes with 75-300mm lens, tripod & charger, $550. 335-5766 Canvas Tents & Wood Stoves Lowest Prices in Canada Tents will ship by Greyhound from Castlegar, BC Canvas Tent Shop www.canvastentshop.ca 1-800-234-1150 Call for Prices Coin Collections and certified bank notes, rarity pieces for sale, all 30% off. Francois @ 336-7579 Elliptical trainer, cardio style, barely used, $500 obo. 633-4311 Exterior out-swing door with side light triple pane window, fits 54”W x 82”H, best offer. 633-5155 Front tire only for fat tire bike, rim/tire/brake disc assembly complete, 26” x 4”, $100. 633-4311 Games, $20 each; Klondike Claims, age 8 plus; Klondike Bilingual, age 12 plus; Trailblazer, Rediscovering Canada, age 7 plus; Canada Quiz Edition Deluxe, age 12 plus. 6334826
RON’S SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATV’s, Small industrial equipment. Light automotive & welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg Stihl chainsaw, mod 028 AV Super, has new fuel line, good bar & chain, $215 obo; Stihl chainsaw, mod 028 AV, new fuel line, good bar & chain, $215 obo. 867-399-3920 Women’s addidas runners, turquois, sz 8, exc cond, worn only a few times. 668-4108
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Reporting to the Director of Lands and Resources, and working closely with other Lands and Resources staff, the incumbent is responsible for developing, directing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating a wide variety of projects and initiatives related to the protection, use of, and interaction with the Teslin Tlingit ecosystem. This position supports TTC efforts to effectively fulÀl its mandate under its Final and Self Government Agreements, other related agreements, TTC legislation and TTC’s asserted claims for Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring natural resources projects identiÀed within the annual work plan of the TTC are implemented and accounted for consistently. TTC’s Lands and Resources Department is continuing to evolve in its mandate, functions and structure. The Natural Resources Manager will contribute to this evolution. This position will be affected by this change, including changes in the position’s job description. Education & Experience • Undergraduate degree in earth sciences, biological sciences, geography, geology, anthropology or a related Àeld of study. A graduate degree is preferred • in depth knowledge of Teslin Tlingit Council, their history, cultures, traditional territory, goals and aspirations • knowledge of Yukon First Nation Land Claims history, process, and agreements • knowledge of and experience with asserted Aboriginal Rights, including Aboriginal Title, in British Columbia • knowledge of and experience in applying principles and practices of renewable and natural resource management • knowledge of and experience working with other governments’ natural resource departmental structures, mandates, processes and related legislation • a working knowledge of the TTC Final and Self-government agreements and their Implementation Plans, TTC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan and the effective assertion of Aboriginal Rights, including Aboriginal Title, in BC • thorough knowledge of the TTC Fish & Wildlife Act and the TTC Settlement Lands & Resources Act • ability to research, analyze and synthesize a wide variety of documents, maps and information
For a job description please call 867.390.2532 ext 316 To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume: HR & Staff Development OfÀcer Workforce Development, Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 | F. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com
Closing Date: Thursday, November 7, 2017 **No later than 4 pm**
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Cars - Domestic
17â€? 6-hole aluminum rims off 2006 F-150, ďŹ ts many years, excellent shape, use for summer/winter tires, $400. 867-536-2345
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
Women’s Columbia Boots, sz 7.5, waterproof, rated to minus 43, white & black, new, never worn. Bought too small. 668-4108 Women’s medium Wind River 2-1 coat, $90. Women’s medium Denver H down coat, black, exc cond, $40. Spider & ivy plants, $15 for both. 311B Hanson St.
Misc. Wanted Wanted: Cotton fabric, rolls of canvas would be ideal, all forms of cotton will do. 668-4186 Wanted: Outboard metal 6-gallon fuel tank, either OMC or Mercury, in good condition with no rust. 6335575 Wanted: used sheet metal rooďŹ ng for large shed. 334-6087
Musical Instruments Acoustic & electric guitars, quality brand names, all come with cases. Call 332-1360
Transportation Aircraft Parts for Chinook wt-2 ultralight, main tube, root tube, engine mount, tail assembled, $1,000; assorted tubing, rotax 447,503 w/starter. 867536-2345
2005 F-150 1/2 ton motor, tranny & diff; 2005 F-150 17� factory aluminum rim & tire; 4 Cavalier rims & tires, 15�; 300 Ford 6-cyl EFI & C4 auto. 667-4821 2 pairs snow tires on 14� Ford Escort or Mazda rims, $100 for newer pair, $75 for older pair. 633-4379 4 Hercules Avalanche X-treme winter tires, bought in fall of 201, used 1 winter, came off Impala, P225/50 R17, $250. Text/call 867-689-1450 4 winter tires for Smart Car on rims. 660-5545 Acura wheel lock kit complete, $30; cable chains, 14�, $25. 633-4311
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The Handy Woman HOME REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS DRYWALL • WEATHERSTRIPPING CARPENTRY • BATHROOMS CARP Affordable, Prompt Service Affor Aff rvice i SPECIALIZING IN SMALL JOBS MARILYN ASTON 867 . 333 . 5786
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Merchandise for Sale Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $40, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $250, retail $500. 633-4311
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Cars - Domestic 1999 Subaru Impreza, 4-dr auto. 393-1992 2007 Subaru Forester, standard, 231,000kms, lots of work in past 2 years, no rust, great highway vehicle, non-smoking, one owner car, $7,200 obo. 867-660-5212 or purewater@northwestel.net 2009 Hyundai Elantra, 5-spd trans, reliable, clean, all season tires good shape, moving & need to sell, $3,900. 335-1088 2009 VW Jetta, 110,000kms, sedan, remote entry, P/W, P/L, cruise, heated seats & outside mirrors, aux/USB ports, c/w 4 winter tires on rims, very dependable/gas efďŹ cient, $7,500. 633-3867 2010 Chev Malibu LT, 4-dr, 42,000kms, auto, all power, heated seats, auto start, good winter tires, very clean, $8,500. 334-1935 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT, automatic, only 56,000 kms, beautiful condition, ready to go, recently serviced, extra set of all season tires, $9,950. 333-9020 Wanted: Early model Chev Tracker. Call 867-863-5715
2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187,000Km, loaded, excellent condition, winterized, extra set of new winter tires, $10,500 obo. 322-2404
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RIVERDALE: Coyote Video 38 Famous Video Goody’s Gas Green Garden Restaurant Super A Riverdale Tempo Gas Bar Super A Porter Creek Trails North DOWNTOWN: Canadian Tire Cashplan Coles (Chilkoot Mall) The Deli Edgewater Hotel Your Independent Grocer Fourth Avenue Petro Mac’s Fireweed Books Ricky’s Restaurant
AND ‌ Kopper King McCrae Petro Takhini Gas Yukon College Bookstore
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
2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 15,000kms, loaded, 5-dr, 7 seat, exc cond, new Nokian tires, $21,000 obo. 456-3373 4 new studded winter tires with rims, Hercules Avalanche Extreme, 185/60 R15, ďŹ ts Yaris and small cars, only 200kms on them, $700. 667-4681
Motorcycles 2007 Honda Rancher 420, liquid cooled, EFI, winch, windshield, good Kenda Bear Claw tires, 5-spd manual, great cond, recent service. 6894912 2010 2-passenger automatic scooter, 250cc, new cover, windshield, 400kms, new condition, $2,500. 333-9020
Recreational/Sale 2013 26’ Everglight trailer, leather seats and chesterďŹ eld upholstery, lightweight, easy to haul, large fridge, stove, oven, TV, multiple storage areas, A/C, pics available, $27,000. 633-3113
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Snowmobiles 2004 Arctic Cat 440Z parts sled, blown drive shaft bearing, good Suzuki motor, new camoplast skis & windshield, have some bearings for it, lots of life left, very fast, $500. 867-536-2345
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Dease River First Nation Job Opportunity in Good Hope Lake, B.C.
Band Administrator The Band Administrator is the senior manager for DRFN and is responsible for the day-today affairs by ensuring that Band Council policies and regulations are adhered to and implemented.
• A degree in Business Administration or Management or a combination of education and experience. • Five years’ experience as a senior manager in a First Nation community; • Excellent working knowledge of INAC, GNHA, SWWG funding programs; • Strong financial management skills, computer skills; • Excellent communication skills-verbal, written, presentation; • Exceptional skills in conflict resolution; • Familiar with DRFN culture and traditions; • Can pass a Vulnerable Sector criminal records check.
Job Posting
Qualifications/ Experience;
About the community; Dease River First Nation is a tiny community tightly nested in the mountains of northern B.C. and is located 120 kms. from Watson Lake, Y.T. on all weather Hwy. 37. Hospital, shopping, and RCMP services are 1 ½ hour drive away and long distance telephone service is available. Limited Internet and satellite TV service. Modern accommodations are available and activities are outdoor focused. Apply by submitting a cover letter, resume, and 3 work related references; Chief Ruby Johnny, Box 79, Good Hope Lake B.C. V0C 2Z0 or email: wolf_kaska@hotmail.com. Closing date is Nov. 11, 2017.
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2006 Bombardier Skandic snowmobile, widetrack, 800 cc, new battery, great condition, runs great, $4,500. 334-3456
2008 Ford F-150 King Ranch Supercrew, 4X4, 5.4L, 6.5’ box, sunroof, power everything, heated leather, backup camera, canopy, 2nd owner, non-smoker, 130,000kms, $19,900 obo. 336-4005
2014 Yamaha Venture snow machine, 500 cc 4-stroke engine, 144 x 16” track, exc fuel economy, only 318 kms, $8,000. George at 3347338
Trucks & Vans 1967 Ford Mercury F100, 54,751 original miles, overload springs, good rubber, new fuel pump, needs work & has rust, $2,200 obo. 3993920 eves 1993 Jeep Wrangler, over $12,000 invested, Rubicon 3” lift on 32” BFG, great for hunting, bush, exploration, plowing, $4,000. 867-536-2345 1995 Chevrolet S10, automatic, no reverse, no rust, engine runs well, 259,780kms, canopy, good tires, $1,000. 633-4826 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4, H/D crew cab, 114,000kms, all power, auto trans, new tires, very clean, $12,300. 334-1935 2007 Chev 2500HD crew cab 4x4, great unit, 175,000kms, many options, trailer tow, fully serviced, new brakes & battery, $13,500 obo. 6334311 2007 Dodge 1500 5.7 Hemi Quadcab, 196,000kms, auto, cruise control, tow pkg, bed liner, running boards, $13,500, Atlin. 250-6512170
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PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49 MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467
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Primary Duties and Responsibilities: • Administers day to day operations; • Works with staff to monitor programs and related work plans; • Attend off-site meetings where necessary; • Evaluates program delivery and improves where necessary; • Ensures reports to external funders are sent in a timely manner; • Oversees Band finances/budgets with Finance Officer and suggests improvements; • Maintains and enforces up-to-date job descriptions for all staff; • Applies for external funding wherever possible; • Provides executive support to Chief and Council; • Undertakes other related duties as requested by Chief and Council.
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2010 Ranger XLT, 4x4 Super Cab, 5-spd manual, matching canopy, newer tires, 15K & 2 full-size spares, well maintained, 94,500kms, $14,700. 332-4890 2011 BMW X5 turbocharged Diesel AWD SUV, full options incl. command start, 360d camera, panoramic sunroof, navigation, dual dvd players, too much to list, $28,400. 333-9020 Older 5-ton International gravel truck, Cummins diesel engine, box needs some patching, not used lately, offers. 456-2633
Utility Trailers 2015 Continental Cargo trailer, single, 3500lb axle, 8x12 with 6’ vented ceiling, 12 V interior lights, new tires, upgraded, $6000 obo. 660-5600 TAIT’S 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
Services
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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
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Misc Services ATLINQX Fine wood-turning from Atlin, B.C. Go to etsy.com, look for “atlinqx”. Contact me at fastqx@gmail.com BUSY BEAVERS Hauling, Pruning, Painting Snow Shoveling General Labour Call Francois and Katherine 456-4755 LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com Southern Lakes Septic is now closed for the season. Thank you to our customers for their continued support of our business. See you all in the Spring ! Ross & Cindy Smith SPEEDY SPARKLE Professional Snow-Clearing Company Specializing in downtown sidewalks and home driveways Fully insured Call Francis 668-6481 or 334-8480
Painting & Decorating PASCAL REGINE PAINTING PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Interior - Exterior Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Small drywall repair Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368
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Livestock HORSE HAVEN HAY RANCH Irrigated Timothy/Brome mix No weeds or sticks Small squares 60 lbs plus 4 ft x 5 ft rounds 800 lbs Free delivery for larger orders Straw square bales available 335-5192 * 668-7218
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Annual General Meeting of 551 Whitehorse Lions Cadet Squadron Sponsoring Committee is at Whitehorse Elementary School, 4181-4th Avenue, on November 21, 2017, 6:30pm. Parents encouraged to attend. All welcome. Balkanska Vecer dinner/dance November 11 United Church Basement, 5-10pm. Potluck Balkan dinner gets you in free, $20 otherwise. Silent Auction of Balkan Goodies. Heidyenka film fundraiser. For info: heidyenka@hotmail.com. Drug/alcohol free family event Braeburn Lake Summer Camp’s Annual General Meeting is called for Tuesday, November 21, 2017, United Church, 7:00 pm. All are welcome. Coffee House Saturday December 2, featuring Tania Gosselin & the Open Stage. Help set up at 6pm, open stage sign-up, 7:30pm show, basement United Church, 6th & Main. 633-4255 Dealing With the Whole Child Society will be holding its AGM on November 29 at 6:00 pm at Whitehorse Elementary School. For information, call Cathy at 334-1384
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Help control the pet overpopulation problem have your pets SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
Coming Events Al-Anon Meetings, 667-7142. Has your life been affected by someone’s drinking? Wednesday 12Noon @ new Sara Steele Bldg, main entrance. Friday beginner’s meeting, 7pm, regular meeting 8pm at Lutheran Church, 4th and Strickland.
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Wish List Items:
Surgical Vinyl Gloves, Medium and Large
Laundry Detergent
Dog toys!!
Insulated Dog Houses
Poop Bags
Rubber Gloves, Medium and Large
Mop Heads
Large/medium kennels (plastic or metal)
Towels Stamps
Hand sanitizer
Paper towels
Bleach
White Rawhides
Dog Beds
Canadian Natural Adult Dog Food
Cat Litter
Summit Puppy Food
Dish Soap Heavy Duty and Extra Large Garbage Bags
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Do you have a hard time at Christmas? Whitehorse United Church, corner of 6th and Main, is having a Blue Christmas Service on December 3, 7pm. This is a service of understanding and quiet hope. All are welcome. FRENCH, Atelier nutrition, visite de l’épicerie : déchiffrez les étiquettes nutritionnelles, faites des choix santé. En français, Partenariat communauté en santé (PCS). Gratuit, 20 novembre, 17h-18h, Superstore. Inscriptions : 668-2663. FRENCH- First Aid and CPR training: intervening in case of emergency. Offered in French, partnership Yukon College / Partenariat communauté en santé, $195, November 18-19, 8:30am – 5:30pm. Registration: 668-5201
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FRENCH - Nutrition workshop, visit a grocery store: How to read nutritional labels, make healthy choices. Offered in French, Francophone Health Network (PCS). FREE, November 20, 5pm – 6pm, Superstore. Registration 668-2663. Golden Age Society has 4 tables available for rent for their craft sale December 2nd. Call Deborah 6685538 for info. Gwaandak Theatre presents “Performance Techniques: Expressing the Artist Within” workshop with Margo Kane. Ideal for actors, singers, dancers. Nov 21-23, 5:30-9:30pm, YAC Studio. $75. Ages 15+. 393-2676 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, 11:30-3. 667-7429, www.hospiceyukon.net Kids Kreate is a co-presentation with Yukon Film Society Sunday November 12, 2017 from 1-4pm at the Yukon Arts Centre. Dress for a mess. No registration required. Many Rivers is hosting a 6-session healthy boundaries group from 11:30am-1pm at 4071 4th Ave starting January 16. Call Kim Rogers at 667-2970 to set up your intake meeting. Meaning of Home, a National writing contest for grades 4, 5, & 6 students, Support Habitat for Humanity, October 10-November 30. Learn more here: https://meaningofhome.ca/
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Come for a visit and meet your next furry family member!
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Pine Ridge Neighbourhood Assoc AGM Thursday November 23rd, 6pm, 34 Harvey. Come on out Pine Ridgers! PLEASE JOIN US for an INTERFAITH POTLUCK DINNER Thursday, November 23, 5:30pm to 9:00pm, Lewis Hall (Whitehorse United Church) 6th & Main street, downtown. Elevator access. PLEASE do not include alcohol, pork or beef in your dish. ALL ARE WELCOME. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorseinterfaith/ Rotary Clubs fundraising Foundation Dinner November 12, 2017: 6:00pm, Westmark Whitehorse. Tickets $60 per person. Auctions for Rotary International Foundation Saturday Salsa at Social House, Intro Bachata and Salsa lessons at 7pm. Dance to the latest Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba music! Saturday November 25, 7:00pm to 10:00pm. 102 Wood street SILVERSMITHING COURSES offered by Motherlode Jewellery! $150 for pendant and earring sets, and up to $225 for pendant, earrings, bracelet sets or two rings. More info at: facebook/Motherlode Jewellery email: motherlodejewellery@gmail.com Support Meeting Thursday, November 23, 6:30pm, at FASSY office. Come and learn what’s happening for people with FASD in Yukon. 3934948 U Kon Echelon Bike Club’s AGM is Sunday, November 26th at 7:00 pm at Porter Creek Secondary School. Open to public. Contact trenairving@gmail.com for info.
Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club November 7, 2017 1st - Mark Davey & Chris Bookless 2nd - Bob Walsh & Paul Sheridan 3rd - Ken Schick & Chris Hemmings We play every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the Golden Age Society. New players are welcome. For more information call 633-5352 or email nmcgowan@klondiker.com
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Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on September 20, 2017. All persons having claims against the above-mentioned Estate are requested to Àle a claim, supported by Statutory Declaration, with Anna C. StarksJacob, on or before November 24, 2017, after which date the Estate will be distributed having reference only to claims which have been so Àled. All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to:
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YRTA (Yukon Retired Teachers) Breakfast Tuesday November 14, 9:30 a.m. at Ricky’s. Bring a guest. All welcome. Info: 667-2644 Yukon Bird Club, Wednesday November 15, What’s on the River? Lunch-time stroll across Rotary Centennial Bridge with Cameron Eckert, meet at Fish Ladder 12pm. Everyone welcome.
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Project Description: Removal and replacement of existing sanitary sewer infrastructure and related surface works. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 12, 2017. 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 Karen Furlong at Karen.Furlong@gov.yk.ca.
Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is November 29, 2017. 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 Katie Munroe at katie.munroe@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review performed by the Procurement Support Centre. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Bidders and/or Proponents are advised to review documents to determine CertiÀcate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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Kluane First Nation REQUEST FOR BIDS CMHC RENOVATIONS Please submit to pwms.director@kfn.ca
No later than Nov. 20th 2017 at 4:30 pm Please note that legal company name and GST registration number must accompany all bids For copy of invitation to bid contact Public Works at 867-841-4274 or email pwms.director@kfn.ca For further information please contact: Jessica Taylor, Program Administrator for CMHC Ph: 780-670-2538 • Fax: 780-423-8702
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CKES Christmas Craft Fair
Sunday, November 12, 10am-3pm, Christ the King Elementary School, 20 Nisutlin Drive, Riverdale. Call Paula at 633-2724 to book a table or for more info.
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Friday, November 17, 4pm-9pm AND Saturday, November 18, 10am-5pm, at Yukon Inn, Fourth Avenue, Whitehorse, including skin care, make-up, hair care, Essential Oils, kitchen supplies, candles, books, art, jewelry, clothing, photography, massage and much more!
Christmas Spruce Bog Craft & Gift Sale Saturday, November 18, Canada Games Centre, 11am-5pm. Open at 10:15 for seniors 60+ and persons with mobility difÀculties. Presented by The Yukon Crafts Society presents.
Global Village Craft Fair
Annual Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, November 18, Hellaby Hall, 4th Ave & Elliot St, 11am-2pm. Bake table, woolens, crafts & tea room. All welcome. Hosted by Anglican Church Women, Christ Church Cathedral.
NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against THE ESTATE OF
of Whitehorse, Yukon, who died on October 5, 2017, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 30th day of November, 2017, 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.
Saturday, November 11, 10am-4pm, 56 Carpiquet Road, Takhini North, all Yukon, all hand-made.
Saturday, November 18, 11am-3pm at The Old Fire Hall hosted by YDEC. Fair Trade International crafts.
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Request for proposals The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is seeking a contractor/consultant to complete a feasibility study to develop a Yukon model for Jordan’s Principle. A detailed RFP including scope of work, deliverables and evaluation criteria is available on the CYFN website at www.cyfn.ca For more information, please contact: Katherine Alexander, Senior Health and Social Analyst Phone: (867) 393-9200 ext:9241 Email: Katherine.alexander@cyfn.net RFP DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15TH, 2017 4:30PM
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL GC/TFN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - OPTIONS APPRAISAL GC/TFN RFP201710001INFR Project Description: Ȁ ǯ Ǥ “with the above project title” will be received up to 4:00pm local time, November 24, 2017
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Annual Old Fashioned Christmas
2 Saturdays, November 18 & 25, from 11am-3pm. Old Log Church Museum fundraiser. Warm up with a hot drink, grab a cookie, make a craft, and pick up a unique gift!
600 College Drive Craft Fair
Saturday, November 25, 9am-2pm. Lower lounge. White Elephant table, home-made crafts & great Christmas gifts. For info: 335-6554
Christmas Craft Fair
Saturday, November 25, 11am-3pm, Atlin Recreation Centre. Sponsored by the Atlin Curling Club. To book a table, call Lynn at 250-651-7663
RE:Design3, The Craft Fair
Saturday, November 25, 11am-4pm, The Old Fire Hall, 1105 Front Street. Artisans embracing creative reuse.
Lobben Craft & Sausage Fair
November 25, 11am-4pm, 26 Arnhem Road, Takhini North, Whitehorse.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Human Resources Audit Ta’an Kwäch’än Council (TKC) invites proposals from those with CHRP (Certified Human Resource Professional) status, or equivalency for conducting a Human Resources Audit. This audit will complement the Strategic Planning exercise that is currently underway. For additional information please e-mail requests to: dsteele@taan.ca The RFP must be submitted by November 17, 2017 at NOON, in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFP for Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, HR Audit”, and addressed to: Ta’an Kwäch’än Council 117 Industrial Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Attention: David Steele
2017 Cranberry Fair
November 26, 11am-4pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre. A juried sale by Yukon artists and artisans. The Fair opens at 10:30 for people with mobility issues. Over 40 Yukon and crafts people will present their Àne work.
Cookie Walk
Saturday, December 2, 10am-1pm at Whitehorse United Church. Cookies: large container, $15; small container, $7; Cookies may contain peanuts and/or tree nuts. Jam, $5; Pies, $12. 6th & Main, downtown, elevator access. 667-2989, wuc@ klondiker.com. Everyone welcome.
PCSS Craft Sale
December 2 & 3, 10am-4pm. 1405 Hickory Street, Porter Creek Secondary School cafeteria. Contact Zabrina at zabrina. rm.leslie@hotmail.com for info.
Carcross Christmas Market
December 3, 11am to 5:30pm, Learning Centre, Carcross. Maple toffee on ice, kick-sled demonstration, dogsled demo tours, kid zone, bonÀre, music, Àreworks and Santa!
Country Christmas Craft Fair
Sunday, December 3, 12Noon to 4pm. Mt. Lorne Community Association. Call for vendors, local arts and crafts. To reserve a table call 667-7083 or lmca@northwestel.net
12 Days of Christmas Market
Friday, December 8 ¯ ¯ Tuesday, December 19 Opening Day 12noon-9pm, Sat - Wed 10am-7pm., Thurs & Fri 10am-9pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre. Presented by the Fireweed Community Market Society.
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