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he Canadian government has given the Yukon $7.5 million for the creation of Francophone community spaces that will be part of the territory’s first-ever French-language high school. Yukon MP Larry Bagnell, on behalf of Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, made the announcement at the Yukon government administrative building in Whitehorse Nov. 16. “This has been a long exercise, a very hard exercise but, obviously, you’ll see, very worthwhile,” Bagnell said of the creation of the school, which will be built on the Riverdale Education Reserve. “The battle was worthwhile and it’s so exciting today for the French community.” The $7.5 million is coming from the federal government’s minority language education program and is the “largest
federal contribution to the official languages minority community infrastructure in Canada in over decade,” Bagnell said. The funding is an addition to the $20 million already set aside by the territorial government for the school’s construction. Yukon education minister Tracy-Anne McPhee said the territory is “very pleased” about the announcement. “Looking back, the last project funded through this federal program was the construction of école Émilie-Tremblay back in 1996…. This project will give the francophone community more spaces for local activities and programs as well as community events and gatherings,” McPhee told reporters. The federal money will go towards facilities like the school’s gym, theatre room, community kitchen and a portion of the library that will be accessible both to students and the wider community. “The francophone community is vibrant,
and a growing part of the Yukon…. A strong francophone community benefits all Yukon communities,” McPhee said. “Through these spaces, the francophone community will be able to share their culture and heritage with all Yukoners. With this contribution from the Government of Canada, we can invest in our community and help the francophone realize their future.” In a brief question-and-answer period, McPhee said the government does not have a firm timeline for when construction on the school will begin or when it will open. She said soil remediation and testing at the site has thrown off the original plans. However, she said the design plan is being finalized and that the government is still aiming for its original opening date of sometime in late 2019 to early 2020. Speaking to media following the announcement, commission scolaire francophone du Yukon president Jean-Sébastien Blais
said the funding is “great news” and will finally allow francophone high school students to have a school with resources equivalent to the ones enjoyed by their English-language counterparts. The CSFY will be launching a contest in the coming days, he added, to name the school, soliciting submissions that evoke the Yukon’s history or natural beauty. Blais emphasized, though, that there’s still a lot of work ahead. “I think it’s important to say, we’re pleased about the announcement, but we’ll be very pleased when (the school will) open, and for me, this is something that needs to be designed well but with a sense of emergency,” he said, describing the situation at Émilie-Tremblay, with students being overflowed into portables, as a “real crisis.” “We cannot wait any longer,” Blais said. “We have the funding now, so let’s get started, right?” Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com
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year. The program partners small Yukon businesses with advisors who are experts in their particular industry. Those kind of experts can be hard to find particularly if you are trying to grow a business in a remote area like the Yukon, MP Larry Bagnell said at the announcement this week. “This access to expert advice and support will help these businesses reach the next level of
commercial success,” he said. “With this program we can help our businesses experience accelerated growth, improved operational efficiency and expansion into export markets.” A version of the program has been running for the last 10 years, Bagnell said. This year’s money will support advisors for up to 10 Yukon businesses. One of the companies that has already signed
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Silver rules out HST, layoffs and royalty changes Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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ukon’s premier says there’s certain things he’s not willing to do to improve the territorial government’s financial situation. Yukon’s independent financial advisory panel released its final report this week filled with 136 pages worth of options for the government. Premier Sandy Silver was quick to rule out three possible routes. “There will be no sales tax — no HST. There will be no layoffs of Government of Yukon employees. There will be no changes to the placer royalties either. This was a campaign commitment and we are not going to raise the royalties on placer miners,” he told the legislative assembly Nov. 15 when the report was released. The Yukon government is projecting years of budget deficits if the territory continues on this path. Economists estimate the government needs to either raise about $50 million more a year or save that amount of money through cuts if it wants to get the books back in order. “All of this discussion is really about what options are available, what the consequences of choosing one over the other (are) and what the tradeoffs are,” said advisory panelist Tim O’Niell. The panel held more than 60 meetings across 15 communities this fall, as well as allowing people to submit responses online, to come up with its final suggestions. More than 800 individuals, governments and organizations took part, according to the government. Mega government Generally speaking, Yukoners seemed to be more in favour of of finding efficiencies within the government as opposed to raising revenue through something like taxes, said panel chair Norm McIntyre. Panelists say they heard from Yukoners concerned about the size and growth of government. “Spending by governments accounted for less than one-quarter of the territory’s economy in 1980. By 2015, this share had more than doubled to now account for the majority of economic activity,” the report says. Yukon and Nunavut are the only two jurisdictions in Canada where govern-
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Norm McIntyre, centre, chair of the financial advisory board, with Ron Kneebone, right, a University of Calgary economist and financial panelist, and panel staffer John Glynn-Morris speak at a media briefing Sept. 12. ment spending exceeded 50 per cent of GDP. “There was a common view expressed among Yukoners that the territory is a ‘two-track’ economy. On one is government and its suppliers, with high and stable incomes and disproportionately concentrated in Whitehorse,” according to the report. “On the other is the private sector and those living in more remote communities, with far lower and more volatile incomes and standards of living.” As of 2016 there is roughly one government job for every four Yukoners. The public sector accounts for just over half of total labour compensation in the territory and that’s up 40 per cent from 20 years ago. Almost all of that growth has been in the territorial government, the report says. Options from the panel included a comprehensive review of all department and programs, to a review of specific grant programs such as the homeowner grant, or implementing a public sector compensation and hiring freeze. Sliver appeared to rule out a blanket hiring freeze across government particularly with the Whistle Bend continuing care facility opening next year. “How can you do a hiring freeze when you have to hire that many
people just for one facility that wasn’t contemplated by the previous administration?” The government also needs to hire teachers and education assistants based on the number of students in need, he said. “For us to say anything more about a freeze, there’s just so many things that would have to be considered.” Silver appeared to suggest attrition was a more likely possibility. The premier did say his government would be doing departmental reviews starting with the health department. Health is by far the largest department, accounting for 30 per cent of government spending. “Our emphasis is on making sure that we’re offering the programs and services properly, and there’s a lot of overlap right now,” Silver said. Silver didn’t have specifics of when that review would happen and what it would cover. Taxes and fees The idea of an HST is still part of the final report, although the premier has ruled it out. The final report includes options for other ways to generate income. The government could consider a Yukon-wide hotel tax or impose a payroll tax for those working in the
Yukon who don’t live in the territory. The territory could also increase its various fees and fines, the panel said. Of total government spending in Yukon, only five per cent is funded by user fees. Nationally, the average is just over 13 per cent. If Yukon matched the same 10 per cent share that exists in the Northwest Territories, it would raise over $60 million, more than enough to cover the estimated imbalance in upcoming budgets, according to the report. Hotel taxes are common in other parts of the world. British Columbia charges a two per cent tax, Alberta charges four per cent. In Anchorage, Alaska, the hotel tax is 12 per cent according to panelist Trevor Tombe. “Every two percent of hotel tax might raise for the Yukon on the order of roughly a million dollars per year,” Tombe said. By the numbers The final report shows the amount of revenue the territory has brought in over the last 10 years has grown at an average of 1.7 per cent each year. Meanwhile, the amount of money it spends has grown at a rate of 2.5 per cent. That’s the reason why the territory’s financial
position has deteriorated. Silver has referred to those numbers when criticizing the previous government as “spending a $1.50 for every dollar you make.” But it’s not accurate to simply convert the percentages into dollar amounts, Tombe said. “(The percentages are) just saying that the rate at which you are increasing your spending is faster (than) the rate at which revenue is growing,” he said. “These are percentage changes, it’s difficult to map them into dollars in that way.” The numbers are adjusted for inflation and population, Tombe said. Yukon Party finance critic Brad Cathers has accused the Liberals of a narrative that “does not reflect the facts.” The panel’s report was not meant to investigate past revenue and spending decisions, Tombe said. “It isn’t here to help fight old battles. It’s instead focused on the future. To help Yukoners understand the territory’s current and potential future fiscal situation, and to present a set of options to help ensure future finances are sustainable,” he said. Opposition weighs in Cathers said he thinks the current government should balance the books by managing its rate of
spending growth not with new fees or less services. “That does sometimes mean making the decisions … that the government might find a little bit tough but Yukoners do expect their government to manage the finances properly,” he said. Increasing fees, according to Cathers, “is really a tax increase by another name.” He said the previous Yukon Party government deliberately kept fees low. Cathers accused the premier of using the financial advisory panel as a way of avoiding making decisions. The report is good but the information “is not substantially new or different” than what the Finance Department could have gathered if it was asked, he said. For her part, NDP Leader Liz Hanson is less opposed to the idea of more taxes. She’s still disappointed with the government’s decision to cut corporate taxes by 20 per cent. A tax on out-of-territory workers or a hotel tax are both things that should be discussed, she said. “The Yukon Liberals are saying we want to be more independent. Well, if we want to be more independent that means we have to look at how we’re going to raise revenues.” The Yukon’s Taxpayers Protection Act means any new taxes would have to be put to a referendum. Hanson said that if she were in power, she would have no problem repealing the act. She said the Liberals needs to “overcome their fear” of the act. “Some people would call it a taxpayers avoidance act because it was really put in place to put a political chill on any notion that a government in need of revenues would ever consider raising taxes.” For his part, Silver is not willing to commit to what he will do next. “Before making decisions on the rest of the options we absolutely have to do our due diligence. We need to consider the impact of any changes and make sure that Yukoners are getting the best possible value for the money that the government spends on their behalf.” The advisory panel is slated to appear in front of the legislative assembly next week to answer questions from MLAs. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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YG awards Nares River bridge contract Ashley Joannou News Reporter
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he Yukon government has awarded the contract to build a new Nares River bridge in Carcross. The $12.6-million project was handed out under the territory’s new value-driven procurement method. Unlike with previous contracts, the winning company was not automatically the one that bid the lowest. Instead, the government used a points system which included criteria for First Nation participation and Northern experience. Ruskin Construction Ltd. out of British Columbia is working with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation’s management corporation. According to the Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works, more than a quarter of the labour force and more than 15 per cent of subcontracting and training will go to
First Nations members. “We are excited to provide employment in our community and to offer short- and long- term training opportunities for our citizens through our development corporation,” Carcross/Tagish First Nation Khà Shâde Héni Andy Carvill said in a statement. During the request for proposals companies could earn a maximum of 1,000 points. Details around the price they were willing to charge accounted for 785 points. Up to 100 points had to do with the team’s Northern experience and another 100 were for First Nations participation. The last 15 points related to the schedule. First Nations participation was never required under the old price-driven procurement model, said Minister of Highways and Public Works Richard Mostyn. “Afterward you say, ‘well, I hope you hire some First Nation people’ … but in this they actually had to say concretely how they
would do it.” In this case Ruskin had both the lowest price and the highest score. But the new points method means theoretically future contracts could end up not going to the lowest bidder. Mostyn said it can be fiscally responsible to spend more money if that money stays in the community. “The money stays local, it starts building capacity and the locals’ ability to compete in the economy. There is a multiplier. Government may spend more on the project but the community will see a bigger benefit.” He said his department will be assessing the local benefits of this project and coming up with criteria for when the new method of procurement will be used for other contracts. Some projects might still be price-driven if they cannot be locally-sourced, he said. “But if there is an area where locals could provide
the service or provide value, and that value would stay in the community, then we’ll start to use (a) value-driven model.” The new Nares Bridge will be made of concrete and steel. It will replace a wooden bridge built in the 1970s. The wooden bridge has seen growing heavy traffic, the minister said. “It’s not able to handle these heavy loads. It’s getting smashed by heavy trucks going over it. We spend a lot of money trying to maintain that wooden base.” Mostyn said the new bridge will include nine light standards and a wider area for pedestrians to cross. The project is expected to start this winter and take two years. Mostyn said the old bridge will stay in place while the new one is being built nearby and then be dismantled when construction is complete. Contact Ashley Joannou ashleyj@yukon-news.com
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west Territories, Alberta and some of British Columbia, confirmed the fact to the News but declined to comment further. Two other women were also fired. Speaking to APTN, Carlick said she was fired Nov. 7 during hearings in Edmonton and that it was done without warning. In an interview with the CBC, Carlick said inquiry executive director Debbie Reid called her into her office where a security guard and elder in B.C. were waiting, along with Carlick’s director, who was on the phone. Carlick told the CBC they told her she was being fired, effectively immediately. ”It was like a ball just dropped, they threw me
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under the bus. It was just like, ‘you’re going home, you’re done,’” Carlick told the CBC. She told APTN that she had been made lead for the Edmonton hearings and was given six weeks to organize them. “It was just a lot of planning a lot time, a lot of pressure and no support, no debrief,” she said. “They don’t hear you, they don’t listen to you,” Carlick told APTN. “It’s just about, ‘Make me look good,’ and if you don’t, then you’re out, and if you push back you’re gone.” The national inquiry did not respond to a request for comment. As of Nov. 16, the inquiry’s website still listed Carlick as the community liaison officer for Yukon and the Northwest. It’s unclear who, if anyone, will be replacing her. Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com
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Daring 2015 rescue earns Dawson residents Commissioner’s Award for Bravery Jackie Hong News Reporter
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oann Vriend thought she was going to die. It was the night of Nov. 30, 2015, and the Dawson teacher had gone for what she thought was going to be a quick ski along the cross-country trails just outside of town. But somehow, even though she’d skied those same trails countless times before, she got lost, eventually finding herself at a cliff where, on the other side of the Klondike River, she could spot the highway. “I thought I could scoot around the cliff and cross the Klondike on the ice. I was very wrong,” Vriend told an enraptured audience at the McBride Museum. Vriend got too close to the edge and the snow gave way. She plunged more than 12 metres to the riverbank, cracking her spine, breaking her pelvis and fracturing her arm. With the help of a ski pole, she dragged herself across the semi-frozen Klondike and ended up on a frozen pond on the other side, where she says her adrenaline ran out and she couldn’t move anymore. “I was thinking, ‘I’m getting cold, I’ll probably last two, three hours at the most, so it’s up to somebody out there to find me,’” Vriend said. “I was very much aware that … the chances of being found were not good.” But luck would be on her side that night and, after her friend noticed her absence, Vriend would be rescued by a team of five Canadian Rangers who
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Joann Vriend, front centre, is photographed with the Canadian Rangers who saved her life, Peter Nagano, back row from left, Bruce Taylor, Will Fellers, and Tyson Bourgard after the team was awarded the Commissioner’s Award for Bravery by Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips, front left, and Premier Sandy Silver, at a special awards ceremony in Whitehorse on Nov. 15. risked their own lives to save Vriend’s. Along with the Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips, she awarded four of them — Will Fellers, Peter Nagano, Bruce Taylor and Tyson Bourgard — the Commissioner’s Award for Bravery at a special event held at the museum Nov. 15. The fifth rescuer, Kyler Mather, could not make it to Whitehorse for the ceremony. “These men were determined, skillful and committed. If not for them, I may not have survived. They risked their lives and I thank them,” Vriend said. The event, which, for
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agreed, adding that they could hear the water rushing all around them as they inched across. Meanwhile, Bourgard and Mather approached from the other side. “We had to walk through a labyrinth of ponds. As we were walking over the ponds, they were cracking, the ice was cracking underneath us,” Bourgard recalled. “We had a rope tied to each other and sticks to test as we walked through this labyrinth… and faintly, in the distance, you could hear her voice and we were calling to her, she was trying to call back and we were trying
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to follow that voice, but as you’re going, you’re going through this terrain that could kill you.” Both teams ended up reaching Vriend within minutes of each other, getting her off the frozen pond, giving her their coats and building a fire to warm her up. While some tended to Vriend, talking to her to keep her awake and reassuring her that they’d get her out, the others headed back through the pond-riddled landscape to alert other first-responders. They came back with a sleigh, loaded Vriend on it and then went back through the terrain to the road, where an ambulance was waiting. “Once she got into the care of the ambulance, I think that sticks out a lot because then, it was like a big sigh of relief,” Fellers said. Although the men said they were honoured to receive the bravery awards for their efforts, Bourgard said the moment was also a little bittersweet. “These guys and myself have been involved in a lot of different situations over the years (and) this is just one of many,” he said. “I think, for me, it brought up a lot of past searches that didn’t go so successfully, where people lost their lives and we were there with the family during that time, and that’s kind of difficult. I think when we found Joann and we were able to help bring her out … it felt really good and it doesn’t happen that often. I was happy to be a part of that.”
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hitehorse city council voted to enact a local improvement charge (LIC) to cover a portion of the cost of repairing Alexander Street. 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. A full reconstruction of the road utilities underneath Alexander Street is part of the city’s capital plan. Improvements will 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. The charge will affect 22 property owners, who will pay about $19,000 on average. The bill can either be paid in full or spread out over 15 years. The amount an owner owes on an LIC is determined by the amount of street frontage, with residential and not-for-profit
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A man walks past potholes on Alexander Street between 2nd and 4th avenues. properties paying $633.33 per metre, commercial properties $1,266.67 per metre and government-owned properties $1,900 per metre. While councillors stressed they wanted the project to go through, the
vote did not proceed without some misgivings. As it is required to do, the city sent out ballots to property owners so they could vote on the issue. But only two of the 22 responses were returned by the deadline on Nov.
2. Both responses were in favour of the LIC. Under the Municipal Act, if the majority of property owners object to an LIC, then the city cannot proceed with it. Ballots which are not returned are technically counted as Yes
votes, because an owner must actively vote No in order to have opposition recognized. Because of this system, the LIC is considered to be approved by property owners, even though only nine per cent of the total ballots sent out actually came back with any vote at all. That didn’t sit well with some councillors. Coun. Samson Hartland has objected to this system at past meetings. He said he wants to see a review of how the votes are tallied. Coun. Betty Irwin agreed. “Like Coun. Hartland, I still have a problem with the LIC process. It bothers me that two people out of 22 people speak for the majority,” she said. “We assume (unreturned) ballots as an affirmative response…. There must be some way to make this more fair to residents.” Mayor Dan Curtis said he didn’t know how that would be possible, since the Municipal Act is territorial legislation. The total budget for the project is $3.2 million, with $475,500 coming from the improvement charge. Contact Lori Fox at Lori. Fox@yukon-news.com
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and would standardize the rules for how they form and operate. This includes membership criteria, how often people have to attend, how the committees report to council and how council, in turn, supports these committees. “I’m really happy to see this bylaw coming forward,” said Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu. Section 64.1 of the bylaw requires committee members to “be respectful of citizens, delegates at meetings, administration and each other, including being respectful of each
other’s right to hold different and diverse views.” Curteanu remarked that she felt this clause should also include respect for council. Council received a lot of public comment on the bylaw, said Coun. Dan Boyd. “It’s great to see a formalization (of this),” he said. Coun. Betty Irwin wanted to know if committees already in place would be affected by the new bylaw. Existing committees will continue to operate as they are, but their frames of reference, “will be reviewed in
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light of these standardized procedures,” said Norma Felker, assistant city clerk. Keith Lay of Active Trails Whitehorse Association, said his organization was “very pleased” to see this bylaw come before council, because it addresses some of his group’s concerns. He spoke at the Nov. 6 standing committee meeting when the bylaw was first proposed. “There’s an obvious effort to ensure transparency,” he said. “There’s recognition (in the bylaw) that city committees should encourage, through various
means, the participation of the public.” Mayor Dan Curtis said he wanted to remind council that all advisory committees are simply that — advisory — and that council should consider their recommendations and consult the public when making decisions. “Council isn’t bound by any of the recommendations (the committees) make,” he said. The bylaw will go for its second reading at the Nov. 28 regular council meeting. Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@yukon-news.com
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he City of Whitehorse’s proposed 2018-2021 capital budget has more than $30 million in approved city projects planned for the next four years, with the bulk of that money to be spent in 2018. The budget calls for $10.8 million in spending in 2018, $7 million in 2019, and $8 million in 2020 and $4.2 million in 2021. Projects that “reduce operations and maintenance costs rank high on the priority list,” Mayor Dan Curtis said. A big chunk of that 2018 money will go to engineering services and repairs —$3.9 million — with $3.2 million slated for repairs to Alexander Street. The proposed budget allocates $6 million for business and technology services, $2.2 million of that is allotted over four years for software license renewal fees. This makes up the second largest yearly expense in that section of the budget, after the $2.6 million set aside for the city’s computer infrastructure. The fire department will get $1.7 million for equipment upkeep and replacement, with the majority of that —$1.2 million — to be spent in 2018, including $900,000 to replace a rescue truck. There’s also $11.9 million in building and fleet maintenance over four years, with the lion’s share of that —$4.6 million — scheduled to be spent in 2019. These expenses include things like replacing aging equipment, such as the $345,000 set aside to replace a heavy loader in 2018 and budgeted over four years $420,000 for major equipment repairs. That money includes $2.2 million set aside for the new Fire Hall No. 1 building in 2019, with $600,000 set aside in the same year to demolish the old one. Mike Gau, director of development services, said that the current Fire Hall No. 1 is simply out of date and that the city needs a newer, larger one. The city will be building the new fire hall near the Kwan-
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Mike Gau, director of development services, City of Whitehorse, works on his computer during a regular city council meeting on Nov. 14. lin Dün Cultural Centre, converting a warehouse it already owns there into the new facility. Repurposing this building allows for good “dollar value” for the city, Gau said, and keeps the fire hall downtown, so that it can quickly serve the immediate area and Riverdale. Coun. Betty Irwin said she “is very pleased,” with the budget. “I think we’re concentrating on the most important things,” she said. Building a new fire hall is “a good way to go,” said Irwin, because the city has simply “outgrown” the old one. She is also pleased with the money for downtown road and sewage repairs, and safety initiatives, such a $33,000 to install leftturn traffic signals at Alaska Highway and Robert Service Way. “It’s quite overdue,” she said. “That (spot) is really brutal for traffic…. It can be really dangerous.” “There’s other work we’d love to do, but you’re always constrained by the money you have.” The city has budgeted $54.6 million in projects it will do if it can get external funding, such as gas tax money. This includes $3.2 million for further downtown reconstruction, $5 million for city hall renovations and energy upgrades, $2.2 million for replacement buses and $1 million to repair existing buses. The city is also looking for $10.2 million from outside sources to build a new services building, which will likely be an add-on to city hall, built on the footprint of the current Fire Hall No. 1 after it gets torn down.
Until the budget is approved, it won’t be possible to know which projects can go ahead. In some cases, he said, the money hasn’t been applied for yet and won’t be unless the item is approved in the proposed budget. The proposed budget won’t mean tax increases, Gau said. Money will either come from outside sources or the city’s own capital reserves. Tax increases are most often associated with operations budgets, which the city will be unveiling in sometime in December, he said. The city will also spend $55 million on getting the new operations building up and running, with $23 million of that coming from the federal gas tax fund. That money was allocated in last year’s budget and has already been approved, Curtis said. That project is the city’s main priority, he said. “The relocation and consolidation of nine downtown buildings (into the operations building) will help us become more efficient,” he said. Curtis has said that a lot of the infrastructure funding has come from federal grants, without which some projects would be impossible. “It would be impossible for the city to pay for these things on its own,” said Gau. “We just don’t have the tax base.” The proposed budget was unveiled at the Nov. 14 regular council meeting, where it passed first reading. A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 27, with a final vote set for Dec. 11. Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@yukon-news.com
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COMMENTARY The Yukon’s health care crisis cannot continue
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e are members of Seniors Action Yukon (SAY), a group of older adults who are concerned about issues related to healthcare, housing, social services and other issues impacting our lives. We have been following the stories of seniors/ elders who have been pressured or forced to move without their informed consent from Whitehorse General Hospital to hospitals in either Dawson City or Watson Lake. This has outraged many of us. We believe it is contrary to a patient’s right to the Yukon Hospital Corporation’s vision statement which calls for “care that is compassionate, timely, culturally appropriate and equitable.” The plan also states that they will “develop ways to engage patients as partners in their health care journey.” Moving patients without their consent is contrary to this and creates anxiety not only for the patients but also family, which in turn can impact their physical and mental health. We also believe that ethically it is wrong. We appreciate that on Nov. 9 in the legislative assembly, health minister Pauline Frost said that if the hospital is moving patients “that we will look at ensuring that family members are part of that process” and that care is given in a respectful way. Some patients and family members may be afraid to protest the move for fear of reprisal. Other caregivers may be pressured to move their family member back home and fear for their health and safety because of inadequate homecare in their community. Moving patients should be done only with their informed consent or consent of their caregiver and only as a last resort after all other options have been explored. What is the criteria and process for deciding who gets moved and for how long? Has the ethics committee of the hospital reviewed this process? What are the costs of transporting patients to outlying hospitals? Could these funds be better spent on homecare or nurses? There are some possibly solutions to the current situation. The government could: • increase homecare or other services to help people stay at home with added support to
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families, • convert some of the offices in the hospital or Thomson Centre to accommodate beds, • use the space above the new emergency wing or in the old emergency wing for more beds, • explore alternative approaches with family and community members to provide care in rural communities, • explore the training of local homecare workers or personal support workers by Yukon College in rural communities, • provide a nursing program at Yukon College, • develop a planning process immediately to look at the current and future needs of older adults and involve them in a meaningful way in this planning. We believe that due to lack of long range planning from previous years, your government faces a shortage of long-term care beds, which has affected the availability of acute care beds at Whitehorse General Hospital. There appears to be a lack of coordination of services and long-term planning between the Yukon Hospital Corporation and the health
department on home care, long-term care and end-of- life care. One wonders if more effective use of facilities and resources could happen if there was a more comprehensive regional plan for all of these services. The long-term care facility in Whistle Bend will ease some of the pressure on the hospital, but according to the Yukon Medical Association, it sounds like there will still be a need for more acute care beds. Our population is aging and the demands on healthcare, housing and other services are already surpassing availability. We need to avoid the crisis management cycle that has existed for a number of years. We look forward to meeting with the minister soon to discuss the ideas presented. Our intent is to support ideas to make the system more effective for not only patients and their families, but for staff as well.
the patient, then family should be part of the decision-making. They need to be notified in good time of any proposed move, consulted on the implications of the move, and given sufficient time for a reasonable process to be taken, such as accompanying the patient during the move. We are further dismayed that transfers do not take into consideration the financial cost of such moves, that it is not covered by the Yukon’s medical travel subsidy. If transfer of patients is proven necessary and consensus for the move is reached, the family should be compensated within reason if the move entails greater expenses than when the patient was in the Whitehorse hospital. Many seniors and elders fear that in the future, elderly patients will be forced into the huge Whistle Bend facility. In most cases that will mean fewer visits by family and less connection with the community because of the location and size of Whistle Bend. Some seniors feel that pouring millions into the recent central hospital
improvements (which have not increased the numbers of beds by any degree) has been done to justify filling the Whistle Bend facility. Is moving elderly patients to Watson Lake or Dawson a harbinger of being sent to Whistle Bend? Ignoring the consideration of patients’ psychological health and the need for family supports is a backwards step in health care. Taxpayer money spent on enlarging the WGH and in building a large facility such as Whistle Bend cannot come before the compassionate care of Yukon patients. This problem could have been addressed long ago if the Department of Health and Social Services had properly evaluated and made the changes needed in Yukon’s home care service, particularly in rural Yukon. In the long run home care is less expensive and is far more supportive than acute care in hospitals, wherever they are located.
This piece was adapted from a letter to Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost written by Lillian Nakamura Maguire on behalf of the members of Seniors Action Yukon.
LETTERS Moving patients is bad policy I and other seniors and elders strongly protest the decision to transfer four people a month from Whitehorse General Hospital to Watson Lake or Dawson City because of overcrowding in the central hospital. We are dismayed to see that the WGH has stated that patients need to be prepared that “if they come to (the) hospital they may receive care at any one of our three hospitals.” It is apparent that this is without any choice in the matter. We are shocked that the determination to move a patient is based on purely clinical criteria. Particularly in the case of elderly patients it is imperative for health reasons that the patient be consulted in decisions about their health and that supports that families provide in visiting patients is part of the “clinical criteria.” Patients need to have control over their treatment and their consent should be pursued if at all possible. If consent is not possible from
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Lesson spurned: The New Zealand sales tax experience
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he Yukon Financial Advisory Panel has put the idea of a Yukon sales tax at the top of the political agenda. Premier Sandy Silver has flatly ruled out a sales tax, but there are good reasons why the experts on the panel brought the idea forward. It’s not because the Yukon government needs more revenue. Thanks in large part to surging transfer payments, its revenue has more than doubled since 2003-4, the first full year after devolution. That handily outstrips population growth and inflation. The Yukon government’s revenue per resident is $34,000, more than triple a province like Nova Scotia. However, there are are good theoretical arguments for lowering income taxes and replacing the revenue with a sales tax (often called a consumption tax).
First, incomes taxes discourage work and investment. We want more of both. That’s why OECD data shows that most advanced countries get a much bigger mix of their tax revenue from consumption taxes than Canada or the Yukon. Second, consumption taxes capture revenue from people that avoid income taxes either legally or illegally. If the rich have the money to pay accountants to organize fancy tax shelters, or money launderers or drug dealers don’t pay tax on their ill-gotten booty, then all of them still have to pay a consumption tax when they shop or go out for dinner. Third, the Yukon can skim money from tourists, fly-in-fly-out workers and business visitors. These don’t pay income tax here and it would be nice to have them contribute to our infrastructure. Indeed, Yukoners today pay 100 per cent of the Yukon’s income tax revenues. The panel’s math suggests visitors would pay a quarter of consumption tax revenues. Fourth, the rise of e-commerce puts our retailers at a disadvantage. Yukon retailers pay Yukon property tax, income tax and soon carbon tax. When
Yukoners order from Outside websites, the Yukon government realizes zero revenue. Furthermore, Outside e-merchants often use complex tax avoidance strategies that a downtown Whitehorse small business, for example, isn’t able to do. Thus, the Yukon government may be inadvertently giving Outside websites an advantage over local businesses. So that’s the theory. What about the practice? New Zealand gives us an interesting example. The island nation is known not just for sheep, rugby and an awesome hut-tohut hiking trail system, but also for its innovative tax policies. For those who don’t follow the Journal of the Global Accounting Alliance, they published an interesting case study on New Zealand’s consumption tax. The story starts during New Zealand’s economic crisis in the 1980s. At the time New Zealand’s left-leaning Labour government introduced a GSTstyle tax as part of bigger economic reform program that reduced corporate income taxes and also cut the highest personal rate from an eye-watering 66 percent to 33 percent. The sales tax rate was increased
by the right-leaning National Party government in 2010, from 12.5 to 15 percent in a package with further income tax cuts. The accountants see several lessons from New Zealand’s experience. First, the consumption tax was matched by income tax cuts to spur long-term economic growth. I think the only way a consumption tax could work here is if the government can convince Yukoners it really will be revenue neutral, and then deliver on that. The B.C. government’s approach to their revenue-neutral carbon tax in its early years would be smart to copy. They published clear reports detailing the new revenues and offsetting tax cut figures. The second lesson from New Zealand was to compensate poor people, since a tax on basics takes a relatively bigger chunk out of their incomes. This is what the federal GST rebate cheques do. Any Yukon consumption tax should mirror this approach. The third lesson was to minimize exceptions. New Zealand’s consumption tax lets only four per cent of purchases off the hook. Australia’s, on the other hand, has over half
of spending in exempt categories. The argument here is that keeping track and enforcing exceptions wastes a lot of resources by businesses and by the tax authorities for little benefit. Take books for example. I love books. But if you exempt them then businesses and the tax agencies have to define what is a book compared to a booklet, magazine or flyer. Furthermore, why should millionaires not pay tax on their books (even if they are not about tax avoidance)? It’s better, the argument goes, to tax everything and give lower-income citizens a compensating cheque every quarter. If the Yukon adopts a consumption tax, it is most sensible to have one that is harmonized with the federal GST so there aren’t a second set of rules, reports and forms to fill in. So what would the economic impact of a consumption tax have on the Yukon economy? The debate is likely to be fierce. If the rhetoric in other jurisdictions is any guide, you’ll likely hear apocalyptic claims from both sides. The pro-consumption tax advocates will talk about unleashing unprecedent-
ed jobs and growth. The anti-consumption tax movement will talk about underhanded government tax grabs crippling the purchasing power of Joe and Jane Public. The answer is probably that it would have moderately beneficial results, as long as it really is revenue neutral. The things that may tip the balance in the consumption tax’s favour are the opportunity to shift some of Yukoners’ current tax burden onto visitors and the need to raise money from out-of-territory e-commerce. The economic strategy of New Zealand, including its consumption tax, has worked pretty well. They are number 7 in the world on the OECD’s Better Life index, and they are middle of the pack in the OECD club of rich countries in terms of both income and social equality. But since politics won out over expertise with Silver’s flat refusal of a sales tax, it appears we’ll never know.
health necessitated admission to WGH. Imagine my surprise in late summer, when a morning visit by a nurse doing assigned administration work advised me that I was to be flown to Dawson City the next day for a three-week stay, before returning here. I protested, as did supportive friends. No one had spoken to me of the planned transfer and still haven’t. I have not consented to go, my doctor believes that going to Dawson would adversely affect my health and I should not go. Who are the people deciding where I should go? The most vulnerable are seniors in their 70s, 80s, and 90s. I have no friends and support in Dawson City. What criteria are used to make these decisions? What are my rights as a patient or as a family member? It seemed I had none. Who to turn to for information? I found many people in Whitehorse had no knowledge of this process. Some enquiries only resulted in being told
that there is a shortage of acute and long term beds in the Yukon, although I was told that Dawson has space for patients, has better facilities and staffing ratio. Others are angry that they have never received the courtesy of a reply to their enquiries. The messenger who spoke to me was obviously finding it difficult. How could moving me to Dawson for three weeks out of the ECU make a bed available for anyone at WGH? And after the three weeks? What if my health deteriorated and I could not come back home from Dawson? How does rotating vulnerable elders in and out of three hospitals for three weeks at a time, never mind the financial cost of medivacs, make sense? Is this patient-centred care? What of the oath of “first do no harm?” Recently after contacting my MLA I have been led to believe that I will not be moved. I hope that he is correct. These have been stressful times. I would
not wish anyone else to struggle through these difficult actions.
which was its original mandate. The grant supports enrollment in licensed spaces, wages, just under onethird of some building costs, and a small amount for a hot meal program. All of these expenses increase annually. There is one other consideration. This grant is discretionary. It can stop or be altered at any time with little or no notification. This has happened in the past. In a nutshell, it is not stable and destabilizes the entire licensed childcare industry in the Yukon. You might want to think twice about going into the field of early childhood with long term goals. At present, it is a bleak future. Regular fee increases are the only option at present for meeting increasing costs of operation. High fees and full enrollment are the current keys to survival. That’s it. Skillful, experienced management certainly plays a part in running a daycare and part of that is knowing when enough is
enough: when what you can offer is no longer the quality you want, when fee increases are capped by what the market can bear, when, by necessity, unlicensed childcare begins to grow. We in the field tend to roll our eyes at the platitudes from ministers, political parties, and anyone expressing opinions not backed by the understanding of our day-to-day reality. Rare is the minister who cares enough to just sit and listen and then act. There was one minster, long ago, who did just that. His letter still hangs in my office 24 years later. To sum up, there is a bright side. If you do attract and retain good staff, chances are they have aptitude and truly enjoy working with young children all day long. Low wages and slim benefits aren’t their main concern. For individuals in my position that is no small comfort. It makes for one good day after another.
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.
LETTERS Hospital transfers hard on seniors
It is good to read of work done well in providing care for patients at Whitehorse General Hospital. The need for admission is met with concern, the shortage of acute and long term care beds well known. My need for admission and application for long term continuing care was well documented by my doctor, visits with consulting personnel and concerned and supportive friends. I was admitted to WGH in January 2017. I have now been moved a fourth time into the elder care unit after sharing accommodation with others. Some placements were clearly inappropriate. In 1962 I chose to live and work as a registered nurse in Whitehorse and was happily employed at WGH for 33 years. The demands on nursing staff are great and I admire those who provide good care. I retired and my failing
Dorothy Sorensen Whitehorse
Daycare difficulties I have some things to say regarding the current financial picture facing licensed childcare facilities in the Yukon. It’s dismal. The Watson Lake daycare’s problems are or will be universal throughout the field in the Yukon. The possible exceptions are facilities affiliated with a college, a First Nation or a church with which they can share costs. The rest of us have two main sources of income: fees and the very unstable government funding source known as the direct operating grant or DOG. And the DOG is a critical factor. Doors would close immediately without it. Right now ours doors are just swinging slowly shut as the grant continues to diminish. It has been diminishing for 10 years now. This is quite an act of negligence toward “affordable quality childcare”
Lynda Peter Whitehorse
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Canada offers helicopters, planes, trainers to UN, but no decision on where Lee Berthiaume Canadian Press
VANCOUVER anada inched closer to a much-anticipated return to peacekeeping on Wednesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered the UN badly needed soldiers, equipment and a fresh feminist perspective on peace missions. But while UN officials were effusive in their praise for Canada’s commitments and leadership, two key questions remained: When and where will Canadian peacekeepers be deployed? Trudeau unveiled the package of measures and commitments during an address to hundreds of foreign dignitaries and military officials on the second day of a major peacekeeping summit hosted by Canada. The package represented Canada’s most tangible step back into peacekeeping since the Liberals promised last year to provide up to 600 troops and 150 police officers to the UN. Canada is specifically offering up to six helicopters and two transport aircraft, plus their associated pilots and support personnel, as well as a 200-strong quick reaction force to the UN. It has also pledged $21 million to help double the number of women deployed on peacekeeping operations around the world, which Trudeau
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emphasized as critical to bringing peace and stability to conflict-ridden areas. “Women bring a unique and valuable perspective to conflict resolution,” Trudeau said. “They look beyond the interests of warring parties, bring the wider community to the table and focus on root causes. Including women and girls in peace operations is a smart, practical pathway to lasting peace.” Canada is also planning to make dozens of trainers available to the UN and other countries to help professionalize militaries from developing countries that are often involved in peacekeeping. Some of those trainers will be deployed to UN centres in Africa, such as Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. But officials say up to 50 could also be sent to other countries and may even deploy on missions with their students. “Six-hundred Canadian armed forces personnel is significant for Canada as a commitment, but let’s remember that there are close to 100,000 peacekeepers deployed around the world,” Trudeau said. “So we have to focus on how Canada can best help. What we will do is step up and make the contributions we are uniquely able to provide.” The government’s plan was warmly welcomed by the UN’s top peacekeeping official, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who asserted
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen through a teleprompter while addressing delegates during the 2017 United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday November 5. that the values that guide peacekeeping are the same espoused by “this great nation of Canada.” “And with Canada on our side, we feel stronger,” Lacroix said. “We feel more empowered to confront the many challenges that peacekeeping is facing.” Yet when it came to timelines and specific locations, especially for the deployment of Canadian troops and military equipment, Trudeau remained vague.
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consistent with the critical needs that we have in terms of capability, but also the flexibility in which these offers have been made,” Lacroix said of Canada’s pledges. But government officials told reporters on background that Canada and the UN have only just started what could be six to nine months of discussions about when and where any of those capabilities will be deployed. Defence Minister Harjit
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Sajjan said the discussions aren’t just about the UN finding the right fit for Canada’s troops and equipment, but also making sure they have the right support and rules of engagement. “They’ll do that proper assessment,” Sajjan said of Canadian military officials during a news conference marking the end of the summit. “I can’t put a timeline to that, but one thing is sure: we’re going to move as rapidly as possible to make sure when we provide those resources, it’s going to have the impact the (UN) needs.” The lack of detail nonetheless sparked criticism from some observers and foreign dignitaries, who questioned why Canada was only now starting discussions with the UN about where to send military equipment. They noted, for example, that the UN has told member states for years that it needs helicopters, while the number of Canadian peacekeepers in the field reached a new low last month. Canada had 62 military personnel and police officers deployed on different missions in October, which was down from 68 in September and 112 in August 2016. “The Vancouver conference provided an excellent opportunity for Canada to live up to (its) promise,” Royal Military College professor Walter Dorn, one of Canada’s top experts on peacekeeping, said in a statement. “But Canada has not done so. The delaying and dithering continues.” Trudeau refused to confirm during a news conference shortly after his address whether the government was still interested in sending helicopters or troops to Mali, as has been widely expected since last year. The prime minister also sidestepped questions about what level of risk the government is willing to accept when it comes to deciding on a mission, saying that would be only one factor taken into consideration. “We will always look at the impact that we can have along with the risk profile,” he said. “What Canadians expect is that we will engage in ways that will make a positive difference around the world, and we will do so in a way that minimizes risks to Canadians.”
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WASHINGTON all it the calm between two storms. NAFTA negotiators are gathering in Mexico City this week for what’s expected to be a transition round, nestled between the tumult of early talks and the deluge of drama expected next year in late-phase negotiations. Things will be kept quieter by the absence of politicians. The lead ministers for Canada, the U.S., and Mexico announced Wednesday that they won’t attend the session that concludes Nov. 21, the first time Chrystia Freeland, Robert Lighthizer, and Ildefonso Guajardo have not shown up in five negotiating rounds. All three played down the need to get together this time, citing substantive discussions at the Asia-Pacific summit, and will remain in constant communication with their chief negotiators anyway. But their non-presence illustrates something else: a view inside and outside government
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that this mid-negotiation round is expected to be a calmer exercise than what preceded, and what will likely follow. The previous round concluded with the ministers practically squabbling on stage. The U.S. shocked its partners with a barrage of aggressive demands, and the politicians wound up at the closing news conference delivering thinly veiled lectures at each other. It won’t happen this time — at least not publicly. The teams gathering in a tony enclave of Mexico City will include bureaucrats, professional negotiators, and some political staff, but there will be no big news conferences with politicians. One official familiar with the talks said he expects countries will put off the most painful tradeoffs, while looking to negotiate the easier outstanding issues, on things like digital trade and regulatory co-operation. ”There’s still lots of work to do here. Having said that, I think everyone recognizes that the proposals made on the U.S. side make it difficult to get to an agreement,” the official said. “Which is why we’re focusing on areas where we can make progress.” In other words: Don’t expect big moves on irritants like agriculture and auto-parts rules of origin. Those two issues will come up for four days each, starting Saturday, according to a version of
the work schedule seen by The Canadian Press. Another difficult issue could surface sooner. Mexican media reported that the government there is prepared to counter a demand for a so-called five-year sunset clause — which would terminate NAFTA, unless all countries renew it. Guajardo has reportedly said he’s willing to live with a watered-down version of that, which might include a mandatory review but not termination-by-default. Some U.S. proposals at the last round left allies wondering whether it was trying to sabotage the talks. One trade-watcher said the countries still have lots of less-controversial things to address. They have an opportunity to do that in this round, and deal with the end-game tradeoffs later. Completing the easier things now at least allows some progress as they approach the final phase, said Eric Miller, head of Washington’s Rideau Potomac trade consultancy. The countries hope to have a deal wrapped up by March. After that, the U.S. and Mexico enter national elections, and an agreement becomes all but impossible to achieve before 2019. “This is going to tee up the inflection point — which will come in the next couple of months, where we will get to the do-or-die moment,” Miller said. “At least they have the
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modernization agenda to talk about in this round.” He said countries will also probe each other on the harder issues. Miller expects they will start seeking clues on each other’s willingness to compromise on their toughest demands. “Really what the story of this round is, is figuring out where we go from here,” he said. “It’s going to be a discussion of probing what is meant by some of these proposals, where flexibilities might exist, and are there solutions that might materialize in later rounds… ”Really it’s the aftermath of round four… We’re in this different reality now — so how do we get through this?” The U.S. negotiating team isn’t just facing disgruntlement from abroad. A number of American lawmakers have grumbled about Team Trump’s approach to trade. Three prominent Republican senators, and dozens of House members, have sent letters to Lighthizer expressing alarm about some American positions. They criticized proposals on automobiles and the sunset clause. And they also ridiculed the wisdom of trying to use a negotiation to reduce the trade deficit. This week’s letter points out that the U.S. economy tanked during the Great Recession, the last time its trade deficit vastly improved.
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OTTAWA anada’s decision to turn to the North American Free Trade Agreement for a solution to the latest softwood lumber dispute proves how critical the agreement’s dispute resolution mechanisms are to this country, a Canadian international trade expert said Wednesday. Canada on Tuesday asked a review panel under Chapter 19 of NAFTA to investigate the countervailing
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U.S. industries who feel it is unconstitutional and that the American courts are best equipped to determine whether U.S. law is being upheld. The Canadian government has indicated eliminating Chapter 19 is a non-starter. Robertson said the negotiations on NAFTA are largely parallel to this particular dispute, and Canada and the U.S. almost certainly knew when the last softwood agreement expired in 2015, that we’d end up back at Chapter 19 eventually. In the past, NAFTA
going to the U.S. court system. Robertson said trade agreements were pursued by Canada in the first place largely to create a dispute settlement mechanism “to give us some relief from unfair application - and I stress unfair - of American trade law.� “In a psychological fashion from a Canadian perspective (this) kind of underlines why Chapter 19 is essential,� he said. However U.S. President Donald Trump wants Chapter 19 eliminated, and he has support from many
former Canadian trade diplomat, said Wednesday it’s no surprise Canada made the application despite political battles with the U.S. over the very existence of the Chapter 19 dispute mechanism. “It would not be logical for us not to use it and we had to use it within a certain time frame so of course we’re going to apply it,� said Robertson. Chapter 19 of NAFTA means Canada can get a panel made up of U.S. and Canadian trade experts to decide if the duties follow U.S. trade law, rather than
duties imposed on Canadian softwood imports into the United States. The U.S. argues Canada unfairly subsidizes its lumber industry, and the question for the panel will be whether the duties are legal under U.S. laws. This is the fifth Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute since 1982, and the third in which Canada has sought relief under the dispute mechanisms of free trade agreements with the U.S. They have largely ruled in Canada’s favour in the past. Colin Robertson, a
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Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action Shawn Jeffords & Allison Jones Canadian Press
TORONTO ntario’s striking college faculty voted Thursday to reject a contract offer and continue their nearly five-week job action. The 12,000 college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians have
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discuss how we can resolve this situation immediately and get students back to class where they belong.� “Students have been in the middle of this strike for too long and it’s not fair,� she wrote in a statement. “We are looking at all of our options, but I am hopeful that an agreement to return students to class immediately can be reached by the parties.�
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the workers, had recommended the colleges’ contract proposal be rejected. The colleges have said the offer includes a 7.75 per cent salary increase over four years, improved benefits and measures to address concerns regarding part-time faculty, with language surrounding academic freedom remaining as the only major outstanding issue. But the union said the offer contained “serious concessions� that were not agreed to, which would erode faculty rights and contribute to an unsustainable staffing model. “No one is surprised that college faculty rejected the (College Employer) Council’s forced offer,�
union bargaining team head JP Hornick said in a statement. The union called on the colleges to return to the bargaining table Thursday afternoon. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas said the forced vote was a “bully move� by the colleges. “At a time when we were only a few steps away from getting a deal, they overplayed their hand,� he said in a statement. The head of the colleges’ bargaining team said it will be looking to the provincially appointed mediator for direction now. “This is a terrible result for the 500,000 students who remain out of class,� Sonia Del Missier said in a statement. “I completely sympathize with our students who have been
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OTTAWA ederal authorities are balking at terror suspect Mohamed Harkat’s desire for more leeway to use the internet and travel freely within Canada, saying he continues to pose a threat almost 15 years after being arrested. Harkat is asking the Federal Court of Canada to approve his application for less strict monitoring of his everyday activities by the Canada Border Services Agency as he awaits the outcome of his protracted legal saga. A two-day court hearing begins today to determine whether current restrictions on the Algerian refugee will be eased. Harkat, 49, was taken into custody in Ottawa in December 2002 on suspicion of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent. The federal government is trying to deport the former pizza-delivery man to Algeria using a national security certificate — a legal tool for removing non-citizens suspected of ties to extremism or espionage. Harkat denies any involvement with terrorism and fears torture if returned to his homeland. Following his arrest, Harkat was locked up for more than three years. He was released in June 2006 under stringent conditions that have since been relaxed somewhat. Harkat now lives at home with wife Sophie.
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the home, saying it would undermine their ability to keep tabs on his communications. In a submission to the court, the ministers of public safety and immigration say an October 2016 assessment by the border services agency concluded that any risks are neutralized by Harkat’s compliance with the existing terms and conditions. “The fact that there is no new information linking Mr. Harkat to threat-related information activities does not warrant the variations he is requesting,” the federal submission says. “The Ministers have not changed their position that Mr. Harkat remains a threat.” Federal Court Justice Simon Noel ruled in 2010 that there were grounds to believe Harkat is a security threat who maintained ties to Osama bin Laden’s terror network after coming to Canada. Civil libertarians have long criticized the security certificate process as fundamentally unjust because the detainee sees only a summary of the accusations, making it difficult to challenge them. In a 2014 ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada said the security certificate regime does not violate the person’s right to know and contest the allegations they face. However, the high court provided detailed guidance on applying the process to ensure it is fair.
The Supreme Court also concluded Harkat ”benefited from a fair process” when Noel reviewed his case. Harkat’s file continues to grind along. The border agency is in the process of seeking a “danger opinion” as a step toward deportation. A delegate of the immigration minister will determine whether Harkat poses a danger to national security and, if so, whether the risk to Harkat of removing him outweighs the danger or severity of the acts he allegedly committed. Many supporters, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s brother, Alexandre, have written to the government on Harkat’s behalf over the years.
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Coroner, First Nations urge B.C. to act on high number of youth deaths cil, as a health authority. We have to move on from here.� Sam said the youth are dying from drug overdoses, suicides and alcohol abuse. The report recommends Indigenous-focused initiatives that incorporate traditional healing practices, develop alcohol harm reduction strategies and offer increased access to housing for Indigenous youth. The joint B.C. Coroners Service and First Nations Health Authority death panel review found Indigenous youth in B.C. died unexpectedly at a rate almost two times higher than non-Indigenous youth over a six-year period ending in 2015. It makes a series of
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VICTORIA oo many Indigenous young people are dying tragic deaths in British Columbia, and a coroners’ death review panel is calling for a series of steps to improve their health and wellness. Paul Sam, a First Nations Health Authority representative for the Coast Salish people, said at a news conference Wednesday when the panel’s report was released that it hurts to see so many young people die. “Our work is just beginning. We all feel the pain of those families. We are developing partnerships as we go, as a health coun-
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broad recommendations to B.C.’s health, education and children’s ministries and to Indigenous health agencies to adopt and implement programs over the next year to reduce barriers to services for Indigenous youth and build connections to family, community and culture. “In all cases, we have found that involvement in community cultural activities can save lives by restoring pride, self-worth, a sense of purpose and overall health and wellness,� the report says. The review covered the deaths of 95 Indigenous young people between the ages of 15 and 24 during the period between January 2010 and December 2015. “Although the reasons First Nations youth and young adults die are similar to their non-First Nations peers, there are continuing disparities in injury and mortality rates for First Nations young people,� the report says. It found the accidental
death rate for Indigenous youth in B.C. during the review period was 1.9 times higher than non-Indigenous youth based on census data from causes identified as accidental, suicide, homicide or undetermined. Accidental deaths in motor vehicle crashes, drownings and overdoses accounted for 60 per cent of Indigenous youth deaths, while suicide was responsible for 32 per cent of the deaths. Almost 25 per cent of the Indigenous youth who died were parents of young children, the report says. Dr. Shannon McDonald, deputy chief medical health officer of the First Nations Health Authority, said during the release of the report at B.C.’s legislature that the review did not include recent statistics from the province’s opioid overdose crisis, which she acknowledged has hit Indigenous communities especially hard. McDonald said the
review is a start towards building support systems for Indigenous youth after years of missed opportunities. “Every step forward towards prevention, towards connecting young people to their homes and families and communities, towards a more responsive health-care system is a step forward,� she said. Recommendations to the First Nations Health Authority include encouraging communities to apply for wellness grants to incorporate traditional healing, to review alcohol education and develop Indigenous harm reduction activities specifically for alcohol. For the children’s ministry, the report calls for increased access to housing for Indigenous youth and earlier and easier access to prevention-focused mental health services by March 2018. Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said the joint review helped her agency
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Dead boy’s father posts Facebook response after Appeal Court upholds conviction Bill Graveland Canadian Press
CALGARY father whose conviction was upheld for failing to provide the necessaries of life to his son has posted a Facebook response critical of the judges and prosecutors on the case along with the entire justice system. “I have come to ‌ realize that within the current system there is no room for justice and truth, there is no humanity and
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there definitely is no love,� David Stephan wrote from his home in Nelson, B.C., hours after the Alberta Court of Appeal decision on Wednesday. Stephan and his wife, Collet, were found guilty last year in their son Ezekiel’s 2012 death from bacterial meningitis. Their trial in Lethbridge, Alta., heard they treated the 19-month-old boy with garlic, onion and horseradish rather than taking him to a doctor. Two of the three Appeal
Court judges supported the conviction, but Justice Brian O’Ferrall offered a dissenting opinion. He said the Stephans should have been granted a new trial. “I have been strongly cautioned to keep quiet as these types of posts could influence the outcome of court decisions, bail hearings etc ‌ But this world needs more people that are willing to take a stand for truth ‌ regardless of the cost,â€? Stephan said in his Facebook post. “People like Justice
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O’Ferrall, who was willing to go against the grain and judge righteously, in light of whatever political pressure that he was up against.� Because of the split decision, the Stephans have automatic leave for the Supreme Court of Canada hear their arguments, if they choose to take their appeal to that level. Stephan didn’t directly indicate if they would do so, but he noted he and his wife are grateful they have finally paid off $500,000 in legal bills. He also gave thanks for $150,000 they received in donations. “But on the other hand we are not excited about the fact that the legal fees are now going to start accumulating again,� he wrote. Stephan said the trial judge erred in his charge to jurors and gave them no choice but to find the
couple guilty. He also pointed to what he called a number of “glaring issues� in the case, including “withheld and falsified� evidence and an “elaborate coverup� of what he said was an ill-equipped ambulance. He said that led to Ezekiel going without oxygen for over eight minutes. Witnesses at the trial said the little boy’s body was so stiff he couldn’t sit in his car seat, so the toddler had to lie on a mattress when his mother drove him from their rural home to a naturopathic clinic in Lethbridge, where she bought an echinacea mixture. The Stephans never called for medical assistance until Ezekiel stopped breathing. He was rushed to a local hospital and died after being transported to Calgary’s Children’s Hospital.
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David Stephan was sentenced to four months in jail and his wife was ordered to spend three months under house arrest — the only exceptions being trips to church and to medical appointments. The two were released early pending the outcome of the appeal. The Crown has indicated it will appeal the sentences as being too lenient. Stephan, who said his wife is expecting another child soon, appeared to believe he will be forced to resume serving his sentence immediately. He indicated he regrets not speaking out sooner. “I offer my sincere apologies for remaining quiet over the past year as I valued my false sense of security more than the need to openly speak the truth by exposing the corruption,� he said. “I have come to see that if I remain quiet today, someone else will needlessly suffer tomorrow.�
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CALGARY ttawa is planning to boost treatment options for opioid drug users as it tries to deal with what Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is calling a national public health crisis. Petitpas Taylor outlined some of the steps the federal government aims to take at a conference Wednesday of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. More than 2,800
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Alaska takes Canada mining concerns to Secretary Tillerson JUNEAU Officials in Alaska want the U.S. State Department to raise with the Canadian government concerns about the impacts of British Columbia mining on waters that flow across the border. Gov. Bill Walker, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and Alaska’s congressional delegation also asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to determine if the concerns should be brought to a special international commission. The commission gets involved when asked to do so by the national governments. The congressional delegation made similar requests under the Obama administration and found the response to be lacking. The State Department in October 2016 said it was working with other federal agencies to determine
people died last year as a result of the crisis and Petitpas Taylor said that number is expected to exceed 3,000 in 2017. “This situation certainly keeps me up at night,� she said. “These numbers aren’t abstract to me. I know the toll that the opioid crisis is having in our communities such as Vancouver.� She said the government plans to support pilot projects to provide safer opioid alternatives, such as the pain medication dilaudid, at supervised consumption sites. There are 25 such sites
across Canada and locations for the pilots are expected to be announced in a few weeks. They will be funded through the federal Substance Use and Addictions Program, which provides $26.3 million in funding a year to tackle substance use issues. Petitpas Taylor added that she wants to work with provinces and territories to find a better way to establish temporary overdose prevention sites if there’s an urgent need. “This is an emergency and ‌ sometimes the short-term measures
need to be taken to address the reality on the ground,� she said in her speech. “We are in the midst of a national public health crisis and no one group or government can address it alone.� Ottawa also aims to hold consultations on removing some of the barriers to obtaining prescription-grade heroin so that users don’t have to visit a hospital several times a day. “Right now, if you would like to provide prescription-grade heroin, it must be done in
a hospital setting. We’re consulting on whether or not we should remove those barriers so that it can be accessed in more places,� said Suzy McDonald, assistant deputy minister in charge of opioid response. Another plan is to allow drug-checking services to ensure safety at all authorized supervised consumption sites should they want to offer it. The Liberal government’s most recent budget set aside $100 million over five years to fight the opioid crisis.
Petitpas Taylor announced Wednesday that one-third of that money would be put in a harm reduction fund, which includes efforts to prevent infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C amongst intravenous drug users. Part of that fund is also earmarked for the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver so that it can provide training to new supervised consumption sites across Canada. Petitpas Taylor said decriminalization is off the table. “We are exploring other avenues right now.�
what Canada’s national government was doing to address U.S. concerns and committed to identifying the best way forward. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the department’s response a positive step but said more needed to be done. In their letter to Tillerson this week, the Alaska officials said they are encouraged by how engaged the provincial government in British Columbia has been with the state. But they said they also see a complementary federal role. They recommend a formal consultation process during environmental reviews that would involve state and federal agencies and tribes. They also urge the creation of a task force to develop recommendations and direct funding
for river protection. Chris Zimmer, Alaska campaign director with Rivers Without Borders, said it’s good that Walker and Mallott are working with the congressional delegation to increase pressure on British Columbia. Concerns persist with pollution from an abandoned mine in the province, underscoring a need for the state and U.S. government to work together to ensure that upstream mining does not harm downstream interests in Alaska, Zimmer said in a statement. (AP)
fee to partially offset the cost of maintaining the state’s 240 rural airports. The proposed fees would be $150 for a private plane and $250 for a plane used for business, the Juneau Empire reported Wednesday. The fees are expected to bring in between $1.3 million and $1.4 million for the Department of Transportation branch that oversees the state’s airports, Statewide Aviation. The branch has an annual operating budget of about $40 million, a quarter of which is covered by the state’s aviation fuel tax and leases for hangars and
other airport spaces. The remaining $30 million comes from the state’s general fund, and the fee is intended to close some of the gap, said Richard Sewell, aviation policy planner for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The advisory committee that guides Statewide Aviation has called for increases on fuel taxes to boost revenue, said Tom George of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots’ Association, who is on the committee. But that tax avenue remains stalled in the Legislature’s finance committees. “From what we know
at the moment, that’s our best shot,� George said. The registration fee would bypass the Legislature because it’s proposed as a regulation, which concerns Republican state Rep. George Rauscher. “Going forward, once one administrative department starts using this method for recovering costs . where do we go? Is every department going to come up with this idea now?� Rauscher said. The registration fees are not yet confirmed. Residents have until Jan. 5 to comment on the proposal. (AP)
Alaska proposes aircraft fee to support rural airports JUNEAU Alaska is proposing a new aircraft registration
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GM Card Application Bonus credit value depends on model purchased: $500 GM Card Bonus on new 2017 Sonic, Cruze, Malibu (excl L), Camaro, Volt, Trax, 2018 Equinox; $750 GM Card Bonus on new 2017 Equinox, 2017 & 2018 Impala, Corvette, Colorado (excl 2SA), Traverse, City, Express; $1,000 GM Card Bonus on new 2017 & 2018 Tahoe, Suburban, Silverado LD & HD. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company (GM Canada) to verify eligibility. $500 Black Friday Bonus is applied against eligible 2017 & 2018MY vehicles purchased during the program period. 2017 & 2018MY vehicles not eligible for this offer are: exclusions outlined under GM Card Bonuses above, BOLT EV, Malibu 1VL, Camaro ZL1, Encore 1SV, LaCrosse 1SV and Spark. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. 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RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. † Total Credits: $4,000/$5,000/$9,100 is a combined total credit consisting of a $3,000/$4,000/$4,000 manufacturer-to-dealer cash credit (tax exclusive), $0/$0/$3,600 manufacturer-to-dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $500/$500/$1,000 manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (tax inclusive) and $500/$500/$500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive), for 2017 Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu and Silverado 1500 Crew Cab, which is available for cash purchases only. †† Lease based on a purchase price of $26,544 for a 2018 Equinox LS FWD, includes $500 Black Friday Bonus Cash and $500 GM Card Application Bonus (this offer applies to individuals who have applied for the Scotiabank® GM® Visa* Card [GM card] and to current Scotiabank® GM® Visa* Cardholders) (tax inclusive). Bi-weekly payment is $129 for 60 months at 2.0% lease rate on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. 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GMC Black Friday total value valid toward the retail purchase or lease of one eligible new 2017 or 2018 model year GMC delivered in Canada between November 1 – 30, 2017. Total Value consists of $500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive) delivery credit and manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank® GM® Visa* Card [GM Card] or current GM Card cardholders) (tax inclusive). GM Card Application Bonus credit value depends on model purchased: $500 GM Card Bonus on new 2018 Terrain, $750 GM Card Bonus on new 2017 Terrain, Canyon (excl 2SA), Acadia, Savana, $1000 GM Card Bonus on new 2017 & 2018 Yukon, Yukon XL, Sierra LD & HD. As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company (GM Canada) to verify eligibility. $500 Black Friday Bonus is applied against eligible 2017 & 2018 MY vehicles purchased during the program period. 2017 & 2018MY vehicles not eligible for this offer are: exclusions outlined under GM Card Bonuses above. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GM Canada dealer for details. GM Canada reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited. See dealer for details. † Total Credits: $9,100 is a combined total credit consisting of a $4,000 manufacturer-to-dealer cash credit (tax exclusive), $3,600 manufacturer-to-dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $1,000 manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (tax inclusive) and $500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive), for 2017 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab, which is available for cash purchases only. †† Lease based on suggested retail price of $31,294/$36,510 includes $500/$750 manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank GM Visa Card [GM Card] or current GM Card cardholders) (tax inclusive), $0/$2,000 manufacturer-to-dealer lease cash (tax exclusive) and a $500/$500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive) towards the lease for an eligible new 2018 GMC Terrain SLE FWD/2017 GMC Acadia SLE-1 AWD at participating dealers. Bi-weekly payment is $159/$189 for 48/48 months at 0.9%/0.5% interest rate on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. $1,700/$300 down payment is required. Total obligation is $18,212/$19,932, plus applicable taxes. Taxes, license, insurance, registration and applicable fees, levies, duties and, except in Quebec, dealer fees (all of which may vary by dealer and region) are extra. Option to purchase at lease end is $13,863/$17,112. See dealer for details. Discounts vary by model. Dealer may sell for less. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. General Motors of Canada Company may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. Offers may not be redeemed for cash and may not combined with certain other consumer incentives. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. 4 Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Service plan required. Available 4G LTE with Wi-Fi® hotspot requires WPA2 compatible mobile device and data plan. Data plans provided by AT&T or its local service provider. Services vary by model, service plan, conditions as well as geographical and technical restrictions. OnStar® with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Vehicle must be started or in accessory mode to access Wi-Fi®. 5 U.S. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 8 The OnStar® Basic Plan is available on eligible new and pre-owned vehicles equipped with OnStar® 4G LTE hardware for 5 years or the remaining term. The Basic Plan is transferable to subsequent owners for the remaining term. It includes the monthly Diagnostics Report emails (capabilities vary by model), Dealer Maintenance Notification, access to select vehicle mobile app features and more. Your vehicle must have been compatible with the vehicle’s mobile app prior to the OnStar® 4G LTE hardware upgrade, if applicable. This plan does not include emergency, security or navigation services. These and other services require a paid or Add-On Plan. Visit onstar.ca for vehicle availability, coverage maps, details and system limitations. Available 4G LTE with Wi-Fi® hotspot requires WPA2-compatible mobile device and data plan. Data plans are provided by AT&TTM or its local service provider.9 Full functionality requires compatible Bluetooth and smartphone, and USB connectivity for some devices. Data plan rates apply. 10 Not compatible with all devices. ** The 2-Year Scheduled LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2017 or 2018 MY GMC vehicle with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the Oil Life Monitoring System and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 48,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. Ÿ Whichever comes first, fully transferable. 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Angelina Jolie urges UN to renew efforts to stop sexual violence in war Lee Berthiaume Canadian Press
VANCOUVER ngelina Jolie delivered a stinging rebuke Wednesday of global efforts to stop the use of sexual violence in war and called on the UN to finally help turn
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The meeting also saw a renewed push to prevent the use of child soldiers and better protect children caught in conflict, as attendees unveiled a series of commitments signed by 53 countries. Canada played a key role in advancing both conversations as host of the meeting and by pledging $21 million to increase the number and role of women in peacekeeping missions and military operations. The pledge was made amid a growing recognition that female personnel are essential when it comes to many peacekeeping tasks, such as helping victims of sexual violence and interacting with local women in the field. It also coincides with ongoing concerns about peacekeepers themselves sexually abusing or exploiting the very populations they have been ordered to protect. Yet only 7 per cent of the 13,000 police officers deployed as peacekeepers and two per cent of the 87,000 military personnel are women, and those numbers have remained stagnant despite promises to double them. During her address, Jolie, who is also a special
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie listens to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland after giving the keynote address to delegates at the 2017 United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Nov. 15. envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, listed the many promises, laws and resolutions that have failed to eliminate sexual violence from war. And she didn’t pull any punches as she blasted the UN’s failure to increase the number of female peacekeepers deployed on missions, or its efforts to stop peacekeepers from sexually abusing
vulnerable populations. “It has 21 years since the UN first promised to address sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers and to increase the number of women deployed in operations,” she said. “Yet the exploitation of defenceless civilians still takes place. And still less than four per cent of all peacekeepers are women.” But there was also an
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acknowledgment that a cultural shift is afoot, with Jolie saying that many military leaders have started “to address the taboos around these issues and to take action.” Canada along with the United Kingdom and Bangladesh were singled out for special mention for promising to work together to increase the number of women and better incorporate gender perspectives in their militaries. That initiative was only one of several unveiled by the Trudeau government on Wednesday, along with a pledge of $21 million to boost the number of women in peacekeeping operations around the world. The money included $6 million to help with reforms at the UN and $15 million for a new trust fund that will be used to help countries increase the number of women in their respective militaries. The money could be used to facilitate partnerships with other countries that already boast sizable female contingents, and provide incentives to increase the deployment of women into the field. Several European countries also pledged to dramatically increase the number of female soldiers and police officers assigned to peacekeeping missions. “I hope they are just the beginning,” Jolie said. “We will not only strengthen our societies and improve peacekeeping.”
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Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe seemed invincible but era ends Christopher Torchia Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG imbabwean President Robert Mugabe seemed almost untouchable for much of his nearly four-decade rule. Shrewd and ruthless, he stayed in power despite advancing age, growing opposition, international sanctions and the dissolving economy of a once-prosperous nation. Now that it seems to finally be here, the abrupt end of the Mugabe era is launching Zimbabwe into the unknown. Mugabe, who at 93 is the world’s oldest head of state, is confined to his home after a military takeover. It was the most dramatic development in a factional battle within the ruling ZANU-PF party in which first lady Grace Mugabe had been angling, with Mugabe’s help, to take over the presidency in a dynastic succession. Even if Zimbabwe’s generals allow Mugabe to keep his job for a while, he would likely be a transitional figurehead, no longer wielding unchallenged authority over this southern African country. It is a humbling close to the career of a man who crushed dissent or sidelined opponents after leading Zimbabwe since independence from white minority rule in 1980. A master politician, Mugabe outmanoeuvred challenges from within ZANU-PF during the war against Rhodesian rule. After independence Mugabe ruthlessly sidelined his rival Joshua Nkomo by isolating the opposition leader and sending army troops into Matabeleland, Nkomo’s stronghold in southern Zimbabwe. The army rampage in Matabeleland from 1983 to 1987 is blamed for the deaths of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and is one of the darkest stains on Mugabe’s rule. Even as human rights concerns mounted and the economy deteriorated at home, Mugabe cast himself as a voice of pride and defiance in modern Africa, a message that resonated in countries where liberation-era movements held onto power for decades after Western colonialism ended. “They are the ones who say they gave Christianity to Africa,” Mugabe said of the West during a visit to
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South Africa in 2015. “We say: ‘We came, we saw and we were conquered.’” Spry in impeccably tailored suits, Mugabe maintained a schedule of events and international travel, despite his age, and could be pugnacious. But his firing of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this month, in an apparent attempt to pave the way for Grace Mugabe’s succession, seems to have been a serious miscalculation. Mnangagwa was widely backed by the army. Days after Mnangagwa’s ouster, Zimbabwe’s army commander criticized instability in the ruling party, saying “counter revolutionaries” were plotting to destroy it. A country once so full of promise now finds itself with weak institutions, collapsed industries, a splintered opposition, and a military whose dispatch of tanks and soldiers into city streets cast doubt on its pledges to work for democracy. In apparently backing the Mnangagwa faction, the military is staking out a political position that will be hard to undo ahead of scheduled 2018 elections. The main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is ill with cancer and has lost much of the vigour he had when he joined a power-sharing government with Mugabe a decade ago after deadly election violence. The unity government ended with a disputed election in 2013, one in which Mugabe was
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In this Oct. 3, file photo, now ousted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe introduces his cabinet minister during his meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria, South Africa. re-elected president. His longevity and frequently dashed rumours of ill health delighted supporters and frustrated opponents. Mugabe’s busy travel schedule to international events drew criticism from Zimbabweans who said state money could be better spent at home. But recently, he was slowing down, often going to Singapore for medical treatment and seeming to doze at some public appearances. He showed his old gusto in March 2016 when an interviewer from state television asked him about retirement plans, and who might succeed him.
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“Do you want me to punch you to the floor to realize I am still there?” Mugabe replied. In his early days as president, after a long war between black guerrillas and the white rulers of Rhodesia, as Zimbabwe was known before independence, Mugabe reached out to whites. A former schoolteacher, he stressed education and built new schools. Tourism and mining flourished. Zimbabwe was a regional breadbasket. But around 2000, violent seizures of thousands of white-owned farms began, causing agricultural production to plunge. A
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land reform program was supposed to take much of the country’s most fertile land and redistribute it to poor blacks, but Mugabe instead gave prime farms to ZANU-PF leaders and loyalists, relatives and cronies. Earlier this year, when Mnangagwa was still vice-president, he stuck to an official script that Mugabe was the only leader suitable for Zimbabwe, denouncing any “mad young people” in ZANU-PF who wanted him to oust Mugabe. But after being booted as vice-president and fleeing Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa
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told his countrymen that he “shall return to Zimbabwe to lead you.” Zimbabwe’s ruling party is scheduled to hold a key congress in December, when Grace Mugabe was expected to be selected as vice-president after the ouster of Mnangagwa. Now the event, if it goes forward, might serve as a chance for Mnangagwa or his allies to consolidate authority over ZANU-PF. If Mnangagwa becomes a steward of Zimbabwe’s political transition, he will face his own challenges as a figure with a dark past who was involved in the killing of thousands of perceived opponents by a North Korean-trained army brigade in western Zimbabwe in the 1980s. Meanwhile, the future of the only leader that many Zimbabweans have ever known is cloudy. Speaking slowly during an hour-long speech at his birthday party in February, Mugabe said that at times he felt alone, and he described his life as a “long, long journey.”
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Federal ‘extreme vetting’ plan castigated by tech experts Matt O’Brien Associated Press
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order to automatically flag undesirable entrants — and to continuously scan the activities of those allowed into the U.S. The goal, that document stated, was to let computers help determine whether an immigrant “intends to commit criminal or terrorist acts,” as well as their likelihood of becoming a “positively contributing member of society.” In a joint letter to DHS on Thursday, the dissenting researchers called that approach “neither appropriate nor feasible.” In the document, the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was seeking a contractor to automate background checks of foreigners seeking temporary or permanent entry to the U.S. It outlined plans for mining Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, academic websites and other publicly-available internet data, then using AI techniques to analyze it and to keep monitoring those sources. This contractor would be expected to generate at least 10,000 investigative leads a year that would be
forwarded to federal agents, according to the document. ICE declined to comment about the proposed initiative or Thursday’s letter. Its public presentations to interested vendors haven’t been updated since August, raising the possibility that it might have scrapped or significantly altered the plan since then. But there’s been pressure from the White House to implement strict measures quickly. Hours after the deadly Oct. 31 truck attack in New York City, Trump said on Twitter that he “ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!” Trump also called for Congress to repeal the diversity visa lottery program that the suspected attacker, an immigrant from Uzbekistan named Sayfullo Saipov, used to enter the country in 2010. Trump has made repeated attempts to restrict entry into the U.S. through several iterations of a travel ban, which have all received a tough reception in the
courts. The technology experts, who hail from both academia and big tech firms such as Google and Microsoft, warned that current AI methods aren’t capable of evaluating the traits that the government seeks to measure. “Neither the federal government nor anyone else has defined, much less attempted to quantify, these characteristics,” the technologists wrote. “Algorithms designed to predict these undefined qualities could be used to arbitrarily flag groups of immigrants under a veneer of objectivity.” Among the problems is that unlike algorithms that mine the traditional criminal justice system, where there’s no shortage of cases, the pool of data that could help predict terrorist leanings is tiny. “In the national security context it’s much harder to investigate the problem because you have a couple cases a year,” said UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher Joshua Kroll, who signed the letter. One contracting-firm
employee who attended an informational ICE meeting in July said the proposed system would simply expand data-management work that private vendors already undertake to help the government vet visa applicants. It wouldn’t give contractors any legal authority to approve or deny immigration benefits, said Bill Carney, who manages federal programs for consulting firm McManis & Monsalve Associates. But Jacob Shapiro, a Princeton University politics professor who attended one of the meetings as president of investigative analytics firm Giant Oak, said the effectiveness of the vetting system would depend on how it’s crafted. “There are many ways one could meet that statement of objectives, some of which would make the system fairer, more equitable and faster for those seeking to immigrate,” Shapiro said. “But some of which could be biased and unfair, as any algorithm can be.” Advocates who co-ordinated both the technologists’ protest letter and
a second letter from civic society groups have also privately lobbied potential vendors such as IBM not to participate in the initiative. IBM said this week that its attendance at the government’s summer meeting was routine and not a sign that it’s planning to make a bid. “As there is no active project being proposed, it is premature to say whether there is even an opportunity that IBM would consider pursuing,” said IBM spokesman Ian Colley. David Robinson, a Georgetown University law professor and co-founder of Upturn, a newly-formed group that looks at the civil rights implications of new technology, said the extreme vetting project doesn’t make sense and doesn’t comport with any reasonable set of values. “This isn’t something that anyone should be willing to build,” said Robinson, who signed the technologists’ letter. “Whatever you think about what the immigration rules ought to be, this is just nuts. And it’s nuts dressed up as science.”
US lawmakers escalate complaints about Trump handling of NAFTA Alexander Panetta Canadian Press
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and its idea of using international agreements as the vehicle for lowering the U.S. trade deficit. The signatories to one such letter are a trio of Republican senators, while another letter is signed by six dozen members of the House of Representatives from both parties. That comes on top of a move from one senator, the soon-to-be-retiring Trump critic Jeff Flake, who has deployed a procedural tactic to delay the appointment of an agriculture-trade nominee. The flurry of actions suggest American lawmakers might enter the fight if President Donald Trump tries to cancel NAFTA, a boon to supporters of the agreement hoping for signs the U.S. Congress might exercise some procedural or political pressure. ”We have watched with growing concern the negotiations,” begins the letter from 72 members of the House of Representatives, most of whom are from Trump’s party. The letter said several U.S. proposals would damage the North American auto industry. The
Trump team is pushing for a drastic overhaul of supply chains to favour domestic content, especially U.S. content, and has requested a near-instantaneous phase-in period of one year to achieve that change. Car companies have said the demands are so outside the realm of what’s applicable that they could be better off by simply ignoring NAFTA rules and paying import tariffs, which in the U.S. start at 2.5 per cent for small cars. Other proposals are criticized in the letter from the three senators. One is the so-called sunset clause, an American proposal to let NAFTA expire in five years unless all three countries agree to keep it. That letter from senators James Lankford, Mike Enzi and John Thune also brushes off the primary excuse cited by the Trump team as justification for overhauling existing deals: trade deficits. Their letter calls his thinking faulty economics. In fact, the letter says there’s an at-best-negligible connection between trade deficits and a
virbrant economy, as the best recent year for trade deficits was the worst year for unemployment, during the Great Recession: ”At most, (these issues) appear at times to be inversely related.” Instead of cracking down on international commerce, the senators urged the administration to adopt policies that would help workers retool and relocate to new opportunities. Some Washington insiders have expressed skepticism that lawmakers will actually stand up to the Trump administration if it tries cancelling NAFTA. The Republican leadership has remained mostly on the sidelines of this debate, prioritizing tax cuts where its views align with Donald Trump’s. But Trump’s commerce secretary has criticized lawmakers for over-involvement. Of the congressional complainers, Wilbur Ross said this week that all the squawking in Washington doesn’t help the U.S. side: “Frankly, it makes the negotiations harder,” he said.
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Yukon man attacked by bison during botched hunt
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n the morning of Nov. 7, Todd Pilgrim stepped out of his truck with a rifle slung over one shoulder and the snow crunching under his boots. It was -18 C, the kind of cold that makes the air turn to steam against your hands when you take your gloves off. Pilgrim, 57, and his friend, Fred Mullet, 72, were headed to one of Mullet’s favourite bison hunting spots a few kilometres north of Twin Lakes. They had gone into Carmacks earlier that morning, Pilgrim says, to get the permit required to hunt on Little Salmon Carmacks/First Nation settlement land. Pilgrim says they weren’t there more than a few minutes when they saw a lone young male bison. Mullet — an experienced hunter who had gotten his own bison a few weeks before — pointed it out and told him to take the shot, Pilgrim says. “Twelve years I’ve been trying to get a bison,” Pilgrim says. “They’re really really hard to get.” Pilgrim took a knee in the snow and immediately took a shot with his .338 Remington Ultra Magnum. “‘You hit him!’ Fred says. He was excited,” Pilgrim recounts, “but (the bison) didn’t even flinch.” The animal just stood there, staring at them, he says. “It was like I never even touched him.” Pilgrim fired and shot the animal twice more, at which point the bison “casually walked off the airport strip and into the woods,” he says. A wounded 680-kilogram bull bison wandering somewhere around in the frozen backcountry is not an optimal situation, but Pilgrim was determined to do the honourable thing and go in after him. He and Mullet waited for about 20 minutes to give the animal time to weaken, and then went into the trees to try to track him down, a proposition which turned out to be much more difficult than expected.
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Todd Pilgrim, covered in blood and giving a thumbs up, was attacked by a bison and lived to tell the story. “There was blood dripping in the beginning but it stopped after 50 metres,” he says. “Fred and I tracked him for couple hours until we found he had doubled back to his original location.” They tracked the bison for an hour and half and were unable to locate the animal. At this point, the pair went back to their trucks — they had arrived in separate vehicles — to regroup and consider their options. Exhausted, Mullet stayed behind while Pilgrim went back into the woods by himself. “I followed the tracks alone and I found it quite hard to decipher them,” Pilgrim says. “But thank God there was fresh snow.” He tracked the animal alone for another hour and a half, until he found a “fresh bed soaked in blood,” where the bison had laid down. Often, a critically wounded animal that does not die immediately will go off to find a quiet place to do so, and this bed meant that not only was the bison badly wounded, but nearby. “Up until this time there was no more blood on his trail, so I wasn’t sure if I had shot him in a vital area,” Pilgrim says. “If I didn’t place the bullet
there, he might walk for days and I wouldn’t get him.” Pilgrim approached the bedding place. That’s when the situation went from dicey to downright dangerous. “I fucked up,” he says. “I really, really fucked up.” The bison had been hiding off to the left, amid the trees, perfectly still. Pilgrim hadn’t just found a place where the animal had laid down, he says. The bull had been there only moments before and Pilgrim had startled it. “I should have known it was fresh (blood),” he says. There was a “big white flash,” a bang and then Pilgrim was down, struck by the bull’s massive skull. One horn caught him in the face, he says, and he was abruptly blind in his left eye. “Within a split second, I was struck full-bore in the head and body by the bison, then I lost consciousness for a few seconds. I can’t actually remember much…. When I came to my senses I realized he had pinned me down,” Pilgrim says. “He was on top of me and had me pinned, with my rifle strapped behind me in the snow…. I thought the bison had stuck his horn in my eye and I had lost
my eye.” The bison began to back up to ram him again. Pilgrim says he “isn’t sure how he did it” but he tucked himself tight against the bison’s chest, out of range of its horns and hooves. “He could have crushed me with one swipe of his massive skull,” he says. “He continued to stomp and try to maneuver his head under his front legs to get me. I feared this was it. This feller was going to take my life…. I held onto his chest fur with all my might.” He managed to “wiggle” out of this perilous position, he says, and then they were “both playing zig-zag.” Bison are powerful but not agile and Pilgrim managed to get behind a tree, keeping it between himself and the animal. Pilgrim was “screaming” curses at him and “shaking with fear.” Eventually the bison — which was already wounded from Pilgrim’s earlier shots— grew tired of chasing him and backed away. Pilgrim feared it would charge again, but the bison “just started at (him) for a few seconds then turned away and stared off to the side.” Pilgrim saw his chance
and made a mad dash for his rifle, which was about three meters away. He chambered a cartridge and shot the bull at close range. The animal dropped immediately. Pilgrim “put another round in his head just to make sure he wouldn’t get up and charge (him) again.” “Then I knelt down by his side, patting him on his chest and said a prayer, thanking him for giving up his life for me,” says Pilgrim. “The poor guy was only trying to fend off someone who he knew was trying to kill him.” “I have so much respect for him. I hold nothing against that guy.” Pilgrim says he managed to make his way back to his truck, stumbling near-blind through the snow. He could only see out of one eye and the bison had broken his glasses. When he stumbled out of the bush, Pilgrim says he was “crying (Mullet’s) name and crying, crying like a baby.” “Fred thought I had accidentally shot myself,” he says. “I was coated in blood, I had a big gash on my forehead.” He looked at himself in the truck mirror and was relieved to find his eye was not in fact “gouged
out,” he says. Rather, his head wound had bled into his eye, obscuring his vision. Environment Yukon has confirmed this is the first recorded incident of a bison attacking a human in the territory. Mullet used a satellite phone to call for an ambulance. It arrived about an hour later and the paramedics gave Pilgrim painkillers and an IV. They drove him to Fox Lake, around 50 minutes south of Twin Lakes, where he was transferred to a second ambulance meant to take him to Whitehorse General. But at the intersection of the Alaska Highway and the Klondike Highway they hit another snag; the fan belt went in the second ambulance, forcing him to wait while a third ambulance was dispatched to get him. Meanwhile, at Pilgrim’s behest, Mullet and another friend returned for the dead bison, dressing it and taking it back into Whitehorse, where it was butchered and hung that evening while Pilgrim was still in hospital. When he finally got to the hospital Pilgrim was diagnosed with a severe concussion and injuries to his ribs, back and shoulders. Pilgrim is now recovering at home. As of Nov.15, he says he continures to suffer from complications related to the concussion, including memory loss, dizziness and headaches. Pilgrim says doesn’t want anyone to think he is “bragging” about killing the bison. He describes himself as a gentle person who loves animals. In 2015, Pilgrim self-published a children’s book — Angie, the Tundra Swan — about a wild swan he found injured and nursed back to health in 2011. Pilgrim says he has had a lot of time to reflect while he recovers. After a lot of soul-searching, he has decided that is “finished with hunting forever.” “I’m not mad,” he says. “I’m just so grateful to be alive.” Contact Lori Fox at lori.fox@yukon-news.com
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Arctic refuge drilling closer as Senate panel backs bill Matthew Daly Associated Press
WASHINGTON il and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge moved closer Wednesday as a key Senate panel approved a bill to open the remote refuge to energy exploration. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the drilling measure, 13-10. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined 12 Republicans to back the bill. Opening the remote refuge to oil and gas drilling is a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose. The 19.6-million acre refuge in northeastern Alaska is one of the most pristine areas in the United States and is home to polar bears, caribou, migratory birds and other wildlife. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said drilling can be done safely with new technology, while ensuring a steady energy supply for West Coast refineries. The measure would generate about $2 billion in royalties over the next decade, Mur-
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For example, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) advocates for the continuation of placer mining in the region. Legislative and regulatory authority over Tr’ondëk− Klondike will remain the responsibility of the First Nation, municipal, territorial and federal governments as they are today. Similarly, as Tr’ondëk–Klondike is a proposed cultural site, versus natural site, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has neither independent interest nor jurisdiction. We invite you to learn more about the Tr’ondëk– Klondike nomination and encourage your voice. Please reach out to us on Facebook at Tr’ondëk– Klondike or online at www.nominationtk.ca.
projections wildly optimistic, saying low global oil prices and high exploration costs are likely to limit drilling revenue. Analysts say oil prices must be at least $70 a barrel to justify drilling. A benchmark for crude oil is about $56 a barrel. The measure sponsored by Murkowski calls for at least two major lease sales over the next decade in at least 400,000 acres each in the refuge’s coastal plain. Surface development would be limited to 2,000 acres. The bill requires at least a 16.67 per cent royalty rate evenly split between the federal government and Alaska. Murkowski hailed the committee vote as clearing a “significant hurdle” and said she was optimistic the plan could be approved as part of larger tax measure being considered in the House and Senate. Cantwell said after the vote it was “a tragedy that Republicans will run over something so precious as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — land that has stood undisturbed for thousands of years — all for a giveaway to oil corporations that allows them to
ignore important environmental protections.” She and other Democrats said the GOP bill is especially unwise at a time when U.S. oil production is booming, with imports declining and exports reaching record levels. If the Republican plan is approved, “we would be drilling in the Arctic Refuge in order to find more oil to export to other countries,” said Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. “We would spoil our own sacred land in order to help oil companies sell oil to China. That makes no sense.” Jason McFarland, president of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, said the plan would help the U.S. achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of becoming “energy dominant” in the global market. Opening a small portion of the refuge to drilling “represents an extraordinary opportunity to responsibly develop the vast resources that the area is believed to contain, allowing the country to develop more of its own natural resources and rely less on foreign oil,” he said.
Germany’s Merkel dodges coal deadline at climate talks
The continuity of mining and First Nations traditions is what makes the Tr’ondëk–Klondike region, and the people who live, work and raise their families there such an important story to share with locals and visitors alike. Our partners in the mining industry have worked diligently to ensure that contemporary mining is an essential part of the Tr’ondëk–Klondike nomination. However, some misconceptions may surround the role of certain organizations in World Heritage sites. UNESCO and its advisory bodies have no authority or jurisdiction in Tr’ondëk–Klondike.
kowski said, with half the money going to her home state. Murkowski, who chairs the Senate panel, said opening the refuge to drilling “will help keep energy affordable, saving families and businesses money every time they pay for fuel — essentially an energy tax cut.” Democrats sharply disagreed. “What a dramatic change this is,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. “It turns this refuge into an oil field.” The wildlife refuge has been the focus of a political fight for nearly four decades. President Bill Clinton vetoed a GOP plan to allow drilling in the refuge in 1995, and Democrats led by Cantwell defeated a similar GOP plan in 2005. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are pushing to revive the drilling plan as a way to help pay for proposed tax cuts promised by President Donald Trump. The GOP-approved budget includes $1 billion in revenue from drilling leases over 10 years. Environmental groups and other critics call those
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BONN, GERMANY erman Chancellor Angela Merkel, a veteran of global efforts to curb climate change, disappointed environmental campaigners Wednesday by refusing to lay down a deadline for ending her country’s use of coal. Green groups and developing countries had called on Merkel to use global climate talks in Bonn, Germany, this week to set a date for her country to phase out coal-fired power plants — as she has previously done with nuclear energy. Merkel, who is sometimes referred to as the “climate chancellor” for her long-standing efforts to combat global warming, acknowledged that Germany’s practice of burning coal to generate electricity is one reason it’s not on track to cut its carbon emissions by 40 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020. “Now, at the end of 2017, we know that we’re still missing a big chunk,”
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Merkel said. Speaking to leaders and ministers from around the world, Merkel said there will be “hard discussions” on the issue in her upcoming talks with the Green party and the pro-business Free Democrats on forming a new government. Germany generates about 40 per cent of its electricity from coal, including the light brown variety called lignite that’s considered to be among the most heavily polluting fossil fuels. “Coal, especially lignite, must contribute a significant part to achieving these goals,” Merkel said. “But what exactly that will be is something we will discuss very precisely in the coming days.” Speaking immediately after her, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was committed to ending the use of coal by 2021. The task is made a lot easier for France by the fact that the country hardly has any coal-fired plants and still gets most of its electricity from nuclear power.
Several other countries, including Britain, Canada and Italy have also announced they will stop using coal in the coming years. Macron, who has styled himself as a climate champion since being elected earlier this year, said Europe should fill the gap in funding for the U.N.’s scientific expert panel on climate change left by the U.S. decision to hold back its contribution. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has said it will cut funding for the panel, known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which provides key guidance on global warming to governments around the world. The talks in Bonn have largely centred on hammering out the precise rules for implementing the Paris climate accord. The 2015 agreement was seen as a political landmark because countries set a firm target for countries to try to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6
Fahrenheit). Experts say achieving that goal has been made harder by Trump’s rejection of the Paris accord and threat to withdraw in 2020 unless it is renegotiated. Merkel commended an alliance of U.S. states, cities and businesses calling itself “America’s Pledge” that has committed to keep working on reducing emissions even without Washington’s support. She also sought to assure poor countries that a $100 billion fund intended to help them respond to climate change will be filled despite Trump’s threat to withhold U.S. federal contributions. Still, her refusal to commit on coal drew criticism from campaigners in Bonn. “Angela Merkel has missed her chance to show her leadership qualities on climate change,” said Mohamed Adow of the charity Christian Aid. “A U.N. climate summit on home soil was the perfect place to bury coal and set the date that Germany would phase out the dirtiest fossil fuel.”
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Canada’s biggest national park among most threatened: international scientists Bob Weber Canadian Press
EDMONTON ne of the world’s largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada’s biggest national park is among the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says Wood Buffalo National Park, which straddles the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary, is significantly threatened by hydroelectric and oilsands development. “This is quite embarrassing,” said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, many of whose members live alongside the park.
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Police escort anti-pipeline protesters away from Trudeau media event VANCOUVER Two people protesting Ottawa’s approval of the expansion of the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline say they were questioned by police Wednesday after they interrupted a news conference by the prime minister. Hayley Zacks and 24-year-old Jake Hubley stood with signs protesting the pipeline before telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he can’t fulfil his climate action promises if projects like Trans Mountain are approved. Twenty-year-old Zacks said later in an interview that she and Hubley were both first-time voters in the last federal election and they voted for Trudeau because of his election promises. When the Trans Mountain pipeline was approved, she says they
“It’s not looking good for Canada avoiding an endangered listing for Wood Buffalo.” Wood Buffalo is a vast stretch of grassland, forest, wetland and lakes. Its 45,000 square kilometres contain one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas, uncountable flocks of waterfowl and songbirds, as well as ecological cycles and relationships that remain in their natural state. It’s also the nesting site for the last flock of endangered whooping cranes. It is considered to have “outstanding and universal value,” according to its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But the nature conservation union, which includes 1,300 member
organizations and 10,000 experts, said those values have slipped considerably since the last report in 2014. Only four other sites in North America are as threatened as Wood Buffalo — three in Mexico and one in the United States. Wood Buffalo is the only North American World Heritage Site to have deteriorated since 2014. “The big threats are from hydro dam development,” said Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association. Scientists have long warned about the slow drying of the Peace-Athabasca Delta from the Bennett Dam in British Columbia. BC Hydro’s planned Site C dam is expected to worsen those effects.
“There’s no water, no birds, no bison, no muskrats,” Lepine said. “People are getting stuck on mudflats. They can’t navigate. They can’t get through to their hunting grounds or sacred sites. “The loss of the delta is basically a loss of the Mikisew culture.” The report says the park is also threatened by oilsands development upstream on the Athabasca River. The Frontier oilsands mine proposed by Teck Resources would be the closest to the park yet. Teck has been ordered to consider the effect on the park in its application. In an emailed statement, Parks Canada said it welcomes the report, but added its focus is too narrow. “In many cases, the
conservation challenges stem from outside the national park boundaries, such as climate change,” said the statement. “(The report) does not take into account future management actions or Parks Canada’s specific responsibilities in managing Wood Buffalo National Park in the face of these potential challenges.” The agency said it is committed to securing Wood Buffalo’s future as a World Heritage Site. Campbell said governments need to ensure that the area continues to get the volume of water it needs to sustain itself. “We need to really look at providing the flows that the Peace-Athabasca needs
to stay resilient to climate change,” she said. “We’re poorly understanding the cumulative impacts.” It’s not the first time Canada has been warned about the future of Wood Buffalo. Last June, UNESCO scientists visited the park at the invitation of the Mikisew. They found the same concerns listed in the report and warned the park’s world heritage status would be endangered unless Canada implemented 17 recommendations. The group gave Canada until March to come up with a plan and until December to show progress. Parks Canada said it is “working with partners” to come up with an action plan for the park.
were disappointed. She says they received passes to the news conference by claiming they were freelance journalists. Zacks says they were escorted out of the news conference by the prime minister’s RCMP security team, handcuffed by Vancouver police officers and taken to a nearby station. After being questioned by police, Zacks says they were released. The $6.8-billion pipeline expansion project between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C., would nearly triple the line’s capacity and increase tanker traffic sevenfold along British Columbia’s southern coast. (AP)
countries to phase out coal as part of efforts to curb climate change. The initiative — dubbed the Global Alliance to Power Past Coal — was unveiled in Bonn, Germany today by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and her U.K. counterpart, Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry, Claire Perry. The new anti-coal alliance is expected to include Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand and several U.S. states committed to the Paris climate accord even as the U.S and other countries plan to expand the use of coal in the coming years. Even Germany and Poland, hosts of climate talks this year and next, are holding onto coal for the foreseeable future. Canada has committed to shutting down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2030. Ontario has already shut down all of its coalfired plants, and Alberta
has committed to doing the same by 2030, though the plan in that province is to mainly use another fossil fuel: natural gas. Speaking in Manila on Tuesday at a summit of Southeast Asian coun-
tries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called coal the “dirtiest of all fossil fuels” and that reducing its use is one of the greatest challenges to meeting climate change targets. (CP/AP)
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LIFE Erebus or bust: Sailing the Northwest Passage
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Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is seen from expedition ship the Ocean Endeavour during an Arctic cruise with Adventure Canada. Marina McCready Special to the News
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t’s a journey I dreamed of for a long time: In September I took an amazing 17-day trip through the Northwest Passage. With the passage opening up, it has become possible. The Arctic ice is melting at an accelerating rate and I decided to go see it for myself while there is still some left. Still, I would prefer that global warming didn’t exist and my dream stayed unrealized. I knew I would rather stick pins in my eyes than go on a huge cruise ship and I liked the idea of going through the Canadian Arctic with a homegrown company, so I chose Adventure Canada and its 200-passenger expedition ship, the Ocean Endeavour. I opted to take the trip from west to east because it involved a special collaboration with Parks Canada, featuring planned stops at the wreck of HMS Erebus and several other national
parks including Nunavut’s newest on Bathurst Island. The journey was to begin in Kugluktuk but that was changed last minute to Cambridge Bay because the Ocean Endeavour was delayed by pack ice on the trip from east to west. It was impressive how quickly Adventure Canada was able to react to this change and organize new charter flights from Edmonton to Cambridge Bay. When we arrived in Cambridge Bay we were immediately loaded into zodiacs and taken out to the ship. There began an adventure with the most educated, eclectic and well-travelled group of people I have ever had the pleasure to be with. That evening we were introduced to the staff who included experts in all things Arctic. I also discovered there were two Yukoners on staff as zodiac drivers and bear-guards. The passengers came from several countries and had wildly varying backgrounds and
financial means. However, expedition travel is a great equalizer and soon enough we would all feel a bond gained through shared experience. On day two, as we travelled east in Queen Maud Gulf, the seas seemed to be getting bumpier. Then in the afternoon the swells got bigger and bigger as the wind picked up strength. It got foggy and started to snow, coating the decks in wet slush that quickly turned to ice. We were in a storm with sustained winds of 40-45 knots (around 75 km/h) gusting occasionally to 60 knots (around 110 km/h). Those of us not suffering from sea sickness heard a talk on Arctic exploration by historian Ken McGoogan. That was followed with a presentation by Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology manager, on how the wrecks of Sir John Franklin’s ships the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were found in 2014 and 2016, some 170 years
after they set sail in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. Passengers on board the Ocean Endeavour eagerly anticipated visiting the Erebus site the next day. Alas, our dream was soon dashed as Mother Nature thwarted the carefully laid plans of Parks Canada with a wicked storm. The captain deemed it too dangerous to approach the Erebus because it’s located in an archipelago of little rocky islands. On top of that, some of the Parks Canada tent camp that was going to host us on an island near the Erebus had blown down in the storm. The disappointment on the ship was palpable. Many of us passengers had chosen this trip because of the planned stop at the Erebus. Some Parks Canada employees on our ship had spent over six months planning for this first ever public visit to the Erebus and they were devastated. We all sat morosely
in the lounge nursing pre-dinner drinks and pondering the incredible bad timing of the storm. Inevitably, our thoughts turned to the explorers of old who had dreamed of finding the Northwest Passage only to be thwarted by the harsh environment which in many cases led to loss of ships and lives. These thoughts made our bad luck seem trivial as unlike those hapless explorers we would live to see another day and dream another dream. That evening our ship finally found shelter from the storm in a protected cove near a defunct DEW Line station at the entrance of Simpson Strait. Next morning, Bernier gave detailed presentations on the current state of excavations of the Erebus and Terror as well as some plans for next year. Since we couldn’t visit the Erebus, it was a small consolation. To maintain the integrity of the sites, Parks Canada has established a
100-square-km protection zone around each of the wrecks. Inuit from nearby Gjoa Haven watch over the wrecks and report unauthorized activity in the protection zones. I was surprised to learn that the Erebus is located in shallow water, with the top deck just over three meters below the surface. Divers have spent around 250 hours searching the wreck and recovered many artifacts. The Terror is in deeper water and researchers have obtained more than 10 hours of video using a remote-operated vehicle. It is better preserved than the Erebus. Researchers have already learned that the Terror was not at anchor when it sank and that a complete life boat is sitting on the ocean bottom beside it. The two wrecks still contain numerous secrets researchers hope they will be able to one day uncover. Marina McCready is a Whitehorse based freelance writer and photographer. This piece is first in a five-part series.
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Governments, consumers dangerously exposed as data becomes new currency Ian Bickis Canadian Press
CALGARY ould you sign on to a Wi-Fi service that promised to maliciously steal your data? That’s what dozens of people at an Ottawa communications conference unwittingly agreed to this week when they signed a free Wi-Fi waiver, with the alarming clause inserted to emphasize the importance of consciously reviewing terms of service. It was a playful but poignant reminder of the need for heightened vigilance online, as corporations and criminals alike look for increasingly intrusive ways to feed their insatiable appetite for data. But there are harsher ways to learn about the importance of cybersecurity. Richard, a Toronto-based entrepreneur, is one of the thousands of Canadians whose social insurance numbers, birthdates and other critical information was stolen in the massive Equifax Inc. data breach announced this fall. The news has already had resounding effects on his life and could have implications for many years to come. “Someone could assume me entirely, duplicate me basically,” he said, now worried enough not to want
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to share his last name. “I can’t concentrate on my work, because I’m thinking, oh my God, what’s going to happen?” Cybersecurity experts fear the sheer scale and pace of change in the information economy has caught governments flat-footed and left citizens vulnerable, requiring increased vigilance from individuals when signing up for services and sharing online. Compounding the problem is that many of us willingly hand over our information every time we download an app or use social media. There’s even a caveat emptor for the times: ‘If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.’ Too many people agree to the terms of use without understanding the consequences, said Paul-Olivier Dehaye, a data privacy advocate. “It’s very hard, it’s very opaque, to know what’s going to be done with the data, how it will impact them.” The Swiss mathematician said even though consumers can be nonchalant when signing up, many are stricken with a sense of alarm when they are confronted with the reams of data collected on them, or when they’re shown some of its uses, like manipulating online prices based on personal profiles.
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Earlier this year, Dehaye helped a woman retrieve 800 pages of data that dating app Tinder had amassed on her, including the age-rank of men she was interested in, he physical location while using the app, and every personal conversation with potential dates. Facebook is particularly adept at building deep user profiles, pooling data like job titles, the type of phone users have, favourite hobbies, buying behaviour, and relationship status into precise customer profiles for advertisers to target. Users can get a sense of what Facebook has collected by navigating to the ad preferences section of the site. The push for data goes beyond advertisers though, with insurance companies making some of the boldest pushes into having people willingly give up personal information. Manulife Financial Corp. recently launched a program in Canada to track the heartbeats of users and other health statistics through an Apple watch in exchange for discounted rates on life insurance. Similarly, both Desjardins and TD Insurance have launched smartphone
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Cybersecurity experts fear the sheer scale and pace of change in the information economy has caught governments flat-footed and left citizens vulnerable. apps to track detailed driving habits, including speed and stopping behaviour, for a discount on car insurance. However, people should be vigilant whenever they are asked for their data, as governments have been slow to update Canadian privacy laws, said Kris Klein, a lawyer with nNovation LLP. “There has always been a responsibility on the end user to take certain steps to make sure private information remains private.” Klein said Canada’s efforts to protect personal information lag those of the European Union and the
Customer Service Program (English/French) This 15 week course is a collaboration between AFY and Yukon College that focuses on development the nine essential skills: Document use, Digital Technology, Continuous Learning, Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Working with Others, Thinking, and Oral Communication. As part of this program students will explore their personal strengths, as well as confront their barriers to employment. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a customer service work placement which will allow them to obtain on-the-job experience, as well as participate in safety training, and professional development certiÀcation courses. • Improve Essential Skills such as Reading, Math, Communication, and Computers • Explore career options and build employment skills with separated English and French sections
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United States. The EU has approved sweeping changes to data protection laws that are set to take effect next year and include the “right to be forgotten” and require “clear and affirmative consent.” In the U.S., nearly every state has entrenched data breach disclosure laws and federal regulators can impose harsher penalties, including fines, on negligent companies. He pointed to the example of the now infamous hack at Canadian affair-seeking website Ashley Madison, which was forced
to pay US$1.6 million to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Canada’s privacy watchdog merely urged it to comply with a list of recommendations. “Data protection in the United States is taken a fair amount more seriously than it is in Canada, because there’s a great big stick that’s going to hit you where it really counts.” But the implications of data collection go well beyond targeted ads or embarrassing details getting leaked. Dehaye points out that societal implications of enforcing stringent data protection go far beyond an individual’s right to privacy. It is becoming increasingly clear that Russia used Facebook, Twitter and Google to meddle in last year’s U.S. presidential election, and governments are relying more heavily on big data for policy decisions. “More and more systems that govern society will be algorithmic, will be built on data,” he said. “We have to maintain some control over the whole data system in order to have a fair society in the long term.”
GLADUE REPORT WRITER TRAINING November 28, 29 & 30, 2017
A Gladue Report is a presentencing report that considers the background of Aboriginal offenders and alternatives to incarceration. Upon successful completion of the Gladue Report Writer training, you may have an opportunity to provide Gladue Reports to Yukon First Nations in the justice system. If you would like to apply to the Gladue Report Writer training program, an application form must be completed including writing sample. Contact Laura Hoversland, Senior Justice Analyst for an application form and submit no later than November 22, 2017.
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Holiday tips and gifts for your survivalist Leanne Italie Associated Press
NEW YORK here are survivalists ready to keep themselves alive for months with nothing more than a plastic fork (perhaps an exaggeration), then there’s a greater universe of preppers who might need some help with bug-out gear come the end of the world. While you may think
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hurricane-strength winds and large enough for an entire family. The original 14-footer with a height of 9 feet at the centre offers 154 square feet and weighs 600 pounds. A 20-foot version offers 314 square feet and is 12 feet high at the centre. The Juneau, Alaska, company offers price quotes online, depending on what size, insulation, flooring and window options are chosen. Lots of colours for one’s dome are available: bright yellow or hot pink, anyone? Base prices range from US$7,500 to US$12,500. The best part: Join domes for multi-room dwellings, or future cities.
The zombie knife Which mega-knife to pack is a highly personal prepper decision, one that your average harried holiday gifter may not understand or have time to deep-dive
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The image released by Uncharted Supply Co. shows the exterior and interior of the Seventy2 emergency preparedness backpack. Don’t leave the survivalists and preppers in your life off your holiday gift list when bug-out items are plentiful.
Our big dog ‘Bannock’ went missing from the North Klondike Highway, Km 582, not long after Halloween. Last seen near Stewart Crossing on Friday, November 3rd.
We miss him very much. If you have seen him please contact (867) 393-3217 or email: juliana@northwestel.net
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Loss & Grief WORKSHOP Grief affects all workplaces. The effects of grief are felt by those who experienced the loss, and by their co‐workers. This course will help those with leadership responsibilities to: • Take an in‐depth look at the nature of grief. • Develop practical tools to provide effective leadership in crises and high stress periods. • Learn to anticipate the challenges of supporting employees through loss in the workplace. • Establish appropriate support and maintain productivity in your unique work environment. • Hear first‐hand from guest speakers who have provided excellent leadership during times of loss in their workplaces.
Who should attend: Managers, supervisors, educators, HR professionals, school principals, and anyone in a leadership role.
Wed., Nov. 29 | 8:30am—12pm L’Association Franco‐Yukonnaise, 302 Strickland Street Cost: $95 + GST To register call Yukon College: 668‐8710 (CRN: 10401) For more info call Hospice Yukon 667‐7429 “Planning for grief and loss is a missing piece in our leadership toolbox. We regularly practice fire drills and implement emergency plans that are rarely needed, yet somehow we fail to plan for tremendously impactful events like grief and loss that will inevitably occur in the workplace” - Kelvin Leary, Former DM of ECO
research. In the alternative, choose nice-looking with good reviews from those in the know online and go for an accompanying sheath to fancy up the offering. A fun name is a plus, such as the Zombie Tinder Survivor 1 at US$210, handmade in the USA. It has an exceptionally sharp choil, or the section of the blade next to the handle, according to the makers at Zombietinder. com. That part, the company declares, is good for cutting rope, limbing small trees, splitting the rib cage of large game and making fuzz sticks for fire starting. Take that, zombies.
Water, water, water It’s used by NATO, the U.S. military and the Red Cross, according to Filtersfast. com. It’s the free-standing, hand-operated and high-capacity Katadyn 8016389 Expedition KFT Water Filter System — and it’s a beaut from the Swiss company at US$1,499.95. Water, in the event of disaster, is liquid gold, the same colour as this sleek
The cool guy bug-out bag Heading into the great unknown doesn’t have to mean unattractive. The Seventy2 kit comes highly rated, fully loaded and it’s DARN cool at US$349.99. It’s called that because it’s designed to get one through the first crucial 72 hours of a crisis. It’s also inspirational, with handy advice right on the bag: “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast,” as in don’t freak out. There’s a backpack within the backpack for double duty. Supply pockets are colour-coded and stuffed with Datrex food bars, water filtration and storage bladders,
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first aid, tools and wilderness electronics. Pro tip: The puff ball on the warm and cozy beanie hat can be cut off and used as a fire starter. You can also bread crumb your way out of any situation with a healthy portion of bright orange duct tape and recharge cellphones with a hand-cranked power source. Plastic interior panels with holes can be used as splints or snowshoes, laced with some of the 100 feet of red paracord provided. The whole shebang: 11.4 pounds, as seen on Shark Tank.
Up like a tent, strong as a bunker Planning to survive in place or take shelter in the wilderness? Several dome home designs are available at Intershelter.com. Intended for disaster, the military and other uses, including a solution for the homeless, these fiberglass composite shelters are pre-drilled with bolt holes, quick to assemble, and they’re small enough in pieces to fit into the bed of a pickup truck. They’re built to sustain
When even the dark web goes dark So, there you are, in your emergency dome, eating your emergency food, drinking your fully filtered water. Now what? Is there life in the way of entertainment with no internet? There’s not a People magazine in sight. Anne Washburn has written a dark comedy, “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” that offers an idea or two on exactly how to pass the time post-apocalypse. The key, Washburn thinks, is The Simpsons. Picture a group of survivors around a campfire struggling to remember a certain Simpsons episode. Specifically, it’s the one based on the film Cape Fear. Now, picture the same group quickly transforming into a theatre troupe, recalling better pop culture days in song and dance, Simpsons masks on. Because, why? “You would really want things to be comforting and familiar, and exactly the way you remember them,” Washburn explains of “Mr. Burns” at Playwrighthorizons.org. “The way it is for small kids after a crisis. The way it is for anyone after a crisis. You really want to remember how things were.” Prep that preppers.
Arctic Winter Games 2018 Speed Skating Trials Yukon Amateur Speed Skating Association will hold its trials for the 2018 AWG Team on Sunday, December 10 at 3:30 pm. Age categories will be as follows: • Junior Male & Female: Born between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 2003. • Juvenile Male & Female: Born between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2006.
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s many countries move away from big hydro projects, B.C.’s government must decide whether to continue work on the Site C dam. The controversial megaproject would flood a 100-kilometre stretch of the Peace River Valley and provide enough power for the equivalent of about 500,000 homes. The BC Utilities Commission, an independent body responsible for ensuring British Columbians pay fair energy rates, found the dam is likely behind schedule and over budget, with completion costs estimated at more than $10 billion. In a “high impact” scenario, it may go over budget by as much as 50 per cent. The dam has faced court challenges and political actions by Treaty 8 First Nations and farmers whose land would be flooded. Treaty 8 First Nations stand to lose hunting and fishing grounds, burial sites and other areas
vital to their culture and sustenance. West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations demonstrated the devastating environmental impacts Site C will have. The Peace Valley’s land and waters are an integral part of First Nations’ identity, stories, songs and language. An open letter opposing the project, signed by 27 people and groups, including Amnesty International, says the project betrays Canada’s commitment under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Consent from affected Indigenous Peoples is required for developments such as megadams, yet the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations did not give consent. BC Hydro’s economic analysis also ignored ecosystems and the benefits they provide. The David Suzuki Foundation estimates ecosystem services from farmland, wetland and other natural capital in the Peace watershed are conservatively worth $7.9 billion to $8.6 billion a year. Services that sustain the health and well-being of local communities include air and water filtration, erosion control, recreational services and wildlife habitat. The replacement value of what will be lost by flooding far exceeds the dam’s economic returns.
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Failure to account for the loss of ecosystem services puts us on a destructive course and undervalues natural capital in regulatory decisions. Alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal, leveraging existing projects and prioritizing localized generation could be as good — or better — for B.C. ratepayers as the megadam. Alternative energy has the advantage of being able to be timed for when it’s needed. Additional generation capacity may not even be necessary because BC Hydro currently exports or sells a significant amount of power, often at a loss, outside the province. Serious concerns are also being raised about production and release of methylmercury from soil. When land is flooded, naturally occurring soil bacteria can convert mercury to methylmercury, a toxic compound that can move up the food chain and potentially harm human health. Modelling projections for Muskrat Falls dam on the lower Churchill River indicate flooding likely will increase methylmercury 10-fold in the dammed river and 2.6-fold in surface waters downstream. Methylmercury concerns loom at 22 major dams now proposed or under construction close to Indigenous communities in Canada,
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bad public policy, and it’s not too late to halt it. Canada must join other nations and stop the destructive, unnecessary practice of damming major rivers and running roughshod over Indigenous rights and title. Lower impact renewable energy, like wind,
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Calvary Baptist 1301 FIR STREET | 633-2886 | Pastor L.E. Harrison 633-4089
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada First Service 10:00 - 11:00 am Sunday School (ages 0-12) 10:00 - 11:00 am Second Service 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 91806 Alaska Highway | Ph: 668-4877 | www.bethanychurch.ca
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including Site C. The area to be flooded is some of the North’s most arable farmland. Agrologist Wendy Holm estimates this breadbasket can feed a million people in the region, an important feature as climate change alters growing seasons and demands more local food systems. Dams now supply about three-fifths of Canada’s electricity. A long-held belief that big hydro projects are the most economically sustainable energy options is fast losing support as renewable energy costs plummet and projects multiply worldwide. The Peace Valley has an incredible ability to generate natural wealth if protected from development. The alternative is ecological fragmentation. Economic scrutiny of Site C was long overdue but only answers some questions about hydro megaprojects. We can’t elevate the economy above what we need to survive. Humans are now the primary factor altering the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. Building more megadams epitomizes the folly of our ways. The Site C dam should never have been approved. Continuing construction is
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Buddhist Meditation Society
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Meditation Drop-in • Everyone Welcome! Mondays 5:15 to 6:15 pm (Except Stat Holidays) 403 Lowe Street | www.vajranorth.org | 667-6951
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Yukon Muslim Association
2111 Centennial St. (Porter Creek) Sunday School & Morning Worship - 10:45 am Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details PASTOR NORAYR (Norman) HAJIAN www.whitehorsenazarene.org | 633-4903
1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) | 633-5385 | All are welcome. “We’re Open Saturdays!” Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting
Dean Sean Murphy, Rector | 668-5530 4TH AVENUE & ELLIOTT STREET Sunday Communion Services 8:30 & 10:00 am Thursday Service 12:10 pm (Bag Lunch) OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00 am to 12 Noon
1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland www.yukonmuslims.ca For further information about, and to discover Islam, please contact: Javed Muhammad (867) 332-8116 or Adil Khalik (867) 633-4078 or send an e-mail to info@yukonmuslims.ca
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Meets each Saturday at 1:00 pm for Worship Service. Please join us at the log church across from the RCMP station. Call Pastor Wade Holmes at 332-9768 for more info.
149 Wilson Drive 668-5727 Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon
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Mount Sima offers bilingual ski lessons Amy Kenny Special to the News
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hen Raphaelle Couratin moved from France to the Yukon last November, she didn’t speak English very well. “I succeeded to learn English teaching skiing and sharing with kids and adults on skis,” says Couratin, manager of the Mount Sima Snow School. “There’s a specific vocabulary.… you have to speak with the other while skiing.” That experience is part of what led Couratin to offer a bilingual ski class at Mount Sima this year. That, and the fact that a number of parents within the local French community asked her about French-language ski instruction at Sima. As a result, Share Your Language is one of the brand new programs on Sima’s schedule for January 2018. The full-day class (which costs $80) is tailored to all abilities, for kids aged 6 to 15. Couratin says that for half the day, kids will receive English instruction, and for the other half, they’ll receive French,
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Share Your Language is one of several brand new programs on Mount Sima’s schedule for 2018. though the skiing is more of a vehicle for other things. “I hope the kids come to have fun and ski, but moreso I hope they share their passion and language.… It’s a group with
different ages and levels, but the goal is more to share language on skis, which is more fun than doing it in class.” In addition to the bilingual program, Couratin says the ski school is
offering two other new programs this winter. One is an introductory freestyle session designed for kids who already have good technique and are looking for something a bit more challenging
(“there’s no specific club or place where small kids could go and freestyle,” says Couratin). The other is a full-day introductory backcountry skiing class for more experienced skiers, ages
14 and up. Couratin says backcountry doesn’t usually offer the same groomed trails you’d find at a ski hill, so skiers have to adapt. For the program, she says Mount Sima has a trail with fresh snow, where participants can play around and learn the techniques required to explore more out-of-the-way backcountry locations. In addition to the three new classes, Sima is offering From Women for Women for those 12 and up. Couratin says it’s available in a one-day format or a five-day format. Both include an all-day lift ticket and apres-ski snacks, including cake and beer. She says the five-day course has an extensive yoga component for those who want to progress in the practice and explore it more fully. There’s also standard ski school programming including five-week ski and snowboard classes for kids ages 4 to 15 and Christmas camps from Dec. 21 to Dec. 31. For more information, or to register for classes, visit mountsima.com, or call 867-668-4557 ext.2 Contact the Yukon News at editor@yukon-news.com
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Remembering Loved Ones Place your condolences online. Visit www.yukon-news.com, obituary page.
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ita Fromme was the oldest of nine children raised on a small farm on the Gaspe Peninsula. Her father grew root vegetables cherries and apples. Though the family’s income was meagre, Rita remembered her parents as loving who provided their family with a good start in life. She attended school (grades one to eleven) in a four room building. Rita was a voracious reader attracted to fictional authors who could, like herself, tell a really good story. One “Rita” story she weaved around her iconic story telling during family gatherings was her telling of the “hippy couple who were into yoga.” In the early 70’s Rita had occasion to rent an apartment in Vancouver. Across the hall were a young twenty something “hippy” couple who liked Rita and invited her for tea. When Rita arrived the young man was poised in the living room in a well known yoga position. Rita glanced his way for a bit, looked him up and down, and without flinching sat down to tea and crumpets. She politely drank her tea and visited with the young lady. After about fifteen minutes the hostess remarked her boyfriend was deeply committed to his yoga exercise. Rita, still without batting an eye, said “Ah, yes, that’s the crane isn’t it!” The man obviously believed clothes would hinder his free expression of the “crane pose” as he stood naked as a jay bird.
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We Miss You Our hearts still ache with sadness And many tears still flow. What it meant to lose you, No one will ever know. We hold you close Within our hearts, And there you will remain, To walk with us Throughout our lives, Until we meet again. Mom, Dad, Sister Helaina, M We Miss You Everyday, Brothers Rylee, Tyrell, And We Luv Yew Too. and family & friends.
At seventeen, Rita started her nursing career and trained at the Montreal General. Nurses lived in residence with scant opportunity for entertainment. But when they did go out on a date, the Matron of the Residence - “Cuddles” they called her, waited at the entrance until midnight curfew. “Come In” she would yelp at any brave nurse who took too long to say good night. Rita graduated from nursing school but returned to the Gaspe to nurse her mother. When she was able to return to Montreal, she bunked with her sister, Della. One Saturday morning, the door bell rang. Rita, in housecoat and curlers thought it was her sister and chastised her, “Good Gracious Della, can’t you remember your key?” When she opened the door she first set eyes on Gerry Fromme, who had come knocking to take Della to a show. One thing lead to another and Rita recounted, “he was so persistent I eventually just accepted the inevitable.” Rita also told us more than once, there was no better place than Montreal in the early fifties for a passionate love affair. Gerry was in the Air Force stationed not far from Montreal and they courted for a couple of years. Rather than be stationed in Germany they chose to move to Whitehorse, Gerry’s home town. Rita’s rendition of her decision to follow him was “Oh you know, whither thou goest I will go, plus she said she didn’t care one way or another”. They married November 29, 1958. Their two sons Steven and Michael were born in 61 and 65. Gerry and Rita moved from Whitehorse to Fairbanks, back to Whitehorse then to Vancouver to raise their sons. Rita and Gerry returned to Whitehorse in 1984 and eventually moved to their beau-
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Catherine Margaret Woods July 15, 1920 October 23, 2017
Sadly, on October 23, 2017, Catherine Margaret Woods quietly slipped away in her sleep at Macaulay Lodge. She was a caring and gracious lady who will be lovingly remembered by family and friends. She leaves behind her three step-children, Theresa Tessier, Patricia Haight, and Ronald Woods, all of Whitehorse. She also leaves behind sisters Elsie Kramer of Kelowna, B.C, and Bea Hoffert (Harold) of Calgary, Alberta, as well as much loved nieces, nephews, grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Catherine was predeceased by her husband Gerald, parents John and Nellie, her brothers Carl, Albert, Edward and Victor, and sisters Frankie and Helen. We would like to thank the staff at Macaulay Lodge for taking such special care of our step-mother Catherine.
tiful, quaint home overlooking Marsh Lake in Judas Creek. Rita loved Judas Creek, and she loved retirement. Gerry worked with Corrections Yukon until he retired, Rita nursed at Whitehorse General, Thompson Center and McCauley before she retired. They were married fifty-six years when Gerry passed suddenly in May 2014. Rita could not manage on her own at Judas Creek and the difficult decision to move to town was made. Rita, in typical fashion, pulled up her big girl panties and created a lovely apartment at Greenwood Place with her blue and white colour scheme and memorabilia accumulated over the years.
At her request, no services will take place.
Join us at 2:00 November 23rd at Christ Church Cathedral to say farewell to a wonderful wife, mother and friend. There is a reception at Hellaby Hall following the service.
A truly lovely woman is no exaggeration. The desserts that came from her kitchen are legendary: cream puffs, cakes, pies, cookies, plum pudding will never taste the same without her. Rita’s sense of humor and pragmatic approach to life’s vicissitudes was admired by many; but Rita’s devotion to Gerry and her family defined her. Rita is survived by her two sons Stephen and Michael; daughters-inlaw Joanne and Jeannie; grandchildren Michelle, Erin, Danielle and Clair and great grand children Tyler and Kaylin. Rita left us on November 13th, ready to go, anxious to see Gerry and reap her just rewards.
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Lee Enfield No. 1 Mk III, 303 British, 10-rd mag, sporterized, exc cond, w/budget scope, PAL req’d, $350 firm. 333-2680 Lee Enfield No. 4 converted to .308 win, new barrel in the white, new stock, scope mount, no sights, no mag, PAL req’d, $450 firm. 3332680 LICENSED TO BUY, SELL & CONSIGN rifles & ammo at G&R NEW & USED 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY * SELL Rifle 243 Ruger M77 w/Ruko scope, 2X-7X32, waterproof, $600 obo. 867-689-6197
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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. A comprehensive job description is available at: Watson Lake Designated Office, 820 Adela Trail in Watson Lake, Head Office, Suite 200–309 Strickland Street in Whitehorse or on our website at www.yesab.ca/employment 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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Mossberg JIC M500 Mariner 12gauge, pistol grip shotgun w/orange carrying tube, new, PAL req’d, $450. 633-6828
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Executive Director Over the past 50 years, YCS has worked with communities, First Nation governments and diverse organizations to achieve many conservation victories in the territory. We are looking for a leader who will embrace the challenges and opportunities of this dynamic and evolving landscape and chart a path forward for YCS that will expand our inÁuence and add to our long record of success. We are looking for someone who is passionate about conservation, actively seeks out strategic collaborations, is a compelling public speaker, can skillfully manage our internal organization, and knows the importance of taking the time to get out on the land. The successful candidate must have: • excellent communication skills • management, fundraising, and strategic planning skills • experience with non-governmental organizations • relevant educational background or equivalent experience • knowledge of environmental issues • a strong environmental ethic 37.5 hours per week | $27 to $32 per hour Closing date: December 1, 2017 Email resume and cover letter to: info@yukonconservation.org, Subject Line: Attention: Search Committee For full job description see www.yukonconservation.org Yukon Conservation Society 302 Hawkins Street, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 1X6 867-668-5678
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2 wood kitchen arm chairs, upholstered seats, $70/pair. 311B Hanson Street. Table set, 4 chairs, mechanical leaf, bar height, exc cond, $1,400 new, asking $260. 335-2038 or 336-0995
Oil-filled electric heater, radiator type, free standing, $30 obo. 3344110 Potter’s clay, 6 lbs, $10. Felt hats, cowboy, Smithbilt, like new, $25-35. Early’s Witney, r 4-point caped blanket coat, Voyageur, 1970, $200. 334-1875
Heavy Duty Machinery 2005 Clark C25 Forklift, 4,500 lb capacity, 15’ lift, propane, side shift, exc cond, $18,000 obo. 667-7646 Magnum chain rack, holds 1 set of triple tire chains or 4 single chains, new, $200. 633-4656
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 2017 MANUFACTURED HOMES starting under $80,000 delivered! Best Buy Homes Kelowna www.bestbuyhousing.com Canada’s largest in-stock home selection, quick, custom factory orders, park communities! Text/call 250765-2223. 220 CD’s, wide selection, $40 obo. 393-2780 2 lateral filing cabinets, $50 ea; drafting table 4’x6’, adjustable, $200 obo. 668-2007 3/4 length, navy blue winter coat. Brand new, size 3x, down fill, $80/obo. 393-2780 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 Acupuncture kits texts, sealed needle packs, $25/ea. 334-1875 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 Canvas wall tent, 14’x16’x5’ with aluminum frame, $2,000. 333-3154 Coin Collections and certified bank notes, rarity pieces for sale, all 30% off. Francois @ 336-7579 Cranberries & blueberries; Cdn Tire soft spa; large stuffed white tiger; small pet carrier, $20; bird cage with toys, $25. 393-1992 Elliptical trainer, cardio style, barely used, $500 obo. 633-4311 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 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 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 Kitchen table, $100; Small Sony TV w/Blueray Nexflix, $150; Twin bed, line new, $200; Acer laptop, $150; newer futon bed, $75. 332-1560 Mattress pads, wool in brocade, cuddle ewes, 2 sin + 1 dbl, $150$200. 334-1875 Mink fur jacket, size med, waist length, lined. New over $2500, asking $500 obo. 867-689-5907 Motorized Scooter, Invacare Comet, only used one year, $2,500. 6333240 Moving sale: pool table, $275 obo; ProForm folding treadmill, $500 obo; Jobmate 6 cu.ft wheelbarrow, $40 obo; Workbench, $175 obo; household appliances, all new cond. Phone/text 867-689-1947 Ornate balinese chess set in case. Pieces gods, $50. 334-1875
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 Steel tank cradle, holds up to 250 gal, 4’ high, steel construction, like new, $200. 633-4656 Ted Harrison Painting Paradise books, soft cover @ $40, retail $80, or limited edition signed hard cover @ $250, retail $500. 633-4311 Tempo Treadmill, from Canadian Tire 2 years ago, good condition, $300. 668-3358 Women’s addidas runners, turquois, sz 8, exc cond, worn only a few times. 668-4108 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. Yukon women’s parka, maroon with appliques, sz 14, full length, maroon, seldom worn, needs fur on hood, $200. 821-3821
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 roofing for large shed. 334-6087
Musical Instruments Violin Nishakawa 1950s, sweet & clear, case canvas, $120. 334-1875
Sporting Goods Magellan Meridian XL Navigator, 6 pcs, in case, manual, $25. 334-1875
Stereo / DVD / TV TV Cable Box Digital Video Recorder (DVR), Motorola DCT3412, record up to 70 hrs. of digital TV or 15 hrs. of HD, $100 obo. 633-6961.
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
Auto Accessories/Parts 17” 6-hole aluminum rims off 2006 F-150, fits many years, excellent shape, use for summer/winter tires, $400. 867-536-2345 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 Goodyear Duratrac studded winter tires, 100% tread (used 3 month sold truck). Size: 265/70/17, $400 for all. 633-4234 4 winter tires for Smart Car on rims. 660-5545 5th wheel hitch, $1000. 334-5186 Acura wheel lock kit complete, $30; cable chains, 14”, $25. 633-4311 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
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LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 Email: bfkitchen@hotmail.com
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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
Utility Trailers Hockey Yukon is seeking a top-quality administrator to assist in delivering its mandate to serve and support all Yukon Hockey associations, to foster, improve and encourage amateur hockey, and as the sport governing body for amateur hockey in Yukon. Reporting directly to the President of Hockey Yukon, the Association Administrator is responsible for carrying out the day to day administrative tasks of the Association to ensure Hockey Yukon programs are well supported. Strong administrative, record keeping, organizational, and interpersonal skills are essential to the effective performance of this position. This part-time permanent role requires a commitment of approximately 12 hours/week for approximately 41 weeks per year (August to mid-May). Some weekend work may be required throughout the hockey season. A job description is available at www.hockeyyukon.ca. Letters of interest and resumes may be emailed to president@hockeyyukon.ca or dropped off at Sport Yukon (Attention: President, Hockey Yukon) by 5 pm December 6, 2017. We appreciate all responses; only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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1978 Camaro with 350 4 bolt mains 350 transmission, just put in, needs assembly, underneath is very tight, would pass inspection,$1200. 6333819 2003 Kia Sedona Van, doesn’t run, needs new water pump & battery, remote starter, roof racks, P/L, P/W, $900. Text/call 867-335-3377 2003 Subaru Forester, regularly serviced, heated seats, P/W, P/D, P/mirrors, stereo, good cond, $5,500 obo. 393-2275 2006 Toyota Corolla, 190,000kms, white, serviced regularly, second set of tires w/rims included, great cond, $5,450. 393-2275 2006 Toyota Matrix, manual, FWD, well maintained, remote start, winter/summer tires on rims, ski rack, just serviced, has check engine light on for oxygen sensor, 108,000kms, $4,500. 334-1703 2007 Ford Escape, exc cond, $4,500 obo. 334-7305 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 efficient, $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 2012 Dodge Gran Caravan, 187,000Km, loaded, excellent condition, winterized, extra set of new winter tires, $10,500 obo. 322-2404 2015 Dodge Journey SXT V6, 15,000kms, loaded, 5-dr, 7 seat, exc cond, new Nokian tires, $21,000 obo. 456-3373
2013 26’ Everglight trailer, leather seats and chesterfield upholstery, lightweight, easy to haul, large fridge, stove, oven, TV, multiple storage areas, A/C, pics available, $27,000. 633-3113
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 GIO 4-stroke 250 dirt bike, low kms, good shape, $900. 633-5088
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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
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
BUSY BEAVERS Hauling, Pruning, Painting Snow Shoveling General Labour Call Francois and Katherine 456-4755
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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 2006 Bombardier Skandic snowmobile, widetrack, 800 cc, new battery, great condition, runs great, $4,500. 334-3456
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Announcements 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. Alaska Highway, The Yukon Perspective, 1942-2017. Join us on Monday, November 20, doors open at 7pm. Alaska Highway material on display, films & refreshments. www.yukonarchives.ca 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.
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Trucks & Vans 1955 Ford pick-up, good body panels, some new parts, restoration job. 332-3928 1967 Ford Mercury F100, 54,751 original miles, overload springs, good rubber, new fuel pump, needs work & has rust, engine runs well, $2,200 obo. 399-3920 eves 1992 Toyota Xtra cab, p/u 4x4, needs engine, good tires, new clutch, have new parts. 332-3928 evenings 1993 Jeep Wrangler, over $12,000 invested, Rubicon 3” lift on 32” BFG, great for hunting, bush, exploration, plowing, $4,000. 867-536-2345 2001 Dodge Montana mini-van, new windshield, good condition, c/w mechanical safety. 867-689-9011 2001 Ford Windstar 7 passenger, new tires, V/6, auto, P/S, P/W, radio, tape, low kms, $4,200. 667-7777 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 F350 quad cab, short box, 4x4 Triton V10, 212,000 kms, fully loaded, clean, $16,500 obo. 633-2218 2008 F150 4x4 crewcab, rack with flashing light, exc cond, $8500 obo. 334-7305 2009 Chev Ex-cab 4X4, long box, V/8 auto, P/S, P/W, A/C radio, tape, new rubber two spares, $8,400. 667-7777
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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 Come celebrate the Weekend Soup Kitchen. All current and former volunteers potluck dinner on Friday, November 24, 5:30pm, at CYO Hall. More info, Philip at 667-4743 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 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. Drop in Mental Health Association, Yukon’s Holiday Open House. Mingle and enjoy some refreshments on Thursday, December 7th, 5-7pm upstairs, Horwood’s Mall #1. 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 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. Friends of Yukon Permanent Art Collection AGM Wednesday, November 22 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm in the Whitehorse Visitor Information Centre. New and current members welcome. Refreshments provided. Info: 667-5858 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 Workshop: Living with Loss Wed Nov 22, 6:30-8:30pm at Whitehorse Public Library for anyone living with grief or supporting others who are grieving. To register: 6677429 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 Japanese Style Holiday Craft Workshop @Alpine Bakery second floor. Japanese Language School for children fundraiser. Adults $10, Children free. Make Japanese style origami ornaments and craft with Japanese materials. Jazz on the Wing. Nov 26. 7:30 pm. Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt Quintet from New York City. Yukon Arts Centre cabaret. Keystone Kops Society AGM is Tuesday, November 21, 7pm, Cliffside Country Store and Greenhouse, upstairs boardroom Kluane Quilter’s Guild Annual General Meeting is Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at 5:30pm, Whitehorse Public Library, 1171 Front Street. Please come and join us. Long Ago Yukon SKYPE speaker Dr. Alexis M. Mychajliw “ ‘Lost World’ of Caribbean mammals: extinction and survival from Pleistocene to Anthropocene”” 1 p.m. Saturday, November 18 Beringia Centre. 633-6579 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.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Garage Sales 1410 Centennial St, Porter Creek just beside Super A, Saturday November 18, 9am-1pm, items from multiple families
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Announcements Coming Events 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/ Porter Creek Secondary School Council regular council meeting is November 22, 2017, at 6:30pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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 Stories into Songs, free workshop for seniors. Come tell us what’s on your mind and pro musicians will make it into a song. November 19, 1pm-4pm, Well Read Books. Info: 336-2015 or wittheatre.ca 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 Photography Club presents Don Komarechka for photography workshop weekend November 24-26. Info and tickets at www.whitehorsephotoclub.ca Yukon Council on Aging’s Learning for Life event: Vision and Hearing Tuesday, November 21, 9:30-11 am Golden Age Complex, 4061-4th Ave To register: www.learningforlifeyukon.weebly.com or call 668-3383 Yukon East Coast Cultural Association AGM is Tuesday, December 5, 6:30pm, at the Whitehorse Legion. Joint the Board or just vote. More info yukon.east@gmail.com
Personals Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club November 14, 2017 1st - Bill Curtis & Chic Callas 2nd - Jan Ogilvy & Darwin Wreggitt 3rd - Chris Hemmings & Ken Schick 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.co
Lost & Found FOUND: Gauntlets, men’s fleece lined with rough leather outer, on Hayes Place. 667-6043 Lost: Our dog, Bannock went missing from the North Klondike Hwy, Km582 not long after Halloween. Last seen near Stewart Crossing on Fri, Nov 3. We miss him very much. 393-3217 juliana@northwestel.net LOST: Red briefcase; reward offered. Inger @ 867-334-5233
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against THE ESTATE OF
THERESE LEONA COMEAU,
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. BY: Madeleine Girard c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251
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Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is December 7, 2017. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at robert.kostelnik@gov.yk.ca. All tenders and proposals are subject to a Compliance Review. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. Bidders and/or Proponents are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/tenders/
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Deceased of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory who died on September 7, 2017.
Project Description: Government of Yukon is soliciting proposals for the provision of services for the on-going operation, maintenance, repairs, inspections and monitoring of the former Mount Nansen Mine Site (B.Y.G Natural Resources Inc). Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is January 10, 2018. 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 Leigh Adamsky at leigh.adamsky@gov.yk.ca. Please see tender documents for information about the site visit. 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. This tender is subject to the Comprehensive Economic and 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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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.
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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
Saturday, November 18, 11am-3pm at The Old Fire Hall hosted by YDEC. Fair Trade International crafts.
Annual Christmas Bazaar
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!
Andrea’s Clothing, Crafts & More sale
Saturday, November 25, Day’s Inn, 10am to 3pm, new and used clothing, children’s 5X, Avon, Steeped Tea, Candles, Crafts & more!
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
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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.
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.
By the Book Craft Sale.
Friday, December 1, 10am to 8pm AND Saturday, December 2, 10am-5pm. Join us at Well Read Books.
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.
Last Minute Christmas Sale
Saturday, December 2, 10am-3pm, Golden Age Society, 4061A – Fourth Avenue, Sport Yukon Building
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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