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by Dan Davidson

Governor General David John-son, his wife Sharon, and his en-tourage, including Yukon’s Com-missioner Doug Phillips, arrived in Dawson on Thursday. They were greeted by members of the town and First Nation councils in an informal gathering at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.

The Hӓn Singers and Dancers were waiting in the main gather-ing room to greet the arrivals with the “Welcome Song”, “O Canada” (sung in Hän) and “The

Flag Song”, much to the delight of the visitors.

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in executive director Michael Earl welcomed the Governor General to the First Nation’s traditional territory and introduced the receiving line of officials, including TH Chief Eddie Taylor, Mayor Peter Jen-kins, and town councillors Rick Riemer, Stephen Johnson and Wayne Potoroka.

“Dawson has a history of wel-coming and inviting the gover-nors general to Dawson and it’s a tradition we’re happy to continue

here today,” Earl said.Chief Eddie Taylor

was full of enthusiasm for the event.

“On behalf of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in I’d really like to welcome the Governor General to our traditional terri-tory. Enjoy your time here. It’s an honour and a privilege to have you standing right here in our cultural centre. Mahsi Cho.”

Mayor Peter Jenkins spoke next.

“Governor General, on behalf of the city

and our residents we welcome you to Dawson City. It was founded on the finding of gold in this area. Just don’t go out in the streets because one of the biggest lies is that the streets are paved with gold. They’re not. There’s still plenty of gold around here but our most valuable assets are our people and the traditional home of the TH. Those of us who have chosen to live here and those of us who were born here just welcome you with our open hearts. It’s a great place and it’s so wonderful for you and your wife to spend some time up here.

“Of course you’ve brought along our Commissioner, your representative, and I’m sure you’ll leave a little gold dust here.”

“Well thank you,” Johnston re-plied. “What a delight to be here and what a warm and wonderful welcome. Sharon, my wife, and I are thrilled to be here with your Commissioner and his wife. This is our third visit to Yukon, but my first visit to Dawson. The first time I was here was a meeting of the national round table on the economy; over 20 years ago we

Governor General Finds Dawson a Wonderful Place for Families

Governor General David Johnston (in the helmet), a

former college hockey star and one-time NHL prospect, donned skates to play with the students from RSS, as well as members of the Dawson Nuggets and Ottawa Senators Alumni.

Photo supplied by Jim Regimbal

Dawson’s version of Hockey Day featured shinny games on the Yukon River, an afternoon’s sports day for the school, dog-sled rides for our guests from Ottawa and hot chocolate for everyone. It also featured the

only really pleasant day we had in two weeks, with sunshine

and relative warmth.Photo by

David Rohatensky

Cont’d on p. 2

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met in Whitehorse and in Haines Junction.

“The next time we were here – Sharon, myself and our five daughters – we were visiting Barry Stuart, whom some of you will remember as a judge, but who is a great friend and godfa-ther to my fifth daughter. This is the third visit and the first time to Dawson, but the next time we come back to Dawson we’ll bring the seven grandchildren, because this is such a wonderful place for families. You’ve made us feel like members of your family right from the start, so we’re looking forward to our short visit with you and it’ll just be a precursor of things to come.”

The formalities out of the way, Glenda Bolt introduced the guests to Fran Morberg- Green, who took them on a brief tour of the centre’s Hammerstone Gallery.

Following this the visitors had an opportunity to meet some of the mushers participating in the Yukon Quest at both the Visitor Information Centre and the dog park in the territorial campground across the ice bridge, and to see a bit of Dawson.

The Governor General, a for-mer university hockey player of some renown, who was once considered an NHL draft pick, attended the Klondike Cup chal-lenge hockey game at the Art and Margaret Fry Arena that evening, and actually dropped the puck to begin the game.

Early Friday the visitors flew on to Old Crow.

Governor General David Johnston is greeted at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Center by Facility Manager Glenda Bolt and TH Heritage Director Jackie Olson.

Photos by Dan Davidson

A delighted Governor General and wife, Sharon, applaud the Hӓn Sing-ers as they tried out their native language version of “O Canada” for the first time to welcome the guests.

Mayor Peter Jenkins, wearing his chain of office, greets Gov. Gen. Johnston (far right). Others in the picture (l-r) are Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Chief Eddie Taylor, Dawson Councillor Stephen Johnson, and TH Executive Director Michael Earl.

Governor General David Johnston Visits Dawson

Cont’d from p. 1

Game One Sees Anderson ScoreStory and Photosby Michael GatesFebruary 9, 2011

Dawson struck back, scoring its first goal against arch rivals Ottawa since they challenged for the Stanley Cup 106 years ago. Kevin Anderson flipped the puck in the net with an as-sist from ringer Brad May, who joined the team for this special contest. Anderson seemed de-termined to get the puck in the net and was responsible for several of the best chances that Dawson had against this retired set of pros from the Ottawa Senators.

Good goal tending and some determined defensive work by Dawson kept the score respect-able until well into the third period, when the team appeared to tire a little, and the persistent teamwork from the Ottawa bunch started to pay off.

Ottawa scored twice in the first period and twice again in the second before unleashing a torrent of points in the final frame. The arena erupted into the loudest roar of the evening when Anderson scored, but it was all a lot of fun. Good spirits were evident between the two teams when they posed to-gether for the group photo after the game was completed.

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KIDS HELPING KIDS

The Class of 1999 is back again to bag groceries on the Heri-tage Day Weekend for a good cause, to help the Bierlmeier family. Shayla (10), Kyle (8), and Taylor (5) lost their loving father, Tim Bierlmeier, in a tragic accident. We are raising money for the kids’ education. Your generous donations will be given to these children. We are helping because a lot of our friends and relatives were friends of Tim Bierlmeier.

Game One Sees Anderson ScoreStory and Photosby Michael GatesFebruary 9, 2011

Dawson struck back, scoring its first goal against arch rivals Ottawa since they challenged for the Stanley Cup 106 years ago. Kevin Anderson flipped the puck in the net with an as-sist from ringer Brad May, who joined the team for this special contest. Anderson seemed de-termined to get the puck in the net and was responsible for several of the best chances that Dawson had against this retired set of pros from the Ottawa Senators.

Good goal tending and some determined defensive work by Dawson kept the score respect-able until well into the third period, when the team appeared to tire a little, and the persistent teamwork from the Ottawa bunch started to pay off.

Ottawa scored twice in the first period and twice again in the second before unleashing a torrent of points in the final frame. The arena erupted into the loudest roar of the evening when Anderson scored, but it was all a lot of fun. Good spirits were evident between the two teams when they posed to-gether for the group photo after the game was completed.

Photo by Michael Gates

Photo by Michael Gates

By Dan Davidson

Home ice advantage wasn’t enough to bring victory to the Dawson City Nuggets on February 10, but it did help to bring them the most respect-able score they have ever had in their 106-year rivalry with several generations of teams from Ottawa.

While the Senators’ Alumni team did have the last word, with a goal scored in the last 5 and half seconds of the game, the third period was fairly evenly matched as such things

Nuggets Shine on Home Ice

go, with the Nuggets scoring three goals against the six by the visitors.

The Senators owned the first period, scoring four unanswered goals before a capacity crowd of 400 anxious fans in the Art

and Margaret Fry Arena after Governor General David John-ston dropped the puck. But the play was not one-sided. Richard Nagano fended off a great many shots on goal for the Nuggets. Gerry Armstrong was simply more effective for the Alumni.

The second period showed a shift with the Alumni managing only two goals against Daniel Green, while the Nuggets’ Kevin Anderson repeated his Thursday night performance and put the Nuggets on the score board. It was 6-1 for the visitors at that point.

The Alumni opened the scor-ing in the third period but then a trip gave Dale Kulych a pen-alty shot, which he breezed by Armstrong, giving heart to his team. The visitors continued their methodical attack on the Nuggets’ net, but John Flynn scored a third goal for the home team, and then Kulych put in another, bringing the score up to four for the Nuggets.

The crowd and the team were certainly hoping for at least one more, and the Nuggets tried hard, but the last successful run was made by the Alumni, with just seconds left in the game. That made the final score 12 to 4 for the Ottawa team.

John Barrett circled the rink

with the coveted Klondike Cup, the players all shook hands, and

it was over. Considering that the scores in

1905 were 9 to 2 and 23 to 2, and that the 1997 rematch was a lopsided 18-0, this year’s two games ending in 10 to 1 and 12 to 4 are an improvement overall, with the Nuggets scoring more goals than in the previous 106 years.

Ottawa’s Shawn Rivers told the broadcast crew of Nathan Dewell and Steve Lazlo that it had been a great trip and it was too bad it couldn’t be an annual event.

Kudos are owed to camera operator Jay Armitage, who did a great job following the play, and to CFYT-fm, which managed to broadcast the game on radio, local cable channel 12 and via streaming video on the Internet.

Hockey Fans Annie Granger, Sarah Aubertin and and Teresa Conkin

GG Scores on Fire Chief. Photos courtesy of Teresa Conkin

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Uffish Thoughts: When the Proof is in the PuddingBy Dan Davidson

It’s budget time again and sure as God made little green apples we’re going to hear (or read) the various parties using each other as whetstones to put an edge on their rhetoric for the coming election campaign.

I expect to hear and read the phrase “the proof is in the pudding” any number of times. In fact, I’ve seen it once already, but the person who was quoted as having uttered it contacted me that very day to say he had been misquoted or, at least, paraphrased.

Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell and I have had this conversation before.

Did you know that there are some 70 different kinds of puddings (according to Wikipedia) and that they break down into four distinctly different categories?

I sort of knew this before I started poking around.

I grew up with Jell-O

puddings for the most part, but my grandmother used to prepare an odd dish she called a bread pudding and my mother-in-law introduced me to a British dish we called a Money Pudding or Christmas Pudding, which contains carrots and coins as main ingredients. Then there’s that restaurant staple, Yorkshire Pudding, which comes with roast beef and seems to be a sort of anorexic croissant.

Finally, in this recitation of strange puddings, there’s the haggis, which Robbie Burns described as the “chieftain o’ the puddin’ race” but which seems to us to be much closer to being some sort of sausage.

So there are many, many puddings.

Perhaps this is part of the reason why the saying “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” came into being. You just don’t know what you’ve got until you sample it. One source suggests that the origin came from the savory pudding

branch, which originally contained meat of some sort and could be lethal if not prepared properly.

Applied to a budget or any other kind of government program, the original saying is very apt. So often the law of unintended consequences comes into play when theoretical legalisms bump up against reality.

Or, to bring another Burnsism into the mix, “the best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley”. This is usually rendered into regular English as “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray”

We had an example of this here in Dawson recently when the crafting of a provisional budget resulted in the temporary elimination of a utilities subsidy, which has, for many years, been a bonus to residents who pay their bills on time or ahead of time.

I’m not as nasty as the online Urban Dictionary when it comes to dealing with proof

and pudding. They begin their entry by stating unequivocally that this is “A phrase that, when uttered, instantly identifies the speaker as being incredibly stupid and illiterate.”

Another Internet reference

says that the original saying has been altered due to cultural change. “Perhaps it’s a sign of our increasingly fast-paced, short-attention-span society that even our old proverbs are being shortened and clipped down from the original full sayings.”

Be that as it may, I agree with a third site that says: “The proof of the pudding is just

shorthand for ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating.’” That longer version makes sense at least, whereas the shortened version really doesn’t mean anything - nor does the often-quoted incorrect variation ‘the proof is in the pudding’.

In trying to think of ways in which the proof might be said to be in the pudding, all I could come up with was the idea that a pudding, which would have to be one of the baked, steamed or boiled varieties, might have some sort of spirits as part of its liquid content. In which case the end result would have the same kick as the special cakes a friend of mine likes to make.

If that were the case, and if such cakes were served during budget meetings, that might explain why the government keeps predicting impossible surpluses which never seem to materialize.

In such cases, the proof of the pudding really is in the eating.

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This free public service helps our readers find their way through the many activites all over town. Any small happening may need preparation and planning, so let us know in

good time! To join this listing contact Tara Borin at klondikesun@northwestel.net.

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) - Odd Gallery: Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 5 pm Sat noon - 5pm. Visit www.kiac.ca for current exhibitions and pro-gramming information. Film Fest Selection Mondays & Wednesdays, Nov. 8th - Feb. 28th 2011, in the KIAC classroom: Help choose films to be screened at the 2011 Short Film Fest. Just show up, or contact Dan at 993-5005/filmfest@kiac.ca Upcoming Concerts - Feb. 25th, David Friesen. Doors @ 7:30, starts @ 8 p.m. Tickets available at KIAC. March 6th, Trio Accord. More info TBA.

Northern Songs and Stories - Feb. 24th, 7:30 p.m. at the Dӓnojà Zho Cultural Center. Free admission!

Trek Over the Top - March 3rd-6th, March 10th-13th. Contact kva@dawson.net for more information.

Thaw-Di-Gras - March 17th-20th. We’re almost there! Contact kva@dawson.net for more information.

Dawson Curling Club - The ice is in! Team nights every Tues. Drop-in curling Mon/Wed/Thurs. Any skill level welcome! For info call 993-6262 or visit www.dawsoncurling.blogspot.com

Dawson City Rec Department - Drop-in Badminton Mondays in the RSS Gymnasium Families from 6:15-7:15 p.m., Adults from 7:15-8:30 p.m. Fitness Classes Mon, Wed and Fri 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Ancillary Room. $2 drop-in fee or $25/6 weeks. For more information on these and other available programs, please contact the Rec Department, 993-2353

Dawson City Museum Theatre - Please see www.dcmmovies.blogspot.com for upcoming show titles.

Westminster Hotel - Barnacle Bob in the Tavern, Thurs. - Sat. nights, 4-8. In the lounge this month: Friday nights, the Greasy Band, Saturday nights featuring Harmonica George. Music starts at 10 p.m.

Dawson City Chamber of Commerce - Regular meetings 2nd Wed. of each month.

Dawson City Community Library - Open Mon - Fri, noon to 6:30. Reading by Berton House Writer-in-residence Sara Tilley: Wed. March 9, 7 p.m.

Conservation Klondike Society Depot Hours - Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed: 1-5 pm, Tues: 3-7 pm. Donations of refundables may be left on the deck during off hours. Info: 993-6666

WHAT TO SEE AND DO IN DAWSON NOW

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Get rebate application forms and details at local stores that sell good energy products, call the Energy Solutions Centre at 393-7063 or toll-free 1-800-661-0408 ext. 7063, or visit www.esc.gov.yk.ca

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By Dan Davidson

There’s a long list of studies examining Dawson’s socioeco-nomic situation. Mark Wickham, of Across the River Consulting, is able to list a baker’s dozen of them without reaching back any further than 2007. Acknowledg-ing the existence of such earlier efforts as the Klondike Valley Land Use Plan, the City of Daw-son’s Official Community Plan, and the planning efforts arising from Chapter 22 of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in’s Land Claim Agree-ment, it is still safe to say that the seeds that led to the formation of the Klondike Development Orga-nization were planted in 2007.

In that year both the Dawson Chamber of Commerce and the City of Dawson commissioned studies to examine various seg-ments of Dawson’s economy.

The Chamber’s survey revealed that a shortage of skilled labour, a lack of opportunities for business succession and a dearth of both land and buildings were priority items.

The town’s study revealed that there was a shortage of investment capital for small businesses and

start-ups, that the various levels of government did not communicate and cooperate well, that there was a shortage of housing and a lack of local infrastructure and service delivery.

In order to better promote the town, enhance networking and build a local investment capital pool, that study recommended the “formation of an arm’s length eco-nomic development corporation to deliver and enhance economic development services in the com-munity.”

Not long after that the lead orga-nizations – the Chamber, the City, the Dawson City Arts Society and the Klondike Visitors Associa-tion – began the deliberations and further studies that led to the first public launch of the Klondike Development Organization on February 17.

There were two separate ses-sions that day. The launch party was held in the Oddfellows Hall Ballroom at 5 p.m. According to KDO president Gary Parker (who is the executive director of the KVA) it attracted between 40 and 50 people. There was a brief overview of the history and purpose of the KDO and lots of

positive chatter.It could be compared to the des-

sert of the day.The main course, the meat and

potatoes of the presentation, was consumed by a shifting number of 15 to 20 people representing most of the organizations in the town, and held during the afternoon. They also met at the Oddfellows Hall, but this meeting ran some-what longer than three hours and went into much greater depth.

The KDO board is made up of two members from each of the founding organizations, with room left over for Chief Isaac Inc., the business arm of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, which is still looking over the prospectus.

Its guiding vision is to create “a resilient Klondike where highly engaged citizens, networks and organizations collaborate to build a sustainable economy.”

To that end, the board has identi-fied a four-element mission state-ment in which it states that it will endeavor to assist in “diversifying and strengthening the local eco-nomic base” through:

“• Pro-active strategies and services aimed at retaining and

g r o w i n g a healthy busi-ness base;

“• Increas-ing access to equity invest-ment capital;

“• Strength-en ing eco -n o m i c a n d social sectors critical to the future of the Klondike;

“• Address-ing strategic gaps in ser-vices.”

Half of the afternoon ses-sion was spent

discussing the seven points of the KOD’s strategic plan, which includes: enterprise retention and development, research, key sec-tor development, an investment capital pool, a partnership forum,

community marketing, and social enterprise.

It is key sector development, specifically the demographic shift in population and the lack of appropriate housing in the town,

which has cap-tured the group’s attention first. The rationale is that the key ele-ment in any plan-ning is people.

Wi c k h a m ’s studies have re-vealed that Daw-son, more than any Yukon com-munity other than Faro, has expe-rienced a major population shift since 1996. The

percentage of every age bracket below 54 has declined in that period, while the over 54 bracket has jumped by 122.4%.

This has had an effect on the la-bour force, the school population, and the generational succession of business ownership.

It is the position of the KDO board that something must be done to make it easier for young people to establish themselves here. Pro-jections in the early 1990s, when Dawson was growing at between 5% to 10% yearly, had the town and adjacent settlements reaching 5,000 residents by now. Instead, it topped out in 1996 with 2026 and has since declined to 1891 ac-cording to the records at the local Health Centre.

As a first step, the board would like to see the number climb back up to the 1996 level, and would like to see the bulk of that increase be younger people.

Indications are that the biggest barrier to this end is the lack of affordable housing, what Wick-ham calls a mismatch of housing stock to population need. Analysis shows that Dawson has about 10% more singles than the territorial average living in homes that are large enough for families and that

about 14% more people are renting homes than owning them.

The KOD is circulating two surveys related to housing in Dawson and a third related to business needs.

Residents will be asked about their housing needs and wants, and also about their spending related to housing, including how much of it is local and how much leaves the town. This survey will be available in hard copy or online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/Klondike-HousingDemandSurvey.

The business survey will deal with expansion and succession, labour force, support services, “business expenditure leakage targets” and development oppor-tunities for both enterprise and employment. In addition to an in-person interview conducted by Across the River Consulting, this survey will also be online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/Klondike-BusinessSurvey.

Analysis of both surveys should be complete in March at which time the KDO will hold its next Partnership Forum.

The Klondike Development Organization Has a Plan to Revive Dawson

Mark Wickham’s Across the River consulting firm is a key part of this organization.

Gary Parker is the KDO’s president.

This Partnership Forum could be the first of many to come.

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in OUR community

by Rheas Flanagan

This week SOVA stu-dents concluded a tex-tiles unit with Veronica Verkley in 3D class. Our assignment was to create three pieces for a life-sized exquisite corpse. The assignment is not a cadaver lesson in anatomy, but a spin on a method thought up by surrealists. An exquisite corpse is most often assembled by more than one person using words or images. Each collaborator adds to a composition in se-quence with little to no idea as to what has gone before, creating a (hope-fully) single, unified and unique work. For this assign-ment, we were given a circle as a guideline and complete

freedom to create pieces that would eventually be mixed and matched with our class-mates’. The resulting body

Eye on SOVA

Solvey Johnsgaard’s assembled exquisite corpse.

of work gives some disturbing insight into the inner workings of SOVA student minds. All the sculptures will be displayed in the SOVA gallery until the first week of March, and anyone curious is invited to have a look. Viewer discretion is advised.

For the beginning of a unit on sound Charles Stankievich taught us how to build our own contact microphones. He even picked up the pieces especially for us while he was in Vienna.

And watch out Daw-son, school is out for SOVA Students next week, as it is our reading break. We’ll be out recording sounds and sleeping in until noon.

By Dan Davidson

The City of Dawson and former mayor Glen Everitt have agreed to stop suing each other. This news was reported by the CBC on Feb. 10 and by the Whitehorse Star on Feb. 11. This article will summarize the main points from these pieces and add some additional background and local information.The town’s lawyers indicated that

Dawson will make due with the $38,300 in repayments assigned to Everitt by Judge Heino Lilles last summer when Everitt was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of “breach of public trust”. His sentence included one year of house arrest and numerous conditions, as well as payments of $400 monthly until such time as he is gainfully employed and able to pay more.The forensic audit launched by the

territorial government after Ever-itt’s town council was removed from office initially claimed that he was guilty of pocketing much more than that, but a criminal investiga-tion by the RCMP identified only $38,300, very close to the sum of around $40,000 which the former mayor had admitted to owing the town in a public meeting some months before being removed from office. Aside from the criminal investi-

gation, the town also launched a civil suit to recover $43,704 from Everitt. In turn he sued the town for $59,000 in unpaid overtime. The town had decided, under

Mayor Art Webster’s council, that the office of mayor would become a full-time job for the duration of the centennial years in the late 1990s. Mayors were to be treated as salaried employees with the same benefits as staff. Everitt inherited this arrangement when he took office after a by-election when Webster resigned to seek the NDP nomination for the position of MLA before the next territorial election. The Whitehorse Star reported that

Everitt had once given the town a cheque for the full amount he owed,

which he termed “loans”, but that the cheque could not be cashed. Everitt has denied that there was a problem with the cheque.The Star’s story, by Stephanie

Waddell, continues:“The town’s court statement

notes that it demanded repayment for the loans, but Everitt never paid up. The town, therefore, filed the lawsuit for the full amount of the loans, interest, cost and anything else the court would deem just.

“Everitt’s statement of defence denies the claim fully, arguing he was never invoiced, as the town had stated.

“In his counterclaim in the case, Everitt argued the town still owed him overtime pay he never received during his seven years as mayor.

“Dawson never resolved the issue of pay past 37.5 hours each week and owed him for the extra hours he put in, his statement read. The town denied each of the allegations against it in its statement of defence.

“The town violated labour laws, with negotiations never completed on work hours, Everitt continued in his statements, before seeking $59,000 along with interest and court costs.”

Once the court had decided on a payment schedule in the criminal case and determined the amount involved, it seemed unlikely that there was anything to be gained from pursuing a civil suit. Dawson’s council has been minimally responsive to questions about this case over the last year, merely saying that it was under review.

It did appear on the agendas for council meetings for some time, but has faded away in recent months.

Everitt is currently serving his house arrest sentence near Chatham, Ontario, where he is attending college courses and seeking medical treatment for a number of ailments as documented in the Agreed Statement of Facts that was arrived at before his conviction and sentencing.

Lawsuits Between City and Former Mayor have been Dropped

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Bookendsby Dan Davidson

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By Dan Davidson

DroodBy Dan SimmonsLittle, Brown775 pages$19.99

Charles Dickens’ last novel was The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a novel that he did not live to com-plete, but which has inspired a number of possible attempts at a solution, several movies and stage presentations and even a musical comedy.

However strange that last item may have been, I venture to say that Dan Simmons’ latest novel tops them all. Drood is Simmons’ sec-ond venture into the 19th century, and follows The Terror, which was his re-imagining of the Franklin expedition disaster.

Drood gives us an ambiguous look at the events in Dickens’ life and novel, in which the tale is retold in the first person by Wilkie Collins, a contemporary of Dickens who is best known for The Moon-stone and The Woman in White. The former novel is often seen as one of the earliest detective novels, while the latter contains the seeds of the gothic novel.

Collins’ voice in this novel is the very personification of what

we call the unreliable narrator, a person whose credibility and perceptions cannot be trusted for a variety of reasons.

In this case, Collins, who is often viewed as being a protégé of Dick-

ens, alternates between sycophan-tic hero worship and jealous envy of his friend and sometime editor, and everything he tells us about events in the story can be seen through those alternating lenses. He loves Dickens and yet, as his narrative wears on, he becomes consumed with the idea of killing his friend, and plots the murder in great detail.

Add to this the fact that Collins is a serious laudanum and opium user, whose habit grows as the page count lengthens, and you re-ally have to wonder how much of

what he sees and hears, or thinks he sees and hears, can be trusted. He sees a creature living in the dark hallways of his house. He fancies that there is an Other Wilkie who shares with him the task of writing some of his books and plays. He is a severe head case.

At the core of the book’s plot is the idea that Dickens was caught in a train wreck while he was travelling with his mistress about five years before he died, and that during this event he met an eldritch figure he calls Drood, with whom he became obsessed during the remainder of his life. He passes on to Collins nearly all of his meetings with this apparently undying mys-tic of Anglo-Egyptian heritage and together they seek to find out all they can about him, a quest enabled and, indeed, prodded along by the involvement of a number of retired Scotland Yard detectives.

Drood, an archfiend at the level of Moriarity, haunts the sewers of London and commands an army of mad, stealthy followers with filed cannibal teeth. His goal is to have his secret biography and the rites of his cult recorded by Dickens. But if he can’t have Dickens, he’ll settle for Collins. So it is no won-der that Collins eventually has his own meetings in the temple-like surroundings of the underground ways.

Simmons’ presentation of his two central characters agrees with their professional and public biog-

raphies (three pages of references show he did his homework) and will probably lead most readers to do some research of their own to check this out. But his excursions into the fantastic and macabre take what might have been a straightfor-ward historical novel into the realm of the horror story.

Perhaps.Or maybe these excursions are

just in the increasingly unbalanced mind of his first person narrator, Collins, who is a thoroughly un-likeable character a good deal of the time.

Except for his devotion to his mother, Collins treats the women in his life terribly, and apparently murders the daughter of his house-keepers, locking her in an unused passageway in his house to be devoured by a hideous creature that has been haunting his drug induced day and night mares, and then faking her apparent elope-ment with a young man so that the parents won’t know. Or maybe he imagined the whole thing.

It was my distaste for the Collins persona which led me to set this book aside several times and seek lighter fare, just to clear my liter-ary palette, so to speak. I always did know that I would return to

finish it, though, and the last 200 or so pages flew by without inter-ruption.

Part of this is because the book contains fascinating insights into the career of Charles Dickens, and the passages that tell about his cel-ebrated public readings (the stress of which contributed to his death at the age of 58) are intense and gripping reading. Dickens comes off as a man who is arrogant and puffed up without realizing that he is, a man who means well, but can’t see his own flaws, a man in love with words and drama so much that perhaps he does not actually live in the real world.

The degree to which he is be-loved by almost everyone except his immediate family says a lot about how he embraced what he saw as his place in the world.

Simmons’ evocation of this time and place and these people makes this book a great read.

He’s written two more books since this monster. Black Hills in-volves the ghost of General Custer and Flashback is a future dystopia. I haven’t seen either of them. After that he says he’d like to write a book in which Henry James meets Sherlock Holmes. Just imagine what that would be like.

Revisiting the Mystery of Edwin Drood

by Genesee Keevll(Originally printed in The Yukon News, February 11, 2011.)

Dawson City’s school buses are lemons. In December, one of Takhini Transport’s drivers’ was fired after refusing to drive a bus that was leaking diesel. A few weeks later, a bus full of children was about to turn onto the highway when there was a loud explosion and a big red flash. The kids were evacuated.

And the bus ended up in the shop.

Then, on Wednesday, one of the buses died in front of the school after classes let out.

The driver couldn’t get it going

again.The kids had to take turns going

home on the one remaining bus.The dead bus ended up on a

flatbed, and was towed to a local garage.

“The mechanic came out, but couldn’t get it running:’ said Cyndy Dekuysscher, Education’s director of finance systems and administra-tion.

In the garage, it was put on a trickle charger overnight, but the batteries didn’t take the charge, she said.

New batteries are on their way, said Dekuysscher . . .

The Education Department is not worried about the state of Dawson’s school buses, she added.

“Even with new vehicles,you can have problems:’ said Dekuysscher. “This was simply s stalled bus.”

The bus should be working again by next week,” she said.

The bus that had the minor explo-sion a few weeks ago “backfired:’ she said, in an earlier interview with the News.

“Sometimes there’s a flash out the back;’ she added. “These things happen, especially in cold weather.”

But that bus ended up in the shop too.

It also needed a part replaced, said Dekuysscher at the time.

Takhini Transport’s Dawson buses have a lot of problems, ac-cording to former driver Tiss Clark.

Clark drove streetcars and buses for the Toronto Transit Commis-sion for 11 years, before taking the job in Dawson. And she knows drivers are responsible for the safety of their passengers.

Under responsibility of the driver, the Yukon’s Education Act states: “No driver shall drive with students as passengers until satis-fied that the contracted vehicle is in safe mechanical condition.”

According to Clark, the Dawson buses had many mechanical issues: The two-way radios - a safety fea-ture- hadn’t been working on the Dawson buses since October. One

bus had problems with billowing smoke and had to be shut down and restarted periodically to mitigate the problem.

Another had starter problems.But the leaking diesel really wor-

ried Clark. When she complained, she was fired.

“We live in the North, things freeze and thaw;’ said Education’s student transportation officer Dea Hrebien, of the leaking bus.

“Keeping up with maintenance is a constant,” she said at the time.

Takhini Transport has repeatedly refused comment on its Dawson bus problems.

Bad Buses Come in Threes

THE KLONDIKE SUNWednesday, February 23, 2011 page 9

SPORTS in the Sun:Team Schimdt Mystifies the Buttons in International Bonspiel Final Story and photos by Evan Rensch

“I said before the tournament started, ‘Well we’re not going to win, but we’re at least going to have fun’ ”.

These are surprising words from skip Connie Riemer, whose team Schmidt edged past the tournament favourite Mystic Buttons in the exciting “A” Division Final at the 112th annual International Bonspiel, held February 4th-6th at the Dawson Curling Club. The Buttons – who finished first in the Commercial Bonspiel back in January– suffered their first loss of the season.

Schmidt led the Buttons 8-5 go-ing into the final eighth end before Buttons skip Tim Jones managed to tie the game up with an amazing final throw. In an extra ninth end, Schmidt regained their composure and took the win, 9-8.

“It was nerve racking – Tim didn’t want to shoot skip rocks, so we decided to play the extra end,” explains Riemer.

This year marked the twelth time she has competed in the Interna-tional Bonspiel, but this was her first tournament win.

“It’s very exciting, none of us can believe it!”

Such a narrow defeat was dis-appointing for the Buttons, who entered the tournament with high expectations and serious intentions. The squad’s brand-new, custom-designed hoodies could be seen as a sign of their solidarity and com-mitment to the event.

Skip Jones, despite his disap-pointment, graciously acknowl-edged the outstanding play of his opponents.

“Although it was easily our best game of the tournament in terms of our own performance, we were outfought at every turn by Team Schmidt who came through in the clutch. They earned it.”

“We’re disappointed in our loss but the Buttons will rise again,” he added.

Riemer was equally impressed with the level of play.

“Both teams played extremely well and had fantastic shots the whole game.”

This year marked the 112th year for the illustrious tournament and featured 12 teams competing over a two-and-a-half day period. The event culminated with a final ban-quet held Sunday night; prizes were presented to 1st and 2nd place teams from all divisions.

The Curling Club would like to thank all the volunteers who made this event possible, includ-ing Akio Saito, Beat Kaelin, Eldo Enns, Mark & Tarie Castellarin, Rick & Connie Riemer, Chuck & Bonnie Barber, and Dan & Laurie Sokolowski. Thanks also goes out to all of the local businesses who contributed prizes for the winning competitors.

This year’s tournament was dedi-cated to the memory of Jack Fraser, a faithful friend of the Dawson Curling Club.

(See the full tournament results on the back page of this issue.)

A-Divison winners Team Schmidt (from left to right): Spencer Wallace, Lupine Bulmer, Axel Riemer, and Connie Riemer.

By Megan Graham

With bated breath and spicy smokies, the crowd in the Top of the World Curling Club anxiously awaited the A-Division final match up for the 112th International Bonspiel: Team Schmidt vs. The Mystic Buttons.

Skip Connie Riemer of Team Schmidt came out fighting in the first end, with a raised takeout for 3 points.

In the second end, Dylan Meyer-hoffer answered with a double takeout, which scared Connie into a miss. Skip Tim Jones landed a draw for 2, bringing the score to 3 Schmidt - 2 Buttons.

In the third end, the spectators cheered when notoriously stoic Jonathan Howe cracked a smile and celebrated after a successful shot. Things were looking good for the Buttons, who were sitting 5 points, but Connie used the hammer to crush the dream of a breakaway, scoring 1 point for Schmidt.

The fourth end is best described by commentary from spectator Will White: “Too much jam, not enough peanut butter.” Rocks were flying through the house on both sides, due to weight issues and oversweeping. John K. Samson, visiting DCMF Songwriter-in-Residence and curler (a “rock star”

in more ways than one), wanted to declare a “sweeping error” for Team Schmidt, but it was decided among the crowd that you couldn’t say that about the two fresh-faced teenagers playing on the team. At the bottom of the fourth end, Schmidt managed to steal a point, bringing the score to 5 Schmidt – 2 Buttons.

In the fifth end, the Buttons earned 2 points with a takeout and stick, but Connie quickly responded in the sixth end with a draw for 1, vigourously sweep-ing in a score of 6 Schmidt – 4 Buttons.

All in all, it is an understatement to say that the mood was tense in the Top of the World Curling Club, as Connie earned her team another point with a perfect draw in the seventh end, bringing the score to 7 Schmidt – 4 Buttons.

Could bonspiel favourites Mys-tic Buttons (and champions of the 2011 Dawson City Commercial Bonspiel) defeat the rag-tag team of Connie Riemer, her teenage son, his teenage friend Spencer (a silent killer to boot), and a suspiciously cheerful mystery woman? And speaking of silent killers, how about that Buttons Lead Evelyn Pollock, with her cool reserve and excellent offense and defense?

In the final end, Jones’ only hope was to make a perfect draw into the

four foot. The spectators anxiously held their breath as Jones made his graceful delivery towards the club windows. Fives of people stood to watch the rock’s progression down the sheet. And then, a perfect landing! The crowd erupted into cheers, pumping fists towards the curling god who brought the But-tons a chance at redemption.

Tournament rules called for skip rocks, where each skip would throw one rock at the button. The crowd yelled to the teams to play towards the windows, but to everyone’s surprise, the teams responded by saying that they were going to play another full end. At this point, the spectators were emotionally exhausted from the riveting game, and admittedly, attention was turned to the Super Bowl’s half-time performance from the Black Eyed Peas on the curling club television.

In the end, the hearts of the fans of the Mystic Buttons were crushed. As master commentator White remarked, “with sweeping and the willpower of [exuberant spectator] Edie,” Team Schmidt stole the final point, bringing the overtime score to 8 Schmidt – 7 Buttons. As humble in defeat as they are in victory, the Buttons congratulated Team Schmidt, and for the first time, enjoyed not cleaning the ice.

Game in Focus: A-Division FinalsDylan Meyerhoffer sports the new Mystic Buttons team logo.

Mark Castellarin guides his rock down the ice in the B-Division final.

Skips Jones (top) and Riemer (bottom) in mid-glide during the A-Division final.

THE KLONDIKE SUN Wednesday, February 23, 2011page 10

Story & PhotosBy Dan Davidson

Land seemed to be on every-one’s mind in Dawson City at various meetings on February 9. At both the Chamber of Commerce and the City Council meetings, the lack of available land was held to be a major detriment to the future development and growth of the town.

Denny Kobayashi, Director of Business and Industry Develop-ment was the chief presenter at the monthly chamber meeting, but the major chatter after his presentation concerned land and the availability of housing. Chamber president Helen Bowie asked that Kobayashi

pass on to the Yukon Housing Corporation that it should shelve its immediate plans to demolish the aging Kobo Apartments once

the new units on Turner Street are complete as the town has a need for entry level rental spaces. Bowie and Jannice Johnson, both of whom rent apartments in town, told the group that their places are never vacant and that they are aware of a pressing need for more rental spaces in the town.

Bill Bowie went further and stated that the community is losing opportunities for young people to settle here because they can’t find anywhere to live.

This same concern was echoed by Mark Wickham, who has been doing research on behalf of the fledgling Klondike Development Organization, a group formed by

the City of Dawson, the Chamber of Commerce, the Klondike Visi-tors Association and the Dawson City Arts Society.

In a letter circulated to concerned groups in the town the previous week, KVA executive Director Gary Parker, writing on behalf of the KDO, blamed a demographic shift towards an older population in the Klondike on the fact that

younger people had no place to set up housekeeping.

“A mismatch between the exist-ing (housing) stock and the needs of households has lead (sic) to an increasingly acute housing crunch. Key services are endangered as businesses report difficulty sourc-ing skilled labour and not-for-profit groups lack volunteers and a de-creasing school roll may endanger educational opportunities.”

The theme continued on into the evening council meeting, where Wickham provided an overview of his population survey showing

that the number

and percentage of Dawsonites be low 54 has been on a decline since 1996 while the number over 54 has risen by 122.6%.

Discussion at the council table r e v e a l e d t h a t there are perhaps 12 residential lots in the North End of Dawson. They are not selling be-cause, as Coun-cillor Wayne Po-toroka summed it up, they are undesirable plots of land with little to attract a buyer.

Land has been

a pressing issue before the last two Dawson councils, an issue made worse by the failure of the Com-munity Services Dept. to deliver on the country residential lots it had proposed to develop on the first bench of the Dome Road. This plan

fell through due to a conflict with placer mining claims on the same plot of land.

Laura Prentice, YTG’s Program Manager for Infrastructure De-velopment, was at the meeting to discuss a proposed development agreement between the town and the territory over a new subdivision expansion on the Dome. Council had some reservations about the wording of parts of the agree-ment, which will be tweaked and presented again later, but Mayor Jenkins expressed concerns that the government was not willing to carry on with developments outside

the town boundary without the agreement being in place.

He invited the territory to go ahead and develop lots outside the town’s boundaries with as much speed as it could muster.

He said there are areas outside the city limits than have been iden-tified as worthy of development.

“Is there anything to preclude the Yukon government from proceed-ing on their own initiative in those developments?”

“What would the city have to do,” Jenkins asked, “to get the government to develop (residential lots) outside the city boundar-ies?”

Prentice indicated that it was the government’s preference to have the City of Dawson involved in all aspect of further land development and it therefore preferred to have a development agreement in place

Dawson Needs Land, say both Chamber and Councilbefore going ahead.

Jenkins noted that residential lots had been developed in West Dawson over the years without any input from the town and wondered why the change.

Prentice replied that the current thrust in her department and from the government was to have devel-opment agreements in place.

Further discussions between her office and the town’s administra-tion are being scheduled.

Denny Kobayashi, former KVA Exec. Director and former town councillor, at the right.

Mark Wickham presents employment stats to council.

Laura Prentice

Future growth sparks need for health care ser-vices master plan

WHITEHORSE—A new joint venture that could see significant changes to the way the White-horse General Hospital (WGH) campus looks and functions was announced by Yukon Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart and Yukon Hospital Corpo-ration Board chair Craig Tuton today.

A joint steering committee will be established to oversee the de-velopment of a strategic campus facilities plan and a master plan envisaging new and necessary construction on land around the hospital, including such criti-cal needs as an expansion to the Emergency Department and space for a new MRI room.

“The pressures on both our health care system and our acute care system continue to increase, and we need to take a realistic look at what our needs are today and what they will be into the fu-ture, to 2025,” Hart said. “Start-ing to plan now is the prudent step to take.”

The steering committee will hire a consultant to meet with stakeholders and assess the cur-rent and future needs.

“This undertaking will allow us to work together to plan for the future needs of Yukon residents,” Tuton said. “We need to clearly identify what the current pres-sures are, and what we will be facing in the next 15 to 20 years. Now is the time to start the work that will enable us to make good planning and programming deci-sions.”

Both Hart and Tuton acknowl-edged there are many needs to be met. A population that is growing and aging, deteriorating infra-structure, the demand for tech-nological innovations, changing health care needs and practices, and increasing patient expecta-tions are only some of the chal-lenges facing both the health care and acute care systems.

Members of the steering com-mittee include Yukon govern-ment; Yukon Hospital Corpo-ration; physicians; Council for Yukon First Nations; and the community at large. The commit-tee is expected to start meeting in March and complete its work by October at an estimated a cost of $200,000.

THE KLONDIKE SUNWednesday, February 23, 2011 page 11

Supporting Students:Serving CommunitiesCanada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative. It provides funding for not-for-pro t organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create summer work experiences for students between the ages of 15 and 30.

If you are an eligible employer, we invite you to submit your application from February 1 to 28, 2011.

Effective February 1, the application form and the application guide will be available on our Web site, or at any Service Canada Centre.

Applications can be submitted online, by mail, or in person at any Service Canada Centre.

Important Notice to Employers

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Click servicecanada.ca/csj2011Call 1-800-935-5555 (TTY: 1-800-926-9105)Visit a Service Canada Centre

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Si vous êtes un employeur et que vous répondez aux critères d’admissibilité, présentez votre demande du 1er au 28 février 2011.

Dès le 1er février, le formulaire de demande et le Guide du demandeur seront disponibles sur notre site Web ou dans l’un des Centres Service Canada.

Vous pourrez ensuite présenter votre demande en ligne, par la poste ou en personne, dans l’un des Centres Service Canada.

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By Miranda MeadeDDRRC Event Coordinator

The Dawson Fur Show will be a one-day event held at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Hall on Sat-urday March 19th, 2011.

The Dawson City Fur Show is a bi-annual event, which is hosted by the Dawson District Renewable Resource Council and the City of

Dawson, as a way to bring forth the importance trapping has in Yukon communities, culturally and indus-trially. The fur show brings together trappers from different communi-ties all around the Yukon, allowing them to showcase their furs, gain recognition for their efforts before the furs are sold at auction, as well as to provide visitors with the op-portunity to learn about the trapping

industry and just why it is enjoyed so much.

Planned events include: Fur Show – Submitted pelts

may be taken from previous trap-ping seasons to the current season. However, furs must not have been submitted in pervious Fur Shows.

Entertainment – Performers will provide music throughout the day. Food will be purchased by the

DDRRC and prepared by volun-teers. Videos related to trapping will be shown throughout the day (both for education and entertainment).

Trap Setting Contest – Teams

will demonstrate their ability to set traps. This event will be com-petitive, but will also have an edu-cational component. Prizes will be awarded.

Fashion Show – Featuring com-munity volunteers modeling the designs of local Yukon designers. This event has been very popular in the community in past years.

Jigging contest – A jigging con-test will be held, with a particular focus on youth. Prizes will be awarded.

The Fur Show is Back Again

THE KLONDIKE SUN Wednesday, February 23, 2011page 12

Twenty Years Ago in the Sun

The Sun celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009 and we are re-printing our front pages from 20 years ago as a souvenir of our lively history. Back issues are being archived on our new website from 1989 to the present. Visit www.cityofdawson.com/category/klondike_sun for research.

This is a great resource for students, writers and historians, and also for prospective tourists with an interest in Dawson City’s life. The Sun has obtained funding in late 2009 from the City of Dawson, YTG’s Heritage Branch and the Community Development Fund

to conserve and archive the early issues and make them available once again in the public domain.

THE KLONDIKE SUNWednesday, February 23, 2011 page 13

Jack William Fraser was born on April 26, 1933 in Edmonton, Alberta. He was raised with two brothers and two sisters in the old Strathcona region near Whyte Avenue on the south side of the Saskatchewan River. His family originally moved to this area from New Brunswick in 1906. Strath-cona became part of Edmonton in 1912. Jack grew up here, attend-ing school, delivering newspapers and participating in all sorts of outdoor activities associated with the cubs and scouts.

Edmonton was very different is those days, less populated than today, with a lot of forested areas, grassy meadows and clear running streams. Family gardens were most essential in those days and Jack’s family was no excep-tion. He probably had no idea at the time that his garden chores would turn into an enjoyable lifelong ambition. He definitely had a green thumb.

Jack began to develop his keen observation skills and devoted interest in birds, wildlife and other aspects of nature. Whenever he was not in school, doing chores or on his paper run, he would be out with his friends or older brother Harold, collecting bird eggs, res-cuing injured owls and hawks, camping, hunting, trapping wea-sels and otherwise just romping around the countryside enjoying a life not so different from that of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Jack, like his father, was very good with the slingshot and they both would spend countless days hunting pheasants and grouse (bush partridges as he would call them). He also enjoyed hunting geese and ducks as he got older. Big game hunting would come later when he moved to the Yukon.

At the early age of 18, after graduating from high school, Jack came upon an opportunity to go to the Yukon for summer work. A good friend of his had connections and the next thing they knew they were both aboard an old army plane, with the seats along the side and all sorts of supplies and freight piled up in the middle. He landed in Whitehorse, Yukon in the summer of 1951 and went to work for the army as labourer at first, but was soon moved on to the survey crew. Jack, being good at math, enjoyed this work and returned to Alberta for fur-ther training at Calgary Tech. He liked the Yukon so much that he returned the next summer.

During this time Jack met his soon-to-be wife Betty and they spent their first winter out at Marsh Lake where he further learned how to trap, hunt moose

and cut wood. This way of life suited Jack and set the founda-tion on which he built his life. Betty and Jack were married shortly after and soon they began a family. They both lovingly s h a r e d t h e i r knowledge and skills with their children and lat-er on with their grandchildren and all those who showed an interest in learn-ing.

Jack started w o r k i n g f o r the Territorial G o v e r n m e n t as a surveyor a n d w o r k e d throughout the Yukon on vari-ous road and bridge projects. His work even-tually brought him to Daw-son in the later 1950s where he found his home. Jack fell in love with Dawson and soon moved his family here on a permanent basis. These ear-ly Dawson days were filled with work, raising a family, trapping, hunting and of course garden-ing. It became a family tradi-tion when the salmon started r u n n i n g , o r someone got a moose, to have a summer feast with fresh gar-den vegetables and only have to buy the salt and butter.

Jack started writing daybooks shortly after moving to the Yukon. At first the pages were full of work related stuff but over the years he began jotting down all sorts of informa-tion that was happening at the time. There were many times over the years when we would all refer back to his notebooks to retrieve information that we had forgotten about. As mentioned,

Jack was always good at math and he never even knew how a calcu-lator worked, never mind using one. Jack did all his own record keeping and taxes and did all the calculations long handed. He was a bit old fashioned and perhaps he was a time traveller because he really should have shown up here in Dawson at the turn of the last

century, dur-ing the Gold Rush.

Jack contin-ued working for the Terri-torial Govern-ment, trapping and ra is ing his family in Dawson. In the early 1970s his field work began to taper off and he be-gan to spend m o r e t i m e in the office. His attention soon turned to prospecting and staking claims. Even-tually, in 1975, he made the big decision to give up the secure govern-ment job to try mining for a living. Look-ing back, this m u s t h a v e been a ma-jor decision for him as he was still rais-ing a family and mining, needless to say, was not a sure thing. Jack staked claims on Lin-dow Creek, a tributary to Bear Creek and s tar ted digging a few shafts but they soon filled in with water. He held on to these claims b u t s o o n moved on to Paradise Hill w h e r e h e would shovel pay dirt into the back of his ¾ ton pickup and haul i t down the hill

and sluice it with a 3 inch pump. Jack and Al Close became part-ners and they both continued working on Paradise Hill. They upgraded their operation with the purchase of a D4 and from there slowly built up their operation. They eventually moved on up to Temperance Hill and Ian joined in as a third partner. Soon Fra-serville was established at Mile

8 on the Hunker Road.Although these years had their

ups and downs, they were prob-ably the best years of Jack’s life as he was able to do what he enjoyed with the help of his family. He was always considerate of the envi-ronment and justified his mining activities as making good moose pasture and ponds for all sorts of birds and wildlife. Members of the family all spent time working at the mine and it was truly enjoy-able. Eventually the ground got leaner and the price of getting the gold out got higher. His wife Betty passed away in 1991 but Jack and Ian continued to mine until 1998.

After the mining, Jack devel-oped and pursued other interests such as golfing, curling, writing and painting, or scribbling and coloring as he would put it. He was always a dedicated pioneer and helped out with the horticul-tural show and parade on Discov-ery Days. He was also known as the bingo caller and he usually put on the turkey shoot at the an-nual curling bonspiel. Jack always enjoyed a good game of crib. The crib board and the coffee pot were always handy whenever you went to visit. He was also a member of the Renewable Resources Council for several years and could always be counted on to provide a unique perspective.

Jack kept himself busy and insisted on looking at the posi-tive side of life. He was always out walking his dog, Tika, or else batting golf balls off the dike even when there was still snow on the ground. He never was one to dwell on his problems. He preferred to appreciate what he had and not what he could or should have had. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and true friend to all that knew him. Jack was a humble man and when he was diagnosed with his illness he took it in stride and carefully weighed out all the options. These, of course, were not good, but he was very brave and strong right up to the end.

Jack was quoted as saying “I am not a greedy man”. He was referring to the time he had lived versus the time that he might have left. He said he had lived a full life and accomplished almost everything that he wanted to. Jack is gone but his memories will truly live on forever. He leaves a big empty spot not only for his fam-ily but the community of Dawson as well.

We really miss you Jack, rest in peace and we will meet again.

Jack William Fraser: April 26, 1933 – February 2, 2011Our father, grandfather, uncle, brother, friend and most recently, great grandfather

THE KLONDIKE SUN Wednesday, February 23, 2011page 14

CYFT 106.9 FM: Dawson City Community Radio

“The Spirit of Dawson”

Tune your dial to 106.9 FM or Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) in Dawson City,or listen live over the internet at www.cfyt.ca!

Thursday, February 24th

6:00-7:00 Jenna - Spires and Spindles7:00-8:30 Jen - Radio Free Dawsco8:00-10:00 Ben - Hockey Time Machine

Friday, February 25th

1:00-3:00 Jay - The Theme Scheme3:00-5:00 John - On The John5:00-7:00 Tara - Tara’s Show7:00-8:00 Aaron - Old Fashioned Gumption8:00-9:00 Sonny Boy Williams - Rockin’ Blues Show9:00-10:00 Jim - Psychedelic

Saturday, February 26th

12:00-2:00 Jason - Foxy Breakfast Hours2:00-3:00 Steve and Nathan - Sports Talk Radio3:00-4:00 Freddie - The Howling Revivalists Hour Of Power4:00-5:00 Tim and Megan - Nuggets

Sunday, February 27th

12:00-1:00 Mike - The City Mic1:00-2:00 CKLB- The Ends of the Earth2:00-3:00 Julie - Francopen3:00-4:00 Various Hosts - Yukon SOVA Radio Program4:00-6:00 Matt and Aubyn - Diff’rent Strokes6:00-8:00 Kit - Meat and Potatoes8:00-10:00 Ben and Brendan - The Kings of Dawson City

In each issue of The Klondike Sun, we’ll be profiling programs on CFYT 106.9FM, Dawson’s community radio station. You can listen to CFYT on your FM radio, the DC TV Channel 11 Rolling Ads, and online at http://cfyt.ca. This issue, get to know Aubyn and Matt of Diff’Rent Strokes.

Name of Program: Diff’Rent StrokesName of DJs: Aubyn and MattDay and time the show airs: 4-6pm on SundaysOn CFYT since: September? October? The fall anyways.

Description of your program: Two diff’rent hosts, two diff’rent tastes. Hilarious banter and cat gossip.

Genres of music typically played on your program: (Aubyn) I like to play songs that sound nice to me. Usually they don’t sound so nice to Matt. I’m heavy on the chillwave. (Matt) Classic rock, the 1990s, country, pop, folk, and songs that sound like classic rock.

What are some of your current favourite albums?: (Aubyn) I really like the new Tennis Album, and Twin Sister. Oh, and I’ve been playing a song from the new Destroyer album [Kaputt] almost every week. (Matt) Daniel Romano – Workin’ for the Music Man, Kurt Vile – Square Shells EP, The Luyas.

What are your “desert island” albums?: (Aubyn) Oh man. That’s a tricky one. Well, these are albums that I never get tired of: The Walkmen - You & Me, Plants and Animals- Parc Avenue, Big Shiny Tunes 2 (this is one we both agree on). (Matt) Pavement - Brighten the Corners, Constantines – Kensington Heights.

What do you like best about being on CFYT?: (Aubyn) My family gets together every Sunday in Ontario and listens to our show. I get lots of requests for Justin Bieber from my grandmother. (Matt) Always having something fun to do on Sunday afternoons.

What has been your favourite on-air moment?: (Aubyn) Playing match-maker for Matt’s friends who are listening out east. (Matt) Surprise call-ers and tender requests are my favourite moments on-air.

What do you do when you’re not on the air?: (Aubyn) I’m a SOVA student and celebutante. (Matt) In real life I try to help out and do my best.

Follow Diff ’Rent Strokes on their blog (http://diff-rentstrokes.tumblr.com/) and their Facebook Group.

WHITEHORSE—Changes are being made to the Yukon Hous-ing Corporation (YHC) housing rental program for seniors, an-nounced Minister responsible Jim Kenyon.

“The Yukon Housing Corpo-ration board of directors is tak-ing action to help Yukon seniors access housing and enable them to remain in their home commu-nity,” Kenyon said. “The corpo-ration is pleased to announce two program changes to help create a better quality of life for Yukon seniors.”

First, the corporation will no longer consider an applicant’s as-sets when determining a senior’s eligibility for social housing. However, the value of the senior’s

assets will continue to be consid-ered when prioritizing placement of an applicant on the waitlist.

Secondly, although seniors’ rent will continue to be calculated at 25 per cent of gross monthly household income, a monthly maximum related to the median rent in Whitehorse or in rural Yu-kon respectively, depending on lo-cation, will be put in place.

Implementation of the changes will be gradual, due to training and modifications required to the computer systems. Rents will be adjusted retroactive to April 1, 2011.

In addition to stable rent rates, seniors in Yukon Housing Corpo-ration units may access the Yukon Home Care Program through the

Yukon Housing Corporation adjusts rentals to help seniors

Department of Health and Social Services. The program delivers health-related services to individ-uals who have difficulty accessing services in the community due to mobility or health restraints. Se-niors’ buildings will accommo-date these visits.

“Yukon seniors have worked hard to build and contribute to their respective communities,” Kenyon said. “This government supports the YHC board in valu-ing that contribution by providing seniors with affordable housing.”

YHC is now accepting applica-tions for the new seniors’ residenc-es in Watson Lake and Faro. For more information about the social housing program visit www.hous-ing.yk.ca.

Labour Market Framework strategies releasedWHITEHORSE (February 11, 2011)—The Government of Yukon, in partnership with business, industry, ed-ucation providers, non-government organizations and other levels of government across Yukon, released five strategies aimed at supporting Yukon’s labour market, Education Minister Patrick Rouble announced today.

“Today we reveal the results of hundreds of hours of co-operation and planning that will further strengthen Yukon’s labour market in the years to come,” Rouble said.

Five strategies have been completed as part of Yukon government’s commitment to build on the Labour Market Framework. These 10-year strategies address the five pillars of the labour market: training and skills development, immigration, recruitment, employee retention, and information on the labour market to guide the direction of labour market development in Yukon. The strategies will help ensure employers have the workforce they need to keep the economy strong.

The Government of Yukon developed the strategies in partnership with representatives from business, non-government organizations, educational providers, federal and First Nations governments, and Council of Yu-kon First Nations’ staff. Working group participants helped to develop these strategies over several months.

The release of these strategies was a key component of the Labour Market Framework Forum, a full-day event for stakeholders to discuss next steps, including continuing their partnership in implementing action plans for each strategy and evaluating the implementation of the strategies.

To read the strategies visit www.labourmarketframeworkyukon.com.

THE KLONDIKE SUNWednesday, February 23, 2011 page 15

It’s a bit gloomy in the Visitor Information Centre on Front St. in Dawson on February 11. The lights are down and much of the illumination on the faces of the people sitting around the long tables comes from the glow of their laptop computers, or their cell phones. In spite of the fact that there is half of the race left to go, those in the room seem settled.

Outside, a group of volunteers has been battling the breeze to take down all the banners and steel frame assembly that had marked the teams’ arrival at this halfway point.

In the next room the

volunteers of the Percy DeWolfe Race Committee are staffing the refreshments canteen and talking about the big hockey game between the Dawson Nuggets and the Ottawa Senators Alumni team the night before.

Weather is a topic of discussion. The day before had been quite mild. There had been no wind to chase people off the river, and Governor General David Johnston had donned hockey gear to play with students from the school on the makeshift rink, scoring a goal against fire chief Jim Regimbal.

That had changed during the night.

A wind had blown in from the south and then shifted, coming from the north, the end result being that the Yukon Quest trail to Eagle was pretty much drifted over, the markers hard to spot where they were still standing. A team that had started out alone had returned and started again, travelling more safely with some other

mushers, and the group that needed to leave this day, the last of them, were planning to travel in a pack and take turns breaking trail.

Gabrielle (Gaby) Sgaga is the lead organizer of volunteers for this checkpoint, and she seems fairly alert for someone who thinks she’s had perhaps five hours of actual sleep since Tuesday, when the teams began to arrive in town.

For her the job here actually started some time ago.

“I met with the race manager in, I think it was October, and then, after New Year it was BOOM, full scale. I was getting emails from volunteers before that, as early as November-

December, but I didn’t have a schedule put together … so I just put them on file and then in January I started organizing volunteer meetings, doing all the other peripheral things I had to do.”

She needed volunteers for the vet shack, over in the YTG Campground across the river where the dogs spend the 36-hour layover. They keep the shack warm and run messages back and forth for the vets and the checkpoint.

Other volunteers staff the checkpoint, and are responsible for updating information, helping the handlers get their supplies and checking the mushers in and out. These last two procedures also include the checks for mandatory gear, counting the dogs and - new this year – resetting the spot trackers on the teams.

The Dawson checkpoint opened up on Monday, February 7. The teams began to arrive on Tuesday and are planned to be all out by Saturday morning at the latest.

The volunteer crew is three people on a shift, three shifts per day.

In past years Gaby’s been cleaning up and closing down the center the Monday after opening, but this year it’s all happening faster.

“With the last dogs out late Friday, I’ll be cleaning up Saturday and out of here on Sunday. It’s like a day earlier than recent history and two days earlier than past history.

“It seems like the trail is getting harder and faster and smoother. I’m hearing words like ‘concrete.’”

But she notes that it’s still unpredictable.

“Look how it changes. S u d d e n l y on Friday it’s snowing and blizzard c o n d i t i o n s . You’ve got a highway one day and no trail at all the next because it’s all blown in.”

Sgaga knows her history. This is her t h i r t e e n t h year at the c h e c k p o i n t , starting out as a volunteer and graduating to being in charge of the c h e c k p o i n t . This used to

be a two-person job, but the race now has an assistant race manager here so there’s a little less work.

However, aside from being the lead hand here, Sgaga also fills in the spaces where someone doesn’t make it or can’t make it.

“I fill up whatever needs doing.”

Not that there’s a lack of volunteers.

“I had close to 30 this year and I had to turn people away.”

She thinks this year’s group was about half locals and half from out of town, and a lot of them were what she fondly refers to as “repeat offenders.”

At this point those who volunteered for weekend duty are going to be disappointed this year, because they really won’t be needed, unless they decide to help her clean up the place.

That will leave behind the smaller crew of volunteers connected with the Yukon Arctic Ultra race.

Volunteers are Eager to Help at the Dawson City Quest Checkpoint

First Nation conference develops shared knowledge

WHITEHORSE—The third annual First Nation Governance Conference was held February 15-16 in Whitehorse, hosted by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), the Government of Yukon and the Self Government Secretariat / Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN).

This year the theme of the conference was “Sharing Our Knowledge.” The conference brings together First Nation, Yu-kon and federal government representatives to share knowledge, build partnerships and strengthen working relationships.

“The Government of Canada is pleased to support this con-ference, which consistently provides a forum for knowledge ex-change and capacity growth that benefits First Nations in Yukon and Northern British Columbia,” Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Federal Interlocutor for Mé-tis and Non-Status Indians John Duncan said.

“Yukon First Nations know that fostering good government and strong accountability in their communities increases investor confidence, supports economic partnerships and can help to im-prove living conditions,” said the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Member of Parliament for Nunavut, Regional Minister for the North and Minister of Health. “They have been cultivating that knowledge and experience for a quite a while and are sharing it for greater good of all residents of the Yukon.”

“Yukon is pleased to support and co-host this conference. We are committed to working with First Nations and Canada on ca-pacity development,” Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie said. “This conference will be an intergovernmental opportunity for every-one to benefit from shared knowledge.”

“The Council of Yukon First Nations is once again pleased to support and participate in this the third annual Yukon First Nation Governance Capacity Conference. In unity with Self Governing Yukon First Nations, CYFN has long understood the vital role of building capacity in our communities,” said Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Ruth Massie. “While capacity devel-opment continually occurs within the Yukon First Nation govern-ments and CYFN themselves - the Self Government Secretariat department of CYFN has been working diligently on numerous initiatives that we are more than happy to share over the next two days.”

The conference is funded by INAC’s Professional and Insti-tutional Development Program, the Government of Yukon, the Northern Strategy Trust Fund and the Self Government Secre-tariat / Council of Yukon First Nations.

Story & PhotosBy Dan Davidson

THE KLONDIKE SUN Wednesday, February 23, 2011page 16

By Allie Haydock

Three Things to Do With A Can of Beans

So it’s February and I am one of many waiting until spring for my seasonal job to start up again, and like I said, it’s February and my bank account has become more of a “concept” than a place where actual money is kept. As it turns out, buying groceries in the North can be a little on the pricey side and if you’re in any financial situation close to mine, you’ve stopped grocery shopping pretty much altogether and have been cooking up some “creative” casseroles with what you’ve already got on hand (mmmm…water chestnuts with hearts of palm and jam…etc, etc). Trying to stay positive, there are some benefits to this dismal situation: first, getting creative in the kitchen – using what you have and consequently coming up with new and exciting specialties, and for me it means revisiting certain comfort foods that I won’t necessarily bother with when I have enough money to afford a whole bag of groceries. For me that means Campbell’s tomato soup with peanut-butter sandwiches (which I’ve learned is something that only my family thinks is a good idea), and the ultimate of all processed food items – baked beans in tomato sauce. Hardly qualifying as “processed food”, (I’m pretty sure cowboys were cooking them on open fires long before any North American had ever seen a grain of quinoa), they are reasonably nutritious, certainly delicious, and if they needed any more convincing, British people have been eating them on buttered toast since forever. My life as a poor student, and then my subsequent life as a poor regular person have taught me the absolute value of a can of beans. Here are three meal ideas for when you have less than $12.40 available on your debit card. (If conditions don’t improve, stay tuned next issue for twenty-seven things to do with a can of tuna).

1) Baked Beans on Baked Potatoes • A beautiful blank canvas – feel free to add anything else you

have on hand to increase the nutritional value such as grated cheese, cooked bacon, fresh spinach and diced tomatoes.

2) Baked Beans on Cheese Toast with Eggs (any style)• Top toast with slices of cheddar cheese (or whatever kind of

cheese you like/have) top with heated beans and then with eggs (I personally prefer poached though I’m sure fried would be delicious too)

• I think this meal works for breakfast, lunch or dinner; it’s ready in less than ten minutes and is a real protein fiesta

• Throw a green salad on the side if you have the fixings

3) Perogies with Baked Beans• This is a delicious and easy dinner that I make even when I’m

not broke. • Cook the perogies however you like (I just fry them in oil be-

cause I like them crunchy, but I’ve been very impressed with the boiled version as well; go with your instincts)

• Top the cooked perogies with warmed beans, grated cheese or crumbled feta or goat cheese, sliced green onions and diced tomatoes.

• Top with sour cream if you want or as a healthier alternative try plain yogurt with a clove of minced garlic mixed in.

Hunter-Gatherer

Story & Photoby Dan Davidson

Del Barber talks about his past as if he did some silly things when he was just sooo much younger than he is now, mentioning “21” several times.

According to various online biographies, he’s only 26. He must be living some extra long years to get that kind of perspective.

Barber has pages on FaceBook, MySpace and Twitter, where he posted the following sometime on Friday, Feb 19: “Mushed a dog team on the Yukon river yes-terday... Brilliant. Couldn’t find the curling rink in Dawson City though... I tried!”

Where he was instead was at the Oddfellows Hall watching “Look at What the Light Did Now”, the film about Feist’s tour for the al-bum “The Reminder,” along with me and half a dozen other people. Apparently the other people who would have enjoyed this film were either curling or playing ping-pong (or is that now table tennis?) in the building that he couldn’t find.

It was a little warmer that night than it had been the night before, when Barber had serenaded a large living room full of people in the apartment above Klondyke Wine-makers on 2nd Avenue.

Raised in Manitoba, Del (Dela-ney) Barber in no stranger to cold winter weather, but he did keep his toque on until after he had played the first song or two.

Barber plays finger style guitar, left-handed, and does so very well, though he says that he sometimes suffers from tendonitis, which clas-sical guitarist John Williams says comes from a flaw in technique. Couldn’t prove it by any of the players in the room.

He also plays harmonica, banjo and mandolin, but this is just a guitar and harp tour, adapting the material on his two CDs to an acoustic performance.

There are a few cover tunes, but this is mostly his own material, and every song is prefaced with a self-deprecating story about how it got to be written, the ramblings of a philosophy major thinking about life, busted love, and a touring career that has taken him across

Barber Tells a Fine Musical Tale or Twothe country a couple of times, and from Winnipeg to the Yukon on his own set of wheels in the middle of a fairly nasty fortnight of highway travelling.

Barber has merch for sale, of

course. His two albums are avail-able either on compact disc or vinyl. Some of the younger folks at this event have only seen turntables in their parents’ houses or under the hands of a DJ, and others are total members of the mp3 generation. The records come with a download code.

The apartment is one of five sites in town that have committed to holding house concerts as part of Dawson’s membership in the Home Routes Concert series. Folks come with munchies, six-packs and bottles and settle in for a good two-hour event while their coats and boots thaw out down the hall or in the boot room.

Barber has a nice mixture of upbeat and downbeat songs, a clear voice that lets you hear all the words the first time, and a clever turn of phrase for a sad song (“Now love is on the table and he’s had one too many beers…”) or a story. If he’s not stretching the truth for

the sake of a song “62 Richmond” is the perfect skewering of a blow-hard who bored him to tears of a long bus ride, someone we’ve all met at some time.

“He walked too many highways

/ Jumped too many trains / And he hooked too many walleye / He al-ways knew the way / And he swam too many oceans / Saved too many lives / He always told the truth / He could always spot a lie …”

Such things have helped him to be nominated for a few awards, the latest being a Juno nomina-tion for this year in the Roots/Traditional category for his second album, Loves Songs for the Last 20. Categories are weird things. On Facebook Del labels himself as Alt Country/Folk. Either of those two mixtures pretty much tells the tale, though I notice, once again, that the live performance is more folk and the studio recording sounds a little more country.

Good stuff, at any rate. Since a lot of it seems to come out of his life, I can’t wait to hear what he does with this Twitter entry from Mile 300 on the Alaska Highway on February 2: “Saw a raven car-rying a Tim Hortons cup right side up. What was in there anyway?”

Both teams with the Cup in Whitehorse. The Nuggets at the Erik

Nielsen International Airport.

The GG chats with the players on the river. Photos courtesy of

Jim Regimbal

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Roache’s Corner by Mike Roache

Tundra by Chad Carpenter

Elwood by Bryley

Cartoons

Nemo’s Notions

Humane Society DawsonThe Humane Society Dawson would like to thank the following businesses for their great support:

The Feed Store/Pet Junction: Every year, this business donates dog and cat food, cat litter, toys and other pet supplies in large amount through their Tree of Hope fundraiser. They are an incred-ible support to our shelter. Thanks also to all the Yukoners who participate in this event. (For more details, contact the Shelter or The Feed Store). This year, they raised around $8000 in supplies and money donation for the Humane Society Dawson! Thank you so much a thousand times, life at the Shelter would not be the same without this generous effort to make our community better.

Kluane Freight Lines Ltd: Well, someone has to deliver all these goodies to Dawson and there are lots of pallets of it! We are so grateful to Kluane Freight Lines Ltd for delivering it for free to the Shelter. You generosity put smiles to our faces and wags to our tails!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, we could never say it enough!

Sara Tilley will be at Berton House from January to March 2011.

A writer, theatre artist, and clown, she lives and works in St. John’s. Her novel Skin Room was a finalist for multiple awards and the winner of the Percy Janes Award and the Fresh Fish Award (both for best first book by a Newfoundland Labrador writer).

She is currently completing a novel based on her great-grandfather’s journals and letters, which relate, among other things, his experience in Dawson City while working on a Yukon River steamer.

Please Join Us

Wednesday, March 9th

At 7:00 PMRefreshments Provided

For more information, please call the Library at 993-5571dclib@klondiker.com

We don’t have permission to use Tundra online.

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Churches

Klondike Sun Classifieds

Business DirectoryAdvertise your business and services with The Klondike Sun!

Submit your business card at a normal size of 2” x 3.5” Cost is $20.00 per issue and yearly billings can be arranged.

K l o n d i k e O u t r e a c h Job Board

For more information on these and other positions, come into the Klondike Outreach office next to the Territorial Agent/

Liquor Store (853-Third Street).Klondike Outreach hours:

Monday-Friday 9-noon and 1-5 pmClosed weekends and Stat. Holidays

Phone: 993-5176 ~ Fax: 993-6947Website: www.klondikeoutreach.com

E-mail: info@klondikeoutreach.com

DAWSON COMMUNITY CHAPEL

Located on 5th Ave across from Gold Rush Campground.

Sunday worship at 11 am.Everyone is welcome.

Pastor Ian Nyland 993-5507ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

New Beginnings Group meets Thursdays 8 pm, St. Paul’s R. Martin Chapel kitchen, Church St. North Star Group meets Saturdays 7 pm at the Community Support Centre, 1233-2nd Ave, 2nd floor (use outside stairs). Call 993-3734 or 5095 for info.

Sunday Services1st and 3rd Sundays:

10:30 am - Morning Prayer2nd and 4th Sundays - 10:30

am - Holy Eucharist5th Sundays - 10:30 am -

Special service.

MANY RIvERS Counselling and Support

Services

Individual, couple, family, or group counselling. A highly confidential service located in the Waterfront Building.W e a r e a n o n - p r o f i t organization with a sliding fee scale. To make an appointment call 993-6455 or email dawson@manyrivers.yk.ca. See our website at www.manyrivers.yk.ca/.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCHCorner of 5th and King

Services: Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, Sat. & Tues. 7 pm,

Wed. to Fri. 9:30 amAll are welcome. Contact

Father Ernest Emeka Emeodi for assistance: 993-5361

ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH

FOR SALE BY OWNER1 1/2 COMMERCIAL LOTS

On 3 r d Ave nex t t o t he Westminster Hotel.

Call 993-5346

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For both items, phone 867-633-4728

Open Positions:After School Program TeacherAutomotive Mechanic BartendersChildcare WorkerCommercial Sewing Machine OperatorCooksCrew Leader – Stats CanadaDishwashersDriver GuidesEnumerator Fleet Detail CrewFront Desk ClerksGuest ServicesHousekeepersHVAC Technician (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) JourneymanJeep GuidesNight JanitorOutreach Family Support WorkerPlumber – JourneymanRaft GuidesRoom AttendantsServersTombstone Guides

Positions with Closing Dates:Probation Officer: March 7Implementation Assistant: March 8

Positions Out of Town:Visitor Services Attendants: Mar 4CookAssistant Crusher OperatorsEMR/OFA 3 AttendantMill Feed OperatorsMill Assistant OperatorsUnderground Chief GeologistUnderground Production GeologistSafety CoordinatorMine Technical AssistantIndustrial Electrician

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Please be advised that the City would appreciate it if there are no vehicles left parked on the side of the road all season long. It makes it very difficult for the grader operator to do their job with vehicles in the way and it is also a contravention of the Traffic Bylaw.

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Klondike Sun Classifieds

Open Positions:After School Program TeacherAutomotive Mechanic BartendersChildcare WorkerCommercial Sewing Machine OperatorCooksCrew Leader – Stats CanadaDishwashersDriver GuidesEnumerator Fleet Detail CrewFront Desk ClerksGuest ServicesHousekeepersHVAC Technician (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) JourneymanJeep GuidesNight JanitorOutreach Family Support WorkerPlumber – JourneymanRaft GuidesRoom AttendantsServersTombstone Guides

P.O. Box 308 (1336 Front Street), Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0Tel: (867) 993-7400 ~ Fax: (867) 993-7434

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Please be advised that the City would appreciate it if there are no vehicles left parked on the side of the road all season long. It makes it very difficult for the grader operator to do their job with vehicles in the way and it is also a contravention of the Traffic Bylaw.

This year the City will be towing all vehicles left on the side of the road, especially during snow removal season, and all costs will be incurred to the owner. We hope to have everyone’s cooperation on this matter.

EFFECTIVE DATE: TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2010

OPEN: 11:00AM – 6:00PMTUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY

QUIGLEY LANDFILL WINTER HOURS