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October 5, 2011 • Vol
The WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 • VOL. 23, NO. 1$1.252 $1.25 KLONDIKE "Rock the vote, Dawson!" SUN Klondike Votes 2011 Jorn Meier, NDP, Sandy Silver, Liberal, and Steve Nordick, Yukon Party, face-off at the all-candidates election forum on September 28. See story on page 11. Photo by Alyssa Friesen in this Issue Come check out Thrift Store Gets a Hand 2 Dashing Through the Night 16 House Concert Sings 24 After a summer of renovations, the A runner's recap of the Klondike A new season of house concerts set all of the NEW new entry is complete. Trail of '98 Road Relay. feet tapping to Eastcoast tunes. toys at Max’s! Chamber AGM Brief 3 Garden Suites a Housing Option 7 Arts Society Questions Candidates 10 NEW Fashion Column 25 Uffish Thoughts 4 Interfaith Symposium Highlights 8 TV Guide 18 Authors on Eighth 26 Parks Canada Turns 100 6 Results in on Food Security 9 History's Shady Underbelly 24 Stewed Prunes 29 P2 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 THE KLONDIKE SUN Dawson City Recreation Department What to GYMNASTICS WITH TERRIE IS BACK! : A six week session will run Wednesdays, October 19 to November 23. $45 for the session. Instruction for ages 5+. Register through the Rec Office beginning October 3. Contact 993- Pre-school PlaygrouP: SEE AND DO 2353. Indoor playgroup for parents and tots at Trinkle WOMEN AND WEIGHTS: in DAWSON now: Zho. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Exercise program for women only in the weight BODY BLAST: room. -
Premier Assigns YDC / YEC Minister, June 28, 2011
14/08/2017 News Release #11-089 - Government of Yukon Government of Yukon Government of Yukon » June 2011 » News Release #11-089 Newsroom Latest news releases News by theme News by department FOR RELEASE #11-089 Community Services June 28, 2011 Economic Development Education Premier assigns YDC / YEC minister Energy, Mines and Resources WHITEHORSE—Premier Darrell Pasloski is pleased to announce the appointment of the Environment Honourable Jim Kenyon as minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and Executive Council Office the Yukon Energy Corporation effective June 27. Finance “Our territory will benefit from the broad range of experience Mr. Kenyon brings to the Cabinet French Language Services table and I believe his appointment will strengthen our team,” Pasloski said. Directorate Health and Social Services Kenyon was elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in general elections in November 2002 and October 2006. Highways and Public Works Justice Kenyon previously held a number of Cabinet portfolios including Yukon Development Public Service Commission Corporation, Yukon Energy Corporation, Economic Development, Environment, Yukon Housing Tourism and Culture Corporation and Yukon Liquor Corporation. Women's Directorate -30- News by corporations Contact: Yukon Development Brianne Young Corporation Cabinet Comm unications Yukon Energy Corporation 867-633-7949 brianne.young@ gov.yk.ca Yukon Housing Corporation Yukon Liquor Corporation <%img_newsarticle%> Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board Joint news releases Premier's News News by date 2017 news releases January February March April May June July August September October November December News archive http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/11-089.html 1/2. -
Core 1..52 Committee (PRISM::Advent3b2 10.50)
House of Commons CANADA Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development AANO Ï NUMBER 013 Ï 2nd SESSION Ï 40th PARLIAMENT EVIDENCE Thursday, April 2, 2009 Chair Mr. Bruce Stanton Also available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1 Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Thursday, April 2, 2009 Ï (0905) I want to begin by thanking the committee for this invitation to the [English] Government of Nunavut to appear before you as a witness and for the opportunity to speak briefly on the subject of northern economic The Chair (Mr. Bruce Stanton (Simcoe North, CPC)): Good development. I hope our presence here today will be helpful to the morning, members. committee in the development of your study of our economies in the territories. We are going to commence with our thirteenth meeting this morning. We are still waiting on two of our witnesses, and I'm sure I am very proud to be here as an Inuk deputy minister for the they will be along shortly, but that will allow us to begin with our Department of Economic Development and Transportation with the continuing consideration of the topic of northern economic Government of Nunavut. With me today is Ed McKenna, director of development. policy, planning, and communications for the department. We're delighted to have with us here this morning representatives Minister Peter Taptuna wanted to be here with you today. He has of each of the three territories. I must thank the delegations for doing asked me to convey his regrets that he was not able to be here. -
October 19, 2011 • Vol
The WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011 • VOL. 23, No. 13 $1.25 Hey Dawson, are you ready for hard water and KLONDIKE more of that white stuff? SUN Brazilian Jazz Heats Up Odd Fellows Hall On a tour of the Yukon, Fernanda Cunha sways her audience with smooth vocals in Dawson on October 14. See story on page 8. Photo by Alyssa Friesen in this Issue Come check out Korbo Apartment Demolition 2 TH Election Results 5 Eastcost Inspiration Up North 24 The aging building is shedding its A new chief and council have been Poet Jacob McArthur Mooney all of the NEW roof and siding. sworn in. reflects on his writer residency. toys at Max’s! City Council Brief 3 History's Shady Underbelly 8 Catch My Thrift? 15 Blast From the Past 16 Uffish Thoughts 4 Author's On Eighth 9 New Faces At SOVA 15 Kids' Page 19 Klondike Election Results 5 TV Guide 10 Stewed Prunes 16 Classifieds 19 P2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011 THE KLONDIKE SUN Conservation Klondike Society What to DEPOT HOURS : Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of refundablesDawson City may Recreation be left on the deck Department during off hours. Info: 993-6666. SEE AND DO GYMNASTICS WITH TERRIE IS BACK! : A six week session will run Wednesdays, October 19 to November 23. $45 for the session. Instruction for in DAWSON now: ages 5+. Register through the Rec Office beginning October 3. Contact 993- Pre-school PlaygrouP: 2353. Indoor playgroup for parents and tots at Trinkle This free public service helps our readers find their way through WOMEN AND WEIGHTS: the many activities all over town. -
Journals of the Yukon Legislative Assembly First Session 32Nd
·JOURNALS YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION 32nd LEGISLATURE November 23, 2006- December 13, 2006 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen No.1 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 32nd Legislative Assembly First Session Thursday, November 23, 2006 This being the day appointed for the opening of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Wholly-Elected Legislative Assembly of Yukon for the dispatch of business and the oaths having been already administered to the Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Members took their seats in the House. Proclamation The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Patrick L. Michael, read the Proclamation as follows: "TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come or whom the same may in any wise concern GREETINGS A PROCLAMATION KNOW YE THAT under and by virtue of the power and authority vested in the Commissioner of Yukon, the Legislative Assembly is summoned to meet for dispatch of business in the Yukon Legislative Assembly Chamber, Yukon Government Administration Building, Whitehorse, Yukon, on Thursday, the twenty-third day of November, AD., 2006 at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon. ALL OF WHICH all persons concerned are required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. GNEN UNDER my hand and seal of Yukon, at Whitehorse, Yukon, this 6th day of November, AD., 2006. Geraldine Van Bibber Commissioner of the Yukon" - 2 - Clerk Reports on Members Elected The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly reported on the Members elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly as follows: "Pursuant to the provisions of the Elections Act the Commissioner has been informed of the receipt of Returns to Writs for the General Election conducted on the tenth day of October, 2006. -
Provincial Legislatures
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL LEGISLATORS ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL MINISTRIES ◆ COMPLETE CONTACT NUMBERS & ADDRESSES Completely updated with latest cabinet changes! 86 / PROVINCIAL RIDINGS PROVINCIAL RIDINGS British Columbia Surrey-Green Timbers ............................Sue Hammell ......................................96 Surrey-Newton........................................Harry Bains.........................................94 Total number of seats ................79 Surrey-Panorama Ridge..........................Jagrup Brar..........................................95 Liberal..........................................46 Surrey-Tynehead.....................................Dave S. Hayer.....................................96 New Democratic Party ...............33 Surrey-Whalley.......................................Bruce Ralston......................................98 Abbotsford-Clayburn..............................John van Dongen ................................99 Surrey-White Rock .................................Gordon Hogg ......................................96 Abbotsford-Mount Lehman....................Michael de Jong..................................96 Vancouver-Burrard.................................Lorne Mayencourt ..............................98 Alberni-Qualicum...................................Scott Fraser .........................................96 Vancouver-Fairview ...............................Gregor Robertson................................98 Bulkley Valley-Stikine ...........................Dennis -
Journals of the Yukon Legislative Assembly First Session 32Nd Legislature
JOURNALS YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION 32nd LEGISLATURE October 29, 2009 — December 17, 2009 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen - 327 - No. 166 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 32nd Legislative Assembly First Session Thursday, October 29, 2009 The Speaker took the Chair at 1:00 p.m. INTRODUCTION OF PAGES The Speaker informed the Assembly that Linnea Blum, Claire Lindsey, Meaghan O’Connor, Odette Rivard and Mikeala Shaw from F.H. Collins Secondary School and Elizabeth Magill-Schalko, Ashley Renwick and Zain Syed from Vanier Catholic Secondary School, would be serving as Pages during the Fall Sitting. Zain Syed and Elizabeth Magill-Schalko were introduced and welcomed to the House. SPEAKER’S STATEMENT (Re: Changes to the Order Paper – withdrawal of Motions and a Bill) Prior to proceeding with the Daily Routine, the Speaker made the following statement regarding changes made to the Order Paper. “The following motions have been removed from the Order Paper because they are outdated: Motions No. 11 and 704 standing in the name of the Leader of the Official Opposition; Motions No. 111 and 605 standing in the name of the Member for McIntyre-Takhini; Motion #67 standing in the name of the Member for Klondike; Motions No. 777 and 798 standing in the name of the Member for Mount Lorne; Motion #378 standing in the name of the Leader of the Third Party; Motions No. 668, 698, 801 and 806 standing in the name of the Member for Mayo-Tatchun. The following motions have been removed from the Order Paper as the action requested in the motion has been fulfilled: Motion #10 standing in the name of the Leader of the Official Opposition; Motion #32 standing in the name of the Member for Kluane; Motions No. -
Provincial Legislatures
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL LEGISLATORS ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL MINISTRIES ◆ COMPLETE CONTACT NUMBERS & ADDRESSES Completely updated with latest cabinet changes! 88 / PROVINCIAL RIDINGS PROVINCIAL RIDINGS British Columbia Saanich South .........................................Lana Popham ....................................100 Shuswap..................................................George Abbott ....................................95 Total number of seats ................85 Skeena.....................................................Robin Austin.......................................95 Liberal..........................................49 Stikine.....................................................Doug Donaldson .................................97 New Democratic Party ...............35 Surrey-Cloverdale...................................Kevin Falcon.......................................97 Independent ................................1 Surrey-Fleetwood ...................................Jaqrup Brar..........................................96 Surrey-Green Timbers ............................Sue Hammell ......................................97 Abbotsford South....................................John van Dongen ..............................101 Surrey-Newton........................................Harry Bains.........................................95 Abbotsford West.....................................Michael de Jong..................................97 Surrey-Panorama ....................................Stephanie Cadieux -
Daily Routine Tributes Notices of Motion Question
May 24, 2007 HANSARD 885 Whitehorse, Yukon Federally, First Nation people were granted the vote in Thursday, May 24, 2007 -- 1:00 p.m. 1960, and in the Yukon First Nation people voted in the territo- rial election in 1961. Speaker: I will now call the House to order. We will This Legislative Assembly elected its first female member proceed at this time with prayers. in 1967. My daughter, who is studying this topic in school, asked me recently, "Why weren't women allowed to vote back Prayers then?" I couldn't provide an answer except to mention our two female members of this Assembly and the contributions they DAILY ROUTINE make to our Yukon as ministers of the government. Speaker: We will proceed at this time with the Order On this day, May 24, we should recognize the struggle Paper. women have endured to gain the right to vote and thank them Tributes. for their perseverance. Thank you. Merci beaucoup. Mahsi' cho. TRIBUTES In recognition of women's right to vote Speaker: Are there any further tributes? Mr. Elias: I rise today on behalf of the Assembly to Introduction of visitors. pay tribute to women's right to vote in Canada. Before Confed- Are there any returns or documents for tabling? eration, the exclusion from the vote was a convention rather Reports of committees. than a law, but in 1867 the British North America Act en- Petitions. trenched this exclusion. The movement for women's suffrage, Are there any bills to be introduced? the right to vote, started surfacing in Canada as early as the Notices of motion. -
Journals of the Yukon Legislative Assembly First Session 31St
JOURNALS YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION 31ST LEGISLATURE (continuation) October 21 2004 — December 14, 2004 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen - 216 - No. 92 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 31st Legislative Assembly First Session Thursday, October 21, 2004 The Speaker took the Chair at 1:00 p.m. INTRODUCTION OF PAGES The Speaker informed the Assembly that Aaron Holway, Colin Campbell, Coralie Ullyett and Stuart Murray from Vanier Catholic Secondary School and Aven-Lee Enzenauer, Gareth Sloan, Melissa Grimard and Santina English from Porter Creek Secondary School would be serving as Pages during the Fall Sitting. Santina English and Stuart Murray were introduced and welcomed to the House. SPEAKER’S STATEMENT (Re: Changes to the Order Paper- withdrawal of and changes to Motions) Prior to proceeding with the Daily Routine, the Speaker informed the House of changes made to the Order Paper. Motion 75, standing in the name of the Member for Porter Creek South, and Motion #235 standing in the name of the Member for Pelly-Nisutlin were removed from the Order Paper, as the actions requested in those motions had been fulfilled. Motions #187, #188 and #213, standing in the name of the Member for Porter Creek South, Motion #150, standing in the name of the Member for Mount Lorne, and Motion #167, standing in the name of the Member for Mayo-Tatchun had been removed from the Order Paper as they were outdated. Motions #55 and #274, standing in the name of the Member for Porter Creek South, were modified so that the text of the motions remained current. -
2002 Election Report.Ind2
THE REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER OF THE YUKON ON THE 2002 GENERAL ELECTION The Report of the Chief Electoral Offi cer of the Yukon on the Yukon General Election held November 4, 2002 Published by the Chief Electoral Offi cer of the Yukon March 3, 2003 Hon. Ted Staffen Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Yukon Legislative Assembly Whitehorse, Yukon Dear Mr. Speaker: I am pleased to submit the report on the results of the general election held November 4, 2002. The Report of the Chief Electoral Offi cer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election is prepared pursuant to section 315 of the Elections Act. It includes the number of ballots cast for each candidate for the polling divisions in every electoral district. Yours sincerely, Patrick L. Michael Chief Electoral Offi cer TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Election Summary ______________________________________________ 1 Results by Political Affi liation _____________________________________ 2 Recapitulation and Comparison 2002/2000 General Elections_____________________________________ 3 Results by Electoral District Electoral District of Copperbelt ___________________________________ 4 Electoral District of Klondike _____________________________________ 6 Electoral District of Kluane ______________________________________ 8 Electoral District of Lake Laberge ________________________________ 10 Electoral District of McIntyre-Takhini ______________________________ 12 Electoral District of Mayo-Tatchun ________________________________ 14 Electoral District of Mount Lorne _________________________________ -
Daily Routine Introduction of Special Guests Motions
June 12, 2009 HANSARD 4769 Yukon Legislative Assembly contributed to the attainment and development of representa- Dawson City, Yukon tive government in Yukon over the past 100 years. Friday, June 12, 2009 — 1:00 p.m. Thank you. Speaker: Prior to calling the House to order, we will Speaker: It has been moved the Hon. Member for have an opening prayer. I would now ask the Sergeant-at- Klondike, Mr. Steve Nordick: Arms, Mr. Rudy Couture, to escort Doris Roberts to the floor THAT the Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly of the House to offer the opening prayer. forward the following address to the people of Yukon: WHEREAS June 28, 2009 represents the 100th anniversary The Sergeant-at-Arms escorts Ms. Roberts to the podium of the election of the first wholly-elected Council of the Yukon Territory; and Ms. Roberts: [Hän spoken. Translation unavailable] WHEREAS the existence of strong, representative institu- Thank you for coming to Dawson City. tions of government constitutes a cornerstone of a just and de- One hundred years ago, legislation was held here. Wel- mocratic society; and come, Premier and people, and I thank you. Now I will say a WHEREAS Yukoners have for a century demonstrated prayer. their commitment to the institutions of representative govern- ment; Prayers NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Yukon Legislative Assembly, on behalf of all Yukoners, ac- Speaker: At this time, I will call the House to order. knowledges and commemorates the efforts of those who have Please be seated. contributed to the attainment and development of representa- tive government in Yukon over the past 100 years.