The WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 • VOL. 27, NO. 11 $1.50 Raven says: The Royal Tour should KLONDIKE have come here. SUN The TH Farm Celebrated its Second Harvest Our story on this TH event will be in our nest issue. Photos by Dan Davidson in this This space for Issue rent! Mining in C-4 p. 2 2016 Outhouse Race p. 8 Lions Go Undefeated p. 18 The Dawson City Lions u11 all girls soc- Contact us at Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in told by miners Check out the photo gallery and cer team roared to an undefeated record to move neighbourhood, pay list of winners from the 2016 868-993-6318 or over the Labour Day long weekend at the costs Dawson City Outhouse Race West Coast Cup soccer tournament Klondikesun@ Northwestel.net for See and Do 2 more forward thinking 4 2016 Outhouse Race Winners 8 20 years Ago In the Sun 17 Mining in C-4? 2 Authors on Eighth Poetry "Charlie" 5 Dawson legacy recalled in Pictou 9 Lions Go Undefeated 18 more information Klondike Riding Nominations 3 Letters re: McDonald Lodge 6,9 Yukon Mining: Where we're at 10-11 Coping with loss 18 Uffish Thoughts: The C-4 situation demands The Un-Comfort Zone 7 TV Guide 12-16 City of Dawson 20 P2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 THE KLONDIKE SUN Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Told By Miners to Community Move Neighborhood Calendar Meetings IODE DAWSON CITY: Meet first Wednesday of each month at ROYALhome of CANADIAN Janice Cliff LEGIONat 7:30 p.m.BRANCH For info #1 :call Janice Cliff, 993- 2908. Recess for summer July-October. Meet first Thursday PIONEEReach month WOMEN at Legion OF THE Hall YUKON (3rd and: King St.) at 7:30 p.m. Contact Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. Meet third Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Legion Hall. Contact Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353.CHAMBER Recess OF COMMERCE: for summer June, July and Aug. Regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at the Downtown Hotel. KIAC Coffeehouse Open Mic - The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Subdivision, shot from Crocus Bluff in 2014. There have been additional KIAC at 7pm buildings since then, as well as extensive site preparation for a planned addition. The next Coffee House will be on Story and Photo October 1st. Hope to see you at . All performers By Dan Davidson Dawsonare welcome. city community library last summer preparing the to comply with the request to ground and laying in the vacate the land. Presentation by author Bob Bossin infrastructure for a planned Just how such a demand will expansion of the subdivision. be viewed when it bumps up A pair of miners have The area is also the site of against the Umbrella Final Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00 PM KVA demanded that the Tr’ondëk various storage and work Agreement and the local Hwëch’in (TH) First Nation buildings at the south end of Claims Final Agreement is CFYT Talent Night remove families, homes and the lot. another major issue. infrastructure from the In late June of this year, TH The First Nation does not (September 30) Show off your talent on the big stage at Diamond Tooth Gerties Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Subdivision was issued a July 15 deadline intend to cooperate with Gambling Hall and get judged by an esteemed panel of Dawsonites. All in order that the area can be by the claim holders, Michel this demand, should the talents are welcome to be showcase on stage. Register your act at the mined. Vincent and Mike Heydorf, to Surface Right accede to this door or come by to see the performance. Whatever you choose to do, Since 2001 the Tr’ondëk remove all buildings, power request by the miners. Chief you will not be disappointed! Hwëch’in have been lines, sewer and water lines, Robert Joseph cites this as This event is a fundraiser for CFYT Radio 106.9fm and is co- establishing a substantial survey stakes and any other just another reason why the produced by the Dawson City Community Radio Station and Klondike subdivision in their residential possessions from C-4. territory’s mining legislation Visitors Association. Email [email protected] to sign up! settlement lands just north TH advised the claim holders needs to be brought up to date. Doors open at 7pm and the show runs until about midnight. of the Ogilvie Bridge over the they would have to conform to “We are optimistic we’ll Town Council Klondike River. The Tr’ondëk the provisions of the Yukon’s succeed in saving our COUNCIL MEETINGS: Subdivision is part of the Land mining legislation, including residential neighborhood and Claims settlement classified requirements to provide retain our settlement land that There is no longer a fixed routine sched- as C-4, and so the subdivision security and compensation, we fought so hard for,” said ule of Council and Committee of the Whole (COW) meetings. tends to be locally known as before any mining activities Chief Joseph. Check the Post Office or the City of Dawson website for long C-4. This is quite ironic, since could be undertaken. “But the fact this conflict range planning. the growth in the number of Just where all those exists in the first place is yet Next Council Meetings are September 27 and October 18. homes in the area has been buildings could be relocated another indication we need Next COW meetings are October 11 and 25. nothing short of explosive over until after the mining was renewed mining legislation YUKON HISTORIC RESOURCES FUND the 15 year period. completed, and where the and regulations that reflect CALL FOR APPLICATIONS There are currently 31 people who reside in them modern values.” Chief Joseph Purpose: buildings on the site, a could live, in a town that is also noted the Klondike The Yukon Historic Resources Fund (YHRF) is intended to support the mixture of single family and chronically short of housing, Plateau is covered in mining objectives of the Historic Resources Act by providing nancial aid for the multi-family dwellings that are among the more obvious claims. Other residents completion of projects in the following areas: house some 40 families. Aside issues. could find themselves in this • Archaeology from the buildings there is of In mid-August, TH was situation.” • Palaeontology course, the sewer, water and notified that the Yukon The area was historically • Community museums and First Nations heritage/cultural centres power infrastructure, and the Surface Rights Board had mined in the early 1900s, • Historic sites landscaping associated with received an application with construction of the • Native language preservation • Historical research people’s homes. requesting an “order” that neighborhood beginning • Toponymy (place names) In addition, TH spent would compel the First Nation in 2001. TH has invested Open daily an estimated $10- $15 Eligibility: for Breakfast and Dinner million dollars in planning, Applications from individuals, corporations, non-prot organizations, First Nations, and development, and construction municipalities will all be considered; however, preference will be given to applicants from Yukon. Continental Breakfast Buffet of the subdivision over the 7.00 am – 10.00 am last 15 years, after rebuilding The application deadline is 5 p.m. October 3, 2016 Dinner 5.00pm – 10.00 pm the land in question from the For further information on eligibility, and to submit tailings that were left from your application, contact: (867) 993-6860 the mining era. More housing Phone: 867-667-5386 construction was planned for Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5386 [email protected] next summer. www.tc.gov.yk.ca/yhrf [email protected] THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 P3 Miners’ Farr sprints into Klondike race Funding announced for new, affordable ultimatum as Yukon NDP candidate housing in downtown Dawson DAWSON CITY Joint news release: YTG and was avoidable, Government of Canada (September government to government support local business, provide chief says 15, 2016) City of Dawson coun- relations, and most recently, the employment and fill a significant Chuck Tobin September cil member and former Tr’ondëk mining debacle at C4” said Farr. housing need.” 16, 2016 Hwëch’in First Nation’s deputy “As a Yukon NDP MLA, I want DAWSON (September 9, 2016) This funding is being provided OriginallyBy in the on Whitehorse chief Jay Farr has been nomi- to be a part of positive new —The Klondike Development through the Municipal Matching nated as the Yukon NDP’s government that will work with Star Organization has been awarded Grant Program and the Used with permission candidate to run in the riding partners like municipalities and of Klondike. Farr’s political ex- First Nation governments to $900,000 in financial support Affordable Rental Construction perience and deep roots in the put forward solutions to these from the Government of Canada Program. These programs are community will make Klondike problems.” and Yukon Housing Corporation supported by funding from the It’s up to the Yukon one of the most watched races “The Yukon NDP has long for the construction of an 8-unit Yukon Housing Corporation government to resolve two in this fall’s election. been a leader in the territory, as affordable housing project in and Canada Mortgage and major disputes over land use in Members of the Klondike NDP the only party that has un- downtown Dawson. Housing Corporation, under Dawson City, says Chief Roberta acclaimed Farr at a meeting at equivocally supported the Final The new development will be the Investment in Affordable Joseph of the Tr’ondek Hwech’in.