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The WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 • VOL. 23, NO.17 $1.25 Have you noticed that bright sun reflecting off the KLONDIKE Moosehide Slide? SUN Joining a National Debate Dawsonites joined the Idle No More Movement on New Year's Day Story on page 3. Photo by Dan Davidson in this Issue X-mas at RSS 7 Another One Bites the Dust 9 John Flynn Day Proclaimed 13 2013 Calendars RSS closed out the term with The Klondike River Lodge is gone. John Flynn honoured witha special seasonal celebration. day. are here! See & Do in Dawson 2 Toeing the Line 8 Quilting in Columbia 13 Berton House Thoughts 23 Uffish Thoughts 4 TH Christmas Feast 10 TV Guide 14-18 Kids' Page 26 Lots of Letters 5 & 6 Dawson CD Sampler 11 X-Mas Extravaganza Raises $29,000 20 City Notices 28 P2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 THE KLONDIKE SUN Library Hours What to : Sunday noon-4 p.m., Monday-Thursday 4-7 p.m. Library materials are now available for check-out by the commu- Art Supply Store Hourse nity. Stop in for more details! SEE AND DO : Tuesday-Friday, noon-1 p.m., Thurs- dayConservation 4-5 p.m., Sunday Klondike 1-3 p.m. Society in DAWSON now: Depot Hours : Sat, Sun, Mon: 1-5 p.m., Tues: 3-7 p.m. Donations of refundablesDawson City may be Community left on the deck Library during off hours. Info: 993-6666. This free public service helps our readers find their way through ANNUAL "DOUBLE BOB" POTLUCK the many activities all over town. Any small happening may need preparation and planning, so let us know in good time! To join : Hosted by the Dawson City Events this listing contact the office at [email protected]. Community Library in celebration of the birthdays of Robert Burns and 2013 COMMERCIAL BONSPIEL: RobertDawson Service. City Saturday, Recreation January 26Department at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Jan.11, 12, 13. Come out and support DCHA REC HOCKEY TOURNEY: local teams! Get the Rec & Leisure Newsletter & stay up to date. Website: www. Jan.25-27. Conatact Dave Ezzard cityofdawson.ca. Facebook: "City of Dawson Recreation". Contact us at The Westminster Hotel (867)Meetings 993-4425. 993-2353. IODE DAWSON CITY: BENEFIT concert: MUSH ON, BRIAN! Meet first Tuesday each month at home of Joyce : Saturday, January 19 at 10 p.m. Caley at 7:30 p.m. For info call Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353, Joyce Help Brian Wilmshurst and his dogs get to the Yukon Quest start line! Royal Canadian LEGION BRANCH #1: Fridays: JD MCCALLEN IN THE TAVERN Caley, 993-5424. Recess for summer July-Oct. Local musicans, a Silent Auction, Special Shots and more. Meet second Thursday each : Every Friday, 5:30-9:30 in the Sundays: SMALLIE Sunday AND SUSU ROBIN month at Legion Hall (3rd and King St.) at 7:30 p.m. Contacts Helen Tavern. Country, Bluegrass/Folk/Rockabilly. Special guests weekly. PIONEER WOMEN OF THE Yukon: Bowie, 993-5526, Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. : Sundays starting at 4 Meet third Thursday each month p.m. in the Tavern. Listen the the musical talents of Susu Robin on the at 7:30 p.m. at YOOP Hall. Contact Myrna Butterworth, 993-5353. piano and ukulele and enjoy happy hour small drafts! RecessKlondike for summer Institute June, Julyof Artand Aug.and Culture (KIAC) Regular live entertainment in the lounge on Friday and Saturday, 10 youth art ENRICHMENT at rss: p.m.The to Downtown close. Hotel LIVE MUSIC Jan.7-31. The ODD Gallery has partnered with RSS to present artwork from the 2012 Youth Art Enrich- : Barnacle Bob is in the Sourdough Saloon every Thursday, in the odd gallery: Visuel'art nord-ouest: ment Program. (Check in with the front office upon entering school.) FridayChamber and Saturday of Commerce from 4 p.m. &to 7Town p.m. Council Jan.10-Jan.18. CHAMBER MEETINGS: Opening reception Jan.10 at 7 p.m. A collective exhibition of nine fran- FILM SCREENING: Calypso ROSE: LIONESS OF THE JUNGLE: Regular meetings on the second Wednesday of cophone artists from western and northern Canada. COUNCIL MEETINGS: each month at the Downtown Hotel. Friday, January 11, 7 p.m. at the DZ Cultural Centre. $5 at the door. An intimate Regular meetings on the second and fourth IN concert: Calypso ROSE: portrait of the Queen of Calypso, her career, love of life and people. Wednesday of each month. Special Meeting times are posted at the Post Office three business days in advance. Posted meetings are public. Monday, January 14 in the KIAC Ball- NORTHERN WILDLIFE room. Tickets $25 at KIAC and Max's. Doors open at 7:30. Presented by BY JEFF HOLLETT & LORI-LEE THOMAS Guitar LESSONS: KIAC and DCMF, the undisputed Queen of Calypso is live in concert. New Session starts this Friday, Jan.11-Mar.8 (no class YOGA WITH Joanna MCDonald: on Feb.22), 3:30-7 p.m. 8 lessons for $138. Space is limited! Wednesdays 7-8 p.m., Thursdays intro to silkscreening with rian lougheed-smith: 12:05-12:50 p.m. $8 drop-in/5 classes for $30. Saturday, Jan.26, Sunday, Jan.27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the KIAC Classroom. $42 (GST Yukon 48: A 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: and supplies included). Explore stencils and printing materials. January 18-20, $15 per team entry. Winning film will be screened at the 2013 Dawson City In- FILM selection committee: ternational Short Film Festival. www.dawsonfilmfest.com/48hour. Just watch movies and tell us what you think! Film selections are for the 14th annual Dawson City Internation- al Short Film Festival. Screenings Mondays and Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. at theSOVA KIAC Classroom. Contact Dan at [email protected]. ADMIN OFFICE Hours : Mon-Thurs, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. THE KLONDIKE SUN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 P3 Dawson Joins Idle No More Story & Photo by Dan Davidson legislation. Morberg-Green emphasized that gatherings such as The Idle No More movement this are intended to be a came to Dawson City on January positive alternative to simply 1, with a gathering held outside complaining about injustices, the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre and that they were a way of at 2 p.m. making public opinion known Organizer Fran Morberg- to the larger community. Green addressed the crowd of Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in concerns some 50 folk, both Tr'ondëk about possible developments Hwëch'in citizens and others, in the Peel Watershed are around the fire at the beginning connected, she said, to the of the demonstration. larger issue, as is the hunger She outlined the origins of the strike currently being carried Idle No More movement, which on in Ottawa by Chief Theresa began with four women both Spence of the Attawapiskat aboriginal and non-aboriginal, First Nation. from Saskatoon. Sylvia Signs carried by the McAdam. Jess Gordon, Nina demonstrators included Wilson and Sheelah McLean mention of Idle No More, support were moved by the contents of for Spence as well as slogans Bill C45, the latest omnibus bill such as “Save Grandmother proposed by the Conservative Earth. She’s Counting on Us!” dominated federal government and “No Water, No Life!” TH Housing Program Gains National Recognition of Canada. Morberg told the group to They saw the changes to the focus their attention on the Navigable Waters Protection positive outcome they hoped to Act as another step in the achieve. Press release “I would like to thank Harper,” devaluing of environmental DAWSON CITY – The Tr’ond‘k Hw‘ch’in (TH) are pleased their housing initiatives gained positive she said, adding that it was the regulation already begun in attention in the Conference Board of Canada’s December 2012 report, “Framing Sustainable Options other actions taken by Prime Prime Minister’s actions on for Housing in Canada’s North.” Minister Harper’s government. this issue that had stimulated First Nations people have people to take up a protest that Unfortunately, many of the innovations resulting from the collaboration between CMHC, Yukon a particular interest in the seems to be sweeping across Housing Corporation, and HŠn Construction Ltd. are no longer possible due to changes in policy outcomes of such legislative the country and even occurring interpretations by the federal government. changes, as they believe they in foreign lands. “Our solid and well-managed program is the envy of the North,” said Chief Eddie Taylor. “But our violate specific portions of Following her remarks the waiting list continues to grow.” their treaty rights under the entire group formed a couple TH has utilized CHMC support to build homes for many years—a relationship that has yielded Canadian constitution. of circles with the drummers quality homes for TH citizens. Utilizing their assistance, however, was made impossible in 2010, when The changes in Bill C-45 strip inside next to the fire, and the federal government advised they would no longer provide Ministerial Loan Guarantees (MLG) to joined in several traditional Han protections from 99% of lakes First Nations building on land that wasn’t once Land Set Aside or Reserve land. The MLG is required songs, as well as a chorus or two and rivers in Canada, leaving to obtain CMHC assistance. only 3 oceans, 97 lakes and 62 of "This Land is Your Land" and TH subdivisions, like C-4 (the neighbourhood in which the sustainable homes project took place), rivers under the purview of the one from the Shuswap nation. law. This is a reduction from Then the group was invited to were never Land Set Aside or Reserve land.