Yukon Times: Congratulations to you and your mom for writing this book!
Yukon Times: Tell me about your book, what's your book about, and what's the title of the book?
Yukon Times: What inspired you both to write this book?
Ursula Westfall: We always go on walks through the forest in the evenings. And we trade ideas back and forth. Like ideas about stories and things. Me and mom were just having a nice walk in the forest. We started talking about this book and then we got enough ideas collected together that we decided to write a book. So it was an ongoing, continuous dialogue.
Yukon Times: Can you let me know how this idea was developed?
Rachel Westfall: Really, like Ursula said, we go for walks every evening together, and we talk and we share a lot of story ideas. And when we started writing the story, it was really a romance in the beginning, and then as the story developed, we started to build a lot more drama into it and a lot of humour. So a lot of our conversations in the woods were around character development, or around funny scenes, things that could happen that would be entertaining. And then we took turns doing the writing. So each of us would write a scene and switch back and forth. Like most of the sasquatch scenes, Ursula wrote, so she really created the sasquatch's character. It just evolved like that. Once we had enough ideas, we started writing it right away. We wrote almost the whole first draft over the winter holidays.
Yukon Times: When did you start writing this book and how long did it take for both of you to complete this book?
Rachel Westfall: So it was over the winter holidays, and it took us about a month to do the first draft. And then after that it needed editing and proofing. And so there was probably about another month of that type of work before it was polished up. It took about two months, I think, altogether.
Yukon Times: How did two of you work together to write this book? Did you face difficulty working together to write a book? When we work together, especially in a closest family relationship; like son or daughter, sometimes people face some sort of challenges teaming up for a mutual project. Did you face any difficulties, challenges, or things like that?
Ursula Westfall: We didn't really. We worked together really well.
Rachel Westfall: Yeah, it was beautiful. Yeah. There weren't any problems working together on it. If anything, we kept each other going, because both of us have started novels before, but we never finished them. And so, to do it together, we were really able to work together, work through any of the blocks that we ran into, the challenges. And I think it was much more successful because we worked together.
Yukon Times: Who contributed more to this book, you or your daughter? Is this 50-50 percent contribution, or one contributed more and the other contributed less?
Rachel Westfall: I did most of the editing. But I think we shared the writing a lot more evenly. I just have experience as an editor, so for me to do the editing and make sure that the voices float smoothly, and that kind of thing. I did most of that. Ursula did a bit of editing. It was more around the story and what happened in the story. So each chapter has a few scenes in it, and we switched by scenes rather than by chapter. We set up the chapters after all the scenes were written.
Yukon Times: This is a question for you, Ursula, specifically. Was it easy for you to balance the work of writing this book and your school work?
Ursula Westfall: It was easy, because I usually don't get much homework. So right after school, I'd just start writing.
Yukon Times: Is this your first book?
Rachel Westfall: Yeah. I've done academic writing and published that before, but this is my first fiction novel.
Yukon Times: What is the hardest thing about writing, according to your experience?
Rachel Westfall: I think envisioning the whole project, and getting beyond that first three chapters. I think that's the hardest thing; to be able to envision where you're going with it, and then just make it happen, give yourself time and room to do that. Because it's so easy to start something, and it's so hard to see it through to the finish. So I think it's envisioning that product to the end, and then getting there.
Yukon Times: Is this the final story scene which you envisioned the very first day, or is the final story different than the first day?
Rachel Westfall: It's definitely different. It got a life of its own.
Yukon Times: Who published your book?
Rachel Westfall: We published it through CreateSpace, which is an Amazon group. So it's self-published, and it's available through Amazon and on Kindle. And I can order copies through CreateSpace, so Mac's Fireweed Books carries it.
Yukon Times: Is it mainly in electronic format?
Rachel Westfall: It's paper and it's also available through Kindle, as any book. Most of the sales so far have been the paper version though.
Yukon Times: How can readers discover more about you and your book in the town, and where can they go to buy your book?
Rachel Westfall: So in Whitehorse people can buy it at Mac's Fireweed Books. If they're outside Whitehorse, they can go through Amazon – any of the Amazon sites, so amazon.com or amazon.ca. We also have a website: sasquatchtales.com.
Yukon Times: Do you read much? And, if so, who are your favourite authors?
Ursula Westfall: We read almost every day. We read very often. And my favourite author is Brandon Sanderson.
Yukon Times: Do you read mainly fiction or non-fiction?
Ursula Westfall: Yeah, mainly fiction.
Yukon Times: Science fiction too?
Rachel Westfall: I love fantasy, the whole genre. I've read all the sort of famous epic fantasy books. Ursula is named after Ursula Le Guin, who is an epic fantasy writer. I really like Steven Erikson – he's one of my favourite writers right now, he's Canadian. Again, a fantasy author. Together we read a lot of Brandon Sanderson. We've read Ursula Le Guin, we've read Tolkien. Who else? Lloyd Alexander. All these fantasy genre writers, we've read out loud. As a family we read a lot of the books, so we take turns reading out loud.
Yukon Times: Are you both planning to write more books?
Ursula Westfall: We are. We're already starting a sequel for Estella of Halftree Village.
Rachel Westfall: Right now we're hoping to get that one done this summer. But Ursula has several other books that she's working on as well. I'm only working on the one. She's working on four or five!
Yukon Times: So you're working on four or five books?
Ursula Westfal: Yeah, I might not get them finished, 'cause sometimes I just start the books 'cause I get some good ideas. But then I just can't get through them all.
Yukon Times: So you are going to be a future writer of Canada, Ursula!
Yukon Times: It's great that you are getting great encouragement from your mom, Ursula. Are you both getting a good support from the Whitehorse community for your book?
Rachel Westfall: There's lots of support for, I think, the arts in general, in Whitehorse. And, certainly, we've had lots of interest from friends and family, and the community at large, in the book.
Yukon Times: Thank you so much for joining this conversation, and I wish you both the best for your next books!
Rachel and Ursula Westfall: Thanks!
YT: How did the idea of jumping into Liberal nomination get started?
BS: Well, I used to work in the House of Commons, so I had a first-hand view of politics at the federal level. And, you know, I hear a lot of people complain that it's not working very well, that politics is broken, that it needs a reboot or an upgrade. And I got to see that up close, so I know exactly, you know– I have a visceral feeling for that being true. And, you know, I feel as though I'm at a point in my life now where I've learned how to take some big ideas and make them happen in industries where it's very hard to do so. And I'm hoping to apply myself politically. I really want to get people more engaged; I think that they're turned off. So at the very least, I have some new ideas for how to build a new type of politics, to try and make it more exciting for people, and more relevant too.
YT: Are you a long-time politician, or you just started experimenting with it?
BS: Definitely not a long-time politician, and not a regular politician. I'm going to be a different type of politician. This is my first time running for federal, you know, for office officially in Canada. But I do have that experience having worked in the House of Commons. And I think I bring a different type of experience, a breadth of experience to the job. I've built a couple of environmental NGO's, I've bicycled across Canada, I've helped build a tech company in Silicon Valley, and I helped build the Blackberry and the Canadarm, and the particle physics accelerator at CERN. So one thing I think that politics needs is people who look at fact-based, evidence-based decision making a little bit more, and who bring a bit more of a builder type of perspective to it. And that's what my engineering background will do. I think, in some sense, people don't like politicians who are kind of career politicians. And I'm hoping to kind of get in for a while and get some stuff done, but then leave before things get too comfortable and the level of activity drops.
YT: You want to do things differently?
BS: That's right, yeah. And I think that's what people are looking for. I think they're tired of the status quo, 'cause it's not working, and they want to see politics be more positive, more accessible, more cooperative, more transparent, and more inclusive. And they want to see something get done. I think that's what people like about me; I have strong track record of getting things done.
YT: Why did you choose the Liberal Party? Is there any reason?
BS: I think that the federal political scene is what's most broken. I'm very distressed about the way in which Harper is currently leading the country. I used to work in the House of Commons when he was the opposition leader, so I've seen him and I've seen how he operates. And I think that a lot of Canadians are very concerned about the direction he's taking the country in. I think he's taking the 'Progressive' out of the Conservative Party, and I feel very compelled to stand up and fight for the Canada that I remember, the Canada that I believe we can be again. And the best way to do that is to get involved, and here in the Yukon, to try and make a difference. I think, you know, I've never been a hugely partisan fellow. I've worked on various campaigns before as a volunteer, both for Liberal and NDP – I've worked on Jack Layton's campaign. And my feeling is that Justin Trudeau is building a new team, and he's trying to build a new type of politics. And sometimes that means taking some risks, trying some things differently. And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but I like the fact that he's willing to try and build it in a better way. And that's why I'm seeking the Liberal nomination, federally.
YT: You talked about Justin Trudeau. What do you think of Justin Trudeau and his politics, as he's going to be your leader?
BS: I think that, like a lot of Canadians, we're eager to see him evolve and grow into the job, you know. I think that he is doing some things that have motivated me and have made me excited that he's actually taking action and not just talking about doing things differently; he actually is. So, earlier this year, when he made the changes to the senate – to free the senators, so that they were no longer part of the party, that they could be senators in a more bipartisan way – I think that that's really important, you know. And I think anytime you see a leader relinquish power, give more power away, that's a positive sign. I think that's healthier for democracy. He's also made strides to open up the nominations more than they ever have been before for the Liberals. And I think that's really exciting too, because it means more people will get involved. And I think having a race for nominations is healthy thing, so I'm glad to see that too. And I think he's taken some strong stands on some issues that Canadians feel passionate about, and he's not shying away from engaging Canadians in a dialogue about those ideas.
YT: Do you think that Liberals will be able to form the next government in Ottawa?
BS: I hope so. What I hope for is to see a change. Again, like a lot of Canadians, I'm very unhappy with the direction that Harper is taking, increasingly so, and I feel we need a change. And that's why I'm standing up, to try and help be part of that.
YT: Let's come to the Yukon. How do you believe that you can do better than the other two Liberal candidates who are in the race?
BS: Yes. You know, I think there's even more who are exploring the idea, and I think that's healthy. The Liberals are going to use a ranked ballot to pick the candidate here, and what's exciting about that is: there's no negative repercussion from having a lot of candidates. So I'm hoping to see even more step up and join. The ranked ballot does away with vote splitting and it leads to more positive campaigning, 'cause you have an incentive to be your other candidates' second choice. It's a system that's used around the world, and I would like to see it adopted federally in more places in Canada. I was part of a team that helped move it forward at the municipal level in Toronto. And I think that that in particular is a very progressive move. Again, I don't see this so much as a race against other candidates for the Liberal Party. I'm excited that together we're getting more people involved and engaged, and I hope to see more people come out and vote. And I think that I offer something new and different, and I think that after politics as usual for such a long time, I think a lot of Yukoners are looking for change, and they're looking for something new and fresh. And I'm hoping to get some new ideas off the ground.
YT: If you're elected as an MP, what will you do for the Yukon?
BS: There's a lot of things that I want to do, but I'm certainly aware that it's a system where it isn't easy to make quick changes overnight. They're adding thirty new members of parliament, so in the next parliament there will be 338 MPs. Which means that, first and foremost, I want to represent Yukoners' voice very loudly in Ottawa. I think that a lot of Yukoners feel very critical that right now, sometimes it's more that Ottawa has a voice here in the Yukon, and I think people want to see that change. So I want to stand up for Yukoners and fight for what's important to them, and make sure that we're heard in big decisions for Canada. Especially on things like the environment, climate change here in the North. Those impacts are even more strongly felt, and so we have a big role to play in shaping some of those policies and shaping the vision of the future for Canada. I have presented a number of ideas that are important to me, and so I'm hoping to advocate and push for those. But, again, really I think the first step is to try and introduce a different type of politics that engages people better. I think that politics needs to be more visual, so I'm going to try and share some of these big decisions with people in a way that's more digestible, more palatable, easier to understand. I want to engage people better and find some ways with technology perhaps, to allow people to have their voice. So doing more ranked polls with Yukoners, so that I understand more their opinion in a factual kind of way on certain issues. So that when I represent them and vote, in certain ways, that I have more than just a subjective understanding of their thoughts on certain issues. And I think in the past, Yukoners sometimes feel like their representatives haven't stood up for issues that were important to them, so I want to do that better. In terms of specific policy ideas, again, I have some that are very close to my heart, but I think it's important for people to understand too that it will take time to bring those to the forefront.
YT: The issue of the Peel watershed development has been a widely discussed issue in the Yukon recently. What are your view about it?
BS: So I think, for me, the larger issue there is that a lot– I've been talking to a lot of Yukoners who feel that their voice wasn't heard in that process, you know. That there was a well-described process where the government here said that they were going to capture feedback from the public. It seemed to me anyway that there were some very clear, strong opinions and a pretty broad consensus on the way that that should move forward, and I don't know that Yukoners feel necessarily that that voice was incorporated in the plan moving forward. I do certainly recognize that industries like mining are very important in the Yukon, and they have helped grow and shape the economy here. And I don't think that we can turn them off overnight, but I also recognize the incredible importance of protecting and preserving our environment. And I think that there's a way that we can grow the economy without having as negative an impact on the environment. Those are some of the ideas that we talked about, that I would like to propose, as another way to diversify the economy. And that's what I haven't heard in the debate so far: a way to kind of find a middle ground, and that's what I'm hoping to push for.
YT: What will you do for the mining industry for the Yukon, if you are elected?
BS: I'm really motivated by some of the leadership that I've seen from Shawn Ryan and his team. They're using technology in some really innovate ways; world-leading techniques that are making exploration have far less impact on the environment. It's making their costs lower, it's making them more effective at pinpointing good places to do some mining, with less environmental impact. So it's a great example of how technology can help improve mining in many ways, and I'd like to see more of that evolve. And I think that the Yukon could become a leader in mineral exploration that is less harmful to the environment. So, again, I think that there's a common ground there that we need to find and strive for.
YT: You're a tech guy. Please tell me more about that, about your tech background?
BS: Yeah, I spent several years building a tech company down in Silicon Valley with some friends, and saw first-hand how that community embraces the notion of failure. And I think that sometimes in government, there's too much of a concern placed on playing it safe, and that prevents new ideas from being realized. And I'd like to try and shift more of that focus so that there is a greater acceptance for trying out some new ideas. Knowing that if we try ten ideas, maybe only a couple of them will really work out to be successful. And there's ways to pilot and test those to get feedback in a tangible way, without planning, and planning, and planning forever, and never really learning quickly from those iterations. I think that Silicon Valley is kind of an epicentre for seeing creative new ideas emerge in a practical manner. And that's something I think politics lacks, and it's an experience that I bring that I would like to introduce increasingly to that area.
YT: Do you want to bring Silicon Valley to the Yukon?
BS: Well I don't think the Yukon will ever be a Silicon Valley, but I do think that a hundred years ago we had the Gold Rush, and one way to diversify the economy would be to build the Yukon 'Code Rush'. The idea there is to help support the growth of more web-based businesses, who can scale very easily and who can export their product to the world without any detrimental impact, without as much of the restriction as if they were trying to build a physical, tangible product. Because, with the internet, if it is indeed fast, affordable, reliable – those are things we need to improve on for this to work – then Yukoners could build businesses here and compete on the world stage. And it's a great example of helping to grow and diversify the economy without hurting the environment. And I think those are the kind of innovative ideas that we need to look toward for the future.
YT: How did you get involved with YuKonstruct?
BS: I was part of the early team that got YuKonstruct off the ground. I have seen the model of a 'makerspace', which is essentially a place where you can go and share tools and share ideas with other inventors and builders, to create new things. I've seen that model work well in other parts of Canada and around the world. And I was meeting with a lot of Yukoners who have great ideas – there's no shortage of innovative ideas here – but a lot of people either don't have the space, or the tools, or the expertise to get their idea off the ground. So over Christmas, on my personal vacation, I went and toured six or seven makerspaces across Canada, 'cause there's thirty in Canada, and nine hundred around the world. And I wanted to better understand how that could be applied here. I was able to bring some of that back here and have an event to see if Yukoners were interested in it. And we thought twenty or thirty people might come, but ultimately there were over two hundred who came. Moving forward on that momentum, a nonprofit was built, and that group was able to take this idea and build it in fewer than four months, which is remarkable – to take an idea and make it happen in under four months. I think that's an example of the kind of leadership that I bring in being able to, again, have less talk and more action, to get things done. And there's a lot still to do, to make sure that that idea continues to survive, and blossom, and thrive. But I think it's exciting to see the space evolve, and more and more tools are coming in, and more members are joining up. And I'm hopeful that this will be a space where Yukoners can see their ideas materialize, and hopefully help grow the economy too – start some new businesses, get some new jobs going. There's a lot of benefits that could come from it.
YT: What are your hobbies? What else do you do apart from tech and politics?
BS: I love the outdoors. When I came to the Yukon, I had one bicycle, and now I've got three – one for every season, you know. So I try and spend as much time as possible outside. I really love the opportunity to live here, to be so close to access this world-class wonderful nature that we've got, and that's one of the best things about living here.
YT: When did you come to the Yukon?
BS: So I am coming up on my first year, and sometimes people say: "Wow, how will you be able to represent the Yukon if you've only been here that short while?". And my response to that is– I think some people are saying: "Well, look at how much he's done with the short amount of time he's been here. Imagine what he could do with even more time". I have been to every community in the Yukon, I've purchased a home here, and I've helped build YuKonstruct – a new nonprofit. So I think that's an example of what I'm able to deliver, and I'm hoping to continue investing in this community. I've decided this is where I want my home to be, and it's part of the reason I'm running – I want to make it a really great place, an even better place. But, again, I'm no stranger to the North; I was born in Northern Manitoba, and taught science in Northern Quebec. So, in many ways, this is a very fitting place for me to end up, of returning to the North.
YT: I think that's it. I wish you all the best, Ben!
BS: Thank you. You too, Gurdeep. It's great to talk.
An Interview with Norm Hamilton, author of From Thine Own Well.
An Interview with Norm Hamilton who wrote a novel on the results of fracking, irresponsible mining, and polluted waters. Norm Hamilton is a well-known Yukoner. His new novel, From Thine Own Well, explores a dystopian Canadian society set in 2036, a scant 24 years after FIPA (Foreign Investment Protection Agreement) of October 2012. In an interview with Gurdeep Pandher, he tells more about his book.
YT: What's the title of your book, and what is your book about?
NH: The book is titled From Thine Own Well. Basically, what it's about is – it's a futuristic novel, so it's about the results of fracking, and irresponsible mining, and how watersheds get polluted, and how corporate interests take over Canada, in general. The book itself is centered in Yukon.
YT: What inspired you to write this book?
NH: Well, I spent the last forty years living in Yukon. And throughout that time, I've watched governments doing various things, much of which is geared towards mining development and so on, and more recently towards oil and gas development. So this book is a piece of fiction that's really created from my observations coupled with my fears, concerns, and, of course, my biases. And what transpired from that is a book on a dystopian culture – an anti-utopian culture – in Canada. Now, that's sort of where it came from.
YT: For how long have you been writing this book? When did you start it?
NH: It's interesting because in the fall of 2012, we were selling our home in the Yukon. I got involved with a group called NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing of the Month. So for the month of November, I sat each day for about three hours, and wrote to tell the story. After that – and you had to get at least 50 000 words, and I had well over that. From that point, however, it took over a year of rewrites, proofreading, copy-editing, getting beta readers to read it, and then finally a complete editing, and a cover created, before it was actually published. So it's been over a year.
YT: How are unrestricted mining causing environmental damages in the Yukon? Your observations?
NH: There's much involved with that. However, throughout the world, everywhere there's been fracking, there's been problems with the watersheds and the water that people are supposed to be drinking. Mining itself – Yukon Government, in my mind, keeps proclaiming that mining is sort of the be-all and end-all. And yet, it's kind of collapsed over the last few years. We cannot do without mining, we cannot do without oil and gas exploration, but I believe we need to be more cautious about what we do. The book also stems from the FIPA agreements – the Foreign Investment Protection Agreements. And what they do is they allow foreign corporations to come into Canada, and if a government sets up a regulation that makes it so they make less money than they think they should, they can sue the government. That goes to an international tribunal – it doesn't even go to court. So, in the book, that has taken place on a number of occasions, and the government has been effectively bankrupted because of it.
YT: Because they don't have any power, right?
NH: That has been removed from them. And, again, in the book – and it's a fictional account – the government is now controlled by international corporate interests.
YT: You put a great emphasis on drinking water in your book. Please tell me more about this?
NH: Yes. I believe that in relatively short time, water is going to have more – well it already has more value than any mineral that we can come up with. But it's going to have more monetary value as well, because we keep polluting it everywhere we go. Yukon is one of the last vestiges of pure water left in the world, and my belief is that we have to protect that and guard it jealously. So we have to be very careful about what we do with it. If we pollute one part of a watershed, because it's a watershed, it's going to fl ow through the entire area, and we'll end up without water to drink. And at that point, whoever can provide us with that water has complete control of us.
YT: The Yukon Government in January 2014 approved the Peel Watershed area for development. So what are your comments on this?
NH: I find it incomprehensible that they would go completely against the recommendation of the Peel Watershed Review Committee – the land use committee that spent all the years and the time and effort in the studies. And the Government totally ignored that. So I find that quite disconcerting.
YT: Your book draws the reader to a dystopian Canadian society setting in 2036. Why did you choose this year to make a point?
YT: Related to the previous question, what could happen if the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement of 2012 goes against Canadians?
NH: That's what the novel is all about. People no longer have any rights, it's been completely taken away from them. The corporate interest must be served at all costs. Mining companies – not all – some mining companies have started to ignore regulations, so they're polluting the water as well. The fracking is causing watersheds to become corrupted, and has also shifted some of the plates in the Tintina trench. Because the corporate entity told them to, government is capping off wells, and forcing people to purchase bottled water from the corporation. In general, it's just all gone completely opposite of what we experience today.
YT: In your book, you refer to "The Coalition". What is The Coalition, and how are they working?
NH: The Coalition is a non-existent entity at this point – it's, again, a fictional entity. The FIPA agreement of 2012 was with China, and the book assumes that a number of other agreements – and that's happening, again, as we speak – there's more agreements being put in place. And when the first one sues successfully, the others jump on the bandwagon and they all end up being owed countless billions of dollars by the Canadian government. So they form a coalition to run Canada. So The Coalition is formed by these corporations that are owed the money.
YT: Your book discusses the issues of mining and fracking. How have you woven these issues to make a novel? These are current political, economic, environmental issues – how did you put them together into the novel?
NH: It's really written not from the perspective of mining companies or oil and gas companies. It's written from the perspective of the citizens that have been impacted by that. As it turns out, there's a baker's dozen of Yukoners that end up together – and one dog – who come together because they cannot tolerate what's going on anymore, and they end up working towards change. The other half of that, of course, is the people who work for The Coalition, for that group of companies that is now running things. So it's written from the standpoint of: when this is already taking place, we need to do something about it.
YT: What's the price of your book, and where can it be purchased from?
NH: In Canada, the price is $19.99. It's available in Whitehorse at Coles bookstore and at Well-read Books. It's also available online, and it's difficult to quote a price there because the online stores tend to compete with each other, and the price is fluctuating everywhere from about $13.00 up. A signed paperback is available by going to my website and ordering it from there, because I can then sign it and mail it out from there. That's normhamilton.ca/writer. The book is also available in numerous e-book formats for Kindle, Kobo, Sony, and iBooks, and all the rest of it. And they're all online as well. And as an e-book, it's only priced at $2.99 right now.
YT: What would you like to say to the readers about your book? What message do you want to convey to them?
NH: Other than inviting them to pick up the book and read it, and let me know what they think of it. That's always nice – I'm getting some excellent and wonderful reviews posted on Amazon about what people are thinking, and feeling very humbled by the amount of positive response to the book itself. I'm hearing everything from how exciting it is to what a thought-provoking story it is. I'm really grateful to the readers and my fans of the book. I think the biggest thing is that it does give pause for thought. So I invite people to read it.
YT: Thank you so much Norm for joining me for this brief interview!
NH: Thank you for having me. It was a pleasure meeting you and spending some time with you.
Because it is my belief – what created the thought for me was the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement with China that was done in 2012. And I kind of was curious, if that went bad, and others followed, how long would it take before Canada was in serious trouble? And it came to me that it could happen very quickly, for two reasons. One, as soon as the tribunals give an order that the Government owes money, then that's more money that we owe. And, unless Canadians stand up against their government when they think it's necessary, it's just going to happen and we're not going to do anything to stop it. So at this point, Canadians are not going to electoral polls, they're not standing up for what they really want.
Damien Tremblay's book entitled Yukon Dreams studies Yukon's remote areas. In an interview with Gurdeep Pandher, he tells more about his book.
YT: Thank you so much Damien for coming to this interview!
YT: Why did you write this book? I mean what inspired you to write this book?
DT: Well I wanted to write it because, well, I had read many books about the Yukon and the North in general. But I felt that– well, there was– the idea of remoteness was never explicit. It was always implied in those books, and it was more or less, well, omnipresent. But it was not very clear what it was exactly. So I wanted to explain it well – remoteness – what it was, and how it had an influence on people.
YT: There are a lot of books on Yukon – when we go to different bookstores, we find many books. So how different is your approach, how different is your book from other Yukon books?
DT: It's a very focused book, because I wanted to talk about remoteness, and everything that was around this idea. And for the Yukon, of course, there was a mystique of the place, there is a mystery surrounding the Yukon. Why does it attract so much? And one of the reasons, for sure, is remoteness, and one doesn't go without the other. You have the mystique of the territory, and you have the remoteness. So, I wanted to explain that idea.
YT: Are you the fi rst writer to touch Yukon's remoteness, or did any other writer make this kind of attempt, do you know?
talked about remoteness in his book. Because it was– it's omnipresent, again, in the Yukon. So, you can pass it. I mean, you have to talk about it. And in my book I quote many other books about the Yukon, or the North, and chapters or things that talk about remoteness. But I wanted my book to be an analysis of remoteness. That's what it is.
YT: When did you start writing this book?
DT: About two years ago.
YT: How long did you spend in research? How much time did you spend on writing, actual writing?
DT: Well, I did research at the same time as I was doing writing. Because I already had a lot of research done. Because, since my childhood, I read about the Yukon and the North. So I had that knowledge, that base of knowledge. I knew what I wanted to say. So I was able to both research it and write at the same time. But the writing maybe took a year.
YT: One year on research, one year on writing?
DT: About that, yes. And, yes, publishing matters too, you know.
YT: Ok. Yeah, it involves a lot of things. Your book tells about Yukon remoteness. How far did you go to write about this book? I mean where in Yukon, like what places in Yukon did you travel to, for your research?
DT: Well, I will say first: there are different scales of remoteness. The territory, for example, is remote from big urban centers. It's remote from most big Canadian cities, so it's a few thousand kilometers away. So that type of remoteness, anybody can feel it. I mean, you feel it, I feel it – anybody can feel it. I mean, we don't have the same services exactly, however, we have everything we want, I think. But, I mean, we are still far away from many places – from France, from India, from our countries. But, of course, you can go always deeper into the Yukon remoteness. If you go in the wilderness, you are deep, very far – you can be wild very fast! Sorry. So, I mean, my favourite place are the Ogilvie Mountains. So every year I go there at least once, or twice. I go hiking by myself in the Ogilvie Mountains. So it's– I'm by myself for a few days in the mountains, in very remote and beautiful places.
YT: Can you name places? Like, where did you go for your research?
DT: Well, I've been all around the Yukon; in the St. Elias Mountains, Ogilvie, and all of that. So, I've done some canoe trips, I've done some hiking trips, I've been in the wilderness all around, that's for sure.
DT: The Yukon – all the Yukon, really. And I wanted to say: I didn't fi nd it, really. The answers I give in that book are not really from the outside, what you could see from the outside. They are from within you – remoteness is about introspection. What is inside you, when you're outside. So there is a paradox, you know – it's more about you than the mountains. The mountains don't care if they're remote or not, we do. So it's– talking about remoteness is an intellectual thing. It's not something that you could guess looking at a mountain. You have to look within you, what's inside you.
YT: In your book you mention the Peel River watershed. So what are your views about that region of the Yukon?
DT: Well, it's a region that is very much discussed right now, because it's one of the remotest areas of the Yukon, and they want to mine it and develop it. And, of course, I'm against that, because I think that all the Yukon is built – you know, the mystique, the importance of the Yukon for the world – is built on the quality of its remoteness. So, if you destroy that area, of course you destroy animals, you destroy wildlife and all of that, but you destroy the very idea that made the Yukon, and the reason people are coming for the Yukon. So you destroy something big.
YT: Do you support the "Protect the Peel" campaign?
YT: You have studied Yukon's remote areas. So what did you learn about Yukon's gold? Is Yukon still a great source of gold? Did you touch this subject too?
DT: I talked about it, yes. Well, I would say: Yukon is still a good source of intellectual gold. That would be my answer. Which is found, well, in its wilderness, remoteness, and all of that. It's in a world that is more and more built, you know, where there are more and more cities, where everything is connected. Well, you still have the chance to not be connected to anything here. To be distanced from time, from everything that the world is right now. So this is precious, for that reason. But, of course, I talk in the book about the Gold Rush and why those young men came, and what they did find. And most of them didn't find gold. They found what Pierre Berton– they found maturity, you know, they became adults. And that was the gold. That was what they found, really.
YT: We talked about the gold and the Gold Rush. So what do you think about Yukon's "cold rush"?
DT: Well, a little bit long.
YT: Where are people more happy – in cities or in remote areas? Did you meet people in remote areas? How different is their lifestyle from people in the city?
DT: Yeah, I don't know exactly how to answer that. I would say that in the Yukon, well, there are people that have always lived here, like the First Nations. But Yukon is made a lot from people coming from elsewhere. And those people are coming for different reasons. So, well, for example, I came for– really for the idea of the Yukon; the wilderness, Jack London, everything I read about that book. So, I'm quite happy to be here, because it was a conscious choice. But I know that many people are coming here for money, for a job. And for them, I think many are very happy to live here. And some are not so much. Because, I mean, it's– the Yukon we know is cold, too, is isolated, dangerous. So maybe those people don't appreciate that much the Yukon, I don't know. But, so there are– so it's hard to generalize, to say.
YT: What things are you concerned about Yukon's remoteness? What things are you fearful about? Like, what you think that government should do, people should do for remote areas.
DT: Yes, I think that Yukon's remoteness is an asset, in many ways. It's an asset, well because people are coming from all over the world for that. So, it has, in some ways, to be conserved, and– but, for sure, since 1942 and the building of the Alaska Highway, it has diminished. Less and less– well, we have more and more roads, it's less and less remote, for sure. But it's remote enough, you know. So, yes, I think we should try to keep it that way. But, I have to say, trying to keep things the way they are is very much a romantic idea. It's a bit a crazy idea, you know. But, maybe I'm crazy too, I don't know. So– but, still, why would you change something that you love? When you love something, you don't want it to change. And that's why I'm saying: well, let's keep it that way. Don't build more roads, don't change it – don't change the nature of it, because I love it that way. So it's a very romantic way to see things, but it's valid because I'm not the only one thinking that way. I'm not the only one, I'm expressing it, but I'm not the only one thinking that way.
YT: People love that type of nostalgia, sadness, remoteness!
DT: Yeah, and what I found when I wrote that book is that– well, talking about nostalgia– because, I mean, in the idea of remoteness, you have the idea you are separated from something. And when you're separated from something, you have pain – you become- well, you can be nostalgic, melancholic, and all of that. And it's important to say it, because in North America it's not a very good thing to say your place is melancholic, because, I mean, everybody should be happy, should have a big smile, and all of that. But it's important to say, because, I think, for the Yukon, melancholia is a good thing. Because it's a source of artistic inspiration. It's– in isolation, as I see, you can look– you can have introspection. And that's why so many people paint, write, photograph here. Because of that light, positive melancholia. And that's why I found it was the very essence of the Yukon, that melancholia. And remoteness and melancholia – it's pretty much the same thing, to me.
YT: Is this your first book? How long have you been writing?
DT: Well, yes, it's my first book. I've been writing for all my life, it seems. I was a history teacher a few years ago, and now I'm working in the translation you need for the Yukon government. So, I like words, I like play on words, I like poetry, and I'm an avid reader too – I read a lot.
YT: Were you born in the Yukon, or you just came to Yukon from somewhere else and fell in love with it?
YT: Ok. So where did you come from originally?
DT: I'm from France, and part of me– my dad was from Quebec.
YT: What's the price of your book, and where can people go to buy your book?
DT: The price is $25.00 in town. So they can buy it in the stores, in the Yukon. Or you can have it on the web too – on amazon.com.
YT: It must be cheaper over there.
DT: Yes, it's a little bit cheaper over there. Yes. And you can– sorry. You can have it as an e-book too, for those who like electronic books.
YT: What else do you want to say about your book, to the readers?
DT: Well, I invite them to read it, for sure. If they have questions, or– about remoteness, or if they are interested by the subject, yes, for sure. And if they are interested by the DNA of the Yukon, I think, the identity of the Yukon. I think, knowing more about what is remoteness will tell you a lot more about the Yukon than gold, for example. Gold is just– well, it's part of history, but it's not so much part of identity as remoteness is, I think.
YT: Yeah. So your book– summary of your book is that real gold of Yukon is its remoteness.
YT: Thank you so much Damien for coming for this interview!
DT: Thanks for having me!


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This jaw section with 2 intact teeth is from the same late Miocene site as the rhino fosssil found elsewhere in our catalogs. The jaw section is as found --- neither of the teeth have been added after the fact. Very heavily mineralized. Most alligator jaws that are offered are from the Pleistocene so this is definitely a rarity.


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I have a passion for global economics and finance. Traveling, studying and working abroad has developed my desire for a fast paced, challenging and collaborative work environment. I am always striving for new learning opportunities and experiences to become a more educated and efficient leader. At Susquehanna University, I have worked to become an outstanding student, leader, volunteer and teammate. During my last year at Susquehanna I plan to improve my leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills through academics and cross-cultural experiences. I have recently received the Eric Stein Fund for International Experience, which has provided me the opportunity to be a research intern in South Africa for a social investment firm.
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An exciting opportunity to join the digital compliance department with one of the largest global gambling operators to support a key project on a temporary basis. As a Due Diligence Officer in the Regulatory & Compliance (R&C) team you will be responsible for supporting the Head of Compliance, Senior Compliance Manager and Compliance Manager with delivery of a key project in the area of Affiliate marketing.
You will be responsible for gathering and analysing due diligence requirements for a portfolio of affiliates, including checking identity and company documents provided and maintaining accurate records.
The role will also involve working with the affiliate marketing teams in global locations to ensure accurate requirement communications are sent, appropriate documents are gathered and compliance requirements met.
You will be expected to have experience in due diligence for the remote gambling industry and conducting corporate due diligence checks on global company registries.
You will have knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") regulations and Know Your Customer ("KYC") obligations and have completed training in these areas.
Work closely with the Compliance Manager to request, collect, analyse and store due diligence and identity documentation for affiliate partners.
Analyse identity and corporate documents, including financial statements, and be able to assess the validity and accuracy of those documents.
Maintain accurate records and store documents securely and appropriately in line with data protection regulations and security procedures.
Build and maintain good relationships with Affiliate account managers across the global business.
Required Skills, Knowledge, Experience
An independent, motivated, self-starter.
Excellent knowledge of AML and KYC requirements in the remote gambling industry.
AML or Compliance qualification or equivalent related work experience.
Ability to analyse and verify documents from multiple sources and locations.
Strong oral and written communication skills to deliver messages clearly and confidently at all levels.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
A team player who shows respect and values the views of others.
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Combining technology and entertainment to create products that push the boundaries, Entain is home to a global family of more than 25 well-known brands – names such as bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, Gala, Betdaq, and many more. With a focus on sustainability and growth, we will transform our sector for our players, for ourselves and for the good of entertainment.
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According to CSX media representative Laura Phelps, current maintenance projects will be completed at different railroad crossings in Wetzel and Tyler counties over the next few weeks.
Phelps did say the maintenance manager for CSX had some special requests related to the Back Home Appalachian Arts & Music Festival. CSX adjusted its maintenance schedule, so the current work would not interfere with festival traffic. Therefore, Route 2 New Martinsville crossing work might occur next week. "As of right now, we don't have a set schedule for Route 2 in New Martinsville," Phelps said.
As of Wednesday morning, work was being conducted on the Route 2 crossing in Sistersville, and traffic was being detoured via Route 180. Wednesday work in New Martinsville included the McEldowney Street, Franklin Street, Virginia Street, and Locust Street crossings.
According to Phelps, crossing work typically takes no more than three days per crossing; however, "that could be delayed for adverse weather conditions."
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R. Kelly was arrested Thursday night on federal sex crime charges.
According to NBC New York, the 52-year-old singer was arrested in Chicago by NYPD detectives and Homeland Security Investigation agents on sex trafficking charges. It is expected he will be brought back to New York City.
U.S. attorney spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick told the Chicago-Sun Times that Kelly faces a 13-count sex crime indictment, as well as charges related to child pornography and obstruction of justice.
A spokesperson from the NPYD declined to comment to EW on the arrest, and Homeland Security could not be reached at this time. EW has also reached out to Kelly's representatives for comment.
Further details regarding the case are expected to be announced Friday.
In February, Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse by Chicago authorities. Three months later, he was charged with 11 additional counts of sexual assault and abuse against an underage victim.
Kelly has now been charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two counts of criminal sexual assault by force, two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, all against a victim who was at least 13 and younger than 17 at the time the alleged abuse took place.
The R&B star has been accused of sexual abuse numerous times going back nearly two decades, with some of the alleged acts dating back to 1998. The January documentary Surviving R. Kelly documented the allegations through interviews with survivors, and it spurred a social media movement to #MuteRKelly and boycott his music. The public outcry over the doc led to Sony dropping Kelly from its label and past collaborators denouncing the artist.
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The North Coast of the Dominican Republic has been a top tourist destination for Europeans for nearly three decades. There is a very large expatriate community in Sosua, which consists of mostly German, British, American, and Canadian expats.
Sosúa Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the Dominican Republic and among the top tourist destinations of the Caribbean. Sosúa is located on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, just four miles from Puerto Plata International Airport and only 15 minutes from Cabarete, the windsurf capital of the Caribbean. You can find first class hotels and resorts, great seafood along with international cuisine, and excellent nightclub entertainment. The beach offers several attractions, such as sunbathing, snorkeling, water skiing, scuba diving, and live music.
Sosua Bay attracts many water sports enthusiast, including snorkelers and divers because of its sheltered, calm waters, diverse species of fish and intricate reef structures. In the winter, whale watching is also a popular tourist activity in Sosua Bay.
Recently, naturally occurring beach nourishment has created a new beach just north of Sosua Bay, depositing sand where there were previously only sheer rock cliffs. The beach bears both the names Playa Alicia, and Playa Casa Marina because of the hotel in close proximity that bears the same name.
There are several other beaches, Sosua Beach, which is a crescent-shaped bay protected by coral formations and clear waters for divers and snorkelers. Sosua's other beaches are Waterfront (also called cul de sac), Paradise beach (actually shifts on and off every several months), Playa Imbert and Playa Chiquita. Waterfront beach is only 7 years old, created after a storm around 2002. There is also sport fishing. A very large population of expatriots share their culture and mingle with locals and foreigners.
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Iron Man suit used in Marvel's 'Avengers' films Stolen as Los Angeles police are now investigating the disappearance of the expensive Iron Man suit worn by Robert Downey Jr. from a Pacoima warehouse.
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Cyprus and the Euro
After a week or so of protracted cliff hanging Cyprus seems to be receding from the media's lens. Is it all over and Cyprus and the rest of us, including the Eurozone, can get back to what passes for normal? Most unlikely. Early indications are that Slovenia could shortly be the next in line for a rescue package, putting yet more strain on the ECB and the EU. As for Cyprus itself, the consensus is that the country and its citizens are in for a very long period of economic contraction with all that entails. The reputation of its banking and financial sector has taken a big, big hit and it is not clear that it can survive in anything likes its previous form or size. The austerity measures agreed by the Cypriot government will only add to this misery for ordinary Cypriots.
Why did all this come to pass? The media has been full of tales of corruption, over borrowing and tax havens for the Russian mafia. This has been very much the dominant narrative here in the UK, USA and most of the EU. But how accurate a picture is it of Cyprus and in particular of its financial sector? Not at all, by many accounts. While tax evasion no doubt exists in Cyprus, there is little evidence that it is greater than elsewhere in the EU. Nor is the relative size of the financial sector that out of line with other EU states – see Luxembourg for example. For a more detailed and positive view of the Cypriot economy see this article from Naked Capitalism. It is also known, but under reported that Cyprus and its banks were badly hit by last year's restructuring of Greece's debt. This involved large losses for Cyprus. So it was known for over a year that Cyprus would need some kind of help. Why has it taken so long to reach a deal? Why the attempt to destroy the Cypriot financial sector? Something fishy seems to be going on here, but it is not clear to me just what this is.
With the crisis has come the usual blame game. If it is not the fault of the Cypriots themselves then it must be those nasty Germans. Or at the very least it must have something to do with the Euro. As regards the Euro, there is so far, little evidence that it is the existence of the single currency per se which has caused this latest crisis. The Euro, like any other currency is a tool, and as such has to be managed. The management of the Euro by the ECB does of course leave a lot to be desired.
But the basic problem goes deeper than the ECB. What is killing recovery in the EU is the pig headed stubbornness of the leaders of almost all EU countries to pursue neo-liberal austerity measures come what may. Even the IMF is no longer convinced of this austerity promotes growth nonsense. Evidence that it does not work is to be seen everywhere. Yet almost all our national leaders continue to stick by this discredited policy. Note too that this is not some German plot. Though Germany does favour austerity it is not alone and there is no way in which Germany on its own could force the other member states to adopt these polices. Consider the fact that the leading figures in the Eurozone in charge of economic and monetary policy are Mario Drahi, the Italian President of the ECB; Olli Rehn from Finland, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro; and Jeroen Dijsselbloem from the Netherlands, President of the Eurogroup, the body which co-ordinates economic policies within the Eurozone. Now it is theoretically possible that they are all German stooges, but I think this unlikely. Nor is this just a Eurozone matter. Our political masters in the UK are equally wedded to this austerity and more austerity nonsense. The only perceptible difference between Labour and the Coalition is that Labour would try to slow the pace of austerity, not change direction at all.
Quite why almost all EU political leaders are so completely wedded to this comprehensively failed economic experiment is beyond the scope of this post. Perhaps psychiatrists will be required to attempt to resolve this matter. For a brief introduction to this aspect, see this recent post by Paul Krugman.
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How America Criminalized Race
Posted on Monday, May 6th, 2019 by Pauline
California Innocence Project, https://californiainnocenceproject.org/2018/06/the-mass-incarceration-epidemic./
Since the 1800's, drug laws have been implemented, increasing incarceration rates at an alarming rate. Indeed, of the 2.3 million people incarcerated all over America, which is higher than any other place in the world, 1 and 5 of them is locked up for drug offenses. Of these detained for drug offenses, 46.9% are Black or Latino, despite making up only 31.5% of the U.S population. Such discrepancy leads to questioning. Why is this the case? Is it because Blacks and Latinos are simply more involved in crimes? Could there be more to it than what meets the eye?
Historically speaking, patterns suggest that white people regulate and implement certain drug policies to better serve their agenda. In fact, over the course of the past two hundred years, such occurrence can be noticed at least twice, with Chinese and Blacks. Throughout history, the United States, predominantly white, has felt threatened by minorities and often resorts to discriminatory policies to deal with their fears.
During the 1800s in San Francisco, Chinese immigrants were desperate for a job which meant that they were cheaper labor. However, when they were given jobs, they were seen as 'stealing' them from white people. (Brown and Barganier, 2018) As a result anti-Chinese sentiment increased and a remedy was sought to 'control' the immigrants. While the Chinese immigrated to the United States because of the need for labor in industry, they were also associated to opium consumption as Chinatown housed many opium dens. For this reason, white people thought it would be opportune to control them by policing and regulating more carefully opium dens.
As such, in 1875, San Francisco implemented the first anti-drug law. (Fisher, 2014) But, as Elizabeth Brown and George Barganier, authors of Race and Crime Geographies of Injustice, astutely point out, "the law did not outlaw opium use, only opium dens. Ingestion in other settings, which was a common practice in upper-class white society, continued unregulated." Indeed, white upper-class citizens used the drug as well but only the Chinese immigrants were subject to legal prosecution … This serves to show just how keen white society was set on putting down the Chinese threat to serve their own agenda. By outlawing a particularity of the Chinese immigrants, the government aided in criminalizing the Chinese which ended up undercutting and denigrating their labor, enabling white control over "newly emerging industries". (Brown and Barganier, 2018)
National Library of Medicine, https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101400866-img
Similarly, industrialization had also caused black migration towards "Northern communities … which created white anxiety about racial boundaries". (Brown and Barganier, 2018) And once again, drug prohibition was used against an ethnicity to serve whites. At the time, cocaine was considered to have medicinal attributes and was popular: broadly promoted by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud it was used to cure toothaches, (U.S National Library of Medicine) and to treat upset stomachs as the original recipe of Coca-cola contained cocaine. As such, cocaine was majoritarily consumed by white upper class Americans and too expensive for most Black people to afford at the time.(Brown and Barganier, 2018) But why then did cocaine so quickly become prohibited and associated to black people?
In the early 1900s, a grossly inaccurate caricature of a black person that became known as the 'negro cocaine fiend' emerged. Additionally, racist commentary by the American Pharmaceutical Journal regarding cocaine use by Black people was published in 1901. It suggested that black people were "made wild by cocaine". Furthermore, a New York Times article in 1914 entitled "Negro Cocaine 'Fiends' Are a New Southern Menace" commented that "the drug (cocaine) produces several other conditions that make the 'fiend' a peculiarly dangerous criminal. (…) Bullets fired into vital parts, that would stop a sane man in his tracks, fail to check the 'fiend'." The danger of these statements is that they suggested that Black people under the influence are no longer human but super-humans and therefore require controlling. As a result, the Harrison Narcotics Act was passed in 1914 to better regulate the drug problems in the United States. Therefore, ironically, pinning the cocaine as a problem on Black people served to regulate cocaine when Black people were not even the ones consuming it.
The 'Negro Cocaine Fiend', https://www.amazon.com/Cocaine-Fiends-White-Vintage-Poster/dp/B01KL6X20C
A look at the history of certain drug policies gives us more insight into the ways that drugs are regulated today and why minorities make up such a large percentage of those imprisoned for drug-related crimes. It leads us to question the intent of policing certain drugs in a time when mass incarceration rates are soaring. Why are these policies used to incriminate minorities still in place today? Like the American judicial system, is yours angled against minorities? Since these drugs were not all considered 'dangerous' before regulation and were used as tools to crush minorities should the laws be revised? Coming to the realization of the systemic racism that plagues the United States has left me feeling a sense of shame because I feel accountable for these awful people's action. Perhaps the recent legalization of marijuana in some states and countries is a start …
Berglund, Barbara. "Opium Dens in Chinatown ." FoundSF, www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Opium_Dens_in_Chinatown.
"Cocaine Toothache Drops." U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101400866-img.
"Drug War Statistics." Drug Policy Alliance, www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics.
Fisher, George. "The Drug War at 100." Stanford Law School, 19 Dec. 2014, law.stanford.edu/2014/12/19/the-drug-war-at-100/.
Hart, Carl L. "How the Myth of the 'Negro Cocaine Fiend' Helped Shape American Drug Policy." The Nation, 29 June 2015, www.thenation.com/article/how-myth-negro-cocaine-fiend-helped-shape-american-drug-policy/.
"The History of Cocaine – Where Does Cocaine Come from? – Drug-Free World." Foundation for a Drug-Free World, www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/cocaine/a-short-history.html.
Wagner, Peter, and Wendy Sawyer. "Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2018." Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2018 | Prison Policy Initiative, 14 Mar. 2018, www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2018.html.
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Dying With Dignity Canada thanks the Government of Ontario for committing $75 million over three years in new funding to improve access to end-of-life care.
In a news release Friday, the province said the investment will allow for the creation of up to 20 new hospices and increased support for caregivers tending to Ontarians who wish to die at home. In total, the provincial government is set to devote $155 million over the next three years to hospice and palliative care programs.
Dying With Dignity Canada, the leading organization helping Canadians to avoid unwanted, unnecessary suffering at end of life, is applauding the province for its commitment to developing a comprehensive strategy for end-of-life care.
However, with less than three months until the Supreme Court's ruling in Carter v. Canada comes into effect, Gokool called on the province to announce what steps it's taking to ensure patients across the province have fair, safe and timely access to their right to die in peace with the help of a doctor. She also urged Queen's Park to require that all publicly funded hospitals, hospices and long-term care facilities allow assisted dying to be provided on their premises.


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