Yukon who is who

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Bernie Phillips (b. 1953)
	
Bernie Phillips grew up in Ontario and moved to the Yukon in 1976. He came to visit a friend and never left. Bernie is a musician, actor, carpenter, and in 1998 he and his wife Pam established a guest house in downtown Whitehorse. Bernie helped to establish Frostbite Music Festival, the Guild Hall, and the Yukon Arts Centre. He served two terms as a Whitehorse city councillor from 1994 to 2000 and supported legislation to control wood-stove emissions, move sewage to a larger lagoon so it no longer ran into the river, and initiated recycling measures.((Jacqueline Ronson, “Former councillor seeks mayor’s job.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 19 September 2012.))
	
A major discussion by city councillors in 1999 was centred on a proposal by a Kelowna, British Columbia company to build a large mall in a wetland at the edge of the industrial area. It caused a spit in Council where Bernie Phillips, Duke Connelly, and Al Jacobs, were against bringing in a large complex [Walmart] to compete with the small businesses along Main Street.((Murray Lundberg, “Killing a Northern Town? Walmart and Whitehorse in 2000.” A Guide to Whitehorse, 12 March 2000. //ExploreNorth,// 2024 website: Killing a Northern Town? - Walmart and Whitehorse in 2000 (explorenorth.com)) Bernie Phillips ran for mayor four times: in 1988, 1991, 2000, and again in 2012. 
	
Bernie and Pam Phillips run the Historical Guesthouse in Whitehorse. The two-story log house was built in 1907 by Mike and Tony Cyr for Sam McGee.((“Historical Guesthouse.” 2024 website: Whitehorse Yukon Accommodations Historical Guest House))