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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling
Neck Deep in Nostalgia I am, by nature, a sentimental son of a gun. I wear old shirts until they are threadbare because they remind me of certain times, places, and people; I listen to old songs just to feel wistful; I cloak the past in a golden sheen. I sometimes even catch myself feeling tender about the most strife-filled periods of my life. So if I get nostalgic for the bad times, imagine how schmaltzy I get when remembering the good years. My good years are epitomized by my time in post-secondary education; I lived a charmed existence at the University of Lethbridge from 2000 to 2005. Although many college experiences differ from mine, my time at the U of L was characterized by an immersion into all the freedoms of adulthood, with none of the responsibilities. I ate what I wanted, drank what I wanted, stayed up as late as I wanted, and deliberately chose classes in time-blocks that would not interfere with my hedonism. My only obligation was to pass all my classes, which was easy, because I usually found the subject matter interesting. I also got to come back to the Yukon every summer, where I reconnected with my old high school friends and continued an indulgent lifestyle. And to top it all off, whenever I ran into friends of my parents, or people who had known me since I was an infant, I would receive hearty handshakes, and earnest well-wishings. “You’re in school down south? Good for you son,” they might say. Not only was I not being reprimanded for my debauchery, I was being actively encouraged and congratulated. What fun. But such eras inevitably come to an end, and now I am left with my memories and lasting friendships. I was not thinking about my college years when I visited my mom for dinner the other night,
Photos: courtesy of Peter Jickling but that changed when she told me she’d found a bunch of old ID cards of mine. Among them were my U of L student card, and a VIP card for a
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n the summer, biathlon training consists of learning to shoot precisely—because there’s no snow, so skiing’s not an option, and it sucks learning the technical aspects of shooting a rifle in the freezing cold. Right now, on the grey shoulders between summer and winter, kids train by running or biking the trails around the biathlon range off Grey Mountain Road, to get their heart rates up before target practice. It’s important for their hearts to be beating hard when they shoot; if they get used to shooting with a non-elevated heart rate, they won’t know how to shoot in a race. Control over ones heart rate and breath is an integral part of biathlon. During a training session in mid-October, ten of the older athletes — between 12 and 17-years-olds — run or bike up to the gun range in a scraggly pack. They adjust their rifles — which means zeroing them in on a target for maximum precision and accuracy — then take off to run another loop of trail. Two of the more serious athletes return first, red-faced but methodical. They take their rifles off the rack, sling them on their backs and walk the two metres to their shooting spots. They unhook the rifles from their shoulders and sprawl, with legs spread wide, on their stomachs, and both clean their targets — they hit all five of them. The targets are around the size of a toonie. They take off running again. They practice elevating their heart rates, then slowing them as they round the bend to the range. The other, less competitive and younger, athletes return and fol-
low the same routine. It’s a good sport because the athletes can decide how competitive they want to be. Dennis Peters is the “organizing coach, I guess”. He is one of five coaches monitoring the training session. He says some kids push themselves; some do it more for fun. He says it’s a good team: “the kids really like each other.” Which is important, because the biathletes train all year long — in the summer, to hone the aforementioned gun skills, and two-to-three times a week, now. When the snow flies, it’ll be four times a week.
than skiing, but she loves pretty much everything about biathlon “apart from single-loading shots when it’s freezing.” A lot of the athletes are home-schooled kids, so Marnik gets to meet and be friends with people she wouldn’t otherwise know. Her non-biathlete friends tell her
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Jickling’s Jabberings................ 2 Waiting for Snow..................... 3 All about Candy..................... 4 Klondike Korner...................... 5 Didee & Didoo........................ 5 Teaching Farm........................ 7 Edible Yukon.......................... 8 Living with Wildlife.................. 9 ‘KonLit................................10 Porcupine River.....................11 Save the Pumpkins.................13 Carli and Julie in Old Crow.......16 Stewart River........................18
Emma Marnik helps Micah Hamish adjust her gun
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The biathlon open house drew a crowd to the range
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Emma Marnik is 12; she’s been hooked since her first day on the range. It was an open house, like the one the club held on Oct. 19. It was a challenge, that’s what drew her in. She wasn’t good at shooting. Plus, “it was such a beautiful day.” She was eight. Now, Marnik likes shooting more
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she must be a really nice person, because she gets to take out anger by shooting guns all the time. Bill Curtis is another coach. His daughter was a biathlete, but she’s in university now. Curtis stuck around; he says it’s a great community. He says not to tell anyone, “you can’t see it now because it’s cloudy,” he says, and gestures broadly at the horizon, “but imagine the view when it’s clear.” He says coming to the range is like entering another world, one that not too many people know about. He says hitting a target brings instant gratification. A kid can look at it and say, “I just did that”. There has been some sort of biathlon organization in Whitehorse for around 25 years, and the number of biathletes ebbs and flows.
Now the tide is high — there are 20 athletes. Four years ago there were six. Peters says it’s fun for the kids. At the last Arctic Winter Games, the Yukon was the only team besides the Russians to win medals in the sport. This winter, some of the older biathletes will race in Canmore, Whistler, and Prince George. The first race is in November. A lack of snow can put a damper on training. Peters indicates a distance of about a foot with his hands to show how much snow the kids need to train on — they’ll use rock skis until it gets deeper than that. Meagan Deuling is the assistant editor of What’s Up Yukon. Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.
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It’s All About the Candy by Jason Westover
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ur little apartment in Old Crow is in full Halloween mode; my mom mailed up decorations, and our crib is sporting the spooky colours, orange and black. It’s the first year that our daughter Emily is kind of grasping the concept of taking candy from strangers. The last two years, I basically made her my personal candy magnet; I’d knock on someone’s door, say “trick or treat”, and hide behind her using her as a little human puppet. It was an ingenious way to trickor-treat again and I milked it for all it’s worth. Emily got a few treats and I was guaranteed a trip to the dentist. Today she’s almost three and I feel that if I get in the way of her candy haul or so much as enter the same room as her “booty”, she will give me that unwarranted stink-eye of hers and send me on my way. But it’s cool; I know the rules when it comes to safeguarding a boatload of sugary treats. This year Emily’s going as Curious George. I laugh because the costume has a hood with Curious George’s head on top, so when
Did Emily skin poor Curious George? she wears it, it looks more like she skinned poor George and is wearing his body. Word on the street is that Old Crow goes all-out on Halloween and I’m excited to see how much delicious candy Emily can bring
in. Despite being an isolated community with few in-town choices for candy and decorations, I know that Old Crow’s going to pay off because of its rural community roots; it’s no secret that the small country towns always have better Halloween payouts than larger cities. I know this from experience because I come from a small country town in Quebec. When I was young, way back in the ‘80s, my sister and I literally collected
with the prospect of a super-haul in a larger domain; why hit houses hereand-there when you have whole blocks of homes and apartments? It’s all about the candy! My bubble promptly burst around the fifth house when my pillowcase contained nothing more than a few rockets, some caramel squares, and that Godawful candy corn. Even my hallowed UNICEF box only contained a few measly pennies. I should have been tipped off when I saw that all these kids were carrying in terms of candy receptacles were tiny pumpkin baskets, but I was blinded with candy lust. Whitehorse is a different breed; it is in essence a small city with a PHOTO: Jason Westover large town feel. It would be fun to see which borough is the candy king. I’m sure many of you already know, and are keeping your pillowcases of candy: whole choc- candy secrets close to your chest. olate bars, big bags of chips, and E-mail me and we’ll talk. Until then, way up in Old full cans of pop were the norm. Because there were few lights Crow, I’ve got a pillow case, and and lots of land, we would group a cute little girl wearing Curious up with friends and get chauf- George’s skin to do my candy bidfeured around by our parents. It ding. I just have to figure out how was no wonder my friends from to avoid the stink eye. the larger neighbouring city were always clamouring to jump on our rural bandwagon. One year I went with my friends Jason Westover is an Old Crowbased writer. Contact him via for Halloween in the city. Being a editor@whatsupyukon.com. naive fat kid, my mind was racing
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spread around town, perhaps even upgraded to concert-hall-size at one of several venues. Regarding physical activities, October 9 was Clubs and Info Night at the Robert Service School’s ancillary room. Posters for the Recreation Department’s dozen activities from toddlers to 55 plusers filled a white board at one end of the room. Other programs occupied other tables around the perimeter. Minor soccer seemed one of the busiest tables, but the jigging club wasn’t far behind. Zumba offered more exercise, as did the KATTS (Klondike Active Transport and Trails Society) and the curling club. Humane Society Dawson looked to recruit members and people to walk the dogs. Not present at this event, but advertised weekly in KIAC’s newsletter, you can find kids’ dance classes for age PHOTO: Dan Davidson groupings between five and 16 years. There are piano Signing up: The tables were busy on October 9 as people filled lessons with Barnacle Bob, guitar up their families’ schedules for the start of the winter with Nijen, two varieties of yoga several times a week, and drop-in ning, though no longer a 24/7, and throughout last summer at the painting on Saturdays. KIAC also notes that the annual if you don’t make the 10:40 p.m. Front Street Gazebo, but for the Youth Art Enrichment program will sailing from town-side, you’ll need constant rain. to find somewhere to spend the The Home Routes concert series fill the town on the first week in night. has started, with the unscheduled November as four-dozen students September graced us with three addition of Queenie (Barb Cham- from around the territory conmajor conference events and the berlin) and One Bee (Terry Robb), verge. The long-term success of Yukon Heritage Symposium oc- bumping the number of events up this intensive workshop-based arts curred on Oct. 20-24, but that part to seven between September and program, now entering its 14th of our life is slowing down. April. Indications are that there consecutive year, was partially reEverything doesn’t go to sleep may be several more such events sponsible for inspiring the Departost of the tourists are gone in mid-October and the Klondike is settling into its off-season routine. Across the river in West Dawson and Sunnydale, people are getting ready for the weeks of isolation from town, which may have begun by press-time. However, at this writing, the ferry is still run-
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Jam 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 333-9315 Every stories, music, finger plays and crafts, ages 2 - 4 Fri, Oct 31 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Sexy Wednesday come check out the new tunes. yrs. & caregiver(s), Register or drop in. Free. Bachata 8:55 PM Leaping Feats Creative Wed, Nov 5 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Wed, Oct 29 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop Danceworks Bachata is a dance from the Jarvis Street Saloon In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dominican Republic in the Caribbean islands. Thu, Nov 6 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club. Both the music and the dance have been Pizza Wed, Oct 29 Kids After-School Ball Pit Play & Thu, Nov 6 JAZZ IN THE HALL & Marc Paradis influenced by Cuban Bolero, the Merengue Games 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale (also of Dominican Republic origin), Salsa and 7:00 PM The Old Fire Hall 867-334-2789 Cumbia. Bachata is building as the most popular Wed, Oct 29 Creative Workshop Series 6:30 Cabaret seating, first come first ... PM Heart Of Riverdale social dance all over the world right now, so be Thu, Nov 6 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 part of the latest and hottest club trend! No drop- Wed, Oct 29 FH Collins Parent Circle 7:00 PM PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in F.H. Collins Secondary This is a safe place to in. Register: salsayukon@gmail.com the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more come and chat about that amazing job we were Sat, Nov 1 Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the handed without an instruction model: parenting Feats Creative Danceworks A free dance for norm. adults and mature teens. The music ranges from teenagers. Our focus for this meeting is Mindful Thu, Nov 6 Open mic with Ben Mahony 7:30 Parenting. 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Sun, Nov 2 Here’s your chance to take voice training! 1:00 PM Hidden Valley B & B call 867 633 6482 for information . Vocal Techniques with Teresa Doyle The sessions is suitable for all levels and no experience required. Hosted by Eva Stehelin at Hidden Valley B &B Sun, Nov 2 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour. Sun, Nov 2 Introduction to Stage and Sound course Yukon Arts Centre Contact Kim Winnicky at 335-1428 or kimmer1427@gmail.com The Yukon Arts Centre is offering an 8-hour Introduction to Stage and Sound course on Sunday, Nov. 2. Tue, Nov 4 Brave New Words 7:00 PM Rah Rah Gallry On open mic for writers or storytellers. Usually there is a live musician hosting, too. Also espresso, wine and beer available to buy. Wed, Nov 5 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground Sat, Nov 8 Learn Circus Acts Heart Of Riverdale 867-332-0375 Claire Ness will be offering aerial circus classes and training beginning on Saturday, November 8th until Nov. 30th. For schedule and more information see www.claireness.com Sat, Nov 8 Back in Line for Better Health 1:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-8360 Chiropractic alignment exercises to compliment any age and any lifestyle. Our joints form an intricate lattice-work that is united by the spine. Learn simple, direct and easy to do exercises to enhance your posture and balance. Sun, Nov 9 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.
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here is an exciting new project underway near Dawson City. On September 19, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (TH) and Yukon College to create a framework for the development of a teaching-and-working farm located in TH traditional territory. The project’s impetus is to secure a source of fresh produce in a sustainable way, and to create a healthy, healing, safe, and rewarding “on-the-land” environment for all TH citizens. “TH has had a dream for a long time to get back to traditional pursuits on the land,” says Dexter MacRae, director of human resources and community training. “They want to preserve a way of life that is based on an economic and spiritual relationship with the land.” After initial brainstorming, TH approached the college to form a partnership, believing the college could help develop and research innovative approaches to yearround northern Yukon farming, as well as provide a program where TH students could learn in an “onthe-land classroom”. Deborah Bartlette, Yukon College’s vice president, academic and student services, was excited when TH came to the college with the idea. “They had land in its natural state and ideas on how to use it,” says Bartlette. “We are happy to be able to support TH in whatever way we can.” After the initial approach, the college met with TH Chief and council in Dawson City, and went out to look at the proposed site. Known as Strachan’s Farm, a former working farm from the early 1900s, it is located opposite the airport on the North Klondike Highway, 15 km outside of Dawson City. The memorandum of understanding was then drafted and signed.
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Check it out. It’s New. Both TH and the college have agreed to work together to develop an initial design and layout of the farm. They will also develop programming aimed at meeting the educational and training needs of the First Nation, look into environmentally responsible agricultural practices, support the return of indigenous plants and shrubs important to the sustenance and healing traditions TH, promote a source of training opportunity for trades skills development, and develop plans for selling excess products to the general public as a source of revenue and sustainability for the farm. Meanwhile, the college will add its support by evaluating available energy sources including geo-thermal power, exploring work-experience opportunities for college students, supporting on-the-land “live-on-site” agriculture, and engaging other partners in the project who have valuable experience. Both TH and the college hope to leave a positive legacy for future agricultural education opportunities for TH and other Yukon First Nations. Although there is much excitement both within the college and
the TH community, both Bartlette and MacRae agree things won’t happen overnight. “The land is in its natural state and will take some work,” says Bartlette. “We’re planning to start smallscale by preparing the land in the spring of 2015 and planting some root vegetables,” says MacRae. “In the summer of 2016, we hope to build and operate a yearround greenhouse.” However, at the moment, acquiring funding is the priority. “The Prime Minister has announced new funding for a Northern greenhouse initiative,” MacRae says. “Right now, we’re putting in an application so that we can do soil testing to determine what we can grow, as well as a feasibility study to see what will work best.” After submitting the application, MacRae says the next step will be the formation of a steering committee to add scope and depth to the project, for both initial and long-term development. Next, working groups will be formed comprising local farmers, TH citizens, and other experts who will make an operating plan, including what to plant, how to
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Trees that bear fruit are cerAnd then there’s the tree ithe rain was turning to slush against the windows of the self —not a square inch of bark on tainly not unknown in the Yukon, plane as we scooted down the main trunk is unmarred by the and there are many growers the tarmac a few weeks ago, on its work of generations of enthusias- enjoying yearly crops of apples way to becoming the first snow of tic woodpeckers, yet the tree con- (both crab and full-size), cherries, and plums. Of nut trees, the season in Whitehorse. the reports are fewer, but I was headed south and in I wouldn’t be surprised good company —it seems if the future sees more that seasonality is a trait springing up around the shared by many Yukoners, territory. Gardeners and feathered and non. farmers are always lookHere on the Gulf ing for a new challenge, Islands of BC, the season even here, where there is of rain has just begun, no shortage to begin with. and the trunk of the I happen to know of a thirty-year-old walnut number of Siberian pines tree I am climbing is slipplanted in the Whitehorse pery in the places I try to area this year, which will wedge my rubber boots hopefully be bearing pine against the pockmarked bark. In an effort at seaPHOTO: Kim Melton nuts in 10 or 15 years. Trees of course, even son-extension that could more so than the berry-bearing only exist in this age of absurdly shrubs that are more obvious cheap travel, I am helping my parThe English walnut, originally choices for our climate, are a ents with their harvest after putfrom Persia, is commonly grown long-term investment, even a ting our Yukon garden to bed for legacy project. Perhaps not to be the winter. for its delicious nuts in more harvested by the planter, but by As I find a solid grip from which temperate parts of Canada. the next generation. to knock the high-hanging fruit I wonder what has become of down to the ground with a stick, whoever planted this walnut tree. I think of how often I have despaired over people who haven’t tinues to produce many nuts each Perhaps he or she is enjoying the literal fruits of someone else’s known what a carrot looks like in year; I am in awe. Having lived most of my life labour. I hope so. It seems like the ground; and, how often I’ve been encouraged by programs like north of 60, I find it marvelous good karma to plant a fruit tree. For now, I import my nuts — the Yukon’s Kids on the Farm, that that food does, in fact, grow on entering into that age-old agreegets little hands dirty, and full of trees. ment of trade, but freshly grown food. without a corporate Until my parents mediator: Cassis from moved here and inYukon currants for herited these trees, Saltspring walnuts. I had no idea what a There is only one walnut tree native to Canada, Seems like a pretty walnut looked like in called the Butternut (Juglans cinerea), or White Walgood deal to me. its fleshy green casnut. According to the Hardy Fruit Trees nursery in QueMy mum thinks so ing. I, like the multibec, in can survive in plant hardiness zone 2 – most of too. tudes of urbanites the Yukon is colder, zones 0 and 1, but it’s certainly who have never dug in possible to create a sheltered microclimate for a tree. Kim Melton is an a garden, would have I’d love to hear of a hardy Yukon grower who is atenthusiastic forager walked right by the tempting nuts. and gardener, precious bundles of Can’t wait for the nut tree? For now wild game and inspired by all protein and fat, obfish, locally raised meat, and plants like lambsquarters things that make up livious to their value. are my choices for local protein. good, local food. I stand humbled.
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n October 8, Alicia Priest launched her first published book, A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and the Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist at Baked, on Main Street. Every chair was occupied; people were standing everywhere, even at the entrance, to glimpse her. Priest is diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and is not able to speak, but her eyes said it all: she was blown away by the Yukoners who appeared for the book launch. As her husband, Ben Parfitt, started reading a chapter of the book, listeners were transported to life in the mining town of Elsa, where Priest grew up in the 1950s. The book starts with the personal history of the Priest family — the story of her parents, who had different personalities, like day and night. Priest describes her idyllic childhood in Elsa with loving parents, an older sister, and a friendly environment. The harmonious picture was suddenly destroyed when the family moved to East Vancouver and Priest realized there was something wrong. When her father, Gerry Priest’s, name appeared in a Vancouver paper, Alicia knew enough to keep her mouth shut. In 1962, her father bought the remote Moon claims, which had sparked interest in miners for years. In 1963, over $160,000 worth of ore was stolen from the second richest silver mine in Canada. The ore heist is one of the biggest crimes in Yukon History. In her press kit, Priest says her father’s high-profile trials over the stolen ore and his time in prison turned their family life upside-down, and inside-out. “It took me decades to get over it,” Priest says. “It broke my heart.” Her father never admitted his guilt to the public, or to his own daughter. Priest had to
learn that her father had two sides: the loving father and the man convicted of the great ore heist. But, after ignoring aspects of her past for years, Priest became curious about what happened, and she realized that she had, “a darn good yarn to tell.” In 2009, Priest and her sister returned to the Yukon for their first visit since leaving in 1963. “It was very sad,” Priest writes in an email. “My hometown didn’t exist anymore. We broke into the Elsa schoolhouse and scrawled our names on the blackboard, like so many former Elsa students.” In 2011, Priest visited the remains of Elsa again, and the distant Moon silver claims. In 2012, she started writing the book, facing “the ultimate deadline”, as her husband said at the book launch, because of her disease. Priest wrote for 14 months, while she was still able to do so. A Rock Fell on the Moon is a haunting memoir, which proves sometimes life writes the most heartbreaking stories. A Rock Fell on the Moon is available at local bookstores.
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any times my husband, Joseph, and another person would cut firewood for home. When the river water comes up, a raft is quickly made, and slowly driven. The boat goes down to Old Crow. This year wood was cut in March. Joseph does janitorial work at Chief Zzheh Gittlit School; this year he had two weeks off. As a family we quickly prepared our gear and headed up the Porcupine River to Blue Bluff. Blue Bluff is about 45 to 50 miles away, and takes about two to three hours by boat. We left Old Crow with three adults, five dogs, and our essentials for camp. What a trip! It was so relaxing to be able to sit and do nothing, only keep the dogs quiet. Once we were all settled in at camp, Joseph made many attempts to hunt. He managed to get three bull caribou. During our two weeks out we had rain, gusty
wind, hail, and snow. We still did what our goals were to do. The water level was coming up and Joseph quickly made a raft. He had help along the way and was already to raft the next day. To our surprise the water dropped. The skidoos, the sleigh, garbage, dog pots, etc, which were loaded onto the raft, had to come off and be replaced with some wood. What a job! But we stayed positive, and as a family we helped each other. We finally did it. The raft was now in deeper water, so it was time to reload it. Finally we were ready to go. How exciting! We sat comfortably in the boat, which was now pushing the raft. Gavin, our grandson, relieved Joseph at the steering wheel and he was a pro! I’m so proud of him. We dried the fowls while on the river, and on the shores of the Porcupine River, we saw hunters having fire, watching for caribou. Joseph told us of good hunting areas
for moose, and where caribou usually cross. We pass many camps along the river, people in boats slowed down as they passed us, what an honoured respect. Mahse! My grandson learned what he needs to know when boating the Porcupine River. Rafting is slow but we were prepared, so it was time to relax and enjoy our prepared lunch. On the day we were rafting, amazingly the sky was a clear summer day, and there was no wind. What a blessing! We arrived in Old Crow at 10:00 p.m on September 8, 2014. It took eight hours. As a wife, a mother, grandma and friend to many I think it’s a wonderful experience to be patient as the man of the house plans for winter for his family, and works his job to the best of his abilities. So we won’t need wood in the middle of January when Old Crow is cold and stormy. Elizabeth Kaye is an elder who lives in Old Crow.
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Customer Appreciation Day The City would like to thank the community for your participation and support! The Canada Games Centre had over 1900 visitors on Friday, October 10: • We gave away hundreds of prizes • Hazel Skookum won an Annual Membership • Over 200 customer surveys were collected Special thanks to the following business partners who supported Customer Service Week at the Canada Games Centre: Air North, Yukon’s Airline - Coca-Cola (Whitehorse Beverages) - Booster Juice The Source - Coles - Tony’s Pizzeria - Sports Experts - Jacobs Industries - Staples - Sportees Board Stiff - Quiznos - Pizza Hut - Starbucks Antoinette’s - Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters - Yukon College Mark's Work Wearhouse Mc Donald’s Mc Café.
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The Victims of Halloween
by Glenda Koh
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s Halloween draws near, let’s honour the many victims of Halloween. First, there are the 139 victims of Michael Myers, the villain of 10 Halloween movies, including sequels and remakes. Rest in peace, screen people, and especially you Jamie Lee Curtis, aka Laurie Strode; you were there from the beginning. There are also the long-suffering parents, agonizing to make, purchase, borrow, or assemble the perfect costume for their spawn. That same costume will be cast off 30 minutes into the school day when the child realizes the limitations of wearing an entire string of LED lights to gym class. And then, there is the true victim of Halloween: the noble pumpkin; it sacrifices again and again, nary a tear falling from its triangle eyes. Such a majestic vegetable has sadly become the object of gleeful smashing. The same organism that gives us luscious pumpkin pies is routinely disemboweled and left to rot and freeze on front porches across the continent. Oh, the carnage. The environmental cost of jack o’ lanterns must be staggering. If I were a brighter person (rather than the dim light casting shadows on Halloween’s gaiety year-
ing, letting precious fossil-fueled heat escape; I’ll leave a box outside the door and invite children to provide a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) in which they’ll receive a treat from me in approximately four to six weeks. I could single-handedly resolve the mail delivery issue in Yukon. Speaking of treats, we don’t need high fructose corn syrup flowing into the sanctity of our Northern land. I will give out only local bounty such as Labrador tea and dried mushrooms from the boreal forest; such delights for small children. And finally, I will toil to save millions of kilojoules of nutritious pumpkin from ending up in the landfill. Instead of carving pumpkins, I’ll use a locally-sourced vegetable for my jack o’ lantern: the mighty Yukon carrot. Be it resolved, the carrot will hereafter be PHOTO: Glenda Koh known as the Pumpkin of the North. Now let us pay our respects to all the unborn pies that were My children will not wear never made; oh angel pies, may cheap, store-bought costumes you float on clouds of whipped that rip when squeezed over a cream held aloft by a chorus of snowsuit; this year, my children zombies. will dress as each other. The best part being that they look identical. Glenda Koh puts the “um” Also, I will not open the door into pumpkin. repeatedly throughout the even-
Noble pumpkins after year), I could calculate the enormous resources that go into growing a pumpkin: the water, the fertilizer, the arable land. Then I might add up the fossil fuels that go into transporting skids of pumpkins to Whitehorse so I can watch my five-year-old wield a sharp knife on the kitchen
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floor. And then there’s the lost food resource: all those stews, loaves, and cheesecakes, gone forever. And the pies, dear God, the pies! This year, I’ve resolved to make my family’s Halloween experience more sustainable.
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Free Drop-In Youth Centre
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November 6 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $20
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>> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery:
Evenings
(by donation for supplies and coffee) Tues 7:30- 9:00
Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012
Knitting Circle
Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16) Fri 7pm - 10pm -
Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013
Dennis Shorty Runs: October 3 – November 1 >> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Open Studio Sessions Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm $5 per hour
Hougen Heritage Gallery A Thrilling Narrative: Documenting the Klondike Gold Rush
>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << with Neil Graham every first and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm $10 per 2 hour session
Vendredi Friday
31 octobre Octobre 31
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OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS (14+) Ceramic Open Studio
Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech
Painting Open Studio With Neil Graham 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month; From 7-9 pm $10 per two-hour session
Life Drawing Open Studio
with Neil Graham Tuesday, November 11 & December 9 Friday, November 28 From 7-9 pm $10 per session Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22
The Nightmare at 38 Lewes Blvd
Haunted House and Halloween Dance
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Heart of Riverdale
MASQ
8:00 pm - 12:00 am
Kwanlin Cultural Centre Unite electronic forces for Yukon animals in need. World renowned artist from Toronto, MC Flipside , takes the stage with local champion heavyhitters DJKJ and Sickophant - a Halloween party you should be scared to miss! Costume prizes for originality and effort For tickets: www.konascoalition.org.
Halloween Bingo
Join Arctic Edge Skating Club at the Elks Lodge Halloween night for an exciting night of Bingo! Ticket sales begin at 4:30 and the first early bird begins at 6!
The Rocky Horror Show Dance Party 8:00 pm -12:00 am
Yukon College, Queer Yukon and Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous are pleasedto present an evening of Halloween fun! Soul Migration will be heading up our musical entertainment. Pick up Tickets at YSR Office at their new location in the Yukon Inn Plaza.
Meat The Vegans
Halloween Night at the Kopper King
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
Halloween Party
The Downtown Hotel Dawson City Check out the Pumpkin Mini Golf! Costume and Golf Prizes
Teen Drop-in
To register call: 867-667-4080 Email: recep�on@artsunderground.ca
Reproductions of archival material from the holdings of the Yukon Archives Runs: July-October
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Lorne Mountain Community Centre For more information 667-7083
Jarvis Street Saloon Hosted by Kill Tha DJ and featuring performances by 86Young Gunz and Vision Quest
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Halloween Night
Movies, Board Games, music and more. Kaylee LIshner. (Starts Sep 19) Weekday Afternoons 1:30 - 3 pm
Teens and Adults all welcome By donation for supplies, coffee. No experience required. (starts week of Sept 15) Mon: Music Circle
Singing and Drumming Tues and Thurs: Cards/Games Drop in...bring a friend or two, enjoy a game of cards tues: Knitting Circle
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture YOUTH ART ENRICHMENT November 5 - 8, 2014 for more information, please refer to http://www.kiac.ca/ coursesoutreach/ youthartenrichment/ or call 867-993-5005
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Made that Short Film? Want to screen it? Submissions for the 2015 Dawson City International Short Film Festival are now open! Online or by snail mail! Go to http:// dawsonfilmfest.com/submit.html Early Bird deadline is November 21, 2014!
BETWEEN HERE THE SPACE AND THERE - CHRISTINA BATTLE Oct 2 – Nov 1, 2014 Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sat 1 – 5 pm Location: Located on the corner of 2nd and Princess
Tel: (867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca
Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16) Fri: Quilt/Needlework Circle Weekends All Ages Activities
By donation for supplies, coffee Click here for more detail Saturdays 10 am - 4pm Family Drop-in
art supplies, books, games, coffee available. (starts Sept 6) 2nd Sundays: 2 - 5 pm
Singing, story-telling
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Curl for Kids Sake Sunday, November 9th 10:00 AM-2:00 PM | Whitehorse Curling Club | 1 Sumanik Drive A fun filled day of curling! Everyone is welcome! It’s not about the score; it’s about having a great time and supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon. It’s also a great team building exercise for your staff. If you have always wanted to try curling, this is a fantastic opportunity! Take advantage of the FREE lessons and FREE equipment rental offered by the Whitehorse Curling Club. The day starts with free lessons and practice sessions followed by a morning game, a FREE HOT LUNCH and then an afternoon game. There will be numerous door prizes, awards for top fund-raisers, and fabulous silent auction items. Registration is FREE! Teams consist of 4 people and can be made up of any combination of male, female, young, old, new to curling or bonspiel champions. Register your team by November 6 and start raising pledges to help us with local program delivery.
To Register: Contact Harold Sher at 668-7911 or email bbbsyukon@gmail.com Deadline to register is November 6.
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Supported by: Whitehorse Motors and Whitehorse Curling Club
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Carli and Julie’s Yukon Adventure
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n a cool Monday evening at the Old Crow Community Hall, up-and-coming country musicians Carli and Julie Kennedy played the last show of their first Yukon tour. The twin sisters were here courtesy of Home Routes, a Winnipeg-based company that arranges tours for folkbased musicians to venues and homes around Canada. Having spent nearly two weeks on tour in the Yukon, you would think the duo would show signs of fatigue. If so, they hid it well. In Old Crow they spent time with the students at the Chief Zzeh Gittlit School, and members of the community; they even had a sit down sing-along with the children before their concert. It’s obvious the musicians are enamoured with the Yukon: “Everyone in the North is so warm and welcoming,” says Julie. “There’s a lot of support and appreciation.” Carli added, “I didn’t expect a lot of the hosts would show us around the community.” No wonder Yukoners took them in; Carli and Julie are easy to like. They exude a quiet confidence and passion about their music. Originally from Powell River,
B.C., music was in their blood. They began playing piano at five, followed by violin and guitar a few years later. They cut their teeth performing with family at festivals, fairs, and local events. The twins’ love of music eventually led them to enrol in, and receive, their music performance bachelors at the University of Victoria. Today the sisters blend their classical and country talents, creating a fresh performance for their fans. “We’re country artists, but we always want to include our classical roots; we had a few songs that are classical to country and our shows are 95 per cent our own,” says Carli. “Our classical stuff comes in and one of our fans will go, ‘Oh. That’s cool.’ It broadens their horizons, and creates something that’s fun and memorable for all ages.” On this tour, the twins performed in Watson Lake, Craig Lake, Atlin B.C., Whitehorse, Dawson, Mayo, and Old Crow. Many venues were ‘home shows’, and the twins met Yukoners personally. “With house concerts, you’re in smaller place; you can meet one on one,” says Julie. “We’ve been playing a lot of festivals and intim-
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The 2014 Fall Sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly convened at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2014. THE ASSEMBLY SITS MONDAY TO THURSDAY 1:00 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. Live and archived audio, and archived video of the legislative proceedings are available through the Legislative Assembly’s website: http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/coverage.html The first hour of the proceedings of the Yukon Legislative Assembly is telecast at 11 a.m. and at 6:00 p.m. on the day following the proceedings, on Northwestel Cable, Channel 9 in Whitehorse. Live radio coverage is available at 93.5 FM. The Order Paper, the Hansard transcript, and audio and video for each sitting day can be accessed through the Calendar at: http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/33_leg.html#cal
La séance d’automne 2014 de l’Assemblée législative du Yukon est convoquée à 13 h, jeudi 23 octobre 2014. L’ASSEMBLÉE SIÈGE DU LUNDI AU JEUDI DE 13 H À 17 H 30. Les archives et la couverture audio en direct, de même que les archives du signal vidéo des travaux législatifs, sont disponibles sur le site web de l’Assemblée législative à : http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/fr/coverage.html La première heure des travaux de l’Assemblée législative du Yukon est télédiffusée à 11 h et 18 h le jour suivant les travaux, sur le service de télévision par câble de Northwestel, chaîne 9, à Whitehorse. Diffusion audio en direct au 93,5 FM. Le feuilleton, la transcription du Hansard et la couverture audio et télévisuelle de chaque jour de séance peuvent être consultés à partir du calendrier à : http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/fr/33_leg.html
Wed, Oct 29 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Oct 29 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 29 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 29 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 29 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Oct 29 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 29 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Oct 29 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Wed, Oct 29 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 8:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Thu, Oct 30 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Oct 30 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 6336034 Thu, Oct 30 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Fri, Oct 31 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Fri, Oct 31 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Oct 31 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Oct 31 Bhangra Dance Classes 7:00 PM Breath of Life Collective 867-336-3344 The objective of these free dance classes is to bring happiness and good health to life through dancing!
Sat, Nov 1 Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks The Dance Gathering is a free dance for adults and mature teens. . No dance experience is necessary Sat, Nov 1 Tai Chi Group Practice 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Everything could be practiced here, but usually the Hand Form is practiced twice through. Teachers on hand will be happy to answer any questions or give extra coaching with your form Sat, Nov 1 BARN DANCE 7:30 PM The Old Fire Hall 633-4501 Dance caller Bob Kuiper. Barn dance Band and the Fiddleheads. Sun, Nov 2 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Nov 2 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome. Sun, Nov 2 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Mon, Nov 3 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 7:00 PM Grey Mountain Primary School This introductory tai chi chuan (taijiquan) class will focus on the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 Mon, Nov 3 Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society This class involves flowing, gentle qigong exercises and Yang Style 16 Movement Tai Chi Chuan that help with relaxation, balance, strength and general well-being. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates at 667-4531 Mon, Nov 3 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Nov 3 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Nov 3 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice 7:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School 30 minutes off skate work followed by Skills and Drills Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Form Refinements 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary This term the refinement class will focus on fine tuning and improving our movements of the Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 103 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034. Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Learn how to use the 8 energies against an opponent and how to neutralize them when used against you. This class is for experience tai chi players. Contact: Pam Boyde @ 633-6034
Wellness Listings Wed, Oct 29 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 29 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 29 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 29 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 29 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration. Wed, Oct 29 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Oct 29 FH Collins Parent Circle 7:00 PM F.H. Collins Secondary This is a safe place to come and chat about that amazing job we were handed without an instruction model: parenting teenagers. Our focus for this meeting is Mindful Parenting. Please join us Wed, Oct 29 Holistic Health Practitioners Networking Open House 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church 3 presentations followed by a Q&A opportunity. Shelagh Smith will present on Integrative Energy Healing Linda Lamers will present on Yoga Nidra Tegan Brophy Thu, Oct 30 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 30 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 6336034 Fri, Oct 31 Yoga with Bonnie MacDonald 8:15 AM and 10:15 AM Vista Outdoor Learning Centre 668-2791 Ten class beginner series. Call to register. Sat, Nov 1 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration. Mon, Nov 3 Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society This class involves flowing, gentle qigong exercises and Yang Style 16 Movement Tai Chi Chuan that help with relaxation, balance, strength and general well-being. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates at 667-4531 Mon, Nov 3 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 7:00 PM Grey
Tue, Nov 4 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Handed down by Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing (Zheng Manqing) and Dr. Chi Chian Tao. Contact: Laura Beattie 4567609. Wed, Nov 5 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Nov 5 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Nov 5 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 5 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Nov 5 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Nov 5 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Nov 5 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Nov 5 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Nov 5 Yukon Roller Girls “Fresh Meat” Drop In 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Open to all who want to come out and try Roller Derby Wed, Nov 5 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Thu, Nov 6 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Nov 6 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 6336034 Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034
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Mountain Primary School This introductory tai chi chuan (taijiquan) class will focus on the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 Mon, Nov 3 Recovering from Chronic Pain 7:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Form Refinements 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary This term the refinement class will focus on fine tuning and improving our movements of the Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 103 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034. Tue, Nov 4 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Learn how to use the 8 energies against an opponent and how to neutralize them when used against you. This class is for experience tai chi players. Contact: Pam Boyde @ 633-6034 Tue, Nov 4 Yoga with Bonnie MacDonald 7:00 PM Vista Outdoor Learning Centre 668-2791 Ten class series. Call to register. Tue, Nov 4 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Handed down by Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing (Zheng Manqing) and Dr. Chi Chian Tao. Contact: Laura Beattie 4567609. Tue, Nov 4 Vidéoconférence du PEP 8:30 AM Centre De La Francophonie (867)6682663 ext 500 videoconference : L’art de la perspective. 2 façons de participer (inscription obligatoire) :Vidéoconférence : 867-668-2663, poste 500 / reception@afy. yk.ca OU Webinaire : cnfsmft@uottawa.ca Wed, Nov 5 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Nov 5 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 5 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 5 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 5 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration. Wed, Nov 5 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Nov 5 Miniécole de médecine (CNFS) 8:30 AM Centre De La Francophonie (867)668-2663 ext 500 videoconference. 5 ET 12 novembre. La pharmacologie Thu, Nov 6 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class
will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 6336034 Thu, Nov 6 Supporting Your Staff Through Loss and Grief 8:30 AM Yukon College Learn to anticipate the challenge of supporting employees through loss in the workplace and develop practical tools to help you provide effective leadership in these high stress periods.To register call Yukon College 668-8710 Course Reg#10661
Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.
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Community EVENTS Atlin
Wednesdays Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre
Beaver Creek
Mon, Nov 3 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Nov 3 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School
Carcross
Wed, Oct 29 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Oct 29 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Oct 29 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Oct 30 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Oct 30 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sun, Nov 2 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129 Mon, Nov 3 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artwork Tue, Nov 4 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Nov 4 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov 4 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Nov 5 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Nov 5 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Nov 5 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Nov 6 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Nov 6 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator
Dawson City
Until Sat,Nov 1 Christina Battle “The space between here and there”Art Show in the Kiac Ballroom Thu Nov 6 Andrea Kastner “The Waste Land” Reception 7:30 PM in the Kiac Ballroom Wed, Oct 29 Dawson City Chamber of Commerce AGM 12:00 PM Downtown Hotel Wed, Oct 29 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Wed, Oct 29 Kundalini Yoga with Marielle 6:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 9936347 In the ballroom Wed, Oct 29 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio. Thu, Oct 30 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Fri, Oct 31 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Oct 31 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Oct 31 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Oct 31 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Fri, Oct 31 Halloween Party Downtown Hotel Pumpkin Mini Golf & Costume Prizes Sat, Nov 1 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes, easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Sat, Nov 1 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Nov 1 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Sun, Nov 2 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Nov 3 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Nov 3 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre
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Mon, Nov 3 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Mon, Nov 3 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance. Mon, Nov 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Tue, Nov 4 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Nov 5 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Wed, Nov 5 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio. Wed, Nov 5 Youth Art Enrichment KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture This program brings 48 artistically inclined high school students from across the territory together to take part in four days of intensive art workshops with a professional artist.YAE is open to high school students with an interest in the arts, who are in grade 9 and up (aged 14+). Fri, Nov 7 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov 7 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov 7 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Nov 7 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!
Sundays Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Tuesdays Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631 Tuesdays Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641
Haines Junction
Wed, Oct 29 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Oct 30 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Oct 30 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Nov 2 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-6342360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Nov 3 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov 4 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov 4 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Nov 5 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Nov 6 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Nov 6 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School
Hamlet of Mt. Lorne Wed, Oct 29 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Oct 30 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Oct 31 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Oct 31 Halloween Party for Kids 6:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre 667 7083 games, bonfire, treats and piñata Mon, Nov 3 Women’s Self Care group 6:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Free Drop In, 6pm to 7pm – Guided Meditation with Ruth Lera and Yoga Sharing, 7pm to 8pm – Into the kitchen for smoothies and raw treats, 8pm to 9pm- Bring your running shoes, skates or skis for outside play Wed, Nov 5 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Nov 6 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083
Faro
Wed, Oct 29 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Oct 29 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Oct 29 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Wed, Oct 29 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Thu, Oct 30 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Oct 31 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Fri, Oct 31 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Oct 31 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Oct 31 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Nov 2 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Nov 2 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Mon, Nov 3 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Nov 4 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 4 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Nov 4 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Tue, Nov 4 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group. Wed, Nov 5 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Nov 5 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Nov 5 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Wed, Nov 5 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Thu, Nov 6 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Thu, Nov 6 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Nov 7 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Nov 7 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Nov 7 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Nov 7 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre
Marsh Lake
All events held at Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Oct 29 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Fri, Oct 31 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Oct 31 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Sat, Nov 1 South of 6 10:00 AM Sat, Nov 1 Tot Program 10:00 AM Sun, Nov 2 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM 6604999 All welcome Tue, Nov 4 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Tue, Nov 4 South of 6 2:00 PM Wed, Nov 5 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Wed, Nov 5 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Fri, Nov 7 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Nov 7 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM
Mayo
Wed, Oct 29 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Oct 29 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Oct 29 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Oct 30 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Oct 30 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Oct 30 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Oct 31 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Oct 31 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Oct 31 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Nov 2 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Nov 3 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.
Golden Horn
Fridays Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike 668- 6952. Under 15 years
Tue, Nov 4 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch! Tue, Nov 4 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Nov 4 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Nov 4 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Nov 4 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Nov 4 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Nov 5 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Nov 5 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Nov 5 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Nov 6 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Nov 6 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Nov 6 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Nov 7 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night
Old Crow
Thu, Oct 30 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Nov 2 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Nov 3 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238 Thu, Nov 6 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center
Tagish
All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Wed, Oct 29 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Wed, Oct 29 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Wed, Oct 29 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Thu, Oct 30 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Sat, Nov 1 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Mon, Nov 3 Carcross /Tagish Renewable Resources Council Meeting 10:00 AM Tue, Nov 4 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Wed, Nov 5 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Wed, Nov 5 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Wed, Nov 5 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Thu, Nov 6 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM
Teslin
Wed, Oct 29 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Oct 29 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Oct 30 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Nov 2 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Nov 3 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Nov 4 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Nov 5 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Nov 5 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Nov 6 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School
Watson Lake
Thu, Oct 30 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Oct 30 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Girls Youth Night 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 1 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 1 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 1 Ladies Time Out Breakfast 8:30 AM Andrea’s Hotel Cynthia Armstrong 536-7239 Sun, Nov 2 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Nov 3 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Nov 6 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Nov 6 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre
Thu, Nov 6 Girls Youth Night 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre
Skagway
Wed, Oct 29 Rock Wall Belay Classes 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre 6‐7:30 pm Belay Instruction,7:30‐8 pm Belay Check Wed, Oct 29 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 30 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Oct 31 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 1 Rock Wall Belay Classes 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 11‐12:30 pm Belay Instruction, 12:30‐1 pm Belay Check Sun, Nov 2 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise! Mon, Nov 3 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Nov 3 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 4 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 4 Beginner Friendly Climbing Night 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre This is for people that have been belay checked and want to practice their skills in a beginner environment! Gather your friends for a fun night out! Tue, Nov 4 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Wed, Nov 5 Rock Wall Belay Classes 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre 6‐7:30 pm Belay Instruction,7:30‐8 pm Belay Check Wed, Nov 5 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30p PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 9962825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church
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s my husband and I crossed the blue steel bridge at Stewart Crossing in our rented Prius, I remembered the relic of my friend, Janet Collins, in my windbreaker pocket. It was a late July, 2014, almost exactly a year after her memorial, or, “going away party”, as she hailed it. I pulled out the flat, round, ceramic piece, which looked like a patterned cookie, and held it in my hand. Under glorious sun, I surveyed the stony shoreline and calm waters of Stewart River. This
spot, off the Klondike Highway and linked to the Yukon River, was the perfect confluence of history, adventure, and wilderness — all of which Janet had loved. I knew this was the spot. Although we had come to the Yukon from British Columbia for my niece Julia’s wedding, I was now about to fulfill a personal mission, a friend’s request. An avid traveller, Janet died of cancer at 55, before she could visit all the intriguing places that still awaited her. But death wasn’t going to slow her down; she was
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determined to keep globetrotting even after she was gone. And indeed she has, thanks to dozens of these ceramic forms, made by a friend. Each one contains some of Janet’s ashes, baked like sacred flour in a kiln. I picked up the “cookie” at the end of Janet’s memorial, after rows of attendees had sung along, with glowing light sticks held aloft in church, to a YouTube clip of Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”. Janet planned the proceedings before she died, including the bowl of ceramic pieces that sat on a table next to the guest register. Beside the bowl was a sheet of paper; everyone who took a clay memento of Janet was to list where they were going to “take her” on holiday.
Originally, I wrote “Cuba”, but later considered possible restrictions transporting human remains across international borders. Besides, I imagined explaining, in broken Spanish, to a dubious official in a beret and army fatigues, that this item contained a special powder that was worth a lot to me. I then planned to bury the cookie while visiting Dawson City, somewhere between the cabins of Robert Service and Jack London. A long-time freelance writer, Janet would have loved to remain forever in this hallowed literary company, where she’d settle into the same ground that young Pierre Berton roamed and romped. But as an author, world traveller, and freelance writer myself, I was so inspired by the photos and
stories in the Jack London Museum — White Fang and The Call of the Wild fuelled my own young desires for adventure — that I completely forgot about Janet. I hope she’ll forgive me. Instead a small part of her lies at the bottom of the Stewart River. Rest in peace, and pieces, Janet. I know that you’ll enjoy your time in this rugged land of gold seekers and storytellers. Maybe you’ll pick up a yarn or two. Like the ever-flowing current, keep chucklin’.
Heather Conn lives in Roberts Creek, BC. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.
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