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THE WAIT IS (ALMOST) OVER! Summer solstice is on its way, and there are many things to see and do to welcome the new season

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he first day of summer will be arriving with the summer solstice on Tuesday, June 21 at 5:14 a.m. After several months of a cold winter, it’s definitely time to celebrate the coming of warm sunny weather and extra daylight hours.

In the Yukon, there are many ways that one can celebrate the arrival of summer. Since summer begins on June 21, I have compiled a list of 21 super-fun things you can do to welcome the northern summer season.

• Hit up a patio and enjoy some local craft beer. The Yukon has many unique beers that are exclusive and very tasty. What better way to discover them than relaxing on a patio with friends.

• Partake in National Indigenous Peoples Day festivities on June 21. First Nations communities across the Yukon will be hosting celebrations.

• Visit Fireweed Community Market, in Whitehorse, at Shipyards Park and enjoy locally sourced produce and other goods made by farmers and merchants—and maybe get inspired to create something new in the kitchen.

• Enjoy a canoe trip. There are many lakes and rivers in the Yukon. And now that there is open water, why not enjoy the scenery surrounding Yukon rivers and lakes. This is something you can do with friends or with local tour groups.

• Visit Dawson City. Enjoy exploring this famous gold rush town and hike the summit to the Midnight Dome where you can enjoy spectacular views of the sun setting over Dawson City (also a great place to have a dinner picnic, as there is usually a bonfire going, in the evening, that lasts until the late hours of the night).

• Head over to Carcross and take in the picturesque sights at the famous Bennet Beach. Set up your lounger, build some sandcastles and take a dip in the clear water.

• Hop on the Carcross–Skagway Train, via Bennett, with bus return. This scenic tour will take you from Carcross to Skagway, Alaska. The White Pass and Yukon Railway is narrow and high and was completed in 1900. This train ride will offer some of the best views of Yukon and Alaska landscapes.

• Explore the natural wonders of Emerald Lake. Known as Rainbow Lake by the First Nations, this gorgeous lake is known for its emerald-green water—definitely a place to take stunning pictures (located about 12 kilometres from Carcross).

• Arrange a tour to see totem pole carvers at work. The Carcross/Tagish First Nations carving program started in 2006 and is located in the carving shed by the Carcross Commons. You can drop by the Parks Canada office, located in the Sookum Jim House, for more information. And while you are there, check out the famous Skookum Jim House.

• Bring your inner child and stroll along the Millennium Trail while blowing bubbles. Located in Whitehorse, this 5-kilometre trail takes you along the picturesque Yukon River.

• Plan a camping trip into the depths of the Yukon forests.

There are many campgrounds located throughout the Yukon.

It’s a great way to explore new territory and spot wildlife you have not seen before.

• Journey over to our American neighbours, to the port town of Skagway, Alaska. There are many shops and restaurants

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that are great finds. You can also enjoy watching cruise ships come and go by the docks.

Play a round of golf. While there are many golf courses around the world, not everyone can say they played a round of golf in the Yukon.

Venture south of Whitehorse to visit the community of Marsh Lake. There are stellar mountain views surrounding the lake, and a quaint inn, the Inn on the Lake—a great spot for a staycation. Martha Stewart even stayed there in the jacuzzi suite, many years ago.

If you stop at Marsh Lake, you can continue your journey south to Atlin, B.C. Located just south of the Yukon border, this little town has spectacular mountain views. Atlin is also popular for its Atlin Arts and Music Festival each summer.

Visit a garden centre. You may be inspired to plant some colourful flowers in your garden; or, if gardening is not your thing, you can simply enjoy a stroll through the centre and admire the lovely flowers.

Enjoy a nice bonfire. Invite your neighbours or close friends and exchange some great life stories while enjoying a fire amidst the great outdoors.

Try stand-up paddleboarding— something the whole family can enjoy. You can even bring your dog on the paddle board.

It’s a cool way to enjoy the beautiful Yukon scenery, and when you don’t feel like paddling anymore, you can sit on the board and relax. If you are feeling ambitious, you can try some yoga moves on the board—a great way to get awesome social media photos.

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A masked child during the Midnight Sun Moppets

• Hike the historic Chilkoot Trail (located in the south of the Yukon), which starts in Skagway, Alaska, and ends at Lake Bennett. The trail was a passageway for gold seekers, to bypass the mountain ranges. There are still artifacts from the gold rush, left behind, which can be spotted along the trail. The Chilkoot Trail can take from three to five days to complete, from start to finish. But there is no rule saying you can’t go for a daily exploration and stroll through part of it.

• Check out the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. Located outside of Whitehorse, near the new Eclipse Hot Springs, visitors can see a wide variety of animals whose natural habitat is the Yukon, such as the Canadian lynx, arctic fox, wood bison, plus so many more.

If you’re going to the Wildlife Preserve, end your day by visiting the Eclipse Hot Springs for a relaxing soak. The hot springs have been around for over 100 years.

• Bonus idea! If you are looking for a “James Bond moment” to kick off your summer, take a flight-seeing tour, over Kluane National Park Reserve, and land on a glacier. There are a few tour companies that provide this experience during the summer months. Imagine the view and the bragging rights!

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What’s Inside Summer Solstice in the Yukon........ 2 From The Arts: Nathalie Parenteau. 4 Traveling Light........................... 5 Seasonal Recipes........................ 8 National Indigenous People’s Day.... 9 Language Leaders of Tomorrow.... 10 A Klondike Korner.................... 11 The Delta Rambler.................... 14

Events Whitehorse Listings................. 6 Active Listings..................... 15 Community Listings............... 16

That concludes my list of some of the things you can do to welcome the summer season in the Yukon. Have a happy summer solstice! n

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Heather has been writing for What’s Up Yukon since the early days of the pandemic. She enjoys sharing stories about Yukoners with a passion for what they do, whether it’s making artwork, producing a play or running a business. In her free time, there’s nothing she loves more than hitting the trails with her bike and her human and canine buddies.

THE ACCIDENTAL ARTIST

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t was never Nathalie Parenteau’s intention to be an artist.

Although she’s had a successful art practice for decades, she still views her vocation as something she stumbled upon.

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She incorporates her engaging, stylized interpretations of the natural world into pieces ranging from charming Christmas cards, to large-scale murals.

Parenteau said that the cards were first created on a whim, “just for fun, but now people ask, every year, if the new card is out.”

The whimsical cards have

vibrant tableau features winter and summer scenes on Bennett Lake—people playing on the ice and snow, and flying kites on the beach. The swirling night skies, dotted with stars, are repeated in Parenteau’s subsequent work, although her landscapes become more stylized and symbolic and less identifiable as a specific place.

The latter is true of Parenteau’s most-recent mural, Rhythms of a Northern Town, which was installed on the exterior of the Ta-

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“You just fall into things. It still kind of feels like it’s a hobby. I still feel like, okay, I need to get serious.” And then she laughed.

Even though she said that making art for a living was not a conscious choice, Parenteau admitted that she’s always had an aptitude for the visual arts.

“It’s always been easy for me.

So, since kindergarten, I’ve always been the teacher’s pet in craft class.

“It was a natural tendency that became more and more prominent. And now it’s a career, I guess.”

Originally from Montreal, Parenteau first arrived in the Yukon 39 years ago as a volunteer in the youth organization Katimavik.

“I stayed, did the whole hippy thing, the bush hippy thing,” she said.

She also made art. Parenteau’s

included Rudolph kayaking amidst ice floes, Santa ski-joring with a husky and the PHOTO: COURTESY OF NATHALIE PARENTEAU three wisemen riding musk ox Nathalie Parenteau working on Rhythms under the aurora borealis. Paren- of a Northern Town. The paint was highly teau’s work, no toxic, so she worked outside in a tent. matter what the scale, typically khini Arena last fall. The huge includes animals of some kind.

“All the critters I paint—I feel painting, which measures 64 feet by 12 feet, represents Whitehorse, like they’re my little babies.”

Like all parents, Parenteau but we know that not because of finds it hard to let her “babies” a faithful depiction of the city but go. Fortunately, she can always go by the artist’s inclusion of white visit them because many of these horses swimming in a river, and by critters find their way into large, the presence of a sternwheeler. dynamic murals installed in public Parenteau captures the essence of the “Wilderness City” with a few spaces.

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Aimée is a dancer, writer, visual artist, curator, dance teacher, director and creator who has been living in the Yukon since 2012. Aimée is grateful to live and work on the lands of Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and Carcross/Tagish First Nation.

WHAT WE TREASURE WILL BLOSSOM Honesty and recognizing folks’ value is hot this summer QUESTION:

Advice for summer love, please!

THE CARD:

Three of Pentacles, Minor Arcana Rulerships: Taurus, Venus. Season: Winter.

Element: Earth. Colours: Brown, Green. Direction: North.

The Deck: The Rider-Waite Coleman-Smith, first published in 1910. Card illustration here by Aimée.

Lunar Position: I cast the reading during the Waxing Crescent in Gemini, with white sage, cedar and compassion. May it harm none.

Description: In the Three of Pentacles, in the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, we see three figures inside a place of worship. One person has been building and ornamenting the sacred place. The other figures are a monk and a wealthy patron who together present the worker with a reward for their skill and artistry.

Advice: We could talk about the number three (3) and sets of threes, for a very long time. Humans clearly have a special connection with the number three, and in the Tarot we see potent messages in all the threes in the deck.

assume you are in a love triangle or that your partner is having an affair, each time you see the Three of Pentacles.

Consider the other cards in the reading to understand the full message.

For example, sometimes Three of Pentacles indicates love interests in the workplace or in activities related to your work. This Tarot card can also reveal a need to be recognized, valued and seen in your love relationships. Or to value, see and recognize others! What we treasure will ILLUSTRATION: AIMÉE DAWN ROBINSON blossom.

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ART SHOWS Wed - Fri Arts In The Park - Fibre arts with The Northern Fibre Guild 12:00 PM Mon Jun 20 & Tue Jun 21 Arts In The Park Nicole Bauberger Monsters In The Park 12:00 PM Until Jun 21 Makalu: The Story Behind the Panels by Esther Bordet Arts Underground Gallery Hours Tue-Sat 12 - 5 Until Jun 21 An Exhibition by Sullivan Bond Arts Underground Gallery Hours Tue-Sat 12 - 5 LIVE MUSIC Wed Jun 15 Arts In The Park Come What Mae: Drag Monarchs that Slay! (Family friendly drag story time!) 12:00 PM Wed Jun 15 YTM (NO) Sunset Series - Chilean Sunset Party 6:00 PM eaturing a live looping act from Vicente Joaquin, a talk examining the role of the Alaska Highway in 2022 from YTM Museumist Janna Swales, and a DJ set from DJ Eli Blablabla. Tickets at the door Wed Jun 15 Whitewater Wednesday Night Jam 7:00 PM The Local Bar This is a great night of Music, laughter and all around good times. It’s an open-mic kind of show and all you have to do is bring in your instrument, find Jack and/or Peggy and we’ll set you up!

Wed Jun 15 Arts In The Park Speed Control and Shotgun Wedding 7:00 PM Thu Jun 16 Arts In The Park - The Bennett Sun 12:00 PM Thu Jun 16 Live Music Fiddle Night 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Thu Jun 16 The Thursday Night Throwdown 9:00 PM The Local Bar Local DJs free cover.3 Fri Jun 17 Arts In The Park - Rick Sward and Roxx Hunter 12:00 PM Fri Jun 17 Dave Against the Machine 9:00 PM The Local Bar Whitehorses own RAM cover band featuring Hoarfrost. Cover charge at the door.

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Thu Jun 16 Northlight Innovation Centre Town Hall And Open House 7:00 PM Staff and board will be on-site to share about our vision and our goals for this year, and to hear your feedback & answer your questions. We’ll be offering tours of NorthLight all throughout the day Fri Jun 17 Seniors Crib 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Fri Jun 17 Legion TGIF Dinner Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Fri Jun 17 Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2022 7:00 PM The Guild Hall 2 scripts by Indigenous playwrights never before presented or performed in the Yukon! See The Young Ones and My Sisters Rage.

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Sat Jun 18 Yukon Amateur Radio Association Coffee Discussion Group 8:45 AM A&W Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome to join us in this casual event.

Sat Jun 18 Klondike Cruisers Cars and Coffee 10:00 AM Territorial Auto Parts Show off your wheels everyone welcome to join and enjoy Sat Jun 19 Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2022 2:00 PM The Guild Hall 2 scripts by Indigenous playwrights never before presented or performed in the Yukon! See The Young Ones and My Sisters Rage.

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Sat Jun 18 Cribbage - Members and Signed in Guests 2:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory.

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Still, she feels a responsibility to bring them into the world.

“I feel like there’s a momentum inside. I also feel like the ideas come from somewhere else. I feel like I’m the ‘hired help.’”

Because her impulse to create seems to come

Rhythms of a Northern Town creative instincts.

“I want it to come strictly from my guiding light,” she explained.

“That’s been working well for me.”

Parenteau has never had a teacher, never gone to art school.

She does, however, like to visit museums and study the work of other artists. She will observe paintings closely and try to figure out how the artists accomplished them and what decisions they made. And then she likes to return to her studio and explore new techniques and approaches.

“Some visions that I’ve had, I’ve never expressed them,” she said. “Now is the time to give them priority.”

One piece that she painted, in response to these visions, is more abstract PHOTO: PETER VON GAZA and expressionistic. Breathless Approach is a Our Seasons, Our Stories shattered glacial landscape devoid of any of her berespond to and what will appeal loved “critters.” But it’s typical of her previous work in that it’s full to them emotionally.

“Art is the language of the of dynamism and movement.

Her latest visions are of “things emotions,” she asserted As an artist, Parenteau has that have no boundaries.” The abnever been particularly drawn to stract pieces are more challenging realism. She is more interested in for the viewer and require “kind being faithful to her inner vision of a leap of faith” on Parenteau’s and responding directly to her part, to bring them into being.

While Rhythms of a Northern Town is dynamic and full of action, Parenteau toned down the mood for Our Seasons, Our Stories, the large mural she created for the atrium of the Whistle Bend Continuing Care facility. Filled with sweet critters and gentle folks, this beautiful work exudes kindness and peace.

When creating public art, she imagines what her audience will

from a greater force, Parenteau has confidence in her ability to accomplish large-scale public projects, as well as more-challenging abstract pieces.

“The design itself is where the energy is,” she said. “I never doubt it.”

For more of Parenteau’s work, visit nathalieparenteau.com and www.facebook.com/shadowlynxartworks. n

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CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS CULTURE, ALL OVER THE TERRITORY Finally, National Indigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated in person after a two-year break

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une 21 is not only the longest day of the year, with 19 hours of daylight, it is also National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD). What makes this day so special are the celebrations of Indigenous culture and the fact that it wasn’t held in person for two years because of the pandemic. After two years, the organizers are busy getting back into the swing of preparing for NIPD in Whitehorse.

“We are in a very busy phase,” said Shayna Hammer, cultural programs manager of the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. “Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day, in person, for the first time in over two years, is incredibly special to Yukon First Nations culture. It allows us a time to celebrate together, to heal and to share our stories and traditions.”

In the past two years, the events were celebrated virtually and over radio, but that couldn’t replace the in-person events.

“The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre is excited to host this year’s festivities and to showcase the pride of our culture and our people,” Hammer added.

Now things are almost back to normal. Still, some communities in the Yukon haven’t published the celebrations program, yet, because of the long break. They are busy setting up a timetable.

Hammer gave a short overview of the set-up at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on June 21: one act of the festival will be a demo by the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle, which is a non-profit society.

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There will be lots of traditional dancing featuring the Daghaalhaan K´e dance group and, of course, the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers, who are well-known in Whitehorse. Other artists who will perform on stage at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre are Carl Carpentier and Ben Charlie. Charlie is originally from Old Crow and started playing music when he was very young, learning from his father and grandfather. Carpentier is a member of Tahltan First Nation, from Telegraph Creek in B.C. Both will share some oldtime tunes with the audience.

Local Boy will be another act during the celebrations. Jeremy Parkin and Kelvin Smoler are behind the producer duo, Local Boy. They started working together in 2014. Their sound is a mix of hip hop, house and electronic, and which also integrates dancing and visual effects.

Not only adults are welcome; there will be activities offered for children. Coinciding with the day’s programming, they will also have a children’s activity tent by the Whitehorse Public Library; and Stew and Bannock, sponsored

by Northwestel. Food trucks will be lining up at the festival for more delicious meals during the celebrations.

When it comes to arts and crafts, artists in Culture Cabins will show off their work. In the evening, Snotty Nose Rez Kids will wrap up the festivities with their

performance.

In Dawson City, the Tr’ondek Hwech’in, at Dänoja Zho Cultural Centre, will celebrate their vibrant culture with traditional drumming, dancing, songs, artwork and food. The location for the celebrations in Mayo will be released soon. NIPD celebrations will also be held in Haines Junction, where Champagne and Aishihik First Nations will show their customs at the Da Ku Cultural Centre. NIPD will be celebrated at the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre, the Carcross Commons and in Carmacks. Locations vary every year. The long break, because of the pandemic, has delayed the release of programs, but more information will be published at www.travelyukon.com.

NIPD has been celebrated for 26 years now, and 2017 marked the first time NIPD was celebrated as a statutory holiday, after the Liberal government passed legislation earlier in 2017. Before 2017, NIPD was known as National Aboriginal Day. In 2006, the Northwest Territories had already made the day a territorial holiday, so the Yukon was following in the footsteps of the NWT. NIPD began in 1996, after years of activism by Indigenous groups all over Canada. According to the Government of Canada website, June 21 was chosen because solstice is important to many Indigenous cultures.

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YOUTH TODAY, LANGUAGE LEADERS TOMORROW A new program through the Yukon Native Language Centre focuses on revitalizing traditional First Nations languages

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fore they branch off separately.

Holway said he has found a sense of community with his fellow language learners.

“It feels like we’re going to have a lifelong partnership, all of us,” he said. “We all think alike, and we all are working towards the same cause, which is language revitalization in the Yukon.”

The YTLLTs have their sights set on some longer-term goals where language revitalization is concerned. Holway believes the school curriculum should incorporate more education on the Yukon’s First Nations peoples, including a focus on languages.

“I grew up just going to public school, and I never really got to learn about my family’s culture,” he said. “I feel like it’s only fair to Yukon First Nations who have lived here, for so many thousands of years, that the kids who grow up in the Yukon learn about the people who were originally here.”

In learning about his culture PHOTO: COURTESY OF YUKON COUNCIL OF FIRST NATIONS and where his family came from YTLLTs in a Zoom meeting through his program, Holway said he is also learning more about himself. There are challenging Holway’s group consists of him- parts to the program for him, parof students studying Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, Kaska, Hän and self and six other students with ticularly having to deal with the Northern Tutchone. There are 20 whom he spends the majority of depressing thought of what his students, in total, in the program, the time during his days of learn- ancestors have had to go through, as he puts it. Despite the with a small group emotional difficulty of designated to “The Yukon Native Language Centre continues to learning some of his each of the five program’s subject languages. demonstrate leadership in advancing Yukon First Nations material, Holway The Youth Tolanguages through innovative projects and partnerships.” still feels motivated day: Language to work towards a Leaders Tomor“Projects like this bring our languages to life in new better future and not row program ways and expose Yukon First Nations, of all ages, to the take for granted the involves both opportunity to embrace our Yukon First Nations languages.” opportunity he has, classes and selfto play a part in restudy periods for vitalizing his language. its students—or, as “My Elders have worked so hard they call themselves, YTLLTs. Cory ing. The days start with a morning Holway, who studies the Southern check-in, in which each of the to keep our language alive so we Tutchone Language, said some of language groups takes part, be- can still be learning it,” he said. he Yukon Native Language Centre recently launched a new program to develop language proficiency among Yukon First Nations youth. Called “Youth Today: Language Leaders Tomorrow,” the initiative sees groups

his favourite moments are those he gets to spend out on the land.

“It’s really nice to connect with the nature,” he said. “We have been picking out certain words we want to learn from our time out in nature.”

Yukon Native Language Centre (YNLC) to translate Robert Munsch books into Yukon First Nations Languages The YNLC has launched a translation project that will produce limited editions of 20 Robert Munsch books in four different Yukon First Nations languages.

The project will involve working with language speakers and trainees to translate 20 books (by popular children’s author Robert Munsch) into Tlingit, Southern Tutchone, Kaska and Northern Tutchone. The project is funded by the Council of Yukon First Nations and the Community Development Fund.

The YNLC is leading the translation project in partnership with Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Kluane First Nation, Liard First Nation and Selkirk First Nation. This initiative will produce a total of 80 new Yukon First Nation language books and will help to make Yukon First Nations languages a part of early learning throughout the Yukon.

This project also involves a training component for transcribers. Working closely with fluent speakers, trainees will play an integral role in developing practical translation and transcription skills.

This capacity-building opportunity will continue to empower Yukon First Nations to tell stories and to contribute to intergenerational knowledge transfer through storytelling.

Once completed, the translated books will be printed and distributed among project partners and Yukon First Nations.

The project is anticipated to be complete in fall 2022.

Holway’s present goals, within his studies, include showing his teachers how much effort he is putting in and making sure he gives his best every day and learns as much as he can. He also wants to keep using his language outside of his studies, with his family.

Though he still sometimes feels shy to use his language outside of the program, he sees it as a

crucial part of the community he and his fellow YTLLTs are building amongst themselves.

“It makes me feel really happy when I get in to work and we’re all talking to each other,” said Holway. “We try and talk to each other in our language as much as we can.”

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When there is a lot more water than usual, that leaves us with lots of puddles. We always have some, but this year’s snow load is exceptional—and so Lanes also filled with water is the result.

The March, raised the street levels. This col- April and May reports (dealing umn is about the flip side of the with February, March and April), equation, when the white stuff from the Yukon’s hydrologist, show that the Dawson area rebecomes wet stuff. n a previous edition of the KK, I commented on the amount of snow we received here this winter, how it narrowed and

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it rushes along the residential its intersection with Queen, with- work.

Lanes between the streets streets of Eighth through Sixth av- out getting soaked. One could admire the large reflections of the were equally subject to massive enues.

There’s less snow clearance recently reopened Midnight Sun pooling.

Dawson’s south end of town on the upper avenues, so there’s Hotel or the Yukon School of Viswas once the channel of the Klona lot of water to make its way ual Arts.

Most of the other intersections dike River, and it is lower than down to the more-level Fifth Avenue, where it sometimes makes in a four-block radius shared that the rest of town, so the blocka two-block lake, north and south, problem, which left both vehicles long puddle that formed between Craig Street and between Princess the area where and King streets it rises to meet and west along Front Street Queen Street. (which was the This can make town’s original getting to the attempt at a Robert Service dike) made a School (which lot of sense geolooks great in logically, though its new Ted Harthe city crew rison–inspired which kept trycolours) an intering to pump the esting journey, water away told and it forced the me they had not two school buses, seen it be that which load on persistent in Queen, to park other years. elsewhere for a Though the week.

This puddle filled the block between Craig and Front streets situation does Just down that make navigablock there were some other large pools on either and pedestrians dodging large tion, by wheel or by shank’s mare, side of Third Avenue, making it pools that might be hiding either a bit of a puzzle, you have to impossible to step off any of the major potholes or uncovered admit that it does make for some boardwalks, at the four sides of storm drains struggling to do their interesting pictures. n

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DOG GONE LONG TIME How walking six days through the bush helps you make sense of life

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was living in Yellowknife, in the stocked up on the lightest, mostspring of 1998, when I got a call nutritious food we could find—dry from fellow filmmaker Terry noodles, instant porridge and raiWolfe who was asking for help on a sins. There was no freeze-dried film shoot the following week. The tofu, that’s for sure. So we made people in the Sahtu Region were do.

That was just the start of our planning to recreate a traditional walk, between the two commun- problems. On the day of, the ities of Colville Lake and Fort walking party was gathered at the Good Hope, and wanted it docu- band office, each with a pack dog. mented on film. Before air service A pack dog is a large husky that in 1964, people would walk, with carries a canvas bag stuffed with camping essentials like pack dogs, from Colfood, sleeping gear and ville Lake to Fort Good survival equipment.

Hope, to buy supplies— Again, no one got the an eighty-mile trek memo that we might through the bush. The need one, too, with an few remaining elders extra hundred pounds who remembered the of camera equipment route wanted to show and sound gear. the younger generation In the North, if you the way, in more ways can’t laugh at yourself, than one. they’ll do it for you.

Before we left Yellowknife, they asPHOTO: DENNIS ALLEN Cause they broke out sured us that all we Elder Marie Kochon laughing, suggesting that we go around and needed to bring was breaking off a piece look for a dog to steal. our camera gear, a of caribou dry-meat Someone had pity on mosquito net and a us and we went looking sleeping bag. They for Dennis to eat for a pack dog. There confirmed, several times, that they had all the food was a mangy husky mutt tied to and there was no need to bring a post just down the road. The any. But when we got there, owner was out of town and we figsomeone forgot to send the memo ured he wouldn’t miss it if we borbecause no one had any extra food rowed it. So he instructed me to for us. One thing about the North, undo his chain from the post and people expect you to hold your go fit him for a dog pack.

I don’t think that dog had been own and think on your feet. So we went over to the Co-op store and let loose since last winter, cause

he dragged me halfway back to the band office. It’s a good thing I had experience with sled dogs from growing up with my brother Gerry’s dog team. You gotta show them who’s boss, so I grabbed a handful of his neck and bent down low and growled a few choice words, which cooled him off.

Northern dogs are not pets; they are beasts of burden for all you Cheechakos.

We finally got all our camera gear split up between ourselves and “Chocolate,” our faithful pack dog. As much as we tried to pair down our camera and camping gear, all three of us (Terry, myself and Chocolate) had a wobbly start from the weight on our backs. Nonetheless, off we went.

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Sleeping arrangements along the trail The first leg of the trip was a six-mile hike through a cutline from the community of Colville Lake, to Belot Lake. To save time, they boated us across the vast ex-

extra pair of underwear I had and wrapped my ankles with them. It worked for a bit, till the lard dried up, then I had to repeat it later.

We got across Belot Lake and decided to camp for the night. It was June fifteenth and the mosquitoes were out in full force.

Everyone scrambled for the best camping spot— a clearing with either trees or willows, on PHOTO: TERRY WOLFE either end, to tie the mosEnjoying a lunch along the trail quito nets to.

When we got the call to do the Once those were set, we placed job, I went and paid over a hun- our sleeping mats and sleeping dred bucks for a pair of top-of- bags underneath, then had a supthe-line hiking boots. The kid who per of dry-fish and bannock. After sold them to me assured me that supper, I unwrapped my bloody they were MADE for hiking on the ankles and tried to figure out tundra. I noticed that all the Dene what to do about them. I decided were using wraparound moccasins, to pick some fresh spruce sap and and I felt sorry for them because slather it on my ankles. I used an they didn’t have hundred-dollar extra pair of socks to wrap my hiking boots, like me. Well, by the ankles, and it felt very soothing. time we hit Belot Lake, I could Someone eventually loaned me have choked that kid because the some sneakers.

The next morning, we had boots were cutting into my ankles and I was having trouble keeping a quick breakfast, broke camp up. Too embarrassed to complain and trudged on. I was amazed at about my boots, I swiped some cont’d on page 18 ... lard from the cook and cut up an panse of Belot Lake. We’d budgeted six days so that we would arrive in Fort Good Hope on June 21, National Aboriginal Day as it was called then.

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Wed Jun 15 thru Sat & Tues Free Guided Hikes 10:00 AM Miles Canyon 2 hour easy hike. Meet up at the Miles Canyon Bridge! No reservations required. For more details call 867-668-5678 or go to yukonconservation.org Wed Jun 15 Women’s Strength Class 5:45 PM Northern Strength Academy learn and train with foundational functional movements, working to gain strength, power, improve mobility, movement and coordination.

Wed Jun 15 Habit Cycle 5:30 PM Habit Yukon A 50 min indoor cycling (spin) class, drop in or purchase 5-10 class pass.

Wed Jun 15 Zumba 6:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Register online Wed Jun 15 Adult Drop in Bouldering Nights 6:30 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Covid protocols in place please sign up ahead of your drop in on our facebook or website, as we have limited space for participation Wed Jun 15 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, and ends with more fun games! For kids 4 - 12 years old.

Wed Jun 15 Vinyasa Flow 7:00 PM Classic Vinyasa class, seamless string together poses, quiet the body and mind. Drop in or register.

Wed Jun 15 Table Tennis 7:30 PM Whitehorse École Whitehorse Elementary School For more info email TheMurf@northwestel.net Thu Jun 16 Habit Cycle 7:00 PM Habit Yukon A 50 min indoor cycling (spin) class, drop in or purchase 5-10 class pass.

Thu Jun 16 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker.

Thu Jun 16 Coast Mountain Sports Trail Run Series Athletics Yukon 6:15 PM Come join us and explore the trails around Whitehorse in a fun, safe, non-competitive environment.

Venue changes from week to week so check in often to see where this week’s run is. Register: TrackieReg.com/2022-ThursTrailRuns TrackieReg.com/2022-ThursTrailRuns Thu Jun 16 Strength for Runners 12:00 PM Avalanche Athletics Improve your technique, lower your times, and understand the sport of running on a deeper level.

Thu Jun 16 Hatha Yoga 12:00 PM Grace Space Find alignment mental and physical during this hour of inspiring hatha yoga,.

Register online. https://bit.ly/3kFowWQ Thu Jun 16 Adult Drop in Bouldering Nights 6:30 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Covid protocols in place please sign up ahead of your drop in on our facebook or website, as we have limited space for participation Fri Jun 17 Gym Buds 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy a fun, positive, accepting environment where everyone can feel inspired

to achieve their goals.

Fri Jun 17 Kids BJJ 5:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! For kids approximately 4 - 12 years old.

Fri Jun 17 Zumba 6:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Register online Fri Jun 17 Table Tennis 7:30 PM Whitehorse École Whitehorse Elementary School For more info email TheMurf@northwestel.net Sat Jun 18 Yukon Energy Haeckel Hill Run 10:00 AM Icy Waters Road off the Fish Lake Road This annual AY run tests your legs by running up Haeckel Hill starting at the wildlife viewing ending at the windmills.

Sat Jun 18 Table Tennis 1:30 PM Whitehorse École Whitehorse Elementary School For more info email TheMurf@northwestel.net Sun Jun 19 Habit Cycle 10:00 AM Habit Yukon A 50 min indoor cycling (spin) class, drop in or purchase 5-10 class pass.

Sun Jun 19 Spirit Bear Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate10:30 AM Heart of Riverdale Located in the Pink Studio Includes a challenging warmup to increase your physical strength, stamina and endurance, followed up by learning basic movements and how to apply them to effective techniques.

Mon Jun 20 Gym Buds 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy a fun, positive, accepting environment where everyone can feel inspired to achieve their goals.

Mon Jun 20 Multisport Strength and Agility 11:00 AM Northern Strength Academy Improve your agility, balance, running economy, coordination and strength Mon Jun 20 Noon Strength and Conditioning with Ben McPherson 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy This class consists of dynamic, functional, but progressive movements that will improve your strength, balance and mobility for whatever you do.

Mon Jun 20 Kids Muay Thai 4:45 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai teaches combat skills that are good for self-defense along with positive holistic effects like respect, discipline, focus, and confidence. Open to ages 8 - 12.

Mon Jun 20 Running Class 5:30 PM Northern Strength Academy Join coach Ian Weir as he helps to improve technique, pacing, cadence, breath, power and more in these evening run sessions! All Levels Welcome Mon Jun 20 Women’s Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Mon Jun 20 Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions. This is due to its use of all available weapons. Fists, elbows, knees and shins are all used to attack your opponent.

Clinch work is also another defining element of this exciting fighting style Mon Jun 20 Go-Gi Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts This class is very similar to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, only the students typically

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There is also typically a little more wrestling and leg locks due to the rules in tournaments being less restrictive.

Mon Jun 20 Habit Cycle 7:00 PM A 50 min indoor cycling (spin) class, drop in or purchase 5-10 class pass.

Tue Jun 21 Total Body HIIT 12:15 PM Habit Yukon 30 min lunchtime high intensity interval training. All levels welcome, drop in and first time try it rates available.

Tue Jun 21 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! These classes are appropriate for kids 4 - 12 years old.

Tue Jun 21 Habit Cycle 5:30 PM A 50 min indoor cycling (spin) class, drop in or purchase 5-10 class pass.

Tue Jun 21 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 6:00, 12:05 & 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also known as “rolling”.

Tue Jun 21 Sports Experts 5 KM Fun Run Walk 6:15 PM FH Collins High School Run or walk a 2.5 or 5 Km course on the Millennium Trail. Every Tuesday until the end of September Tue Jun 21 Adult Drop in Bouldering Nights 6:30 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Covid protocols in place please sign up ahead of your drop in on our facebook or website, as we have limited space for participation

WELLNESS LISTINGS Elder and Counsellor available Emotional and Spiritual support, free to Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirited in Yukon, Northern BC: Phone, video appointments or in person. Call Toll Free 866 667 6162 or visit www.yawc.ca for info.

Tuesdays & Saturdays Counseling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Wed Jun 15 Samurai Brotherhood Men’s Circle: Porcupine Squad 7:00 PM Location

TBA After Pre-Registration A weekly, actionfocused circle of fire + fellowship for those who identify as male aged 21+. A safe + brave space for men to share their wins and challenges, dig deeper into what’s really holding you back, set goals and be held accountable. More info: call/text Michael at 867-332-4722 or email mjvernon@gmail.com.

Wed Jun 15 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM Overeaters Anonymous For more information contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information Wed Jun 15 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Classes with Nancy 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery Email whitehorsekundalini@gmail.com to register for 5- class series or check for availability to try a drop in.

Wed Jun 15 No Puffin Group (CM) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Thu Jun 16 Sally & Sisters/Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Thu Jun 16 Mantra and Relaxation 4:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary This class is about developing awareness of your inner Light through the practices of chanting mantra and deepening relaxation Thu Jun 16 KDCC Walking with Our Sisters Sewing Group 5:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.

Thu Jun 16 Family & Friends Support Group 7:00 PM Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) A drop-in support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Call 6686429 or email programs@yukon.cmha.ca for more info.

Thu Jun 16 AA Polar Group - O/M 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Join our support group in person or for our zoom room address email aapolargroup@gmail.com Fri Jun 17 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/book-online Fri Jun 17 Morning Yoga Stretch 9:00 AM 7th Ray Studio Easing into the day with gentling warming up and stretching. All levels are welcome Register online.

Fri Jun 17 Sally & Sisters/Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Fri Jun 17 AA Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Looking for

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Fri Jun 17 Men’s Support Group for Indigenous men 18 and over CYFN Council Of Yukon First Nations Family Preservation Services is hosting a Snaring & Trapping Workshop as part of its ongoing Support Group for Yukon First Nations and Indigenous men.

Register now as space is limited!

Sat Jun 18 AA Hospital Meeting 7:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Sun Jun 19 AA Hospital Meeting 7:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Sun Jun 19 Yoga with Amber 7:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Mon Jun 20 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/book-online Mon Jun 20 Sally and Sisters Hot Lunch 11:00 AM Whitehorse United Church Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon Jun 20 Smart Recovery Addictions Support 6:45 PM Sarah Steele Building Mon Jun 20 Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on.

Mon Jun 20 AA New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Mon Jun 20 Grief Walking Group 6:30 PM S.S. Klondike Walk the open parts of the Millennium Trail with Hospice Yukon volunteers. Walk in silence or share your feelings... you choose. Call 667-7429 for more info.

Tue Jun 21 Sally & Sisters/Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Tue Jun 21 Summer Yoga 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Drop-in Yoga, everyone welcome.

Call 335-1996 for more info.

Tue Jun 21 Yoga by Amber 7:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A yoga class that is for all levels and abilities, register online.

Tue Jun 21 AA UglyDuckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral New members always welcome, this is a non smoking group.

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Meet Midnight!

She is a 1-year-old, female, DSH It’s hard not to get lost in Midnight’s seafoam green eyes! This darling lady can be shy at first, but once she has gotten to know you she is a pleasure to spend time with, she exudes serene energy and would do best in a calm home with no children, she would be ok to share her space with a cat who shares her temperament. We do not know how she is with dogs.

If you are interested in adopting Midnight please fill out an online application at humanesocietyyukon.ca.

If you already have a pre-approved application with us within the last year, call 633-6019 to put your application towards her.

Shelter Hours: Tuesdays - Fridays 12pm-6pm Saturdays - 10am-6pm 126 Tlingit St, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6J2 | Tel: 867 633 6019 humanesocietyyukon.ca

ATLIN Fridays Atlin Community Library Atlin Community LIbrary 2:00 PM Open two days per week, Fridays and Saturdays, covid protocols apply.

Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome.

Tuesdays Craft Dinner 5:00 PM Atlin Mountain Inn Craft and eat with good company, special meal discounts for crafters. Finish an old craft or start something new!

Tuesdays 5 Mile Group (OM) 7:30 PM Tutan Hit building Next to Centre for Culture Call 1-250-6517900 Ext. 315

BURWASH LANDING Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake

CARCROSS Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

First Sunday of Every Month St. Saviours Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129 Mondays Light Walkers Group (OM) 5:00 PM Fire Hall meeting room 1137 Austin St. Wed Jun 15 Carcross Public Swim 1:15 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Monday To Thursday 1:15 pm -3:45 Everyone welcome Sun Jun 19 Carcross Public Swim 3:00 PM Carcross Swimming Pool Everyone welcome Thu Jun 16 Kids T-Ball 6:30 PM Tantalus School Diamond – Every Thursday 12 weeks, for more info call 332-1517 Sat Jun 18 Gentle Yoga 1:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Sat Jun 18 Intense Yoga.2:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Sat Jun 18 Pickleball 19+ 3:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Call 332-1517 for more info.

Sat Jun 18 Pickleball 50+ 4:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Call 332-1517 for more info.

DAWSON CITY

June 13 Lucie D

June 14

The Big Band

June 15

Come What Mae: Drag Monarchs that Slay! (Family friendly drag story time!)

June 15

Speed Control & Shotgun Wedding @ 7pm

June 16

The Bennett Sun

June 17 – Rick Sward & Roxx Hunter

Visual Artists:

Fibre Arts with The Northern Fibre Guild

Celebrating 26 Years LIVE performances & visual art demonstrations

Lepage Park Mon-Fri: 12-1pm Wed: 7pm-8pm

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Tue thru Thur St Paul’s Anglican Church Evening Prayer 4:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm Yukon Time for Evening Prayer.

Tue thruThu Saint Mary’s Weekday Mass 5:00 PM Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Join Father Emanuel for weekday mass Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Wed Jun 15 55+ Virtual Fitness Class 2:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre A 6-week strength class for Dawsonites over Zoom Call 993-7400 ext 299 for Zoom link..

Wed Jun 15 Groove Dance with Natasha Henderson 5:15 PM Minto Parkside Room Get your groove on and dance your heart out.

Wed Jun 15 Beginner Muay Thai 6:30 PM Minto Park Drop-In Thu Jun 16 Lunch Hour Boot Camp 12:00 PM Minto Get fit on your lunch hour with Lunch Hour Bootcamp! Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca for more info.

Thu Jun 16 Campfire Sessions 5:00 PM Minto Park Gazebo Family fun, sing-alongs, stories, skits & snacks. Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca for more info.

Thu Jun 16 Drop-In Tennis with Dave Ezzard 5:00 PM Minto Park Free, all ages, try tennis. Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca for more info.

Thu Jun 16 Adult Soccer 7:15 PM Robert Service School Register Thu Jun 16 D2D Dust To Dawson Motorcycle Ride Triple J Hotel Since 1992, old friends and new have been getting together over a common bond: motorcycles. The D2D weekend consists of motorcycle games on unpaved streets of Dawson, a poker run in the historic goldfields, and a banquet full of delicious food, crisp Canadian beer, and a whole lot of fun!

Thu Jun 16 Midnight Sun Golf Tournament 9:00 PM Dawson City Golf Course Teams of four are invited to our annual tournament to decide who’s the best “nighttime” golfing team. Luckily the sun will still be shining and the fun will be flowing. Best Ball & Pin Challenges. Awesome prizes, smokies and a drink cart.

Fri Jun 17 Cards & Conversation 12:30 PM Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 Dawson City Free!

Drop-In! No registration necessary. Proof of double vaccination required for anyone ages 12+. For more info email recreation@cityofdawson.ca or call 9937400 ext 299 Fri Jun 17 Summer Concert Series - Problematic Orchestra Strings 8:00 PM Dënäkär Zho & KIAC Ballroom This eclectic ensemble is made up of approximately 26 musicians from a diverse musical diaspora. The ensemble presents a repertoire that crosses genres, blending the rigour of contemporary and classical music with popular music, improvisation, and a modern sensibility.

Fri Jun 17 Summer Concert Series - Kevin Barr And Friends 12:00 PM Dawson City Gazebo Kevin Barr is called the troubadour of the Yukon, singing his folk, bluegrass, and country style of music, along with

stories of love and life. As a writer, he and his band “The Undertakin’ Daddies” found their way to the Junos and toured much of Europe. He has shared the stage with Valdy, KD Lang, Fred Eaglesmith, Kim Beggs, Fred Penner, and the great Penny Lang, who has said that Kevin “sings like an angel”.

Sat Jun 18 Yin Yoga with Allison Paprocki 8:15 AM Minto Park Yin Yoga is a slower paced more meditative yoga. 6 weeks. Register online.

Sat Jun 18 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School Sat Jun 18 Hän Ghả Chukėt Träätätsey Artist Market Dawson City Gazebo 11:00 AM Artist Market with original art, craft, and handmade goods made by local artists!

Sat Jun 18 AA North Star Group Dawson City 7:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion In person or Videoconference option available Call 867-993-5095 or 867-993-3734 for more information Sun Jun 18 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School Sun Jun 19 Saint Mary’s Sunday Service 10:30 AM Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Join Father Emanuel each Sunday for service. Everyone is always welcome.

Sun Jun 19 St Paul’s Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm Yukon Time for Evening Prayer.

Sun Jun 19 Screen Printing Drop-in with Dan Brown 6:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) Includes: use of screens*, emulsion, and ink! There is a refundable deposit of $20 per screen though participants are welcome to bring their own.

Sun Jun 19 Adult Co-Ed Volleyball 7:15 PM Robert Service School Register Sun Jun 19 Household Badminton 6:00 & 7:00 PM Robert Service School Pre-register with the Rec Dept to book your time slot for your household. Call us at 993-7400 ext 299 to register.

Mon Jun 20 Groove Dance with Natasha Henderson 4:30 PM Minto Parkside Room Get your groove on and dance your heart out.

Mon Jun 20 Advanced Muay Thai 6:00 PM Minto Park Drop-In Mon Jun 20 Adult Basketball 7:30 PM Robert Service School Register online Mon Jun 20 Young Peoples Talking Circle 7:00 PM Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre Tue Jun 21 – 23 Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2022 7:00 PM Dawson City Various Locations 2 scripts by Indigenous playwrights never before presented or performed in the Yukon! See The Young Ones and My Sisters Rage. Free Admission Tue Jun 21 Romp & Run 10:30 AM YOOP Hall Email Jen.Suttis@cdcyukon.ca for more info.

Tue Jun 21 Hand Building Pottery Drop-In 6:00 PM KIAC Space is limited to 6 participants, first come first served.

Tue Jun 21 Fitness Bootcamp with Strive HQ 6:00 PM Minto Park An outdoor functional fitness class using bodyweight calisthenics, weights, strength, agility and endurance. Call 993-7400 ext 299 or email recreation@cityofdawson.ca Tue Jun 21 English Conversation Club 7:00 PM YukonU A weekly English Conversation Club for immigrants in Dawson City.

FARO Monday thru Friday Open Gym 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Unstructured activity time where the gymnasium is available to students, families, and/or community members to play pick-up sports.

Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Parent & Tots 10:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Spend quality time with your child while you both have fun and learn and socialize.

Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more information.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Senior Yoga 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Carve out some time on the mat for this relaxing and gentle Yoga practice. Call 9942375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre For ages 6 to 13 - Registration required, stop in or call 994-2375 Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Wednesdays Faro Seniors - Games and Walks 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wednesdays Basketball (Open Court) 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Shoot some hoops, practice your skills on the open court. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info.

Fridays Family Crafts and Boardgames 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Saturdays Open Gym 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Unstructured activity time where the gymnasium is available to students, families, and/ or community members to play pick-up sports. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info.

Wed Jun 15 Faro Market 3:00 PM CRIC & Campbell Region Interpretive Centre Discover local arts, crafts, baking and more Thu Jun 16 Faro Adult Swim 6:00 PM Faro Swimming Pool Thu Jun 16 Public Service Week BBQ 12:00 PM Faro Visitors Centre Hosted by the Department of Highways and Public Works on behalf of the Government of Yukon; to thank all public service folks for all they do. https://bit.ly/3GvzaK9 Fri Jun 17 Youth Movie Night 3:00 PM CRIC & Campbell Region Interpretive Centre Sat Jun 18 Faro Adult Swim 6:00 PM Faro Swimming Pool Sat Jun 18 FARO Annual Volunteer Spring Clean-

up 10:00 AM CRIC & Campbell Region Interpretive Centre There will be a Thank You BBQ to follow for all volunteers!

HAINES JUNCTION Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Wed Jun 15 Village Council meetings 7:00 PM St. Elias Convention Centre Village Council meetings are also held the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. [Remote attendance only] Thu Jun 16 Bill Brewster Arena Drop - In Centre 1:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Skate Park, Electric Scooters, Hoverboards, Basketball, Floor Hockey, & Bouncy Castle Fri Jun 17 HJL Story Time 10:00AM Haines Junction Library Registration is required but the program is still run as a drop in. There is no commitment to come each week. https://bit.ly/3KmBdBC. Fri Jun 17 Live Paris Pick 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli Reservations are **required** and will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. To reserve tickets, please call the Bakery directly at 634-2867 Dinner starts at 6:15 PM | Music starts at 7:00 PM Sat Jun 18 2022 Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay Haines Junction, Yukon An amazing bike ride from Haines Junction, Yukon to Haines, Alaska.

Ride in teams of 1, 2, 4, or 8 people through 238km.

Register online. https://bit.ly/3m6Z8LH Sat Jun 18 Live Elaine Schiman Trio 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli Reservations are **required** and will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To reserve tickets, please call the Bakery directly at 634-2867 Dinner starts at 6:15 PM | Music starts at 7:00 PM Mon Jun 20 Smart Recovery Meetings 8:00 PM Munku Hall Everyone welcome, call 334-5688 for more info.

Tue Jun 21 Bill Brewster Arena Drop - In Centre Bill Brewster Arena 1:00 PM Skate Park, Electric Scooters, Hoverboards, Basketball, Floor Hockey, & Bouncy Castle

MARSH LAKE Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Thursdays Shuffleboard And Games Night 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Jackalope Members & guests Thursdays Jackalope Open for drinks and snacks 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thursdays Shuffleboard Marsh Lake Community Centre 6:00 PM Fridays Jackalope Open for drinks and snacks 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Knitting Circle 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Everyone wielding a hook, needle or pin is welcome.

Saturdays Family Playtime and Open Gym 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Jackalope Open for Drinks and Snacks 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tuesdays North of 60 Seniors Coffee and Chat 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tuesdays Yoga With Richard 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre This is a New Horizons/Lotteries Yukon/Marsh Lake Community Society sponsored program which is being offered free of charge to participants. If you have a yoga mat, bring it. If not, no worries, we have some available

MAYO Weekdays Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo Recreation Centre Weekdays Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time 10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre Mondays Video Yoga Classes 5:15 PM Mayo Curling Arena Yoga Videos are used for leading each class. Bring your own Yoga mat or borrow ours.

Drop-ins are welcome. For more info call 996-2043 8979962043 Mondays Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Tuesdays Drop-in Art Night 7:00 PM Mayo Curling Lounge If you can bring a photo that you would like to work from that would be great. No experience necessary.

Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

MOUNT LORNE Wed Jun 15 Mount Lorne Craft Night 7:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Thu Jun 16 Learn to Run 3:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Association Get some guidance on how to run happily! Everyone is welcome!

Fri Jun 17 Mount Lorne Drop In Yoga 11:00 AM Mount Lorne Community Centre Mon Jun 20 Ember Fire Academy Golden Horn Fire Department A free, intensive program for women 16+ years of age. Experience the most challenging and exciting tasks in firefighting. Register online or by email CS.FMO@yukon.ca. https://bit.ly/3uqIOIb Mon Jun 20 Mount Lorne Drop In Yoga 7:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Mon Jun 20 Learn to Run 6:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Association Get some guidance on how to run happily! Everyone is welcome!

OLD CROW Sundays St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Wednesdays Parent and Tots 4:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Call 966-3015 for more info.

Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Wed Jun 15 Adult Card Game Night 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre Mon Jun 20 Hike Or Bike 1:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre Mon Jun 20 Slo-Pitch Baseball 7:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

SKAGWAY Wednesdays Women’s Morning Worship 7:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway All are welcome. Part of the Alaska Presbytery and the PC U.S.A. Wednesdays Windy Valley Babies 10:30 AM Skagway Public Library Stories, Songs, and Fun with Ms. Anna! Designed for ages 0-3.

Fridays Skagway Teen Night 6:30 PM Skagway Public Library Sundays Sunday School 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway Sundays Sunday Worship 10:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway

TAGISH Wed Jun 15 Seniors Computer Tutoring with Yukon Learn 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Computers, tablets phones, internet, email, social media, zoom... we can answer any of your questions.

For more information call 1-888-668-6280 Wed Jun 15 Coffee And Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu Jun 16 Carpet Bowling 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu Jun 16 Tagish Local Advisory Council Meeting Tagish Community Centre 7:00 PM Sat Jun 18 Southern Lakes Half Marathon 2022 1:30 PM Southern Lakes 1:30 PM Race Start with Post Race Dinner at Southern Lakes Resort 3:30 PM 5:30 PM. $75 Entry fee includes dinner ticket and drink voucher. Extra dinner tickets can be purchased for $35 when registering. Lots of prizes to be drawn shorturl.at/bhryO Sun Jun 19 Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, eggs benny, beans, potatoes, fresh fruit, juice, coffee or tea. All are welcome.

TESLIN Wed Jun 15 Pickleball 12:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Wed Jun 15 Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

Wed Jun 15 Community Art Program 6:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Meet in the Mezzanine Wed Jun 15 Pickleball 7:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Thu Jun 16 Warriors of the Water 5:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre A canoe program, register by calling 390-2530 Fri Jun 17 Mature Golfers 9 & Dine 9:30 AM Village of Teslin Office Head to Whitehorse for golf, transportation and lunch covered, you pay for your round of golf. Return home by 6:30. To register call 390-2530 Fri Jun 17 Drop In Basketball 7:00 PM Khàtìnas. àxh Community School Sat Jun 18 Parent & Tot Play 10:00 AM Teslin Recreation Centre Held in the Foam Room at the daycare, for ages 1 to 2.5 years. Call 689-6375 for more info.

Mon Jun 20 Volleyball 7:00 PM Khàtìnas.àxh Community School Tue Jun 21 Parents and Tots 6:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Held in the Foam Room at the daycare, for ages 1 to 2.5 years. Call 689-6375 for more info Tue Jun 21 Adult Baseball 7:00 PM Teslin Ball Diamonds – every Tuesday until the end of June.

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Mon & Thur Drop-in Pickleball & Badminton 7:00 PM Watson Lake Secondary School Come try out pickleball and badminton, ideal for ages 13+, more info at the rec centre.

Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Fri Jun 17 Watson Lake Bowling League 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre 4 players per team, teams must be pre-registered. To sign up, call Karalee at 335-7979.

Sat Jun 18 Baptiste Power Yoga 7:00 PM Fees apply. A muscle-shaping and mind-sculpting workout, work at your own level and ability, set to electronic music.

Sat Jun 19 Pickleball & Badminton Watson Lake Secondary School 7:00 PM Sun Jun 20 Sunday Nite Volleyball 11:00 AM Watson Lake Secondary School Tue Jun 21 Pickleball & Badminton Watson Lake Secondary School 7:00 PM

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Dog Gone Long Time... cont’d from page 14 how quickly the Dene had broken camp. We had the extra burden of not only trying to break camp, but to film and document it at the same time. Once they were packed, they took off; they didn’t wait for anyone. They just expected you to keep up. I was lucky that I grew up in the bush and held my own. But my partner was struggling and I had to give him a hand, a few times.

We stopped a couple of hours later to look at the map and take a rest. There was an elderly couple named Hyacinthe and Marie Kochon, who were in their early seventies. Despite their age, they were leading us through the bush at a brisk pace. Being true people of the land, they were accustomed to this life and were outfitted as such. They had six pack dogs, with everything from a small canvas tent, a radio, a wash pan and bundles of dry-fish and dry-meat. When we stopped, two of the pack dogs caught wind of something and bolted off into the bush. They just happened to be the ones with the dry-fish and drymeat in their packs. Immediately, three of the young men dashed after them. We waited, expecting them to come back with the dogs shortly. But after an hour, they came back empty-handed. The dogs were gone, and so was most of our food. After a quick consult, Hyacinthe and Marie decided to go after their dogs themselves. They took some bannock and a thermos of tea and instructed us to wait for them at a certain creek, about five miles away. That night, they walked into camp with no dogs.

We decided to sleep on it.

We woke to a dilemma … call it off and go back, or carry on. We had a fishnet, a rifle and probably enough food, if we rationed it, to complete the journey. We decided

afternoon two anChocolate like that, gels appeared, in the and they got a lot of distance, carrying laughs. shopping bags full of Like I mentioned, chocolate bars and food was scarce and cold pop. When we everyone was exmet, all the walkers pected to feed their collapsed in sheer own animals. The exhaustion. I imothers had bits of mediately swallowed fat and dry-meat a chocolate bar and that they’d packed, swallowed a can of on their own, PHOTO: TERRY WOLF Pepsi. They had a and somehow package of beef jerky, were able to Drying out our footwear along the trail which I snatched first keep their dogs out of the bag. I ripped lose the trail completely. We’d fed. But not us.

Once in a while someone fan out in all directions, some- it open with my teeth, called would take pity on Choco- times even losing one another. Chocolate over and thanked him late and throw him a mor- But ultimately we’d find our way for his selfless service, then unsel of food. I felt sorry for back. Our main guide, Elder Paul ceremoniously dumped the sticks him, so I made him a mush Cotchilly, remembered the land- of jerky at his feet. He swallowed of instant noodles, instant scape with exact detail and got them in a blink.

PHOTO: DENNIS ALLEN porridge and raisins. Hell, us out of a lot of scrapes. Paul The dogs eventually made we’d been eating that goop was the sergeant of the local Can- their way back to Hyacinthe and Lawrence and Tisha Manuel cut in all along, and I figured he’d adian Ranger troop and carried Marie, in Colville Lake, minus the on Chocolate’s smudge be grateful for a scoopful. I the nickname “Sarge.” After tak- dry-meat and dry-fish. I still have ing breaks, Sarge scars around my ankles where my that over a few creeks we came dumped half of my would bark orders hundred-dollar hiking boots cut across. At any rate, they set the precious meal onto to us. “Saddle up. into them. Chocolate’s owner net and checked it throughout the the ground, at his Lock and load. For- came home to find his dog missing day. Nothing. Oh well, there’ll be feet, for him to ward hoe.” He had and put out an APB. He was found enjoy. But the sonother creeks, we thought. a great sense of hu- roaming the streets of Fort Good That night, we broke camp and ofabitch turned his Hope and sent home on the next mour. walked into the coolness of the nose up at it! The On the sixth day, flight, after his owner threatened night. We found our rhythm and gall, I thought. No we could see the to charge us for theft. were soon marching along. The one was looking, I found out more about myself Mackenzie Mounlost dogs set us back half a day so I scooped it back tains off in the dis- in those six days of walking than I and we had to make up for it. I’d into my bowl, twigs tance. The elders could in sixty hours of therapy. I brought along a water bottle, but and all, and gobbled announced that found out that hope feeds stamfound I didn’t have time to refill it up. I bartered a we were close to ina. I found out that you can overit, shoot some footage and keep pack of noodles for the Rabbitskin Riv- come hunger by drinking enough up at the same time. So I would a chunk of dried PHOTO: TERRY WOLFE er, where a party slough water. I found out that you just dip my baseball cap into shal- caribou fat and fed low pools of water, along the way, it to Chocolate, but Dennis with new shoes. Ready would boat us the can endure hordes of mosquitoes remaining miles into by simply ignoring them and not and dump it over my head and not before taking a for a long day of walking Fort Good Hope. scratching your bites. I found out bite myself. hopefully some into my mouth. in my hundred-dollar As tradition would that you can fight off sleep by Although no one When we stopped for a break, have it, we shot three mumbling gibberish to yourself walked that Chocolate was starting to whine had hiking boots times with the rifle to and slapping yourself in the face because the mosquitoes were route for thirty-four driving him crazy. So I would years, a faint outline of the walk- announce our arrival. The receiv- repeatedly. But most of all, I found make him a smudge, to lessen ing trail guided us through the ing party returned our call with out that if I dig deep enough, I can his suffering. It became a running bush. But almost daily, we’d come three shots of their own, and we always find the strength to take gag for them to see me tending to across an old forest fire burn and knew we were close. Later that another step forward. n to carry on.

The sun was exceptionally hot that morning, so we decided to lick our wounds, where we sat, and carry on in the evenings when it was cooler. The guys decided to set the fishnet across the small creek, but they had no way of crossing it. So they chopped down a bunch of spruce trees and made a bridge. We actually had to do

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE National Indigenous Peoples Day On behalf of the Victoria Gold team, I extend best wishes to Yukoners as we, and Canadians from coast to coast to coast, commemorate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 and celebrate the rich history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples throughout the country.

Victoria Gold is honoured to operate our Eagle Gold Mine within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND) and partner with the First Nation for the benefit of its citizens and all Yukoners throughout the mine’s life.

Since October 2011, when Victoria and FNNND signed our mutually developed and implemented Comprehensive Cooperation and Benefits Agreement (CBA), we have worked together to help ensure that the Eagle Gold Mine benefits FNNND citizens first throughout its development, operations and closure.

We are proud that over 50 per cent of our workforce are Yukoners At Work, many of which are Yukon First Nations citizens, and look forward to contributing to the territory’s social and economic well-being today and for generations to follow.

From my family to yours, as we pause to reflect and celebrate, have a very safe and happy National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Sincerely,

John McConnell President & CEO Victoria Gold Corp

John, Tara and Katherine wish you and yours a very happy National Indigenous Peoples Day.

The Eagle Gold Mine is situated within Victoria Gold’s 100 per cent-owned Dublin Gulch Property located approximately 375 kilometres north of Whitehorse and 85 kilometres north, northeast of the Village of Mayo, within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND). The company employs over 500 workers and contractors; half of which are Yukoners At Work and many are FNNND citizens.

If you are a Yukoner with mining experience, Victoria Gold encourages you to become a Yukoner At Work. Visit the “Work For Us” page at vgcx.com/contact/work-for-us/ and send your resume to greatpeoplework@vgcx.com.