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The 20th anniversary edition of the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival takes place June 6-8 in Haines Junction

t’s a special year for the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival (KMBF). The Haines Junction-based bluegrass, folk and roots festival is celebrating its 20th edition, billed as its 20th anniversary. “It’s actually been more than 20 years since the first one,” says John Faulkner, the festival’s artistic director. “But things like the pandemic came along and stole a couple years here and there.” Whether it’s the true anniversary or not, a Yukon bluegrass festival lasting over two

decades and 20 editions is no small feat. Faulkner, who has been part of things since the festival first began, says he and his team have always been consistent in their approach, and never changed their goals. “We’ve been really lucky that we’ve been able to attract the top artists in bluegrass and roots music,” he says. “I like to say we punch way above our weight.” There are a few reasons the KMBF is able to bring in big names, as Faulkner outlines. “We shamelessly trade on the fact that the Yukon is an incredible place,” he says. “For bands from the outside, I think it’s an exotic, bucket-list place to perform.” Faulkner says the KMBF’s reputation as a well-organized and smoothly-run festival was established in its very first year, when the festival was co-founded by Bob Hayes and Peter Milner. The two late founders were jointly inducted into the Canadian Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2024. “They set the bar pretty high, and we’ve tried ever since to stay

Ella Korth (l.-r.) Trent Freeman, Ella Korth well above that,” he says. Though Hayes and Milner have both passed, their influence still carries the festival year after year, becoming part of their legacy and a lasting mark they have left on the Yukon and Canada’s bluegrass scene. “It’s pretty neat,” says Faulkner. “It’s fantastic that it’s gone on so long and become such a beloved part of the Yukon summer.” It’s a simple, tried-and-true formula that’s kept people attending the festival for over two decades, and Faulkner has no plans to try and reinvent the wheel. “It’s got a great vibe, it’s got a great location, it’s got the top musicians in bluegrass and roots playing at it,” he says. “So, what’s not to like?” cont’d on page 6 ...

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REALLY – DON’T BE A LITTERBUG! May is roadside litter cleanup month in the Yukon, it feels important to me every year

The author still makes signs

s the author Gertrude Stein once said, “We are always the same age inside.” That means I’m still the Grade two kid who was so excited about my class’s anti-littering campaign. We all made posters on sheets of construction paper that said some variant of “Don’t be a litterbug” surrounded by evillooking insects and evil-looking trash. Our work was hung in the glassfronted official sign case in front of the town hall. I was so proud. And I was so sure our messages would solve the problem that my seven-year-old soul was so troubled by. Weeks and months and years went by, and there was still litter flying around. I was disillusioned and heartbroken. I still feel that sadness when I see drink containers, food wrappers, cigarette packs, and all kinds of unnameable bits along roadsides and walkways. But I haven’t given up, and I still make signs. Maybe you’ve seen them as you’ve driven out of town.

PHOTO: Dianne Homan For decades now, I’ve added actions to my words and pictures. Every May, as soon as the roadside snow is gone and the mud has mostly dried, my husband and I clean up the sides of the road that is our route to town. We each carry two bags — one for refundables and one for trash. We park the car one kilometre down the road, then I walk back to our starting point on one shoulder, cross the road, and walk back to the car on the other side. Meanwhile, he has done the same but walking in the direction of travel, then back. We empty our bags into bigger sacks in the car, drive two kilometres ahead, and do it all over again, and again, until we get to the highway. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but sometimes I think the litter situation isn’t quite as bad as it used to be. I’m thankful for others who clean up, too. But that said,

I know that today’s kids still see litter and are bummed out about it. I love and appreciate the studentpainted trash receptacles around town. Their messages illustrate the range of emotions aroused by the problem of littering. There’s love for the earth seen in illustrations of sun, water, and greenery, and in appeals like, “For all the foxes, fish, bears, and moose; for our land and for the future ... Don’t litter.” There’s impatience, and maybe anger, in the message, “This trash can is not that far. Don’t be lazy.” There’s idealism of the Dr. Seuss sort on the container that suggests we “Be like the Lorax.” There’s humour and cleverness in the design showing a UFO and aliens saying, “Please let us abduct your trash.” And then there’s the one that reminds me of the heartbreak I felt when I was in Grade two – “If

you liter (sic), we will go extinct.” Alongside my age seven innocence and sadness, I also remember feeling frustrated by not being able to understand other human beings and why they do what they do ... (well, that feeling never goes away, does it?) After all, our family car had a trash bag in it, and it got emptied at the gas station during fuel ups. So easy. And hey! Those drink containers are worth money. Who in their right mind throws away money? And just open your eyes and look at the world around you. See how beautiful it is. Why would you make it ugly? I know we all have different sensitivities and tolerance for order vs. messiness. For instance, my husband doesn’t see what I see when I’m dusting furniture or mopping the floor. My friend’s kitchen strikes me as chaotic, but she knows where everything is. My neighbour says he doesn’t see the litter along the roadway. But we care about each other — so my husband wipes his feet before coming inside; I help my friend in her kitchen; my neighbour doesn’t throw anything out his truck windows. We all do what we can to be sensitive to each other. So let’s all be sensitive to the wishes of children and their need for a healthy planet to grow up on. Let’s all remember that, no matter how old we are, not being a litterbug is really, really, really important. n

On the Cover Local band Wolf Creek on the 2024 KMBF main stage. L-R George McConkey, Rob Bergman, Bob Hamilton, Kevin Barr PHOTO: Brian Pelchat

What’s Inside Music, Mountains, Magic .......... 2 Don’t Be A Litterbug! .............. 3 Sandcastles: Tips, Tricks And Creative Fun................... 4 Waste Not, Burn Hot............... 5 Where Songs Live .................. 7 Unknown Chef ................... 10 Unintended Consequence ...... 11 Sammin’ Around .................. 12 Bria Rose N’ Thorns .............. 14 A Happy Camper Switching Gears ............................... 18 On The Culinary Trail In Scotland ............................ 22

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hether you are five or 55, digging into warm sand and crafting your own little kingdom by the sea is one of summer’s simplest — and most joyful — pleasures. Building sandcastles is not just a fun beach activity; it is a chance to get creative, bond with friends or family, and let your imagination run wild. But if you have ever tried to build a sandcastle and ended up with a crumbling pile of sand, you are not alone. Like any art form, there are some tricks to getting it right. Here are some fun and useful tips to help you level up your sandcastle game and create a sandy masterpiece to be proud of!

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Sandcastle building is even more fun as a group activity. Assign roles: digger, builder, decorator, sculptor. Working as a team not only makes the project go faster, but it is also a fantastic way to bond and share laughs.

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WASTE NOT, BURN HOT Turning scraps into sparks

have always thought that it is a waste of kindling to leave or burn the smallest branches in the bush when cutting firewood. But the mess that they made all

over the floor when I brought them inside had me back to chopping kindling in no time. Last week, I came up with a plan for all those little branches. I wrapped them in an old What’s Up Yukon, chucked in a couple of toilet paper rolls (that I’ve been saving for something useful),

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Music, magic, mountains ... cont’d from page 2 Faulkner makes sure to point out that the festival doesn’t appeal only to hardcore bluegrass fanatics, and believes any music lover and anyone who wants to be part of an enjoyable community event will feel right at home amongst the festival goers. “People sometimes forget that,” he says. “The level of musicianship is so high — it’s world-class. Any music lover is going to be dazzled, whether they’re a hardcore bluegrass fan or not. And we also present a wider variety of music than just straight up bluegrass. We always have folk and roots artists, this year being no exception.” It’s more than just performances that take place across the festival weekend. Faulkner says the Saturday night barn dance continues to be hugely popular year after year, as does the Sunday gospel music show. But open stages, workshops and jam sessions are also among the events in which attendees can participate. That’s not even to mention the community and nature aspects the festival brings. “It’s a pretty nice package,” Faulkner says. This year’s lineup, like any year, features a mixed bag of local and travelling artists, and Faulkner says the lineup is curated in part by artists reaching out and asking to be part of the festival, and also by his own finger on the pulse of who is hot and rising in the bluegrass world. “I attend some festivals myself, and listen to the serious bluegrass channels, those kinds of things,” he says. “I try to catch people on their way up. It’s hard to describe the process in 25 words or less.” The lineup is stacked with national travelling artists Over The Moon from Calgary, The

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The Yukon’s own Katie Avery and Graeme Poile

Chris Jones and the Night Drivers (l.-r.) Mark Stoffel, Chris Jones, Nelson Williams, Grace Vant Hof Tone Rangers from Toronto, Aline Deanna from British Columbia and The Spinney Brothers from Nova

Scotia, as well as international travelling artists Sweet Sally from California, Monroe Crossing from

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PHOTOS: Brian Pelchat Minnesota and the Rick Faris Band from Kentucky and local artists The Lucky Ones, Relative Harmony and the Danchic Duo. The festival shows will take place at the Grand Hall in the St. Elias Convention Centre and St. Christopher’s Log Church. “You get to see all these great folks in these two small, pretty intimate venues,” says Faulkner. “Both of them have just awesome acoustics and sound. You get the best of the best.” Faulkner says the artists are always very happy with the northern hospitality they’re provided, as well as the welcoming nature of the audiences. He also revels in the opportunity to show off the Yukon to the travelling artists, even teaming up with Alkan Air and pilot Rick Nielsen to take the artists for sight-seeing flights over the St. Elias Mountain Range and Kluane icefields. “People come back from that and they’re just gobsmacked,” Faulkner says. “It’s almost a religious experience to go and see that.”

It’s not just fun for the artists, though, as Faulkner says going out to see bluegrass music live is an entirely separate experience from listening to recordings of it. “It’s almost a different sport,” he says. “You can listen to the records and the records are amazing, but to see them perform in the moment and how organic it can sometimes be, it makes the hairs stand up on the back of your head. It’s so incredible.” The future of the KMBF is always on Faulkner’s mind, as he’s making preparations for the following year before the dust even settles on the current one. It’s been over 20 years, and if it’s up to Faulkner, it will be far longer than another 20. The KMBF takes place June 6-8 in Haines Junction. To purchase tickets and see more info about the artists, schedule and more, visit yukonbluegrass.com. “If country or folk or roots or any of those things are in your wheelhouse at all, you’ll be very happy you came,” says Faulkner. n

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ment abounds. It’s not just education, though learning happens at every turn. It’s an invitation for children to discover that art exists to be inhabited, carried forward, and eventually created anew. At noon, a parade will wind around the Arts Centre building, led by the Carnival Band and featuring everyone who wants to join. Children will carry creations made earlier in the day, their voices mixing with brass instruments. Stilt walkers will tower above the crowd, while aerialists will later teach children to work with hoops, turning the air itself into a space for artistic expression. The festival operates on a Michele Emslie, model of radical accessibility — Community Programming most activities are free, with the Director for YAC two main performances requiring only a five-dollar ticket, and even those include rush tickets for families who need them. This isn’t charity. It’s a recognition that art belongs to everyone, and that community cultural life requires intentional cultivation and care. Michele Emslie speaks of visiting other children’s festivals to gather new ideas, but there’s something about the Moppets Festival that feels distinctly northern — unhurried, connected to place, grounded in The cardboard castle under construction at the Yukon Arts the understanding that in a landscape this vast Centre’s Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival 2024 and beautiful, children need opportunities to see themselves as both inheritors and creators of culture. When the day ends and families drift home carrying tie-dyed shirts and planted sunflowers, something will have shifted. Songs will have found new hearts to live in. Children will have touched the boundary between audience and artist and discovered it more porous than they imagined. In the endless June light, the work of growing both art and artists will continue — Remy Rodden, left, and Peter Lenton of the EnviroSongsters will perform their one voice, one heartenvironmental-themed show at the Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival beat, one shared song at a time. n

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are not just future citizens but present ones, capable of leadership and care when given the proper tools and encouragement. Lenton carries with him a story that illuminates the deeper purpose beneath all this organized chaos. After a school performance in northern Alberta, a young boy approached him in the hallway, grabbed both his hands, and asked with startling directness: “Where are your songs?” When Lenton explained that they lived in his head, his guitar, and his heart, the child squeezed his hands tighter and declared, “Well, now they’re in my heart too.” This moment — of transfer, of ownership, of music finding new homes — captures something essential about what the Moppets Festival offers. It’s not just entertainment, though entertain-

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ature presses against the towering windows of the Yukon Arts Centre’s (YAC) foyer from three sides — a gentle embrace of spruce and birch that transforms the space into something between theatre and forest sanctuary Here, where audiences typically gather before performances, Michele Emslie and I sit at a quiet table, dis-cussing something that happens just once a year: the moment when this sophisticated performance venue transforms into a play-ground of possibility. On June 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival will once again claim these halls, bringing with it the particular magic that occurs when art meets childhood wonder. “I just love this event so much,” says Emslie, the community programming director for the Yukon Arts Centre. Her wild pink hair bounces as we talk about the purpose and meaning of art in the community. Emslie has cultivated this festival with the understanding that children don’t just consume culture — they actively create it, given the space and invitation to do so. The festival will spread across multiple spaces, both indoor and outdoor. Free activities beckon from every corner: a cardboard castle that rebuilds itself each year through collective imagination, tie-dye stations where white tshirts become canvases for personal expression, and a sunflower planting station that sends The Tiny Islands Brass Carnival return to the families home with the Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival promise of something growing. The Yukon Lit-

onto,” Sars explains. “Every song the goal is to have it where they can get engaged physically with the music.” This isn’t music performed for children, but music that invites children to become part of its creation through movement, participation, and infectious joy. At 1:30 p.m., the Enviro-Songsters — Remy Rodden and Peter Lenton — will offer something different: songs that carry messages about environmental stewardship woven into melodies designed to lodge themselves in young hearts and minds. These are performers who understand that children

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eracy Coalition’s Go For Literacy Bus will be present, along with Parks Canada’s educational table. The Klonbite food truck will be set up, while other snacks and refreshments will be served inside. Two ticketed performances anchor the day’s programming, each offering its own interpretation of what it means to make music with children. At 10:30 a.m., Vancouver’s Tiny Islands Carnival Band — led by Tim Sars on saxophone — will fill the mainstage with the driving rhythms of jazz and funk. “We just try to have something in every song that gives them something physical to grab

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The Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival

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Until Jun 28 Libby Dulac - A Retrospective Arts Underground A showcase celebrating the work of the late Haines Junction artist Libby Dulac. https://www.artsunderground. ca/events/opening-june2025

Sat Jun 7 Unicorn Parts & Pinkhouse 8:00 PM Kopper King & Neighbours Pub

Until Jun 28 The Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition: 1948 Arts Underground A series of photographs from The Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition: 1948, presented by MacBride Museum. Thu Jun 5 Opening Reception Without Saying by Ernest Chua & Colin Dorward 5:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Gallery This exhibition challenges the need for labels like “insider” or “outsider,” instead emphasizing the clarity and power of artistic vision. https://yukonartscentre. com/ Thu Jun 5 Opening Reception - In Northern Light 5:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Gallery A selection of works from the Yukon Arts Centre’s Permanent Art Collection that celebrate the distinct and transformative light of the North. https://yukonartscentre.com/ Fri Jun 6 Exhibition Opening: Libby Dulac - A Retrospective 5:00 PM Arts Underground A showcase celebrating the work of the late Haines Junction artist Libby Dulac. All are welcome to attend this free event. https://www.artsunderground.ca/ events/opening-june2025

Sat Jun 28 Our Lady Peace – Free Concert 5:00 PM Shipyards Park The Yukon Arts Centre is proud to partner with Lotteries Yukon to produce a series of free outdoor concerts throughout the summer of 2025. Our Lady Peace will perform in Shipyards Park, with a corresponding day-long festival of family activities and Yukon performers at the Frank Slim Building.

Whitewater Wednesday 8:00 PM 98 Hotel Thursdays Muster Point 6:30 PM Baked Cafe Muster Point live and featuring a rotating lineup of local guest artists. Ginger Jam 7:00 PM Lefty’s Well Fridays Live Music 6:00 PM Tony’s Pasta & Seafood House Live Music 8:00 PM Lefty’s Well Saturdays

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Until Jun 12 Final Destination: Bloodlines Matinees + Nightly Yukon Theatre Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle. https://yukonﬁlmsociety.com/ schedule/ﬁnal-destination-bloodlines

Mondays Gray Jay Café 6:00 PM Tony’s Pasta & Seafood House. Tuesdays Live Music 8:00 PM Lefty’s Well Wednesdays Intermediate Jam - Bluegrass & Old Time 7:00 PM Whitehorse Legion bi-weekly Hosted by the Yukon Bluegrass Society Karaoke 8:00 PM Lefty’s Well

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Tue Jun 3 Whitehorse Connects 10:00 AM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A welcoming space where people can connect with resources, meet friends and family and build relationships with service providers. https://yapc.ca/ programs/whitehorse-connects

Tue Jun 3 Plasma Table Orientation 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Orientation is required for members to use the plasma cutter independently, but non-members are welcome to join as well. Wed Jun 4 Whitehorse Art Experiences - Art Walking Tours 1:00 PM YAAW Yukon Artists at Work An artist will lead you to public art installations, some out-of-the-way, and share stories of the way these pieces connect to the arts scene here and to their own art practice. Email whitehorseartexperiences@gmail.com for more info. Thu Jun 5 Chess Tournament 5:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library All ages and skill levels - Swiss System / non-elimination tournament - Prizes, snacks, music & more! Until Jun 5 Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning Matinees + Nightly Yukon Theatre Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. https://yukonﬁlmsociety.com/schedule/ mission-impossible-the-ﬁnal-reckoning Fri Jun 6 & 7 2025 Ride for Dad Yukon 5:00 PM Shipyards Park .The 15th Anniversary of Ride For Dad Yukon will be back again this year June 6/7th. Bike Games and registration night on Friday night, ride the Tagish Loop on Saturday with breakfast and registration and kickstands up at 10:30 am sharp! https://ridefordad.ca/chapter/yukon/ Sat Jun 7 Build the North - A Pitch Forum Featuring Edison Motors 11:00 AM Mt Sima Be part of Build the North and learn how Yukoners are shaping their future through innovative projects and collaboration. https:// yukonventureangels.ca/event/buildthe-north-pitch-forum/

Sat, Jun 7 solstice haiku discussion group 2:00 PM Sun Jun 8 From Couch to Carrot: Casual Gardening Ideas 1:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Free workshop -- fun, simple gardening ideas, perfect for casual or beginner gardeners! Email emrlibrary@yukon.ca for more info. Tue Jun 10 Plasma Table Orientation 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Orientation is required for members to use the plasma cutter independently, but non-members are welcome to join as well. Thu Jun 12 Healthtech Pitch w/ LIVE Due Diligence Training 12:00 PM NorthLight Innovation Join us for an engaging Healthtech Pitch that highlights Peersupport.io’s platform designed for caregivers and care recipients. https://yukonventureangels.ca/event/ peersupport-io-pitch-and-vc-duediligence/ Fri Jun 13-14 Yukon Kennel Club’s Annual Dog Show Takhini Arena Annual dog show, featuring 8 conformation shows, 4 rally obedience trials, 2 junior handling competitions. Dedicated to the memory of Marcia Fischer, a lifelong member and biggest supporter of the dog show community Fri Jun 13 Beyond the Summit - Tales of Resilience on Mount Logan and Waddington 6:00 PM Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre A ﬁlm and book event, Beyond the Summit: Tales of Resilience on Mount Logan and Waddington. Fri Jun 13 2025 Yukon First Nations Graduation Ceremony 12:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre The 50th Yukon First Nations Graduation reception and ceremony is set to take place at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Sun Jun 15 Father’s Day Show & Shine 10:00 AM Yukon Transportation Museum Yukon kids bring your dad for a fun day out at the Yukon Transportation, see all cars, trucks and fun modes of transportation! Wed Jun 18 - 21 YTYP - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre An incredible production featuring a cast of Yukon young people ages 11-18, based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl. https:// ytyp.ca/ Monthly 2nd Monday Ukulele Group 6:00 PM Golden Age Society salvin@northwestel. net 2nd Monday Whitehorse Slow Jam 7:00 PM Golden Age Society 2nd & 4th Wednesdays Whitehorse

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QYS Drop-in 2:00 PM Queer Yukon Society The Cache Texas Hold’ Em 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For signed in members and guests. Bragging rights! Mtg: Modern, Warhammer Age of Sigmar 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Writing Things DOWN(town) 6:30 PM A regular, free drop-in writing group at the Whitehorse Public Library. This is a space to start writing your memoir or finish that article. Writing prompts will be provided to generate ideas. Thursdays Public Speaking Training Toastmasters 12:00 PM Decora Guests are always welcome. There are many roles to learn at Toastmasters. Practice 2 minute table topics Fireweed Market 3:00 PM Shipyard Park Pathfinder Role-Playing Game for Youth 3:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Find out what role playing games are all about! Registration is encouraged, but drop-ins are always welcome. Mtg: casual Commander, Warhammer 40k & Kill Team 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Mountainview Church Community Group 7:00 PM 16 years or older? Mountainview Church Community Group! We’ll share some snacks and talk about what the bible has to say about discipleship.

Sun Jun 8 Tiny Islands Carnival Band 10:30 AM YAC Yukon Arts Centre An energetic and fun show ﬁlled with sounds of jazz and funk to get you moving and grooving to the driving rhythms. https:// yukonartscentre.com/ Until Jun 12 Lilo & Stitch Matinees & Nightly Yukon Theatre A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to heal her fragmented family. https:// yukonﬁlmsociety.com/schedule/lilo-stitch Monthly 1st & 3rd Saturdays Grades 5 - 7 Junior Youth Group 7:00 PM Mountainview Church Passionate about giving kids opportunities to have fun & make new friends, while teaching them about Jesus & His great love for our world https:// mountainview.church/connect/youth 2nd and 4th Saturdays Grade 8 - 12 High School Youth Group 7:00 PM Mountainview Church A positive place for your teen to hang out on the weekend. Take part in games and activities, learn about the Bible, and deepen faith. https:// mountainview.church/connect/youth Weekly Tuesdays Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Join us for stories, songs & rhymes! A free drop-in program for children ages 0-5 and caregivers at Whitehorse Public Library Parent-Child Mother Goose 10:30 AM The Child Development Centre Celebrates the power and pleasure of songs, rhymes and oral stories. Bonding time with your little one or to learn for later.

future...Opening with food, chats, and river ﬁlms, Special Eagle Mine disaster anniversary update, ofﬁcial AGM meeting starts after the update. Weekly Tuesdays Rendezvous Rotary 6:30 PM Tony’s Pasta and Seafood House Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at Tony’s Pasta and Seafood. Come and join us for fun, and fellowship. Thursdays Toastmasters Decora 12:00 PM Sundogs Toastmasters Club. Club is open to all interested parties and we provide constructive feedback to help develop public speaking skills. Monthly First Monday Klondike Snowmobile Association Board Meeting 7:00 PM Sport Yukon https://ksa.yk.ca/comingevents/ First Monday Yukon Amateur Radio Association Monthly Meeting 7:00 PM EMO Building Discussion of club business. Prospective hams are welcome. Third Thursday Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition Monthly Meeting 5:00 PM ZOOM Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition for regular meeting. Everyone is welcome. Call Kathy 334-9317 or info@yapc.ca for a zoom link or join us in person. https://

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ONLINE EVENTS Sat Jun 7 YukonU Convocation 2025 - Live Stream 11:00 AM Online Please join us virtually to celebrate our 2025 Graduates as they cross the stage and receive their degree parchments (diplomas). https:// www.yukonu.ca/current-students/ convocation Fridays AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693 Saturdays AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693. Tuesdays Restorative Online Healing Circles 7:30 PM Online Check-in, Q&A, connect and feel the results. No experience necessary. Register online, or call 335-0078 or email alison@alisonzeidler.com for more info. Anglican Men’s Remote Chat 10 AM Zoom don_cheeseman@msn.com for the link. Regular churchgoer or just curious, this is a welcoming, nopressure time for conversation

Fridays Coffee & Chat 11:00 AM Golden Age Society Coffee and chat is a way to connect with your community, develop friendships, and have fun. Mtg: Pioneer, YuGiOh Casual 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Saturdays Yukon Amateur Radio Association Coffee Discussion Group 8:45 AM A&W Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those interested are welcome to join us in this casual event. Cribbage - Members and Signed in Guests 2:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory. Members must have a valid 2021 membership and they may sign in 2 guests MAX. Pokemon, Mtg: Youth Magic, Lorcana 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Sundays Mountainview Church Sunday Service 9:30 AM Church In The Building 9:30 AM, 11AM or Church At Home 7 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM Mountainviewwhitehorse.ca/Watch Anglican Worship Service 10:00 AM Christ Church Cathedral. Clothing Room 10:00 AM Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene Free of charge to anyone and everyone Whitehorse United Church Worship Service 10:30 AM A caring community of faith, based on a foundation of Biblical teaching and spiritual truth Secondhand Clothing Bizarre 2:00 PM Whitehorse Seventh-Day Adventist Church Clean clothes needed and donations accepted if in good condition. Please call before dropping clothes off and for more info 633-3463. Sunday Gatherings 3:00 PM The Northern Collective Church The Gathering (Anglican Indigenous Service) 5:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral A celebration of faith, reconciliation, and hospitality.

KIDS & FAMILIES Sun Jun 8 Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival 10:00 AM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Fun & free family activities: Cardboard castle building, T-shirt tie dye, Arts & Crafts, Sunﬂower planting station, Tiny Islands Brass Band show and much more. Sun Jun 8 EnviroSongsters YAC Yukon Arts Centre Remy Rodden and Peter Lenton are a dynamic duo of multipleaward-winning family performers and teachers who ﬁnesse exhilarating, audience participation experiences. https://yukonartscentre.com/

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CLASSIC BACON CHEESEBURGER

Flatten the patties

Who doesn’t love a bacon cheeseburger? They’re even better at home

kip the Door Dash, skip the fat-food places, even skip the restaurants who fry a burger up on the flat top grill! Make your own BBQ burgers from scratch and they are not only more nutritious, but way more tasty! When I was growing up, we never had homemade burgers. My Dad was the ‘BBQ King’ and did amazing things with steaks, ribs, chops, etc ... but never could get the burgers right. He even went out and bought one of those ‘fancy’ burger presses to try to form the patties better — to no avail! He would light the barbecue, always with briquettes, make the patties, prep all of the fixings and then watch in horror as his patties dried up, broke apart, fell through the grill and burned on the briquettes. He would try to scoop up what he could salvage and put that on the buns. I tried a few times after I left home to make burgers and always got the same result as Dad. Of course, I was basically using his recipe, so what’s that old saying, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result’. I learned, years later, from

some incredible chefs that what we were both missing is a combination of a binder and pressure. The binder — eggs and bread crumbs — holds the patty together while it cooks and dries out. The pressure forces the little pockets of air out of the patties so they adhere properly and maintain their form, even as they dry and shrink. I was cooking up in Dodge with ‘Big Ernie’, the head chef. What an amazing chef! When Ernie taught me his burger recipe, I knew that I had found the best ever. It’s funny, we would do up 5 kg of burger at a time and one of the ingredients is seasoning salt. Ernie was showing me the mixture and grabbed the bucket of seasoning salt. “Add a heaping handful of salt,” he said. Then he grabbed my hand, turned it over, laughed and said, “in your case, better make that two heaping handfuls!” I have, unashamedly, used his recipe ever since to great success and accolade, both at home and in restaurant kitchens. Big Ernie, this one’s for you! (Sorry about giving away your trade secrets brother. But you are retired now.) Ingredients: • Ground Beef • Eggs • Bread crumbs • Worcestershire sauce • BBQ sauce • Seasoning salt • Montreal steak spice • Garlic powder

As soon as that cheese melts…

Prepare the ingredients • Bacon • Cheese • Buns • Lettuce • Tomatoes • Onions • Condiments Method: 1. Prepare your ingredients. Slice your lettuce and onions and store in the fridge to keep crisp. Weigh your ground beef so you know how many patties it will make. 2. Empty your ground beef in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of bread crumbs, one egg and about ¾ tablespoon of BBQ sauce for every two patties. Also about a teaspoon of worcestershire, seasoning salt, steak spice and garlic powder per patty. 3. Get your hands right in there and thoroughly mix everything up. Squish it between your fingers until it’s really mixed well. It should feel a little slimy and slightly sticky by the time that you are done. 4. Lay out some wax paper on your counter. I use a scale for this next step. Portion the beef into quarter pound balls. Lay them on the wax paper and slightly push them into an oval, leaving plenty of space between them to flatten them out. Cover them all with another piece of wax paper. 5. This is the fun part. Take the biggest, heaviest can out of the cupboard that you own. It needs to be at least 5 inches in diameter.

Use the can to flatten the patties by giving them a really good, hard whack. Yes, just smash them with the flat end. I use a 1.4 litre can of pineapple juice. 6. Heat up your BBQ and cut your bacon strips in half. Slice your cheese thinly and set aside. You’re going to cook the bacon on the BBQ while the burgers are cooking, so set the bacon in a BBQ safe plate. 7. Spray the burgers with veggie spray and set on the BBQ. Put the plate of bacon on at the same time. When you flip the burgers, spray them again first. 8. Load up your buns. I use ketchup, green

relish and sliced onion rings on the bottom. Mayo, lettuce and tomato on the top. 9. Just as the burgers are ready, add the bacon strips and sliced cheese. Close the lid of the BBQ. As soon as the cheese is melted, remove from the heat and place the burgers on your readied buns. You can serve just about anything as a side with these: potato chips, salad, baked beans, jalapeno poppers. Since this is a classic burger, I’m going with my classic home made chips, more on those later. Enjoy! n

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INSPIRED PURSUITS

Jacqueline Bedard is a freelance writer who is inspired by the stories of those who pursue their passions, and by the often-meandering paths they take to get there.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE Born and raised Yukoner Pavlina Sudrich is passionate about telling stories of her life in the bush PHOTOS: Supplied by Pavlina Sudrich

he feels it’s important that people value the northern lifestyle and that comes from building an understanding. The challenge of successfully delivering this education fills her spirit and nourishes her creativity. Becoming an internet sensation was just an accident. Sudrich calls herself a content creator. She has just under one million followers on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube combined. Her audience profile is broad: equally male and female, 28 and older, and from around the world. As a communications specialist, Sudrich realized she could better meet the needs of her contract clients if she understood the opportunities and challenges of posting video on social media. Short video was emerging as a popular communications tool on Instagram. First, she had to learn how to make one-to-two-minute targeted videos. Sudrich decided to use herself as a subject and to talk about something she knows — hunting, fishing and camping. Her content was targeted at people who didn’t grow up with this lifestyle but were intrigued and wanting to try it out, yet feeling nervous about asking questions that may be seen as foolish. Over time, Sudrich learned to break her stories into small bites. She started to develop what she calls, “teaspoonfuls of information.” This method has promoted more understanding and less of a reactive, generally negative response. For example, she explains, “I got up, that’s a whole video. We saw a moose, that’s a whole video. We harvested a moose, that’s a whole video. We walked up to the harvest site, that’s another video.” It’s about bringing her viewers along slowly, taking time to explain not only what is happening in the videos, but why. The effect has been the gentle building of an

Pavlina with a massive fish that she caught

Harvesting in the Yukon

All smiles on a hunt in the mountains

education about life on-the-land, and with it, more acceptance. Uninformed feedback, Sudrich has learned, can be hard to handle. She references talking to people about fur and trapping. No surprise, this is usually a hot topic with outsiders. Sudrich explains her motivation — “I have so many friends in Old Crow who are young men and women, who are fantastic on the land. Every time they share something about their lifestyle that they are proud of, and they absolutely should be proud of, they just get hammered online and their content gets taken down.” Sudrich’s aim is to reduce the misconceptions and develop an understanding. “It’s impactful to their self-esteem, to be told that their lifestyle is dangerous and wrong.” So how did all of these videos on fishing, hunting and camping in the north go viral? One evening Sudrich posted a fishing video and talked about the lure she had used to catch her fish. The next morning, when she checked her social media accounts, she was shocked to see that she had gone from 2,000 followers to 6,000 people who had engaged with that video, overnight. This was the start of her accounts taking flight! “That’s when I learned that men on the internet love nothing more than to correct a woman when it comes to things like

hunting and fishing. All of their comments drove the engagement rate up. It became my first viral video.” It turns out she had called the lure a Len Thompson, which was in fact the manufacturer of the lure, not the type of lure. Realizing the opportunity however, Sudrich jokes, “I now

fish on the internet as much as I do in the bush.” These days her social media persona is humming along with ever-increasing popularity. Her dad Rudy is a favourite with her followers and features in many of her videos. Rudy is over 80, a strong character, and originally from the

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Czech Republic. Her followers love the authenticity of Sudrich’s story-telling, how she relates with her dad, and her life in this rugged, challenging terrain. She’s constantly reminded by outsiders of how fortunate she is to live in the Yukon. “It helps you see your own reality through the eyes of other people and you appreciate it more,” she says. With a baby on the way, Pavlina and her partner will need to reassess. It will be their first experience of raising a little one on the land, navigating family privacy when creating social media videos, juggling the demands of work, life, and the online interactions with nearly a million people — there’s a lot to learn and there’s only so much time in a day! Ultimately, Sudrich’s objective of helping people feel comfortable and confident, when going into the Yukon wilderness has been met. She just didn’t expect it would be this many people, from all walks of life, who would be responding to her call. “If I can help people feel more comfortable getting out there, that’s rewarding,” she says. n

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MENDENHALL MUSINGS

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SAMMIN’ AROUND

A reflection on friends, family and our community

fter posting sternwheeler pictures in my last column, I thought that I had a little ‘splainin’ to do. For those of you who don’t remember, I was “Sternwheeler Sam” during Rendezvous in 2015. It was my second time Samming after being “Dino Martini” in 2005. Let’s roll back the history here for clarity’s sake, bear with me —

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Sternwheeler wins the opening night Lip Sync contest - 2015 Lord knows that I can ramble on, with many detours! My first ever time in the Yukon was January of 1990, when I came up to play for a month at the KK with The Darcy West Band. It was a typical Yukon January — cold, dark and an absolute blast! We met so many great folks; some are still really great friends to this very day. Towards the end of January, many of the folks that we had met started telling us that we should contact our agent and extend our

stay for another month. Something called ‘Sourdough Rendezvous Festival’? We had no idea what they were talking about and had dates booked already, ‘down south’ immediately after our gig, so we left to go back home and back to work with no idea Fast forward 10 years and I came up to open the 202 with my band Midnight Flyer. That’s when I decided to stay. I ended up scoring a full time gig playing at the Roadhouse six nights a week.

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Still no clue about Rendezvous. Sometime in late January of 2000, Denise, Con Lattin’s manager at the Roadhouse, came up to chat. I was sitting having a coffee with Stu, the piano player from Yukon Jack, at the bar. She opened the conversation with, “So, Rendezvous is coming up soon.” “Great,” I said, “I’m really looking forward to seeing this.” She went on to say that “I really wanted Barnacle Bob to come down from Dodge and play honky-

tonk piano for two weeks.” That kind of floored me. Was I going to be laid off for two weeks due to some stupid festival? She went on, “I called him up and asked him and he told me ‘screw that!...’ I’m not coming down to town to play at your crappy little bar!’ “ Bahahaha! Then she said, “So you are going to learn how to play honky-tonk piano in the next 2-1/2 weeks!” Stu and I rolled around laughing, which did not impress Denise at all. In the end, under threat of terminating my contract, I spent two hours every afternoon on stage trying to learn how to play honkytonk piano. In the nick of time, the guys from next door at the TNT came over and offered me a full-time gig playing bass with them — six nights a week for great cash. I couldn’t move my gear over fast enough! (After proper notice, of course.) That first Rendezvous was an absolute riot! Two weeks of non-stop partying, drinking, bar hopping, dancing, playing, singing and fun. Fast forward another five years, the TNT had turned into the Blue Moon Saloon, with my great friends Gerry, Hilda and Bob running it. It was my living room. Rendezvous was fast approaching and I had this silly idea to be a Sourdough Sam. Gerry, Hilda and Bob thought that was a great idea and sponsored me. The theme that year was a USO Show. United Services shows for overseas deployed servicemen and women. Dino Martini was born! I went to see my ex-neighbour from a few years back in Mendenhall, Denise, who was a hair-dresser in that studio upstairs next to YK Net on Main, at the time. I had been cutting wood out at the Marshall Creek burn for a while and was quite ‘shaggy’ looking. I asked her if she could make me look like Dean Martin. She was eccont’d on page 13 ...

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Sammin’ around ... cont’d from page 12

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Sternwheeler performing at the Lip Sync in Gerties static about it and I later learned that she has had a crush on Dean since she was a little girl. She did a great job. I walked around town for two weeks in a suit and tie and had people that I’d known for a long time come up and introduce themselves. They didn’t even recognize me, all cleaned up and properlooking. I will say that, while I didn’t win, I placed respectably and learned a great deal. Mary from ‘Mary’s House Of Men,’ across the street from the Blue Moon, got me all dolled up for the Queen of the Creeks drag show. Bob was my escort and we all had an absolutely fantastic two weeks. As the guy who won first place that year said, “It was the only contest that I ever won with my liver!”

Dino Martini at the Karaoke show - 2005

Fast forward another ten years … Pam and I had just returned from our stint in Winnipeg opening a prep lab there, and I ran into our great friend Marj Eschak in the Super A in Porter Creek. “Rendezvous is coming and we need Dino back,” she told me.

After some time, and tequila, we came up with Sternwheeler, the miner on our licence plates. Pam and I had way too many, very late night planning sessions. We searched for the music that we’d need, we searched for the costumes and props, I rehearsed the numbers. It was great fun.

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to properly ‘strut around a room’ in drag. Suffice it to say that Pam and I had a fantastic time! I met some new friends who are still brothers to this day. Two-cheeks, Benji, Evan, Daniel, Harold, Stuart ... among many others. Sternwheeler has turned into a

“Stu and I rolled around laughing, which did not impress _ Gary Atkins Denise at all.” As much as I love Marj like a sister and would do anything for her, I was not about to shave my beard and cut my hair to recreate Dino, for what had now turned into five shows over two weeks. “I will think about that,” I promised her. I went home to our little cabin in Mendenhall and mulled it over with Pam.

Our great friends Craig and Fernando were running the Sternwheeler Lounge in the Days Inn at the time and sponsored me this time. It was a great fit! Fernando did my hair in Victoria’s Secret curls for the Queen of the Creeks, and one of their friends who is a drag artist himself, taught me how

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Dino playing moose antler pool at the Blue Moon - 2005

brand for me since then. He has placed in the DCMF Lip-Sync at Gerties and performed for five summers at the DBRV Lodge for American and German tourists. When I go out in town in costume, I have tourists stopping me to ask for a picture. Sternwheeler was the bassist for our band GR8-X

out in the Junction for their Halloween dance and many times at our favourite pub, The 1016. While I’m getting older and not quite as sexy and nimble as I used to be, the thought’s still there. Should I do another Sam run? You never know. It’s a great way to help out the community, have a ton of fun and prepare a brand new show for neighbours and tourists alike. That all seems like a lifetime away, though. For now I’ve got a garden to plant, some amazing content to publish for you all and a whole Yukon summer to enjoy before I start to think about cold, dark and getting through the next winter. You might see me again next February. I’ve got some ideas. And you know what they say, “Once a Sam — Always a Sam!” n

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hough she’s only been in the Yukon for the past four years, Bria Rose has already become a staple of the territory’s music community. Originally hailing from Dease Lake, B.C., she hit the ground running upon arriving in Whitehorse, playing every open mic and free performance opportunity she could find to meet fellow musicians and music lovers, before eventually launching Bria Rose N’ Thorns, her indie-folk group. “I just love the Yukon and I love the music scene here,” she says. “It’s been so supportive and helped me start my career.” Considering herself first and foremost a storyteller, as well as a lyricist and a vocalist, Rose is primarily self-taught, but wants to pass on her gifts to younger generations in addition to sharing her craft with audiences. She’s been taking lessons to improve her skills in order to teach music to youth, and last fall completed the Women in Music Canada (WIMC) Entrepreneur Accelerator program. “It’s been a busy few years,” she says. Last year, Rose released her debut EP, Sprout, and is working on its follow-up now, which will be her first full-length record. She plans to release the first single this fall, as she has been documenting moments and feelings from her own life through her songwriting. “It has pieces of my roots, the folk and country bits,” she says of the new music. “But I think it’s also alluding more to what is to come and showing more of my style. As I’m growing as an artist, I think I’m turning more to alternative rock and folk rock. I’m excited to share it.” Titled Bloom and planned for a hopeful April 2026 release, the album will continue the theme set by Sprout, and serve as the second entry in a trilogy following the life cycle of a rose. “We’ve been putting in a lot of work and practice,” says Rose. “It grows your confidence to know you can come from somewhere

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extensively next year, this summer Rose is keeping things mostly local with a mix of band and solo shows, kicking off a summer of northern shows with a performance at Winterlong Brewing Co.’s 10th anniversary celebration in May.

Rose will also be performing a solo set June 21 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (KDCC) for National Indigenous Peoples Day, and with her band that night at Lefty’s Well. “We haven’t played at Lefty’s in almost a year,” she says. “It’ll be fun to step back into such a sweet local spot.” After cutting her teeth in venues like Lefty’s and the Local Bar, the local spots will always have a place in Rose’s heart. Other local performances will include a July show at the Guild Hall in Whitehorse and an August show at the Village Bakery in Haines Junction. Perhaps most exciting of all is a slot on the long-awaited return of the Atlin Arts & Music Festival, taking place July 11-13 in the northern B.C. community. “Once upon a time, Gord Downie played this festival,” says Rose. “It’s pretty cool to be playing the same festival.” Rose says every day she struggles to be true to the word “tenacity.” She admits the constant grind of being an artistentrepreneur can be a drain on her mental health, especially when she feels discouraged not landing opportunities she’s poured work into — but none of that is ever enough to make her give up, and it only makes her appreciate the wins more. “Sometimes you’re doing admin work and you’re spending so much of your time on the computer, and you just want to be doing the music,” she says. “But it’s a handin-hand process, and I live for the performance – there’s nothing better in the world.” Even though she gets nervous before she plays live, it’s still Rose’s favourite thing to do, and how she recharges her social battery. She remembers her father telling her when she was younger that if you don’t get nervous, it means you don’t care, and she carries that motto with her to this day. To keep up with Bria Rose’s news, music and shows, visit briarosemusic.bandzoogle.com. “Putting your emotions into something physical, whether that’s art or building or whatever, it’s life-saving,” says Rose. “You don’t have to ingest or take something; there are good ways to channel your feelings, and I think it’s important to share that.” n

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A HAPPY CAMPER SWITCHING GEARS Eight Helpful Tips: A Humorous Survival Guide To Camping With Three Generations 1. Bring plenty of food, and then double the amount. The grandchildren eat a full breakfast at their own campsite. Then they head over to our picnic table with an empty plate, begging for more food. Every single day. 2. Bring extra first aid supplies. Face-planting, scraped knees, and unexpected allergic reactions are just a normal part of camping. Also, prepare for blisters, burns, bruises, insect bites, potential infections and the list goes on.

Our two daughters, granddaughter and granddogs on a hike in the woods PHOTO: Erica Henault

An active wasp nest falls onto my daughter, leeches get bigger by the second gorging on my children’s blood, face plants and scraped knees … a camping trip with family is always filled with surprises

n a recent story published in What’s Up Yukon, I share many reasons my husband and I love to go camping. We leave the background noise of our daily lives behind us and welcome the sound of silence. We can truly relax and

enjoy our peaceful surroundings. A few times a year we switch gears. We camp with our grown children, our grandchildren and extended family. We all leave behind the flurry of activities, agendas and commitments at

home. We have fun and enjoy each other’s company surrounded by the incredible beauty in one of our picturesque campgrounds. The sound of silence has now been replaced by the sounds of camping fun and chaos!

3. Come prepared to share embarrassing and cringeworthy camping stories. The grandchildren love to hear stories about their parents as children, such as when their mother accidentally stepped into a fresh cow pie wearing only her sandals. Or, the origin story of our daughter’s excessive fear of wasps. She was playing under a tree at our campsite in the Kootenays and a nest of agitated wasps descended on her. Not a happy camper on that trip. I still get sick to my stomach recalling the panic and scrambling to get engorged leeches off both of our daughter’s legs at Green Lake, located in the South Caribou region of B.C. This story always elicits groans and looks of disgust. Especially from me. Not a fun experience to remove leeches, getting bigger by the second, off a screaming child. Although it makes for a good story.

4. Bring playing games. We don’t need a rainy day to play games. We always try to include our entire group, ages ranging from three to 75. Even the youngest can press the buzzer or turn over the egg timer. The games vary each year. New games are introduced and we enjoy old favourites. Some of our recent games include: Catch Phrase, Telestrations, Junior Pictionary, Taboo, Balderdash, Snakes and Ladders, many card games including a new one to us, Dutch Blitz. Of course, we keep the games family-friendly. Our “Cards Against Humanity” game is gathering dust at the moment. 5. Prepare to step out of your comfort zone. At our age we still require some form of agility, mobility and especially a fun, flexible attitude to camp with our children and grandchildren. We join in on hikes, frisbeeplaying, tossing a baseball and playing badminton. We enjoy water sports, such as (trying to) balance on a surfboard, kayak, or canoe and swim across to the big log. It may not always look pretty, especially when the canoe tips over and a part of our usually hidden anatomy is now exposed to whoever is nearby. At least we try our best and reinforce the saying, “there is no fool like an old fool.” 6. Bring plenty of snacks. I realize I have already mentioned bringing plenty of food. Snacks fall into a separate category. I am constantly reminded how children are growing human beings and always hungry. Grandparents are a good source of snacks and treats and we rarely say, “no.” cont’d on page 19 ...

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A happy camper switching gears ... cont’d from page 18 7. Find a place to hide for an hour each day. The welcome peace and quiet will recharge your grandparent batteries so you can stay awake past eight p.m. You do not want to miss out on one of the best parts of the day, a fun-filled evening with the entire group around the campfire.

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Our grandchildren heading to the lake at Gordon Bay Provincial Park Campground

Three generations at Shawnigan Lake, B.C. — my daughter, granddaughters and me

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Our daughters waking up in the loft bed of our camper (circa 1980s)

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Our granddaughters in the loft bed of our 40-year-old camper

My husband and I enjoy the tranquil sound of silence when we are camping on our own. We also appreciate switching gears and the opportunity to camp with our children and extended family. A quiet camping experience has now been replaced with the sounds of camping fun and chaos. Fast forward a few years from now and I hope our grandchildren will have the privilege and opportunity to take their own children camping. They will share camping traditions passed along from their parents and grandparents. They will take their children on a hike through the forest, and a swim in the lake, appreciating nature and the joy of new adventures. They will play games and sit around the evening campfire sharing stories and giggles. Most of all, they will share the priceless gift of spending fun, relaxing days together, with the people they love most … camping as a family. n

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My husband and granddaughters playing games at the campsite

8. The evening campfire. It is a magical feeling to see everyone sitting around the campfire and basking in the glow of a day well spent. The flames light up the tired, happy faces as we share stories and giggles about today’s adventures. The evening campfire always includes roasting marshmallows, popping popcorn, and making s’mores. In past years we have made banana boats which include chocolate and miniature marshmallows tucked inside a banana and then wrapped in foil. We heat this over the campfire, unwrap it and eat it with a spoon. It tastes like a warm banana split sundae. Yummy!

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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVENTS EVENTS ATLIN Fri Jul 11 - Tue Jul 15 2025 Atlin Arts and Music Festival Tarahne Park Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome. Atlin Christian Assembly 11:00 AM St. Atlin Christian Centre 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome. Mondays Caregiver & Tot Drop-in 10:00 AM Atlin Recreation Centre This is an unstructured hour for You and your Littles to get social and run wild. This IS NOT a drop off, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Call or email 993-4102 atlinarc.coordinator@gmail. com for more info.

Yukon Communities: Wednesdays AA 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. Online users’ sign in info: yukonbcdistrict52@gmail.com

CARCROSS Sat Jun 7 Discover Aviation (former COPA for kids) 11:00 AM Carcross Kids aged 8-17 have the opportunity to experience ﬂight. Event takes place at Carcross Airport. Sat Aug 23 Fly-In to Carcross and meet with Klondike Cruisers classic cars 11:00 AM Carcross Second Sunday of Every Month St. Saviour’s Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129

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Open Court 1:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Public Skate 4:00 PM Carmacks Rec Cent

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After School Club 3:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Adult Skate 4:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

• Sunshine Restaurant

Open Court 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

• Carmacks Rec Centre

Adult Social 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

• CDC / CIBC Bank

Carmacks Minor Hockey Association 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Drop-in Basketball 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Public Skate 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Volleyball 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Teen Night 6:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Volleyball 6:30 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Saturdays Pickleball 2:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Open Court Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Open Gym 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sundays Open Court Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

HAINES Alaska

Ping Pong + Foosball Night Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sat Jun 21 Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay 2025 Haines Junction, Yukon Join us for an unforgettable ride through the stunning landscapes from Haines Junction to Haines, Alaska!

Saturdays

HAINES JUNCTION

Adult Skate (19+) 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Cent

Mondays

Wednesdays

Carmacks Library 1:00 PM

Family Play Group (Ages 0-5) 10:00 AM Carmacks Rec Centre

Learn To Skate Ages 13-18 11:00 AM Carmacks Recreation Centre

• Little Green Apple

Carmacks Library 1:00 PM

Tiny Toes Tea Time 1:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Fri Jun 6 Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival 5:00 AM 3 days of music, mountains and magic! Join us for the 20th edition in the beautiful wilderness of Haines Junction, Yukon Territory.

After School Club 3:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Learn To Curl (All Ages) 4:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Wednesdays Yoga with Richard Mueller 12:00 PM Carcross Firehall Free for everyone some ﬁtness required.

Drop In Curling 6:00 PM Carmacks School

Open Court 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Floor Hockey 5:30 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Bakers & Makers 6:00 PM Carmacks School 14+ Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

After School Club 3:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Public Skate 4:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Open Court 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Archery 6:00 PM Carmacks School Shinny Night 14+ 7:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Open Court 3:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Family Skate 5:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Shinny Night 14+ 7:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

FARO

Thursdays

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Tuesdays

Carmacks Library 1:00 PM

After School Club 3:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

• Van Gorda • Campbell Region Interpretive Centre

Open Court 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Carmacks Minor Hockey Association 5:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Tuesdays

Badminton 6:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Open Gym 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Public Skate 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Basketball 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

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First and Third Tuesday of every month Faro Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Faro

Pickleball 6:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre Learn To Skate Ages 13-18 7:00 PM Carmacks Rec Centre

Wednesdays

Fridays After School Club 3:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Seniors Games & Walks 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre. The gym is open for seniors who would like to improve their ﬁtness goals.

ENGINE OIL Your Vehicle’s Operational Lifeline Without engine oil, serious damage can occur in a very short amount of time. Modern engine oils prevent blockages and contaminants from restricting oil flow. Oil breaks down and loses its properties over time, you should always check your oil on a regular basis. We recommend every 10,000km to 20,000km. Some circumstances, may require more frequent changes. For example if the vehicle is operated under abnormal conditions like 4wding, towing, racing, or excessive stop-start driving. It is also important to use the correct grade and specification of oil in your engine. Many modern European and diesel engines require certain additives which are present only in specific oil grades, and using the wrong specification can cause major and expensive engine and component damage.

Fri Jun 6 & Sat Jun 7 2025 Summer Music Series 6:00 PM We do the grilling for you while you enjoy some of the best Live Yukon music on the patio, rain or shine: bluegrass, rock, jazz, classical, you name it, we’ve got it! Fri June 13 & Sat Jun 14 2025 Summer Music Series 6:00 PM We do the grilling for you while you enjoy some of the best Live Yukon music on the patio, rain or shine: bluegrass, rock, jazz, classical, you name it, we’ve got it! Sat Jun 21 Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay 2025 Join us for an unforgettable ride through the stunning landscapes from Haines Junction to Haines, Alaska! Second and fourth Wednesday of every month 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] Mondays Fun with Food 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Learn new skills, share recipes and take food home! Drop-In Basketball 6:00 PM St. Elias Community School Meet in the school gym

Romp & Run 11:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena Drop in. Programming is for kids 4 and under and their parents/caregivers. Tea & Bannock – Haines Junction 1:00 PM https://whatsupyukon.events/tea-bannock68ab07 Men’s and women’s sewing group 1:00 PM Mun kų BGC Game Night 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Play, have fun, build skills and challenge your friends Wednesdays

Open Wed-Sun: 1-9 pm

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June 10 Yukonstruct AGM 2025

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Batteries Engine oil provides proper lubrication for all the moving parts inside an internal combustion engine - to disperse heat and prolong the life of all components.

Tire Shop: MON-SAT 7:30-5:30 Mechanical Shop: MON-FRI 8-5

Pickleball 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Seniors Yoga 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Open Gym 2:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Chair Yoga & Deep Relaxation for Seniors Basketball 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Learn To Skate Ages 5-12 10:00 AM Carmacks Recreation Centre

First Friday of the month Mother Goose Group 11:00 AM Haa Shagóon Hídi (Our Ancestors House) Carcross/Tagish Learning Centre Learn stories, songs, and rhymes, lunch provided. Suitable for babies and children 5 and under. Please bring along a water bottle and blanket to sit on. To register, call 332-2389. https://whatsupyukon.events/jwf

Thursdays Yoga with Jess Ghùch Tlâ Community School Beginners welcome, all equipment provided. Drop-in, Free admission! For more info email yogajessyukon@gmail. com.

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First & Third Tuesdays of Every Month Carmacks Regular Council Meeting 7:00 PM Carmacks Municipal Building

Thursdays

Youth Group 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

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Basketball 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Open Gym 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

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Fitness Fun for Seniors 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Pickleball 2:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Volleyball 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

NorthLight Innovation Building 2180 2nd Ave

Seniors and Elders Refreshments and Games 2:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Residence AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 3:00 PM Haines Junction Health Centre Girls Club 3:20 PM St. Elias Community School Held in the art room, open to Girls and identifying as Girls from Grade 8 to 12. BGC Rec in the Gym 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Art Journaling Group 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Bring your own creative supplies that you like to use. This can be scraps of paper, magazines, glue, paint, pen, markers, stamps, ink etc. and a book or journal to create Haines Junction Hoobeedoo 6:30 PM The Mezzanine

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• Dawson City General Store Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Dawson City, YT Thu Jun 12 Gallery Hop 7:00 PM Dawson City, YT Sat Jun 14 Hän Ghả Chukėt Träätätsey Artist Market 11:00 AM Front Street Picnic Shelter A diverse selection of art created by local crafters, artists and artisans. A great place to pick up local gifts, souvenirs and artwork. https://kiac. ca/ Mon Jun 16 Orchid Acres Walk 7:00 PM Orchid Trail Join the Orchid Acres Walk to discover local orchids while enjoying a scenic 2 km hike with nature enthusiast Sebastian. yukon.ca/wild-discoveries Weekly Mondays Handbuilding Pottery Drop-in 6:30-9 PM Self-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome, though little instruction is provided. KIAC Classroom, back door Drop-In Pickleball 5:30 PM Robert Service School Adult Drop-In Basketball 7:45 PM Robert Service School Ages 16+ - Free Call 993-7400 ext 299 for more info. Tuesdays St Paul’s Anglican Church Morning Prayer 9:00 AM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live)

Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In 6:30 PM Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) Self-guided group studio time for those with some experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome, little instruction is provided. Wednesdays

St Paul’s Anglican Church Morning Prayer 9:00 AM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) St Paul’s Anglican Church Evening Prayer 5:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Welcome Wednesday Supper and Games 6:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church QYS Drop-in 1:00 PM DCMF Office Screen Printing Drop-in 6:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture KIAC Classroom (enter via backdoor) Selfguided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with screen printing. DCMF Film Selections 7:00 PM Dënäkär Zho The best committee ever! Just watch movies! Help us select the films for the 2025 film festival. Come once, twice, or all the time! To get on our mailing list, email: filmfest@kiac.ca Dawson City Disc Golf League 8:00 PM Crocus Bluff Disc Golf Course simple, welcoming league for all skill levels Thursdays CDC Toddler Program 10:00 AM Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture KIAC Free drop-In for kids 5 & under with parent/guardian Story time & free play!

St Paul’s Anglican Church Evening Prayer 5:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Thursdays Romp & Run 11:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena Drop in. Programming is for kids 4 and under and their parents/caregivers. Seniors Activities 2:00 PM St. Elias Community Centre Floor curling, carpet bowling and indoor walking group. Haines Junction Thrift Shop 2:00 PM St. St. Christopher’s Thrift Shop is a great place to pick up items. Prices are low and numerous adult items are available for $2, and most items for children are $1. Adult Volleyball 7:00 PM St. Elias Community School Meet in the school gym

Stories and STEM Activities 10:00 AM Haines Junction Library AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 1:30 PM Haines Junction Health Centre

Fri, Aug 1 Keno City Music Festival The Keno City Music Festival is a grassroots and free event aiming to unite music enthusiasts in the historic silver mining town of Keno City

MARSH LAKE Sat Jun 7 Southern Lakes Yukon GranFondo 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Come for the race, stay for the shindig, and make it home to bed all in one day. Tue, Jul 1 Marsh Lake Madness - Triathlon Marsh Lake Community Centre Paddle, bike and run your way to victory! Sweet prizes for best costume, most supportive team and hear for a good time not the glory!

Youth Parkour Tumbling 12:30 PM Robert Service School All Ages - Free – Drop-In. Children 10 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Open Studio – Drop In 1:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture KIAC Classroom (enter via backdoor) Space to create and focus on your artistic practice. 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

Sundays Anglican Church Service 10:30 AM Anglican Church Service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Dawson City. Corner of Front and Church Streets at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Dawson City Adult Drop-In Basketball 6:00 PM Robert Service School Ages 16+ - Free Call 993-7400 ext 299 for more info.

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Wednesdays South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thursdays Shufﬂeboard 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Beginner Yoga 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Youth Gym Drop-In 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays

Sundays

KENO CITY

Saturdays

Yoga with Richard Mueller 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Free for everyone some ﬁtness required.

AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 1:00 PM Haines Junction Health Centre

Drop-in Bouldering 6:00 PM Robert Service School Free - drop-in - all ages

Run Club 6:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre

Saturdays

Anglican Church Service 10:30 AM St. Christopher’s Church Anglican Church Service at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church in Haines Junction https://anglican. yukon.net/services.html

Cards & Conversation 1:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 Dawson City Free! Drop-In! No registration necessary. whatsupyukon.events/dawson-legion8336c3 Open Studio Drop-in 1:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) Enjoy KIAC’s bright, air-conditioned space to create and focus on your artistic practice. Even better- we’ve waived the drop-in fee this day.

North of 60 Seniors Coffee and Chat 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Pickleball Outside 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Sundays

Fridays

Sunday Worship 10:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway

Pickleball Outside 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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Mondays Men’s Night At The Rec Centre 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre Tuesdays

Fridays

First Monday of every month Carcross Tagish Renewable Resources Council 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Open Arena 7:00 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex

First Monday of every month Tagish Advisory Council 8:00 AM Tagish Community Centre

WATSON LAKE

Yukon Learn at Tagish Library 2:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Targeted literacy programming by Yukon Learn at the Tagish Library. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon.

Wed Jun 4 Signpost Seniors Association AGM 11:45 AM Signpost Seniors Hall Daily Northern Lights Space & Science Centre Shows 11:00 AM The spectacular dancing Northern Lights are showcased, a video that is broadcast in the NLC’s domed 100-seat theatre daily throughout the summer season. Plays daily on the hour starting at 11:00 AM

Coffee And Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thursdays Carpet Bowling 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

Second Saturday of the month Watson Lake Direct Aid 2:00 PM Northern Lights Centre

Tagish Local Advisory Council Meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre .

Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

Mon Jun 2 Slo-Pitch League 6:30 PM Teslin Recreation Complex Teslin Adult Slo-Pitch league, 4 teams, 12 weeks, sign up with rec. Free to play Mondays Teslin Tigers Cross Country Ski Club 3:15 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Co-Ed Curling League 6:30 & 8:00 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex

Tuesdays Rookie League 3:15 PM Teslin Recreation Complex

Sundays

Adult Volleyball 4:00 PM School Gym

Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

Saturdays

Open Gym 7:00 PM Teslin Arena Come hang out or play some sports during out open gym times!

Kids Curling 3:15 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex Interest based, dress warm.

Sundays

Wednesdays

Youth Gym 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Adult Card Game Night 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Parent & Tots 2:00 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex

Second Thursday of every month Tagish Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Adult Sewing 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Parent and Tots 4:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Call 966-3015 for more info.

Saturdays

First Tuesday of every month Tagish Community Association 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

AA: Teslin Group (O) 7:00 PM Catholic Church Rectory

Stroller Walks 10:00 AM Kih Tsal

Dominos 1:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Drop in seniors

TAGISH

Kids Gym 3:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Sunday School 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway

TESLIN

Fridays Fridays

Drop-in Volleyball 7:30 PM Robert Service School Ages 13+ - Free

Sundays

Tuesdays Smart Recovery Meetings 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services For more information, email joey. mitchell@yukon.ca or call 332-3187 Pickleball & Badminton 7:00 PM Watson Lake Secondary School Wednesdays Drop-In Ninja Tumbling 5:30 PM Watson Lake Secondary School All ages welcome. Adults are welcome too, come to do some stretching or try some handstands etc. Fridays Friday Night Lanes 7:00 PM Call 335-7979 to register Saturdays 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. Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sunday Nite Volleyball 11:00 AM Watson Want to be on this page? Lake Secondary School Enter your event HERE:

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St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381

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ROSS RIVER Tuesdays Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Hope Centre

Haldane Services

MOUNT LORNE 1st Tuesday Monthly LAC Meeting Lorne Mountain Community Centre Mondays Run Club 6:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Yoga with Jess 6:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Beginners welcome, all equipment provided. To register or for more info email yogajessyukon@gmail.com. Drop-In Yoga 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre By donation all levels welcome

Wednesdays Family Bible Study 8:00 PM The Hope Centre Fridays Family Game Night- Coffee House 9:00 PM The Hope Centre Sundays Church Service 12:00 PM The Hope Centre

SKAGWAY Alaska Sat Jun 28 Skagway Marathon The Skagway Marathon has awe-inspiring scenery, including rivers, streams, and magniﬁcent mountain peaks. skagwaymarathon.org

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Last Wednesday of every month MLCS board meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Active Fun Fitness Class - Drop In 6:30 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Improve your balance, ﬂexibility, strength and endurance in this indoor class led by Colleen Ennis. Drop in, admission by donation. Suitable for mature youth & adults. https://whatsupyukon.events/ fhm

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. Windy Valley Babies 10:30 AM Skagway Public Library Stories, Songs, and Fun with Ms. Anna! Designed for ages 0-3.

Tuesdays

Thursdays

Play Bridge 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Fridays

Community Drop In 11:00 AM Mount Lorne Community Centre

Skagway Teen Night 6:30 PM Skagway Public Library

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Miche Genest is a Whitehorse-based chef and writer. She has also written two books, The Boreal Feast — a Culinary Journey Through the North and The Boreal Gourmet — Adventures in Northern Cooking.

ON THE CULINARY TRAIL IN SCOTLAND

e’ve dined on imaginative, delicious dishes like sea trout with langoustine emulsion at Café Gandalfi, for example, or fried artichokes, garlic yogurt and burnt Aleppo butter at Ox and Finch, a bistro near the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. On our last visit, from which we have just returned, we did not fare so well. I’m not sure why – perhaps a combination of ordering the wrong thing at the right restaurant, or choosing the wrong restaurant, or not getting to Glasgow until our second-last day. This time, our best meals were at home, at my roommate’s brother’s place in Stewarton and at our rented cottage on the outskirts of Kingussie, near Cairngorm National Park. Kingussie boasted a butcher, indeed a renowned butcher — as the helpful welcome package from our host informed us. We visited the butcher of renown on our very first morning and came home with a selection to last a few days: rib-eye steak, lamb chops, pork terrine, and for the two Scots in the party, blood pudding (cue a shudder from yours truly). We concocted sauces with red wine, Sainsbury’s Double Cream (why do we not make double cream in this country?) blueberries from Morocco

and British tomatoes, cooking everything on the stove top because we couldn’t get the oven to work. We did not suffer. Then, in Glasgow on that second-last day, after a train ride from Stewarton in a railway car jammed with (Catholic) Celtic football fans in green and white striped jerseys drinking from the bottle and banging the ceilings with their fists while roaring out Celtic cheers, after dodging the Orange walk of 2,500 people organized by the (Protestant) County Grand Lodge of Glasgow, we found a beautiful Spanish restaurant near George Square with a large patio on the shady side of the street — did I mention that it was really hot in Scotland for three whole weeks? There, at last, we ate the kind of quality restaurant food we remembered, this time with an Andalusian twist. Tapas of grilled bruschetta with silky roasted tomatoes; oyster mushrooms and spinach cooked in white wine and cream with a cheesy gratin topping. A glass of Sangria and a foamy San Miguel beer and we were in heaven. (We left Glasgow on the mid-afternoon train to avoid getting caught up in any Celtic-Orange skirmishes!) Now, back at home, with the gardening season looming and the prospect of fresh kale all summer long ahead, I felt compelled to use up the last of the frozen kale in a recreation of that splendid Spanish mushroom and spinach dish at Café Andaluz. CREAMY MUSHROOM AND KALE GRATIN • 2 Tbsp butter • 1 Tbsp olive oil • 1 cup finely chopped onion • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 4 cups of sliced cremini mushrooms

Creamy Mushroom and Kale Gratin with Garlic Bread

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On our last several visits to Scotland, my roommate and I have grown accustomed to eating well in Glasgow restaurants

• 2 packed cups of finely chopped kale, thawed if frozen • 1/2 cup white wine • 1 cup 35% cream • 2 oz parmesan, grated (about 1 cup) • 4 oz mozzarella, grated (about 2 cups) • 6 Tbsp breadcrumbs • 1 Tbsp butter, melted

3. When most of the wine has cooked off, add kale and sauté until kale is cooked but still bright, about 3 to 4 minutes.

1. Melt butter and oil in a 10inch cast iron frying pan over medium heat. Once butter is sizzling, add onion. Sauté until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes. Remove onions from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside. 2. Add mushrooms to the same pan. Sauté for 5 to 7 minutes, until mushrooms have softened and released their juices. Turn heat to medium high and continue to sauté, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are browned and crispy. Add white wine and garlic, reducing heat to medium.

5. Once cheese has melted, spoon the mixture into 8 1/2cup ramekins. (There might be some mixture leftover — refrigerate and save for another day. Eat within a few days).

4. Add cream. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add cheese, stirring until cheese is completely melted.

6. In a small bowl, combine breadcrumbs and melted butter. Spoon breadcrumbs over each ramekin. Broil for 3 to 4 minutes, until golden brown. 7. Remove from oven. Serve immediately, accompanied by garlic bread. Makes about 2 1/2 cups, enough for 8 to 10 servings.

GARLIC BREAD I learned this trick for quick and easy garlic bread from former Yukoner Philip Adams, a bold and inventive cook. • 1/2 baguette, sliced into 1/4-inch slices • 1 large clove garlic • 1/4 to 1/3 cup olive oil • Salt and pepper 1.

Toast baguette slices in a 425F oven until edges are browned, about 5 minutes. Slice garlic clove in half. Rub one side of each slice of toasted bread with the garlic. Crumbs of garlic will stay on the bread, almost as though the bread is a grater. Pour oil into a dinner plate and add salt and pepper. Press the garlicky side of the toasted bread slices into the oil, making sure the surface is coated. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes about 16 slices. n

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Square Dance w/Live Music

The Lucky Ones

Nicole Bauberger & Cai Krikorian

This is the Planet & Filaruriristyrn

Ben Mahony

Caleb Tomlinson

Alaena Warner

JUNE 16 - 20

Songwriters’ Circle

Yukon Taiko

Rick & Judy

John from Dawson

Whitehorse Community Choir

The Big Band

Northern Fibres Guild

JUNE 23 - 27

Alex MacNeil

Major Funk

Claire the Clown

Unicorn Parts

Simon Crelli Trio

Brigitte Jardin

Aimee Ellis & Jeanine Baker

Roland Thomas & South of Town

Kim Beggs

Electric Lemonade

Nakai Theatre

Naomi Kavka

Nicole Bauberger & Susan Walton

JUNE 30 JULY JUL UL U Y4

Solstice Haiku

Canada Day No show!

Yukon Theatre for Young People

JUL JULY UL U Y 1 7 - 11

Whitehorse Concerts

Honey & Mead

Bingo Bongo Boogie Band

Dentdelion

Joey O'Neil