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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling Ryan Leef, MP

The 72 Challenge “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. Because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone. And one we intend to win.”

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resident Kennedy spoke these words 52 years ago, and by 21st century standards they are laughably idealistic.

Imagine any politician today rallying a nation behind such a bold plan — appealing not to any sense of pragmatic purpose, but only to the intestinal fortitude of the human spirit.

Such a lawmaker would either be laughed off the stage or bombarded with complaints about misplaced priorities.

And the complainers would have a point; with so many terrestrial problems, spending billions on extra-terrestrial conquest is horribly irresponsible.

Yet, doing things only because they are there to be done is what drove Amelia Earhart to cross the Atlantic, and Hillary and Norgay to summit Mt. Everest. And Kennedy’s moon-proclamation remains one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. Clearly there is a spark inside us, as a species, that is kindled by his sentiment.

this August, when Bailey Staffen asked me to join her Klondike Road Relay team, I was able to amble my way through a 21-kiloof the pack.

Though I have forsaken my passion for running, I developed other

what I call “the 72 Challenge”.

Starting at midnight on November 8, I intend to run 24 kilometres and drink 24 beers in 24 hours (24 + 24 + 24 = 72).

Why would I undertake such

moon speech on a CD-ROM in my school library when I was in Grade 7; back then, I was a cross-country runner.

Long distance running appealed to my natural inclination for stamina. I trained regularly for it. When I was 11 years old I ran Dawson’s Midnight Dome Race in 50 minutes.

I lost my passion for running during my apathetic teenage years and never got back into the sport on a consistent basis. But I maintained a base-level of ability

hobbies; in my early 20s I discovered I was pretty good at drinking beer. And much like running, my real beer-drinking strength lay in my stamina — many epic sessions at the Duke of Wellington Pub attest to this.

Now, I’m 33 years old and I’m not the best runner in town, or the best beer-drinker, but my mu-

a thing? I choose to do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard.

Mr. Kennedy, we live in a cynical age, but the human spirit you called to action in 1962 is still alive and well.

Hopefully I can say the same thing of myself on November 9.

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November 6, 2014

On Cursive

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by Meagan Deuling

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ursive writing has gravity, compared to printed writing. Cursive is used for special occasions, like thank you cards and letters to lovers, or to grandparents at Christmas.

It denotes formality.

A letter written in careful, swirly cursive is a letter to save, folded up in a box with dried roses, collected, re-read.

One has to sit down at a well-lit, uncluttered spot to write a letter in cursive. One may even write two drafts, the

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the second a thoughtful, controlled completion. When one writes in cursive, one is writing for a reason.

Writing in cursive is akin to donning Sunday best, in its formality and old-fashioned-ness, in how they’re both going the way of the human appendix.

Most humans learn to print letters in grade one and two. At grade three they graduate to cursive.

If I describe the pages in the cursive writing section of a student’s workbook, what memories does it evoke? You know what I mean — the pages with the threelined lines, the outer lines solid and the middle line dashed. At the beginning of each line is a computer graphic version of a cursive letter; the lines in the letter are solid, and may have tiny arrows indicating the direction a student’s pencil should go.

After the solid version of the cursive letter, is a dashed version for the student to trace, to get the feel of the motion of the let-

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ter. The rest of the page is blank three-lined lines, for practice. So students can train their brain to know by heart the motion of a cursively written letter.

Capital cursive letters are different than lower case ones; there are pages for all 52 versions.

Each letter has two versions, but some are similar — consider the lowercase ‘l’ and the lower case ‘b’ — similar, but tricky. A student has to remember to stop the motion of the pencil halfway down the lowercase ‘b’, and abruptly (for cursive writing) move on to the next letter. While in a lowercase ‘l’, the student brings the pencil to the bottom of the line before swooping up to begin the next letter.

With that in mind, it’s import-

ant to remember that becoming familiar with each letter is one aspect of learning to write cursively.

Another aspect is the learning to join the letters together into handwritten-words. It’s similar to the difference between an aspiring musician knowing how to play individual chords on a guitar, and knowing how to put the chords together into a song.

To write cursively requires attention and practice, and it is frustrating. I remember having to miss recess breaks because I couldn’t get the hang of capital ‘g’. It’s a tricky one, with the loop and sort-of hook at the top of the letter.

Soon, though, I was making shaky music with my cursively written words. Each time I wrote, I

was a little better, but if I wrote for too long the words became messy, the letters lazy.

Cursive writing is not a workhorse. It’s the shiny horse in the parade, with a ribbon braided into its tail. Everyone follows the same cursive writing rules, but everyone’s letters come out a bit different — it’s an expression.

A few years ago my cousin gave me a set of calligraphy pens for Christmas. He bought it at a thrift store. It was a thoughtful gift, but I’ve never used it. One doesn’t need calligraphy pens to write cursively.

Meagan Deuling is a Whitehorsebased writer. Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.

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Remembering the War of Yesterday A high school student reflects

by Sarah Ott “To know the toll that battle brings, of resolute intention” “I Do Not Know Your Name” by Kenny Martin

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hese words resonate with me. At sixteen-years-old, I believe the magnitude of past events have slipped past me — events such as World War I. In our day-to-day lives, our heads lems that in small, self-indulgent moments seem like they could spell the end of life if left unresolved.

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to comprehend waking up every morning without knowing if you would return to the pillow’s embrace the following night — to not know when, or if, you would see your family again, or if your bullet wound would ever stop throbbing.

So why would people put themselves through such unpleasant conditions? Perhaps simply because they their country and keep its residents safe, lifting them above war-torn memories.

Recently, the position from Amsterdam came to Whitehorse and trained students to give tours of the exhibit; I was fortunate enough to be one of these students. I learned about World War I and II through the eyes of a 15-year-old writer.

When I took kids through this exhibit, I saw the gradual change in their facial expressions as I outIt made me realize that many of these kids had no idea what hap-

pened. We were all a little numb, because the exposition was not

from all over the world will gather together with the common goal of

eyewitness accounts of the hardships that occurred almost a century ago.

and hope that we will never for-

interesting piece being showcased. In it, she spoke of forgiving her perpetrators and grasping onto the little hope she had left.

On November 11, at the 11th hour of the 11th minute, people

humans.

With poppies pinned to our lapels and our heads hung low, we will remember them — the soldiers who fought and died for the betterment of their beloved country.

When the time comes for the moment of silence, we should take it in and truly give those sixty seconds meanand remember the brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers — the names of the fallen.

The war is not over.

Today, ISIS and other terrorist organizations in the Middle East continue to kill civilians, leaving us hoping that the past will not repeat itself. With the very recent and tragic loss of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in Ottawa, we realize we are far from living in a peaceful world and fear is still prevalent.

Those soldiers fought to free us from such fears, and many took their wishes to their graves.

So perhaps now is the time to act on such wishes, and to try to make this world a better place.

So on November 11, we will not forget yesterday’s war heroes and their dreams of a better tomorrow.

Sarah Ott is in high school.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

Christmas Eve Preparations Before Halloween?

Uncle Don

Uncle Don was born at Bluefish and he always hunt and fish.

Uncle Don is my mom’s brother an’ Clara Frost is his mother.

Auntie Alice is Don’s wife and he worded all his life.

I’ve known Uncle Don since I was a lad and Donald was friends with my dad.

Uncle was an honest man always lending a helping hand.

When we visit with Mr. Don he’ll put his coffee pot on.

Uncle likes to trap muskrat an’ he drove the John Deere cat.

Uncle will always shake your hand and he was a giant of a man.

Uncle Don was always fair with lots of stories to share.

Uncle was an expert with his gun an’ knife an’ he fed lots of people in his life.

He worked at the school an’ power plant I’m so proud of my uncle and aunt.

Uncle Don always worked hard an’ they gave a government award.

Allan Benjamin , Old Crow, Yukon

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ur house got turned upside down last Saturday. All the furniture in the living room was shifted, and a big table for sorting costumes was set up against one wall.

The occasion was not an advance planning session for Halloween; rather, we were looking beyond that to Christmas Eve. As much as I dislike seeing anything remotely connected to Advent and Christmas until after Remembrance Day, there are some things you just have to do ahead of time. of Dawson have been avoiding the complications and chaos of putting on a live Christmas Eve pageant (What happened to the shepherds’ crooks? Where are the Three Kings’ gifts? No — don’t play Frisbee with the angels’ halos! Be careful with the baby!) by creating a slideshow as the centerpiece of the ecumenical Christmas Eve service, and shooting all the scenes well in advance.

We started it so long ago that the original half dozen years featured actual slides, as well as a complicated arrangement of dual slide projectors to cross-fade the slides that told the story of the baby in the manger in Bethlehem.

It’s much easier with digital im-

W EE K LY TR AV EL TIP S ages and a power-point slideshow.

We shoot the pictures against various scenes. We’ve used Dawson’s historic buildings, the dyke, and all sorts of backdrops. Last year we shot the whole thing inside the Dawson City Museum, which provided a rich source of scenery against which to pose the dozen or so child actors.

We’ve adapted the story; one year it was Gold Rush stampeders going to Bethlehem; another time it was tourists.

Sometimes we manage to shoot the photos in late summer or early fall, which never fails to amaze people driving by. Sometimes there are just leaves on the ground. This year there’s snow.

This year the narrative was pretty straightforward. The director (my better half) needs to leave town for a series of church meetings, which would have pushed the shooting date well into November.

It’s getting chillier outside, so the thing needed to get done.

That’s how it ended up at our house, where there’s a sizeable side-yard, a garden shed, different-looking front and back steps, a large porch, and a copse of trees in the southeast corner to provide some variety. There were also some cooperative neighbours who

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There were costume changes, as shepherds became village folk, angels, Wise Men, and King Herod’s soldiers and scribes. It took about an hour to stage all the necessary shots, and about the same amount of time to put everything back to normal and pack the costumes and props for delivery to St. Paul’s.

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November 6, 2014

Caffeine-fuelled Binge of Creativity Would-be playwrights are poised for Nakai’s annual overnight writing challenge

by Ken Bolton

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n the interest of full disclosure, let me admit to being a bit of a junkie when it comes to Nakai Theatre’s 24-hour Playwriting Competition, which starts on November 8 this year.

My age-hazed memory refuses to cough up how many times I’ve participated in this annual rite of tain I’ve never actually won it, although I’ve been the bridesmaid more times than enough.

Not that I’m bitter. Not at all.

I’m thrilled and delighted for those who beat me year after year. kins, who graciously gloated after the 2005 awards ceremony, “Well, at least it was good enough to beat your sorry ass.”

Or Danna Waldman, who cranked out a full-blown musical, complete with 14 songs, while I slumped at the other side of the hotel room we shared, and pro-

duced a staggering eight pages of inconsequential drivel that will never see the light of day.

Never bitter. Not ever. I promise.

So when the guy in the big chair at What’s Up Yukon suggested I write an advancer on this year’s competition, it seemed logical to turn to the professionals.

I sent seven previous winners a short questionnaire about their response rate, according to those who conduct polls for a living.

Philip Adams won in 1994 for his play, Free’s Point.

Nakai later produced it, and Playwrights Canada published it in an anthology called Staging the North. Another professional production is slated for 2016.

Adams drafted the play twice by hand before typing it on a Smith-Corona.

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and the many corrections before submitting it in the morning gloaming.”

Adams, who now lives in Saskatoon, advises consider the event a luxury, not a task.

“You have lots and lots of time; take it. Nap, don’t sleep. Tea, not coffee,” he suggests.

“Don’t panic, just remain urgent. The time is yours. You’ve paid for it, the taxpayers have supported it, and you have all manner of support on hand should you need it.”

Heather’s String Theory (originally called Dual Nature), but it’s his 2011 runner-up play, The Busker and the Barista, that has received the most traction.

Different versions have appeared at Nakai’s Pivot and Homegrown theatre festivals. Whitehorse rock group Speed Control regularly performs some of the songs he wrote for it. event “a nonstop binge fuelled by massive amounts of caffeine or alcohol, often both.”

He even compares it to Christmas: “I look forward to it all year, never quite get what I expected and spend the rest of the time too drunk to remember.”

tions that don’t have to be perfect, he counsels newcomers.

“Listen to your characters and let them go where they want; they might surprise you,” he says.

“Sleep is unnecessary, exhaustion can be creative. Close the curtains. Keep snacks and other writing fuel handy. Stay hydrated.

Stretch. Don’t get too comfortable. Write at maximum volume.” to sign up this year, after enjoying a bit of a roll. In 2011 and 2013, he won the Next 24-hour competition for reworking plays already in progress.

Fracture Zone (2011) and And, On the Second Day (2013) both went on to Homegrown stagings.

Rutherford says the competition offers a rare chance to focus on writing.

“If I did the same thing from home, to achieve the same amount, it would have to be the 24-week Playwriting Challenge.” he admits. petitors: “Have some idea of what you want to do. Then cut your expectations, because you never seem to accomplish as much as you hoped. Also, have fun.”

Rounding out the survey was

runner-up winner, Syphilis: A Love Story, was picked up by Ramshackle Theatre and won the Best Comedy award at last year’s Vic“It’s a lot of fun. A good community of people who are all engaged in something slightly ridiculous usually makes for a pretty good time. Plus you get a hotel

“power through the uninspired sections,” he intones.

“Not every line or every scene is going to be as good as you want it to be; accept this and write on.”

This year’s competition takes place at the Gold Rush Inn from 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 8 to 1:00 p.m. Sunday, November 9.

Winners will be announced at the 24-hour Cabaret on Thursday, December 4 on the deck at the High Country Inn. The public event will also feature readings of excerpts from this year’s plays.

Nakai Theatre at 667-2646 Perpetual bridesmaid Ken Bolton is not bitter. Really.

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Middle Row Centre with Brian Eaton

Get Moving

YFS wants you to make a film…quickly

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glance at the credits of a laborative art form involving a lot of people over a lot of time.

Now imagine that there is only ing premise for the Yukon 48 Challenge, an event held by the Yukon oration of the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), and NorthwesTel’s Cable 9.

The challenge happens on the weekend of November 14 to 16, Whitehorse and Dawson, and hopefully points in between.

“A lot of people use this opporbeen wanting to make all year,” Toupin. “They just kind of need to be pushed to do it. So we do have a theme, and the theme will be announced the day of the challenge, so that it’s fair for everyone, to have the right brainstorm ideas.

But nobody’s forced into doing the theme…but to be eligible for the jury prize, they’ll need to do the theme.”

So teams register, and then they have the weekend to make

eligible, they have to be under 10-minutes and they can’t use any previous footage. People could be writing their scripts, or coming up with concepts that they want to do beforehand, because we can’t really monitor that.”

There will be simultaneous

Dawson and Whitehorse the weekend of November 21. In addition to the jury prize, there will be an Audience Choice prize in each centre.

Last year’s jury prize went to

, Enough To Get By, went on to be shown entation of made-in-Canada short Reached in Toronto where he was meeting with industry-types, O’Donovan offers advice to this year’s entrants.

“It’s such a quick turnaround, the whole thing, that the idea sort of evolves through the process,” he says. “Don’t let your hesitations and doubt about whether it’s really going to work get too much in the way of just moving forward and trying to get something done.

Because there’s all the happy accidents that happen along the way, that turn out to be something really good.

“You can’t do everything that you want to do. You don’t generally have a budget to work with, you don’t have all the equipment you want to work with. So you

teresting stories to tell, that are unique to the Yukon too.

“You get some funny stuff, some really creative stuff, and some strange things as well.” completed last year, and Toupin expects the same amount this year. Watch for them at the Old

aesthetic that will basically turn the sort of weaknesses that you’re going to have within your production into strengths.”

Toupin had high praise for the calibre and versatility of Yukon

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Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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November 6, 2014

Matthew Lien’s Powerful New Album

by Barry “Jack” Jenkins

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atthew Lien’s new album, Headwaters: Music of the Peel River Watershed, isn’t a protest album.

“What I felt about this project from the very beginning is that we’re not protesting anything, we’re celebrating,” he says.

“We’re celebrating phenomenal Yukon, Canadian, North American, global, wilderness. We’re celebrating that country.”

To celebrate the pristine wilderness of the Peel and the people who have lived there for generations, Lien embarked on a three week, 550 km canoe trip, recording the sounds of the watershed and composing the music.

Dedicated to capturing the spirit of the land, he brought $30,000 worth of equipment with him, including a binaural microphone.

“A binaural microphone looks like a human head and possesses the same anatomical characteristics, so it gives a 3D effect when you listen with earphones on,” explains Lien.

Using his journey as raw material, Lien composed the music and assembled the sounds, including

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Dorothy Alexie, who happened to meet him and were willing to be recorded.

“I want to tell this story based on what happened to us,” he says.

“That’s the difference between being a Hollywood director and a documentarian. You share the story of what you experienced rather than creating a story in advance.

You have to see what nature gives you.”

Lien even recorded demonstrators at the Yukon Legislature singing the choruses of the title track,

“Headwaters”.

“I had no idea if it was going to work because I recorded it on how elated I felt when I laid in

As he puts it, “People think of new age music as something to listen to when you want to take your mind off things. I want my music to put your mind on to things and follow where your heart leads you.” track, “Who D’ya Love”, is fullon blues-rock, with Tim Porter, who has played Baldry and The Powder Blues Band, taking lead guitar. The song, a satirical take on a politician ignoring the people in favour of development, feels like a bonus track after a and spiritual celebration of the Peel.

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those recordings and they worked so well.”

To perform the music, Lien assembled the smallest band he’s worked with, including Yukoners Lonnie Powell and Paul Stephens, Richard Moody from the Wailin’ derson, and slide guitarist by Doug Livingstone.

“It was so great to work with these guys and have them to sculpt the project,” he says.

The result is a vibrant and varied album, with each instrument clear and undistorted, each voice — whether elder, wildlife, water, or Lien himself — full and distinct.

Over it all are Lien’s passionate vocal and lyrics; on songs like “Ivory Lichen”, a story of living and dying on this huge, and for now largely untouched land, or touched wilderness.

The music itself shouldn’t be like some of Lien’s previous work.

comes with a 40-page booklet of lyrics and commentary, and some amazing pictures of natural beauty of the Peel, taken by Peter Mather.

“I feel that Peter Mather is the silent musician on this project,” Lien says.

While mastering the album, Lien’s father, Merle Lien (credpassed away. Lien has dedicated the album to him.

“I feel my dad’s spirit is such a part of this music.”

Outstanding Track: The album is a whole.

“I consider an album as one continuous work from the beginof the last track.”

Barry “Jack” Jenkins keeps close tabs on the Yukon music scene. Please send comments about his articles to music@whatsupyukon.com

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The Wolves of

They do what they want

by Marianne Darragh

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he North,” thunders someone in Red Riding every so often. “Where we do what we want!”

West Yorkshire police, as imagined by writer David Peace. They police don’t serve and protect their riding in northern England, they terrorize and plunder it.

Red Riding, now available on DVD at the Whitehorse Public Library, television in the U.K. in 2009, and was given a theatrical release in North America the following year.

Based the Red Riding Quartet novels by David Peace, the screen adaptation

by Tony Grisoni is a trilogy, with director. True events and people, such as the Yorkshire Ripper and a well-known case of wrongful imprisonment, are mixed with a Yorkshire’s corrupt cops. Some of the most recognizable actors in the U.K. play the most venal characters, such as Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), and Warren Clarke (Dalziel and Pascoe).

In Red Riding: 1974, directed tantly returns to the area to work at the local newspaper. A little girl has disappeared, and when Eddie gins to untangle connections between the missing girls, lacklustre police investigations, and deEddie’s independent investigating threatens the West Yorkshire police, but despite warnings that include physical intimidation, he doesn’t back off.

In the second part, Red Riding: 1980, the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper leaves the police vulnerable to

public exposure. They’d like to capture the Ripper, but can’t resist using his crimes to cover some of their own. With their energies thus divided, they appear fractious and incompetent to terriPeter Hunter (Paddy Considine), a Manchester detective, is sent to head an inquiry into the Yorkshire Ripper investigation.

Another girl has disappeared in Red Riding: 1983, directed by Anand Tucker, and for Detective Morrissey) it’s the last straw. He’s no longer able to push aside his guilt regarding the corruption on the force and the innocent lives that have been ruined. One of those lives belongs to Michael Myshkin (Daniel Mays), who was imprisoned for the murder of one of the young girls in 1974.

M i c h a e l ’s mother asks Piggott (Mark Addy) to appeal his case in light of the latest abduction, which should raise doubts about Michael’s guilt. who’s the son of a West Yorkshire police constable and knows the score, is reluctant to get involved,

into action.

Other characters appear in each part of the trilogy, gaining prominence as the story unfolds,

but essential information, and the Reverend Martin Laws (Peter Mullan).

The Red Riding Trilogy isn’t easy to watch, but it’s as compelling as a fairy tale and rewards close attention. Many reviewers compared it favourably to The Wire and The Godfather.

Those comparisons indicate that the trilogy has some brutal scenes and few heroes, though several characters exhibit courage in the face of terrible odds.

Marianne Darragh is a regular visitor to the DVD shelf in the Whitehorse Public Library.

Please send comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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black eye patch stared up at me adoringly and thwacked his tail furiously against the x-ray him in; he’d been running loose, and was apparently injured.

“I think this is your type of dog,” warned my colleague, Helen. “You better watch out.”

The x-rays revealed that his femur had been badly broken some time ago, and the damage was so severe that we could not repair his leg without multiple surgeries. We elected to amputate, and in the days surrounding his surgery and recovery it became apparent that he was exactly my type of dog.

Smitten, I adopted him and

with a three-legged pet. adapted to his new home and his three-legged life instantly, but it dated by the smooth laminated get around without towels and blankets placed everywhere to give him traction. Occasionally he would detour off the pathway of blankets and then slip and crash to the ground.

It was hard to watch how confused he was when his body didn’t work the way he expected, but every time he fell he would immediately get up, and I could tell how to make his new body work.

I had only been out of veterinary school for a year at this point, and so while I previously had the opportunity to counsel people on amputation for their pets, this

testimony to adaptation. Since he’s become part of my family, he has become a three-legged powerhouse on the trails at Mt McIntyre

and Grey Mountain. If he sees me take out my mountain bike or cross-country skis, he will run in circles by the front door and begin screaming (this is exactly as irritating as it sounds).

He can out-run some fourlegged dogs; the only thing that ear. he’s not unique — I meet threelegged dogs and cats all the time that are having just as much fun and causing just as much trouble as their four-legged counterparts.

I still frequently have to counsel clients to consider amputation for their pet.

Osteosarcoma, cancer of the bone, is a common cancer of dogs and can be excruciatingly painful.

Amputation of the affected leg is unfortunately not curative, but will provide tremendous pain relief for the remainder of the dog’s

life. Other types of cancer, such as soft tissue sarcomas, can be cured if the affected limb is amputated.

Amputation is also a reasonable option for pets that have suffered severe limb trauma if there is no way to salvage the limb, or if salvage options are prohibitively expensive.

Some dogs are unfortunately not good candidates for amputation — large breed dogs over 80 pounds will have a harder time adapting, as will dogs who have pre-existing neurological or orthopedic problems such as arthritis or ruptured cruciate ligaments.

In general, animals missing a hind limb seem to retain more function than animals missing a front limb. Because amputation means that each leg has to take on proportionally more weight, pets with amputated limbs are at a higher risk of developing arthritis, and overweight pets will need to

go on an aggressive weight-loss program after surgery to protect the health of their joints.

Amputation is a heartbreaking choice to make for a beloved family member, but I am continually impressed at how well dogs and cats adapt to a missing limb, and I’ve become convinced that it is much better to have three pain-free legs than four legs and chronic pain. decision, your veterinarian can help discuss what to expect and give you tips about how to help months following surgery.

There is also an online support community for three-legged pets at www.tripawds.com.

Jess Heath is a Whitehorsebased writer and vet.

Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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ne of a gardener’s goals at the end of summer is to preserve the food harvested. This takes many forms, from allowing a potato to set skin so it won’t dehydrate in storage, to the pickling root crops, to the canning of fruits, to the blanching of vegetables for freezing.

One form of preservingthe-harvest we haven’t often used is drying them.

But this year we gave it a try.

When the peas were just starting to produce this past summer, we realized we wouldn’t be able to pick all that were ready. Green peas taste best while they are still small; past a is no longer as sweet. It would have been a waste of time to pick them late, so we decided not to pick them at all.

We allowed them to fully mature and dry on the vine.

Then they were cut off at the soil level and placed on a tarp, where they continued to dry.

The tarp caught peas that dropped out of the pods before we could thresh them. Of course, at this point the September rains started, which were followed by snow; but thankfully the snow melted and the days got dryer. The peas weren’t harmed by the weather; they continued to dry.

On Sunday during Thanksgiving weekend, Allan checked on the peas. It was a beautiful sunny day, and we were waiting for the turkey to cook.

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He did this by pouring the peas from one cooler to another with a fan blowing between the two. The heavier peas just fell into the bottom cooler, but the lighter chaff blew away.

Now that they’re clean and dry, the peas should store well for

a long time. Some of them will be kept for next year’s seed, but the rest will be eaten. Remarkably, the peas, which in the summer would have tasted almost bitter because of their maturity, taste sweet.

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The dull grey sky loomed over us like a curse as we loaded the truck and camper one Saturday morning; everything felt wrong about the adventure we were about to embark on.

Given the problems we’ve encountered with the truck over the past year, I had little faith that we would get out of town. As usual, Hayley had little concern about the truck, or breaking down, or getting a moose.

The leaves were green, willows were barely showing sign of fall, and I wondered if my timing was off, again, for the forth year in a row.

As we got further from town the sky started to clear, the rain stopped and the sun broke through the clouds, bringing the gloomy North to life.

Arriving at Little Salmon Lake, campground empty.

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added to the bad feeling I already had, because the raven is my fatowards the river to help it on its journey to the spirit world.

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I felt we were not in the right place, so we loaded the boat a few hours later and moved to the Early the next morning, we mid-day the temperature was nearly 20°C. We continually removed layers as the day went on.

Around 3 p.m. I was actually able to take off my shirt and catch some rays.

As we drifted, we talked about school, work, and things we had to do before the snow came; the last thing on my mind was getting a moose. I shut off all the stresses from work and our fast-paced lives.

But the Pelly didn’t treat us well; the second day we destroyed a prop; broke the skeg off the motor, and barely made it back to camp. Losing a prop every two days wasn’t an option because I only had one spare, so we moved again early the next morning.

When we arrived at the next lake on the tour the warm weather had turned to early-day frost, and rain later in the day. We found a place to call moose for the day and retired early for the night.

As daybreak came, Hayley’s cold got the better of her, and I let her catch some extra sleep.

The sun barely lit the morning sky, and the cold cut through me like a frozen knife as I loaded the boat.

Idling from the dock to return to our spot for the morning I spotwater, I paid little attention, and

continued on-course to my destination.

As the branch got closer, I was able to make out through the binoculars that it was actually a small set of antlers.

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the moose to shore I was able to get a good shot from less than 100 yards. The bullet landed clean and the moose lay still in seconds.

Once I got him on shore I returned to camp to get Hayley.

“Hayley get up, we have to go, I got a moose,” I said; and she replied, “Are you being serious?”

I expected nothing less. and headed home.

Three years, thousands of kilometers, dozens of attempts, and a ton of support from my family and Moose is on the menu — after a long due.

C.J Bryce Bekar is member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada, the Outdoor Writers of America, Wild Sheep Foundation and the Yukon Fish and Game Association. He believes that outdoors men and women are the key to keeping our environment safe and enjoyable for generations to come.

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Tue, Nov 11 Life Drawing Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground Thu, Nov 13 Learn to build a website! 6:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Learn the basics of what you need to know! Andrew Kalek, a YuKonstruct Makerspace Society Director, will be teaching the Thu, Nov 13 Traditional Fish Scale Art Class 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre 668-8360 Explore scales, porcupine quills, moose and caribou hair to create a beautiful 5 X Sat, Nov 15 My Best Work Yet by Emma Barr! Workshops 1:00 PM Waterfront Station (867) 334-1966 Lots of new works on display!

Sun, Nov 16 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground

the 39th annual Christmas Spruce Bog with all the unique, hand-made gifts and goodies you’ll need for everyone on your list Doors open Sat, Nov 15 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner

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Wed, Nov 5 Northern Voices Toastmasters Meeting 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Guests are welcome!

Thu, Nov 6 BAH “Business After Hours” Men’s World 5:00 PM Men’s World A business networking event hosted by Whitehorse Thu, Nov 6 Supporting Your Staff Through Loss and Grief 8:30 AM Yukon College Learn to anticipate the challenge of supporting employees through loss in the workplace and develop practical tools to help you provide effective leadership in these high Yukon College 668-8710 Course

Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00

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Public review of recycling system changes The Government of Yukon wants to hear from you on its plans to modernize recycling regulations in the territory. The proposed changes affect the Beverage Container Regulation and the Designated Materials Regulation.

The changes aim to increase the diversion of recyclable materials from our landfills and will better cover the costs of handling, processing and transporting these materials. You can provide comments online or by email, fax or mail.

The deadline for comments is November 21, 2014.

For more information visit: www.env.gov.yk.ca/recyclingreview

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Open Pit theatre company brings all kinds of artists together, for fun

by Joslyn Kilborn

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alloween is over, but don’t stop dressing up.

On Saturday November 8, Open Pit theatre is giving you another chance; it’s the directors of the company want guests sporting their Sunday best.

It’s an art night true to the theatre company’s multidisciplinary mandate — to create space for collaboration between artists who work in different genres.

Saturday, while a handful of the city’s most talented improv actors ( Bigland, Anthony Trombetta, and Martin Nishikawa) will adlib voiceovers in true Whose Line is it Anyway style. Musicians Andrea McColeman and Olivier de Colombel will improv a live soundtrack on piano and saxophone.

“They will practice — once,” says Open Pit’s co-director, Geneviève Doyon. “It will be a somewhat structured improvisation.

We’re interested in getting a bunch of artists in a room and seeing what happens. We’re a process-focused theatre company, not just about the polished product.”

The entertainment will be just one element of the evening, the whole event is meant to feel like a night taken out of the time music will play and people can dance.

Alistair Maitland will also be operating a photo booth with a tickle trunk, in case you don’t have a costume. There will also be popcorn and a bar.

While it isn’t advertised as such, the night is actually a fundraiser for Open Pit’s in-progress Yukon Verbatim Project, a piece of documentary theatre to be constructed from the precise words spoken by people interviewed about life in the Yukon. funding,” says Doyon. “Which means each project seeks funding individually, and that the company is run by volunteers. “No one’s paid, we’re all doing it because we believe in it.”

The verbatim project is being funded by but only for phase one — the collection of interviews.

“It’s a little scary,” says Doyon, not knowing if funding for the rest of the project will come. “Right now there’s no guarantee we’ll be able to put on the play. That’s what

makes it so crucial to have support from the community.”

But the directors of Open Pit are conscious about the ways they ask for support. on says. “We’re a young company, it’s important not to just take but to give back. It’s great to give the community an event that shows what we’re about.”

And for an event that was created to support another event, it’s been getting a lot of

interest in it’s own right.

“It’s different,” says Doyon, of the idea ple are pretty pumped about it. We’ve already been approached by artists who want to participate if it happens next year.”

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Pit board member.

“This is what Open Pit is all about,” says Doyon. “Mixing different artists and mediums and seeing how they can coexist. The Yukon is very generous in giving you space to try new things.”

Whitehorse; doors open at 7:30, and the show starts at 8:00. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door, or from an Open

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorse-based writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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November 6, 2014

2014 Recognize the sacrifices made by Canadian Veterans

by wearing the Poppy during the Poppy Campaign,

October 27 to November 11, 2014

Money raised are used to provide assistance to our Veterans, to support youth & senior activities and to provide medical assistance.

Veterans Recognition Dinner at 6pm, on Friday November 7th, 2014 at the Legion.

Roast beef dinner, music by Hank Karr and the Canucks. Veterans, Legion Members and Serving Members please wear uniform with medals. Tickets are for Legion members ONLY.

Remembrance Day Ceremony on Tuesday November 11th, 2014 at the

Canada Games Centre. Every one is welcome. Please be seated BEFORE 10am.

Whitehorse transit is operating a shuttle service from the Takhini Arena and we encourage the public to use it.

Should you wish to purchase a wreath,

please call the Legion at 667-2802 ASAP

Remember...

Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be.

It is the Veterans that brought us freedom. It is our serving Canadian Forces Members who are assuring our freedom.

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by Geneviève Doyon

“Everyone has those stickers that say, “Protect the Peel”, but no one even knows what the Peel looks like; I do.”

So says Halin de Repentigny.

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he Dawson painter’s upcoming show at North End Gallery, opening on November 7 and running to the end of the month, captures imagery from the Peel Watershed and Patagonia, his two homes. He spent seven years of his life on the Hart River, in the Peel Watershed.

“There’s not many of us who did that,” he says.

Ten years ago, he was ready for a change from the Northern life and left for Patagonia. Since then, he’s given up winters as a trapper and spends them along South American rivers. the area,” he explains. “The way a certain picture that stays in your head isn’t necessarily accurate, it’s how you see it. It’s a memory spiced up by emotions.”

De Repentigny says he never knows what he’s going to paint when he sits in front of a blank canvas: “Most of my painting is impulsive, driven by emotion.”

The now-renowned Yukon painter grew up in Montreal. He started working as an artist when he was 15 — he painted murals, portraits, signs — whatever he’d get paid for.

“I made more money that way than washing dishes,” he says.

He never went to art school. He says he always tells young people who want to be artists to “eat spaghetti with no sauce for many, many years. And just keep painting”.

When he moved to Dawson City in 1981, he took the leap and dedicated 100 per cent of his time to his paintings.

“It’s easier when you don’t have taxes and bills to pay,” he says.

De Repentigny became well known for his depictions of Klondike life: De Repentigny believes you also offer people what they like.

“I sell most of my western Canadian landscapes up here, and I send my more abstract stuff down south,” he says.

This being said, even though he’ll always be inspired by the Northern scenery, De Repentigny wants to go back to doing portraits.

“They don’t sell as well,” he says. “But that’s what’s great about having some recognition as a painter, is you have more freedom.”

To this day, De Repentigny doesn’t self-identify as an artist. people out there who call themselves artists,” he says.

He prefers to call himself a working artist — painting is his job.

“Maybe one day I’ll be able to call myself an artist, but not yet,” states the man who’s had a paintbrush in his hand his whole life.

De Repentigny’s show at North End Gallery opens November 7, with an opening reception at 5:00 p.m.

Geneviève Doyon is a Whitehorse-based writer and theatre artist. Please send comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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he was working, with 21 of his coworkers.

Since then, NaNoWriMo happens every year in November and has grown into a huge organization, with 310,095 participants last year alone.

Once you have signed in for NaNoWriMo via their website, you are committed to writing a novel in one month. According to Baty´s book, No Plot? No Problem!, NaNoWriMo’s only rule is that the writer must start a novel from scratch on day one. One can plan the plot before and do some research, but the actual writing must start November 1.

The goal is to write 1667 words a day, which, by the end of

“The bigger the artistic project, the more it needs a deadline,” he writes. “Nowhere is this more true than in novel writing, when even people who know what they are doing have problems get-

plot.

“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it to make it rise,” Baty writes.

But a deadline can be stressful as well, and they put the writer under great pressure.

So why are some people doing it to themselves?

Opal Mariel, a Yukon NaNoWriMo participant, says, “It is great fun. And the online forums and pep talks are providing guidance and the occasional kick in the butt.”

Motivation is also found on the NaNoWriMo website, where one can pants in Canada.

The Yukon is not listed on the website; we are found under Canada — Elsewhere, where a few Northerners are writing.

Over 250 NaNoWriMo authors have published novels since Baty came up with the idea. They include Sara Gruen´s Water for Elephants, and Erin Morgenstern`s The Night Circus.

NaNoWriMo, you are listed on the website as a winner. It is a good feeling to have accomplished a about NaNoWriMo and Baty’s book is that one can use the tools he offers in any month to reach the

Baty gives a lot of writing tools draft with 50,000 words, which is the length of novels like Brave New World by Aldous Huxley or Generation X by Douglas Coupland.

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Elke Reinauer is a German writer based in Whitehorse.

Please email comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Community EVENTS Atlin

Wednesdays Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

Beaver Creek

Mon, Nov 10 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Nov 10 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School

Carcross

Wed, Nov 5 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare Wed, Nov 5 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Nov 5 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Nov 6 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Nov 6 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Mon, Nov 10 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide artwork Tue, Nov 11 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Nov 11 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov 11 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Nov 12 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare

program brings 48 artistically inclined high school students from across the territory together to take part in four days of intensive YAE is open to high school students with an interest in the arts, who are in grade 9 and Fri, Nov 7 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov 7 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov 7 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Nov 7 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Nov 8 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture

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Fri, Nov 14 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Fri, Nov 14 48 Hour Film Challenge KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Sat, Nov 15 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Paints, brushes $ easels are supplied, no Sat, Nov 15 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Nov 15 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185

provided Wed, Nov 12 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Wed, Nov 12 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Thu, Nov 13 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Nov 14 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Fri, Nov 14 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Fri, Nov 14 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Faro

Fri, Nov 14 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Nov 16 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Nov 16 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442

Wed, Nov 5 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to

Fridays Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM

Paints, brushes $ easels are supplied, no Sat, Nov 8 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Nov 9 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Nov 10 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Nov 10 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Nov 10 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-9935370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latininspired workout!

Mon, Nov 10 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185

Sun, Nov 16 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381

Wed, Nov 5 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del

Wed, Nov 5 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Wed, Nov 5 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Thu, Nov 6 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Environment Club 3:45 PM Del

Golden Horn

Sundays Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Tuesdays Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631 Tuesdays Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Haines Junction

Thu, Nov 6 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Nov 5 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Tue, Nov 11 Dawson City Council Meeting Fri, Nov 7 Play Group 2:00 PM Convention Centre geared towards children 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Any preschool child is welcome to attend Wed, Nov 12 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Fri, Nov 7 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Recreation (0-5) Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Thu, Nov 6 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch Wed, Nov 12 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Question Period at each meeting that takes Fri, Nov 7 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking 11:00 AM Mun Ku Capacity Building Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN provides the public an opportunity to ask Thu, Nov 6 Adult Soccer Community School Capacity Building Sat, Nov 8 Lazy Mike and The Rockin’ Thu, Nov 13 Prenatal Classes for Mothers Tue, Nov 11 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Fri, Nov 7 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Service School 867-993-2520 For more Faro Recreation Centre and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Recliners 8:00 PM St Elias Convention Sun, Nov 9 Faro Church of Apostles Mass Centre Red-Hot Blues Rock hosted by Wed, Nov 12 Zumba with Katie Pearse 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Junction Arts and Music Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993Sun, Nov 9 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Sun, Nov 16 St. Saviours Church Service Sun, Nov 9 St Christopher’s Church 5370 Join the Zumba craze with this LatinService 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church inspired workout!

Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn Wed, Nov 12 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Mon, Nov 10 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del De Brabandere Mon, Nov 10 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Thu, Nov 13 Hatha Yoga with Joanne Tue, Nov 11 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Until Sat,Nov 1 Christina Battle “The PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 11 Southern Tutchone Classes space between here and there”Art Show in VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 Tue, Nov 11 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre the Kiac Ballroom Tue, Nov 11 Takhini Family Game Night Thu Nov 6 Andrea Kastner “The Waste Tue, Nov 11 Archery 3:00 PM 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Land” Reception 7:30 PM in the Kiac Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 Wed, Nov 12 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Ballroom Elias Convention Centre geared towards Wed, Nov 5 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 Fri, Nov 14 Super Seniors Weights 55+ Tue, Nov 11 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Any preschool child is welcome to attend Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov 14 Women & Weights (Ladies (0-5) workout!

Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Wed, Nov 12 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Thu, Nov 13 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch Wed, Nov 5 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Fri, Nov 14 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth 11:00 AM Mun Ku Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Wed, Nov 12 Parent & Tot Story Time Thu, Nov 13 Adult Soccer Wed, Nov 5 Youth Art Enrichment KIAC Centre 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Community School Klondike Institute of Art & Culture This

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Sun, Nov 16 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne

Wed, Nov 5 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Nov 6 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Nov 7 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Mon, Nov 10 Women’s Self Care group 6:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Free Drop In, 6pm to 7pm – Guided Meditation with Ruth Lera and Yoga Sharing, 7pm to 8pm – Into the kitchen for smoothies and raw treats, 8pm to 9pm- Bring your running shoes, skates or skis for outside play Wed, Nov 12 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Nov 13 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Nov 14 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Marsh Lake

Wed, Nov 5 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Nov 5 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Nov 7 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association last Friday of each month Fri, Nov 7 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Nov 8 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Nov 8 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Nov 9 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome Tue, Nov 11 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Nov 11 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Nov 12 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Nov 14 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association last Friday of each month Fri, Nov 14 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Nov 15 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Nov 15 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Nov 16 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome

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Community EVENTS ...CONT’D

drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Nov 16 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Old Crow

Mayo

Wed, Nov 5 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 Gym Wed, Nov 5 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM Gym Wed, Nov 5 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 volleyball Thu, Nov 6 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Nov 6 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Nov 6 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Nov 7 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Nov 7 Elementary drop in gym night in gym night Fri, Nov 7 High School drop in gym night in gym night for high school kids Sun, Nov 9 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Nov 10 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the Tue, Nov 11 Boys’ basketball practice Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Nov 11 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Nov 11 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM arts Tue, Nov 11 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Nov 11 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Nov 11 Kung Fu for teens and adults martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Nov 12 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 Gym Wed, Nov 12 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM Gym Wed, Nov 12 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 volleyball Thu, Nov 13 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Nov 13 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Nov 13 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Nov 14 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Nov 14 Elementary drop in gym night in gym night Fri, Nov 14 High School drop in gym night

Thu, Nov 6 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Nov 9 St. Luke’s Church Service Mon, Nov 10 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238 Thu, Nov 13 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Nov 16 St. Luke’s Church Service

Tagish

All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Wed, Nov 5 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Nov 5 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov 5 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Nov 6 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Nov 8 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Nov 8 Monthly Music Jam 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is Tue, Nov 11 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Wed, Nov 12 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Nov 12 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov 12 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Nov 13 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Nov 15 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sun, Nov 16 Pancake Breakfast! 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Once per month everyone welcome

Teslin

Wed, Nov 5 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Nov 5 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Nov 6 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Nov 9 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Nov 9 St. Philip’s Church Service 7746 Mon, Nov 10 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Nov 11 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Nov 12 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Nov 12 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Nov 13 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Nov 16 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Deadline Reminder for Licensed Hunters Kill reports and compulsory submissions for most species are due no later than 15 days after the end of the month in which you successfully hunted.

Find out more about compulsory submissions, biological samples and kill reports in this year’s Hunting Regulations Summary. Pick up a copy wherever hunting licences are sold or visit the Environment Yukon website.

If you were successful in October, your deadline is November 15.

For more information visit: www.env.gov.yk.ca

Watson Lake

Thu, Nov 6 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Nov 6 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Girls Youth Night 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 8 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 8 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Nov 9 St. John’s Church Service 536-2932 Mon, Nov 10 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Nov 13 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Nov 13 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Girls Youth Night 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 15 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 15 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Nov 16 St. John’s Church Service 536-2932

Skagway

Wed, Nov 5 Rock Wall Belay Classes 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Belay Check Wed, Nov 5 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 6 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Nov 7 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 8 Rock Wall Belay Classes 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre pm Belay Check Sun, Nov 9 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library be shushed for making noise!

Mon, Nov 10 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Nov 10 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 11 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Nov 11 Beginner Friendly Climbing

Night 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre This is for people that have been belay checked and want to practice their skills in a beginner environment! Gather your friends for a fun night out!

Tue, Nov 11 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Wed, Nov 12 Rock Wall Belay Classes 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre - North Star group 993-5095

Belay Check Wed, Nov 12 Spinning Xpress with Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Spinning Xpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov 13 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Nov 14 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Nov 15 Rock Wall Belay Classes 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

pm Belay Check Sun, Nov 16 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library

537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Haines Junction

Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 9962825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Pelly Crossing

be shushed for making noise!

Ross River

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Tagish

Beaver Creek

Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach

Church - Yukon Unity group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350

Carcross Lightwalkers group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Carmacks Fridays 1:30p PM Health Centre

Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel - New Beginnings Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Telegraph Creek Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Watson Lake Spirit of Fellowship Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs - Yukon Unity group Spirit of Fellowship Group

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Active Interest LISTINGS Wed, Nov 5 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 5 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael Wed, Nov 5 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form Wed, Nov 5 Cold Commute: Winter Biking Kickoff Event 6:00 PM Baked Cafe Experienced and new cyclists are invited to

Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Tai Chi Forms 7:00 PM Fri, Nov 7 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael Fri, Nov 7 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Sat, Nov 8 Back in Line for Better Health 1:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-8360 Chiropractic alignment exercises to compliment

Wed, Nov 5 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Wed, Nov 5 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@ Wed, Nov 5 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Nov 5 Yukon Roller Girls “Fresh Meat” Drop In Open to all who want to come out and try Roller Derby Wed, Nov 5 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Thu, Nov 6 Seniors 55+ Yang Family Tai Chi 103 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Nov 6 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00

Remembrance Day Service Hours Transit will be operating on Tuesday, November 11, using the regular weekday schedule.

Transit will also be providing a shuttle bus service from 8 am to Noon, between Takhini Arena and the Canada Games Centre, for the Remembrance Day Ceremony.

The Ceremony will begin promptly at 10 am at the Canada Games Centre.

The Canada Games Centre will be open special hours from 1 pm to 8 pm. Normal hours will resume on Wednesday, November 12.

Thu, Nov 6 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Forms

Sun, Nov 9 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play Sun, Nov 9 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@ Sun, Nov 9 Curl For Kids Sake 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Whitehorse Curling Club 1 Sumanik Drive Big Brothers Big Sisters Fundraiser Contact Harold Sher at 668-7911 or email bbbsyukon@

Wed, Nov 5 Women & Children Lunch Date

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Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 5 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 5 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 5 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for

To register call Yukon College 668-8710 Course

Thu, Nov 6 Seniors 55+ Yang Family Tai Chi 103 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Nov 6 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00

whitehorse.ca/schedules

Sat, Nov 8 Learn Circus Acts Heart Of Riverdale 867-332-0375 Claire Ness will be offering aerial circus classes and training

Wellness LISTINGS

Wed, Nov 5 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form Wed, Nov 5 Miniécole de médecine (CNFS) 8:30 AM Centre De La Francophonie (867)668-

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Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden

Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Nov 6 Fun With Tai Chi Forms 7:00 PM Thu, Nov 6 Supporting Your Staff Through Loss and Grief 8:30 AM Yukon College Learn to anticipate the challenge of supporting employees through loss in the workplace and

Sat, Nov 8 Back in Line for Better Health 1:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-8360 Chiropractic alignment exercises to compliment

Mon, Nov 10 Seniors Tai Chi Lite - Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Mon, Nov 10 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael Mon, Nov 10 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 Mon, Nov 10 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice School 30 minutes off skate work followed by Skills and Drills Tue, Nov 11 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Nov 11 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov 11 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Nov 11 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form Wed, Nov 12 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 12 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael Wed, Nov 12 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form School Wed, Nov 12 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Wed, Nov 12 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@

relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Nov 12 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for Wed, Nov 12 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form Wed, Nov 12 The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring

Wed, Nov 12 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Nov 12 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Thu, Nov 13 Seniors 55+ Yang Family Tai Chi 103 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Nov 13 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) Thu, Nov 13 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 Thu, Nov 13 Snowboard Yukon AGM 7:00 PM Sport Yukon Thu, Nov 13 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden

Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Nov 13 Fun With Tai Chi Forms 7:00 PM Fri, Nov 14 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael Fri, Nov 14 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Nov 14 Supervolley Final (Secondary) – YSAA Final (Secondary) – YSAA Age Group: Secondary Fri, Nov 14 Whitehorse Volleyball championships Age Group: Elementary Sun, Nov 16 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out Sun, Nov 16 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn

Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 Yukon Unity Group Meeting Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 8:00 PM

Learn simple, direct and easy to do exercises to Sat, Nov 8 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for Sun, Nov 9 Conscious Eldering: Aging with Intention and Passion Learning Centre 336-0370 This retreat with Larry Gray, for people 50 and over, provides a dynamic experiential introduction to conscious aging and the types of inner work that are important Mon, Nov 10 Seniors Tai Chi Lite - Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Mon, Nov 10 Recovering from Chronic Pain 7:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary October 20-November 24 Monday evenings from 7:158:30 Tue, Nov 11 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Nov 11 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov 11 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Nov 11 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form Wed, Nov 12 Women & Children Lunch Date

Thu, Nov 13 Seniors 55+ Yang Family Tai Chi 103 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Thu, Nov 13 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 Thu, Nov 13 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden

Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency)

Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Nov 13 Fun With Tai Chi Forms 7:00 PM

Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday

Sat, Nov 15 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or

Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th

Sat, Nov 15 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for

Monday

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Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM

Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00

Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00

Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504

Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 12 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov 12 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

Knives For the Hunt G enerally speaking, a hunter should have two knives — one for camp chores, such as cutting rope, whittling a wiener stick, or cutting up vegetables. The second knife is for use after the animal is down.

The general-duty camp knife should be a very convenient multitool as made by Gerber, Leatherman, SOG, or any of the genuine Swiss Army knives.

Avoid buying inexpensive copies; they look good, but will let you down when you need them, and may result in injuries; cheap knives will not hold an edge, and injuries are more common with dull knives.

Any good-quality folding knife will work, but the various blades and tools including pliers, screwdrivers, awl, can-opener, saw,

are great to have all in one implement. This tool should be carried on a belt to keep handy, and the heavy nylon or leather sheath should have a secure fastener to keep the tool from falling out and being lost. knife should be high-quality and razor-sharp. It will therefore be more expensive so it should be carried in a pack, survival kit, or meat-care bag so it won’t get lost or used for general chores.

This knife can be the non-folding “hunting-knife” type, or the more convenient folding type, usually with just one blade.

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for skinning is shaped differently than a blade for butchering — compromised blade-shapes are the usual result.

In factory-built knives, names such as ‘Buck’, ‘Gerber’, ‘Kershaw’ and ‘Schrade’ produce knives at various prices, and the higher-end models are usually better quality.

If you can afford it, a handmade high quality knife from one of our local knife-makers is a lifetime investment.

These knives hold an edge very well and the knife-makers, being local, can be contacted for advice to help you make a choice. Usually the knives can be returned to the maker for professional sharpening.

Whatever you choose for a camp knife and meat knife, they need to be kept razor sharp for performance and safety; there are numerous sharpening tools and systems available any place you can buy knives. By using a suitable sharpening tool, a nicked or dull blade can be touched-up in the minutes.

Some of these folders have a pin or shaped-hole near the rear of the blade to allow one-handed opening. There are a number of gimmicks to attract the buyer, rather than increase the usefulness of the knife, so buy something simple but high-quality.

Blade-shape is an important consideration; a blade designed

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself.

He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and retired hunter education coordinator for the Government of Yukon. Please send comments about his articles to wild@whatsupyukon.com.

Would You Like to Write For Us? editor@whatsUpYukon.com

And if you’ve got story ideas or a column idea you’d like to pitch, let us know.

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Proud to be Leading the Way to Sustainability: Yukon’s First Conference that is working towards Zero Waste

FORUM & TRADE SHOW | November 15 - November 19, 2014 Coast High Country Inn & Yukon Convention Centre

CONFERENCE

Sunday, November 16, 2014 7:00am-7:00pm

Monday, November 17, 2014 8:00am-4:30pm

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:00am-4:30pm

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:00am-12:00pm

TRADE SHOW (November 16-19) 7:30am 10:00am

Trade Show OPENS

10:00am-10:30am 11:30am 3:00pm 5:00pm

Trade Show Closes

Open to the Public - Free Admission

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Yukon Chamber of Commerce Northern Safety Network Yukon Casino Mining Corp Paradigm Digital Signage Capstone Mining AGAT Labs Kluane Drilling Stantec

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Sid’s Treasures with Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé

Western Command

S

id van der Meer is an antiquarian and a storyteller; he has many wild yarns to share with his family, friends, and visitors who come to his Bordertown Garage & Museum. One particular story he tells is how he found his Western Command military vehicle badge.

Western Command military vehicles were used in the construction of the Alaska Highway, which passes through the small Yukon border-town of Beaver Creek. Some military vehicles were abandoned at military camps along the highway; van

these.

“There were at least three or four (vehicles),” he says. “I didn’t take any pictures but I still have the pictures in my mind.

“Those old army trucks have been sinking in sand since ’61 Continuing his story, van der Meer holds up the Western Command truck badge: “The shield is from an old army truck near the Donjek camp. That truck probably sunk into the ground now. This was the only Western Command shield on

the trucks.

“The Western Command was some sort of division.”

He turns the truck badge over to reveal the metal that was used to create it.

“Metal was scarce during the war so they used scraps,” he says.

Van der Meer points at the back of the truck badge and says, “the shield was cut out of an old sign and painted on there, and put on the front of an old army truck.

“The trucks are still there, can’t see them now though. There were several but they’re probably all gone now, sunk into the ground

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. . . no sign of them anymore.” Although these abandoned military vehicles are now long gone, van der Meer, as well as the Western Command Military Vehicles Historical Society, still remember them.

The only evidence that proves the Donjek camp military vehicles were once there is the Western Command military vehicle badge, and this story.

The Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society travelled through Beaver Creek in 2012 for the 70th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway. Van der Meer has a commemorative poster of

the Western Command Convoy in his living room.

Van der Meer’s Western Command military vehicle badge as well as the Western Command Convoy poster can be viewed at Sid’s Bordertown Garage & Museum, located along the Alaska Highway in Beaver Creek, Yukon.

The Garage & Museum will be open on April 1, 2015.

Sid van der Meer’s stories as dictated to his granddaughter, Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse.

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Highlights Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

CONSTELLATIONS

Edwige Graham, Glenda Mosher, and Kathy Piwowar Runs: November 7 – November 29 Opening Reception: November 7, 5-7 pm

CHRIST THE KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAIR LYNX SQUAD

Recreational Learn to Ski Fun Based Program for children ages 8-9 or 10-12 STARTS IN JANUARY contact Nick 668-4477 or programs.xcskiwhitehorse@gmail.com

A THRILLING NARRATIVE: DOCUMENTING THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

39TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SPRUCE BOG!

Reproductions of archival material from the holdings of the Yukon Archives Runs: July-October

COAST MOUNTAIN WAX AND DESSERT

- NOV 14 7 PM Clean and learn to wax your skis for the season Call 668-447 or email to RSVP info.xcskiwhitehorse@gmail.com

OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS SALE

Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

For all, visit xcskiwhitehorse.ca for details or call 668-4477

With Neil Graham 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month; From 7-9 pm $10 per two-hour session

ARTISANORD 2014

CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND BAKE SALE

with Neil Graham Friday, November 28 From 7-9 pm $10 per session EVENINGS

KNITTING CIRCLE

THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR/FUNDRAISER

Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16) Fri 7pm - 10pm TEEN DROP-IN

Movies, Board Games, music and more.

Kaylee LIshner. (Starts Sep 19) WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS 1:30 - 3 PM

CRANBERRY FAIR MON: MUSIC CIRCLE

LINGONBERRY FAIR

Singing and Drumming Tues and Thurs: Cards/Games Drop in...bring a friend or two, enjoy a game of cards TUES: KNITTING CIRCLE

Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16)

Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse

DAWSON CITY CHRISTMAS ART & CRAFT FAIR

FRI: QUILT/NEEDLEWORK CIRCLE WEEKENDS ALL AGES ACTIVITIES

By donation for supplies, coffee Click here for more detail Saturdays 10 am - 4pm

LORNE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR

FAMILY DROP-IN

art supplies, books, games, coffee available. (starts Sept 6) 2nd Sundays: 2 - 5 pm

SINGING, STORY-TELLING

FIRST NATIONS CRAFT FAIR

all ages. (starts Sept 14) 4th Sundays: 2 - 5 pm

FAMILY GAMES

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MARKET

all ages (kids under 12 - bring a parent). (starts Sept 28)

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Tax Free Savings Accounts

November 6, 2014

The inside scoop

by Meagan Hannam

S

ince their introduction in -

a popular savings vehicle for Cantax-free income through savings in high interest savings accounts, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and other investment vehicles.

Given the tax advantages of cant assets individuals hold when they die; it is therefore important plan, which is commonly done designation in a will.

When drafting a will to adyou have three options: to name a “successor holder”, to name a ignation. Although every circumstance is different, it is generally recommended to name a successor holder whenever possible for the reasons set out below.

Designating a successor holder In your estate plan, you can designate your spouse as your sor holder; anyone else must be ary). When you die, your spouse, as successor holder, becomes the

new owner. The surviving spouse can continue to maintain the account and contribute new money, subject to his or her own unused contribution room. The tax advantages of this approach make it the recommended designation.

made within a certain time frame Canada Revenue Agency when the contribution is made. In addition to these complications, any income or growth earned by the -

If you designated your spouse it earns after you die continues to be sheltered from tax under the

cease to exist on the date of your death. When your estate is set-

naming a successor holder or desThe third option is to not name a In this case, the proceeds of the

would be paid to your designated

Friends, Food & Drinks

can contribute an amount up to

their contribution room. If you name someone other than your contribution would be subject to their unused contribution room.

These contributions must be

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to a successor holder or designat-

ary.

of your estate. There may be reaceeds to be paid out pursuant to the terms of your will, rather than directly to a successor holder or stance, if your will sets up a trust for your minor children, you may

through your estate to the trust.

Given the options available, you should consult a lawyer or estate planning advisor to ensure that your designation is appropriate for your circumstances.

Meagan Hannam is a born and raised Yukoner, new mother and a wills & estate lawyer practicing with Lamarche & Lang. She can be reached at mhannam@lamarchelang.com

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