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Art Crawl Dawson Style

The (S)hiver Winter Arts Festival runs Jan. 30-31 in Dawson

by Gaby Sgaga

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lair Douglas and Carly Woolner are hoping you’ll join them outside to have some fun this weekend. They are organizing the second annual edition of The (s)hiver Winter Arts Festival, taking place in Dawson City on Jan. 30 and 31.

“We want to get people out to celebrate when everything is shut down and quiet,” says Douglas of their choice to hold the festival during one of the coldest months of the year.

The festival brings a celebration of arts to the streets of Dawson City. “(S)hiver is all about giving people access to the art community and an opportunity for artists to showcase their work,” he says.

Douglas points out that the appeal of this type of event is the movement through town to different venues, as well as the multiple disciplines offered, such as performance art, aerial art, site specific installation art, and projection art.

Even though last year’s festival was a huge success, showcasing art from more than 30 participants, Woolner and Douglas have decided to make some changes this year.

“The festival will take place over two days rather than just one night,” he says.

“Artists like to leave stuff up longer than just a day. And it’s also so that those who missed it can still have a look.”

Other changes include more outdoor venues and stops, locating some of the installations in Parks Canada’s historic buildings, and a lantern making workshop that will result in an un-official

parade, where participants can walk through the streets lighting the way with their creations.

Whether participants have solid art careers or have never even

Along with organizing the festival, Douglas and Woolner have also written and choreographed a multi-media performance that will take place at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture.

“We’re telling a story with a live band, dancers, stop motion animation, automatic projection - it’s all included,” says Douglas.

He says they wrote it two years ago but had no venue, cast or resources at the time. This year, due to the success of last year’s festival, there are 15 people involved in everything from acting to set building.

As to the future, Douglas says they would like to see the festival expand.

One of the goals is to obtain more funding in order to offer more workshops, and to bring in artists from outside the community.

“We want it to grow and get people outside exposed to what’s going on up here,” says Douglas.

He points out that outside artists provide the community and local artists with stimulus, as well as taking a little bit of Dawson away with them when they go home.

“As we get more exposure and figure out the funding, we’ll continue to grow,” sums up Douglas.

“We’re learning as we go.”

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considered displaying any of their work, the focus of the festival it to encourage artists to create.

“The nature of the (S)hiver festival is that it’s inclusive,” he says. “We try to make it easy to get everyone on board - we haven’t turned anyone away.”

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in the Yukon. Please send comments about her articles to dawson@whatsupyukon.com

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Winter Solstice

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The day the sun stands still

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inter solstice is the shortest day and, officially, the start of winter. But it also triggers the sun’s journey back, bringing us spring. This year, for us in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice occurred on Dec. 21.

That was when the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that encircles Earth south of the equator. Folks in the southern hemisphere, who are closer to the Tropic of Capricorn and therefore had the sun high in their horizon on Dec. 21, had their summer solstice. At the equator there are about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of dark, year round.

It’s all about where we are relative to the sun. The Earth’s tilt and orbit around the sun means that in the winter the sun is low on the horizon in the northern hemisphere, as our hemisphere faces away from the sun. This reduces the amount of the sun’s rays reaching us around the curve of the Earth.

In the summer it’s the opposite. The sun is over the Tropic of Cancer, the line of latitude north of the equator. For northerners the sun is high overhead and we have long days around the summer solstice.

The closer you get to the Arctic or Antarctic poles,

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On Dec. 21 Whitehorse had 5 hours, 37 minutes and 47 seconds between sunrise and sunset. On January 28 we’ll have 7 hours, 30 minutes and 56 seconds. On Jan. 29 we’ll have a sunset after 5 p.m. Farther north, in Dawson City, this occurs on Jan. 31. In Old Crow, even closer to the pole, there was no sunrise between Dec. 14 and 28. Not until Feb. 7 will they have a sunset after 5 p.m.

The significance of the sun’s position to people is likely as old as our species.

Stonehenge in England was built over 4,000 years ago and on the solstices, the sun aligns with gaps in the massive Stonehenge rocks.

Indigenous understanding of the sun’s movement is demonstrated by a ring of boulders at Wurdi Youang in Victoria, Australia. This stone arrangement is believed to have been built by the traditional inhabitants of the area, long before Stonehenge’s construction. It contains points aligning with where the solstice sun sets in winter and in summer.

Solstice comes from the Latin word solsitium, basically meaning the sun stands still. The sun reaches its southernmost position on winter solstice. Some cultures believed that the sun died at winter solstice and was then reborn. Many still PHOTO: kozzi.com celebrate this coming renewal of light with a festival or feast.

Even today, with our ability to generate artificial light, we are still dependent on the seasons created by the position of the sun.

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awson is switching to LED (Light Emitting Diode) streetlights, swapping out the older HPS (high pressure sodium) for the newer, more ecofriendly, longer lasting lights.

It’s a move that makes sense in a lot of ways. Yukon Energy and the City of Dawson figure that changing the 170 residential streetlights will save the town about $5,000 annually in power bills.

The LEDs are also supposed to last about six times longer than the HPS lights, so that ought to mean that the one they installed in the pole outside our house today will still be shining when my ashes are six feet under.

Of course, the compact fluorescents we’re using in most of our household sockets were supposed to last much, much longer than they actually do, so the estimates on LEDs are suspect. What manufacturer really wants to produce a product that only needs to be replaced every 25 years?

But since the utility is paying the $50,000 cost of the changes, it was a deal the town really couldn’t refuse.

Still, I worry about the ravens.

Our hardy territorial bird can be found out and about, in the air and perched in trees and on roofs in all kinds of weather – including the sort that has us all running our vehicles for 10 minutes to loosen the ice on the windows and make the seats just a little bit flexible.

There will be the ravens, soaring through the air, checking out the bags that people may have been incautious enough to leave in the open backs of their pickups, pecking away at the garbage bags that haven’t been properly secured in the roadside bins.

And all around the town you can find then zeroing in on the sensors that tell the streetlights it’s time to come on, because there are times here, even in December and January, when there’s enough ambient and reflected light to prevent the streetlights from clicking to brightness.

They know what they are doing. They know that where there is light there is also a modicum of heat. They swoop in on the tops of the lights, flexing them slightly, and croaking their gabbling satisfaction at their own cleverness.

Then, when they feel they’ve had enough, or when they spy some potential food source to go and investigate, they flex slightly and spring up like a diver executing a gravity free leap into the air.

It’s going to be a surprise to them to discover that the new lights don’t shed much energy in the form of heat. I hope it doesn’t completely change their behaviour.

I suppose there must be other places where they can find a little respite from the bitter winter. They do perch on roofs now, sidling over near chimneys, so I’m sure they’ll manage.

Dan Davidson retired from 32 years of teaching in rural Yukon schools, but continues writing about life in Dawson City.

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The driver shrugged a little and wobbled his head as he put the little vehicle in gear, which I interpreted to mean he had a plan B. This was revealed to be the case as we lurched to a halt in front a narrow alleyway between two large complexes of open shops. I wouldn’t have noticed it, and certainly wouldn’t have ventured an exploration, if it wasn’t for the figure of our driver darting down it and beckoning. We followed and passed one, then two, then increasing numbers of men and a single sari-clad woman clutching newspaper-wrapped bottles.

We also began to pass the queue, ragged and loose at first then becoming more and more compact as we approached a series of wickets – a metal railing against the left wall narrowed the line to single file, but the crush was just as intense on the outside, which was where we were.

We both hesitated under the malevolent glances of the men.

“There’s a queue you know,” one ventured.

However, our uncertainty seemed to turn the tide in our favour, and the majority began to encourage us.

At this point we still couldn’t make out where the actual sales were happening, but allowing ourselves to be moved along by the sea of humanity we suddenly were popped through a narrow gap in the concrete pillars that supported a roof above us and found ourselves in front of an iron grate beyond which lay the shelves of not-quite illicit liquor and their attendants.

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e gratefully dropped our packs in the wellappointed bedroom of the houseboat. After one hour and five boats we had settled on the first we had been shown, and, not having found anyone with whom to share, were looking at two nights of what seemed like ridiculous indulgence: an entire houseboat complete with air-conditioned bedroom, bathroom with shower, upstairs deck and a cook for two people.

Well heck, what are holidays for? Our driver informed us we had 20 minutes before departure, and it was then that I realized we had omitted one important detail: we were carrying no booze.

With assurances that we would be back within the requisite time we dashed through the corridors and decks of the three boats that separated us from the dock and hailed a tuktuk (a three-wheeled contraption more properly known as an auto-rickshaw). Perhaps I should explain that the state of Kerala is in the process of going dry.

The touristy areas are replete with restaurants advertising beer and wine, but we hadn’t seen a single liquor store. This in contrast to Sikkim, where we had been previously, where low taxes lure Indian tourists from the rest of the country to brightly-lit, well-stocked counters for cheap bottles.

Even in West Bengal there were shops to be found, though they were dingy and fronted with iron grates and loitering men with downcast eyes. Our tuktuk driver knew the scoop, however. He actually laid a finger aside his nose as he nodded conspiratorially at our request for a “beverage shop” and we putted off in a cloud of dust.

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Gesturing towards it and thrusting money through the narrow slot in the window she only noticed belatedly that it was green apple flavoured. Beggars can’t be choosers and the queue seemed to be growing more restless so we pocketed the bottle and eased our way hastily through the crush, hoping the general air of congratulations would continue to outweigh the mutterings over the injustice of it all.

Our driver, waiting behind the crowd, flashed us a grin and sprinted to his chariot with us at his heels. We sped – as much as one can speed on a giant hairdryer – back to the wharf and scrambled through the hatchways back to our boat for 48 hours of floating bliss.

I don’t think I will ever intentionally purchase a flavored vodka again, but I must admit that we enjoyed every sip of that bottle, and surprisingly discovered that, like many things it life, it was best neat.

Kim Melton is a Mount Lorne based writer currently travelling in India. Questions or comments about her stories can be sent to editor@whatupyukon.com.

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Yukon Flickers with Andrew Gilbutowicz

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he Available Light Film Festival running Feb. 6–14 there will be showing films during the daytime, right in the middle of your lunch hour. So pack a sandwich or a smoothie and head over to either the Yukon Arts Centre or the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre for some truly fascinating cinema.

Here is a rundown of the lunchhour films, taken from the Available Light Film Festival website, at www.ALFF.ca.

Le Dep (Sonia Boileau, 2015) This psychological drama takes place in a rural Quebec first nations community at a Depanneur convenience store. Lydia, a young Innu woman works the store with her father. One night while closing the shop is robbed and Lydia is held at gunpoint. Recognizing the masked robber Lydia is forced to make a life-changing event. Director in attendance. Screens Sunday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Yukon Arts Centre.

Broke Down Dawson Town (Lulu Keating, 2016) and Bond of Strangers (Max Fraser, 2016) Broke Down Dawson Town tells the tale of Harry and her boyfriend Tom who take the road trip of a lifetime from Nova Scotia to hunt for Gold near Dawson City, Yukon where Tom’s brother Dick has struck a fortune, well supposedly.

Bond of Strangers is a story with its roots stemming back to when, in 1943, the allied Operation Husky advanced deep into the Sicilian countryside in a successful campaign against the Nazis. In 2013 relatives and inter-

ested parties join filmmaker Max Fraser for a journey to travel to Italy and replicate the campaign to bring awareness to a lost history. Filmmakers in attendance.

These films screen Monday, Feb. 8 at 12 p.m. at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

Qipisa (Myna Ishulutak, 2015) and Totem: Return and Renewal (Gil Cardinal, 2007) In the film Qipisa, Myna is going back home to Pangnirtung, Nunavut to be with her family and to learn more of her roots after being away for a long time. It leads her to another journey: to Qipisa, the outpost camp where she grew up. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

In his 2003 National Film Board film Totem: the Return of the G’psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documented the struggle of the Haisla people of British Columbia to recover a traditional mortuary totem pole. This halfhour documentary follows the events of the final journey of the G’psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people.

This presentation is in honour of groundbreaking filmmaker Gil Cardinal who passed away in November 2015. These films screen Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre at 12 p.m.

Zahir Rana: A Life in the Fast Lane (Michael Vernon,2015) and The Shooting of Dan McGrew (Braden Brickner, 2014) Whitehorse resident Michael Vernon debuts as writer/director with Zahir Rana: A Life in the Fast Lane, which is a television

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Al Purdy was Here plans Feb. 14 at 12:30 p.m. as part of the Available Light Film Festival documentary for OMNI Television that follows the inspirational story of an immigrant to Canada who fights his way back from losing everything, twice, to realize his dream of owning the fastest Ferrari in the world. These films screen Thursday, Feb. 11 at the Yukon Arts Centre at 12 p.m.

Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson, 2015) Renowned multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson returns with this lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou

Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings. Screens Friday, Feb. 12 at the Yukon Arts Centre at 12 p.m.

Boy and the World (Alé Abreu, 2013) Cuca’s cozy rural life is shattered when his father leaves for the city, prompting him to embark on a quest to reunite his family.

The young boy’s journey unfolds like a tapestry, the animation taking on greater complexity as his small world expands. Screens Sat-

urday, Feb. 13 at the Yukon Arts Centre at 10 a.m.

Drone (Tonje Hessen Schei, 2014) This film follows people who live under drones in Pakistan and drone pilots who struggle with the new warfare. Facing fast advancement of technology and lagging international legislation the film shows how drones change wars and possibly our future. Screens Saturday, Feb 13 at the Yukon Arts Centre at 12:30 p.m.

Al Purdy Was Here (Brian D. Johnson, 2015) By turns elegiac and celebratory, this documentary tribute to the late, great Canadian poet Al Purdy features readings, reminiscences and performances from some of the greatest names in Canadian letters and music. With introductory reading by Whitehorse poet, Michael Eden Reynolds. Screens Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Yukon Arts Centre at 12:30 p.m.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Arts Events Until Jan 30 Les oiseaux de nuit / Night “Owls” Virginie Hamel Focus Gallery Yukon Art Society The ‘Night Owls’ series came about following several experiments in collage and drawing on the theme of dreams Until Jan 31 LITTLE JOHN Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery Exhibition: Archaeological Site Artist-In-Residence Program Until Jan 31 Nicole Bauberger “Return and Release” Yukon Artist At Work For information call 867-393-4848 Until Feb 27, Ziehe + Lane: Yukon Arts Centre Yukon Arts Centre Two exhibitions find beauty in unsuspecting scenes and objects. Ziehe explores light and colour relationships, while Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods.

Until Feb 29,Many Voices: -Music in the Yukon 1896-1996. Hougen Heritage Gallery inside Arts Underground. An exhibition of photographs and other delights from the Yukon Archives.

Live Music

Thu, Jan, 28, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak LazeoFairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Thu, Jan, 28, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

Thu, Jan, 28, Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Jan, 28, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Jan, 29, Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Jan, 29, Claire Ness 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Jan, 29, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Fri, Jan, 29, Poppa Groove Tube (Moir & Friends) 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Poppa Groove Tube Performs Sat, Jan, 30, Claire Ness 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Jan, 30, live music 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Enjoy some fantastic live local music!

Sat, Jan, 30, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jan, 30, Weezer 10:00 PM Lizards Night Club Sat, Jan, 30, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Jan, 31, D-Cide on the B-Side with Scott Maynard 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Mon, Feb, 1, Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Feb, 2, Brave New Words: 7:00 PM Woodcutter’s Blanket Tue, Feb, 2, Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 7:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Tue, Feb, 2, Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Wed, Feb, 3, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Feb, 3, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Feb, 3, Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Feb, 4, Paris Vagabond Gypsy Ukulele love songs - Baked Cafe 5:00 PM Baked Cafe Paris Vagabond Gypsy and her magic ukulele of wonder will be performing at Baked Cafe from 5pm-7pm Thursday Feb.4th playing fun cover songs and original cheesy love songs.

Thu, Feb, 4, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak LazeoFairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Thu, Feb, 4, Jazz in the Hall & Lucie Desaulniers 7:00 PM The Old Fire Hall This is a ‘learn, listen and jam’ event. Educational vignette by Steve Gedrose. 867-334-2789 Thu, Feb, 4, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Thu, Feb, 4, Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Feb, 4, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon

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Thu, Jan, 28, Non-Profit Leadership with Sue Starr 9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Fear of Public Speaking?

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Thu, Jan, 28- Feb 4, OFTEN I FIND THAT I AM NAKED: by Fiona Sprott 8:00 PM Rendezvous Place Originally directed and produced by Eva Hamburg, this is an insanely hilarious, sometimes ridiculous, frighteningly poignant investigation into the life of an eminently likeable, chronicallysingle, wildly successful professional career woman in her late thirties.

Thu, Jan, 28, Theatre with Susie Anne Bartsch - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Pop Choir 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, L’IMMÉDIAT: Yukon Arts Centre 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Part of the Northwestel Art Lovers Series Thu, Jan, 28, Nia Dance with Susie Anne Bartsch 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Ball Pit Play 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Indoor/Outdoor Arts on the Move - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Ride for Dad Comedy Night 6:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Come out for Ride for Dad Yukon’s 3rd annual comedy night. 2 great nights of comedy, 2 great Yukon comedians, 2 great outside comedians ......too much laughter... 334-1036 Fri, Jan, 29, Mouthpiece 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Part of the 2016 Pivot Theatre Festival... MOUTHPIECE follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.

Fri, Jan, 29, The Pivot Theatre Festival Presents: Mouthpiece 7:30 PM Nakai Theatre Part of the 2016 Pivot Theatre Festival...MOUTHPIECE follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.

Fri, Jan, 29, L’IMMÉDIAT: Yukon Arts Centre 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Part of the Northwestel Art Lovers Series Sat, Jan, 30, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event.

Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Sat, Jan, 30, Free Board Game Drop-In 12:00 PM TItan Gaming & Collectibles Pick from a wide selection of games representing many different genres and themes. All ages welcome. Come as a group or on your own!

Sat, Jan, 30, Wild Game Banquet Awards and Dance Presented by Yukon Fish and Game Association 5:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Come and enjoy a wild game feast, bid at our silent auction and dance the night away. Tickets will be available at the YFGA office (509 Strickland street, Whitehorse) Sat, Jan, 30, The Pivot Theatre Festival Presents: Mouthpiece 7:30 PM Nakai Theatre Part of the 2016 Pivot Theatre Festival...MOUTHPIECE follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.

Sat, Jan, 30, Summer Salsa Dancing Party 9:15 PM Wheelhouse Restaurant It’s a regular Salsa Dance Night but with a fun

dress theme: wear your shorts, t-shirts, tank tops, skirts, summer dresses, sandals, flip flops, bathing suits or even your speedos or bikinis if you dare!

Sat, Jan, 30, Slide into German 10:00 AM Birch & Bear Salad Bar Learn German. Over a cup of coffee or tea. For more info call Renate 334-6948 Sat, Jan, 30, Flashlight Self Defence 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Flashlight self defence is something new to most people.

Most people however will know the basics already... you flash the light into the eyes of a would be attacker. 689 5307 Sun, Jan, 31, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun, Jan, 31, Mouthpiece 3:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Part of the 2016 Pivot Theatre Festival... MOUTHPIECE follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.

Sun, Jan, 31, Movie Night 6:30 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Come and watch movies with friends and have some fun!

Sun, Jan, 31, The Pivot Theatre Festival Presents: Mouthpiece 7:30 PM Nakai Theatre Part of the 2016 Pivot Theatre Festival...MOUTHPIECE follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.

Mon, Feb, 1, Musical Minds with Lianne Cranfield 10:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Feb, 1, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Feb, 1, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Feb, 1, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Feb, 1, Sound Recording Club with Scott Maynard 6:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Feb, 1, THE SPACE WANTS YOU Dance Improvisation Workshop 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Gwaandak Theatre and the Yukon Arts Centre present an evening of dance improvisation with Yukon artist Aimee Dawn Robinson, as part of our Ensemble Theatre Training Series. THE SPACE WANTS YOU is an introduction to Dance Improvisation. 393-2676 Mon, Feb, 1, Gwaandak Theatre presents an evening of dance improvisation with Yukon artist Aimée Dawn Robinson 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Drawing from many years of experience studying and performing live improvised dance, Aimée offers a foundational workshop in improvising techniques including: phrasing, solo & ensemble work, musicality & silence, polyphony, imagery, chance procedures, working with scores, and fun partner work. TO REGISTER: 393-2676 or info@ gwaandaktheatre.com Mon, Feb, 1, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon, Feb, 1, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organization Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Feb, 2, Whitehorse Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Jack Hulland Elementary Come solo or bring your friends as this fun activity will not only keep you smiling but also give you a great workout.

Tue, Feb, 2, Mother Goose with Barb Curtis 10:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Sing Together with Madi Dixon and Sarah Ott - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Knitting with Sue Starr 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Brave New Words: 7:00 PM Woodcutter’s Blanket Wed, Feb, 3, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Feb, 3, Ball Pit and Games - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb, 3, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Feb, 3, Swing Dancing lessons 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing off those winter blues with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step.

These are 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the local music scene here in Whitehorse. 668-3408 Wed, Feb, 3, Board Games and Karaoke 8:00 PM The Watershed, Coffee shop & Bar Play some board games with friends or try your singing skills at karaoke!

Thu, Feb, 4, Non-Profit Leadership with Sue Starr 9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Theatre with Susie Anne Bartsch - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Pop Choir 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Nia Dance with Susie Anne Bartsch 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Salsa Yukon’s Dance Classes 2016 12:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Intermediate Rueda de Casino, Beginner Salsa on 1 and Beginner Bachata, Intermediate Salsa & Intermediate Bachata 2016 classes to start January.

Thu, Feb, 4, Fear of Public Speaking?

Sun Dogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking. Sundogs Toastmasters is a member supportive club that will help you improve public speaking, communication, and leadership skills.

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Toastmasters Open House! Main Library-Feb 4th Thursday 7pm-830pm, snacks/bev. All welcome to observe 2048807245 Thu, Feb, 4, REEL ROCK TOUR 10 7:00 PM Beringia Centre

Kids & Family

Daily Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Daily Yukon Wildlife Preserve Interpreted Tour 4:00 PM Yukon Wildlife Preserve 5 Km Tour of Yukon Wildlife Preserve - 75-90 Minutes - A must see stop while in Yukon Thu, Jan, 28, Non-Profit Leadership with Sue Starr 9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Theatre with Susie Anne Bartsch - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Jan, 28, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Thu, Jan, 28, Pop Choir 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jan, 28, Nia Dance with Susie Anne Bartsch 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Ball Pit Play 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Jan, 29, Indoor/Outdoor Arts on the Move - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jan, 29, Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Jan, 30, Free Board Game Drop-In 12:00 PM TItan Gaming & Collectibles Pick from a wide selection of games representing many different genres and themes. All ages welcome. Come as a group or on your own!

Mon, Feb, 1, Musical Minds with Lianne Cranfield 10:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Feb, 1, Baby Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Mondays: until Feb 29, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m, Baby Story Time for ages 6 - 24 months & caregiver, Whitehorse Public Library. Free drop-in.

Mon, Feb, 1, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale

Mon, Feb, 1, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Feb, 1, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon, Feb, 1, Sound Recording Club with Scott Maynard 6:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Feb, 1, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Tue, Feb, 2, Mother Goose with Barb Curtis 10:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Sing Together with Madi Dixon and Sarah Ott - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Feb, 2, Knitting with Sue Starr 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb, 3, Toddler Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Wednesdays: until Wed Mar 2 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Toddler Story Time for 2 & 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Whitehorse Public Library. Free drop-in.

Wed, Feb, 3, Ball Pit and Games - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb, 3, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Feb, 4, Non-Profit Leadership with Sue Starr 9:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Theatre with Susie Anne Bartsch - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Feb, 4, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Pop Choir 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Nia Dance with Susie Anne Bartsch 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb, 4, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay

Meetings & Workshops

Until, Jan, 22 Living Life to the Full 12:00 AM Horwoods Mall FEEL GOOD!! Sign up for: ‘Living Life to the Full’ Jan 4-Feb 22 Noon-1:30 pm Horwoods Mall Facilitator: Juliette Anglehart-Zedda 867 668 2259 Thu, Jan, 28, Fear of Public Speaking?

Sun Dogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking. Sundogs Toastmasters is a member supportive club that will help you improve public speaking, communication, and leadership skills.

2048807245 Thu, Jan, 28, Legion General Meetings 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Sun, Jan, 31, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Mon, Feb, 1, University of King’s College Drinks 5:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub Meet-up with University of King’s College (Halifax) alumni in the Yukon! Dalhousie University folks welcome too!

Mon, Feb, 1, THE SPACE WANTS YOU Dance Improvisation Workshop 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Gwaandak Theatre and the Yukon Arts Centre present an evening of dance improvisation with Yukon artist Aimee Dawn Robinson, as part of our Ensemble Theatre Training Series. 393-2676 Mon, Feb, 1, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organization Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Feb, 2, YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Wed, Feb, 3, Cramped Hand 7:00 PM bring writing materials or work-in-progress for a couple of hours of free writing and/or writing from prompts. Suite 102 Gold Rd 633-3566 Thu, Feb, 4, Fear of Public Speaking?

Sun Dogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking. Sundogs Toastmasters is a member supportive club that will help you improve public speaking, communication, and leadership skills.

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January 28, 2016

Time for Birds with Jenny Trapnell

Tips on Winter Birding

It’s easier than you think

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es, baby, it’s cold outside.

But birding can get you out of the house, connect you with nature, and other people.

During December’s Christmas bird counts – an annual winter birding tradition - hundreds of participants recorded birds in 14 different communities. (The numbers aren’t all in yet.)

In Whitehorse, 46 people gave up Boxing Day sales to watch bird feeders, and scan cliffs, forests, fields and open water.

Every community has some goto places to watch birds.

My favourite spot is the Millennium Trail, especially the open water below the Rotary Centennial Bridge (“the blue bridge”).

On the Boxing Day bird count, I saw a winter-rarish American robin on the shoreline.

Nearby, a chubby black American dipper was resting and others chased each other or swam from the ice edge. A large male common merganser – with a belly as white as marshmallows – seemed relaxed and calm. Smaller ducks, called goldeneyes (both common goldeneyes and Barrow’s goldeneyes), dove energetically in and out of the current.

McIntyre Creek is good for mallards and bald eagles, and open water near the SS Klondike also offers good viewing.

Or venture to nearby Carcross, Tagish or Johnson’s Crossing, where trumpeter swans are swimming.

Escarpments, such as along Robert Service Way, the Fish Lake Road, and overlooking Schwatka Lake, are good spots for common ravens and the occasion bald eagle.

In the forest you’ll find common species like the cheerful chickadees (black-capped, boreal and the rarer mountain). And listen for woodpeckers tapping on trees.

This year’s count totalled 24 different species – close to the 25 species average over the past 17

The Best Way to See Winter Birds?

Get a Bird Feeder.

PHOTO: Shyloh van Delft

The crash of Mountain Ash and similar berries has meant fewer winter sightings of the very pretty Bohemian Waxwing. years, but down from the 33 last year, reported Whitehorse count compiler Jim Hawkings. This includes the species noted below, 60 house sparrows and one rock pigeon downtown, and a golden eagle at the Whitehorse landfill.

Not seen were the usual large numbers of crossbills, flocks of redpolls (tiny birds with red dots on their heads), and the colourful

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bohemian waxwings.

If you’re heading outside, dress warmly, in layers. Protect your binoculars inside your coat. Learn a bit about the most common species before you go and note field markings of birds you can’t identify to check out on your return home. Photos can help.

Next month I will be discussing more backyard birding tips. In the

meantime, local expert Cameron Eckert advises that hand warmer packets work wonders for cold fingers.

Jennifer Trapnell is a Whitehorse-based writer and birder. Questions about her stories can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

Local experts recommend: Black-oil sunflower seeds - they attract most of our winter birds.

Place feeders within 5 metres or more than 10 metres from windows to avoid bird crashes.

Keep feeders near tree cover to allow escape from predators (a.k.a. cats).

Suet feeders (or natural peanut butter) are cheaper than seeds and attract chickadees, woodpeckers and nuthatches.

Avoid platform feeders that might spread disease.

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n Scottish households it’s a New Year’s tradition to scour the house clean on December 31st to prepare for the coming year. My household has a fair whack of Scots’ influence, and I will say we passed the vacuum over the rugs on the 31st, but it wasn’t until January 3rd, when I broke a jar on the tiles by the pantry door, that I tackled what has become a black hole at the centre of our home.

Our pantry used to be a coat cupboard in the front hall next to the kitchen, but as the cooking experiments grew in number and kind we had to move the clothing and install shelves to contain the ever-proliferating edibles. Now there are rows and rows of jars containing jams, jellies, chutneys and syrups, there are dried mushrooms and herbs, jugs of birch syrup, bins of oats and flour and random cases of espresso stout and birch beer (for cooking, you understand).

The trouble is, the rate of production seems to exceed the rate of consumption. We’re running out of space. It’s hard to find the marmalade. Jars are getting broken.

So, I have a resolution — you saw it coming. Starting with the bottom shelf, where the experimental liquors live, we’re going to drink, devour, guzzle and ingest the contents of the cupboard until the shelves are bare. If that means inventing new cocktails with homemade ingredients for the next few months, so be it.

First up: apple old-fashioned with homemade apple vodka, syrup and liqueur. Warning: tackling these recipes may result in an overstocked, black hole at the centre of your home. Please accept my apologies in advance.

Apple Old Fashioned 1 ½ oz. Pere Lagloire Calvados ¾ oz. crabapple vodka ¼ oz. crabapple liqueur 1 tsp. apple syrup 3 dashes rhubarb bitters 1 lemon twist Stir all ingredients over ice, then strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube and garnish with the lemon twist.

Apple Vodka The flavour mellows beautifully over time, but if you must try it right away, it will be no harsher than the vodka you started with — select a good vodka. The end result will be more sweet or sour depending on the apples you choose.

Experiment.

3 cups (750 mL) crabapples, washed, stemmed and quartered *substitute MacIntosh, Braeburn or Ambrosia apples, washed, stemmed and roughly chopped.

3 cups (750mL) good quality vodka Pack prepared apples into a sterile, wide-mouthed jar. Pour vodka over top. Shake to distribute. Store in a cool, dark place for 10 days to three weeks, turning the jar over daily. Strain through a sieve into a bowl, then through a coffee filter into a sterile jar.

Store in a dark place and try to refrain from opening for three months.

Yield: about 3 cups (750 mL).

Operation Clear the Pantry begins

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Miche Genest is a Whitehorsebased chef and writer. She is somewhat of a gardener.

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5. Don’t be fooled by a pretty package Packaged and processed foods are high-cost, often unhealthy alternatives for what we can easily make at home. Since Canada tends to outsource food processing, inexpensive grains processed into cereals or pasta raises the the price. While you may not want to become a ravioli expert overnight, other packaged foods – such as granola and snack bars - can be easily made in your own kitchen.

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7:30pm Special Event: He Hated Pigeons (ON, 78 MIN)

12:00pm Broke Down Dawson Town + Bond of Strangers

This lost-love film shot in Chile presented in a one-of-a-kind experience with a live improvised music score performed by Jesse Zubot (violin) and Jordy Walker (guitar and analog synth). Director Ingrid Veninger in attendance.

Venue: Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. All tickets: $8 (only at door).

Available Light Cabaret 9:00pm Scott Maynard | 10:00pm Diyet

Yukon music in the intimate Yukon Arts Centre Studio Theatre.

Co-Presented with Jazz Yukon and Music Yukon.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 11:00am Arctic Secrets: The Wild Sea (YT, 52 MIN)

A unique journey of discovery to the northeast coast of Baffin Island to Niginganiq National Wildlife Area: a bowhead whale sanctuary.

Filmmakers in attendance. World premiere.

12:00pm Creative Spotlight: A Composer’s Insight

Broke Down Dawson Town (YT, 23 MIN) Lulu Keating comedy series: two young lovers from Atlantic Canada arrive in Dawson, broke but hopeful. Filmmakers in attendance.

Bond of Strangers – The Operation Husky Story (YT, 53 MIN) A friendship forms among strangers as they undertake an arduous journey and emotional pilgrimage through Italy.

4:30pm Creative Spotlight: Independent Filmmaking in

the Yukon on a Micro-Budget

Free event at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Whitehorse directors show clips from their films and discuss directing and producing their wildly dissimilar productions Memory Trap (Allan Code) and The Grubstake Remix (Daniel Janke).

6:00pm Memory Trap + Released

Free event at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Musicians and filmmakers alike will have lots to learn about composing, and working with a composer in this session with musician Jesse Zubot.

Memory Trap: The Herd that Wouldn’t Disappear (YT, 50 MIN)

1:00pm Le Dep (QC, 77 MIN)

Released (YT, 10 MIN)

Tells the ‘back-from the-brink of extinction’ story of the Forty Mile Caribou Herd while following the herd through Yukon and Alaska.

4:30pm Creative Spotlight: Ghosts of the Joe Henry Interactive performance

Free event at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Dan Sokolowski will present a 20-minute click-through presentation of the interactive website with live music accompaniment by Peter Cox. 6:00pm Room (CAN/IRELAND, 118 MIN)

The touching exploration of the boundless love between a mother and her child. Nominated for four 2016 Academy Awards, including ‘Best Picture.’

8:30pm Landfill Harmonic (PARAGUAY, 84 MIN)

The inspiring story of The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura (Paraguay): a musical group of kids who live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight, even playing concerts with the heavy metal band Megadeth. In Spanish with English subtitles.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 12:00pm Nallua (QC, 76 MIN)

Venue: Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. All tickets: $8 (only at door).

Two women from Pond Inlet tell the story of surviving a mysterious illness which took the lives of 25 members of their small camp in 1943. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

Psychological drama about a young Innu woman who works at a convenience store in a small First Nations community and is held at gun point at the end of a night shift. Director in attendance.

Documentary about First Nations artist and embroidery expert, Karen Nicloux. Directed by Chantal Rondeau.

8:30pm The Grubstake Remix (YT, 73 MIN)

4:30pm Creative Spotlight: Marketing Music in a Digital Universe

3:30pm Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (BC, 75MIN)

Offbeat genre-busting film is a modern interpretation a 1923 ‘northwoods melodrama’ produced and starring Canadian cinema icon Nell Shipman. World Premiere. Director in attendance.

Free event at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. In this music industry meets the media industry session, Gavin Gardiner will discuss the use of video as both a marketing tool and creative outlet.

Winner, Best CDN Feature Documentary Award at Hot Docs 2015.

Inspiring and stunning. Director Charles Wilkinson in attendance.

ALFF Opening Gala Film 6:45pm KONELĪNE: our land beautiful (BC, 93 MIN)

The Available Light Film Festival is pleased to present the world premiere of the new documentary by esteemed filmmaker Nettie Wild (A Place Called Chiapas, A Rusting of Leaves, Blockade): a gorgeously photographed cinematic poem to people’s relationship to the land in Tahltan country and their reflections on the industrial developments taking place in Northwest BC. Director, Producer and special guests in attendance.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 12:00pm Qipisa + Totem: Return and Renewal

Venue: Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. All tickets: $8 (only at door).

5:30pm Fractured Land (BC, 75 MIN)

Caleb Behn is a charismatic young indigenous activist and lawyer fighting to save his people’s land and culture in Northeast BC. Caleb Behn and filmmakers in attendance.

Qipisa (NU, 35 MIN)

8:15pm My Internship in Canada (Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre) (QC, 108 MIN)

Myna is going back home to Pangnirtung to be with her family and to learn more of her roots. It leads her on another journey: to Qipisa, the outpost camp where she grew up. In Inuktitut with English Subtitles.

Sharp political satire from the director of Monsieur Lazhar. In French with English subtitles. Selected one of ‘Canada’s Top Ten’ feature films for 2015.

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Totem: Return and Renewal (BC, 24MIN)

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9:00pm Daniel Janke w/ Jesse Zubot | 10:00pm Rob Dixon

Gil Cardinal’s documentary follows the events of the final journey of the G’psgolox Pole as it returns home from Sweden to Kitamaat and the Haisla people.

Front man and chief songwriter of Toronto’s The Wooden Sky returns to ALFF to perform a rare solo concert in the YAC Studio Theatre.

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12:00pm Zahir Rana: A Life in the Fast Lane (YT, 48 MIN)

10:00am Boy and the World (BRAZIL, 80 MIN)

All tickets: $8 (only at door). The inspirational story of an immigrant to Canada who fights his way back from losing everything, twice, to realize his dream of owning the fastest Ferrari in the world. Preceded

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Free Screening! A gorgeous animated film about a young boy’s journey into the city to find his father.

4:30pm Creative Spotlight: Deepa Mehta in conversation

Free event at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Iconic Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta in conversation with film critic Katherine Monk about her 30 years telling underrepresented stories from Canada.

5:30pm The Amina Profile (QC, 86 MIN)

Playing out like a detective story, this doc reconstructs the astounding tale of global deceit connected connected to the infamous Syrian blogger: A Gay Girl in Damascus. In French, English and Arabic with English subtitles. Winner of Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Int’l Doc Festival 2015.

7:30pm Beeba Boys (ON, 103 MIN)

12:30pm Drone (NORWAY, 78 MIN)

Drone brings us inside the covert CIA drone war featuring survivors, activist lawyers, military analysts and Brandon Bryant, a former drone pilot turned vocal critic.

3:00pm Children of the Arctic (SWITZERLAND, 92 MIN)

A year-in-the-life of five Iñupiat teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska as they embark on their journey into adulthood and wrestle with their roles as inheritors of a jeopardized culture. Director in attendance.

6:00pm Hurt (ON, 84 MIN)

Tells the powerful story of fallen hero, Steve Fonyo, who ran across Canada in 1985 having lost his left leg to cancer. Director in attendance. Selected one of 2015 ‘Canada’s Top Ten’ feature films.

Deepa Mehta (Water, Midnight’s Children) heads in a new direction with a stylish gangster film based on real events in the west coast Indo-Canadian community. Deepa Mehta and David Hamilton in attendance. In English and Punjabi with English subtitles.

8:30pm Into the Forest (ON, 101 MIN)

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12:00pm Heart of a Dog (USA, 75 MIN)

10:00am Angirattut (Coming Home) (NU, 85 MIN)

All tickets: $8 (only at door). Renowned multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson returns with this lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her mother, her husband Lou Reed, her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle.

Award-winning Igloolik filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) follows the homecoming voyage of a group of elders to Siugarjuk to celebrate his ancestors and their life on the land.

4:30pm The Devout (BC, 102 MIN)

Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood star in this deeply moving portrayal of the relationship of two sisters struggling to live on the brink of an apocalypse. Director Patricia Rozema in attendance.

12:30pm Al Purdy Was Here (ON, 2015, 92 MIN)

Haunting and provocative, a young Christian family struggles when their terminally ill daughter suggests that she was an astronaut in a past life.

By turns elegiac and celebratory, this documentary tribute to the late, great Canadian poet Al Purdy features readings, reminiscences and performances from some of the greatest names in Canadian letters and music. With introductory reading by Michael Eden Reynolds.

7:00pm Ninth Floor (BC/QC, 81 MIN)

3:00pm The Shore Break (SOUTH AFRICA, 90 MIN)

Selected one of ‘Canada’s Top Ten’ feature films for 2015.

Two cousins, one proposed mining project that will tear up the fragile shoreline ecosystem on tribal land, and a battle of epic proportions.

9:30pm The Forbidden Room (QC/MB, 118 MIN)

Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s depraved fever dream, rendered in glorious over-saturated colour, is arguably Maddin’s greatest achievement in cinema to date and this year’s Canadian film that features the most nudity.

5:00pm Brooklyn (IRE/CAN/UK, 111 MIN)

This sweeping period drama tells the profoundly moving story of a young Irish immigrant, as she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Nominated for three 2016 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

7:30pm The Great Alone (USA, 80 MIN)

Framed around the 2013 Iditarod race, this powerful documentary offers a glimpse into the life of four-time Iditirod and four-time Yukon Quest winner, Lance Mackey, one of dog-sledding’s most celebrated and eccentric champions. Grand Jury Award, Seattle International Film Festival.

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The Anti-anti-Resolution Just one more article about resolutions

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n this day and age, are we really still making new year’s resolutions?

I’d have thought that resolutions fell out of fashion around the same time the “My Year of” books started coming out, those megaresolutions that people launched their writing careers with. You know – My Year of Abstinence, My Big Fat Vegan Year, My Year of Living Like a Jedi Knight.

Every January, though, the newspapers still abound with resolution articles. Look, I’m doing it right now! Note to self: I resolve to procrastinate less, so that I’m not writing about resolutions this time next year.

It doesn’t help that January is both National Codependency Awareness Month AND National Healthy Weight Awareness Month. That’s a lot of pressure in the month that, according to my friends at Wikipedia (who enable both my procrastination and my mindless snacking) is named for Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions. Lay it on, Janus.

In a perusal of the interwebs and the Facebooks, the thesis holds strong that bad habits and major character flaws can be remedied on an annual basis. Let’s break it down.

There are two main philosophies represented in the Land of Unsolicited Advice. The first we will refer to as the Yes We Give a Hoot camp. These advisors assume that we’re interested in self improvement and recommend we eschew resolutions in favour of setting SMART goals, or some variation.

SMART goals, for those who aren’t fluent in bureaucratese, have nothing to do with watching Maxwell Smart, buying a smart car, or eating the absurdly-named “Smartfood.”

SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely – a paradoxically stupid acronym because it takes a full sentence to explain what each word means. In a nutshell, we should set goals where we

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For example, instead of resolving to keep in better touch with your family, you might set a goal to send a birthday card to each of your relatives, all year. Shh... here’s a tip: you could write, address, and stamp them all in January and you’d be set for the year.

The second broad category of advice is the Anti-Resolution. This is a two-part variant. Firstly, there is only one resolution, which is that we should all resolve to stop making resolutions. Here, the savvy among you might refer us all back to paragraph 1: why are we still talking about this?

The rationale behind resolving to stop resolving is that resolutions make you unhappy and inhibit self love. Fair enough. We can love Smartfood AND ourselves.

Notwithstanding the first commandment, if you are going to make resolutions, make them in a way that you don’t actually have to give anything up.

Examples might include the following. “I will give up being so hard on myself.”

“My success will be to embrace failure.”

“I will do better to accept my flaws.”

You see where these are going, right? It’s a sneaky way of doing nothing, while framing it as selfimprovement. It makes no sense.

You’re in or you’re out.

I’m all for making resolutions, and I’m all for not making resolutions. Let’s just shut up about it already.

In fact, I advocate the approach my longtime childhood friend is taking this year, which we’ll call the One Good Deed approach.

He’s giving over his vacant family

home for use by Syrian refugees in 2016. One act of generosity has effectively bought him all the Ferrero Rocher, missed workouts, and swearing he wants for the rest of the year. Janus would be proud.

In case you’re wondering, I DID

make a resolution this year. I’ve resolved to drink less coffee while writing my What’s Up stories on the night after they’re due.

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Dawson Entrepreneur Finds Her Own Klondike Gold

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old isn’t the only thing that glitters in the Klondike. For single-mother and entrepreneur Andrea Parent of Dawson City, the pasties she makes sparkle as much as her personality.

Pasties are decorative patches to cover the nipple and areolae, affixed with an adhesive. Though most often worn by dancers in burlesque and erotic entertainment, they are also worn as an undergarment for strapless or sideless dresswear.

If you had told her when she was attending Yukon School of Visual Arts in Dawson City many years ago that she would one day be making and selling pasties, Parent would not have believed you.

It all began in the spring of 2015, when local burlesque en-

Parent unveils her wares at the League of Lady Wrestlers event in Dawson City, August 2015

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Pasties and tassels made with love in Dawson City tertainer Rachel Wiegers, a.k.a.

Yukon Chevonne, and professional dancer Katie Pearse, offered a burlesque dancing course. The 8-class intensive program culminated in individual performances by the participants at a sold-out burlesque extravaganza at the Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson this past May. Andrea Parent had never done anything like this before, but her desire for empowerment and selfexpression led her to sign up.

“It was a beautiful, enriching experience,” says Parent, “and I will do it again!”

What started as an exploration of herself quickly led to an op-

portunity. “When I made my first pair of pasties it was for my own act,” says Parent. Seeing the pair that she had crafted for herself, a friend asked if she would make her some too. “That fuelled my crafting power and got me into making pasties.”

“When I made my first pair of pasties it was for my own act,” says Parent. Seeing the pair that she had crafted for herself, a friend asked if she would make her some, too.

“That fuelled my crafting power and got me into making pasties.”

Golden Goddess Creations was born.

“From there it escalated,” says

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Parent. “And now I’ve started Parent doesn’t miss a chance to pages on Facebook and Etsy to show her wares to the public.

“I love seeing the look on reach out to more people.”

This summer, Parent was able people’s faces when they see to reach a wider audience, outside my table at the market and of the burlesque scene, by having they realize what these are.” a booth in the craft sale at the At this year’s annual Dawson City Dawson City Artists Market. She League of Lady Wrestlers event, explains that pasties are not just Parent was invited to set up shop accessories for the burlesque com- ringside, where she promptly sold out of her entire inventory. munity, but for anyone.

“I want my product to be avail- “That night was so amazing. Everyable to all people, regardless of one looked so liberated and happy!”

She has now expanded her marage or gender.”

“The support of the people of ket to the international comDawson City has been overwhelm- munity, bringing and selling ing,” Parent says. “They are al- her product on a recent holiday to Germany and Austria. ways encouraging me forward.”

What inspires her designs? Parent is grateful to the people of Where does it all begin? “The Dawson City for being so supportprocess is simple enough,” she ex- ive, and to Rachel Wiegers, “for plains. “I create a template out of teaching me the art of burlesque craft foam, then decorate it how- and showing me who I can be.”

Moving forward, she hopes to conever my heart desires.”

Parent’s pasties include the tinue to develop her business and more traditional tassels with expand her clientele, and “to stay sparkling glitter, and a pair with true” to herself in her creations.

Yukon flags waving proudly.

“Each one is unique, and craftDaniel J. Vigliotti is a Dawson ed with love.”

City based writer. Questions Starting with word of mouth, PRESENTS: about his stories can be sent to then seizing opportunities to set up booths at craft shows andPevents, RESENTS: editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Active Interest LISTINGS Thu, Jan, 28 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Thu, Jan, 28 Pursuit & Velocity practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Jan, 28 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Jan, 28 Snowshoe Series 6:00 PM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre 633-5671 Thu, Jan, 28 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Jan, 28 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Fri, Jan, 29 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Jan, 29 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Fri, Jan, 29 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Sat, Jan, 30 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:00 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Sat, Jan, 30 Flashlight Self Defence 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Flashlight self defence is something new to most people. Most people however will know the basics already... you flash the light into the eyes of a would be attacker. 689 5307 Sun, Jan, 31 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:00 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Sun, Jan, 31 Annual General Meeting 12:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Sun, Jan, 31 Annual General Meeting 1:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Sun, Jan, 31 Velocity & Pursuit 1:00 PM Biathlon Range

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Sun, Jan, 31 Bears 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Mon, Feb, 1 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Feb, 1 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Feb, 1 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Mon, Feb, 1 Public Night – Indoor Range 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Mon, Feb, 1 Public Night – Indoor Range 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Mon, Feb, 1 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Tue, Feb, 2 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Tue, Feb, 2 Pursuit & Velocity practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Feb, 2 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Feb, 2 Whitehorse Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Jack Hulland Elementary Come solo or bring your friends as this fun activity will not only keep you smiling but also give you a great workout.

Tue, Feb, 2 Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Wed, Feb, 3 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Wed, Feb, 3 Weight Watchers 5:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration 403-473-0645

Wed, Feb, 3 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Feb, 3 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Feb, 3 Adult biathlon 6:30 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Feb, 3 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Feb, 3 Public Night-Indoor Range 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Wed, Feb, 3 Swing Dancing lessons 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing off those winter blues with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step. These are 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the local music scene here in Whitehorse. 668-3408 Thu, Feb, 4 Salsa Yukon’s Dance Classes 2016 12:00 AM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Intermediate Rueda de Casino, Beginner Salsa on 1 and Beginner Bachata, Intermediate Salsa & Intermediate Bachata 2016 classes to start January.

Thu, Feb, 4 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Thu, Feb, 4 Pursuit & Velocity practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Feb, 4 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Feb, 4 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Feb, 4 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay

Fri, Jan, 29, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Sun, Jan, 31, Zen meditation and discussion 3:30 PM Alpine Bakery We will do a sitting meditation for 20 minutes, a walking meditation for 10 minutes and a second sitting meditation for 20 minutes.

After that we recite a chant (in English), have tea and a snack, and present a short Zen reading for discussion.

Mon, Feb, 1, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon, Feb, 1, Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Feb, 1, Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

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Katherine McCallum launches Larrikin Entertainment with Often I find Myself Naked running Jan. 26 through Feb. 20

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s winter carries on, theatre lovers will have the opportunity to warm their cold bodies with laughter in a brand new black box theatre when long time Yukon Arts mainstay Katherine McCallum unveils her new production company Larrikin Entertainment with the black comedy Often I find Myself Naked by Australian playwright Fiona Sprott.

McCallum, a producer, professional actor, and former artistic director for the Guild Society, created Larrikin Entertainment to provide a rich tapestry of theatre and education in the territory.

“Larrikin is by and large a professional theatre company, for now the main focus is providing theatre goers with great entertainment and Yukon theatre practitioners with some work,” McCallum says.

“I’d also love to present masterclass workshops with mentors from faraway lands. I really love the idea of Yukon theatre practitioners having the opportunity to learn from professionals from diverse cultural hubs.”

McCallum and her board of directors set out to find a proper venue that would suit the needs of the show; it wasn’t until they met with Leaping Feats Creative Dance Works owner Andrea Simpson Fowler that they found everything they needed at the Rendezvous Plaza squash courts at 38 Lewes Blvd.

“Andrea had wanted to create a performance space down there, and we came along and said we’d do it,” McCallum says. “The space had almost everything it needed, and what it didn’t have, we’ve been able to create, it’s all been very serendipitous.”

With a lot of elbow grease and hard work from friends and organizations “The Courts” theatre space was born.

“It’s been a truly inspiring experience; Whitehorse has completely rallied for this one,” said McCallum.

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Katherine McCallum stars as Jezebel alongside Doug Mayr and Jeremiah Kitchen in Often I Find That I Am Naked. Mayr and Kitchen both play multiple roles in this three-person show Larrikin is presenting their first production, Often I find Myself Naked, at The Courts with opening night on Jan. 21. It follows the hilarious misadventures of Jezebel as she “navigates the treacherous waters of the single scene in a vast array of devastatingly bizarre encounters with a seemingly endless stream of male suitors.”

To direct this fast paced comedy McCallum brought in actor/ director/teacher Eva Hamburg from Adelaide, Australia.

Hamburg is no stranger to the Yukon arts scene having directed The Guild Society’s 2011 production of God of Carnage and helped co-produce The Yukon Gold Comics with their tour at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

“I am very excited about this production, to be working again alongside the ever spirited Katherine McCallum and her new venture Larrikin Entertainment, which has all the hallmarks of a successful theatre company,” Hamburg says.

“Katherine has some of the best talent in the North working on this project.”

Hamburg also has a unique

perspective on the show having worked alongside playwright Fiona Sprott, co-producing and directing the first production of Often I find Myself Naked in 1988.

Though the script has to be adjusted to suit the times, the heart of the play and the search for true love still resonate today.

“I believe most theatre should be immediate, current, familiar to its local audience and highly entertaining,” Hamburg says. “I anticipate that, like wine, it has matured, is more complex and refined, and like a great wine, it will certainly loosen you up for a good laugh.”

Often I find I am Naked stars Katherine McCallum, Doug Mayer, and Jeremiah Kitchen. It runs Tuesday through Saturday, Jan. 21 to Feb. 20. For more information check out the Larrikin Entertainment Facebook page.

Jason Westover is a performer and freelance writer based in Whitehorse. Please send comments about his articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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On behalf of the Department of Education the Yukon Art Society is pleased to announce that we are accepting proposals for the 2016 school year. All performers interested in touring Yukon Community Schools should either drop off their proposal to the Yukon Art nocturne.afy.yk.ca Society, located in the Arts Underground, lower level of the Hougen Center on Main St. by Tues, Feb 2, 2016 or submit it by email to marlenecollins09@gmail.com.

Email for a copy of the guidelines or call 867-332-1904 for more info.

Proposals should include a description of the performance, a list of performers, destination and means of travel, as well as a detailed budget.

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Frequent flier Lars Callieou headlines the Ride for Dad Comedy Show at the Convention Centre Jan. 28 and 29

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nlike some comedians, Lars Callieou didn’t get his start as the class clown, for a simple reason: he wasn’t in class.

From the age of six until he was 14, Callieou was home-schooled in hotel rooms while his parents plied their musical trade 50 weeks a year with a band called Columbian Gold Rush.

“Back then in most of Western Canada where we toured the bars were closed on Sunday. You set up Sunday and you played Monday to Saturday,” he recalls. “When you’re six, you just assume that all the kids do it that way. There wasn’t anything that seemed abnormal. Other than not being able to play organized sports, because we were in a different town every week, it was great.”

The Edmonton-based comic always had a passion for show biz, but realized early on he hadn’t inherited the family’s musical genes. So comedy became his thing.

“I collected and used to read jokes from the time I was about six years old, and I have somewhere between 5,000 and 8,000 jokes memorized,” he says. “I guess I always loved comedy. I loved the editing and the baitand-switch, and the misdirection. I always loved all that was comedy, but I never for a second thought it would be something that you could choose to do as a career.”

It was 12 years ago that Callieou took his first plunge into stand-up comedy.

“I had rehearsed in my basement 1,000 times. I’d written the jokes for months before I did my first spot at an amateur night. And from the first joke, I went, ‘OK. I get it.’”

Seven years ago, he dropped his day job with a power company because the comedy gigs were happening too frequently. He hasn’t looked back since.

“My act has travelled from Melbourne, Australia, to Las Vegas, to Dubai and Detroit. I just played the Bangkok Comedy Club in Thailand, and it was all Canadians, Brits, Americans, all ex-pats, and it was awesome.”

Since turning pro, Callieou has performed in every Canadian province and territory except Newfoundland, as well as 45 U.S. states and 22 other countries.

“I’m very good at travelling long distances now. The year before last, we did a military base in Kyrgyzstan. It took us 37 hours to get back to Edmonton, and it was a piece of cake.”

Along the way, Callieou has opened for such comic luminaries as Jeff Foxworthy, Russell Peters

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For the past 10 years, Lars Callieou (right) has co-hosted a weekly radio comedy show in Edmonton with Norm Shaw called Comic Jenius that has showcased Canadian comics, including several Yukoners and the late Joan Rivers. After being on her last three Canadian tours, he has nothing but praise for Rivers’ work ethic and generosity, both to her fans and her fellow comics.

“She really cared, and she always made sure you were on all the promo. Not only were you part of the show, she made sure you were part of the event. It was quite spectacular.”

These days, Callieou’s frequent road companion is fellow Edmontonian Alex Fortin, a medical doctor who has been performing for about five years.

“A good headliner is always going to look good, but a good MC will make a good headliner look great. Alex is funny, but he’s also got enough material now that he can choose to write material for the right venue,” Callieou says.

This week, Callieou and Fortin will share a Whitehorse stage in the third annual Ride for Dad Comedy Show, to raise public awareness of prostate cancer.

This is the first year the organizers have brought in their own acts, rather than importing comics from the Yuk Yuk’s chain. The bill will also include opening sets by two local comedians, George Maratos and Jenny Hamilton.

Callieou has worked with them both on previous trips to Whitehorse. He has also showcased them, along with other Whitehorse comics such as Anthony Trombetta and Steve McGovern,

on his weekly comedy show on CJSR Radio in Edmonton.

But how much longer can the 40-year-old Callieou anticipate living out of a suitcase as an itinerant funny man?

“Gosh, I probably would want to have a career like Joan, or George Burns, to be 100 years old and still at it. She was at the peak of her career at 81 when she passed away. So that question in a word? Forever.”

The Ride for Dad Comedy Show takes place Thursday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 29 at the Whitehorse Convention Centre. Doors open each night at 7 p.m. for an 8 p.m. show.

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer who lives southeast of Whitehorse.

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Community EVENTS ATLIN Wed, Feb, 3, Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK Sat, Jan, 30, Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Jan, 30, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Feb, 1, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Feb, 2, Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Feb, 2, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS Thu, Jan, 28, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Jan, 28, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jan, 28, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Tue, Feb, 2, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Tue, Feb, 2, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Feb, 2, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Feb, 2, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Feb, 3, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 821-4251 For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Feb, 3, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Feb, 3, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb, 4, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Feb, 4, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb, 4, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

DAWSON CITY Fri, Jan, 29, Men’s Hockey Tourney: Dawson City 12:00 AM Dawson City Arena Fri, Jan, 29, Dawson City Hockey Association Adult Rec. Tournament Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre 993-2939 the hockey tournament that puts the rest to shame Fri, Jan, 29, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Jan, 30, Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat, Jan, 30, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Jan, 31, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Jan, 31, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Feb, 1, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon, Feb, 1, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Tue, Feb, 2, Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Feb, 3, KIAC - Beginning Guitar with Nijen 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Winter Session: January 6 - February 24 Wed, Feb, 3, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Feb, 3, YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Wed, Feb, 3, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Feb, 4, KIAC - Film Fest - HE HATED PIGEONS, by Ingrid Veninger 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Film Fest in the downstairs KIAC classroom! Featuring a live soundtrack More info: http://www.punkfilms.ca/

FARO Thu, Jan, 28, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun, Jan, 31, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jan, 31, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Feb, 2, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Feb, 3, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Feb, 4, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

HAINES JUNCTION Thu, Jan, 28, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jan, 28, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Jan, 31, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Feb, 1, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Feb, 3, Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Feb, 4, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Feb, 4, Open Mic 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE Fri, Jan, 29, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Happy Hour 4:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jan, 31, Sunday Brunch 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jan, 31, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies.

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Tue, Feb, 2, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Adult Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO Sun, Jan, 31, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Feb, 2, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE Thu, Jan, 28, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Jan, 29, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Feb, 3, Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083

OLD CROW Thu, Jan, 28, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Jan, 31, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381

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TAGISH Thu, Jan, 28, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

Sat, Jan, 30, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Jan, 30, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Feb, 2, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Feb, 2, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Feb, 3, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed, Feb, 3, Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu, Feb, 4, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

TESLIN Thu, Jan, 28, Public Skate 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Jan, 28, After school XC skiing GR 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Jan, 28, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Fri, Jan, 29, Public Skate 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Jan, 30, Quilting and Crafting Club 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Jan, 30, Family Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Jan, 30, Teslin Youth Club (Gr 7-12) 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jan, 31, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Jan, 31, Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jan, 31, Carpet Bowling (ages 55+) 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Feb, 1, Kids in the Kitchen (K4-Grade 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Feb, 1, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Feb, 1, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Feb, 2, Stay ‘N Play Babies Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Feb, 2, Public Skate 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Feb, 2, Kids in the Kitchen (Grade 4-9) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Feb, 2, Adult Yoga (13+) 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Feb, 3, Golden Age Social (Ages 55+) 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Feb, 3, Public Skate 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Feb, 3, After School Activities (K4-Gr 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Feb, 4, Public Skate 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Feb, 4, After school XC skiing GR 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Feb, 4, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center

WATSON LAKE Thu, Jan, 28, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jan, 28, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Jan, 31, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Jan, 31, Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly!

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

Tue, Feb, 2, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake

Thu, Feb, 4, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Feb, 4, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

HAINES, ALASKA DAILY Haines Public Library Open 10:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mondays - Saturdays Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00:00 AM & 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Until , Jan, 30 Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine: Haines, AK 12:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Fri, Dec, 18, Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine: Haines, AK 12:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jan, 29, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Jan, 29, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jan, 29, Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jan, 29, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Jan, 29, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Feb, 1, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Feb, 1, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Feb, 2, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Feb, 3, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Feb, 3, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Feb, 4, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre

SKAGWAY, ALASKA Thu, Jan, 28, Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Jan, 28, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Jan, 28, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Thu, Jan, 28, Restorative Yoga: w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Spinning w/ Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan, 28, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan, 29, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan, 29, SpinYoga w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Must set up yoga equipment in Group Fitness Room prior to class start time!

Fri, Jan, 29, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Fri, Jan, 29, Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

Fri, Jan, 29, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Fri, Jan, 29, SpinYoga w/Courtney 4:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Must set up yoga equipment in Group Fitness Room prior to class start time!

Fri, Jan, 29, Volleyball For Adults 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Spinning w/ Cindy 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan, 30, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Sun, Jan, 31, Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jeanne 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jan, 31, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Signup Sun, Jan, 31, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ AJ 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Mon, Feb, 1, Restorative Yoga: w/ Katherine AL 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Feb, 1, TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Feb, 1, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Feb, 1, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Feb, 1, Soccer For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Chair and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Feb, 2, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Tue, Feb, 2, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue, Feb, 2, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

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A Place to Wander… and A Place to Stay

PHOTO: Courtesy of Wanderers Inn

Elsabe Kloppers and Martin Laniel opened a backpackers’ hostel in Haines Junction

The wall tent for summer stays

by Denise L. Norman

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ou can’t beat the price: $35 for a bed, $80-$95 for the private couple/family room or $25 for a place to pitch your tent, including free internet and parking, access to all the facilities, kitchen, shower, piano, and guitars.

The a piano and guitars are not usually part of the deal at most hostels, but that’s because not all hostels are run by an accomplished musician. Partners Elsabe Kloppers and Martin Laniel are the proud owners and proprietors

of the newly opened Wanderer’s Inn Backpackers’ Hostel in Haines Junction.

This business start-up is an example of a pair of first time entrepreneurs doing everything right.

They saw an opportunity : “This place could really use a hostel,” downloaded a business plan template from Business Development Bank of Canada and worked their way through it.

They consulted with their neighbours and other community business owners, secured the

needed financing and opened their doors in August, exceeding their expectations for occupancy and garnering rave reviews from travelers.

“I am such a nerd” says Kloppers as she explains how she is constantly crunching the numbers and producing graphs and charts.

That’s how she knows that 18 per cent of all their visitors extend their stay.

The hostel is open year round and can sleep 14 in the summer and 10 in the winter. The extra

four in the summer sleep in a wall tent outside the back door.

If you want to rent the whole facility, it is $300 per night.

They’ve got bookings from hockey teams and musicians, and one group of friends from just having a get-out-of-town weekend. That group is already planning another weekend for January. The Hostel makes a great home base for all the adventure that is to be had in the Kluane National Park and Reserve: hiking, skiing, snowmobiling, mountaineering flight-seeing

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“Both Elsabe and I have travelled a lot,” says Laniel. “And being hosts in our own home town… it’s like being on vacation without having to go anywhere. (Our guests) are vibrant spirits, passionate about travel and about their lives.”

And they look after their guests well.

“We were trying to make it a place where we would want to stay,” says Laniel. cont’d on page 22...

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The Wanderers Inn Backpackers Hostel

Elsabe Kloppers and Martin Laniel are the proud owners of the newlyopened Wanderers Inn Backpackers Hostel in Haines Junction

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PHOTOS: Courtesy of Wanderers Inn The kitchen has everything that could be needed, there are barbecues outside and there are even USB ports by the beds for people to charge their phones. They send their guests to the local hotels and restaurants for laundry and meals if they want to eat out and refer them to Parks Canada or local experts if they are planning on entering the back country.

“We feel a sense of responsibility to help people stay safe.”

With the summer tourist season now over the hostel has teamed up with David Brian of Wilderness Technologies to hold Avalanche Safety Training for winter adventurers and are providing a place for a new local mountain biking club to meet.

For more information on events or to book your own stay go to WanderersInn.ca or to their Facebook page.

Denise L. Norman is a local writer and adventurer. Send your comments to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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The Financial Management Course starts February 11th, 12th and 26th, 2016.

Sessions will be held at 8:30am – 12:00pm at the Gold Rush Inn Best Western Hotel.

Comments about the Financial Management Course:

There is limited space available for these 6 workshops that will be run once a week for 6 weeks in the aasman offices from 8am to 9:30am.

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