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Technology Meets Art

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by Winnipeg artists Chantal Dupas and Andrew John Milne.

“It’s a rich experience to have a display of two, first-time collaborating artists,” says Interim Gallery Director Meg Walker. “It’s two perspectives and two art practices coming together.”

Andrew John Milne is a selftaught artist with a background in mechanical, electrical and software design, contemporary dance, photography and film. In his work, Milne uses cutting edge media together with old technologies and materials, in constructing artistic, yet functional devices.

Chantal Dupas is primarily a painter, although she has worked with various sculptural materials ranging from bronze to ceramics, and is now moving towards video and lab-based new media techniques.

She became interested in the world of botany during a residency at Riding Mountain National Park. She recently enrolled in botany and microscopy courses, volunteered at the University of Manitoba’s Herbarium and is currently Artist-In-Residence at the

Belmonte Laboratory at the university.

When Dupas had the idea to venture into new territory and create microscopic paintings from tinted cross-sections of houseplants, she approached Milne to build microscopes in order to view her scientific art.

They went to the local Dollar Store and bought cheap lenses to play with. Milne then made moulds out of wax, built wooden frames and incorporated three lenses into every piece, creating something that acts and looks like a microscope, but with a distinctly old fashioned, Victorian flavour.

“I’ve always been interested in optics and performance-engaging technology,” says Milne during the artist’s talk before the grand opening at the Gallery. “And I have a nostalgia for the Victorian era. It was a culture of invention and I’m drawn to that.”

Meanwhile, Dupas sliced plants into one cell thick fragments, stained them with colour, then mounted them on slides to be viewed through Milne’s creations.

“Colour is the communicator,” she says in her artist’s statement.

Each of the three lenses offers a different experience. The tactility of the microscopes is inviting, offering the viewer accessibility

in different layers.

Milne says this is why he was excited about the project, although normally he does not collaborate with other artists. He likes the idea that the displays can be approached and interpreted in many different ways, either technically, artistically, physically by touching the microscopes, or visually.

“They’re all different types of art,” he says. “When you touch something, you have a relationship with it, you’re implicated.

A visual experience is more removed, conceptual – you touch it remotely. You become what the technical system is in order to use them.

“It’s a revolutionary action to mess with technology and subvert it. I want to critically engage technology and see what it really is.”

Ommatidia Muralis is showing at the ODD Gallery until April 16, 2016.

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You Know It’s Spring When the Swans Arrive

A Celebration of Swans festival takes place April 1 to May 8

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5,000 other birds, relatively clustered, making their sounds. The fact is that it happens every spring, like the clocks go forwards. It’s one of those natural rhythms.”

The natural phenomenon might attract up to 4,000 human visitors every year, but we’re still overwhelmingly outnumbered by the amount of birds that stop here.

“Last year we had over 4,000 northern pintails one day, and often 1,500 mallards,” Cameron says.

Beginning in the evening and working species by species, Jukka Jantunen PHOTO: Government of Yukon has been doing the daily bird counts for the past decade, using just a high-powered Swans return to M’Clintock Bay scope and a clicker.

“On a given night he might count over 10,000 birds,” Camthis, the sound of a thousand birds imum depth of 1 metre – that’s as eron says. far as their long necks can reach. calling.

The Swan Haven Interpretive But what brings them all to The water also needs to be nutri- Center is open every day from Frient-rich, which incoming sedi- day, April 1 through May 8, with M’Clintock Bay? Migrating trumpeter swans pass ment from the M’Clintock River special events beginning April 2. through the Yukon on their jour- provides.

Daily swan counts begin on April “It all combines as a perfect 1 and can be followed on the Enney from their coastal British Columbia winter homes to the inter- storm there so the birds can stop vironment Yukon website. on their migration, they can rest, ior of Alaska to mate.

Environment Yukon’s directions “In the southern Yukon spring they can eat,” he says. “It’s also to Swan Haven are to head south usually comes late, and most open quite open there so they can see out of Whitehorse on the Alaska water is still frozen,” Cameron predators approaching.”

Hwy and at about 40 km south of Yukoners aren’t the only ones Whitehorse, you’ll reach North explains. “Birds need open water.

And it needs to be shallow enough who come out to Swan Haven M’Clintock Subdivision, and Swan that they can eat the weeds from each year to take in the sights Haven Road. Turn right down Swan and sounds of the traveling birds. Haven Road and follow it for 2 km the bottom.”

For swans this means a max- Foxes and coyotes have been seen until you reach Swan Haven Interstalking the coastline, Cameron pretation Centre. says. Eagles will often scavenge Cameron would also like to dead swans, or attack weak ones. remind visitors to give the birds The human onlookers might be their space throughout the month, the most appreciative, however. as they still have several hundred “We interact with the residents kilometres of travel ahead of quite a bit,” says Cameron. them.

The visiting birds gather along the shores of peoples M’Clintock Joslyn Kilborn is currently Daily, weekly and monthly rates Bay homes. “The general theme I on Yukon-hiatus in Toronto. get is one of appreciation and won- Questions about her stories can Flat decks, cube vans, pick-ups, der. Even if there are only 1,000 be sent to swans out there, there’s probably editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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The height, he says, was April 9, when 2,200 were counted out on M’Clintock Bay. Typically that number is closer to 1,200.

“And early too – usually you expect that around the third week of April or so.”

It’s hard to say what this year’s seemingly early spring will bring, but apparently there were already a few swans spotted in the early days of March.

“But,” Cameron says, “there’s no way to tell if they are early migrants or some who stayed for the winter.”

One thing is for sure: for the month of April, M’Clintock Bay’s Swan Haven will fill with thousands and thousands of migrating birds, and Yukoners will celebrate.

The annual month-long Celebration of Swans will include wildlife photography and watercolour landscape painting workshops, a bird banding demonstration, even a kitchen party in which people are invited bring instruments.

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During those years, he studied hundreds of radio-collared wolves and conducted several long-term wolfprey studies. He is considered a world expert on moose and caribou predation by wolves and the effects of wolf control efforts on wolves and their prey.

Over time, his studies led him to the conclusion that much of what governments have been doing to control wolves in the wild, including aerial hunting, just doesn’t work, and that non-lethal methods of wolf control is the future for management of this species.

This led him to spend years writing his first book for public consumption, Wolves of the Yukon, a book which he self-published and has been a success in both English and German editions.

“I think a biologist, especially a government biologist, has some responsibility for communicating their knowledge and perspectives to the public in a way that will make senses to people,” he said as we chatted via Skype for this article.

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In writing a novel, he returned to the second of these, set near the Old Crow Flats, as the inspiration for a story that takes place about 14,000 years ago.

“It explores life and the challenges of survival at the end of the Ice Age. There’s a wolf story that’s interwoven with a story about people. There’s a boy and a girl and wolf, a really bad guy, and a bad brother. There are animals, lions, and all kinds of different challenges.”

While it has young people among its protagonists, it’s intended to be a novel for all ages.

At the end of that project he’s feeling that he’s learning how to be a good writer, but it’s a difficult process.

“I’m fortunate that I have the time to do it, and the energy and interest.”

Bob Hayes will be one of the mentor authors at this year’s Young Authors Conference on April 21 and 22 at F.H. Collins High School in Whitehorse.

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Writing a book for general consumption was a challenging task – and one that he found difficult, but also exhilarating.

“Jack London was my inspiration – mostly his northern books.

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Since it came out in 2010, Hayes has given over 100 talks based on that book, in both Western Canada and Germany, where the book was printed.

The proper way to view pure science, he said, referencing a quotation by Albert Einstein, is that it’s not about what can be made useful immediately, it’s about what may pay off a generation down the line. This is particularly relevant in a year when Einstein’s theoretical speculations about the existence of gravity waves – made 100 years ago – seem to have been proven correct.

“I have another book, now,” he said. “I decided I wanted to try fiction, so I did that.”

There’s just a touch of fiction in Wolves. There are seven little “day in the life” vignettes about wolf packs and humans, set from 20,000 years in the past to just the middle of the last century. He used them to set the context for

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At the Library

What We Eat When We Eat Alone Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2009. 272 pages

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break all the rules surrounding not only what to eat but when to eat and even where.

And this is true regardless of what we know about cooking or about what makes a proper meal.” And who doesn’t like to break the rules every once in awhile?

One of the best parts of eating by yourself is that you can fully indulge your passion for garlic, onions, and canned fish… There’s an entire chapter to canned fish! (“Saved by Sardines, Rescued by Pasta”). This is because canned fish is not a friend-getter. I don’t believe anyone has been drawn together by the smell of Seafood Snacks, as opposed to chocolate chip cookies. Sardines, herring, anchovies… these are pleasures you enjoy in solitary, or with your dad (as he’s the only other person who likes them). I often make a variation of a recipe on page 98, “Spaghetti with Tuna and Capers.” I use a can of anchovies instead of tuna, and it’s delish!

Reading this book intrigued me to find out what the people I know eat when they dine alone. I took an impromptu poll of my friends, and was surprised to see a lot of similarity to what the authors observed in male and female solo dining. The shopping habits, meal choices and amounts, and eating locations (from counter to couch to bed) of both women and men differ “in a fairly predictable way, though not entirely. There are always those pesky exceptions that make life interesting, for men

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Since cooking for one is a regular occurrence for me, it took me a while to think of what makes my meals alone different from the ones I have with others. Eating a 10:00 PM dinner of garlic toast in bed when I feel like it is one obvious difference, and goes perfectly with this line on page 11: “When we eat alone we often

meal?” (page 182). What beautiful sentiment on dining with oneself.

Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin work for Yukon Public Libraries. Questions about this article can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Dust Off Your Dancing Shoes

Lemon Bucket Orkestra play the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on April 8

By Joanna Sharp

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ot on the heels of their appearance at the 2016 Juno Awards, Canada’s only “Balkan - klezmer - gypsy - party - punk - super - band” is coming to Whitehorse. “Super-band” is certainly an apt description of this kaleidoscopic collective of 16 musicians, who play a gamut of instruments ranging from the accordion to the flugelhorn – and everything in between.

Nominated for a Juno award for World Music Album of the Year for their album Moorka, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra will kick off

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Lemon Bucket Orkestra hosts a Return of Spring Dance at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Friday

their spring tour on April 8 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre with the Return of Spring Dance.

The name Lemon Bucket Orkestra actually comes from “putting out the bucket and working for lemons,” explains Mark Marczyk, one of the band’s founding members, referring to the group’s humble beginnings as buskers in Toronto. “It comes from an old Ukrainian folk song called “LimonMark Marczyk chiki,” or little lemons. In the context of the song, lemons are

the street where people could

happen upon us.

slang for money.”

But for them, busking was not about making money, Marczyk points out.

“From the start, the most important thing was to play in the street where people could happen upon us.”

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bers to war-torn Eastern Ukraine, an experience which has had a tremendous impact on the band and on Moorka, the band’s second full-length album.

Marczyk was in Ukraine writing music when protests broke out in 2014, just before Moorka was scheduled to be recorded. When he shared his experience with his fellow band members, the band made the decision to postpone the recording, choosing instead to bring musical support to Ukraine and provide what assistance they could in what was quickly becoming a war zone.

Before long, though, it was time to leave Ukraine and begin the band’s tour across Canada.

“There was a weird dynamic

on tour,” recalls Marczyk. “It was the contrast between travelling across our huge, beautiful country full of diversity and people who are welcoming – and this backdrop of war… Our minds were still in Ukraine.”

At the end of the tour, the band recorded Moorka. Marczyk describes the process as an “emotional explosion,” capturing in the recording the culmination of the band’s collective physical and emotional journey of the previous months.

Moorka recalls the traditional sounds of Eastern Europe, featuring songs inspired by folk music the band learned by visiting villages in Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and Macedonia during their last European tour.

“We recorded, listened, learned, ate, drank and just took in all the elements,” says Marczyk, recounting how they immersed themselves in the cultures and traditions in order to pick up the authentic sounds and styles.

Back in Toronto, the band transposed their memories into music in order to bring the songs to life in new ways, often blurring the lines of musical genres and blending a variety of cultural styles. The result is music that people can relate to.

“Maybe it’s not something they can put their finger on,” says Marczyk of LBO’s re-imagination of traditional folk songs, “but it’s a sound they remember, or a feeling, or an energy.”

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra plays the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Friday, April 8 at 9 p.m.

Joanna Sharp is a Whitehorsebased writer. Questions about her stories can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Free Wildlife Viewing Events Saturday, April 9

Sunday, April 10 (continued)

Bird Identification Workshop

New Yukoner Day

Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

Join Jukka Jantunen as he helps identify our feathered friends that make their home in Yukon. Jukka will share his photographs and identification tips inside the centre.

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New to Yukon? Never been to Swan Haven before? Come on out for an enjoyable day of learning and discovery. There is a guided walk (3:00 pm) to see the swans and other water birds, and a campfire with hotdogs to roast (4:00 pm). A free shuttle will leave Whitehorse at 1:00 pm, taking you to Swan Haven. You can catch the return shuttle departing Swan Haven at 5:00 pm. Call us for details and to reserve a seat.

Picnic and Stories Around the Campfire Tagish River Bridge, 12:00 – 2:00 pm Bring your own picnic lunch, we’ll bring the tea and bannock.

Carcross/Tagish First Nation Elder Ida Calmegane will share some traditional stories of spring in Yukon.

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Saturday & Sunday, April 16 & 17 Family Weekend

Swan Haven Kitchen Party

Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 12:00 – 4:00 pm

Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 7:30 – 9:00 pm

The whole family is welcome to attend an afternoon of swan-watching and fun activities. Get your face painted, vote for your favourite artwork, play games, read a book, do a swan-craft, and immerse yourself in the cacophony of sound.

Bring your acoustic instruments to Swan Haven for a musical evening, unplugged! Light refreshments will be served.

Sunday, April 10

Saturday, April 23

Ask Jim Anything Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Jim Hawkings spent decades working as a biologist, studying and conserving migratory birds and their habitat in Yukon.

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Swan Haven Interpretive Centre

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Bird Banding 101 Swan Haven Interpretive Centre, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Members of the Society of Yukon Bird Observatories will demonstrate banding techniques, weather-permitting. A slide show presentation about migration monitoring will follow.

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Whitehorse EVENTS catch the warm vocal stylings and guitar wizardry of Steve Slade.

Mon, Apr, 11, Ladies Night with DJ Carlo Until May 28, McCormack + Tisiga + Winkler: 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Apr, 12, Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson Yukon Arts Centre Yukon Arts Centre This 7:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel trio exhibition features the work of Michael Tue, Apr, 12, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn McCormack, Joseph Tisiga, and Josh Winkler.

The exhibitions explore the social, political, and Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided physical landscape. to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Fri. Apr 1 Sandra Grace Storey “Words Like performers.

Birds” Opening Reception 5:00 PM Yukon Wed, Apr, 13, 2016 Rotary Music Festival Artist at Work Tue, Apr, 5, Art Quilt Lecture 7:00 PM Beringia 8:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre 2016 Rotary Music Festival Online registration and the Festival Centre Kluane Quilters’ Guild is pleased to announce that Elaine Quehl, Canadian Art Quilt Program Art Contest are now open. For more Teacher of the Year 2015, will present a lecture information visit our website. www.rmfestival.ca 867-332-3378 on “From Inspiration to Art Quilt”. Elaine will Wed, Apr, 13, James Danderfer Quintet 7:00 share insights of her evolution from traditional PM The Old Fire Hall Having recently recorded quilter to art quilter. Digital presentation plus recent quilts. Everyone welcome! 867-668-4663 his “Time and Tide” album in New York, clarinetist James Danderfer is bringing some of Until April 30 Sandra Grace Storey “Words that NYC energy to Whitehorse for one night.

Like Birds” Yukon Artist at Work Wed, Apr, 13, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Apr, 13, James Danderfer’s Cross Thu, Apr, 7, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Border Jazz Quintet 7:30 PM The Old Fire Hall This high-calibre quintet features New Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman York heavyweights including Edmonton native playing acoustic guitar music covering almost John Stetch on piano, Joel Ross on vibraphone every style and genre.

Thu, Apr, 7, Jazz in the Hall featuring bassist (Christian McBride), Vicente Archer on bass (Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton) and Jon Heaton 7:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Learn, Vancouver’s Joe Poole on drums. 867-334listen and jam. Educational vignette by Steve 2789 Gedrose. 867-334-2789 Wed, Apr, 13, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Thu, Apr, 7, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Inn in the Boiler Room Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest Wed, Apr, 13, Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM running house band in the Yukon - Traditional Jarvis Street Saloon fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged Thu, Apr, 14, 2016 Rotary Music Festival and limericks are the norm.

Thu, Apr, 7, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis 8:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre 2016 Rotary Music Festival Online registration and the Festival Street Saloon Program Art Contest are now open. For more Thu, Apr, 7, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session information visit our website. www.rmfestival.ca 867-332-3378 with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided Thu, Apr, 14, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman performers. playing acoustic guitar music covering almost Fri, Apr, 8, Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy every style and genre.

Thu, Apr, 14, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Listening Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest Fri, Apr, 8, The Patrick Jacobson Band 7:30 running house band in the Yukon - Traditional PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Whitehorsefiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged based indie-rock band featuring Patrick and limericks are the norm.

Jacobson, Scott Maynard, Roxx Hunter and Thu, Apr, 14, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Ian March.

Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Apr, 8, Annie Avery (The Paul Stevens Thu, Apr, 14, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Jam) 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session Annie Avery (The Paul Stevens Jam) LIVE! with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided Fri, Apr, 8, Lemon Bucket Orkestra 9:00 PM to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Lemon Bucket performers.

Orkestra for a “Return of Spring” Dance Fri, Apr, 8, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Fri, Apr, 8, The Patrick Jacobson Band 10:00 Thu, Apr, 7, Sundogs Toastmasters 12:05 PM Gr8ful Spud The Patrick Jacobson Band (Patrick Jacobson, Scott Maynard, Roxx Hunter PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking? Try and Ian March) perform three sets at The Gr8ful Sundogs Toastmasters! Supportive members club that will mentor and help you improve Suds.

Fri, Apr, 8, Out of Order 10:00 PM Jarvis Street your public speaking, listening and leadership skills. Guests welcome anytime during the year.

Saloon Out of Order Performs 2048807245 Sat, Apr, 9, Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Thu, Apr, 7, Theatre with Susie Anne - After Sociable Jam 3:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 7, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade play on ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Apr, 9, Whitehorse Concerts: Duo Thu, Apr, 7, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown Rendezvous 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Duo Rendezvous, violinist Jasper Wood and guitarist 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 7, Nia Dance Classes 6:30 PM Heart Daniel Bolshoy revisit the Yukon in an exciting Of Riverdale Nia will be starting again and we new partnership. Presented by Whitehorse will have a five-session run before other exciting Concerts. adventures ensue. See below to learn more Sat, Apr, 9, The Vagitarians with Opener about Nia Technique dance/movement. I am Hoarfroast (Metal/Punk Night) 8:00 PM Best excited to you there! 335-3442 Western Gold Rush Inn The Vagitarians with Opener Hoarfroast (Metal/Punk Night) performs Thu, Apr, 7, Landscaping 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre Good, Better, Best: The Art LIVE! in Landscaping Landscaping with an eye for Sat, Apr, 9, Duo Rendezvous 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Duo Rendezvous unites two leading overall artistry can make the difference between Canadian performers, violinist Jasper Wood and a so-so property and something really special.

Fri, Apr, 8, Spring Salsa and Bachata Classes guitarist Daniel Bolshoy. This duo was formed as a response to great demand for a refreshing 12:00 AM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks We invite you to bring your indoor shoes and and passionate chamber ensemble with a your smile and come have some fun with us. strong dedication to outreach and education.

We hold Masters degrees in Education and Sat, Apr, 9, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the have over 20 years of teaching, dance and and Boiler Room Sat, Apr, 9, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis performance experience Fri, Apr, 8, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches Street Saloon Sun, Apr, 10, Open Mic Night 3:00 PM 98 Hotel 12:00 PM Duska Head Start and Family Sun, Apr, 10, Hits & Misses: One Hit Wonder Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone with our special guest Night 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Local musicians will be performing hit songs by speakers. Call Erin Pauls for more information “one hit wonders” as well as songs you may not 633-7816. All Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome! have heard by those same artists.

Fri, Apr, 8, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Sun, Apr, 10, Hits and Misses 8:00 PM Best Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Western Gold Rush Inn Hits and Misses Riverdale performs LIVE! Sat, Apr, 9, Yukon Amateur Radio Mon, Apr, 11, Music Mondays with Steve Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 Slade 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant Music AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s Mondays at Antoinette’s is back! This week,

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Sat, Apr, 9, 23rd Annual Bridge Building Contest - Bridge Testing 12:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Grades 3-12 and anyone in the ALL-CAN category Note: Register your bridge on-line by Tues, March 29, 2016 and drop off your bridge & narrative at Porter Creek Secondary on Fri, April 8, 2016. Talk to your science teacher Sat, Apr, 9, DUGS Community Garden Sign-Up 12:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 2016 growing season Downtown Urban Gardeners community garden signup Saturday, April 9th, noon until 2pm Whitehorse Public Library Meeting Room. First come first serve. dugsyukon@hotmail.com Sun, Apr, 10, 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, Apr, 10, Song of Lahore 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Song of Lahore follows several Pakistani musicians, and asks if there is still room for them in a society roiled by conflict.

Featuring the music of the Sachal Jazz Ensemble, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

Sun, Apr, 10, Youth 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A film by Paolo Sorrentino YOUTH is about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps.

Mon, Apr, 11, 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. 867-6686280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-6334576 Mon, Apr, 11, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 11, 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, Apr, 11, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Apr, 11, Growing Under Cover 6:30 PM Canada Games Centre Explore a variety of under cover designs including small space gardens, container gardening, raised beds and traditional gardens.

Tue, Apr, 12, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Wed, Apr, 13, Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, THE MESSENGER - Imagine a World without Birdsong 6:30 PM Beringia Centre Society of Yukon Bird Observatories presents a new documentary by award winning film160407_BostonPizza_2x5_pcmaker Su Rynard. The film chronicles the struggle of songbirds worldwide to survive in turbulent environmental conditions brought about by humans.

Tue, Apr, 12, The Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Don Quixote 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Cervantes’ eccentric hero Don Quixote leaves on journey full of adventures with his loyal squire Sancho Panza in search of his perfect woman.

Tue, Apr, 12, 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, Apr, 12, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, Your Outdoor Water 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre Tame Your Outdoor Water Hog Love your yard, but concerned about your water use? In this workshop learn how much water healthy plants and lawns really need and how to apply this information with conservation in mind Tue, Apr, 12, Book Club 7:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 13, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Apr, 13, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 13, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 13, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Apr, 13, Growing Under Cover 6:30 PM Canada Games Centre Explore a variety of under cover designs including small space gardens, container gardening, raised beds and traditional gardens.

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Found 7:00 PM MacBride Museum Thu, Apr, 14, Sundogs Toastmasters 12:05 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking? Try Sundogs Toastmasters! Supportive members club that will mentor and help you improve your public speaking, listening and leadership skills. Guests welcome anytime during the year.

2048807245 Thu, Apr, 14, Theatre with Susie Anne - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Nia Dance Classes 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Nia will be starting again and we will have a five-session run before other exciting adventures ensue. See below to learn more about Nia Technique dance/movement. I am excited to you there! 335-3442 Thu, Apr, 14, Lay of the Land Flat 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre Lay of the Land Flat sites, steep sites, swamps or slopes. This workshop will get creative at working with what you have.

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Thu, Apr, 7, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Apr, 7, Theatre with Susie Anne - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 7, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 7, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Apr, 7, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 7, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Fri, Apr, 8, 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, Apr, 8, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Fri, Apr, 8, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Apr, 9, Imagination Station 10:00 AM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome Sat, Apr, 9, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:00 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sat, Apr, 9, 23rd Annual Bridge Building Contest - Bridge Testing 12:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Grades 3-12 and anyone in the ALL-CAN category Note: Register your bridge on-line by Tues, March 29, 2016 and drop off your bridge & narrative at Porter Creek Secondary on Fri, April 8, 2016. Talk to your science teacher Mon, Apr, 11, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Mon, Apr, 11, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 11, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Apr, 11, 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, Apr, 11, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Tue, Apr, 12, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Apr, 12, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 12, Book Club 7:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 13, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Wed, Apr, 13, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale

Wed, Apr, 13, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 13, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Apr, 14, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Apr, 14, Theatre with Susie Anne - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Apr, 14, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 14, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay

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Thu, Apr, 7, Hospice Poetry-Writing Workshop 7:00 PM Hospice Yukon Join poet Clea Roberts and Hospice volunteer Becky Striegler for a writing workshop where you can express and explore a loss that you are grieving through poetry. 667-7429 Fri, Apr, 8, Photography Series with Mark Kelly: Long Exposure and Aurora Photography 7:00 PM Frank Slim Building You will learn how to use various apertures and shutter speeds to get that dreamy effect you have been looking for. Bring warm clothes, a sturdy tripod and your DSLR with the operation manual. This course is for those already familiar with their camera and manual settings. 6688360 Sat, Apr, 9, 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, Apr, 9, Photography Series with Mark Kelly: Long Exposure and Aurora Photography 6:00 PM Frank Slim Building You will learn how to use various apertures and shutter speeds to get that dreamy effect you have been looking for. Bring warm clothes, a sturdy tripod and your DSLR with the operation manual. This course is for those already familiar with their camera and manual settings.

Sun, Apr, 10, 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, Apr, 10, Photography Series with Mark Kelly: Long Exposure and Aurora Photography 7:00 PM Frank Slim Building You will learn how to use various apertures and shutter speeds to get that dreamy effect you have been looking for. Bring warm clothes, a sturdy tripod and your DSLR with the operation manual. This course is for those already familiar with their camera and manual settings. 6688360 Mon, Apr, 11, Growing Under Cover 6:30 PM Canada Games Centre Explore a variety of under cover designs including small space gardens, container gardening, raised beds and traditional gardens.

Tue, Apr, 12, IPAC-AGM 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building The AGM is open to IPAC members. To be a member of IPAC, please visit ipac.ca Tue, Apr, 12, YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Wed, Apr, 13, Harnessing your Productivity Workshop for Non-Profits 12:00 PM (co) space coworking space` In our one hour experiential workshop created for those that work at non-profits and NGOs, you will learn to better your productivity through learning brain science behind productivity and simple ways to improve productivity.

Thu, Apr, 14, Hospice Poetry-Writing Workshop 7:00 PM Hospice Yukon Join poet Clea Roberts and Hospice volunteer Becky Striegler for a writing workshop where you can express and explore a loss that you are grieving through poetry. 667-7429

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The New Girlfriend is French Filmmaking at its Best

by Peeter Lepson dressing. The encounter launches Claire and David on an unexpected journey as their relationship evolves, taking several, often surprising twists and turns along the way.

Steve Rose of The Guardian describes The New Girlfriend in his review as a “smooth blurring of bourgeois boundaries between gay/ straight, masculine/ feminine and possibly sane/insane.”

Ozon manages to find humour yet remains respectful in David’s sometimes awkward, sometimes exhilarating exploration of femininity, and as Rose points out, “Duris’s svelte good looks, in particular, have never quite been used to such disarming effect.”

Romain Duris is best PHOTO: courtesy of Mongrel Media known for his performance as Xavier, the French exchange student in the films Anaïs Demoustier and Romain Duris explore friendship, love and gender fluidity in The New Girlfriend “L’Auberge Espagnole” and “Russian Dolls”. He was nominated for both a Cesar (French equivalent of he New Girlfriend (Une Nou- er of the same name by English ter giving birth to a daughter. The the Oscar) and a Lumières award velle Amie), a French drama author Ruth Rendell. In Ozon’s story then follows a bereft Claire (French equivalent of the Golden from acclaimed director hands the story becomes a deftly and Laura’s equally devastated Globe) for The New Girlfriend. and screenwriter François Ozon, nuanced story about self-discov- husband David (Romain Duris).

Relative newcomer Anaïs DemDropping by David’s house un- oustier has proven to be no slouch had its world premiere at the To- ery, gender fluidity, unexpected expectedly, Claire finds a strange either, having received numerous ronto International Film Festival friendship and love.

The film opens with Claire woman feeding the baby. It turns awards and nominations for her in 2014. It has received several international award nominations (Anaïs Demoustier) delivering a out to be David, wearing his dead previous work. and won best picture at Spain’s eulogy at a funeral. Through sev- wife’s clothes. Initially, he says François Ozon, whose work eral quick flashbacks we learn that Laura’s outfits soothe his spans nearly three decades, is San Sebastián film festival.

The New Girlfriend is loosely that the service is for her lifelong infant child and then he reveals known for his wit and unconbased on the 15-page crime thrill- friend, Laura, who died shortly af- that she knew he was into cross- strained views on sexuality. He

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YukonQueerFilmAlliance.com achieved critical acclaim with his films 8 Femmes and Swimming Pool. Gay characters are often featured in his films. The World Public Library considers him to be “one of the most important French directors in the new ‘New Wave’ in French cinema.”

The New Girlfriend is in French with English subtitles. It screens at 6 pm Sunday, April 17 at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.

Peeter Lepson is Vice-President of Yukon Queer Film Alliance.

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Quench with Miche Genest

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ukon Spirits launched two whiskies while I was skiing in Japan. I have not tried either yet (one of them is sold out, I hear) and in Japan, where whisky has been winning international awards since 2001, I drank whisky only once, from a 200 ml bottle of 12-year-old single malt purchased at 7-11 for 780 yen and consumed with salty snacks on the first day of après-ski near Rusutsu on Hokkaido. I did not take note of its name, for it was not a memorable whisky.

On subsequent après-ski afternoons near Rusutsu we drank Glen Livet Nàdurra and Glen Morangie Quinta Ruban brought to Japan by my brother, who lives in Hong Kong.

After a week we moved on to the ski resort at Furano, and there we focused on Louis Jadot 2014 Chablis purchased at 7-Eleven for 2200 yen, and enjoyed with the salty snacks to which we had become addicted.

Once or twice we ordered warmed sake at dinner to accompany our seafood hot pot and smoked hake, but I’m not a big fan of warmed sake so I stuck to the excellent Hokkaido beer. Then, one night in Furano, we dined at Kumagera, a restaurant famous for its local fare including deer, mallard duck and fresh cheese, and for its sake, which the proprietor brews himself.

Until this point, we had found the variety of sake available on 7-Eleven and supermarket shelves so bewildering we hadn’t dared

to venture. But at Kumagera our server brought three giant bottles to the table, each quite different in character, each best served cold, and poured brimming glasses so expertly that the surface tension created a convex meniscus that kept the liquid in the glass until you tried to lift it. We lowered our heads and slurped, delicately, and then we each ordered again, comparing colour and acidity and sweetness from glass to glass. From that moment I was hooked.

Sake is wine brewed from rice, water and kōji, (Aspergillus oryzae), a fungus that converts starches into sugars and amino acids. There are a few terms good to know when selecting a sake, as I learned. “Daiginjo” means the rice has been polished so that less than 50% of the original grain remains, giving the sake a more fragrant flavour. Top quality sakes are always “daiginjo”.

“Junmai” means the sake is made solely from rice, water and koji, with no added alcohol. So, “junmai daiginjo” sake is the best of the best. “Junmai ginjo” is darned good too—made with only rice, water and koji, and the rice milled to more than 40% (that is, only 60% of the grain remains).

I was pleased to discover the two sakes currently available in the Yukon are both “junmai ginjo”. “Yoshi” Premium Sake is brewed by the 450-year-old Yoshinogawa brewery in the province of Niigata, famous for its rice. Junmai Ginjo “Bizen”, from

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Sake and goma-ae: Japan calling

Spinach Goma-ae Adapted from japancentre.com INGREDIENTS 1 lb. (454 gr.) fresh spinach 4 Tbsp (60 mL) sesame seeds (divided) 2 Tbsp (30 mL) cooking sake 1 ½ Tbsp (22.5 mL) soy sauce 1 Tbsp (30 mL) sugar (optional) *(I tried with sugar and without.

It’s better with.)

METHOD • Wash spinach thoroughly and blanch in a large pot of boiling, salted water for 1-2 minutes or until it has turned a rich green in colour. Have a big bowl of ice-cold water ready. Drain spinach in a colander and plunge spinach, colander and all, into cold water. When spinach has cooled completely cold, drain and lightly squeeze with your hands to remove excess water. Roughly chop and set aside.

• Toast sesame seeds over medium heat in a dry frying pan. Cool, then grind 3 tablespoons in a blender or with a mortar and pestle until powdery. Add the optional sugar and mix well.

• Add soy sauce and sake to the ground sesame seeds and whisk until combined. Toss sauce and spinach together and serve with remaining toasted sesame seeds sprinkled over top.

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the Okayama district, is made by ToshimoriShuzo Co. Ltd, which revived omachi, the heirloom rice variety with which its sake is made, in 1982. Of the two sakes, Yoshi has a smoother mouth-feel, a flavour that hints at citrus and marzipan and a nice clean finish.

Bizen is noticeably more acid, burning pleasantly in the throat on the way down. Both are best served cold, and go equally well with goma-ae.

A note on goma-ae. 7-Eleven in Japan is the traveller’s friend— during our first week we often ate breakfast, lunch and dinner from this marvellous general store, home to the vital ATM, always equipped with a bathroom, and where you can buy everything from sushi to pickled cuttlefish to marmalade to skin lotion. But you can’t buy much in the vegetable line. For the first week in Japan I did not eat a vegetable, and craved goma-ae. Since coming home I’ve made it three times.

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with the rest of them, there is one trick you can try. I will warn you that it will sound terrible and uncomfortable, but the effects are well worth the efforts.

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PHOTO: Selene Vakharia Ring them out so that they are damp but not wet.

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ou’ve probably heard the sniffles and hacking and seen the dark circles beneath tired eyes. You’ve probably heard the murmurings around you in the café at the meeting table, really anywhere there are people. There is something wicked working its way through Whitehorse.

It comes in the dark of night and knocks you out for weeks of fevers and chills and endless coughing and phlegm. It would seem that everybody is getting this particularly contagious and nasty strain of flu.

Whether you are lucky enough to have gone this long without it, if you’re starting to feel the tickle in your throat, or if you’re in the throes of it, there are easy things you can do to bolster your immune system and help it out.

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From the Back Country with Jozien Keijzer

Kinnikinnick Stanley & Sarah Todd, Photo credit: Spencer Tomlin

A little guy close enough to the ground to see

Fungus, flowers and last year’s berries.

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innikinnick’s Latin name, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, comes from arctos and ursi meaning bear and staphylos and uva meaning bunch of grapes.

Amazing: the taste of those little grapes! I just tried something I had never tried before, but had read about several times.

As it happens, I was treating a certain condition I had. I always try local herbs before I go to the doctor, or I’ll go to the doctor to get a diagnosis and then decide on my own treatment. The kinnikinnick tea I brewed cleared the infection in a few days. If you are interested in trying local medicinal herbs, you might have Yukoner Beverly Gray’s book, The Boreal Herbal on your bookshelf and that is a great place to start exploring local herbs.

Other books I use include The Herbalogy of North America by Alma R. Hutchens and Discovering Wild Plants by Janice J. Schofield.

One sunny afternoon last week,

I went out to collect the kinnikinnick leaves and berries. They grow on our local tobogganing hill called Don’s Descent, named after my husband who discovered it, and after a ski run on Mount Sima. You’d be amazed how a kinnikinnickcovered hill is so good for sliding even if there is little snow. I think it has to do with the shiny/smooth surface of the leaves, and the way the plant, a ground cover, forms an extensive carpet on the hillside.

On the hill, I brushed away the snow, which readily exposed the kinnikinnick plants and picked a handful of berries, and a bunch of branches with the evergreen leaves.

Back home, now reading my books, I find I only need the leaves for their medicinal properties; however, I don’t want to discard the berries I picked.

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Kinnikinnick... cont’d the cause of spruce brooms – those round balls of spruce needles that can be found in some spruce trees.

These brooms are caused by a fungus that lives on the leaves of kinnikinnick. Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli is a fungus that has a lifecycle that depends on kinnikinnick and spruce. The fungus produces purpley brown spots that seem to

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Two spruce blooms u have tried them, they are dry and mealy tasting and have hard seeds. In those herbal books, there are several suggestions on how to make the berries more palatable. I decided to just grind them with my mortar and pestle. And, indeed, I was surprised how that enhanced the taste, which became quite sweet and fruity. I made sure that I crushed the seeds. This gave the berry paste a gritty texture, but it wasn’t unpleasant anymore.

For pure delight, I still prefer the bottom of the bell-shaped flowers of kinnikinnick for a honey treat, to be picked in early spring.

Look for them at the end of April.

An interesting fact about kinnikinnick is its relationship in the Yukon to spruce trees. More specifically, a fungus on Kinnikinnick is

be present on the leaves of all kinnikinnick plants. I will check this summer, but so far I haven’t seen kinnikinnick plants without this fungus.

I looked for spruce brooms the remainder of the week. I found that here in the Mendenhall Subdivision, there are often a few spruce brooms per acre in a spruce forest. Sometimes the tree and the broom appear dead, suggesting that the fungus kills the tree, or that the fungus affects an already dying tree. I do know of two very large brooms in the top of trees that appear very alive and healthy.

One such broom is on the top of a tree in my backyard and sometimes I will see a squirrel peeking out his head: the perfect squirrel penthouse.

Jozien Keijzer is a visual artist, writer and avid hiker who lives in the Mendenhall Subdivision.

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The vast American influx during of the Klondike gold rush had been largely replaced by a more settled British population, eager to step forward in support of “King and Empire.” Within days, a register had been placed in the administration building in Dawson City and it was quickly filled with the names of volunteers.

Many men didn’t wait for an enlistment campaign. By boat, and on foot, they left the Klondike to enlist. One man walked 400 miles to Whitehorse, but when he reached the Outside, he was rejected for having flat feet.

Another man, a Mountie, was so eager to enlist that he deserted his post. The train was stopped at Carcross and he was dragged off and returned to duty. He later made it overseas and was decorated for bravery.

Within weeks several men had reached recruitment centres and were quickly sent overseas. Some lied about their age; students added a year or two to meet the requirements, while others subtracted them to avoid rejection for being too old.

Two men traveled by dog team from Old Crow to Fort Yukon, and then up the Yukon River to Dawson City. Others trickled in from

PHOTO: Gates collection

On June 8, 1916, 120 men posed for this photograph in Dawson City. The following day, they took passage on the Steamer Casca and sailed off to war outlying areas – Atlin, Kluane, Carmacks and Mayo – to join up.

Inquiries even reached Dawson City from Alaska requesting information on how to enlist.

The exodus continued for four years. Some left on their own,

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others traveled in small groups, while entire companies of 50 or more joined in. By war’s end, nearly a thousand brave men and women had enlisted from a population in the Yukon of perhaps 5,000.

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Little has been written – or spoken - about the exploits of the brave Yukon men and women who volunteered to serve their country during the Great War (1914-1918), but that is about to change.

From May 9 to 15, the Yukon Historical and Museums Association is sponsoring “The North and World War I,” which is a program of talks and events related to World War I. At the High Country Inn and around town, events will focus on how the North, and the Yukon in particular, were involved in the great global conflict that was supposed to end all war.

The acts of Joe Boyle, Sam Steele, Martha Black and Robert Service, as well as many other less wellknown men and women will be recognized for their contributions during the war.

Speakers representing several countries will participate, as well as a number of well-known Yukon historians. The Yukon Archives will unveil a new exhibit related to the Yukon and the war, and a memorial for the fallen will be held at the cenotaph. There will also be a three-day study tour to Dawson City.

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Frost to Frost... with Joan Norberg

Winter: A Season for Change

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same kinds of vegetables. We also raise the same kinds of animals.

To farm and to garden also means things are always changing.

Most often on the farm change comes in the form of changing seasons and growing plants and animals. Sometimes change is in response to outside influences like market supply and demand or to a change in vision.

This past winter Allan and I have been discussing our next season. Do we keep things the same, change one thing, two or more?

A year ago we participated in a Holistic Farm Management workshop. The workshop taught the participants how to make decisions based on a holistic approach, judging all the factors needed instead of a reactionary decision that may or may not be a good decision. And it was very enlightening. It showed us where we both wanted to go with our farm and where we didn’t.

Last year we really didn’t make

PHOTO: Joan Norberg

The view from Norberg’s window in winter time any changes, but kept things the same as they had been for the past few years. But this year, after having time to go through a season with the workshop in mind, we have decided to make changes on the farm. Some big and monumental, others not so big, but equally important. Because we have taken time to talk through our decisions based on our goals for the farm we feel good about the change.

For example, in the past we raised meat chickens. And there was a market for these chickens, but they would need to be butchered at about the same time the market garden was producing at

it’s peak so we had a shortage of energy and time. By adding the chickens to the farm it added to the workload. By removing them from our farm we were able to focus on the gardens and produce more vegetables.

When we first added the chickens initially it was a reactionary decision: people wanted chickens. When we removed them it was a holistic decision: we looked at what it cost us to raise them in time, energy and money. Then we looked at what it gave back to us and the farm. Raising chickens gave us some meat for ourselves and manure for the gardens. But

this wasn’t enough to outweigh the costs of raising them. So we stopped. And looking back it was a good decision.

And, thankfully we are still going to be gardening our market gardens. So for right now I can still enjoy perusing seed catalogues and dreaming of summer.

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Tue, Apr, 12, Weight Watchers 5:00 PM Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weighin and registration, room A2202. 403473-0645 Tue, Apr, 12, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Apr, 12, Push Hands 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Tue, Apr, 12, Sabre 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Wed, Apr, 13, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 AM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

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Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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Exploring the dating-scene in the African nation’s capital city

by Elke Reinauer

PHOTO: Courtesy of Speed Dating

Linda, the speed dating organizer, at an event

“D

on’t be shy,” my friends say. It’s so easy for them to say that, they are a happily married couple, I think and take a sip of my gin tonic. I am sitting at the Warehouse, a bar in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, and I am waiting for speed dating to begin.

Having only two more weeks to go until my visa expires, I have nothing to lose. Let’s see if I can find a nice guy, who is willing to marry me. Just joking, I am here to have this speed dating experience and write about it for the German newspaper here called the Allgemeine Zeitung. But it can’t hurt to have a look at the single men in Windhoek.

Linda, the organiser leads us into the room.

There are tables sat up, the lighting is dim, candles are set on each table. I sit down. Participants are coming in everyone and starts chatting. That’s what I love about the people here: they are loud. They are not shy. But I notice a lack of men; 25 women will date 13 men.

“Hello everyone” the moder-

ator tries to catches the attention of the people. After two minutes it gets quiet. She explains the rules.

The men are rotating, the woman remain sitting at the tables. She has a whistle, which she will use when the date starts and ends after three minutes. In front of me there is a paper with some questions like, How long have you been single? What are you looking for in your partner? and just in case the conversation gets stuck.

Okay, ready, go! The first minute I spend explaining how to pronounce my name to my counterpart. Finally I write it down to have more time. He is tall and has long Rastafarian-style dreadlocks. He tells me he is a taxi driver.

“Great!” I say, “I need a cabbie, I can trust.” Taking a taxi is not always safe in this country. He doesn’t seem to be happy about my reaction. Luckily, the moderator whistles. The next guy’s name is Franz. He is African and a native of the Nama People, who are an indigenous group here. A lot of the Nama People have old German names, because their ancestors had encounters with Germans.

He tells me his grandmother became pregnant from a German.

Not a nice part of history, because some Germans were raping black women, but let’s not talk about these sad issues on a date. Franz is working in information technology and he can speak the Kohisanlanguage of the Nama-People, which features clicking sounds. I like that language. It makes me laugh. So for the next two minutes I try to say a word in Nama. The trick is to make the tongue–click and speak the word at the same time, I fail, but I had fun.

Next is John, a guy from Los Angeles, California. He tells me he had quit his job to travel to Africa.

He has already climbed up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Now he is in Namibia and wants to meet new people.

Sheesh, talking nonstop can be exhausting. The next guy sits down. He is African, but he speaks German fluently. When he was young, the government of Namibia sent some kids to Eastern Germany. They grew up in boarding schools, learned German. The goal was to build a communistelite for the government. His generation is called “DDR-Kids,” some of them really struggled to get back to their own culture after the wall came down.

We chat and laugh and the moderator whistles. Next: A German-Namibian who likes rockclimbing. Not for me. The noise in the room is loud, men move on.

I discover that it’s pretty convenient to sit there and let men come by and talk to me.

Did I find a match that evening?

No, but I learned a lot about the people here.

At the end of the evening I realize my most precious date of the evening are my friends, waiting for me outside – curious to hear how it went.

Elke Reinauer is a writer based in Germany with strong ties to the Yukon. Please email comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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ATLIN Wed, Apr, 13, Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK Sat, Apr, 9, Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Apr, 9, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Apr, 11, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Apr, 12, Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Apr, 12, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS Thu, Apr, 7, 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, Apr, 7, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 7, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Mon, Apr, 11, Carcross Ski Club 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Call Dan Kemble for info 867-821-3461 Tue, Apr, 12, 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, Apr, 12, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Apr, 12, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Apr, 12, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Apr, 13, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Apr, 13, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Apr, 13, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 14, 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, Apr, 14, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 14, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Thu, Apr, 14, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 14, 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 Thu, Apr, 7, Guitar Masterclass w/ Alex Goodman 5:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Alex was awarded the 2013 ASCAP Herb Alpert Jazz Composer Award, has written a book of solo guitar etudes and has composed extensively for jazz groups, chamber groups, orchestras, big bands, and string quartets. Dawson City Thu, Apr, 7, Alex Goodman Jazz Quartet 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Alex was awarded the 2013 ASCAP Herb Alpert Jazz Composer Award, has written a book of solo guitar etudes and has composed extensively for jazz groups, chamber groups, orchestras, big bands, and string quartets.

Fri, Apr, 8, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Luncheon 11:45 AM Health and Social Building Join us for lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building.

Fri, Apr, 8, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Apr, 9, 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, Apr, 9, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Apr, 10, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Apr, 10, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Apr, 11, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre

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Mon, Apr, 11, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Tue, Apr, 12, Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Tue, Apr, 12, Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions.

Wed, Apr, 13, KIAC - Beginning Guitar with Nijen 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Spring Session: March 23 - May 11 Wed, Apr, 13, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Apr, 13, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

FARO Thu, Apr, 7, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 10, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Apr, 10, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Apr, 12, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Apr, 13, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Apr, 14, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

HAINES JUNCTION Thu, Apr, 7, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Apr, 7, Open Mic 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Apr, 7, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri, Apr, 8, Duo Rendezvous 1:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Duo Rendezvous 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Sun, Apr, 10, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Apr, 11, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Apr, 13, 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, Apr, 14, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE Fri, Apr, 8, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Mother Goose Parent & Tot 10:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Happy Hour 4:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Apr, 10, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, 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, Apr, 12, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

MAYO Sun, Apr, 10, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Apr, 12, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE Thu, Apr, 7, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Apr, 8, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Apr, 13, Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

OLD CROW Thu, Apr, 7, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Apr, 10, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH Thu, Apr, 7, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 7, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 7, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

Sat, Apr, 9, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Apr, 9, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Apr, 12, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Apr, 12, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Apr, 13, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Thu, Apr, 14, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

TESLIN Thu, Apr, 7, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 7, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 7, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Fri, Apr, 8, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Fri, Apr, 8, Public Skate 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Apr, 9, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Apr, 9, Quilting and Crafting Club 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Apr, 9, Family Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sat, Apr, 9, Teslin Youth Club (Gr 7-12) 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 10, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 10, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Apr, 10, St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Sun, Apr, 10, Adult Yoga 11:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 10, Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 10, Carpet Bowling (ages 55+) 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 10, Curling 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 11, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 11, Kids in the Kitchen (K4-Grade 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 11, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 11, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 12, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 12, Kids in the Kitchen (Grade 4-9) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 12, Adult Yoga (13+) 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 13, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 13, Golden Age Social (Ages 55+) 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 13, After School Activities (K4-Gr 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 13, Curling 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 14, Pancake breakfast 9:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 14, TMHA Youth Hockey (Ages 4-17) 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

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Sun, Apr, 10, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Apr, 10, 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, Apr, 11, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Apr, 14, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Apr, 14, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

HAINES, ALASKA Thu, Apr, 7, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 7, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 8, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Apr, 8, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 8, Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Apr, 8, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Apr, 11, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Apr, 11, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Apr, 12, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Apr, 13, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 14, River Talk 7:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts 907-303-0222 Come and share your story, come and listen to mine! A cafe’ setting, locals share their stories and musicians share their music.

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SKAGWAY, ALASKA Thu, Apr, 7, Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 7, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Apr, 7, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/Katherine/ Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Apr, 7, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

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

Fri, Apr, 8, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Fri, Apr, 8, Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Apr, 8, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Fri, Apr, 8, SpinYoga w/Courtney 4:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Must set up yoga equipment in Group Fitness Room prior to class start time!

Fri, Apr, 8, Volleyball For Adults 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Spinning w/ Cindy 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 9, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/Katherine/ Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Sun, Apr, 10, Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jeanne 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 10, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Sun, Apr, 10, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ AJ 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 11, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Mon, Apr, 11, Restorative Yoga: w/ Katherine AL 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 11, TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Apr, 11, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 11, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 11, Soccer For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Chair and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 12, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Tue, Apr, 12, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue, Apr, 12, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Tue, Apr, 12, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Wed, Apr, 13, Back/Hip Yoga: All Levels w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Apr, 13, TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Apr, 13, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Apr, 13, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Climbing Instruction For Belay Certification Class - Signup Required 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 13, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Wed, Apr, 13, Belay Check For Certification Signup Required 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Apr, 14, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Apr, 14, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Thu, Apr, 14, Restorative Yoga: w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Spinning w/ Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 14, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church

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Richard’s Tire Tips

Proper Tire Selection

April 7, 2016

Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE Meet our dogs, they live for us, we live for them, the Yukon would not be the Yukon without Dog Culture. Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people!

The tire industry has come a long way from the old 7.50-16 bias ply with 2 tread options, ground grip and steering. Today there are many different tire sizes, tread patterns, speed ratings and load ratings designed to perform in a wide variety of applications, therefore selecting the proper tires for your vehicle can be quite tricky and should be selected based on what application the vehicle is subjected to on a regular basis in order achieve maximum performance. The professionals here at Integra Tire Whitehorse pride ourselves on ensuring that we offer you the best possible product for the application that you are using your vehicle for, which may explain why you are asked 20 questions by our sales team when you call or stop into our shop.

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A pic of my “Yukon Special” Max, rescue dog from Mae Bachur at 9 months of age, now about 3 years old. We competed last year in the first ever PULLER Championship in Whitehorse in August, had so much fun. We also do agility together, and I just love this dog!

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What’s Up Yukon is pleased to partner with the Yukon Transportation Museum’s Dog Culture Display, “Yukon’s Best Friend: Doggedness in Love and Labour”. Your photos will be on display at the dog culture exhibit so be sure to stop in Sundays & Mondays 12-5.

Selected submissions may appear on both partners social media and inside What’s Up Yukon’s printed issue and website! That’s right your pooch could be appreciated by all!

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Saturday April 9

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