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he Folk Society of Whitehorse has been hosting the famous Yukon-Alaska Coffee House for more than 25 years.

This event features two coffee house evenings, back-to-back, in Skagway and Whitehorse.

The Yukon evening of talent, which takes place on Saturday, will also serve as the finale to a series of Whitehorse coffee houses that happen once a month from October to March each year.

Coffee houses are an opportunity for people to share their talents on stage in front of a friendly and enthusiastic crowd in an alcohol-free environment. Although the performances are primarily musical in nature, over the years the shows have also included storytellers, poets, comedians and cultural dancers.

There are no restrictions regarding musical genre, either.

Anything from folk, to fiddle, to rock, to jazz, among others, are perfectly acceptable.

If you’re thinking you don’t have what it takes to get up on stage and bust out the performance of a lifetime, Ray Tucker, a board member with the Folk So-

ciety of Whitehorse, has some encouragement for you.

“You have more talent than you think you do,” says Tucker with great confidence.

And really, Tucker is speaking from experience — 23 years of experience organizing these events, to be precise. He has witnessed performances from multiple artists that have since gone on to create successful careers in entertainment.

Kim Beggs, a celebrated Yukon musician, recounts her early days in the music industry and says she was too nervous to get up on stage many times. In the early 2000’s at the Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau, Beggs was invited on stage by her friend and local musician, Nathalie Edelson. She then discovered she had something people wanted.

“If you have something you want to share, then people are going to want to hear it,” Beggs says. “Coffee houses are important for fostering creativity and are so supportive for emerging talent.”

Sets are 15 minutes long, including getting on and off stage.

This gives each performer about 12 minutes of showtime. Secure yourself a spot on stage and signup in advance, as there are no guarantees for people registering the night of the event.

In Skagway, the show is on Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at Eagle’s Hall on Broadway and 6th Ave. Call (907) 983-3222 to book your spot on stage. The Whitehorse show takes place on Saturday, April 16 at the United Church, located at 601 Main St. Call (867) 633-4580 to register.

The show in Whitehorse starts at 7 p.m. with a $5 admission charge, but doors will open early at 4:30 p.m. for a potluck dinner. Bring something delicious to share!

Whether you are coming to share your talents on stage or simply enjoy some live entertainment in a non-smoking and alcohol-free venue, the Yukon-Alaska Coffee House is sure to please.

Amy Ryder is a Whitehorsebased writer. Questions about her stories can be sent to editor@Whatsupyukon.com.

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National Theatre Festival Comes to Whitehorse

by Joslyn Kilborn

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t’s the only national theatre festival in Canada,” Selene Vakharia tells me. She, along with a handful of other local creatives, are working on the Yukon end of the traveling theatre festival: Magnetic North, based in Ottawa, which moves to a different Canadian town every second year.

“This year they picked Whitehorse,” Vakharia says.

With a name like Magnetic North, you might think the festival already had some ties to Canada’s north. But in their 14th season Magnetic North will visit the true north for the first time to explore this year’s fitting theme: Navigating New Dimensions.

Magnetic North is ten days of theatre and workshops that brings in national acts and artists while also heavily involving the theatre companies of the city it takes place in.

“It’s a really good opportunity for the theatre scene up here,” says Vakharia.

Of the eleven performances featured in this year’s festival, four are homegrown.

These include the perpetually sold out Theatre in the Bush, which will do a special two-night run. Arlin McFarlane’s solo show My Brain is Plastic looks through the lens of neuroscience on the individual’s ability to change themself. Gwaandak Theatre will share from their work-in-progress Map of the Land, Map of the Stars.

And Nakai’s Dogtown: The Musical will set the controversial story of Trevor the Dog to music with an all-original score.

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The Magnetic North team with Minister Elaine Taylor and Mayor Dan Curtis the official launch event be performances like Pop-Up Love Party, which takes place in Miner’s Daughter and includes a sevencourse snack party. There will be immersive theatre like Landline, which transforms audience into performer, asking participants to have conversations with strangers using text messaged prompts.

“A lot of these are new ways to experience theatre,” says Vakharia. But there’s a fair share of more traditional theatre pieces as well.

“The idea is that there’s a variety of performances for pretty much any type of interest in theatre,” Vakharia says.

The workshop schedule hasn’t been released yet, but will include events for both theatre professionals and the generally curi-

ous – like a multi-day story weaving workshop led by a first nations story weaver.

Something brand new to the festival this year is a heightened focus on accessibility: of the fifty scheduled performances over the ten days, twenty will be paywhat-you-decide, and almost all the performances will also have this option during previews.

“If you have zero dollars or five dollars or fifty, it’s what you can offer and feel fits with the performance.” Vakharia says. “It’s not to undervalue the artist, it’s to recognize that art is for everyone. Its value shouldn’t, in that respect, have a dollar amount on it all the time.”

Running from June 9-18, the festival takes up almost two

weeks of prime time in the Yukon’s jam-packed summer. It shares its final night with Nuit Blanche, and Vakharia says the two events might somehow coordinate.

“I’m sure there will be other events happening, but I think this one is just going to take over the entire city,” Vakharia says. “It will be a great time to be in Whitehorse, and invite friends and family up here.”

Essentially, Vakharia says, don’t book to be away during Magnetic North. It’s a once-in-acity’s-lifetime opportunity, not to be missed.

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorse-based writer.

Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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’ve been enjoying a couple of relatively new books about the work of the late Ted Harrison. They are Ted Harrison Collected (Douglas & McIntyre) and A Brush full of Colour (Pajama Press).

The first one is a trade paperback collection of the 91 serigraph posters he created and sold. The second is a hardcover children’s book with about 37 pictures and sketches, covering his entire career.

We have quite a bit of Harrison around the house: several of the prints, book posters that were sent to me by the publishers, two tea mugs with prints on them, and several of his books. It’s all lively, uplifting stuff, which is what he wanted it to be.

“We should all try to spread a little happiness wherever we may be,” he once said. And he expressed similar sentiments the one time that I interviewed him for an article back when the Harrisons still lived in Whitehorse.

In 1989, when the latest edition of the Robert Service School opened its doors, Harrison was commissioned to create the poster accompanying this article. It’s one of my favourites. Typically, the colours have nothing to do with reality. In those days the school was institutional grey, as so many buildings once were in Dawson, though the tide had begun to turn.

Harrison’s colour choices had begun to affect (or maybe infect) the town a few years before, starting with the small buildings at the back lot of the Westmark Hotel, where they fronted onto 4th Avenue.

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Robert Service School by Ted Harrison They had been the grey and white that was so typical of Dawson from the 1960s (or earlier) on.

When we first visited the town with my in-laws in 1978 my father–in-law, who had been expecting great things, remarked that “the glory had departed.” Indeed, Dawson in living colour looked a lot like the black and white images in the film City of Gold.

A couple of years after we moved here we came back from a summer trip to Nova Scotia and, for some reason drove down 4th Avenue on the way home. Seeing the sudden blaze of colour we stopped to look. The contractor, a friend, came running out to our

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In truth, it was a surprise, but I rather liked it. Even then I thought of it as the Harrison Effect.

There was a fuss a few years later when Parks Canada, as part of its restoration of the Commissioner’s Residence, restored it to the golden hue it had worn in its heyday. By then it had been mostly white for years, and people complained.

On the other hand, when Holland America bought up the east side of the 5th Avenue block across from its original Westmark Hotel building and expanded, the first paint job on the expansion was a drab monotone, and folks were rather relieved when, a few years later, a variety of colours blossomed on both sides of the street.

Even the school got a new colour with time, when it was decided that a light beige might weather better and hold in less of the sun’s heat in the fall and spring.

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Enumeration

Enumerators will begin visiting homes across Yukon to collect the names of all eligible electors.

To be eligible, you must be: • a Canadian citizen, • at least 18 years old and, • a resident in Yukon for the past 12 months.

Enumerators will be working in your community to include every eligible elector on the List of Electors. Adding your name to the list of eligible voters will make voting quicker and easier when the election of Members of the Legislative Assembly takes place later this year.

You will be asked for your full name and address, which will appear on the List of Electors.

You will also be asked for your birth date and gender, which will not appear on the List.

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by Elections Yukon to update the List in the future, with your consent. It may be shared with Elections Canada to help update federal Lists of Electors, too.

Please share the requested information when your neighbourhood enumerators visit — and please contain your dogs to provide them with a safe working environment.

Thank you — in advance — for your cooperation.

Recensement

Les recenseurs commenceront bientôt à visiter les habitations du Yukon en vue d’établir la liste des électeurs admissibles.

Pour pouvoir voter, vous devez : • avoir la citoyenneté canadienne; • avoir au moins 18 ans; • avoir résidé au Yukon au cours des 12 derniers mois.

Les recenseurs passeront dans votre voisinage afin d’inscrire tous les électeurs admissibles sur la liste électorale. Il sera plus facile et plus rapide de voter si votre nom est inscrit sur cette liste en vue des élections qui se tiendront plus tard cette année pour élire les membres de l’Assemblée législative.

On vous demandera de fournir votre nom complet et votre adresse, qui apparaîtront sur la liste des électeurs. On vous demandera également de fournir votre date de naissance et votre sexe (ces renseignements ne figureront pas sur la liste). Avec votre consentement, les renseignements recueillis seront utilisés par Élections Yukon pour mettre à jour la liste électorale dans l’avenir.

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Yes We Wood!

Raven Recycling is testing out the sustainability of using waste wood as a heat source

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The 100 kW Hargassner unit at Raven Recycling unit – and that is why we went and I supported this,” Mooney says.

“If we were going for a higher end one, that was finicky with the chips, I would not have supported this project.”

Turns out this little beauty is pretty low maintenance, too.

Danny Lewis, educational coordinator at Raven Recycling, says the machine does almost everything by itself.

“I think the neatest thing I find is that it cleans itself. As a consumer, you know, you’ve always got to call the repair guy or the chimney guy or whoever,” Lewis says.

All the staff have to do is keep the hopper filled with chips and empty the ash box.

“And enjoy the heat,” Schmidt adds.

But before the machine could start working, wood chips where needed.

Raven Recycling started collecting pallets from the neighborhood in October and by December, they had a big pile together.

“We had Castle Rock (Enterprise) come, it took them two and a half hours to chip up 21 tons worth of wood, which is enough to last an entire year and we had pallets left over,” Lewis says.

The heating costs for Raven Recycling used to be around $30,000 to $40,000, but with this unit, it will probably be around $3,000 to $5,000 per year.

“What I understand, just from waste wood, there is probably enough to run 12, 16 of those units (in Whitehorse),” Schmidt says,

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he first biomass heating project to use waste wood in the North has been up and running for a month.

The project was initiated by Chris Schmidt from ACS Mechanical. In the spring of 2015 he was asked to replace the boilers at Raven Recycling, and in November he presented the project to Cold Climate Innovations at the Yukon Research Centre.

“I sat down to make a quote and looking on the computer and stuff, and this had always been in the back of my mind,” Schmidt says. “It always bugged me when they do power lines, lot clearing, road clearing and this stuff just gets wasted.

“And I found this wood chip boiler and it has CSA (Canadian Standards Agency) approval.”

The boiler he found is a 100 kW Hargassner wood chip boiler from Austria and it has been heating the Raven Recycling depot since March 10.

The Yukon Government and the Yukon Research Centre are providing $60,000 in funding to test this biomass heating project at Raven Recycling.

Stephen Mooney, director at Cold Climate Innovations, thought this was a great project when Schmidt came forward with the idea.

“What is beautiful about this Hargassner unit is, that it’s very forgiving in the quality of chips that you put into it. That is why I got behind this project, because we in the Yukon are rookies, or infants, in making chips,” Mooney says.

He likens putting the wrong kind of chips into wood chip boilers with putting diesel fuel into a gasoline-run car.

“This Hargassner unit can take garbage or low-value chips and that is the best quality of that

adding that there is likely enough to feed two to three in each community.

Stephen Mooney says “it’s a beautiful thing” that Raven Recycling wanted to divert the waste wood that was going to the landfill, and put it to use heating their building.

“I love the support of that.

That’s innovative. That’s green.

And it’s showing people the power of biomass – that we should use

biomass more in the Yukon,” he says.

From now one, waste wood will no longer just be waste at Raven Recycling. And maybe this project will pave the way for a future of biomass heating in the Yukon.

Maria Gruninger is a Whitehorse-based writer.

Questions about her stories can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Thu, Apr, 14, 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, Apr, 14, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Apr, 14, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest cohosts and performers.

Fri, Apr, 15, Skagway Folk Festival 12:00 AM Skagway Visitor Center Annual International Mini Folk Festival, one day in Skagway with musicians of Southeast Alaska, then a trip to Whitehorse for another day of music, music, and more music. (907) 983-2275 Fri, Apr, 15, Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Apr, 15, Break On Through! An Evening with The Doorknobs 7:00 PM Well Read Books Fri, Apr, 15, Winter Trio CD Release Concert 7:30 PM The Old Fire Hall 867667-6931 Fri, Apr, 15, Kingswardfish 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Kingswardfish performs LIVE! Fri, Apr, 15, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Fri, Apr, 15, Thunderstruck 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon The Ultimate AC/ DC tribute band from Vancouver, BC will be live at Jarvis Street Saloon APRIL 15th and 16th. Come down and SHAKE IT ALL NIGHT LONG with THUNDERSTRUCK! Sat, Apr, 16, Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Sociable Jam 3:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on ours! (867) 6684567 Ext: 300 Sat, Apr, 16, Break On Through! An Evening with The Doorknobs 7:00 PM Well Read Books Sat, Apr, 16, ‘Say ya don’t Go’ YK-AK Coffeehouse 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Yk-Ak Coffee House and Open Mic Night 633-4580 Sat, Apr, 16, Kingswardfish 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Kingswardfish performs LIVE! Sat, Apr, 16, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Apr, 16, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sat, Apr, 16, Thunderstruck 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon The Ultimate AC/ DC tribute band from Vancouver, BC will be live at Jarvis Street Saloon APRIL 15th and 16th. Come down and SHAKE IT ALL NIGHT LONG with THUNDERSTRUCK! Sun, Apr, 17, Open Mic Night 3:00 PM 98 Hotel Sun, Apr, 17, Peggy and Roxx 8:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Peggy and Roxx perform LIVE! Sun, Apr, 17, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Apr, 18, Music Mondays with Steve Slade 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant

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Music Mondays at Antoinette’s is back! This week, catch the warm vocal stylings and guitar wizardry of Steve Slade.

Mon, Apr, 18, Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Apr, 19, Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 7:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Tue, Apr, 19, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest cohosts and performers.

Wed, Apr, 20, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Apr, 20, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Apr, 20, Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Apr, 21, 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, Apr, 21, 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, Apr, 21, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Apr, 21, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest cohosts and performers.

GENERAL EVENTS

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! 3353442 Fri, Apr, 15, Spring Salsa and Bachata Classes 12:00 AM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks We invite you to bring your indoor shoes and your smile and come have some fun with us. We hold Masters degrees in Education and have over 20 years of teaching, dance and and performance experience Fri, Apr, 15, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches 12:00 PM Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Apr, 15, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Apr, 15-17 OUT North Celebrates Five Years! 6:00 PM Beringia Centre Three nights, six of the best queer films from 2014 and 2015. Gorgeous cinematography, outstanding performances, an indie documentary, comedy with heart, a true human rights story and a wonderfully nuanced picture from one of France’s golden boy directors.

Sat, Apr, 16, 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, 16, Webinar Presentation with Dr. Pat Armstrong 9:30 AM Yukon College Sat, Apr, 16, Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Sat, Apr, 16, Long Ago Yukon SKYPE Lecture 1:00 PM Beringia Centre 867-6336579 Sun, Apr, 17, 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, Apr, 18, 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, Apr, 18, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 18, 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, 18, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Apr, 18, Yukon Green Party AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Official notice to all supporters. Get on the Green team! Call 633-3392 for more info.

Tue, Apr, 19, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 19, Yukon Women In Politics 5:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Network, celebrate and share stories.

Women only event Tue, Apr, 19, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 19, 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, 19, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 19, Projection En quête de sens 8:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre L’AFY est fière de s’associer à la Yukon Film Society pour présenter En quête de sens, un projet documentaire de Nathanaël Coste et Marc de La Ménardière.

Wed, Apr, 20, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Apr, 20, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 20, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 20, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Apr, 21, 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, 21, Theatre with Susie Anne After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, 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! 3353442 Thu, Apr, 21, The Guild Presents: Hunter / Gatherers 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Incredibly smart and very funny, Hunter/ Gatherers examines how our most primal urges have shaped our modern social scenes. It also might make some Yukoners think more than twice about that upcoming dinner party.

Tue, Apr, 19, Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM Tue, Apr, 19, Brave New Writing 7:00 PM Come join us to work that creative muscle in a warm and supportive environment. This is a guided creative writing workshop using prompts to inspire, engage, and explore.

Bring your favourite journal and a pen and get ready to write. Admission by donation.

This is a creative writing workshop that takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at 127 Alsek Road, Riverdale.

KIDS & FAMILIES

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 ÉmilieTremblay 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 ÉmilieTremblay Fri, Apr, 15, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Apr, 15, 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, 15, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Apr, 16, Imagination Station 10:00 AM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome Mon, Apr, 18, 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, 18, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 18, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Apr, 18, 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, 18, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Tue, Apr, 19, 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, 19, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 19, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 19, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 20, 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, 20, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 20, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 20, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Apr, 21, 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, 21, Theatre with Susie Anne After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Apr, 21, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay

MEETING & WORKSHOPS

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 Sat, Apr, 16, 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, 16, PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know.

Everyone welcome Sun, Apr, 17, General Meeting For Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation Whitehorse Citizens 10:00 AM Yukon Inn Plaza Meeting held at the Yukon Inn Fireside Room. For more information call Kayla Mintz 867-689-9097 or email kayla. mintz@lscfn.ca Sun, Apr, 17, 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, Apr, 18, Yukon Green Party AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Official notice to all supporters. Get on the Green team! Call 633-3392 for more info.

Mon, Apr, 18, Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30-8:30pm at 4071-4th Avenue.

Please ring the buzzer if the door is locked.

For more info please contact oayukon@ gmail.com Tue, Apr, 19, Yukon Women In Politics 5:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Network, celebrate and share stories.

Women only event Tue, Apr, 19, YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Wed, Apr, 20, Sharing Economy Networking Event - Free 5:30 PM (co) space coworking space` This is going to be a fantastic event! Join us for an evening of networking and discussion about the Sharing Economy lead by Keith Halliday.

Thu, Apr, 21-23 TIAY Spring Conference & AGM Tourism Industry Association of Yukon Held in Haines Alaska this year! 668-3312 Tue, Apr, 19, Brave New Writing 7:00 PM Come join us to work that creative muscle in a warm and supportive environment. This is a guided creative writing workshop using prompts to inspire, engage, and explore.

Bring your favourite journal and a pen and get ready to write. Admission by donation.

This is a creative writing workshop that takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at 127 Alsek Road, Riverdale.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 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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The Ups and Downs of Mountain Biking in the Shoulder Season

The CMBC hosts a Fat Enduro race at Mount Sima on April 16

by Glenda Koh

T

he thrill of downhill and the dry heaves of cardio — get the best of both worlds at Contagious Mountain Bike Club’s Fat Enduro event at Mount Sima, April 16.

As part of the club’s ever-expanding race series, participants will ride or push their bikes up to the observation deck, then are timed on a 3.5 km descent south of and including parts of Pokey and Hailey. Racers can do the course again and select their best time.

Strictly speaking, enduro races consist of between three and 10 stages that alternate uphill and downhill portions. While only the downhill portions are timed, it is important that there be an uphill portion, which distinguishes it from a purely downhill race.

Josh de la Salle, the club’s Director of Downhill, explains “There’s a physical challenge to push your bike up the hill. You’re pushing, but you’re not timed, so you’re tired by the time you get to the top. That’s the concept of the enduro race.”

Because of the mixed nature of enduro races, they are gaining popularity, with appeal to both cross country and downhill riders.

This weekend’s fat enduro was originally billed as a fat bike event. However, the club is encouraging participants to bring their choice of either a fat bike or mountain bike.

De la Salle says both have merits.

“The trail will be packed, so mountain bikes might have a better advantage in speed, but fat bikes might have an advantage in

Spring fever?

Get out and ride April 16th with Contagious Mountain Biking Club’s Fat Enduro event at Mount Sima

PHOTO: kozzi.com cornering because of the wider tire.”

The trail being used for this race is considered a beginner or intermediate level, so the race will be suitable for all levels of riders.

Built last year with Community Development Fund (CDF) support, the trail is part of the club’s ongoing efforts to work with Mount Sima to increase mountain biking at the hill.

Last year, the two organizations were able to offer four weekends where Mount Sima was open to mountain bikes. The chair lift is used to transport their bikes to the top

of the hill.

“We’re trying to get more mountain biking days in the summer, but it’s really expensive to run the chairlift,” de la Salle says.

“It’s between $200 and $500 to run the lift for one day.”

Typically, both organizations will share the operating costs.

If you’ve been noticing more and more events coming out of CMBC lately, it’s not your imagination. The club has a few signature events, such as the 24 Hours of Light, which takes place close to the summer solstice, and its winter counterpart, the 5+ Hours of Light fat bike event.

In addition, the club has introduced some new downhill, endurance, and fat bike events, such as this one and last month’s fat gran fondo (a gran fondo is traditionally a long road ride). The fat enduro is an ideal shoulder season event to tide mountain bikers over between the fat bike and mountain bike seasons.

Furthermore, de la Salle knows that races are a great way to build interest in a sport. “If we keep putting this on, we’ll continue to attract more people. None of our events have started with a lot of participants, but mountain biking has really started to become a bigger thing here and is growing more and more popular.”

Interested cyclists can register at 9 a.m. on the day of the race, April 16. The race starts at 10 a.m. at the bottom of the hill.

Go to CMBCYukon.ca for more information.

Glenda Koh has been happily enduring her fat for three years.

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Yukon Flickers with Andrew Gilbutowicz

Deep Ecology within Architecture and Design

The film Ever the Land explores New Zealand’s first living building

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It was launched 10 years ago, and pillars of performance include, site, water, energy, health, materials, equity and beauty. Recently the Maori tribe Ngai Tûhoe completed the construction of New Zealand’s first living building, Te Wharehou o Tūhoe.

The film Ever the Land is a documentary about this monumental event. It’s a film that will interest designers, developers, architects, First Nations, carpenters, government officials, and documentarians, telling the story a living building, its representation of the past and its endurance

of hope for the future.

Here in the Yukon our First Nations have been building community headquarters and cultural centres in order to represent themselves on traditional lands; Kwanlin Dün on the Yukon River, Carcross/Tagish on the shores of Nares Lake and the Na-Cho Nyak Dun in Mayo who are looking at Living Building Challenge options for their community building.

In the protected forest region of the Te Urewera on the North Island of New Zealand, the Ngai Tûhoe (“Children of the Mist”) has been fighting to reclaim their traditional lands for over 150 years. Tûhoe’s struggle with disputed settlements in New Zealand has been not unlike many other indigenous peoples’ journey to recognition, resistance and resur-

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All of these delicate issues are left to define themselves through Grohnert’s minimal intervention, immediacy and the revelation of individual human character.

The film’s main subject is the living building itself, the Te Wharehou o Tūhoe.

In full Maori regalia and ceremony, through hand made clay bricks, 400 year old timber, the consideration for a fish gutting station with regards for the buildings thermal envelope efPHOTO: Courtesy of YFS ficiency, the building is alive with the wishes of the Tûhoe. If walls could speak, the Te Wharehou o Tūhoe would Ever the Land plays whisper the voices of its builder’s April 19th at the ancestors.

Kwanlin Dun The Yukon Film Society presents Ever the Land on April 19 at Cultural Centre Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre at 6 p.m.

Grohnert’s work as a documentarian lends itself well to the study of cultural anthropology.

Within the Tûhoe there exists two very different and opposing views

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A Good Kind of Fat

by Aimee O’Connor

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henever I think of avocados, my mind immediately goes to a cartoon I saw circulating Twitter one day that shows an avocado running away from another avocado in tears.

The one standing there looks guilty, and says, “I said, ‘You’re the good kind of fat!’”

Aside from the cheeky jab at body image issues, the picture encapsulates both the main health draw of the green fruit and the deeply ingrained way of thinking – that foods high in fat will make you fat.

Part of this can be chalked up to the low-fat craze of the 1990s.

Even now, grocery store shelves are still heavily stocked with lowfat and fat-free products.

Without the fat and oil in these products, many of them compensated by spiking the levels of sugar to make them taste better without the fat. This essentially does a disservice to your health, by stripping out the good and adding in the bad.

By shedding the low-fat-isbetter mentality, more people can start to warm up to the idea that healthy fats and oils are critical to our bodies’ well-being.

Good fats and oils are a source of energy, they help the brain and other muscles function properly and help the body absorb healthy fatty acids.

I would like to introduce those

who haven’t tried it to a healthy kitchen staple: avocado oil.

Made from pressing the fruit of an avocado, this oil is high in monounsaturated fat. Research shows that a diet with monounsaturated fat can lower the risk of heart disease and stabilize blood sugar levels.

Avocado oil is also high in Vitamin E, which is why it is a beauty product favourite, similar to that of coconut oil.

If refined, it looks a lot like olive oil and has a mild taste and smell. Unrefined avocado oil is darker green in colour.

While it is relatively new to the world of cooking, it is an excellent oil for high-temperature cooking, with a smoke point of around 480 degrees Fahrenheit (249 C).

The deal with smoke points is that once an oil reaches that point, its structure breaks down, nutrients are lost and the flavour changes. That, combined with potentially dangerous compounds that are created, makes an oil with a low smoke point a bad choice for things like stir fries or deep frying.

The healthiness and high smoke point of avocado oil trumps olive oil. While coconut oil also has a high fat content, it tends to bring along a strong coconut flavour to whatever its used in.

Because avocado oil hasn’t totally permeated the grocery store shelves, it can be trickier to

get your hands on than other oils.

If you can’t find it in the Yukon, it can be ordered online.

Here are a few of my favourite ways to use avocado oil: For drizzling: In soups lacking richness, top them off with a light drizzle of avocado oil and a light sprinkle of freshly grated Parmesan. The oil will sink slightly and add a buttery texture, while the cheese adds a little perk of salt.

For salad dressing: In your favourite salad dressing recipe, swap out the extra virgin olive oil for avocado oil. My personal favourite is a basic two parts oil to one part apple cider vinegar, with a touch of minced garlic, Dijon mustard and salt and pepper.

For roasting: Toss your chopped vegetables with avocado oil, salt and pepper and pop into a hot oven until they start to brown and crisp up a little bit.

For dipping: This treat is perfect for freshly baked bread. Infuse your avocado oil with some dried Italian herbs, such as oregano, thyme and basil. Drizzle the oil onto a plate, and add some balsamic vinegar. Slice bread into bite sized pieces and dip into the oil and vinegar mixture.

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ccording to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) website, the 3,200 kilometre stretch of mountain range running from Yellowstone to the Yukon is one of the last intact mountain ecosystems on earth. It’s amazingly still home to all the same wildlife species as when the first European explorers came.

It’s an area that includes the Peel Watershed, the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park, as well as cities, highways, mines and farms. Some parts of it remain pristine untouched wilderness; other parts contain people’s homes, jobs, livelihoods.

This is the area that Y2Y has spent the last 22 years working to protect, connect and restore.

It started around a campfire in the Muskwa-Kechika, a protected area in Northern British Columbia that is the size of Ireland.

“We were in one of the big-

gest protected areas in the world chika is a great example of this. about finding this balance.”

“Development can occur withand its ecosystem was still strug- The area, which is globally signifigling,” says Candace Batycki, Y2Y cant for its intact wilderness, in- out negatively impacting ecoprogram director for B.C. and cludes Parks and Protected Areas, systems,” she says.

In pursuit of this balance, Y2Y the Yukon. “We realized what we as well as areas where resource were trying to protect was not big extraction is allowed – albeit with has worked in a multitude of ways to reduce conflict between human enough. We had to think bigger. A very high standards of operation.

The area is an example of the and animal needs. For example, lot bigger.”

So they thought really big – ex- coexistence of animal, plant, and wildlife bridges, like the one in Banff, allow animals to safely tending their vision to include the human needs.

“People tend to think its jobs cross a highway that interrupts an entire mountain ecosystem the Muskwa-Kechika sits in: 1.3 mil- vs. the environment, you can’t otherwise intact wilderness; the lion square kilometres that cross have both,” Batycki says. “But you mining company that purchased territorial, provincial and national can’t have one without the other. 18,000 kilometres of protected These ecosystems are providing land in the Flathead River Valley; boundaries.

Today Y2Y is known as one of us with everything we need for electric fences installed on cattle the most successful collaborative survival, including our jobs. It’s farms so bears can continue to pass through without large-landscape visions any conflict with the in the word, Batycki livestock or farmers. says. This is largely beWe were in one of the biggest They also run or cause the core of their fund local bear-smart vision is coexistence. protected areas in the world and its programs, like Yukon’s “Our mission is conecosystem was still struggling, WildWise, and offer necting ecosystems so a small grants propeople and nature can Candace Batycki gram that groups like thrive,” Batycki says. the Yukon ConservaAnd the Muskwa-Ke-

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tion Society benefit from. They work with individuals, industries, and municipalities across all the boundaries the Y2Y area crosses.

“We’re engaging with decision makers at all levels,” says Batycki. “We’ve worked with over 300 partners over the years. The only way to work across a landscape this big is partnership.”

The work Y2Y does can be seen in three main ideologies.

“If you look at the Y2Y region from north to south, at the top we think protect, in the centre we think of connect, and in the south we think of restore,” Batycki says.

“The further south you go the more connection issues you have due to things like highways.”

This means many parts of the Y2Y area are made up of fragmented landscapes separated by development.

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Yukon, where Y2Y’s focus is more on maintaining what we currently have going on.

“It’s rare in the world,” she says. “That’s why people come here.”

There’s another reason Y2Y’s focus is on such a wide area: climate change.

“In terms of ecosystems adapting to climate change, things have to be connected, or they will die,” Batycki says. “If you’re an insect you have a different ability to move than a tree species does.

It’s not like ecosystems are going to move – what you have in one place might not happen in another place. Without that connectivity it makes it very difficult for any kind of species to adapt.”

According to the Y2Y website, “the best solution to support these inevitable changes is to maintain and connect large swaths of ecologically diverse land, like those found in the Yellowstone to Yukon region.”

And as Batycki notes, “climate change is disproportionately affecting the north.”

Yet the Y2Y area still presents an opportunity for connectivity that development in other parts of the continent have made impossible.

“The good news of Y2Y is it’s a mountain ecosystem,” says Batycki. “The terrain has meant that there are a lot more opportunities remaining than there are in more heavily impacted regions.

“Y2Y people travel, we go to different conferences around the world. And people say wow, what you have here is really special.”

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to grind eggshells and sprinkle in the soil. Why is calcium important?

You could say it is the backbone of your crop. Having enough calcium will ensure that your crops grow strong, straight and tall. Calcium also helps with the flow of minerals throughout the plant.

In addition to calcium, you need potassium. Potassium is good for many things in the gardening world. It helps keep your plants strong, prevents diseases, provides strong proteins and can even help with water absorption. Giving your garden an extra kick of potassium is simple: toss a few banana peels on top of the soil. They will decompose and release a happy, healthy dose of potassium to whatever is growing in your garden – this goes for flowers, too.

Another idea to try for fertilizing your garden is something you may already have: weeds. Believe it or not, weeds are an excellent way to give your garden nutrients it needs. Weeds are like a grand slam of fertilizers because they have high amounts of potassium, calcium and nitrates. You can pull weeds, and dry them, then sprinPHOTO: Angela Szymczuk kle them in the soil, or you can collect them, add them to about 15 litres of water, and let them Try using these simple leftovers to create soak for a few days and create your own fertilizer for the garden your own mulch. Be sure to open the lid of the container and stir For her, using household prod- daily to allow the mulch to absorb he first thing that people know about me is that I am ucts as a fertilizer was common- oxygen. a city girl. It’s not that I do place. For example, if you were Angela Szymczuk is a not have an appreciation for coun- looking to plant crops with high Whitehorse-based writer. try living, it’s just not something acidity, such as tomatoes or bluePlease send comments about I could do on a daily basis. So, it berries, using leftover coffee her articles to should come to no surprise that grinds would be dispersed in the editor@whatsupyukon.com. when it comes to gardening I am soil. Another way to use coffee as a form or fertilizer would be to quite the novice.

Last year was the first time I soak the coffee grinds in water took a serious crack at it, under for three days and then use it to the guidance of my grandmother saturate the soil. For a ratio, six who has about 70 years of experi- cups of coffee grinds to 22 litres ence. Unlike myself who was born of water should do the trick.

Till this day my grandmother and raised in the city (Toronto), she grew up in the small town of will use coffee grinds as fertilizer Villach, Austria. Farming was the for her tomato plants. I’ve had way of life back then and as she quite a few of those tomatoes and lived her teenage years on the they always taste awesome.

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Community EVENTS ATLIN Wed, Apr, 20, Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre BEAVER CREEK Sat, Apr, 16, Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Apr, 16, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Apr, 18, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Apr, 19, Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Apr, 19, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS 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 Sun, Apr, 17, St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129 Tue, Apr, 19, 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, 19, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Apr, 19, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Apr, 19, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Apr, 20, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Apr, 20, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Apr, 20, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 21, 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, 21, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 21, 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, Apr, 15, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 15, 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, 15, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Apr, 16, 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, 16, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Apr, 17, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Apr, 17, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Apr, 18, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Tue, Apr, 19, Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Apr, 20, KIAC - Beginning Guitar with Nijen 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art &

Culture Spring Session: March 23 - May 11 Wed, Apr, 20, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Apr, 20, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

FARO Thu, Apr, 14, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 17, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Apr, 17, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Apr, 19, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Parent & Tot StoryTime 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Apr, 20, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Apr, 21, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School HAINES JUNCTION Thu, Apr, 14, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Apr, 17, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-6342360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Apr, 18, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Apr, 20, 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, 21, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Apr, 21, Open Mic 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE Fri, Apr, 15, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Mother Goose Parent & Tot 10:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Happy Hour 4:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Apr, 17, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, 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. C’mon down!

Tue, Apr, 19, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO Sun, Apr, 17, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Apr, 19, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

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Thu, Apr, 14, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Apr, 15, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Apr, 20, Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083

OLD CROW Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Apr, 17, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381

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Thu, Apr, 21, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH 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 Fri, Apr, 15, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

Sat, Apr, 16, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Apr, 16, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Sun, Apr, 17, Pancake Breakfast with Sunday Morning Trivia: Tagish 9:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Third Sunday of every month. September 20th - Trivia Theme is “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’

Tue, Apr, 19, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Apr, 19, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Apr, 20, Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed, Apr, 20, Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu, Apr, 21, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

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Thu, Apr, 14, After school sports Grades 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 14, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM r Sat, Apr, 16, Teslin Youth Club (Gr 7-12) 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 17, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Apr, 17, Adult Yoga 11:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 17, Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 17, Carpet Bowling (ages 55+) 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 18, Kids in the Kitchen (K4-Grade 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 18, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 19, Kids in the Kitchen (Grade 4-9) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 19, Adult Yoga (13+) 5:15 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 20, Golden Age Social (Ages 55+) 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 20, After School Activities (K4-Gr 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 21, After school sports Grades 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 21, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

WATSON LAKE 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 Sun, Apr, 17, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Apr, 17, 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, 18, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

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HAINES, ALASKA Fri, Apr, 15, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 15, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Apr, 15, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 15, Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Apr, 15, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Apr, 18, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Apr, 18, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Apr, 19, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Apr, 20, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre

Skagway, Alaska 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 Fri, Apr, 15, Skagway Folk Festival 12:00 AM Skagway Visitor Center (907) 983-2275 Annual International Mini Folk Festival, one day in Skagway with musicians of Southeast Alaska, then a trip to Whitehorse for another day of music, music, and more music.

Fri, Apr, 15, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Apr, 15, 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, 15, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time

Fri, Apr, 15, Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Apr, 15, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Fri, Apr, 15, 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, 15, Volleyball For Adults 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 16, Spinning w/ Cindy 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 16, 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, 17, Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/ Jeanne 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 17, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Sun, Apr, 17, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ AJ 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 18, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Mon, Apr, 18, Restorative Yoga: w/ Katherine AL 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 18, TRX Suspension Training w/ Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Apr, 18, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 18, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 18, Soccer For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Chair and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 19, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Tue, Apr, 19, 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, 19, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Tue, Apr, 19, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Wed, Apr, 20, Back/Hip Yoga: All Levels w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Apr, 20, TRX Suspension Training w/ Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Apr, 20, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Wed, Apr, 20, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Climbing Instruction For Belay Certification Class - Signup Required 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 20, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Wed, Apr, 20, Belay Check For Certification Signup Required 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Stick and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Apr, 21, 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, 21, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Thu, Apr, 21, Restorative Yoga: w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Spinning w/ Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

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Converting Adventure into Books and Film

BC-based writer and filmmaker Dianne Whelan is a guest speaker at the Yukon Writers’ Festival April 20 to 24

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ianne Whelan is an award winning filmmaker, photographer and author who lived, until fairly recently, in Vancouver. At the time of this interview she was in New Brunswick, in the midst of a project she calls “500 Days in the Wild.”

“It’s what I do for a living. I do these adventures, make films and then I write books about them.

Sometimes I do websites as well or interactive projects,” she says.

Last July 1, after having temporarily divested herself of most her belongings, renting out her house and selling her car, she stepped out onto Mile Zero of the Trans Canada Trail in Victoria, B.C.and began a long walk across the country.

“I usually follow other people’s journeys, but this time, because it’s the Trail – the longest trail in the world - and you kind of need a person, too, I’m like the character in my own story.”

Having only reaching New Brunswick by March, she now concedes that it will probably take more like “1,000 days in the wild” to complete her 25,000

km hike. The end result will be a documentary film and, eventually, a book.

There are other people attempting this feat, and she says she hopes to meet some of them, but it’s not a race for her. It’s about the journey and the people and places she encounters along the way.

The project is not continuous, however. In April, for instance, she will be flying to the Yukon to take part in the Yukon Writers’ Festival, which takes place April 20-24. As the Public Library Branch’s contribution to the week long event she will be travelling to a number of Yukon communities, doing readings and speaking with groups about her work.

She says that she will eventually make it back to the territory as part of her long walk, especially since the Yukon is one of the places that has completed its trail.

Previously she has had considerable success with “40 Days at Base Camp,” a film shot on Mt. Everest. This was followed by a book called Base Camp: 40 Days

Dianne Whelan, shown here in Cape Breton near the Bras D’or Lakes, is a guest speaker at the Yukon Writers’ Festival taking place in Whitehorse April 20-24 PHOTO: Rob Smith on Everest.

On another project she joined 7 rangers (both Inuit and non-Native) to raise a flag on the northernmost tip of Canadian soil. This journey resulted in the National Film Board documentary called This Land; a book, called This Vanishing Land; and an award winning multi-media web project on the same subject.

Whelan says she sees herself primarily as a storyteller and has a focus on visual storytelling, though she is a lifelong habitué of hand written journal writing, and her creative process often begins with a combination of journal entries, film footage and photographs.

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Thematically, she is looking for elements that reflect modern thinking and technology as well as indigenous and traditional wisdom. More broadly, she works with art, spirit, ecology and story to craft her works, both in film and in writing.

“I follow my heart as much as

possible,” she said. “I try for my life to be a sincere expression of my spirit.”

During her visit to the Yukon, Whelan will be visiting Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, Mayo, Carcross, Teslin, and Watson Lake during the week of April 18 to 23.

Dan Davidson retired from 32 years of teaching in rural Yukon schools, but continues writing about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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Intimate, Insightful and Non-Traditional

The documentary A Womb of Their Own screens at the OUT North Queer Film Festival on April 16

by Len Row

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t’s 1929, Virginia Woolf publishes her famous extended feminist essay, called “A Room of One’s Own,” exploring the gender disparity between women and men.

Fast forward to 2016 and discussion around gender politics has widened to include people living beyond the male/female binary.

Cyn Lubow’s documentary film A Womb of Their Own asks the question, “What can a diverse group of masculine pregnant people teach the world about gender?”

The answer is worth watching as we enter the homes, hearts and relationships of this brave bunch.

Identifying as masculine, and giving birth to two sons, Lubow wonders, “What does that make me?” and offers that her body’s experience of pregnancy was not a gender thing. The California psychotherapist turned filmmaker decides to explore her ideas further through a series of interviews with others. The people Lubow introduces us to are as interesting and diverse as nature.

Meet Rae Goodman, the high school biology teacher, whose students accept that both men and women can have beards.

Some people in public places react differently, seeing, “beard, tits, confusion.” Add 34 weeks of pregnancy to the reality of this visual and the lines of gender binary are anything but straight.

Kerrick, a museum science educator and Rae’s husband, identifies as a trans man who is attracted to people rather than gender.

Lorenzo Ramirez has faith that, “God loves me no matter what,” and attends men’s bible study. He identifies as a straight man who dates women. He can’t afford top surgery to remove his “boobs” so he wears a skin tight body suit, which he finds very uncomfortable, impractical for peeing and ultimately depressing. Imelio Ramirez, Lorenzo’s 14-year-old son, gives his dad a verbal lesson in how to use a public urinal and survive the experience. They form a tender and dynamic duo.

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people who identify with the sex they were born with) and trans. In their mind they are a “fabulous gay man.” Weinert has a trans male partner.

Darcy Allder is a social work student who is negotiating his school/work life while pregnant. He had masculinizing top surgery nine years ago. Uncomfortable socially while taking testosterone, he found that passing as a white male brought inherent boy’s club misogyny. He stopped taking “T” and now sees himself as living in a gender middle space. Allder is most comfortable in a slender body so struggles with feeling unattractive in pregnancy.

AK Summers identifies as PHOTO: Courtesy of YQFA “faggy butch,” and looked to pregnancy as “nine months that A Womb of Their Own plays as would really suck.” Summers chronicled her experience through part of the OUT North Queer a graphic memoir, Pregnant Butch, Film Festival on April 16 and was determined her mother was not going to be in the delivery pronoun “they,” having used mas- room. culine pronouns and testosterone The anecdotes in A Womb of in the past. They are attracted to Their Own are punctuated with a variety of people that identify personal histories in the form as male, cisgendered (meaning of childhood and family photographs. Progressing through chapters from breasts to genitalia and healthcare, to name a few, we are allowed to share in intimate details and reflections. A trans health provider points out that a trans or masculine-identified person with a vagina can face social alienation when trying to find an understanding gynecologist. Societal challenges facing people living outside of the gender binary ...features six films are acknowledged without being on the program, dwelled upon.

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Wed, Apr, 20 Adult Gymnastics DropIn (New starting age of 14 years old) Polarettes Gymnastics Club 7:00 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Thu, Apr, 21 YTG – COSB 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Thu, Apr, 21 YTG – COSB 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club

Thu, Apr, 21 WCC Practice Ice Times: Whitehorse Curling Club 11:30 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21 Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Apr, 21 Snowshoe Series 6:00 PM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre 6335671 Thu, Apr, 21 Second section 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Thu, Apr, 21 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Apr, 21 Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Thu, Apr, 21 Third Section 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School Thu, Apr, 21 Youth Drop-in (New age limit 9 -13years old*) Polarettes Gymnastics Club 7:30 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary

Wellness LISTINGS Thu, Apr, 14-15, FREE One Week Yoga Drop-in with Sabu Chaitanya 6:15 AM Sacred Heart Cathedral Thu, Apr, 14, Second section 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Thu, Apr, 14, Third Section 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School Fri, Apr, 15, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Sat, Apr, 16, Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation 10:30 AM The Studio Sat, Apr, 16, Taking Care of Your Energy Field and Chakras 2:00 PM Breath of Life Collective In this two hour workshop Ruth Lera will lead participants in very simple exercises and visualizations that can be used at home to care for our own energy field and chakras.

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Where a poll is held, voting will take place on Monday, May 2, 2016 between the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Dans les endroits où se tiendra un scrutin, le vote aura lieu le lundi 2 mai 2016, entre 15 h et 20 h.

Beginning on Monday, , nomination April 11, papers will be available in your school, at Elections Yukon and from your Returning Officer.

À compter du lundi 11 avril , on pourra se procurer les formulaires de déclaration de candidature à votre école, au bureau d’Élections Yukon et auprès de votre directeur/ directrice du scrutin.

Attendance Area /Number of Members to be Elected /Returning Officer Zone de fréquentation / Nombre de conseillers à élire / Directeur/directrice du scrutin

Pursuant to the Education Act, the nomination date for candidates who wish to serve as members of school councils is Thursday, April 21. Nominations will be received on this date between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. Before April 21, nominations may be filed with the Returning Officer.

To be eligible as a candidate or elector, you must be a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years old.

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you must have a child who is currently attending the school, or you must have lived in the attendance area for at least three months.

For Christ the King Elementary School, Vanier Catholic Secondary School and Holy Family Elementary School, you must be recognized by the Catholic Episcopal Corporation if you do not have a child currently attending the school.

If you plan to be a candidate, you are encouraged to pick up your nomination paper early. Your nomination package will include contact information for the Returning Officer, along with all the information you need to participate.

#1

Tantalus School

3

Bonnie Cooper

Carmacks

#2

F. H. Collins Secondary School

7

Sally Stitt

Whitehorse

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Del Van Gorder School

5

Sally Baker

Faro

#4

St. Elias Community School

3

Sarah Kroon

Haines Junction

#5

Whitehorse Elementary School

5

Dagmar Rudzewitsch

Whitehorse

Conformément aux dispositions de la Loi sur l’éducation, la date de dépôt des déclarations de candidature des personnes qui désirent être membres d’un conseil scolaire est le jeudi 21 avril. Les déclarations seront acceptées à cette date, entre 10 h et midi. Avant le 21 avril, les déclarations doivent être remises au directeur/à la directrice du scrutin.

#6

J. V. Clark School

3

Bruce MacGregor

Mayo

#7

Selkirk Elementary School

5

Land Pearson

Whitehorse

#8

Christ the King Elementary School

5

Wendy Solonick

Whitehorse

#9

Vanier Catholic Secondary School

5

Christine Nemeth

Whitehorse

#10

Ghùch Tlâ Community School

5

Janet Constable-Rushant Carcross

Pour pouvoir poser votre candidature ou voter aux élections, vous devez avoir la citoyenneté canadienne et être âgé(e) d’au moins 18 ans.

#11

Watson Lake Schools

7

Kayla McColl

Watson Lake

#12

Grey Mountain Primary School

5

Pamela Bangart

Whitehorse

#13

Teslin School

3

Brenda Oziewicz

Teslin

il faut qu’un de vos enfants fréquente l’école en question, ou vous devez avoir résidé dans la zone de fréquentation depuis au moins trois mois.

Pour être candidat(e) aux élections des conseils scolaires de l’École élémentaire Christ the King, de l’École secondaire catholique Vanier et de l’École élémentaire Holy Family, vous devez être reconnu(e) par la corporation épiscopale catholique si aucun de vos enfants ne fréquente actuellement l’école.

#15

Chief Zzeh Gittlit School

5

Renée Charlie

Old Crow

#16

Robert Service School

6

Charles Brunner

Dawson City

#17

Ross River School

5

Megan Ladue

Ross River

#18

Takhini Elementary School

5

Stephanie Mostyn

Whitehorse

#19

Eliza Van Bibber School

3

Jean Van Bibber

Pelly Crossing

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Nelnah Bessie John School

3

Patty Benjamintz

Beaver Creek

#21

Porter Creek Secondary School

7

Donna Shopland

Whitehorse

#22

Jack Hulland Elementary School

7

Jessica Rushant

Whitehorse

Si vous comptez poser votre candidature, on vous recommande de vous procurer un formulaire de déclaration de candidature le plus tôt possible.

Vous trouverez dans la trousse de mise en candidature les coordonnées du directeur/de la directrice du scrutin ainsi que tous les renseignements dont vous avez besoin pour participer aux élections.

#24

Golden Horn Elementary School

5

Laura Peterson

Whitehorse

#25

Elijah Smith Elementary School

3

Alicia Vance

Whitehorse

#26

Hidden Valley Elementary School

5

Trish MacPherson

Whitehorse

#27

Holy Family Elementary School

5

Kathy O'Donovan

Whitehorse

#28

Kluane Lake School

5

Aggie Jeanson

Burwash Landing

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Heidi Hehn is Raven Mad

Heidi Hehn’s raven paintings are showing at The North End Gallery until April 29

Bright reds against pale violets create an unsettled mood in “Turkey Telegraph” and “Hiding in Plain Sight”

Orange creates a warm, romantic mood in “Grey Mountain Morning” and “River Romance” PHOTOS: Nicole Bauberger

By Nicole Bauberger

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eidi Hehn is crazy for ravens. It’s a taste she shares with many northerners. These big, black, intelligent birds bring wilderness into the city. Sometimes they bring that wildness closer than you’d like it, for example, when they tear apart the garbage in the back of a pickup truck.

However, many people really appreciate their company.

Hehn finds in ravens “a metaphor for people.” She feels they hold up a mirror to human society, and offer “someone to socialize with in the winter months.”

Hehn’s raven-themed paintings take up two alcoves in the North End Gallery, located at Steele and

Wood Streets in Whitehorse in the Horwoods’ Mall. The show, called Raven Mad, features conversational statements beside each painting, musing about ravens and human society.

She works in fluid acrylics, creating smooth surfaced canvases in medium sizes. Sometimes Hehn uses very few colours in her palette. Her painting “Last call,” for example, is largely purple, with yellow used as an accent. It’s a nostalgic reflection on the disappearance of the phone booth.

A yellow full moon sails in a light violet sky above snow covered mountains with carefully rendered ridges. Hehn depicts a whimsical phone booth constructed of logs.

Moose antlers on the top, perhaps serving as some kinds of satellite dish to bring in signals to this remote location, catch and cradle the yellow moonlight. An oil lamp hangs from one antler prong. Four ravens perch atop the branching antlers.

In others she uses a wider variety of colours. In “Social Networking,” ravens gather around an iPhone in a coffee shop, talon on the touchscreen. People in the background drink their beverages and look at their phones.

The ravens contain a lot of colour, and retain a drawn quality. You can see the lines Hehn has used to trace their feathers.

Bright red livens many of the

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paintings. In “Turkey Telegraph,” ravens on a wire, again under a full moon, perch against mountains in pale lavender and brilliant red. The effect of the colours has an unsettling edge, perhaps the madness Hehn refers to in her title.

“A River Romance” evokes a sweeter feeling. Two ravens bill and coo in a canoe. Warm orange light suffuses the sky and river.

Hehn includes some of her vintage car and raven pairings. It’s a combination she’s used before, and she seems to have an affinity for these Mustangs and Chevrolets.

In many of these paintings, Hehn covers the canvas with a

single colour. This strategy ties the work together. You can see the colour come out between her brushstrokes. If this kind of technical detail interests you, check the edges of her paintings. You can often discern what colour of underpainting she’s used.

Because Hehn was out of town at the beginning of the month, the North End Gallery will celebrate Raven Mad with a closing rather than an opening reception. Meet the artist on April 29 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse.

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The Yukon and the Great War

Part 2

Joe Boyle: The Klondike King Who Became a War Hero

This Yukon hero and others will be commemorated at the The North and World War I conference at the High Country Inn May 9 to 12 By the Yukon Historical and Museums Association The Sound Recording Program can provide up to $2000 for a professional demo recording or up to $5000 for a professional sound recording.

Applications must be received by

May 2 at 4:00 pm Information and applications are available online at www.soundyukon.com Completed applications must be delivered to 303 Alexander St., 1st Floor, Whitehorse, or mailed to: Yukon Film & Sound Commission Box 2703 (F-3) Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 Phone: 667-5400 Toll Free: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5400 Email: sound.yukon@gov.yk.ca Web: www.soundyukon.com

J

oe Boyle came to the Klondike with the first wave of gold-seekers in the early summer of 1897, but soon left with a dream of becoming rich.

He was successful in obtaining a large mining concession in the Klondike Valley from the federal government in 1909, and within a decade had gained control of one of the largest dredging companies in the Yukon. He was active as a community leader and contributed his time and resources to a variety of community initiatives.

He once sponsored a hockey team that challenged for the Stanley Cup. When the First World War broke out in 1914, he was quick to step forward to support any charitable fund in aid of the war. He also sponsored a detachment of 50 men to enlist as a machine gun battery in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Many of these men became decorated heroes.

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that was torn apart by war with Germany, and by internal revolution. In one short year, Boyle distinguished himself in Russia and Romania, and had been decorated for his feats by four different nations.

First he sorted out the congestion and delays in getting strategic supplies to the Russian battle front by rail. When the Germans counter attacked, Boyle stepped in to protect the city of Tarnapol during a Russian withdrawal.

Boyle was sent to Romania where he helped untangle the railway congestion and save a million Russian soldiers from starvation. Romania was so impressed

by Boyle that they entrusted him with the onerous task of returning the national treasury and archives, which had been held in Moscow, to the motherland.

He delivered the goods on Christmas Eve, 1917, after a hair-raising odyssey across a blizzard-swept, war-torn Russia.

Meanwhile, he negotiated an international treaty with Russia on behalf of the Romanian government. On another occasion he saved 70 Romanian officials from certain death at Odessa. They escaped across the Black Sea and received a hero’s welcome when they arrived home safely. Boyle set up and operated a spy network in Russia with 500 operatives spread out across the country.

As if that wasn’t enough, Boyle became a close friend – some say lover- of Queen Marie of Romania, which gained him access to the highest levels of power. He spoke to kings and prime ministers as easily he did with men and women on the street.

Boyle was recognized by Canada as a person of national significance in 1986.

You will learn more about this remarkable Yukon hero from sev-

PHOTO: Yukon Archives George Black fonds 81/107 f. # 5

Joe Boyle was one of the most heroic figures Canada produced during World War I eral speakers at The North and World War I conference at the High Country Inn May 9 to 12.

For more information and online registration for the conference go to HeritageYukon.ca and click on “North and First World War .”

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Commemorating the Yukon Heroes of World War I

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The Yukon Historical & Museums Association is coordinating a series of initiatives to commemorate the First World War and explore its impact on the North.

The events include a workshop on May 9, the North and First World War Conference on May 9-12 and a Dawson Study Tour on May 13-15.

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Award-winning Montreal author Heather O’Neill offers advice at the Young Authors Conference on April 21 and 22

by Dan Davidson

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eather O’Neill grew up loving books and really can’t imagine a life without writing.

“I love words. I adore books.

When I was little, I slept with them in my bed. All I wanted were books, books, books. I asked for them for my birthday and Christmas. (That and blue leather boots.

I was crazy for anything made out of blue leather. Still am.)

“Each book that I read made me happier and deeper and stronger and more melancholic and bold.

What power they had! They were like magic spells. I love the philosophies and inner thoughts and worlds inside of books. I wanted to write my own. I couldn’t think of anything more important and triumphant than writing.”

When she was 21, she began writing at least part of every day, when she wasn’t working and looking after her daughter.

“Writing in notebooks, on the back of napkins, typing away. I had no real interest in anything else. I began to feel alive when I wrote. It was an all consuming passion.”

In 1999, she published a book of poems, two eyes are you sleeping. By the age of 33, she had a novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, written. It would go on to win the Canada Reads contest in 2007, as well as winning the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and being shortlisted for seven other major awards in Canada and elsewhere.

Since then there has been a second novel, The Girl Who was Saturday Night; a short story collection, Daydreams of Angels; magazine articles and two short films. Much of the fiction has been long or shortlisted for awards and she’s picked up National Magazine Awards for a couple of stories.

She says it took her years to develop her own style.

“Everything I write is guided by a thematic interest in the under-

Writer Heather O’Neill will be in the Yukon to speak at the Young Authors Conference on April 21 and 22 dog, in the rebel, the oppressed.

I’m constitutionally predisposed to being a writer. I’m a loner with big ideas about things.”

O’Neill is also dedicated to her craft.

“I write every day from the moment I get up,” she says. “I hate when anything gets in the way of writing. I don’t need a schedule.

Sometimes I plan to take a break, but then I never do.

“I usually begin scribbling notes and an outline for a book years before I get into in. I wrote the outline to the book I’m completing now when I was 22.”

She warns young writers that it’s a lot of work.

“It takes a really long time to get good, so start right away. But be outrageous and true to yourself. And believe that what you

have to say is important. Regard yourself as a great philosopher.

“Being a writer involves confidence. Don’t let anyone make you feel small. Or that you don’t have what it takes. Don’t rely on others for a point of view. Go with your gut.”

As she comes to the Yukon to speak at the Young Authors Conference on April 21 and 22, she’s expecting a great experience.

“Wonders! I can’t wait to see what’s going on up north.”

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

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Behind the Curtain with Ken Bolton

Out on the Edge

Three veteran Whitehorse musicians host a CD launch party April 15 at the Old Fire Hall

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mongst them, the members of Winter Trio have probably racked up around 120 years of performing. As a distinct musical entity, though, they’re just hitting their stride.

The group consists of pianist/ composer Daniel Janke, bassist Paul Bergman and drummer Ken Searcy.

Searcy moved here about 20 years ago and made his way into the Yukon music scene.

“That’s how I met Daniel, so he and I have a fairly long connection,” he says. “Paul moved back to the territory three or four years ago. He used to play here in the ‘80s, and he played with Daniel back then.”

Playing together as a rhythm section on different projects with other Yukon groups, the three soon recognized they were at a similar level musically and had shared musical tastes.

“We all have very busy lives, so for us to get together and play, there’s something there. There’s a reason to do that,” Searcy says.

“For us, playing jazz (or improvisational music, to use the term the three prefer) is fun, it’s a challenge. It’s kind of like the ultimate way for us to grow and create and make better music.

“We recognized that in one another, and we enjoyed playing together. From there, we just put aside a once-a-week session to get together and play.”

As their playing progressed in those weekly gatherings in Janke’s studio near Whitehorse, Searcy says it began to take on a group voice, or trio voice.

“When we started to feel that, and we were rehearsing in a recording studio, we took the next step.”

From the start, they had done basic recordings of each session to share and learn from. They also talked about what they’d each been listening to and listened to some new music one of them had discovered.

“When you’re out there and talking, and you’re relating to where each other’s at, and the music is happening, that’s fun for us. So, if it’s fun for everybody, then we need to keep doing it,” Searcy says, explaining the decision to perform and record as a group.

Last summer, they decided to put together a CD. Instead of using any one member’s name, they decided to call themselves the more generic Winter Trio, to reflect both the season they’re

able to get together more often, and the collaborative approach they take to their music.

Although Janke comes up with most of their original tunes, they consider themselves equals in terms of shaping the finished product.

“There’s a common understanding that has to take place, a common ground. So we’re all there,” Searcy says. “But then you have to get together and you have to see how things progress and how free you’re willing to be.”

He quotes an unnamed musician to explain the process of playing jazz as “becoming more comfortable with being uncomfortable,” and being willing to stretch one’s personal boundaries.

“With the trio, we’re people who have that and are willing to do that. You’ve also got to be there to support the other person going out there, too,” he says.

“When someone is hanging out on that edge there, you have to go with them. And sometimes the whole trio goes out there. So it’s trust, respect and common ground that make it a good thing.”

Of the nine cuts on the trio’s self-titled album, which will be officially launched this week, four are Janke/trio compositions:

A Higher Degree Of Savings!

PHOTO: Christian Kuntz Photography

Members of Winter Trio, from left, are Ken Searcy (drums), Paul Bergman (bass) and Daniel Janke (piano) in Janke’s studio near Whitehorse “Hermione,” “Kensington Man,” “Falling Again” and “Cadenza Forever.”

“A couple of the tunes are a full arrangement and a couple of them are just a basic four-bar theme, and then we go off from there and come back to the theme at the end,” Searcy says.

Two tracks, (“Iris” and “Orbits”), are jazz standards by American saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter. There are pieces

by Canadians George Koller (“Compassion Blues”) and Ernie Tollar (“Heron”), and even a traditional gospel number, “How Can I Keep From Singing.”

Although reluctant to select a personal favourite among the nine, Searcy admits being especially moved by Koller’s piece.

He and Koller worked together years ago in Calgary and Janke had played with Koller in Toronto. Last year, the three of them performed a trio concert in Whitehorse.

“He brought two or three tunes to play and one of them was ‘Compassion Blues.’ It’s just great writing. You can feel the emotion there when you listen to it,” Searcy says.

While Janke handled the recording and mixing side of the album’s production, Searcy is the one responsible for getting it into the hands and ears of consumers.

“Now we have a CD, what are we going to do with it? That’s my next step: where to get some radio play, get it up on CD Baby and iTunes and get familiar with new media. This is a whole new education for me,” he says.

Winter Trio’s debut album will be released Friday, April 15 with a concert at the Old Fire Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Dean’s Strings.

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

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