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nlike many a published author, Saskatoon writer Sandy Bonny didn’t study to become one. It just happened.

“I haven’t got an English degree,” she says, “and didn’t train or apprentice purposefully with literary mentors before my first publications, but I did always enjoy writing and continued writing recreationally long after it was required for school.

“I think the simplest answer is: books. I have been a reader since I was very little – an excessive reader, according to my sporty parents. Becoming a writer was a natural extension of my love of reading and of stories.”

Meanwhile, her academic studies took her off in what seems like a different direction. She studied earth sciences, and has a PhD. Her day job involves working in science outreach to Northern communities, training and managing the work of science ambassadors who are sent out to schools that lack that depth of training in their staff.

On the other hand, while she was writing her Masters’ thesis, she was also finding the time to work on the contents of what would become her first book of short stories, called The Sometimes Lake, in 2012. This book included the story that had won her an award.

“I was ‘outed’ as a writer when my short story won second place in the 2002 CBC Literary Awards (now the CBC Short Story Prize), but I still struggle with writerly imposter syndrome now that I have two books under my belt!”

The second book was a novel, a mystery called Yes and Back Again, which is described as twinning “historical and contemporary plotlines to explore the marginalisation of women, and Aboriginal cultures.”

She describes her fiction work as being “plot driven, but authentic character development is a fascination and focus of mine.

“I want the people to present as whole and real, even if the twists and turns they experience are more thematically organized.

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Saskatoon author Sandy Bonny is one of the guest speakers at the Young Authors’ Conference in Whitehorse A reviewer of my short story collection wrote ‘there’s no telling what her characters might do, but she tells it and tells it well’ (Bill Robertson, Saskatoon StarPhoenix , 2011).”

Lots of professional writers are part-timers, with day jobs.

In addition to that, Bonny has a seven year old daughter.

“My writing needs to fit itself into the rest of life. I can usually get by carving out short working windows. Every now and then, an all-nighter is called for, and those long, focused sessions are well worth an occasional day of exhaustion!”

She finds that outlines help to keep a project on track, but allow for intrusions when the story just seems to want to wander off by itself. Reconciliation is usually possible.

About a decade ago she helped her sister move to Haines Junction for a teaching job. She’s still there, so Bonny is looking forward

to seeing the Yukon again. Part of her trip here to mentor at the Young Authors’ Conference will involve a trip to Haines Junction for an event on April 23.

She’s done a lot of youth workshops and actually managed to combine her backgrounds by getting kids to find stories in rocks.

She offers two pieces of standard advice, always worth repeating: “Number one; make sure that you write, and write attentively. Make some time in your day for free writing, but also pay attention to words in your daily communications, email and texting too. Good writing is a habit that you can nurture. Number two; read, and read attentively.”

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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Separate Realities come together at Northern Front Studio

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cott Price has come home to Whitehorse from a year away in Guelph, Ontario. His new sculpture show, called Separate Realities, emerged from the process of inhabiting these two places.

Separate Realities is on exhibit until the end of April at the Northern Front Studio, in Waterfront Station. It includes wall pieces and sculptures. The sculptures stand on shelves on the wall, on the floor and on the table. A variety of statements scattered throughout the show offer insights into Price’s process.

“Bricolage” is a word that’s often used in contemporary, urban art circles. I’ve seen it defined as a construction made of whatever materials come to hand, usually a variety of materials, a kind of 3D collage. I’ve also seen it defined as having to do with the spirit of improvisation. In both senses this word seems to apply to Price’s work.

He’s not so much a conceptdriven artist as one who improvises. He finds a variety of things – junk by the side of the road, creamy black water-based printing ink – and plays jazz with them.

Viewers can feel free to find their own meaning there.

The largest piece in the show, “Sculpture 3,” features a sort of wire mesh sphere from which square mesh tubes radiate. It hangs from fishing line from a four footed structure of spruce poles. Quirky branches still grow from the poles. Others are used as

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Sculpture 3, from Price’s new show at Northern Front Studio cross pieces. The poles have been notched in four places to receive cross pieces of commercial lumber. One spruce pole reaches almost all the way up to the Northern Front Studio’s high ceiling.

The overall shape is not unlike a giraffe. That piece suspends the orb.

This sculpture can be understood as a relationship between Guelph and the Yukon, but it doesn’t need that meaning to be interesting. It also casts remarkable shadows in the evening sunlight. The gallery is only open during business hours, but if you are able to swing by around 8 p.m.

and look in the window, you’ll be able to see the shadows it casts on the wall.

Price uses printing and drawing materials like a sculptor. He layers wood, modelling paste, black printing ink and graphite. Each of these material is given its own weight. Price assembles these materials to make wall objects. Even when a face appears, it’s not a face that refers to something in the world. It’s more like a familiar riff used in a jazz composition.

In other wall pieces, Price uses his characteristic bricolage to create little cabinets of curiosity. A cell phone fragment stands proud of a weathered wooden surface, held forward with drywall screws.

It’s juxtaposed with a flattened, folded tube of rusty iron and a roughly arrow-shaped piece of stone. It could be about technologies. These treasure boxes invite comparison of textures and the processes that made them.

The show also includes a second radiating orb as well as segmented curves and spirals of cut and folded aluminum screwed together, scattered on a table like orange peels.

Separate Realities is on exhibit through April at the Northern Front Studio in the Waterfront Station, located at 2237 - 2nd Ave., suite 110.

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Downtown is where the boardwalks are and a funny thing happens. I suppose it really happens all over the town, but it’s more noticeable there: the street levels rise. In the summer the boardwalks are an average of four to six inches above the level of the streets, except on Front Street, where it tends to be more level. In winters, as the hard-packed snow builds up on the gravel streets, they gradually rise until they are level with, and in some places slightly above, our iconic boardwalks.

It creeps up on you bit by bit and you don’t really notice it until one day you suddenly do.

Of course it’s at its most obvious when they start to strip the hardpack off the street, which is what they’ve been doing for the last fortnight, as I write this column.

On different days various of our streets and avenues have suddenly turned into boulevards, as the graders chew up the road and leave it all in high windrow cakes in the middle of the street.

At some points the intersections are blocked for a few hours and you have to plan alternate travel

PHOTOS: Dan Davidson routes to get from place to place, but they fix that problem as quickly as they can.

These clearances are necessary because most of our streets are still frozen once you go down a foot or so and, even if all of our storm drains were completely thawed and clear, the water wouldn’t have enough ways to get to the river. The result would be even more gumbo mud than we actually get, and the destruction of our street beds by the flowing sometimes rushing - water.

And, oh yes, lots of potholes (I did mention those back there somewhere, yes?) and deeply carved ditches.

Yes, the streets of Dawson are a bit of a mess in the spring, but it means summer’s coming, so it’s worth it.

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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Socorro Alfonso left the Philippines in 1986 and made the Yukon her home

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orn in 1950 in the Philippines, Socorro Alfonso travelled halfway around the world to live in the Yukon.

Socorro was born on the tiny tropical island of Bacacay Albay southeast of Manila. Her mother named her for the Spanish word meaning “help” and throughout her life she has been a caring helper for people of all ages.

Her parents lived by fishing, harvesting fruits and vegetables, and weaving hats and other goods for sale. Their small home of grass and palm leaves were open to warm Pacific breezes and the ocean – a happy playground for children.

Wanting education for their children, her parents moved to Pampanga. Socorro attended elementary school, studying in Tagalog, with some English lessons.

Work was scarce and life was hard with nine children. At 12 years old Socorro went to live with cousins in Manila, worked all day as domestic help to earn tuition for high school in the evenings. Fours years later, her mother died so she went home to help her ailing father.

Socorro returned to Manila, working for low wages in government, constantly moving between relatives’ homes. She joined Our Mother of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, a source of comfort and inspiration. After 10 years she seized the opportunity to do domestic work in Singapore.

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daunted by cold winters and loved her new home, studied English, made new friends and helped other Filipino immigrants. She worked in a restaurant for a few years, then at Macaulay Lodge caring for the elderly until retirement in 2014.

Children are her great joy. She adopted a young girl in the Philippines and sent money to ensure her education. After a lifetime of hard work Socorro remains true to her name — always generous in caring for others.

“I have a good life here, and in the Philippines, it’s really hard,” she says.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Thu, Apr, 28, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Until May 28, McCormack + Tisiga + Winkler: Thu, Apr, 28, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Yukon Arts Centre Yukon Arts Centre This Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running trio exhibition features the work of Michael McCormack, Joseph Tisiga, and Josh Winkler. The house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music exhibitions explore the social, political, and physical and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm. landscape.

Thu, Apr, 28, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Until April 30 Sandra Grace Storey “Words Like Street Saloon Birds” Yukon Artist at Work Thu, Apr, 28, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Thu, Apr, 14-21, Separate Realities: Scott Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session Price New Works Northern Front Studio Gallery Separate Realities is an art exhibit of sculpture and with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided drawings that were created in Guelph Ontario and to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Whitehorse. Since returning north 6 months ago Scott has been working on a separate group of sculptures in his Whitehorse studio.

ARTS SHOWS

LIVE MUSIC

GENERAL EVENTS

Thu, Apr, 21, Sundogs Toastmasters 12:05 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking? Try Sundogs Toastmasters! Supportive members club that will Thu, Apr, 21, 2016 Rotary Music Festival 8:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre 2016 Rotary Music Festival mentor and help you improve your public speaking, listening and leadership skills. Guests welcome Online registration and the Festival Program Art anytime during the year. 2048807245 Contest are now open. For more information visit Thu, Apr, 21, Theatre with Susie Anne - After our website. www.rmfestival.ca 867-332-3378 School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Thu, Apr, 21, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown style and genre.

5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 21, Fiddler On The Loose Joe Thu, Apr, 21, Nia Dance Classes 6:30 PM Heart Loutchan live 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music Of Riverdale Nia will be starting again and we will have a five-session run before other exciting and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are adventures ensue. See below to learn more about the norm.

Nia Technique dance/movement. I am excited to Thu, Apr, 21, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis you there! 335-3442 Street Saloon Thu, Apr, 21, The Guild Presents: Hunter / Thu, Apr, 21, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Gatherers 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Incredibly smart Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session and very funny, Hunter/Gatherers examines how with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided our most primal urges have shaped our modern to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and social scenes. It also might make some Yukoners performers. think more than twice about that upcoming dinner Fri, Apr, 22, 2016 Rotary Music Festival 8:00 party.

AM Yukon Arts Centre 2016 Rotary Music Festival Fri, Apr, 22, Spring Salsa and Bachata Classes Online registration and the Festival Program Art 12:00 AM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Contest are now open. For more information visit We invite you to bring your indoor shoes and your our website. www.rmfestival.ca 867-332-3378 smile and come have some fun with us. We hold Fri, Apr, 22, Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 Masters degrees in Education and have over 20 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening years of teaching, dance and and performance Fri, Apr, 22, Rotary Junior Concert 2016 7:00 PM experience Yukon Arts Centre Enjoy the music of the Rotary Fri, Apr, 22, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches Festival.

12:00 PM Duska Head Start and Family Learning Fri, Apr, 22, The House Cats 8:00 PM Best Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Western Gold Rush Inn The House Cats perform Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin LIVE! Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin Fri, Apr, 22, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Apr, 22, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Boiler Room Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Fri, Apr, 22, Sanktuary CD Release Party 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Join us for the Sanktuary Riverdale Fri, Apr, 22, Relax for water 4:00 PM Elements CD release party, Doors at 9 PM $5 cover at the Esthetics Studio Elements Hair Studio and Day door Spa is hosting an event to raise money for clean Sat, Apr, 23, 2016 Rotary Music Festival 8:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre 2016 Rotary Music Festival water projects. These events are hosted by the whole network of AVEDA salons world wide Online registration and the Festival Program Art Fri, Apr, 22, My Father The Raven: Noah Richler Contest are now open. For more information visit on Mordecai Richler 7:00 PM The Old Fire our website. www.rmfestival.ca 867-332-3378 Hall Writer Noah Richler talks about his father Sat, Apr, 23, Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Sociable Jam 3:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Bring Mordecai’s elated discovery and love of the North, your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on and its influence on his father’s writing and his own.

Fri, Apr, 22, Keep on Smyelin 8:00 PM Mount ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 MacIntyre Recreation Centre The Keep on Sat, Apr, 23, Rotary Senior Concert 7:00 PM Smyelin Event raises money each year to support Yukon Arts Centre Enjoy the music of the Rotary Yukoner’s with Multiple Sclerosis as well as many Festival. other Canadians who are fighting to live with Sat, Apr, 23, The House Cats 8:00 PM Best Multiple Sclerosis, as well as joining in the fight to Western Gold Rush Inn The House Cats perform find a cure.

LIVE! Fri, Apr, 22 - 28, The Guild Presents: Hunter / Sat, Apr, 23, DJKJ live at Antoinette’s 9:00 PM Gatherers 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Incredibly smart Antoinette’s Restaurant and very funny, Hunter/Gatherers examines how Sat, Apr, 23, Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the our most primal urges have shaped our modern Boiler Room social scenes. It also might make some Yukoners Sat, Apr, 23, Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis think more than twice about that upcoming dinner Street Saloon party.

Sun, Apr, 24, Open Mic Night 3:00 PM 98 Hotel Sat, Apr, 23, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Sun, Apr, 24, Cribia with Jona Barr 8:00 PM Best Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Western Gold Rush Inn Cribia with Jona Barr Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the Mon, Apr, 25, Music Mondays with Steve Slade A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant Music Mondays Yukon often join. at Antoinette’s is back! This week, catch the warm Sun, Apr, 24, Bowl for Kids Sake 10:00 AM Mad vocal stylings and guitar wizardry of Steve Slade.

Trappers Alley Lace up for the most important Mon, Apr, 25, Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 fundraising event of our year and you could start PM Jarvis Street Saloon something big! Every dollar you raise helps match Tue, Apr, 26, Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson kids with mentors through Big Brothers Big Sisters 7:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel of Yukon. 668-7911 Tue, Apr, 26, Ginger Jam 10:00 PM Yukon Inn Sun, Apr, 24, Kids Kreate – Print Making 1:00 PM Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session Yukon Arts Centre This family event is designed for with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided kids and adults alike to get messy, have fun, and learn about art! Dress in clothes you don’t mind to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and getting dirty! performers.

Sun, Apr, 24, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Wed, Apr, 27, Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools Wed, Apr, 27, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon and equipment; clay and some tools are available Inn in the Boiler Room for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends.

Wed, Apr, 27, Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM $5/hour.

Jarvis Street Saloon

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Sun, Apr, 24, 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.

Mon, Apr, 25, 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: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Apr, 25, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 25, 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, 25, Euchre Night 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue, Apr, 26, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 26, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 26, 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, 26, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Apr, 27, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Apr, 27, Gwaandak & YAC Theatre Training Series 2016 -”Creative Vocal” with K. Scott Maynard 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre “Creative Vocal” with K. Scott Maynard Wed, Apr, 27, Reel Paddling Film Festival 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre The Reel Paddling Film Festival is an international film tour presenting the world’s best whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP and kayak fishing action and paddling lifestyle films of the year.

Thu, Apr, 28, 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, 28, Theatre with Susie Anne - After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 28, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Apr, 28, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 26, Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM

Sat, Apr, 23, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:00 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sun, Apr, 24, Princess & Pirates Tea Party 12:00 AM Westmark Whitehorse Hear-ye! Hear-ye! Back by popular demand, the 2nd Annual Princess & Pirates Tea Party will be returning to Whitehorse after the inaugural event’s success in 2015. On April 24th the Westmark Hotel’s ballroom will once again be packed by all the royalty and scallywags in the land.

Sun, Apr, 24, Kids Kreate – Print Making 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre This family event is designed for kids and adults alike to get messy, have fun, and learn about art! Dress in clothes you don’t mind getting dirty!

Sun, Apr, 24, Kids Kreate: Printmaking 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre 867-667-8460 Free Family Art Class: Kids Kreate at the Yukon Arts Centre.

Gallery tour and a chance to do some printmaking!

Call 667 8460 for more information.

Mon, Apr, 25, 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, 25, Art Exploration with Barb Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Apr, 25, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Mon, Apr, 25, 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, 25, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Tue, Apr, 26, 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, 26, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 26, Sibling Drop-in 4:00 PM Autism Yukon 667-6406 Any child with a special needs brother or sister is welcome!! hosted by Autism Yukon Tue, Apr, 26, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Apr, 26, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, 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, 27, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Apr, 27, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Apr, 27, Mindfulness for Families 6:30 PM Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) This hour and a half workshop facilitated

by Ruth Lera, is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about what Mindfulness is and how the practice of Mindfulness Meditation Thu, Apr, 28, Dusk’a Head-Start - Monthly Thu, Apr, 21, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Luncheon 11:30 AM Duska Head Start and This drop-in includes reading time, free play and Family Learning Center Please join us to celebrate interactive activities. All Ages Welcome our children’s success each month! The food is Thu, Apr, 21, Theatre with Susie Anne - After GREAT, our salmon have hatched and the children School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale will be signing a traditional Southern Tutchone Thu, Apr, 21, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 song. All families are welcome - “It takes a and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale community to raise a child” For more information Thu, Apr, 21, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids call 393-3775 Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids Thu, Apr, 28, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 practise - 5 - 11yrs PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Thu, Apr, 21, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown This drop-in includes reading time, free play and 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Apr, 21, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Thu, Apr, 28, Theatre with Susie Anne - After Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Apr, 22, Young Explorer’s Preschool Thu, Apr, 28, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale 2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal Thu, Apr, 28, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read Practise 5:15 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Kids stories and sing songs. practise - 5 - 11yrs Fri, Apr, 22, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 Thu, Apr, 28, Kids’ Singing with Jillian Brown PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale This drop-in includes reading time, free play and Thu, Apr, 28, Northern Lights Judo Club: interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Adult Practise 6:30 PM École Émilie-Tremblay Fri, Apr, 22, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Apr, 23, Due North GCDC 2016 10:00 AM Whitehorse Public Library The Great Cloth Diaper Thu, Apr, 21 - 23, TIAY Spring Conference & AGM Tourism Industry Association of Yukon Held Change (GCDC) is an international event to promote awareness about and use of cloth diapers. in Haines Alaska this year! 668-3312 Sat, Apr, 23, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Ours will be a FREE event with games, goodies, Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency draws and prizes! Bring your older children along Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the for face painting and stories!

Sat, Apr, 23, Imagination Station 10:00 AM Family A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Drop-in for Sat, Apr, 23, Tackling Pain 1:00 PM White Swan some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Sanctuary Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome

KIDS & FAMILIES

Get your angling licence online Will you be fishing this summer?

For the second year, Environment Yukon will sell Yukon angling licences online.

You can purchase your 2016-17 angling licence quickly, easily, and at your own convenience.

You can also purchase your licence from any Environment Yukon office, or from one of the many vendors throughout Yukon.

Get hooked on our online licencing service.

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

MEETING & WORKSHOPS

Sun, Apr, 24, Watercolour Landscape Workshop 2:00 PM Swan Haven Interpretive Centre Would you like to try painting landscapes? Local artist Daphne Mennell will be on hand to share tips with aspiring artists. Materials will be provided. No experience is required.

Sun, Apr, 24, 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, 25, Yukon Church Heritage Society AGM 7:00 PM Old Log Church 668-2555 Mon, Apr, 25, Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Overeaters Anonymous Meeting every Monday Please ring the buzzer if the door is locked.

Tue, Apr, 26, Amnesty International Writing Circle 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Writing letters to support and protect human rights worldwide. 667-2389 Tue, Apr, 26, YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Wed, Apr, 27, Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking? Try Toastmasters.

Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. 3 clubs in Whitehorse to choose from. 7am Wednesday Sport Yukon. 12 noon Sport Yukon and 5pm Yukon College . All Welcome to observe. No obligations to join. for info: Glenn herbeeking@hotmail.com 204 880 7245 cell or just show up! 204 880 7245 Wed, Apr, 27, Styles of Creativity & Collaboration Workshop 12:00 PM The Creative Lab In this hands-on, experiential mini-workshop, participants will learn about personal cognitive styles for approaching innovation and problem solving and how these influence workgroup relationships and communication.

Wed, Apr, 27, Gwaandak & YAC Theatre Training Series 2016 -”Creative Vocal” with K. Scott Maynard 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre “Creative Vocal” with K. Scott Maynard Thu, Apr, 28, Legion General Meetings 6:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802

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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Highlights

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture MAY 5TH, 7:30

FRED EAGLESMITH W/ TIF GINN AND DREA NAYSAYER

INTRO TO CORELDRAW

APRIL 21

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Doors open: 7:30 Show: 8:00

WOOD SHOP ORIENTATION 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

What:

APRIL 22

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE

Ages 11 to 18 Free snack and meal

APRIL 26

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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When: Wednesdays to Saturdays 3 PM to 9 PM

APRIL 28

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

EXTRUDER 3D PRINTER 101

Where: 306A Alexander Street Look for the big green door!

APRIL 28

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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www.yukonstruct.com info@yukonstruct.com 135 Industrial Rd.

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>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: YUKON ARCHIVES

Open Studio Sessions

April 1-30

>> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm $5 per hour

EDGE GALLERY LOVE, ART AND NATURE MAYA ROSENBERG

>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << with Neil Graham every first and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm $10 per 2 hour session

April 1-30

To register call: 867-667-4080 Email: recep�on@artsunderground.ca

HOUGEN HERITAGE GALLERY FIRE & FLOOD: DISASTER AND PERSEVERANCE IN YUKON HISTORY MACBRIDE MUSEUM OF YUKON HISTORY March 4-June 25

DROP-IN & OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS 14+ CERAMIC OPEN STUDIO Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

1st Sunday of every month From 7-9 pm $10 per session Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22

COFFEE HOUSE & OPEN MIC NIGHT

REPAIR CAFE DROP IN

Free Teen Drop In

>> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery: THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS “How Does it Felt”

MAY 7TH, 7:00

APRIL 21

Boys and Girls Club of Yukon

A painter paints pictures on canvas.

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YUKON SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS STUDENT EXHIBITION OPENING Yukon School of Visual Arts & ODD Gallery

MAY 19TH, 7:30

SARAH PUPO (MONTREAL, QC), WHAT IS CALLED SPIRIT ARTIST TALK AND ODD GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING + AFTER-PARTY CONCERT FEATURING THE BURYING GROUND AND RYAN MCNALLY

Tel: (867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

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An Open Letter to My Dog

by Tess Casher

D

ear Parka, We invited you into our family last summer because we felt a void that only man’s best friend could fill. Down south last summer, we picked you from the litter of pups and brought you up North, to which you’re probably sarcastically thinking, “Oh great, I got stuck with the one family who lives where it’s below freezing half the year.”

I understand you’re only 10 months old, which makes you about seven years old in dog years, but your level of annoyance can make it seem like you’ve been around for 100 years.

Our days begin in the wee hours of the morning to calm your whining. Then we’ll go for a walk to hopefully channel your everlasting energy into the outdoors rather than destroying our couch.

We barricade the valuables, making sure everything that is remotely chewable rests a metre above the floor. We’ll leave you enthralled with a moose bone or

peanut butter filled Kong as we depart for the day with a quick prayer we’ll return to a house that’s just how we left it.

Ultimately, divine intervention can’t stop your curiousity of how good that shoe would taste in your month. We’ll come home to your exuberant greeting and sometimes excitement to show off the “present” you made, then add it to the list of things we need to replace because of you’re chewing.

Your day is concluded with dinner and an evening walk, strategically timed to hopefully coordinate with your bathroom schedule. So proud of yourself, with all the chewing and pooping you managed to accomplish in one day, you’ll then curl up for your evening nap setting your internal alarm clock for another 3 a.m. bathroom call.

With all that being said, I can’t deny you’re still a good dog who has taught me a lot of things, besides strengthening my patience.

You jump into everything life throws at you with an utter joy that’s hard to duplicate in the human world.

You’re openminded, you’ll try everything and are the furthest thing from a picky eater.

You give everyone an equally optimis-

PHOTOS: Tess Casher ance and determination.

Finally, you have the superpower that most humans spend all their lives trying to master: you find joy in everything! From a walk in the woods, to that piece of food we dropped during dinner and simply that belly rub at the end of the day.

And ultimately, Parka, you remind me life is an adventure and it’s journey I’d rather travel with

tic chance, sprinting up to every dog and human thinking you’ve found a new best friend for life; then forgive and forget anyone who doesn’t feel the same way.

You discover litter in woods, pick it up and then carry it home with such pride, like you’ve found a piece of buried treasure.

You believe in yourself against all odds to chase those squirrels and ravens with such persever-

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Enumeration

Recensement

Enumerators have begun visiting homes across Yukon to collect the names of all eligible electors.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

That information will be used

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.

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A Candide Account of Voltaire

by Ryan Dorward

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or years I have heard the name Voltaire and have not had a chance to locate any of his works. Then the fateful day came when I went into Well Read Books and came across Candide.

As I flew through the first couple of chapters at the Gold Pan, I found the charm of Voltaire’s storytelling is not in his plot but in the philosophies that are dictated by different characters.

In Candide our hero is a teacher named Pangloss who taught such things as, “It is proved that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.”

The young Candide adapts Pangloss’ motto as his own.

After Candide has suffered a little we begin to sway back and forth between Pangloss’s teachings and he begins to think for himself. “If this is the best of all possible worlds what can the rest be like?”

Yet after a little break of fortune he is singing praises, “Our excellent Pangloss often proved to me that worldly goods are common to all men, and that everyone has an equal right to them.”

Enter a new man named Martin. When asked about his opinion of moral and physical evil, he replies, “What I really believe is that man was created by the forces of evil and not the forces of good.

The devil meddles so much with the affairs of the world, that he may be living inside me, as well as everywhere else.”

Candide asks Marvin what was this world created for? “To drive us mad” is the reply.

“What can you expect? That’s

how people here are made. Imagine every possible contradiction and inconsistency, and you will find them in the government, the law-courts, the churches, and in the whole life of this absurd nation.”

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Engraving of Voltaire published as the frontispiece to an 1843 edition of his Dictionnaire philosophique The last great character is a man named Pococurante. He speaks with what must be Voltaire’s voice as he chastises some literary giants: “It doesn’t delight me. There was a time

when people convinced me that I enjoyed Homer, but that eternal succession of identical combats, those gods who are always busy but to no effect, that Helen of his who gives rise to the war yet plays so little part in the story, that Troy so endlessly besieged without being taken- it bores me to distraction. I have sometimes asked learned men if they found this book as tedious as I do. Those who were sincere all confessed that it dropped from their hands, but that they felt obliged to keep it in their library, like a relic of the past or like rusty coins with no current use.”

Or on Cicero, “I never read him at all. I used to prefer his philosophical works; but when I found that he was in doubt about everything, I decided that I knew as much as he and needed no one’s help to remain ignorant.”

Upon leaving Candide and Martin discuss this Pococurante. Candide believes that there went the happiest man alive, for he is superior to all he possesses. Yet Martin disagrees, “Don’t you see that he is disgusted with everything he possesses? Plato long ago said that the best stomachs are not those that reject food.”

“But isn’t there a pleasure in criticizing everything and discovering faults where other men detect beauties?”

“That is to say that there is a pleasure in not being pleased.”

Candide would sum it up like this, “That’s true enough but we must go and work in the garden.”

Ryan Dorward is a Whitehorse based writer. To comment on his story email editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Telling Stories

Yukon Artists @ Work gallery features ceramic sculptures by Sandra Grace Storey until April 30

By Nicole Bauberger

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Above and Between: Storey places a beautifully formed beluga under the ice with fish, and ravens above the ice, in “Above, below and in between”

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Raven/’s Gift: In “Raven’s Gift”, the salmon return in a very visceral way

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PHOTOS: Nicole Bauberger

andra Grace Storey’s Words Like Birds exhibit digs deep into all that we struggle to express. It finds a great tenderness there.

Storey has created an exhibition of small, focussed sculptures for the solo show room at the Yukon Artists @ Work Co-operative art gallery .

Storey works in stoneware ceramics coloured with earth-toned oxides. White and bright colours have been moving into her palette recently. That is certainly the case in this show, with white beluga whales, red and green fish and red and blue birds adding bright highlights to each piece.

A sheet of rolled-out clay, buckled, incised, printed and tinted, supports many of Storey’s sculptures displayed on the wall.

It creates a context for the figures to play out their stories. The show resembles a storybook in three dimensions, with room for the viewer to create her own story around the relationships depicted.

Most of the figures are animals.

Raven and rabbit star in this show, as they often do in Storey’s work.

However, human figures, fish, bears and whales also play their parts.

In many of the pieces, a school of fish or flock of birds erupts from a figure’s mouth. Often the figures have their eyes closed or mostly closed. What do we need to say that we can only say with our eyes closed? What words have such weight that they take the form of animals, a multiplicity of threedimensional, fully fleshed forms?

While this imagery might tread the edge of being frightening to some people, somehow Storey makes it seem more like song than nausea, for the most part. In “Raven’s Gift,” it looks a bit like the raven has eaten too many fish and is proceeding to bring them back up. But there’s something mythological in the way they swim away, back though the raven’s legs.

Storey plays with the idea of

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edges between worlds in a number of the pieces. Two of the artworks are called “Above, below and in between.” Quite a few feature a layer of ice, with fish beneath the surface and birds above. It’s a permeable boundary, with holes for ice fishing.

There’s a gentle comedy in some of the works. There are two rabbit pieces named “Listen.” In one, the raven carries the weight of the moon on his head, with an upwards-arching fish on top of the moon. In the other, a fish flies through the sky among deep-

ly printed marks where rose hips were pressed into the clay, black with the oxides inside them.

“I knew it would be you” is one of my favourite wall pieces. An earth-toned hare carries a raven wrapped around its shoulder. Its mouth is open, and it seems to be telling its secrets to the raven.

The raven’s wing wraps the hare tightly and white feathers appear at the edges of its black ones. For me, this is a love story.

I wonder what stories you will catch in this show. I hope you can see Words Like Birds before it

closes April 30.

Sandra Grace Storey’s Words Like Birds show is on display at the Yukon Artists @ Work Co-operative art gallery, which is located at 4129 - 4th Ave. in Whitehorse.

The gallery is open Tuesday until Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Sundays until 4 p.m.

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The Old Fashioned T he Old Fashioned takes us back to the beginning of the history of American cocktails. In 1806 a reader wrote to the editor of The Balance and Columbian Repository, a newspaper published in Hudson, New York from 1801-1807, asking about the meaning of a new word: “cocktail.” The editor replied, “Cocktail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters.” There is the Old-Fashioned, pure and simple.

(In this election year, it’s instructive to stay with the editor as he continues: “[The cocktail] is… supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head….”)

Master bartender Dale DeGroff, in his classic cocktail book The Craft of the Cocktail, describes the first colonists in the Americas as “voracious experimenters,” fermenting beverages from pumpkins and turnips to rhubarb, walnuts and elderberries in search of an alcoholic kick. This same voracious experimentation led to the discovery of rum.

On his first journey to the New World Christopher Columbus stopped off at Gomera in the Canary Islands, fell in love with Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ossorio, the island’s governess, and stayed for a month. When he left, the governess gave him some sugar cane cuttings, and sometime after Columbus landed in the Bahamian Archipalego, those cuttings were planted.

Sugar cane had come to the Americas. So had rum. Slavery, indentured servitude, piracy, wars and revolution followed. That is the dark side of the story of rum.

One of the by-products of the sugar production process is molasses, and molasses, fermented and distilled, produces rum. (Rum is also distilled from the juice extracted from pressed sugarcane, but that process came later.)

By the end of the 1600s, DeGroff tells us, rum production had overtaken sugar production by so much that the British enacted laws requiring that a certain proportion of sugarcane in its colonies be used to make sugar.

Rum had become the base spirit

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The Rum Old Fashioned: history in a glass of choice for American alcoholic beverages. There were distilleries as far north as New England.

Britain gradually squeezed America out of the rum trade by a series of acts and by blockading its supply of molasses from the Caribbean, during the Revolutionary War (DeGraff says the real cause of the revolution was rum, not tea) and then during then the War of 1812.

In 1833 Britain abolished slavery in its colonies. But indentured servitude soon took its place, to be abolished, finally, in 1907.

The rum trade declined as forced labour was outlawed. As waves of new immigrants came to the United States in the 1800s they brought new traditions like whisky with them, and rum lost its status as the alcohol of choice in the States. Bourbon was on the rise.

Rum production is still concentrated in the Caribbean and Latin America, but it is also being produced in several other countries around the world, including Guyana, the site of some of the original sugar mills in South America.

Recently a friend of mine received for his birthday a bottle of El Dorado Special Reserve 15 Year Old Rum from Demerara Distillers Ltd. of Guyana. We decided to feature this premium rum, in historical fashion, in the original American

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f you are indulging regularly in the good old Yukon Happy Hour, you may have met last night’s mean morning friend: The Hangover. He may be dependable, but he sure is a jerk.

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In the ‘Cirque of the Unclimbables’ Part 2

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he next morning we woke up with our first clear view of the Cirque proper. This place is nothing but intimidating -- and yet, surreally beautiful. You sort of feel like you’ve been plopped into the middle of a science-fiction film set, with massive towers surrounding you.

Whoever named this place Fairy Meadows was onto something.

Without any trees, the Meadows is mostly streams, boulders, grass, moss and lichen, and meadow flowers. It really does feel like a little heaven on earth. That, and the only real neighbours you have (aside from a few small groups of climbers from all over the world) are marmots, ground squirrels and ptarmigans.

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Lotus Flower Tower closer up

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a sense of what we were getting into. My journal entry for the day reads, The first four pitches of Lotus Flower Tower is wet - soaking wet. But man, is the Tower ever impressive! It’s so awesome and intimidating … We might go for it tomorrow if it stays sunny all night and morning.

The next day was one of utter failure. As I said at the beginning of this article, we made it up only two pitches before coming down, scared and disoriented. My journal reads, “All of a sudden I realized how scary, dangerous and hard climbing was. I had no confidence; no skill.”

It became apparent to us, at that moment, that we were in way over our heads. Looking back now, I have to wonder what made me think I could take on such a huge endeavour, having no alpine experience and very little in the way of multi-pitch trad climbing. cont’d on page 15...

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The writer looking up at Lotus Flower Tower The remoteness added an entirely novel mental barrier that I had never faced before, and which had made my confidence disappear.

The next seven days brought rain, rain and more rain. No amount of singing childish songs about old men snoring, or gyrating our bodies in a sad attempt at appeasing rain gods, did anything to stop it. During this time we mostly pouted, slept, ate and read books.

That and we thought a lot about what we were doing there. Given the weather window, were we go-

ing to try the Lotus again? Did we have it in us?

Before heading into the Cirque, a friend of mine, who had climbed there earlier that summer, told us about another climb, an easier climb called East Huey Spire. It seemed to make sense to adjust our plans in light of our inexperience and fear.

With three days left of potential climbing, and a break in the clouds, we were determined to climb something. While Easy Huey Spire isn’t all that pretty, it was

situated smack dab in the middle of the Cirque. A summit on its peak would provide some breathtaking views. We set out early in the morning and hiked to the base of the Spire. This was actually harder than the hike to the Lotus, and longer.

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“Grizzly Bear” Jim Christie, having survived a grizzly bear mauling in 1909, lied about his age to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914. Learn more about this Yukon hero and others at the North and World War I conference at the High Country Inn May 9-12. valuable intelligence reports. For his bravery, he was awarded the Military Cross. Christie was eventually returned to Canada for medical reasons, but not before having distinguished himself in battle.

You will learn more about this remarkable Yukon hero, and many other Yukoners who distinguished themselves during the Great War, at The North and World War I conference at the High Country Inn May 9 to 12.

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The bear charged without warning and after firing two quick rounds at the enraged beast, Christie was clenched tightly in the bear’s jaws. Christie’s scalp was torn, his face crushed and his jaw broken; one eye was torn from its socket and his arm was fractured before the bullets took effect.

Covered in blood and half blinded, he staggered 12 kilometres back to his cabin, where Crisfield later found him near death.

Christie recovered, and a surgeon in Victoria reconstructed his face; he was forever after known as “Grizzly Bear Christie.”

Four years later, when war was declared on August 4, 1914, Christie was one of the first to volunteer. To do so, he had to lie about his age, because he was nearly 50 years old.

Christie served with distinction in the sniper unit of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

With the skills he had acquired in the wilds of the Yukon, he excelled as a marksman, and as a scout, haunting No Man’s Land and striking fear in the hearts of the enemy. Christie was twice wounded in action. During the second battle of Ypres, the Princess Pats were overwhelmed by a German advance. Lance Corporal Christie laid down heavy and accurate sniper fire that allowed his comrades to withdraw safely. Christie received the Distinguished Conduct Medal and was promoted to Sergeant.

Two years later, during the battle of Passchendaele, Christie, now a lieutenant, while under heavy fire, covered the advance of his comrades, who were able to take enemy pillboxes that were laying down a deadly fire.

Three times during the battle, he made treacherous trips through intense artillery and heavy machine gun barrage to bring back

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BEAVER CREEK Sat, Apr, 23, Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Apr, 23, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Apr, 25, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Apr, 26, Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Apr, 26, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS 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 Tue, Apr, 26, 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, 26, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Apr, 26, Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Apr, 26, Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Apr, 27, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Apr, 27, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Apr, 27, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 28, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Apr, 28, Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Apr, 28, 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, 22, The Patrick Jacobson Band 12:00 AM Westminster Hotel Whitehorse-based indierock band featuring Patrick Jacobson, Scott Maynard, Roxx Hunter and Ian March.

Fri, Apr, 22, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 22, 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, 22, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Fri, Apr, 22, Get together en français 5:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Painless French for everyone in Dawson! Pot luck, entertainment for kids, and live music.

Sat, Apr, 23, 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, 23, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Apr, 23, The Patrick Jacobson Band 10:00 PM Westminster Hotel Whitehorse-based indierock band featuring Patrick Jacobson, Scott Maynard, Roxx Hunter and Ian March.

Sun, Apr, 24, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Apr, 24, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Apr, 25, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

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Wed, Apr, 27, CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

FARO Thu, Apr, 21, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun, Apr, 24, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Apr, 24, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Apr, 26, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Apr, 27, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Apr, 28, Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

HAINES JUNCTION 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 Fri, Apr, 22, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival 6:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Sun, Apr, 24, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Apr, 25, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Apr, 27, SuicideTALK 9:45 AM Da Ku Cultural Centre Join us for this informative talk/ workshop Wed, Apr, 27, 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, 28, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Apr, 28, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School MARSH LAKE Fri, Apr, 22, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Happy Hour 4:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Apr, 24, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies.

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Tue, Apr, 26, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO Sun, Apr, 24, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Apr, 26, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE Thu, Apr, 21, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Apr, 22, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Apr, 27, Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083

OLD CROW Thu, Apr, 21, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Apr, 24, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Apr, 28, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

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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 Fri, Apr, 22, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Beginners Yoga: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre With instructor Lee Randell.

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Thu, Apr, 28, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Catch Kids Club: Tagish 4:00 PM Tagish Community Centre TESLIN 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 Sat, Apr, 23, Teslin Youth Club (Gr 7-12) 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 24, Catholic Mass/Communion Service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission 10:30 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Sun, Apr, 24, Adult Yoga 11:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 24, Public Skate 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Apr, 24, Carpet Bowling (ages 55+) 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 25, Kids in the Kitchen (K4-Grade 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Apr, 25, Adult Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 26, Kids in the Kitchen (Grade 4-9) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Apr, 26, Adult Yoga (13+) 5:15 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 27, Golden Age Social (Ages 55+) 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Apr, 27, After School Activities (K4-Gr 3) 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 28, After school sports Grades 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Apr, 28, Mike Stevens & Steve Slade live!

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WATSON LAKE Thu, Apr, 21, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Apr, 21, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 24, Ladies Time Out Breakfast 8:30 AM Dragon’s Den Hotel Cynthia Armstrong 536-7239 Sun, Apr, 24, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Apr, 24, 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!

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HAINES, ALASKA Thu, Apr, 21, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 21, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 22, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Apr, 22, Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Apr, 22, Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library

Fri, Apr, 22, Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Haines Community Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Apr, 25, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Apr, 25, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Senior Swim 10:00 AM Haines Community Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Apr, 26, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Apr, 27, Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Haines Community Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Haines Community Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Haines Community Centre

SKAGWAY, ALASKA 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 Fri, Apr, 22, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Apr, 22, 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, 22, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Fri, Apr, 22, Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Apr, 22, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Fri, Apr, 22, 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, 22, Volleyball For Adults 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 23, Spinning w/ Cindy 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Apr, 23, 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, 24, Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/ Jeanne 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Apr, 24, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Sun, Apr, 24, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ AJ 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 25, SpinFLEX w/ Katherine AL 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Mon, Apr, 25, Restorative Yoga: w/ Katherine AL 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Playgroup: Skagway 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 25, TRX Suspension Training w/ Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Apr, 25, Spinning w/ Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Mon, Apr, 25, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Apr, 25, Playgroup: Skagway 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Onsite babysitting. $2 per hour (min. 1 hour) / $1.50 per half hour.

Mon, Apr, 25, Soccer For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Chair and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Apr, 26, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Tue, Apr, 26, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

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Wed, Apr, 27, Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/ Jeanne 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Climbing Instruction For Belay Certification Class - Signup Required 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Wed, Apr, 27, Belay Check For Certification Signup Required 7:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Stick and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Apr, 28, Mom/Dad & Me: Skagway 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Toddler Time Thu, Apr, 28, Senior Weights w/Jennifer/ Katherine/Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

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There are two other age groups run out of the club: Pursuit and Velocity.

Pursuit is new to the club. It allows the more advanced athlete an extra challenge, without forcing them to attend competitions.

Velocity is for the competitive athlete, allowing them to compete at regional, national and international competitions.

Currently, the Yukon Biathlon Club is overflowing with participants. That’s not to say they aren’t willing to take on more eager athletes.

However, along with the willingness to accept more athletes the club could also use any and all volunteers. Parents of participants are often given the option to go through a coaching course. Having more coaches on the range allows for a higher number of participants in the club. Right now the club is considering adding extra days to

The Biathlon Yukon Club is looking for volunteers in order to offer classes to more kids next season PHOTO: Yukon Biathlon Club

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iathlon is an Olympic Sport that combines two incredibly different competitive activities. Which two incredibly different activities you ask? Biathlon is a combination of a cross country ski race and small-bore rifle marksmanship. In Europe, biathlon is highly regarded with more than 30,000 fans showing up to races. You can consider it the winter version of soccer, fan wise.

In Northern Canada, a variation of the original biathlon exists, recognized only by the Arctic Winter Games: Snowshoe Biathlon.

Snowshoeing, of course, replacing the cross country skiing portion of the event.

Here in Whitehorse, you can learn both versions of the sport by joining the Yukon Biathlon Club located at the Grey Mountain Gun Range. The club offers regular biathlon every year and snowshoe biathlon every second year in

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Children as young as eight are able to sign up with the club for the Bears group. The Bears group are taught the value of routine, firearm safety and responsibility.

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Wed, Apr, 27 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Apr, 27 Adult Gymnastics DropIn (New starting age of 14 years old) Polarettes Gymnastics Club 7:00 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Wed, Apr, 27 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Apr, 27 Practical Course in Selfdefense for Women 7:00 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary You are invited to participate in Practical Course in Selfdefense for Women Program is running for 3 months and is sponsored by Yukon Government and you will get 50% off.

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Wed, Apr, 27, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Apr, 27, December Baby Talk Sessions 1:30 PM Whitehorse Health Centre Wed, Apr, 27, Yoga for Back Pain & Correct Posture 6:00 PM Frank Slim Building Is back pain interfering with your quality of life and work performance? This workshop includes yoga poses aimed to build strength and flexibility of core muscles.

Wed, Apr, 27, Mindfulness for Families 6:30 PM Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) This hour and a half workshop facilitated by Ruth Lera, is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about what Mindfulness is and how the practice of Mindfulness Meditation Thu, Apr, 28, Second section 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Thu, Apr, 28, Third Section 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School

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A Little Off the Top with Ken Bolton

Not Making a List, or Checking it Twice

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he idea of compiling a bucket list has never held much appeal for me.

Sure, I’ve daydreamed about lots of places and experiences from time to time, but actually listing a dozen or so things I’m itching to accomplish before shuffling off this mortal coil has never been a high priority.

I’ve tended to go with the flow and let life take me by surprise.

Twenty years ago this month, I took my first (and so far, only) trip to England. My father had urged me for years to visit his homeland, but I never got up the gumption (there’s an expression you don’t hear enough these days) to actually do it.

But Dad wanted to make one last visit to say goodbye to his two remaining sisters, one older and one younger. At 89, he needed someone to accompany him and insisted on paying my way if I would be his companion.

You don’t turn down an offer like that.

I knew the trip would involve a lot of cathedrals and the odd castle or two, plus a mandatory show in London’s West End. Apart from that, we would keep things loose and go wherever the rental car felt like taking us.

The deal was that, on days Dad just felt like spending time with one of his sisters, I could take the rented Rover and do what I pleased. Sweet.

Our home base for the first 10 days was Manchester. As a recent convert to Coronation Street, I

Are the Corrie cobbles on your bucket list? got it into my mind that life would not be complete without touring the set of the iconic working-class soap opera.

I knew there’d be no pints served in the Rover’s Return, but what fun it might be just to walk “t’Street” and possibly rub shoulders with Ken Barlow or Roy Cropper.

I chose to visit on a Monday: the only day, alas, when there were no tours of the set. So much

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by Helene Hanff in her delightful 1970 memoir entitled 84, Charing Cross Road. I was determined not to leave England until I found it.

On our second afternoon in the city, when Dad decided to pass on tourist action, I took the tube to Leicester Square and wandered

north on Charing Cross Road.

There were bookstores, alright, some of them quite appealing. But search as I might, I could not find Marks & Co. In fact, I could not find a No. 84 anywhere on Charing Cross Road.

Much to my horror, I discovered the spot where No. 84 had stood since the 1920s had now become – brace yourself – a McDonald’s restaurant!

That crushing disappointment

may help explain why I’ve been reluctant to write a formal bucket list.

Of course, I was a mere lad of 53 then. Now that I’m two decades closer to oblivion, I may relent some day.

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

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xcept above tree-line, good firewood is available in most places in the Yukon but a few days of rain can make pretty good wood too wet to get anything but thick smoke and little flame. A short time spent on preparation can help to get at least a good cooking fire anywhere.

In other articles I have discussed fire-lighting materials such as fire-paste, duct-tape or a plastic jar full of kerosene soaked chain-saw chips.

On a fly-in sheep hunt or alpine trek where you will take off from the same place or at least near where you landed, a small bag or even a large ziplok of charcoal will give you enough heat/fire to cook on and also get smaller damp pieces of wood to flame.

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smaller zip-lok with 8-10 pieces of charcoal can be carried along with you to the camping spot. A little white-gas on some dry twigs will get the charcoal burning at your camp.

On adventures where weight and bulk are not as great a consideration other materials can be carried in the boat or truck and placed in a dry location in camp.

This can include a full bag of charcoal to start or keep a fire burning well into the night. On my regular visits to the local dumps and free-stores, I often find end cuts of dimensional lumber which can be split and stored vertically in a milk-box.If they are cut to be shorter than the box is tall, it forms a nice neat package and can be stacked on top of another similar box to save space. These

pieces can be cut into kindling size or larger to use as the basis for a larger fire. The milk-box also makes a good seat in camp.

At the same dumps where I find the dimensional lumber pieces, there are often discarded, broken chairs, tables, dressers or other items which are often made of some type of hardwood. Many newer or cheaper pieces are made out of particle board and not useful for making fires. The hardwood pieces will give off a lot of heat, are easier to light and burn longer than wood found in the forest. This helps to get damp wood or bigger pieces to flame.

These hardwood pieces can easily be broken down into uniform sizes with a hand-saw or just broken up with an axe.

Hardwood pallets are available

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just about everywhere and 5 to 10 careful minutes with a skill-saw will break down a couple of pallets into fire sized pieces which can be carried in a milk-box or just tied into a bundle.

When and where campfires are legal and safe, there just aren’t many activities that beat sitting by a fire.

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself. He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and retired hunter education coordinator for the Government of Yukon. Please send comments about his articles to wild@whatsupyukon.com.

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April 21, 2016

The Art of Judo - Yukon-Style

There’s room for everyone on the judo mats around town

By Joanna Sharp

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There are four judo clubs in the Yukon: the Northern Lights Judo Club in Granger, Shiroumakai Judo Club in Riverdale, the Golden Horn Judo Club and Hiroshikai Judo Club in Carcross ed kids and adults to come observe or try out a class any time. For more information, check out their website at www.JudoYukon.ca.

PHOTOS: courtesy of Judo Yukon

growth by introducing a girls’ club on Friday nights starting in April.

“I want to give girls a place where they can come out, practise some judo and just be themselves,” she says.

Though the registration typically opens in August for a September start, Judo Yukon invites interest-

Photo credit: Government of Yukon

alk into École Émilie Tremblay (EET) on a Monday or a Thursday evening and you may be surprised to see that the usual school gymnasium is transformed into a dojo, complete with a giant tatami (floor mat) and filled with students, donning their crisp white judogi, diligently training in the Japanese martial art of judo.

The Northern Lights Judo Club, which runs out of EET in Granger, is in fact just one of the four clubs of Judo Yukon, along with Golden Horn Judo Club, Shiroumakai Judo Club in Riverdale and Hiroshikai Judo Club in Carcross.

Judo is a growing sport in the Yukon, with new students of all ages joining all the time. Classes range in skill level and age group, from age four to adult.

Students are encouraged to progress at their own pace and to work with instructors to set their own individual goals. They can choose to work towards grading exams, in which they are tested on both theoretical knowledge and practical techniques, in order to achieve the next belt colour or stripe.

Right now, many Judo Yukon students are excitedly training for competitions, such as the Judo Yukon Open Championships coming up in April at the Canada Games Centre. Judo Yukon is very proud to be sending 10 representatives to the Edmonton International Judo Competition. Most of these young judoka are under 14 years old and practise three times per week as part of the elite team.

Judo Yukon’s Head Coach Bianca Ockedahl stresses, though, that the main focus of judo is not competition. It is about being active and having fun while learning skills such as confidence and discipline.

“Practising judo develops physical skills like coordination, speed and agility, which are transferable to lots of other sports,” she says.

As an example, she points out that classes will often incorporate some tumbling and gymnastics.

Mostly, though, it’s about feeling good. “As long as they’re having fun on the mat, that’s all that matters.”

In the Yukon, judo is a family affair. Parents and kids can participate – both in and outside the dojo – with family classes and activities. As a volunteer-run organization, Judo Yukon relies on the involvement of people in the community it has built.

“Judo in the Yukon is very much a little family,” says Ockedahl.

“Everyone gets involved and helps out.”

It may not be so little for much longer, though, as Judo in the Yukon continues to grow at a steady rate.

“Every year we get more and more people enrolling,” says Judo Yukon President Richard Zebruck.

Zebruck points out that Judo Yukon’s enrolment has more than doubled in numbers since he himself joined back in 2008.

Especially noticeable is the increase in the number of girls who are signing up. Ockedahl couldn’t be happier about this trend and she hopes to continue to foster its

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

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Wild Pursuits

Getting in Sheep Shape with Bryce Bekar

Wicked Ram Fitness helps hunters and hikers train for mountain adventures

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e drove four hours from Whitehorse to one of my favourite fishing lakes, then an hour and a half across. As a sheep hunter that’s all the info we give on our hunting spots.

If you know where that is, you

know the Yukon better than I do.

Looking up the side of the mountain I had flashbacks of the year prior when we tried the same place. I remembered burning muscles, cramps and frequent stops to catch our breath.

Leaving the lake and head-

ing through the trees is usually fairly easy, the trees are spread out and the incline isn’t terrible, but when you hit the subalpine, that’s when you find out what kind of shape you’re in.

You’re either in sheep shape, or you’re not. cont’d on page 27...

The view from the top

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Getting in Sheep Shape... cont’d Walking through knee high brush with dips and crevasses large enough to swallow your leg, all the while slipping over rocks hidden beneath a thin layer of moss is the most challenging part about hiking the mountains.

When you finally get to the alpine you get to deal with a whole new challenge: steep inclines, loose shale and boulders that can be tough to navigate. Climbing mountains is no easy feat, but last year I found a way to prepare.

Ryan MacGillivray designed a program for mountain adventurers called Wicked Ram Fitness.

Anyone who has spent time in the mountains can appreciate that the better you train, the less likely you are to get hurt. It is more enjoyable when you are not taking ibuprofen every three hours.

Hence, Wicked Ram’s slogan “Train for the mountain, or be trained by the mountain.”

In 2015 we returned to the same spot as our previous hunting season, the difference was a Wicked Ram fitness regime. We set up camp in a bowl at about 5,000 feet. Some prefer to hunt from the top so you don’t have to go up and down each day; others like to glass from the bottom then pursue what the see.

After a couple of days of wandering the area we decided to move to another location further back. There was a spot a few kilometres away that we knew of from our last trip in. The final push to a 6,500 foot ridge took less than half the time it did the year prior. I believe it was from our conditioning.

Boot camp This year Wicked Ram has more classes to offer for those that would like to work their way into their mountain adventures or ease back into exercising.

In May there will be two classes per week for 40 minutes. The initial classes in May focus on slowly building routine and stretching for flexibility while working toward the harder month of June.

The next month will step up to three sessions per week for 50 minutes. As you work your way through June the focus will shift to strength, conditioning and more

flexibility training.

With the final push into July there will be four sessions per week for 60 minutes. Those that would like to start in July can expect to play catch up for the first week. The final month will push hard with the flexibility and strength you have already developed and continue to improve your conditioning.

Some people prefer not to go to the gym, have trouble getting started or maintaining their workout schedule. With the early evening sessions you will be able to get

off work, head to the field and unwind from your day. Removing the stress, working towards an easier adventure and energizing you for the night to come.

When we reached the summit with fully loaded packs I was surprised how well I felt. This year is already gearing up to be a great summer.

Don’t waste your once-in-alifetime trip being sore and complaining. Whether you are hiking the Chilkoot, pursuing sheep, or just like to spend time in the hills, Wicked Ram Fitness can help you

get there pain free.

For more information about this training program contact Ryan MacGillivray at 867-336-0007.

Bryce Bekar is member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and of America, and the Yukon Fish and Game Association.

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Printmaking in the Magic Nation:

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Introduction to a variety of printmaking techniques.

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Kids and parents get creative at a stop motion animation workshop in 2012 at the Yukon Arts Centre’s Kids Kreate program. The last Kids Kreate free class for the season takes place on April 24

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The monthly Kids Kreate program has been offering free art classes once per month since September and the season concludes on April 24 with a printmaking class at 1 p.m.

YAC Gallery Engagement Coordinator Rebecca Manias says the first thing the kids will do is be guided through the current art exhibit in the gallery for inspiration on how cool printmaking can be.

One of the three artists on exhibit at the gallery right now is Josh Winkler from Minnesota and he is showing his prints made from wood blocks, rub-

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bings and etchings.

Once the kids are back at art table, Whitehorse artist Helen O’Connor will guide them in making their own etchings with paper, roll paint over a board and press the board to the etched paper. Ta da.

“It’s a really fun project for kids,” Manias says. “The end product is something you can easily put into a frame… or put it on the fridge – whatever you’d like to do with it.”

The Kids Kreate program is free, it’s open to all kids and the parents are encouraged to make something, too. As a matter of fact, Manias says the parents tend to really get into it.

It’s like an art party.

“There’s snacks, there’s a huge table, kids meet new kids and parents meet new parents

– and you can go home with some art at the end of the day,” Manias says.

The Yukon Arts Centre has been running the monthly Kids Kreate program for more than 15 years and it is quite popular.

At last month’s class there were 65 people making art.

“We accommodate everyone,” Manias says.

The Kids Kreate printmaking class starts at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 at the Yukon Arts Centre, located at 300 College Drive in Whitehorse. For more information send an email to Gallery@ YAC.ca or call 393-7109.

Tamara Neely is the copy editor at What’s Up Yukon.

You can comment on her stories by email at tamara@whatsupyukon.com.

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The Next Act

Beloved teacher Mary Sloan retires from the Wood Street School’s MAD program

by George Maratos

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ongtime Yukon teacher Mary Sloan and rapper Eminem have something in common. They both got their careers started in Detroit’s notorious 8-Mile district.

However, Sloan’s teaching environment from the beginning to the end could not have been more different.

Growing up in Michigan, Sloan was just 20 years old when she began her first teaching job in Detroit’s infamous inner city.

Working with kids with behavioral issues, it was there, early on in her career, where she found herself contemplating her career choice and wondering if she should – and could – continue.

“I would cry on my way to work,” recalls Sloan, of her early teaching days. “My supervisor told me ‘you stick with this program and you’ll get an A. And you make it through this program and you’ll never have a tougher teaching job.’ And she was right.”

Sloan stayed with the program and it turned out to be a decision that would eventually lead her to Whitehorse, where she would become an integral part of the successful Music Arts and Drama (MAD) program.

Joining the program in 1994, a year after its launch, Sloan went on to instruct hundreds of students about every facet of theatre and was an instrumental part of the program’s growth and success.

From set design and playwriting to singing, dancing and acting Sloan was always there front and centre and became synonymous with MAD. “It’s the best career I could have had and I got to do what I wanted to every day,” said Sloan. “I got to do what I loved for 25 years.”

Reflecting on her career with the program, Sloan says it is knowing how the program impacted the students so positively that will be one of the biggest lasting memories for her.

“I have kids tell me that it was the first chance for them to really be who they wanted to be,” said Sloan.

“That is so special.”

Last month just how big an impact Sloan has made through her time with MAD was apparent when dozens of students, both current and alumni, arranged a surprise retirement party for her.

With Sloan sitting in the front row, one after another the students went to the open mic where they performed or simply offered gratitude and praise.

As for easing into retirement, for Sloan that has not been the case.

From working more with hospice to acting with – not just one, but various – theatre organizations in town, Sloan has not slowed down and has no intention to do so.

“I love acting and I acted before, but now that’s what I get to do all the time and I plan to do as much of it as I can,” she says.

In fact, Sloan will take to the stage with several former students to perform as part of the Canadian theatre festival Magnetic North, which takes place June 9 to 18.

As for the future of the MAD program, Sloan says she would like to see it continue in some capacity.

“It has been so important for me and has been so important for so many,” she says. “I really hope it does.”

George Maratos is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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

Mary Sloan heads into the spotlight in June when she will perform in the Magnetic North Theatre Festival

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Over the past few years Bowl for Kids Sake has become the biggest fundraiser for the organization. Bowl for Kids Sake raised over $20,000 last year in support of mentoring programs for Yukon youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has been providing mentoring programs for 37 years. There are two main programs.

The In School Mentoring Program provides one-on-one support for children. Students are usually referred by their schoolbased team. Volunteers come into the school and support the student within the classroom or school setting.

The other main program is the Community Mentoring Program, which provides one-on-one support for children in the general community. Parents often ask on behalf of their child. In all cases the child or youth has to want to have a mentor.

Shelby Maunder is the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon. She is also the caseworker based in Whitehorse.

Big Brothers Big Sisters also has caseworkers in Watson Lake and

Dawson City.

Volunteers are always needed. In fact, right now there is a waiting list of children and youth requesting a mentor.

Mentors and their little brothers or little sisters can do a wide range of activities together, such as swimming at the Canada Games Centre, watching movies, baking and even bowling.

One pairing enjoyed creating videos during their time together. Another pairing built a bike together. Often a child or youth might have an interest, but no one in the immediate family is able to help explore that interest. So a Big Brother or Sister can encourage and help the child.

A one year commitment is asked of volunteers. Volunteers can visit with their little brothers or little sisters once a week or bi-weekly. A mentor must first submit an application to the organization indicating their interest in a little sister or brother.

The caseworker conducts an interview with the volunteer.

Police checks and references are required. Once volunteers are approved they participate in a volunteer training program.

Women are usually matched to a girl, men to boys; but there have been cross gender pairings. Big Brothers and Big Sisters provide

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF ARTS OPERATING FUND, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, ELAINE TAYLOR, MINISTER AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE YUKON LOTTERY COMMISSION.

Nellie Dale is a writer/artist living in Yukon’s forest.

Get your annual resident camping permit online Planning to pitch a tent or take out the RV this summer?

For the second year, Environment Yukon will sell annual resident camping permits online. Purchase your 2016 annual resident camping permit online at your own convenience.

You can also purchase your permit from any Environment Yukon office, or from one of the many vendors throughout Yukon.

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consistency, safe spaces and fun for children and youth.

Mad Trapper Alleys in Riverdale will be a busy and fun place on April 24. There are a number of ways to get involved with this fundraising event. Teams of up to six bowlers can participate. Ask your co-workers or neighbours to participate in your team.

You might consider sponsoring a lane for one game or for the whole day. Major sponsors are welcome; call 668-7911 and ask for the executive director. Door prize and silent auction items are needed, as well.

The Bowl for Kids Sake fundraising event is open to the public, so even if you are not participating in the actual bowling you can come and watch. You might be encouraged to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters as a sponsor or mentor.

As Sunday, April 24 comes closer, look for details about times for games at Mad Trapper Alleys. The bowling alley is located at 95 Lewes Blvd.

For more information about the Bowl for Kids Sake fundraising event go to www.BBBSofYukon.ca or call 668-7911.

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

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It was a fun filled day with a lot of laughter.

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Aboriginal Language is important to who we are and the culture we live

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Aboriginal Language Day Celebrations Dän Yóónji dzenú On March 31, 2016, Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation held two Aboriginal Language Day Celebrations: In Whitehorse and Carmacks.

In schools now, children are been taught their languages but very few adults will speak back at home to the children.

I would like to see families talking to each other more.

It has to be talked every day for the language to keep going forward in the future. Our language is and was always part of our culture. It defines who we. are.

The Whitehorse Celebration was hosted at the Yukon Inn Plaza

by Native Language Instructor Trainee, Jocelyn Skookum, and Whitehorse Office Administrator, Kayla Mintz. 26 participants joined the Whitehorse celebration.

It was a fun filled night of activities and door prizes. In order for the participants to enter their name in the draw, they had to say a sentence in Northern Tutchone to Elders, Gertie Tom and Rosilee Brown. Everyone played ‘Indian Bingo’ and enjoyed a Northern Tutchone lesson.

The Carmacks Aboriginal Language Day celebration was hosted

by Elder Agnes Charlie, Native Language Instructor, Alma Wrixon, Culture Education Coordinator, and Grace Wheeler at the Heritage Hall. They celebrated with dinner, listening exercises, Indian bingo, regular bingo, and door prizes. Elders, Grandma May Roberts and Agnes Charlie sang tradition Northern Tutchone songs. It was an evening filled with learning and laughter.

Everyone who attended the celebrations enjoyed themselves and was a great opportunity for LSCFN Whitehorse citizens to get to know each other, as well as, strengthen the bond between Elders and Youth.

Elder Gertie Tom

P.O. Box 135, Carmacks, Yukon Y0B 1C0 Phone: (867) 863-5576 | Fax: (867) 863-5710 | Email: info@lscfn.ca

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Kids Running Wild for 7-9 year olds (with parent assistance) Yellow Squad for 10-13 year olds Orange Squad for 13-15 year olds with some orienteering experience.

Register at the Sport Yukon boardroom 4:00 to 6:00 April 27th or go to the YOA website to check the details and download registration forms. For more information contact Sabine Schweiger at 633-4403.

AND for adults new to the sport, try the Learn to Orienteer clinic Saturday May 7 from 9:00 to 3:00. Pre-register by calling Barbara at 668-2306.

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low fifty-somethings at night, and while I have all the gear, the woollens, the fur and the thermal underwear to keep me warm, I haven’t left the house in 15 days because, along with all of this skookum gear, I also have a month-and-a-half-old baby.

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half kilometres, canoe across the Klondike River and then drive 15 minutes to reach Dawson.

Winter is easier: walk or snowmobile to the car, then drive to town. But when it’s very cold, the snowmobile won’t start, the car may not start when you get to it, and you’re not sure you can keep a baby warm - even with all the woollens. It seems wiser to just stay home and wait for the weather to break.

Those 15 days last winter were certainly not the first or the last time I have wondered why we live where we do. If mothers in downtown Toronto have a hard time fitting a

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I’m Stanley. Just chillin’ in the Yukon. My backyard is better than yours.

Wilbur went everywhere with Kath: canoe trips, the office, dinner parties. They were inseparable until he met his untimely death by wolves.

DETAILS: Photo Credit: Pat Kane Katharine Sandiford & SUBMISSION Wilbur Submit a digital or printed photo, the name of the dog and person, a caption 15 words or less, and a photo credit to YukonDogs@whatsupyukon.com. All photos Must be a Yukon resident and must be a Yukon dog. You give permission for YTM and What’s Up Yukon to use your photo in this exhibit and in marketing. Submitting a photo doesn’t guarantee it will be used Stanley & Sarah Todd

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Bushmom ... cont’d shower in, why would I live in a cabin, in the middle of the woods, without running water let alone a shower.

Do you know how many bodily fluids a parent encounters in the span of an average day? Even after the most-thorough sponge bath in a Rubbermaid container, I can’t help feeling that if I were to be placed under one of those blue lights, I’d be a Jackson Pollock of breast milk, spit-up and baby poo.

Some family members think I’m insane (some friends do too) - especially those who also have children. Their concerns are generally melodramatic (But how will you potty train her without a toilet!). However, I believe my challenges are much less dramatic: lots of kids throw a fit when you put them into a car seat, let alone when you put them into a backpack, then into a life jacket and then back into a car seat (luckily my daughter is a patient critter).

I experienced anxiety in the early days of Maggie’s life. I think this is normal. How can you be entirely at ease with such an all-consuming new experience that may also be augmented by the hormonal postpartum ride,

which, while not talked about as often, can be as common and as debilitating as postpartum depression.

It is challenging enough to get yourself and your baby out the door when you live next to the grocery store. There were times when the trek to town - which meant getting Maggie dressed, getting to the car and enduring all possible meltdowns that could occur along the way - seemed impossible. As a result, I had some seriously lonely moments - moments like those 15 days of -45 C when I felt trapped.

Where we live, the way we live, is not unusual here in the Yukon.

There are lots of people with outhouses, lots of folks who live in the bush, and many of them have children. We may be unusual in comparison to folks down south, many of whom may not understand why we live where we do.

But even with all of the trapped feelings and nerve-wracking moments alone with a baby, my year at home in the bush with Maggie has helped me understand why we live where we do.

In her first year, Maggie has seen more moose, wolves and porcupines than many have seen in their lifetime.

She waves at the great grey owl that lands on its favourite perch at dusk. And at 10 months old I could set Maggie down in a blueberry patch where she would pick berries and feed herself.

And she loves wild cranberries.

At 10 months old I could set Maggie down in a blueberry patch where she would pick berries and feed herself

In her first year of life, Maggie has seen more moose, wolves and porcupines than many have seen in their lifetime We have space to grow and harvest our own food. We watch northern lights from our bedroom window. And even on -45 C days, there were far less difficulties in comparison to the 15 days that we spent together.

We could focus on the fact that we didn’t get to shower, we couldn’t go to work and we didn’t see other people for 15 days, but instead we were grate-

ful that we had this opportunity, early on in our family life, to take it easy and to keep each other warm.

No matter where they live, I’m sure all new parents wonder what they are doing, feel ill-prepared or even wonder if they’re doing it all wrong.

At the end of the day, we all ask ourselves What am I doing? regardless of how recently we’ve

showered or how cold it is has been outside.

Rian is a canoe commuting, wool wearing, dog loving, printmaking artist and writer who lives in the bushes outside of Dawson City, Yukon. She can be found somewhere in the woods with her one year old on her back.

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The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING AND SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH THROUGH CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY! The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre would like to take this moment to thank the many individuals and organizations of Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada that have been instrumental in helping us grow and continue on our mission to create a safe place for our youth, a place for creative expression and connection.

We also wish to acknowledge directly our core funders and sponsors for making this endeavour possible.

• The Youth Directorate • Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks • Crime Prevention Yukon OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Glenda Koh Alan Moore Bonnie Moore Morris Lamrock Levi Larkin-Boyle Ted Staffen Anyes Dimsdale Amanda Leslie Sue Starr-retired OUR STAFF Susie Anne Bartsch Andrea Simpson-Fowler Liam White Barb Hinton Kayleigh Poelman Sarah Ott Allyn Walton Madi Dixon Jess Stone Ryann Poulter Jessie Bartsch Lia Fabre-Dimsdale HALLOWEEN PARTY AND HAUNTED HOUSE The Whole Fenn Family The Whole Fabre-Dimsdale Family Splintered Craft The Boys and Girls Club of Yukon Skookum Jim Superstore Independent Erin McIntrye Izaak Lazeo-Fairman Scott Maynard

A special thanks to all the kids and parents and others who support our camps and programs!

WHAT A GREAT YEAR!!

AUGUST 13TH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL AND FLEA MARKET. ALL WELCOME!

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Volunteer Bureau Yukon Youth Investment Fund Girls Action Foundation What’s Up Yukon OUR INSTRUCTORS AND CONTRACTORS Scott Maynard Erica Mah Lianne Cranfield Barb Curtis Tanya van Valkenburg Jillian Brown THE NEW WINDOW TO THE HEART! Northerm Windows and Doors Elite Windows and Doors MacPherson Rentals Jim Haggerty Chuck Haggerty Dave Paquet Erik Simanis Chris Bartsch Morris Lamrock GIRLS GROUP SLEEP OVER Brenda & Heidi of Yukon Women in Trades and Technology Melissa Atkinson Veronica Derby Erin McIntyre Susie Anne Bartsch Girl’s Action Foundation The Awesome Parents!!

OUR FUNDERS The Youth Directorate of Yukon The Women’s Directorate ofYukon Girls’ Action Foundation Victoria Faulker Women’s Centre Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund of Yukon

LAST SATURDAY BALL PIT OF THE SEASON- FREE! MAY 14!!

The Heart of Riverdale would like to the thank our community this year with a FREE BALL PIT day on our last Saturday Ball Pit Drop In on MAY 14 from 10am to 3pm. Children must be attended by a parent or adult supervisor. We ask that you plan a maximum of a two hour stay to give other kids an opportunity to come in. (30 kids max at a time).

Upstairs there will be crafts, snacks and games.

Sponsored by Due North Maternity Thank you!! and Baby.Sponsored

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Maternity and Baby. Thank you!!

CONTRIBUTORS AND VOLUNTEERS The Riverdale Community Association Mike’s Custodial Services Breakdancing Yukon Society OMNI Productions The Yukon Arts Centre Epic Pizza All Paws Angelina’s Boutique Coast Mountain Hair Sensations Itsy Bitsy Yarn Shop Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters Men’s’ World Tim Hortons Speed Control and Debbie Peters Ashley Furniture Zero Waste- Ben Derochie YukomiCon- Lianne & Christi City of Whitehorse Dave Paquet- LiveWire Electrical Nancy Rohaly- Nancy’s Electric Y2C2 and Environment Yukon Ashley Furniture Groundwork Sessions Crew The Boys and Girls Club of Yukon Capital Towing The Guild Hall McCauley Lodge Riverdale Super A UPS and Kathi Whitehorse Bylaw The Ukes of Hazard Circle of Change Sue Starr Ryan Leef Scott Kent

Ivy Chan Heather Tipton Joy Wicket Ruth Lera Shai Wykes Chris Bartsch Doug McLean Mel Murray and Tatum Jo Stewart Dan Bader Lawrence Reti Marshall Charlebois Jack Kobayashi Kim and Colin Fenn Tristan and Richard Fenn Hayden and Hannah Fenn Lisa Ross Paris Pick Erik Simanis Ali Khoda Jamie Fowler Duncan Sinclair Jacqueline Gay Rob Ingram Josiah Jakesta Vince Federoff Claire Ness Nate Wood Christine Klaassen-St. Pierre Penny and Luca Squires Kyle and Cassandra Warville Dick Louise Stewart Jocelyn Good Julianna Scramstad Ensio Lera Amy Roberts Superstore Wykes Independent Grocer Porter Creek Super A Cynthia Wilkie All Our Neighbours!

Anyone we missed!

We are especially grateful to the Yukon Government Youth Directorate for funding support over 3 years to give us a stable foundation to build a strong and healthy Heart.

The staff here at The Heart of Riverdale would love to hear from you.

Please send us any feedback or ideas to info@theheartofriverdale.com

The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre | 38 Lewes Blvd Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5B4 t:867.667.6700 | e:info@theheartofriverdale.com | w:theheartofriverdale.com