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oday many people practice meditation for stress relief and to improve their overall quality of life. However, is there evidence that meditation is effective? If its effects can be proven, how can meditation be practiced by people with different fitness levels and abilities to concentrate?

A study conducted at Johns Hopkins University in 2013 shows that mindfulness meditation can affect anxiety and depression symptoms. The effects were “small” but significant for some individuals, and were seen across a broad range of clinical conditions.

The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article discussing the results of this research. It states, “These small effects are comparable with what would be expected from the use of an antidepressant in a primary care population but without the associated toxicities.”

A 2012 University of California study found that just two weeks of meditation training helped to focus and improve participant’s working memory capacity. One of the central aims of meditation is to improve concentration, which in turn helps to improve cognitive skills.

In addition there are some studies which show improved results for addiction treatment among those who practice meditation. For example, a study conducted by the Texas Tech Neuroimaging Institute compared mindfulness training with the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking program.

The study found that people who learned mindfulness meditation were more successful at quitting

smoking. The researchers suggested that meditation improves self-control and therefore increases the likelihood of quitting smoking.

The positive effects of meditation inspire many people to

start practicing it; however, not all of them are able to continue.

Some people complain about having to sit for a long time, while others find it boring. Researchers at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation in India developed a method of meditation that allows people with different health conditions and with no prior experience to practice meditation efficiently. It is known as cyclic meditation and it is based on the alternation between stimulation and relaxation of the nervous system.

This method includes practicing of some simple physical poses as well as breathing and relaxation techniques. It does not require sitting for a long periods, which many people find difficult. This makes the method easy and even enjoyable – especially for beginners.

A review article published in the International Journal of Yoga called “A review of the scientific studies on cyclic meditation” states that their study showed that cyclic meditation is not only accessible to people with a wide range of skill levels, but it is also more relaxing than some other meditation and relaxation methods.

Here in Whitehorse I teach cyclic meditation at the Canada Game Centre. I am a yoga therapist trained in India. The class is on Monday morning. Make sure you do not eat or drink anything except water before the class.

The early morning is the best time to tune in to positiveness and mindfulness for the whole week.

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Ivan Skofenko wants to make meditation more accessible to Whitehorsers One of the central aims of meditation is to improve concentration, which in turn helps to improve cognitive skills.

Ivan Skofenko, PsyD, is a Yoga Therapist and Practitioner of East Indian Traditional Medicine Ayurveda.

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July 21, 2016

Underground at the Core

On the Cover Miles Hume and KateLynn Flanagan at last

Hip hop artist Def3, who performs at the Dawson City Music Festival, comes by his social conscience honestly

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y the time Danny Fernandez was 10, he had visited over two dozen countries during six years spent aboard a floating hospital that provided free surgeries and medical care to some of the world’s poorest people.

“I don’t think I realized how cool it was at the time. Looking back, I definitely feel being immersed in so many different cultures helped shape a lot of who I became,” the 34-year-old rapper and street artist says.

Fernandez - who goes by the professional name of Def3 - lived on a ship called the Anastasis, along with his older brother and their parents, who were volunteers with the international Mercy Ship charitable organization.

His Chilean-born father worked as a plumber, carpenter and deckhand, while his mother was principal of the ship’s school and worked in the bookstore.

“They really followed their gut and chose to do something. They sold their house; I guess, in gambling terms, they went all-in,” he says. “Experiencing so much travel, and growing up knowing they were willing to risk it all for what they believed in, when I decided to do what I do, it made me think this was something that was possible.”

Fernandez first became exposed to hip hop music after the family left the ship and moved to Texas.

“It was actually a really small town that was very segregated and predominantly African-American

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Regina-based rapper and visual artist Def3 (Danny Fernandez) will be appearing at the Dawson City Music Fest, which runs from Friday, July 22 to Sunday, July 24 and Latino. This would have been the early ‘90s and hip hop was just making its way onto radio,” he says. “Right away, my brother and I really enjoyed it. This was in the era before downloading, and we’d sit there for hours every day and put cassettes into my dad’s radio and just record songs off the radio and make our own little mixed tapes and stuff.”

Following a move to Regina, Saskatchewan, Fernandez began to learn more about the art form through a friend’s older brother, who worked at an HMV store and introduced him to rap luminaries such as A Tribe Called Quest and the Wu-Tang Clan.

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about it, to the point that we were doing music presentations in Grade 8 and 9 that were based around the Wu-Tang, which on the prairies is kind of a funny thought.”

Part of hip hop’s appeal to him was its roots in poverty, with a messages that promoted anti-government ideas.

“I think what originally sparked that was my dad explaining to me the dictatorship that happened with Pinochet in Chile,” Fernandez says. “When he was first telling me, I didn’t understand that, because when you’re only exposed to so much, especially living on a ship, you don’t see it.

“What I didn’t realize was that the reason we were in a lot of these places was due to politics and wars and things that were happening. So in the messages I send, there’s always a bit of that, but I wouldn’t quite consider myself an activist or anything.”

Aside from his musical interests, visual art – especially graffiti – has long held a parallel fascination for Fernandez.

“My first taste of graffiti was really seeing political stuff in all these different countries. Around presidential elections, or when people were mad about some-

thing, you’d see all this graffiti everywhere from alleyways to the roofs of the houses.”

In the United States he became more exposed to the street culture side of graffiti.

“I’ve always had an interest in pop culture and things like that, especially with hip hop, so I’ve been painting a lot of that,” he says. “But as time progresses, I think it’s important to involve more of a message in all of my art.

Considering what’s going on in the world, just how crazy everything is at this time, that’s probably the next phase.”

In the meantime, apart from a recording and international touring career that has paired him up with some of hip hop’s top names, Def3 has also earned a reputation for his public art, with commissions in Canada and abroad.

“I really like the actual art form. I like using a can, I like freehanding things, I like the techniques that are used within it,” he says. “It’s your own personal journey, the same as music. You kind of create art for people to have their own interpretation of what you’re making, but there’s always going to be this underground element of it, and that is what I feel is the core.”

His next big visual project is a huge mural outside a bar in downtown Regina.

“We’re painting that whole alley from top to bottom. It’s a two-floor building that’s probably about 130 feet long. That will be one of the biggest projects I’ve done, other than a grocery store here that I painted in 2011.”

When he comes north this weekend, though, it will be to share his hip hop stylings at the Dawson City Music Fest, not his dexterity with a spray can. Examples of his music and art can be found at www.Def3. com.

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July 21, 2016

Bringing Crowds to Dodge

The 38th annual Dawson City Music Festival takes place this weekend

by Christine Genier

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he Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) is a major draw for audience and performers. It takes place this year between July 22 and 24.

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Specific genres of music often define a festival. Not so in this case. “We’re a music festival, not a genre-specific festival,” says Farrell. “We strive to have a diverse line-up every year, in terms of genre and the makeup of the bands.

“Terra Lightfoot from Hamilton, Ontario is very rock ‘n’ rolly. She just came off a major tour opening for Blue Rodeo.

“We have Def 3, a hip hop artist who is based in Vancouver, but is from Regina. We haven’t had any hip hop for a few years, so that will be really fun.

“We’ve also got the 24th Street Wailers, they’re sort of rockabilly, bluesy, timeless music. They’re based in Austin, Texas, but they are originally from Toronto.

“Pierre Kwenders is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but he’s lived in Quebec for many, many years. He sings in four different languages and his music is very much influenced by his African heritage, but is also a mixture of hip hop and beats and dance music. It’s really fun.”

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From backstage at the 2015 Dawson City Music Festival musicians have heard of DCMF through others in the industry who have performed in it over the years. When musicians are presented with the opportunity to play DCMF, Farrell says “they are over the moon”.

The festival is also home to Yukon Girls Rock Camp, returning for a second year. Farrell explains that this concept started years ago in Portland, Oregon. For a week leading up to the festival, girls spend the day in Rock Camp learning about music and about being in a band.

By the end of the week they will have written a song and perfected it so they can perform it on the mainstage at 2:15 on Saturday. That performance is free to the public.

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The festival features six stages offering music throughout the weekend and there will also be free shows at the Front Street Gazebo and the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.

Farrell says the whole town gets behind the festival. “There’s a lot of pride and ownership. I think the location makes it what it is. There’s a reason it’s called the Dawson City Music Festival.”

For more information about the music line up, tickets and accommodation go to www.DCMF.com.

Christine Genier is a writer based in Whitehorse, Yukon.

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Connected to that event is the annual Authors on Eighth Writing Contest, which challenges would-be authors to emulate the work of Jack London, Robert Service or Pierre Berton in order to win prizes of books and gold.

Entries can be poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction and must be under 2500 words in length. Each year a theme is assigned and this year’s is First World War Stories, which ties in with the successful Dawson Study Tour that concluded The North and the First World War Conference in May. The deadline for submissions this year is July 31, by 4 o’clock that day. There is no fee to enter the contest.

Entries must be in digital form, as a word or text document, and the writer must be clearly identified, although pen names are allowed. Personal identification should be on the title page, but not part of the entry itself. One entry per person

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The contest concludes with the announcement of the winners during a buffet luncheon and reading at Berton House, following free presentations at the Jack London Museum and the Robert Service Cabin. The walking tour of all three sites takes a bit over two hours and concludes with a tour of Berton House itself, which is usually not open to the public, by the current writer-inresidence, Claire Caldwell.

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July 21, 2016

Chronicling the Peace

Musician and environmental activist Jody Peck brings her trio, Miss Quincy and the Showdown, to the Dawson City Music Festival

by Ken Bolton

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rom her cabin on her parents’ farm near Fort St. John, B.C., Jody Peck can see the broad, meandering Peace River, not far from where her family first settled in 1924.

On a recent Friday afternoon, Peck was about to start assembling the merchandise she and her band, Miss Quincy and the Showdown, hope to sell during a busy summer of concerts and festivals, including the 38th annual Dawson City Music Festival.

She was also gearing up for a flurry of activity on her “humungous passion project” to capture and tell the story of the Peace Region, in the shadow of BC Hydro’s divisive plan to flood a huge swath of the river downstream from her home town.

“It’s called My Peace River, and it’s a multimedia artistic collaboration between myself and (photographer) Jodie Ponto, who was also born and raised in the Peace Region,” Peck explains.

The project began last year with a small music festival on her parents’ farm, with a crew brought in to record two live music videos, a mini documentary and an EP of her songs.

“The Peace River is the most endangered river in Canada right now, because of the construction of the Site C dam,” she says.

“Basically, we’re using art to build

Members of Miss Quincy and the Showdown are, from the left, bassist Jessie Robertson, lead vocalist Jody Peck and drummer Jen Foster awareness. And even if there is a dam being built, it’s a living history, and we feel it’s important to tell the story of the Peace Region.”

The next day, she joined nearly 400 other people in the 11th annual Paddle for the Peace, organized by the West Moberly First Nations and the Peace Valley Environment Association.

Besides that day’s release

of visual materials and the EP, with proceeds earmarked for the Treaty 8 First Nations’ legal battle against Site C, Miss Quincy and the Showdown performed at the After Paddle event.

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Peck’s grandparents had a country band that played up and down the Alaska Highway “at rodeos and Legions and weddings,” which influenced her own style of writing and performing.

“It’s still kind of apparent in my music today, even though it’s thrashed out and I play more rock ‘n’ roll and it’s bluesy, it still has that bluesy, rootsy, country thing to it.”

She is also no stranger to the challenges of being a musician on the go.

“Basically, I hit the road about eight or nine years ago, and I haven’t really stopped since,” she says. “Through that time there’ve been many incarnations of the band. We toured so hard for so many years, we wore a few people out. But the girls that I play with now, it just works.”

Although she now lives in Vancouver, Peck’s heart is in Peace River country. She is also no stranger to the Yukon.

“I spent about seven years working in hunting camps up the Dempster Highway and in the

Pelly Mountains. I’m a bush camp cook. My family has been doing it for generations.”

Peck values the chance to break the patterns of day-to-day life and get away from telephones and the internet.

“I use a completely different skill set working in the bush than I do when I’m on the road playing music. And I find it gives me perspective,” she says. “Sometimes you can be really trying to get something done, but it just doesn’t seem to be working.

Then, when you spend some time away from it, you can clearly see why it wasn’t working.”

After years of playing “dirty” bars and various concert venues, Peck professes a particular fondness for music festivals.

“We love playing festivals, not just because you have this amazing performance opportunity, but because of all of the other musicians there,” she says. “It can be so inspiring; I find that the musicians perform at a higher level, because everybody is trying to impress each other.”

While this is the first time she has performed at the Dawson City Music Festival, she has attended it previously, and has several friends who are going this year.

“There’s a band that we’re good friends with called the Wet Secrets, out of Edmonton, so that’s going to be really fun.”

The Dawson City Music Fest (www.DCMF.com) runs from Friday, July 22 to Sunday, July 24.

Miss Quincy and the Showdown are scheduled to close out the opening ceremonies on Friday, then give a late night performance on the main stage on Saturday.

“It’s a big summer for us, because we’re playing late night main stage sets all summer.”

To learn more about the My Peace River project and the Site C dam, go to www.MyPeaceRiver. ca.

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

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t’s a 1942 International,” Sid tells me as we are standing by a truck whose yellow paint is slowly chipping away with age. The truck’s original grey colour has been exposed underneath the bright yellow. Its large body and tires tell us it was a truck built for working in rough terrain.

“It’s a six cylinder, small, short wheel base with its original military knobby tires.”

Knobby tires are so named for the knobs that are present on the tires, used for grip. “The tires still hold air! And the truck still runs, believe it or not,” my grandpa says.

“International is the maker, they still make big trucks for highways.”

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commercial trucks (Navistar International, formerly the International Harvester Company) was created in the early 1900s and tothis-day specializes in heavy duty trucks. The former International Harvester company produced an M-series of military trucks during World War II. The truck currently resting in Sid’s yard is an integral piece of International M-series history.

We walk around the truck from front to back, looking at it from all angles. Confused with the truck’s box I had to ask Grandpa why it looks like it could detach.

“That’s because it lifts up, it’s a dump truck,” he says. “It was used to help build the Alaska Highway. Then in its last few years it was used at Snag Airport for the Royal Canadian Air Force.”

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I had to stop Sid and ask, “So, this truck was American and then Canadian-owned?” “Yes, it was owned by the US Army and then the Royal Canadian Air Force.”

Not only does this truck hold a history with the M-series, but also with American-Canadian relations during World War II and post-war.

After her work was done assisting in building the infamous Alaska Highway, she worked for the Royal Canadian Air Force at their base in Snag, Yukon just outside of Beaver Creek and thereupon she retired to Sid’s backyard.

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July 21, 2016

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Until Aug 27 Art Show: Bremner, Cote and Hurcomb Yukon Arts Centre Three photo-based exhibitions exploring the North including circumpolar video installations, striking portraiture discussing mental health in our community and a retrospective of a Northwest Territories photographer.

Until -July 23 Art Show: Colour Theory Arts Underground A collection by Yukon Art Society members Until - Aug 30 Exhibit/ Exposition : Lettre à un coureur des bois Waterfront Trolley Capture the spirit of the Coureur des bois and all those who made the North their home. Enjoy Lettre à un coureur des bois, a bilingual art installation by Cécile Girard and Sylvie Binette. Open Daily 10-6 Thu, Jul, 21, Yukon Art Tasters with Jeanine Baker 1:00 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Create Your Own Art Piece as you work with local artists. This week try a glass workshop.

LIVE MUSIC

Thu, Jul, 21 Arts in the Park - Steve Slade 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Thu, Jul, 21 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak LazeoFairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Thu, Jul, 21 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jul, 21 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Fri, Jul, 22 Arts in the Park - Ed Peekeekoot 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Fri, Jul, 22 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Jul, 22 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Jul, 22 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jul, 23 Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Sociable Jam 3:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 Sat, Jul, 23 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jul, 23 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Jul, 24 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel Sun, Jul, 24 Amelia Rose and Mike Stockstill 8:00 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Mon, Jul, 25 Arts in the Park - Madi Dixon & Emily Ross 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Mon, Jul, 25 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Jul, 26 Arts in the Park - Canyon Mountain 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Tue, Jul, 26 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

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Wed, Jul, 27 Arts in the Park - Soir de Semaine 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Wed, Jul, 27 Arts in the Park - Patrick Jacobson Band 7:00 pm LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Wed, Jul, 27 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Jul, 27 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jul, 28 Arts in the Park - Songwriter Panel 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park Thu, Jul, 28 Keitha Clark and Grant Simpson with special guest Amelia Rose 5:00 pm MacBride Museum They’ll bring a lively mix of old swing tunes and fiddle numbers, along with the vocal and violin talents of special guest Amelia Rose.

Thu, Jul, 28 Speed Control 5:00 pm MacBride Museum Speed Control, all come from a jazz and classical background but have turned to their true passion – rock n’ roll. Watch them perform live.

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

Thu, Jul, 28 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jul, 28 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

GENERAL EVENTS

Thu, Jul, 21, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Thu, Jul, 21, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Mark 3:00 pm Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Thu, Jul, 21, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Fri, Jul, 22, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Jul, 22, Real Raptors 6:00 pm Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre The American Bald Eagle Foundation will deliver a talk including live birds of prey.

Sat, Jul, 23, Barks for Life Annual Fundraiser 10:00 am Whitehorse, Yukon Join us at 91317C, Old Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Raising funds to provide ongoing care for the rescues “lifers” vet care/ongoing care and maintenance of the 5 acre rescue. 689-1094 Sat, Jul, 23, Real Raptors 10:00 am Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre The American Bald Eagle Foundation will deliver a talk including live birds of prey.

Sat, Jul, 23, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Mark 11:00 am Whitehorse waterfront wharf Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Sun, Jul, 24, Pokemon TCG: Steam Siege Pre-Release 12:00 pm TItan Gaming & Collectibles XY Steam Siege Pre-Release!

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Sun, Jul, 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, Jul, 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: 888668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Jul, 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, Jul, 25, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue, Jul, 26, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Tue, Jul, 26, Summer Barbecues 11:30 am Christ Church Cathedral Proceeds to local Food Bank and International Refugee Relief.

867-668-5530 Tue, Jul, 26, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank The food bank is only open certain hours. 867393-2265 Tue, Jul, 26, Glacial History of Fish Lake 6:00 pm Miles Canyon Bridge Explore the diversity of Fish Lake. Difficulty level:Moderate 393-7187 Tue, Jul, 26, Company of the White Wolf - Practice 7:00 pm Rotary Peace Park If sword-fighting and medieval combat interest you, beginners and new members are always welcome to come down and join in on practice, or to just observe and ask questions.

Tue, Jul, 26, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Wed, Jul, 27, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Jul, 27, Whitehorse Inn Cafe Dinner - Themed Dinner 5:30 pm MacBride Museum MacBride Museum is presenting a dinner based on items from the cafe’s menu with music from the Inn’s house band, The Canucks. Tickets are $75 for non-members, and $65 for museum members. Get your ticket today online at http://www.macbridemuseum.com/waybackwednesdays.html by calling 667-2709 x4, or visiting the museum Wed, Jul, 27, Wayback Wednesdays: Whitehorse Inn Cafe Dinner 5:30 pm MacBride Museum MacBride Museum is presenting a dinner, based on items from the cafe’s menu, with music from the Inn’s house band, The Canucks Wed, Jul, 27, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 pm A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Jul, 27, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Jul, 28, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Thu, Jul, 28, Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Mark 3:00 pm Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Thu, Jul, 28, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265

Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Tue, Jul, 26, Free Summer programs for Mondays - Saturdays Family Free Play kids Ages 5-7 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes Space limited. For more info or to register reading time, free play and interactive email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900. activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Jul, 26, Ahhh Nuts 7:00 pm Robert Mon, Jul, 18, -Fri, Jul, 22, ACT NOW! Outdoor/Indoor Theatre Camp with Susie Service Campground Meghan Larivee, biologist and squirrel enthusiast for an Anne Bartsch 8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale evening strol to learn about the small critters.

Thu, Jul, 21, Free Summer programs for Wed, Jul, 27, Baby Talks - July 1:30 pm kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. Whitehorse Health Centre Come in and relax with baby while taking in our sessions and Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900. conversations about topics new mothers care about.

Fri, Jul, 22, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 am MacBride Museum 867- Wed, Jul, 27, Free Summer programs for 667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore kids Ages 6-8 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. the animal gallery together. Play games, Space limited. For more info or to register create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Jul, 22, Moms and Kids Program 11:00 email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Thu, Jul, 28, Dusk’a Head-Start - Monthly am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre The Luncheon 11:30 am Duska Head Start summer 2016 Moms and Kids Program is and Family Learning Center Please join us a recreational program for moms and their kids up to age 8. Summer activities are held to celebrate our children’s success each month! The food is GREAT, our salmon have for mothers and children every Friday. It is an opportunity to enjoy nature, meet others, hatched and the children will be signing a traditional Southern Tutchone song. All talk, eat, play, relax and laugh families are welcome - “It takes a community Fri, Jul, 22, Free Summer programs for to raise a child” For more information call teens Ages 13-17 2:00 pm Whitehorse 393-3775 Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION Thu, Jul, 28, Free Summer programs for required. Space limited. For more info or to kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

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Space limited. For more info or to register Fri, Jul, 22, Escape the Ordinary 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Summer Program email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900 for Teens. Each week try out something new!

To register for this free program drop by the library, call 667-8900 or 667-5239, or email Thu, Jul, 21, Whitehorse Trail & yplevents@gov.yk.ca Greenways Committee Meeting 4:45 pm Fri, Jul, 22, Real Raptors 6:00 pm Mount Sport Yukon Observers are welcome! Meet MacIntyre Recreation Centre The American in the Sport Yukon Building Boardroom Bald Eagle Foundation will deliver a talk Sat, Jul, 23, Yukon Amateur Radio including live birds of prey.

Association: Coffee Discussion Group Sat, Jul, 23, Barks for Life Annual 9:30 am Emergency Measures Organization Fundraiser 10:00 am Whitehorse, Yukon YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event.

689-1094 Join us at 91317C, Old Alaska Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Highway, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Mon, Jul, 25, Regular Council Meeting Raising funds to provide ongoing care for the 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council rescues “lifers” vet care/ongoing care and Chambers maintenance of the 5 acre rescue.

Tue, Jul, 26, Amnesty International Writing Sat, Jul, 23, Real Raptors 10:00 am Mount Circle 7:00 pm Whitehorse United Church MacIntyre Recreation Centre The American Writing letters to support and protect human Bald Eagle Foundation will deliver a talk rights worldwide. 667-2389 including live birds of prey.

Wed, Jul, 27, Toastmasters 7:00 am and Sat, Jul, 23, Imagination Station 10:00 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Fear of public am Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library Leadership, Communication. For info: Glenn books! All Ages Welcome Sat, Jul, 23, Kids Ed-Venture Drop-In 12:30 herbeeking@hotmail.com 204 880 7245 cell or just show up! 204 880 7245 204 880 7245 pm YCS Guided Hikes & Kid Ed-Ventures Wed, Jul, 27, Toastmasters 5:00 pm 668-5678 Drop-in for a fun filled afternoon of nature and conservation themed activities Yukon College Fear of public speaking?

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Special Olympics athletes expand their skills during the Northwestel Development Games in Carmacks this weekend – and the public is invited to watch

T

here is something special about watching Special Olympics athletes compete.

If you know people with an intellectual disability involved with the Special Olympics, then you know what it’s like to watch a person give everything they’ve got.

It’s just like watching any athletes perform the sports they love – except there is an underlying air of joy.

This Saturday the Special Olympics Yukon athletes will participate in the annual Northwestel Development Games in Carmacks.

Special Olympics executive director Serge Michaud says everyone is welcome to watch as the athletes spend the day developing their skills in floor hockey, golf and swimming.

“We hope the people of Carmacks will come out and see what we’re doing,” says Michaud. “It’s fun and it’s sharing – sharing an experience.”

Watching a competition is a chance to shake up how others perceive people with intellectual disabilities, and what they are capable of.

“It wasn’t that long ago that athletes were told they couldn’t do things,” Michaud says.

The Special Olympics Yukon

athletes are proving they can do things.

In February five athletes from Whitehorse qualified to compete in the winter national games, and all five won a gold medal in their respective events: Tijana McCarthy and Mike Sumner won in figure skating, and Ernest Chua, Darby McIntyre and Owen Munroe each won a gold in their respective events for cross country skiing.

McIntyre was also a member of Team Canada at the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles and brought home a gold medal for the 5,000-metre race.

In the summer of 2014 Team Yukon, which included Munroe and Sumner, won the gold medal in soccer at the national games in Vancouver.

That’s just a sample of the medals the Yukoners have won.

The list goes on, and gets even longer when you add in the silver and bronze medals, too. But don’t let the long list leave an impression that they’re easy to get. The

Whitehorse Special Olympics athlete Duncan MacRae loves soccer, but also loves the chance to try other sports during the Northwestel Development Games each year

Northwestel Development Games athletes learn a new basketball skill at the 2015 games held in Haines Junction for Team Yukon when they won the gold medal for soccer in 2014.

“It was phenomenal,” Leslie says.

“Some of (the athletes) were in tears because they worked so hard and played so hard – and it came down to penalty kicks in over time.”

She agrees with Michaud that it’s good to have spectators at the events cheering the athletes on – she saw the effect when family rallied around them during that critical time of the gold medal game.

“To have their family clustered around the fence – you could see their smiles,” Leslie says. “To know someone is there for them, when there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people there. I think it’s really important for them.”

She encourages people to consider driving to Carmacks for the weekend to catch a game.

Her son Duncan says he notices when people cheer for him and

PHOTO: Tamara Neely

Special Olympics coach Hans Oettli guides Lisa Bachi as she gives bocce a try during the 2015 Northwestel Development Games in Haines Junction

PHOTO: Todd Sjodin

PHOTO: Todd Sjodin

PHOTO: Tamara Neely

by Tamara Neely

Duncan McRae takes a shot at the goal during a regular soccer practice this month athletes have worked hard and worked for years to excel.

Leslie McRae knows all about the work and dedication required.

Her son Duncan McRae, who has cerebral palsy, has been competing in Special Olympics for more than 15 years. He played defense

his team.

“I like that they come from Whitehorse to see me compete and cheer me on,” Duncan says.

“It encourages me to do good and have more fun.”

The Northwestel Development Games are for fun, giving the athletes a chance for a road trip and to get to know different communities and a chance to socialize. The games will conclude with dinner and a dance party.

“I like that after all the sports and running around we get to have some fun,” Duncan says.

The Northwestel Development Games take place Saturday, July 23 in Carmacks at the Recreation Centre. The opening ceremonies start at 9:30 a.m. and the sports start at 10:30 a.m. with floor hockey, followed by golf at Merv Tew Park at 1:45 p.m. and conclude with swimming at the Recreation Centre starting at 3:45 p.m.

For more information contact Special Olympics Yukon by phone at 867-668-6511 or by email at info@SpecialOlympicsYukon.ca.

Tamara Neely is copy editor for What’s Up Yukon. Send comments or questions about this story to tamara@whatsupyukon.com.

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July 21, 2016

Another Field, Another Festival

An upcoming Yukon wedding recalls another major event in rock ‘n’ roll history

by Ken Bolton

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laire Ness wasn’t even born in 1969, when the most famous rock festival in history took place.

It’s possible her then-20ish parents, Roy and Penelope, have regrets about not joining the throngs of music-loving hippies who flocked to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel, N.Y., for three days of musical magic known affectionately as Woodstock.

But one thing is certain. Her parents won’t take a pass on Wedstock, the Yukon’s slightly smaller version of that big blowout on Saturday, July 30 on a different farm, northwest of Whitehorse.

They’ll be there for the music, possibly for the circus workshops and the food vendors. But mostly, they’ll be there for the wedding of their singing, acting, clowning, circus-performing daughter to an Acadian from Caraquet, New Brunswick.

And perhaps they’ll be forgiven if they see a Woodstock-like quality in the back story behind those nuptials. Indeed, the tale of how Ness met her fiancé resembles an Arlo Guthrie song, or one of many chance encounters associated with that earlier festival.

You see, it’s all because local musician and producer Bob Hamilton’s van broke down in Watson Lake two years ago this August, en route to a gig.

“I was there doing their Arts in the Park Festival, when I saw Bob Hamilton at the hotel,” Ness

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explains. “He had been dumping water into his van since Rancheria, or whatever, so I was going to give him a ride back to Whitehorse. He had like a dozen guitars with him, so we loaded them into my truck and were getting ready to go.”

Enter Pascal Dugas, one of three electricians who were staying at the same hotel. Ness knew one of the others, and started talking to him.

“Then I saw Pascal open the hood and start doing stuff, so I was like, ‘Oh (expletive), now we’re going to be here for two, three hours, and I just want to get back on the road, or check into the hotel, like I was supposed to do.’”

When Hamilton broke out a bottle of wine, Ness produced her guitar.

“And then I started making a little music video of me singing in front of them, and them wrenching away, and doing little cutaways of their hands working, or a toolbox, and this and that,” she says.

One song she sang, a composition of her own called “I Want to Marry a Mechanic,” turned out to be prescient.

“Within about five hours, I was in love,” Ness laughs. “I told him I loved him pretty early, I’ll say that.”

The deal got sealed that October, when Dugas was working in Beaver Creek and Ness had just

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Claire Ness and husband-to-be Pascal Dugas en route to hospital for the birth of their son, August. emceed the opening night of the Varietease cabaret.

“After the show, I was the last person out of the dressing room.

All of a sudden I turned around and Pascal walked around the corner. My heart just hit the ceiling,” she says. “It was a huge surprise, but just that feeling of seeing him was... I guess I knew that was it.

It was pretty quick; three months into it, we knew we wanted to get married and have babies, or the other way around.”

On April 11 this year, the first of those babies arrived, a son they named August.

“Auguste is my favourite type of clown,” she explains. “Also, we met in August, and found out we were pregnant with him in August.”

The eighth month also marks the birthdays of Ness’s sister, an aunt and her late grandmother.

The name seemed inevitable.

At just over three months old, their son will just be “an orna-

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The wedding ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. at the Circle D Ranch on the Alaska Highway, under a large arch of circus rigging, with a smaller arch built by Ken Briggs. Kim Beggs and Liesel Briggs will share wedding commissioner duties.

The music festival portion of the day starts at 3 p.m. and runs until midnight, with a total of nine local acts, with names from B to V. “I have a lot of music friends, so I wanted a lot of different bands at the wedding.”

As for the idea of hosting a music festival and a wedding ceremony at the same time, Ness has a ready explanation.

“It’s kind of an obvious solution to trying to decide who to invite to your wedding, and trying to keep it small, so that it’s not too expensive.”

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“I’m hoping more like 400, but everyone’s invited. I don’t think we have that many friends, though,” she laughs.

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The First Nation is hosting the 13th biennial Moosehide Gathering, taking place at Moosehide Village, which is located 3 km downriver from Dawson City by boat, or 4.5 km by forest trail. Entry and camping is free.

During the weekend festivities, there will be performances, guest speakers, feasts, dancing, drumming, singing and more.

“The gathering represents what a traditional potlatch would be,” says Roberta Joseph, chief of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.

“The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in held many large potlatches with lots of people attending. This was told to us by the elders who helped regain our songs and culture. There was lots of singing and celebration.

It means a lot to me and to our people.”

Joseph goes on to say that an event such as this represents a part of a strong culture.

“These gatherings are a part of our identity,” she says. “They allow us to share our culture with ourselves and others. It gives us a sense of our traditional knowledge and law in terms of how to carry out a potlatch of this magnitude.”

Eryn Foster, coordinator of the gathering, is working closely with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in partners to plan and program the events

and activities that take place at Moosehide.

“It’s an incredible endeavour,” she says. “It’s very important to their community and people. I’m excited and honoured to help coordinate.”

After the opening ceremonies, prayer, welcome from chief and other leaders of the First Nation and Dawson on Thursday night, the weekend will be filled with music, games for kids and youth, and performances by dancers, drummers and singers from the Yukon, Alaska and as far away as Vancouver.

Workshops such as fish scale art and sheep horn spoon making will be offered during the day. There will also be plenty of crafts and artwork for sale.

In addition, up to 1,000 people will be fed each night at the community feasts taking place Thursday, Friday and Saturday. That’s approximately 3,000 people over the course of the weekend.

Foster says they’ve hired a cook to prep and make all the food, including traditional meals like stew and bannock.

“We are sourcing local farmers for vegetables, and have received generous support and donations from individuals, the community, businesses and corporations,” she says.

There are over 300 volunteers to help with all aspects of the gathering, including the Canadian Rangers, and private individuals

who will offer boat rides over the weekend between Dawson City and the village.

With a large number of expected participants, Foster emphasizes that trying to stay green is a priority.

“We encourage everyone to bring their own potlatch bag containing dishes, cutlery, cups, etc. with them,” she says.

As potable water must also be transported from town, everyone is also encouraged to bring their own water to drink.

Foster first attended Moosehide Gathering in 1994 and is amazed at how much it has grown.

“The First Nation of this community is reclaiming their culture and interest in traditional music, dance and art,” she says. “This gathering educates, inspires and creates an awareness of culture and traditional practices. It also gives a space for youth to have a place to participate in continuing to practice their traditional culture.”

For more information call 1-844-993-7100 ext. 205 or email info@moosehidegathering.ca.

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

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on your best Victorian era dress and get ready to be transported back to the late 19th century for the Yukon Historical & Museums Association’s (YHMA) third annual Charity Croquet Tournament.

After a successful turnout last year, YHMA will once again transform the lawns of the SS Klondike into a croquet course. The game was chosen for the fundraising event after organizers uncovered photos circa 1900 of a match in Dawson City. From the gold rush days to an infusion in Yukon life over the years, the organizers felt that such an event fit with the territory’s social history.

“It’s a game that originated in Britain in the late 19th century and quickly spread throughout the British Empire,” says YHMA

Executive Director Nancy Oakley.

“It likely made its way up north during the Gold Rush. We’ve also heard stories of some pretty epic ‘bush croquet’ games that have been organized over the past few decades.”

If you have never played croquet before, not to worry – it’s easy enough to learn. While you may not master it within the day, you can still expect to have fun in a friendly setting whether you’re nine or 90. For those who are in it to win it, Oakley is confident that the game offers the opportunity for “a wonderful undercurrent of complete, utter cutthroat competition.”

Players will have the chance to win prizes including round trip flights from Air North, White Pass train trips, and more.

Past tournaments have been popular.

“By the end of the day folks are asking us when the next tournament is!” Oakley says. “It’s great to see how much Yukoners appreciate their history, and how much love and support they show for heritage non-profits especially.”

Whether or not you choose to compete in the tournament, there is an Après Croquet soiree that offers a chance to enjoy an evening revelling in a bygone era with friends. After the tournament, the historic grounds will be turned into a garden party setting complete with live music, a beer garden, heritage-themed games and a live auction. Organizers have even arranged for a discount for period costume

rentals for party-goers.

YHMA was established in 1977 and works to support Yukon heritage through museums, First Nation cultural centres and societies. The association runs the annual Yukon Heritage Awards and Territorial Heritage Fair to highlight efforts in Yukon. All together, these activities work towards the conservation and celebration of Yukon’s rich and diverse heritage, Oakley says.

The tournament is anticipated to raise $5,000 to support the maintenance of LePage Park, located on the corner of Wood Street and 3rd Avenue in Whitehorse. The park is home to the annual Arts in the Park program and several non-profits, which are located in its three historic buildings.

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The tournament takes place Saturday, July 30 on the lawns of the SS Klondike from noon to 5 p.m. Registration is $100 for YHMA members and $120 for nonmembers.

The fee includes entry to the Après Croquet event and giveaways. If you would just like to attend the party, swing by from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets at $15.

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Selene Vakharia is a Whitehorse-based writer. Send questions or comments about her stories to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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668-5678 Wed, Jul, 20, Baby Talks - July 1:30 pm Whitehorse Health Centre Come in and relax with baby while taking in our sessions and conversations about topics new mothers care about.

Wed, Jul, 20, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Youth only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Thu, Jul, 21, Dragon Boat Drop In City Intake To sign-up please email Dan Girouard. Thursday night sessions 5:307pm or 7-8:30 pm Thu, Jul, 21, Morning Bliss 6:45 am Breath of Life Collective Begin the day with restorative yoga, and awaken to the morning slowly, creating space for a calm and focused mind.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church - Yukon Unity group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Lightwalkers group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Carmacks Fridays 1:30p PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel - New Beginnings Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre - North Star group 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 9962825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Spirit of Fellowship Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs - Yukon Unity group Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church - Spirit of Fellowship Group

Whitehorse 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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Wednesdays/Fridays/Sundays Adult Swim: Beaver Creek Pool 8:00 am Beaver Creek Community Club Swim to your hearts content!

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Thu, Jul, 21, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Jul, 21, Beaver Creek: Library 7:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jul, 23, Family Softball Beaver Creek Community Club 7:00 PM Family 8:00 PM Adult Sat, Jul, 23, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Jul, 23, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jul, 23, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jul, 25, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Mon, Jul, 25, Beaver Creek: Library 2:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jul, 25, Community Walk 3:30 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Tue, Jul, 26, Family Softball Beaver Creek Community Club 7:00 PM Family 8:00 PM Adult Tue, Jul, 26, Beaver Creek: Library 2:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Tue, Jul, 26, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Jul, 26, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Wed, Jul, 27, Beaver Creek: Library 7:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Jul, 28, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Jul, 28, Beaver Creek: Library 7:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

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Mondays and Wednesdays Carcoss Public Swim 2:00 PM-5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00PM at the Carcross Pool Tuesdays and Thursdays Carcoss Public Swim 3:00 PM-5:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00PM at the Carcross Pool Thu, Jul, 21, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Jul, 21, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Thu, Jul, 21, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jul, 21, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Fri, Jul, 22, Painting and Charcoal Design Workshop 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Painting and Charcoal Design Workshop with Lorraine Wolfe, Crystal Carvill and Violet Gatensby. Tutshi boat/Carcross, materials provided and everyone welcome. 821-4251 Sat, Jul, 23, -Sun,Jul,24 Kids Canvas Painting and Tlingit Design 11:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Kids Canvas Painting and Tlingit Design with Aaron Smarch. Tutshi boat/Carcross, materials provided and everyone welcome. 821-4251 Sat, Jul, 23, YWSF AGM & Dinner 1:00 pm Caribou Crossing Coffee Shop Annual General Meeting and Dinner, tickets include admission to Caribou Crossing Trading Post as well as the dinner.

Mon, Jul, 25, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Tue, Jul, 26, Management Board 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Tue, Jul, 26, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building

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Tue, Jul, 26, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Tue, Jul, 26, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Jul, 26, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Jul, 26, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Jul, 27, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Jul, 27, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Jul, 27, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Jul, 27, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Jul, 28, Executive Council Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Jul, 28, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Jul, 28, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Thu, Jul, 28, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jul, 28, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

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Until - Jul 30 Joi Arcand “Through That Which Is Scene” Kiac A multi-media installation that centres around miniature cardboard cutouts created from several decades of Arcand’s family’s photos. The First Nations artist uses the cutouts to reconstruct memories and present family history as a tonguein-cheek display of supposed curiosities. Colonized assumptions about “The Indian” fall into disarray through her blend of nostalgia and pop culture.

Until Aug 6, Art Show: Opening Night Confluence: Fluo 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Fluō explores our relationship with water in a fantastical way. Lindsey Tyne Johnson is a preschool teacher, writer, podcaster and artist living in Dawson City. Lindsey also performs slam poetry and bad ukulele covers on the side. Her podcast, That Time I Slept Naked Under the Apocalypse is available on iTunes.

Film: City of Gold (1957) Dawson City Museum Three Show Times: 11:30 AM, 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM Gold Bottom Mine Tours Gold Bottom Tour a working mine, try your luck at gold panning. 3 hour tours two start times: 8:15 AM & 1:15 PM Gold Panning 10:00 am Claim 33 Try gold panning (gold guaranteed), and museum Gold Panning -- Free Claim Claim #6 Pan for gold on our free claim! Bring your own equipment and try your hand panning on a real claim, anytime.

Miners’ Meeting 12:00 pm Dawson City Museum This 20 minute piece of theatre, happening every day in the North Gallery, tells the true life trial and sentencing of suspected murderer Frank Leslie.

Don’t miss your chance to help bring history to life!

Nature Walk with the Poetry of Robert Service Robert Service Cabin You’ll learn about Service’s quirky personality and hear some of his unforgettable poems as you go. Two Tour Times 9:00 AM and 7:30 PM. Rockerbox & Gold Pour Demonstration Dawson City Museum Two Tour Times: 11:00 AM and 3:30 PM Come see a demonstration of one of the important steps in the placer mining process, and maybe give it a try for yourself!

Self Guided Audio Walking Tour 9:00 am Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Take a self guided tour through Dawson with a mp3 player that is available in English, Francais and Deutsch.

S.S. Keno 12:00 pm S.S.Keno Steam-powered riverboats like the Keno fueled the gold rush, burning thousands of cords of wood stashed at riverside camps, pushing cargo-laden barges until roadways retired them in the 1950s. The S.S. Keno is a riverboat typical of that era.

The Adventurous Life of Robert Service 1:00 pm Robert Service Cabin Meet a costumed guide who will enthral you with Service’s lilting verse and fascinating tidbits about the humble yet extraordinary man’s life. Ask questions, and step into Service’s cabin.

Train Shelter Tour Dawson City Museum Three Tour Times: 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM Interpretive staff are available in the train shelter to answer any questions you might have about these delightful relics of Dawson’s golden age.

What a RUSH! Walking Tour 4:30 pm Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Klondike Gold Rush 101: A must for history buffs- all you ever wanted to know about the event that forever changed the land and people, fuelled by the desire for GOLD. You may think you know all about Dawson, just as those first intrepid rushers did…

Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays Public Swim 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Dawson City Pool Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Public Swim 3:30-5:00 And 6:00 - 8:00

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DAWSON CITY Art Events

Strange Things Done” Walking Tour Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Two Tour Times: 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Find out how much stranger than fiction the truth really is while wandering through the historical core of this amazing town.

Camp Cheechako 3:00 pm Dawson City Museum In this interactive live theatre program, visitors become a part of history as they take on the role of Klondike Stampeders in the second wave of the Klondike Gold Rush circa 1899.

Commissioner’s Residence Tour 1:30 pm Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Experience the grandeur of the official residence of the Commissioner of the Yukon restored to its 1914 splendour. Throughout the decades it also served as a hospital, and as the home of one of the Yukon’s most intriguing and influential Dawson Behind the Scenes Tour 3:30 pm Dawson City Visitor Information Centre you will have the opportunity to step behind the facades and see and touch the objects which inform the history.

Dawson City Then & Now Walking Tour 9:30 am Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Explore this unique town with your Parks Canada guides, and get a sense of what life is and was like here. See the spots where life really happens in Dawson City, both in gold rush times, and in present day.

Diamond Tooth Gerties Can Can Shows Diamond Tooth Gerties Three shows a night: 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and Midnight

Sat, Jul, 23, Dawson City Farmers Market 11:00 am Community Shelter on Front Street Thu, Jul, 21, Ladies Golf Day Dawson City Golf Course All day is ladies day Thu, Jul, 21, DCMF Kickoff Concert 4:00 pm Palace Grand Theatre Kick off the Dawson City Music Festival with a special show at the Palace Grand. 993-5584 info@dcmf.com Thu, Jul, 21, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 pm Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Jul, 21, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Jul, 21, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Jul, 22, The Midnight Sons Westminster Hotel Fri, Jul, 22, -Sun,Jul,24 Dawson City Music Festival Minto Park Famously named Canada’s “tiny, perfect music festival” by Vancouver’s Georgia Straight, the Dawson City Music Festival presents three days of wildly diverse music in six venues around the tiny town of Dawson City, Yukon, in Canada’s far North. 993-5584 info@dcmf.com Fri, Jul, 22, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jul, 22, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jul, 22, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre

Fri, Jul, 22, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Fri, Jul, 22, Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Jul, 23, Annual Midnight Dome Race 9:30 am Palace Grand Theatre This unique event is not for everyone ~ are you UP for it? For more information call Run Dawson 993-3896 or email at info@ rundawson.com Sat, Jul, 23, Alpine Hike 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Jul, 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, Jul, 23, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jul, 23, Researching the Smallest Critters in the Tundra 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sun, Jul, 24, North Klondike River Walk 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Jul, 25, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jul, 25, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jul, 25, Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Tue, Jul, 26, Mosaic Birdhouse KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture All materials and tools will be supplied, but students are welcome to bring their own treasures to be included. Participants will go home with a finished and functional birdhouse.

Unknown Object Tue, Jul, 26, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at) me.com 867-993-2520 Tue, Jul, 26, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Jul, 27, Bannock Making! 3:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Jul, 27, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Jul, 28, -Sun,Jul,31 Moosehide Gathering Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Come share in First Nation culture – enjoy performances, feasts, dancing, drumming, singing and more.

Thu, Jul, 28, Ladies Golf Day Dawson City Golf Course All day is ladies day Thu, Jul, 28, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 pm Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Jul, 28, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Jul, 28, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe

FARO

Until Wed, Aug, 31, Faro Art Show Anvil Range Arts Society Open Daily 1-5 Local artists’ ware on display and for sale Tuesdays - Saturdays Faro Public Swim Hours: Tues-Fri 4-6, Sat 3-5 at the Faro Pool Thu, Jul, 21, Fireside Chat and Bocce Tournament 5:30 pm Campbell Region Interpretive Center Free BBQ, Fun Bocce Ball Tournament for people of all ages ($5) Fri, Jul, 22, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Wed, Jul, 27, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jul, 27, Faro Market 4:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Handmade crafts and art, garden grown produce, and homemade baked products 867-9942728 Ext 5 admin-faro@faroyukon.ca Wed, Jul, 27, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

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Daily Shakwak Pool - Public Swim 6:00 pm Haines Junction Community Centre Also Open for the public Daily 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Thu, Jul, 21, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Thu, Jul, 21, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Jul, 21, Tone & Stretch 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 21, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Jul, 21, YOGA 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Thu, Jul, 21, Open Mic 7:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Jul, 21, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Jul, 21, Campfire Talk - Living Ice 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Dive into a sea of mountains, icefields and glaciers with Parks Canada interpreter, Katarina and discover how the ice has been shaping Kluane’s cultural and natural world for the past thousands of years.

Fri, Jul, 22, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Fri, Jul, 22, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Fri, Jul, 22, Jammin’ Salmon Dana Jennejohn & the Bennett Sun Collective 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Take in the fresh mountain air and gorgeous scenery while enjoying our summer line up of Yukon Musicians 867-634-2867 villagebakeryyukon@ gmail.com Fri, Jul, 22, Campfire Talk - Keeping Bears Safe in Bear Country 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Join Janice to learn about the bears in Kluane National Park and Reserve, and how Parks staff work towards keeping them safe and wild.

Sat, Jul, 23, Dig Into Fun - Cooking From The Garden 10:00 am Spruce Cottage Farm To register please call 335-9769 or email info@ sprucecottagefarm.com Sat, Jul, 23, Campfire Talk - The Flow of Water 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Join Janice as she talks about all things water - where the fresh water comes from, and where it flows - what lives in the water and how the park staff monitors the health of these environments.

Sun, Jul, 24, Campfire Talk - Southern Tutchone – Survival Through the Seasons 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground The Southern Tutchone First Nation People have lived here for generations. Join Amber to discover some of the ways people use what the land provides for them to survive through the seasons.

Mon, Jul, 25, Pilates Mat 12:00 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Mon, Jul, 25, Get Up And Go Yoga 2:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Mon, Jul, 25, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Mon, Jul, 25, YOGA 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Mon, Jul, 25, Campfire Talk - Reconnecting to my land and my heritage 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Join Amber for an intriguing talk about her journey gaining knowledge. Hear about the coming of the Alaska Highway and the changes that it brought to the people, land and animals of Kluane.

Tue, Jul, 26, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Tue, Jul, 26, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jul, 26, Tone & Stretch 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Tue, Jul, 26, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Tue, Jul, 26, Campfire Talk - A Journey Into The Past 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Venture back in time with Parks Canada Interpreter Katarina.

Discover the fascinating history of Canada’s National Parks System and learn the story behind the establishment of Kluane National Park and Reserve.

Wed, Jul, 27, Guided Hike - Sheep Creek Trail 10:00 am Haines Junction “Tachal Dhal” Visitor

Centre 10 Km hike. Bring lunch, water and comfortable and sturdy footwear.

Wed, Jul, 27, Haines Junction Community Market 4:00 pm Church of Our Lady of the Way Local growers, bakers, crafters and more gather together to sell their wares 867-335-9769 info@ sprucecottagefarm.com Wed, Jul, 27, Junction Open Mic Night 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Wed, Jul, 27, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Jul, 27, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Jul, 28, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Thu, Jul, 28, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Jul, 28, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Jul, 28, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Jul, 28, Campfire Talk - Living Ice 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Dive into a sea of mountains, icefields and glaciers with Parks Canada interpreter, Katarina and discover how the ice has been shaping Kluane’s cultural and natural world for the past thousands of years.

MARSH LAKE

Fri, Jul, 22, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jul, 23, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jul, 23, Knitting circle 1:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Bring your needles, yarn and knit with us every Saturday at 1p.m 660-4999 marshlake@gmail.com Sun, Jul, 24, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jul, 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. C’mon down!

Tue, Jul, 26, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jul, 26, Tot Group 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre

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Thu, Jul, 28, Parent & Kids Gym 5:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Come have fun and stay fit at the gym with your little ones.

Thu, Jul, 28, Indoor Soccer 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Come have fun and stay fit playing soccer Thu, Jul, 28, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jul, 21, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Fri, Jul, 22, Family Campout Tagish Community Centre An old fashioned campout at Penner Ranch in Tagish. Some transportation available. Registration by phone or e-mail 667-4606 executive@ ycommunityliving.com Sat, Jul, 23, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Jul, 23, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Jul, 26, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 pm Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Jul, 26, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jul, 27, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Jul, 27, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Thu, Jul, 28, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre

TESLIN

Daily Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Lake Government Campground 15 km north of Teslin.

Open at sunrise for 6 Hours. Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work. Park at the large brown cook shelter, follow the adjacent foot trail down to the lake shore and follow the sign-age.

MAYO

Tue, Jul, 26, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

Tue, Jul, 26, George Johnston Museum AGM 6:30 pm George Johnston Museum We’ll review last years reports and elect new members or renew previous members to the board.

Wed, Jul, 27, NDP Community BBQ 5:00 pm Teslin Rec Center

MOUNT LORNE

WATSON LAKE

Fri, Jul, 22, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sun, Jul, 24, Mis-Adventure Trail Race 9:00 am Mt. Lorne Fire Hall A trail race of 21 km’s or 5 km’s through the terrain of Mount Lorne, come out and support the Mount Lorne Vollunteer Fire Department.

Snacks, water stations and fun for all. 668-6613 Sun, Jul, 24, Mt. Lorne Growers Group 1:00 pm Wheaton River Gardens A seasonal approach to gardening skills that will help you grow food. To register, contact Agnes 667-7083 or Email lmca@ northwestel.net 667-7083 lmca@northwestel.net

OLD CROW

Thu, Jul, 21, Parent & Kids Gym 5:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Come have fun and stay fit at the gym with your little ones.

Thu, Jul, 21, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Tue, Jul, 26, Active Elders 10:30 am Old Crow Community Center Helping Elders stay active and fit.

Tue, Jul, 26, Bike Maintenance with Joe 3:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Is your bike broken, do you want to learn how to fix it, ask Joe. He`s helping repair bikes and teaching how.

Wed, Jul, 27, Bike Maintenance with Joe 5:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Is your bike broken, do you want to learn how to fix it, ask Joe. He`s helping repair bikes and teaching how.

Wed, Jul, 27, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Come have fun and stay fit at the gym

Daily at 1, 2, 3, 6:30, 7:30 & 8:30 pm Yukon`s Northern Lights Showtimes Northern Lights Center Features the amazing phenomena known as the ‘Northern Lights’ or ‘Aurora borealis’, the Northern Lights Centre boasts state-of-the-art panoramic video and surround-sound systems.

Thu, Jul, 21, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Sat, Jul, 23, Watson Lake Farmers Market 12:00 pm Wye Lake Park Crafts, baking, local produce, food vendors, home based businesses, and lots of fun to be had by everyone.

Sun, Jul, 24, Ladies Time Out Breakfast 8:30 am Dragon’s Den Hotel Cynthia Armstrong 536-7239 Mon, Jul, 25, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jul, 28, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

HAINES

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Tue, Jul, 26, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jul, 26, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jul, 27, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jul, 27, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Jul, 27, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Thu, Jul, 28, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jul, 28, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

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The Human North

by Nicole Bauberger

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hree photo-based shows currently on exhibit at the Yukon Arts Centre all aspire to convey something of the experience of living in the North.

Of course there is no “the” when it comes to north; there are many norths. In my opinion, the exhibits were most successful where they conveyed a particular place, inhabited by people.

American artist Derek Coté uses video in installation for Legends are Made Here. Whitehorse photographers Brianne and Gary Bremner confront us with large-scale, emotionally charged portraits in This is How I Really Feel.

Fran Hurcomb’s show What I Saw spans 40 years of life in the Northwest Territories.

Hurcomb, a Yellowknifebased photographer, gives a personal glimpse of a life lived in the Northwest Territories.

The feeling comes through that she has a personal relationship with the people in the photographs. Their mid-sized format invites us to encounter them on this personal level.

Naming plays an important part in Hurcomb’s show. “My Team, Campbell Lake, 1979” is a portrait of Hurcomb’s dog team. Each dog’s name is listed. Next to it, Judy Lafferty beams as she works, in the photo titled “Judy Lafferty Hanging Fish, 1985.”

Not every photograph names the person depicted, but most of them do. This practice of using names is congruent with the spirit behind the photographs themselves; this is a particular place

painted on the wall, with a white three-dimensional shape attached within it. Fine parallel lines seemed carved along the form’s irregular edges. The mystery and detail in this object gave me a kind of peace.

YAC curator Mary Bradshaw explained to me that it was part of “Venice is Sinking”, a single-channel HD video loop with mirrors. On the other wall, an image is projected, it’s of an ice flow bobbing in the water. Because it’s not square to the wall, it projects another irregular quadrilateral. The fragments of mirror beside it reflect that shape over your shoulder.

Coté’s videos all have a slow, meditative quality – clouds, cloudy mountains, someone mending fishnet.

They draw their images from various places “across Alaska and the circumpolar north”.

His artist statement says that his aim was, “discovering the genuine character of the North and those who call it home.”

Photo: Nicole Bauberger Coté’s longer videos did not hold me for their whole 12 or Whitehorse artists Brianne and Gary Bremner use larger-than-life portraits to explore mental health and coping 19 minute cycles. They seemed abstract. The other artists’ exhibits seemed to display more genuportraits focuses the voice of the ognize some of these faces. This ine character than his did. Still, with specific people in it.

Brianne and Gary Bremner in- depicted person. The images have aspect of living in our particular his exhibition made for a good tensify the human presence. The one-word titles; most come from north deeply affects this show’s resting place.

All three shows continue at impact. artist statement says the aim of that statement.

This show is admirable and the Yukon Art Centre main gallery Making this show required a This is How I Really Feel is to “exgreat deal of courage both for the intense. I could not stay in it for until August 27. plore mental health and coping”.

Large, unframed portraits photographers and for the mod- very long.

I took refuge in the next show: of people from Whitehorse en- els, who reveal something deeply gage the viewer directly. Some vulnerable about themselves in a collection of video installaNicole Bauberger is a painter, scream, some are calm. All have statements and photographs. tions called Legends are Made writer and performer living a great deal of emotional impact. The subjects aren’t named, but Here, by Derek Coté. There was in Whitehorse.

A one-line statement beside the anyone from Whitehorse will rec- a mysterious black quadrilateral

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