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uestion: What does a steam roller have in common with wood block printing?

Answer: Joyce Majiski and Linda Leon.

The two Yukon artists are hosting a spectacular event from August 5 to 7.

Each day between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the skating oval in Shipyards Park a road packer will be rolling over carefully prepared, over-sized wood cuts.

Participating artists will arrive on the scene with an image they carved onto a four-foot by fourfoot wooden canvas.

Once the packer rolls over the paper and wood, an inked version of the design will be revealed, transferred from the wood block to the paper. The reveal will be the first time artists see the print.

Master printmaker Joyce Majiski will oversee the process.

Wood block printing is an ancient technique that originated in China. The wood block is prepared as a relief pattern. Patterns are designed with a knife or a chisel; the cut-away parts show up as white on the prints, and the wood that isn’t cut shows up black.

Majiski first encountered steamroller art Mazatlan, Mexico

when a friend participated in an event there.

In 2013 Majiski brought the method to the Yukon and organized the first Steam Roller Print Project. If you search “Artist Under Pressure 2013” on You Tube you will see videos from the first print project, shot by Whitehorse artist Leslie Leong.

Since then, the steam roller print project has taken-off in Whitehorse. Linda Leon is organizing this year’s project. An impressive list of 15 artists will be participating.

Doug Smarch is one of them.

He is a member of the Kookhitaan (Raven) Clan, of the Tlinglit Nation.

Smarch learned traditional stone, bone and wood carving with family and community members and has studied internationally to pursue his art. Presently residing in Teslin, his work is inspired by the land and his studies of other cultures.

As well as organizing, Leon will be a participating artist. Leon’s portfolio includes formal training in visual arts from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. Leon is an artist, theatre designer, writer and activist.

Kathy Piwowar moved to Can-

ada from Oklahoma over 40 years ago. She is a mixed media artist; her work is distinguished by texture, pattern and grids. She studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design and at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver.

Jesse Devost, originally from Hornby Island, BC, has lived in Whitehorse since 1998. He has a degree and professional experience as a cartographer. However, his painting and photography work are his first love.

The steam roller print project is a collaborative event, perhaps complicated by the size of the work, but resulting in beautiful images nevertheless. The project is designed to expand people’s knowledge of printmaking. It will also expand the heavy equipment operator’s experience – much different than road construction!

Artists will keep their carved blocks of wood. Leon is approaching local business owners to see if any are interested in displaying the prints. Individual artists can be contacted directly should one wish to purchase a print.

Nellie Dale is a writer living in the boreal forest north of Whitehorse.

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Women take up space this weekend in Dawson City

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he ladies rule Dawson City this weekend.

First up, the Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers presents the North End Knockout on Saturday, August 6.

On Sunday, August 7, the best female pokers players in the Yukon gather to play it out for prize money.

Why are there these all-women events in what are thought of, by some, as male-dominated pastimes?

The idea of bringing female wrestling to Dawson City started in 2013 as a way for women to celebrate feminine identities, question traditional gender stereotypes, and for a bit of physical fun, as well.

Yasmine Renaud, Kimberly Edgar and Andy Pelletier are this year’s event producers for the North End Knockout.

They encourage participants to choose what type of personality they would like to portray. It can be their own identity, or an alter-ego.

Its up to the women to develop the characters, as little or as much as they want.

Renaud herself has developed an over-the-top personality. As a wrestler she is Reverend Annie Goodfellow, an evangelical preacher from the Southern US, a strong woman, a bigot and running mate of Donald Trump.

“Annie and I are not the same person – I don’t agree with her, but she’s powerful,” says Renaud.

She points out that by developing a character rather than portraying yourself, you have more

control as to how you’ll be perceived, something that doesn’t always happen in real life.

“There are some interesting choices,” she says. “Most women want to be the loud and rude bad ones. Maybe this is reflective of societal oppression of women.

If you’re shy in real life, you can let loose with the personality you choose. You can be anything you want and try out different identities.”

In the end, says Renaud, wrestling is the medium for a message that women can make noise and take up space.

She says that she’s seen women grow stronger as they get louder.

“We get together and share common experiences and in the meantime, gain confidence as well.”

This is the league’s fourth fight.

Attendance to the fights grows every year. Renaud says they’re all proud of the show and love the community support the league of lady wrestlers receives.

“Everyone has a great time and usually leaves with a smile on their face.”

There is just as much fun to be had at the Ladies Poker Tournament, says Thomas McCabe, director of the tournament. It takes place at Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall and started years ago in order for women to play together and not necessarily have the pressure or intimidation of playing with men. The tournament lasts for four to five hours and is no-limit Texas hold ‘em, one of the

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The burly babes of the Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers in 2015 most popular forms of poker.

Entry fee is $125, which buys a player 500 tournament chips. Each table holds a maximum of 10 players. Once in the game, players are also able to build their pot for an additional $50, but when that’s gone, they can’t buy any more chips.

“It goes until the last woman standing,” says McCabe.

Size of the groups have varied over the years. This year, they’re expecting up to 20 players, mostly from Dawson City and other Yukon communities.

There are lots of regulars, but new players are always welcome, says McCabe.

“It’s a fun introduction to poker.”

The drink of choice during the

tournament is mimosas, made up of champagne and orange juice.

“We go through lots of champagne,” says McCabe.

For more information on the League of Lady Wrestlers, go to: www.LeagueofLadyWrestlers. com. Doors open at 7, the fight starts at 8.

For more information on the Ladies Poker Tournament, call 867993-5575. Participants can sign up that night at 7.

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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nother new initiative has sprung up on the Carcross Commons.

Near the totem pole stands an off-white canvas wall tent. Inside, it’s set up as a photography studio. There are lights and high quality cameras with multiple flashes. There is a printer, and a tickle trunk.

It’s the second place in the territory to offer gold rush-themed sepia toned photographs, joining Peabody’s Photo Parlour in Dawson City.

This one is called the Tagish Kwan Photo Parlour.

Customers “can wear can can dresses, nice apparel for men and women, luxurious tuxedos and things like that, gun replicas, old dilapitated shirts and pajamas.”

This is according to Jean-Christoph Demers, who was hired by the Yukon Literacy Coalition to act as a consultant to create the photo parlour.

Demers is a professional photographer. He says the purpose of the parlour is more than offering a service to people visiting Carcross. It sets a “scene to train competent workers.”

Youth from Carcross were given eight days of job-skill training in the context of the photo booth.

Training was done by Colleen Segris, of the Yukon Literacy Coalition, and Geraldine James, a Tagish Kwan elder.

Photography was used as a pretext to teach skills to people who may not have been exposed to the job market before.

James is the manager of the parlour, and its cultural consultant.

To her, the photo parlour is part of the long journey to bring culture back to the Carcross Tagish First Nation. Her mother was one of the first people to take this on, says James. In 1973 she started working on integrating culture into schools by creating what

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is now the Tagish Nation dance group.

The photo booth project is “putting a twist on the old-time photography booth in that yeah, people can come in and they can get their pictures taken as an oldtime miner or can can girl, or respectable people or policeman, stuff like that.”

But there’s more. Customers can pose with James or her sister done up in regalia. James takes customers outside to the totem pole and explains its cultural relevancy. “We do some Tagish Kwan legend, we do some songs and dancing.”

She says they’re using their culture to pull people into the photo parlour.

In a further twist, it’s the only First Nation presence on the Carcross Commons; James says the other businesses are run by nonFirst Nations.

Along with James, who manages the parlour, a 16-year old youth is employed, and they are going to have one more young man join the team soon. At first, the 16-year old didn’t even talk to customers, says James. Now he drums for them. Her hope is by the end of the summer, he and the new employee will be the ones telling story and talking about culture out by the totem pole.

The idea behind the photo booth extends even deeper, however.

In the job training that was done before the photo parlour opened, Carcross youth were given a safe space to talk about employability, health, and what it is like to come from a community where many people have never been exposed to the job market.

James says young First Nations are saying, “you guys have brought us up in non-First Nation ways enough now.”

Youth are saying they to want to learn on-the-land stuff -- “we

need to be taught our own way,” is what James has heard.

The photo parlour doesn’t teach on-the-land skills. What it does do, says James, is create the aforementioned cultural presence. Youth employees learn skills – which include photography, responsibility and showing up to work on time – that build confidence and esteem. These are transferable to other life situations. If a person is confident in his or her abilities, that confidence will help the person be comfortable to learn how to live on the land. That is the idea, says James.

The project has been up and running for about three weeks now, says Demers. He says it’s successful in that customers are extremely satisfied with the product – that means the youth employees are putting to use their recently learned skills. Since it’s run as a non-profit model, it’s not as important that the photo parlour breaks even business-wise.

Demers says there could be more customers. He encourages Yukoners to solicit the parlour.

James does, too. In her opinion, there are things that everyone can learn at the photo parlour. She says she tells a story about what her people call Rainbow Lake. It’s what the government calls Emerald Lake, she says.

James also says if there are any businesses interested in operating on the Carcross Commons, let her know. The First Nation can potentially provide trained youth as employees.

The Tagish Kwan Photo Parlour is open from Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Jean-Christophe Demers hopes to expand the hours into the weekend, to make the photo parlour more accessible to Yukoners.

Meagan Deuling is the editor.

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id Stieg Larsson know his character Lisbeth Salander was destined to achieve the iconic status of a Marvel superhero? Maybe not.

In the 2011 American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, available on DVD at Whitehorse Public Library, director David Fincher and screenwriter Steven Zaillian elegantly adapt Larsson’s sprawling Swedish noir to its essence: a dark story about the search for a serial murderer of women, led by an odd couple of social outcasts.

Swedish journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) suffers a professional setback when he’s convicted of libelling a corrupt financier in the magazine he publishes in partnership with Erica Berger (Robin Wright).

Wealthy industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) seizes this low moment in Blomkvist’s life to invite him to write his memoir. But Vanger has a more compelling motive than hagiography to entice the reluctant Blomkvist into living in a cabin on his remote northern property. Forty years earlier his young grandniece Harriet disappeared seemingly into the air from the Vangers’ island estate. It’s a locked-room mystery that intrigues Mikael and soon he’s making new discoveries in the search for the long-lost girl.

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sion to have the American actors speak with Swedish accents. The authenticity of those accents might be in question, but they reinforce a foreign quality that works especially well for the character of Salander.

American actress Rooney Mara perfectly represents the charisma and contradictions of Lisbeth Salander, embodying the fiercely intelligent warrior as well as the vulnerability of the young woman who has fallen prey to an authoritarian system – Stieg Larsson’s preoccupations with sexual violence and the systemic oppression of women are unusual for the crime genre.

Daniel Craig divests himself of the James Bond persona for one less physically heroic and more attuned to contemporary values.

In a story that circles around the horrific things some men do to women, Blomkvist stands out as a feminist and stalwart companion, if a bit slow on the uptake compared to Lisbeth. Larsson made Mikael irresistible for the ladies (inexplicably to many readers), but the film isn’t faithful to that aspect.

Fans of the novels will be satisfied with other casting choices as well, notably Stellan Skarsgård as Martin Vanger and Yorick Van Wageningen as the odious Nils Bjurman.

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oday, Sid and I are on the hunt for an unusual piece in his collection. As we sift through antiques after antiques, we come across a bellows.

A bellows pumps air, and they are commonly known to be handheld devices used to stoke small fires. However the bellows Sid possess is approximately a metre in length. We found it hanging on a wall in Sid’s museum beside a torn and somewhat rotten horse saddle.

“I got this in Silver City,” Sid informs me about the saddle. “Not sure if it was used by the army or outfitters,” he jokes, as the saddle is too worn out to tell.

The wooden bellows was once painted red. Over the years of living outside, the rain had left it water-damaged and the sun washed out its red hue.

“The bellows was made in the late 1890s, turn of the century – around gold rush times. It was used on a riverboat to pump air

into the boiler.”

Sid can’t quite remember where he discovered this piece, but it has been part of his collection ever since, on display for the public.

I ask Sid to tell me what all of the parts on it are and what they were used for.

“The leather you see here,” Sid says holding a piece of black cow hide at the bottom half of the bellows. “It used to be all around holding the two pieces of wood together. That’s what made it flexible to collect air.”

The leather and wood pieces would create a kind of sack to hold the air in while it is being pumped. Although most of the leather is gone, the original iron nails are intact.

“This is where the air would come in,” Sid points towards the large round hole in the bellows.

The air would be sucked through the hole into the chamber as the bellows is lifted and then released

at the bottom half as the bellows is squeezed together again.

Sid then points to a rusted metal piece at the head of the bellows, “There’s a hook on it, so a lever would have been connected. You push the lever to pump the air.”

I ask Sid who would’ve normally been in charge of using the bellows on the riverboats. “The fire-man would be in charge of pumping the air to stoke the fire.

The hotter the fire the faster the boat would go.”

You’ll find this bellows (and the saddle) and many other treasures at Sid’s Bordertown Garage and Museum. Come have a visit this summer!

Sid van der Meer has collected treasures all his life and this passion has given Beaver Creek its very own museum.

Here Sid recounts stories to his granddaughter Teresa van der Meer-Chassé.

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Whitehorse Fri, Aug, 5, Art Under Pressure 2016 11:00 am Shipyards Park Art Under Pressure 2016 Thu, Aug, 4, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank is a multi-day event showcasing the littleknown art of woodcut printing. 15 artists print 867-393-2265 Thu, Aug, 4, Fireweed Community Market giant woodblock plates using a road packer.

Outdoor Mark 3:00 pm Shipyards Park Local 867 668 5028 Whitehorse produce, baked goods, live plants, local Thu, Aug, 11, Yukon Art Tasters with Cat meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Jamnicky 1:00 pm Yukon Artists at Work Thu, Aug, 4, Whitehorse Food Bank food Gallery Create Your Own Art Piece as you pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank 867work with local artists. Whitehorse 393-2265 Until - Aug 27 Art Show: Bremner, Cote Thu, Aug, 4, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights and Hurcomb Yukon Arts Centre Three 4:30 pm Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging photo-based exhibitions exploring the North stations, prizes and contests! 456-4792 including circumpolar video installations, Thu, Aug, 4, Chess Corner 6:30 pm striking portraiture discussing mental health Whitehorse Public Library Chess played in our community and a retrospective of a upstairs at the Library, beginners welcome, Northwest Territories photographer. welcome to bring your own ‘lucky’ board.

Until - Aug 30 Exhibit/ Exposition : Lettre Everyone welcome to sit in on this game of à un coureur des bois Waterfront Trolley strategy.

Capture the spirit of the Coureur des bois Thu, Aug, 4, Klondike Karaoke 7:30 pm and all those who made the North their The Old Fire Hall Come and show off your home. Enjoy Lettre à un coureur des bois, a singing ability to pop culture tunes through bilingual art installation by Cécile Girard and out the ages. This event is free and open to Sylvie Binette. Open Daily 10-6 everyone.

Aug 5 – Aug, 7, À Happy Reunion Lake Laberge A happy reunion to revitalize our Thu, Aug, 4 Arts in the Park - Rob Dickson resilient spirits, former students, family and friends of Whitehorse Baptist Mission School 11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour (1947-1960) we would be honored to have concert at the park you join us. Please call for more informatin.

Thu, Aug, 4 Jim Vautour 5:00 pm MacBride 335-1854 Museum classic Yukon songs Fri, Aug, 5, Dusk’a Friday Language Thu, Aug, 4 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Lunches 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak LazeoFamily Learning Center Bring a bag lunch Fairman playing acoustic guitar music and come learn Southern Tutchone with covering almost every style and genre. our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls Thu, Aug, 4 Klondike Karaoke 7:30 pm for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin The Old Fire Hall Come and show off your citizens and staff are welcome! singing ability to pop culture tunes through Fri, Aug, 5, Ladies Learning Code: out the ages. This event is free and open to Webmaking with HTML & CSS 6:00 pm everyone.

YuKonstruct Makerspace Thu, Aug, 4 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Fri, Aug, 5, YSR Summer PUB Crawl! 7:00 Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Aug, 4 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam pm Yukon Inn WE all love the Rendezvous Winter PUB crawl and now were bringing 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room you a chance to have all that fun again! ONE fully electric jam session with PA system, NIGHT ONLY! It all starts at the Boiler Room drum kit and guitars provided to musicians.

(Yukon Inn) at 7pm! Followed by Pub Crawl Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Fri, Aug, 5 Arts in the Park - Grande Finale! favorites and new additions!

Sat, Aug, 6, CRAZY, WACKY Clothing Sale!

11:30 am LePage Park Free lunch hour 10:00 am The Guild Hall Clothing for men concert at the park and women. Shoes, boots, jewelry, and many Fri, Aug, 5 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner more treasures to be had!

6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Oh and one nice big wooden wardrobe for Easy Listening Fri, Aug, 5 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson sale as well If you are looking for clothing that has been loved and cared for, and you do not 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Aug, 5 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the want to spend much money, this is the sale for you!!!

Boiler Room Sat, Aug, 6, Fireweed Community Market Sat, Aug, 6 Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Outdoor Mark 11:00 am Whitehorse Sociable Jam 3:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon waterfront wharf Local produce, baked Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, just play on ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 crafted treasures and more Sat, Aug, 6 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in Sat, Aug, 6, Kids Learning Code: Game the Boiler Room Design with Scratch 1:00 pm YuKonstruct Sat, Aug, 6 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Makerspace Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Aug, 7, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 Sun, Aug, 7 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 pm Arts Underground Non-instructed open Hotel studio. Participants are welcome to use Mon, Aug, 8 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon some tools are available for purchase. Every Tue, Aug, 9 Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Aug, 9 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam Aug 8 - Aug, 12, Harvest Camp Burwash Landing All are welcome to come out and 10:00 pm Yukon Inn Yukon Inn Boiler room enjoy camping, cooked meals, participate in fully electric jam session with PA system, the cultural activities about the harvest. drum kit and guitars provided to musicians.

Mon, Aug, 8, Free drop-in computer Featuring guest co-hosts and performers. labs 10:00 am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Wed, Aug, 10 The Midnight Sons 5:00 pm Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A MacBride Museum The Midnight Sons offer an original mix of Blues/rock/reggae/country. tutor/Instructor will be available on site to Wed, Aug, 10 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Mon, Aug, 8, GO The Surrounding Game Wed, Aug, 10 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 6:00 pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple pm Jarvis Street Saloon Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Thu, Aug, 11 Black Iron Blossom 5:00 pm Welcome. For more information email: MacBride Museum original blues and roots tjbowlby@gmail.com music.

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Mon, Aug, 8, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue, Aug, 9, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Tue, Aug, 9, Summer Barbecues 11:30 am Christ Church Cathedral Proceeds to local Food Bank and International Refugee Relief.

867-668-5530 Tue, Aug, 9, Summer Lecture Series 12:00 pm Taylor House This series features the stories and historical photographs from local families who have impacted the development of the Yukon over the past century through their service, entrepreneurship, and ingenuity.

All talks are free and everybody is welcome Tue, Aug, 9, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank The food bank is only open certain hours. 867393-2265 Tue, Aug, 9, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests! 456-4792 Tue, Aug, 9, Dine YTM: Life on the River 6:00 pm Yukon Transportation Museum The YTM’s own Doug Davidge will be on hand to premiere a film about the finding of the A.J. Goddard, one of the lost boats from the days of the Klondike Gold Rush This event is 19+ and will feature a cash bar. Call or email for more details. 668-4792 Tue, Aug, 9, 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, Aug, 9, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Wed, Aug, 10, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Aug, 10, Ribbon Cutting Ceramony 4:00 pm Yukon Archives Come and welcome the newest addition to Whitehorse, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining. There will be guest speakers and refreshments. Behind the Yukon Archives building and enter through the back bay door.

Wed, Aug, 10, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 pm A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Aug, 10, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Aug, 11, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 10:00 am Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Thu, Aug, 11, 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, Aug, 11, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank 867393-2265 Thu, Aug, 11, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests! 456-4792 Thu, Aug, 11, Klondike Karaoke 5:30 pm Whitehorse Concerts Come and show off your singing ability to pop culture tunes through out the ages. This event is free and open to everyone.

Thu, Aug, 11, Chess Corner 6:30 pm Whitehorse Public Library Chess played upstairs at the Library, beginners welcome, welcome to bring your own ‘lucky’ board.

Everyone welcome to sit in on this game of strategy.

Thu, Aug, 11, Music Trivia Thursday 7:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Come test your music knowledge, all genres, all age groups. Good fun with good people.

/668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Aug, 4, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

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

Thu, Aug, 4, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza 456-4792 Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests!

Aug 5 - Aug, 7, À Happy Reunion Lake Laberge 335-1854 A happy reunion to revitalize our resilient spirits, former students, family and friends of Whitehorse Baptist Mission School (1947-1960) we would be honored to have you join us. Please call for more information.

Fri, Aug, 5, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 am MacBride Museum 867667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Aug, 5, Moms and Kids Program 11:00 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre The summer 2016 Moms and Kids Program is a recreational program for moms and their kids up to age 8. Summer activities are held for mothers and children every Friday. It is an opportunity to enjoy nature, meet others, talk, eat, play, relax and laugh Fri, Aug, 5, Stay and Play 11:00 am Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor toys and goodies plus a staff member to help assist in playing a variety of fun games and activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, ribbons, paddles, and much more!

Fri, Aug, 5, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Fri, Aug, 5, Free Summer programs for teens Ages 13-17 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. Space limited. For more info or to register email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Fri, Aug, 5, Escape the Ordinary 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Summer Program 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 yplevents@gov.yk.ca Fri, Aug, 5, Going Batty in Whitehorse 9:30 pm Chadburn Lake Learn about bat biology, habitat and conservation with Environment Yukon biologists. Involves a 40 minute walk over uneven terrain. Bring flashlights.

Sat, Aug, 6, Imagination Station 10:00 am Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome Sat, Aug, 6, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:00 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sat, Aug, 6, Kids Ed-Venture Drop-In 12:30 pm YCS Guided Hikes & Kid Ed-Ventures 668-5678 Drop-in for a fun filled afternoon of nature and conservation themed activities and games for children of all ages! EdVentures run every Saturday Call for more information Aug 8- Aug, 12, Giant Puppet Fiesta! 8:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Aug, 8, Stay and Play 11:00 am Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor toys and goodies plus a staff member to help assist in playing a variety of fun games and activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, ribbons, paddles, and much more!

Mon, Aug, 8, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Mondays - Saturdays Family Free Play Mon, Aug, 8, Free Summer programs for Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre kids Ages 4-5 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required. reading time, free play and interactive Space limited. For more info or to register activities. All Ages Welcome email yplevents@gov.yk.ca or call 667-8900.

Aug 1- Aug, 5, Pop Stars Camp with Susie Tue, Aug, 9, Stay and Play 12:00 pm Anne Bartsch and SPECIAL GUESTS! 8:30 Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor toys and goodies plus a staff member to help am Heart Of Riverdale assist in playing a variety of fun games and Thu, Aug, 4, Stay and Play 12:00 pm Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, toys and goodies plus a staff member to help ribbons, paddles, and much more!

Tue, Aug, 9, Family Free Play Drop-in assist in playing a variety of fun games and activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 ribbons, paddles, and much more! /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, Thu, Aug, 4, Family Free Play Drop-in free play and interactive activities. All Ages 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 Welcome

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Tue, Aug, 9, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 5-7 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

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

Tue, Aug, 9, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza 456-4792 Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests!

Tue, Aug, 9, Book Club 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Aug, 10, Stay and Play 11:00 am Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor toys and goodies plus a staff member to help assist in playing a variety of fun games and activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, ribbons, paddles, and much more!

Wed, Aug, 10, 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, Aug, 10, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 6-8 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

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

Thu, Aug, 11, Stay and Play 12:00 pm Shipyards Park 689-8349 Free use of outdoor toys and goodies plus a staff member to help assist in playing a variety of fun games and activities. Hula Hoops, parachutes, bocci ball, ribbons, paddles, and much more!

Thu, Aug, 11, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Aug, 11, Free Summer programs for kids Ages 8-12 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 REGISTRATION required.

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

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Aug 3 – Aug, 7, Our Voices Emerging Leaders Youth Gathering Kathleen Lake Campground CAFN Youth encouraged to attend for youth leadership ages 14-30 Fri, Aug, 5, Travelling Boot Camp 12:00 pm Whitehorse, Yukon Join us for a noon hour bootcamp in various downtown locations! Call or email to sign up. 333-0533 Fri, Aug, 5, Ladies Learning Code: Webmaking with HTML & CSS 6:00 pm YuKonstruct Makerspace Sat, Aug, 6, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 am Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event.

Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Sat, Aug, 6, Kids Learning Code: Game Design with Scratch 1:00 pm YuKonstruct Makerspace Mon, Aug, 8, Regular Council Meeting 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council Chambers Wed, Aug, 10, Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking?

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August 4, 2016

How Foster Care Shapes Lives Youth use art to express their foster care experience

by Becky Striegler

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melia Merhar knows what it’s like to be a foster child, to go from home to home, and to be without a home at all.

She wonders how that movement affects young people today, so she’s asking them to tell us, through art.

Merhar, also known as Yukon’s singing, ukulele-playing Big Mama Lele, has just finished her first year of a master’s program in human geography at York University.

For her thesis, she’s bringing together youth aged 18 to 30, who have been placed in multiple foster or group homes, and getting them to share their experience through whatever artistic medium they choose. The work will then be presented to the Yukon public.

“We all carry things with us,” she says. “So I’m asking young people who have had this experience… what do they think about all these placements?”

Merhar was in foster care from when she was 11 to 16 years old.

She was inspired after re-connecting with foster sisters she had lived with in Ontario. “I just found it really interesting that I found my home in the Yukon, another girl found hers in Yellowknife and another girl found hers in Calgary,” she says. “It just got

me thinking about transience.

I’ve moved a lot, I’ve travelled a lot. I’ve experienced homelessness, so it just got me wondering about what kind of people the child welfare system is inadvertently producing through all these placements.”

She’s found much to learn.

“There’s all sorts of research on sub-populations that move around a lot, but this is sort of a different one because you are constantly going into a different home and it’s simultaneously someone else’s workplace, an institution, and your home. So really, there are so many layers to what a group home is, what a foster home is.”

Merhar says it’s well known that the more foster homes a child has, the worse the child usually does. “But I want to move beyond negative statistics and create a moment for young people who have had experience in care to meet each other and have this little community of belonging, to explore this through the arts, to share it with the public.”

Through art, the young people will be informing others about foster life, with more impact than a report or study.

“You can have an emotional resonance to a song or a dance.

PHOTO: Becky Striegler

Amelia Merhar says using art to express experience in foster care will create a more powerful experience than a study could You can feel it.”

Merhar brought together 10 young people in Toronto and six in Whitehorse. The Yukon participants are creating at Splintered Craft, an art studio for youth that is run by the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.

The Toronto youth completed their work earlier.

“I have work from 10 artists in 12 different mediums… including dance, spoken word, installation, oil painting, acrylic painting, col-

lage, photography, silkscreening, jewelry,” she says.

Merhar says the youth are considered co-researchers and are paid for their participation. Their work has moved her and she expects a similar effect on others.

“It’s an inherently emotional experience bringing up these times in your life when you didn’t have as much control as you do now. And because with this method as co-researchers, they’re in control… You can go and be as

personal or political as you want with your work and I think that’s a really powerful way to approach an emotional topic.”

The Yukon youth present their show on Thursday, August 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Splintered Craft, located at the corner of 4th and Alexander in Whitehorse.

Everyone is welcome.

Becky Striegler is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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“Nothing about this is secret,” Sharp says. “It’s physics... it’s a heat sink.

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how he has built a better greenhouse.

After swatting away the word “genius” in my question, he hangs his head and finally admits, “It is sort of my invention. The heat is from the sun and it passes through a glazed window. I take that heat and pass it over the rocks that are placed under the soil bed, which has a secondary effect: it warms the soil.”

And, so, you have a greenhouse that does not overheat because the rocks are taking the excess heat away in varying degrees based on their size.

“Overheating is as big a problem as frost,” Sharp says.

Sharp and his son, Andrew, have turned this into a business.

With a grant and support from the Yukon Research Centre’s Cold Climate Innovation program, they built four prototypes. Through trial and error, they wrung out as much knowledge as possible about how the greenhouses work. They then donated the greenhouses to Elijah Smith, Golden Horn and Whitehorse Elementary Schools.

The greenhouse at Whitehorse Elementary can be seen from Fourth Avenue and is available for tours from Sharp.

Justin Lemphers and his wife, Brigitte Parker, volunteered to help build the prototype greenhouses at Yukonstruct.

“We spent the afternoon building their test model and gave feedback on improvements,” says Lemphers.

Lemphers and Parker bought one of the 30 that were sold in the spring – which is double the projections for the entire first year of production.

“Food security,” says Parker when asked why they wanted one of Sharp’s greenhouses. “I am from Ontario where we had fresh tomatoes and fresh corn and fresh everything and to come up here and get these rock-hard tomatoes was...”

She searches for a word. “...challenging. We wanted to

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And then, of course, it can be finished according to each owner’s taste grow for taste, for canning and for food security.”

“And for a lack of pesticides and a lack of fertilizer,” Lemphers adds.

“Yes, for our health, for our wellbeing and to share,” Parker continues. “There is nothing like sharing fresh produce from your garden with neighbours and your friends and family.”

Parker first met Sharp when he helped teach a master gardener course. Parker falls into the category of gardener who can grow

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To make construction easier for their clients, Sharp’s Cowley Creek Road property is full of prebuilt greenhouse parts.

Darrell Hookey is a freelance writer living in Whitehorse.

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From the Ashes of A River Fail: Two Cocktails A couple of weeks ago I wrote about heading off on a trip down the Wind River. I was concerned that our group, with all our goods and chattels for the 17-day journey, was going to be overweight for the flight to the put-in at McCluskey Lake. Well, turned out there was no need to worry — we were 400 pounds under.

Dang! One of the pilots joked about setting up an off-sales at the float plane landing for people like us, who discovered at the last minute they had room for more.

But we had calibrated our needs pretty finely, and came back with unconsumed booze, now put away in the liquor cabinet still in stainless steel bottles.

A box of red wine and one of white were the gifts that kept on giving, right to the last night. The first Saturday night we enjoyed Negroni cocktails, accompanied by wigs, a grass skirt and river-induced hilarity, as though the clear water of the Wind had got into our veins and bubbled there.

We had sun and rain and then sun again flashing across our campsites; we had thunder and lightning and searing heat.

On the latter part of the trip the heat was so intense we swam three or four times a day, taking a last dip at night in order to sleep. We stayed two nights at each of five campsites, hiking in the afternoons up into the mountains, walking the ridges of the Wernecke range, in the heart of the Peel watershed, then coming down to the river for dinners prepared over quick, hot, cooking fires.

For 17 days our world consisted of each other, the river, the mountains, the forest, the grayling (gutted, scaled, doused in seasoned flour and pan-fried in butter) and the three other small

groups we caught glimpses of here and there as we paddled down to the Peel.

We saw 10 moose, one caribou, several dozen sheep and a grizzly, who grazed in the blueberry patch two of us had just vacated. He must have known we were there before we knew he was, but he just ambled away in the other direction, co-existing with us in an attitude the legendary bear-hunter turned bear-photographer and conservationist Andy Russell has called an “almost magnanimous acceptance and just plain willingness to ignore.”

On the last Friday night of the trip I stirred up a cocktail that was not a spectacular fail, but pretty close.

Here’s the thing: you can’t make rhubarb-cranberry syrup, save the pulp, add birch syrup, dry the pulp into leather, reconstitute it, and expect to end up with syrup again. No. A couple of people sampled the resulting juice when I wasn’t looking. They didn’t like it.

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Avoiding Calamity with Bears

by Jozien Keijzer

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es, bear stories, undoubtedly a favourite topic in the Yukon and one that gets people talking. As I write here, there is a black bear poking around on our property.

I have never had a true calamity involving a bear in my 30 years of hiking and living in the Yukon.

Recently, I tripped and fell while hiking and broke my nose.

This was my personal worst calamity in the wild and it taught me how, suddenly, without warning, an accident can happen. It reminded me that I should always be prepared and have a plan based on what I have learned over the years.

As I write, with the bear roaming around in close proximity to our home, I stay in the house and safely review information on bear encounters. As I peruse the many online sources and some of my books, I always keep the question in mind: “How should I respond during a bear encounter?”

Sometimes human interactions with bears have tragic consequences.

Luckily for me, I have yet to meet an aggressive bear. One did act like it wanted me to go away, however.

Most bears I have encountered have remained indifferent upon seeing me, and some fled even faster than I could have.

On one occasion in Haines, fishing the Chilkat River in close proximity to my vehicle, I saw how fast bears can run. One moment a bear was calmly fishing in the river, and then it was suddenly making a beeline for the woods.

I have read bears can run 50 km per hour: three times as fast as the average human.

On another occasion at the Chilkat River I experienced how fast a bear can suddenly be upon you. Surprise encounter? No surprise there, because I was cooking moose meat. Luckily, I was cooking on the tailgate of our truck, and so I jumped into the truck and notified the other people in the area.

Over the years I have created a mental list of what not to do, because it seems that in all of my bear encounters I did something that I could have avoided. In my experience, besides bears being bears – that is, a large potentially dangerous animal living in the wild – they like to use paths or bush roads to travel on and sometimes feed along highways and in people’s yards.

A few years ago I encountered a black bear sow and cub while I was cycling the 37 Mile Creek

A young grizzly on the side of the highway Road. Cycling is faster, and possibly quieter, than hiking. If I had been making noise, the bear probably would have fled before I saw her.

Now, however, as I quickly approached on my bike, it was too late for her to avoid an encounter.

I was suddenly 20 feet away from her, too close for comfort. Her cub fled to the right and she stood up and, indeed, growled and drooled, swaying on her back legs.

Through experience, I have learned to stand my ground. Initially, I had the urge to run; what stopped me was the knowledge that my friend, who was right behind me, had not seen the bear.

As in most calamities, things happen in split seconds. I figured if I ran, the bear would attack my friend. All in that same instant, I called out to her and had my bear spray unlocked and pointed it straight at the bear. I also talked to the bear, rather loudly.

Once my friend became aware of the bear, she got off her bike and held it up to appear large.

After a seemingly endless standoff, the bear climbed a tree and we retreated. However, being on our way home, we had to pass the tree she had climbed and we gave her a wide berth on the left side, knowing that the cub had gone to the right.

As I live in the bush, and bears are my neighbours, they do wan-

der near or into our yard. Our yard is relatively open, however, the bears I have seen here never come out into the open. They stay under the cover of trees and bushes (or behind human things, such as buildings or woodpiles).

Even though I can look into the forest in every direction for at least 50 metres and it seems as if there isn’t anywhere to hide, we rarely see one of the visiting bears close up. Only once did we have a bear that found our dry compost and we could get a close look at it. He – or maybe she – was beautiful, with a shiny black coat. The bear came back a few times, but after a few days peacefully moved on.

Today, I will strap on my bear spray and prepare to clear out the little poplars that endlessly, and abundantly, come up in the open spaces in our yard.

I also speak to animals, as if they can understand me – and I believe they do. In the same way, I know dogs can sense fear if a person is afraid of them. In case of unexpected animal encounters, I talk to the animals in such a way that we can both respect each other - or at least that is my intention.

Keep safe!

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

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Dispatches with Elke Reinauer

Petting Cheetahs in Namibia

Elke Reinauer experiences Namibia as a guest-journalist for a German newspaper

T

he cheetah appeared suddently, and instantly I was overcome with fear. I saw it walking slowly on the porch of the farm house. I froze and my heart was racing.

“It must have come in from the wild,” I thought, “and now it will eat us.”

There were three of us looking at the cheetah: myself; my colleague from the Allgemeine Zeitung, which is the German-Namibian newspaper we were both guest-journalists for; and a boy who lived on the farm.

I was unable to move, but I heard the farm boy beside me say, “Come, come, it is tame.”

“Tame?”

“Yes, yes, the cheetah lives here.”

My colleague had already moved on, but I still stood there with my heart racing.

Intuitively my hand reached for the boy’s hand. He took it and walked with me to the pool, where a group of people sat in chairs.

My colleague had an assignment at this guest-farm, called Burgsdorf, which is located 300 kilometres south of the capital city of Windhoek, and I joined him.

His assignment was to write about a group of German hanggliders who come to Namibia every year to fly.

At the pool we met the organizer of the group and I felt better, but from the corner of my eye I watched the cheetah. It was lying down.

As the owner showed us our rooms, I had to walk by the animal. My heart was still pounding and the only thought I had: Can it

smell my fear?

“You can pet the cheetah; it is used to humans,” I was told.

It turns out that a lot of farms in Namibia take care of young, orphaned cheetahs. But that didn’t make we want to pet the one at our guest house.

The drive to Burgsdorf was quite beautiful. On the way, we drove through endless wild country. Thorn bushes, acacias, open wide savannah under a burning sun. We were lucky to have airconditioning in the car.

As we made a stop on the highway it was hot as hell. My brave colleague drove all the way. He is younger than me and had just got his driver’s license in Germany. He did a good job and I was thankful that he drove because I cannot drive standard and traffic in Namibia drives on the left side of the street.

He seemed to be braver than me and that was something I thought about, while he was petting the cheetah, telling me it was a dream come true, because they are his favourite animal.

As evening came, we went for a drive on the farm land with some of the hang-glider group and saw a rhino with a baby walking close to the bakkie (that’s what they call a pick up here).

“Selfie with rhino?” a guy asked me and climbed out of the car, to take a quick picture with the rhino in the background.

No thanks, not for me.

As the sun settled and painted the sky orange and purple, I became quiet, taken away by the beautiful landscape not knowing that tomorrow my fear would be tested again.

A member of the hang-glider group woke us up the next day around 6 a.m. In silence we drove to the savannah where they had set up a tent with all their equipment that had been shipped in from Europe. Because of the warm winds, hang-gliders can fly up to 6,000 metres in Namibia – which is a height they could never reach in Germany.

So the group was flying almost every day. They use a trike to pull the hang-gliders into the air; it is like a motorcycle with wings and a propeller. Today, they offered to take my colleague and I into the air on the trike.

Okay, I am ready to do this, I told myself. I will fight my fear.

We would have the chance to see zebra and antelopes this early in the day.

“If you want to go back on the ground, tap me on the shoulder,” the pilot told me. I just nodded. I was determined that I could do it, but as we took off, my legs were shaking.

“Don’t look down,” I told myself.

I am scared, but I do it anyway, following one of my life-mottos, but…

I didn’t expect it to be that bumpy in the air. And we went

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The author was scared to hang glide, but she tried anyway

back to the ground earlier than planned, because I was scared.

Can one feel so many extreme emotions in three months, as I felt during my time in Namibia? Great fear, great joy… is it Africa? Or is it me?

As we drove back I watched the landscape. The sky got cloudy; hopefully it would be raining soon. It is a dry country. The trees looked like they were screaming for rain. I realized that Namibia is a country of extremes. And for me it is also a place of extreme emotions.

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ot quite a year ago, Jesse Cooke was in Ottawa to receive the Parks Canada Youth Tourism Entrepreneur Award. He was being recognized for his business, Husky Bus, which he launched in the summer of 2012.

Even then, as he announced at a subsequent meeting of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce, he was already thinking about the scope of his operation. To define it as a company that provides transport between Whitehorse and Dawson City didn’t describe everything Cooke was doing with Husky Bus. It definitely didn’t describe everything he planned to do in the future.

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Cooke saw a market for bicycle rentals in Dawson City, and he now fills that gap. The Husky Bus also makes runs to the airport in its May to October operating season. This is in addition to the shuttle services that most Dawson hotels provide.

Likewise, there was a market for adventure packages. He now offers three different options in the summer, featuring a bus trip to Dawson and Air North flights back to Whitehorse. In the winter, these packages convert to becoming opportunities for viewing the northern lights, and are combined with accommodations and meals at the Aurora Inn. Winter excursions may include trips to the Tombstones and dog mushing experiences.

A common thread that runs through all of these options is that Cooke partners with existing organizations to provide them. He works with mushers, hotels, the Dawson City museum, Parks Canada, Air North. He provides the customers.

“I think it’s good for everybody,” says Cook. “I just see us all benefitting from it.”

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We’re just trying to market ourselves online and worldwide, a little bit more to reflect what we’ve actually been doing.

“Our product line hasn’t changed that much, other than the addition of the winter tours, but the summer product is much the same as last year and I think the new brand will help sell that.”

Presently there are two seasons. From early May to the end of September Husky Bus runs a regular schedule on the Klondike Highway, is available for charters (including trips to Alaska), does tours around Dawson, the goldfields, the Midnight Dome and out to Tombstone Territorial Park.

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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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Thu, Aug, 4, Dragon Boat Drop In City Intake To sign-up please email Dan Girouard. Thursday night sessions 5:307pm or 7-8:30 pm flatwater@yckc.ca Thu, Aug, 4, Ladies Night at Fassy 7:00 pm FASSY an evening of fun activities and socializing for women of all ages.

393-4948 girls@ycommunityliving.com Fri, Aug, 5, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Sun, Aug, 7, Tonglen 10:00 am 16 Turner Crescent in Granger Mon, Aug, 8, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 3349317 Mon, Aug, 8, Shamata Meditation 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Aug, 8, Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

Mon, Aug, 8, Cyclic Meditation 6:30 pm Canada Games Centre at the wellness studio Mon, Aug, 8, Summer Walking Group 6:30 pm Robert Service Campground The walking group is about sharing companionship with others who are grieving and enjoying a walk in nature.

Moving the body can help you move through your emotions. 667-7429 info@ hospiceyukon.net Mon, Aug, 8, 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, Aug, 9, Weight Watchers 5:00 pm Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weighin and registration, room A2202. 403-4730645 blong@weightwatchers.ca Tue, Aug, 9, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 pm Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631

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Mon, Aug, 8 Kids WW Kayaking 7:00 pm City Intake Instruction covers basic kayak strokes on lakes and rivers, river reading, ferrying and basic river rescue techniques, river travel, stroke improvement, running rapids and safety.

Call to Register Ages 12 and under. 689-9958 Tue, Aug, 9 5 Km Fun Run/Walk 6:00 pm F.H. Collins Secondary 2.5 - 5 km’s, for more information call Don White at 633-5671 Tue, Aug, 9 Trap Match 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Tue, Aug, 9 Contagious Mountain Bike Club: Dirt Girls 7:00 pm Multiple Locations Dirt Girls rides are group rides for any cyclist who is born as, or who identifies as, a woman. All riders must be club members!, bring your membership number to sign-in before each ride.

Tue, Aug, 9 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.

Wed, Aug, 10 Summer at Sima 5:00 pm Mount Sima Mountain biking, paragliding

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Wed, Aug, 10, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Aug, 10, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Aug, 10, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Men only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Aug, 10, SUP Yoga Flow 6:00 pm SUP Flow Come Flow with the best instructor Jessica Read who has over 10 year experience as Yoga instructor and business owner of Breath of Life 335-9787 Wed, Aug, 10, Red Tara Meditation 6:00 pm White Swan Sanctuary Everyone welcome. For more info contact Vicky 633-3715 Wed, Aug, 10, The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 pm Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713.

Thu, Aug, 11, Dragon Boat Drop In City Intake To sign-up please email Dan Girouard. Thursday night sessions 5:307pm or 7-8:30 pm flatwater@yckc.ca

Dawson City

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350

Beaver Creek

Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Carcross

Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Carmacks

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

& single panoramic chair rides, come for an adventure!

Wed, Aug, 10 Summer Shred at Sima 5:00 pm Mount Sima If you haven’t checked out Joe’s flow trail - you should.

Wed, Aug, 10 SUP Yoga Flow 6:00 pm SUP Flow Come Flow with the best instructor Jessica Read who has over 10 year experience as Yoga instructor and business owner of Breath of Life 335-9787 Wed, Aug, 10 Youth WW Kayaking 7:00 pm City Intake Instruction covers basic kayak strokes on lakes and rivers, river reading, ferrying and basic river rescue techniques, river travel, stroke improvement, running rapids and safety.

Call to Register Age 13 + 689-9958 Wed, Aug, 10 Rifle Silhouette Match 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Thu, Aug, 11 Men’s Tennis Night 5:30 pm Mt Mac Tennis Courts For details email tennisyukon@gmail.com.

Thu, Aug, 11 Trail Run 6:30 pm Miles Canyon Bridge Miles Canyon Bridge, shuttle (Leg 2 YRTM 10km moderate) For more information call Nancy Thomson 333-0983 Thu, Aug, 11 Public Night 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club

Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095

Destruction Bay

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Faro

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Mayo

Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 9962825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Old Crow

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Pelly Crossing

Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Ross River

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Tagish

Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach

Telegraph Creek Teslin

Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

Watson Lake

Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church

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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August 4, 2016

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Community EVENTS BEAVER CREEK

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

Thursdays / Saturdays Adult Swim: Beaver Creek Pool 6:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Swim to your hearts content!

Thu, Aug, 4, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug, 6, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Aug, 6, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Aug, 6, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Aug, 8, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Aug, 9, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Aug, 9, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Aug, 11, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Mon, Aug, 8-9 Harvest Camp – Culture Activities Burwash Landing All are welcome to come out and enjoy camping, cooked meals, participate in the cultural activities about the harvest.

Wed, Aug, 10-12 Harvest Camp – Harvest Activities Burwash Landing All are welcome to come out and enjoy camping, cooked meals, participate in the cultural activities about the harvest.

CARCROSS

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, Aug, 4, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Aug, 4, 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, Aug, 4, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Aug, 4, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Aug, 6-7 Painted Tlingit on Tanned Hide 11:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Painted Tlingit on Tanned Hide with Blake Lepine. Tutshi boat/ Carcross, materials can be provided but encouraged to bring your own. Location TBA and everyone welcome. 821-4251 Sun, Aug, 7-14 Tlingit Language Gathering Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration

building Tlingit Language Gathering with Lance Twitchell, all levels of speakers welcome. For info contact Deborah Baerg 867-821-4251 ext 8207 or email Deborah. baerg@ctfn.ca Sun, Aug, 7-8 Painted Tlingit on Tanned Hide 11:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Painted Tlingit on Tanned Hide with Blake Lepine. Tutshi boat/ Carcross, materials can be provided but encouraged to bring your own. Location TBA and everyone welcome. 821-4251 Mon, Aug, 8, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building Tue, Aug, 9, Management Board 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Tue, Aug, 9, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Tue, Aug, 9, 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, Aug, 9, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Aug, 9, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Aug, 9, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Aug, 10, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Aug, 10, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Aug, 10, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Aug, 10, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Aug, 11, Executive Council Carcross/ Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Aug, 11, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation administration building Thu, Aug, 11, 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, Aug, 11, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Aug, 11, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

CARMACKS

Thu, Jul, 28, Family Wellness Retreat Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation Government A wellness retreat for families, camping, games, fun for everyone. 863-5576 ext 301 mary. tulk@lscfn.ca

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The best practice when storing your out of season tires would be to keep them in a cool dry enclosed storage area that is not exposed to the elements (e.g. water, ozone etc.). They should be laid down on the sidewall of the tire and stacked either on top of one another or on a flat surface that won’t cause any indentations.

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DAWSON CITY Art Events

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.

Daily 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 Leisure Viewing 1:30 pm - 4:30 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. Interrupter available.

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 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: 8:00 AM & 1:00 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.

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 Steampowered 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

Other events:

Sat, Aug, 6, Dawson City Farmers Market 11:00 am Community Shelter on Front Street Thu, Aug, 4, Ladies Golf Day Dawson City Golf Course All day is ladies day Thu, Aug, 4, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 pm Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Aug, 4, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug, 4, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Aug, 5-7 Geology Weekend Tombstone Territorial Park Fri, Aug, 5, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre

Fri, Aug, 5, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Aug, 5, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Aug, 5, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Fri, Aug, 5, Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Aug, 6, Alpine Hike 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Aug, 6, Great Klondike International Outhouse Race 12:00 pm Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Get ready for fast paced hilarity! It’s a race, it’s a scavenger hunt, it involves decorated outhouses on wheels, it’s completely absurd! Visitors are encouraged to participate in this one of a kind event. And yes, we supply the outhouses.

993-5575 kva@dawson.net Sat, Aug, 6, 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, Aug, 6, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Aug, 6, DCLOLW After Party 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel The Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers is BACK and after a rumble in the ring, they like to party with you. And DJ Mary Mack. In the lounge Sun, Aug, 7, Ladies Poker Tournament Diamond Tooth Gerties 993-5575 kva@ dawson.net Sun, Aug, 7, North Klondike River Walk 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Aug, 8, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Aug, 8, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Aug, 8, Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Tue, Aug, 9, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Tue, Aug, 9, Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 pm Dawson City Town Hall The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. 867993-7400 Tue, Aug, 9, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Aug, 10, Bannock Making! 3:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Wed, Aug, 10, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Aug, 11-14 Discovery Days Celebrations Dawson City Visitor Information Centre A weekend of special events celebrating Dawson City including exhibitions, arts & crafts fair, a parade and much more!

993-5575 kva@dawson.net Thu, Aug, 11-14 Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Community Shelter on Front Street An accessible environment for community members and visitors to interact directly with the arts and explore their creativity. 993-5005 kiac@kiac.ca Thu, Aug, 11, Authors On Eighth Dawson City Visitor Information Centre Authors on Eighth Literary Walking Tour and Writing Competition combines an interpretive tour with a writing contest. 993-5575 kva@ dawson.net Thu, Aug, 11, Ladies Golf Day Dawson City Golf Course All day is ladies day Thu, Aug, 11, Kids Swim Movie Night 6:30 pm Dawson City Pool Swim, eat popcorn and watch a movie!

Thu, Aug, 11, Goldensides Guided Hike 7:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Thu, Aug, 11, 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, Aug, 4, 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, Aug, 5, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Wed, Aug, 10, Parent & Tot Story-time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Aug, 10, Faro Market 4:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Handmade crafts and art, garden grown produce, and homemade baked products 867-994-2728 Ext 5 adminfaro@faroyukon.ca Wed, Aug, 10, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Thu, Aug, 11, Environment Club 3:45 pm Del Van Gorder School

HAINES JUNCTION

Daily Shakwak Pool - Family Swim 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Daily Shakwak Pool - Lane Swim 7:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre 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 Wed, Aug, 3-7 Shäna Dákeyi Käy -” Youth on Our Country” Kathleen Lake Campground Our Voices and Champagne Aishihik are pleased to share the 3rd Annual Our Voices Youth Gathering in partnership with CAFN sstrand@cafn.ca Thu, Aug, 4, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays

Thu, Aug, 4, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Aug, 4, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Aug, 4, Open Mic 7:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Aug, 4, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Aug, 4, 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, Aug, 5, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Fri, Aug, 5, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Fri, Aug, 5, Jammin’ Salmon The Midnight Sons 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 634-2867 villagebakeryyukon@ gmail.com Fri, Aug, 5, 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, Aug, 6, 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, Aug, 7, 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, Aug, 8, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Mon, Aug, 8, 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, Aug, 9, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Tue, Aug, 9, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Aug, 9, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Tue, Aug, 9, 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, Aug, 10, 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 867-3359769 info@sprucecottagefarm.com Wed, Aug, 10, Junction Open Mic Night 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Wed, Aug, 10, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Aug, 10, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Wed, Aug, 10, Kluane Short Films Night 7:30 pm Kluane National Park Visitor Centre films range from an overview of the Kluane Icefields to how mountaineering has changed over the years.

Thu, Aug, 11, Shakwak Pool - Moms and Tots 9:00 am Haines Junction Community Centre Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays Thu, Aug, 11, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Aug, 11, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Aug, 11, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Aug, 11, 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.

KENO CITY

Mon, Aug, 1-8 Music and Art Role Modeling Workshop Keno Alpine Interpretive Centre Spend the week painting and writing with or without mentors! Or come listen and watch because each evening there will be presentations. erik.vasseur@yahoo.ca

MARSH LAKE

Fri, Aug, 5, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Aug, 6, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Aug, 6, 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, Aug, 7, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Aug, 9, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired?

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Thu, Aug, 11, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre

TESLIN

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Tue, Aug, 9 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE

Fri, Aug, 5, Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sun, Aug, 7, 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 6677083 or Email lmca@northwestel.net 6677083 lmca@northwestel.net Tue, Aug, 9, Market Days 4:30 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Join us and get some real local products or come and sell what you have. Learn about the Mt. Lorne Commons Project. Just drop in and chat - meet the neighbors - the coffee is on.

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OLD CROW

Thu, Aug, 4, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Thu, Aug, 11, 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, Aug, 4, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sat, Aug, 6, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Aug, 6, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Aug, 9, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 pm Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

Tue, Aug, 9, Stayfit: Tagish 6:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Wed, Aug, 10, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Aug, 10, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Daily Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Lake Government Campground 15 km north of Teslin. Open at sunrise for 6 Hours.

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Wed, Aug, 10, Teslin Community Canoeing 7:00 pm Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre All minors must have life jackets and be accompanied by an adult.

Adult size life jackets will be provided and must be worn. 390-2532 Ext 333 Melaina. sheldon@ttc-teslin.com

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

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Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays all summer long! 536-8023 Sat, Aug, 6, 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.

Mon, Aug, 8, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Aug, 9, Parents and Tots 10:00 am Watson Lake Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun. 536-2125 Tue, Aug, 9, Youth Activites 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Beat the summer boredom, come and join us for outdoor fun at the recplex. Be prepared rain or shine.

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Sat, Aug, 6, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Aug, 6, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Sun, Aug, 7, St Michael’s - lobby 11:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Aug, 7, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Aug, 8, AKtive Elite Basketball Camp Haines Community Centre The AKtive Elite Basketball Camp will focus on fundamentals, attention to detail, mindset, and an array of drills that campers can take away and work on with others or on their own.

Mon, Aug, 8, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mon, Aug, 8, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Aug, 8, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Aug, 8, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Aug, 9, AKtive Elite Basketball Camp Haines Community Centre The AKtive Elite Basketball Camp will focus on fundamentals, attention to detail, mindset, and an array of drills that campers can take away and work on with others or on their own.

Tue, Aug, 9, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Aug, 9, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Aug, 9, Garden Club 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Aug, 10, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed, Aug, 10, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Aug, 10, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Aug, 10, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Aug, 10, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar Thu, Aug, 11, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Aug, 11, Outdoor Skills for Youth 3:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library

SKAGWAY

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Thu, Aug, 4, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 4, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 4, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Aug, 5, Spinning w/ Dena 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Aug, 5, Dance Dance Dance Night at the Red Onion Saloon 9:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Dance dance dance, shake it, boogie until you can’t, dance at the Red Onion Saloon Sat, Aug, 6, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation

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Tue, Aug, 9, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Aug, 9, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Aug, 10, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Aug, 10, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Aug, 10, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Thu, Aug, 11, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 11, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Aug, 11, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 11, Easy Does it YogaRestorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Aug, 11, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre

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Eastward Ho, at Last

After arson disrupted their travel plans, a Whitehorse couple picks up where they left off

by Ken Bolton

T

hey’re on the road again.

Bruce Barrett and Judy Forrest, the Whitehorse couple whose van was torched by an arsonist in British Columbia last month, are rebounding from the major setback in their retirement travel plan.

Barrett retired last December after 30 years as a heritage sites project officer with Tourism Yukon. Forrest’s last day on the job in the education field came at the end of June.

They had planned a leisurely trip across Canada, including a stint on an island in Ontario’s Georgian Bay to be with Barrett’s elderly mother, who has mobility issues.

All that changed suddenly early on the morning of July 6, with a loud banging on the door of their cabin on Shack Island, just

off Nanaimo.

“In that semi-comatose state, we simply couldn’t imagine what was going on, so we got up and one of our neighbours informed us that there was a fire in the parking lot where Shack Island people keep their vehicles,” Barrett says.

He and the neighbour quickly rowed across to the landing, first seeing the flashing lights of numerous fire engines and police vehicles, then clouds of steam and smoke rising from three vehicles that had been engulfed.

One of them was the cobaltblue 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon Westphalia he and Forrest had bought just three weeks earlier for their long-planned trip. Their home on wheels had been completely destroyed by a blaze so intense that two-thirds of the licence plate had melted away.

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“If there had been a wind, a south-easter, there’s a row of houses there, and it could have been a horrible neighbourhood disaster,” Forrest says. “But there was no wind, thank God.” Several days after the fact, Barrett clearly recalled his initial reaction.

“It didn’t sink in right away until literally I got over there and saw the smouldering remains of what had been our vehicle. It’s kind of just an internal, mental expletive, because the consequences of it take a little while to dawn on you.”

Forrest, meanwhile, was still on Shack Island, watching through binoculars from a nearby cabin. It wasn’t until Barrett returned and they were having tea and toast that they started assessing their situation.

“It was an absolutely beautiful morning, and we were looking at this spectacular sunrise and thinking, ‘Now what do we do?’” Barrett says.

“We sort of had a pretty good idea of what was ahead of us, because we’d spent a good part of the late spring preparing for our journey across the country, and we thought, ‘Okay. Now we get to do that all over again.’”

The pair are long-time Westphalia owners. Bruce bought his first one in 1974 and drove to Panama in it.

“We have been Volkswagen junkies since we’ve been together, which is coming on 40 years,” Forrest says.

“I’m not saying we’re cultists, but there’s definitely some kind of attachment that runs pretty deep,” Barrett adds.

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Bruce Barrett and Judy Forrest, exploring their temporary surroundings on Shack Island, in Nanaimo’s Hammond Bay, with their dog, Charlie Much of what they lost in the fire had been acquired over the years specifically because it fit a VW’s compact layout, but they also lost camping equipment and some of Forrest’s expensive orthopedic footwear, as well as her $200 ergonomically-correct walking stick.

Not to mention several items of more sentimental than monetary value.

“Our perfect little plastic egg cups,” Barrett offers.

“And our crib board,” Forrest chimes in.

“Yes, we had a Mister 29 original crib board that Judy’s father had given her, which you can’t get anymore. They are collector’s items. And there was a simple little chrome-covered stool that had gone through at least four Westphalias with us. So it was kind of a sentimental item.”

Although the van was insured, they haven’t received a settlement yet, but are confident it will meet much of the replacement cost.

The contents are another matter.

The deductible on their household insurance is high enough that they may forego making a claim.

Fortunately, Forrest’s nephew, George Maratos, immediately started a GoFundMe campaign to help defray their expenses. Within a few days, it had exceeded the

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Barrett says the response from friends and family, and even many Yukoners and others they don’t know, has been fantastic.

“As well as the contributions they made, so many people have made really supportive comments and just kind of encouragement to carry on. And, really, it’s with that encouragement we said, ‘Okay, we can’t drop this ball.’”

After six days of combing Vancouver Island for a replacement vehicle, even considering switching to something other than a VW, they located just what they wanted at a small dealership in Cobble Hill, north of Victoria.

“It is a 1995 Volkswagen Eurovan that’s been camperized by Winnebago. It’s a sweet little vehicle, I’ve gotta say,” Barrett reports.

After some fancy logistics to get insurance and registration papers, and a licence plate, from Yukon to Nanaimo, Barrett says they were set to close the deal, then indulge in some “retail therapy at thrift stores” to outfit the new vehicle.

Just 16 days after their dreams appeared shattered, he and Forrest were ready to roll again.

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

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