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Both tourists and locals alike flocking to the restaurant.

It’s a welcoming place, from the steps up onto the cozy front deck and its patio tables, through the entrance foyer to the dining room, which was originally opened as a tent frame bakery, called MacMillan’s Bakery, around 1900.

The checkered-cloth covered tables give a cozy vibe and the knickknacks set all about bring you right back to the 1900s.

My friend and I were seated across from each other at one end of a long table. The lunch menu features 20 delectable items to choose from, sporting fun names like Simply Sensational Stampeder Spinach Salad ($16.95), Hunka, Hunka, Beefy Love Burger ($16.95) and Put Some Pork on Your Fork Pulled Wild Boar Sandwich ($17.95).

It was a tough choice but I settled on the Vegetarian Delight Wrap: tomato, cucumber, red onion, lettuce, red pepper and “YUMmus” all wrapped up and served with Klondike Fries ($14.95).

I was listening so intently to my friend’s interesting stories that I read “YUMmus” as yam fries. Yeah, I know. So when my food came, I was confused, but the very friendly server put my consternation to rest and insisted that she change the order. In no time at all, I had what I thought I ordered and even though I realized the mistake had been mine, the staff would hear none of it.

My friend had two pieces of the World Famous Alaskan Halibut Fish and Chips ($23.95), along with the Klondike Caesar Salad ($14.95), as usual. It’s a favourite and, as usual, it did not disappoint.

We took our time eating and visiting, with the staff giving us ample opportunity to enjoy our lunch. We were sated.

It was so satisfying, in fact, that I returned the very next day with my usual companion. This time, however, I chose to sit on the back deck under the tent roof.

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The Hippie Burger Nice and bright with individual tables. Lots more knickknacks and sayings on bits of board there, as well, including the advice that the men’s facilities were on the left as

The food was excellent, the coffee hot, the staff welcoming.

It’s a fun place to eat.

women are always right.

This time I chose the KRS Hippie Veggie Burger ($14.95) and read the menu well enough to note that it would be accompanied by Klondike Fries “just to the right….” My companion, after much contemplation, picked the Robert Service’s Seafood Baked Dip ($14.95), which offers a choice of salmon or halibut, with artichokes, spinach, the fresh herbs and cheese in a rich cream sauce, baked until bubbling and served with homemade focaccia bread. Halibut was the choice.

The food was excellent, the coffee hot, the staff welcoming.

It’s a fun place to eat. It’s a fun place to be. And not only are the servers friendly, the owner, Dona Novecosky, comes out and kibitzes. Everyone has a great time, customers and staff alike.

Klondike Rib and Salmon is located at 2116 Second Ave. It is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Check it out.

Els Lundgaard is a Whitehorsebased writer and food lover.

She is writing about local restaurants, in alphabetical order. Next up: Legends.

Questions or comments about her articles can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Who’s Line is it Anyway?

On the Cover Gurdeep Pandher celebrates his love of nature with dance.

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Maybe Yours

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lationship as well, which is why it’s important that the drop-in include performances with an audience. For those who haven’t witnessed the energy of improv, Fidler encourages them to come to see one of the monthly shows.

“Everything changes when there’s an audience.

There’s always a little bit of magic when people think on their feet.”

The weekly dropin is not just for seasoned performers.

Maratos believes doing improv is a way to flex the creativity muscles that so often aren’t used to their potential. He’s seen this creativity bloom when teaching young students.

“Quiet kids that are still trying to find their niche suddenly have an outlet to channel their creativity,” he says. “It’s like PHOTO: by Bruce Barrett a switch going off.

They get it, and from there the Scenes from the Improv Project at the Guild Hall in March sky is the limit.”

Improv just might help a perof which can run for years, like reason, I’ll have to improvise out- son perform in real life, too. Some a soap opera. Some improv per- side of the lines or the script I’ve established improv troupes hire formances resemble a conven- been given,” he says. “If you keep out their services to help corportional play, with variations driven sharpening the tool, those mo- ate clients understand collaboraments are enjoyable rather than tion, adaptability and other skills by the audience. essential to improv.

For the Tuesday sessions, Fidler stressful.”

“Improv isn’t just about perMaratos appreciates improv and Maratos plan to run some improv games, then set up some for the way trust between the forming on a stage,” Maratos longer (but not long form) improv performers plays out. Actors rely said. “Two of the most important completely on each other to make guidelines to good improv are to scenes. the scene succeed, so trust is es- listen and to accept. I think that’s important in many things in life. sential.

“You are collaborating in the Work, relationships, being a humoment, trusting one another, man.”

Interested participants can and in most cases creating this one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-done- come to the Guild Hall every Tuesagain show,” he said. “The trust day from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. startrequired is a big one, both in your- ing Sept. 6. For more information self in that the idea you have will call 633-3550 or email YTGuildDaily, weekly and monthly rates work and in your fellow actors, Hall@gmail.com. that they’ll take what you are ofGlenda Koh is a Whitehorsefering or that they’ll make an ofFlat decks, cube vans, pick-ups, based writer who thinks on fer that works.”

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The audience is part of the re-

xpect the unexpected. This is good advice for both performers and audience at a typical improv event. Mind you, “typical” is a misnomer for a genre defined by having a unique performance every time.

If you’ve ever had a yen to create one-of-a-kind, hilarious scenes, get yourself to the Guild Hall every Tuesday at 8 p.m. for two hours of drop-in improv classes.

Artistic Director Brian Fidler and local performer George Maratos will be leading participants through improv activities. Once a month, they’ll put their skills to the stage with a performance.

“This got its start last season with a project at the Guild called the Improv Project,” Fidler explained. A core group of performers did an ongoing improv show that was part of the regular season, Fidler said.

Its success was interpreted by Fidler and Maratos to mean that both audience and performers had an appetite for more of this type of theatre, where anything can happen.

Before we get too far, a note on terminology: “improv” is short for “improvisational theatre,” and refers to an unscripted performance

that takes its cues from various sources, such as the audience or prompts provided on stage.

Improv can take many forms.

In short form improv, scenes last a few minutes each. In long form improv, scenes are linked by common characters or settings, some

“It’s an opportunity and a venue for people to build their skills and do some games. But really, it’s a platform to play.”

Fidler enjoys improv because it hones his skills as a performer.

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Brothers Dave and Mark Shultz (played by Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum) both won gold medals in the Olympics in 1984, making them crown royalty in the wrestling world.

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John du Pont has a yen to make his mark in the wrestling world, departing from family tradition – the Du Ponts were renowned in the more genteel world of horse breeding.

He invites Mark to live at one of the family estates to assist him in assembling a competitive wrestling team that will, among other things, make America great again.

Long used to living in his brother’s shadow, Mark briefly warms in the glow of John du Pont’s regard, but one little item becomes impossible to ignore: this du Pont is seriously deranged.

Soon Mark is the target of du Pont’s wild mood swings, and it’s questionable if he can recover enough confidence to compete again. What this situation needs is the eminently sane, nurturing presence of Dave – but even Dave can’t remain impervious to du Pont’s enticements.

The screenplay, by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, is based on Mark Schultz’s memoir, but much of Foxcatcher unfolds without exposition. One reviewer commented that you could watch it

with the sound off and still understand the complexities of the relationships as they unfold. In the first scene with Mark and Dave together, 30 pages of dialogue went into the wrestling practice that brings them together, but it’s all relayed through their physicality.

Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum are brilliant as the Schultz brothers, illuminating the private, idiosyncratic life of competitive wrestlers.

As John du Pont, Steve Carell is transformed through makeup and his own performance into a man raised in such wealth and privilege that when he has a hankering to play with an army tank, the military will deliver.

In a brief appearance as his mother, Vanessa Redgrave is the personification of the chilly portraits of generations of du Ponts that haunt the rooms of their many mansions.

Marianne Darragh is a regular visitor to the DVD shelf in the Whitehorse Public Library.

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Four Years on the Road and Still Going Strong

Chasing Dreams

by Becky Striegler

sion repertoire. Karisa plays the keyboard, ukulele, cymbals and glockenspiel.

“We definitely have a lot of gear for just two people. It takes about 30 to 40 minutes to set up.”

It was all about creating a fuller, engaging sound with just two people.

Audiences have been encouraging.

“We were continuing to write songs and we felt were getting better responses to our live shows… it’s almost easier after four years, “ Cie says.

The road has been great for their relationship, he says, which involves spending “every waking second together.”

As for the leap from security? It

was worth it, says Cie, but it took a keen awareness of what each would bring to the partnership: his business and marketing skills and her ability to connect with almost anyone.

“You need to take an educated approach to that leap,” he says.

Cie and Karisa Hoover play in Dawson City on Sept. 14 and 15 at the Westminster Hotel. They play in Whitehorse on Sept. 16 at the Miner’s Daughter and on Sept. 17 at the Woodcutter’s Blanket. For more information go to YouKnewMeWhen.com or check out their “You Knew Me When” Facebook page.

Becky Streigler is a Whitehorsebased writer.

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Cie and Karisa Hoover, as You Knew Me When, are playing in Dawson on Sept. 14 and 15, and in Whitehorse Sept. 16 and 17

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e Found Roads is their latest album – and also the personal story of Cie and Karisa Hoover.

They are a two-person indie rock band called You Knew Me When, currently singing, playing and camping their way through Alaska and the Yukon. Their road trip is one of growth for their music, their relationship and their lives as a whole.

“We are definitely advocates of chasing dreams,” Cie says, during an interview from somewhere on the Alaska Highway. Their Facebook pages revel in scenes of their northern adventure, with photos of mountains, glaciers, signpost forests and roadside bison. “We saw our first moose the other day!” he says.

Their dreams were different in the early 2000s, when they both arrived in Nashville for college: Karisa to study music education and Cie to pursue the music business. They met in their freshmen years and married in 2008.

She became a tenured public

school music teacher. He was an event manager for Gibson Guitar, traveling the world attending trade shows and festivals.

They loved their busy, wellpaying jobs and comfortable Nashville home. “But we were missing out on the creative side,” Cie says.

He recalls being in Puerto Rico for their first anniversary. Karisa had a ukulele and he had a guitar.

“We wrote a song on the beach.

And we said, ‘Oh… why have we never played music together before?’”

They literally found harmony blending their styles. “She’s very taught and very educated about all the theory behind the music; I’m self-taught,” he says. “I’m very raw and she’s very refined.”

In 2012, they left their jobs and home to tour for a year. At the end, “It seemed silly to go back…

We were still enjoying it and we were able to make a living doing it.”

So they are still on the road, in their van named Jack, having travelled through all lower 48

states and performed in countless venues, including 133 craft breweries.

“It’s just one of those things… the people that appreciate craft beer tend to appreciate independent music, so they tend to be good community gathering places.”

As they’ve travelled, they’ve expanded from vocals, guitar and keyboard.

Cie first added a kick drum.

“Then once I got that I thought I have another foot so let’s see if I can do something with that.”

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his was an extreme situation, but I once pulled up to the ramp to put my boat in the water and a Zodiac owner had just pulled his inflatable out of the water and onto the ramp.

He and his companion then proceeded for at least half an hour to disassemble and pack up their boat right there on the ramp with me obviously waiting.

As I said, this was an extreme situation, but there are numerous shorter term delays caused by people who don’t know, or don’t care, about being reasonable to others.

Most boat launches have some grassy area next to them where operations such as disassembling a Zodiac could take place.

Failing that, a caring inflatable owner could just put his boat back into the water for five minutes while the waiting crew launched their boat.

Aside from the uncaring attitude (“it’s all about me!”) the problem is that people too often aren’t ready to launch just yet, but pull onto the ramp anyway. If nobody else is there, or on the rare occasion when there is a lineup, that’s okay as you can complete loading the boat without losing your place in line.

In most cases, the tie-down straps can be undone before you are on the ramp. The drain-plug only takes a few seconds to put in place, but if it’s one of many “just a few seconds” operations it should be done before getting onto the ramp. Coolers, extra clothes fishing tackle etc. should be in the boat before being on the ramp or put into the boat after launching if the shoreline allows beaching or docking.

Where to park the vehicle and trailer is the next move to consider. Squanga Lake launch is at the bottom of a reasonably steep hill so a vehicle/trailer turn-around area is located right by the ramp.

Sadly, this space is usually filled with trucks and empty trailers where boaters use it as a parking space rather than leaving it open as a turn-around.

Accurately backing the boat trailer is actually fairly easy with practice, but it’s amazing how clumsy we can be on some occasions. Practice makes it easier to perform when there is the pressure of a lineup at the ramp and an audience. Space for practicing maneuvers is available after hours at any of the big-box store parking lots or even your own driveway.

Try forcing yourself to only use the mirrors rather than looking around to see where you are going. Having a spotter outside the vehicle really helps expedite the launch and also makes the operation safer.

Launch and retrieval can be ornery and even dangerous in a stiff current or choppy conditions. If it’s too rough , think about going to a different place. In reasonable but challenging conditions, back the trailer so the rear end is angled into the waves or current to make it somewhat easier to get onto the trailer. Having a spotter/assistant makes the operation easier and quicker.

Some Yukon boat launches are in deplorable condition with huge cracks or settled slabs which can easily damage your trailer. With our changing water levels some launches, for example the Squanga Lake launch, require you to back right off the end of the ramp before your boat can float. Some trailers get hung up off the end of the ramp and towing them out of that situation can often do damage to axles, fenders lights etc.

Take a moment to check out the ramp condition before undertaking a launch. Your “hung-up” trailer also blocks others from using the ramp.

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself. He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and retired hunter education coordinator for the Government of Yukon.

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The Tale of the Tinder-Q

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ay you’re a single person throwing a barbecue. No stranger to the rigours of quality event coordination, you line up a food and drink theme, secure a donated fire pit, invite all your friends and lots of peeps you know but never really hang out with. Cute flyers are made.

Fancy sausages ordered from the butcher shop. The weather even cooperates with the bluest of skies.

But what happens when you take it to the next level and invite all your Tinder matches to your barbecue? This is the the story of inviting eight Tinder matches to my Bison Chorizo Margarita Party.

I hadn’t been on the app for very long at this point; probably a week or so. Here’s a character rundown: Two matches were handsome friends who were working or out of town that night.

Two were Alaskans, back in Alaska. One match was a traveler, now also in, you guessed it, Alaska.

One Whitehorse guy said he was too tired from being out on the water all day. He also said he had sand in his bum (?), and after that reveal I didn’t really pressure him to come.

Another match said he was getting ready to go out staking the next day, so was taking it easy. And the last one was a baseball player in town for a tournament, very eager to attend.

So I’m at my barbecue, with my phone hooked up on a Lana Del Rey playlist. Every time I got a Tinder notification, and I got a lot, the music stopped. Total newb mistake.

Lesson #1, put the radio on CJUC instead.

WOW. So very

I asked my friends if I should I have this baseball guy over.

There was a decidedly mixed response. I texted him, saying prove to me you’re not the bad kind of weirdo. This party is at my house. Safety first, y’all.

We keep chatting. He definitely wants to try some bison sausage. I consider saving him one and meeting him later on a dog walk, instead of inviting him over. This guy and I have zero friends in common.

He didn’t write a bio, which is never a good sign. As the delicious margaritas progressed, I told my friends I was gonna have him over, four promptly took that as their cue to leave.

Lesson #2 is that when you plan your very own Tinder-Q, consider that the introverts are gonna get real uncomfortable with this.

So, I’m talking about the BBQ to Mr. Baseball, mentioning that it is pretty chill, as I have like a number of pregnant friends right now. He messages, “Naughty girls.”

WOW. So very many things wrong with that statement. Swift as Taylor, I unmatched.

And that was that.

So, what happens when you invite all your matches to your barbecue? No one came, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

He found me on another dating site the next day and apologized. I did not reply.

Next on What’s Up Tinder: the Dawson Tinder Report.

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Amelia Merhar was a Whitehorse-based writer. Now she’s writing from Toronto, where she goes to university, and fishes from a bigger pool.

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A Little Off the Top with Ken Bolton

Out of the basement, into the parks

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he clever people who invented Pokémon Go obviously did not have my generation in mind when they launched the new smartphone craze that’s taking the world by storm.

When you give the name Snorlax to one of your ethereal and elusive characters, an oldtimer might be forgiven for assuming it’s some new bedtime potion to promote regularity. Kind of a hightech Senokot® S for the prune brigade.

I know, I know. I’m supposed to be standing on my porch yelling, “Hey, you. Stay off my lawn!” whenever a throng of P-Go players roams through the neighbourhood, eyes glued to their rectangular screens.

And I realize I’m supposed to huff and puff about the idiots who will wander into busy thoroughfares, so wrapt in pursuit of cartoon combatants they don’t realize their lives are hanging in the balance.

To my eternal shame, the cynic in me says it’s just one more way Mother Nature has chosen to cull the herd. Without those weak links in the genetic chain that make the rest of us feel superior, what would be the point of having the Darwin Awards every year?

At the risk of having my Geezerhood membership revoked for

not conforming to the stereotypes of my age and stage in life, I’m going to come right out and say it: Pokémon Go is a great invention.

Forget the theory that it’s an elaborate ploy by CSIS or Homeland Security to harvest your personal data. If it’s any kind of conspiracy, look to the mobile carriers who stand to reap gazillions in excess data charges.

Personally, I have no intention of downloading the app any time soon, or neglecting meal times and other important calls of nature to play it, as a true devotee would. But it does have a certain appeal.

Granted, the game’s sillylooking animated characters lack the warmth and personality of a famous craze from my earlier days, the Pet Rock. And it may not have the squiggly charm of earlier fads, such as swallowing live goldfish, or stuffing hordes of college students into a phone booth.

Still, as mindless social fetishes go, this one actually has some merits.

For one thing, it adds a social component to a gaming culture that is often associated with obsessive-compulsive kids locked for hours in mortal electronic combat in the lonely depths of the family basement.

With this game, at least they’re

out and about with clusters of their peers, visibly having harmless fun in public places. They’re not burning park benches, or spraying innocent walls with notso-innocent graffiti, or slumping sullenly through alleys like zombie wannabes.

Equally important, they’re accidentally getting some physical exercise, walking for miles in pursuit of characters to capture at Pokestops and transport to a virtual “gym” to engage in pointscoring combats.

Along the way, they are getting to know their communities a little better. They may even help restore a sense of life to some public

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Pokemon Go brings virtual reality outside spaces that have grown sterile and uninviting over the years.

Even a diehard Geezer can’t argue with that.

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

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Whitehorse EVENTS ARTS SHOWS Until, Sep, 30, Art Show: Hands of Time: Bush Women on the Land Arts Underground Indigenous artists who honour bush women who continue to maintain and protect our traditional way of life on the land. This group exhibition emphasizes the bush woman hunting, trapping, fishing, and preparing meat through two-dimensional work.

Until, Sep, 30, Art Show: Mary Caesar - My Healing Journey Arts Underground Mary Caesar, her artistic works based on her experiences at Lower Post Residential School.

Creating art has contributed greatly to her healing journey. She paints in contemporary and representational styles and forms to depict her many experiences at the school. Painting her experiences is a way for her to cope and heal from the memories of the trauma and abuse that she suffered.

Until, Oct, 29, The Art of the Ordinary: us-centric Photography Arts Underground The images in this exhibit, drawn from a number of collections of Yukon Archives, are collectively known as “vernacular” photographs. Vernacular photography is a term that encompasses a wide range of photographic practices and is essentially everything that fine art photography is not – ordinary, popular, everyday images.

Sep, 8- Nov, 25, Our Home is Our Gallery Yukon Arts Centre. Yukon Arts Centre will host a guest curator for the September 8 November 26 exhibit entitled Our Home is Our Gallery.

Thu, Sep, 15, Art Opening: Beyond Focus Leslie Leong 5:00 pm Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Leslie’s practice began with photography but expanded into multidisciplinary work, often involving non-traditional materials and techniques. 393-4848

LIVE MUSIC

Thu, Sep, 8 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Thu, Sep, 8 Jam Night with Scott Maynard 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu, Sep, 8 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Sep, 8 Yukon Live Music Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Fri, Sep, 9 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Sep, 9 Jon Steel 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Sep, 9 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Sep, 9 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Sep, 10 Jarvis Street Saloon Saturday Sociable Jam 3:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on ours! (867) 668-4567 Ext: 300 Sat, Sep, 10 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Sep, 10 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Sep, 11 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel Sun, Sep, 11 The Band’s The LAST WALTZ Live 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Whitehorse musicians getting together to perform a tribute to The Band’s epic final performance at the Gold Pan Saloon.

Mon, Sep, 12 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Sep, 13 Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Sep, 13 Yukon Live Music Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Wed, Sep, 14 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Sep, 14 Karaoke with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Sep, 15 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and genre.

Thu, Sep, 15 Jam Night with Scott Maynard 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu, Sep, 15 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Sep, 15 Yukon Live Music Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

GENERAL EVENTS

Thu, Sep, 8, 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, Sep, 8, Whitehorse Food Bank food pick-up 3:30 pm Whitehorse Food Bank 867-393-2265 Thu, Sep, 8, 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.

Fri, Sep, 9, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Sep, 9, FASD International Day Celebration 12:00 pm Shipyards Park Join Fassy at Shipyards Park for a BBQ Lunch! We will be celebrating International FASD Day and we’ll also do the draw for the raffle. 393-4948 Sat, Sep, 10, Smack Down in Derby Town 6:00 pm Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Yukon Roller Girls take on Sea to Sky Sirens from Squamish, BC. There will be a beer garden, merchandise for sale, family and suicide seating, and a half time show with local talent- Company of the White Wolf. Don’t miss it!! Come support your local roller girls!

Sat, Sep, 10, UFC 203 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sun, Sep, 11, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 pm Arts Underground Noninstructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun, Sep, 11, Paint Party 4:00 pm Mt McIntyre Rec Centre (Ski Chalet) Spaces limited to sign up please contact Jamie via phone 335 -9115 or by email paintpartyyukon@gmail.com Mon, Sep, 12, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-6686280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576

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Mon, Sep, 12, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Mon, Sep, 12, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Sep, 12, Whitehorse Community Choir 6:00 pm Whitehorse United Church Like to sing Christmas music? Drop in and register for Whitehorse Community Choir, we`re holding registration over two nights.

First rehearsal starts at 7:15 p.m. All welcome, no previous experience necessary, just a willingness to learn the music. Email for further details Tue, Sep, 13, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests! 456-4792 Tue, Sep, 13, National Theatre’s A View from the Bridge 7:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre In a View from the Bridge the great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom.

Tue, Sep, 13, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Wed, Sep, 14, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Sep, 14, Wayback Wednesdays: Storytelling Evening: The Spell of the Yukon 5:30 pm MacBride Museum Fall under the spell of the Yukon, whether it is under the northern lights, or the midnight sun. 667-2709 Wed, Sep, 14, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 pm A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Sep, 14, Drunken Lectures: Season Kickoff 7:00 pm Baked Cafe Drunken Lectures Round 8. Come and join a night of exciting educational entertainment. FIRST Drunken Lectures of the season! 8 not-quite sober speakers, 8 topics, 8 minutes each Come join the fun. You might just learn something.

Wed, Sep, 14, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Sep, 15, Radioactive Waste: Invisible Danger of Oil & Gas Development and Fracking 6:00 pm Beringia Centre Join us at the Beringia Centre for a presentation from Dr. Avner Vengosh, who is a leading expert on the environmental and human health impacts resulting from oil and gas development and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Doors open at 6pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm Thu, Sep, 15, 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, Sep, 15, Tale of a Town 7:30 pm The Old Fire Hall The Tale of a Town is a nationwide site-specific theatre and media project that is being developed in collaboration with The National Arts Centre of Canada.

KIDS & FAMILIES

Mondays - Saturdays Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This dropin includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Sep, 8, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 6688698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome

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Fri, Sep, 9, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 am MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Sep, 9, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 6688698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sat, Sep, 10, Imagination Station 10:00 am Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library books! All Ages Welcome Sat, Sep, 10, Family Free Play Dropin 12:00 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sun, Sep, 11, Cave Art 1:00 pm Beringia Centre 667-8855 Join us as we attempt to revive this ancient art form. This is an all ages program and regular admission applies.

Mon, Sep, 12, Family Free Play Dropin 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Sep, 13, Family Free Play Dropin 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Sep, 13, Youth Respond to Colonialism 4:00 pm Splintered Craft 332-7699 A six week series of discussions, films and art making with Joseph Tisiga, call or drop in for more information.

Tue, Sep, 13, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza 456-4792 Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests!

Tue, Sep, 13, Book Club 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Sep, 14, Family Free Play Dropin 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, Sep, 15, Family Free Play Dropin 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome

MEETING & WORKSHOPS

Until Sept 21 Building a Path to Wellness Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Your wellness journey starts with that first step, please contact us via email or phone. 633-7850 Thu, Sep, 8, Scaling for success: Business Growth Workshop 12:00 pm (co)space coworking space` This lunchtime session, will take you through the basics of taking your startup or business to the next level – developing a growth strategy, avoiding common mistakes, and understanding who your customer is.

Thu, Sep, 8, Nail Your Pitch Workshop 12:00 pm (co)space coworking space` In this lunchtime workshop, you will learn what makes a great Pitch and how to make the most of 60 seconds. Already have a Pitch?

Use the session for feedback and to make it even better! Learn about the opportunities for local entrepreneurs, workshops, mentoring, and more.

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Sat, Sep, 10, 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.

Sun, Sep, 11, Cave Art 1:00 pm Beringia Centre Join us as we attempt to revive this ancient art form. This is an all ages program and regular admission applies. 667-8855 Sun, Sep, 11, Paint Party 4:00 pm Mt McIntyre Rec Centre (Ski Chalet) Spaces limited to sign up please contact Jamie via phone 335 -9115 or by email paintpartyyukon@gmail.com Mon, Sep, 12, Porter Creek Community Association Regular Meeting 5:15 pm The Guild Hall All Welcome, email or call Jim for more information. 633-4829 Mon, Sep, 12, Regular Council Meeting 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council Chambers Tue, Sep, 13, Youth Respond to Colonialism 4:00 pm Splintered Craft A six week series of discussions, films and art making with Joseph Tisiga, call or drop in for more information. 3327699 Tue, Sep, 13, Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual General Meeting 5:30 pm Whitehorse Public Library Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. We will also be electing a new Board of Directors, and celebrating our invaluable volunteers.

Tue, Sep, 13, Taking your Pitch to the Next Level 6:00 pm (co)space coworking space` In this workshop, you will cover the more advanced areas of pitching and funding your business.

Already have a Pitch? Contact Us. Learn about the opportunities for local entrepreneurs, workshops, mentoring, and more. Network and share ideas.

Wed, Sep, 14, Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking?

Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication.

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Wed, Sep, 14, Porter Creek Secondary School Council AGM 6:30 pm Porter Creek Secondary School Porter Creek Secondary School Council AGM meeting in the library, all welcome.

Thu, Sep, 15, Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certified trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the fitness kickboxing revolution. Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout.

Thu, Sep, 15, Radioactive Waste: Invisible Danger of Oil & Gas Development and Fracking 6:00 pm Beringia Centre Join us at the Beringia Centre for a presentation from Dr. Avner Vengosh, who is a leading expert on the environmental and human health impacts resulting from oil and gas development and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Doors open at 6pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

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Gurdeep Pandher uses Bhangra dancing to share the beauty of Yukon with the world

Footloose and Fancy Free Spreading joy with Bhangra dance moves

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PHOTO: Gurdeep Pandher

n the first of August, Gurdeep Pandher celebrated 10 years in Canada.

“It’s been such a wonderful journey,” he says. His voice is light and full of joy and laughter.

In the past decade, Pandher has lived in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and even briefly in Toronto. Living in different cities has allowed him to experience much of Canada, as have road trips throughout the country.

He came to Yukon in 2011 and from that first day, he knew it would become his home.

“The first day, I met so many people and they took me to Robert Service Campground, and we had a party!”

The warm welcome and Yukon hospitality had him returning the next year with his bags and belongings to stay awhile.

Pandher has an undeniable happiness about him and an enthusiastic smile and laugh that is contagious to those around him. It is no surprise that he finds people are friendly wherever he goes. He explains that it is easy to see the the good in people when you “choose what you see.”

Beyond the people, Pandher has a great appreciation for the “nature, mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, parks, (and) farms” of the Yukon. He comes from a family and culture of farmers and finds “close emotional ties with farming.”

Wherever he goes, he visits and connects with the local farms. In Saskatchewan, the wheat farms reminded him of home and would draw him to rural communities.

The farming culture of Punjab connects him to Bhangra dancing. The dance is meant to celebrate a hard day’s work and “take all your stress away,” says Pandher. “It’s considered a happy dance.”

For Pandher living in Canada, it is also a dance that brings people together. It connects people across cultures.

“Almost all kinds of people, all communities – they participate. Dance and music are universal languages,” Pandher says. Languages, he says, that can help join people in fun and

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overcome “racism, countries, and colours.”

In the Yukon, Pandher has been teaching almost since he first arrived. At a Halloween party in his first home, the guests began talking about cultures, and Pandher shared his Punjabi culture along with a demonstration of Bhangra dancing. One of the guests was working for the Yukon Literacy Coalition at the time, and invited him to the Canada Games Centre to give a lesson. The lesson was well attended and when he offered another one the following week, over 20 people came to dance.

After a few months at there, Pandher moved his lessons to the Centre de la francophonie. It was an opportunity to teach dance while also building relationships with the Francophone community.

This year has been a great year for his dancing. National media and people from all over the country have been paying attention and reaching out to him. Pandher has been interviewed on CTV and even featured on Buzzfeed.com.

After a summer break, Pandher will resume teaching Bhangra in the fall. Classes are offered on a drop-in and pay what you decide basis – for Pandher, it is all about “sharing the love of dance.”

Pandher is working on his plan for classes in Whitehorse, Dawson City, and possibly in the communities. In addition, he hopes to travel and teach in cities across Canada, as well.

Beyond being a dance that will sweep you off your feet and have you smiling as you get your groove on, it is also one that is sure to shed pounds. One of his students lost 20 pounds from dancing, and Pandher himself keeps on getting leaner.

“It’s a fitness activity,” he says.

“If you don’t want to run, you don’t want to go to the gym, you can come to these classes.”

Find out about upcoming dance lessons, or follow the dancing adventures of Gurdeep on his website gurdeep.ca or Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/ YukonBhangra Selene Vakharia is a Whitehorsebased writer.

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Muscles are the largest storage area and hold, on average, 400 grams of glycogen. Experienced endurance athletes are able to store more thanks to increased muscle mass.

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If you make a fist like you were going to fight someone, your closed fist would represent the steelhead. Steelhead are revered as the strongest fighting fish, pound for pound of any fish in North America. Although steelhead are related to salmon, the major difference is that steelhead can often return to spawn more than once. Like salmon they are born in fresh water, go to the ocean for four or more years, and return with an attitude.

Steelhead caught in the U.S. must be a minimum of 36 inches long. This would be the fish of a lifetime. As always, check the regulations.

Okay, stop looking at your hand. Tight Lines.

Paul Rath is an avid fisherman and freelance writer, who lives on the Haines Highway.

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volves passing a hook through the open mouth of the salmon as they wait to move upstream.

Now, your middle finger, no, don’t hold it that way, stands for the biggest salmon: the chinook, also known as spring salmon, and by our American neighbours it’s known as king salmon. The world record for a chinook salmon, caught and released on the Skeena River In northern BC, was 99.1 pounds. A “tyee” is a chinook salmon that weighs 30 pounds or more.

The next largest finger, is the ring finger and it stands for the next largest salmon, the coho.

This is my favourite salmon to catch, eat, and smoke. They do not get as big as the chinooks, but they put up an aggressive fight and have more oil in the meat, which makes a very nice smoked product. In the U.S. Coho are known as “silvers”.

Lastly, you have the pinky finger, which stands for pink salmon, which are also known as “humpies” because of the the large hump that develops on the backs

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emembering the five species of Pacific salmon is as easy as counting the fingers on your hand.

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Chum salmon’s nickname, dog salmon, is derived from the look of the bottom teeth, which resemble canine teeth as the fish mature.

Next is your index finger, which we’ll use to stand for sockeye.

Sockeye are prized for their deep, rich colour and excellent flavour. They are wonderful when smoked. In some communities, sockeye is deemed to be the only salmon worth eating. Period. Our American neighbours call them “reds” because of the deep red colour they turn as they spawn.

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September 8, 2016

Capturing a Country’s Memories

Local voices help tell the story of downtown Canada in The Tale of a Town - Whitehorse

by Ken Bolton

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hen Charles Ketchabauw and Lisa Marie DiLiberto rolled into Whitehorse late last month, they weren’t your typical rubber-tire tourists.

Sure, they had two small kids and a teardrop trailer in tow, which made their eight-day journey from Toronto what DiLiberto terms “epic and absurd.”

But they weren’t here to drink in the sights and sample Yukon hospitality. They came to create the next chapter in the sprawling, ambitious story-sharing adventure called The Tale of a Town - Canada.

Documentary theatre. Dramatized travelogue. Oral history on steroids and wheels. The Great Nostalgia Roadshow.

No single descriptor perfectly captures a project that has propelled the Toronto-based couple onto Canada’s freeways and byroads – even onto an Arctic adventure ship – for the past three summers.

“In its absurdity, it’s super fun and exciting,” DiLiberto says.

“The challenge to do the whole country in three years and do a show in every province and territory was a crazy idea. We just had to commit to it.”

The project’s origins trace back to 2007, when DiLiberto had been on tour with a “docu-comedy” called Tale of a T-shirt, about the origin of clothing.

“As I was coming back, I was really excited to go and visit all the downtowns along the way, and see how they would be different,” she says.

Instead of uniqueness, what

struck her most was a sense of uniformity.

“In all these communities across Canada, there are all these big-box stores surrounding the edge and all these sort of dying downtowns in the middle. And that made me a little sad and nostalgic for my own downtown.”

As a theatre-maker with a background in clown and communityengaged arts, her first instinct was to do a show about “how amazing downtowns can be, and all the memories they hold.”

She hoped to encourage people to “frequent their downtowns, and continue to develop that kind of community downtown.”

DiLiberto began with a onewoman show about Toronto’s Parkdale district, where she and Ketchabauw have lived for the past nine years. It later got picked up by Theatre Passe Muraille, and Tale of a Town - Queen West was born.

Ketchabauw’s work as an audio producer and engineer offered a natural complement to her theatre skills when they conceived the idea of interviewing people

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name of Fixt POiNT, they travel to selected cities and towns and set up shop with their teardrop trailer serving as a storymobile.

Community members are invited to share their memories about places, people and events from their own Main Street experience.

Themes and even specific stories often overlap, with variations from speaker to speaker.

“Even if they don’t think they have a story to tell, there’s something extraordinary in their ordinary, everyday lives,” DiLiberto says.

Within a few short PHOTO: Charles Ketchabauw weeks, these recollections and reflections are woven into a Whitehorse theatre artist performance piece that may be Geneviève Doyon (left) joins staged in an abandoned store or Toronto-based artists Lisa some other locale that reinforces the theme of the piece.

Marie DiLiberto and Charles Local designers, actors, musiKetchabauw in downtown cians and other artists carry much Whitehorse to collect local of the freight in each show. But stories for the touring while the style and content may differ radically from one comshow The Tale of a Town munity to another, humour and the storytellers’ actual voices are combo of audio and performance. consistent elements.

“It’s really cool to bring all the We call them performance instalpeople we interview back togethlations,” she says.

Operating under the company er, to hear their voices in a collecacross the country to capture “the collective community memory” of Canada’s main streets.

“We started to record them and embed the audio into the performance, and from there the form and style has developed to what we do now, which is sort of a

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tion of stories – to hear how their ordinary stories are quite extraordinary when they’re combined with everybody else’s story.”

As the project’s artistic director, DiLiberto understands the common desire to hold onto the past, but her attitude toward change has altered somewhat.

“As we started the project, I thought, ‘Oh, we need to bring downtown back,’” she admits.

“But the more we do it, the more I realize the town’s never going to be the same as it was, so we have to think about how we can reinvent our downtowns. What can we offer in the downtown that we can’t get somewhere else?”

The upcoming shows in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories will put the last two territorial pegs into the national cribbage board of Tale of a Town.

To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary next year, DiLiberto and Ketchabauw will travel from coast to coast to coast again, with a compilation show called Re: Main Street, featuring stories and voices from across Canada.

The preview of The Tale of a Town - Whitehorse will take place Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Old Fire Hall, beginning at 8 p.m.

There will be three performances on each of the subsequent three days, at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

For the project’s story map and daily interview updates, check out The Tale of a Town on Facebook.

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

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It is the mandate of the Youth Council to represent the voices of the youth and to ensure that those voices are heard. The Youth Council is meeting at least once a month even though the constitution states they only need to meet once a year.

LSCFN has been hiring youth to work on the renovations of the Administration Building and providing training opportunities within the community for the youth.

In May 2016, the Youth Council held a contest for an official logo, at the end of the contest the Youth Council awarded $150 cash prize to Teagan Unterschute for the new Youth Council logo.

Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation defines Youth as a citizen from the age of 13 to 24.

Teagan Unterschute was

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July 2016 LSCFN held a Youth Retreat at Airport Lake. It was coordinated by Marian and Nina, the events were organised and run by Teagan Unterschute. Some of the events that were held included a treasure hunt, crafts, indian bingo, a water balloon fight, capture the flag, and also a family day. 17 youths attended.

CARMACKS REC CENTRE The Recreation Centre is run by the Village of Carmacks and has programs for the youth. They host annual events such as floor hockey tournaments and curling. The Village of Carmacks is planning to renovate the Rec Centre and build a new indoor skating rink with artificial ice.

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September 8, 2016

Keep Your Bus on the Road

by Bobbi Rhodes

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indful breath in, mindful breath out, mindful breath in why did he say that to me what a jerk I can’t believe he blamed me it’s not my fault, crap, right, mindful breath in…

Yup, I know you’ve experienced this. Anyone who has ever tried to meditate or be mindful has experienced this.

You sit down, intent on trying this mindfulness stuff, get comfortable, relax, close your eyes and start to focus on your breathing.

Then BAM! The Little Nag in your head starts yapping at you and you can’t shut her up. She’s not comfortable with silence, she needs to make noise, a lot of noise, all the time. She needs your attention.

Your ego, aka The Little Nag, feeds off of your attention and keeps you living in a fog – not really here, not really present.

Your ego builds its strength by constantly reminding you of your shortfalls, your successes, your superiority, your ambition, your failures. Without recognizing your ego as The Little Nag and not who you truly are, you will forever and un-knowingly be at her mercy, while your life passes you by.

I spent the first 40 years of my life not knowing that The Little Nag was not really me, not really who I was. I didn’t know that I could separate myself from the voice in my head and, by doing that, find a doorway to peace and happiness.

I spent 40 years wringing myself out through stress, suffering constant headaches, fatigue, illness and panic attacks. I made myself and those around me suffer needlessly, all because The

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Little Nag kept making mountains out of molehills.

Then I learned about mindfulness and meditation.

Now, like most people in this modern era of chaos, I had tried meditation before. Sit on a cushion, pretzel yourself up, close your eyes and try to focus, but all you can focus on is the pain in your knees and the multitude of junk racing around your brain.

“This is stupid. I can’t do this.

I must be doing it wrong.”

Well, in a way, I was doing it wrong. Not because I couldn’t do it, but because I didn’t know that I could just let the thoughts go, float by and not get carried away with them. I didn’t know that if I focused on feeling my breath come and go, that I would be able to let the thoughts go and be present.

Imagine this: you’re driving your bus. You’re driving down a long, straight, simple road. From that road there are side streets, alleys, driveways, exits. There are other cars and pedestrians.

Your goal is to just keep driving, down that straight and simple road, while letting all of the turns and people and noise pass you by. The Little Nag is at the back of the bus where you put her: Turn right! Turn left! Speed up! Slow down! Look at that!

Now, being a present and aware driver, you can’t help but see the side streets, the exits, the pedestrians – but you don’t have to follow them. You see them, acknowledge them, and let them go. Right turn down Parenting Street – nope, just let it pass. Exit off to Work Highway – nope, pass it by. Pizza delivery guy cut you off – oh well, just keep going. Just keep your bus on the road.

This is not easy. It is simple,

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but not easy. Your ego, The Little Nag, will not like being unheard at the back of the bus. She will make a fuss, she will yell at you and demand your attention, and sometimes she’ll get it.

Just remember to acknowledge her and what she is bringing up, and then let her and her noise go. You are driving the bus, you have the power to leave her at the back, pass by all the right and left turns, and just keep moving forward.

Mindfulness, like driving, takes practice. You didn’t learn how to ride a bike or drive a car in one day, and you won’t learn how to be mindful in one day. Be patient and compassionate with yourself.

By recognizing The Little Nag and driving your bus anyway, you have already made huge progress. Don’t push yourself and struggle to get there quickly.

Just relax and enjoy the drive.

Bobbi is a head case who studies and practices mindfulness and meditation in hopes of one day being sane.

Her sincere hope is to learn and share and maybe help other people find sanity through mindfulness and meditation.

She lives in Whitehorse with her family, two dogs and a hamster.

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Left to Right: Len Williams, Kyle Doll

Kluane Freight Lines Ltd Announces New Shipping Agreement with G-P Distributing Inc. Kluane Freight Lines Ltd (Kluane Freight) is pleased to announce the creation of a new shipping agreement with G-P Distributing Inc. This agreement will facilitate shipping services between food wholesaler G-P Distributing, and Whitehorse based shipping company Kluane Freight over the next 5 years. Kluane Freight Lines is part of the Chief Isaac Group of Companies, the Development Corporation for the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation.

“I am delighted to announce this new expansion in our services”, says Kluane Freight Manager, Len Williams. “This partnership gives our company the opportunity to expand services to Edmonton, Alberta, as well as to Fort St. John in British Columbia. G-P Distributing is a successful Yukon-based company with a reputation for professionalism and efficiency, and we believe our partnership will only increase our standing as strong local businesses who take great care in contributing to and helping to grow our local economy.”

“There is an ever increasing demand on our food distributing services in Yukon, and we are pleased to partner with Kluane Freight, to provide efficient and cost-effective services to Yukoners”, says Kyle Doll, President of G-P Distributing. “This is an exciting opportunity to invest locally while also allowing two long standing Yukon-based businesses to grow and expand their services. I look forward to working with Kluane Freight for years to come.”

Kluane Freight Lines has over 30 years’ experience in providing Yukon with timely and dependable transport services. Based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Kluane Freight can haul anything and everything while serving a range of industries including food distribution, mining, oil & gas and tourism.

Kluane Fright is First-Nation owned and part of the Chief Isaac Group of Companies. Chief Isaac Group of Companies was established in 1984 to own and operate the business interests of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, which is a self-governing Yukon First Nation serving the Han people located in Dawson City. The mandate of the Chief Isaac Group of Companies is to operate a for-profit corporation to create sustainable wealth for the First Nation.

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September 8, 2016

THREE THINGS Sup in Whitehorse This Week

by Meagan Deuling

Jamming with the Derby Girls

Re-creating an Era

The Yukon Derby Girls host their first bout in 3 years

The Last Waltz will be reenacted at the Gold Pan Saloon

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he The Last Waltz was The Band’s farewell concert. The concert was filmed by Martin Scorcese, and through his direction, turned into a documentary film of the same name. This all went down in the ‘70s.

“It’s one of those concert videos that was always around when I was little,” says Patrick Jacobson.

“Probably an old VHS.” Together with fellow musician Scott Maynard, Jacobson is bringing The Last Waltz to the Gold Pan Saloon on September 11.

“I’m not sure we’ll have every song, as we only have three hours,” says Jacobson. But every musician on stage will play a song from the film.

They’ll start with acoustic sets, and finish with full bands.

To Jacobson, the film captures the sound of an era before music was overly commercialized. “People were engaged with music,” he says. “They’d sit down

to listen to a record for 20 minutes, then get up to flip it over.”

Now, it’s a playlist.

With this tribute night, the intent is to capture the spirit of that era and to challenge musicians.

Songs will be intrepeted and arranged by each musician, says Jacobsen. They’ll also play with people they don’t normally perform with.

“It’s very fun for musicians, and it will have a draw for the audience, too.”

The show starts at 7:30 pm and runs to 11:30 pm.

This night is part of a series of tribute nights. The next one will be a Beach Boys beach party in December.

Whitehorse musician Patrick Jacobson says ‘Ophelia’, on the film The Last Waltz, is a tune that resonates with him. Maybe he’ll perform it Sunday night

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bout is a game.

Bouts are two 30 minute halves, with a 30 minute halftime.

Halves are made up of two minute jams. During a jam 10 players are on the oval track – a jammer for each team, and four blockers per team.

During jams jammers try to get through blockers. Jammers score points by passing the hips of the other blockers.

Why the hips?

“Because hips are the most central part of a body,” says Lindsay Agar, aka Bonanza Babe.

The team to accumulate the most points throughout the jams wins.

There are details: like, jammers start scoring only after they get through the blockers the first time; they have to do one lap.

Whichever jammer gets through the blockers first is the lead jammer. She gets to call the jam off at any time.

“There’s advantages in being able to call off the jam,” explains Agar.

Players wear roller skates.

There is a bout coming up at the Mount McIntyre recreation centre in Whitehorse, at the curling rink.

It’s on September 10. The Yukon

Roller Girls are playing the Sea to Sky Sirens from Squamish.

Doors open at 6:00 pm, whistle at 7:00 pm. The half time show is courtesy of the Company of the White Wolf, which is medieval sword fighting entertainment -- “A fringe organization, like us,” says Agar, “So we stick together.”

There will be a beer garden, and it’s a family friendly event.

Agar joined the team in 2010.

She says derby in the Yukon has resurged in the past few years; there are currently 25 team members. They have to pass a minimum skills test before they can play in a bout.

These skills include knowing how to stop, how to fall, being able to be touched and moved by a pack, and skating a lap at a certain speed.

The appeal of roller derby to Agar is the sisterhood of the league, and the physicality and strategy the game requires.

Back to her moniker, Bonanza

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Teams win points when the jammers gets by the blockers’ hips Babe. “There are two thing people need to know about the world of derby,” says Agar.

Number one is theatrics. Players dress up in tutus, fishnets and dramatic makeup. They give themselves names and personas, like Honey Badger, Martha Blackout and Bonanza Babe.

Number two is its driving force to become more of a proper sport; people wear athletic clothes and train for it.

There’s two sides, says Agar.

Three, if you count the audience perspective.

Choir Season

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he Whitehorse Community Choir is a long-stand instituion. Current president Mike McCormick knows it’s been around in its current form since at least 1991.

People are drawn to sing choral music because they like to sing in groups, because of its quasi-religious aspect (choral music is from a time when religion was a prominent part of society, said McCormick. He went on to say that pop and folk music is also performed, as well as choral arrangements from countries like Russia), because of the challenge of reading music, because it’s a social activity. Some people like being on stage and performing solos, but McCormick doubts that’s a draw for many who partake.

And, like cross country skiing,

swimming laps, discussing books in a group while drinking red wine or learning how to make ceramic mugs in a pottery class, singing in a choir is an activity that’s good for the spirits during the long dark winter days.

“There’s a strong tendancy for humans to want to sing together.”

It’s a function of our being creatures who use sound to be communicate, says McCormick.

This season they’ll sing old English carols from the 1400s, and they might have a brass quartet come “do a little piece.”

There are four choir options.

The Whitehorse Community Choir, aka The Big Choir Four-voice choir that’s open to everyone. No auditions required.

No skills required, just vocal chords.

Persephones All female. Auditions required.

Neptunes Initially all-male, now a “low voice choir”. No auditions.

Chamber Four-voice choir. Auditions required.

Registration opens for all the choirs on Monday, September 12 between 7:00 pm and 9:15 pm at the United Church. That’s on the corner of Main Street and Sixth Avenue.

For more information go to www.whitehorsechoir.org.

Meagan Deuling is the editor.

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Highlights

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5:30 pm Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World “It’s not the Internet that is evil, it is human beings that are evil.” – Werner Herzog Oscar nominated Werner Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships. English. Dir. Werner Herzog, 2016, USA, 98 min.

7:30 pm Embrace of the Serpent Inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant, Embrace of the Serpent is a visual masterpeice. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, it centres on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him.

English subtitles. Dir. Ciro Guerra, 2015, Columbia/Venezuela/Argentina, 125min. $12 YFS member + YAC Art-lovers / $14 non-member / $26 family / $8 under 16 Tix: yukontickets.com

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A chance to win one of four iTunes cards worth $500.00 1st prize $500.00 iTunes gift card plus large Teddy Bear (Donated by Yukon Liquor Corp)

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Tickets Cost $ 10.00 each (only 1000 printed) Draw date: September 9th 2016 @ 1 pm

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For youth 12-18 years old Tuesday evenings 6:00-9:15 pm Whitehorse Elementary School

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Active Interest LISTINGS Tuesday to Saturday YCS Free Guided Hike, 10am and 2pm Meet at Miles Canyon Bridge, 3.5 km of easy walking. Dress for the weather and bring your water and snacks. 668-5678 hikes@ycs.yk.ca Thu, Sep, 8 Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certified trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the fitness kickboxing revolution. Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout.

Thu, Sep, 8 Public Night 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Fri, Sep, 9 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 pm Golden Horn Elementary Sat, Sep, 10 Firearms Safety Course 8:30 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Sat, Sep, 10 NAIG - Rifle Practice 10:00 am Biathlon Range Sat, Sep, 10 Summer at Sima 12:00 pm Mount Sima Mountain biking, paragliding & single panoramic chair rides, come for an adventure!

Sat, Sep, 10 Summer Shred at Sima 12:00 pm Mount Sima If you haven’t checked out Joes flow trail - you should.

Sat, Sep, 10 Smack Down in Derby Town 6:00 pm Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Yukon Roller Girls take on Sea to Sky Sirens from Squamish, BC. There will be a beer garden, merchandise for sale, family and suicide seating, and a half time show with local

talent- Company of the White Wolf. Don’t miss it!! Come support your local roller girls!

Sun, Sep, 11 Firearms Safety Course 8:30 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Sun, Sep, 11 Yukon Deer Day 10:00 am Yukon Wildlife Preserve We’ll discuss their biology, as well as their history, management, and future prospects in a changing Yukon. We’ll explore their habitats both inside and outside the Preserve with Environment Yukon biologists and Preserve staff. We will break for lunch; bring your own or visit a local restaurant.

Sun, Sep, 11 NAIG - Archery 11:00 am Biathlon Range Mon, Sep, 12 CBSA 8:00 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Mon, Sep, 12 NAIG - Archery 6:00 pm Biathlon Range Tue, Sep, 13 CBSA 8:00 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Tue, Sep, 13 Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certified trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the fitness kickboxing revolution. Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout.

Tue, Sep, 13 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, Sep, 13 NAIG - Archery 6:00 pm Biathlon Range

Wellness LISTINGS Until Sept, 21 Building a Path to Wellness Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Your wellness journey starts with that first step, please contact us via email or phone. 633-7850 colleen. geddes@kdfn.net Thu, Sep, 8, Prana flow Yoga Breath of Life Collective Wed & Fri 12:05, Tues & Thurs 5:30 Thu, Sep, 8, Free Yoga Week 6:15 am CYO Hall These classes will guide you through a series of asanas (postures) that will systematically stretch all parts of your body, it includes sun salutations and relaxation. The vision is for everyone in our community to be able to experience the health and wellness benefits of yoga. Drop in a few days or all week.

Thu, Sep, 8, Lunch Yoga by the River 12:00 pm Whitehorse waterfront wharf Please register in advance at wallymaltz@mac.com, although drop-ins are also welcome.

Thu, Sep, 8, Intro to Meditation 7:00 pm Yoga with Erica Please register in advance at wallymaltz@mac.com. Space is very limited.

Fri, Sep, 9, Prana flow Yoga Breath of Life Collective Wed & Fri 12:05, Tues & Thurs 5:30 Fri, Sep, 9, Free Yoga Week 6:15 am CYO Hall These classes will guide you through a series of asanas (postures) that will systematically stretch all parts of your body, it includes sun salutations and relaxation. The vision is for everyone in our community to be able to experience the health and wellness benefits of yoga. Drop in a few days or all week.

Fri, Sep, 9, FASD International Day Celebration 12:00 pm Shipyards Park Join Fassy at Shipyards Park for a BBQ Lunch! We will be celebrating International FASD Day and we’ll also do the draw for the raffle. 393-4948 fascap@klondiker.com Fri, Sep, 9, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Fri, Sep, 9, Lunch Yoga by the River 12:00 pm Whitehorse waterfront wharf Please register in advance at wallymaltz@mac.com, although drop-ins are also welcome.

Fri, Sep, 9, Yin and Tonic Yoga 5:30 pm Breath of Life Collective Please Pre-register before attending this weekly class Fri, Sep, 9, Intro to Meditation 7:00 pm Yoga with Erica Please register in advance at wallymaltz@mac.com. Space is very limited.

Sun, Sep, 11, Restorative Yoga 7:00 pm Breath of Life Collective A restorative yoga practice is the perfect way to wrap-up a busy weekend and reset for the week ahead and helps to calm the body and mind and turn on the “rest and digest” mode of the nervous system. Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail. com Mon, Sep, 12, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon, Sep, 12, Shamata Meditation 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Sep, 12, Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

Tue, Sep, 13 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.

Wed, Sep, 14 CBSA 8:00 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Wed, Sep, 14 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Sep, 14 Summer at Sima 5:00 pm Mount Sima Mountain biking, paragliding & single panoramic chair rides, come for an adventure!

Wed, Sep, 14 Rifle Silhouette Match 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Thu, Sep, 15 CBSA 8:00 am Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Thu, Sep, 15 Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certified trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the fitness kickboxing revolution. Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout.

Thu, Sep, 15 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 333-0983 Thu, Sep, 15 Public Night 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club

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Mon, Sep, 12, 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, Sep, 13, Postnatal - Moms & Babies 10:15 am Breath of Life Collective You and your baby will both make friends in this welcoming class! Designed to support your postpartum body’s recovery in a safe, supportive environment. Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Tue, Sep, 13, Weight Watchers 5:00 pm Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration, room A2202. 403-473-0645 blong@ weightwatchers.ca Tue, Sep, 13, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 pm Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Sep, 14, 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, Sep, 14, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Sep, 14, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Men only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Sep, 14, 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 6687713.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings

Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 5373461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre

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

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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Edible Yukon with Kim Melton

Pelvic What Now?

What you didn’t know you need to know about your pelvic floor

O

k, so when I hear the words “pelvic floor” the folks I think of are pregnant women and the elderly. It’s also a term that has come up in yoga classes, usually in the context of maintaining strength en route to joining one of those groups of people. Shows how much I know.

Sophie Villeneuve has an entire physio practice focusing on pelvic floor health, and shares her knowledge of the rather intimate subject with both frankness and passion.

I begin by asking her what exactly it is, this pelvic floor.

“It’s basically a bunch of muscles attached to the pelvis like a hammock, that support the bladder, rectum and uterus (if you have one),” she explains.

In addition to support, they also have a role in sexual function, including orgasm, urination and defecation, and stability of joints in the hips and lower back.

All rather important things – and that is precisely why Villeneuve made the choice to specialize in this seemingly obscure branch of physiotherapy seven years after studying more general physiotherapy and extended care.

“A friend in Quebec was working in pelvic floor physio and told me how rewarding it was – she felt like she was really able to improve her patients’ quality of life of.”

That is exactly what Villeneuve has found since opening Physio Borealis in Whitehorse in May 2015.

The problems associated with the pelvic floor are of an intimate nature, having to do with societally uncomfortable subjects of sex and elimination, and Villeneuve is able to create a safe and trusting space for her clients.

“I discharge my patients when they are healed,” she explains, “and that is very rewarding; though a person has to be willing to do the work.”

The nature of the musculature is such that homework is definitely a part of treatment, and Villeneuve affirms that patients have to take responsibility for our own healing.

Most of her patients are women who are either pregnant or who

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have recently given birth, but there are also men, for instance those recovering from prostate surgery. “There are lots of people who would benefit from the work I do and just aren’t aware of it,” explains Villeneuve. “Painful intercourse, incontinence, pelvic pain, overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse… there are lots of different disorders associated with these muscles.”

It’s not only potential patients who could benefit from education – Villeneuve gave a presentation

on her work to local doctors this spring in an effort to ensure that the health community knows what she is able to offer.

“About 50 per cent of my patients are referred by another health professional, and the other half seek me out on their own.”

Villeneuve, who is also an avid hiker and musician, is taking part of the winter off from her business to spend time out in the bush, but will be taking new patients through December and will be back in March.

She tells me sincerely, “I am passionate about helping people get back to the things they love.”

You can find out more at www.

PhysioBorealis.com.

Kim Melton is a writer and naturalist based in the Yukon.

PHOTO: Kim Melton

Sophie Villeneuve practices an especially intimate and important branch of physiotherapy: strengthening the pelvic floor

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Wed, Sep, 14, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK

Thu, Sep, 8, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Sep, 10, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Sep, 10, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Sep, 10, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Sep, 12, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Sep, 13, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Sep, 13, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Sep, 15, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS

Thu, Sep, 8, 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, Sep, 8, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Sep, 8, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Tue, Sep, 13, 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, Sep, 13, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Sep, 13, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Sep, 13, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 14, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 14, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Sep, 14, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Sep, 15, 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, Sep, 15, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Sep, 15, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

DAWSON CITY

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 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 12:30 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…

Art Events Until, Sep, 17, Art Show: The Natural & The Manufactured 2016 KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu, Sep, 8, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Sep, 9, White Ram Poker Tournaments Diamond Tooth Gerties The White Ram Poker Tournament is the largest poker weekend in the North! Over $150,000 is handed out in multiple tournaments over a whole week! 867-993-5525 kva@ dawson.net Fri, Sep, 9, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 9, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 9, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Sep, 9, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Fri, Sep, 9, Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Sep, 10, Preserving the Harvest Canning Workshop Dawson City Arena Lets get together and preserve the sweet summer harvest for the coming winter months, learn great canning methods passed down through the generations.

Sat, Sep, 10, White Ram Poker Tournaments Diamond Tooth Gerties The White Ram Poker Tournament is the largest poker weekend in the North! Over $150,000 is handed out in multiple tournaments over a whole week! 867-993-5525 kva@ dawson.net Sat, Sep, 10, Alpine Hike 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Sep, 10, Dawson City Farmers Market 11:00 am Community Shelter on Front Street Sat, Sep, 10, 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, Sep, 10, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Sep, 11, White Ram Poker Tournaments Diamond Tooth Gerties The White Ram Poker Tournament is the largest poker weekend in the North! Over $150,000 is handed out in multiple tournaments over a whole week! 867-993-5525 kva@ dawson.net Sun, Sep, 11, North Klondike River Walk 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Sep, 12, Centre closed for the season Tombstone Territorial Park Mon, Sep, 12, White Ram Poker Tournaments Diamond Tooth Gerties The White Ram Poker Tournament is the largest poker weekend in the North! Over $150,000 is handed out in multiple tournaments over a whole week! 867-993-5525 kva@ dawson.net Mon, Sep, 12, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Sep, 12, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Tue, Sep, 13, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867993-2520 Tue, Sep, 13, 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. 867-993-7400 Wed, Sep, 14, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Wed, Sep, 14, You Knew Me When 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel The music of

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Thu, Sep, 15, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Thu, Sep, 15, You Knew Me When 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel The music of You Knew Me When parades between a fusion of progressive indie-rock and folk compositions all infused with a myriad of pulsing and stirring beats.

FARO

Thu, Sep, 8, Environment Club 3:45 pm Del Van Gorder School Fri, Sep, 9, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Wed, Sep, 14, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Sep, 14, 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, Sep, 14, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

HAINES JUNCTION

Thu, Sep, 8, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Sep, 8, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Sep, 8, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Fri, Sep, 9, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Mon, Sep, 12, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 13, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 13, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed, Sep, 14, Junction Open Mic Night 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Wed, Sep, 14, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Sep, 15, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Sep, 15, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Sep, 15, Open Mic 7:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Sep, 15, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE

Fri, Sep, 9, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Sep, 10, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Sep, 11, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 13, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies. C’mon down!

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Sat, Sep, 10, Stewart Valley Community Market 10:00 am Galena Park Produce, eggs, preserves, baking and other homemade goods.

Tue, Sep, 13, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

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Fri, Sep, 9, Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

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Thu, Sep, 8, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Tue, Sep, 13, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Thu, Sep, 15, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

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Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Sep, 8, Intermediate / Advanced Osteofit: Tagish 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sat, Sep, 10, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Sep, 10, Outdoor Sports Activities: Tagish 1:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Soccer, baseball, field hockey etc Tue, Sep, 13, Nordic Walking: Tagish 1:30 pm Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info.

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Daily Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Lake Government Campground 15 km north of Teslin. Open at sunrise for 6 Hours. Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work. Park at the large brown cook shelter, follow the adjacent foot trail down to the lake shore and follow the sign-age.

Thu, Sep, 8, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Sep, 8, Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Fri, Sep, 9, Born To Fly 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center pre-teen and teen girls group Tue, Sep, 13, After School Sports Kindergarten to Grade 3 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Kelsey 335-4250 teslinrec@ teslin.ca Tue, Sep, 13, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Sep, 13, Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:15 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Sep, 14, After School Sports Grade 4-9 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Kelsey 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Thu, Sep, 15, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Thu, Sep, 15, Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

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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-theart panoramic video and surround-sound systems.

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

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September 8, 2016

Gypsy Tales with Lori Garrison

On Simple Pleasures

In which our heroine gets a bed and a shower

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here is a microwave placed awkwardly in front of the little, old fashioned splitglass window. The curtains are open and on the other side of the window freight ships move across the bay slowly, deliberately, as if the water was thick as muskeg and they had to work much harder than they expected to get through it.

Above this is the smoke from the freighters’ smoke stacks, and above this are a set of ragged, purple mountains ringed with clouds and a sky flecked with birds.

We are in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, that little port town with its quick little port pace to everything that makes it seem like a much bigger town than it really is.

We’ve rented a cheap room in a boarding house for the night.

There’s a shared bathroom down the hall, but some thoughtful person has installed a sink, which sits on a porcelain stalk in one corner of the room like a mushroom.

J walks over to it and turns the handles experimentally; water comes out, cold and then hot, and we both laugh. The sink is so clean – the porcelain impossibly white, the aluminum handles polished so they shine – and the water is cold and clear and tastes vaguely of chlorine. Both J and I have been drinking some very questionable water recently.

The creek we were drinking from was recently fouled last week by the death of some large animal upstream, whose wet, de-

composing body we could smell but never locate until the odour was so strong it didn’t even seem safe to boil the water and we were forced to drive 30 km round trip to fill our jugs at Meziadin Junction.

That there should be cold, clean water right there for washing and drinking seems absurd after such inconveniences and we drink several cups back to back in the clean, freshly washed glasses still slightly warm from the dishwasher.

Against the opposite wall there is a flat screen television.

We briefly turn it on, get put off by the lights and noise of a children’s show, and shut it off again.

In the blank screen I can see my own reflection clearly; a small, thin woman with a stark farmers tan, dirty, torn jeans, bug bitten forearms, tattoos, unwashed sunstreaked hair pulled back into a ponytail beneath a dirty ball cap.

J looks about the same, only even darker, with his hair a curly black mess of a mane and his beard scraggly and unkempt, his feet bare; he lost his shoes somewhere several weeks ago and has never bothered to replace them.

We’ve looked like this for weeks – dirty, ragged, skinny – but it’s only in town, around other, day to day people, that we realize how bushed we are, how feral we’ve gone.

J and I are wild food workers; bush gypsies. J started with fiddeheads, then we both did morels at the Barney Lake fire, just outside of Watson Lake. We’ve been doing

wild berries now for a few weeks, waiting for the pine mushroom season to begin, and are taking a short vacation to drop off a couple friends at the ferry so they can head south to Vancouver.

There’s a double bed across from the television. It’s small, but very neatly made, the corners tightly tucked, the sheets clean, the pillows fluffed. It looks like paradise.

I have a “bed” in my camper – a thin, flat piece of foam with a few blankets thrown over the top – but this will be my first time in a “real” bed in over a month. I was in a motel in Fort Nelson for one night five weeks before this.

For J, it’s much longer; he’s been tent camping since April.

I’ve been living in the bush since the beginning of June.

We peel back the sheets and slip inside. It’s a tight fit, but it doesn’t matter because the sheets are cool and smooth and the mattress is firm. J and I sigh and stretch out. There is nothing particularly special about this moment, except that both J and I are capable of enjoying such a simple thing as if it were a moment of the most supreme luxury.

It’s the same feeling, I would imagine, as a middle-class, well-todo city person would experience if they rented a room at the Waldorf Plaza in New York City.

In a few minutes I will get up and have a shower – the first bath I will have that’s not in a creek or a bucket in weeks – and luxuriate in hot water.

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September 8, 2016

Mentors Now Visiting Yukon Entrepreneurs

by Darrell Hookey

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t is possible to come up with a million-dollar idea.

But, from that eureka moment to seeing your bank balance tip over into seven figures, there is a lot of planning and cajoling and spending and risking.

A lot.

Getting a good start and staying on track is crucial. That is why the folks at Yukonstruct have launched its Startup in Residence Pilot Program.

Operating from its (co)space at the corner of Strickland Street and 2nd Avenue, on the second floor, new entrepreneurs can visit a successful entrepreneur who has been there and done that.

The first mentor in residence will be Andrew D’Souza who already has a stellar reputation for investing in, and advising, some of Canada’s fastest-growing tech startups.

He was president of Nymi, a company that offered biometrically-authenticated wearable payments to such customers as Royal Bank of Canada and MasterCard.

And he was the CEO of Top Hat, raising $10 million to develop technologies that enhanced distance learning.

Just last year, D’Souza founded Clearbanc to serve startups that traditional bankers just haven’t understood yet.

The mentors-in-residence will be available for one-on-one support sessions during their twoweek residency.

But do not ask them how to become rich, quick: “My first question is, ‘Why are you doing this?” said D’Souza in a telephone interview.

“Do you have reasons beyond just getting rich? Will the world be improved and will you make a difference in people’s lives?” he asks.

“If it is just an idea, then go talk to a hundred people to see if there is a need. “It is easy to come up with an idea in the shower, but it is hard to find what people actually want.”

Since D’Souza and his team are the first mentors, a kickoff event

Michele Romanow, a dragon on CBC’s Dragon’s Den, will participate in the Pitch Showcase of Yukonstruct’s Startup in Residence Pilot Program is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7 with a meet-and-greet and testimonials from Clearbanc members.

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Clearbanc members will help these entrepreneurs refine their pitch to attract potential partners and investors.

Then, on Sept. 13, there will

be a Pitch Showcase to D’Souza that will look very much like an episode of Dragon’s Den. Indeed, one of the dragons will be joining him: Michele Romanow, a Canadian tech entrepreneur who co-founded SnapSaves and Buytopia.ca after a stint as director of strategy for Sears Canada.

“We won’t be harsh with people,” says D’Souza. “I am excited to see the range of ideas.”

The next day, there will be Lunchtime Workshops.

During the two-week residency, the Clearbanc team will travel to Carcross and Dawson City to meet with entrepreneurs there to offer feedback and advice.

D’Souza says he expects he will learn of the unique obstacles for entrepreneurs in isolated communities.

“One of the challenges we face as a country is allowing people to take the risks without necessarily having to uproot,” he says. “A lot of people embrace a lifestyle in their community and there is a reason they live there, but the intensity of a startup requires sacrifices of your time and resources.

“When you have something that is working, you want to pour fuel on the fire and grow it very quickly; in major centres, there are investors you can develop relationships with.

“It is easier around other people who are doing it. If you are the only one staying up until 2 a.m., you don’t have a benchmark. When you have peers going through that process and coming out successful on the other side, it is easier to keep yourself motivated.”

D’Souza adds one more warning: “A lot is written about the glamour, but it takes 10 years to make an overnight success.

“That’s a lot of trial and error, perseverance and a lot of sacrifices.”

More information is available at www.coSpaceNorth.com.

Darrell Hookey is a Whitehorsebased writer.

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