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ardening is considered a challenge here in the Yukon. But this year the weather made it less so. Gardens flourished with an earlier than usual spring and a warmer than usual summer.

With the fall colours here and cooler weather upon us most tend to think the gardening season is pretty much finished. But for one person it is the perfect time to talk gardening and more specifically, seeds.

Now is the time when seeds are able to be gathered and stored.

And a seed exchange is the perfect place to share some of those seeds.

On Saturday, September 17 Caitlin Beaulieu will be hosting a seed exchange from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 48 Hyland Crescent.

Beaulieu is a long time gardener, starting as a child in her mother’s garden. About two years ago she started to save seeds and is now hosting a seed exchange.

Everyone and anyone is invited, even those who know nothing about how to save seeds. In fact it’s those who want to learn how to save seeds who have shown the greatest interest in this seed exchange. Which is great, because Beaulieu has also started to produce some Youtube videos on seed saving.

Not all the seeds to be exchanged need to be from the Yukon, either. Sometimes a gardener has leftover seeds or it may be a variety that worked well for them and they want to share. And that’s okay, too.

For Beaulieu, seed saving is more than an interesting thing to do that has connections to gardening; seed saving ensures personal food security.

She saves seeds from her own garden and knows they will thrive when she plants them again in the spring because the genetic memory in the seed “remembers” the conditions from the previous year

and is able to adapt.

“If you don’t save them you lose them,” Beaulieu says as we discuss the upcoming exchange.

And losing seed adapted to our cool Yukon conditions isn’t something we want. And that is the point of the exchange, to save the adaptations from our gardens and to share those with others.

Most seed exchange events generally take place in the spring, but spring can be hectic or gardeners may already have their seeds ready to go for the season.

Having an exchange in the fall makes perfect sense when you look around at the garden and see the different plants bolting to seed. Learning to collect and store them correctly helps maintain the quality and vitality of the seed – seed that is ready to collect, save and maybe share.

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September 15, 2016

On the Cover

Time for Birds with Jenny Trapnell

Getting Ready for Fall and Winter Birding flying off. Occasionally rarer species will show up, like the Eurasian collared-dove, a recent newcomer to bird watcher Ione Christensen’s Riverdale yard.

If you have a feeder, or want to install one, now is the time to get it ready. Most winter-feeder birds – chickadees, nuthatches and pine grosbeaks – enjoy sunflower seeds.

Christensen buys the de-husked seeds to reduce waste.

The Bohemian Load up your feedWaxwing er when it’s clean and dry. Consider cleanPHOTO: Keith Williams ing it with a 10 per cent bleach cleaning e’re getting ready for mer species leave by the end of winter and so are the October headed for Mexico, Cen- solution especially for feeders fouled by lots of birds and fall’s birds. They’re chirping tral and South America.

They fly at night and forage damp, wet weather. and feeding everywhere and the Consider a location that will sky is alive with flocks of all kinds. during the day.

Aitken says that while many help prevent bird strikes (see It’s so busy one of Yukon’s most avid birders, Tracey Allard, says species take a bee-line route, below) and keep cats away, says fall can seem like spring for a few geo-locators have shown that Aitken, warning that cat owners other species, like short-eared can be in denial about kitty’s killweeks.

“There are so many sparrows owls, take a meandering path er instinct.

“If you keep your cat outdoors and warblers and you’ll see rap- south.

Some birds, like American rob- and you’re putting out a bird tors, like hawks, chasing them.”

There’s also a kind of friendli- ins, opt for closer destinations in feeder, you’re just setting up an southern Canada and the northern all-you-can-eat-buffet for the ness among fall birds.

Family groups and different United States, while a few braver cat,” she says.

If you do have bird strikes and types of species like warblers can individuals may just stay, as refind a stunned bird some experts be mixed up, hanging out and cent winters have shown.

Like leaves, large flocks of say taking it indoors can help it feeding together, notes Yukon Colbirds will sometimes fall-out dur- recover. Aitken says moving such lege instructor Dr. Katie Aitken. ing migration in rainy or windy birds can stress them and won’t But all good things must end.

Most of Yukon’s migratory sum- weather, resting briefly before help survival.

She adds that if you do find a dead bird, drop it off at Environment Yukon or Environment Canada offices and it will be used for teaching and research at the Yukon College.

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And don’t forget, the Teslin Bird Banding Observatory is open until Monday, Oct. 10.

Happy birding!

Jennifer Trapnell has a passion for birding. Please send comments about her articles to birds@whatsupyukon.com.

How to Stop Birds Hitting Windows Along with cats, window collisions cause “massive” bird mortality, says bird expert Katie Aiken. When a flying bird sees a forest reflection in your window the result can be fatal. With lots of birds on the move this season – including inexperienced juveniles – here’s a few tips to prevent window-strikes.

Place your feeder within a metre of the window, or more than 10 metres away.

Instead of hawk decals (which don’t work) try shiny CDs, flagging tape or ribbon in front of the window outside.

For a longer term solution, consider purchasing UV-reflecting decals; they’re clearcoloured but the birds can see them. Check out www.windowalert.com or Wild Birds Unlimited at www.wbu.com.

Close blinds on any opposite windows so birds don’t see a flying route.

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For one thing, they were born in the same year and shared a passion for athletics.

For another, while Fox was making his westward way across Canada in the summer of 1980, at a punishing pace of 42 km a day, Ullyett was also on the move, by thumb, from Ontario to Alberta.

“I remember standing by the side of the road and thinking, ‘Terry Fox is going to run by here at some point, or has run by here,’” he says.

Ullyett had just started a new year at the University of Calgary that September when Fox announced he was suspending his run after 5,373 km, because the cancer that had taken his right leg had returned and migrated into his lungs.

“Like so many people, I was shocked by the news, and saddened that he literally ran out of time.”

Like many thousands of others, Ullyett has stood beneath the statue of Fox just east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, admiring the memorial “and the single-mindedness” of a young man whose efforts have inspired more than

$750 million in fundraising since his death in 1981.

Ullyett says the annual event attracts community members who range from infants in carriers to people in their 80s.

“While many people do run, there are many other modes of transport that people use in Whitehorse’s Terry Fox Run. It’s a pretty wide-open event that way,” he stresses.

“It’s a great community event, it’s a terrific fundraiser and we all need role models and heroes to look up to and be inspired by, no matter how old or young we may be.”

Registration for this year’s run in Whitehorse is at 12 noon on Sunday, Sept. 18 at Rotary Peace Park. The run itself begins at 1 p.m. and is followed by a barbecue and musical entertainment.

For information about Terry Fox events in other Yukon communities the same day, go to www.TerryFox.org/Run/Yukon_. html.

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

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f there’s a competitive foot race nearby, or a fun run for charity, Tom Ullyett will almost certainly be there.

The 58-year-old deputy minister of Justice has been an avid runner since his teen years, with at least 40 half-marathons under his belt, not to mention too many shorter-distance events to count.

In 1991, he and fellow Whitehorse lawyer Dan Shier co-founded the annual Law Day Charity Fun Run and Walk, which has raised over $50,000 for various Yukon causes so far.

And, in typical Ullyett fashion, this month he intends to follow his annual participation in the Klondike Road Relay, with a romp around the Millennium Trail a week later as part of the Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research.

Why not? He’s been involved in this event every year since the first Terry Fox Run in Whitehorse in the late 1980s.

Like many who participate in the annual September ritual in communities across Canada and elsewhere, Ullyett feels a personal connection to the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, B.C.

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September 15, 2016

Fear and Loathing

Part One

My Journey to Completing My First Ironman

by Alexander Weber

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ear Reader, having just read the title of this article, I assume you may believe the following about myself: I am insane, and I am a diehard superhuman athlete.

While you may be right about the former, I would disagree with the latter. Before I delve deeper into that, let’s get some information out of the way.

Triathlons are races involving a swimming portion, then a roadcycling portion, then a run, all in a row, with no breaks. They vary in distances, with the Ironman Triathlon being considered an “ultra” distance: 3.8km swim/180km bike/42km run.

The original Ironman race was the ridiculous idea of some naval officer in Hawaii, who, in 1978, decided to combine the three toughest endurance races on the Waikiki island into one mega death-race (I have taken the artistic liberty of inserting “death” here).

It is widely cited as one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.

As I write these words, I have not yet completed the event. First I wish to communicate my feelings pre-race, in order to contrast them with my post-race feelings (assuming I don’t just collapse into an irreversible coma).

I am not a diehard triathlon athlete. I have run only one official triathlon event, and it was a half Ironman. To say the least, I look at triathlons like most people look at really big difficult books: they would rather have read them

than actually putting the work into reading them.

First of all, triathlons are expensive. An article I found on www. squawkfox.com that tallied up the various sums one would reasonably be expected to pay in the lead-up to an Ironman, both for someone on a budget, and for someone hemorrhaging money.

The author found that someone on a budget will spend close to $8,000, which includes all of the necessary items (bike, running shoes, wetsuit, gym membership, etc.), and race costs.

Someone with a little more moola can pay upwards of $35,000. I have attempted to cut every conceivable corner when it comes to spending money on this race. My bike is a custom-made, carbon-fibre, 1-pound, $10,000 road-eating-machine [read: 35-year-old steel-frame 20-pound found-in-a-park fixer-upper].

I literally found the frame in a park in Toronto, and fixed it up with the higher-end cheap parts I could find from online retailers. It

be an exaggeration to say that I loathed every minute I had to log in the swimming pool, mindlessly counting laps (“wait, how many laps am I on? I lost count... ARGH”).

When I swam my last 1km training leg, I may have shed several joyful tears as I exited the pool.

The question you are probably asking yourself is: so why are you even bothering? I’m sure the answer to that question is legion, but I will try to sort them out.

The humble part of me wants to say that I like a challenge, that I am maddeningly attracted to things PHOTO: Alexander Weber that at first seem impossible, but slowly come into focus as doable with the miracle My first time swimming a long of baby steps. distance in the open ocean The Ironman, at one point, seemed like it was only doable by has a brass bell. superhuman people (with large Next, there is the training. Try wallets) that are in a completely as I might, I never could log the separate category from me. But distances the Ironman website now, after lots and lots of boring suggests: 48 kilometres running, training, I see that it is possible 11 kilometres swimming, and 320 (but not enviable). kilometres biking – per week.

On the other hand, I’m sure Training is boring. It would not there are some less-than-divine

reasons subconsciously driving me to do this. Maybe it is the ability to lord it over the heads of other non-Ironmen: of doing something hard, so that I can be better than others.

In short, the accolades.

The question I am asking myself is: am I ready for this? I am three days away from race-day, and I am terrified. I have had several dreams, none of which were good, in which I envisioned THE day.

My worries include: will I cramp up? Will I fail completely? Will I get an embarrassing time (whatever that is)? Will my woefully underwhelming bike completely fall apart several kilometres in?

Will everyone laugh at me?

Some of these will seem childish. But, I have noticed, it is generally under extreme conditions that childlike irrational fears hold their strongest sway.

Luckily, some of these fears are tempered by other, more hopeful thoughts: maybe I’ll do good!

After the race, I get to eat ALL OF THE ICE CREAM! And CAKE! Anything, really. I get to lounge around, without guilt, for as long as I want afterwards. I never have to do something like this again; pain is temporary, so shut-up and get it over with.

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omewhere between Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the writings of Colombian philosopher Santiago CastroGómez lies Ciro Guerra’s film Embrace of the Serpent.

Shot in stunning 35mm black and white film in the Amazon, Embrace of the Serpent is a dreamlike manifestation of the psychotropic diaries of two ethno-botanists’ encounter with an Amazonian shaman.

Switching between the past and the further past, the American Richard Evans Schultes reaches the shaman in 1940 while the German, Theodor Koch-Grunberg reaches finds him in 1909.

While the explorers are cultured of the traditional ways of the tribes they encounter, they still seek the knowledge of the shaman Karamakate and the scarce and sacred plant yakruna.

The yakruna plant is sought by both Schutles and Grunberg because it is believed to have hallucinogenic effects and the power to heal and extend life.

Through their journey slithering up rivers and stopping in villages for supplies, they encounter the harsh tribal living conditions of the natives.

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tribal children, to whom he is teaching the ways of the church.

The priest greets the explorers with a raised gun; he is afraid that they are thieves scouring the lands for precious rubber from trees.

Although displeased with Karamakate’s “savage” tongue, the priest reluctantly trades them shelter for provisions. At night the three travelers are awoken by screams. They discover the priest whipping some of the children.

In another haunting section of the film the travelers happen upon a rubber tree plantation camp where a tortured native slave pleads for them to kill him and end his suffering.

These scenes are strong commentaries of the presence of European imperialism in the Amazon and the displacement of tribal life through religious tyranny.

Director Guerra also asserts that the film is a plea for viewers to understand the profound knowledge of the earth held by indigenous cultures of the Amazon.

While suspicious of the white men’s quest in the Amazon, Karamakate spiritually guides them through the jungle in search of the yakruna plant. Although Schultes’ and Gunberg’s quest for the plant

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is, to them, innocent and logical, it’s portrayed in the film as a representation of the west’s greed, and misunderstanding of indigenous knowledge.

The knowledge of the plant and how Karamakate protects this knowledge represents the disdain and contempt indigenous people have for explorers.

Director Guerra gives no clemency to the explorers of the west or the church, which penetrated Latin America with greed for natural goods and salvation. As if a cry for environmental justice, this film could easily be about cocoa, mining or any other resource exploited by western interests.

Guerra asserts that while the explorers separate human beings from nature, conversely, the shaman and the tribal people remain inextricably linked to nature.

Embrace of the Serpent is a truly thought provoking film. It screens on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Yukon Arts Centre, following Werner Herzog’s latest documentary Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.

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September 15, 2016

My Dad, the Outlaw

B.C. musician Bob Bossin performs a one-man show about his dad, Davy the Punk, in Whitehorse and Dawson

by Gregory Bryce

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abriola Islander Bob Bossin brings his one-man musical Davy the Punk to The Old Fire Hall next Thursday, Sept. 22 and to Dawson City the following week.

The show is based on Bossin’s 2014 book of the same title. They tell the story of his father’s life in Canada’s gambling underworld of the 1930s.

Both the book and the show have received glowing reviews across the country.

CBC’s Michael Enright called Davy the Punk “fascinating… amazing and sometimes hilarious.”

“Our audiences loved it,” writes the artistic producer of Western Edge Theatre. “Davy the Punk is a triple crown of music, wry comedy, and affecting family reunion. The songs are thoroughbred Bossin, the story is beguiling, and the reunion – between Bob and the father he knew as a softspoken booking agent – is something to cheer about.”

The Whitehorse performance is a fundraiser for Yukon Cares, the group who brought a Syrian refugee family to the city in January.

They hope to bring another next year.

Davy Bossin was born in 1905 to a poor Jewish immigrant family living in Toronto’s notorious slum called The Ward. Like many thousand others, they had sailed to Canada to escape the poverty, discrimination and state-sanctioned violence of czarist Russia and other countries. They were not universally welcomed.

As a young man, finding his way blocked by the rampant anti-sem-

itism of the time, Davy blazed his own path in a new, vibrant, international industry: gambling.

Nicknamed Davy the Punk, he matched wits with cops and mobsters, crooks and judges. His court cases set precedents that affect us to this day.

Older Yukoners may remember Bob Bossin as the founder of the popular Canadian folk group Stringband, who played Faro’s Farrago Folk Festival and toured Canada and much of the world for 15 years.

Bossin is also the author of the song The Casca and the Whitehorse Burned Down, among others that have become part of Canada’s folksong canon.

Pete Seeger praised Bossin’s music as “funny, informative and inspiring at the same time.”

The Making of a Folksinger Bob Bossin’s musical career started early. In a 1995 interview he said, “Singing was like breathing.”

“I just sang, we all did. My dad used to sing as he walked around the house, and my mom did, too.”

When he was eight years old, rock and roll came to radio, and radio suddenly came alive. He begged his parents for a guitar; doubtful, they bought him only a $20 model.

But in 1959, “when rock and roll was at its nadir,” Bossin says, his interest turned to folk music.

“I heard Tom Dooley. It stopped me in my tracks. This was a song that seemed to be about something. Was it a true story? I was fascinated.”

He went to hear the Kingston Trio when they came to town,

Bob Bossin, founder of the folk music ensemble Stringband in the 1970s, returns to the Yukon next week with his stories and songs of Davy the Punk, his outlaw father. Davy was a bookie in Toronto’s immigrant community from the 1920s to 1940s PHOTO: Suzanne Kimpan

A 1942 raid of Davy’s business in Toronto of illegal off-track betting on horse races.

Davy is seated PHOTO: Ontario Provincial Police on Sept. 27 to do a reading at the Dawson Community Library at 7 p.m. and a performance of Davy the Punk on Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. at the KIAC Ballroom.

A video trailer for the show can be seen at DavythePunk.com.

then Peter, Paul and Mary, and later, Ian and Sylvia.

Half a century later, he’s still strumming and telling stories in song.

Bob Bossin will be in Whitehorse on Sept. 22 to perform Davy the Punk at 8 p.m. at The Old Fire Hall. On Sept. 25 he will do a

reading from his book at WellRead Books.

Bossin will be in Dawson City

Gregory Bryce was a Grade 11 classmate of Bob Bossin’s. He abandoned the bright lights of Toronto for the Yukon in 1974, but never made it to Farrago.

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Whitehorse EVENTS ARTS SHOWS 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 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.

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Until, Oct, 4, Art Show: Beyond Focus Leslie Leong 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 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.

Until, 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.

LIVE MUSIC

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 Whitehorse String Orchestra 7:00 pm Yukon College New members welcome. Call or email for more information. 393-2588 ftorigai@gmail.com 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.

Fri, Sep, 16 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Sep, 16 Patrick Jacobson Band 7:00 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Sep, 16 You Knew Me When 7:30 pm Miner’s Daughter Restaurant The music of You Knew Me When parades between a fusion of progressive indierock and folk compositions all infused with a myriad of pulsing and stirring beats.

Fri, Sep, 16 The Patrick Jacobson band 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Sep, 16 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Sep, 16 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Fri, Sep, 16 DoctaWub & Sickophant 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Sat, Sep, 17 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, 17 The Patrick Jacobson band 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Sep, 17 YKMW Live 8:00 pm Woodcutter’s Blanket You Knew Me When perform live!

Sat, Sep, 17 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Sep, 17 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Sep, 18 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel Sun, Sep, 18 Date Night 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Mon, Sep, 19 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Sep, 20 Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Sep, 20 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.

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Thu, Sep, 22 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, 22 Fiddler On The Loose Joe Loutchan live 7:00 pm 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

Thu, Sep, 22 Jam Night with Scott Maynard 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu, Sep, 22 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Sep, 22 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

Until Sep, 16, The Annual Public Flower Cutting 2016 Whitehorse, Yukon You are invited to come out and cut flowers before they are pulled by our crews. Bring your scissors to the following flower beds and help yourself.

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, Whisky Revealed 6:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Whisky Tasting of 8 whiskies with Johnathan Bray 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, Birds Of Fall 7:00 pm MacBride Museum An Illustrated presentation with Ione Christiensen For more info email jennifer_trapnell@ hotmail.com (cell 335-3918) 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.

Fri, Sep, 16-18 Talking About Car Share Coops Yukon Transportation Museum Everyone is invited to join in on this community conversation (with preregistration) To register now to join this community conversation, email info@goYTM.ca with the subject line: “Carshare Workshop” Would a Care Share Co-op work in Whitehorse and would it work for you? Let’s find out!

Fri, Sep, 16-17 Community Garage Sale Yukon College Yukon College is selling used furniture, computers and other items for $2. After 2pm on Saturday all Yukon College items will be free!

Everyone is welcome to this community event!

Fri, Sep, 16, 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, 16, Softball Radio TV Bingo 7:15 pm Softball Yukon For more details contact Softball Yukon at 867-667-4487 or email softball@sportyukon.com Listen on CKRW 610 AM/96.1 FM, CHON FM 98.1FM, 90.5 in the communities, Northwestel Cable-Channel 209 and 709 Fri, Sep, 16, 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.

Sat, Sep, 17, Household Hazardous Waste Day 12:00 am Whitehorse, Yukon The Whitehorse Waste Management Facility will accept hazardous waste and hazardous materials are...hazardous, and do not belong in your garbage bin!

Sat, Sep, 17, Stuff The Bus 10:00 am Real Canadian Superstore The Whitehorse Baptist Church and Food Bank Society of Whitehorse are joining forces to invite Yukoners to FILL THE BUS with your donations of non-perishable food items.

Sat, Sep, 17, Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 am The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Sat, Sep, 17, Radical Reels 7:30 pm Yukon Arts Centre Radical Reels. This year is jam packed with action and adventure. The reels have everything, biking, snowboarding, climbing, skiing and even hot air balloons! Tickets on sale at Coast Mountain Sports.

Sat, Sep, 17, 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.

Sun, Sep, 18, Terry Fox Run 12:00 pm Rotary Peace Park Suitable for bikes, wheelchairs/strollers not suitable for rollerblades. Dogs on leash welcome.

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Sun, Sep, 18, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 pm Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun, Sep, 18, Lo and Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World 5:30 pm Yukon Arts Centre Go 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.

Sun, Sep, 18, Paint Party 5:30 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 Sun, Sep, 18, Embrace of the Serpent 7:30 pm Yukon Arts Centre Filmed in stunning black-and-white, 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.

Sun, Sep, 18, 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.

Mon, Sep, 19, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-6686280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Sep, 19, 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, 19, Christmas Choir Registration 6:00 pm Whitehorse United Church Do you find yourself humming Jingle Bells in July, have you always loved to sing with an energetic group, and love Christmas.

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Mon, Sep, 19, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Mon, Sep, 19, 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, 20, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests! 456-4792 Tue, Sep, 20, All City Band - Squeak and Squawk 6:45 pm Porter Creek Secondary School All Grade 8 Band members & parents, Elementary Band & parents and all Senior Band members.

Tue, Sep, 20, Talk on the Remediation in the North: Measuring the Natural Rate of Oil & Gas Contaminant Decay 7:00 pm MacBride Museum Join us as Liz van Warmerdam talks about working with diverse technical teams to evaluate sites, identifying the source of contamination, through to developing and executing groundwater sampling and monitoring programs designed to support assessment and eventual remediation at sites with soil, groundwater, soil vapour and sediment contamination.

Tue, Sep, 20, Company of the White Wolf - Practice 7:00 pm Rotary Peace Park If sword-fighting and medieval combat interest you, beginners and new members are always welcome to come down and join in on practice, or to just observe and ask questions.

Tue, Sep, 20, Drop In Improv 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Drop in Improv with George Maratos and Brian Fidler, admission by donation, bring your funny bone and an extra pair of pants - just kidding!

Tue, Sep, 20, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Wed, Sep, 21-23, Yukon Energy, Mines & Resources Library Book Sale for the Food Bank Room 335 Elijah Smith Building 667-3111 / emrlibrary@gov.yk.ca Wed, Sep, 21, Klondike Cruisers Auto Slalom 11:00 am Porter Creek Secondary School Klondike Cruisers is hosting their August Auto Slalom at PC Secondary School. There will be cars of all sorts participating in this event that will be trying to get best time on the track setup that day. Come out and join the fun!

Wed, Sep, 21, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed, Sep, 21, Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:30 pm A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed, Sep, 21, Myth of the Ostrich 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Myth of the Ostrich shows us that sometimes the truth we seek ends up being the last thing we want to know.

Wed, Sep, 21, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu, Sep, 22, 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, 22, Yukon Filmmaker’s Roundtable 7:00 pm Screen Production Yukon Association Join us for the Inaugural Yukon Filmmaker’s Roundtable hosted at SPYA where we will be launching the Yukon Filmmaker’s Calendar Year online calendar and Ross Burnett, our very first guest presenter, will be delivering an info session for Tourism and Culture’s Advanced Artist Award. 496-2978 Thu, Sep, 22, Stringband’s Bob Bossin “Davy The Punk” 8:00 pm The Old Fire Hall Returning to the Yukon with songs and stories of Davy the Punk, his outlaw father. Gregory Bryce at 667-2161 Proceeds to Yukon Cares Society, which is responding locally to the global refugee crisis Thu, Sep, 22, Myth of the Ostrich 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Myth of the Ostrich shows us that sometimes the truth we seek ends up being the last thing we want to know.

KIDS & FAMILIES

Mondays - Saturdays Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Thu, Sep, 15, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Fri, Sep, 16, 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, 16, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sat, Sep, 17, 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, 17, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:00 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Sun, Sep, 18, Family Fun Day 12:00 pm Mount Sima Join us for family fun day, the last day for down hill mountain biking. Ski and Snowboard Swap and winter programs registration.

Mon, Sep, 19, Science Literacy Week 2016 Beringia Centre It’s Science Literacy week from September 19th to 25th and we are celebrating by offering FREE admission to the Centre on September 25th!

Mon, Sep, 19, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Sep, 20, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Sep, 20, 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, 20, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza 456-4792 Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests!

Tue, Sep, 20, All City Band - Squeak and Squawk 6:45 pm Porter Creek Secondary School All Grade 8 Band members & parents, Elementary Band & parents and all Senior Band members.

Wed, Sep, 21, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Wed, Sep, 21-23, Yukon Energy, Mines & Resources Library Book Sale for the Food Bank Room 335 Elijah Smith Building 667-3111 / emrlibrary@gov.yk.ca Thu, Sep, 22, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome

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, 15, YCB FAM Reception 8:30 am Waterfront Station Meet and Greet YCB Members and Industry Supporters 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, Whisky Revealed 6:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Whisky Tasting of 8 whiskies with Johnathan Bray

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Fri, Sep, 16-18 Talking About Car Share Coops Yukon Transportation Museum Everyone is invited to join in on this community conversation (with preregistration) To register now to join this community conversation, email info@goYTM.ca with the subject line: “Carshare Workshop” Would a Care Share Co-op work in Whitehorse and would it work for you? Let’s find out!

Fri, Sep, 16, Breakfast and Tour 8:00 am Yukon Arts Centre You are invited to the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining, Breakfast and Tour. Members only, learn all about CNIM`s training capabilities, energy efficient systems and ground breaking programming.

Sat, Sep, 17-20 Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums Yukon Convention Bureau 100+ Delegates Welcome visitors we are pleased to host you, thank you for choosing Yukon.

Sat, Sep, 17, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 am Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Sat, Sep, 17, Budgeting for a Family on a Reduced Income - Workshop 10:00 am Investors Group Budget on a single income in the Yukon. How to prioritize expenses and track them. Spend less or make more money. Have fun on a budget. Resources in the Yukon to save money.

Entry by donation to the Child Development Centre Coffee and home made treat for adults - Espresso for kids 334-4771 Sat, Sep, 17, Habitat for Humanity Information Sessions 10:30 am Whitehorse Public Library Habitat for Humanity Yukon information sessions. Duplex ownership opportunity. Door closes at start time.

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Sat, Sep, 17, PFLAG Meeting 7:00 pm Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome Sun, Sep, 18, Yukon Registered Music Teachers’ Association AGM 6:30 pm Yukon Carpenters Union All welcome, email for more information anniepiani@ gmail.com Mon, Sep, 19, Habitat for Humanity Information Sessions 6:30 am Whitehorse Public Library Habitat for Humanity Yukon information sessions. Duplex ownership opportunity. Door closes at start time.

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Mon, Sep, 19, Standing Committee Meeting 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council Chambers Tue, Sep, 20, Talk on the Remediation in the North: Measuring the Natural Rate of Oil & Gas Contaminant Decay 7:00 pm MacBride Museum Join us as Liz van Warmerdam talks about working with diverse technical teams to evaluate sites, identifying the source of contamination, through to developing and executing groundwater sampling and monitoring programs designed to support assessment and eventual remediation at sites with soil, groundwater, soil vapour and sediment contamination.

Wed, Sep, 21, Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. Drop ins welcome. 204880-7245 Wed, Sep, 21, Toastmasters 12:00 pm Sport Yukon Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. Drop ins welcome. 204880-7245 Wed, Sep, 21, Toastmasters 5:00 pm Yukon College Fear of public speaking? Supportive members club who will facilitate your development: Public Speaking, Leadership, Communication. Drop ins welcome. 204880-7245 Wed, Sep, 21, Yukon Kennel Club AGM 7:00 pm Sport Yukon Come and join us to discuss this past year and upcoming year, Former members and current members welcome.

Thu, Sep, 22, Wilderness Advanced First Aid Up North Adventures Train and consult to both medical and non-medical professionals and recreationalists for practical health and patient care in low resource and unconventional settings. Call or email to register 667-7035 Thu, Sep, 22-30, Wilderness First Responder Up North Adventures Train and consult to both medical and non-medical professionals and recreationalists for practical health and patient care in low resource and unconventional settings. Call or email for more information. 667-7035 Thu, Sep, 22, Legion General Meetings 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Thu, Sep, 22, Yukon Filmmaker’s Roundtable 7:00 pm Screen Production Yukon Association Join us for the Inaugural Yukon Filmmaker’s Roundtable hosted at SPYA where we will be launching the Yukon Filmmaker’s Calendar Year online calendar and Ross Burnett, our very first guest presenter, will be delivering an info session for Tourism and Culture’s Advanced Artist Award. 496-2978

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Roller Coaster Matt Murray’s popular comedy, Myth of the Ostrich, will open the Guild’s 2016-17 season

by Ken Bolton

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F

rom Beirut to Buffalo, then Whitehorse. That’s how Clare Preuss sums up the summer of 2016 from her standpoint as an itinerant stage director.

The Toronto-based actor, choreographer and director is currently in the Yukon to steer the Guild Theatre’s season-opener, Myth of the Ostrich.

Although the Matt Murray comedy was a standout hit at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2014, Preuss has never seen a production of it. Neither had she met any of the actors she is directing before she arrived in town at the end of August.

“We cast it by Skype,” she explains. “That was my first time doing that, and also a lot of the actors’ first time doing that.”

Preuss considers selecting the right cast as 99 per cent of a director’s job, and credits the Guild’s new artistic director, Brian Fidler, with helping familiarize her with the three women she eventually chose.

In local actors Carrie Burgess (Holly), Rosie Stuckless (Pam) and Andrea Bols (Cheryl), Preuss says she found a “great cast, with great chemistry among the three of them.”

It’s the third time this year that Preuss has directed a threewoman show. At a time when the lack of diversity in Canadian theatre is being questioned, she feels it is important to produce plays with strong female characters.

“I think it’s cool that Matt has written these really relatable women,” she says. “All three of these women are really layered and really truthful. He tells a beautiful story that is totally believable to me, top to bottom.”

That story begins when Holly, a single mother struggling to finish writing her second book, receives a visit from Pam, a stay-at-home mom who has intercepted a love letter from her young son, Evan,

Toronto-based director Clare Preuss is directing the Guild Theatre production of Myth of the Ostrich, which opens Sept. 22. The wood grain double-exposure headshot is from her recent Toronto production of Dead Roads to Holly’s teenager, Jodi.

The difference in their social attitudes and values is clear from the start, but the conflict becomes much more apparent with the arrival of Holly’s friend, a hard-living, coarse-talking Newfoundlander named Cheryl.

“There’s a lot of political stuff in there. It talks about queer politics, it talks about marijuana politics, it talks about suicide, it talks about different views of how women of a certain age conduct their sexual lives,” Preuss explains.

Despite the serious themes, however, Myth of the Ostrich is very much a comedy at heart.

“Matt Murray is a beautiful writer. I just love the way he sculpts the words.”

Preuss says the black-box Guild Hall provides an appropriate atmosphere for a play set in the living room of a small basement apartment.

“I love working with smaller spaces and intimate spaces, because then you can get into really fine-detailed work that’s really perceived by the audience and

not only by the actors,” she says.

“What’s so great about Myth of the Ostrich is that it takes place in real time, so the hour and a half for us is also the hour and a half for the characters. You can kind of feel cozy in a show like that.”

Still, the director admits, the limitations of space and time present at least one interesting challenge to her and production designer, Donald Watt.

In what she calls “one of the more choreographed parts of the show,” the three women assemble and occupy a blanket fort as their

journey together slides into a sort of Alice in Wonderland dimension.

The scene also includes “lots of Christmas tree lights. As many Christmas tree lights as we can fit on that stage. As many Christmas tree lights as exist in Whitehorse,” Preuss says.

“It transforms into quite a magical space. And then you kind of see people’s guards go down and truths come out.”

As the intensity increases, the director’s goal is to produce a kind of roller-coaster effect for both the characters and the audience.

“It’s going to be a challenge to find that balance, letting them get wild, and also keeping the story clear and keeping the pace going,” she says.

“There’s moments where we can pause, but it really has to click along, and we have to have those really specific moments between characters, because there’s quite a bit of subtext and layering to the story.”

Beyond the proven laughs in Murray’s script, Preuss believes Myth of the Ostrich has some important thoughts to convey.

“What Matt is saying is that we can find ways to relate to each other, to be human with each other, to be compassionate with each other, even if we come from very different backgrounds,” she says.

“We are enriched by being in community with folks who are different from us, and it’s actually useful for us, because we open up our world view, and we can become more compassionate human beings.”

Myth of the Ostrich runs for 10 performances from Sept. 22 to Oct. 8, with a preview performance on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

Curtain time is 8 p.m. Go to www.

GuildHall.ca for more information.

Ken Bolton is a former co-editor of What’s Up Yukon.

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utumn is here. The Yukon experiences seasons differently than other parts of Canada do. Our southern friends won’t start gearing up for fall until the end of September, but here in the north this lovely season comes in mid-August.

Currently the trees are ablaze with neon yellow – stretching as far as the eye can see.

What compliments fall better than a staple comfort food, chili?

Served up at tailgates, barbecues, potlucks and even Thanksgiving, this versatile dish is commonplace among Canadians no matter when fall hits.

Since becoming a vegan a few months ago I thought it would be neat to try out a vegan chili. Carnivores: hold your breath, you may actually be surprised at how good meatless chili can taste.

To begin, I chop two onions and sauté them with four cups of sliced of white mushrooms. Sautéing the mushrooms can be done with olive oil or soy margarine; I use a bit of both.

While the mushrooms cook (20 min on a low setting), it’s time to bring out the crock pot.

I add one cup of water, two large cans of diced tomatoes and one large can of tomato sauce. If you have the time and tomatoes, you can easily make your own sauce.

The next ingredient is optional.

I am a fan of hot spice, so to give this chili some kick, I take a handful of green and red chili peppers, finely chop them and add them into the crock pot – remember to wash your hands after.

Next up are the beans. Today we are going with two large cans of kidney beans and two large cans of black beans.

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should be done: just add them

because it just wouldn’t be chili

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My version of a classic comfort food straight into the pot. Then, it’s time for the tofu. For all the vegans out there, you know tofu is a must-have. I like to cook with the extra firm tofu, but you can use whichever texture you prefer.

Simply pick up your tofu block and crumble into the pot. Stir it around a bit, get everything nicely mixed together.

Then it’s time to add some extra spice. A few dashes of black pepper, a few dashes of white pepper, some tabasco sauce, and then, four tablespoons of liquid honey, which adds a nice contrast to the spice.

ZOnce all the ingredients have been added and mixed, I set the crock pot to low and cook for four hours.

Before the chili is served, you need to think about the garnish,

without one. Fortunately for vegans, there are many types of vegan cheeses to choose from. I will be honest and admit that I am not a fan of the vegan cheese, so for my garnish, we are going to head over to the greens.

There are many green veggies you can use to top your chili. You can used chopped green onions, steamed broccoli heads, bok choy, sprouts – the possibilities are endless. I like to use chopped spinach.

So there you have it: a healthy vegan chili that does not skimp on the flavour.

Angela Szymczuk is a Whitehorse-based writer.

Please send comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Curry Cauliflower Pickles Makes four 500 ml jars INGREDIENTS 3 � cups distilled white vinegar 3 � cups water 2 ½ Tbsp sugar 2 ½ tsp pickling or fine sea salt 2 ½ tsp yellow curry powder 4 small dried chilies 4 garlic cloves 1 tsp coriander seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 head of cauliflower, broken down into roughly 1 inch florets METHOD • Wash the jars and set aside.

• Combine the vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a medium sized pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Whisk in the curry powder.

• To each of the four jars add: one garlic clove, one chili and a ¼ tsp of each of the remaining spices. Pack the cauliflower florets into each jar (they should reach nearly to the rim, and be packed fairly tightly). Pour in the hot vinegar mixture, leaving ½ inch of space from the top of the jar.

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From the Back Country with Jozien Keijzer

Berry Picking

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or me, the summer of 2016 has been the best berry year ever. My berry season starts with wild strawberries and they were bigger than ever this year. Wild raspberries are almost always abundant.

Our famous Yukon cranberries are looking extremely promising this year. The wild season ends with rosehips.

I like to compare Mother Nature to a grocery store: sometimes Mother Nature temporarily discontinues a product or moves it to a different aisle. And, as with shopping, you have to have a knack for it.

Walking up to a berry patch I might not see berries right away and, for all I know, I am standing on them.

Suddenly, I see my berry-picking partner on hands and knees and hear the lovely “plop plop” sound of the first berries hitting the bottom of the bucket.

Sometimes I make jam with my berry harvest, or for a special treat, a pitcher of juice.

For jam, on average, I use one part berries, ½ part sugar and a little water. For juice I use four cups of berries, four cups of water, and ½ cup of sugar. I only cook the berries the minimum amount of time for desired results.

I eat all of these berries, as-is, for breakfast or dessert. I also freeze them as they are, for winter use. I never wash the berries; rather I try to pick them clean and then remove bits and pieces like spruce needles before feasting on them. All berries shown here are picked within 10 km of my home.

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Northern gooseberry. I find this berry in the mixed spruce poplar forest on my property.

The berry will eventually turn black, but feel for softness, it might be ripe when still white

Vaccinium vitis-idaea Low-bush cranberry, ripe when dark red. Used for cranberry sauce and cranberry loaf. Besides eating cranberries as they are, I also use them when cooking wild meat.

Viburnum edule High bush cranberries grow along my lovely “elfin creek.” You will know when you are in their vicinity because of the sweaty sock smell.

I use these berries to make a delightful juice or jelly and tea

Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon berry blossom.

Produces a sweet berry, reminiscent of marzipan

Shepherdia canadensis Soapberry grows everywhere, abundantly. I wash dishes with them, using them instead of dish soap. And this year they are so ripe, big and abundant, they are a very refreshing, thirst quenching snack while hiking

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Arctous rubra Bearberry, to be found on wet mossy ground.

They ripen early, then later in the fall the leaves turn bright yellows and reds

Ribes hudsonianum The Northern black currant is a strong tasting berry, but delicious used for black currant jam. Found in damp spruce forest locations. I also pick the leaves for tea.

The Ribes triste is the wild red currant; it grows in dark, rocky locations Ribes lacustre Black gooseberry. The ones I pick grow along the power line right-of-way that cuts through a north facing spruce forest

Vaccinium uliginosum Blueberries can be found along lakes, rivers and creeks. On mountains everywhere, they often appear just below tree line. At lower elevations the bushes are a few feet high, but by the time you reach the top of the mountain they are dwarf bushes, although the berries are the same size

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Two Chefs, a Dinner and a Whole Lot of Beer

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f you love beer and food, you’ll love this spin on the traditional Winemaker’s Dinner: Hops ‘n’ Grub.

Seated at a long table with a hundred of your Whitehorse neighbours, you will dive taste buds-first into dishes created to pair with select brews.

Four chefs are working together to create the meal: Troy King and Carson Schiffkorn from Inn on the Lake, and Trevor Bird and Brian Smith.

I spoke with Bird and Smith to discover their culinary inspirations.

Bird is co-owner of Fable Restaurant, which is a farm-to-table concept restaurant in Vancouver, and co-founder of MeatMe.com, an online marketplace that connects ethically raised, pastured meat with consumers.

Smith is head chef at the Gold Rush Inn and High Country Inn. How long have you been a chef?

Trevor Bird: I have been cooking for 17 years now, It’s the only job I have ever had.

Brian Smith: I have been cooking since – let’s see… at least 10 to 12 years now.

How do you approach your cooking?

Trevor Bird: Let the seasons and farmers be your inspiration and guide to a menu. Simple food cooked well.

Brian Smith: Just having fun, really. It is more of a release for me. I am passionate about cooking -- I show up and have fun. I try and be as creative as possible. And that creativity I like to let it flow through the plates and throughout the team as well. Because a lot of times you can be mundane and stagnant and everybody gets bored, so, if you can come to the table with fresh ideas, it excites everyone around you.

Where do you find the inspiration for your dishes?

Trevor Bird: Just handling nice ingredients and cooking with passionate people. I feed heavily off other people, my cooks will come up with ingredients they want

to cook with – that is where the basics begin.

Brian Smith: It’s just that having fun mentality. If I can have that presence on the floor in the kitchen, it just resonates through the rest of the staff. A lot of the staff have great ideas and one idea leads to another, and before you know it, it’s something exciting.

What is your approach to using local ingredients in your cuisine?

Trevor Bird: I am very passionate about local food, economy and community.

Brian Smith: We’ve been trying (to use local ingredients) and that was a challenge – this event coming up was a real eye opener for me. I love supporting local and going as local as I possibly can, but to do something to that volume or the pace that we run at the High Country… It’s the sustainability – to find local farms to keep up with the demand. But, in general, if I can go local, I will.

What is your favourite dish to make?

Trevor Bird: I really enjoy cooking fish, which I will be cooking at the Hops ‘n’ Grub dinner. It’s so delicate and people don’t realize how low of a temperature you should cook fish. It’s very exciting cooking it in a busy environment.

Brian Smith: I’ll just get hung up on something and stay with it for months or a year at a time and then it changes. Lately it’s been smoking and grilling and barbeque-ing food. If I were going to pick any one specific item, I would have to say cold meat – like loin cuts and stuff like that. I have yet to find something I can’t (smoke).

We have smoked everything – veg, proteins, cheeses… it’s almost endless.

What will you be preparing for the Hops ‘n’ Grub event?

Trevor Bird: I will be cooking Alaskan salmon with beets, fennel, orange and horseradish. In whole sides and lining the dining table with the whole sides of salmon. I am still undetermined on the appetizer – (it will be) some-

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Hops ‘n’ Grub takes place Saturday, Sept. 24 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Yukon Convention Centre. Each ticket includes pre-dinner canapés and a four-course dinner served family style. All courses will be served with a paired cocktail or limited edition Yukon Brewing beer.

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Caption: Chefs Brian Smith (left) and Troy King are working together to pair beer with food to serve at the Yukon Convention Centre on September 24 thing that Fable does really well as I would love to bring a Fable experience to (the Yukon).

Brian Smith: It’s kind of collaborative so I’ll be doing a canapé, an appetizer and part of the main course. We will be doing smoking.

When it comes to partnering beer with food, is there a favourite beer you like to use?

Trevor Bird: I always like lagers because I can drink 10 in a sitting and not be savagely hung over.

It’s nice to have craft brew with

food. IPA (Indian Pale Ale) and spicy Thai is probably my favourite combo, but I generally don’t enjoy IPAs. When cooking myself and making a beer pairing, I taste the beer first and work flavours with it.

Brian Smith: Lately it’s been the Midnight Sun Stout. It’s paired really well with what we’ve done in our kitchen – we are using a lot of coffees in rubs and it pairs well with the beer.

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Selene Vakharia is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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September 15, 2016

A Feast For All

Tr’ondëk Hwech’in Teaching and Working Farm School celebrates the first bounty

by Gabriela Sgaga

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all is harvest time, and at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (TH) Teaching and Working Farm School, there will be a feast to celebrate a summer’s worth of hard work by students and staff alike.

“TH has wanted active farming for the community for a long time, and I’m honoured to be spearheading the project,” says Dexter MacRae, director of human resources, education and training for the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government.

The farm school was able to begin its first year of operation this summer with funding support from the Training Policy Committee, established under the Umbrella Final Agreement to provide training programs for Yukon First Nations.

The farm consists of a three hectare garden. There were 20 students enrolled, 16 post-secondary, and four from the local Robert Service High School.

“Ages ranged from 16 to over 60 years old,” McRae says.

The curriculum was made up of two hours of classroom time on site, with the rest of the day being spent by each student researching, building, planting and maintaining their own small, 150 by 75 foot patch of land.

Students grew such crops as potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, kale and peas.

“The gardens did well,” McRae says. “They really flourished.”

Students also had the option to live on site for the season. There’s a cookhouse, a wash house, as well as 12 wall tents for students and guest instructors to live in.

Along with farming, students helped build and make repairs on the farm, earning credits towards a journeyman’s certificate from Yukon College, which is a partner in the project.

“It’s a part of farming and these are very important skills to have,” MacRae says.

After a successful first season, the school will continue to evolve.

Plans for next year include building a 25 by 100 foot greenhouse, a 40 by 80 foot Quonset hut to be used as a barn, as well as six more wall tents, pigs and chickens, and a plan to hire a full-time manager, who will live on site over the winter.

But in the meantime, there is a feast to organize. The public is invited to come and enjoy the harvest bounty at the feast, which will be held on Friday, September 16 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. out at the farm site, which is located 15 kilometres east of Dawson City. Up to 300 people are expected to come out and celebrate.

Along with all the vegetables grown by the students, there will be a quarter hind of moose roasting on a spit, with a ham for back up. For most of the day, TH staff will be at the site for a bonding event of games, including throwing

straw bales and sack races.

Local transport Husky Bus will be operating a shuttle from Dawson to the feast, then back again after the meal. The North Klondike Highway Music Society Fiddlers’ Group will be playing during the feast, as well as the Hän Singers.

Graduation ceremonies for the students will also be taking place.

McRae is overjoyed to see all the hard work over the past two years come to fruition.

“My feet haven’t touched the ground for a while,” he says. “It feels wonderful and it’s really cool. It’s taken us over two years to get here. It’s a long term project, and we’ll be ready to hit the ground again in early April of next year.”

For more information on the feast of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm School, go to www.Trondëk.ca.

“TH is very grateful for the policy committee’s foresight in supporting educational efforts to improve food security and sustainability in the Yukon Klondike,” says McRae.

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A sunflower growing at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm School

Kale growing at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm School

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

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Wellness 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, 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 Range Night 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club The public is welcome to access the range. Range Officers on duty at this time to ensure range safety for all.

Fri, Sep, 16 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 pm Golden Horn Elementary Sat, Sep, 17-18 Slamfest Mount Sima Slamfest bike races both days, kids course, swing bike action and try out the brand new beginner/ intermediate bike trail. BBQ, Lounge, Music and Prizes Sat, Sep, 17 Summer at Sima 12:00 pm Mount Sima Mountain biking, paragliding & single panoramic chair rides, come for an adventure!

Sun, Sep, 18 Work Bee! Clean the range Biathlon Range Sun, Sep, 18 NAIG - Archery 11:00 am Biathlon Range Sun, Sep, 18 Terry Fox Run 12:00 pm Rotary Peace Park Suitable for bikes, wheelchairs/ strollers not suitable for rollerblades. Dogs on leash welcome. Route distance: 5km Help support

Mon, Sep, 19, Tai Chi Basics 6:00 pm Hidden Valley School Mon, Sep, 19, Grief Walking Group 6:00 pm Robert Service Campground An opportunity to share your grief experience, or simply enjoy nature and the companionship of others who are grieving. Trained volunteers create a supportive group environment that is a safe place to share. 667-7429 info@ hospiceyukon.net Mon, Sep, 19, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 49 Movement Hand Form 7:00 pm Hidden Valley School Mon, Sep, 19, 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.

Mon, Sep, 19, Hips Hams Core 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Mon, Sep, 19, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sword From 8:00 pm Hidden Valley School Tue, Sep, 20, 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 post-partum body’s recovery in a safe, supportive environment. Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Tue, Sep, 20, 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, 20, Detailing Yoga Primary - Level 2 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery Begins with a review of breath, core, internal form, and the alignment and poses. To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue, Sep, 20, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 pm Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Sep, 20, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form - Section 2 6:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Sep, 20, Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sabre Form 7:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Sep, 20, Intro to Meditation 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Stretch and breath work to prepare for some

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a true Canadian hero`s legacy fighting cancer Mon, Sep, 19 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Mon, Sep, 19 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Mon, Sep, 19 NAIG - Archery 6:00 pm Biathlon Range Tue, Sep, 20 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, 20 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, 20 NAIG - Archery 6:00 pm Biathlon Range Tue, Sep, 20 Contagious Mountain Bike Club: Dirt Girls 7:00 pm Multiple Locations Dirt Girls rides are group rides for any cyclist who is born as, or who identifies as, a woman. All riders must be club members!, bring your membership number to sign-in before each ride.

Tue, Sep, 20 Company of the White Wolf - Practice 7:00 pm Rotary Peace Park If swordfighting and medieval combat interest you, beginners and new members are always welcome to come down and join in on practice, or to just observe and ask questions.

Wed, Sep, 21 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Sep, 21 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Sep, 21 Summer at Sima 5:00 pm Mount Sima Mountain biking, paragliding & single panoramic chair rides, come for an adventure!

Wed, Sep, 21 Rifle Silhouette Match 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Weekly matches.

Shooting starts at 7 pm. Arrive early to help set up.

100 yard Bench Rest range available to members but shooters using this area must follow directions and range commands of silhouette match range officer. Total 40 targets per match.

Thu, Sep, 22-25 Wilderness Advanced First Aid Up North Adventures Train and consult to both medical and non-medical professionals and recreationalists for practical health and patient care in low resource and unconventional settings.

Call or email to register 667-7035 school@ upnorthadventures.com Thu, Sep, 22-30 Wilderness First Responder Up North Adventures Train and consult to both medical and non-medical professionals and recreationalists for practical health and patient care in low resource and unconventional settings.

Call or email for more information. 667-7035 school@upnorthadventures.com Thu, Sep, 22 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, 22 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, 22 Public Range Night 7:00 pm Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club The public is welcome to access the range. Range Officers on duty at this time to ensure range safety for all.

simple meditation techniques. To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue, Sep, 20, Continuing Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Wed, Sep, 21, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free DropIn counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Sep, 21, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Wed, Sep, 21, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Sep, 21, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Youth only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Sep, 21, Beginning Yoga Primary – Level 1 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery This class awe begin to feel the strength, stamina, lightness and flow of the practice, and work on vinyasas.To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Sep, 21, Red Tara Meditation 6:00 pm White Swan Sanctuary Everyone welcome. For more info contact Vicky 633-3715

Wed, Sep, 21, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Hand Form 7:30 pm Grey Mountain Primary School Wed, Sep, 21, Hips Hams Core 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Sep, 21, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Yang Family Hand Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Thu, Sep, 22, Seniors Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Thu, Sep, 22, Stillness Circle 4:45 pm White Swan Sanctuary Finding stillness within through mediation, conscious breathing, music and yoga. Yoga is beginners level with Margriet Blok. Please email for more information. razam70@hotmail.com Thu, Sep, 22, Fassy Caregiver Support Group 6:30 pm FASSY The support group is for people who care for and support children, youth, and adults with FASD. Come share your experiences, wisdom and knowledge. 393-4948 fascap@klondiker.com Thu, Sep, 22, Beginner Yoga with Tammy 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery call 336-4461 or email tammy. reis37@gmail.com to register. 867-336-4461 tammy. reis37@gmail.com

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

Contact Captain Jennifer Lafrenière 335-3060

Cowley Lake Farm Fair Sept 24 & Sept 25 1 to 4 pm MIDNIGHT SUN ALPACAS Come meet the animals that produce the soft fibre for the wonderful socks, scarves, blankets, hats, mitts and more.

Enjoy an afternoon of farm life. We’ll have a bonfire, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and treats

E WE AR 11 ED KM .

LOCAT SS RD O R C R CA E FOR TH LOOK SIGNS.

The Spirit Riders are going to do some demonstrations.

Daily Draw for 2 Pairs of Socks!

Their performance will be on Sunday at 2:30pm

Hope to see you there!

SCHOOL ZONES: YOU DO THE MATH

A child fatality is 8x more likely when you’re driving 50 km/h instead of 30 km/h.

30 km/h in a school zone is the only math you need to know.

Remember — kids are back in school.

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Highlights Ateliers

Studio d’Arts Underground

14 au 29 septembre

Boys and Girls Club of Yukon

What:

Petits et grands pourront découvrir les techniques de la mosaïque et collaborer à la création de l’œuvre collective Captez le rêve.

Free Teen Drop In Ages 11 to 18 Free snack and meal

When: Wednesdays to Saturdays 3 PM to 9 PM Where: 306A Alexander Street Look for the big green door!

Contact: Web: bgcyukon.com Facebook: bgcyukon Twitter: @bgcyukon

mosaique.afy.yk.ca

Ph. (867) 393-2824

Exhibi� ons CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:

HANDS OF TIME: BUSH WOMEN ON THE LAND Open Studio Sessions

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

September 2 – October 1

EDGE GALLERY

Monday Closed, Tuesday - Friday 11am - 9pm, Saturday & Sunday 1-9pm

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

Curated by Jennifer Bowen

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

September 2 – October 1

HOUGEN HERITAGE GALLERY

LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

First Sunday of each month From 7-9 pm $10/session Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

HOURS

MY HEALING JOURNEY ARTWORK BY MARY CAESAR

Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE SEPTEMBER 20

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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

CERAMIC OPEN STUDIO

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Oct.15, Nov.10, Nov.15 & Dec.10

DAVY THE PUNK

Bob Bossin’s Davy the Punk: A Story of Bookies, the Mob, Toronto the Good and my Dad.

Wednesday Sept 28.

Doors open: 7:30 / Show: 8:00 pm $18 / $16 members in advance available at KIAC $20 at the door for everyone.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

CORE MEETING SEPTEMBER 20

Shows include: Basia Bulat, Olivier de Colomel & Romain FitoussiBand: A Tribute to Thomas Chapin, Joel Plaskett, and Kacy & Clayton

$80 members/$90 non

WELDING 101 SEPTEMBER 15

REPAIR CAFE DROP IN SEPTEMBER 23

CuratedOpen

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

DROP-IN & OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS - AGES 14+

BE A VOLUNTEER

6:30PM - 9:30PM

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: YUKON ARCHIVES

July 8 – October 29

WOOD ORIENTATION SEPTEMBER 15

2016 FALL PERFORMING ARTS SERIES SEASONS PASS

CAUTION! Becoming a Special Olympics Yukon volunteer will provide positive change to your life!

SHELLEY HAKONSON PERPETUAL CURIOSITIES: A 30-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE September 29 – November 3 Reception:

September 29, 7:30 pm Give us a call at (867)668-6511 or email info@specialolympicsyukon.ca

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

Available Light Cinema Sunday, sept 18 yukon Arts centre

HOW HOUSES WORK SEPTEMBER 22

FOCUS GALLERY

Friends of the Yukon Archives Society

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

INSTRUCTABLES WOODWORKING CLUB: YARD DICE (PROJECT #1) SEPTEMBER 22 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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

THE ART OF THE ORDINARY: US-CENTRIC PHOTOGRAPHY

SCALING FOR SUCCESS: BUSINESS GROWTH WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

Heart of

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

/ YukonFilmSociety

@YukonFilm

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Riverdale

A place to live, learn, grow...and be awesome ❤

The “Heart of Riverdale” uses an intergenerational approach to learning through the arts. Along with a huge selection of incredible arts programming for kids, we also are home to the famous “Ball Pit”, and “The Courts” theatre space. We have regular free groups such as an Intergenerational Knitting Circle, a Monthly Book Club, our own Girls Group, and plenty of space available for use by various community groups. Check out our website to see what we have going on, or stop by for a visit on the corner of Lewes and Klondike.

www.theheartofriverdale.com

Food Drive with

Whitehorse Baptist Church and the

Food Bank Society of Whitehorse Help us stuff our bus with your donations of non-perishable food items for the Whitehorse Food Bank.

DROP-OFF HOURS:

Saturday September 17, 2016

10am-4pm

LOCATION:

Superstore Parking Lot

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What’s Up Tinder with Amelia Merhar

Dawson Tinder Report

this fall. In October 2016 the film will start being submitted to festivals. Hopefully we’ll see it screened locally, soon.

Next week will be my last article in this series about online dating in the Yukon. I’m sad to for it to end, it’s been great to finally get paid to be single!

Swipingly Yours, Amelia.

Amelia Merhar is a writer whose heart is based in Whitehorse.

PHOTO: Chris Healy

A still of Kat from the film, A Spark in the Dark

H

ello, dear readers. The Annual Territorial September Scramble is on in full force.

Up the Klondike Highway where the winters are darker and colder than in Whitehorse, the stakes of the dating game are stacked even higher.

I went to Dawson for five days, and swiped and liked and Tindered away. In the efforts of research, I expanded my age range up to 2050 years old and practiced being an unusually generous liker. I even Tindered right at the Miner’s BBQ, which surely has the highest concentration of loaded 20-something gold miners (in both senses) in Canada.

I swiped right on a lot of Dawson boys I already knew, as well, so I figured I’d have several fun matches at the very least.

But… I only got one match. One lowly match. He was an Alaskan

lawyer who left town before we could meet. I had swiped right on so many men and the growing sense of inadequacy in my heart left me wondering, am I even qualified to be the What’s Up Yukon Tinder correspondant? Because one Tinder match in the sexual Montreal of the Yukon is not a good story. That’s a sad story.

To be honest, all was not lonesome in Dawson. I did have two different hobo men propose to me when I wore a pretty white dress out on the town one night. (I declined both offers.)

I lamented to a friend over dinner about the situation, and she told me someone had made a short documentary about Tinder in the winter in Dawson. Chris Healey to be exact. Saved by the film! I had a story again.

I chatted with Chris, met his son, James Healey the co-producer and

composer, and was lucky enough to see a preview of A Spark in The Dark: Tinder Users in the North.

The film was inspired by an evening of hanging out with friends having excellent conversation that got around to some amazing Tinder stories – although Chris has never used Tinder himself.

By using the common and popular topic of Tinder that people around the world can relate to, Chris says, it’s a way to show how very different things are in the North, especially in the winter.

The film has a gritty aesthetic, is shot in black in white, and is about 20 minutes long. It is a self-funded project. It follows three Dawsonites sharing their experiences with Tinder, a dating app designed for the big, dismissive and endless city.

Tinder in Dawson, it turns out, is more of an intimate social network than a dating app. You are in-

credibly likely to match with your friends. And there’s more peer pressure to swipe right, because you know these people, you know all these people on Tinder.

“There’s a very nice social message that comes out of this: you really have to treat people gently, because you are gonna see them.

And that’s what turns Tinder into something else here,” Chris says.

A Spark In The Dark is coming

P: (867) 333-2255 E: info@fireweedmarket.ca

www.fireweedmarket.ca

Yukon’s Best Friend: Stanley & Sarah Todd, Photo credit: Spencer Tomlin

DOG CULTURE

Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people!

Photos will appear in the Yukon Transportation Museums I’m here... No really! right here! Display and they may appear right here DogI’mCulture Trooper & Catherine Sheardown Photo Credit: Kirk Cameron inside What’s Up Yukon!

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

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

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

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Wed, Sep, 21, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK

Thu, Sep, 15, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Sep, 17, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Sep, 17, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Sep, 17, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Sep, 19, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Sep, 20, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Sep, 20, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Sep, 22, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club

CARCROSS

Thu, Sep, 15, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation 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 Sat, Sep, 17, Rabbit Fur Mitts 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Rabbit Fur Mitts with Christina Barrett Materials can be provided but encouraged to bring your own.

Admin building Please Register in advance 821-4251 Mon, Sep, 19, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Tue, Sep, 20, Management Board 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Tue, Sep, 20, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Tue, Sep, 20, 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, 20, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Sep, 20, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Sep, 20, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 21, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Sep, 21, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Sep, 21, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Sep, 21, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Sep, 22, Executive Council Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Thu, Sep, 22, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Sep, 22, 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, 22, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Sep, 22, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

CARMACKS

Sun, Sep, 18, Terry Fox Run 11:00 am Tantalus School Suitable for bikes, wheelchairs and strollers. NOT suitable for rollerblades. Dogs on leash welcome. Route distance: 2km, 5km, 10km. BBQ lunch served afterwards. Help support a true Canadian hero`s legacy fighting cancer.

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 MidnightLast Show Sept 24 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, 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.

Fri, Sep, 16, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 16, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Sep, 16, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Sep, 16, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Sat, Sep, 17, 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, 17, Drop-in Saturday Painting for Adults 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, 17, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Sep, 18, Terry Fox Run 11:00 am WaterFront Park Begins at Waterfront Park in front of the gazebo. The route this year will be the “town loop”.Help support a true Canadian hero`s legacy fighting cancer.

Mon, Sep, 19, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Sep, 19, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Sep, 19, Reading by Claire Caldwell 7:00 pm Dawson City Community Library Reading / presentation by Berton House Writer-in-Residence CLAIRE CALDWELL. Refreshments served, all welcome! 9935571 dclib@klondiker.com Tue, Sep, 20, Drop-in Screen Printing 5:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Student quality inks and other materials may be accessed for beginners or those wishing to experiment. KIAC’s screens are available to use, providing they are well maintained

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Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Tue, Sep, 20, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Wed, Sep, 21, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Sep, 22, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe

FARO

Fri, Sep, 16, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Wed, Sep, 21, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Sep, 21, 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, 21, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

HAINES JUNCTION

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 Fri, Sep, 16, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Mon, Sep, 19, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed, Sep, 21, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Sep, 21, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Sep, 22, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Sep, 22, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Sep, 22, Community BBQ 4:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Free food, activities and door prizes to be won, let us say thanks for a great season!

Thu, Sep, 22, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE

Fri, Sep, 16, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Sep, 17, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Sep, 18, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 20, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies. C’mon down!

Tue, Sep, 20, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Tot Group 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Sat, Sep, 17, Stewart Valley Community Market 10:00 am Galena Park Produce, eggs, preserves, baking and other homemade goods.

Tue, Sep, 20, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE

Fri, Sep, 16, Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

OLD CROW

Thu, Sep, 15, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Tue, Sep, 20, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Thu, Sep, 22, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Sep, 15, Carpet Bowling For Everyone 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Learn the technical indoor game of carpet bowling.

Fri, Sep, 16, Tagish Community Association meeting 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Sat, Sep, 17, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sun, Sep, 18, Pancake Breakfast with Sunday Morning Trivia: Tagish 9:30 am Tagish Community Centre Third Sunday of every month. September 20th - Trivia Theme is “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’ 399-3407 recreation@ tagishyukon.org Wed, Sep, 21, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Sep, 21, Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 pm Tagish Community Centre Wed, Sep, 21, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Thu, Sep, 22, Carpet Bowling For Everyone 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Learn the technical indoor game of carpet bowling.

TESLIN

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

Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work. Park at the large brown cook shelter, follow the adjacent foot trail down to the lake shore and follow the signage.

Thu, Sep, 15, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Thu, Sep, 15, Badminton 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Fri, Sep, 16, Born To Fly 6:00 pm Teslin Rec Center pre-teen and teen girls group Sat, Sep, 17, Recreation Centre Open Drop In 1:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Sat, Sep, 17, Youth Club! 8:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Sun, Sep, 18, Recreation Centre Open Drop In 1:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Tue, Sep, 20, After School Sports Kindergarten to Grade 3 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Kelsey 335-4250 teslinrec@ teslin.ca Tue, Sep, 20, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Tue, Sep, 20, Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:15 pm Teslin Rec Center Wed, Sep, 21, After School Sports Grade 4-9 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Kelsey 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Thu, Sep, 22, Soccer Grades 4-7 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Thu, Sep, 22, Badminton 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center

WATSON LAKE

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

Thu, Sep, 15, Kids Running Club 4:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre A club for kids interested in running or jogging, call Meaghan for more details. 536-8020 Sun, Sep, 18, Terry Fox Run 11:00 am Wye Lake Park Suitable for wheelchairs, NOT suitable for rollerblades, bicycles; Dogs on leash welcome.

Route distance: 3km, 10km.Help support a true Canadian hero`s legacy fighting cancer.

Mon, Sep, 19, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Sep, 20, Kids Running Club 4:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre A club for kids interested in running or jogging, call Meaghan for more details. 536-8020 Tue, Sep, 20, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 pm Town of Watson Lake Thu, Sep, 22, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Sep, 22, Kids Running Club 4:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre A club for kids interested in running or jogging, call Meaghan for more details. 536-8020

HAINES

Daily Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM. No Swim Sundays Mon-Thu Haines Public Library Open 10:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Haines Borough Public Library Hours: MonThu 10-9 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 12:30-4:30 | 766-2545 Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays Totem Pole Carving 10:00 am Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Until, Oct, 1, Art Show: Terra/Mare: Land/ sea inspired gut & fibre works Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre In the Elisabeth Hakkinen Gallery we have terra/mare: land/ sea inspired gut & fibre works by Lyn Fabio.

Lyn, a mixed media artist from Whitehorse, Yukon, has become known for the vessels and art garments she makes with animal intestine – mainly hog-gut – inspired by traditional clothing fashioned from seal intestine, which she discovered on trips through Alaska.

Thu, Sep, 15, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Sep, 15, KHNS Audit 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 16, Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 am Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri, Sep, 16, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Sep, 16, KHNS Audit 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 16, Story time 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Sep, 16, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Sep, 16, Guided Bird Walks 4:00 pm American Bald Eagle Foundation We will have some bird guides and binoculars, but please bring your own if you have them. All ages are welcome 907-766-3094 Fri, Sep, 16, Afterschool Outdoors 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library

Fri, Sep, 16, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Sat, Sep, 17, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Sep, 17, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Sun, Sep, 18, St Michael’s - lobby 11:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Sep, 18, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 19, Tai Chi 10:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 19, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 19, Strength and Stretch 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 19, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 19, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Sep, 19, Afterschool Outdoors 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 19, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Sep, 19, Concert - Matt Anderson (Theater) 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Sep, 20, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Sep, 20, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 21, Tai Chi 10:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Sep, 21, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 21, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Sep, 21, Afterschool Outdoors 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 21, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Sep, 21, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar Thu, Sep, 22, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Sep, 22, Strength and Stretch 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Sep, 22, HAC - Chris Proctor 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts

SKAGWAY

Thu, Sep, 15, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 15, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Sep, 15, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 15, Easy Does it YogaRestorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 15, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Sep, 16, Spinning w/ Dena 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Sep, 16, Dance Dance Dance Night at the Red Onion Saloon 9:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Dance dance dance, shake it, boogie until you can’t, dance at the Red Onion Saloon Sat, Sep, 17, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Sat, Sep, 17, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Sep, 17, Volleyball For Adults 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Sep, 18, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Mon, Sep, 19, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Sep, 19, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Mon, Sep, 19, Roller Hockey For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Sep, 19, Windy Valley Boys 7:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Tue, Sep, 20, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Back/Hip Yoga with Myofascial Release and Acupressure 10:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Tue, Sep, 20, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Sep, 20, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Sep, 21, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Sep, 21, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Sep, 21, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Thu, Sep, 22, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 22, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Sep, 22, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 22, Easy Does it YogaRestorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Sep, 22, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre

Exotic Animals to Visit the Yukon

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Monitor lizard

Lemur

Rabbit

These are some of the animals that will be on display during the CAZA conference in Whitehorse. The animals will be exhibted at the Canada Games Centre on Saturday, September 24 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at half hour intervals.

by Tao Roung Wong

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wide variety of exotic animals from Cuvier dwarf caimans, pythons, tortoises, tarantulas, a black lemur and opossums are being brought to Whitehorse for the Canadian Accredited Zoo & Aquarium (CAZA) Professionals 2016 Conference running Sept. 21 to 24.

These animals will be showcased in select elementary schools in Whitehorse and at a series of public events on a bydonation basis, such as at the Canada Games Centre on Saturday, Sept. 24.

The educational and hands-

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on sessions for the general public will be run by the Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo and Hand’s on Exotics; both organizations have a significant outreach presence in their communities.

All the animals will have travelled quite a distance to arrive in Whitehorse, flying in via Air North from as far afield as Ottawa.

However, great care has been taken in ensuring their comfort and suitability for travel.

“The public outreach aspect of bringing these animals to the Yukon is to get people to care about the biodiversity in North

America and beyond in a tangible way. Not everyone in the Yukon is able to see such animals, but these animals allow us to share what CAZA is all about, that is, conservation and education” says Jake Paleczny, Director of Programming and Education of the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. “You only care about what you understand.”

Many species of the lemur, for example, are listed as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable from a host of humanmade factors including deforestation, hunting, climate change and

capture for the exotic pet trade.

The exotic pet trade is an important educational aspect for CAZA with these programs, as some of the animals showcased have been rescued after being purchased as pets by the general public.

Without the necessary knowledge or appreciation of the significantly different care required to ensure the wellbeing of the animals, groups like Hand’s on Exotics have to rehome or otherwise rescue these pets.

This is the 40th Annual Conference for CAZA and the first time

this conference is being held north of 60. The Yukon Wildlife Preserve, which is hosting the conference, is its only accredited member this far north.

The CAZA conference will run for four days and will focus on education of its members through seminars and networking. Among the many topics to be tackled is the controversy concerning zoos and aquariums and how they might do better in the future.

Tao Roung Wong is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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Hidden Treasure in

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Haines Junction Find art, craft and even bannock mix at the gallery in St. Christopher’s log church

by Ruth Lawrence

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nother successful year has ended for the local gallery in Haines Junction. For the last five years, the gallery has been housed in the basement of St. Christopher’s Church.

It started when Lynn De Brabandere, the minister, was having coffee with local artist Marty Ritchie and the conversation turned to the need for a display space to promote local artists’ work. De Brabandere offered the basement of the Haines Junction log church.

Marty Ritchie contacted local artists and craftsmen to see if they were interested in a co-op or guild. The rest, as they say, is history. In the summer of 2012, the gallery opened, and since then the number of artists participating has grown from 15 to 30.

St. Christopher’s is a log church, and is in itself a work of art. Henry Henkel, a Haines Junction resident, designed it and

oversaw workmanship as it was built 25 years ago. The basement now houses the gallery every summer.

It’s an example of De Brabandere’s outreach philosophy.

“We are here to inspire and encourage one another, and share resources,” she says.

Artists do what they can in terms of taking shifts to work in the gallery, others contribute in other ways such as painting walls, setting up and taking down the gallery.

Because the artists price their own work, the gallery guild hopes to keep prices affordable. Locals and tourists alike shop for gifts and souvenirs in a wide variety of media such as paintings – both prints and originals – T-shirts, jewelry, art cards, bannock mix, jams, leather and beadwork, books by local authors, pottery, wood and metal works, and quilted, knitted, and hand sewn crafts.

“I’m grateful for all of the artists who take part in the gallery.”

And, the community has benefitted greatly from De Brabandere’s work. The church and gallery are worth a visit when it reopens in June of 2017.

Ruth Lawrence is a Haines Junction-based writer.

It was another successful summer at the Haines Junction Art Gallery. The gallery will be open again next summer

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