What's Up Yukon, November 2

FRE E

WHATSUPYUKON.COM

November 2, 2016 Issue #502

Yukon Election November 7 - Be Sure To

Vote

See Pages 18-19

All Northern. All Fun.

DREAMS NEVER DIE Buffy Sainte-Marie to play + speak at Bluefeather Music Festival See Pages 8 & 10

See Pages 4&5

EVENT LISTINGS LISTINGS EVENT

Hidden Wonders: Dawson City’s toe garnish

PHOTO: Matt Barnes

Whitehorse Walks: the Hepburn Tramway

See Page 21

See Pages 25 & 28 visit See9,Pages Pages & us 5,or22 17 20online See 6, & 23

Printed in Canada

A Reputation Built on Trust and Quality Denture Specialist: Chris Von Kafka LD DD

5 Health 5 Function 5 Comfort 5 Appearance

Canadian Licenced Denturist, Denturist Diploma

Call today for an appointment 668-2510 or 1-888-660-1839

112-1116th First Street, Horwood‘s Mall

2

whatsupyukon.com

Buy Sell Invest

Your Real Estate Specialist

Action Realty

49B Waterfront Place Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6V1 867-667-2514

867-334-1111

November 2, 2016

Starting Conversations through Art with A Dawson City Scrapbook

by Gabriela Sgaga

Announcing: MR.

Leather for Men from Australia 6098 6th Avenue

Tue–Fri: 11 am to 5:30 pm, Sat: 10 am to 4 pm

www.sportees.com • 668-2691

Helen O’Connor, Red Book of Annaghmakerrig, fibre art (2014)

DUVET COVERS!

PHOTO: courtesy of Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre and David Neufeld Great quality winter duvets “St. Geneve” and “Cuddle down”

Monday to Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm, Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm | 205a Main Street 668-3157 | rambleswhitehorse@gmail.com

The Finest Craft Beer Glasses now at The Best for Your Kitchen - Since 1974 Open Monday to Saturday 9:30 AM-6:00 PM 667-2858 #14-303 Ogilvie, Qwanlin Centre, Whitehorse info@coffeeteaandspice.ca

Change Your Smile, Change Your Life.  BPS Dentures  Repairs  Flexible partials  Adjustments  Rebase & Reline  Custom Mouth Guards

Call today to book your Complimentary Consultation Denture Specialist: Peter M.W. Allen, D.D., R.D., R.D.T. 50 Years Professional Experience

“A smile increases your face value”

WE WELCOME NEW PATIENTS!

Northern Denture Clinic

(867) 668-6818

OR 1-800-661-0509 1-106 MAIN STREET, WHITEHORSE (NEXT TO CIBC BANK)

E: dentureclinic@northwestel.net W: northerndentureclinic.ca

Looking at the residential school survivors’ scrapbook, K’änächá, at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre’s summer exhibition, Finding Our Way Home

W

hen you think of comics, you may think of superheroes or lovable scruffy dogs. But Rebecca Roher says comics are not only pulpy and light. Roher is a cartoonist, illustrator and educator.

Comics, she says, can be used to start conversations about serious topics.

“People are maybe more open to a comic, while other forms of communication might be too difficult,” she says. “It’s a narrative that helps with telling a serious story and dealing with a serious topic. Comics distil ideas to their purest essence.”

Roher is a Nova Scotia College of Art and Design graduate who now makes her home in Toronto.

She started looking at the art of comics about six years ago. She has since used the medium to educate people of all ages about such things as abortion, women’s

“

It’s a narrative that helps with telling a serious story and dealing with a serious topic. Comics distil ideas to their purest essence.

Rebecca Roher

bodies and dementia, among other things.

She says she’s always been interested in real stories. Which is why, while in Dawson on an art residency program this last August, she was drawn to the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nations summer exhibition called Finding Our Way Home, held at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre. The exhibition was about residential school survivors, the affected generations that have followed and the work being done to heal.

One of the items on display was the K’änächá Scrapbook Project, which is a compilation of residential school memories that was created by a group of survivors in the Klondike.

“The scrapbook was powerful and heartbreaking,” she says. “It’s an important story cont’d on page 3...

3

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

On the Cover

Starting Conversations through Art with A Dawson City Scrapbook ... cont’d

Buffy Sainte-Marie will play the Blue Feather Music Festival.

Photo by Matt Barnes

What’s Inside Dawson City Comic ................. 2 Hepburn Tramway .................. 4 Discover Snorkelling................ 7 Family Fun Literacy Tips .......... 7 Blue Feather ........................ 8 Geezerville ..........................12 Canning for Gold ...................13 Carrot Gallette .....................14 Well North ...........................15 Collective Nouns ...................16 A Klondike Korner .................21 DVD Review .........................23 Mink River ...........................25 Mindfulness .........................29 Romain Fitoussi ....................30 Aisy Doodles ........................32 Yukon See it Here..................32 F*ck Feelings Feelings........................33 Sound Workshop ...................34

Events PHOTOS: courtesy of Rebecca Roher

Whitehorse Listings ................ 9 Highlights ............................27 Community Listings ...............25 Active Interests ....................28

Excerpts from Rebecca Roher’s A Dawson City Scrapbook, inspired by residential school survivors and there’s lots we don’t know about. There was something there for me and I felt compelled to work through it.”

Roher says that questions such as what does reconciliation really mean and how do we actually change things, drove her to create a comic based on the scrapbook.

“Drawing the story in comic form was a way for me to work through all of this,” she says.

“In order for me to understand things, I incorporate a visual project into my brain, work through it and then let people see it.”

Roher drew her cartoons on an 8x12 paper, then folded it into eight pages: a front and back cover, with six pages in between.

Before leaving Dawson, she left it with the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre. It’s called the Dawson City Scrapbook.

So far, reaction to the idea of the project has been positive.

Georgette McLeod, a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in citizen, thinks Roher’s comic is another way to help keep the reconciliation efforts and healing in the community alive.

“It’s another element in getting the message of this stark his-

tory across, facing it, and healing in different forms. It’s still hurtful to lots of people, and it’s important to continue the discussion in different ways,” says McLeod.

Roher says she was grateful to have had people around her that gave an honest response while she was creating her comic.

“I was very open to criticism – it made it better,” she says.

She feels like she has only skimmed the surface of a very important topic and is still waiting for more feedback from the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in to make sure that she has appropriately cov-

ered all the points.

“I want the feedback,” she says. “I don’t want to put words in someone else’s mouth.”

For more information on Rebecca Roher’s work, go to www. rebeccaroher.com 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.

whatsupyukon.com 6A 4230 Fourth Ave Suite 8 Yukon Inn Plaza Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K1 Ph: 667-2910

What’s Up Yukon TEAM Editorial Meagan Deuling Team meagan@whatsupyukon.com Tamara Neely

Client Care Tammy Beese Team tammy@whatsupyukon.com Chelsey MacDonald chelsey@whatsupyukon.com

Ulrich Trachsel ulrich@whatsupyukon.com

Aurora Massage Clinic Michael Hood RMT Discover the difference Deep Tissue Therapy makes Specializing in chronic conditions such as neck and back pain #10-5110 5th Ave, Whitehorse, YT Pine Medical Building

Proudly Bringing

To Your Table  Alpine Bakery  Bean North Coffee Roasting Co.  Bullet Hole Bagels  Klondike Kettle Corn  GEM Reductions  Home Sweet Home  Icy Waters

       

We’re pleased to be a part of What’s

Midnight Sun Coffee The Bird House The Twisted Gourmet The Wandering Bison The Maple Rush Yukon Grain Farm Yukon Gardens Yukon Spring

Accepting New Clients Call or Text 867-393-2814

YES!

We would be pleased to show you our meeting & conference facilities

Open Everyday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Up Yukon’s success

303 Ogilvie St, Whitehorse (867) 667-6251

Didier Delahaye Louise Skookum

Admin Penny Bielopotocky Team events@whatsupyukon.com Keira Howard Accounts Receivable keira@whatsupyukon.com

Weekly Magazine published by

Beese Entertainment Publishing We thank our advertisers and our friends at 135 distribution points for helping keep What’s Up Yukon FREE.

Tuesday & Thursday Ginger Jam (Open Jam Night) 9 pm Wednesday Hump Day Trivia 8 pm Friday & Saturday Karaoke 9 pm Sports action on big screen TVs!

Homestyle Breakfast Lunch & Dinner Open Every Day 7 am - 9 pm

500 issues delivered to our customers over the last 11 years!

Join the PC Plus Program

Design Lesley Ord Team Paulette Comeau

We would be happy to host you, we have…

98 comfortable rooms, kitchenettes & jacuzzi suites, free high-speed internet, guest laundry, complimentary coffee/tea, irons/boards, fridges and microwaves in all rooms and air-conditioning throughout.

Happy Hour 4:30-7 pm Week days & all day Sunday Open Daily at Noon

Toll Free: 1-800-661-0454 | Phone: (867) 667-2527 | Fax: (867) 668-7643 4220 – 4th Avenue, Whitehorse | Email: reservations@yukoninn.com | yukoninn.com

4

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Hepburn Tramway Historic Walk

100% YUKON owned and operated

NO FUSS, HASSLE-FREE ORDERING

by Nellie Dale

Experience the service that everyone’s been talking about!

HEAT IT UP!

633-3322 2nd Floor Horwoods Mall

heatyukon.com

e m i t It is ash! to w

➩ A new massive RO and water softening system. Our water quality

You And Your Vehicle Will Love Us Because We Have…

is better than city drinking water!

PHOTO: Yukon Archives, Eric Hegg fonds #2582

Fire killed slope showing tramway descending escarpment towards Miles Canyon. About 1900

Open 7 Days a Week

➩ Private stalls, easily to drive in and out.

No one behind you, pressuring you to hurry up!

➩ The most wash bays of any car wash.

W

Less chance of line ups

➩ A blower system to blow the water off your car.

Only one in the North!

➩ Environment Friendly Soap ➩ Lots and lots of hot water.

Buy Wash a $100 Pre Card a p nd Rec aid eive a

Heated using a renewable energy source!

1 % Disco0 unt

➩ Pavement entering and exiting.

Keeps your vehicle clean after you wash it!

!!

In the Yukon Gardens Business Park

(867) 668-2606

hitehorse resident Peter Long is an avid walker.

He has explored many trails in and around Whitehorse. He believes he has found a city trail which could become an exciting historic walk.

Today at Miles Canyon, just above the parking lot on the west side of the Yukon River, the Hepburn Tramway trail beckons. The flat road bed is visible to the walker.

Remnants of wooden rails can still be seen along the trail.

Historically a tramway was a lightly laid railway for uses such as logging or mining. The Hepburn Tramway was similar to a logging road. The trams (or low four-wheeled carts) were hauled along by horses.

DU INTRO CING

Any Mini Pastry and small McCafé Brewed Coffee

Only

1

$ 69 plus tax

While gold seekers worked diligently to pack gear over the Chilkoot Trail, Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids proved to be the most challenging water obstacles between Lake Bennett and Dawson City. Many rafts loaded with supplies were lost in this dangerous stretch of river.

In the summer of 1897 John Hepburn proposed a tramway be built along the river to bypass the canyon. By November of that year he had returned to Victoria, B.C. looking to purchase horses and tram cars. He told folks

“

“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.”

Paul Scott Mowrer

in Victoria he had procured the right of way and blasted a roadbed along the shore.

Imagine

walking

nearly

kilometres of the tramway as it was built by Hepburn between 1897 and 1898. Peter and I walked a two-point-eight kilometre section from the American Laundry Road (which today is found while coming south on the Alaska Highway, just before McCrae) to Miles Canyon. The last 400 meters coming into the parking lot is rough. One section is damaged by a small pre-1950 cat trail and other sections are overgrown from years of little use.

When Peter first discovered the trail, he visited the Yukon Archives to locate pictures and other information about Hepburn. Another section of the tramway trail, Peter explained, about two-and-a-half kilometres of it, ran from Cora Grant’s cabin to the Robert Service Campground area. Today this stretch is mostly under Schwatka Lake Road, under the dam or submerged in Schwatka Lake.

Peter envisions the Hepburn Tramway trail, along with historic treasures such as Herschel Island and Forty Mile, being preserved and interpreted for visitors and local residents.

Schwatka Lake Road might serve

eight

cont’d on page 5 ...

BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF OLD MAN WINTER CHECK LIST! • • • • • • • • Product availability varies by restaurant.

Offer available at the McDonald’s restaurants in Whitehorse, Yukon for a limited time only.

disconnect and put away garden hoses check all weather stripping around windows and doors top up fuel change filters on furnace clean HRV ensure gutters are cleaned to prevent blockage screens put away chimney is cleaned

Now bring it on, you are ready!

®

©2016 McDonald’s

Just Call Karol at Coldwell Office: 668-3500 | Cell: 333-9552

5

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Hepburn Tramway Historic Walk ... cont’d it was bordered by trails that were long used by First Nations people. There was a tramway on both sides of the river and a telegraph line, built in 1899, that can still be followed in places along the west side of the river. Right above the canyon, just above the tramway, there’s the no longer used 1899 railway built by the White Pass and Yukon Railway.

Peter suggests that the loop trail below the tramway is “like walking in a cathedral.”

It is regrowth forest that burnt sometime before the Gold Rush.

Time has painted the area with a luxuriant green moss.

Imagine a city with a walking culture. A community focused on healthy exercise, local recreation and tourism.

The success of the Millennium Trail and Rotary Centennial Bridge is a great example.

THE HEAT IS ON! Walk In - Buy Create - Watch The Hottest Glass Blowing Studio North of 60

867-633-2308 www.lumelstudios.com 101 Keish St, Whitehorse, Yukon

Re-Elect

Peter has Hepburn Tramway research including many historic photos and maps on his website, www.WhitehorseWalks.com.

PHOTO: Nellie Dale

Peter walking the tramway trail, September 2016 as an interpretive promenade; a meeting place, an information hub, explaining the history of the area.

The river is a travel corridor with a rich transportation history.

The Hepburn Tramway Historic Walk is perhaps a wonderful Canada 150 birthday project waiting for some enterprising folks to step up and develop a way forward.

The Hepburn Tramway is only one part of the story. Along with travel on the Yukon River itself,

Nellie Dale is a writer and artist who lives in Yukon’s forest.

Evidence of the tramway, September 2016 PHOTO: Nellie Dale

Brad Cathers

Yukon Party Candidate for Lake Laberge

Working hard for you to deliver results!

ä Approachable ä Experienced ä Always Listening to you

w w w. b r a d c a t h e r s . c a - P h : 6 6 7 - 6 3 1 2

Bundle up, Yukon.

With over 390 channels to enjoy, suddenly getting snowed in isn't half bad.

WHITEHORSE PHYSIOTHERAPY | KRISTY LERCH AND ASSOCIATES Kristy Lerch

BSc, BScPT, FCAMPT

Jaclyn Trybowski

BScPT, MSc.A PT

Yvonne Emson BPT, MCPA

RECOVER FASTER WITH US! Orthopedic Physiotherapy Work and Sport Injuries Acupuncture/IMS

Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Spinal Manipulation

NEW LOCATION AT 208 STRICKLAND STREET Book an appointment online at recoverfaster.ca, or call us at 867-667-2138

1-888-772-7525, ext. 342664

6

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Join us!

Let’s build a better Yukon.

It’s time for new ideas.

The Yukon Party hasn’t been there for you. Too often, their policies have benefited Outside corporations more than Yukoners. It’s time for new, bold ideas that put Yukoners first – like jobs for people who live here, first year free at Yukon College for Yukon residents, a plan to fix health care and a $15/hour minimum wage.

You don’t just deserve a different government — you deserve a better government.

Campaign Rally, October 23, 2016 Photo: Mark Kelly

7

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

hitehorse holesale

What’s Under the Waves

Auto Centre

SALES - BODY SHOP - PARTS - SERVICE 2012 Jeep Compass 4dr 6spd Dark Blue 60kms $14,900 2013 Hyundai Tucson GL AWD White $18,900 2016 Subaru Impreza 5dr, Hatch, AWD, 10kms $22,995 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport 2 Dr, White, 12 Kms, Lift Kit, $29,995 2009 Dodge Caliber SXT 4Dr, Blue $6,595 2017 Hyundai Elantra 4Dr, Auto, AWD, 2kms, Black $20,900 2014 Chev 1500 Silverado Crew 4x4 Grey $32,900 2011 Ford F250 Crew 4x4,XLT, 8'Box, 105 kms, Silver $32,900

by Tao Roung Wong

2015 Chev Equinox 2LT AWD 27,995 Auto 30kms White

2016 RAM 1500 Crew 4x4 $43,900 SXT Fully Loaded Black 2000kms NEW 2017 Hyundai Elantra $20,900 4DR Auto Red Open 7 Days A Week In-House Financing Available EMAIL: woloshyn@northwestel.net For Quick Approval Call: 668-5559 Fax: 668-5732 #4 Fraser Rd, McCrae Whitehorse

HA

RPENI

G N

S

Yukoners can learn to snorkel in Whitehorse, and take those skills to tropical waters

PHOTO: wikimedia commons

A

Family Fun Literacy Tips

Brought to you by the Yukon Literacy Coalition

L

Illustration: clipartpanda

iteracy begins as a newborn - long before a child enters school. Literacy starts in the home with families. Your child is never too young or to old to talk, sing and read with. These are things you can try tonight.

Learning to read starts from birth.

Talk, talk, talk. Narrate the day as it evolves. Whether you are feeding your baby, grocery shopping together or taking a walk, use the words that describe the actions and the things around you.

You’ll help your baby develop vocabulary before they can even talk.

Discover Snorkeling event run by Virginia Labelle of Yukon Scuba will be run on November 6th between 9 – 9pm at the Canada Games Centre pool.

The event is targeted at first time snorkelers, especially families looking to make the most of their ocean-side vacation during the winter months.

Virginia Labelle is a certified PADI dive instructor since December 2013 and has been running scuba diving courses in the Yukon for a year and a half. She has trained just over 100 divers in the Yukon from the ages of 10 and up.

The upcoming Discover Snorkeling course is the first she intends to run in Whitehorse at the behest of previous clients.

“We will be providing everything required for the program, mask and snorkels, with the goal of having participants become comfortable with the snorkel and diving down,” said Virginia “They will learn to clear the snorkel and sun protection as well as additional weight control if necessary.”

Prevention of Violence against Aboriginal Women Funding Call (2017-18) The Women's Directorate invites applications to the Prevention of Violence against Aboriginal Women Project Fund. The funding provides assistance to community-based violence prevention projects, designed and developed by and for Aboriginal women.

The deadline for applications is Monday, November 14, 2016 by 4:30pm.

Projects may apply for up to $25,000 for one-year projects or $50,000 for two-year projects.

Please contact Lorie Larose 667-3026 or 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3026 for more information, or if you’d like support in developing ideas for your proposal.

Application packages can be found at: www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca

Space is limited for safety to a maximum of eight participants and participants are requested to book with Virginia at 332-0351 prior to the event.

Unfortunately, there is not much snorkeling in the Yukon as even the more popular dives in the Yukon like the wreck in Lake Laberge is too cold and deep at 18 meters for snorkelers. However, both the Discover Snorkeling and Open Water Scuba Diving programs are great preparation for a winter vacation trip to more suitable climes. Past participants have made their way around the world including Mexico, Hawaii, Thailand and more, finishing the whole or part of the diving program with Yukon Scuba prior to their trip.

Tao Roung Wong is a Whitehorse-based writer.

YES

We sharpen all these and more….

Skates Ice Augers Hand Saws Chain Saws Circular Saws Carbide Saws

Scissors Knives Axes Chisels Meat Grinder Blades

Perfection & Quality Always Guaranteed!

Over 45 Years Experience 667-2988

or stop in and drop off at 6149 - 6th Avenue, Whitehorse

8

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

The Blue Feather Music Festival is an instrument of hope

by Meagan Deuling

W

hen Jolie Angelina McNabb was buried 16 years ago, Kwanlin Dün elders gave her the name, Blue Feather Eagle Woman. The Bluefeather Music Festival started in 2010 as a tribute concert to Jolie, who committed suicide.

She had a dream, that she wanted to do something for youth, something to give them hope so they wouldn’t end up in the same place she did.

Jolie was a Plains Cree from Saskatchewan, from the Peepeekisis First Nation. She was abused as a child. She later married Gary Bailie, who lived in the Yukon. He went around to concerts and festivals and did lighting, he said he was inspired by the natural lighting of the territory.

Buffy Sainte-Marie is returning to the Blue Feather Music Festival for a second year. She is performing and doing a speaking engagement

Keeping the Dream ALIVE

PHOTOS: Christie Goodwin Gary kept Jolie’s dream alive in a realm in which he’s familiar, music festivals. He said her dream to help kids was a seed, and it’s grown into the festival as it is now, which he says is unlike any other festival in the Yukon because it’s substance free.

Gary also uses the festival to mentor kids. One girl, Janelle Cousins, started helping with lighting as a volunteer when she was 11. Now she’s 19 and she’s, “basically running the show,” says Gary.

Another kids, Michael Hamm, started as a stage manager when he was 12. Now he’s running the monitor.

“It’s hard to reach the kids,” says Gary. cont’d on page 10 ...

DEDICATED TO GIVING YOU THE MOST GENTLE DENTAL CARE BOOK AN APPOINTMENT WITH: Our Dentists • Dr. Sammy Hachem • Dr Vi Tang • Dr. Grant Woo • Dr. Geoff Newhouse • Dr. Sonja Baur Our Specialists • Dr. Jason Choi Oral Surgeon • Dr Tarek El- Bialy Orthodontist Join And Watch For Our Appointment Alerts

ASK US ABOUT OUR SENIOR DISCOUNT

Our Hygienists • Annie Corbeil • Cody Magun • Natalie Decary

Our Services include: 9 Botox 9 Invisalign 9 IV sedation 9 Implants 9 Cosmetic dentistry 9 Microscope dentistry 9 Oral surgery

Email: riverstonedentalclinic@gmail.com | 409 Cook Street | Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Ask Us About Our Referral Program

RIVERSTONEDENTAL.CA

Whitehorse EVENTS ARTS SHOWS Fri, Nov, 4-26 Art Exhibit: Heartbeat Arts Underground ‘Heartbeat’, the latest exhibition from Women à la Carte in the Focus Gallery. 667-4080 Fri, Nov, 4-20 Compelled to Paint: This Land, This Light Yukon Artists at Work Gallery An exhibit of new landscapes by painter Valerie Hodgson.

333-9877 Fri, Nov, 4, Compelled to Paint: This Land, This Light - Reception 5:00 pm Yukon Artists at Work Gallery An exhibit of new landscapes by painter Valerie Hodgson. 333-9877 Fri, Nov, 4, Art Opening: Heartbeat 5:00 pm Arts Underground ‘Heartbeat’, the latest exhibition from Women à la Carte in the Focus Gallery. 667-4080 Sat, Nov, 5, Ants on a Log Children’s Art Auction 1:00 pm The Old Fire Hall Pick up a unique piece of artwork for your home or office. All pieces have been created by children who have accessed our services. Enjoy refreshments and entertainment by Lana Rae, Steve Slade, the FIddleheads and the Dakhka Khwaan Dancers.

Until, Nov, 21, Magnetic North Centre de la francophonie Magnetic North is a study of creatures great and small around us. John Berryman captures split-second life and environment of the Northern - a spider capturing a bee or a bear eating a salmon 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.

Until, Nov, 30, Art Exhibition: Meghann Meadowcroft Hilltop Bistro Yukon College The exhibit features a selection of Meadowcroft’s paintings inspired by the Yukon’s natural landscape—from colourful fireweed to blossoming trees and dynamic northern lights. Meadowcroft began painting as a personal therapeutic process and never expected to find a market for her work.

LIVE MUSIC

Wed, Nov, 2 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Nov, 2 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Nov, 3 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, Nov, 3 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, Nov, 3 Jazz in the Hall - De Colombel & Fitoussi 7:30 pm The Old Fire Hall Steve Gedrose educational vignette. Saxophonist Olivier de Colombel & guest guitarist Romain Fitoussi from France with their Thomas Chapin tribute project.

867-334-2789 info@jazzyukon.ca Thu, Nov, 3 Jam Night with Scott Maynard 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Thu, Nov, 3 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, Nov, 4 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Nov, 4 Open Mic with Patrick Jacobson 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel Fri, Nov, 4 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Nov, 5 Blue Feather Music Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Headliners: Buffy Sainte-Marie and Sass Jordan, with local performers opening.

Purchase your tickets through Yukon Arts Centre, Arts Underground or Yukon Apparel. 667-8574 Sat, Nov, 5 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, Nov, 5 Vice and Virtue 7:00 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Vice & Virtue takes the stage with their unique blend of alternative rock originals.

Sat, Nov, 5 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Nov, 5 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Nov, 6 Blue Feather Music Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Headliners: Buffy Sainte-Marie and Sass Jordan, with local performers opening.

Purchase your tickets through Yukon Arts Centre, Arts Underground or Yukon Apparel. 667-8574 Sun, Nov, 6 Katie Avery 1:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre Katie Avery with Joyce Klassen and Roslyn Wilson.

Favourite solos for violin by J.S. Bach, F. Kreisler, V. Monti and more. In the Public Gallery, Admission by donation Sun, Nov, 6 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel Sun, Nov, 6 Rae Spoon and Angel Hall 7:00 pm The Old Fire Hall Rae Spoon is an award-winning Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, multiinstrumentalist & author. They have released 8 solo

9

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

albums spanning folk, indie rock & electronic over the past 12 years.

Mon, Nov, 7 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Nov, 8 Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Nov, 8 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers.

Wed, Nov, 9 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Nov, 9 Karaoke with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon

goods. Something for everyone! 667-6772 Sat, Nov, 5, 2016 Spruce Bog Craft and Gift Show 11:00 am Canada Games Centre The 2016 Spruce Bog Craft and Gift Show at the Canada Games Centre, in the Flexi Hall. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an early opening at 10:15 for seniors and persons with mobility difficulties.

Sat, Nov, 5, Ants on a Log Children’s Art Auction 1:00 pm The Old Fire Hall Pick up a unique piece of artwork for your home or office. All pieces have been created by children who have accessed our services. Enjoy refreshments and entertainment by Lana Rae, Steve Slade, the FIddleheads and the Dakhka Khwaan Dancers.

Sun, Nov, 6, Blue Feather Music Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Headliners: Buffy Sainte-Marie and Sass Jordan, with local performers opening.

Purchase your tickets through Yukon Arts Centre, Wed, Nov, 2, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 Arts Underground or Yukon Apparel. 667-8574 Sun, Nov, 6, Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Are you a wordy Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or person, put your words to the test and join the Michèle Wed, Nov, 2, Presentation about School Services Scrabble Club. Must be 19+ 5:00 pm Commission Scolaire Francophone Topics Sun, Nov, 6, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 pm include: psychoeducation, francization, literacy and Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools remedial education. A light supper will be served and games will be organized for children. Seating is and equipment; clay and some tools are available limited, please register before October 27 by call or for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour. email. 667-8680 Mon, Nov, 7, Post-Production Sound Design Wed, Nov, 2, Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm Whitehorse, Yukon Join local Whitehorse music Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing composer, producer, sound designer and multiwith dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will instrumentalist for a two night Workshop on Post focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step. These are Production Sound Design. Develop filmmakers’ 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the incorporation of sound design as aspects of local music scene here in Whitehorse. Singles or storytelling Foster more creative script writing, couples welcome. Please bring indoor shoes with experimental sound scape consideration for both a smooth sole. Call or email for more information. documentary and fiction projects. Contact tech@ 668-3408 yukonfilmsociety.com to reserve your spot Wed, Nov, 2, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn Mon, Nov, 7, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 am in the Boiler Room Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Thu, Nov, 3, Chess Corner 6:30 pm Whitehorse Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available Public Library Chess played upstairs at the Library, on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888beginners welcome, welcome to bring your own 668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 ‘lucky’ board. Everyone welcome to sit in on this Mon, Nov, 7, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 game of strategy. pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Thu, Nov, 3, Ladies Night featuring Playboyz Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more Magic Mike Style 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Come and have fun for our version of the ultimate Mon, Nov, 7, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal ladies night| Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Fri, Nov, 4, Yukoner Appreciation Day Main Mon, Nov, 7, Big Choir 7:15 pm Whitehorse United Street - Downtown Participate in our Passport Church All voices, all welcome, email for more Program - collect stamps from local businesses for information. a chance to win one of several great prizes! Coffee / Hot Chocolate / Pastries and Entertainment in the Mon, Nov, 7, Just Dance 7:30 pm Association franco-yukonnaise Whether you’ve been dancing for “tent” Enjoy the entertainment at 3rd Avenue and years, or normally struggle to get on the dance-floor, Main Street this is a safe welcoming space for everyone to get Fri, Nov, 4, Dusk’a Friday Language Lunches their groove-on Alcohol and drug-free. Entrance by 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Bring a bag lunch and come learn Southern donation. No talking on dance floor - side room for Tutchone with our special guest speakers. Call Erin snacks and chatting.

Tue, Nov, 8, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Pauls for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin Epic Pizza Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Nov, 4, Bevy’s and Games 4:00 pm (co)space and contests! 456-4792 Tue, Nov, 8, End of the World Election Party 6:00 coworking space` Every Friday we have delicious pm Woodcutter’s Blanket We all need a break from bevy’s and we play games and hang out. the electoral hoopla, come on down for some post Fri, Nov, 4, Reel Rock 11 7:00 pm Beringia Centre election fun!

11 of our latest collection of electrifying climbing Tue, Nov, 8, Crochet Workshop Series 6:30 pm films showcasing the sport’s biggest stories and athletes. This year’s movies feature many Canadian Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store To sign up, please stop by the shop, email (contact@itsy-bitsy.ca) or call at 335destinations.

YARN (9276).

Fri, Nov, 4, Brave New Words 7:00 pm Tue, Nov, 8, Drop In Improv 8:00 pm The Guild Woodcutter’s Blanket We encourage writers and Hall Drop in Improv with George Maratos and Brian storytellers from all genres to come read what you Fidler, admission by donation, bring your funny bone have written. and an extra pair of pants - just kidding!

Fri, Nov, 4, Softball Radio TV Bingo 7:15 pm Tue, Nov, 8, Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel Softball Yukon For more details contact Softball 9:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Yukon at 867-667-4487 or email softball@ Wed, Nov, 9, Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 sportyukon.com Listen on CKRW 610 AM/96.1 pm Yukon Government Administration Building FM, CHON FM 98.1FM, 90.5 in the communities, Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Northwestel Cable-Channel 209 and 709 Michèle Fri, Nov, 4, Major Motion Picture 7:30 pm Yukon Wed, Nov, 9, Wayback Wednesdays: Wartime Arts Centre Major Motion Picture explores timely Whitehorse 5:30 pm MacBride Museum Discover themes of surveillance, territory, propaganda, and what the City was like during WWII 667-2709 belief through eccentric and lawless characters.

Wed, Nov, 9, Drunken Lectures: November Seven dancers fight for the theatre, losing and Edition 7:00 pm Baked Cafe 8 not-quite sober gaining the grounds for power, identity, and desire. speakers, 8 topics, 8 minutes each. Come join the Sat, Nov, 5-6 Beyond Horse Massage Weekend Seminar Whitehorse, Yukon Learn how to recognize fun. You might just learn something.

Wed, Nov, 9, Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm and use the visual responses of the horse to your touch to find and release accumulated stress in key Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will junctions of the body that most affect performance. focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step. These are Call or email for more information or to register.

3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the 641-472-1312 local music scene here in Whitehorse. Singles or Sat, Nov, 5, Blue Feather Music Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Headliners: Buffy Sainte-Marie couples welcome. Please bring indoor shoes with a smooth sole. Call or email for more information. and Sass Jordan, with local performers opening.

668-3408 Purchase your tickets through Yukon Arts Centre, Wed, Nov, 9, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn Arts Underground or Yukon Apparel. 667-8574 in the Boiler Room Sat, Nov, 5, Christmas Bazaar 9:00 am Yukon Inn Located in the Fireside room, as a fundraiser for the Local Royal Canadian Legion, start checking those lists, and looking for great locally made gifts, and Mondays - Saturdays Family Free Play Drop-in baked goods. Something for everyone! 633-4583 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668Sat, Nov, 5, Christmas Bazaar 10:00 am Best 6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play Western Gold Rush Inn Start checking those lists, and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome and looking for great locally made gifts, and baked

GENERAL EVENTS

KIDS & FAMILIES

Wed, Nov, 2, Parent and Child Mother Goose with Elders 10:30 am Macaulay Lodge 668-8794 Fun for kids, parents and elders, children 0-5, call Jo for more information.

Wed, Nov, 2, Toddler Story Time 10:30 am Whitehorse Public Library All welcome. Ages 2-4 years & caregiver Wed, Nov, 2, Stage 1 Theatre Gr 3-4 3:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Nov, 2, Girls Group (10-15) 5:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Nov, 2, Stage 1 Theatre Gr 5-8 5:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Nov, 3, Heart Heroes Preschool 9:00 am Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Nov, 3, Rawk Band 1 Gr 3+ 4:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Nov, 3, Rawk Band 2 Gr 5+ 6:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Nov, 4, Mother Goose 10:30 am Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Nov, 4, Stage 1 Theatre Co Production 3:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Nov, 5, Heart Heroes Kindergarten 10:00 am Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Nov, 5, Saturday Kids Nature Exploration 10:00 am Grey Mountain Primary School 6688360 Get ready for wilderness awareness games, extended survival challenges, naturalist studies, wildcraft projects and exploratory play. Call or email for more information.

Sat, Nov, 5, 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, Nov, 5, Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:30 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.

Sat, Nov, 5, Heart Heroes Grade 1 11:15 am Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Nov, 5, Heart Heroes Grade 2 12:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Nov, 5, Coffee House 7:30 pm Whitehorse United Church 633-4255 Featuring Manfred Jannsen + the Open Stage Sun, Nov, 6, Curl for Kids Sake 2016 9:00 am Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre 668-7911 Come join us for a fun day of curling, and help raise money for Mentoring Programs in Whitehorse, Watson Lake, and Dawson City! This event is perfect for curlers of all skill levels. Pizza will be provided for lunch, and there will be both a Silent and Live Auction as well as a 50/50 draw and door prizes!

Call to register.

Mon, Nov, 7, Parenting in the 21st Century 9:30 am Yukon College 667-8794 An 7 week group on Monday Mornings or Evenings from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Call or email to register.

Mon, Nov, 7, Baby Story Time 10:30 am Whitehorse Public Library Everyone welcome. Ages 6-24 months & caregiver Mon, Nov, 7, Art Explorations Gr 3-4 3:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Nov, 7, Art Exporations Gr 5-7 5:15 pm Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Nov, 7, Big Bros Big Sis 6:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Science Magic Shipyards Park All ages. Have fun with science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Lets stretch our minds and grow, free and drop in! Two times during the day at 1:30 - 2:30 pm and 3:15 - 4:00 pm.

Tue, Nov, 8, Heart Heroes Preschool 9:00 am Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Heart & Soul Choir Gr 3-4 4:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Pokemon Go Pizza Nights 4:30 pm Epic Pizza 456-4792 Pizza, outside charging stations, prizes and contests!

Tue, Nov, 8, Rawk Band 1 Gr 3+ 4:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Heart Beats Choir Gr 5-7 6:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Rawk Band 2 Gr 5+ 6:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Book Club 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Nov, 8, Groove Choir Gr 8+ 7:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Nov, 9, Parent and Child Mother Goose with Elders 10:30 am Macaulay Lodge 668-8794 Fun for kids, parents and elders, children 0-5, call Jo for more information.

Wed, Nov, 9, Toddler Story Time 10:30 am Whitehorse Public Library All welcome. Ages 2-4 years & caregiver Wed, Nov, 9, Stage 1 Theatre Gr 3-4 3:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Nov, 9, Girls Group (10-15) 5:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Nov, 9, Stage 1 Theatre Gr 5-8 5:45 pm Heart Of Riverdale

MEETING & WORKSHOPS Wed, Nov, 2, 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. 204-880-7245 Wed, Nov, 2, 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. 204-880-7245 Wed, Nov, 2, 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. 204-880-7245 Wed, Nov, 2, Pineridge Neighborhood Association AGM 6:00 pm Pineridge Neighborhood Association Wed, Nov, 2, YCKC 2016 AGM 7:00 pm Sport Yukon A bit of business and some snacks while we get fired up for next season. We need to vote on elections and bylaws.

Wed, Nov, 2, White Ribbon Yukon 2016 AGM 7:00 pm (co)space coworking space` This year we are seeking to renew the organization, and call on anyone with an interest in doing more to understand and end men’s violence against women. Light refreshments will be served.

Fri, Nov, 4, Pros and Cons of Carbon Tax 11:30 am Coast High Country Inn Two presentations representing different perspectives, to register call or email. 667-2000 Fri, Nov, 4, Bevy’s and Games 4:00 pm (co)space coworking space` Every Friday we have delicious bevy’s and we play games and hang out.

Sat, Nov, 5-6 Yukon Music Sector Summit Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Shaping the future of Yukon’s Music Sector. Email for more information.

Sat, Nov, 5, 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.

Mon, Nov, 7, Health and Safety for Non-Profit Organizations 2:00 pm Association francoyukonnaise Participants will learn about internal and external responsibility systems, legal duties of employers, supervisors, and workers, and tangible tasks an organization can implement to not only ensure people’s health and safety but build a better and happier organization. Call or email for more information, 456-4304 Mon, Nov, 7, Young Women of Wisdom Workshops 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre All awesome girls aged 9-13! This new group mirrors the Women of Wisdom, but is tailored just for girls. Girls meet every Monday evening. Every second week is a Traditional Teachings week! Call 633-7683 to learn more.

Mon, Nov, 7, Porter Creek Community Association 5:15 pm The Guild Hall Regular Meeting 867-633-4829 Mon, Nov, 7, Porter Creek Community Association Monthly Meeting 5:15 pm The Guild Hall Mon, Nov, 7, Standing Committee Meeting 5:30 pm City Of Whitehorse City Hall Council Chambers Mon, Nov, 7, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 pm Emergency Measures Organization Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Nov, 8, Women of Wisdom Workshops 6:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre If you’re an Aboriginal woman who is looking to share or learn Traditional Teachings, the Women of Wisdom program may be a good fit for you.

Tue, Nov, 8, Transition to Post-Secondary Workshop 7:00 pm Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) A discussion of things to consider when planning for post-secondary studies, apprenticeship, and entering the work force.

Parents, guardians, students - everyone is welcome AND light snacks will be provided.

Wed, Nov, 9, 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. 204-880-7245 Wed, Nov, 9, 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. 204-880-7245 Wed, Nov, 9, Yukon Nominee Program Information Sessions 12:30 pm Multicultural Centre of the Yukon Do you have questions about the Yukon Nominee Program, come and meet with us and have your questions answered and discuss your concerns. Call or email for more information.

667-6205 Wed, Nov, 9, 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. 204-880-7245

10

whatsupyukon.com

Philomena Carroll

Artist Studio And Gallery

November 2, 2016

Keeping the Dream Alive ... continued from page 8

November Weekend Openings

Visit, explore Photography printmaking Wonderful holiday gift ideas!

867-689 -8718 info@pcarrollfineart.com

pcarrollfineart.com

Burma Rd, North Klondike Hwy, Whitehorse.

Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 11am - 4pm & by Appointment

Great Canadian Products to Keep You Warm and Cozy!

667-2229 • Mon-Fri 10-5:30 & Sat 10-5

HORWOODS MALL

www.duenorthmaternityandbaby.com

PHOTO: courtesy of Digging Roots

867 334-7117

The Future of computer networking For immediate attention Call THE COMPUTERISTS

WWW.COMPUTERISMS.CA

Richard’s Tire Tips

Are you running all-season tires year round?

If so, you may be compromising your safety as well as those around you! Most all-season tires stop gripping normally at 5 degrees Celsius, whereas a designated winter tire continues to grip into the cold. Don’t let the term all-season fool you, these tires are designed for wet/dry traction and are not meant to operate in the winter.

If you are not sure if you have a winter or all-season tire you can look at the sidewall of your tire and try to find a pictograph which is the government designation for winter tires, these tires have passed the testing that is required to be classed as a winter tire!

This pictograph is a mountain with three peaks and a snowflake in the middle and is the only way a tire can be classed as winter.

Digging Roots is a band from Six Nations in Ontario. They will be in Whitehorse this weekend to play at the Blue Feather Music Festival Jolie’s story is representative of what a lot of people go through, says Gary. “I don’t know if you’ve heard, all our young people are committing suicide. Just walking into the river and getting swept away.”

He’s not saying the festival will stop it, but by giving young people something to focus on, to be passionate and creative about, he is, “putting an injection of hope into our society.”

The festival is run by volunteers, and older people mentor youth, but it’s still a professional festival; artists who tour all over the world play in it. This year, Buffy Sainte-Marie is returning to perform and do a speaking engagement. That will be on Saturday afternoon, and the proceeds of it will go toward creating a bursary for aspiring artists. “Our festival grows in little pieces,” says Gary.

Along with Sainte-Marie, outside performers include Sass Jordan, Digging Roots, and Killer Dwarfs. Artists from the Yukon include Soda Pony, Average Joe, Crankshaft and Common Knowledge. On Sunday there’s a youth event called Rockberry Jam,

Mobile Shredding Save time Shred with uS! • We come to you & shred your documents on site!

• Watch the process!

• Totally secure and private • All paper is recycled • Bonded & Insured • Locally Owned and Operated

Certificate of destruction provided with every shred

633-6605

867-667-6102 107 INDUSTRIAL ROAD

young people something to focus on puts an injection of hope into our society

Meagan Deuling is the editor of What’s Up Yukon.

Log lengths or stove Hurlburt lengths, we can take care of you.

Enterprises In fact, we’ll even Inc. deliver right to your location.

• Commercial and Residential

Mon–Fri: 9am –5pm

TIRE SHOP OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY

“ Giving

where the recording artists get together to jam.

This year the theme of the festival is Wonder World, it was inspired by Gary’s granddaughter, Essence Bailie. “Seeing the world through the eyes of a child opens the world to creativity,” says Gary.

“Along the way people lose their sense of wonder.”

Essence was born around the same time that Gary’s mother passed away, and to him, she is the continuation of life. He compares this to the Blue Feather Music Festival. “Dreams never die, man,” he says. “The end of one thing is the beginning of the other.”

When Jolie died, Gary wanted justice for her. He knew he wouldn’t find it in the legal system, so he did something creative.

“It’s not just for her, it’s for all the young people.”

The hope is, as the festival moves forward, suicides will end.

“Hopefully. We have to hope.”

For festival information go to: www.bluefeathermusic.ca.

email: reliable@klondiker.com www.securemobileshredding.ca

• Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed • Single & emergency half cord delivery • You cut and you pick-up available • Everything over 8” split • Prices as low as $245 per cord • Scheduled or next day delivery

We have more than firewood, we can supply wood processing equipment you need like splitters and chippers.

867-633-3276 Toll Free: 1-866-449-5192 • Mon-Fri 8 am - 6 pm, Sat 9 am - 3 pm hurlburtei@gmail.com 11 Burns Rd., Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 4Z3

hurlburt.ca

Cheque,Cash, S.A.Vouchers accepted

We will earn your satisfaction GUARANTEED!

November 2, 2016

11

whatsupyukon.com

Now Welcoming New and Emergency Patients!

Our dentists and team of dental hygienists have been proudly serving the Whitehorse community for many years. Come in for your first consultation and you’ll leave with something to smile about.

You can expect friendly and welcoming care in an environment that relaxes even the most anxious patients. We all love what we do, and look forward to welcoming you and your family to our practice.

Dental Hygiene General Dentistry Dental Implants InvisalignÂŽ Orthodontics Dental Emergencies Oral Surgery Veneers And more!

D206 Lowe Street I Whitehorse, Yukon I dandeliondentalcentre.ca

Call 867-322-0712

12

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Wasting Away in Geezerville with Ken Bolton

Like the man said, those precious days are dwindling down T

he great American lyricist Maxwell Anderson summed up the imperatives of this time of year better than anyone else: “Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December / But the days grow short when you reach September.”

No, wait. We’ve already slid into November, for Pete’s sake.

Definitely time to gather nuts, pack on an extra layer of protective fat and prepare to hibernate.

Alas, unlike many of the smarter species on the planet, humans have never really appreciated the wisdom of just snoozing away the frozen months of discontent, dreaming of glorious Shakespearian summer yet to come.

So we brazen it out, telling ourselves winter can be even more fun than any other season, provided we have the foresight to plan ahead.

WOLF’S DEN RESTAURANT A cozy cabin nestled in the Yukon Forest

Because, as Anderson reminds us: “When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame / One hasn’t got time for the waiting game.”

Even Santa Claus, that exemplar of mid-winter fun, is making lists and checking them twice. After centuries of experience, the jolly old elf knows enough to heed Anderson’s warning: “Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few / September, November ...”

In that spirit, I offer a brief checklist of things that should be demanding my attention before the world turns all inclement.

1. Rake up the carpet of soggy leaves and shift it to the compost bin. Put away garden fork and move snow shovel to front of storage shed. No problem; I don’t have a yard, a garden, or even a sidewalk to tend. No shed, either.

The upshoot to the dark, cold season is that it coincides with eggnog season. With or without rum

Christmas Party gathering?

Reserve your date today!

IHours: Wednesday 4 - 10pm, Thursday to Sunday 11 am - 10 pm

www.wolfsden.ca | 393-3968

PHOTO: courtesy of Food Network

STACEY’S BUTCHER BLOCK PRIME PACK

HIP PACK

CHUCK PACK

6 lbs Prime Rib Steak/Roast 4 lbs T-Bone Steak 4lbs Striploin Steak 6 lbs Sirloin Steak/Roast 2 lbs Beef Tenderloin 8 lbs Lean Ground Beef

7 lbs inside Round Steak/Roast 7 lbs Sirloin Tip Steak/Roast 6 lbs Outside Round Roast 6 lbs Minute Steaks 6 lbs Stew Beef 8 lbs Lean Ground Beef

5 lbs Minute Steak 6 lbs Blade Steak/Roast 6 lbs Cross Rib Steak/Roast 8 lbs Lean Ground Beef 5 lbs Short Ribs 5 lbs Stew Beef

30lbs @ $280.00

40lbs @ $240.00

35lbs @ $200.00

SIDE OF PORK Full Pork Loin in Chops Shoulder Steak/ Roast Side Ribs Ground Pork or Bratwurst also choice of add on +$20 Bacon/Sidepork +$20 Ham/Leg Roast

80 lbs Average @ 3.49/lb = $280 Add $20 Bacon, Add $20 Ham

COMBO PACK #1 8 lbs Lean Gr. Beef 8 lbs X-Rib Stk/Rst 8 lbs Pork Butt stk/Rst 5 lbs Pork Ribs 5 lbs Chicken Legs 4 lbs Whole Chicken

38lbs @ $175.00

COMBO PACK #2

8 lbs Lean Gr. Beef 6 lbs Inside Round Roast 5 lbs Sirloin Steak 5 lbs Pork Chops 6 lbs Pork Leg Roast, Boneless 5 lbs Chicken Breast, Boneless

35lbs @ $220.00

2. Buy a new car battery, check the relevant fluid levels, get those snow tires on before disaster strikes, for once. Simple; we don’t even own a vehicle.

3. Bank the foundation of the house with bales of hay to keep out the icy blasts. Nope; we live in a second-storey apartment.

4. Polish the storm windows with vinegar and an old copy of the WUY, then risk life and limb in-

YUKON MADE

STORE OPEN YEAR ROUND!

11:00 AM -6:00 PM Tuesday thru Saturday 21 WATERFRONT PLACE, next to Farmer Robert's

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

867-393-2565

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

Life Path Readings

by Astrid Zoer

www.fireweedmarket.ca

PORTER CREEK MALL

stalling them. Forget it; that’s the landlord’s job.

5. Gently exterminate the platoon of field mice that recently decided we needed room-mates.

Ditto; call the landlord.

6. Change the furnace filter, clean the chimney flue, replace batteries in smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector. “Hello, landlord? Me again.”

7. Seal the heat-leaking cracks identified at great expense last January. “Oh, one more thing, landlord.”

There, that was easy, eh? Which leaves just one more chore on the list.

8. Stock up on rum and nutmeg.

The days are dwindling down toward eggnog time.

Tarot Card & Psychic Readings Call Today: 334-5283 Gift Certificates Available

13

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Canning for Gold with Katherine Bunce

Pickling Salt and Rubber Gloves

I

recently came into contact with a terrifying Yukon beast: Mus musculus, the house mouse. After the encounter, I contacted everyone I knew, in complete panic.

“There’s a bear in your house?!” they’d ask, confused.

“No, a MOUSE!” I’d reply, to resounding laughter.

From my perch on top of the couch, as far from the floor as I could get, it didn’t seem all that funny.

The last time a mouse occupied the same living space as me was in 1998. My two younger sisters and I were all playing in the basement of our house, when my glance happened to cross over a shelving unit in the corner. There, on one of the shelves, a giant brown mouse sat, just chilling.

And much like my present day self, I went into full freak-out mode – bolting up the basement stairs and slamming the door at the top shut. My sisters came pounding up the stairs behind me and banged on the other side of the door, screaming, “Let us out!”

“I can’t!” I replied, “otherwise the mouse will get out, too.”

My mom eventually came along and made me release my sisters from their mousey confinement.

Once the three of us calmed down enough from the experience, we

which is pure sodium chloride (salt!) with no additives – an ideal ingredient that won’t cloud your brine or discolour your pickles.

Regular table salt contains additives that will likely cause both these things to happen if used.

A terrifying Kosher and authentic sea salt Yukon beast will also work in place of pickling salt.

Rubber gloves are handy things to have around, for cleaning up after mice or cutting up spicy peppers.

My first ever canning project was jalapeno jelly, for which I cut up a pound of jalapenos without wearing gloves. The jelly turned out beautifully, but I had capsaicin burn up to my elbows PHOTO: Getty images for days after. So save your skin – wear gloves when I get home. Still apprehen- when handling spicy peppers.

You got this – any recipe (or sive, I decide to start cleaning and open a cupboard to get some mouse) that crosses your path!

PHOTO: clipartpanda rubber gloves… and there was the Katherine Bunce is a writer, reader, foodie, and mouse, with his little feet up and Capricorn residing in Whitehorse. a paw full of pickling salt halfway to his mouth. Much screaming ensued on my part, until my landlord appeared to remove the small offender. I hope Cocoa 2 is happy and enjoying all the salt he wants, far away from me.

So instead of a canning reSmall Gatherings to Corporate Parties cipe today, I thought I’d share The professional dining team at my mouse story along with some information on both pickling salt and rubber gloves. Most pickling recipes often require pickling salt, decided to name our new house guest Cocoa. Cocoa made one more appearance, terrifying both my parents and the family dog, before meeting his demise the way tiny, furry invaders often do.

Back to present day, I set up traps only to find them untouched

SHOW US

Your Colours

Unforgetable Holiday Dining

will make sure your food is superb

as is t m C h r in g s o D in e c ia l sp as t It w e d la s tur n fea year o tta o ” uG “Yo t Here Ea

Reserve your group today!

Serving an eclectic blend of international foods with an exotic Caribbean infusion

4121 4th Avenue, Whitehorse

D

867-668-3505

AWARMAS & FAL AFELS H S , S R I ONA OGRAM WITH OUR

FAST

RE WARD

S PR

PUN L A T I G DI

CH CARD!

DE WITH FRESH INGREDIENTS OOD MA F S CES! U O I M E M A D E S AU DELIC AND HO FAST Download our App or just use your phone number

Every TEN Punches Get Your Next FAVE

FREE!

COLOURFUL FUL T’s Exclusively available at 205A Main Street 668-3157 or order by email rambleswhitehorse@gmail.com

4161 FOURTH AVENUE WHITEHORSE, YT

AND DON’T FORGET WE’VE GOT OFFSALES RIGHT NEXT DOOR!

OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 11:00 am to midnight SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10:00 am to midnight

14

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Seasonal Recipes with Sydney Oland

Roasted Carrot Galette ‘T

is the season for hearty stews, roasts and root vegetables. I bought vegetables from the From the Ground Up fundraiser (www.YukonFromthGroundUp.ca) a few weeks ago and now I have an abundance of carrots, beets and potatoes to use up.

This simple galette is a great way to posh-up the humble carrot. Try it as a vegetarian main or a hearty side. It tastes great at room temperature as well as warm, so it would make a great addition to any potluck or group dinner.

PHOTOS: Sydney Oland

Making the carrot galette

INGREDIENTS: 1½ pounds carrots, peeled and sliced ⅛ inch thick on the bias 1 head garlic, peeled 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 recipe pie crust 2 eggs, beaten 1 Tbsp heavy cream (or milk) 2 sprigs parsley, finely chopped Salt and pepper, to taste

METHOD: 1. Set oven at 400ºF. Toss carrots, garlic and olive oil together and season to taste with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes or until garlic just begins to brown and carrots begin to soften. Remove from oven and pick out five cloves roasted garlic, mash these cloves into a paste with a fork.

2. Roll out pie crust and place on a prepared baking sheet. Pile carrots and remaining garlic in the center of the pie crust, then brush edges with beaten egg. Cut slits in the edge of the pie dough and gently fold over the carrots, brush each flap of pie dough with beaten egg before pressing the next flap onto it. Repeat until the

carrots are encircled fully by dough then brush entire galette with beaten egg.

3. Whisk together remaining beaten egg with mashed garlic, cream (or milk) and chopped parsley and pour over carrots. Bake until pie crust is fully cooked and golden, about 35 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

Finished carrot galette Sydney Oland is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com as well as other publications.

For more information, check out www.sydneyoland.com.

Friday Night Appies & Jazz Live Music until 9 pm

Consult with our Team

pharmacy services

• Confidential medication consultation • We accept all major plans • Prescription refills by phone, fax or online 24/7

Sunil

Rob

Shelly

For every $1 spent at our Pharmacy

New Patients Welcome

• Free blood pressure monitoring • Pet medication for most veterinary prescriptions

hours

monday

9 am-7 pm

tuesday

9 am-7 pm

wednesday

9 am-7 pm

thursday

9 am-9 pm

friday

9 am-9 pm

saturday

10 am-6 pm

sunday

10 am-6 pm

If you liked Superbucks, you’ll love At Our Pharmacy

Save time, sign up to refill online: yourhealthmattershere.ca Phone: 867-456-6635 Ext 10 or Stop In: 2270 2nd Ave, Whitehorse

Half Price Appies 5-6 pm

“A Long Standing Yukon Tradition”

201 Wood Street

Whitehorse, YT 393-9700

KEEPING THINGS WARM THIS WINTER! We have everything you need: è Premium Wood Pellets

$9.00 a bag, $445.00 a ton è Locally Made,

Insulated Dog Houses è Straw for Bedding

Pet junction Pet Supplies & More

Dining Fine for your Pets!

633-4076 • 9006 Quartz Road Whitehorse, Yukon

We

Kluane Freight Lines For delivering papers to Dawson City, Mayo and Carmacks!

15

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Introducing…..

Well North

Toonie Saturday

with Selene Vakharia

Coffee Drinks & Tea $2 including tax!

Foods for a Healthy Pregnancy

Fill your plate with nutritious foods to support you and your baby

305 Strickland St, Downtown Whitehorse, 667-2202, theclaim.ca OPEN: Monday thru Saturday

PHOTO: wikimediacommons

Experience your

Wild cold-water fish, like salmon, provides good nutrition to anyone. Including pregnant women

B

eing an adult is challenging. Eating well three times a day, every day, for an entire life is one of those things. Doing so while you are also responsible for feeding another being that is growing inside of you at an alarming rate – that’s a whole other level of challenging.

If you happen to have a tiny human renting space in your bodily real estate, then you are probably working hard to ensure that you are getting all the nutrients that tenant needs to grow properly.

Eating well during pregnancy not only helps to ensure your tiny human’s health when it moves out, it can also help to minimize pregnancy-related discomforts such as morning sickness, heartburn and constipation.

The following foods and healthy choices can help provide the nutrients you and your tiny human need: 1. Dried beans and legumes Pregnant women require around 50 per cent more protein than what they would have needed pre-pregnancy. That’s around 70 to 85 grams daily. Beans and lentils are an excellent source of protein – consider that chickpeas

offer almost 40 grams per cup.

They also pack an extra benefit of being high in fibre and magnesium, which can help with preventing constipation.

2. Leafy greens Fill your plate with Swiss chard, kale, broccoli and all the other greens you can find. Pregnant women need 800 to 1,000 mg of folic acid a day to support healthy central nervous system development, and greens are a great source. They also pack a healthy dose of calcium, which supports bone health, and iron, which is needed due to the increase in blood levels.

3. Cold-water fatty fish Growing humans require around 250 mg of the Omega-3 fatty acid DHA to support healthy brain development. Cold-water fish such as wild Alaskan salmon, mackerel, and sardines are all rich in omega 3s. Salmon is also high in vitamin B6, which can help prevent morning sickness. Opt for wild, not farmed.

4. Nuts and seeds While cold-water fatty fish is one of the richest source of Omega-3 fatty acids, it is a good

idea to somewhat limit them in the diet due to some levels of toxicity. This is where chia, hemp, flax and walnuts enter as great staples for a healthy pregnancy diet. They also offer Omega-3s and the seeds are high in fibre. One tablespoon of chia seeds alone has over 10 grams of fibre. Enjoy ground flax and chia seeds mixed into a warm bowl of oatmeal. Remember to drink lots of water when beginning to add these seeds to your diet to help balance the increased fibre intake.

The pre-pregnancy conditions of both partners play a role in a healthy pregnancy. If you are thinking about getting pregnant, consider starting a good diet and supplement program and eliminating harmful substances and nutritionally-deficient foods from your diet before you begin trying.

Selene Vakharia is a holistic nutritionist, freelance writer and whole foods cook who loves showing people how easy, fun and delicious being healthy can be. Contact her with your nutrition questions and concerns via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

CHRISTMAS GATHERING OR CORPORATE PARTY in our authentic Japanese atmosphere PRIVATE DINING AREAS FOR 8, 10, OR 24 Guests MAKE A RESERVATION TODAY!

Take-Out And Pick-Up Service Available 7 Days A Week!

309 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse Yukon, 668-2828

Mon-Fri: 11am-3pm, 4:30pm-10pm, Sat: 12pm-3pm, 4:30pm-10pm, Sun: 4pm-10pm

MIGHTY BUCKET FOR ONE 2pc Chicken • 2 Crispy Strips incl. Popcorn Chicken, Fries, Salad and Drink

We’re Open 7 days a week

11am - 9pm

ONLY

$

1345

2230-2nd Avenue

All Day Breakfast On Weekends and Holidays!

Build Your Own Benny’s!

Awesome wholesome comfort food Dine in or take out.

Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Open Daily 7 AM - 11 PM 102 Wood Street, Whitehorse (867) 336-1295

Ask About Our Poutine Punch Card

Tell us about wine Tell us about beer Tell us about yourself

We’re looking for Columnists With Spirit!

LIMITED TIME ONLY AT PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS SUBWAY® is a Registered Trademark of Subway IP Inc. ©2016 Subway IP Inc.

THREE LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER Canada Games Centre - 456-7690, 2190 Second Ave - 668-6889, 212 Main Street - 393-5000

Please email our editor: editor@whatsupyukon.com

16

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Collective Nouns For Animal Groups Near and Far

by Paul Rath

S

wans, hummingbirds and penguins, for example, have more than wings and feathers in common. They each have a collective noun, too. Here is a rudimentary grammar lesson: nouns are the names of people, places or things: toddler, island or bird.

Collective nouns are the names of groups of things: family, nation or flock.

Collective nouns can be rich and varied – especially for birds and other animals (school of fish) – that describe their particular grouping. More common collective nouns are a pod of whales and a pride of lines.

It’s interesting to trace the origin of the idiosyncratic collective nouns. In his book: A Conspiracy of Ravens, Bill Oddie states that in the Late Middle Ages, a hunting fraternity began a game of inventing animal group names. This game became adopted as common practice for a couple of centuries.

Some of these names were collected in The Book of Saint Albans (1486). The invention of the printing press, and the several printings of the book, of which only three copies remain, kept the excitement alive. Over the past 500 years, several lists of collective nouns have been created. Some of the collective nouns have to do with the action of the group, such as a leap of leopards, or a murmuration of starlings. Not every list agrees with the collective noun for the specific species, much like a dictionary is a catalogue of accepted meaning, For example on one list a group of swans is called a bevy, in another it is called a gaggle, which is also a word used to describe geese.

Let’s take a look at some of the collective nouns of the wildlife we see in our own backyard, as well as some further afield. Our swan friends, who have just left us for

PHOTO: by Paul Rath

A waddle of King penguins warmer destinations (or are in the process of leaving), are a good place to start.

This is a good time to learn and practice swan terminology for next spring, when the swans return to M’Clintock Bay. You will be able to impress your friends. “Look at that bevy of swans,” you will say confidently, to the amazement and delight of those around you. Your friends and

COMING SOON …

bystanders will be overwhelmed with the precision and scope of your vocabulary. Bevy, according to Dictionary.com is a word of unknown origin that comes to us from the 15th Century. The word might have come from the Old French bievre, (same root as beverage). It is possible that the original sense of the word could be a company of birds gathered at a puddle or pool for drinking or

bathing. If they are flying in a V, a group of swans is called a wedge.

Wedge comes from Middle English, Old English and Proto-German, and means a simple machine made of metal or wood, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge. Swans in flight would have a shape similar to a wedge. Swan comes from the Indo-European root “swen” (to sound, to sing).

An adult male swan is a cob, from

Middle English cobbe (leader of a group).

Other names for a group of swans are: herd, team, bank, eyrar, gargle, as well as whiteness (not much imagination in the last one).

Also one of our well known and beloved neighbours in the summer is the hummingbird. Collective nouns describing hummingbirds include: a charm of hummingbirds, a troubling of hummingbirds, and a hover of hummingbirds. Hummingbirds, at least the ones who frequent my feeders, are fiercely territorial; they chase competitors away from the feeder. They arrive with a buzz, and at breakneck speed. As fascinating as hummingbirds are, I am firmly in the troubling of hummingbirds camp.

Further away, penguins live only in the southern hemisphere.

I was fortunate enough to see penguins in Chile, Argentina, Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.

Fun fact: Polar bears live only in the arctic. Penguins and polar bears are never together, except in a commercial for a well known soft drink. Penguins also have many collective nouns. A group of penguins is called a colony, rookery or a waddle. Colony sounds as if they are setting up in new lands. Although they are clumsy on land, they are completely at home in the water – they seem to fly through the water. If penguins are in the water, they are called a raft.

Next time we will explore the collective nouns for Canada geese, eagles and ravens.

Paul Rath is a freelance writer who lives on the Haines Highway, and collects lists of collective nouns that refer to animals and birds.

EXCLUSIVELY TO YUKON’S ORIGINAL DELICATESSEN Ice Cream Cakes in Gourmet & Classic Combinations by the Inspired Designs from Lisa of Frozen Dreams New Prints from Jonathan Tucker Specialty Holiday Products Grilled Sandwich Lunch Specials!!!

We Also Offer: • Specialized Gourmet Condiments & Preserves

• In House Smoked & Cured Meats

• Array of Unique & Delicious Cheeses

• Traditional German Style Butchery

• Fine Food & Service

TUESDAY - FRIDAY 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM, SATURDAY 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

November 2, 2016

17

whatsupyukon.com

2,000

0%

OAC

Financing & Leasing On Most Models!

VERSA ONLY 4 LEFT

ONLY 2 LEFT

ONLY 5 LEFT

ONLY 1 LEFT

ONLY 4 LEFT

ONLY 4 LEFT

While we make room for 2017 models

SAVE BIG ON 2016 MODELS

YUKON NISSAN Call Lee, Luke or Justin at 867-668-4436 to test drive a Nissan today Monday-Friday 9 AM-5:30 PM, Sales Open Saturday 9 AM - 4:30 PM.

To see our full new & used inventory: www. yukonnissan.com We service all makes and models, to book an appointment call 667-4435 | 2261 Second Ave, Whitehorse, Yukon

18

whatsupyukon.com

YUKONER APPR Friday Novem

For all your Catering needs call 668-4421 ext. 400

Serving you delicious tasting, great quality food at affordable prices located in the YTG Main Administration Building on 2nd Avenue

November 2, 2016

Come join us Bridges at the Ledge

Flash Sale on Selected Bedding and Linens

Monday to Saturdays 10-6, Sundays 12-5pm | 205a Main Street 668-3157 | rambleswhitehorse@gmail.com

Bigger and better than ever!

Join the FUN – Win Prizes!

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE THERE WILL BE FREE PARKING IN WHITEHORSE ALL DAY!

Call 867-668-4421 ext 601

Custom Wood Products made by Yukoners with Disabilities

OPENING SOON

the Store Front location on the Corner of Front and Strickland

Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. Water Tanks, Pumps & Pressure Systems Irrigation and Water Purification Septic Systems Sales & Design Fuel Tanks & Pumping Systems Pipe & Tank Insulation Farm & Ranch Supplies Outdoor Wood Boilers

867-633-5192 1-866-449-5192 hurlburtei@gmail.com Box 33058, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 | hurlburt.ca

We will earn your satisfaction GUARANTEED!

As well the City has agreed to close part of 3rd Avenue at Main Street to set up a Hospitality Tent for some special activities.

• More than 30 businesses participating.

• There will be many great sales and promotions to take advantage of.

• Many Businesses will have treats and contests to win prizes.

• Our very popular “Passport Program” is back. As you go from store to store and get your passport stamped you get a chance to win one of several great prizes.

The more stamps the better your chances of winning.

• Coffee/Hot Chocolate/Pastries and entertainment in the ’tent’ 3rd and Main.

• And more!

QUESTIONS? Contact the Whitehorse Chamber at 667-7545.

Please follow us on Facebook at Look Inside Whitehorse!

Furniture Home Décor Mattresses Appliances Electronics #3-303 Ogilvie Qwanlin Mall

867-668-7575 info@ashleyyukon.com www.ashleyyukon.com

New Home Decor and Seasonal Department NOW OPEN! Prizes to be Won!

Specials for YAPP Day only!

Please be sure to check out our ad on the back page!!

2281 SECOND AVE. WHITEHORSE 667-4478 or 1-800-661-0402 Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-7pm, Saturday/ Sunday 8:30am-5:30pm

w w w. w h i t e h o r s e c h a m b e r. c a

JOIN US FOR YUKONER APPRECIATION DAY

November 4

STOREWIDE SAVINGS Treats * Draw Prizes * Excellent Customer Service 10:009:00 AM - am-6:00 6:00 PM pm in the Horwoods Mall We are open: 7 Days a week • 867-393-4488 • hello@yukonkids.com • yukonkids.com

Elemental Holistic Therapies Body/Mind Healing

You deserve a little pampering. Call for your customized session and leave feeling refreshed and ready to go!

Quantum Touch® Energy Packages and Healing Gift Certificates available Chakra Balancing Alison Zeidler, RCRT, QTP/I Reflexology 867-335-0078 Specialized Kinesiology, elementalholistictherapies@live.com and more www.elementalholistictherapies.ca

Suite 101, 302 Steele S

19

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

RECIATION DAY mber 4, 2016 On November 4th Search our building at 106 Titanium Way for the “Passport Station”

Operating since 1988

IN STORE PROMOTIONS DOOR PRIZES

WIN A FITBIT by helping us fill a 5x5 unit with a donation to the Whitehorse Food Bank.

“The Voice of Business”

Friendly, helpful, knowledgeable staff

Doing Business Better Since 1948

9 AM - 5 PM Mon-Fri, Now opened Saturdays 10 AM - 4 PM • 633-5402

NEW PRINTS BY

SPONSORS:

Stephanie Ryan, Nathalie Parenteau, and Jim Robb.

Jim and Nathalie will be at the Gallery Signing Prints.

Mon-Sat: 9 am - 7 pm, Sun: 11-5 pm 118-1116 Front Street, Whitehorse Yukon northendgallery.ca | info@northendgallery.ca | 867-393-3590

PRIZE POOL: Air North / Canadian Tire / Taku Sports Group / The Brick BUSINESS PARTICIPANTS: Air North (set up inside Coast Mountain Sports) Airnorth Angellina’s Aroma Borealis Ashley Furniture BMO Board Stiff Canadian Tire Climate Clothing Coast Mountain Sports Due North Maternity PHONE 867Esthetics 336 8091 Elements info@logandentalsolutions.com Eriks Audio Video Unlimited LOGAN Solutions Expedia Cruise ShipDental Centre/ Focus on Travel 201 Main St. Unit 3 Hair Sensations Whitehorse, YT Home Y1A 2B2 Hardware Hougen’s Sportslodge Lumel Studios Mac’s Fireweed Books

Midnight Sun Emporium Murdoch’s Gem Shop North End Gallery North Star Mini-Storage Northwestel Plantation Flowers and Gifts Rambles RBC Sagebrush Shoes Scotiabank Seasons Galleria Shoppers Drug Mart Sportees Sports Experts The Brick The Collective Good Triniti Technology Triple J’s Yukon Quest Zoomz

Yukoner Appreciation Day November 4 Enjoy Our Cafe Appreciation Table . Enter our Raffle!

Your local dental laboratory

Dental Technology made in the Yukon

New to the Yukon with over 20 years experience.

What Banking Should Be...

Fast, Professional, Friendly Service!

NOW OPEN Samsonite ● Pacsafe ● Gotravel ● & MORE

Open Tuesday - Saturday 9:30AM until 6PM

(867) 456 - 6666 2160 - 2nd Avenue Whitehorse, YT

Join Us for Yukon Appreciation November 4

ONe DAY ONLY SALe 20% tO 70% OFF enter for door prize. tasty snacks from 5 to 9 Located in Horwoods Mall on Front Street Monday to Friday: 10:00 to 6:00, Saturday: 11:00 to 4:00, Close Sunday

OpeNiNg Sundays: starting November 20

APPRECIATING YUKONERS Friday November 4 9 AM - 9 PM

Hourly specials, door prizes, giveaways, snacks and beverages!

HOLIDAY PACKAGES on Display

View our treatments & hours on our website:

w w w. e l e m e n t s e s t h e t i c s . c a

Email: info@elementsesthetics.ca Phone: 867-668-2430

111 Main Street,

Whitehorse Yukon Y1A 2A7

Phone: 867-393-8160 Fax: 867-668-4501

Phone 867 336 8091 · info@logandentalsolutions.com

BUY A $10.00 GALA TICKET Get the in Cosmetics GET $5.00 COUPON Shoppers App for Nov 5 and receive free gift today and SPEND $15.00 in Cosmetics get name entered to win a $150.00 Gift Basket

load your personalized coupons.

211 Main St #100, Whitehorse, 867-667-2485 Mon-Fri 8-8, Sat 9-6, Sun 10-6

treet

867 667-7545

We are expanding to our new location Save Up to at 301 MAIN STREET (lower level) 40% OFF select items in mid-November!

b u s i n e s s @ w h i t e h o r s e c h a m b e r. c a

20

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

EXTRA! EXTRA!

213 Range Road, Whitehorse

Read All About It!

DRIVING FORCE Has the Best Used Vehicle Inventory in Whitehorse!

These SELECT Units Have to GO!

2013 FORD FOCUS TITANIUM

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS

This hatchback has a remote starter, heated leather seats, sunroof, and $ more! Stk# 132662 ,

With only 14,000kms on this full size sedan, it has the balance of all factory $ warranties! Stk# 127941 ,

16 999

18 888

2013 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5

2014 RAM 1500 BIG HORN

4” Zone lift, fender flares, new off-road tires, this Ram is ready for work $ , and play! Stk# 122498

This Tundra only has 30,000kms! Come see why people love reconditioned Toyota trucks! Stk# 115207 $ ,

36 900

39 999

2010 TOYOTA RAV4 4X4

This blue Rav4 only has 50,000kms!

New tires and much $ , more! Stk# 134866

18 888

2014 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LT This full size SUV has DVD, heated leather seats, remote starter and , much more! Stk# 121817 $

46 888

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO

With only 25,000kms, this Jeep is priced to sell! Save thousands , from new!! Stk# 115789 $

34 988

2013 FORD F350 DECK TRUCK

Need a 13” deck truck? This 4x4, gas engine, automatic truck is ready for $ , any job! Stk# 113435

32 988

To Make Room For NEW Inventory Arriving Soon!

2013 GMC ACADIA SLE AWD, 51,000kms - Stk# 115659

Coming Soon $29,998

2013 NISSAN TITAN SV 45,000kms - Stk# 115246

Coming Soon $29,988

2015 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY Touring Edition - 52,600kms - Stk# 125192

Coming Soon $28,998

2013 FORD F250 XLT 4x4, Gas - 24,000kms - Stk# 115171

Coming Soon $32,988

Come Visit Us Today!

Over 60 Years of Automotive Experience on Our Sales Team

Adam Rose

Sales Consultant/ Asst. Sales Manager

Peter Johns Sales Consultant

www.drivingforce.ca

Dave Jack

F&I Manager/ Lease Account Manager

Ben Mercier Branch Manager

21

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

The Sourtoe Celebrated as a “Hidden Wonder” of the World The Sourtoe Tombstone needs a bit of refurbishing

PHOTOS: Dan Davidson

J

ust as week or so ago the newly published Atlas Obscura, subtitled “An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders” arrived on my desk sporting an enthusiastic recommendation from fantasy and comic book writer.

Neil Gaiman.

It’s a 470 page compendium of places, objects and activities organized geographically by contin-

ent region and country. Canada gets about 20 pages, from 256 to 274. The Yukon, with two pages two photos and a sketch, rates two pages.

Highlighted are the Watson Lake Signpost Forest, the Carcross Desert and - no, not the Klondike Goldfields or Tombstone Park – the Sourdough Cocktail. This entry got the sketch, perhaps because ac-

tual photos are rather gross, and an approx. 290 word article to go with it.

It’s not the first time the Toe has been noted as being special. In December 2013 Google Canada reported that the Sourtoe was at the top of the list of Google’s Cocktail Searches in Canada, saying that “Canadian Google-users were found to be particularly interested in this ghoulish drink, searching for it more than any other cocktail.”

In 2014 an online magazine called Mental_Floss listed the Toe as the number one item in an article about “The 12 Weirdest Experiences You Can Have in Canada”, noting that more than 60,000 people have joined the Sourtoe Club since 1973, when Captain Dick Stevenson finally figured out what to do with the pickled toe he had found in an abandoned cabin a while earlier.

The ritual includes putting the blackened digit in a drink of your choice and knocking it back until

the toe touches your lips.

As the ritual saying goes,” Drink it fast or drink it slow, but the lips have got to touch the toe.”

There’s a barely legible Tombstone for Toes outside the entrance to the Sourdough Saloon at the Downtown Hotel. It used to read “ On Memory of the Sourtoes.

I swallowed II lost III alive and well” That’s not true any more, there have been at least half a dozen substitute toes since that time. One was stolen; another was swallowed on purpose by a fellow who had the event filmed on a smart phone and posted on YouTube. As a result of that escapade there is now a fine of $2500 for toe swallowers.

The Atlas article incorrectly states that one toe is used for every drink, and that’s not true.

They have several in reserve.

Some have been inadvertently tossed out with the napkin they were wrapped in after a session.

At one point there was a full set of toes (a foot, so to speak), donated for a fellow from Outside, courtesy of an accident with a lawnmower.

The account in the Atlas is necessarily brief. There are two books that go into more detail.

Dieter Reinmuth compiled a collection called The Saga of the Sourtoe back in 1987, and keeps it

in print. It contains some material

by Stevenson and reprints from the Yukon News, the Klondike

Sun, Up Here and The Yukoner Magazine.

Stevenson himself published Captain Dick’s Au’toe’biography in 2009 and put out four revised and expanded editions between then and 2012.

Dan Davidson retired from 32 years of teaching in rural Yukon schools, but continues writing about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

Body Sugaring Hair Removal

Amy Garcia-Baker Body Sugarist

867-333-5606 For An Appointment

An all-natural alternative to waxing for removing unwanted hair.

Email: sugarroomwhitehorse@gmail.com

www.thesugarroom.ca Pine Medical Building, Lower Level, 10 - 5110 5th Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon

Windows&Walls Interior Designs the experts in window coverings For more information on all our products drop by our showroom at 120 Industrial Road or call to set up your complimentary in home or in showroom design appointment

668-6089 or 334-3320 windowsandwalls@northwestel.net

Hunter Douglas Priority Dealer since 1997 *The PowerView App and additional equipment required for programmed operation. © 2015 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas.

22

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

RemembranceActivi Day ties 2016

Recognize the sacrifices made by Canadian Veterans

by wearing the Poppy during the Poppy Campaign,

October 28 to November 11, 2016

Money raised are used to provide assistance to our Veterans, to support youth & senior activities and to provide medical assistance.

Veterans Recognition Dinner at 6 pm, on Friday, November 4th, 2016 at the Legion.

Roast beef dinner, music by Hank Karr and the Canucks. Veterans, Legion Members and Serving Members please wear uniform with medals. Tickets are for Legion members ONLY.

Remembrance Day Ceremony on Friday, November 11th, 2016 at the

Canada Games Centre. Everyone is welcome. Please be seated BEFORE 10 am.

Whitehorse transit is operating a shuttle service from the Takhini Arena and we encourage the public to use it.

Should you wish to purchase a wreath,

please call the Legion at 667-2802 ASAP

Remember...

Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be.

It is the Veterans that brought us freedom. It is our serving Canadian Forces Members who are assuring our freedom.

23

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

The DVD Shelf with Marianne Darragh

Welcome to the Party, Pal

Yipee-ki-yay

“T

actually he’s an upscale burglar, intent on absconding with a fortune from the Japanese corporation.

The partygoers are taken hostage, including Holly. But the first cuckoo in Gruber’s meticulouslyplanned coup is that McClane showed up, and he’s still at large in the office tower. Soon enough Gruber gets a message via a body in the elevator: “Now I have a machine gun.” “Ho ho ho” the unflappable Gruber reads, and the deadly game is on.

Part of the joy in watching Die Hard is that there’s not a wasted moment – every seemingly insignificant detail matters to how the plot unfolds. The same goes for McClane; wearing no shirt, no shoes, and armed only with a giant car phone, he manages to improvise his way to a final showdown with Gruber. As McTiernan so carefully planned, it’s non-stop fun.

Who knew there was a golden age of DVD commentary? Well, there was, and the extras on Die Hard are proof. McTiernan joins with production designer who tell

he story is ridiculous – ludicrous.” That’s director John McTiernan blithely dismissing the plot of one of the most successful thrillers of the past 30 years. Reservations about the plot aside, McTiernan had something particular in mind for this movie: it should be a joyful thrill ride. The result was Die Hard, and it’s a love story – a product of the love McTiernan and a cadre of Hollywood professionals had for the craft of filmmaking.

Released in 1988 and available on DVD at Whitehorse Public Library, Die Hard still lands on compilations of best Christmas movies.

New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his children and his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) whose trajectory upwards in the corporate world collided with McClane’s male ego.

From the limo sent by Holly’s boss, the skyscraper she works in looms into McClane’s view, as intimidating as his liberated wife. Inside the company is hosting a Christmas party (on Christmas Eve, for some reason), but the couple is preoccupied in Holly’s office.

Then Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman in his first film role) walks off the elevator and sets the action in this action thriller in motion.

Gruber is a sharp-dressed European who has crafted a failsafe heist. He says he’s a terrorist, but

you how Frank Lloyd Wright, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the archetypes of the American western figured into this movie.

There’s also another feature that adds text to the screen, where other crew members and Alan Rickman add to the conversation. A film historian adds more context, noting, for instance, that as fresh as Willis’ smirk, quips, and vulnerability seemed after the implacable figures of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, he’s still the classic loner hero, saving a town that doesn’t really want him there.

All of them agree that Die Hard was a fortunate instance where skills, timing, passion and luck combined at just the right moment, to produce the prototype for action thrillers for years to come.

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

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

Bruce Willis is most troublesome in the 1988 thriller Die Hard, available on DVD at Whitehorse Public Library PHOTO: IMDb.com

GET THE GOOD STUFF FOR WINTER!

NAPA Batteries

SNOWMOBILE TO CATERPILLAR! International Warranty

STOP BY FOR BATTERY BLANKETS AND ENGINE HEATERS!

napacanada.ca

867-667-6102 INTEGRA TIRE WHITEHORSE

107 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T7 The Tire Shop is Open Monday – Saturday.

3173 3rd Ave, Whitehorse YT

867-667-4275

Open Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:30PM Saturday 8:30AM-4:00PM

24

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

DEMO Models SALE Continues 30% Off

Selected Wall Art Huge Selection!

Winter time is the best time to refresh your home decor!

Check Out Our Showroom

Lighting up your home this winter!

2200 2nd Ave, Whitehorse 668-6305 Mon-Sat: 9AM - 6PM, Sun: 10AM - 5PM

www.inspiredinteriorswhitehorse.ca

November 2, 2016

Community EVENTS

BEAVER CREEK

Thu, Nov, 3, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Fri, Nov, 4, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Sat, Nov, 5, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Nov, 5, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Nov, 5, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Nov, 7, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Nov, 8, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Nov, 8, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Thu, Nov, 3, Learn Dan Kè Classes 9:00 am Jacquot Hall We are learning Dan Kè, in the Elders and Youth room, everyone welcome.

Tue, Nov, 8, Learn Dan Kè Classes 9:00 am Jacquot Hall We are learning Dan Kè, in the Elders and Youth room, everyone welcome.

CARCROSS

Wed, Nov, 2, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Nov, 2, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Nov, 2, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Nov, 2, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Wed, Nov, 2, School Council 7:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Nov, 3, Executive Council Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Nov, 3, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Nov, 3, 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, Nov, 3, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Nov, 3, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Nov, 5, Youth Drop In! 8:00 pm Carcross Community Centre Mon, Nov, 7, CTRRC Mtng 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Mon, Nov, 7, Family Archery 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Children 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone 12 or older may attend Family Archery.

Mon, Nov, 7, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Mon, Nov, 7, Adult Archery 8:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov, 8, Management Board 9:00 am Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Tue, Nov, 8, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Tue, Nov, 8, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Tue, Nov, 8, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Nov, 8, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov, 8, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Nov, 9, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Nov, 9, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Nov, 9, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Nov, 9, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation

CARMACKS

Wed, Nov, 2, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Nov, 2, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate.

For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271 Thu, Nov, 3, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Fri, Nov, 4, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Fri, Nov, 4, Youth Night 6:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Movie, snacks, gym, and games Mon, Nov, 7, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Mon, Nov, 7, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate.

For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271 Mon, Nov, 7, Village of Carmacks Council Meeting 7:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Nov, 9, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Nov, 9, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate. For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271

textiles, feminist thinking, myths and fairy tales, and linguistic play. She creates canvases that are at times entertaining, at times twisting darkness, and always subtly challenging.Wed, Nov, 2, Wellness Wednesdays 6:30 pm Alchemy Café If you have health goals you are having a hard time reaching- come to Alchemy Cafe and find out how you can be supported to greater health & wellness. :Everyone welcome!

Wed, Nov, 2, Film Fest Selections 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Help select the short films for the 2017 DCISFF. Email filmfest@kiac.ca to get on our mailing list.

Wed, Nov, 2, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Nov, 3, YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 pm YTG Property management building Thu, Nov, 3, Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Nov, 4, Yukon 48 Hour Filmmaking Challenge KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Your opportunity to make a 150 second film of any genre you desire. All films will be screened at the Yukon 48 hour Filmmaking Challenge Awards Show. Whether you make a film or not, come on out to enjoy the films and the awards show! Email for more information.

Fri, Nov, 4, Intro to Graphic Design 9:00 am KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Week one workshop - Adobe Illustrator and week two workshop - Adobe In-Design FULL Please note: Workshops do not have to be taken together. Contact KIAC for more information.

Fri, Nov, 4, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov, 4, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Nov, 4, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Nov, 4, Harmonica George McConkey 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel In the Tavern Fri, Nov, 4, Rae Spoon 7:30 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Rae Spoon is an award-winning Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, multiinstrumentalist & author. They have released 8 solo albums spanning folk, indie rock & electronic over the past 12 years.

Sat, Nov, 5, 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, Nov, 5, 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, Nov, 5, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Mon, Nov, 7, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Nov, 7, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Nov, 7, Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 pm Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon, Nov, 7, Family Badminton 6:15 pm Robert Service School Please wear indoor shoes and everyone welcome!

Mon, Nov, 7, Film Screening: Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture The story of the late great jazz hero, one of the more exuberant saxophonists and band leaders in jazz.

In the Ballroom. Admission by Donation Mon, Nov, 7, Film Fest Selections 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Help select the short films for the 2017 DCISFF. Email filmfest@kiac.ca to get on our mailing list.

Tue, Nov, 8, 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 Tue, Nov, 8, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Tue, Nov, 8, Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 pm Dawson City Town Hall The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. 867-993-7400 Wed, Nov, 9, Wellness Wednesdays 6:30 pm Alchemy Café If you have health goals you are having a hard time reaching- come to Alchemy Cafe and find out how you can be supported to greater health & wellness. :Everyone welcome!

Wed, Nov, 9, Film Fest Selections 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Help select the short films for the 2017 DCISFF. Email filmfest@kiac.ca to get on our mailing list.

Wed, Nov, 9, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

FARO

Wed, Nov, 2, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Nov, 2, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

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

whatsupyukon.com

ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Wed, Nov, 9, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

HAINES JUNCTION

Wed, Nov, 2, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Nov, 2, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Nov, 3, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Nov, 3, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Nov, 3, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Fri, Nov, 4, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Mon, Nov, 7, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed, Nov, 9, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School

MARSH LAKE

Fri, Nov, 4, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Nov, 5, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Nov, 6, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 8, 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, Nov, 8, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Tot Group 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Local Advisory Council 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre followed by hot apple cider and refreshments. 660-4999

MAYO

Wed, Nov, 2, Learn Porcupine Quilling 6:30 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus Over 3 Wednesdays learn the art medium of Porcupine Quilling, taught by Nancy Hagar. Register by calling 996-8800 Wed, Nov, 2, Volleyball 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Thu, Nov, 3, Drop in Kick/Baseball 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Thu, Nov, 3, Circuit Training 5:30 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre In the Fitness Centre Thu, Nov, 3, Floor Hockey 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Drop In Floor Hockey for Teens and Adults Fri, Nov, 4, Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun, Nov, 6, DropIn Soccer 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Mon, Nov, 7, Drop In Soccer 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Mon, Nov, 7, Yoga 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Meet in the curling lounge.

Tue, Nov, 8, Drop In Volleyball 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Tue, Nov, 8, Circuit Training 5:30 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre In the Fitness Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Drop-In Badminton 7:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus Tue, Nov, 8, Floor Hockey 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Drop In Floor Hockey for Teens and Adults Wed, Nov, 9, Volleyball 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School

MOUNT LORNE

Fri, Nov, 4, Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

OLD CROW

Thu, Nov, 3, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Tue, Nov, 8, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Nov, 2, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov, 2, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wed, Nov, 2, Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu, Nov, 3, Carpet Bowling For Everyone 11:00 am Tagish Community Centre Learn the technical indoor game of carpet bowling.

Sat, Nov, 5, Zumba Class 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Classes by donation Sat, Nov, 5, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov, 9, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov, 9, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

TESLIN

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

WATSON LAKE

Daily at 12-4pm & 6-8pm Yukon`s Northern Lights Showtimes -Two scheduled shows /day 1pm and 6:30 pm – will show on request for large groups as well.Northern Lights Center Features the amazing phenomena known as the ‘Northern Lights’ or ‘Aurora borealis’, the Northern Lights Centre boasts stateof-the-art panoramic video and surround-sound systems.

Thu, Nov, 3, Infant Massage Classes 10:30 am Watson Lake Family Centre Infant massage is used to help promote longer and deeper sleeping patterns, relieve symptoms of “colic” or gassy periods, improve cardiac and respiratory output, help baby develop sense of self. Oil, snack and refreshments provided. Please call Elizabeth Bauman at 536- 7202 Thu, Nov, 3, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Nov, 3, 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 Sat, Nov, 5, My Brain is Plastic 6:00 pm Watson Lake Secondary School This play explores the brain’s ability to heal addictive and self-harming behaviours.

Mon, Nov, 7, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Nov, 8, Watson Lake Ski Club AGM 12:00 am Watson Lake Community Campus Everyone Welcome, come and show support!

Tue, Nov, 8, Parent & Tots 10:00 am Watson Lake Recreation Centre For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Tue, Nov, 8, 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: Mon-Thu 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

Art Shows

Until, Nov, 5, Art Show: Sarah Bishop Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Until, Nov, 5, Haines 50 Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre highlights 50 objects from the Sheldon Museum collection. Each object tells its own story while together they tell a brief snapshot of the history of the Chilkat Valley from its geological origins to the many peoples and industries of the area.

Wed, Nov, 2, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed, Nov, 2, Tai Chi 10:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Nov, 2, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 2, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Nov, 2, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 2, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar Thu, Nov, 3, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Nov, 3, Strength and Stretch 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Nov, 4, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Fri, Nov, 4, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Nov, 4, Story time 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Nov, 4, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Nov, 4, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Sat, Nov, 5, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Nov, 5, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Sun, Nov, 6, St Michael’s - lobby 11:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Nov, 6, Haines Public Library Open 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Nov, 7, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mon, Nov, 7, Tai Chi 10:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Nov, 7, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Nov, 7, Strength and Stretch 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Nov, 7, Mother Goose Stories and Songs 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Nov, 7, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Nov, 7, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Nov, 8, Morning Muscles 7:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts

Tue, Nov, 8, Election 9:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Nov, 8, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 9, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed, Nov, 9, Tai Chi 10:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Nov, 9, Haines Public Library Open 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 9, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Nov, 9, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 9, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar

SKAGWAY

Wed, Nov, 2, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Nov, 2, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Nov, 2, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Thu, Nov, 3, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov, 3, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Thu, Nov, 3, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov, 3, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov, 3, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Nov, 4, Spinning w/ Dena 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Nov, 5, Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

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

Tue, Nov, 8, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Nov, 8, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Nov, 9, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Nov, 9, TRX Suspension Training 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Wed, Nov, 9, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 9935095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church

Gray Management Services offers a complete residential property management package for House & Condo Rentals

DAWSON CITY

TRYING TO SELL YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT LUCK?

Until, Nov 3, Art Show: Shelley Hokanson Perpetual Curiosities KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Hakonson’s paintings blend influences from pop music,

TRY RENTING!

Art Events

25

A team of property managers will: • Assess your property and create the best advertisement package.

• Find you the perfect tenant; collect rent • Provide 24/7 support for your tenant and rental property

p: 867.668.GRAY (4729) w: graymanagementservices.com

26

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

The Threads that Hold Us Together

American author Brian Doyle’s novel Mink River explores life in a small community

“

by Vanessa Ratjen

Stories are not only words, you know. Words are just the clothes that people drape on stories.

Brian Doyle, author of Mink River

I

was drawn to Mink River without knowing the author or the story. But at that time, and since then, it’s reminded me of the lyricism of life and the love of home and to appreciate the intertwining of our stories and how they fold and unfold and envelope one another even as that messy tangle

Call For Reader Submissions

Yukoners Living With Wildlife

gets gross and dysfunctional only to come out in the end with the realization, once again, that you never know what you need when you need it most, and the testing of our relationships, with each other and ourselves is somehow the beauty of it all.

What I mean to say is: this book

FOLLOW US ON www.whatsupyukon.com

Send us your high resolution photos with a description of what’s happening in the photo, and the camera equipment you used.

Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com

will leave you breathless.

Set in a small fictional (at least in name) town on the Oregon coast, this tale drips in vibrant detail of the Pacific Northwest.

It’s the story of one season in a community, written through the weaving of residents’ shared and separate experiences.

Reading this book is holding threads of many people’s stories – a teacher with flashing eyes, a young boy who loves his bicycle, a fisherman with an abusive father, a carver battling her inner darkness, a policeman and his pregnant wife, a doctor and a dying nun, to name a few – in as many pages, much as we do everyday in our own familiar circles.

Author Brian Doyle immerses his readers into life by the Mink River. You’ll love and know the daily trudge and toil as if they were your own.

Doyle inspires us to find the extraordinary in the mundane. His use of words enhance the reader’s understanding of time, character, place, mood, presence and being. Each character has flaws, strengths, beauty, struggles. Each is human. (Or not.

Be prepared for Moses, the crow, and many other beings—rivers, bears, fish, animals and move-

ments of all persuasions — with voices or thoughts that are earthy and real.)

Written with more attention to lyricism than proper grammar,

some passages may leave your thoughts trailing, but this becomes part of the narration.

It’s like you’re privy to an entire town’s run-on conversation,

and Doyle uses grammar sparsely to show the slide and rise of thoughts and voices, which aren’t linear in real life, anyways. So, while at times you may get lost in the mix of a conversation ((who is saywhat?) it makes you ing what? present with the characters in a very intimate way.

With this in mind, it seems less necessary to hold on to every word, but instead to simply understand and recognize the tenor of their meaning. In some way this style of writing — the capture and release of ephemeral moments — becomes meditative.

Just as a lived memory holds eternal for one and not another, different details of this book will stick with each reader. It’s a truly beautiful read and there’s no wrong way PHOTO: wikimedia.com to enjoy this book, but it would be a shame not to.Mink River was published by Oregon State University Press in 2010.

Vanessa is a writer currently based out of Victoria, although she spends time in other places. Some of those are: California, Nova Scotia, and Whitehorse.

NOW

is the best time to explore the superior performance, refined interior & modern exterior of the 2016 Cherokee.

Financing up to 84 Months Base Model Starting at*

$26,695 LEASE for 60 months

$364 monthly @ 2.49% 2016 Jeep Cherokee North SUV $35,385

METRO CHRYSLER Ltd.

$0 down payment FINANCE for 96 months

$158 bi-weekly @ 3.49% Stop In Anytime: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm & Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Email Sales: rod@metrochrysler.ca or ken@metrochrysler.ca | #5 Two Mile Hill Road Toll Free: 1 (866) 918-1674 | Sales: 667-2525 | Service: 667-6969 | Parts: 667-4949

27

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Highlights

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

JOEL PLASKETT TICKETS ON SALE

BE A VOLUNTEER

Friday Nov. 4th Concert: Nov 16, 2016

Boys and Girls Club of Yukon

7:30 PM-10:00 PM $30/$27 members in advance, $32 at the door

What:

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

OLIVIER DE COLOMBEL & ROMAIN FITOUSSI BAND: Tribute to Thomas Chapin Nov 10, 2016

When: Wednesdays to Saturdays 3 PM to 9 PM CAUTION! Becoming a Special Olympics Yukon volunteer will provide positive change to your life!

WHITEHORSE

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS EVENTS

48 HOUR FILM SCREENING

Contact:

All events take place in the KIAC Ballroom unless specified otherwise.

Nov 12, 2016 7:00 PM-10:00 PM

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

Ph. (867) 393-2824

CHRISTMAS FAIR EVENTS

Sat, Nov, 26, Watson Lake Annual Craft Fair Watson Lake Public Library Tis the season to shop local and support our community artists, bakers, small home based businesses and crafters. Come out for a browse and a treat.

Sat, Nov, 26, KIAC Craft Fair 12:00 pm Oddfellows Hall 993 5005 Sat, Dec, 3, Annual Christmas Auction Watson Lake Recreation Centre An adult venue and complimentary snacks will be provided during the event. You are welcome to join us for an exciting evening out.

Sat, Dec, 3, Yuletide Celebration Skagway Recreation Centre For the month-long Christmas season Skagway lights up with open houses, a tree-lighting ceremony, carolling, the popular Santa Train, a beautiful Yuletide Ball, and other programs. It’s a great time to be in Skagway! Dec 3 – Town Christmas Tree Lighting, Dec 10 – WP&YR Santa Train, Dec17 – Yuletide Ball 907 983-2679 Sat, Dec, 10, Yuletide Celebration Skagway Recreation Centre For the month-long Christmas season Skagway lights up with open houses, a tree-lighting ceremony, carolling, the popular Santa Train, a beautiful Yuletide Ball, and other programs. It’s a great time to be in Skagway! Dec 3 – Town Christmas Tree Lighting, Dec 10 – WP&YR Santa Train, Dec17 – Yuletide Ball 907 983-2679

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

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

Give us a call at (867)668-6511 or email info@specialolympicsyukon.ca

Sat, Nov, 5, Christmas Bazaar 9:00 am Yukon Inn Located in the Fireside room, as a fundraiser for the Local Royal Canadian Legion, start checking those lists, and looking for great locally made gifts, and baked goods. Something for everyone! 633-4583 Sat, Nov, 5, Christmas Bazaar 10:00 am Best Western Gold Rush Inn Start checking those lists, and looking for great locally made gifts, and baked goods. Something for everyone! 667-6772 Sat, Nov, 5, 2016 Spruce Bog Craft and Gift Show 11:00 am Canada Games Centre The 2016 Spruce Bog Craft and Gift Show at the Canada Games Centre, in the Flexi Hall. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an early opening at 10:15 for seniors and persons with mobility difficulties.

Sat, Nov, 12, CKES Christmas Craft Fair 10:00 am Christ the King Elementary Allergy free concession will be open during this event, start checking those lists, and looking for great locally made gifts, and baked goods. Something for everyone! 633-2724 Sat, Nov, 19, Cranberry Home Based Business Fair 10:00 am Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Something for everyone! 633-2724 Thu, Nov, 24, BAH Humbug Cocktail Party 5:30 pm YTG building main foyer Opportunity to mingle with neighbours, community business leaders and politician while checking out locally decorated festive trees for the holiday season.

Sat, Nov, 26, Santa Breakfast 10:00 am YTG building main foyer This morning event brings together Yukon families to enjoy pancakes and a picture with Santa and his lovely wife.

Fri, Dec, 2, Seniors Soirée 6:00 pm Yukon Convention Centre A Christmas party for seniors that offers dinner and dancing amid the glittering of trees. Transport is provided and a delicious meal is served to a sellout crowd.

Fri, Dec, 2, Whitehorse Community Choir Christmas Concert 7:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre Do you hear what I hear, Jingle Bells, and all of Santa’s favourites sung to evoke the Christmas spirit.

Sat, Dec, 3, Winterval and the Santa Claus Parade Whitehorse, Yukon Come as a group with friends, family, or colleagues! Dress to be festive, pull out your best holiday costume, make a parade float, bring lanterns or musical instruments! Winterval Free Art Workshops, Fire Pits and Marshmallows, Treats and Snacks, and LOTS OF SURPRISES! Sat, Dec, 3, Grand Ball 6:00 pm Yukon Convention Centre Guests enjoy the elegant champagne Reception while mingling, viewing the trees and bidding on the silent auction trees until our famous live auction begins.

Christmas cocktails are served at the Martini Bar while guests enjoy a sumptuous gourmet dinner and dessert before dancing to the finest live entertainment.

Thu, Dec, 8-21, Spruce Bog Christmas Boutique Westmark Whitehorse A wide variety of gift items from 30 well-known artisans to choose from!

Sat, Dec, 17, Christmas Lights Tour 3:30 pm Canada Games Centre Tour the lights with Transit! Come to the Canada Games Centre for a variety of Holiday themed activities; Free skating, photos with Santa & favorite Frozen characters, holiday stories with Family Literacy Centre, and Themed colouring station

7:30 PM-10:00 PM $23/$21 members in advance, $25 at the door

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: Exhibi� ons >> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery: FOCUS GALLERY: THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS “How Does it Felt” ” “HEARTBEAT

BY WOMEN À LA CARTE

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

>> inNovember the Hougen Heritage Gallery: 4th-26th YUKON ARCHIVES Opening reception:

Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Friday November 4th Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

5-7pm

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

KATHY PIWOWAR

>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << Opening reception: with Neil Graham Friday November 4th of every first and third Wednesday each month 7 to 9pm 5-7pm $10 per 2 hour session

HOUGEN HERITAGE

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

“POSTERS FROM THE YUKON ARCHIVES COLLECTION” FRIENDS OF THE YUKON ARCHIVES SOCIETY

November 4th 2016-February 25th 2017 Opening reception:

Friday November 4th 5-7pm

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

LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

First Sunday of each month From 7-9 pm $10/session

ADVANCED BEGINNERS POTTERY: MOVING FORWARD

Saturdays November 19 - November 26 (2 sessions) 10am-2pm Ages 14+ $125

‘PAINTING’ WITH MODELLING CLAY

Mondays November 7-28 (4 sessions) 6:30-pm-8pm Ages 10+ $160

COOL TOOLS- YWITT AFTER SCHOOL SKILLED TRADES COURSES NOVEMBER 7

mon, nov 14 Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

LASER CUTTER 101 NOVEMBER 10 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

COOL TOOLS- YWITT AFTER SCHOOL SKILLED TRADES COURSES NOVEMBER 14 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE 101 NOVEMBER 17 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

WOOD SHOP ORIENTATION NOVEMBER 17

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

FINANCIAL BASICS FOR STARTUPS NOVEMBER 17 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

COOL TOOLS- YWITT AFTER SCHOOL SKILLED TRADES COURSES NOVEMBER 21 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

HOURS

Saturday-Sunday November 12-13 10am-3pm; 10am-1:30pm Ages 14+ $160

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

Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22

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

FURTHER EXPLORATIONS IN ENCAUSTICS

Available Light Cinema

7:00pm FIRE SONG

DIR. ADAM GARNET JONES, 2015, CAN, 96 MIN

Shane is a two-spirited Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario who is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister’s suicide. He was supposed to move to the city for university in the fall, and he has been trying to convince his secret boyfriend to come with him, but now everything is uncertain. Shane is torn between his responsibilities at home and the promise of freedom calling to him from the city. An affecting and powerful fiction film from a new voice in Canadian cinema. Audience Choice winner, ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

Co-presented w/ Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre + Yukon Queer Film Alliance Tickets at Yukon Film Society, on 3rd Avenue above Uniglobe Travel. $13 Regular Admission / $11 KDFN citizens, YFS members, YQFA members / YukonFilmSociety

Heart of

@YukonFilm

YukonFilmSociety.com

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

28

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Active Interest LISTINGS Dr. David Rach & Dr. Robin Vigneau Optometrists

Accepting New Patients • 633-3377 402 Hawkins St. www.polareyesoptometry.ca

Dr. Mélanie Lachapelle | Dr. Brenna MacPhail | Dr. Jonathan Hawkins Services Available: spinal manipulation & mobilization, soft tissue therapy, acupuncture, custom orthotic, rehab

All are welcome: infants/children, pregnant women, women & men of all ages

• Crutches • HanWag Boots • Birkenstocks • Safety Supplies •

INCREASE YOUR MOBILITY

NEW ARRIVAL

Electric Wheelchair Shoprider NOW on SALE for

$2,695

MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9 AM - 5 PM Phone: 867-668-5083 | 4200B 4th Ave, Whitehorse | northernhospital.net Yes!

FREE Home Delivery. Seniors Discount Thursdays.

Spine Boards • Stretchers • Bandages • Hard Hats

Wheelchairs • Scooters • Rollators • Braces • Insoles

For more details: (867) 667-2272 or chilkootchiro.ca

Yukon Distress & Support Line Toll-free, Yukon Wide

1-844-533-3030

Open Nightly

7 pm-12 am ydsl@manyrivers.yk.ca Confidential and anonymous

We are here to listen Call For Reader Submissions

Yukoners Living With Wildlife Send us your high resolution photos with a description of what’s happening in the photo, and the camera equipment you used.

Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com

FOLLOW US ON www.whatsupyukon.com

Wed, Nov, 2 Power Cardio Fitness 9:00 am Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Cardio with HIIT-inspired intervals and strength for a full-body workout. Great for all levels. 332-6988 c_burbidge@yahoo.ca Wed, Nov, 2 Drop In Lacrosse 4:30 pm Canada Games Centre For more information call 668-2840 or email lacrosse@yasc.com Wed, Nov, 2 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Adult Biathlon 6:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step.

These are 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the local music scene here in Whitehorse. Singles or couples welcome.

Please bring indoor shoes with a smooth sole. Call or email for more information.

668-3408 erica@northwestel.net Thu, Nov, 3 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.

Fri, Nov, 4-6 Biathlon Camp Biathlon Range Fri, Nov, 4 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 pm Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Nov, 4 Adults Kickboxing Club 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts All skill levels welcome, beginners on Friday Nights.

Sat, Nov, 5 Saturday Insanity Live 30min 11:45 am N60 Combative Arts This workout provides the motivation and support you need to get you through the day. Fully modifiable for all fitness levels, 30 minutes is all you need to feel accomplished. Pre Registration is required as space is limited graeme@ n60combativearts.ca Sun, Nov, 6-7 Discover Snorkeling/ PADI Skin Diver Virginia Labelle Learn and practice your snorkeling skills before you get to the ocean on your vacation! All equipment provided, fun for everyone ages 8 and up.

Sun, Nov, 6 Pursuit Practice 10:30 am Biathlon Range Mon, Nov, 7 Cardio Kickboxing 9:00 am Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Fun and a great workout for all levels. Everyone welcome. 332-6988 c_burbidge@yahoo.ca Mon, Nov, 7 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Mon, Nov, 7 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Mon, Nov, 7 Adults Kickboxing Club 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts All skill levels welcome, beginners on Friday Nights.

Mon, Nov, 7 Just Dance 7:30 pm Association franco-yukonnaise Whether you’ve been dancing for years, or normally struggle to get on the dance-floor, this is a safe welcoming space for everyone to get their groove-on Alcohol and drug-free.

Entrance by donation. No talking on dance floor - side room for snacks and chatting.

Wellness LISTINGS

Wed, Nov, 2, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Wed, Nov, 2, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov, 2, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Ladies only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Nov, 2, 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 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Nov, 2, Red Tara Meditation 6:00 pm White Swan Sanctuary Everyone welcome.

For more info contact Vicky 633-3715 Wed, Nov, 2, 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, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Yang Family 16 Movement Hand Form 7:30 pm Grey Mountain Primary School Wed, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Yang Family Hand Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Thu, Nov, 3, Seniors Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Thu, Nov, 3, Problem-Proof Your Relationship 12:00 pm Ignite Counselling Helpful advice, tips and strategies for problem-proofing your relationship.

Admission is free. Feel free to bring your lunch. Coffee, tea and juice provided.

Thu, Nov, 3, Ladies Night at Fassy 7:00 pm FASSY an evening of fun activities and socializing for women of all ages. 393-4948 girls@ycommunityliving.com Thu, Nov, 3, Discover Sound Healing 7:00 pm Whitehorse, Yukon Introduction to Acutonics Level I, Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowls, Drums, and Rattles. And evening of discussion and interactive sonic experience. Held at 11 Finch Crescent in Copper Ridge Thu, Nov, 3, 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 Fri, Nov, 4, Music and Consciousness Workshop White Swan Sanctuary This workshop is accessible to both artists and non artists. an opportunity to explore why music affects us as it does at the spiritual and energetic levels. Please register your interest in this workshop with Karin Shell via email. No art, music or yoga experience is required, just a desire to look within and increase your understanding. 334-4564 shell. karin@gmail.com Fri, Nov, 4, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Fri, Nov, 4, Yoga Flow/Resto 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery A nice combination of restorative, moving into accessible Level 1 flow, then toning back down to stretch and restorative with a nice savasan-aah at the end. To register call or email To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Sat, Nov, 5, Release Your Psoas - The Yoga of Letting Go 9:00 am Breath of Life Collective This workshop is a journey for people suffering from tight hips, lower back pain and S.I. joint sensitivities. Stop thinking this is something you have to live with.

Cultivating a deep presence is the best way to lenthen the psoas and to relieve tension in the muscular body.

Tue, Nov, 8 Drop In Arctic Sports Program 4:30 pm Canada Games Centre Drop-in arctic sport program at the Canada Games Centre every Tuesday this fall. All you need is a day pass from CGC, running shoes, and athletic clothes. All ages are welcome!

Tue, Nov, 8 Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certified trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the fitness kickboxing revolution.

Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout.

Wed, Nov, 9 Power Cardio Fitness 9:00 am Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Cardio with HIIT-inspired intervals and strength for a full-body workout. Great for all levels. 332-6988 c_burbidge@yahoo.ca Wed, Nov, 9 Drop In Lacrosse 4:30 pm Canada Games Centre For more information call 668-2840 or email lacrosse@yasc.com Wed, Nov, 9 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 9 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 9 Adult Biathlon 6:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 9 Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step.

These are 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the local music scene here in Whitehorse. Singles or couples welcome.

Please bring indoor shoes with a smooth sole. Call or email for more information.

668-3408 erica@northwestel.net

ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy.

Sat, Nov, 5, Tai Chi Yukon Open Practice 10:00 am Takhini Elementary School Sat, Nov, 5, Saturdays Drop-in Yoga 10:30 am Shanti Yoga These classes are all levels and open to everyone. This is a great opportunity to come practice Yoga with an experienced and dedicated teacher! If you have questions please call 335-2457.

Sat, Nov, 5, Shanti Yoga Drop-in 10:30 am Montessori Borealis Preschool These classes are all levels and open to everyone.

Beginners are welcome. If you have further questions please call 335-2457.

Sat, Nov, 5, Self-Myofascial Release Workshop 11:00 am Breath of Life Collective We will focus on bringing ease and mobility to the shoulders, back, hips and legs. This workshop is great for past injuries and active sport enthusiasts. Space will be limited so please register early. Taught by Jessica Read Sun, Nov, 6, Tonglen 10:00 am 16 Turner Crescent in Granger Sun, Nov, 6, Gentle Yoga 12:30 pm Breath of Life Collective This class is made for the all ages, the stiff and the recovering bodies of life. Gentle yoga is designed to improve balance, flexibility and awareness in the body and mind. You will learn the basics of yoga in a way that will honour your body. Everyone welcome - Beginners encouraged!!! Call or email to register. 3363569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Sun, Nov, 6, Well-Rounded Yoga 4:00 pm Breath of Life Collective Our classes are tailored to people who may not be the stereotypical yoga student and we will offer creative ways to adjust to your needs. We will create a safe space for all body types to experience yoga at your pace and to just be yourself. Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Sun, Nov, 6, Restorative Yoga 7:00 pm Breath of Life Collective A restorative yoga practice is the perfect way to wrap-up a busy weekend and reset for the week ahead. Lots of props will be used in this all-levels class, allowing you to relax in postures for five or more minutes.

Mon, Nov, 7, Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Mon, Nov, 7, Mindfulness Mondays 12:00 pm Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) Group meditation where we will practice mindfulness together in a supported environment, and discuss any challenges or successes we are having in our personal home practices. Everyone is welcome to drop in and see what mindfullness is all about.

Mon, Nov, 7, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon, Nov, 7, Young Women of Wisdom Workshops 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre All awesome girls aged 9-13! This new group mirrors the Women of Wisdom, but is tailored just for girls. Girls meet every Monday evening. Every second week is a Traditional Teachings week! Call 633-7683 to learn more.

Mon, Nov, 7, Shamata Meditation 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Nov, 7, Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

Mon, Nov, 7, Yoga For Absolute Beginners 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery An introduction to the fundamentals of yoga including the principles of internal form, breath, and core, To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Mon, Nov, 7, Tai Chi Basics 6:00 pm Hidden Valley School Mon, Nov, 7, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 49 Movement Hand Form 7:00 pm Hidden Valley School

Mon, Nov, 7, 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, Nov, 7, 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, Nov, 7, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sword From 8:00 pm Hidden Valley School Tue, Nov, 8, 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, Nov, 8, 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, Nov, 8, Women of Wisdom Workshops 6:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre If you’re an Aboriginal woman who is looking to share or learn Traditional Teachings, the Women of Wisdom program may be a good fit for you.

Tue, Nov, 8, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 pm Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov, 8, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form - Section 2 6:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 8, Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sabre Form 7:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 8, Intro to Meditation 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Stretch and breath work to prepare for some simple meditation techniques. To register call or email 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue, Nov, 8, Tai Chi Yukon Performance Group 8:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 8, Continuing Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Wed, Nov, 9, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed, Nov, 9, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Wed, Nov, 9, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov, 9, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Men only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Nov, 9, 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 3934440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Nov, 9, The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 pm Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia.

Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713.

Wed, Nov, 9, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Yang Family 16 Movement Hand Form 7:30 pm Grey Mountain Primary School Wed, Nov, 9, 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, Nov, 9, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Yang Family Hand Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School

29

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Adam Adamowicz

Life is What You Make It

Massage Therapy Hot Stone Massage Cupping Massage Reiki

with Catherine Lamarche

How to Have Enough Energy to do Things That Make You Happy Cross country skiing drains physical energy but renews the spirit

PHOTO: wikimediacommons

W

hat makes you happy or gives you energy?

It is easy to get carried away in everyday life and be around distractions that take you further away from knowing what gives you energy – and what takes it away.

This is the time to tap into one of the sources of why you might have enough energy to be a parent, an employee, a friend, a colleague, a sibling and still have energy to do something for yourself – or not.

Most have a hard time fulfilling all roles, with good reason. We live in a high-speed world and a time-is-money kind of society. Do we have to agree with what we are pushed to do? It’s up to us to decide.

There are ways to save your energy. When does it drop? When do you feel on top of your game?

Imagine a horizontal bar at 0.

You do a task that requires effort.

You are now below that bar. You become sick. You are now even lower. When this continues, and you are going even lower, you become exhausted and this could lead to you being burnt out. At this point it becomes very chal-

lenging to get back above that bar.

Now imagine that same bar, and you do something energizing.

This brings you above that bar.

You do another energizing thing, and you have a reserve of energy. At this point, you notice that your reserve keeps you above the bar, even if expend energy.

Here are efficiency strategies, to help you reserve energy.

Identify what gives you energy and what takes it away.

The Core Values Index, a values assessment framework developed

by American business management company Taylor Protocols, is one tool that can be used. It takes less than 10 minutes to take and is said to be 94 per cent reliable.

You can send me an email if you would like to try it.

Writing a “happy” list and a “tolerating” list is another way to gain awareness.

Create a reserve of energy.

Do something that gives you energy before doing something that takes it away. We are so used to celebrating after we do something challenging. By reversing this, the challenging task could be a lot more enjoyable and easier

to do. And why not do something that gives you energy before and after a task that is more challenging?

Do something about the tasks that require a lot of effort There might be a task that you really dislike to do. The first question is: Do I have to do this or can someone else around me do it?

Some people love the tasks that you dislike to do. If you have to do this task, can you make it more enjoyable? If you are creative, can you add colour, music, dancing? If you are more practical, can you add more structure or direction?

Would you like more guidance on how to create that reserve of energy? Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have a question or if you would like to share what has worked for you.

867.667.2379 Located on the lower level of the Optometrists Building at the corner of 2nd Ave & Lambert St

Evening and Saturday appointments available.

Valerie Hodgson Co-operative Art Gallery

(867) 393-4848 4129 - 4th Ave Whitehorse, Yukon www.yaaw.com Hours of Business: 11am - 6pm Tues. thru Sat. 11am - 4pm Sun.

Compelled to Paint:

This Land, This Light Opening Reception: Fri. Nov. 4th, 5-8pm Exhibition closes: Nov 20th, 2016

TRAINING FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS November 29-December 2 Whitehorse - part one of three seminars SE® training offers a comprehensive, clinical understanding of our biological capacity to heal trauma and the skills necessary to facilitate this natural process. SE®’s body-focused approach helps restore the inherent self-correcting, self-regulating mechanisms of the human nervous system, enhancing client’s’ capacity to fully enjoy a wide spectrum of human experience.

Workshop Facilitators: Linda is a Trauma Institute faculty who lives and works in St. Albert, Alberta where she has a private counseling practice.

Linda Stelte

MEd, CCC, SEP & SE®

Dea is a Trauma Institute faculty who lives in a small, culturally diverse community on the west coast of Vancouver Island, where she practices SE®.

Dea Parsanishi MEd, CCC, SEP & SE®

To register contact Sharon Moore at smfmoore@gmail.com For more information on Somatic Experiencing® visit:

traumahealing.org

The Somatic Experiencing ® Trauma Institute is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the worldwide healing and prevention of trauma.

Catherine Lamarche is a Coach, Speaker, Facilitator and Educator. She loves to share her knowledge about wellness and shows her clients how creativity can be a powerful way to getting their ideal life.

For more information visit her website at www.CDLlifecoaching.com.

Winter Pampering FULL SERVICE SPA TREATMENTS

Hair … Massage … Facials …

And we have visiting therapists!

Acupuncture With Anne Vardy RMT Massage By Yassin Marconic Energy Healing With Gaia Bicudo.

Appointment Alerts, Share the Love for Prizes.

erve Time For

Same Day Appointments available

You

Re s

Today

View our treatments & hours on our website:

w w w. e l e m e n t s e s t h e t i c s . c a

Email: info@elementsesthetics.ca Phone: 867-668-2430

QWANLIN CENTRE

Open 7 days a week Visit us at shoppersdrugmart.ca

667-6633

30

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Travelling with

Thomas s team up n ia is r a P r e m Tw o f o r to tribute a U .S . ja z z le g e n d in Yu k o n

caption

PHOTOS: by courtesy of Olivier de Colombel

Paris-based guitarist Romain Fitoussi (left) and Whitehorse sax player Olivier de Colombel bring the music of Thomas Chapin to Jazz in the Hall on November 3

by Ken Bolton

I

f you go by way of Laos and the U.S. East Coast, the journey from France to Yukon is anything but a straight line. But a brief reunion of two lifelong

friends in Paris two summers ago proves you can get from there to here.

During a 2015 bike tour in his native country, Whitehorse saxo-

phone player Olivier de Colombel was spending time with family and friends, including his guitarplaying pal, Romain Fitoussi.

The two had attended the Paris

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Kudz Ze Kayah Mine Project

COMMUNITY TOUR NOV. 14 – NOV. 18, 2016 BMC Minerals is continuing community engagement regarding the proposed Kudz Ze Kayah Mine Project.

With the technical studies and engineering work to support our Pre-feasibility Study of the Kudz Ze Kayah Project complete, BMC Minerals is preparing a Project Proposal for submission to the Executive Committee of YESAB early next year. In support of the development of that submission, BMC has prepared a Project Overview.

Members of our project team are hosting a series of community meetings. You can provide feedback and learn more about the project by: Attending a community meeting (see schedule below); Calling: 867-336-3537; Providing a written submission by email: robm@bmcminerals.com or Mail: # 530-1130 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4.

For more complete project information, or to view a copy of the Project Overview document, please visit www.kudzzekayah.com NOV. 14 NOV. 15 NOV. 16 NOV. 17

PRESENTATION AND OPEN HOUSE PRESENTATION AND OPEN HOUSE PRESENTATION AND OPEN HOUSE PRESENTATION AND OPEN HOUSE

6:30-8:30 6:30-8:30 6:30-8:30 6:30-8:30

ROSS RIVER HOPE CENTRE FARO REC. CENTRE WHITEHORSE, HIGH COUNTRY INN WATSON LAKE REC CENTRE

Conservatory together in their 20s, before going on to five years of weekly gigs in a small jazz bar with a trio not-so-cryptically named Romolive.

Flash forward (or backward) to 2013, when de Colombel met his first Yukoner, during a totally different biking venture in Laos.

“I didn’t even know where the Yukon was on a map before I met this guy,” de Colombel says. “He lives in the middle of nowhere in the Tagish Lakes, and he said, ‘Whenever you want, just show up.’”

A few months later, the musician did just that.

“Two days in a canoe to reach his place, because there was no road. I spent a month there. It was my first Canadian experience, and I liked it a lot.”

It helps that, in the last days of that visit, he also met the woman who became his romantic partner and recently mother of their brand-new baby.

After deciding to make his home in Yukon, de Colombel quickly made a name for himself

in the local music scene, playing with the likes of Major Funk and the Employment, Ryan McNally and others.

But the big party sound isn’t what de Columbel and Fitoussi have in store for Yukon audiences this month.

Let’s go back to that reunion in Paris two summers ago.

“We had a great time together, and I told him the Yukon is an amazing place to visit, and an amazing place for music,” de Colombel says. “I told him it would be awesome if he could one day just come up, and I could organize a few things, and we could play.”

Fitoussi’s response, he says, was immediate: “I’m 100 per cent.

What about Thomas Chapin?”

It’s time for the U.S. leg of this convoluted journey.

Chapin was a hugely-respected avant-garde saxophonist, flautist and composer on the New York scene and abroad. He recorded at least 15 albums in his own name before dying of leukemia in 1998 cont’d on page 31...

e t i r o v a f a e v a h u o Y o D ? e p i c e r s a m Christ ? s u h t i w t i e r a h s u o y Would send it to us at recipe@whatsupyukon.com we’ll publish the best submissions in coming issues.

31

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Travelling with Thomas ... cont’d

Friends, Food & Drinks Whitehorse sax player Olivieri de Colombel (left) and Paris-based guitarist Romain Fitoussi bring the music of Thomas Chapin to Jazz in the Hall on November 3 at the age of 40.

“Romain is a big fan of Thomas Chapin. A few years ago, he said, ‘You should listen to this guy. It’s close to what you like in saxophone playing.’ So I did, and it’s true. It’s very inspiring,” de Colombel says.

Among other things, Chapin is the subject of a recent 90-minute documentary, Night Bird Song, named for one of his best-known compositions. It was directed by the late musician’s sister-in-law, Emmy-winning filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo.

“She was not really into jazz, but she realized that Thomas brought a lot to the jazz community, and created kind of this bridge between jazz tradition and jazz avant-garde, and he was doing it very well.”

Fitoussi’s own new trio, in turn, was featured on the documentary, which has already created a splash at film festivals in Europe and the U.S., as well as last month’s prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival.

After getting a green light from

Duncan Sinclair at Jazz Yukon for a Chapin tribute with Fitoussi in the Jazz in the Hall series, de Columbel quickly recruited local pianist Daniel Janke, bassist Paul Bergman and drummer Lonnie Powell for the venture.

Starting with charts Fitoussi developed from Chapin’s live and studio performances, de Colombel urged his musical colleagues to provide their own take on the material.

“If we want to go faster or slower, or play different structures, we can. It’s just material to work with, not that we have to copy exactly the album version, because for me that is not very interesting.”

The Jazz in the Hall performance is Thursday, November 3 in the Old Fire Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

It will feature five Chapin numbers, including “Sky Piece”, “Anima” and “Drunken Money”, as well as two of de Colombel’s own compositions.

One of those, “Seven Devils”, was inspired by yet one more of

his recent bike trips, this one along the Oregon Coast. But that’s another story.

The Whitehorse performance, will be audio-recorded by Jim Holland of Green Needle Records, and will include projections of visual art by both Chapin and Bergman.

The Chapin project moves to Dawson City on Monday, November 7, for a 7:00 p.m. screening of Night Bird Song at the Klondike Institute of Art & Music, and the quintet’s performance in the KIAC Ballroom at 8:00 p.m. on November 10.

On Saturday, November 12, there will be a free screening of the documentary at the Village Bakery in Haines Junction at 4:00 p.m., followed by the de Colombel/Fitoussi quintet show at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Elias Convention Centre.

True Goldrush Atmosphere

Bar Open 9am to 11pm Off Sales 9am to 11pm Clean, Quiet, Comfortable Rooms 110 Wood Street, 667-2641 Whitehorse

Live Music Thursday Nights 7pm-11pm Sunday Open Mic Night 3pm-7pm

Happy Hour

Entertainment Starts At 10 pm

Everyday

This Week’s Lineup

3-7

Mondays Ladies Night w/ DJ Carlo Tuesdays Top 40 Dance Tunz w/ Jon Steel 9 pm Nov 9, 23 Karaoke with DJ Carlo Nov 5, 10, 12 Yukon Jack Nov 2, 16, 30 Jamaoke w/ Jackie Nov 3 & 4 The Canadian Playboyz 9 pm

Find us on facebook

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

Every Week

Thursday Jam hosted by

November Events

Scott Maynard

Friday Nov 4 Saturday Nov 5 Sunday Nov 6

The House Cats Vice and Virtue Yukon Music Six Pack

Friday Nov 12 Saturday Nov 13 Sunday Nov14

Cryptozoologists Roxx Hunter Big Mama Lele

Friday Nov 18 Saturday Nov 19 Sunday Nov 20

Patrick Jacobson Parker Thomas Jazz Conspiracy D-Cide on the B-Side with Scott Maynard

Friday Nov 25 Saturday Nov 26 Sunday Nov 27

Prom Date Marc Albert Trivia with Jona Barr and Adrian Burrill

Band Hours 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn 411 Main Street, Whitehorse, 668-4500

32

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Aisy Doodles with Aislinn Cornett

We carry the new GoPro line.

NOW in stock!

Aislinn Cornett is an art therapist, writer, artist and adventurer born in Whitehorse, Yukon.

She currently lives, writes and doodles on the beach in Mexico.

Next To Starbucks On Main

We’ve got the right stuff for ...

Holiday

&

Everyday Baking

YUKON See It Here

courtesy of the:

Sugar sheets, icing & frosting, baking tools & pans, candy molds, sprinkles, decorations, wrappers & boxes, cake plates, and so much more.

One stop for Yukon’s LARGEST BAKING SHOP!

Yukon Inn Plaza 393-3984

MON-THUR & SAT 9:30 - 6, FRI 9:30-9, SUN 10-6

Call For Reader Submissions

Yukoners Living With Wildlife

FOLLOW US ON www.whatsupyukon.com

Send us your high resolution photos with a description of what’s happening in the photo, and the camera equipment you used.

Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com

Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on to editor@WhatsUpYukon.com.

Klondike Visitors Association

E

mployees at Klondike Visitors Association were surprised to find that a Jim Robb original hung on the wall for the centre.

Early in summer, a call from Doug Thomas (also known as Gold Nougie Dougie), revealed to them that a painting of the Palace Grand Theatre (the only one Jim Robb has done), which staff believed was a print, was hanging on their walls.

Thomas and his partner Beverley are art the KVA collectors and friends of Jim Robb; as well as PHOTO: cour tesy of avid historians with a keen interest in Arizona Charlie and the Palace Grand Theatre. The Thomases were assisting Jim Robb in a hunt for “Gold Nougie” Dougie Thomas and Beverley Thomas the original Palace Grand piece, which Robb wished to make prints and shirts of. “Jim Robb pose with Paul Robitaille from Klondike Visitors is a Yukon Icon and just a great resource for our Association and Jim Robb’s re-framed piece.

Territory,” says Doug. “We just love sharing his work.”

The painting, it was revealed, was painted for the 100th anniversary of the Palace Grand Theatre in 1999. At that time, Klondike Visitors Association was involved in producing shows at the venue, notably with the Gaslight Follies. Following a quick trip up the highway, the Thomases visited the staff at KVA to see the painting, after which it was agreed that they could bring it to Whitehorse to have it scanned to make prints; to show it to Robb; and to re-frame it. A month or so later, Doug and Beverley returned with the original in hand, but which now was framed in a flat-front style frame, and featured a new signature and comment from Jim Robb: “To commemorate 100 years of the Palace Grand Theatre, which was originally built from two wrecked steamboats.”

As the Thomases winter in Arizona and are keenly interested in Arizona Charlies, they attached a photo of Charlie to the re-dressed painting. They also wanted to acknowledge Peter Jenkins, who, in his role as mayor of Dawson City in the early 2000s, visited the grave of Arizona Charlie to mark his role in the Klondike. During their visit to Dawson to return the painting, the Thomases also donated files from their research into Arizona Charlie, which KVA passed on to the Dawson City Museum.

Klondike Visitors Association wishes to thank Doug and Beverley for their generous gift as well as acknowledge their efforts related to preserving the name of iconic Klondike personalities.

yukonwildlife.ca

Book your

WIld

holiday in the sun

NOW

as space is limited!

for Yukon Winter!

Open Friday - Sunday 10:30am - 4:00pm

Walk, fat-bike, or ski any time!

Guided Bus Tours: 12 noon, & 2pm

WUY_2016_10_25 winter awareness 4x5 Colour.indd 1

Specialty Travel

25/10/2016 4:33:54 PM

212 Lambert St., Whitehorse, Yukon T: 867-668-3300 TF: 1-866-932-2565 www.uniglobespecialtywhitehorse.com

33

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Book Review

F*ck Feelings

One shrink’s practical advice for managing all life’s impossible problems

S

o starts F*ck Feelings, by father-daughter team Michael Bennett, a psychiatrist, and Sarah Bennett, a comedy writer.

I rarely recommend books.

(Unless I’m at work – I’m a librarian – and am asked for a reading recommendation, in which case I will ask a series of questions about what the person likes to read and why, so I can make a proper recommendation. That’s totally a thing. Check it out.)

However, I find myself recommending this book to friends. I found it helpful. And hilarious.

There’s a reason why self-help books are so popular. We suffer.

We want to feel better. We do things we know are bad for us.

People hurt us and we can’t let it go. Change seems slow and we wonder what’s wrong with us. We need help.

Only F*ck Feelings is more of an anti-self-help book. For starters, it promises it will most definitely not help you find true happiness.

Because true happiness doesn’t exist. At least not in the sense that it is a destination at which one arrives and stays.

At the root of many things that drive us crazy is the belief that there is a solution to our prob-

“

There’s no ‘should’ or ‘should not’ when it comes to having feelings.

They’re part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control.

When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.” ... Fred Rogers. From, The World According to Mister Rogers

PHOTO: imagebase

by Sarah Gallagher

lems and if we could only pinpoint those solutions our problems will go away. We want acknowledgement about our suffering. We want to be heard. We want to be right. @#$* that.

867-667-6102 INTEGRA TIRE WHITEHORSE

Sometimes things just suck.

This does not mean we stop trying to do our best. It just means that we cannot change some things – or people – that drive us crazy.

Once we accept this, we can shift our focus to the real work at

107 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T7 The Tire Shop is Open Monday – Saturday.

hand: trying to be a decent person.

Of course some problems require professional help, of the kind that Dr. Bennett has over 40 years experience in providing to patients in his clinical practice.

But if your problems are of the I-keep-eating-all-the-Halloweencandy-even-though-I-always-feelregret variety, there is hope for you.

Co-worker a slacker? Don’t dwell on it to the point your own work suffers. Parent an addict? Just because your childhood sucked doesn’t mean your kids’ has to. Gossip mill got you feeling like you want to shout your side of the story from a mountain top so that everybody “gets” it? Nobody cares. Put your head down and focus on your goals instead.

About the swearing: it’s kind of gimmicky, I get it. No doubt this will feel dated in a few years, when we collectively get over the shiny new toy of being able to drop the F-bomb during prime time. I appreciate the authors made this choice in order to make the book accessible.

I think anyone can get something from this book. I mean, the authors were inspired by Mister Rogers for @#$* sake.

Sarah Gallagher is a professional librarian, an amateur human, and a member of the Yukon Library Association. She lives in Whitehorse.

34

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

A Study in Sound

Yukon Film Society offers a two-day workshop in post production sound design for film

by Willow Gamberg

T

ake a moment to think about your favourite film. What is the soundtrack like? Besides music, what other sorts of sounds are used to create a unique world?

Subtle, yet essential, soundtracks can become afterthought in the visually-oriented world of film, particularly at an amateur level.

The Yukon Film Society hopes to shed some light on the topic by offering a new one-off workshop, led by local musician and sound technician Jordy Walker.

Walker’s lifelong interest in music, theatre and film has led to his 15-year career making music for film productions, particularly documentaries. For the past five years, he has also been designing and mixing sound for film.

“I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of creating music to accompany a visual or narrative medium,” Walker says. “I just find it very exciting to see and hear a visual and auditory medium working well together.”

This is particularly relevant in the film world, where audio con-

tributes to the story on many different levels.

“I’ve been fascinated with sound mixes in films and how sound is put together for films, what it adds to films, etc.,” he says. “It’s a realm where a lot of technical and creative work is put in to sculpt the emotional environment for each scene and to drive the narrative and tone of the film.”

Heavily involved in the local filmmaking scene, Walker noticed that, when he was doing sound mixes for local filmmakers, there always seemed to be more creative and conceptual options to discuss than time or budgets allowed.

“It’s an industry-wide practice that sound always comes as one of the final steps in a film and is on a very tight timeline and budget,” he explains. “As someone who spends a lot of time working on sound for films, I would love to see the Yukon film community put more resources and preparation into the sonic environments of

PHOTO: Gary Bremner Creative Photography their films.”

When the Yukon Film Society approached him with the idea of a two-day workshop in November, Walker saw it as a perfect opportunity to offer education on the topic.

“I thought it would be nice to have a venue to look at some of these issues with a more specific focus and look at ways that filmmakers can be more prepared and involved in the development of their film’s sonic environment.”

The workshop will take place

Multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Jordy Walker has always been fascinated by the combination of visual and auditory mediums on Nov. 7 and 8, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Yukon Film Society Office. The workshop is mainly geared towards people who are already involved in filmmaking, though it is open to anyone interested.

“The workshop is focused on creative use of sound in film and sound as narrative device,” Walker says. “People who are film fans or are musicians/sound technicians interested in sound for film will gain further understanding of how sound for film is conceptualized and what exactly sound is doing to enhance the audience experience.”

He explains that participants will gain new perspectives on how to use sound creatively, how to conceptualize the role of audio in a film from its earliest stages and what a film’s sonic aesthetic could be.

“Over the course of the workshop, participants will record and edit a short sonic narrative (without words), which will help them realize what is needed for sound to deliver a story, let alone enhance it.

“We will spend the second evening of the course in pairs, editing audio we have gathered,

so some familiarity with audio or video editing software is useful.

However, because participants will be working pairs, if one person has less experience in that field, we will pair them with someone who has more experience.”

Walker hopes that participants will leave the workshop with a deeper relationship to sound, and with more ideas for how to use it in films. He looks forward to the discussions that will be sparked by the sonic narrative exercise.

“I’m excited to hear how all the participants hear the world.”

The workshop Post Production Sound Design with Jordy Walker will take place Monday, Nov. 7 Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Yukon Film Society Office, located at 212 Lambert St. To register, or for more information, please contact Andrew Seymour at 867-393-3456, or by email at Tech@YukonFilmSociety. com

Willow Gamberg is a traveling music writer and editor who is currently working in Whitehorse. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

Yes Baby!

An advanced approach For couples trying to conceive

Yes baby is a fertility friendly lubricant system, certified organic by the Soil Association Organic Certification

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FLIGHT SERVICE

Locally Owned and Operated Come see us at our discreet location 211 Black Street • Noon to 9 pm • 393-3360 • Must be 19 years

SCHEDULED SERVICE TO Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Hoonah, Kake, Juneau, Gustavus, Angoon, Tenakee, Pelican, Elfin Cove and Excursion Inlet FOR RESERVATIONS BOOK ONLINE: FLYALASKASEAPLANES.COM General Inquiries? Call us at 907-789-3331 | email: info@flyalaskaseaplanes.com

Creating Families since 2008

35

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

Come on down for fall Coho and Bald Eagles!

Haines

22 nd Annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival November 14 - 20, 2016 Dinners, presentations, entertainment and of course -- EAGLES! Please note the festival is one week later than normal due to the US Presidential Election week prior.

Registration is open at www.baldeagles.org Haines Visitor Center

visithaines.com

Alaska Salmon Bites

OPEN 8am - 8pm Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm Sun

907-766-2992 www.kingporcini.com 121 Second Ave N, (11⁄2 blocks up from Main St) Haines, Alaska “The Store that Helps People Enjoy Nature’s Bounty”

Whisky, Vodka, Gin Specialty Cocktails

420 Main Street, 907-766-2441 www.oleruds.com

Join us for Haines FIRST FRIDAY!

Quality handmade Alaskan products and collectibles.

1-2 Bedroom vacation rentals

34 Blacksmith St in Fort Seward Tasting Hours: Mon-Sat 2-8 pm

OPEN YEAR ROUND Main & Second Ave. 907-766-2352

portchilkootdistillery.com

New Aspen Hotel in Haines, Alaska Wonderful rooms!

All rooms studio suites with kitchenettes Guest laundry facilities Fitness center Business E-Center Daily & weekly rates

409 West Main Street Haines, Alaska 907-766-2211 haines@aspenhotelsak.net

ASPEN SUITES

HOTE L

www.aspenhotelsak.com

ANCHORAGE • JUNEAU • SOLDOTNA • KENAI • HAINES

Your Source in Haines for Hunting, Fishing & Clothing For 45 years 420 Main St. 907-766-2441 www.oleruds.com

Haines, Alaska’s most comfortable lodging!

• Panoramic view of Lynn Canal. • Located within 1 block of dining & shopping.

• Captain’s Choice Inc. Rental Cars.

• Tours and Charters available at the front desk.

• Courtesy transfers upon request.

• Laundromat.

• Continental Breakfast.

• WIFI for a fee.

VISIT HAINES AND BOOK THE WHAT’S UP SPECIAL TODAY! All Canadians Receive 20% off Room Bookings!

(907) 766-3111, Toll free 1-800-478-2345, Fax (907) 766-3332 Website: www.capchoice.com, E-mail: captain@aptalaska.net

36

whatsupyukon.com

November 2, 2016

We are ting participa r e in Yukon n atio Appreci Day, er Novemb 4.

BE TO G SURE YAPP ET YOUR PAS STAM SPORT P AT H ED O ME HAR DWA RE!!

Got Questions?

Tracy

Amica

Bryan

Mark

Megan

Ask Our Team Leaders!

Michele

Paul

Russ

2281 SECOND AVE. WHITEHORSE 667-4478 or 1-800-661-0402 Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-7pm, Saturday/ Sunday 8:30am-5:30pm

Marg

Jennie

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK