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he Palace Grand was rebuilt in 1962,” said superintendent Travis Weber of Klondike National Historic Sites (KNHS).

That made the systems in the building 55 years old by 2016, when the current renovation project began its two-year run, and it was time to replace many of them, as well as do some work on the foundation.

When “Arizona” Charlie Meadows built his Palace Grand Theatre, in 1899, it probably never occurred to him that some version of the place would still exist in 2018.

The 1962 rebuild was inspired

by Stratford, Ontario, guru Tom Patterson, to be the base for a northern annual theatre festival, and was launched with a moneylosing run of Foxy (a Klondike remodelled version of Ben Jonson’s Volpone).

Once reality set in, it became the home of the less ambitious Gaslight Follies—a mixture of vaudeville and melodrama. The

show was never a big money-maker, but it was worth running as long as the tour bus crowd booked tickets as part of their cruise ship program. It ended in 2003 and the building was seriously underused except for tours and some KNHS programming until 2013.

The ambitious “Live at the Palace Grand” show in 2013 and 2014 was financed by federal CanNor dollars as part of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in’s economic development plan, an attempt to reboot summer programming. It ran for two seasons, with both local and imported programming.

The Friends of the Palace Grand organization spun off of the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) and took on the task of devising a new plan during the years that KNHS had the building shut down for repairs.

“Heating systems and electrical systems were in need of repairs, so that was a big piece of the work,” Weber said, “as well as air conditioning and a fire-suppression system.”

PHOTO: Dan Davidson He added that most of the work is inside the walls, though there are some things visible to the casual eye. There is new work in the foyer; the stage has new backdrops and equipment; and the sound system has been improved.

“We’re excited that it’s being used again by the community,” he said, listing a few of the events that had already been booked: the Klondike Placer Miners’ Association dinner, the Robert Service School commencement exercises and social evening.

KIAC brought in a concert by Petunia and the Vipers, and here was an evening of public readings and music during the Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Festival in late May and early June.

Subsequent to this interview, the Friends group put on four performances of their new program, “Cabin of Curiosities.” Just the week this is being written, the Klondike Visitors Association and KNHS sponsored a live showing of the CTV television program, The Amazing Race Canada, which was cont’d on page 3 ...

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filmed here in the late spring and had also used the Palace Grand as a venue in the show.

By the time this sees print, the Dawson City Music Festival will have staged their festival preshow with Madame Gandhi (live in concert with the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers & DASH) and used the Palace Grand as one of its venues between July 20 and 22.

All during the summer, KNHS does daily tours of this impressive building, and Sunday to Thursday it stages its own Greatest Klondiker Contest, with staff taking on the personas of Gold Rush characters and vying for audience approval.

The Palace Grand project will have cost just about over $6 million when it is totally completed.

There’s still some replacement of wallpaper to be done, and a Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) evaluation proved the that aboveground oil tanks had created some contaminated ground that would need to be mitigated, but none of that will affect the summer usage.

“All of these investments [across Canada], including the ones in Dawson City, are helping to maintain these buildings,” Weber said. “They’re also helping with tourism and local initiatives.”

After three decades in classrooms in Beaver Creek, Faro and Dawson, Dan Davidson retired to continue writing, as he had been all those years.

Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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Bear explores the gold rush

Klondike Korner ................... 2 Dog Culture ......................... 3

I spent the summer in Dawson

Yukon’s Greatest Love Story .... 4

Grand Theatre and Bear was

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Yukon Star Party ................. 12 Living With Wildlife ............. 13 The Delta Rambler .............. 17 Yukon See It Here ............... 18

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The Yukon’s greatest love story

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t’s a story many times told but never gets old, this tale of Kate and Otto Partridge of Ben-MyChree, which is Manx for “Girl of my Heart” and is the greatest love story in the history of the Yukon.

It’s simply a mad irony that most of it took place in northwestern B.C. at the very southern end of Tagish Lake after it makes a hard western turn and ends in a culde-sac against a wall of glacial mountains near the Alaska border.

Fanny Kate Pridham was born in 1854 at Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Otto H. Partridge was born on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in 1857.

They were first cousins and knew each other since childhood, finally marrying in 1880 when she was 26 and he was 23.

Neither ever looked at another.

They grew up thinking they would spend their lives together; and so they did until Otto died suddenly on June 28, 1930, the year of their golden 50th wedding anniversary, and Kate followed on January 10, 1931. They are buried side by side in Whitehorse’s Pioneer Cemetery.

By the time of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897 when Otto was 40 and Kate 43, they had been living in Wales where Otto progressed from a young apprentice to a master shipbuilder in a place worldrenowned for the quality of seagoing vessels produced there, and Kate was well known for her green thumb which produced all of their vegetables and flowers including many for sale to supplement the family income.

As soon as they heard the stories about ships loaded with gold arriving in Seattle from a place called “The Klondike,” Otto set off alone in 1897 to climb the Chilkoot and Kate joined him in 1898 after carrying a portable organ over the pass. Their first residence was a homemade houseboat anchored in Milhaven Bay on Lake Bennett where Otto set up his first sawmill.

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PHOTO: MacBride Museum Collection, 1989-1-2 inexperienced stampeders how to build scows and riverboats tough Otto and Kate Partridge enough to make it to Dawson, 2. pictured in their garden General manager of a Bennettat Ben-My-Chree based navigation company, 3.

Building three small lake steamers for his own company, which he named Ora, Dora and Flora and 4. As if he wasn’t busy enough, into a comfortable and successful because of his knowledge and ex- transportation business with their perience with wood, the railroad three “children” Ora, Dora and company, BYN (British Yukon Nav.) Flora. hired him to cut, construct and They stayed busy for a decade deliver all the ties for the railroad out of Carcross until 1910 when under construction that would Otto was offered a mining parteventually be called the White nership with Stanley McLellan and Pass & Yukon Route, to which he Ludwig Swanson, two prospectors delivered with his small fleet of who had located rich hardrock gold fast, sturdy lake steamers. veins a mile above lake level in the It was rumoured—never de- high mountains at the south end nied—his financing was $20,000 of West Taku Arm on Tagish Lake, cash hidden in the bottom of an which they called Ben-My-Chree oakum barrel that he smuggled to honour Kate. Otto’s role was to past Soapy Smith in Skagway and supply the mine site with supplies, Sam Steele at the Canadian border. including Kate’s fresh vegetables, Talk about the right man at the and wood for cribbing timbers right place at the right time. As which he delivered with his boats. soon as he crested the Chilkoot The mine employed anywhere beand walked down to the lakes, his tween 10 and 60 miners depending services were required by every- on the season and type of work. body and the money rolled in.

Unfortunately, it was doomed by Neither Otto nor Kate ever fate and destroyed during spring made it past Whitehorse or thaw in 1911 when an avalanche reached the Klondike. By 1899, covered everything, killing McLelthe stampeders were all gone; lan and his wife who lived onsite in 1900 the railroad got past the in a small house made of rocks.

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The Yukon’s greatest love story ... cont’d Kate also entertained in the drawing room on organ and harmonium, and Otto was a natural-born storyteller who loved to tell tales about the Klondike Gold Rush.

By the time they entered the tourist business full-time, Kate was 62 and Otto 59 and they entertained upwards of 9,000 wealthy tourists every season until 1930, with the most famous names in their guest books being Teddy Roosevelt, Lord and Lady Byng and scores of Roaring Twenties celebrities including writers and movie stars. It was not a poor man’s holiday to go sightseeing in the Yukon.

In 1930, after Kate had been widowed in mid-summer, the prominent writer Frederick Niven immortalized her forever with a cover story in Canadian Home Jour-

nal, including the quote above.

Niven was totally flabbergasted by this widow in the wilderness, and his article was the first step in turning the Partridge family story into a mythical northern love affair that was plugged every year as the White Pass bought Ben-MyChree and continued the tours until 1956 when lake and river travel ceased due to road construction during and after WWII.

Kate Partridge planted two acres with over 40 kinds of flowers and shrubs and Ben-My-Chree looked like an improbable farm located in a wilderness valley 106 miles from Carcross

The “Girl of My Heart” is one of the most well-known and oftrepeated northern tales in Yukon history and is only published here as a reminder to modern Yukoners of how the oldtimers used to age in the North before the onset of Dementia Roadmaps, Grief symposiums, old-age newsletters and “deluxe” care facilities that resembled mental hospitals.

And if you dare doubt the veracity of this epic love story, pray tell us who is in second place on this unique Yukon love list? Klondike Kate?

Doug Sack, 71, is the former editor of Sourdough Chronicle, the quadannual newsletter of the Yukon Council on Aging, YCOAYukon.com. Before that, he was young.

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The gardens and inn at BenMy-Chree under the glacier view hosted upwards of 9,000 wealthy tourists every season until 1930

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they lived down on their homestead in the valley, also called Ben-My-Chree, but that was the end of their mining aspirations.

After the tragedy, they increased the size of their gardens. Kate planted two acres with over 40 kinds of flowers and shrubs that flourished in the glacial till during the long 17-hour days. It was reported that Kate’s delphiniums grew to ten feet and her pansies and poppies were 5” in diameter.

Otto also increased the vegetable acreage until aerial photos made Ben-My-Chree look like an improbable farm located in a wilderness valley 106 miles from the nearest civilization, which was Carcross.

By 1912, White Pass ships were detouring to the end of the lake to drop off mail and pick up fresh vegetables on their way to the “Switzerland of the North,” which was Atlin. Word quickly spread about the beauty and aesthetics of the Partridge gardens and Otto signed an agreement with White Pass in 1916, in the depth of WWI, to host tourist excursions, from Carcross, that featured Kate dressed like a lady in the wilderness and Otto in formal attire.

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Until Mon. Aug. 20 Created at the Canyon Exhibit Launch 5:00 PM Aug. 8, Exhibit open until Aug. 20, Northern Front Studio. 7 local artists along the trail as they create original works inspired by the landscape of Miles Canyon and the Yukon River. Work featuring Emma Barr, Nicole Bauberger, Heather Con Steinhagen and others. 668-5678 Until Fri. Aug. 24 Art Exhibit - Chilkoot Trail Yukon Arts Centre Inspired from her 2014 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency, Daphne Mennell’s Chilkoot Trail features paintings and sketches of the landscapes she encountered.

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Until Wed. Aug. 29 Art Exhibit -The Dreamt Forest by Christian Bucher Arts Underground Until Wed. Aug. 29 Art Exhibit - Skin by Tamika Knutson Arts Underground

Sun. Aug. 19 Sean from the Yukon 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Mon. Aug. 20 Steve Slade 6:30 pm Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Mon. Aug. 20 Monday Night Jam 8:00 pm The Social House Bring your own instrument or play one supplied. Sing some tunes for your friends or sit in and play along.

Wed. Aug. 22 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

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Until Fri. Aug. 31 Yukon Burger Challenge 2018 Whitehorse, Yukon Look for the Yukon Burger Challenge poster at participating eating establishments, and vote for your favourite!

Mon. Aug. 13- Fri. Aug. 17 Street Eats Festival City Of Whitehorse Join us outside City Hall for a variety of Street Eats, for lunch AND dinner!

Wed. Aug. 15 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed. Aug. 15 Glass Blowing and Science Lesson 4:00 pm Lumel Studios Everyone will have a chance to try glass blowing and create glass art of their own. Call 667-4606 or email executive@ ycommunityliving.com to pre register.

Wed. Aug. 15 Poker Ride 4:00 pm Mount Sima Collect a card for every lap you ride. At the end of the night the best hand wins a 2019 bike season pass.Tickets online.

Wed. Aug. 15 Art by Maya’s Paint Party Wed. Aug. 15 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Baked Cafe Paint a step by 7:00 pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done! step instructed landscape to take home, Thu. Aug. 16 Homage to Acadia 5:00 learn a new skill, drink with friends, and pm Baked Cafe Come celebrate Acadian support consent awareness! Registration culture to the music of Christian Brideau. by phone 332-1000 or email. maya.bip@ For the occasion, the artist will perform gmail.com 332-1000 classic Acadian songs! 668-2663 Wed. Aug. 15 Whitehorse United Thu. Aug. 16 Fundraiser for Telegraph Church Choir Practice 7:30 pm Creek 6:00 pm Kwanlin Dun Cultural Whitehorse United Church Centre 27 structures have burned in the Wed. Aug. 15 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm fire. Devastating Telegraph Creek, come Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room together to support the community. Live Thu. Aug. 16 Free Yukoner Day music by Kevin Barr and guests, crafts, MacBride Museum Every 3rd Thursday Dahkha Kwan and the Dakwakada of the month. Valid Yukon ID must be Dancers, plus more acts to confirm. presented at time of admission.

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Thu. Aug. 16 Fireweed Community Thu. Aug. 16 Gold Rush Jam 7:30 pm Market Outdoor Market 3:00 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Shipyards Park Local produce, baked Thu. Aug. 16 Ginger Jam 8:00 pm Epic goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, Pizza Fully electric jam session with PA crafted treasures and more system, drum kit and guitars provided to Thu. Aug. 16 Chess Corner 6:30 pm musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and Yukon College Chess played in room performers.

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Special Guests 7:30 pm North of Thu. Aug. 16 Christ Church Cathedral Ordinary Experience Center Choir Practice 7:30 pm Christ Church Fri. Aug. 17 Open Mic Night 8:30 pm Cathedral Town & Mountain Hotel Share your Fri. Aug. 17 Dusk’a Friday Language music with us in a friendly, attentive Lunches 12:00 pm Duska Head Start atmosphere. and Family Learning Center Bring a bag Sat. Aug. 18 Stockstill & Rose 9:00 pm lunch and come learn Southern Tutchone Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill with our special guest speakers. Call Erin Fri. Aug. 17 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn Pauls for more information 633-7816. All in the Boiler Room Kwanlin citizens and staff are welcome!

Sat. Aug. 18 YWIM Cook Shack Fri. Aug. 17 Afternoon Tea and Hymn Sessions 2018 - Crystal Shamoon, Sing 2:00 pm Christ Church Cathedral Cheryl Cristina Mae, Susan Arenburg Fri. Aug. 17 Chainsaw 101 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Lake Creek Campground Free YuKonstruct Makerspace For the new family friendly activities and concerts chainsaw user, or the home chainsaw around the campfire, bring your chair user who wants to increase their skills. . a mug for tea, your instruments! Meet For more details, please contact Erin at at the cook shelter. Door prizes and ravenandleaf.saw@gmail.com. storytellers welcome.

Fri. Aug. 17 Make a Felt Succulent Sat. Aug. 18 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn Wreath 7:00 pm Baked Cafe Includes in the Boiler Room felt pieces to make 6 round succulents, a Sun. Aug. 19 Jack Straw 9:00 pm lasercut wood wreath base, all necessary Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill tools and instructions, plus one drink Sun. Aug. 19 Jam Session 5:00 pm 98 ticket. suitable for all levels. Register Hotel online.

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667-4606 Sat. Aug. 18 Crib Tournament 6:15 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 Crib tournaments every Saturday Member and non-members welcome.

Sun. Aug. 19 Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn Are you a wordy person, put your words to the test and join the Scrabble Club. Must be 19+ Sun. Aug. 19 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 pm Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun. Aug. 19 WWE SummerSlam 4:00 pm North of Ordinary Experience Center Fun for the whole family! Everyone is welcome!

Sun. Aug. 19 SHIFT Screening and Director Talk 7:30 pm Baked Cafe Yukon-made documentary about the kids from Carcross who are helping transform their community into a world-class mountain biking destination. Director in attendance.

Mon. Aug. 20 Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon. Aug. 20 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon. Aug. 20 Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue. Aug. 21 Cult Cinema: Mortal Kombat + Secret Sci-Fi Film! 8:00 pm The Social House Free admission + popcorn Wed. Aug. 22 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed. Aug. 22 Chocolate, Cocktails & More 7:00 pm The Claim An intimate night of sweet and savoury treats while you imbibe on classes cocktails and red wine. Tickets online.

Wed. Aug. 22 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 pm Whitehorse United Church Wed. Aug. 22 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room

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Wed. Aug. 15 McIntyre Field Sports 12:00 pm McIntyre Field Equipment and food are provided! Consent form is required. Contact Kaitlyn at 334-8728.

Wed. Aug. 15 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Wed. Aug. 15 Education Meet & Greet 12:00 pm Champagne And Aishihik First Nation - Whitehorse Office Wed. Aug. 15 Baby Talk Session: Parent Child Interaction 1:30 pm Whitehorse Health Centre Bring your baby, let us inform and discuss topics related to the health and concerns you may have as your baby reaches milestones.

Wed. Aug. 15 Whitehorse Library Summer Camp - “X” Marks the Spot 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Explore with maps and treasure hunts! Please call 667-5239 or email yplevents@gov.yk.ca to register.

Wed. Aug. 15 Back to School Essential Oils Workshop 6:00 pm Winterlong Brewing Co. Learn how to use essential oils to support immunity, emotional self regulation, focus, low energy and sleep.

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Thu. Aug. 16 Superhero Design/Art Workshops 1:00 pm Titan Gaming Cafe Art based games and skill building, collaborative design and sculpture, Email Chris at titangamingchris@gmail.com Thu. Aug. 16 Whitehorse Library Summer Camp - “X” Marks the Spot 2:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Explore with maps and treasure hunts!

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Fri. Aug. 17 Last Splash 4:00 pm Canada Games Centre Games, Activities, Giveaways, fun for the whole family.

Fri. Aug. 17 Girls Club 7:30 pm Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat. Aug. 18 Free Day in the Clothing Room 10:00 am Church of the Nazarene Children’s, Mens and Womens clothing that was freely received, freely we want to give. Call 633-4903 for more information.

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Sat. Aug. 18 Fortnite Duo Tournaments 4:30 pm Titan Gaming Cafe Duo (2 vs 2) format.Up to 5 teams playing simultaneously.

Tue. Aug. 21 Back-to-school Celebration 12:00 pm Nàkwät’à Kų̀ For more info: 633-8422.

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Wed. Aug. 22 Mushroom Power Up Environment Yukon office 667-8291 Local mushroom man Sam Skinner will lead a walk and talk in Whitehorse about the biology and identification of Yukon mushrooms.This event reaches capacity quickly you must call to reserve a spot:867-667-8291.

Wed. Aug. 22 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

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Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Sat. Aug. 18 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 pm Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome Tue. Aug. 21 Green Drinks! 5:00 pm Coast High Country Inn Everyone is welcome! Network with a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government, consultants, business, and more!

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Dancing with �he s�ars The 2nd annual Yukon Star Party will take place from Friday, August 24 to Saturday, August 25 Participants in a Yukon Astronomical Society outreach event in 2016 observe the sun with a specially filtered telescope t

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fter testing the waters in 2017 with the first-ever Yukon Star Party, the Yukon branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is bringing back the event, with promises of education, fun and most of all, community engagement.

Last year’s Yukon Star Party ran over the course of a week, which meant many people were unable to make it to all the events. This year, to ensure all those who wish to attend are able to, the 2018 edition of the Yukon Star Party will take place on only one week-

end, from Friday, August 24 to Saturday, August 25. Additionally, the Star Party being in the summer this time around will mean warmer weather for a better turnout.

Last year’s events during October put some people off attending due to the cold weather and the fact that so much of the time is spent outside.

The two days contain a packed program that includes astronomy presentations, a workshop in telescope use, live music, a silent auction, barbecues, and programming for kids.

“We want to engage with the community as much as possible,” said Vikki Zsohar, president of the Yukon Astronomical Society (YAS).

“That was how we focused this year.”

With emphasis on this, the programming of the 2nd Annual Yukon Star Party has been specially made up to offer opportunities for attendees to participate and really be part of everything that’s happening. Each event is very community-based, and the public is encouraged to partake in everything from the stargazing to the

telescope workshop.

The first day of the Yukon Star Party will begin at 5 p.m. with the start of the silent auction. The auction will feature astronomyrelated works of art by artist Heather Von Steinhagen. At 6 p.m. there will be an opening ceremony for Whitehorse’s new observatory, which was made possible with help from the Yukon Government’s Community Development funds.

Zsohar said the opening of the observatory is one of the most important events of the weekend, and it is hoped that before win-

ter starts, it will be in use by the public.

From 7:30 p.m. until midnight on the Friday, people who attend will be able to use the observatory’s telescope to observe stars, planets and galaxies.

A packed Saturday will begin at 10 a.m. with some kids programming, including events like a kids’ astro lab, face painting, a solar system run and some observation of the sun with a telescope. At noon, another barbecue will start, this one with live music to watch and listen to.

The first presentation of the day will be happening at 4 p.m. and will be a presentation on light pollution by YAS’ Forest Pearson.

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“As population in Whitehorse increases, we are kind of losing the night sky,” she said. “We want to show our children and grandchildren that there is a still a night sky, and if we don’t take steps now to stop [light] pollution we might lose it forever.”

After this presentation, the feature presentation of the weekend will take place. University of British Columbia planetary scientist Dr. Christa Van Laerhoven will be delivering her presentation, titled: “‘Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Asteroid.”

‘Oumuamua is the first-ever discovered asteroid that came from another galaxy but can be seen from Earth.

“There is some novelty in ‘Oumuamua being the first-known interstellar object,” said Van Laerhoven. “There must have been others previously, but we are now at the point where our telescopes are observing large swaths of the sky, doing it often, and going faint enough to actually witness the passage of things like ‘Oumuamua.”

Van Laerhoven will have enough exciting information on the topic of ‘Oumuamua to satisfy science buffs, but reveals that, unfortunately, no aliens are involved. After her presentation will be the Telescoping 101 workshop, for which people are invited and encouraged to bring their own telescopes to learn how to fully work them.

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More observation through the observatory’s telescope will be going on from 8 p.m. until midnight, and the silent auction will end at 9 p.m. Anyone interested in astronomy or looking for an opportunity to learn something new are welcome at all events of the 2nd annual Yukon Star Party.

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Mondays and Fridays Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tuesdays and Saturdays Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Sat. Aug. 11 Reawakening our Spirits & Sharing our Stories Kluane First Nation Call 841-4274 ext 253 or email case.manager@kfn. ca to register.

CARCROSS

Tuesdays and Thursdays Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 867-399-3321 Wednesdays Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wednesdays Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wednesdays and Fridays AA Carcross Wed. 6:30 pm, Fri. 1:30 pm, Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Until Mon. Aug. 20 Skydive Yukon 2018 Carcross Running Solo First Jump courses and offering Tandem Jumps daily by appointment.

Call Jessica at the Manifest Desk for more info 250-964-8228 or email at register@skydivebc.ca Call 250-964-8228 or email jump@skydivebc.ca to book a jump! jump@skydivebc.ca Thu. Aug. 16 CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Aug. 16 Kevin Barr Open Mic 6:00 pm Bistro on Bennett Listen to original songs and covers and take a try at open mic.

Thu. Aug. 16 Sewing Nights 6:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Aug. 16 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Fri. Aug. 17 AA Meeting Carcross 1:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Aug. 18 Traditional Handgames 1:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Aug. 18 Haá Shiyí - Our Songs 2:30 pm Carcross Commons A celebration of First Nation Culture, free event.

Sat. Aug. 18 Lianne Cranfield 6:00 pm Bistro on Bennett A true songbird of the North! You will be carried away by her melodic voice.

Sun. Aug. 19 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 am St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Sun. Aug. 19 Sewing Sessions 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Aug. 20 Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Aug. 20 AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Aug. 21 Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Aug. 21 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue. Aug. 21 Excellence Group 5:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Aug. 21 Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue. Aug. 21 Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251

DAWSON CITY

Daily AquaFit Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30pm-6:30pm, Tues/Thurs 12:00pm-1pm, Sun 10:30am-11:30am Daily Parent-Tot Swimming Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed/Fri/Fri 12:00pm-13:00pm Tues/Thurs 5:300pm-8pm, Sun 9:00am-10:00am Daily Public Swim Dawson City Pool Mon/Wed 3:30pm-5pm and 6:30pm-8pm, Tues/Thurs/Sun 1:30pm-3pm, Sat 2:30pm-5pm Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays Nature Walk 2:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Until Sat. Aug. 11 Art Exhibit - Cast Simulacrum SOVA School of Visual Arts A glimpse into the iconic routine and detail of Dawson City with his canorous landscapes and portraiture alongside Ottawa artist Deirdre Sokolowska.

Live Music:

Fri. Aug. 17 Open Mic with Alex Hallbom 10:00 pm Westminster Hotel Fri. Aug. 17 Harmonica George in the Tavern 6:00 pm Westminster Hotel Sat. Aug. 18 Soda Pony in the Lounge 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel Sat. Aug. 18 The Sadies 8:30 pm Palace Grand Theatre Tickets available at KIAC or at the door.

Sun. Aug. 19 Soda Pony in the Lounge 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel Sun. Aug. 19 The Sadies 8:30 pm Palace Grand Theatre Tickets available at KIAC or at the door.

Mon. Aug. 20 The Sweet Nuggets in the Lounge 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel Until Mon. Aug. 27 18-CR-TP-13 Brandner Tombstone Territorial Park Until Mon. Sep. 10 Sea to Sky Expeditions 18-CR-TP-11 Tombstone Territorial Park Until Wed. Aug. 15 Husky Bus/ Klondike Experience - TMCG - 18-CR-TP-12 Tombstone Territorial Park

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Wed. Aug. 15 The Beading Circle 2:00 pm Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Learn a few basic beading techniques and see what it takes. You will come away with a whole new appreciation for this timeless art form.

Limited to 6 seats.

Wed. Aug. 15 Bannock 3:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sun. Aug. 19 Yukon Riverside Festival Dawson City Gallery Hop, KIAC Members Exhibit, Music Stage, Art Market, Demonstration Tent, Independent Installations and Exhibitions.

Sat. Sep. 8 KIAC Members’ Exhibit KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture As part of the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Gallery Hop, email programs@kiac.ca for more info.

Sun. Aug. 19 Discovery Days Dawson City Historical street theatre, displays, food, and plenty of other special events. Call 993-5575 for more information.

Thu. Aug. 16 Wild and Rosie Apothecary Program 2:00 pm Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Explore how to create beautiful, natural products with plants from our traditional territory.

Thu. Aug. 16 Youth Art Series - Create with Clay 6:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Free, Snacks, and no registration required.

Thu. Aug. 16 Guided Hike: Goldensides Trail 6:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Fri. Aug. 17 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri. Aug. 17 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri. Aug. 17 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri. Aug. 17 Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Sat. Aug. 18 Discovery Day Tournament Dawson City Golf Course Call or email for more information. 993-2500 dawsongolf@hotmail.ca Sat. Aug. 18 Guided Hike: Grizzly Lake Trail 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Sat. Aug. 18 Summer Art Market 11:00 am KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Call 9935005 or email kiac@kiac.ca for more information.

Sat. Aug. 18 Painting 1:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat. Aug. 18 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun. Sep. 9 18-CR-TP-10 Yamnuska Mtn. Tours Tombstone Territorial Park Sun. Aug. 19 Guided Hike: North Klondike Trail 10:00 am Tombstone Territorial Park Sun. Aug. 19 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 am St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon. Aug. 20 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon. Aug. 20 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon. Aug. 20 Guided Hike: Goldensides Trail 6:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Tue. Aug. 21 Bannock and Sourdough: Food of the trail 11:30 am Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Learn about the history of these hardy foods of the north and enjoy a cup of campfire coffee or bush tea. Free!

Tue. Aug. 21 Wild and Rosie Apothecary Program 2:00 pm Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Explore how to create beautiful, natural products with plants from our traditional territory.

Tue. Aug. 21 Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Tue. Aug. 21 Campfire Program 7:30 pm Tombstone Territorial Park Wed. Aug. 22 The Beading Circle 2:00 pm Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Learn a few basic beading techniques and see what it takes. You will come away with a whole new appreciation for this timeless art form.

Limited to 6 seats.

Wed. Aug. 22 Bannock 3:00 pm Tombstone Territorial Park

FARO

Mondays Seniors Aqua Fit 1:30 pm Faro Recreation Centre Tuesdays to Saturdays Faro Public Swim Tues/Thu 1-4 PM, Wed/Thu 2-4 PM, Sat. 1-3 PM and 4-6 PM, Faro Pool Wednesdays Faro Parent & Tot Swim 10:00 am Faro Recreation Centre Wednesdays Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Tuesdays and Thursdays Shuffleboard 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2375 for more info.

Fri. Aug. 17 Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Sat. Aug. 18 Art Group 1:00 pm Faro Every Saturday through the summer meet at the Gallery. Bring your own art project to work on while others working on theirs.

Sun. Aug. 19 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 am Church of Apostles Sun. Aug. 19 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 am Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Tue. Aug. 21 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 am Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided

HAINES JUNCTION

Wednesdays Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wednesdays Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments. Wed. Aug. 15 Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments.

Wed. Aug. 15 Education Meet & Greet Dakwäkäda 4:00 pm Champagne And Aishihik First Nation - Haines Junction Office

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Wed. Aug. 15 Community Market 4:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Local growers, bakers, crafters and more gather together to sell their wares 867-335-9769 info@sprucecottagefarm. com Wed. Aug. 15 Education Meet & Greet 5:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed. Aug. 15 Kluane’s People; where did they go? 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Kluane country is strong, as are its people. Join us to learn the history of this land we call Kluane National Park and Reserve. Bring a mug for tea!

867-634-7207 kluane.info@pc.gc.ca Thu. Aug. 16 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu. Aug. 16 Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

Thu. Aug. 16 Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu. Aug. 16 Women’s Circle 5:30 pm Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information.

Thu. Aug. 16 Open Mic 7:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu. Aug. 16 Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu. Aug. 16 Living Ice 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Dive into a sea of mountains, icefields and glaciers with a Parks Canada interpreter and discover how the ice has been shaping Kluane’s cultural and natural world for the past thousands of years. Bring a mug for tea!

867-634-7207 kluane.info@pc.gc.ca Fri. Aug. 17 Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Fri. Aug. 17 Friday Night Salmon Bake Sophie Villeneuve 6:00 pm Village Bakery and Deli Delicious food, live music, call 634-2867 or email villagebakeryyukon@gmail.com for more information.

Sat. Aug. 18 A Grizzly’s Grand Adventure 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Grizzlies are an integral part of Kluane’s ecosystem. Join us to discover what makes Kluane’s grizzly bears so unique and how we can keep them safe and wild. Bring a mug for tea! 867-634-7207 kluane. info@pc.gc.ca Sun. Aug. 19 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 am St Christopher’s Church Service - Info: Mark Ritchie 634-2943 Mon. Aug. 20 The Life in the Lake 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground What does the future hold for kokanee salmon and lake trout in Kathleen Lake? Join us to learn more about them and the importance of managing our actions to aid their survival. Bring a mug for tea!

867-634-7207 kluane.info@pc.gc.ca Tue. Aug. 21 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue. Aug. 21 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Tue. Aug. 21 Fire in the Boreal 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Fire is one of nature’s most powerful change-makers. Join us to discuss the history and future of fire in Kluane.

Bring a mug for tea! 867-634-7207 kluane.info@ pc.gc.ca Wed. Aug. 22 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Wed. Aug. 22 Kluane’s People; where did they go? 8:00 pm Kathleen Lake Campground Kluane country is strong, as are its people. Join us to learn the history of this land we call Kluane National Park and Reserve. Bring a mug for tea!

867-634-7207 kluane.info@pc.gc.ca

Sun. Aug. 19 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 am St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue. Aug. 21 Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Mondays AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tuesdays and Thursdays Carpet Bowling 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Wednesdays and Saturdays, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods.

Wed. Aug. 15 Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 pm Tagish Community Centre Wed. Aug. 15 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Sat. Aug. 18 OsteoFit 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sat. Aug. 18 Pickleball 11:00 am Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Sun. Aug. 19 Pancake Breakfast with Sunday Morning Trivia: Tagish 9:30 am Tagish Community Centre Third Sunday of every month. September 20th - Trivia Theme is “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’ 399-3407 recreation@tagishyukon.org Sun. Aug. 19 Garden Market and Flea Market 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sun. Aug. 19 Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 4:00 pm Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 tagishcc@gmail.com

TESLIN

Mondays Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Campground 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 lakeshore and follow the sign-age.

Wednesdays Seniors Social 10:00 am Teslin Rec Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink coffee, chat, and have a good time. Call Kelsey at 335-4250 or email teslinrec@teslin. ca\ Thu. Aug. 16 Badminton Nights 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring yourself for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Fri. Aug. 17 Girls Club 6:00 pm Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Fri. Aug. 17 Youth Club 8:00 pm Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Tue. Aug. 21 After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Tue. Aug. 21 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Tue. Aug. 21 Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 pm Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina.sheldon@ ttc-teslin.com

WATSON LAKE

Thu. Aug. 16 Terrific Thursdays 1:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Call 667-7083 or email lmca@northwestel.net for more info.

Fri. Aug. 17 Youth Showcase 2018 7:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Featuring local performers such as Jeremy Parkin and Marley Tredger and more!

Tue. Aug. 21 Summer Market 5:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Local produce fresh from our gardeners - food, concession, hair cuts, jams and jellies, patio tea gardens and other plants. Call 667-7083 or email lmca@ northwestel.net for more info.

Mondays-Fridays Youth Activity Club 3:15 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks!

Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information.

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

Tuesdays and Thursdays Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 5368023 Tuesdays and Thursdays Parents and Tots 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun.

Saturdays Arts in the Park & Farmers Market 12:00 pm Wye Lake Park Every Saturday, live music and entertainment.

Tuesdays to Thursdays Drop In Sports-Games 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Dress for the weather, bring a water bottle. For more info call Meaghen at 536-8023 Thu. Aug. 16 Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Sun. Aug. 19 2018 Annual Buddy Taylor Slo Pitch Tournament Town of Watson Lake To register contact Cheryl O’Brien at 336-1011 or email at tcrobrien@yahoo.ca 336-1011 Sun. Aug. 19 Discovery Days Town of Watson Lake Community parade, recreation centre activities, slo-pitch tournament, skateboarding competition, and a family dinner.

Sat. Aug. 18 Watson Lake`s Got Talent 2018 Watson Lake Recreation Centre Call 536-8023 to sign up!

Sat. Aug. 18 Ladies Time Out Breakfast 8:30 am Andrea’s Hotel Come out for a relaxing time of inspiration, fun, and encouragement. For more information call Ruth Holt 536-7726 or Ruth Wilkinson at 536-4542” Sat. Aug. 18 Arts in the Park & Farmers Market 12:00 pm Wye Lake Park Every Saturday, live music and entertainment.

Sun. Aug. 19 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 am St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Tue. Aug. 21 Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Tue. Aug. 21 Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 pm Town of Watson Lake

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Wednesdays Pump Fitness 6:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Aug. 15 Open Hours 5:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu. Aug. 16 Choir 6:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Aug. 17 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Aug. 18 Bridge club 12:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Aug. 18 Knitting Circle 1:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Tue. Aug. 21 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Aug. 21 Yoga with Richard 5:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed. Aug. 22 Open Hours 5:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Mondays to Saturdays Mayo Public Swim Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre MonFri 2:30pm-4:30pm, Sat 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Fri. Aug. 17 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Aug. 19 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 am St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon. Aug. 20 Video Yoga 5:00 pm Mayo Curling Arena Mats are available and it is free of charge.

Tue. Aug. 21 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

MOUNT LORNE

Thu. Aug. 16 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

Daily, Wednesdays to Mondays Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre, Mon/Wed/Thur/Fri 11-12:30| Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30-7

| Sat/Sun 1:30-3 #907-766-2666 Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: MonThurs 10-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 12:30-4:30| #907766-2545 Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mondays Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 am Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Mondays and Fridays Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays and Thursdays Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays and Thursdays Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays and Thursdays Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wednesdays Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar Wednesdays Sword Class 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wednesdays Teen Whatever Club 3:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Thu. Aug. 16 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu. Aug. 16 Kids Garden Club 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Thu. Aug. 16 Fun Science 1:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri. Aug. 17 Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 am Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri. Aug. 17 Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 am Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri. Aug. 17 Story Time 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fri. Aug. 17 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri. Aug. 17 American Legion Burger Night 6:00 pm American Legion Sat. Aug. 18 Haines Farmers Market 10:00 am Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) Sat. Aug. 18 HAC - Concert Jason Freddy 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun. Aug. 19 Sunday Worship 11:00 am Haines Presbyterian Church Sun. Aug. 19 Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 pm Haines Presbyterian Church Mon. Aug. 20 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon. Aug. 20 Adults Jujutsu 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Aug. 21 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Aug. 21 Polish Language and Culture 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Tue. Aug. 21 Aquatic Rangers 2:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Tue. Aug. 21 Women’s Fellowship 3:00 pm Haines Senior Center

SKAGWAY

Daily, Mondays to Fridays, Mom, Dad & Me Toddler Time 9:00 am Skagway Alaska Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free drop-in. Call 907-983-2679 for more info.

Mondays & Wednesdays SpinFlex w/Katherine 6:30 am Skagway Rec. Centre Mondays and Tuesdays Let it Roll - Hatha Flow with Foam Roller 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls.

Tuesdays and Thursdays Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tuesdays and Thursdays Mat Pilates 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Tuesdays and Thursdays Senior Weights with Dana 10:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Wednesdays Acro Jam 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Saturday and Sundays Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre

Live Music:

Wednesdays Karaoke Jam 9:00 pm Bonanza Bar & Grill Fri. Aug. 17 Dance Night Fridays 9:00 pm Red Onion Saloon Fri. Aug. 17 Friday Night Dance Night 10:00 pm Bonanza Bar & Grill Fri. Aug. 17 SpinYOGA 8:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Aug. 18 Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Sat. Aug. 18 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Aug. 18 Volleyball For Adults 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sun. Aug. 19 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Aug. 20 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Aug. 20 Hatha Yoga w/Sherry- ALL Levels 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Aug. 20 Roller Hockey For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Aug. 21 National Senior Citizen Day! Skagway Recreation Centre FREE day for SENIORS that are 65 and over, Seniors are also encouraged to take advantage of our Senior Scholarship Program.

Thu. Aug. 16 Beer Yoga 8:00 pm Skagway Brewing Co. Sat. Aug. 18 Skagway Garden City Market 3:00 pm Skagway Traditional Council Jewellery, Hot Sauce, Candles, Spices, Lip Balms & Salves and more! 907-612-0267 Mon. Aug. 20 James Lawless Live 8:00 pm Skagway Brewing Co.

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Please Donate We, at the First Nations Health Programs, consider traditional foods an important part of well-being and healing. Our Traditional Diet Program allows patients to have traditional meals such as moose and caribou during their hospital stay. We cannot provide this service without donations of wild meat from the community.

If you are interested in donating some moose, caribou or other large game to the program, we would like to hear from you.

Please call the Krystal Olito, Cultural Coordinator at 393-8891 or 393-8758.

Thank you very much! Mussi cho!

The next deadline for Arts Fund is:

September 15, 2018

Arts Fund supports group projects

in literary, visual and performing arts that foster creative development and engage public participation.

There are four deadlines per year: 15th March, June, September and December.

The application form and guidelines are available on our website.

Applicants are encouraged to consult an Arts Advisor before applying.

phone: 867-667-3535 toll free: 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3535 artsfund@gov.yk.ca yukon.ca

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Active Interest LISTINGS Weekly, Sundays to Fridays, Kickboxing Age 5 - 12 4:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays to Thursdays MommyFIT 10:30 am Peak Fitness 6 -week session will run until August 23, Call 668-4628 for details or to register.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays, COBRA Self Defense Age 5 - 12 5:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays, Kickboxing Age 13+ 7:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays & Wednesdays, Ladies COBRA SD 8:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Mondays & Wednesdays, Judo Age 13+ 6:00 pm N60 Combative Arts Thursday & Tuesday. Aug. 16 & 21 Ladies Kickboxing 5:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Friday & Sunday Aug. 17 & 19 COBRA FS 8:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed. Aug. 15 Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 633-5245 for more info.

Wed. Aug. 15 Velocity summer training 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Wed. Aug. 15 Flatwater Yukon - Adult Summer Training 6:30 PM Schwatka Lake Train with a fun group of active enthusiasts, email info@flatwateryukon.ca, for more info.

Thu. Aug. 16 Early Bird 20/20/20 6:00 AM Long Lean Mean Fitness Early morning fun, energizing & effective workout! Email or call for more info.

Thu. Aug. 16 Insanity Live in the Park 5:00 PM Rotary Peace Park Insanity welcome’s ALL levels of fitness, runs Tuesday & Thursdays evening’s until August 23rd, to register email at Brittyfit@gmail.com or call/text 335-4281

Thu. Aug. 16 Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Thu. Aug. 16 Archery 6:00 PM Biathlon Range Thu. Aug. 16 Muay Thai 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Fri. Aug. 17 NAOC 2018 Whitehorse, Yukon The NAOC sprint, middle and long races will be world ranking events. Register online.

Fri. Aug. 17 Strong by Zumba with Lynda 6:00 AM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Combines high intensity interval training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. Call 6335245 for more info.

Fri. Aug. 17 YCS Miles Canyon Wild Edible Hike 12:30 PM Miles Canyon Bridge No registration required, bring water, appropriate clothing and footwear for a fun and easy hourlong hike!

Fri. Aug. 17 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri. Aug. 17 Ladies Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Sat. Aug. 18 zFit with Jennifer 10:00 AM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Call 633-5245 for more info.

Sat. Aug. 18 YCS Miles Canyon Mushroom Hike 12:00 PM Miles Canyon Bridge No registration required,dress for the weather and in good footwear. For more info: email hikes@ yukonconservation.org or call 668-5678 Sun. Aug. 19 Carcross Kids Kickboxing 11:30 AM N60 Combative Arts Sun. Aug. 19 Carcross Kickboxing 12:30 PM N60 Combative Arts Sun. Aug. 19 Pre School Martial Arts 3:30 PM N60 Combative Arts Sun. Aug. 19 Ladies Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Fri. Aug. 24 Orienteering event Biathlon Range

Wellness LISTINGS

Wed. Aug. 15 Back to School Essential Oils Workshop 6:00 PM Winterlong Brewing Co. Learn how to use essential oils to support immunity, emotional self regulation, focus, low energy and sleep. Register online.

Wed. Aug. 15 Get Ready to Rock your Birth Experience! 5:30 PM The Studio All material will be provided & snacks will be offered. Please wear comfortable clothes to move. Email info@ physioborealis.com for more information.

Wed. Aug. 15 Get Ready to Rock your Birth Experience! 7:30 PM The Studio All material will be provided & snacks will be offered. Please wear comfortable clothes to move. Email info@ physioborealis.com for more information.

Wed. Aug. 15 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old.

Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Wed. Aug. 15 The Counselling Drop-In Clinic 10:00 AM Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm.

Wed. Aug. 15 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Fri. Aug. 17 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon. Aug. 20 Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

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Mon. Aug. 20 Hospice Walking Group 6:30 PM S.S.Klondike An opportunity to share your grief experience, or simply enjoy nature and the companionship of others who are grieving. Call or email for more details.

Mon. Aug. 20 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM 4071 4th Ave (Many Rivers Bdg) Overeaters Anonymous Meeting every Monday Please ring the buzzer if the door is locked. Meeting every first and third Monday of the Month Mon. Aug. 20 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon. Aug. 20 Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Sat. Aug. 18 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome Sat. Aug. 18 Red Tara Practice 12:30 PM VajraNorth Everyone welcome. For more info contact 667-6951 (Cheryl Buchan) Thu. Aug. 16 Bikram Heated Yoga 7:00 PM Grace Space The Bikram series of 26 postures and two breathing exercises will help you realign your body in a heated environment. Open to all levels.

Tue. Aug. 21 Bikram Heated Yoga 7:00 PM Grace Space The Bikram series of 26 postures and two breathing exercises will help you realign your body in a heated environment. Open to all levels.

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

Mon. Aug. 20 RUN WILD a Family Fun 5k Run/ Walk 9:30 AM Yukon Wildlife Preserve A family fun 5K run/walk around the preserve, For more information please contact Lindsay at lindsay@ yukonwildlife.ca or 456-7400.

Mon. Aug. 20 MommyFIT 10:30 AM Peak Fitness 6 -week session will run until August 23, Call 668-4628 for details or to register.

Tue. Aug. 21 Early Bird 20/20/20 6:00 AM Long Lean Mean Fitness Early morning fun, energizing & effective workout! Email or call for more info.

Tue. Aug. 21 MommyFIT 10:30 AM Peak Fitness 6 -week session will run until August 23, Call 668-4628 for details or to register.

Tue. Aug. 21 Insanity Live in the Park 5:00 PM Rotary Peace Park Insanity welcome’s ALL levels of fitness, runs Tuesday & Thursdays evening’s until August 23rd, to register email at Brittyfit@gmail.com or call/text 335-4281 Tue. Aug. 21 Grappling 6:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Tue. Aug. 21 Archery 6:00 PM Biathlon Range Tue. Aug. 21 Muay Thai 7:00 PM N60 Combative Arts Wed. Aug. 22 Mushroom Power Up Environment Yukon office Local mushroom man Sam Skinner will lead a walk and talk in Whitehorse about the biology and identification of Yukon mushrooms.This event reaches capacity quickly you must call to reserve a spot:867-667-8291.

Wed. Aug. 22 Dancefit 12:00 PM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Workout dance rooted in jazz, hip hop and Latin styles will take you away from your stresses. Wednesdays with an extra class on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m Call 633-5245 for more info.

Wed. Aug. 22 Velocity summer training 4:30 PM Biathlon Range

Touring Artist Fund

supports professional artists, ensembles and companies to present their work outside Yukon.

There are four deadlines per year: 15th March, June, September and December.

Tue. Aug. 21 Weight Watchers 5:00 PM Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration, room A2202.

Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed. Aug. 22 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old.

Welcomes all pregnant moms-to-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Wednesdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Thursdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM 6210 - 6th ave.

Fridays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 305 Wood Street - Back Entrance.

Saturdays Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hospital Board Meeting.

Sundays Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Sara Steel building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Whitehorse General Hospital Mondays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Tuesdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave. Phone: AA 1-888-453-0142 (24 hours a day)

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The application form and guidelines are available on our website.

Applicants are encouraged to consult an Arts Advisor before applying.

Aug 25 10 am-2 pm phone: 867-667-8789 toll free: 1-800-661-0408 ext. 8789 artsfund@gov.yk.ca tc.gov.yk.ca/taf

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The 2018 Métis Spring Festival and Métis Talent Show was held in St. Albert from May 18 to 20

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s I was growing up in northern Canada, music was as much a staple as frying pan bannock. The rough-and-tumble stories of country and western music was social commentary to our all-too-often tumultuous lives. It was a cathartic experience to hear Loretta Lynn sing about poverty, or Merle Haggard sing about the loneliness of prison.

Somehow it validated our existence.

Everyone I knew could sing at least one Hank Williams song, word for word, or at least squawk out “Maiden’s Prayer” on the fiddle. So when I got wind of the Métis Talent Show in St. Albert, a couple of weeks ago, I wasted no time in finding the address.

I got there about 7:30 p.m. and caught the last of the youth category. A little girl, who couldn’t have weighed any more than the guitar around her neck, growled through a whiskey-soaked George Jones classic. She was as saucy as a thirty-nine-and-a-half-yearold divorcee waitin’ on alimony, again. The crowd ate her up like a bowl of duck soup.

Next up were the guys, and it was one tear-jerkin’ hit after another. A big barrel-chested Métis with a perfect mullet crooned through Merle Haggard’s classic country tear jerker, “Wake Up,” a lover’s plea for his wife to wake from the coffin and hold him one more time. So convincing, he was, that we all sat on the edges of our seats and secretly begged for her to wake.

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World champion fiddler Calvin Vollrath, pictured at the Alberta Smithsonian Festival, did the fiddle breaks for the men’s talent show winner favourite: him and the wife were sitting in church last Sunday when he whispered to her, “Gee honey, I gotta cut a ‘silent one.’” She hollered into his good ear, “Change the battery in your hearing aid!”

I almost fell off my chair from laughter. One thing about being Indian ... if you can’t laugh at yourself, we’ll do it for you.

Then the girls got up and went toe to toe with the guys in talent.

From a great torch singer, doing Etta James, right down to the sweat on her brow, to a pregnant mom doing the Johnny Cash/June Carter classic, “Jackson,” pointing her finger, swaggering across the stage with mic in hand and making us guys feel guilty for being men.

My favourite was a woman who sang Guns N’ Roses’ “Patience.”

She was playing alone cause the band didn’t know the song. The guitar strap was too long and she was having trouble playing the chords; halfway through, she stopped and hung her head in what you could only guess was shame. “You can do it,” someone one yelled out. One by one we hollered encouragement to her. Call it an “act of God” or simple fate, but the guitar player began to play the song. She slung the guitar back over her shoulder like a faded rock star and gripped the mic with both hands, and begged someone, anyone, for just a little … patience.

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The crowd went bananas. It was a god-damned spiritual experience.

The night was getting on but I figured I paid seven bucks and I was gonna stick it out till the end.

The best was yet to come, cause next up was the Elders. The crowd favourite was “Métis Rose,” who, if I’m not mistaken, is in her early eighties. And she brought along her husband, an 88-year-old Elvis impersonator. And you know what she sang? “All Shook Up—in Cree!

He was gyrating and grinding what he had left into her, and she was taking it all. We could not help but stand and give them the ovation they deserved.

And the winner of the men’s talent show was the dad of that saucy little girl. And he sang “Wagon Wheel,” to a T, with Calvin Vollrath, world champion fiddler, doing the fiddle breaks, and it was the “second coming of Christ” in three verses.

Till my dying day, I will retell this story over and over again because it had that great of an impact on my life. One night, one stage, one amazing group of people, changed my life forever.

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Grand Opening Event: Grand Opening Event: Yukon’s First Astronomical Observatory!

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Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life.

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I took these with a drone on a hike into the Samuel Glacier last weekend.

This hike is off the Haines Road.

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These products are cost-effective and the program is very simple to implement.

All products come with MSDS and proper dilution information.

PLUS there is also a Bleach substitute called UNITAB. It’s a Food safe disinfectant and sanitizing tablet. It is safer and easier to use.

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