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What’s Inside Canada Day 2019 ................... 2 Raven Mythology Pt. 4 ............ 4 Aussie Girl ........................... 6 Traditional Stories Pt. 1 .......... 8 Klondike Korner ...................13 My Mother’s Kitchen ..............16 Seasonal Recipes ..................17 Yukon Scuba ........................20 Heritage Conversations ..........23 Sid’s Treasures .....................24 Triniti Technology ................26 Geezerville .........................29 Yukon River Quest: Carmen Gustafson .............31 Grey Matters .......................32 Tattoo You ..........................33 Living With WIldlife ...............34
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Whitehorse residents enjoy the 2018 Canada Day parade organized by the Royal Canadian Legion dezvous Royal Family. Whitehorse Canada Day celebrations also benefit from the Adäka Cultural Festival happening at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, just a short distance from Shipyards Park. The festival features workshops throughout Canada Day, as well as musical performances and cultural demonstrations, and an evening of jigging and square dancing. Most Yukon communities organize a Canada Day parade, but several put their own spin on the
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Raven kronks, Leprechaun croaks Mythology #4
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remember my first conversation with Joe Ben Raven like it happened yesterday. It was the winter construction season of 1972-73 up on the Eagle Plains of the Yukon’s half-built Dempster Highway in a borrow pit south of the Oasis in the Wilderness—a hotel which is itself only 35 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. Today it sits on the old site of the final camp of Majestic Wiley Oilfield Services, the Alberta company tasked with getting the Dempster to the southern bank of the Eagle River and the crossing where the Engineering Corps of the Canadian Army would build the bridge the following winter as a training exercise. I was one of about ten “Catskinners” (Bulldozer operators) running a D-8H, or maybe a K, as we had both. We ripped and dozed the permafrost to be piled up and loaded onto high-speed Kenworth short-dumps, It was then hauled out to end-of-grade where it was used as the subbase of the eventual finished road. The work had to be done in the winters between November and April (the colder the better) so the material stayed frozen until it was covered and protected. It was just another day at the office until lunch break at low noon when I shut the machine off and opened my lunch pail. As I was filling my thermos with coffee, a young raven landed on the hood of the Cat, not three feet away, and said emphatically, “Kronk! Kronk! Kronk!” To me, it sounded like a demand: “give me food!” So I did. Without thinking, I also uttered my first “caw-caw gurgle,” by which I meant “OK, here ya are.” And the raven replied with a single “gronku,” which sounded to me just like “thank you.” That moment was the start of it. I recall chuckling to myself and wondering if, considering I was talking to the birds on the Dempster, it was maybe time to take some days off, go to town (Dawson City) and visit my girlfriend. My fellow operators, three of them working in the same pit, noticed that I seemed to have acquired a new friend because Joe Ben Raven showed up every day at lunchtime, and both coffee breaks, begging for a handout. When one mentioned I appeared to be talking to the raven, I asked my coworker if he had a dog?
Joe Ben Raven
“Yes.” And did he talk to the dog at times? “Of course. Everybody talks to their dogs.” And did the dog ever reply or talk back? “Never.” Well, my raven talks back and he’s ten times smarter than any dog who ever lived, including Lassie, Raspoochin and Rin Tin Tin. At the very beginning, it was like an adult talking to an infant identifying objects and how to pronounce them. I was the infant because ravens don’t have lips and could never pronounce our complex English-language words such as serendipity and ubiquitous (two of my favourites) even with a split tongue like parrots, macaws and magpies. But I could easily mimic the sounds and throaty gutterings, mutterings and utterings of the raven while
PHOTOS: courtesy of Doug Sack
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Joe Ben Raven discovers the gift of gab
Here he is landing onto my mirror this spring (2019) at Shipyards for a snack ‘n chat from Tim Horton’s. He has followed me everywhere I’ve lived since 1972 to continue the endless dialogue. He does disappear at times, for various reasons, and I have a Viking raven flag which I hoist on my truck antenna when I want to talk to him
he patiently taught me his language, which is called ravenese in Canada and ravenish in England. I was not the first crazy white man to try to break down the language barrier between ravens and humans. In the early 20th century in northern Maine, there was a reclusive old Yankee logger who spoke Frenglish and had a shelter for wild birds and animals. He had been studying ravens for half a century and identified over 100 combinations of raven sounds and what they meant, creating a raven dictionary of sorts. That same man had a pet raven in his domestic flock. He knew for a fact it was 90 years old when most scientists believed a raven’s lifespan to be in the range of 25 to 40 years. When I eventually asked Joe Ben Raven which was more accurate, he said he knew many centenarian ravens in the Yukon when he was a chick, most of them in his late father’s high Arctic flock, which followed the migrating Porcupine caribou herds with their endless supply of carrion. That first winter on The Dempster in 1972, when I was learning the ABC’s of ravenese, I was 25 years old. I’m 72 now, which means we met 47 years ago when he was a young and single bird of four or five years. He’s pushing 60 now and is still in good shape with no signs of old age. Ronnie McPhee, an ex-Maritimer (“But not a Newfie!”) who was a fisherman on the Yukon River in the 70s and early 80s, flew the same flag on his long flat-bottom riverboat out of Dawson to indicate when he was loaded with salmon for sale. He was known as McFish to the miners around town, although my personal nickname for him was “The Mad Leprechaun” because of his size and appearance. He was the only human being I ever met who shared my interest or obsession with ravenology. There was only one big difference between us. I simply wanted to write about ravens while McPhee wanted to actually BE a raven. He was jealous that he wasn’t and was resentful of their arrogant freedom and independence. He kept a gut bucket on the bow of his riverboat simply to feed the ravens. There was a small local flock that was always riding up and down the river with him on his boat, named “Nevermore” to honour Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote “The Raven” in 1845. Not long after Joe Ben and cont’d on page 5 ...
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Raven kronks, leprechaun croaks ... cont’d I broke the language barrier, I decided to introduce him to McPhee who refused to believe I had learned how to talk to ravens up on the Dempster. We were sitting on a summer bench located on Main Street in Dawson, outside the front door of The Midnight Sun saloon. We were sharing a brown paper bag containing fermented grape juice when I kronked for Joe Ben to get off the telephone pole and join us. McPhee was incredulous and bug-eyed as he listened to Joe Ben and I kronk, gronk, gurgle and caw in animated conversation on a Dawson street corner. “Amazing!” he said. “I couldn’t be more surprised if one of my gutted salmon sat up and started singing ‘Old Man River’ in the middle of a fish sale. What did he just say to you?” “Do you really want to know?” “Yes.” “He was just asking me who’s this stinking asshole I’m sitting with who smells like a dead salmon?” While McPhee cracked up laughing, the two of them bonded and we became three with McPhee, the sole Yukon human to learn of our recent language discovery, and our one and only student. So McPhee and I elected to tell the raven about our intense mutual dislike of seagulls which was caused by a best-selling book published in 1970. It sold 1.5 million copies around the world, but mostly to spacey urban yuppies and intellectuals stoned on pot
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- Ronnie McPhee, the mad leprechaun
turns reading it to Joe Ben. This infused in the mighty black bird an anger and loathing of seagulls the equal of our own. We read it to him like human mothers read Winnie the Pooh to their darling children. This filled him with a burning urge to tell the world the true story about northern birds in general and ravens in particular. Indeed, the muse for the simmering rage of Joe Ben Raven was the disgusting and pathetic boohoo idealism of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Two young human misfits and one nasty raven set out to prove 1.5 million seagull readers wrong. The book truly sucked and they were all suckers to buy it, making the author, rumoured to be Stephen King, rich if not infamous. Next time, we’ll begin explaining why raven mythology is the road to truth, beauty and a gracious eternity while lowly seagulls are just landfill garbagepickers trying to survive. And why Joe Ben Raven aspired to become a bird of prey, rather than a scavenger, and kill them all.
rier with mankind. “This is our chance to write the book,” McFish said. Of course, that was the reason I introduced them to each other. We picked up two copies of the disgusting seagull book from the Dubois, Carr & Warnsby grocery store across the street, one for me on land and one for McPhee on the river, and both of us took
McPhee was killed by a flat tire on top of Hunker Summit in the late 1980s. His final words to his girlfriend as he lay fighting for his last breath were: “Find Sack in Whistler, tell him to come back to the Yukon and finish the raven book no matter what it takes.” THIS, then, is the start of THAT.
and acid at the eastern universities. Jonathan Livingston Seagull was an idealistic dreamer seeking perfection by exploring the mystery of flight and a book we thought so sucky and unreadable, it made two young realists on a Klondike street bench gag and take a blood oath to someday publish a real bird book. One written by a real Yukon raven that which had broken the speech bar-
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Aussie Girl in the Yukon with Kylie Campbell
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Country of Birth: Australia. How Many Years in Canada: Eight years. Year you became PR/Citizen: I got PR in 2014 and citizenship in 2018.
So why Canada? Why do we stress ourselves and spend a small fortune to come to Canada? More than a fifth of Canada’s population is made up of immigrants. That percentage increases as you drill down the generations. Canada is a melting pot of cultures and languages. Similar to Australia and New Zealand, it’s a land of opportunity. Here are some stories of fellow Yukoners who have called this place home.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: I was living in Amsterdam and met a Canadian girl. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: In 2011, before I even moved to Canada. My partner got a job here. What do you think are the key requirements to being a ‘good’ Canadian: The same requirements to be a good human being. What was the hardest part of becoming Canadian: Getting permanent residency was the hardest part. There was so much paperwork and uncertainty. Getting citizenship was a breeze in comparison.
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Country of Birth: Germany. How Many Years in Canada: 30 years. Year you became PR/Citizen: 1991 PR, 2018 Citizenship.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: After high school I took a gap year that never ended ... Well, instead of going back, I built my life in Canada. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: Because it is the best part of Canada! What do you think are the key requirements to being a ‘good’ Canadian: I spent my first decade in Canada trying to figure that out. To get a handle on this culture, this identity I was joining, simply wanting to integrate in the flow of life here. At that time, being Canadian was still defined mostly as not being an American. I think I am more focussed on what it means to me to live a good life and to live my life well, in community and through work. What was the hardest part of becoming Canadian: Germany doesn’t have dual citizenship, so I had to wait for an opportunity to obtain an exemption under the German law in order to be able to become Canadian while retaining my German citizenship. I received that exemption certificate in 2016. The Canadian part was quite easy as I came via the live-in caregiver program which had a well defined path toward PR.
Country of Birth: South Sudan. How Many Years in Canada: Seven years. Year you became PR/Citizen: Became citizen in 2015 after waiting for four years as PR.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: Came to Canada to study and work. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: Summers are great in Yukon. Love nature. Yukon has it all, wildlife, natural vegetation and lakes. What do you think are the key requirements to being a ‘good’ Canadian: Your adaptability to Canadian way of life, i.e. culture and rule of law. What was the hardest part of becoming Canadian: Definitely waiting. The clock was ticking very slowly as I waited and waited!
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Country of Birth: Philippines. How Many Years in Canada: 13 years. Year you became PR/Citizen: 2008. One year, but my parents were here since 2001.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: Family and work. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: Mom and dad came here first and my brothers and I followed. cont’d on page 7 ...
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Kylie chases down a Canadian icon, the Mountie becoming Canadian: Cultural adjustment.
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Country of Birth: Japan. How Many Years in Canada: 14 years. Year you became PR/Citizen: 2012.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: Lifestyle, nature, culture. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: Wilderness, nature, freedom comes from low density, great community. What do you think are the key requirements to being a ‘good’ Canadian: Loving winter, ac-
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Country of Birth: Michigan, U.S.A. How Many Years in Canada: Two years. Year you became PR/Citizen: I became a permanent resident in 2016.
Why did you decide to come to Canada: I was living in Skagway when I met my partner who is Canadian and living in Whitehorse. I moved to be with her. Why did you decide to live in the Yukon: It feels fresh and the lighting is beautiful. What do you think are the key requirements to being a ‘good’ Canadian: A sense of civic duty. What was the hardest part of becoming Canadian: Converting between Fahrenheit and Celsius. Kylie Campbell is an Australian writer and photographer exploring the Yukon.
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Traditional Stories with Mauretia Holloway & Copper Joe Jack
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was fortunate enough to sit with Joe Jack, the grandson on Copper Chief, son of Billie Jack and Agnes Boss. Through stories, Jack traces his roots all the way back to Alaska. His great grandfather Taicho came to Canada in 1885. He has family in the Yukon and Alaska. Jack is taking the big step of allowing the stories he has learned, from childhood through adulthood, to be written down and shared for the first time. To begin understanding the place of traditional stories in Jack’s culture, it is important to know that traditional stories are “hand-in-glove” with traditional knowledge. This is because the stories are of the land, and in Jack’s culture, the land is sacred. Therefore, traditional stories are also regarded as sacred. In a world where the land is seen only as a resource, these sacred stories offer a perspective that can bring us into a different understanding of the world we live in. Jack was five years old when his father first began telling him stories. At the time, he had no idea of the importance of these stories. However, as years went by and he heard the stories over and over again, they became part of his bones. He heard the stories on hunting trips, sitting on the land under the stars and meeting up with his family. Story was a large part of his life with his father, who always told the stories with all the facts exactly the same. Nothing was changed, enhanced or altered. Jack intrinsically understood that the stories were to remain as he heard them. These stories had been passed down from one generation to the next. In this sharing, the teller always kept the story as it was heard. No deviation. The telling was pristine. While we sat together, Jack gave me an image to use to under-
stand this more fully. “ I m agine,” he told me. “A giant puzzle. Each story is a piece of that puzzle, and in order to complete the puzzle and truly see the big picture, each piece needs to fit. if we change even one tiny piece of the puzzle, it will not fit seamless into the pieces around it. It will change what we see. If there was a tiny deviation of all the pieces, the picture, the stories we paint for people to understand would be false. People may look at their piece and say, ‘that cannot be right, because my view tells me this, and your story does not tie up with mine.’” I thought of the world’s written history and who wrote it down and from what place they viewed those events. Consider if those historians sat down within a medicine wheel, with eight directions, and one in the centre, and told the story of the events that happened from eight differing points of view. Imagine if they then used the centre to shift and move and shake and correct and make sure all the pieces locked together seamlessly. What would our history look like? What would we understand of the past? What would we have learned? In the weeks ahead, Jack will be bringing onto the page the stories that go back generations. The stories that we will now be able to read will be exactly as they were told by that very first teller. We will be sitting around the fire of truth, able to reach across to each other and find a vision of all the parts of the picture—one that is accurate, crisp and pure.
Storytelling shares knowledge, culture and history PHOTO: Pixabay This is the story of Taicho and the grizzly bear as told by my dad Billy Jack, and is called:
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his happened a few years after Taicho brought his family over from Alaska from his community or village of Taral Village near Chitina, Alaska, over the Copper Grease trail which was located up the Kennicott river to the headwaters of the White and down the White River. His family would reside for the first three years in a place called Tchawsahmon Lake because it was good fishing there. In the summer he would take his family back up near the headwaters of the White to a place called North Fork Island, here he would gather with his Ahtna relatives, and some Upper Tanana people from Chisana area. On this particular summer when he got up to North Fork Island camp, there was nobody else there. It was early July, the weather was very hot, the sun was very hot and they could see nearby on a glacier, a band of caribou, maybe 10 to a dozen lying on the ice pack to cool themselves. When Taicho spotted them, he quickly got excited and said “I’m gonna go after them and see if I can get some meat.” He had with him his favourite musket that he had bought earlier on Alaska side for one black fox and two silver foxes. We figured that
this musket cost about $1.400, because at that time, a black fox was worth about a $1,000, and silver foxes about $200 each. So he grabbed his brand-new musket, his pellet bag, called his oldest son whose English name was Copper Joe (about 10 years old) to go with him to see if they could get a caribou. They went across the flats and snuck up to the caribou. They had to go across willow flats because a tributary runs off the glaciers and all these meandering streams drain into the White River. You could see the valley bottom of glacial gravel throughout. There would be willow communities, willows and gravel bottom, with dirty water running from glaciers. He snuck up to the caribou and he picked the big bull to shoot and killed the bull. As it dropped, he began to reload his gun. Caps go first, then the powder and then the pellet slug, you pull the trigger back, that created a spark, which ignites the caps, then ignites the powder and boom. Just when he needed to put in the caps, he checked and noticed, he did not have any caps. His caps had fallen out of the bag. Just then, his medicine doctor told him in his mind, “Hurry up and try and get
home because danger is coming your way.” Soon as he heard that, he told his son to work fast on the downed bull caribou and he said, “We have to hurry because danger is coming our way and we have to hurry because I have no cap and I have no gun.” So they opened caribou real quickly, took out the guts and took some meat, maybe diaphragm or belly meat, threw it in the packsack and began to run home. “Hurry, hurry, run ahead of me,” he told his son. His son was running in front of him, and he was walking very fast. Taicho was a tall man among his people; he stood about 6’4” so he was walking fast, as his son was running in front of him. After a while they heard this crushing behind them in the tall willows and Taiho told his son, “Keep running, don’t stop, we just scared away a bull moose, keep going.” Then again, the crashing noise came from behind and his son said, “Daddy that no moose, that’s bear coming” and Taicho said, “I know, I know, keep going.” So as they kept moving, they knew something was coming behind them. They entered this clearing that was a little grassy cont’d on page 10 ...
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Tues - Fri Jun 28 Arts in the Park - Visual Artist: Northern Fibres Guild 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park, featuring local artists. Until Sat Jun 29 Personalities Unidentified Arts Underground 17 photographs are part of unidentified collections held at MacBride Museum and were organized as “Personalities, Unidentified.” The scope of this collection is broad with a wide variation of formats, sizes, activities, events, and dates. Until Sat Jun 29 Yukon or the Yukon: A Matter of Perception by Goran Sreckovic Arts Underground Pictures that follow are an attempt to see my entire real deal - the Yukon seems to be the real deal and coming from a place of authenticity. Until Sat Jun 29 Water’s Edge by Anthony DeLorenzo Arts Underground A series of photographs taken from 2012–2019 along a short stretch of the Yukon River that remains open throughout the winter. Until Sun Jun 30 Home Made Visible Whitehorse Public Library Brings a personal lens to Indigenous and visible minority archives through FREE exhibitions, screenings, and workshops in libraries across Canada. Until Sun Jun 30 Grave Rubbings by Matt Willis Northern Front Studio Rubbings from the graves of jazz greats, Klondike kings, rock n’ roll, & royalty. Until Sun Jun 30 First Conversations by Chantel Goodman Baked Cafe Tues - Fri Jul 5 Arts in the Park - Visual Artist: Harreson Tanner 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert at the park, featuring local artists. Until Sat Aug 24 Echo of the Spirit Voice by Ann Smith and Brian Walker Yukon Arts Centre Ann Smith is a respected Kwanlin Dun First Nation elder who specializes in the Ravenstail style of traditional weaving. Brian Walker, who is married to Ann, uses copper as an artistic medium to highlight First Nations culture and stories. Until Sat Aug 24 Goodbye by Sonya KelliherCombs Yukon Arts Centre Goodbye is a memorial to those whom have lost their lives to suicide. This personal and deeply wounding experience has affected nearly every person we know.
Wed Jun 26 Historic Whitehorse Walking Tour 11:00 AM MacBride Museum Walk through the historical downtown and hear about its storied residents. Wed Jun 26 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed Jun 26 Sightseeing at Mount Sima 5:00 PM Mount Sima Get a unique perspective on the territory, and share this amazing place with friends and family - no sweat required! Call 6684557 or email gm@mountsima.com for more info. Wed Jun 26 Klondike Cruiser Night! 6:00 PM A&W Restaurant Join Yukon Automobile Enthusiasts as they admire hot cars and talk the talk Wed Jun 26 Legion Texas Hold’Em 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 6672802 Wed Jun 26 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed Jun 26 Understanding Hypnosis 8:00 PM Rooted Tree Massage & Yoga Educational Group Beginner’s HypnosisA simple session where Iantha explains what she’s doing as she’s doing it. Wed Jun 26 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu Jun 27 Historic Whitehorse Walking Tour 11:00 AM MacBride Museum Walk through the historical downtown and hear about its storied residents. Thu Jun 27 Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more Thu Jun 27 Community Blanket Exercise 3:00 PM Shipyards Park In this interactive workshop, participants will have the unique opportunity to walk in our moccasins, through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, and resistance. Thu Jun 27 Repair Café - Drop In 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Innovation Hub Broken toaster, vacuum cleaner or other small home appliance? Bring it in and see if it is fixable. Free event is open to both Yukonstruct members and the public. Thu Jun 27 Chess Corner 6:30 PM Yukon College Chess played in room A2101, beginners welcome, welcome to bring your own ‘lucky’ board. Everyone welcome to sit in on this game of strategy. Thu Jun 27 Uke On Ukulele Club! 7:00 PM Music Yukon Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@ gmail.com for more information. Thu Jun 27 Basic and Beginners Ukulele Group 7:00 PM Music Yukon Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information. Thu Jun 27 Trish Salah - Reading and Talk 7:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Salah is the author of Lyric Sexology, Vol. 1 and Wanting in Arabic, for which she won a Lambda Literary Award. A poet and a professor of gender studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Thu Jun 27 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri Jun 28 Historic Whitehorse Walking Tour 11:00 AM MacBride Museum Walk through the historical downtown and hear about its storied residents. Fri Jun 28 Whitehorse Yukon Community Thrift Store Silent Auctions 12:00 PM Whitehorse Community Thrift Store Silent Auctions for valuable, unusual and unique items. Bids taken Friday and Saturday at the store. Bidding Closes 2:00 PM Saturdays, each week. Fri Jun 28 Legion TGIF Dinner 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Open to Members and signed in guests Meals are $12 unless a steak dinner which is more. Sat Jun 29 Yukon Archives First Nations Photo Identification Project 2019 Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Aims to improve the identification and description of Indigenous people, places, geographical features, activities and events in images held in our collections. Sat Jun 29 Amazon Tobacco Ceremony with Ayuy Yu 9:00 AM Whitehorse, Yukon Traditional stories of Tobacco’s Origins, and a tobacco cleanse welcoming Grandfather Sun as our guide. Email wayusaschool@gmail.com to register. Sat Jun 29 Family BBQ and Concert with Glen Chatten 11:00 AM Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum A fun-filled day with free train rides, a BBQ, games and a live concert provided by award-winning musician, Glenn Chatten. There will also be door prizes and a fun toonie dessert auction! Tickets are available at Investors Group or at the door.
LIVE MUSIC Wed Jun 26 Arts in the Park - Swing Sets 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert Wed Jun 26 Whitewater Wednesday 6:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Wed Jun 26 Arts in the Park - Major Funk and the Employment 7:00 PM LePage Park Free evening concert Thu Jun 27 Arts in the Park - Gisele Godin 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert Fri Jun 28 Arts in the Park - DanG Buskers 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert Fri Jun 28 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat Jun 29 Adäka Cultural Festival - We Are The Stories We Tell: Digital Storytelling Night 3:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A 3-day digital media storytelling workshop, followed by a live performance at the Adäka Cultural Festival. Email Producesarts@yfnct.ca or call 332.5283 for more info. Sat Jun 29 Vinyl Therapy 7 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Featuring live sets by The Shaggy Manes. Jona Charles Barr, Andrew MacKelvie, +19 inside gated area. Tickets at the door. Sat Jun 29 Soda Pony 7:00 PM Cutoff Restaurant Sat Jun 29 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sun Jun 30 Jam Session 6:00 PM 98 Hotel Bring your instrument and have fun! Tue Jul 2 Arts in the Park - Drea Naysayer & Emily Ross 12:00 PM LePage Park Free lunch hour concert Wed Jul 3 Arts in the Park - Bingo Bongo Boogie Band 12:00 PM LePage Free lunch hour concert Wed Jul 3 Whitewater Wednesday 6:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel Wed Jul 3 Adäka Cultural Festival - A Tribe Called Red 7:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A Tribe Called Red as the headliner act at the festival’s Electric Pow Wow featuring opening acts Jeremy Parkin and the Dakhká Khwaán Dancers & DJ Dash! Tickets online. Wed Jul 3 Arts in the Park - Mr.B and Che-Boii 7:00 PM LePage Park Free evening concert Wed Jul 3 Music at MacBride - The Tunies 7:00 PM MacBride Museum
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Wed Jul 3 Legion Texas Hold’Em 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Wed Jul 3 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed Jul 3 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room
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A true telling, unchanged and sacred ... cont’d from page 8 meadow, (maybe 50 yards wide). In the middle of this little grassy meadow was an old spruce tree with very wide trunk. Maybe twoand-a-half feet, the diameter of the trunk, and Taicho went past the tree and kept going. There was a little bank just past the tree, that was a washout, from one of the tributaries coming from the glacier, and he told his son to get behind this little bank and he said, “Don’t make any noise” and he gave him his little axe. His little axe was basically a handle about four feet long, with the axe-head maybe four inches in length. It’s used basically to blaze a trail when you’re walking through brush, or the willows ahead of you. If you are getting rained on and need to cut your way through thick bush, this was an everyday axe to use. Some people use machetes in the
Joe Jack’s father, Billiy Jack, shared these traditional stories with him that he is now sharing with What’s Up Yukon
PHOTO: courtesy Edythe Maloney, sister of Joe Jack
jungle, but they used an axe. As it was four feet long, it could also be used as a little walking stick. He gave that to his son and said, “If the grizzly bear gets me, do your best to get home.” “Yes Daddy,” said Copper Joe and crouched down against the gravel bank. Taicho went back to the tree in the meadow. The spruce tree was an old tree, especially in the open as the branches come right down to the ground. Sitting by itself, its wide trunk that tapers quickly and the branches come down to the ground. Taicho crawled beneath those branches and sat against the tree with his back against the trunk and his legs crossed in front of him. He pulled in one leg and then the other, crisscrossed, as close as he could towards his body, grabbed his gun, stock first, and sat there and waited. Of course, the grizzly knew where he was, as he could smell him right away. The grizzly stuck his head under the branches to grab Taicho and, as he came in front of him, Taicho jabbed him with the stock of the gun right on its nose a few times. He knocked the grizzly bear out with the stock of this gun and as soon as the bear went down, he crawled out and started to run. He was about 30 yards away when he thought, “No I am not going to run away, I’m going stay here and wait.” Taicho had a knife about two feet long, so he pulled out the knife, stood 30 yards away from that grizzly bear and waited. The bear started to wake up and pulled himself out from underneath the tree. The bear was groggy and Taicho hollered at him. He said “Brother what the heck you’re trying to do anyways, what the heck you trying to kill me for, I never bother you. You’re supposed to be
Joe Jack is a member of the crow clan
PHOTOS 1&2: Pixabay my brother, and you’re trying to kill me. You see this knife? I could have cut your throat, but I didn’t, so just leave me alone. Go away.” The grizzly bear looked at him and staggered and then he turned and walked away. Later, when Taicho would tell this story over and over again, he would always end the story by saying, “You know I’m supposed to be a pretty smart man, people say I am a smart man, but don’t know why I didn’t kill that grizzly bear because if that grizzly bear would had got hold of me, where he would have sent me, I’m not going to need no gun anyways.” And he would let out a big laugh. The little boy that hid behind that bank, when it was his turn to tell the story, he would always end his story same as dad’s story by saying, “If that grizzly bear would have got my dad I would have gone after it with this little axe.” Joe Jack the great grandson of Taicho, spoke to the importance of those two endings as his father taught him from the time he was five years old when they were out hunting on the land. “When I turned 35 years old, my father told
me it was my turn to tell these stories and that was when I took on the function of telling these family stories and my dad would listen to me as I told his stories in public. I told then at potlatches or conferences. In 1993 there was a group of five of us that went over to Alaska, to trace our roots to find out where we came from. During this trip, we met an elder from Chistochina, named Jack John Justin. Justin knew [almost] the exact same story of Taicho and the Grizzly Bear. Jack Justin said he knew my grandpa, Copper Jack. He grew up with Copper Jack, and he knew all the Copper boys that grew up on the Canada side. He said he was one of the little boys when he went to North Fork Island. His people were staying near Chisana, Alaska, so they would make their way for their summer activities over at the North Fork Island. So, the purpose saying this, that this is a confirmation, or verification of Billy Jack’s story of Taicho and the Grizzly Bear. Jack John Justin confirmed it by telling the exact story in 1993. We have never met the elder from Chistochina, until he invited into his cabin to tell us
PHOTO: Pixabay his story. Joe Copper Jack also had an occasion to tell the same story at a storytelling conference in Anchorage, Alaska, in October 2001. We went across to a conference in Anchorage, Alaska, an elder from Tanacross, Kenny Thomas, was one of the spectators, or participants in my storytelling session. He would not tell me before I told my stories that he knew some Copper Chief stories. He said, “I came to listen to some Copper stories” and only after my stories where finished did he come out with a big smile and he said, “You have good stories because I’ve heard those stories before too.” So, in a way he was checking to see if my stories were the same ones that he knew. Also, Kenny Thomas and Jack John Justin’s people from the Alaska side have all the songs from Taicho family–including my grandpa’s songs. They are still holding it for us in Alaska, waiting for us to go and pick it up, which has to happen soon. Mauretia Holloway is chronicling oral traditional stories as told by Copper Joe Jack.
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met Graydon and Bandit together, as everyone does, I suspect, because they are rarely apart. We met outside the What’s Up Yukon office because my boss wanted me to orient Graydon on his first delivery route, show him the ropes so to speak. Tammy told me he was a young college student who could work a few hours between classes. She didn’t tell me he came with a side kick... but there was Bandit proudly riding shotgun in Graydon’s little Toyota truck. You could tell right away they were besties. Chums, compadres, mates, or even confidants (dogs are such good listeners). Having grown up in ranching country in Southern Alberta, the pair reminded me of a cowboy and his working dog heading to work; remarkably comfortable and confident with each other. Graydon sporting a funky truckers cap in lieu of a cowboy hat. Bandit as excited as a Border Collie at roundup, as if we were going to herd some cattle, not deliver papers. I would later learn that excitement was because Graydon plays a tonne with him! There might just be some herding around the corner, who knows? In Bandit’s dog mind, and with his enthusiastic owner, adventure, or at least a good wrestle, could always be around the corner! On that Monday morning, Bandit was rooted to the seat like a kid who doesn’t share the swing at the park. He was happy as could be next to his idol and looked unimpressed at our commands to move back or over. Not one to own much that isn’t already covered in dog hair, I tried letting him sit on my lap, but that made getting in and out of the vehicle kind of tricky.
Bandit & The Beav After we picked up about 30 bundles of papers, things got a bit tight, so Bandit tried out the view from atop the stack. Luckily, Graydon figured the job out very quickly, and I left early. I’m sure Bandit was oh-sohappy to see me go and to reclaim his rightful spot up front. I left thinking the two were a cute pair; so connected; perfect examples of a Pawsitive Tail. Born and raised in the Yukon, Graydon had lots of different animals as a kid. A couple of years ago, he was thrilled to get a puppy with his girlfriend, but when they split it was decided that she was in a better position to keep the dog. Though it was a mutual decision, Graydon was understandably heartbroken. Three months later, he decided he wanted a dog on his own. A litter of Karelian & Tahltan bear dog cross puppies came up on Whitehorse Buy & Sell. At the time he was renting a room at a friends; not the best scenario for puppy training and pet ownership. Still, he made an appointment to ‘meet and greet’ both the puppies and the breeders. If all went well, they would then hold the puppy for him until it could be weaned from mom. “I was on my way to Rotary to meet Bandit for the first time and I was thinking: ‘Ok, what are you really doing this for?’ Graydon explained. “I started thinking of all the reasons I shouldn’t have a dog. Why I couldn’t have a dog, and why I didn’t need a dog. And I couldn’t really think of any except that I’d have to find a new place to live. “Then (at the breeders) I picked up Bandit and he just looked up at me and he licked my chin.” That was it. Graydon decided:
“Yeah, ok, this was the sign that this was a good idea.” Bandit’s colouring quickly changed, but he got his name on account of an all-black face with two almost-white circles around his eyes. He socializes once a month with 2 of his brothers, Arthur and Geoffrey. “They’re all quite different...but Bandit’s the best,” boasted Graydon. “He’s just such a good boy...and he’s the perfect size. He’s calm like me, he’s passive, he’s chill.” It’s hard being a renter in this town; it’s impossible with a dog in tow. Even so, Graydon’s managed to always convince friends to sublet to him. He says that it helped that Bandit was so small and adorable.
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As such, Bandit attracts quite a bit of female attention or, as Graydon puts it, “He’s got way more game than I do”. He even caught the eye of Graydon’s current girlfriend, influencing their meeting. Graydon says Bandit really motivates him and engages him to be more active on a daily basis. I asked what he’s learned about caring for an animal. “It’s much more than just having food on the table. For sure. You gotta have play time, and you gotta have bonding. Play time is bonding and that is pretty paramount,” Graydon answered. “You can give them commands and they know they have to do it, but it doesn’t mean they want to, or that they are motivated. “I have a friend who is good at training dogs and she taught me a few things that are pretty important. Touch for example, a really good recall...You gotta play with them and make it fun. He’s your friend.” That much is crystal clear.
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he Friends of the Palace Grand (FotPG) has existed for a number of years. Originally under the umbrella of the Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS), its aim was to restore live performance to the Palace Grand Theatre, following the demise of the decades-long run of the Gaslight Follies. For two seasons, a show operating on a model resembling Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion (called A Klondike Home Companion) featured a combination of local music and short skits, as well as some acts that arrived from Whitehorse and Outside. These seasons were pleasing to audiences, but not financially successful without the grant money that had allowed them to be developed—funding that stemmed from the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in’s economic assessment plan, which recommended reviving the use of this tourist attraction beyond what Parks does with it. For two seasons following these initial forays, the Palace Grand was not available for anything due to a program of upgrades and renovations undertaken by Parks Canada. During this time the FotPG split off from DCAS, formed its own society, and continued working on developing material that
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and Thursday until the middle of August. Jim Taggart said that one of the reasons they’ve picked these days is that summer weekends in Dawson tend to be busy with highprofile events. This plan doesn’t conflict with anything and still provides a series of scheduled evenings during the peak of the summer season. This year‘s production is being partly funded by the Yukon Arts Fund and Lotteries Yukon. Key members of the production team will be Ange Bonnici and Justine Hobbs, who will be sharing producer and director responsibilities, and Robin Sharp, who will be involved in writing and script duties. As with the previous season, locals are being asked to submit script and sketch ideas. The hope is to come up with a revolving series of sketches that can be changed up during the 21 performances, so that there will be some variety to the shows. 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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From My Mother’s Kitchen with Murray Martin
Affordable harvested fish recipes SALMON CHOWDER Ingredients: 10 medium cubed potatoes 1 Tbsp accent (Ed. note: Accent is an early era reference to MSG, optional) 2 chopped stalks of celery ½ tsp crushed dried red peppers ½ green chopped pepper 2 Tbsp cornstarch 1 bunch chopped green onions ½ cup water 1 ½ tsp salt ¼ cup white wine ¼ tsp white pepper 5 slices bacon ¼ tsp garlic powder 5 lbs salmon fillet skinned and cubed Parsley to taste Method: Fry the bacon. Crumble, and save the drippings. Set this aside. Mix potatoes, celery, green peppers, onions, salt, white pepper and garlic powder. Accent and water to cover. Cook until potatoes are tender. Add crushed red pepper, bacon and drippings along with salmon pieces. Cover and boil for one minute. Combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl. Mix well, then add to saucepan. Stir to thicken. Add the white wine. Sprinkle parsley on top of chowder to add colour and flavor. This will serve 10 hungry people.
MULTIPLE FISH CHOWDER Ingredients: 12 lbs fresh fish fillets 2 cups diced raw potatoes 2 Tbsp butter ½ cup sliced carrots 1 medium white onion, thinly sliced 2 cups boiling water ½ cup diced celery 1 tsp salt 2 cups milk ½ tsp pepper Method: Cube the fish. Melt the fat in large saucepan and cook onions and celery until tender. Add potatoes carrots, water, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until vegetables are tender. Add fish and cook for another 10 minutes. Add milk. Re-heat but do not boil. This recipe can be reheated the next day and still remain good. MY FAVOURITE CLAM CHOWDER Ingredients: 4 slices bacon ½ tsp salt ½ chopped white onion ¼ tsp celery salt 5 ounce can undrained clams 1 can creamed condensed mushroom soup clam liquid and water to make 1 ¾ cup
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ish are one of the most healthy foods you could eat. Growing up in the 30s and 40s, it was a lot cheaper to put food on the table by fishing and hunting than by buying it at the grocery store. Consequently, cottontail rabbits, along with fish fresh from the Thames River, often ended up on our table. My favorite fish is perch, followed by walleye, bass, Arctic char and salmon. I can never get enough of fish chowder. This week we will offer up some great chowder recipes for you to try.
1 soup can of milk 1 cup diced raw potatoes Method: Cook bacon in large saucepan until crisp. Add onions and cook until tender. Drain Clams. Reserve liquid and supplement with water to make 1 ¾ cups and then add to saucepan. Add potatoes, salt and celery salt. Heat to boiling. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add the soup and milk. This will serve 4 to 6 people. FISH SOUFFLE Ingredients: 1 tall tin of salmon 1 ½ cups milk salt and pepper to taste 3 well-beaten egg yolks juice of ½ lemon 3 egg whites 2 cups bread crumbs Method: Separate the salmon in flakes and discard skin and bones. Add the salt, pepper and lemon juice. Cook the breadcrumbs in the milk. Cool to lukewarm. Add salmon and egg yolks, reserving a small amount of the yolk to add to the sauce. Beat the egg whites until they stand in peaks and add them to the sauce. Pour into a greased baking dish and stand dish in a pan containing
Murray serves up a number of cost-saving recipes for your harvested fish, including multiple chowder recipes PHOTO: Navin75 on Foter.com one inch of water. Bake at 350 F for 1 to 1 ½ hours. Serve with white sauce no. 2, to which the reserved portion of egg has been added. Add a little parsley to the sauce for extra taste. SPICY CAJUN SHRIMP Ingredients: 1 tsp ground red pepper 1 ½ tsp minced garlic 1 tsp crumbled dried basil 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce ½ tsp crumbled dried oregano 2 dozen large peeled shrimp, de-veined ½ tsp crumbled dried thyme leaves 1 large tomato, coarsely chopped ½ tsp crushed red pepper ¼ cup beer at room temperature ½ tsp salt 3 cups hot cooked rice ½ tsp black pepper ⅓ cup butter
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Seasonal Recipes with Sydney Keddy
Rosemary grilled herring rilled whole fish are easy and delicious and a great break from the classic hotdogs and burgers. Herring are an inexpensive fish, making them a great place to start if you’ve never grilled fish before. They’re also small and easy to maneuver around a grill. Some people find these fish a bit fatty, but coating them with lemon and rosemary cuts through those flavors. Serves 4
❑ 8 whole herring, gutted ❑ 2 tbsp olive oil ❑ 1/2 tsp dried rosemary ❑ Pinch red pepper flakes ❑ Juice of 1/2 lemon ❑ Salt and pepper, to
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INGREDIENTS
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Rinse your herring before you season them
When seasoning whole fish make sure to season inside the body cavity as well
Grill and serve with lemon
METHOD
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Toss herring with olive oil, dried rosemary, red pepper flakes, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes while you heat the grill.
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Heat grill to high heat. Place the herring on the grill and cook for 3 minutes. Flip, then cook for an additional 3 minutes. Remove fromt he grill and serve drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil.
Sydney Keddy is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com, as well as other publications.
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Multipurpose Room Friday, 4:00 PM -8:00 PM Saturday-Wednesday, 10:00 AM -8:00 PM Thursday, 10:00 AM -5:00 PM Visit our professional gallery to see, and perhaps take home, some exquisite original works of Indigenous traditional and fine art.
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Sunday June 30
Kādzenet’ádē Nadzūhili – All Together, We Drum
Cultural Presentations
5:30 PM
Old Woman Lake
Opening Prayer
with Louise Profeit-LeBlanc 12:00 PM Old Crow Mountain Stories with Elizabeth Kyikavichik 1:00 PM Pow Wow Dancing 101 with Nyla Carpentier 2:00 PM Miyopimatisowin: A Good Life
with Phil and Harold Gatensby
6:00 PM 6:30 PM
Welcome Remarks We Are The Dene People
6:45 PM 7:00 PM 7:15 PM 7:30 PM
Kaska Dene Drummers The Tłįcho Drummers Kādzenet’ádē nadzūhili Dene Drum Dance
8:00 PM
11:00 AM The Story of “Atsä Män”-
welcome by Lawrence Nahtene
(Cree) Workshop with M’Girl
3:00 PM
Everyone Welcome
Public Reception
3:00 PM
Adäka turns 9 this year. Join us for cake and tea. All are welcome!
Afternoon on the Mainstage
Saturday June 29
10:00 AM Gospel Songs with Sunrise (Leonard Sheldon) : 12 00 PM Acuhko Simowuk Collective 12:20 PM Madi Dickson 12:45 PM Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Hän Singers 1:10 PM Taku Kwaan Dancers 1:30 PM The Rising Sun Singers 1:55 PM Dakwäkäda Dancers 2:15 PM Teechik Dancers : 2 45 PM Ta’an Kwäch’än Dancers 3:10 PM Daghaalhaan K’e 3:30 PM Selkirk Spirit Dancers 3:55 PM Jeanette Kotowich - Steppin’
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Kids Tent, beside the Boat House Saturday-Thursday, 12:00 PM -4:00 PM A crafty and creative space for children and youth toexplore arts, craft and storytelling accompanied by a parent or guardian. Open to kids 12 and under. Full schedule on site!
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Waterfront Tents Saturday-Thursday, 10:00 AM -4:00 PM Adäka artists are working on site throughout the festival to demonstrate their art and skills. Immerse yourself in this creative process and take the opportunity to chat with our artists on a daily basis!
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Outside the Longhouse Saturday-Thursday, 11:00 AM -3:30 PM Elders and Seniors are invited to drop in for tea, bannock and conversation in this cozy Ft. MacPherson wall tent on the waterfront.
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Protection Of Our Caribou
with Lorraine Netro and Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm 1:00 PM
Díndal Kwädindür | Stories We Tell
2:00 PM
The Importance of Indigenous Identity
3:00 PM
Hide Tanning with Margaret Douville
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Afternoon on the Mainstage 12:00 PM 12:20 PM 12:40 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 1:55 PM 2:15 PM 2:45 PM 3:30 PM
Kaska Dene Drummers Kintsugii Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Hän Singers Jerry Alfred Nyla Carpentier Taku Kwaan Dancers Warren Strand The Rising Sun Singers Gwich'in Fiddle Experience
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Doors Open Welcome & Opening Prayer Remarks and Reflections
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Women of Wisdom
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Sharing Our Spirit Celebration 7:00 PM 7:20 PM 7:40 PM 8:00 PM 8:20 PM
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Amazon Seeds - Story & Song from the Ayuy Yu Lineage
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Traditional Knowledge Series Saturday-Thursday, 11:00 AM -4:00 PM Knowledge keepers and storytellers deeply enrich our Festival. This series presents more than 30 talks and demonstrations that educate and celebrate Indigenous land-based culture, artistic practices, and stories from Elders.
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Cultural Presentations 11:00 AM Women of Power:
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Cultural Presentations 11:00 AM Visual Artists Panel: From the Land 12:00 PM Film Screening: Five Indigenous
12:00 PM Díndal Kwädindür | Stories We Tell with Mary Decker 1:00 PM Handgames Demonstration with Doronn Fox : 2 00 PM Soapberry Ice Cream with Frances Neumann 2:00 PM The Joy of Jigging with Jeanette Kotowich 3:00 PM Hide Tanning with Margaret Douville
12:00 PM Learn Southern Tutchone with Luke Campbell 1:00 PM Living In Changing Times with Bessie Cooley 2:00 PM How To Smoke Fish with Ed Smarch 3:00 PM Soapmaking With A Traditional Flare with Joella Hogan
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12:00 PM Southern Tutchone O’Canada by Lenita Alatini 12:05 PM Kaska Dene Drummers 12:40 PM Dena Zagi Presented by: 1:05 PM Jona Barr 1:25 PM Laura Grizzlypaws : 1 45 PM Anthony Wirth 2:10 PM M’Girl 2:35 PM Josh & Jamie Tetlichi 3:00 PM Ryan McMahon 3:25 PM The Dakhká Khwáan Dancers 3:45 PM Diyet & The Love Soldiers 4:05 PM The Tłįcho Drummers
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Wednesday July 3 Cultural Presentations 11:00 AM Lessons from Kwädąy Dän Long
Ago People for Earth’s Crisis
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Anash and the Legacy of the Sun Rock
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Geographical Place Names with Gary Nijootli
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Ben Charlie & Richard Nerysoo
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Virginia Labelle teaches a class at the Canada Games Centre PHOTO: Helen Booth
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V
irginia Labelle didn’t learn to dive in the Yukon, but that’s where she teaches others how to do it. “I was entranced by scuba after a ‘See It/Try It’ experience at the old Whitehorse Lions Pool. So on our family vacation to Thailand in 1998, I learned how to dive with Big Blue on Koh Tao,” said Labelle, owner and operator of Yukon Scuba. Labelle is originally from Montreal and lived in Toronto for three years before deciding she wanted to live somewhere with easier access to the outdoors. She had the opportunity to move North, not knowing anyone, and drove her silver Datsun 710 up the Alaska Highway in 1979. She has since trained hundreds of divers, both in the pool and in Chadburn Lake. After she learned to dive in Thailand in 1998, it be-
came her passion. “I love scuba diving, and found that I also loved teaching people to scuba dive,” said Labelle. “I trained as a divemaster in Belize, then followed up with instructor training in Utila, Honduras later that year. After a year or so, I realized that there was a market here for good quality dive gear at reasonable prices, especially for equipment that you need to try on first, like masks and fins, so I started bringing in some retail goods. Yukon Scuba has most gear in stock and can obtain the rest for our customers.” Yukoners can start learning to dive as early as 10 years old. “There are lots of divers in the Yukon, but most choose to dive in warmer water, preferably with palm trees,” said Labelle. “Training with Yukon Scuba helps people make the most of their personal and vacation time. Divers use Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) online eLearning for their knowledge/theory, and then learn to dive over three
hesitant about making a big diving commitment right away, a one evening Discover Scuba Diving program is also offered. “We go over the safety issues and equipment, then start off in the shallow end of the pool,” said Labelle. “Once everyone is comfortable, we head into the deep end to enjoy that great feeling of weightlessness!” Yukon Scuba also partners with Moredragons Scuba Services and
Virginia Labelle prepares a class at Chadburn Lake
Virginia hosts her booth at the trade show
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Virginia Labelle has been teaching Yukoners to dive for years
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Twenty thousand leagues under … Chadburn Lake?
evenings in the pool. To complete their certification, they only need to do four open water dives with another instructor on their holidays. Or join me in Chadburn Lake in the summer.“ However, for people who are
Midnight Sun Dive Club, as well as the City of Whitehorse, Lotteries Yukon, and the Arctic Institute of North America and Kluane Research Station for shore and underwater cleanups in the summer. Sites include the ‘19th Tee’ at
Schwatka Lake (hundreds of golf balls), the Schwatka Lake boat launch (bottles, cans, sunglasses), Chadburn Lake (more bottles and cans) and Kluane Lake. Yukon Scuba also partners with others to sponsor a see-it/try-it event at the Canada Games Centre pool, celebrating International Women’s Dive Day in mid-July. Scuba diving is a surreal experience. “My favourite warm water destination is Bali,” said Labelle. “The combination of amazing fish and critters like octopus and seahorses, along with beautiful topography and soft corals, is hard to beat. Oh wait, did I mention the manta rays and mola mola (giant sunfish)? For cold water, Browning Pass off the north shore of Vancouver Island is definitely primo. It’s so full of marine life, you don’t know where to look first!” Do you want to try it and discover the underwater marvels? For more information, visit YukonScuba.com.
Kylie Campbell is an Australian writer and photographer exploring the Yukon.
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2019 RIDE DAD F O R
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SUCCESS
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK FOR THAT… Fun Facts
Our Captain's Club
DAWSON CITY
We took the ride to new parts of the Yukon: Carmacks and Dawson City. 2 We had more riders this year that ever before. 184 registered riders. We had at least 18 participants raise over $1,000 this year. We have at least 10 new members of the growing Captain's Club We had more than 50 new riders come out this year. We Raised more than any other year so far. Over $60,000
These are the riders who go far beyond just registering for the ride. Registration covers the cost of our event, the pledges are the moneys that go to Research and Awareness. The pledges are what save men's lives. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR 4 TOP PLEDGE EARNERS: 1. Pierre Allard 2. John Peterson 3. Trevor Huddle 4. Bob Barry
Our volunteers
There is a lot of work that gets done over the weekend. From registration and merchandise to parking and safety and support. These are the people who make it all happen:
Cathie Sands Becky Thorpe Debbie Taylor Alex Davidge Kara Nyland Sandy Secord Lori Sheppard Michelle Matheson
John Matheson Tricia Stevenson Carla Lowes Jessie Jacobs Jessyca Gutt Nahid Bannaie Steve Lee Russ Smoler
Rachel Lee Camille Saunders Daisy Mahidlawa Victoria Taylor Shirley Milligan Sienne Secord Tess Lawrence Lee Southwind
The new Communities we visited
CARMACKS
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Lunch in Carmacks, and for those who carried on there was a steak dinner and beer gardens on the dike in Dawson City. We couldn't have done it without help from these Carmacks and Dawson City organizations: T'ondëk Hwëch'in, City of Dawson, Chief Isaac Group Of Companies, Dawson City Firefighters Association, Bonanza Market, Grenon Enterprises, Humane Society Dawson, David Gammie (Gammie Trucking), Garth Hnetka, Harmonica George and Barnacle Bob Special thanks to Heidi Bliedung & Paul Derry The hospitality and support from the communities were a huge part of this year's success.
Our Sponsors
Our sponsors were more generous this year. The list of sponsors is growing, as is the contributions we get from them. Without their support we could not continue to grow as we have year after year.
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CANADA DAY
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La FÊTE DU CANADA à Whitehorse
9 AM
Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast at Shipyards Park until 11 AM
9h
Déjeuner des Chevaliers de Colomb au parc Shipyards, jusqu’à 11 h
10 AM
Parade Forms up on Main St between 6th & 4th Ave
10 h
Formation du défilé sur la rue Main entre les 4ème et 6ème Avenues
11 AM
Parade Starts: From 4th Ave & Main St to Shipyards Park via 2nd Ave & Ogilvie St with the Whitehorse Legion Colour Party and the music of the Midnight Sun Pipe Band
11 h
Défilé: part de la rue Main, suit la 2ème Avenue et la rue Ogilvie en direction du parc Shipyards, avec la garde d’honneur de la Légion et la musique de Midnight Sun Pipe Band
NOON
O Canada and Raising of the Canadian Flag
Midi
O Canada et lever du drapeau canadien
Official Opening Ceremony by the Honourable Angélique Bernard, Commissioner of Yukon
Cérémonie d’ouverture par Son Honneur Angélique Bernard, commissaire du Yukon
Cutting of the Official Canada Day Cake by the Commissioner (provided by the LA to the Legion)
Coupe du gâteau de la Fête du Canada par la commissaire
1 PM
Main Stage Entertainment until 9:00 PM Produced by Claire Ness
13 h
Spectacle musical de Claire Ness et compagnie, jusqu’à 21 h
1 PM
Beer Garden opens until 9:00 PM Operated by the Whitehorse Legion
13 h
Service de Bar jusqu’à 21 h tenu par la Légion de Whitehorse
3 PM
Rotary Club Great Canadian Yukon River Duck Race
15 h
Grande course canadienne de canards sur le fleuve Yukon par le Club Rotary du Yukon
Food Court and various Activities from Noon to 9 PM at Shipyards Park
Kiosques de nourriture et autres activités pour les familles, de midi à 21 h au parc Shipyards
Displays by various Local Community Volunteer Organizations
Expositions tenues par diverses associations bénévoles
Children and Youth Activities throughout the day
Compétition pour les jeunes, toute la journée
Main Stage Entertainment
Divertissement
1:00 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm
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2:15 pm 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:45 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm 5:30 pm 6:15 pm 7:00 pm 7:45 pm 8:30 pm
The Canucks With Hank Karr Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Can Can Line Vuntut Ch’adzoh Dancers featuring Stan Njootli Sr, Ben Charlie & Richard Nerysoo Gurdeep’s Bhangra Dance Lucie D & Andrea Mccoleman (francophone) Carole Mullin’s Dancers Blues Cargo Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Prince and Princess Crowning Shagadelica Canadian Filipino Association of Yukon Dance Group Mississippi Jacques Lipschitz & The Baxter Street Three featuring Kim Beggs Stockstill And Rose D’JEF (francophone) Paris Pick And The Pricks Jona Barr Major Funk And The Employment
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Parade Entry Forms & Food Concession Forms are now available at the Whitehorse Legion lounge 503 Steele St or at whitehorselegionbranch254.ca/events or via email to legioncanadaday@gmail.com Forms are due Wednesday, June 26. Community groups wishing to setup at Shipyards Park on Canada Day are requested to contact organizers at legioncanadaday@gmail.com.
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The Canucks avec Hank Karr Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Can Can Line Vuntut Ch’adzoh Dancers featuring Stan Njootli Sr, Ben Charlie & Richard Nerysoo Gurdeep’s Bhangra Dance Lucie D & Andrea Mccoleman (francophone) Carole Mullin’s Dancers Blues Cargo Couronnement du Prince et de la Princesse du Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Shagadelica Canadian Filipino Association of Yukon Dance Group Mississippi Jacques Lipschitz & The Baxter Street Three featuring Kim Beggs Stockstill And Rose D’JEF (francophone) Paris Pick & The Pricks Jona Barr Major Funk & The Employment
Les formulaires d’inscription pour le défilé et pour les concessions sont disponibles à la Légion de Whitehorse, 503 rue Steele, en ligne à whitehorselegionbranch254.ca/events ou par mail au legioncanadaday@gmail.com. Les formulaires doivent être remis le mercredi 26 juin. Les associations qui souhaitent s’installer au parc Shipyards doivent contacter les organisateurs au legioncanadaday@gmail.com.
This celebration is funded in part by the Government of Canada and Cette fëte est financée en partie par le gouvernement du Canada et
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HERITAGE Conversations Part One
Murray Lundberg - Yukon historian builds online community for sharing stories and building a collective memory by Leighann Chalykoff
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hen it reached 500 people, Murray Lundberg was satisfied. Then, out of the blue, it jumped to 2,500, then 5,000. Now the “Yukon History and Abandoned Places” Facebook group has more than 11,000 users. And it steadily gains 50 new users each week. “All of a sudden it went nuts and I have no idea why it happened. Just boom—I was getting 1,000 new members a week,” said Lundberg, who administrates the page. “If I could reproduce that I could make a million dollars.”
Far from a million. In fact, administrating a monster group like that comes with no paycheque at all, but Lundberg treats it like a full-time job. On average he pours 30 hours each week into the conversations and connections he’s built online. For Lundberg, it’s a labour of love. “Being able to make connections—that’s what gives me the warm fuzzies,” he said. “For example, I was able to add another name to the Pioneer Cemetery’s lost grave database because a woman saw the Facebook group and got in touch with the name and photograph of her cousin’s daughter’s grave.” “Facebook is not just for posting pictures of your cat and nasty political memes; it can actually produce some great stuff,” said Lundberg with a laugh. The group is described as open to “anyone with an interest in any aspect of Yukon history and/or a fascination with abandoned places of all sorts.” Users are invited to post stories or photos, or ask questions. “It’s a pretty cool collective memory we have going on. If one person says something wrong there are 10 people who say ‘no, that’s not how it happened,’” he said. “And the really cool part is that it is a conversation—a two-way dialogue, or, in this case, an 11,000way dialogue.” Lundberg’s passion for history runs in the family. His father had a bug for history. Lundberg caught it in 1958, when he was just eight years old. Using his grandfather’s old large format camera, he started taking photographs of the Cariboo Mining District in south-central B.C. “More than 60 years later I am still doing the same thing, I just have better equipment,” he said. He found himself drawn to the Yukon. In 1985, with his own plane and private pilot’s licence, he decided to come up and have a look. He flew all the way to Tuktoyaktuk, then across to Fort Yukon and Fairbanks, and then back down south to Vancouver, stopping in a lot of spots along the way. “I had always been fascinated by the Yukon, and that flight hooked me,” he said. “It was so incredible—the land, the people and the history.” “The original plan was to write
a book about that trip called Rowdy Bars of the North, but it turned out that most of my memories were too fuzzy to actually write down—it was that kind of trip. It was such a hoot.” A few years later he saw a listing in the Vancouver newspaper advertising for tour-bus drivers in Whitehorse. He started driving 10-to 20-day tours of Yukon and Alaska. On these tours, he was expected to be the expert on the places they visited. “All at once I was both a student and a teacher of Yukon history,” he said. “I had a couple of pretty intense years of just cramming and cramming and cramming—I would be driving along with index cards with information tucked under my hip.” He stayed with the job for 23 years because he loved it. “It got me to some amazing places and I got to meet a lot of incredible people,” he said. “It was a constant learning experience. Each time it would be different. I’ve driven up the Dempster Highway and had a white wolf running beside the bus.” Though he officially retired in 2008, he still leads one special tour group each year during the Yukon Quest International Dog Sled Race. In 1996, Lundberg wrote his first book, Fractured Veins and Broken Dreams: Montana Mountain and the Windy Arm Stampede. It was an account of the silver mines above Carcross, where he was living at the time. “It started off when I came across the stone houses on Montana Mountain and no one really knew why they were there. I thought, I have to find out.” A year later, he started his website, Yukon and Alaska History, which expanded into his ExploreYukon site, still online today. “In those days there was no good Yukon history online, so I thought I would do it,” he said. “I look back on the screenshots now and it was pretty basic, but it did what it needed to do.” Over the years, he’s also collected his own archive of Yukon history books and documents. He has 107 books on the Alaska Highway alone. Currently, Lundberg is working on a second edition of his first book, Fractured Veins and Broken Dreams, and hopes to have a new
Lundberg with his dogs on the Wolf Creek Trails, 2018for his work in 2018
PHOTO: Karla Scott version on bookstore shelves in May. He’s also continuing to build his online group one post and one conversation at a time. “Most people never find where they really belong, never mind what they should be doing,” said Lundberg. “This is clearly what I
should be doing. It affects a lot of people in positive ways and I love doing it.” Heritage Conversation columnist Leighann Chalykoff is a Yukon writer chronicling projects and people preserving Yukon’s history.
Lundberg in 1989 while photographing in the Chilliwack Valley PHOTO: Murray Lundberg
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t was about 7 a.m. when Bordertown Garage and Museum started waking up for its already lively season. Sid, the owner and curator, was up and about prepping his backyard museum for more visitors in June. It was Sid’s birthday on May 28. He’s now 82 years young and still the most energetic person we all know and love. That day, Sid was cleaning and reorganizing cabinets. In the process, he rediscovered some of the smaller items in his collection, including a shaving kit and war propaganda matchboxes. But then Sid grabbed a very old, very worn teddy bear. “I don’t know it’s full history but I found it in an old trunk. It must be from the early 1900s,” said Sid, carrying the teddy. “Everything is homemade. Someone’s pride and joy.” Sid set the teddy bear down on his coffee table so we could have a better look at the toy. “From the Depression era. I found it at a friend’s farm in Alberta, so it must have belonged to a child from around there. You see the scraps of cloth they used to make it?” It’s amazing that this bear has survived so long and remains intact. It was once fuzzy, but has now lost much of
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Sid in his home with the aging but still magical, teddy bear its artificial fur. We found stitches of different coloured embroidery thread throughout the teddy. Previous attempts at mending the worn and well-loved toy. “Instead of buying something new,
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you had to make one and make presents. It’s been resewn but has his real buttons and clothes.” The teddy bear’s head is sewn onto its torso. The arms and legs are adjustable. The clothing on
2019 Award Winners History Hunter Award
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Owyn Cote, Grade 6, GHES The Amazing Martha Black Best Research and Writing Award sponsored by Midnight Arts
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Mya Wilson, Grade 4, ESES Dóomyi Huch’ō? Eyumzi Gertie Úùyi Genealogy Award sponsored by Maggie Leary
Lucy Journeay, Grade 5, JHES Evelyn Journeay: One Tough Cookie Yukon Archives Award sponsored by Yukon Archives
Hailey Campbell, Grade 5, JHES My 2 Cousins in WWII as Navy Sailors
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Sid van der Meer has collected treasures all his life and this passion has given Beaver Creek’s its very own museum. Here Sid recounts stories to his granddaughter, Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé.
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the toy is a mix of machine and hand-sewn work. One foot points forward while the other veers to the left. It was clear to us that this toy was very special to someone.
History tells us teddy bears get their name from former United States President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. The term originally derived from a political cartoon published in the Washington Post in 1902. It depicted President Roosevelt on a hunting trip, refusing to shoot a bear that was tied to a tree. Stuffed toy bears have been called teddy bears ever since. I asked Sid if he had anything like this teddy when he was a child. He scoffed. “No, we had no toys, just blocks of wood. There was nothing then, nothing to make a teddy bear from either.” I believe this teddy bear found where it was meant to be, in the hands of a man who never had a toy growing up. The older we get, the more we reminisce about the little things from our childhood. I, myself, have a stuffed mouse that will forever be a part of my life. What’s your teddy bear?
This fair is presented by the Yukon Historical & Museums Association. Find out more at heritageyukon.ca
Grade 4 1st Place: Alia Drummond, Grade 6, SECS Tom Vollmer, GHES Stitching Together a Great Life Who were the Crazy Canucks? 2nd Place: Yukon Heritage Award: sponsored by the Government of Yukon, Mya Wilson, Grade 4, ESES Department of Education Dóomyi Huch’ō? Eyumzi Gertie Úùyi Evan Masters, Grade 4, ESES 3rd Place: The History of Technology in Whitehorse Hadley Callan, GHES First Nation History & Culture Award Canada’s Role in the Underground Railroad Sponsored by eNvision Research and Consulting Grade 5 Katelyn Hirsch, Grade 5, GHES 1st Place: Who was Kàsäłaya? Katelyn Hirsch, GHES YTM Why and How Award Who was Kàsäłaya? sponsored by Yukon Trqnsportqtion Museum 2nd Place: Allie Robertson, Grade 6, GHES Dawson Widney, JHES Who is the Queen of the Hurricanes? Who was Joe Shuster? Elsie MacGil 3rd Place: Cameron Bringsli, JHES The Inventor of Caller Line Identification sponsored by Patricia Halladay
Grades 6-7 1st Place: Owyn Cote, Grade 6, GHES The Amazing Martha Black 2nd Place: Shai Wykes, Grade 7, GHES Robert Service 3rd Place: Allie Robertson, Grade 6, GHES Who is the Queen of the Hurricanes? Elsie MacGill Parks Canada Peoples’ Choice Awards Grade 4: Naomi Nurlin, ESES Why is Immigration Important in Canada? Grade 5: Lucy Journeay, JHES Evelyn Journeay: One Tough Cookie Grades 6-7: Alia Drummond, Grade 6, SECS Stitching Together a Great Life
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ou’d be forgiven for thinking Triniti Technology only sells cell phone cases. Sylvio Lin, general manager for the Whitehorse-based company, knows that’s what it looks like from the outside. “Most people think we just sell electronics,” said Lin. “They have no idea what else we do in terms of repair and servicing.” Beyond the cell accessories, mousepads and monitors available at Triniti’s Main Street storefront location, there’s a lot of behindthe-scenes action that extends from the Yukon to cities across North America. Triniti is a national contractor for a lot of Outside companies that want hands and eyes and ears in the North, said Lin. Triniti oversees technologies including the self-checkout at the Superstore. It also works with Bell, Telus and Moneris, and acts as a service provider for Dell, Lenovo and HP. It also works with Yukon Energy and governments, doing everything from selling the products to providing the ongoing servicing. Lin and his business partner, Johnny Mak, didn’t have all that in mind when they started the company under a different name around 2014. In fact, in 2013, Lin was living in Vancouver, working for Bell’s corporate sales division. “I came back (to the Yukon) in October of 2013 to help Ice Wireless and Polarcom get business and cell mobility services going,” he said. At the same time, Mak was leaving his job working in corporate electronics and business. Both born-and-raised Yukoners, they started talking about doing something that would allow them to
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There’s a lot more than cell phone cases and accessories at Triniti’s Main Street storefront location live and work in the North. “We’ve known each other since we were kids,” Lin said. “Our parents immigrated here and were friends before we were born. He’s basically like a brother to me … we were wanting to work locally versus always travelling for work and we talked about building something. We talked about what ideals do we have together to grow a business?” In August of 2014, Lin said the pair landed on a strategy and launched their own IT management and consulting company. Mak took on the business development side, while Lin focussed on the relationships. Through that company, the pair continued to manage and take care of service and sales for Ice and Polarcom until 2015/16. “Which is when we started Triniti Tech.” Lin said they dealt mostly with products, hardware and software for cell phones, windows programs and laptops. As the company developed though, it identified a market for cell boosters and drones. Lin and Mak kept their eyes open, not just for what people wanted at the moment,
but for what they’d want in the future. Still, Lin said neither of them knew, in the beginning, how widespread the company’s work would be. He certainly didn’t expect to be working with companies all over the continent. And they weren’t, at first. “It was funny. We started calling and trying to build a base. A lot of people said they didn’t even know where we were,” said Lin. “Now they’re calling us … they’re intrigued. People are often surprised and say they want to come here.” Now, Triniti employs about 17 Yukoners. Lin said it’s been satisfying to see the company grow that way. He said the learning process is ongoing, but he and Mak are excited to keep moving forward to meet the tech needs of Yukoners.
Amy Kenny lives in Whitehorse. Among other things, she works as a copy editor for What’s Up Yukon. If she’s not inside writing, she’s outside running mountains.
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Fridays and Saturdays Atlin Community Library 2:00 PM Open Daily Courthouse Gallery Atlin Courthouse Gallery Open 11am-4pm Wed Jun 26 Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Sun Jun 30 Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Sun Jun 30 St. Martins Anglican Church Service 11:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Atlin Tue Jul 2 Horseshoes 7:00 PM Tarahne Park Everyone welcome.
BEAVER CREEK
Mondays and Fridays Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tuesdays and Saturdays Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club
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Wed Jun 26 Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building à Wed Jun 26 Kevin Barr, Live Music 11:00 AM Carcross Commons Wed Jun 26 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed Jun 26 Lianne Cranfield, Live Music 12:00 PM Carcross Commons Wed Jun 26 Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wed Jun 26 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed Jun 26 AA Carcross 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu Jun 27 Executive Council Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu Jun 27 Lianne Cranfield, Live Music 12:00 PM Carcross Commons Thu Jun 27 CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu Jun 27 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 399-3321 Thu Jun 27 Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu Jun 27 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Fri Jun 28 AA Meeting Carcross 1:30 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Sat Jun 29 Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Sun Jun 30 Sewing Sessions 12:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Mon Jul 1 Lianne Cranfield, Live Music 12:00 PM Carcross Commons Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Carcross Commons Mon Jul 1 Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue Jul 2 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue Jul 2 Kevin Barr, Live Music 11:00 AM Carcross Commons Tue Jul 2 Lianne Cranfield, Live Music 12:00 PM Carcross Commons Tue Jul 2 C/TFN Communication Team Mtng 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue Jul 2 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 399-3321 Tue Jul 2 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue Jul 2 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue Jul 2 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue Jul 2 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251
DAWSON CITY
Until Aug 24 Art Exhibit - To Talk With Others KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Through a diverse range of media, the artists reactivate the document and ultimately continue the conversation surrounding selfdetermination. Free and welcoming to all. Wed Jun 26 Toddler Paint 12:15 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture For ages 1-4. Must preregister! Call KIAC at 993-5005 to register or for more info. Wed Jun 26 The Beading Circle - Learn to Bead Program 1:30 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 Jun 26 Bannock and Wild Tea 3:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Try some homemade bannock and wild tea. Wed Jun 26 Rose & Simon Crelli Fiddle and Violin Recital 7:00 PM St Paul’s Church Thu Jun 27 Canada Day Classic Dawson City Golf Course Call or email for more information. 993-2500 dawsongolf@hotmail.ca
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Thu Jun 27 Wild and Rosie Apothecary Program 1:30 PM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Explore how to create beautiful, natural products with plants from our traditional territory. Thu Jun 27 Nature Walk 2:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Join us for a short nature walk. Dress for the weather Thu Jun 27 Goldensides Trail Guided Hike 6:30 PM Tombstone Territorial Park A guided hike up Goldensides Trail. Bring hiking boots, water bottle and weather appropriate clothing. Carpooling is required to the trailhead. Fri Jun 28 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri Jun 28 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri Jun 28 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri Jun 28 Harmonica George in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fri Jun 28 The Executives in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sat Jun 29 Dawson City Artists’ Market 11:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Call 993-5005, email admin@kiac.ca for more information. Sat Jun 29 Summer Art Market 11:00 AM Dawson City Features local crafters, artists, and artisans. Next to the Farmers Market on Front Street. Sat Jun 29 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 Jun 29 Bannock - Food for the Trail Program 1:30 PM 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! Sat Jun 29 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat Jun 29 Older Youth Nights - Ages 18 - 25 7:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat Jun 29 Diyet & the Love Soldiers CYFN General Assembly 393-9200 Sat Jun 29 Richard Klein Band 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Sun Jun 30 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Tombstone Territorial Park Mon Jul 1 Goldensides Trail Guided Hike 6:30 PM Tombstone Territorial Park A guided hike up Goldensides Trail. Bring hiking boots, water bottle and weather appropriate clothing. Carpooling is required to the trailhead. Tue Jul 2 Wild and Rosie Apothecary Program 1:30 PM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Explore how to create beautiful, natural products with plants from our traditional territory. Tue Jul 2 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520
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Fri Jun 28 Kluane Lake Fishing Derby 2019 6:00 PM Destruction Bay Ice Fishing Derby Derby starts with the reading of the rules and ends at 6:00 pm Sunday June 30th - Call 841-4191 for more info.
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Wed Jun 26 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting. Thu Jun 27 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Fri Jun 28 Faro Softball Tournament Faro Recreation Centre Call 333-2673 or email yvonneoftheyukon@ hotmail.com to register or for more information. Fri Jun 28 Faro 50th Anniversary Faro Email faroisturning50@gmail.com for more info. Fri Jun 28 Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun Jun 30 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun Jun 30 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Faro Tue Jul 2 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided
HAINES
Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: Mon-Wed 11-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30| Thurs/Fri Closed #907-766-2545 Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed Jun 26 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wed Jun 26 Detective Time 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed Jun 26 Nature Walk 4:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Arts Wed Jun 26 Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed Jun 26 Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Thu Jun 27 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts
Thu Jun 27 Starvin’ Marvin Gardenin’ 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Thu Jun 27 Lemonade Stands 101 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri Jun 28 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Fri Jun 28 Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri Jun 28 Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce Fri Jun 28 Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fri Jun 28 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri Jun 28 Fairytale Theater 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri Jun 28 Spanish Fun 4:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri Jun 28 Amateur Magicians 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri Jun 28 American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Sat Jun 29 Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun Jun 30 Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Sun Jun 30 Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church Mon Jul 1 Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mon Jul 1 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Mon Jul 1 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon Jul 1 Puppets 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon Jul 1 Space Heroes 4:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon Jul 1 Gardners’ Club 5:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon Jul 1 Kids Jujutsu 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon Jul 1 Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue Jul 2 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue Jul 2 Lego Club 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue Jul 2 Aquatic Rangers 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue Jul 2 Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue Jul 2 Legion Monthly Membership Meeting at Legion Hall 6:00 PM American Legion
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Wed Jun 26 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 Jun 26 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed Jun 26 Jam Session 6:30 PM Village Bakery and Deli Come along and to make some tunes, tell a poem, do a standup comedy routine, or just listen. Wed Jun 26 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu Jun 27 Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome! Thu Jun 27 Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu Jun 27 Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information. Thu Jun 27 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri Jun 28 Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Fri Jun 28 Friday Night Salmon Bake - Featuring - Hibernation 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli Delicious food, live music, call 634-2867 or email villagebakeryyukon@gmail.com for more information. Sat Jun 29 Community Garage Sale 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Call 634-5361 to reserve a table or for more information. Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Tue Jul 2 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue Jul 2 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall
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Wed Jun 26 Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jun 26 Pump Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jun 26 Marsh Lake Community Society Meeting 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre All Welcome to attend. Thu Jun 27 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri Jun 28 Friday Night Dinner & Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre
Sat Jun 29 Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jun 29 Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@ gmail.com Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue Jul 2 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue Jul 2 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre
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Wed Jun 26 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink coffee, chat, and have a good time. Call Kelsey at 3354250 or email teslinrec@teslin.ca Wed Jun 26 Boys Club 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed Jun 26 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 Thu Jun 27 Food Safe Level 1 9:00 AM Yukon College - Teslin Campus Call 390-8800 or email ycteslin@ yukoncollege.yk.ca to register. Fri Jun 28 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Thu Jun 27 Exercise Class with Amber 5:30 PM Community Hall And Recreation Centre Teslin School Come try it out for an awesome workout! Sun Jun 30 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Fri Jun 28 Girls Club 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and Mon Jul 1 2019 Mayo Arts Festival & Canada Day Celebration 11:00 AM J.V. Clark School Enjoy Stewart snacks! Call Kelsy 335-4250 for more information. Fri Jun 28 Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For River Valley artisans at the Arts and Craft Fair and grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and listen to our talented homegrown musicians on the snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information. Main-Stage! Tue Jul 2 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Sat Jun 29 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone welcome! Mayo Campus Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Tue Jul 2 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Wed Jun 26 Service Canada Session 9:00 AM Alice Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your Frost Campus - Yukon College Service Canada can zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca help you access and give information on programs Tue Jul 2 Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin and services, SIN #, CPP, OAS etc. Call 456-6476 for Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info more info Thu Jun 27 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina. sheldon@ttc-teslin.com Old Crow Community Center Tue Jul 2 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone Sun Jun 30 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. welcome! Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Wed Jun 19 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Tue Jul 2 Gym Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink Center coffee, chat, and have a good time. Call Kelsey at 3354250 or email teslinrec@teslin.ca Wed Jun 19 Boys Club 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Daily, Mondays to Fridays, Mom, Dad & Me Toddler Time 9:00 am Skagway Alaska Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. Wed Jun 19 Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec of age & caregiver, Free drop-in. Call 907-983-2679 for Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring yourself for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin. more info. ca Wed Jun 26 SpinFlex w/Katherine 6:30 AM Skagway Thu Jun 20 Exercise Class with Amber 5:30 PM Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance Teslin School Come try it out for an awesome workout! training-must be able to lunge & squat Skagway Fri Jun 21 Girls Club 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For Wed Jun 26 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and Recreation Centre snacks! Call Kelsy 335-4250 for more information. Wed Jun 26 Group Cycling w/Therese 12:00 PM Fri Jun 21 Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For Skagway Recreation Centre grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and Wed Jun 26 Group Cycling w/Cindy & Emily 4:45 PM snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information. Skagway Recreation Centre Sat Jun 22 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone Thu Jun 27 Mat Pilates 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation welcome! Tue Jun 25 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Centre Intermediate core based class using classical Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your mat exercises to create long, lean muscles. zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Thu Jun 27 Senior Chair Based Weight Training Tue Jun 25 Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for resistance training program that’s not just for seniors. Thu Jun 27 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina.sheldon@ttc-teslin.com Recreation Centre Tue Jun 25 Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone Fri Jun 28 SpinYOGA 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation welcome! Centre Wed Jun 26 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Sat Jun 29 Group Cycling w/Emily 11:00 AM Skagway Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink Recreation Centre coffee, chat, and have a good time. Call Kelsey at 335Sat Jun 29 Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 PM 4250 or email teslinrec@teslin.ca Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must Wed Jun 26 Boys Club 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center accompany children 12 and under. Wed Jun 26 Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Sat Jun 29 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring Skagway Recreation Centre yourself for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin. Sat Jun 29 Solstice Celebration & Rhubarb Festival ca 6:00 PM Jewell Gardens Live Music- Delicious Rhubarb Mon Jul 1 Canada Day 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre Inspired Foods - Free Glassblowing Demonstration - ID required to drink- Alaskan crafted beers on tap 907937*9182 info@jewellgardens.com Wed Jun 26 Fun in the Park 2:00 PM Watson Lake Sun Jun 30 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Family Centre Story time, crafts, activities, and snacks Skagway Recreation Centre for children 0-6 plus sports activities for children 7+. Mon Jul 1 SpinFlex w/Katherine 6:30 AM Skagway Call 536-5255 for more info. Watson Lake Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance Thu Jun 27 Community Kitchen 10:00 AM Watson Lake Recreation Centre A afternoon of being in the training-must be able to lunge & squat kitchen, cooks some nutritious meals and bake some Mon Jul 1 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 goodies to take home. 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P and Q can make for some perky Saturday hookups T
he last entry in this space provided a platform for a more-or-less true tale of undeserved punishment recalled (and still resented) from the mists of time. That column began with an innocent reference to the ancient wisdom about exercising care when using the letters ‘P’ or ‘Q’. While these are both perfectly serviceable, wellestablished members of the English alphabet, the fact remains that neither of them breaks any records when it comes to introducing words. True, the letter ‘P’ occupies a full 129 pages in my Concise Oxford Dictionary, but it pales in comparison to its near neighbour, ‘S,’ which weighs in at a respectable 211 pages. Mind you, it’s still miles ahead of poor old ‘Q’, with its skimpy page count of just 11, a full page shy of the humble ‘J.’ Only ‘X,’ ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ fare more poorly. How can I put this without provoking consternation across the land? The sad reality is that neither ‘P’ nor ‘Q’ is a particularly compelling letter in its own right. They’re sort of the alphabetical equivalent of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Everybody knows they are there, but no one is really sure what they do. Indeed, the only thing we know about ‘Q’ is that it cannot stand without the letter ‘U’ propping it up. Except in the capital of Nunavut, where anything goes, apparently. Yet get these two under-appreciated letters together for a drink or two on a Saturday night and they are likely to consummate a couple of interesting verbal hookups.
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Ken piques our interest with more quips verb meaning to “search narrowly” for something. More broadly, it refers to the extra endowments the lord of a manor might receive beyond his customary revenue. For present purposes, along with prerequisite and propinquity, it is one of the exceedingly rare examples of ‘P’ and ‘Q’ minding each other’s business within the same word. That might justify quaffing a celebratory pint this Saturday night. Please remember to leave a perq for the server. Our resident Geezer downs the odd pint of Western Canadian cider southeast of Whitehorse.
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Just keep paddling
Carmen Gustafson is preparing for her fourth Yukon River Quest at the end of the month by Amber Church
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armen Gustafson is gearing up for her fourth Yukon River Quest. For those who are fond of stats, that means that by this year’s Canada Day long weekend she will have raced 2,860 km between Whitehorse and Dawson City. To the casual observer this probably sounds crazy, especially when you consider that those paddlers who win the 715 km race average 45 hours of continuous paddling, while some of the recreational teams may take more than 70 hours to finish. If you wondered why they do it, you wouldn’t be alone. “A lot of people have this af-
fliction,” said Gustafson. “There’s always something you could do better or differently that keeps drawing you back in. Last year, as I was arriving in Carmacks, I was convinced I never had to do the race again, but by the time I reached Dawson my mind had completely shifted and I knew I had to do the race again. “My first year I thought this was going to be a one-off. Achieve this amazing goal and then move on to the next thing. The second year it was going to be a two-off, then it was going to be a three-off, and then it was that I was never going to paddle back-to-back years, but the race keeps drawing you back in and causing you to eat
Training for the Yukon River Quest requires braving every type of weather – including snow
your words.” For her first two races, Gustafson paddled as part of a voyager team, captaining the second year. Last year she paddled the race solo. This year she is captaining a women’s C4 (four-person canoe). “This is the first year that there is a women’s C4 category,” she said. “So we want to be competitive and push each other. After all, the team that wins the category this year will get to set a course record.” Gustafson said that every race is unique and has its own character, surprises and unexpected events. “My first year we took a swim at Five Finger Rapids and had a huge lightning storm, which is when I learned I am completely terrified of lightning. My second year there was a fire near Fort Selkirk and utterly terrible weather. My third year became a huge learning experience and an opportunity to conquer my fears. I’m really looking forward to seeing what the race throws at us this year.” She’s also looking forward to paddling at 3 a.m. “There’s something that happens on the river,” she said. “You have nothing to do but paddle, so you end up shutting your brain off and you really start experiencing your surroundings. It’s an experience you don’t get anywhere else.
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Team In the Crosshairs will compete in the C4 category of the Yukon River Quest. Team members from left to right are Carmen Gustafson, Sarah Crane, Shannon Mallory and Sarah Murray (Three in the morning) is especially magical. There’s mist on the river, the sky is getting lighter and the birds start singing, but generally you don’t experience that unless you’re in the race. I’ve yet to find anyone who wants to haul themselves out of bed to paddle at that time of day outside of the race.” Gustafson also highlighted just how special and unique the Yukon River Quest is. “Yes, it’s a competitive race, but it’s not about conquering the river or crushing your competition,” she said. “There’s a lot of interdependence. You’re racing people, but you’re also looking out for their well-being; you’re trying to travel quickly, but you need to work with the river; you’re paddling through the night
and battling the elements, but you need a reprieve from the sun; you’re there as individuals, but also together. The race is really its own ecosystem.” She has a few words of wisdom for this year’s race virgins, or anyone else considering stepping up to take on the world’s longest paddling race in future—overprepare. “Talk to everyone you can, read everything you can. You’ll get conflicting advice. Take it all in and work out what works for you. Oh and, just keep paddling!” Amber Church is generally enthusiastic about everything but she spends most of her time creating in an art studio and chasing a child and dog through the wilderness.
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Grey Matters with Deborah McNevin
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y inner brat just won’t listen. Some people are blessed with an inner prince or princess, but I am saddled with a brat, verging on a rebel. The adult me tells the inner brat about the benefits and merits of exercise. “I have COPD,” I tell her. “And exercise is critical to maintaining my health.” “Nope,” she says stubbornly. I go on. “Exercise may combat type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression, high blood pressure, and on and on. It also helps prevent sarcopenia–or frailty–that can hit we non-exercisers pretty hard in later years.” Still a stubborn nope. I try to entice her with an exercise-promoting video that asks what you will do with the other 23.5 hours of your day after you finish your 30 recommended minutes of tedium. “See? Only a half hour!” But the inner brat also reads and, unfortunately, the media is now full of headlines that this kind of exercising cannot undo the damage of hours of slothful sitting or, as she likes to call it, thinking time. I have been trying to think about why she hates exercise so much. Maybe it’s the same kind of rebellion as I feel when people tell me I should do something. Of all the finger-wagging words in English, “should” is the worst. (I would say it should be outlawed, but that would definitely fall into the ironic category.) Maybe it’s because the inner
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Deborah needs to convince her “inner brat” to do more exercise than just light weights at home brat has not found very many forms of exercise that are not poster children for boring. We do have some experience with exercise. I like walking. That’s great when it is above -20 with no wind and the sidewalks are not piled high with ice and snow. It’s also great when “eau de smoke” is not the overwhelming fragrance in the outdoor air, whether from cigarettes or im-
properly burning wood stoves. Please don’t tell me about the Canada Games Centre walking circle. It’s an option, I guess, if you don’t mind spending money for clock-watching boredom. I’m with my inner brat on that one! I took a Nordic walking course several years ago. The classes were wonderful but I found it embarrassing to watch some spry 80-year-old zoom past me, walk-
ing sticks a-blazing, up hills that make me dizzy just to look at. The walks were so long for my arthritic joints that I could have spent weeks recovering. (“More thinking time,” says the brat). Wii Fit or similar games appealed to both of us at first. I enjoyed bowling and tennis games, but they should come with a warning. I played them so much–not just once!–that I could
not lift my arms for days afterwards, resulting in more of the aforementioned thinking time. I love dancing to old time rock and roll, but I get tired of the dishes rattling in the cupboards, stemware getting cracks and the cats running from me in terror, all due to the mini-earthquake that can result from my thumping. There is also a risk I could injure myself as I dance with the blinds down–out of deference to the neighbourhood. We don’t actually mind lifting light weights at home while watching something excitementfree. (Hockey is out, as I can come perilously close to throwing the handiest thing at the TV when viewing a stupid referee call or fight. Weights can inflict lots of damage!) Definitely I need to do more. I’m still looking for the trick that will make the inner brat get out of my way, and help her get motivated so that I turn some of that “thinking time” into good, hearty exercise. (She does respond to bribes of anything with whipped cream, but that kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?) In the meantime, I will try to avoid the “should” trap of exercising and focus on the fun or, at least, the non-tedious parts. So, do you hear that, brat? On we go! Deborah McNevin is a relatively long-time Yukoner and a relatively new senior, part of the writers’ collective for this column.
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