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Outside my office window, everything’s puffy and virginal.

Christmas promises to be white as a Bing Crosby croon.

As we Canadians hunker down for the Yuletide to come, let us raise a wassail bowl to the fact we don’t live in Iceland.

A few days ago, I took part in

a storytelling event in my adopted hometown southeast of Whitehorse. The theme du jour was Nordic tales of Christmas and winter.

My tale of choice concerned the troll/ogress/witch known as Grýla (“The Growler”), who has an insatiable appetite for disobedient children, and who roams Iceland’s towns and villages, trying to persuade parents to give up their disobedient offspring.

Each of her 15 tails carries 100 sacks; each sack contains as many as 20 naughty children destined

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She also has a familiar, a monstrous, yellow-eyed feline named Jólakötturinn (the Yule Cat), who gobbles up anyone whose family members lack the foresight to cont’d on page 3 ...

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Then, too, there are Grýla’s 13 sons (or brothers, depending on which version of Icelandic mythology you endorse).

Known collectively as the Yule Lads, these not-so-charming oafs emerge from their caves in the lava fields to pay Santa-like visits to Iceland’s children, who leave their shoes on the windowsill in hopes of Yule rewards.

Like elements in an Advent calendar, the Lads emerge one-byone, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 24.

Each has his own personality and quirks: Stúfar (Stubby) is a pan-scraper; Askasleikir licks bowls, even those left for dogs and cats; Skyrgámur gobbles up the yogurt-like Icelandic delicacy in the family pantry; Bjúgnakrækir steals sausages; Kertasníkir steals and eats the tallow candles.

Collectively, the Yule Lads can make or break a child’s Christmas.

Just as Santa keeps his famous list (and checks it twice) of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, the Yule Lads of Iceland employ their spies to keep track of the good dudes and dudettes.

But they don’t employ Santa’s annual tracking system, which gives you 182.5:182.5 odds of getting something other than coal in your stocking.

No, the Yule Lads of Iceland rate your performance daily over the 13 days leading up to Christmas Eve. If you’ve been good, you’ll get a small gift in your shoe.

If not, you’ll get a rotten potato.

Them’s the breaks, kids.

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Gwichin Warrior There’s a peaceful little town On the banks of the river.

Where the wolf an’ the caribou roam That’s where he calls his home.

In summer there’s no nights Days are shorter in the winter time.

Under the northern lights He dances his blues away.

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He’s a Gwichin warrior In his beaded leather jacket Eagle feather in his hair He’s Daddie’s little pride an’ joy.

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He listens to the winds The wild owl calls his name.

They’re wise an’ so strong He’s a wolf an’ crow just the same.

He has Grandma’s eyes His Grandpa smiles down on him.

Of the memories deep inside Will always forever remain.

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“Everybody would go there– it was like our living room,” said Teri McNaughton, who moved to Watson from Dawson City for a job at the hotel’s restaurant. “We’d go there to play cards, people like Gillian Campbell would perform and The Canucks had a canteen show during the summers in a tent nearby.”

At that time, Watson Lake’s population was growing, the mines at Cantung and Cassiar were booming, and two flights a day brought people and cargo in and out of the community.

It was a golden age for McNaughton and her friends.

When the Watson Lake Hotel closed in 2007 and then sat empty for years, McNaughton saw an opportunity to preserve those cherished memories. With permission from the owner, she went into the hotel and salvaged dozens of historical photographs that once hung on the walls.

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Teri McNaughton and Susan Drury at the Watson Lake Signpost Forest designation ceremony, 2014 McNaughton had rescued boxes of photographs showing the southern Yukon town in its heyday, and with that newly acquired collection, the Watson Lake Historical Society was born.

Since 2010, the small-butmighty society, made up of local volunteers interested in seeing significant places in and around Watson Lake recognised and preserved, has turned its attention to a number of different projects.

Recently it led the charge to have the Signpost Forest recognised as a Yukon Historic Site, achieving this designation in 2014.

The forest began in 1942, when the US Army Corp of Engineers were in Yukon constructing the Alaska Highway. At that time, it was common for the army to put up directional signs that indicated the distance to a handful of major cities and nearby communities.

This signpost took on a new life when one US Army soldier, who was homesick and missing his girlfriend, added a sign to honour his hometown of Danville, Illinois.

Other soldiers soon followed suit, and now nearly 80 years later the forest contains more than 80,000 signs.

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famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway and its historic site status means that the forest will be protected and preserved. The forest was designated as a site that lives and changes as time passes–new signs are put up and damaged signs are retired.

The designation was a big achievement for McNaughton and the society.

“It’s important to me that these places are recognized as important,” said McNaughton. “I grew up in Dawson City, where the history is all around you, and I think Watson Lake deserves to have that attention to its history too.”

Recently, the society has turned its attention to the Watson Lake Airport Terminal building.

Like the Signpost Forest, the airport was also built in the 1940s by the US military. It was used as part of the Northwest Staging Route, a series of refueling stops for American aircraft enroute to Alaska, and eventually Russia by way of the Alaska-Siberian air route, during the Second World War. After the war in the 1950s,

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the Royal Canadian Air Force took control of the airport. Then the Government of Canada did. Currently, it is owned and managed by the Government of Yukon.

The airport terminal building is close to McNaughton’s heart.

In fact, she worked at Canadian Pacific Airlines at the Watson Lake Airport for 10 years as a ticket agent.

“The pilots and crews all

thought that Watson Lake was the best place to stop,” she said.

“They would come off the planes and talk to us and sometimes would even join in on the community bonspiels.”

The terminal building was officially designated as a Yukon Historic Site by the Government of Yukon in September 2019.

McNaughton hopes these designations along with the many other attractions in the community, will help put Watson Lake back on the map as a destination for tourism.

“There’s so much to see here, and I hope Yukoners come visit and see these sites that I have come to love,” she said.

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Wed Dec 25 Christmas Morning Service 10:00 AM Church of the Nazarene Celebrate the Birth of our Saviour in worship and song.

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Fri Dec 27 Community Drum Circle 7:00 PM Golden Age Society Share the rhythm and energy of the drums. Everyone is welcome!

Other instruments are also welcome.

Sat Dec 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.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

Sat Dec 28 Legion Crib Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! Register by 6:25 PM, Games Start at 6:30 PM. 667-2802 Sun Dec 29 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Mon Dec 30 Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867668-6280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867633-4576 Mon Dec 30 Legion Scrabble Meet 1:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Mon Dec 30 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome.

For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon Dec 30 Euchre Night 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! 667-2802 Mon Dec 30 Music Trivia with Jona Barr and Adrian Burrill 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Tue Dec 31 Scottish Themed New Years Celebration 9:00 PM North of Ordinary Experience Center Prizes for the best Scottish Themed fancy dress, Whisky tasting, Scottish buffet inc HAGGIS, Live music, Pick tickets up in person at the North of Ordinary Experience Centre.

Tue Dec 31 Into the Bubbles: New Year’s Eve With DJKJ and Mega Krahn 8:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant A 4-course menu for dinner & dancin’ into the bubbles with DJKJ and Mega Krahn. Call 668 3505 to make a reservation or buy tickets online.

Thu Jan 2 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.

Thu Jan 2 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Jr. Can Can Line 5:30 PM Northern Lights School of Dance Bringing the spirit of the Can Can line to youth aged 13-18, a visible, busy and fun way to be part of Rendezvous! For more info call 668-6683 or email Christina at christina@nlsdyukon.com Thu Jan 2 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 Jan 2 Uke On Ukulele Club! 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information.

Thu Jan 2 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri Jan 3 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 Jan 3 Available Light Cinema - The Secret World of Arrietty 3:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A heartwarming tale of friendship and courage in a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live quietly among us. 94 min Tickets online or at the door.

Fri Jan 3 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Jr. Can Can Line 5:30 PM Northern Lights School of Dance Bringing the spirit of the Can Can line to youth aged 13-18, a visible, busy and fun way to be part of Rendezvous! For more info call 668-6683 or email Christina at christina@ nlsdyukon.com Fri Jan 3 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.

Fri Jan 3 Available Light Cinema - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 7:45 PM Yukon Arts Centre A musical biography of one of the most successful and versatile female singers of the 20th century. 93 min Tickets online or at the door.

Fri Jan 3 Available Light Cinema - Marriage Story 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.

136 min Tickets online or at the door.

Sat Jan 4 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.

Sat Jan 4 Legion Crib Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! Register by 6:25 PM, Games Start at 6:30 PM. 667-2802 Sun Jan 5 New Year’s Celebration Sunday 11:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre All Welcome.

Sun Jan 5 Business of Art with Emma Barr 11:00 AM Arts Underground This course equips artists, part or full-time professional artists, with the knowledge and connections to build and maintain a career. Register online, call 6674080 or stop in.

Sun Jan 5 Gluten Free 101 2:00 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Introduction to Gluten Free cooking and baking. Register online. 633-2665 Sun Jan 5 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun Jan 5 Life Drawing Drop-in 7:00 PM Arts Underground Life Drawing is every first Sunday of the Month and is non-instructional. Andew Sharp is the host. A live model will pose each session. Cost is $5/hour to help pay for the model.

Mon Jan 6 Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon Jan 6 Dance Improv 12:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Open to anyone who is interested in dance and wants a little exercise during the day.

Mon Jan 6 Legion Scrabble Meet 1:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Mon Jan 6 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome.

For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon Jan 6 Euchre Night 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! 667-2802 Tue Jan 7 Second-hand Clothing Bazaar 5:30 PM Whitehorse Seventh-day Adventist Church Donations of clean clothing in good condition welcome. All proceeds go to charitable causes.

For more info. call 633-3463.

Tue Jan 7 Basic and Beginners Ukulele Group 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information.

Tue Jan 7 JCAY Taiko Practice 7:15 PM Christ the King Elementary To register by jcaytaiko@ gmail.com, please mark “Taiko registration” in the subject line.

Wed Jan 8 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed Jan 8 Persephone’s Women’s Choir Registration & Rehearsal 6:00 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Registration for auditioned choir for female voices for fall 2020 session before rehearsal. Call or email for more information, registration online. 668-7049 Wed Jan 8 Legion Texas Hold’Em 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Wed Jan 8 Beginner Level 2 Ceramics with Astrid Kruse 6:30 PM Arts Underground If you have taken Beginner level Intro to Pottery course and can throw a basic pot, you can enroll in this course. Register online, call.667.4080 or stop in at Arts Underground Wed Jan 8 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed Jan 8 Chamber Choir Auditioned Mixed a Capella Choir 7:45 PM Chamber Choir Chamber Choir - auditioned a capella group needs experienced tenors and basses. Email or call for more info. 668-6059 Wed Jan 8 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Thu Jan 9 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.

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KIDS & FAMILIES Mon Dec 23 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Mon Dec 23 Family Christmas Party! 11:00 AM Yukon Family Literacy Centre Stories, snacks, crafts, singing, ‘shopping’ and wrapping station and free books! call 668-8698 for more info.

Tues Dec 24 Christmas Eve Fun 14:00 PM Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre Come and “discover your inner elf” and join Buddy and his adventure in New York City! Admission donation to the food bank.

Tues Dec 24 Family Christmas Eve Service 16:30 PM Riverdale Baptist Church All are welcome to attend this festive event.

Fri Dec 27 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri Dec 27 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat Dec 28 Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Family Day 1:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Traditional Games, Storytelling, Elders Present. Meals provided with refreshments. All ages welcome. Location changes call 633-7688 for details.

Sat Dec 28 Family Drop In 3:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Drop in for families and caregivers, call 668-4794 for more info.

Sun Dec 29 Pioneer Format - Magic:The Gathering 1:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Weekly MTG Pioneer Format - Cards starting from Return to Ravnica forward - Banned Cards: Fetch Lands Mon Dec 30 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information..

Wed Jan 1 Commissioner’s New Year’s Levee 2:00 PM Kwanlin Dun First Nation 456-6548 Commissioner’s Levee is a family event, all are welcome to enjoy the music and presentation of awards, meet your Commissioner Fri Jan 3 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS Sat Dec 28 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Thu Jan 2 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Thu Jan 2 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room A2714. An after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Sat Jan 4 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Mon Jan 6 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organisation BDG Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue Jan 7 Executive Meeting 5:15 PM Sport Yukon We produce many newsletters a year, plan and lead river trips, organize the annual whitewater rodeo, and are the Yukon’s sport governing body for flatwater and slalom racing.

Tue Jan 7 Beginner’s Sewing: Totes! 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Innovation Hub Draft a tote bag onto cotton fabric, cut it out and sew it up in one evening, Register online or email for more info.

Wed Jan 8 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Supportive members will help you develop your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Wed Jan 8 Overcome Your Fear - Public Speaking 12:00 PM Northlight Innovation Identify the causes of anxiety around public speaking and develop strategies to reduce anxiety and build confidence. Register online.

Wed Jan 8 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon Special Meeting of the Members 5:30 PM Main Street - Downtown Call BBBSY at 6687911 for details and location.

Thu Jan 9 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room A2714. An after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Thu Jan 9 Tourism Talks 6:00 PM Yukon Brewing 6:00-7:00 pm: TIA Yukon Members only, 7:00-8:00 pm: Everyone is welcome! Hear from Eric Pateman, Yukon Culinary Festival and Tourism Strategy. Register online.

Sat Jan 11 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Mon Jan 13 Meet Your Maker 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Innovation Hub A winter gathering of Yukon food businesses, farmers and chefs.

Register online.

Wed Jan 15 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Supportive members will help you develop your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com Wed Jan 15 Acts Review Public Open House 3:30 PM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Discuss proposed changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act. Wed Jan 15 Modernization of the Workers’ Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act 4:30 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Provide input on how to improve the workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety systems now and for the future. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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

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

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

Saturdays Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting Whitehorse General Hospital (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hospital Board Meeting.

Sundays Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Sara Steel Building 609 Steele St., Main Entrance Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Whitehorse General Hospital Mondays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave Tuesdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM 6210 - 6th Ave. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 205 Black Street Suite 120 Phone: AA 1-888-453-0142 (24 hours a day)

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Tue Jan 14 JCAY Taiko Practice 7:15 PM Christ the King Elementary To register by jcaytaiko@gmail.com, please mark “Taiko registration” in the subject line.

Tue Jan 14 Pivot Story Crawl 8:00 PM Woodcutter’s Blanket An evening of storytelling and music, a showcase of local talent in an unexpected context. Tickets online.

Wed Jan 15 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 6336081 Terry or Michèle Wed Jan 15 Keto-Sugar Free Baking 6:00 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Help eliminate sugar from your diet while still enjoying tasty treats. Register online. Help eliminate sugar from your diet while still enjoying tasty treats.

Register online.

Wed Jan 15 Persephone’s Women’s Choir Registration & Rehearsal 6:00 PM Vanier Catholic Secondary Registration for auditioned choir for female voices for fall 2020 session before rehearsal. Call or email for more information, registration online. 668-7049 Wed Jan 15 Legion Texas Hold’Em 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Wed Jan 15 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Wed Jan 15 Chamber Choir Auditioned Mixed a Capella Choir 7:45 PM Chamber Choir Chamber Choir - auditioned a capella group needs experienced tenors and basses.

Email or call for more info. 668-6059 Wed Jan 15 Beginner Salsa and Bachata Class 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Whether you are a couple or single, have fun learning salsa and bachata.

Email salsayukon@gmail.com to register and for info.

Wed Jan 15 Pivot Festival - Stories from the Mango Stump - A Dinner with Antoinette 8:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant A food-filled evening of storytelling with a pillar of the Whitehorse community, Antoinette GreenOliph. Tickets online.

Wed Jan 15 Hump Day Trivia 8:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room

Fri Jan 3 Standard Format - Magic: The Gathering 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Legal sets = Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance.Banned Cards = Rampaging Ferocidon Fri Jan 3 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat Jan 4 Free Day in the Clothing Room 10:00 AM Church of the Nazarene Children’s, Mens and Womens clothing that was freely received, freely we want to give. Call 633-4903 for more information.

Sat Jan 4 Family Drop In 3:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Drop in for families and caregivers, call 668-4794 for more info.

Sun Jan 5 Pioneer Format - Magic:The Gathering 1:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Weekly MTG Pioneer Format - Cards starting from Return to Ravnica forward - Banned Cards: Fetch Lands Mon Jan 6 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Wed Jan 8 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old.

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

Thu Jan 9 Clay for Kids: Wheel Throwing 3:45 PM Arts Underground For ages 14+, learn how to make basic pottery such as, bowls, mugs and cups that might just become you favourite mug, bowl or cup to use. Register online, call 667-4080 or stop in at Arts Underground Thu Jan 9 CGC Youth Rec Drop-in 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre Held in the Kids Club Room, Ages: 10 - 18, Snacks provided.

Transportation available. Call 334-8718 or email courtney.terriah@kdfn.net for more info.

Fri Jan 10 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri Jan 10 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat Jan 11 Family Drop In 3:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Drop in for families and caregivers, call 668-4794 for more info.

Sun Jan 12 Pioneer Format - Magic: The Gathering 1:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Weekly MTG Pioneer Format - Cards starting from Return to Ravnica forward - Banned Cards: Fetch Lands Mon Jan 13 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

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

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Thu Jan 9 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 Jan 9 Legion Music Trivia Night 7:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Thu Jan 9 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Fri Jan 10 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 Jan 10 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.

Fri Jan 10 Tastes of Haiti - Chef Table with Morgan Wienberg 6:30 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Multiple course Haitian food and culture event to raise awareness about the upcoming documentary, Not About Me. Register online.

Sat Jan 11 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.

Sat Jan 11 Legion Crib Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! Register by 6:25 PM, Games Start at 6:30 PM. 667-2802 Sat Jan 11 Vegan 101 - Cooking & Baking 6:00 PM Well Bread Culinary Centre Inc. Introduction to Vegan (plant-only) cooking & baking with Registered Dietitian Amy Lank & Chef Cat. Register online. 633-2665 Sat Jan 11 Intro to Handbuilding - Ceramics with Chris Scherbarth 6:30 PM Arts Underground This course is suitable for both beginners and those who wish to freshen their skills in order to tackle advanced projects.

Register online, call.667.4080 or stop in at Arts Underground Sat Jan 11 Drop-in Fly Tying 7:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse All materials and instructions are provided. Participants are asked to bring their own vise, bobbin and scissors if possible. Register online, call 334-3661 or email h2otroutfitter@gmail.com for more info.

Sun Jan 12 Card Class 1:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Make 3 beautiful greeting cards, no experience required. All materials provided.

Register online.

Sun Jan 12 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Mon Jan 13 Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 AM Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888-668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon Jan 13 Legion Scrabble Meet 1:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All Legion Members both local and national Welcome 667-2802 Mon Jan 13 Available Light Cinema: The Peanut Butter Falcon 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre The story of Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck.Tickets online or at the door.

Mon Jan 13 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome.

For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail. com Mon Jan 13 Euchre Night 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 All local and national legion members welcome! 667-2802 Mon Jan 13 Whitehorse Community Choir Spring Registration & ̈Practice 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Featuring Mozart and more! Try a session for free and bring a friend. Register online before Dec 22 to get a $10 discount. Come early to avoid lineups.

668-6059 Tue Jan 14 Second-hand Clothing Bazaar 5:30 PM Whitehorse Seventh-day Adventist Church Donations of clean clothing in good condition welcome. All proceeds go to charitable causes. For more info. call 633-3463.

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

Time on the land—take a child with you

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Larry has some tips for getting kids exposed to the outdoors

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n my fairly lengthy experience dealing with kids in and about outdoor activities, I have found that they are like sponges when it comes to absorbing information.

It is rare to find a child who isn’t interested in nature and the environment. Sadly too many youngsters (and adults) have become addicted to the small screen and the escape it has to offer. That is a great challenge to adults trying to show them there is a world beyond sitting at home, being hypnotised by an electronic device. The adult needs to accept that they

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are the entertainment committee, at least for the first few times outdoors until the child finds this new adventure is actually fun and entertaining. Basically it is the adult’s responsibility to make sure the child is having a good time.

First off, keep the experience within their physical capacity and attention span. Consider their age and keep everything positive, avoiding any criticism which can make this new experience unpleasant and not likely to be repeated. This can be extremely challenging to an adult with high expectations and minimal patience. That may include all of us. You are the “leader,” but they don’t need to feel that.

Safety is paramount, but the child needs guidance (where to look and explanations) and needs to feel a little bit free to explore to touch, smell and see.

Creativity is a great skill on the adult’s part. Have simple word games or others (“I Spy”) is a classic with no props. Sing a song together or teach the child one for future ventures.

Children crave food, so always have some favourites such as marshmallows, s’mores, smokies, juice, or a favourite beverage in a water bottle. Carry GORP or small

chocolate bars as surprise treats or hidden treasures.

Take your phone/camera, as they all like to have their photo taken and it helps them relive the experience when they talk about it with others. Group selfies are especially popular, especially 20 years later when reminiscing.

It’s the adult’s role to always be positive, creating fun and enjoyment for the youngster. Falls, scrapes, etc. are inevitable, but reassurance and positivity from the adult can minimize this. A small first aid kit should come along as “owies” can happen and a band-aid has magic powers.

In these situations, the adult is opening new doors to the child and, if done positively, patiently and entertainingly, will hopefully plant a seed that lasts forever.

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself.

He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and a retired hunter-education coordinator for the Government of Yukon. Please send comments about his articles to wild@whatsupyukon.com.

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Eye on the Outdoors with Murray Martin

All about the red fox

fence gate and sits there looking at our Siberian husky. I have yet to hear either one bark from the husky, but I’m not surprised, considering Avalanche’s best friends include a bunch of ravens. They feed right alongside each other.

On the other hand, “Red,” the red Squirrel, does its best to drive Avalanche nuts.

The red fox habits every province and territory in Canada, with the exception of the Arctic. That’s where the white Arctic fox takes over. The red fox is also found in about 80 per cent of America.

Its negative side (if there is such a thing in nature) is that it feeds on the eggs, or small birds in nests. It especially likes the Hungarian Partridge, found in Alberta and westward into Ontario.

I did a three-year life study on that particular bird and the fox.

In the spring, it was a deadly enemy to the bird. Its other favourite food in the wild is the ground squirrel, the cottontail and the hare. How then is the red fox that habits our neighbourhood a benefit to us? The fox also includes in its diet mice and moles, dead or alive. Another favourite food of the fox? Grasshoppers. It will eat those until its stomach will not hold anymore. Taking this into consideration, I might sug-

gest some people change their minds about hating foxes and start counting their blessings before their sheep.

Some animals and birds will mate for life, but foxes do not fall into that group.The marriage starts in the breeding season. Mr. Fox sticks around and helps teach the young sprouts the fox’s way to survive. This takes about a year, then the honeymoon comes to an end and it’s off to the next cutie on the other side of the hill.

If you have a fox that habits your area, I would strongly advise you to make sure your veterinarian has given your dog the necessary needles, or pills to protect

PHOTO: Lisa Martin

This black fox was sneaking its head over a ledge looking at Lisa and Murray 

The red fox is the most commonly seen in North America  your pet from the many diseases the fox is known to carry. This includes tapeworm and roundworm.

It is wise to have your dog given the updated protective rabies injection. When crossing the borders to the States, you will be asked for proof of the rabies shot. If you have a red squirrel in your yard,

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y first encounters with foxes were back in 1959, 1960 and 1961. This was in eastern Ontario when I was a conservation officer. At the time, the dreaded rabies disease was crossing Canada. Bats, foxes and raccoons seemed to be the main target of the disease.

There is something to learn from the fox that could benefit all.

Foxes have a number of colour phases. Mainly, we see the red and white, but additional phases include all-black, and black and red. No matter what colour, these foxes all have two things in common. One is the white top at the end of the tail and the other, you’ll know by the end of this story.

The fox, to many, is a nuisance animal, but if you really get to understand this beautiful little creature, it is more beneficial to humans than a nuisance. The fox is not a vicious animal, as a wolf may be at times. The fox may win out in a battle with a barn cat, but would lose the battle with a coyote. As far as intelligence is concerned, I’d bet on the fox over the coyote or the wolf.

A red fox habits our neighbourhood in Granger and it patrols the street each night. When it reaches our property, it goes back to the

it is also wise to tell your vet, so he can give the needed medicine to ward off the many parasites that cute little animal carries.

Murray Martin is a former Ontario conservation officer and a longstanding member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada.

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The coldest pool party north of 60

Brave Yukoners can take the Polar Plunge on Dec. 28 to support Special Olympics Yukon

by Amber Church

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orth Americans have been ringing in the New Year for generations by running into the local lake for a freezing, refreshing and, often, very quick, dip. The Law Enforcement Torch Run and Whitehorse’s Edward Jones is giving Yukoners the opportunity to take part in this time-honoured tradition, but with a more noble cause in mind–the support of Special Olympics Yukon.

“Yukoners love this sort of stuff,” said Serge Michaud, CEO of Special Olympics Yukon. “It’s the sort of thing they can tell their grandkids.

‘I jumped into cold water in the Yukon at -45.’ I figure it’s in line with ‘I used to have to walk two miles to school through waist deep snow, uphill both ways.’”

The basic idea behind the Polar Plunge is that participants raise $100 (or more) in pledges for Special Olympics Yukon and then they jump into a bin of cold water on Dec. 28. The faint of heart may be comforted to know there is a hot tub to climb into afterwards and that the whole event takes place in the parking lot of the Yukon Convention Centre (4051 4th Ave., Whitehorse), so participants will be able to get warm and dry quickly after the swim.

Olympics Yukon has optimized the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle through sport to improve the wellbeing of individuals with an intellectual disability. Their work takes many forms, from developmental programs, to recreational sport opportunities, to provincial, national and international games.

Presented by Whitehorse Home Hardware, the mission of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Yukon is to increase awareness and raise funds for the Special Olympics movement. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is the largest grassroots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle for Special Olympics. Since its inception in 1981, it has grown extensively worldwide with over 97,000 volunteers spanning 46 countries, and raising more than US$460 million for the Special Olympics movement.

“Fundraising is only part of what the officers involved with the initiative give to the movement,” said Michaud. “Our athletes say law enforcement officers are truly supportive of the cause, extending to them friendship, acceptance and encouragement.”

The Law Enforcement Torch Run started running Polar Plunge events

in different areas around the world as early as the 1990s, but the event only came to Whitehorse two years ago.

“We kept thinking there’s no way we could pull it off here,” said Michaud. “ We thought people would think it was too cold or that the idea was too crazy, but then we thought, Yukoners are a bit crazy so we gave it a try and the next thing we knew we had 28 people jumping into cold water at -45 … at least at that temperature the water is significantly warmer than the air.”

Last year’s event saw participant numbers swell to 55. The temperature was a comparatively balmy -12. Michaud hopes that this year’s number will break 50.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to join them, and you’re over the age of 18, sign up at SpecialOlympicsYukon.ca. Bonus points if you dress up as a superhero for the event. And for those of you not feeling quite so brave, spectators are very welcome as well.

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.

Brave Yukoners took the plunge last December to help raise funds for Special Olympics

PHOTOS: courtesy of Special Olympics Yukon / Star Flower Photography

“It’s as much about the gesture of support for the Special Olympics movement and the experience for the participants as it is about the fundraising,” said Michaud.

“Of course we’re excited and very grateful for the funds raised, but we also see it as a fun way to increase awareness of the work we do.”

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Story Crawl 2019 with host and storyteller Peter Jickling

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Story Crawl 2019

An appetite for stories

Story Crawl 2019 featuring Nicole Bauberger at Antoinette’s

For its third winter walking, Story Crawl kicks off the 2020 Pivot Festival

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Jickling was talking about the first event being held as part of Nakai Theatre’s 12th annual Pivot Festival.

“The venues are the same as last year. We start at the Woodcutter’s Blanket, look for a stage at the far end of the new extension; then we go to Antoinette’s,

who has been a big part of the community for some time; then the Town and Mountain, before ending our night at the Gold Pan Saloon. Both venues were really welcoming to us last year.”

“We have the potential to pick up and lose people along the way,” said Jacob Zimmer, Nakai Theatre’s artistic director. “It really is a community event and a great way to kick off the entire Pivot Festival.”

Jickling equated Story Crawl to an “opening ceremony” of sorts, “where a procession of people move from place to place, like at

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Poet and event host, Jickling, will round out the night at the Gold Pan. The fourth presenter is yet to be determined, allowing for an element of surprise for the event, which takes place Jan. 14.

“There are some BIG stories happening in the world these days,” Zimmer said. “But we experience these big stories in the day-to-day world. The story you tell in a restaurant is going to be different than the story one tells on a bus. It is nice to get unconventional storytellers into the Pivot Festival and into unusual venues for performances.”

Zimmer likened Story Crawl to the tradition of the Mum-

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“The event mimics just that – going door-to-door,” Zimmer said.

“It is also what is great about January. Sometimes this time of year, I need that extra push to get me out and see friends.”

Jickling said an event like Story Crawl is a way to keep oral tradition going, and another way to ingest information and art in a digital age.

“Pivot is about sharing stories,” Zimmer said. “And anything that involves walking outdoors in winter, is a means of raising our fists.”

Audience members can prepare to meet at the Woodcutter’s Blanket by 7 p.m. for round one of story happy hour. All storytellers will start at the top of the hour at each location. The event is free, but do not expect Nakai to foot the bill for the drinks.

The 12th Pivot Festival begins with Story Crawl on Jan. 14.

For more information on Nakai Theatre and 2020 Pivot Festival events happening in Whitehorse, Haines Junction and Dawson City, please visit NakaiTheatre.com

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Aussie Girl in Alaska with Kylie Campbell

Spring

Snowventures Some type 2 Skagwegian fun

First time using a pulk.

Later this section became impassable due to avalanche risk from the rapidly warming temperatures Sam, Bella, Bill and Jack crossing one of the bridges

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he Thursday evening of the 2018 Easter long weekend was predicted to be perfect bluebird weather with warm temperatures. The snow had not been the best during the season, so it was time to come up with an adventure. With some Skagwegians in tow, Sam Best, Nicole Kovacs, Jack Leonhard, John Henrichs and I decided to venture to Laughton cabin for the long weekend.

The evening before, the six members of our crew met to talk about our trip and route in Skagway. We would start from Outhouse Hill, near the White Pass summit, and got to the Laughton cabin for two or three nights, weather-dependent. We also had to prepare in the event the cabin was already occupied, as it is first-come, first-served. We would need back-up camping gear. We were ready for what was certain to be “type 2 fun,” or what REI. com defines as “miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect.”

hDay 1

The morning began with picking everybody up. Because the start and finish of the route were

The Laughton Cabin

PHOTOS: Kylie Campbell in different locations, we had to shuttle two vehicles. We got to the pipeline exit point and left Sam’s car there, then loaded all the gear into my car, “Li’l Bitch.”

Bill and I were in the front seats of my van, while Sam, Jack and Bella the dog curled up amongst the equipment like a disorganized game of tetris. We drove across the U.S. border into no-mansland, parking at Outhouse Hill.

We compiled our equipment and bags, putting gear in the yet-tobes-tested pulk. Normally, Easter weekends are busy in the mountain passes, but with the poor snow fall and bad avalanche conditions, it was not very busy.

The journey began as we went down to Summit Lake to get to the train tracks. From the summit lake, the trail narrowed into a very heavily-loaded snow area.

The pulk was not quite set up correctly, but somehow we managed to wiggle through one at a time.

It opened up into a wider and less loaded snow area and the views were incredible.

We came across a tunnel filled with sheet ice. We debated whether to go through the tunnel or around. Bill decided he wanted to go around, as he didn’t have crampons. We decided to transition to crampons and go through the tunnel.

Poor Bella yelped as we walked into the tunnel onto the ice. She

did not want to walk on it and I totally related to her fear of ice.

Sam picked her up and carried her through the tunnel. We made it through the eerie ice tunnel toward the bright light.

The journey continued and we came across a few bridges, often metres long. At some points, there was at least a 100-metre vertical drop. I managed to cross the first bridge, but the next bridge was even longer and higher. My fear of heights kicked in and I crossed the remaining bridges crying and shaking. That’s how my fear comes out. From my eyeballs.

Eventually, we crossed all the bridges, right up until the trailhead to the cabin from the tracks.

As we went lower and lower, the snow got wetter and heavier.

Bill and Sam were scooting along very fast, while Jack was stuck at the back with me.

The spring snow was piling on the bottom of my ski skins, at least 10 centimetres under each ski. Adding weight with every step, after eight hours of traumatic beauty down the tracks, we crossed the last bridge.

We got to the trailhead, where a sign said “1.5 miles to cabin.”

That sign also marked the “type 2 fun” stage of the trip.

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Spring snow ventures ... cont’d At first, the dense brush meant the trail had little snow. Bill and Jack headed off and poor Sam was stuck with me. As I eventually couldn’t even slide on my skis anymore, I took them off and threw them on the ground. Sam carried them on his backpack.

“It’s ok, we’re right there,” he said. This was a lie. We continued along the trail and I started to posthole into the snow, though even this meant I was actually making better pace than on the skis.

Eventually the snow was so deep though, that I post-holed to my waist several times and couldn’t pull myself out. That was it. I was irrationally and irrevocably done.

“Leave me here!” I wailed to Sam. “Just leave me a tent, that’s it, I’m sleeping here.”

Sam somehow convinced me to bail my pack there and hike to the cabin without it. As I hiked along the trail without the 80-pound pack, I was no longer post-holing.

We got to the cabin exhausted.

Blisters raged and bleeding. Body ached. I wasn’t the only one who had a meltdown getting to the cabin, but we made it.

Sam dropped his bag off and went to get mine and, if I’d had the energy, I would have felt bad.

Off he went and returned an hour later. Nicole and John had intended to follow us along the same route, but only a few hours later made the avalanche hazard poor, they had skinned to the cabin in the dark, but a full moon lit the way.

We ate dinner and had drinks, but we were all so ex-

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hausted from the day, we passed out hard in the warm cabin.

Jack’s silhouette inside the icy tunnel

hDay 2

It was time to ski tour up to the actual glacier. The weather was perfect, with blue skies and temperatures hovering above zero.

Sam was a newbie skier, so we decided to do bunny slopes nearby to the glacier, while the rest went further up the moraine.

We dug a snow pit, yard-saled some skiing down the hill and enjoyed a beautiful day and sunshine.

Less exhausted, but still sore, it was time for dinner. This meant using the rest of the day to go get firewood so we could enjoy a bonfire. There were also some drinks.

(Hey, we didn’t cart all that booze for nothing.)

Using the pulk, Sam and I explored across the river for deadfall trees to chop and saw. We dug out a firepit and were ready for some shenanigans when everyone else returned from the day.

hDay 3

When we woke up, the weather had shifted and a storm was rolling in. Somehow there was still alcohol left and lots of food, all of which had to be carted out with us.

The others wanted to ski more of the glacier and then head out.

Sam and I headed directly out.

We decided to follow the frozen river to avoid the up and down on skis. That proved fruitful until we got to a cliff waterfall, though we did make it down. We arrived to

the train tracks and started a long slow drag down, with clouds now covering the mountains. We continued, saw some grizzly tracks, and encountered less and less snow, which made it difficult to keep the skis on.

We arrived to the top of the pipeline and, with our bags still heavy, we had to figure out how to get skis, selves and pulk down the steep section, which was mostly ice.

We had our skis strapped on our backs, plus the packs, plus the pulk. The grade was so steep, the skis often dragged on the mountain. This was most certainly the least favourite part of the trip. At one point, when Sam finally decid-

ed to put on his crampons, the skis immediately slipped down the hill and over a cliffed section. Which required some maneuvering to find and save them. To put it politely, there was lots of ass-sliding and swearing as the temperatures were above zero and full of that springtime rainforest moisture.

Nicole had discovered straight skiing down the train tracks was the fastest method, taking an hour instead of several. We only found this out after we trudged each step.

Finally though, the pipeline was visible and, luckily, was still frozen enough to cross. We arrived at the vehicles, excited but realized we still had to drive to

the summit to get my vehicle. We arrived back to Skagway, where we showered, napped and then went to Skagway Brewing Company for a burger and a pint to catch up with the crew. Now that we were warm, bathed and fed, we could reminisce about the stupid and embarrassing things we survived.

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A successful comedic and character actor. He has made turns on SyFyʼs Wynonna Earp, and CWʼs The LA Complex, and starred in CTVʼs Satisfaction, Huluʼs Almost Heroes, as well as FOXʼs sitcom Life on a Stick. He has also had starring roles in the feature films National Lampoons Going the Distance, Disneyʼs Stuck in the Suburbs, Step Dogs and the award winning family film Finn on the Fly.

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hat to expect from an upcoming concert at Hamilton & Sons? “Well, quite frankly, stories and dynamics and comedy, but all sort of wrapped up in a pretty riveting musical delivery,” said Jaxon Haldane, one half of the musical duo—Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane—playing Jan. 7 at Hamilton & Sons Guitars Works.

Haldane, based in Winnipeg, has been a staple of the city’s vibrant music scene for decades.

Haldane’s musical partnership with Whitehorse-based musician Gordie Tentrees has been ongoing for the last five years, and has taken them to more than 11 countries around the world, performing together in over 800 concerts.

Their music has been described as a cross between “Canadiana,” contemporary folk and roots. The duo will spend six days in studio before performing at Hamilton &

Sons in the new year, so Tentrees said the audience can expect to hear a lot of new material.

“The songs and ideas [at the show] will be born in the week leading up to the event, where things that will have evolved in the studio will be presented for the first time onstage,” said Haldane. “It will be a cross between our conventional show that we have performed everywhere for five years, and these new songs and ideas.”

“The last time we played in the Yukon was about two years ago, at the Atlin Music Festival, so, for me, this is really exciting,” said Tentrees. “It is what we do outside of the Yukon a lot and all over the world, but we do not do it enough at home, so it is kind of special.”

Thought it’s also kind of special to see two guys playing 10 instruments, especially in a venue like Hamilton & Sons.

Tentrees called it the “quintessential listening room.” The music, he said, is right up in your face. When you walk in the venue you cannot get out until the concert is over.

“I love the intimacy of small shows for a particular magic that can’t be achieved with larger audiences,” said Haldane.

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n the spring of 1961, Mickey, co-worker (soon to be sister-inlaw) Hazel Cole, Hazel’s friend Mel Isbister, and Gerry Braden, planned a trip to Whitehorse in Hazel’s 1961 Volkswagen Beetle.

Gerry, an accountant who lived in Whitehorse, also owned Arctic Volkswagen, a dealership, and had sold the new car to Hazel several months previous. It was time for the required 1000-mile check-up, hence the trip to the “City.”

In the 60s, the Alaska Highway, though somewhat improved from its original construction in 1942, was still a winding, narrow, dusty, pot-holed, nasty road that claimed several lives each year. Whitehorse was a 300-mile trip and, in normal driving conditions, usually resulted in a seven or eight-hour journey. After four or five hours on the road, the foursome overtook a 1957 black Oldsmobile carrying three people.

Attempts were made to pass the much bigger car, but the driver kept swerving into Gerry’s portion

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of the road, thwarting his efforts to go by. Finally, on a relatively straight stretch of the road, Gerry achieved his objective and the Beetle sped by the Oldsmobile.

After we had passed, I heard a popping sound from the rear and looking back was astonished to see a rifle poking out the passenger window of the black car and something that looked like a pistol on the other side.

Hazel later said that my face went chalk white, so she knew we were in some kind of trouble.

Gerry also saw the activity from the rear view mirror and accelerated. The Volkswagen was certainly no match for the Oldsmobile and it soon pulled alongside and passed with a few more shots fired as it left us in the dust.

We were relieved to see the larger car speed away from us. Our relief was short-lived however. Cresting a hill we found the car stopped partially across the road and two men facing us, one with a rifle and the other with a revolver.

Loathe to stop in such a situation, Gerry pulled partway into the left-hand ditch and we went by. Just before passing, the older man of the two fired his pistol at us and the bullet entered our vehicle through the windshield, about six inches in front of my face.

I must have put my arms over my face prior to the firing of the bullet because suddenly there was a lot of blood running down my bare arms. Hazel and Mel were asking if I was injured, but I could not feel any severe pain, only a slight stinging from the glass fragments that had penetrated my arms. After we had carefully checked my upper body for a bullet wound and found none, Gerry said, “I think I’ve been hit!”

When we looked at him, we were astounded to see blood gushing from his throat. The front of Gerry’s jacket, shirt and pants was literally soaked with blood and it cont’d on page 23 ...

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Road tales ... cont’d was still streaming from his body.

I removed Gerry’s tie, opened his shirt collar, and could see the tip of a metal object embedded in his throat. I folded a tissue and held it against the wound for several minutes and soon the heavy bleeding stopped. Gerry opened the vent window and directed air towards the wound, which seemed to congeal the blood.

While all this was taking place, Gerry was still driving the car and the Oldsmobile was again in pursuit of us. Again, the big car passed and swerved in front of us.

Rather than collide with the passing vehicle we must stop or go into the ditch. Gerry said, “Perhaps we can save the girls.” Fully believing that we were all going to be killed. Any thought of heroism was short-lived however as the two men were at our car before we could even open our doors.

I had a rifle barrel stuck against my forehead and Gerry’s situation was similar.

“What do you want?” Gerry asked.

“I just want you, you son of a bitch!” The older man replied. You broke my windshield!”

He then saw all the blood and said, “My God, you’ve been hit!”

Gerry replied, “Of course I have, you shot me.”

“Well, go ahead, I’ll follow you,” said the older man, who we later learned was Mr. Hees.

“No, you go!” Gerry said.

The strangers ran back to the black car and sped away.

The inside of Hazel’s car looked like a slaughterhouse. The white headliner, instrument panel, floor,

A black Oldsmobile brought some unbelievable events to the Alaska Highway in ‘61 door panels, Gerry’s white shirt and my white t-shirt all had blood stains on them. The metallic smell of blood was nearly overpowering. Hazel, Mel and I offered to drive but Gerry insisted that he was okay and continued along the highway.

The experience began at about mile 845 on the Alaska Highway, north of Squanga Lake resort.

However, seemingly much longer, it lasted for about one-half of an hour, while we traveled a distance

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of 20 miles or less.

After the black car left us, we continued to the old Crystal Palace ledge and stopped there to ask if we could use the telephone.

Hazel telephoned that RCMP, explained the situation, declined an ambulance, arguing that we could drive to Whitehorse in the same length of time it would take an ambulance to reach us. The Mounties immediately dispatched a squad car driven by Constable Royce Bates. With Gerry still

at the wheel, we continued to Whitehorse.

We met Royce 30 or 40 miles further along and he reported that he had not met any vehicle answering the description given him by us.

We later speculated that the Hees’ had turned around and come back looking for us with the thought of finishing us off. We were lucky that a tree belt screens Crystal Palace from the highway, so our attackers were unable to

see us while we were making the telephone call. We quickly drove the remaining 60 or so miles to Whitehorse and the emergency room at the hospital. They immediately operated on Gerry, the staff having been alerted by the RCMP to expect us. The operating doctor advised us that Gerry was indeed a lucky man, the bullet missing his jugular vein by a very small fraction of an inch.

Weeks later, Mel and I were required to travel to Whitehorse to testify in court as witnesses to the shooting. We learned that the RCMP had caught the Hees near the Crystal Palace the same day as the incident and found several rifles, shotguns and pistols in the car. Occupants of the Oldsmobile included Mr. Hees, the father, his 18-year-old son, and 15-yearold daughter, with the son taking part in the altercation, but the girl staying out of it. (Sentencing of two years for Mr. Hees for “discharging a firearm with intent to wound” and the son was deported from Canada.)

Later that summer, the RCMP advised us that they had caught the son back in Canada with an “arsenal” of weapons, reportedly intent on breaking Dad out of prison. Hazel and I sometimes speculate that he may have been on his way north to finish the job his father started. The RCMP stopped him miles north of where his father was in prison.

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This is the second part of the story of Jessy the dog, who got lost in the wilderness around Skagway this past summer.

Part one was published in the Nov. 27 edition of WUY. he Skagway mayor, Andrew Cremata, who had seen Jessy from across the road, called out to several others on the dock to get a hold of her. Much to everyone’s relief, a security guard from one of the cruise ships actually caught her!

Police Chief Ray Leggett happily escorted Jessy to the Paws and Claws Animal Shelter shortly thereafter.

Jessy was now under the care of Katherine Selmer Moseley, who had been a key resource person to the Reekies, coordinating efforts and offering advice from the very beginning. Paws and Claws board members rotated shifts taking tender care of a delicate and thin Jessy.

A writer from The Skagway News (Lilly Milman), who knew the story well, was also at the docks that lucky morning. She was the first to contact Grant by phone, followed immediately by the Skagway police.

The Reekies were shocked and, like all of Skagway, jubilant.

Grant and Cindy once again made an about turn, this time heading North by air. Sporting matching t-shirts that read “Jessy thanks Skagway,” they were finally reunited with their girl on Sept. 4.

“We were overwhelmed and relieved” responded Cindy, when asked to summarize their feelings at that climactic moment.

Grant recalled a particularly memorable Skagway experience the next day.

“I got up early the next morning, maybe 6:30 or 7 a.m. No one was around, but a tour bus. The driver stops in the middle of the road and hung out the door and yelled out ‘hey Jessy!’ He wanted to have a selfie with her! And that’s happened ALL DAY! We walked Jessy all over town and I bet you she had 50 selfies with people.

She was invited in to all the stores.

They were giving her treats! It was over the top. We took a few people out for meals to thank them, but we just couldn’t thank them enough.”

When I spoke to Grant and Cindy recently, they didn’t dwell on the stress of searching for their dog for weeks,

or cancelling their carefully planned holiday itinerary.

They spoke of the unbelievable support they received from the community of Skagway. They spoke of lifetime friendships being born. Of Whitehorse and Skagway being sister cities where they received exceptional care from everyone they came in contact with.

And, of course, they spoke of a now happy and safe Jessy.

Losing their dog in this little town turned into the most heartwarming and wonderful experience the Reekies could have had. It was also one heck of a retirement trip!

Jessy is doing wonderfully recuperating at her home base. She was around 65 to 67 pounds prior to her ‘sojourn’ into the wilderness, where she likely survived on grass and berries. She weighed in at only 42 pounds at Paws and Claws, but was up to 57 pounds at the time of writing, in mid-November.

Jessy, noticeably underweight, on the day she was rescued in Skagway.

“All she wants to do is eat. She’s just obsessed with eating. She never used to be like that, but we now feed her quite a lot more than we used to,” Grant said.

“Her personality is a bit needy now. We can’t go anywhere in the house without her following us around. You can tell she’s still a little nervous.”

I have no doubt that, with the Reekies incredibly patient and loving nature, Jessy will make a full recovery.

It was this patience that originally brought her out of her shell when they adopted her as a timid and shy adult dog.

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Jessy has been rescued twice! Once from being lost in the wilderness and once from abandonment by her previous owner.

At the time of adoption, Grant and Cindy had just lost their aging lapdog-sized K9. They hesitated to take on a 65-pound, mixed breed older dog! Their adult daughter egged them on, stressing “You guys! It’s an old dog, you can afford this dog. You have time on your hands, you can give her a wonderful home!”

“We were just patient” said Cindy.

Eventually Jessy came around and became totally bonded to the Reekies and likewise they grew to adore her.

“We discovered she loved hiking and the mountains. We took her everywhere. She became like our child.”

Having never known her true birthday, they will now celebrate it on Aug. 29, honoring the day she was found and rescued by the Skagway community.

The Reekies often wake up to Jessy staring at them, inches away, her chin resting on their bed - safely at home and ready for the next hike... on leash this time.

“Now I keep her on a lead all the time. I can NOT go through that again!” said Grant.

The Reekies have many future hiking trips planned and will for sure travel back North at some point to visit all their newfound Skagway friends, not to mention Jessy’s many fans and Facebook followers!

To see a heartwarming video of Grant and Cindy’s reunion with Jessy, as well as more pictures and updates from the couple, check out the Paws and Claws Animal Shelter Facebook page.

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s a wounded veteran of a long-ago squirrel campaign in Atlin (1980-ish) to rid my newly-constructed log cabin of tree rodents that were trying to devalue my investment by moving into the rafters even before we had moved into the ground floor, I know well the dangers associated with declaring war against squirrels on their home ground. I lost the war, even though I had all the firepower on my side in the form of a trusty old .22 caliber short barrel carbine which was designed for the very job at hand.

In my youthful exuberance and ignorance, I turned my building lot into a combat zone and watched the invading squirrels gradually overwhelm me with large numbers.

This time, in the current decade, a little way north of Whitehorse, I opted for a more humane, thoughtful and mature way to tackle a similar squirrel problem

utilizing a little common sense including live trapping and free transportation across a flowing river, which guaranteed they would never return.

Alas, in a rare moment of ubiquitous serendipity, after giving unwanted taxi rides to about 70 pissed-off red squirrels, I found an even better solution inside the squirrel cage one fine day. A mature female pine marten, which barely fit into the cage, was staring sheepishly through the wire mesh with a resigned look on her cute little face as if she was thinking, “I can’t believe I just got myself trapped inside a damn squirrel cage.”

I couldn’t believe it either and mistook her for a large weasel until I went hunting online, looking at pictures trying to figure out what I had inadvertently caught. The long, pointy ears gave her away unmistakably as a “North American Pine Marten” which has 14 sub species: M. a. americana M. a. abieticola M. a. abietinoides M. a. actuosa M. a. atrata M. a. brumalis M. a. caurina M. a. humboldtensis M. a. kenaiensis M. a. nesophila M. a. origensis M. a. sierrae M. a. vancouverensis M. a. vulpina

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Others say they are omnivores who will eat anything, including fruit. After reading that, I put some apples, oranges and grapes

Doug Sack, a decorated exmarine, is a Vietnam veteran from 1966-67 who also survived The Great Atlin Squirrel War of 1980. He is now a peaceful and relaxed grandfather who owns no firearms and is protected by a grateful pine marten. The squirrels declined to comment.

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It’s better this way, to end a war with a nice bowl of fresh fruit instead of a deadly firefight.

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Although I gave some thought to domesticating her for a pet, I decided she was just too beautiful to be caged up and constrained. She wasn’t in the cage much more than an hour that first day when I lifted the trapdoor and turned her loose. She didn’t freak out and run away like you might expect. She walked out slowly, climbed up on the woodpile, then turned to look at me with no fear in her eyes. I told her she was welcome to stay and solve my squirrel problem if she wanted, then she disappeared for a while to think about it, or so it seemed.

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NAKAI THEATRE PRESENTS

STORIES IN INTIMATE AND UNLIKELY SPACES TALES OF AN URBAN INDIAN

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1979

JAN. 16-18, 7 PM, Pickup at the White Pass Building

Nakai’s 40th season celebration JAN. 18, 8 PM, Whitehorse Legion

BECKY AND TAZ INCREDIBLE IMPROV COMEDY

STORY CRAWL

(with local guests)

A wordy pub crawl in the snow

JAN. 18, 8 PM, KIAC, Dawson City

JAN. 14, 7 PM, Woodcutter’s Blanket

JAN. 20, 7 PM, Elias Convention Centre, Haines Junction JAN. 23-25, 8 PM, Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse

PIVOTAL WORDS New year, new works to showcase

STORIES FROM THE MANGO STUMP A DINNER WITH ANTOINETTE JAN. 15, 7 PM, Antoinette’s Restaurant

JAN. 21, 7:30 PM, North of Ordinary Experience Centre

PIVOTAL CONVERSATIONS A dialogue on arts and media space JAN. 26, 12 PM, Old Fire Hall

BUY TICKETS AT NAKAITHEATRE.COM

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Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

Mondays & Wednesdays 7-9pm

305 Main Street, Street, Whitehorse 305 305 Main Main Street, Whitehorse Whitehorse

January 7 NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 5 - 6pm ………………………..

BEGINNER SEWING: TOTES! 6 - 9pm ………………………..

WOODSHOP ORIENTATION 7 - 9pm ………………………..

January 13 DIW: MAKE YOUR HOME ENERGY EFFICIENT 6 - 9pm ………………………..

January 14 INTERMEDIATE SEWING: ZIPPERS! 6 - 9pm ………………………..

METAL SHOP SAFETY ORIENTATION 7 - 9pm ………………………..

January 15 ALL-AND-ONE MENTOR NIGHT 6 - 9pm ………………………..

Weekly PUBLIC TOUR EVERY TUESDAY AT 12 NOON ………………………..

FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIALS IN THE MAKESPACE (MEMBERS EVENT) 4:30 - 6pm ………………………..

Open Hours: Wed-Sun 1pm-9pm

EXHIBITS To register for any of the EXHIBITS following workshops, visit Underground TheArts Focus and Edge Edgeor The Focus and callGalleries 867-667-4080.

Galleries

PUBLIC TOUR EVERY TUESDAY AT 12 NOON ………………………..

Open Hours Mon- Fri 9am-5pm

NorthLight Innovation Building 2180 2nd Ave

The Best Things in Life are… Rescued!

Tuesdays, 6 - 9 PM

Pottery Drop-In

Bi-Weekly on Sundays, 5 - 8 PM

Screenprint Club

Members receive a 10% discount Secret Kingdom Secret Kingdom Virginie Hamel Virginie Hamel

Northern Heart Heart Northern WORKSHOPS Erin Oliver-Beebe Erin Oliver-Beebe On View View Until Until On Business of Art 26 Saturday October 26 Saturday October

Emma Barr Jan. 5 - Feb. 23 Every Sunday WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Clay ForEarrings Kids Brick Stitch Brick Stitch Earrings Patrick Royle Sheelah Tolton Sheelah Tolton Jan.Nov. 9 - Feb. Nov. 16 20 16 Every Thursday 1:00 4:00 pm 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Bi-Weekly on Sundays, 7 - 9 PM

Lots of cuties waiting to go for a walk with you!

Life Drawing Drop-In

Tuesday, December 31st

The ODD Ball

Tuesdays - Fridays 12pm-6pm Saturdays - 10am-6pm 126 Tlingit St, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6J2 | Tel: 867 633 6019

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

3:45 pm - 5:45 pm

Pysanky Ornaments Ornaments Pysanky Sheelah Tolton Encaustics for Kids Sheelah Tolton Dec. 14 Dec. Collins 14 Marlene 9:00Jan. am --25 12:00 pm 9:00 am 12:00 + 26pm 1:00 -- 4:00 4:00 pm pm 1:00

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Critworkshops Club Winter Winter workshops Rebekah Senko will be announced will be announced Tues.

Jan. 28 November 1st November 1st January 9 ENTREPRENEUR SPEAKER SERIES: WAYFARER OYSTER HOUSE 5:30 - 7pm ………………………..

Weekly WELCOME WEDNESDAY NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 10:30am ………………………..

Dawson City International Short Film Festival Selections

Boys and Girls Club of Yukon

What:

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

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

Come Drop In Second Monday of the Month

Wednesdays to Saturdays Where: 3 PM to 9 PM 306A Alexander Street

6:30-9 pm at The Royal Canadian Legion

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Art of Managing Your Career Heather Steinhagen Feb. 29 + Mar. 1 9:00am - 5:00pm

ATTENTION BOARD GAMERS

Tuesdays to Saturdays 3When: PM to 9 PM

Look for the big green door!

Where: 306A Registration: Alexander Street Contact KhoiLook Truong,for ad@bgcyukon.com the orbig 867-393-2824 ext. 202 green door!

For aa complete complete list list of of our our For winter workshops workshops visit, visit, winter artsunderground.ca artsunderground.ca For a complete list of

our workshops visit, artsunderground.ca

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

Ph. (867) 393-2824

Do you have a FUN, HEROIC, or TOUCHING story about your pet?

the CENTRE The FAMILYVisit LITERACY FAMILYwill LITERACY CENTRE return to the Upstairs in the CANADA GAMES GAMES CENTRE CANADA CENTRE September 4, OPEN WEEKDAYS 10am-3pm CLOSED for lunch10am-3pm, 12-12:30pm OPEN WEEKDAYS OPEN SATURDAYS 10am-2pm for CLOSED for lunch 12-12:30pm Family Drop-In OPEN SATURDAY’s 10am-2pm Programs are are FREE FREE Programs

503 Steele Street, Whitehorse $2 Drop-In Fee

g with youn Reading n e ft o is children ositive ilding a p o ab ut bu ooks, b h ce wit experien book ing every not finish tart. you s

Meet people who love to play as much as you do! www.yukomicon.com

Available Light Cinema friday, jan 3 at yukon Arts centre 3pm – The Secret World of Arrietty

A heartwarming animated tale from Studio Ghibli about friendship and courage in a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards. Though when tenacious and tiny Arrietty is discovered by a human boy, their secret and forbidden friendship blossoms into an extraordinary adventure. Ages 7+. Dir. H. Yonebayashi, 2010, Japan, 94 min

5:45pm – Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

WHAT’S UP YUKON wants to hear your ‘PAWSITIVE TAIL’!

Please send your story, or story idea, and a photo of you and your pet, to monica@whatsupyukon.com PHONE 667-2910 EXT.2 FOR MORE INFO.

A musical biography of one of the most successful and versatile singers of the 20th century. At the height her fame, Ronstadt, turned away from pop music to explore an astonishing variety of musical styles, from standards to country to classical operetta before circling back to her family roots with traditional Mexican canciones. Dir. R. Epstein, J. Friedman, 2019, USA, 93 min

8pm – Marriage Story

Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.

Six Golden Globe nominations. Dir. N. Baumbach, 2019, USA, 136 min.

Tix: YAC Box Office + yukontickets.com YukonFilmSociety.com

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Fridays and Saturdays Atlin Community Library 2:00 PM Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Service 11:00 AM St. Martin’s Anglican Church Sundays Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Fridays Thrift Shop 2:00 PM St. Martin’s Anglican Church Wed Jan 8 Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

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

CARCROSS

Sun Jan 5 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Tue Jan 7 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 8214251

DAWSON CITY

Until Jan 4 Ear Worms by Patrick Lundeen KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Improvisationbased, sound-making sculptures are simultaneously humorous and abrasive. The works will create feelings that transcends the cheap materials that are used in their construction.

Fridays/Saturdays/Mondays Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fridays/Mondays Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fridays/Saturdays Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sundays St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-9935381 Tuesdays Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit@me.com 867-993-2520 Fri Dec 27 Sam Connolly in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel

Fri Dec 27 Film Screening: The Grizzlies 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Based on a true story, The Grizzlies is about the determination and resilience of a group of Inuit youth in a small Arctic community. 104 mins Admission by donation.

Sat Dec 28 & Sat Jan 4, 11 Open Studio/Saturday Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture A communal afternoon time to work on personal projects.

Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

All ages welcome, Sun Dec 29 Beginner - Mixed Yoga 10:00 AM Soulstice Yoga Studio Learn about what yoga is, how to determine whether yoga is for you.

Call 993-3518 for more info.

Tue Dec 31 ODD BALL: NYE and KIAC’s 20th Anniversary Party 12:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Champagne, appetizers at midnight, a cash bar, a roaring 20’s cocktail lounge, art installations, balloon drop, prizes, live music, DJs, and more. Tickets at the door or Maximillians & KIAC Thu Jan 2 Karaoke in the Lounge 10:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fri Jan 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) Monthly Meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Fri Jan 3 Film Screening: Red Snow 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture A dramatic feature that begins when Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan. 100 mins Admission by donation.

Sat Jan 4 Coffee House & Open Mic Night 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture An evening of local performances. Bring your own stories, poems, songs, etc or simply hang out and enjoy. Admission by donation.

Mon Jan 6 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Wed Jan 8 Yukon Permanent Art Collection: Free Info Session for

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

Artists 5:30 PM SOVA School of Visual Arts Held in the lecture room, learn all about the Friends of Yukon Permanent Art Collection, followed by a Q&A. Tue Jan 14 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall, meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12.

Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. 867-993-7400

FARO

Tuesdays & Thursdays Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed Jan 8 Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Fridays Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sundays Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sundays Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 9942442

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 Mondays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Mondays Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@ gmail.com Mondays Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesdays Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Wednesdays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool

GREETINGS, GOODWILL & GRATITUDE

To our neighbours, customers, friends and associates throughout the North

Thank you for making our year memorable and bright.

Your kindness and friendship warms us with cheer.

We’re proud of our last 31 years building better solutions, and we’re not stopping to serve you better year after year.

We send you best wishes for a happy, healthy and wonderful holiday!

May your New Year bring peace, joy and well-being all year through.

Closed December 23 to January 1, 2020, re-opening to serve you Thursday, January 2 1-17 Burns Road • 867-668-5088 • northerm.yk.ca

Wednesday Podcast Club 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wednesday Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wednesday Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Thursdays Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thursdays Starvin’ Marvin Gardenin’ 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fridays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Fridays Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fridays Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@ gmail.com Fridays Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fridays American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Saturdays Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sundays Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Sundays Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church Tue Jan 7 Legion Monthly Membership Meeting at Legion Hall 6:00 PM American Legion Sat Jan 11 Dän kʼe Intensive Workshops 10:00 AM Takhini Hall Create preserves, build on language, and special guests. Call 335-1320 for more information.

HAINES JUNCTION

Thursdays Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

Mondays and Thursdays Drop In Hockey 7:30 PM Bill Brewster Arena Saturdays Beginner Public Skate 10:00 AM Bill Brewster Arena No sticks, no pucks, bring your little ones or just come practice your skills.

Fridays Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Saturdays Public Skate 12:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Mon 3-4:30 pm, Wed/Thurs 3:15-4:30 pm, Fri 3-6 pm, Sundays Public Skate 5:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Mon 3-4:30 pm, Wed/Thurs 3:15-4:30 pm, Fri 3-6 pm, Wednesdays Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts,

craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games.

Refreshments.

Thu Jan 2, 9 Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@ gmail.com for more information.

Thu Jan 2, 9 Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu Jan 2, 9 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun Jan 5 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church Service - Info: Mark Ritchie 634-2943 Tue Jan 7, 14 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue Jan 7,14 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed Jan 8,15 Adult Volleyball 6:30 PM St. Elias Community School Wed Jan 8 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

LORNE MOUNTAIN

Ongoing LMCC Ice Rink - Night Skating Lorne Mountain Community Centre Flood lights are available between 4 pm and 11: 30 daily.

Shared community rink.

Mondays Yoga with Jess Sellers 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For more info call 667-7083 or Email lmca@northwestel.net Fridays Lorne Mountain Ski Club 4:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Each session will include group activities, games and trail skiing, Call 667-7083 for more information.

Sat Jan 4 Flatwater North Fundraiser Youth Hockey Tournament 10:00 AM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Come out for a fun, action packed day of outdoor pond hockey. Registration online, call 334-8121 or email at info@flatwaternorth.ca for more info. .

MARSH LAKE

Tuesdays North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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Community EVENTS continued...

Tuesdays Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wednesdays Pump Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thursdays Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 6604999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Tue Jan 14 Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre followed by hot apple cider and refreshments. 660-4999

MAYO

Mondays Video Yoga Classes 5:15 PM Mayo Curling Arena Yoga Videos are used for leading each class.

Bring your own Yoga mat or borrow ours. Drop-ins are welcome. For more info call 996-2043 8979962043 Mondays Adult and Teen Weekly Singing Group 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School Join us in the room with the piano in the secondary end. For more info contact Barb at 996-2508 or by email bbarchen@gmail.com Mondays Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sundays Parent & Toddler Playgroup 10:00 AM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Run, skip, jump, play and socialize with other children and parents.

Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Sun Dec 29 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts - Mayo Mayo Yukon All are welcome, beginners, feederwatchers, and seasoned field birders.

Email mark.odonoghue@gov.yk.ca or text 334-5602 for more information.

Tue Jan 7 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus Tue Jan 14 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

OLD CROW

Tuesdays Gym Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Thursdays Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sundays St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867993-5381

SKAGWAY

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

Mondays SpinFlex 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance trainingmust be able to lunge & squat

Mondays Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mondays Group Cycling w/ Therese 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A fun low impact cardiovascular workout with great music that uses endurance, intervals, hills, drills and rythym to burn fat.

Mondays Group Cycling w/Cindy & Emily 4:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mondays Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Tuesdays Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tuesdays Hatha Flow w. Foam Roller & Pinky Balls 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Mat Pilates 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Senior Chair Based Weight Training 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors.

Wednesdays SpinFlex 6:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre 30 min. cycling- 25 min. resistance trainingmust be able to lunge & squat Wednesdays Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wednesdays Group Cycling w/ Therese 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A fun low impact cardiovascular workout with great music that uses endurance, intervals, hills, drills and rhythm to burn fat.

Wednesdays Group Cycling w/ Cindy & Emily 4:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wednesdays Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thursdays Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Saturdays Group Cycling w/Emily 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Saturdays Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Sundays Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue Dec 24 Christmas Eve Shop and Snack 10:00 AM Duff’s Backcountry Outfitters Snack, sip, and shop around all the Skagway businesses.

TAGISH

Saturdays/Wednesdays Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418

Thursdays Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre A lunch program which will include such things as soup/stew/chili and homemade rolls/bread plus some tasty treats! every Wednesday.

Sun Jan 5 Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 4:00 PM Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 tagishcc@ gmail.com Wed Jan 15 Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed Jan 15 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca

TESLIN

Tuesdays Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin. ca Tuesdays Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina. sheldon@ttc-teslin.com TuesdaysVolleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone welcome!

Wednesdays Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink coffee, chat, and have a good time.

Call Kelsey at 335-4250 or email teslinrec@teslin.ca Wednesdays Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring yourself for some swift fun! 3354250 teslinrec@teslin.ca

Fridays Girls Club 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsy 335-4250 for more information.

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

Saturdays Volleyball 7:00 PM Teslin School Everyone welcome!

WATSON LAKE

Daily, Mondays to Fridays Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call the Rec Centre 5368023 for more information.

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

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n axe. A wig. A bone.

These are the three things people searched for most frequently on the City of Whitehorse’s What Goes Where waste app. We’ve likely all held these items in our hand, jaws agape for not knowing whether they go in the green cart, the garbage, the recycling or with your stash of household hazardous waste— which may be the case for your tattered, old wig, depending on how many times you’ve worn it to Rendezvous.

The national administrators at the What Goes Where app have never seen anything like this.

Other cities search for things like “dust” or “ash.” But oh no, not Whitehorse. We’ve got too many axes and bones and wigs to sort

out before the dust even has a chance to settle.

The good people of this city are in the throes of a mass wastetherapy program. Gone are the days when all unwanted things –stale bread, paint can, broken radio—got thrown together in the trash can or dumpster. Around the globe, people in cities are waking up to a new definition of the term “garbage” and it’s anything that can’t be sorted for compost, recycle or reuse.

Of the three, compost has to be the single most, straightforward, feel-good solution to our municipal waste woes. It really is a dream. A green dream. A huge, hot, brown pile of decomposing, nutrient-rich, steamy compost type of dream.

You see, when you put something compostable in the general landfill—be it your banana peel, pizza box, snotty tissue, or leaf litter—it becomes starved of oxygen and doesn’t break down properly. It contributes to the production of a nasty sludge called leachate which inevitably poisons watersheds. It releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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... continued from pg 30 getting green carts every day.

Everyone’s learning the sorting game. So many things simply don’t go in the general waste stream anymore: organics, cardboard, clean wood, recyclables, metals, electronics, appliances and so on.

More people are using the What Goes Where waste app to answer questions about materials or look up their schedule (whitehorse.ca/ compost).

In 2019, the City introduced mandatory commercial organics collection to the food-service industry. Restaurants digested the news and the system now runs pretty smoothly. French fries of this town are no longer banished to an afterlife in the landfillleachate underworld. They now enjoy reincarnation as a gardenboosting compost, used to help feed the potatoes of next year’s French fry crop.

In 2020, organics collection is coming to every Whitehorse condo, apartment building and townhouse. Each unit is being supplied with a handy kitchen catcher, and residents will now empty their

Finished compost is gathered in the hopper compostable materials, sans plastic, into the general green bin or green carts on the property.

It won’t be long before this entire town, at home and at work, is scraping and sorting every last bit of once-living fibre into the right

bin. A brown-green dream come true!

And in the end, that bone goes in the green cart along with the axe handle, to be carefully transformed into top-quality garden compost. The axe head goes into

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scrap metal to be melted down and reused (steel is the most recycled material on the planet), and then there’s that wig. If it’s made of human hair, snip it off into the green cart. Otherwise, freshen it up and bring it to the

next Halloween costume exchange (see Zero Waste Yukon for details).

Although next Halloween, I know exactly what I’m dressing up as: The Whitehorse Waste App troll. Axe, bone, wig. Good to go.

Katharine Sandiford is an Environmental Coordinator at the City of Whitehorse and a freelance writer and editor.

She likes to use city compost to grow cabbages larger than her head.

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Robert (“Robbie”) Burns, the renowned poet known also as Scotland’s national bard, wrote this poem, in 1788, which then adopted its tune from a traditional Scottish folk song. And although we often sing “syne” as if it were “zyne,” the original and proper pronunciation is with the “s.”

If you were to ask the older generation (Boomers and beyond) what the song means and why it is sung, they might respond by telling you that it is sung, of course, on New Year’s Eve, as a fond farewell to the year gone by and a warm embrace of the new one to come.

You may have heard it sung after the traditional ball drop on New Year’s Eve in New York City’s Times Square. (The ball drop, itself, has a fascinating history that you can read about on Wikipedia.)

Or perhaps you’ve sung “Auld Lang Syne” in memory of an old

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friend, whether distant or passed.

And did you know that it is sung at the conclusion of Scouting jamborees in many countries?

The meaning of “auld lang syne” is “old long since,” “a very long time ago,” or similarly expressed as days long past but not forgotten.

The song lyrics are really a call to remember—to recall, with fondness, days and dear ones who have passed, but still live on, in some way, in our lives.

Although the song has four verses, it is the first and last that are most often sung, lustily, at gatherings or memorials.

The song, though wistful, is sung with a lilt. It is contemplative, but celebratory—contemplating days and friends and celebrating our memory of them.

And, of course, the song is sung in celebration of the poet himself, of Robert (Robbie) Burns, on Robbie Burns Day (Jan. 25), or whenever and wherever he is celebrated.

In Scottish gatherings, “Auld Lang Syne” is sung in a circle, as each person crosses their arms across their breast and joins hands with the person on either side. At the end of the last stanza, they pull towards the center, still holding hands, then outward again before ducking under arms and facing outward with hands still joined.

Quite a feat, but one I would like to try this New Year’s Eve, for auld lang syne.

I fairly fell in love with the Youtube version posted by user NoPrivacy in 2008 (have a search), so am sharing it with you here and also extending heartfelt wishes to you and yours as you bid farewell to this old year and greet the new one with a warm embrace.

Blessings to you and yours, now and in the year to come.

Josephine is a freelance copy editor who enjoys writing prose and encouraging writers.

You can contact her at YukonCopyEditor@gmail.com.

Singing Auld Lang Syne has become a tradition on New Year’s Eve, but why?

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Auld Lang Syne (Robert Burns)

For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! and surely I’ll buy mine!

And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

We two have run about the slopes, and picked the daisies fine; But we’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne.

We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne.

And there’s a hand my trusty friend!

And give me a hand o’ thine!

And we’ll take a right good-will draught, for auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

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