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Quilters Without Borders

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uilters Without Borders has been going strong for 14 years, based in Bear’s Paw Quilts on Second Avenue.

I had the pleasure of chatting with four members of Quilters Without Borders one Thursday afternoon to get some insight into the organization and the women who make it happen. Joining me were May Gudmundson, Lee Pugh, Sharon Westberg and Edith Healy.

“It came about from a flood at the shop,” said Gudmundson.

“Ruth Headley, the shop owner, found herself with a lot of flooddamaged fabric, unfit to sell, but still useful. Judy Gibbons and Headley decided it should go to charity and they came up with the idea of Quilters Without Borders.

The name is inspired by Doctors Without Borders and Engineers Without Borders. They gathered a group of women together to turn the fabric into quilts to give to people in need.”

Fourteen years later the group is still at it, and with some of the same members.

It was clear from talking to the ladies and how they showed me their work that they love quilting.

When I asked if they had a sewing machine at home, as well as at Bear’s Paw, they all laughed and corrected me: Did you say how many?

The manner in which it is determined who gets the quilts varies depending upon the circumstances. In some cases, the group contacts someone directly, such as when there has been a house fire or other disaster, or through someone who knows someone, and in other cases, organizations have contacted the ‘Quilters’.

“Many of the quilts go to patients in the chemotherapy room – up to forty quilts in a year - or to people in extended care.” Pugh said.

“The way it works in the chemo room is patients get a quilt for themselves when they first come in for treatment and then they get to take it home with them when they are finished with treatment. We also send quilts to the

Teen Parent Centre every year for the graduating class,” Westberg added, “and we also sent twelve down to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice in Vancouver for children and young adults.”

“One of the wings of that facility is named for Bryce Davidson, who was a local boy who passed away from cancer. So, it was really appropriate that the quilts went there. In accordance with the wishes of another young man who had received a quilt from Quilters Without Borders, we donated the Canuck Place quilts in his memory.” Gudmundson said.

“All organizations are quilt worthy,” Pugh explained. “But if Joe Blow off the street just came in and said my granny needs a quilt, we would say, no, you can buy one for your granny, unless there is a special circumstance.”

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On the Cover Quilters Without Borders gives the opportunity for the quilters to enjoy the camaraderie of working on the quilts together, regular social connections and knowing that they are helping people.

As Gudmundson said: “It makes me feel good that I have a purpose and the skills to create something beautiful. It’s like giving a hug to somebody” Quilters Without Borders appreciates donations, either in the form of quality cotton fabrics or cash to be used to purchase material for the quilts which are

given away. Also, Quilters Without Borders occasionally sells quilts to be able to pay for the materials for the quilts which they give away. Quilters Without Borders also appreciates Headley making the space available at Bear’s Paw Quilts for them to meet, store their materials and create.

Graeme Peters of Speed Control at the Yukon Arts Centre on Aug. 20.

PHOTO: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre Clarification: A teaser photo on the cover of our Aug. 26 issue implied the fish in the photo might be a Kokanee salmon, when it is, in fact, a rainbow trout. What’s Up Yukon regrets the need for clarification.

What’s Inside Barry Waitt is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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In addition to the warm feeling of giving to those in need, there are other benefits to the members.

“We look forward to Thursdays because we do a lot of chatting in addition to the quilting. We have the advantage of seeing and trying new patterns. One of the other things I like about this group is we are not perfectionists. We do our best work, but we don’t try to be fancy” Westberg said.

“We don’t do competitiongrade. We try to use fairly simple patterns, which are quick to put

together, especially if there is a sudden demand for them.” Pugh offered and Gudmundson added, “We are all very supportive of each other.”

“And we always stop for lunch.

We never forget lunch!” Healey laughed.

“We usually use larger blocks because we don’t know where the quilts are going and assuming some of them will be in the laundry quite often, we want them to be durable. We use 100% cotton, quilt quality with simple patterns.” Pugh noted.

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Community CONNECTION

Whitehorse Community Choir Goes Virtual

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n these uncertain and unusual times, the “new normal” doesn’t always look like the old one! The Whitehorse Community Choir has come up with a way to permit members to sing while still respecting their health and safety – a virtual choir.

The choir will be holding virtual practices on Zoom starting on Monday, September 14th.

On Monday nights, altos and tenors will rehearse together from their own homes from 7 to 8 pm, while sopranos and basses will rehearse from 8:15 to 9:15 pm. The choir term will run until December 5th.

Between rehearsals, members will be expected to learn their parts. YouTube links for the pieces, sheet music, and recordings of song parts will be provided to assist choristers to learn the pieces.

The plan is to learn a minimum of

three Christmas songs.

Each singer will need a computer/laptop/tablet/cell phone and will need to download the free Zoom app. They will also need to be able to record themselves singing using a cell phone or other device. The choir will send out clear instructions on how to do this. It doesn’t require any fancy equipment – some members have already had experience recording their voices and will be able to help out others.

Singers will start to record their first song by mid-October, with each member recording on their own computer/laptop/tablet/cell phone and submitting their sound and video recordings to the artistic director, Barbara Chamberlin.

Only she will be able to hear each individual singer; the final result will be a blend of all the participants’ voices. There may be a pos-

sibility of sections recording at the Yukon Arts Centre if the Yukon plan for lifting COVID restrictions permits.

“Hearing your own voice singing without others or any accompaniment can be intimidating at first, but we expect that the magic of sound editing will make you sound like the very best version of yourself,” she commented.

Rehearsals will continue throughout October and November as needed, or smaller group coaching sessions will be scheduled to work on areas for improvement.

Registration will be online only; registration forms with further details can be found on the choir’s website at www.whitehorsechoir. org.

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here are all sorts of ABC books out there, but they are seldom as focussed on a particular subject as this one, which manages to do the job of introducing all the letters while remaining firmly in the air.

The Alis of the title is named for Dr. Alis Kennedy, who was one of the first indigenous women to get her commercial pilot’s licence in Canada. There’s a full page biography and a second page of photographs about Kennedy following the last alphabet page. Now retired from flying and the military, she does a lot of community volunteer work (11 different groups) and most recently, in 2017, was the flagbearer for that year’s Invictus Games.

It’s quite neat to be reviewing this book the same week that the media has reported that Champagne and Aishihik citizen Shadunjen van Kampen has obtained her pilot’s licence, and is now believed

to be the first Yukon First Nations woman to be commercially licensed.

Metcalfe-Chanail has taken the route of naming 26 different types of flying machines - mostly aircraft, but one hot air balloon and a zeppelin. The text is in simple rhymed couplets, and begins this way.

“A is for Arrow, the one that got away.

“B is for Beaver, great for work and play.”

Of particular interest to us is the page for the Canadian Pacific Dakota aircraft, which is shown as a weather vane outside the Yukon Transportation Museum. There is also a spread on the Queen of the Yukon, sister ship to Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, a page illustrated with a facsimile of the front page of the Whitehorse Star from May 11, 1928.

The individual pages don’t give a lot of information about the aircraft, but the author and artist have taken care of that with an illustrated glossary in which each aircraft gets a full paragraph of explanation.

The artwork in this book is bright and cheerful and surprisingly three dimensional, with each page rendered in cut paper by Patel, who is based in Toronto. Alis is the continuing figure on each page, and is somehow drawing attention to the aircraft that is the main feature.

It’s been 10 years since Danielle Metcalfe-Chanail spent three months living and working at the Berton House Writers Residency in Dawson. If you Google her name and the program you can see a

But YES we know your computer number of blog posts that she made at the time. While she now lives in Houston, Texas, she was based at that time in Calgary and working on a book about aviation in the north. She researched A Century of Flying in the North while she was here, using Berton House as her base camp from which to travel all over the Yukon. She is a former president of the Canadian Aviation History Society and also edited an anthology called In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation.

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A Look Back at Arts in the Park 2020 Because of gathering restrictions and other factors, this year’s edition of Arts in the Park was adapted into a live radio show.

Here’s how it went.

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The Cryptozoologists

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didn’t expect Arts in the Park to happen at all this year. Everything was getting cancelled, from big festivals like Atlin Arts and Music Festival and Dawson City Music Festival, to smaller bar shows with local acts. It just seemed like live music wasn’t going to be something that was happening at all, and events being postponed was more common than them being adapted to somehow fit within COVID-related guidelines.

Eventually, there was a social media announcement about Arts in the Park taking place as a live radio broadcast show on CJUC 92.5 FM and a few job listings along with it. I sent in an application that day and within a few weeks I had hit the ground running

as the show’s associate producer. Things went generally pretty smoothly over our four-week run.

Of course, live music is the preferred way to present a series like Arts in the Park, but working a radio show wasn’t so bad.

 Week One

Drea Naysayer kicked off our series as a solo act on July 6. We’d spent a long time getting everything ready, but when the first day came, stress levels were high and there were a lot of nerves. After all, this was live radio. There would be no fixing disasters after the fact, so we had to just do our best to avoid them altogether.

Drea’s show came and went and the only thing that went wrong was a ticking clock that one of

our microphones picked up. We removed the clock and decided if that was the worst thing to happen, that meant things were off to a good start. Our sound technician, Etienne Girard had a constantly full plate, with almost every act requiring a different setup, and only an hour before each performance to get everything figured out.

As there was no real visual component to the show, our producer, Sarah Ott, took photos of each performer to use for social media promotion, and we kept the recordings of each show to post online for people who may have missed them as well. Over the rest of week one, we had hip-hop duo Local Boy, Arts in the Park cofounder Steve Slade, a Wednesday

evening show with Cryptozoologists, a Thursday broadcast from Dawson City with Andrew Laviolette and Kristen Poenn, and Stockstill and Rose closing the week on the Friday afternoon.

 Week two

We had gotten the hang of things a bit more after the first week, which felt like a bit of a trial period. Erica Mah and Darcy McCord started off the week, with Selina Heyligers-Hare joining us for our Tuesday show. We brought some speakers from Music Yukon that week to put outside while the show was going on, so people in Shipyards Park could hear. Unfortunately, we couldn’t always have them out, because it Was raining more often than not, but it

was still nice for the shows where we could make that work. Each Wednesday morning before the noon-hour show, which was usually a kids or family-friendly show, we had the Yukon Literacy Coalition come in and read some children’s books. The changeover could be a challenge sometimes. The book readings were supposed to lead right into the performances, and with everyone having to be two metres apart in the small CJUC cabin, and all equipment having to be disinfected after each use, this would have been a pretty likely time for any blunders. But, we managed to make it work and it got a little easier every week.

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September is CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY MONTH

A look back at Arts in the Park 2020 ... cont’d Elijah Bekk

Chuck Charlebois, then Ellorie McKnight and Ryan McNally.

Wednesday was another busy day, with Claire Ness handling the noon hour show while Nakai Theatre listened from the park where they were hosting a puppetmaking session, and the evening show featured Elijah Bekk, who had travelled from Faro to join us, and Aiden Tentrees playing standup bass for him. The next day, Evrytt Willow’s showcase was broadcasted from Dawson, while we were hard at work all day and evening pre-recording the grand finale show for Friday. It wasn’t possible to have five different acts come through and perform live within the hour-long slot, so we had Sour Do Re Mi bookend the finale with a busking-style performance, and the rest of the performers, Fawn Fritzen and David Restivo, Calla Kinglit, BJ Maclean and Bob Hamiton and Paris Pick and Aiden Tentrees, pre-record their 15-minute sets and splice them together into one show.

Yukon Artists @Work, who had been running a viewing series called Artists in the Window, came out and set up their projects at Shipyards Park, while Nakai Theatre demoed their puppets and we played the finale show over the speakers for the finale. Members of the public were able to walk through, looking at the art and puppets, while listening to the show. And thankfully, it was actually nice out that day. Things may have been a lot different, but Arts in the Park still happened at least, and it was actually pretty cool to present it in this new format.

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Wednesday for a stripped-down version if his Bingo Bongo Boogie Band children’s music act, featuring just Roxx Hunter on guitar.

Later that evening, we had one of the most complicated setups of the entire series, belonging to Groan Boy, consisting of Dawson Beaulieu with an elaborate guitar setup and Patrick Hamilton, with a full drum kit. The Dawson show that Thursday featured Susu Robin, and we had Graeme and Jody Peters of Speed Control end the week on a high note.

 Week three

At the beginning of our third week, it didn’t at all feel like we were already halfway through our season. The first two weeks had zipped by, and time didn’t start slowing the further into the series we got. The first act of week three was Ragtime Annie and Yukon Sal, usually known as mother and daughter Annie Avery and Sarah Hamilton. Since Sarah’s brother Patrick had been in the week before, and their dad Bob Hamilton was part of the final show in week four, that made the Hamilton-Avery crew the only entire family to take part in Arts in the Park this year.

The week continued on with Alex and Dan on Tuesday, who are best known as members of the Midnight Sons and the Shaggy Manes. The Wednesday afternoon show was an interesting one. The

forecast didn’t call for much rain, and it seemed pretty dry out despite some storm clouds in the distance. We decided to take our chances and put the speakers out with garbage bags over them for singer-songwriter Toots’ show.

About halfway through the performance, the rain started coming down heavily, forcing Etienne and I to run out and bring the speakers in, drenching ourselves in the process. Sorry about that, Toots. We didn’t take our chances with the speakers after that, and only put them out when it was sunny and dry. Later that evening, we had Aiden Tentrees’ new act Garbageman deliver a dose of strange spacey rock, and luckily we didn’t get rained on then. Word began to spread and we started to get people coming down to the park just to listen, but on the nice days the park was often full of unsuspecting people who just happened to be there anyway. That week’s Dawson performance was

by Sophie Noel, and French pop covers duo Edith Cocotte wrapped up the week.

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Whitehorse EVENTS ART SHOWS

Sat Sep 12 Opening Reception: Mapping Worlds by Shuvinai Ashoona 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A selection of pencil crayon and ink drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades. To attend the opening reception you must RSVP: https://bit. ly/3beWZX3 Until Sat Sep 26 North to Northwest: A Painting Journey through the Territories by Jane Fergusson Storey Arts Underground Strong, impressionistic and based on a deep connection to her surroundings. She observes colours and shapes in nature, and responds directly on her canvas.

Until Sun Sep 27 Continuous by Monique Martin KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Linocut prints by Saskatoon artist Monique Martin. Large-scale prints transform the gallery space into a beehive that gallery visitors can walk through.

Until Sat Sep 26 Stone Dragons in my Garden and Other Creations in Wool by Carolyn Steele Lane Arts Underground Inspired by everyday objects and need to create something unexpected. These pieces combine my love of masks and a fondness for teddy bears and dolls. It is a fantastical place, full of dragons and mischievous ravens.

Until Wed Sep 30 Created at the Canyon Exhibit Yukon Arts Centre 6 local artists spent two days in July at Miles Canyon working on art pieces during the Yukon Conservation Societies’ Created at the Canyon event, see their finished pieces.

Until Sat Feb 27 Friends of the Yukon Archives Society Creating Community: A Look at Visual Arts in the Territory Arts Underground The collections at Yukon Archives, help tell that story by documenting and preserving the collections of the individuals and organizations that created this vital part of Yukon life.

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Thu Sep 10 Round Back - Blues Cargo 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Rob Bergman and Jim Salt, the ripping guitar playing of Bob Hamilton and Manfred Janssen, and that essential Hammond organ sound with Annie Avery. Tickets online, Covid-19 precautions in place. Dress warm, coats, mitts, hats and blankets all recommended!

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Fri Sep 11 Available Light Cinema at Home - All the Wild Horses Virtual Online In temporary lieu of gathering in brick and mortar theatres, YFS invites you to watch ALC-curated screenings from the safety of your home. Visit YFS website to order.

Fri Sep 11 Available Light Cinema at Home - We Are Little Zombies Virtual Online In temporary lieu of gathering in brick and mortar theatres, YFS invites you to watch ALC-curated screenings from the safety of your home. Visit YFS website to order.

Thu Sep 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.

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Thu Sep 10 Fireweed Community Market Outdoor Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park Local produce, baked goods, live plants, local meats, Yukon art, crafted treasures and more

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Thu Sep 10 Uke On Ukulele Club! 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information.

Fri Sep 11 United Way Yukon Breakfast 9:00 AM Shipyards Park Choose from drive-thru, pick up or delivery options for your delicious Chef’s Collective “breakfast bag” huevos rancheros wrap meal.Celebrity servers & delivery drivers will bring your meal to you! Live entertainment will occur in the park.

Fri Sep 11 Épluchette de blé d’Inde 3:00 PM Centre de la francophonie Reserve your gift bag online and collect it the day of the event. Participate in the chalk corn contest and win a prize. For more information call 668-2663, ext. 854 or email kstanhope@afy.yk.ca.

Sat Sep 12 Round Back - Yukon Comedy Collective 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Comedians from the Yukon Comedy Collective will tickle your funny bone.

Tickets online, Covid-19 precautions in place. 667-8574 Sat Sep 12 Made in Canada - Never Cry Wolf 8:45 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A government researcher, sent to research the “menace” of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species. Based on the book

by Farley Mowat and shot partially in Yukon and Atlin, BC. Tickets online.

Sat Sep 12 YARD SALE Whitehorse United Church 601 Main St outside- 9am until noon Social distancing in effect Sun Sep 13 Bocce Afternoon 3:00 PM Rotary Peace Park Please call 332-4478 for more information.

Mon Sep 14 The Gathering Bible Study 6:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral For more information call 668-5530 Mon Sep 14 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Tue Sep 15 Common Threads 9:00 AM Christ Church Cathedral Chat, Coffee, Knit, Crochet, for more information call the Prayer Shawl Ministry at 393-8005 Tue Sep 15 Basic and Beginners Ukulele Group 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@ gmail.com for more information.

Thu Sep 17 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 Sep 17 Movie Night 7:00 PM FASSY Please call 332-4478 for more information.

Thu Sep 17 Bingo Night 7:00 PM FASSY Please call 332-4478 for more information.

Thu Sep 17 Round Back - Velvet Antler: Best Little Vegas in the North 9:00 PM The Guild Hall The best variety acts Vegas has to offer, if Vegas were in Whitehorse, Tickets online, Covid-19 precautions in place. Dress warm, coats, mits, hats & blankets recommended! 667-8574 Fri Sep 18 Round Back - Velvet Antler: Best Little Vegas in the North 9:00 PM The Guild Hall The best variety acts Vegas has to offer, if Vegas were in Whitehorse, Tickets online, Covid-19 precautions in place. Dress warm, coats, mits, hats & blankets recommended! 667-8574 Sat Sep 19 Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Sat Sep 19 Round Back - Velvet Antler: Best Little Vegas in the North 9:00 PM The Guild Hall The best variety acts Vegas has to offer, if Vegas were in Whitehorse, Tickets online, Covid-19 precautions in place. Dress warm, coats, mits, hats; blankets recommended! 667-8574 Sun Sep 20 Treasure Hunt 3:00 PM Rotary Peace Park Please call 332-4478 for more information.

Mon Sep 21 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com

Tue Sep 22 Common Threads 9:00 AM Christ Church Cathedral Chat, Coffee, Knit, Crochet, for more information call the Prayer Shawl Ministry at 393-8005 Tue Sep 22 Uke On Ukulele Club! 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@gmail.com for more information.

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KIDS & FAMILIES

Daily Yukon Literacy Coalition Book Drive 8:00 AM Horwood’s Mall We are having a book drive to assist with our programs, drop books off at the Pioneer Hotel, or Horwoods Mall.

Fri Sep 11 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri Sep 11 Bike Skills with C.M.B.C Dirt Girls 3:15 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Call 334-8718 or email courtney.terriah@kdfn. net to register. All participants must wear a helmet and sign the C.M.B.C waiver forms.

Fri Sep 11 Magic:The Gathering Pioneer Format 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Weekly MTG Pioneer Format - Cards starting from Return to Ravnica forward Banned Cards: Fetch Lands. Each person receives a booster pack for participation with additional prizes given out during the event.

Fri Sep 11 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat Sep 12 Adventure Social and Play Skill Sessions 10:00 AM Canines & Company Provides a quick burn out and interactive play activity while you go for coffee, shop, or just sit and relax. Call 333-0505 or email caninesandcompany@ northwestel.net for more info.

Sat Sep 12 Family Drop In 2:45 PM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Best suited for athletes 12 and under, but all ages are welcome. Must be accompanied by an adult. call 668-4794 for more info.

Mon Sep 14 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Tue Sep 15 Walk and Harvest 3:15 PM Kwanlin Dun First Nation For ages 5 18, berry picking, plant identification and playful walk. for more info call 334-8718.

Tue Sep 15 Free Super Smash Bros.

5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe All skill levels welcome! Please bring your own controller, and if you have a Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube controller adapter please bring them so that we can have multiple setups.

Fri Sep 18 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Fri Sep 18 Magic:The Gathering Pioneer Format 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Weekly MTG Pioneer Format - Cards starting from Return to Ravnica forward Banned Cards: Fetch Lands. Each person receives a booster pack for participation with additional prizes given out during the event.

Fri Sep 18 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information.

Sat Sep 19 Adventure Social and Play Skill Sessions 10:00 AM Canines & Company Provides a quick burn out and interactive play activity while you go for coffee, shop, or just sit and relax. Call 333-0505 or email caninesandcompany@ northwestel.net for more info.

Sat Sep 19 Family Drop In 2:45 PM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Best suited for athletes 12 and under, but all ages are welcome. Must be accompanied by an adult. call 668-4794 for more info.

Mon Sep 21 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information.

Tue Sep 22 Walk and Harvest 3:15 PM Kwanlin Dun First Nation For ages 5 18, berry picking, plant identification and playful walk. for more info call 334-8718.

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MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

Wed Sep 9 Yukon Toastmasters Clubs - Northern Voices 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Improve your public speaking skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com for more info.

Wed Sep 9 Yukon Energy 10-Year Renewable Electricity Info Sessions 2:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn For more information email communications@ yec.yk.ca Wed Sep 9 Humane Society Yukon AGM 7:00 PM Virtual Online Please pre-register.

For more information email carol.oberg@ humanesocietyyukon.ca.

Thu Sep 10 Yukon Toastmasters Clubs - Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@gmail.com.

Thu Sep 10 Mental Performance & Injury Prevention Workshop 5:30 PM Sport Yukon Learn the concepts, techniques, and tools needed to give your team a competitive edge. For more info call 250351-5949 or email cam.s@headstartpro. com Thu Sep 10 Online: Caring During Crisis 6:30 PM Virtual Online To register call 668 8710; or by email at admissions@yukonu. ca and quote the CRN 90288. Webinar is delivered remotely via Zoom.

Fri Sep 11 Mental Performance & Injury Prevention Workshop 5:30 PM Sport Yukon Learn the concepts, techniques, and tools needed to give your team a competitive edge. For more info call 250351-5949 or email cam.s@headstartpro. com Sat Sep 12 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 Sun Sep 13 Mental Performance & Injury Prevention Workshop 6:00 PM Sport Yukon Learn the concepts, techniques, and tools needed to give your team a competitive edge. For more info call 250351-5949 or email cam.s@headstartpro. com Mon Sep 14 Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) AGM 12:00 PM Virtual Online Please RSVP to jenjonesconsulting@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.

Tue Sep 15 Foundations Program 2:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Learn valuable skills to live your best life. No registration required, free, *first come first served. For more information call MWSU at 456-3838.

Tue Sep 15 Green Drinks! 5:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Everyone is welcome!

Network with a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government, consultants, business, and more!

Tue Sep 15 For the Sake of the Children 5:30 PM Yukon Inn Plaza Learn about family law, the effects of separation or divorce on adults and children, To register call 456-6721 or email FLIC@gov.yk.ca Tue Sep 15 Habitat for Humanity Yukon AGM 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 332-4349 Wed Sep 16 Yukon Toastmasters Clubs - Northern Voices 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Improve your public speaking skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com for more info.

Wed Sep 16 United Way Yukon AGM 5:30 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Call 667-2003 or email unitedway.yukon@gmail.com for more info.

Wed Sep 16 Larrikin Entertainment Ensemble AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse, Yukon All are welcome to attend in person or via online. Email james.murdoch. mccullough@gmail.com for more info.

Thu Sep 17 Yukon Toastmasters Clubs - Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon Learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@gmail.com.

Thu Sep 17 Monthly Coalition Meeting 5:00 PM CYO Hall Monthly Coalition (Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition) meetings are held every third Thursday. Everyone is welcome!

Sat Sep 19 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 Sat Sep 19 Online: LSCFN Dan Lyashadaw Virtual General Assembly 9:00 AM Virtual Online For additional GA information please contact Ruth at 689 5649 or buyck_46@yahoo.ca.

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Wed Sep 23 Yukon Toastmasters Clubs - Northern Voices 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Improve your public speaking skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@ gmail.com for more info.

Wed Sep 23 Yukon Energy 10-Year Renewable Electricity Info Sessions 2:00 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn For more information email communications@ yec.yk.ca Wed Sep 23 Communication Skills after Separation or Divorce 5:30 PM Yukon Inn Plaza Understand the impact of conflict on children, To register call 456-6721 or email FLIC@gov.yk.ca Wed Sep 23 Ski Patrol Info Session 7:00 PM Virtual Online Information for people interested in joining the ski patrol. We are volunteers that provide rescue services for downhill and cross country ski areas.

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Powering the North

Northern Energy Innovation awarded for renewable energy project in Arviat

by Heather LeDuc

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hen it comes to energy, northern communities require sustainable, reliable solutions. There are many challenges to planning a power project in the North, including severe weather and electric power networks that span great distances. Renewable energy technologies can work, but they need to be carefully planned and designed so they meet the power needs of remote communities.

Northern Energy Innovation (NEI), a program at Yukon University Research Centre, works to help communities reduce their reliance on diesel, and to make the integration of renewable energy sources a success. The program’s work has contributed to projects in communities across the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. NEI is a Yukon University research program that partners with Arctic College in Nunavut and Aurora College in the Northwest Territories.

Earlier this year, NEI was recognized for its exceptional work in the Hamlet of Arviat, Nunavut.

It placed third in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engin-

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whatsupyukon.com eering Capstone competition for its work in completing a power grid assessment for Arviat and its partner NRStor, a company that develops energy storage solutions.

The assessment is an important step when planning a renewable energy project in the North.

“NEI creates models of the electric power system of communities based on information provided by our utility partners and the project proponents, and from information collected in the field,” said Jason Zrum, NEI research analyst. “We then perform analytical and simulation studies of the system to assess the potential impact of a renewable energy project, with the goal of ensuring that projects don’t negatively affect the reliability of the system.

The last thing anyone wants to have happen is for a renewable project to cause a number of blackouts or other issues.”

The project in Arviat will integrate wind, solar and a battery system into the local power system as an independent power producer. Once the project is complete, there will be 50 per cent renewable energy penetration, reducing the hamlet’s reliance on diesel.

NEI partners with the Northern Energy Consortium, which consists of ATCO Electric Yukon, Northwest Territories Power Corporation, Qulliq Energy Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation.

“NEI’s research areas are determined by the Northern Energy Consortium to address the needs of the utilities and then we propose projects within these research areas,” Zrum said. “One of these areas is the integration of renewable energy in remote communities.”

Michael Ross is the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Re-

search Chair in Northern Energy Innovation. Ross leads NEI’s research projects, which have included nine communities in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

“Our team is committed to working with northern communities and their utility companies to provide the information needed to incorporate sustainable energy

The NEI has completed assessments for several other communities including Old Crow and Beaver Creek in the Yukon, and Cape Dorset in Nunavut. Zrum also highlighted other projects NEI has on the go.

“We’re currently working on an impact study in Łutsël K�é, Northwest Territories, in partnership with BCIT,” he said. “We also

PHOTO: Yukon University

Michael Ross and researcher Simon Geoffroy-Gagnon in Arviat into their power systems,” Ross said. “What makes our projects successful is that we are guided by the communities, supported by the utilities, with a dedicated and talented team of professionals and students.”

have a range of projects ongoing in other research areas, including a project assessing the efficiency of a variable speed generator in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, and a project looking at electric thermal storage in Whitehorse, to

name a few.”

The NEI is playing a huge role in making renewable energy solutions a reality in northern communities. The Capstone Award for the program’s work in Arviat is well-deserved recognition for research that may fly under the radar, at least for the average Yukoner.

And while Zrum is pleased with the award, he also shares credit with the NEI’s community and industry partners.

“It really takes the involvement of the communities, project proponents, and the utilities to make any renewable project be a success. Our work can help these projects to move forward by providing an unbiased assessment of the potential impact, but ultimately it is the community and proponents who make these projects happen. It has been great to receive an award for some of our work, but it wouldn’t have happened without the support of our industry partners and the drive of many communities to pursue renewable projects.”

More about NEI’s projects can be found on the Yukon University website at YukonU.ca/Research/ Our-Research/Energy.

Heather LeDuc lives in Whitehorse with her partner and a menagerie of dogs, cats and bicycles.

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Seasonal Recipes with Sydney Keddy

Smashed cucumber salad with ginger F

resh, crisp cucumbers are perfect at any summer meal. They add texture and contrast when paired with grilled meats. This version can be served as a salad, or as a garnish, next to pretty much anything you’d throw on a grill. Letting the cucumbers drain is an important step, so it’s better to let this dish sit too long rather than not long enough. If you’ve got some fresh herbs kicking around, a few leaves of cilantro, chopped basil, or mint is a great addition. Serves 4.

INGREDIENTS ❑ 2.2 lbs thin-skinned cucumbers (about 10 small Persian cucumbers, or 2 large English cucumbers) ❑ 1 tsp salt ❑ 2 tsp sugar ❑ 1 tsp grated fresh ginger

Sliced, seeded cucumbers

Grated garlic and ginger

❑ 1 garlic clove, grated ❑ 1 1/2 tsp rice vinegar ❑ 1 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil

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❑ 1 tsp soy sauce

Cucumbers tossed with salt and sugar, draining in a colander

❑ 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

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The pandemic was driving us out into the stunning moonscape of small lakes, rock, balsam fir, lichen, alder and dwarf birch from Log Cabin to Summit Creek in search of an outing and of berries, whether we call them blueberries, huckleberries or bilberries (the vernacular is so confusing!).

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caespitosum), most require twisting the body into pretzel shapes, balancing on tree roots and dancing amongst boulders in order to get to the plants. This was an activity I found absolutely crazy the first time I went, brought by new friends the year I arrived in Whitehorse. “Why would you even do this for a yogurt container of berries?” was my attitude then, perched with one foot on a rock and the other in a hard place.

Now I can’t imagine not going on this annual pilgrimage, even if I already have berries in the freezer.

It’s a seasonal touchstone, a way of connecting to the annual round of foraging, of re-grounding oneself in the landscape. I remember every spot and who I went with, what the weather was like, how much we harvested, what we ate

for our snack, which dogs were with us, whether we saw a bear.

(For me, never, just lots of blue poop. The dogs’ poop is often blue the next day too.)

When I put the bags of cleaned berries away in the freezer, I write the date and the place they were from. And so the memory is cooked right into the berries.

Camembert Dutch Baby Pancake with Blueberry Compote A compote—whole fruit simmered in a syrup — is halfway between a jam and a preserve; a Dutch Baby is halfway between an omelette and a pancake. Both are all-the-way delicious, ideal for a fall brunch. cont’d on page 13 ...

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Blueberry Pilgrims ... cont’d Blueberry Compote Ingredients 3 cups wild blueberries ½ cup sugar 2 Tbsp lemon juice Method Combine 2 cups blueberries, sugar and lemon juice in a small pot. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, then add the remaining cup of blueberries and cook 5 minutes more. (There’s so much juice in the berries you don’t need to add water.)

If the compote is too liquid for your liking, strain into a small bowl, reserve the fruit, return the liquid to the pot and simmer until reduced to a syrup. Mix in berries, cook for 1 minute more and remove from heat. Serve warm or at room temperature. Compote will keep in the fridge for 2 to 3 weeks.

Makes about 2 cups.

Camembert Dutch Baby Ingredients ½ cup flour ½ cup milk

3 large eggs 1 tsp whisky, bourbon or vanilla 1 tsp salt 1 Tbsp sugar 5 oz Camembert or Brie, cut into 5 or 6 thin slices. (For more bite, use a stronger cheese like old Cheddar or Parmesan.)

2 Tbsp butter Method Whisk flour and milk together in a medium bowl. Your goal is to eliminate as many lumps from the batter as possible, so start here.

Whisk in eggs, followed by vanilla, salt and sugar.

Whisk until no lumps remain, and allow the batter to sit for 20 minutes so that the flour absorbs the liquid. (You can always make the batter in a food processor or blender to get really lump-free.)

Put a cast iron skillet on the middle rack of the oven and heat the oven to 425F. When the oven beeps, remove the hot pan and add the butter, swirling so that it coats bottom and sides. Carefully pour the batter evenly into the pan, and lay the slices of cheese across the batter.

(Remember the pan is really hot. Put an oven mitt across the

handle to remind yourself.)

Return the pan to the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the pancake is puffy, golden brown on top, and a darker brown at the edges.

The Dutch baby will deflate as soon as you remove it from the oven, but don’t worry. You are left with a concoction with a crispy bottom and a soft interior, covered in caramelized melted cheese.

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Scenes from the August 1, 2020 Dawson City Outhouse Race

PHOTOS: Marina Osmond

Top: George Crap Fairies came in 2nd place and won the best dressed

team prize of champange and Klondike Visitor Association loot

Right: Yes You Can On The Can came in 4th place Bottom Left: Quest For The Holy Can came in 3rd place winning Dawson City T-shirts Bottom Right: Thar She Blows had two teams running.

One team member included Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brendan Hanley who was dressed as a pirate

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La piste d’athlétisme de l’école F.-H.-Collins est maintenant ouverte!

Consignes d’utilisation :

Portez des chaussures propres et sans

crampons de métal ou de crampons vissés.

Ne laissez entrer aucun chien (ou autres animaux) sur la piste, à l’exception des

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animaux d’assistance.

N’apportez sur la piste aucun aliment ni boisson autre que de l’eau.

Seuls les fauteuils roulants non-motorisés et les poussettes sont autorisés.

Signalez tout problème au bureau de sécurité du gouvernement du Yukon en composant le 667-5703.

The Whitehorse Legion is CALLING ALL YUKON VETERANS • Are you missing medals? Have they been lost over the years or stolen?

Have you served a minimum of 30 days cumulative service on a UN or NATO peacekeeping mission prior to Canadian Peacekeeping Service September 2000? You could be eligible Medal (CPSM) for the CPSM. • Are you missing a Service Pin or your Certificate of service (CF 54)?

Gold Silver Bronze 32 Years 22 Years 12 Years Canadian Forces Service Pin

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A herd of five mule

deer bucks were graz-

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Robert Service Way on

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a beautiful Saturday

morning in September. I was joined by several other motorists who also pulled over to enjoy watching these guys!

Camera: Nikon D7200

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Deadline: September 18, 2020 Contact: Cindy Schamber (867) 667-3545 ■ ■

Deadline: until filled Contact: Catherine Ford-Lammers (867) 667-5336 ■

Student Financial Assistance Committee

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Yukon Human Rights Panel of Adjudicators

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Yukon Law Foundation Board of Directors

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Employment Standards Board

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Carmacks Renewable Resources Council Mayo Renewable Resources Council

Recreation Advisory Committee (Yukon)

A Pacific loon I have a confession. I work for CPAWS Yukon and I’ve never been into the Peel Watershed. (The small exception is the time I canoed the Blackstone River when I was a kid). Still, I’ve never hiked the jagged ridgelines of the Mackenzie Mountains, or admired the crimson-speckled stones on the shore of the Snake River.

I haven’t watched dall sheep wander down to salt licks overlooking the Wind River. I haven’t tasted smoked whitefish at a Tetlit Gwich’in fish camp.

T

hen why do I feel such an affinity for the Peel? Conservation photography is a big reason why. For decades photographers have been sharing compelling images from the watershed. Without these photographs I’d have a vague sense of there being mountains, rivers, rocks and trees, but no appreciation for the character of the watershed. Photos bring it into focus. Some images distill the play of light across mountain vistas, and others portray the precise details of the landscape, like wildflowers trembling in the wind, or the intensity of a fox’s gaze.

Photos of elders stringing up fish to dry show human connections with the watershed, while images of soaring canyon walls dwarfing canoers capture the sheer scale of the land.

Photography is a powerful tool for conservation, especially in the expanses of the north, where it

can help people relate to places where they’ve never set foot.

We’re fortunate to have worked with photographers like Peter Mather, and organizations like the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).

We need to be careful, however; photos may reinforce conceptions about wild spaces being “untouched,” when in fact Indigenous Peoples have inhabited and shaped landscapes across millennia. It’s important that conservation photography recognizes the relationships Indigenous Peoples hold with the land, but that brings challenges too. Photography projects shouldn’t only benefit the photographer, and need to be built on trust. This is something Photojournalist Keri Oberly explored in an excellent piece called From Assignment to Ally. cont’d on page 19 ...

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EXHIBITIONS September 4 - 26 Jane Fergusson Storey North to Northwest: A Painting Journey through the Territories Carolyn Steele Lane Stone Dragons in my Garden and Other Creations in WOOL Friends of the Yukon Archives Society Creating Community: A Look at Visual Arts in the Territory

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FREE SCREENING courtesy of Made-Nous Starts at 8:45 PM | 116 min

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Made in Canada: Never Cry Wolf FREE SCREENING courtesy of Made-Nous Starts at 8:45 PM | 105 min See if you can spot the BC +Yukon locations!

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Curated by YQFA

An affordable, quality after school program When: Monday to Friday 3-5:00 pm following the school calendar.

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Learning Tree Daycare

with Tess and Maggie Rescue the Moon $20/$16 YFS/YQFA members Starts at 11:15 PM | 104 Min Drive-in Cinema Partners + YFS Annual Support

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An affordable, quality, licensed childcare program Monday to Friday 7:30am-5pm From: 18months-6 years of age Cost: Tuition fees as follows: Toddler: $850/month Preschool: $750/month Kindercare: $550/month Christine Greff at 393-2824 ext 206 or eypd@bgcyukon.com Location: Riverdale

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Active Interest LISTINGS Wed Sep 9 Kickboxing with LeeAnne 5:30 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre An intense class using a variety of Muay Thai and MMA style training techniques. This non contact class uses gloves, pads and bags. Call 633-5425 for more info.

Thu Sep 10 Mental Performance & Injury Prevention Workshop 5:30 PM Sport Yukon Learn the concepts, techniques, and tools needed to give your team a competitive edge. For more info call 250-351-5949 or email cam.s@headstartpro.com Thu Sep 10 Outdoor Class - TAG-thighs, Abs & Glutes 7:00 PM Long, Lean & Mean Fitness Call for more information, register online. 334-3479 Fri Sep 11 Strong by Zumba with Lynda 6:00 AM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Combines high intensity interval training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. Call 633-5245 for more info.

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Sat Sep 12 First Annual Endurance Race! 11:00 AM Whitehorse, Yukon The race will be a max of 30 people, 2 20 km loops with a very short loop for kids.

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Wed Sep 9 Online: Rise and Thrive Matwork 7:00 AM Virtual Online A moderately challenging and progressive class, with the exercises being layered and with modifications being offered, suiting a variety of experience levels. Register online.

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Wed Sep 9 Your Health! Your Way! 10:00 AM Canada Games Centre Learn to manage your symptoms, reach goals and discover tips to manage your day-to-day activities. To register call 667-8733 Wed Sep 9 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed Sep 9 Vinyasa Wednesdays 12:00 PM Grace Space Build towards intermediate asana (postures) through safe energetic alignment.

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Thu Sep 10 Ladies Night at Fassy 7:00 PM FASSY an evening of fun activities and socializing for women of all ages. 393-4948 girls@ycommunityliving.com Fri Sep 11 FASSY - Drop In OPEN - Social distancing in effect! 10:00 AM FASSY FASSY is still supporting individuals during this difficult time, call 393-4948 if you need help.

Sat Sep 12 Counselling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Sat Sep 12 Red Tara Practice 12:30 PM VajraNorth Everyone welcome. For more info contact 667-6951 (Cheryl Buchan) 633-3715 Mon Sep 14 Online: Sunshine Pilates Levels 1 & 2 8:00 AM Virtual Online An open-level Pilates class beginning with a mindful and peaceful 20-minute stretch and warm up, leading into a 40-minute Pilates workout. Register online.

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Mon Sep 14 Online: Wild Strength - Level 2 12:00 PM Virtual Online Classic Pilates moves, but with increased repetitions and longer holds.

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Mon Sep 14 Lunar Flow 12:00 PM Grace Space Slow-paced vinyasa with a reflective lunar quality that moves in a meditative flow. Register by email naturalblissyoga@gmail.com Mon Sep 14 Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon Sep 14 Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

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Tue Sep 15 Insanity Live® 6 Week Fall Session 6:00 AM Avalanche Athletics An energetic and fun total-body conditioning class! Register online, or drop in if there is room.

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Wed Sep 16 Kickboxing with LeeAnne 5:30 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre An intense class using a variety of Muay Thai and MMA style training techniques. This non contact class uses gloves, pads and bags. Call 633-5425 for more info.

Wed Sep 16 Mixed Bowling League Registration 7:00 PM Northern Lights Bowling Call 668-4277 for more information.

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Fri Sep 18 Strong by Zumba with Lynda 6:00 AM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Combines high intensity interval training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. Call 633-5245 for more info.

Sat Sep 19 zFit with Jennifer 10:00 AM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Call 633-5245 for more info.

Sun Sep 20 HIIT Circuit with Janice 10:30 AM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Quick, intense bursts of exercise followed by short, active recovery periods, using a variety of equipment such as battle ropes, Call 633-5425 for more info.

Mon Sep 21 Kickboxing with LeeAnne 5:30 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre An intense class using a variety of Muay Thai and MMA style training techniques. This non contact class uses gloves, pads and bags. Call 633-5425 for more info.

Tue Sep 22 Insanity Live 6 Week Fall Session 6:00 AM Avalanche Athletics An energetic and fun total-body conditioning class! Register online, or drop in if there is room.

Tue Sep 22 Step Interval with Shawna 4:30 PM Better Bodies Crosstraining Centre Combines basic to intermediate step choreography with body sculpting intervals. Participants should have some step experience. Call 633-5425 for more info.

Mon Sep 14 Online: Grounding Pilates Flow - Level 2 5:30 PM Virtual Online Original Pilates matwork to find fluidity, strength, and control so you can feel grounded and refreshed at the end of your day. Register online.

Mon Sep 14 Diabetes Wellness Series 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre Topics including self-management, medications, self-monitoring, healthy eating and activity strategies. To register, call 667-6733 or email ccsp@gov.yk.ca.

Mon Sep 14 SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Sarah Steele Building Free and open to anyone seeking science-based, self-empowered addiction recovery.

Mon Sep 14 New Beginnings Group 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Email bobr@klondiker.com or call 668 6103 for more info.

Tue Sep 15 Online: Energy Matwork 7:00 AM Virtual Online Original matwork and your body control, fortitude, and balance will be tested, and we will continue to progress through the classic matwork to build an advanced practice over time.

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Tue Sep 15 FASSY - Drop In OPEN - Social distancing in effect! 10:00 AM FASSY FASSY is still supporting individuals during this difficult time, call 393-4948 if you need help.

Tue Sep 15 Counselling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Tue Sep 15 Foundations Program 2:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Learn valuable skills to live your best life. No registration required, free, *first come first served. For more information call MWSU at 456-3838.

Tue Sep 15 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:00 PM Overeaters Anonymous Contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information 3330112 oayukon@gmail.com Tue Sep 15 Online: Kind Movement - Level 1 7:00 PM Virtual Online A combination of Pilates, stretching and gentle movement. It is designed to help you check in with yourself, release tight muscles and fascia. Register online.

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Wed Sep 16 FASSY - Drop In OPEN - Social distancing in effect! 10:00 AM FASSY FASSY is still supporting individuals during this difficult time, call 393-4948 if you need help.

Wed Sep 16 Your Health! Your Way! 10:00 AM Canada Games Centre Learn to manage your symptoms, reach goals and discover tips to manage your day-to-day activities. To register call 667-8733 Wed Sep 16 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed Sep 16 Online: Reset and Restore Pilates 12:00 PM Virtual Online Stretch out some tight muscles and help correct your posture. Register online.

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Thu Sep 17 Online: Rise and Thrive Matwork 9:00 AM Virtual Online A moderately challenging and progressive class, with the exercises being layered and with modifications being offered, suiting a variety of experience levels. Register online.

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Thu Sep 17 Online: Grounding Pilates Flow Level 2 5:30 PM Virtual Online Original Pilates matwork to find fluidity, strength, and control so you can feel grounded and refreshed at the end of your day. Register online.

Fri Sep 18 FASSY - Drop In OPEN - Social distancing in effect! 10:00 AM FASSY FASSY is still supporting individuals during this difficult time, call 393-4948 if you need help.

Fri Sep 18 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Sat Sep 19 Counselling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Sat Sep 19 Red Tara Practice 12:30 PM VajraNorth Everyone welcome. For more info contact 667-6951 (Cheryl Buchan) 633-3715 Sat Sep 19 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon University Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome Mon Sep 21 Online: Sunshine Pilates Levels 1 & 2 8:00 AM Virtual Online An open-level Pilates class beginning with a mindful and peaceful 20-minute stretch and warm up, leading into a 40-minute Pilates workout. Register online.

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Mon Sep 21 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon Sep 21 Shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon Sep 21 Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome!

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Mon Sep 21 Diabetes Wellness Series 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre Topics including self-management, medications, self-monitoring, healthy eating and activity strategies. To register, call 667-6733 or email ccsp@gov.yk.ca.

Mon Sep 21 SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Sarah Steele Building Free and open to anyone seeking science-based, self-empowered addiction recovery.

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A bull caribou In that piece, Oberly quoted CPAWS Yukon that rely on visual photos weren’t taken in a garBernadette Dementieff, Execu- storytelling need to be mindful den. I’ve even heard of people tive Director of the Gwich’in about the kind of messages im- using giant printouts of blurry landscapes as backdrops, to Steering Committee as saying ages send.

One example is the tendency simulate a ‘natural’ setting for that “over the years we have had many photographers, repor- among many wildlife photog- their bird photos.

Images like these ters and allies come can give impressions to help tell our story. that wildlife live their They come in and they “Photography is a lives in remote wilderget what they need nesses, when in realand leave never to be powerful tool for ity they navigate lands heard from again. A crisscrossed by roads true ally should come conservation, especially and settlements. The to our homelands with in the expanses of the lines between wild an open mind and a places and human landwillingness to learn.” north, where it can help scapes are blurry. Living CPAWS Yukon has in shared landscapes can learnt a lot about people relate to places bring people closer to photography over the nature, but also comes years, and there’s still where they’ve never set with the responsibility much more for us to foot.” to make decisions that learn. Photography is a key for so many of ... Malcolm Boothroyd respect the ecosystems around us. the issues we work Photos of foxes troton: from the Porcupine caribou herd and the Arc- raphers (me included) to com- ting through Downtown Whitetic National Wildlife Refuge, to pose their photos in a way that horse, or a grizzly bear peering the Beaver River Watershed and obscures the signs of human im- through a window show that naland use planning in the Dawson pacts on the environment. Tele- ture is never far away. It’s a reRegion. Images can help people photo lenses crop out most of minder that conservation is imrelate to wild places in ways that the surroundings, so that griz- portant close to home too, not zly bears appear to be in a re- only in distant wildernesses. reports or figures cannot.

It’s important to remember mote meadow even if the photo that photography is a form of art- was shot through a car window.

Malkolm Boothroyd is the istic expression, and the biases Photographers often attach wildcampaigns coordinator for of photographers influences how flowers to their hummingbird CPAWS Yukon. their photos appear. Groups like feeders to make it look like their

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