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drawing is ability to use his creativity to create stories and dramas within the comic. Much of his inspiration comes from personal experience and his favourite online Roblox games, where he tries to bring comedy and action into his artwork.

“I try to make others laugh and enjoy my work,” he says.

Isaiah continues to make a variety of graphic art such as comic

books, greeting cards, and other unique pieces. He has future plans to graduate from high school while continuing to build his graphic art business.

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What builds our youth?

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Relationships do

by Bronwyn Pasloski

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he alarm clock blares at a grueling 5 a.m. The drive is quiet and lonely. Walking onto the pool deck it is humid and hot, with a scent of chlorine which will linger on you for the rest of the day. The coffee never seems to be strong enough.

Teenagers start trickling on to the pool deck. Hoodies up, shoulders hunched, eyes down on the ground, ‘it’s-too-earlyto-talk, coach’ written on their faces. Many excited “good mornings” from me with half-grumbled “’mornings” in return.

While scribbling their morning ‘torture’ on the whiteboard, groans emerge as they read over my shoulder before diving into the water. There’s two hours of work between them and a day’s worth of school, only to be back here again in the afternoon. As a coach, there’s two hours of stealing the seconds of their recovery at the wall to provide feedback, stroke correction and yells of encouragement.

Practice comes to an end faster than one can think possible. Swimmers jump out of the water, each saying thanks as they head off to the change room with renewed enthusiasm for the day.

Why would anyone care to get up so early to experience this? Is there anything in it for you as a coach?

Having been in the exact same shoes as these youth once, I can say that the sport itself has fairly little to do with why each ath-

lete comes to practice. Yes, the sport teaches us self-discipline, it promotes fitness, and it gives us long-term goals and dreams. However, it’s the relationships that are developed that keep these kids coming back day after day, morning after morning, workout after workout.

Of course, having a coach who

We need to see more positive engagement from the adults in our community, as well as an understanding of how we all impact our youth and, ultimately, their development.

You do not need to be a designated coach to accomplish this, nor do the youth need to be athletes to experience this. No matter what role you play, each of us can start by understanding that our youth do hear us, even if we don’t think that they do. More importantly, they are looking up to the adults in their life for direction, by observing our own decisions and our actions.

Let’s get involved this month! Look for an opportunity to volunteer, coach or mentor. Plan some activities to do with kids, watch them do something they love, or take an opportunity to simply sit and listen to them. You’ll be surprised how sometimes silence speaks louder than words.

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instead of an athlete about three years ago, I quickly realized that the words that came out of my mouth were actually being heard.

Every single word I spoke was being grasped by my young athletes.

I was building a connection with each swimmer and, more importantly, I was showing up for them every morning.

Bronwyn Pasloski, swim coach and board member, believes supporting Yukon’s youth is important is strong, technically, in the sport is important, but it does not outweigh the importance of a coach who’s able to connect, support and understand each individual athlete. I can list the adults, coaches, and mentors who’ve left a long-lasting impression on my life and helped shape me into the person that I am today.

When I walked onto the pool deck for the first time as a coach

Joyce Majiksi’s Song of the Whale exhibit is on display at the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery until Feb. 25. The replica of a humpback whale skeleton is built with Styrofoam found in the ocean and on beaches. The Waters of the Humpback exhibit is also on display by artists Irene Carlos, Cristina Luna, Natasha van Netten. See Page 22.

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What builds our youth?

We do.

Through my short time coaching, I am in awe watching so many of my athletes grow into the fine young people that they are today.

I am proud of them and humbled that my small appearance in their life might have had an impact.

January is Mentorship Month; a month to highlight the importance of engagement from our community to support and help develop our youth.

Bronwyn Pasloski is a coach for the Whitehorse Glacier Bears Swim Club and a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon. She is passionate about supporting Yukon’s youth through mentoring and coaching, is dedicated to sports and promoting health, and is committed to community engagement.

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That ancient art form has evolved into pyrography (writing with fire), which most Canadians know as wood-burning. On a Saturday at Free Space when I first visited the show, a gallery visitor reminisced about the wood-burning kit he had as a kid. I had one too, or my brother did, and we

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Recalling these childhood drawings, I marvelled at the level of sophistication and mastery Horsfall has achieved with the medium. I didn’t expect the fineness of detail, the level of realism, or the sense of texture Horsfall brings out of the wood. He creates this realism by using both heat and his tools so that he is carving the wood. The final effect is more like relief sculpture than drawing. The technique requires layer after layer of work to achieve the textural quality of the pieces.

It’s all the more impressive because Horsfall has only recently

begun his journey as an artist. The Spanish-born artist says that most of his life, he’s been on the go, with no time to make art. Since moving to the Yukon a few years ago, Horsfall has been able to slow down and turn his attention to his art. Once he gets started and the image begins to emerge from the wood, he can’t stop until it’s finished.

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In “No Pain No Gain,” another squirrel is balanced somewhat precariously on a broken branch.

Horsfall explained that he had always been told that struggle is necessary for success.

While Horsfall is inspired by Yukon wildlife, a few of his works feature domesticated animals, including a cat, a dog and a bull. To Horsfall the bull embodies power.

He created it after a long retreat.

The entire bull was made by stippling, making thousands of dots the same as you’d see in a pointillist painting.

The largest work, and the one Horsfall laboured over most, is a hare.

“I have completely lost count of hours and hours, layers and layers” Horsfall said of the piece.

The hare is curled over in a vulnerable, withdrawn position, its eyes closed. Entitled “Scared of Feeling,” it represents fear, particularly of the unknown. Horsfall explains that exposing his work to an audience was a scary process for him. He had to be open to the uncertainty of how people would respond.

But he needn’t worry. All the time and patience that Horsfall put into the hare and the other works pays off.

“I don’t stop until I can feel them pop out of the wood!”

Horsfall said of his practice. And his remarkable animals do exactly that.

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There are other Yukon birds on display as well, notably Martha Ritchie’s linocuts featuring a pine grosbeak on a tree branch and a yellow warbler among the willow. Snow buntings are hung as if they’re flying around the room.

There are landscapes and townscapes in a variety of materials and styles. Lesley Leong’s

multi-media mountain e-Scape features cut-out trees and mountains made from reclaimed wood and circuit boards. Virginia Wilson’s little paintings capture classic Yukon scenes, including the “kissing buildings” of Dawson City. Dee Bailey uses polymer clay to depict a magical forest floor with mushrooms, wild berries and a secret door.

Other artists transform familiar Yukon creatures and give them an element of magic and fantasy.

Sandra Storey’s sculpted “Caribou Shaman” stands on two legs, has

human hands and wears a beautiful robe with textured layers of colour. Hybrid animals are also given sculptural form in Donald Watt’s “Raven Lady” and raven mermaids.

The YA@W elves also appreciate that functional art makes a great gift. Many of the artists make pieces that are wearable, or that can be put to some practical use. Hehn makes jewelry, Bauberger silkscreens on t-shirts, Ritchie creates lanterns and journals, Baker and Bailey make Christmas tree decorations, Ann McKenzie

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ART SHOWS Until Sat Dec 26 Stoke By the Yukon Art Society Members Exhibition Arts Underground An annual tradition, this exhibition features new works in a wide range of media by artists from across the territory, all based around a central, seasonal theme.

Until Wed Dec 30 Song of the Whale/Waters of the Humpback Yukon Arts Centre A full-sized humpback whale skeleton from discarded styrofoam, salvaged from the ocean and beaches.

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by Janet Patterson Yukon Arts Centre Art made from the plastic found in the ocean, meant to be a wake up call to action.

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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Thursdays Joe Loutchen Fiddler On The Loose 7:00 PM Sundays CJUC 92.5 FM Shine Your LIght concert series 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Live performances weekly hosted by TOOTS. Mon Jan 4 Virtual Jam Series: Sing Along Play Along 7:00 PM Virtual Online An opportunity for jammers and musicians of all levels to play along with seasoned jam leaders; all from the comfort of their own homes. Registration online, email wittheatreyt@gmail. com for more info.

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Weekly Thu to Sat 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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Mon Dec 28 The Gathering Bible Study 6:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral For more information call 668-5530 Sun Jan 3 Life Drawing Dropin 7:00 PM Arts Underground Life Drawing is every first Sunday of the Month and is noninstructional. Andew Sharp is the host. A live model will pose each session. Cost is $5/hour to help pay for the model.

Mon Jan 4 Available Light Cinema - Ammonite 6:30 & 8:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Mary, a paleontologist, works alone selling common fossils to tourists. A chance job offer changes Mary’s life when a visitor hires her to care for his wife. Tickets online.

Tue Jan 5 & 6th Photo Sessions for Artists - Yukon Permanent Art Collection 12:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Free photography sessions to help artists in preparing their work for submission. A professional photographer will be available to photograph up to 3 completed pieces. Call 332-6543 or email erin.corbett@gov.yk.ca to register.

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Wed Jan 6 Another Round (Druk) 5:30 & 8:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Take one part deftly directed tragicomedy, add a dash of Mads Mikkelsen in vintage form. English subtitles, purchase tickets online. No tickets at the door.

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Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays LAB Drop-In 12:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale For grades 8+, make beats, write, eat food.

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Wednesdays Warhammer Wednesdays - Age of Sigmar 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Every Wednesday Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays Family Literacy Centre Drop-In 9:30 AM Family Literacy Centre As a part of keeping safe through the pandemic, the FLC capacity number is lower than usual. To help give everyone a chance to visit, we thank you in advance for limiting your stay to 1 hr. Closed over lunch 12 - 1 pm.

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Fridays 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.

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Thursdays 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.

Saturdays 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 4 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Measures Organisation BDG Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue Jan 5 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.

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Register online. https://www.rootand-reach.com Tue Dec 29 Online: Intermediate Meditation with Ruth Lera This course is suitable for those who have been practicing meditation for a few years and have a regular home meditation practice. To register call 668-6429 Thu Dec 31 Online: Intermediate Meditation with Ruth Lera This course is suitable for those who have been practicing meditation for a few years and have a regular home meditation practice. To register call 668-6429 Thu Dec 31 Pilates Reset Stretch out some tight muscles and help correct your posture. Register online. https://www.root-andreach.com Fri Jan 1 Online: Yukon Unity Group Call 334-7693 for more information.

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

Arthritis: Minimize the difficulty H

ere we are, much older than we used to be and almost all of us suffer from the discomfort of arthritis in various places.

Even at a moderate level of pain we find ourselves avoiding lifting, bending, and reaching, as all of those movements - and especially something sudden hurts. My hands are sore most of the time and manual dexterity has diminished to the point where I have to focus on any task for which I use my fingers. Even then,

some efforts are to no avail, so I need to try another way or use a tool to assist me. I also have a new knee, hip and chronic back pain. It sounds pretty desperate but I have created and/or purchased some devices or changed my methods so that I can really minimize the effort to do a great variety of things that used to be easy.

One of my favourite places is our garage, where I spend hours almost every day I am in town.

The frequency of bending and

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PHOTO: Pixabay reaching can make it truly painful and frustrating, because it hurts to do any of that. In the garage, the work-bench and all the storage boxes on the floor under the shelves have casters (wheels) on them so there is no lifting or reaching to move them.

Frequently used items are kept at waist to eye level to avoid reaching. An item I purchased is called a “reacher” and has a jawlike front controlled by a trigger at the near end. It has a small magnet and a hook at the front as well. Easily operated, it works to pull or grip things that are not heavy. I also have a trio of 4-foot dowels, two with strong magnets and one with a hook at the end.

The hook pulls things, high or low, and the magnets pick up dropped tools, screws, bolts or nails. I also keep very handy a set of heavy duty knee pads as I cannot kneel

Wishing all Yukoners the very best this holiday season. May everyone experience the peace and joy the dawn of a new year will bring.

at all on my new knee. Where possible, any painting that I must do is done with a roller with a 3-4 foot extension on it.

At our cabin, all the furniture - including dressers, book shelves and kitchen table - are on casters, so moving them in order to clean is a pain-free exercise. Things are arranged to minimize reaching or bending and a jaw-type reacher is at hand as well as a hooktype. Kitchen wood-boxes and the portable generator are also on wheels. As much as possible a wheelbarrow or quad trailer moves everything outside.

In my mid-size truck with a canopy, I have a shelf near the front of the box. To get tools, boxes etc. up on that shelf, I use two side by side 1x4s as a ramp and push the item up the ramp with my hook-type reacher made from a hockey stick. The hook

is used to pull the item back off the shelf. If I must get up into the truck box I have another set of high quality knee pads in a bag in the truck box. Anything on the floor of the truck box is simply hooked with the reacher and pulled to the rear.

These suggestions, along with learning how to decide what not to do and what not to do, will not make life perfect but they can reduce your pain levels to where life is a little more enjoyable.

“Step Outside” columnist 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.

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Thank you, Whitehorse 2020 has been a year unlike any other.

We have all been challenged in unexpected ways to step up for our communities.

But we’ve been inspired by the amazing ways you have taken care of each other.

Your support for frontline workers, seniors, teachers, neighbours, families with sick children and the many people with critical needs here in the community has been above and beyond, and then beyond that even more.

We want to say a BIG thank you for the unwavering kindness, generosity and togetherness you’ve shown for one another this year.

Thank you to our guests for always making us part of your day, and for giving back through campaigns like Fries for Good, which raised over $2.9 million to support both the Canadian Red Cross and families who turn to Ronald McDonald House Charities® across Canada to stay close to their sick child being treated at the local hospital.

Thank you to our incredible restaurant teams who have supported our neighbours on the front lines of the pandemic: providing coffee to Whitehorse’s health care workers, emergency services personnel and teachers, donating meals to health care providers and donating to local community organizations including the Whitehorse Food Bank, Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, Boys and Girls Club of Yukon and RMHC BC & Yukon.

The generosity shown by everyone this year has made a difference in the lives of so many, but there are more needs to meet. The holiday season is a time of year when increasing numbers of families turn to food banks to put dinner on their tables, so McDonald’s Canada and our local restaurant owners from across the country will continue to step up by supporting with a donation that will provide 400,000 meals to Food Banks Canada’s nationwide network. That means 12,000 meals to families in need across the territories.

We know there’s a difference between being in a community, and being part of one, and we are humbled and proud to be a part of yours.

From our McFamily to yours, we say thank you, Whitehorse.

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A Parade of Dreams Christopher Wheeler’s new poetry collection hits the shelves

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When COVID-19 arrived, it brought

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poetry, A Parade of Dreams.

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’ve put the collection together over COVID,” Wheeler said.

“I thought, why not? It’s been something I’ve been wanting to do for years. Originally, I considered writing a novel, but when I looked back over all of my writing starts from the past several decades, I realized I had about a hundred poems. So I picked the ones I liked from that collection and then I wrote a bunch of new ones this year while in lockdown.”

Wheeler said it was an interesting experience. He feels for people who have had trouble with COVID, but feels lucky not to have been one of them. He said he found he works better in isolation and that COVID gave him the creative space to do that work.

That doesn’t mean the actual physical process of creating the work didn’t come with its challenges however.

“I hurt my back right at the start of COVID,” said Wheeler. “I found myself lying on a bed on my stomach, leaning off the edge of the bed to my laptop on the floor in order to write poetry.”

The collection is divided into 10 parts based on form. For example, there are sections on free verse, acrostics, limericks and haiku. The themes are equally diverse, covering a set of universal topics including understanding the world and people, the environment, love, loss and growing old.

Wheeler sees the collection as the natural extension of how he

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Christopher Wheeler’s poetry collection has arrived just in time for some holiday reading interacts with the world around him—through observation and a desire to understand people. He hopes to inspire introspection in his readers and provide entertainment, as writing the collection did for him.

The poetry is accompanied by Wheeler’s black and white photography. Wheeler went to art school and always had a strong interest in photography, so jumped at the chance to illustrate his own book.

Wheeler has already had some success with the collection. When it was first released, it made it onto Amazon.com’s Top 100 Best Seller List for Canadian Poetry.

“It stayed there for four days,” Wheeler said. “parked right next to Margaret Atwood.”

You can find Parade of Dreams

at Mac’s Fireweed Books or online at Amazon, Chapters, Apple Books and Google Books.

And while COVID continues to keep many of our social calendars much less cluttered than normal, Wheeler is taking advantage of the time the pandemic affords.

“I’m working on another collection already,” he said. “At this point I have almost another 60 poems written.”

Amber Church is generally enthusiastic about everything but she spends most of her time creating in an art studio and chasing a child and dog through the wilderness.

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Place shredded duck in a frying pan over medium heat and gently cook until the edges of the meat begin to darken and brown.

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Place bread on cutting board. Spread each slice with Boursin cheese, then top with the warmed duck, fol-

lowed by arugula. Serve immediately.

Boursin cheese on both sides of the sandwich

Top one side with pan crisped and shredded roast duck Shredded duck, Boursin, and arugula sandwich Sydney [Oland] Keddy is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com as well as in other publications.

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Gather with Miche Geneste

Freezer candy And huzzah!

The results were fabulous

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here is a famous vegetarian restaurant in New York City called Dirt Candy. Someday I will get there, but, in the meantime, I love the name. It perfectly captures the sweetness of the root vegetables that come up from the dirt in their jewel-like colours.

At this time of year, I think of another jewel-like product of the soil as “freezer candy.” Those “candies” are the berries that I picked in the fall and now have the leisure to turn into new and delicious dishes. At this time of year, those delicious things tend to be the small, sweet bites that go with a cup of tea in the afternoon, or a glass of eggnog in the early evening, or a wee dram after dinner; the cookies and tarts and squares that we exchange with our friends and neighbours and combine on platters for festive presents.

Here’s a good addition to those platters. Raspberry and almond tartlets based on homemade raspberry jam and the sweet almond-y filling known as frangipane. These tartlets are derived from the famous Bakewell Tart known and loved in England. There is a story, of course, there always is. An origin story, hotly contested by three different bakeries in Bakewell, Derbyshire, who all claim the tart as their own. Historians say that, in fact, the original tart had its origins in the middle ages, but even so, I like The White Horse Inn story the best. It says that a member of the aristocracy ordered a strawberry tart and it fell to the new cook to make it. The new cook accidentally got the recipe wrong by spreading the almond, eggs and sugar on top of the jam instead of incorporating them into the crust. And huzzah! The results were fabulous.

I like this story because it’s a cook’s story; a kitchen disaster transformed into triumph. The more stories like this the better!

As you spoon the jam into the tart shells, I bet you’ll remember that day last summer under the

bridge, or in the backyard, or in the back alleys of your town, when you plucked ripe berries from the bush and watched them fall into the yogurt container, and the bees buzzed and everything smelled like fruit and flowers. The origin story of the raspberries is the one you know best.

Happy baking!

RASPBERRY BAKEWELL TARTLETS Shortcrust Pastry Ingredients • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 3 tbsp granulated sugar • 1/2 cup (4 oz) cold, unsalted

• • • •

butter, diced Pinch of salt 1 large egg, beaten 1 tsp lemon juice 1 to 2 tbsp cold water

Instructions Blend flour, sugar, salt and half the butter in a bowl with a pastry cutter, or pulse in a food processor until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Add the rest of the butter and blend or pulse until pea-sized pieces remain.

Add egg and lemon juice and stir with a fork or pulse to combine.

Add one tbsp of water. Stir or pulse. Test if the pastry sticks

together when pinched between the fingers. If not, add the second tablespoon of water.

Transfer dough to a lightly floured counter and form into a ball, then press into a disc. Cover and refrigerate for one hour.

Filling Ingredients for frangipane • 1 cup raw, unpeeled almonds • 1/2 cup granulated sugar • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 3 large eggs • 1 tsp almond extract • 3/4 cup raspberry jam Instructions Combine almonds and sugar in

a food processor and pulse until they are the texture of coarse sand. Add butter and pulse until thoroughly combined.

Add eggs and almond extract and pulse until smooth and grainy.

Transfer to a bowl with a lid and reserve.

Working with half the dough at a time, roll out on a counter lightly sprinkled with flour to a thickness of 1/4-inch. At first the dough will be crumbly, but don’t worry, it will come together as you roll.

Cut dough into 3 or 4-inch rounds and press lightly into muffin tins. *In my house, my biggest cutter is 3 inches, which makes 18 shallow tarts. A 4-inch round will give you 12 deeper tarts.

Chill in freezer for 10 minutes.

Preheat oven to 450F. Prick the base of each tart several times with a fork. Bake the tart shells for five minutes and remove from oven.

If the bases have puffed up, press them down lightly with the back of a spoon. Cool to room temperature.

Reduce oven temperature to 375F. Spoon 2 tsps (for shallower tarts) to 1 tbsp raspberry jam (for deeper tarts) into each tart shell.

Spoon enough almond mixture over top to cover the jam, from 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons. You will have plenty of frangipane left for the next batch of tarts!

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until tops are golden brown. Serve at room temperature—the crust will be crisp and the filling both smooth and just slightly crunchy.

Makes 18 3-inch or 12 4-inch tarts.

Michele Genest is a Whitehorsebased chef and writer. She is also somewhat of a gardener.

Michele has also written two books “The Boreal Feast - A Culinary Journey Through The North” and “The Boreal Gourmet - Adventures In Northern Cooking.”

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In Abbotsford (and in a few other cities, including Vancouver and St. John’s, Halifax), they could justifiably adopt the idiom “right as rain.”

This idiom originated in Britain, where umbrellas abound.

Although I haven’t heard it used in the Yukon, in our semi-arid climate, I have heard it in my lifetime.

If it’s right as rain, it’s as it should be; it’s normal and expected; it’s right on track, exactly as anticipated. It also refers to a congenial frame of mind, or even a state of physical comfort.

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It wouldn’t make sense here in the Yukon and I can’t honestly think of a Northern replacement* for it.

There is a real sense of contentment and positivity with this idiom. An all-is-right-with-theworld sentimentality. I think I have an umbrella somewhere …

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*All right, so this summer proved me wrong. If you don’t own an umbrella, you probably wished you did at some point. July and August were almost double the average rainfall in the Yukon (according to the chart on MeteoWhitehorse.ca). “Right as rain” may gain in popularity here after this summer!

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Hobnobbing: Yukoners and their Eclectic Hobbies with Glenda Koh

A Calling for Cocktails M

point of researching and visiting top-rated bars when travelling, her home practice was sparked by an otherwise humdrum Cosmopolitan recipe, the only one that matched the current ingredients in her kitchen. Instead of storebought cranberry juice, she used her own hand-picked and juiced lowbush cranberries. That cranberry juice was the clincher.

“I’d had my share of Cosmos when I was out, but I was never really struck with the drink. With my fresh cranberry juice, I finally got it. My obsession with craft cocktails started in that moment.”

Craft cocktails are not just about taste, though. Drinks frequently acknowledge a particular culture, history, context, or figure.

For Farynowski, exploring history through spirits is a compelling aspect of cocktail culture.

“The more interesting part of alcohol is knowing your ingredients. So it’s not just knowing that, for example, it’s a rum-based drink, but which type of rum. Is it Spanish? Is it French? Is it English? There’s that whole history of colonization and development associated with rum and PHOTOS: Lise Farynowski

any took up drinking as a hobby during the pandemic, but for the amateur mixologist, it’s all about quality over quaffing.

Lise Farynowski has been interested in the art of cocktails for more than a decade. Craft cocktails typically refer to drinks that include fresh ingredients, homemade syrups and small batch spirits (no margarita mix!).

They are made with an attention to creating complex new flavour profiles, but also reviving to the well-worn ones. While Farynowski had always made a

Craft cocktails take Farynowski around the world, including the St. Elias icefields

Attention to detail is a hallmark of craft cocktails its place in history.”

To be clear, a mixologist is not necessarily a drinker. On the contrary, the less you drink, the better the drink has to be because it has to be worth consuming. In fact, Farynowski spends more time learning about cocktails than actually mixing, which is reserved for weekends.

“It’s an enormous volume to learn. I limit cocktails to the weekend, but I try to do one cocktail thing every day, whether it’s listen to at least part of a podcast, or read one of my books, or memorize a recipe, or do some studying for whatever course I’m doing.”

Yes, you can go to cocktail school! Farynowski has been doing a series of courses through an on-

line hospitality training hub called Ananas Academy.

With the pandemic, Farynowski’s focus has been on technique and refinement. Quarantine provided her with enough time to learn about clarified milk punch, a centuries-old technique of mixing spirits with ingredients such as tea or spices (sometimes even bacon), then adding milk. As you can imagine, the milk curdles.

When strained, the milk takes with it any solids or impurities, leaving behind all the flavour in a perfectly clear liquid.

Not travelling has also meant certain ingredients have not been accessible, though Farynowski is pleased with Whitehorse’s new

adapted to the local context in her mixing.

“Refining classic recipes to suit the local environment is my current challenge, or I might make some variation of a drink based on what I have in my liquor cabinet.”

Farynowski continues to experiment with flavours and history, though. “My latest project was, if I had to make a cocktail for Eleanor of Aquitaine, what would it be?” Let’s take a trip with her to 12th century England to find out …

LISE FARYNOWSKI’S AWARD-WINNING MOCKTAIL FIRE MAIDEN Ingredients • 2 oz sour cherry juice (100 per cent pure, no sugar added) • 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice • 1/2 oz violet syrup (like Giffards) • 1/2 tsp chilli seeds • 8 mint leaves • Pinch of salt

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Contact her with your ideas at editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Grey Matters with Lillian Nakamura Maguire

Light and reflections friends for dinner and in the lighting of the solstice bonfire, we would send our wishes for a good year ahead into the dark sky. Unfortunately 2020 didn’t live up to

Solstice fire at Maguires in 2019

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ave you managed to adjust to the shortened daylight hours? In our family, we have our own tradition of a solstice fire on Dec. 21. It is a time to reflect on the past year, burn away the old and make wishes for the new. Starting last January, we began the brush pile with our old Christmas tree. Throughout the months, we added fallen trees and cuttings.

Ordinarily we would invite

our expectations. This time of year lends itself to reflecting on the past year’s events, both positive and negative.

It was a little more than a year ago that I wrote a private “rant,” shared only with family and sympathetic friends, about the need for change in our systems and our priorities as a society. Little did I realize that two months after I wrote that rant, the world would be turned upside down and many of the things I was thinking about were beginning to shift. People were calling for equity, justice, access to adequate health care and

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PHOTOS: Lillian Nakamura Maguire

guaranteed annual income. Families and neighbours were forming supportive bubbles, people were buying less, reusing, gardening and cooking their own meals. It felt like we were back to our hippie days.

So what have I learned from the last nine months? What am I planning to maintain from the new perspectives I’ve gained? I recognize that I’m fortunate to be retired, with time and adequate income to meet my needs. Here’s what I’m committing to in the year ahead:

what I participate in. Phone meetings and gatherings using video or audio conferencing have become alternatives to face-to-face. I feel more relaxed and focused on the things of most importance to me, including being active outdoors, reading, writing, advocating for improved healthcare, spending family time, watercolour painting, or dreaming of gardening.

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Maintaining connections

My siblings are scattered throughout Canada and the U.S. We range in age from 65 to 80 years old. Since COVID, we’ve connected more regularly by videoconference, phone and letter, and grown closer as a result. We’ve shared happy and sad stories of life as second-generation immigrant kids in Regina.

Like many who have moved to the Yukon, our friends have become our adopted Yukon family.

We’ve hiked, camped, cooked outdoor meals, and swapped books and puzzles in our social bubble.

Thankfully my husband, son and I have learned to live together with all of our flaws and quirky personalities. Concentrated time together is draining, but, on the whole, we’ve managed to tolerate each other’s good and bad days.

We’ve also provided support when needed.

I am still able to maintain connections with my in-person, phys-

Watercolour cards made during COVID lockdown ically-distanced book club, my video-conferenced writing groups and church, by way of Facebook live. I also reach out regularly to older church members and friends living outside Yukon through traditioal letters and phone calls.

Focused use of time

Prior to COVID, I was making the 30-minute drive to town about four or five times a week, sometimes making two trips in one day, to attend fitness and Tai chi classes, meetings, or community activities. Since COVID, my driving time and, coincidentally, consumption of gas has been greatly reduced to about two or three times a week. I’m choosing to do more physical activities at home and am selective about

I’m able to choose between what is a “want” and what is a “need.” Do I really need that new pair of pants, or book, or cellphone? I think twice about purchasing new. Instead, I look for used clothing or books. I borrow a book from the library, or friends. I recycle a cell phone, or computer from e-waste. This completely aligns with our family’s values of reducing waste and making do.

It is worthwhile to take time to reflect and shed new light on relationships with my family, friends, community and the world. How can I use my resources to support a kinder and more caring world?

May the new year ahead bring you hope, peace, love and light!

Lillian Nakamura Maguire, a retired rural Whitehorse resident, enjoys writing plays, personal essays and haiku, and exploring other creative expressions.

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Honouring a whale

Joyce Majiski’s new exhibit explores the ocean and our impacts on it

by Amber Church

“I

’ve been thinking about water for about five or six years,” said artist Joyce Majiski. “Trying to find a way to convince or coerce water to work with me.”

The pursuit of this, in her artistic practice, has taken Majiski to Ireland, Morocco and the coast of Spain. While walking the beach in Spain she was struck by the large amount of garbage that was getting washed in with the tide. She started incorporating some of this garbage she found into the work she was creating. And then, one day, she was struck with a vision of building a whale out of garbage.

“It was a long process to bring this to fruition,” Majiski said. “It took many months to gain access to a whale skeleton that I could use to model my work on. I tried reaching out to everyone I could

think of and kept coming up empty.

I’m really grateful that the Beaty was willing to work with me on this project.”

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia had a whale skeleton that Majiski could use for the project. The skeleton is from a young female humpback whale that was drowned after her tail was wrapped in herring fishery gear.

Her body was found in Telegraph Cove, B.C. The whale’s skeleton was sent to Cetacea, a family-run business located on Salt Spring Island, which specializes in articulating marine mammal skeletons for scientific and artistic collections.

Majiski travelled to Salt Spring to work with the bones, staying on the island from September 2019 until June of this year.

Majiski’s vision of creating her version of the whale’s skeleton out of garbage required a large source of styrofoam. The Ocean Legacy Foundation (based in Delta, B.C.)

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PHOTOS: Amber Church p Joyce Majiski amongst pieces of her whale sculpture

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Honouring a whale... cont’d gram called EPIC. The program’s goal is to give plastic waste an economic value to stimulate the plastic circular economy and provide communities the long-term tools they need to steward their environment by keeping plastic out of the oceans. To date, the foundation has cleaned up 174,675 pounds of plastic pollution from shorelines, a small portion of which the foundation was able to provide to Majiski to carve the bones of her whale.

Over her time on Salt Spring, Majiski would collect a small set of bones from the whale skeleton held at Cetacea and then meticulously recreate them, to scale out, from the salvaged styrofoam, with a hand saw and exacto knife.

“There are several different col-

ours of the salvaged styrofoam,” Majiski said. “I quickly learnt (that) meant the different colours had different properties. Each colour would carve differently and would dull blades at a different rate. It kept the carving process dynamic and unpredictable.”

Once the carving was complete, Majiski rented a U-Haul and trailer and drove the full skeleton home to Whitehorse. She then faced the challenge of finding a space large enough to assemble and articulate the skeleton.

“I was striking out on finding a place,” she said. “It turns out that, although during COVID there are empty spaces, many are not available to be used. I was driving by the old Greyhound station one day and thought ‘maybe that

The giant whale skull hangs in the air as the rest of the skeleton is assembled

would work.’”

Lucky for her, the current tenants (who are working to set up a new grocery store in the space) were very happy to let her use the building.

Majiski and fellow artist, Donald Watt, got to work assembling the skeleton. “We’ve been at it six hours a day throughout the week days,” said Majiski. “It’s a lot of thinking time and experimentation. When a real whale skeleton is assembled, it takes a huge team of people and welding metal supports. In this case it’s just Don and me working it out. We can’t weld styrofoam, so we have to work out different systems. I couldn’t accomplish this without Don’s help.”

The final assembled skeleton will be premiered at the Yukon Arts Centre in December. The whale will be accompanied by 1,000 herring created out of plastic bags, projections and a scoundscape created by Daniel Janke.

The whole creation experience has been very personal and profound for Majiski. “I have spent so much time with her bones that I feel like I know and am connected to this whale. As humans we never get to spend this kind of time with an animal.

“I also feel like, in a way, this whale wanted to happen. Every step along the way resolved itself without a lot of push from me. It’s like she wanted to happen.”

The partially assembled whale skeleton hangs from the ceiling of the old Greyhound bus station. The skeleton is being assembled in this space to work out the assembly and installation kinks and will then be transported to the Yukon Arts Centre for the exhibition

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The giant whale skull hangs in the air as the rest of the skeleton is assembled

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Travelling Light with Aimée Dawn Robinson

Treasure the traditions without the drama by embracing innocence!

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o matter your spiritual practice, chances are there is a special holiday in December for you, celebrated with gatherings, rituals, and traditions. Of course, this year will be different and I surely need not tell you why.

Pandemic conditions, combined with possible feelings of loss and disorientation, means spending too much time looking in the rearview mirror could be damaging this holi-

day season. Let’s look at this collective Tarot reading to see what will help us navigate the holidays this year.

Question:

What advice will help us collectively, and as individuals, this holiday season?

The Deck:

The Rider-Waite ColemanSmith, first published in 1910.

Astrological Circumstances:

I cast the reading during the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini, in a plume of white sage smoke with kind intentions. May it harm none.

The Card:

Six of Cups of the Minor Arcana

Rulerships: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio, co-ruler Aquarius. Element: Water. Direction: West.

Physical Description:

In the Six of Cups, we see a scene of sweet and innocent courtship; you can almost smell the perfume of the blooms spilling from the six golden cups. Amid the blossoms, under a blue sky, in a town square or public place, one figure gives another a bouquet of flowers.

Metaphysical Description:

The Six of Cups is a gentle card, here to remind us of the sweet importance of kind acts, courtship, and reunions with loved ones, lovers and friends. Often, the figures portrayed in the card are

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The love in the Six of Cups is gentle, benevolent, generous. There can be a healing element to the card.

It often involves love from the past being enjoyed or revisited. There can be a public element to gestures of love, as the figures in the card are in plain view.

The shadow side of the card also provides a lot of information. Nostalgia and the past are both positive and shadow sides to this card.

A little bit of nostalgia can be an enjoyable bittersweet feeling, but too much nostalgia is usually just awful for our systems. All Zodiac signs, but perhaps especially Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Capricorn and Virgo, keep your trips down holiday memory lane light, quick,and innocent. This year, do not linger too long in the memories or sensations of holidays past. It’s just not the moment to wallow in the drippings of heavy nostalgia.

Give gifts and gestures that come straight from the heart. The figures in the Six of Cups are not wealthy; they have simple homespun clothing. When it comes to gifts, who cares about material wealth when the heart is the true source of the giving?

Advice:

Set grievances aside and open yourself up to innocence and gentleness.

Just say “no” to heavy nostalgia. There will be easier times ahead. Tend to the blooms at hand. Be gentle and sweet with your loved ones. Call up an old friend and let them know you think they are lovely.

PHOTO: Aimée Dawn Robinson

Do not drown in nostalgia this holiday season

The Six of Cups shows us tenderness, reunions and treasuring love will help this holiday season Allow the past to inform your actions, but avoid living in the past over the holidays. If you feel remorse for past actions, the Six of Cups advises approaching the situation with an attitude of innocence and an open heart. Open the lines of communication with a heartfelt gesture and enjoy the simple pleasure of knowing this person with your clarified heart.

Be accepting of people and of yourself. Treasure your loved ones.

Let people know you love them through simple and innocent acts of kindness, no matter how far away they are.

And again, it bears repeating, this is not the year for heavy nostalgia. Instead, stay bright, stay in the light. Find and enjoy your sense of wonder.

Specializing in nomadic arts, Aimée Dawn Robinson is a dancer, writer, visual artist, Tarot reader and astrologer.

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A Painting a Day Local artist creates a watercolour a day of a Yukon scene

by Doug Rutherford

PHOTOS: Doug Rutherford

T

he Coronavirus lockdown and physical distancing has led us to trying to find activities to keep ourselves busy. The stress and uncertainty have played havoc with the mental health of most of us. A friend, who is a professional artist, attacked this problem and challenged herself to paint a small (4x6 or 5x7) watercolour each day.

The challenge intrigued me, so I decided I’d give it a try.

Before we go much further, I will preface this with the following disclaimer: I am not a professional artist, and have only been painting, after a 45-year break from oil painting, since December. My wife is highly allergic to fumes, so I decided to try painting in watercolour instead. I’ve had two lessons.

My hope was that this would give me some structure to this time and allow me to improve my skills.

I decided to try to do a local painting every day.

Mount Martha Black, watercolour on paper, 5x7 I have missed a few days, but not many. Sometimes, you just don’t feel up to it, given the current situation. Lately, the siren call of nice weather and a backlog of yard work has interfered.

So, I hit my photo collection and started painting. Yes, some have been duds, but some have turned out nicely.

I’ve had to turn to internet pictures for additional details when my shots didn’t have what I needed. Some local photographers have also been kind enough to allow me to do one of their photos when I found the subject interesting and didn’t have a photo of my own.

This little project has had a

few benefits: • I usually need something to do, or I will get into trouble. Idle hands are the devil’s toolbox and I’ve managed to stay out of mischief (so far).

• I am getting rather good at fixing my painting mistakes, because I have made more than my fair share.

PHOTOS: Doug Rutherford

• I have made it a point to learn the actual names of some of the mountains I’ve just taken for granted. In a reverse of how it normally works, I’ve even managed to learn the English name of a mountain I only knew by its Tutchone one. cont’d on page 29 ...

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She is very curious about other dogs and will need to get socialized. She is housetrained but needs extra basic training. She has no aggressivity behavior but is quite jumpy, a home with older kids would be better for her. f you are interested in adopting Shylow, please fill out an online application.

126 Tlingit St, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6J2 | Tel: 867 633 6019

7 Days of Christmas Sale!

Get 15% off all art supplies from December 17 - 23 and 30% off on December 24!

Members’ Gallery Find unique artwork & gifts, 100% Yukon-made by artists from across the territory!

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AVAILABLE LIGHT CINEMA

Tues, Jan 5

Yukon Film Society screenings have returned to the Yukon Arts Centre! Seats are limited and must be reserved in advance through yukontickets.com!

Another Round (Druk) - 5:30 PM & 8:30 PM

Thomas Vinterberg’s smart and intoxicating film about midlife crises is also a moving and necessary look at the inculturation of alcohol. Heartened by a theory conceptualized by a Norwegian psychologist that, to keep our minds and hearts open to the world, we should always have a small amount of alcohol in our blood, Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. In Danish and Swedish with English subtitles. Winner of 4 European Film Awards!

Dir. Thomas Vinterberg, 2020, Denmark | Sweden | Netherlands, 116 min.

Visit yukonfilmsociety.com for more information

YukonFilmSociety

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Shelter Hours: Tuesdays - Fridays 12pm-6pm Saturdays - 10am-6pm

Boys Club Boys&&Girls Girls Club Yukon ofofYukon Youth Drop-In Centre

Weekly WELCOME WEDNESDAY NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 11am ………………………..

Open Hours Mon- Fri 9am-5pm Closed Dec 24 - Jan 1

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

Recreational program for teen-years youth Tuesday-Saturday 3pm-9pm Off-Site Programming For:12-18 years of age Contact the BGCY at 393-2824 ext203 obulpitt@bgcyukon.com for more information

AllStars After School Program:

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

Who: Ages 6-11 Cost: Tuition fees as follows: $295 for full months mtpd@bgcyukon.com for info Location: Downtown/Takhini Elementary

Learning Tree Daycare

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

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

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NO ADOPTIONS OVER THE HOLIDAYS

Like all reputable rescue organizations, YARN will not do adoptions over the holidays, from Dec 18, 2020 to Jan 3, 2021. We will still accept the surrender of pups/litters - but they won’t be adopted until the new year.This is to prevent folks giving animals as Christmas gifts.

A high percentage of “gift animals” are neglected or abandoned before long. Each human must decide on their own, when they are prepared to handle all of the responsibilities of being a responsible pet owner for the next 15 years.

MERRY WOOFMAS From the YARN Pack…!

For more information or to send us a message visit our page @YukonAnimalRescueNetwork

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ATLIN Mondays Walking at the Rec Centre 11:00 AM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch 12:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre 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

CARCROSS Sundays St. Saviours Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129

DAWSON CITY Tuesdays Music & Me: Baby & Toddler Parented Program 10:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture A parented singing and dance program for babies and toddlers. Registration must be done in advance, weekly, by emailing Jen.Suttis@cdcyukon.ca Sundays St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-9935381 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Family Sticks & Skates Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Tues & Thurs 4-5:30 pm and Sat 3:30-5 pm.

For more info email recmanager@ cityofdawson.ca or phone 993-7400 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays Sticks & Skates Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Wed & Fri 11:30-1 pm, Tues 6-7 pm, Sat 5:30 -7 pm. For more info email recmanager@cityofdawson.ca or phone 993-7400.

Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays, Saturdays Public Skate Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Tues & Thurs 11:30-1 pm, Wed,4-5 pm, Fri 4-5:30 pm Sat 2-3 pm. For more info email recmanager@cityofdawson.ca or phone 993-7400.

Sat Jan 2 Open Studio/Saturday Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture All ages welcome- but youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Email programs@kiac.ca for more info.

Sun Jan 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Mon Jan 4 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting

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Wed Jan 6 Photo Sessions for Artists - Yukon Permanent Art Collection 12:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Free photography sessions to help artists in preparing their work for submission.

A professional photographer will be available to photograph up to 3 completed pieces. Call 332-6543 or email erin.corbett@gov.yk.ca to register.

Thursdays & Mondays Adult Hockey 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Monday & Thursdays

Wed Dec 23 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Fridays Indoor Kids Soccer 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728

Wed Dec 30 MLCS Board Zoom Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Thu Jan 7 & 8 Winter Concert Series: Harmonica George & Annie Avery + Brigitte Jardin 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Musicians from throughout the Yukon will share their work in a concert series, with each concert showcasing two artists for two nights. Tickets online.

Saturdays Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca

Fri Jan 8 Play Like a Girl 3:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre For girls grade 1 +, develop skills and have fun! To register email recreation@ cityofdawson.ca

Wed Dec 30 Balloon Archery 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Play balloon archery and win prizes! Ages 6+ Faro

Sat Jan 9 Open Studio/Saturday Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture All ages welcome- but youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Email programs@kiac.ca for more info.

Tue Jan 12 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions. 867-993-7400

FARO Wednesdays & Fridays Seniors Cards & Walk 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Wednesdays Archery - Ages 6+ 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre No experience or equipment needed.

994-2728

Fridays Adult Soccer 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Saturdays Pickleball 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca

Tuesdays Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Tuesdays Adult Curling 7:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena

HAINES JUNCTION Monday, Thursday, Friday Saturday & Sunday Public Skate Bill Brewster Arena Mon 7:30-8:30 pm, Tues, Thurs & Friday 3:15-5:30 pm, Sat 12:00-3 pm, Sun 5-7 pm. Call 634-7100, ext.

202, to confirm that the arena is open.

Saturdays Beginner Public Skate 10:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena No sticks, no pucks, bring your little ones or just come practice your skills Wed Dec 23 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Sun Jan 3 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church Service - Info: Mark Ritchie 634-2943 Wed Jan 6 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

MARSH LAKE

Wednesdays Bootcamp 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728

Weekdays - DVD Yoga 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Wednesdays, Fridays & Sunday Public Skate Father Rigaud Arena Wed 4-6 pm, Fri 7-9 pm, Sun 2-4 pm

Tuesdays North of 60 Seniors Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Thursdays Soccer Thursdays 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6+, rain or shine.

Tuesdays Yoga with Richard 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Thursdays & Tuesdays Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Thursdays & Tuesdays Faro Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Registration is required, call 994-2728 for more info.

Thursdays Volleyball Night - Ages 15+ 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Faro Thursdays Archery 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre No experience or equipment needed. 994-2728 Faro

Thursdays Shuffleboard and Games Night-Jackalope(licensed) & Gym 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fridays Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall and Recreation Centre Saturdays Knitting Circle 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Happy Hour in the Jackalope 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays & Sundays Pickleball, Please drop in! 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Sat Jan 2 Jackrabbits Kids skischool 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 2 Happy Hour in the Jackalope 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 6 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 9 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 9 Jackrabbits Kids skischool 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 13 Local Advisory Council Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre

Thursdays Tagish Carpet Bowling 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling, Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre A great opportunity to get out of the house and catch up with other community members. A lunch program which will include such things as soup/stew/chili and homemade rolls/bread plus some tasty treats! Covid-19 precautions apply.

Saturdays Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Library Call 3993418 or email tglib@klondiker.com for more info.

Saturdays Youth Night 5:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Fun, games, snacks, for ages 10+, call 3993407 for more info

TESLIN Mondays Teslin Adult Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mondays DIY Life Hacks 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tuesdays Kids in the Kitchen 3:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tuesdays Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Mats provided just bring your zen.

Tuesdays Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)6677746

Tuesdays Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin Healing Centre, For more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina. sheldon@ttc-teslin.com

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Tuesdays Adult Hockey 8:15 PM Teslin Rec Center

Sundays St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-9935381

TAGISH Mondays Nordic Walking 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Everyone welcome, for more info contact Ursula for meeting place 399-3671.

Tuesdays Yoga 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 or email recreation@tagishyukon.org for more info.

Tuesdays Get and Stay Fit Class 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Everyone welcome, for more info call 399-3671.

Wednesdays Tagish Youth Night 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fun, games, snacks, for ages 10+, call 3993407 for more info.

Wednesdays Seniors Outreach Computer Tutor 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 or email recreation@tagishyukon.org for more info.

Wednesdays Teslin PickleBall 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays Seniors Social 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays & Mondays Adult Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays Community Art Program 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center 390-2530 Wednesdays Public Skating 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre Thursdays Kids Club 3:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Boys Club 5:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Women’s Hockey 5:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Adult Hockey 7:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Fridays Public Skating 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Centre Fridays Teslin Youth Club 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 10-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks!

Saturdays Movie Night 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center

FAMILY

My reason to quit

WATSON LAKE Daily Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe Rentals call 536-4820 for more info Tuesdays Parent-Child Mother Goose - Ages 0-1 9:30 AM Watson Lake Family Centre You and your little one will learn new songs and rhymes, revisit old favourites. Ages newborn - 1 year are welcome and a light snack is provided!

Wednesdays Drop in Beading 1:00 PM Watson Lake Family Centre Thursdays Drop-in Curling 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932

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A painting a day ... continued from page 26 • Most of these are not finished.

Some could use touching up or adding a bit more detail, but I can get to that later.

Most importantly, of the places I’ve lived, this is the easiest place to find a beautiful piece of scenery to paint every day. We are lucky to live here.

I don’t know how long this challenge, or these circumstances, will last. But, if the lockdown has gotten you down, you can find something to pass the time. Just do something you enjoy. You don’t have to be great at it. I’m proof.

My paintings can all be seen on Instagram, @doug.rutherford.

Vulcan Mountain, watercolour on paper, 5x7

Mount Granger and Fish Lake, watercolour on paper, 5x7 Doug Rutherford is a retired college professor, playwright, musician, and still manages to have too much time on his hands.

PHOTOS: Doug Rutherford

Fox Creek wetlands, watercolour on paper, 5x7

Sunset, Kusawa Lake, watercolour on paper, 5x7

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Active/Wellness LISTINGS ACTIVE LISTINGS Wednesdays 1 Hour Drop in Classes: Buns and Guns 5:15 PM Long, Lean & Mean Fitness All strength class, focusing on toning the muscles in your arms and glutes.

Register online or call 334-3479 for more information.

Wednesdays Habit Cycle 5:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Wednesdays 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.

Wednesdays No-Gi Jiu Jitsu/ Submission Wrestling 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Wednesdays Habit Cycle 6:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Wednesdays Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:45 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Thursdays Cycle-Yoga 9:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness The class consists of 45 minutes of indoor cycling followed by 45 minutes of yoga. Call or email for more info, register online.

Thursdays Habit HITT 12:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness All levels welcome for this total body cardio and complete body weight class.

Call or email for more info, register online.

Thursdays Kids BJJ 4:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Thursdays 1 Hour Drop in Classes: Turbo Kick- Cardio Kickboxing 5:30 PM Long, Lean & Mean Fitness Perfect for the beginner and elite fitness enthusiast alike! Call for more info, register online. 334-3479 Thursdays Kids BJJ 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Thursdays Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Fridays Kids BJJ 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Fridays Habit Cycle 6:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@ gmail.com Fridays Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Fridays zFit with Jennifer 10:00 AM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre Call 633-5245 for more info.

Fridays Habit Cycle 6:30 AM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@ gmail.com Saturdays Habit Cycle 8:30 AM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Saturdays Open Mat 12:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy

SaturdaysKickboxing with LeeAnne 12:30 PM Better Bodies Cross training 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.

Saturdays Spinning with Jeanette 10:00 AM Better Bodies Cross Training Centre A slow, steady workout with an emphasis on hard resistance work. Call 633-5425 for more info.

Sundays Habit Cycle 10:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Sundays Kids BJJ 3:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Mondays 1 Hour Drop in Classes: Pilates 5:15 PM Long, Lean & Mean Fitness Intense core class that will make you sweat and burn calories.

All levels welcome modifications available. Call for more info, register online. 334-3479 Mondays Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Mondays Habit Cycle 6:30 AM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Mondays No-Gi Jiu Jitsu/ Submission Wrestling 7:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Tuesdays Cycle-Yoga 9:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness The class consists of 45 minutes of indoor cycling followed by 45 minutes of yoga. Call or email for more info, register online.

Tuesdays Habit HITT 12:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness All levels welcome for this total body cardio and complete body weight class.

Call or email for more info, register online.

Tuesdays Kids BJJ 4:30 & 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Tuesdays Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy

WELLNESS LISTINGS Elder and Counsellor available Emotional and Spiritual support, free to Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirited in Yukon, Northern BC: Phone, video appointments or in person. Call Toll Free 866 667 6162 or visit www.yawc.ca for info.

Monday - Friday 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.

Mondays Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:00 PM Overeaters Anonymous Contact oayukon@ gmail.com for more information 3330112 oayukon@gmail.com Tuesdays 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.

Tuesdays & Saturdays 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.

Mon Dec 28 Sunshine Pilates 9:00 AM Virtual Online An openlevel Pilates class beginning with a mindful and peaceful 20-minute stretch and warm up, leading into a 40-minute Pilates workout. Register online.

Mon Dec 28 Grounding Pilates Flow 6:30 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.

Tue Dec 29 Online: Intermediate Meditation with Ruth Lera 12:00 PM Virtual Online This course is suitable for those who have been practicing meditation for a few years and have a regular home meditation practice. To register call 668-6429 Thu Dec 31 Online: Intermediate Meditation with Ruth Lera 12:00 PM Virtual Online This course is suitable for those who have been practicing meditation for a few years and have a regular home meditation practice. To register call 668-6429

Sundays Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Zoom Room – contact 334 7693 Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Mondays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Tuesdays The Joy Of Living group (O/M, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance

Dr. David Rach, Dr. Robin Vigneau & staff

Ugly Duckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM - Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street

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Thu Dec 31 Pilates Reset 1:00 PM Virtual Online Stretch out some tight muscles and help correct your posture. Register online.

Mon Jan 4 Sunshine Pilates 9:00 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. Mon Jan 11 Diabetes Wellness Series 6:00 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Topics including self-management, medications, self-monitoring, healthy eating and activity strategies. To register, call 667-8733 or email ccsp@gov.yk.ca.

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Polar Group (O/M) 7:30 pm Hellaby Hall – 4th and Elliott St. Or zoom room contact aapolargroup@gmail. com Fridays

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The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM Zoom Room – Contact 3347693 Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall - 4th and Elliott Street Saturdays Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Zoom Room – contact 334-7693 Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street

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Learning from the land

A bull from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on summer range in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii (Vuntut National Park) PHOTOS: Ian MacDonald

Monitoring caribou summer range in Vuntut National Park

by Ian McDonald

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This trail camera is used to record snow depth and duration of the growing season

ne. Step. At. A. Time. And remember to smack the data logger before we go.

I repeat this mantra under my breath as my fellow Parks Canada ecologist and I assemble one last caribou summer range monitoring site in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii, also known as Vuntut National Park, in northern Yukon. We’re trying to work carefully, but dark clouds are rolling in from the east and mosquitoes are working themselves through the gaps in our bug jackets. The helicopter pilot stands nearby, warily watching the sky and us.

It’s early September and we’re well above the Arctic Circle. If the storm catches us we may be stuck in impenetrable fog and mosquitoes until morning. As we push to finish up, I try to focus on why we’re here—we’re among many

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Yukon and the Northwest Territories. This journey represents one of the longest migrations of any land mammal in the world.

By mid-July, many caribou are on their summer range in the park and surrounding area, feasting on abundant, nitrogen-rich foods, including leafy shrubs and flowering plants. These important foods help caribou recover energy reserves lost during the winter. They help females produce milk for their new calves and males to build strength for the fall rut. Caribou also seek out the park’s windy mountain ridges and snow and ice patches to find relief from the hordes of biting insects that have plagued them since early summer.

Understanding ecological changes to key habitats and their effects on caribou is a group effort.

It involves many partners and relies

working to build a bright future for a caribou herd.

The Porcupine Caribou Herd is one of the largest barren-ground caribou herds in North America. It numbered approximately 220,000 when it was last counted in 2017, a record-breaking high. Despite this, the herd faces challenges. Among them, climate change is expected to dramatically affect snow, vegetation and permafrost throughout the herd’s range, including Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii. How a warming climate will affect caribou is what we’re so eager to understand.

Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii was created in 1995 through the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement. It is cooperatively managed

by Vuntut Gwitchin Government, North Yukon Renewable Resources Council and Parks Canada. The park protects summer range vital to the herd. It’s an important stop along their yearly route through Alaska,

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As we push to finish up, I try to focus on why we’re here—we’re among many working to build a bright future for a caribou herd. .... Ian MacDonald

on both Indigenous Knowledge and western science. On this day, our Parks Canada team is collecting ground-based scientific measurements, which can be tricky. The nearest road is more than 150 kilometres away and there are no cabins or aircraft landing strips in the park. A helicopter is the only practical means of getting around. In a typical year we get just one chance to visit the summer range. Thanks to the commitment of cooperative management partners and stubborn determination from our crew, we now have a network of 10 monitoring sites in the middle of prime caribou summer habitat.

Each site has equipment that measures key information and records it in a data logger—a digital processor with sensors, housed in a protective case. We are capturing things such as permafrost temperatures, snow season duration, snow depth, growing season duration and depth of ground thaw.

There is no room here for fussy scientific equipment. Things have to work at -40 degrees C and colder, be simple to maintain and tough enough to handle inquisitive wildlife. We bolster the precise equipment with hardware store parts, creating a scientific Frankenstein that loses in looks, but wins in reliability. And we remember to smack the data logger before we go, a few knocks to make sure that

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Porcupine Caribou on summer range in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii (Vuntut National Park)

Finding relief from insects on a windy ridge in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii (Vuntut National Park) it’s up for a year alone in northern Yukon. That’s not something you’ll find in the owner’s manual, but better to test it now.

We finish our work in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii and leave in the helicopter before the storm arrives.

The tundra passing below us is mesmerizing. It’s bright red and

yellow now and, in many places, goes on as far as the eye can see.

The caribou need it badly, especially these days. I sit back and can finally enjoy the view as another field season wraps up. I hope the data loggers work all winter.

I hope they help the caribou find that bright future.

A scientific Frankenstein with air temperature sensor, soil temperature logger, trail camera for snow observations, and white plastic tube housing the data logger p

Measuring permafrost temperature with a multimeter at Nèhtrùh Vavan (Wolverine Lake)

Parks Canada staff downloading air temperature data from a monitoring site data logger

Caribou summer range in Nanh Thok Natr’iniin’aii (Vuntut National Park)

PHOTOS: Ian MacDonald

Ian McDonald is an ecologist for Parks Canada in Vuntut National Park.

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