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Knowing the beaver ... cont’d the Beaver often went swimming along with my children in the St. Lawrence Parks System back in Ontario – that’s for my book if I ever finish it.

For many serious trappers, the beaver is hardly worth the trouble due to the low price on the hide and coats. Beaver coats have dropped considerably, but on the other hand the muskrat is a prime target as that pelt is in top price category.

Consequently the beaver can become a problem due to a population rise, and the many beaver dams that flood farming country, roads, etc.

On the other side of the coin the beaver dams create small ponds for other wildlife to benefit in a big way from.

So why do we cull the beaver? We are damned if we do by some and damned if we don’t by others.

The giant beaver that lived millions of years ago became extinct. The beavers of today have been known to reach 100 pounds, but such a big beaver would have had to be very old and no doubt lived in captivity.

The largest beaver I ever live trapped for removal to some remote area weighed 63 pounds.

Back in the 1960s we often live trapped a nuisance beaver out of an area and released it into some small, narrow waterway. Soon there would be a dam (the largest beaver dam I ever saw was 8 foot high and close to 1,000 feet long). Within a month we would have a small pond with ducks on it. Within a year muskrats, mink and deer would be seen feeding on aquatic plants.

Soon, on one side of the pond a beaver lodge would appear and each spring it would would get

larger as limbs and small branches would be woven into the walls and backed with mud.

To dig down into the house was no easy job. The entrances were all underwater. There was one main entrance that led to its underwater poplar wood supply.

There was always one or two escape entrances in case a bear or other predator was trying to dig their way in from the roof of the lodge.

In the northern parts of Canada the entrances to the lodge have to be built close to the bottom of the house and deep enough so that ice will not freeze over them.

The beaver lodge shows just how construction wise the beaver really is, however the beaver only has about half the intelligence of a dog. In a subsequent column we will deal with that.

The beaver will lay larger limbs around the base of the lodge. Sticks, stones and packed mud and are all built into the woven walls of the beaver lodges.

Inside of the lodge there is generally just one big room.

The floor is above water level and covered with leaves of trees and other plants. As their dam rises, the water rises and the beavers tear down the ceiling of the lodge and add more and more wood and mud is applied to the outer roof. Material is added to the floor to keep their house above the water level as well as warm and dry.

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Happy 20th anniversary to everyone’s favourite river race

Yukon River Quest opens up to a total of 125 teams for the first time ever

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ixteen teams competed in the inaugural Yukon River Quest (YRQ) 20 years ago – that’s a fraction of the numbers anticipated by race organizers in 2018.

In the two decades since that first race, the YRQ’s reputation has grown to the point where the race roster is usually full within a few weeks. That’s one of the reasons the event has made space for 125 teams this year.

“We feel we can handle that as long as we have our limits in place for solo teams,” said Jeff Brady, media relations for the 715-km race from Whitehorse to Dawson City.

This year, the YRQ takes place from June 27 to July 1. Registration opened on November 1, and by mid-November, there were already 96 teams registered.

The increase in total teams isn’t the only thing that’s changed.

Because the solo class is such a popular category, the YRQ allowed for 40 paddlers instead of 35 this year, and those 40 had to win their positions via lottery.

Brady said that class, as well as the voyageur class (with 15 spaces), is already full.

Another change is that this year the four-person canoes (C4) have their own class. The C4 canoes were allowed in the race for

the first time last year, but they were included in the voyageur class.

This change means the total available prize money jumps to $42,000 (from $39,200), as long as 100 or more teams are registered by June 1.

The stand-up paddleboard (SUP) class has also seen a numbers increase. When SUPs were allowed to participate for the first time in 2016, nine of the 11 registered paddlers crossed the finish line. In 2017, they were made an official class, and six of eight registrants finished.

For 2018, there are 15 spaces in the class – eight of which are already full.

There are also changes in terms of where paddlers are coming from. So far this year, 15 countries are represented (“Which is a record,” Brady said).

There are 96 teams total, coming from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia (a first for the race), South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

In fact, one of the only things that hasn’t changed in the last 20 years is the record for slowest time. Brady himself still shares that honour with his wife – when the two of them competed in the

very first YRQ; they set such a leisurely pace, they completely missed the banquet at the end (“We stopped and took the tour at Fort Selkirk and everything,” he said).

Otherwise, he says the spirit of the race has remained the same, no matter how many more people are involved. It’s a good time on the river, in a race unlike any you’ll find anywhere else.

Participants can register online at YukonRiverQuest.com.

Entry fees are $525 per solo team (canoe, kayak or stand up paddleboard); $950 per tandem team (canoe or kayak); and $300 per paddler for C4 and voyageur canoe teams.

Those wishing to volunteer can register online, or by attending the annual general meeting on Saturday, December 9 at Sport Yukon. Brady said increased numbers means the race needs more than its usual 225 volunteers.

For more information go to YukonRiverQuest.com or call them at (867)333-5628.

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Teaching kids about respect BC Lions player J.R. LaRose travels through the Yukon with the Be More Than A Bystander program

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s part of this year’s 16 Days to End Gender-based Violence campaign, former BC Lions player and 2011 Grey Cup Champion, J.R. LaRose will be returning to the Yukon. LaRose will be visiting on behalf of the Be More Than A Bystander program, a groundbreaking initiative developed in partnership between the BC Lions and Ending Violence Association of B.C., aimed at substantially increasing understanding of the impact of men’s violence against women.

This is LaRose’s second visit to the Yukon. Back in May, he presented at Ecole Emilie Tremblay and at a public event at the Old Fire Hall as part of Sexualized Assault Prevention Month.

From November 28 to December 1 LaRose will be presenting at five different schools in Whitehorse, Haines Junction, Watson Lake and Dawson, reaching close to 1,000 youth with this message about respect and gender equality.

Since its launch in 2011, interest in the program has grown significantly. It has won multiple awards, inspired spin off campaigns by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Football Saskatchewan, and contributed to the development of the

come together to organize the 16 Days campaign and raise awareness about gender-based violence.

In Canada, gender-based violence impacts 1 in 4 women and a significant portion of the trans, non-binary and two spirit identified population.

This year’s campaign theme is “It’s Never Okay.” Gender-based violence is the product of an unequal society, and this year’s campaign calls for an end to victim blaming, excuses and ignorance.

Healthy attitudes towards people of all genders and an understanding of the profound impacts of gender-based violence can only make our community healthier.

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The youth education component alone has reached over 80,000 students with in-person presentations delivered by BC Lions spokespeople.

Professional athletes have a unique platform to impact social behavior. Folks of all ages look up to them, but especially youth.

Youth are in the process of shaping their values and beliefs, making them especially vulnerable to exposure to harmful messaging about gender from their role models.

Through the Be More Than A Bystander program, professional athletes use their status and public profile to break the silence on violence against women by providing practical ideas about how to speak up and communicate that violence is not acceptable.

“I’m looking forward to inspiring change,” LaRose said about his return to the Yukon. “I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Knowledge is everything, and I think there is a big lack of knowledge [about genderbased violence].”

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Here is a list of the events taking place in Whitehorse to celebrate the 16 Days to End Gender-Based Violence Dec. 6: Vigil: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women Venue: Government of Yukon Main Administration Building Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Nov. 25: Campaign Kick Off Venue: Epic Pizza Time: 7 p.m.

Nov. 27: Film Screening: #Bitch: les filles et la violence Venue: Centre de la Francophonie Time: 6 p.m.

Nov. 28: Live Art Installation for the 16 Days to End Genderbased Violence Venue: Yukon College, at The Pit Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Dec. 7: Bringing Light to the North: Addressing Issues of LGBTQ2S+ Youth North of 60 Venue: Epic Pizza Time: 5-8pm

Dec. 4: Consent Crew Venue: Yukon College, at The Pit Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Dec. 8: Celebrating December 10th: International Human Rights Day with the Yukon Human Rights Commission Venue: Unit #215, 305 Main Street (accessible entrance on 3rd Avenue) Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dec. 5: Lunch & Learn: Yukon Women in the Sex Trade Venue: Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Dec. 8: Workshop on genderbased violence: “It’s Never Okay” Venue: Canada Games Centre Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Dec. 5: Film Screening: A Better Man Venue: The Old Fire Hall Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Wednesdays Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 pm Whitehorse United Church Until Thu, Nov, 30, Shirley Adamson - A Wednesdays Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Dream Within a Dream Northern Front Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Studio Shirley Adamson’s “a dream within a Wed, Nov, 29, Counsel by the Fire dream” images conjured by the old stories.

Whitehorse, Yukon Every Wednesday Until Fri, Dec, 1, Art Exhibit - Studio Contact Britteny for more info: 332-9552.

Gallery Association Arts Underground A Wed, Nov, 29, Working in Social Services collective of professional artists who have The Essential Skills 9:00 am Westmark been working together for over 20 years.

Whitehorse Introductory workshop provides Exhibiting artists: Shiela Alexandrovich, Lyn the fundamental understanding and skills Fabio, Heather Hyatt, Rob Ingram, Lillian required for working with people in a helping Loponen, Maureen Morris capacity. Call to register 877-353-3205.

Fri, Dec, 1, Ritual: Yukon Art Society Wed, Nov, 29, TED Talk Huddle 3:30 pm Members’ Show - Opening Reception (co)space coworking space` Each week we’ll 5:00 pm Arts Underground Annual holiday select a new topic/Talk and hang around gala featuring good food, complimentary to discuss! You never know what amazing wine, awesome music and a cocktail bar, things some shots of mid-week creativity will purchased works can be taken home spark. immediately in time for gift giving.

Thu, Nov, 30, Hand Games 5:30 pm Kwanlin Fri Dec. 1 to Sat, Dec, 30, Ritual: Yukon Art Dun Health Centre For more info contact Society Members’ Show Arts Underground Winston Smarch at 633-8422 Purchased works can be taken home Thu, Nov, 30, Ski Movie Night and Kick off immediately in time for gift giving. to the HZR 6:30 pm Beringia Centre A night Fri, Dec, 1, YA@W Does Christmas 11:00 of ski movies and a short presentation about am Yukon Artists at Work Gallery The the Mountain Information Network (MIN) and Gallery’s Christmas Show. 339 4848 the Hot Zone Report (HZR) Door prizes and Fri, Dec, 1, Ritual: Yukon Art Society we will be presenting a prize to the top MIN Members’ Show - Opening Reception poster for 2016/17 5:00 pm Arts Underground Annual holiday Thu, Nov, 30, Chess Corner 6:30 pm Yukon gala featuring good food, complimentary College Chess played in room A2101, wine, awesome music and a cocktail bar, beginners welcome, welcome to bring your purchased works can be taken home own ‘lucky’ board. Everyone welcome to sit immediately in time for gift giving. in on this game of strategy.

Sat, Dec, 2, Art Taster 1:00 pm Paint Party Thu, Nov, 30, Audio Arts Immersion Yukon Showing you how to simplify one of Program 7:00 pm Shipyards Park BiEmma Barr’s images so u can create a nice weekly workshops where we will learn magnetic painting in one hour! about different aspects of sound, history, Until Sun, Mar, 4, On Our Way Home techniques, as well as allow participants Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Showcasing to discuss and work on their own projects. new acquisitions to the Yukon Permanent Art Email audioart@cjucfm.com for more info.

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Thu, Nov, 30, Christ Church Cathedral Choir Practice 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral Wednesdays Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 Thu, Nov, 30, Good People 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Margie Walsh has just been let pm Epic Pizza goes till we are done! go from yet another job. Facing eviction and Thu, Nov, 30 Jam Night with Ben Mahony scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks 7:30 pm Best Western Gold Rush Inn an old fling who has made it out of Southie Thu, Nov, 30 Joe Loutchan - Fiddler on the might be her ticket to a fresh new start.

Loose 9:00 pm 98 Hotel Fri, Dec, 1, By The Book Craft and Art Sale Thu, Nov, 30 Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon 10:00 am Well Read Books Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam Fri, Dec, 1, Dusk’a Friday Language session with PA system, drum kit and guitars Lunches 12:00 pm Duska Head Start and provided to musicians. Featuring guest coFamily Learning Center Bring a bag lunch hosts and performers. and come learn Southern Tutchone with Fri, Dec, 1 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner our special guest speakers. Call Erin Pauls 6:00 pm Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and for more information 633-7816. All Kwanlin Easy Listening citizens and staff are welcome!

Fri, Dec, 1 Jam Session 6:00 pm 98 Hotel Fri, Dec, 1, Seniors Soirée 6:00 pm Coast Fri, Dec, 1 WCC - Sassy Brassy Christmas High Country Inn A Christmas party for 8:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre Features a seniors that offers dinner and dancing amid brass section along with the Whitehorse the glittering of trees. Music by Hank Karr.

Community Choir, performing many Transport is provided and a delicious meal is traditional pieces - but with a “brassy” twist served to a sellout crowd. and unique choral arrangements!

Fri, Dec, 1, Yarn Yoga 6:30 pm Rooted Tree Fri, Dec, 1 Open Mic with Patrick Massage & Yoga 30 minutes of yoga, an Jacobson 8:30 pm Town & Mountain Hotel hour of crochet/knitting, and then more yoga!

Fri, Dec, 1 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in Suitable for beginners in crafting and in yoga. the Boiler Room Call 334-8599 for more information.

Sat, Dec, 2 Coffee House! 7:30 pm Fri, Dec, 1, Good People 8:00 pm The Whitehorse United Church Featuring: Tania Guild Hall Margie Walsh has just been let Gosselin + the Open Stage! Help set up 6 go from yet another job. Facing eviction and PM+open stage sign-up, call 633-4255 for scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks more info. an old fling who has made it out of Southie Sat, Dec, 2 WCC - Sassy Brassy might be her ticket to a fresh new start.

Christmas 8:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre Sat, Dec, 2 – 3 Porter Creek Secondary Features a brass section along with the Craft Sale 10:00 am Porter Creek Whitehorse Community Choir, performing Secondary School Come by and do some many traditional pieces - but with a “brassy” Christmas shopping in the PCSS cafeteria. twist and unique choral arrangements!

Sat, Dec, 2, Shooting Live Music Sat, Dec, 2 Evil Ebenezer & Stretch9 9:00 Workshop 10:00 am Kwanlin Dun Cultural pm Town & Mountain Hotel Tickets available Centre Learn everything you need to know at the front desk of The Town and Mountain about making a live music video. To register, Hote call Takashi @393-3456 or email to tech@ Sat, Dec, 2 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in yukonfilmsociety.com (with the subject line: the Boiler Room Music Video Workshop) Sun, Dec, 3 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Sat, Dec, 2, By The Book Craft and Art Hotel Sale 10:00 am Well Read Books Sun, Dec, 3 Sunday Jam and Open Mic Sat, Dec, 2, Last Minute Christmas Sale 7:00 pm Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Hosted 10:00 am Golden Age Society Get into the by local musicians, until late, drink specials.

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Sun, Dec, 3 Ben Mahony 7:30 pm Best Sat, Dec, 2, A Handmade Christmas Western Gold Rush Inn Fair and Open House 12:00 pm Yukon Tue, Dec, 5 Ginger Jam 10:00 pm Yukon Association for Community Living Handmade Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam crafts and Jewellery. Take this opportunity session with PA system, drum kit and guitars to also learn about our programs that YACL provided to musicians. Featuring guest cooffers. Peer Mentor, Just for Fun Dance our hosts and performers. employment program and much more!

Sat, Dec, 2, Grand Ball 6:00 pm Yukon Convention Centre Guests enjoy the Wednesdays Spanish Conversation Group elegant champagne reception, viewing 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration the trees and bidding on the silent auction Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633- trees until our famous live auction begins.

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Sat, Dec, 2, Retro Game Night 7:00 pm Epic Pizza Sat, Dec, 2, Good People 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who has made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start.

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Sun, Dec, 3, Japanese Conversation Classes 3:00 pm Multicultural Centre of the Yukon Call 393-2588 or email Fumi Torigai the instructor at jcayukon@gmail.com for more info.

Sun, Dec, 3, Blue Christmas 7:00 pm Whitehorse United Church All Welcome, a service of understanding and quiet hope.

667-2989 Sun, Dec, 3, Life Drawing Drop-in 7:00 pm Arts Underground Life Drawing is every first Sunday of the Month and is non-instructional.

Andew Sharp is the host. A live model will pose each session. Cost is $5/hour to help pay for the model.

Mon, Dec, 4, Free drop-in computer labs 10:00 am Yukon Learn Free Drop-In Computer Lab for Self Directed Studies A tutor/Instructor will be available on site to assist you. 867-668-6280 or toll free: 888668-6280 Fax: 867-633-4576 Mon, Dec, 4, Consent Crew 12:00 pm Yukon College Mon, Dec, 4, GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 pm Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon, Dec, 4, Euchre Night 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 667-2802 Tue, Dec, 5, Mental Health First Aid for Northern People Yukon College Register online or call 668-8800.

Tue, Dec, 5, Common Threads 9:30 am Christ Church Cathedral Chat, Coffee, Knit, Crochet, for more information call the Prayer Shawl Ministry at 393-8005 Tue, Dec, 5, Lunch & Learn: Yukon Women in the Sex Trade 12:00 pm Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Second-hand Clothing Bazaar 5:30 pm Whitehorse Seventh-day Adventist Church All the funds we raise to toward projects in our community. Everything goes by donation and all donations go toward our refugee sponsorship fund.

Tue, Dec, 5, NFB Film Club - Birth of a Family 7:00 pm Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A film by Tasha Hubbard. Free. Everyone Welcome. Coffee, tea, and refreshments provided.

Tue, Dec, 5, Wood Shop Orientation 7:00 pm YuKonstruct Makerspace This training is only available to YuKonstruct members. Not a member, sign up online or email hello@ yukonstruct.com for more information.

Wed, Dec, 6, YFN 101: History of Yukon First Nations & Self-Government 8:30 am Westmark Whitehorse One-day course is intended for anyone interested in learning more about Yukon First Nations and SelfGovernment. Register online or call 6688800.

Wed, Dec, 6, Vigil: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 12:00 pm Yukon Government Administration Building Wed, Dec, 6, Regift and Edibles Market 12:00 pm Cliffside Country Store and Greenhouse Regift new merchandise in original packaging and fresh edibles (jam, antipasto, cake, etc). Register by phoning 867.332.4016 332-4016

Wed, Dec, 6, TED Talk Huddle 3:30 pm (co) space coworking space` Each week we’ll select a new topic/Talk and hang around to discuss! You never know what amazing things some shots of mid-week creativity will spark.

Wed, Dec, 6, “A Better Man” Film Screening 7:00 pm The Old Fire Hall A powerful new NFB/TVO documentary, FREE, 80 min. Followed by a discussion.

Wed, Dec, 6, Good People 8:00 pm The Guild Hall Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who has made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start.

KIDS & FAMILIES

Monday & Fridays, Parent and Tot Drop In 10:00 am Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Ages 0-4 yrs. Call 668-4794 or email info@polarettes.org for more information. Limit of 25 participants, arrive early.

Tuesday & Thursdays Drop-In Floor Hockey 3:30 pm Canada Games Centre For youth (ages 8-18) drop-in floor hockey in the Flexihall, it’s fun and free!!

Tuesday & Thursdays Youth Drop In 5:30 pm Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Ages 10 - 17 yrs. Call 668-4794 or email info@ polarettes.org for more information. Limit of 25 participants, arrive early.

Saturdays Family Drop In 3:00 pm Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Ages 9 and under, must be accompanied by a parent.

Call 668-4794 or email info@polarettes.org for more information.

Saturdays Ball Pit Fun 10:00 am Heart Of Riverdale The play area features tonnes of climbing and scurrying equipment for playful monkeys.

Parental Supervision Required.

Saturdays Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:30 am MacBride Museum Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs. This is a family event. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturdays Family Free Play Drop In 12:30 pm Family Literacy Centre Read, make crafts and participate in imaginative play.

Wed, Nov, 29, Stories into Songs 1:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library With Nicole Edwards and Arlin McFarlane, Seniors (55+) to sign up call 336-2065.

Wed, Nov, 29, Baby Talk Session: Nutrition 1:30 pm Whitehorse Health Centre Bring your baby, let us inform and discuss topics related to the health and concerns you may have as your baby reaches milestones.

Thu, Nov, 30, Dusk’a Head-Start - Monthly Luncheon 11:30 am Duska Head Start and Family Learning Center Please join us to celebrate our children’s success each month! The food is GREAT, our salmon have hatched and the children will be signing a traditional Southern Tutchone song. All families are welcome - “It takes a community to raise a child” For more information call 393-3775 Sun, Dec, 3, Meet Santa - Santa Photos 5:00 pm Angellina’s Toy Boutique Your child will be able to have a one on one visit with Santa. This is a bring your own camera event, so you can take all of the photos that you would like!

Tue, Dec, 5, Literacy Afternoons 3:00 pm Kenadan Ku - House of Learning All KDFN girls grades 3-5 are invited to join us for Literacy Afternoons with Jessica and friends! for more information call 633-8422 ext. 502

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays, Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Supportive members will help you develop your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Wed, Nov, 29, Student Feedback Sessions 12:00 pm Yukon College Free pizza lunch provided, $150 Visa card giveaways, held in the Academic Support Centre A2309 Thu, Nov, 30, Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 pm Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu, Nov, 30, Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 pm Yukon College Room A2714.

An after work meeting to help you gain confidence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867-689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com

Thu, Nov, 30, Presentation - Enduring Power of Attorney and Wills 6:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Please call 633-7680 for more information.

Thu, Nov, 30, White Ribbon Yukon AGM 7:00 pm (co)space coworking space` We are seeking fresh board members and new ways to engage Yukoners in conversations about ending men’s violence against women and girls.

Fri, Dec, 1, Agenda, Minutes and Listening Skills 8:30 am (co)space coworking space` Call 456.4304 to register.

Sat, Dec, 2, 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, Dec, 2, Procedural By-laws 1:00 pm (co)space coworking space` Call 456.4304 to register.

Sun, Dec, 3, Yukon Frankfurt 2020 Brainstorming Meeting 1:00 pm Whitehorse Public Library Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book fair in the world. A strategic planning process to figure out how and what a Yukon presence at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair will look like.

Mon, Dec, 4, Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Meeting 7:00 pm Emergency Measures Organisation BDG Prospective hams are welcome.

Tue, Dec, 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.

Tue, Dec, 5, YuKonstruct Open House 7:00 pm YuKonstruct Makerspace Tue, Dec, 5, Busy 7:00 pm YuKonstruct Makerspace

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

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

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

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

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

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CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIRS Fri, Dec, 1, By The Book Craft and Art Sale 10:00 AM Well Read Books Fri, Dec, 1, Christmas Market at the Old Firehall 11:00 AM The Old Fire Hall 11-7pm Friday, 11-4pm Saturday. Kids shopping 3-4 on Saturday, helpers will be available to assist kids with their list and budget. wrapping free for the kid s hour.

334-3055 Fri, Dec, 1, YA@W Does Christmas 11:00 AM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery The Gallery’s Christmas Show. 339 4848 Sat, Dec, 2, School Bazaar 10:00 AM Skagway School Baked goods, Holiday Wreathes, Games for Kids and more - All ages welcome!

Sat, Dec, 2, Porter Creek Secondary Craft Sale 10:00 AM Porter Creek Secondary School Come by and do some Christmas shopping in the PCSS cafeteria.

Sat, Dec, 2, By The Book Craft and Art Sale 10:00 AM Well Read Books Sat, Dec, 2, Christmas Market at the Old Firehall 11:00 AM The Old Fire Hall 11-7pm Friday, 11-4pm Saturday. Kids shopping 3-4 on Saturday, helpers will be available to assist kids with their list and budget. wrapping free for the kid s hour.

334-3055 Sat, Dec, 2, A Handmade Christmas Fair and Open House 12:00 PM Yukon Association for Community Living Handmade crafts and Jewellery. Take this opportunity to also learn about our programs that YACL offers. Peer Mentor, Just for Fun Dance our employment program and much more!

Sun, Dec, 3, Porter Creek Secondary Craft Sale 10:00 AM Porter Creek Secondary School Come by and do some Christmas shopping in the PCSS cafeteria.

Sun, Dec, 3, Geek The Halls Craft And Collectibles Fair 10:00 AM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Held in the Town Hall Meeting Room, local artists, crafters,and a photobooth, for more info email info@yukomicon. com

Sun, Dec, 3, Carcross Christmas Market 11:00 AM Carcross Commons Music, Dance, Food, Craft, Firework and of course...Santa!!!

Sun, Dec, 3, Country Christmas Craft Fair 12:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre From silversmith to pottery, chocolates to socks, woodwork to morels and more! Hot drinks and homemade treats at our Cranberry Cafe Soups and treats - fresh cinnamon buns and honey nut rolls, and our special Black Forest Cake. For more info call 667-7083 Wed, Dec, 6, Regift and Edibles Market 12:00 PM Cliffside Country Store and Greenhouse Regift new merchandise in original packaging and fresh edibles (jam, antipasto, cake, etc).

Register by phoning 867.332.4016 332-4016 Fri, Dec, 8, - 19, 12 Days of Christmas Market 10:00 AM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Yukon artisans gather to showcase and sell artwork, crafts, food, and more! 10am – 9pm M-F, 10am – 7pm Sat/Sun. Sat, Dec, 9, Christmas Craft Fair 11:00 AM Atlin Rec Centre Find the perfect unique gift and shop local. To book a table, call Lynn 250-6517663

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Wool Parks Making Blitz

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WOOD SHOP ORIENTATION DECEMBER 12

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Honouring sadness at Christmastime The United Church holds its annual Blue Christmas service Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.

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The Whitehorse United Church hosts a Blue Christmas service to support those who have difficulties during the holiday season

t’s okay to not be okay,” said Reverend Beverly Brazier. That’s the concept around the Blue Christmas service held at the United Church on Sunday, December 3. The annual service anticipates that Christmas can be a very intense and challenging time for some people.

“The media plays up Christmas as a joyful time – and it can be,” Brazier explained. “But for those with grief, having difficulties in life, or struggling to buy all the gifts they are being told they should get, Christmas is often a sad time.”

The focus of the service is acknowledging that Christmas can be a sad, painful time for individuals and that the service is a safe place to gather and feel that way.

No one asks why you attend and the service isn’t about why you’re there, it’s simply about being in a space that supports how you feel.

It’s a quieter, less social event than most services, according to Brazier, and, while attendance changes from year-to-year, it usually attracts 40 to 50 attendees.

Afterwards, attendees may join an optional reception for tea or coffee snacks, and a chance to chat if they wish. Or if they prefer to avoid the social aspect, that’s up to them, as well.

Brazier points out that for

Visitors may light a candle to honour loved ones as part of the service those unable to attend, the services held on Wednesdays at noon during the leadup to Christmas take on a similar atmosphere.

They are quieter and more contemplative.

“During the Advent season, those services are focused on the individual and individuals can enjoy silence or light a candle for someone they’ve lost. They definitely take on a similar approach to the Blue Christmas service,” she explained.

But the whole point is for the church to provide a haven for those challenged to find their place in the holiday season.

“It’s a space where people and their pain are honoured and held gently,” Brazier said. “We view it

as a consistent way to celebrate Christmas. God is also here is to take on our pain.”

For those looking for more information on the Blue Christmas service, or any of the Christmas events being hosted by the United Church, visit their website at www.WhitehorseUnited.org or phone 667-2989.

Danny Macdonald is the editor of What’s Up Yukon. He is a lifelong Yukoner, who is active in sports, community organizations and Yukon’s events scene.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING

REMEMBRANCE

The Whitehorse Legion would like to convey its appreciation to all those who supported Remembrance Day 2017 across the Yukon

A special thanks to the City of Whitehorse, the staff at the Canada Games Centre, City Transit, City Operation and the City Bylaw Department Thank you to those who attended the Remembrance Day Ceremony. A special thanks to the Yukon Veterans, Legion members, Canadian Armed Forces members, Canadian Rangers, RCMP, Whitehorse Correctional Centre, Whitehorse Fire Department, Army and Air Cadets who were on parade Thank you to the members of the Yukon Regiment Army Cadets Corps for conducting an evening vigil at the Cenotaph by City Hall.

Thank you to the Army and Air Cadets who were part of the Cenotaph Guard at the Remembrance Day ceremony.

Thank you to the Whitehorse Community Choir, the Midnight Sun Pipe Band, the St John Ambulance and to our bugler Mr Tristan Fox. Thank you to Hank Karr, the Canucks and other musicians who provided entertainment at the Legion.

Thank you to our guest speakers; the Honourable Doug Phillips, Commissioner of Yukon, Grand Chief Peter Johnston, the Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations and to Comrade Joe Mewett CD, President Whitehorse Legion Thank you to our Chaplains; Dean Sean Murphy and Father Slawomir Szwagrzyk Thank you to the businesses that donated to the Poppy Fund, displayed wreaths and made poppies available at their place of business

Thank you to the 132 wreath layers Thank you to Big Way Food, Canadian Tire, Independent Store, Real Canadian Superstore, Save on Food, Walmart and the Whitehorse Liquor Store for allowing our Legion members to provide poppies to the public at your stores Thank you to Comrade Finlay McRea and Integraphics, for producing our Remembrance Day program Thank you to our Yukon Veterans and Legion Members who volunteered their time to make the 2017 Remembrance Day activities such a success Remember that freedom is not free, has never been free and will never be free. It is our Veterans who brought us freedom, peace and our present way of life, often at the cost of their lives or their health.

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Meet Santa at WPYR Santa is down for Saturday’s big train ride and will be hanging out at the train depot from 4-6 pm. Just around the corner is an open house at the AB Hall. View the submissions to the annual photo contest and vote for your favorite!

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Santa Train Santa and you on a free train ride. Need we say more? While you wait for the train to arrive, stop in next door at the KLGO Museum and play with their new interactive displays. After the train, groove on some live music by Juan Solo at the Skagway Brew Co. What a great day!

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They’ll even let you bring your pets! You can also check out the talent at the Fiber Arts Show and the Skagway School Bazaar.

The over 21 crowd can end the evening at Happy Endings discovering new favorite wines at the Wine Tasting.

With all the fun things happening in Skagway, it’s no wonder it’s Santa’s home away from home! For up to date information on Skagway events and the complete Yuletide schedule, visit skagway.com/events.

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Glass of wine with that pedicure?

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How’sBUSINESS Head to Toe’s recent expansion at Mah’s Point now includes the Yukon’s first ever in-salon liquor license

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fter 22 years in business running hair and body studio Head to Toe, sisters and business owners Shari Macintosh and Staci Kindervater have learned a thing or two about the salon industry.

“You have to be adaptable to change and you have to be able to roll with everything,” Macintosh said. “With ups and downs, with staff changes and customer changes, you have to stay current and keep adding more services.”

“There’s no getting old in this business. You can get old, but you can’t look old,” laughs Macintosh, who along with being the salon coowner, works as an aesthetician and makeup artist.

Over two decades ago, Macintosh borrowed $10,000 from a boyfriend’s mother and then received a $10,000 dollar loan from Däna Näye Ventures to pursue her salon business.

“Thank God she’s still my friend,” Macintosh says of her original investor.

Those early investments helped Macintosh and Kindervater open Head to Toe in the optometrist building, where Macintosh says

their rudimentary salon setup included “the crappiest linoleum and hand painted everything.”

“We just keep building and borrowing, and building and borrowing,” Macintosh said, looking back on their growth, which progressed to the most recent upgrade to their well-established local business: a full expansion in their Mah’s Point location on second avenue and Jarvis Street.

While Head to Toe had already been established at Mah’s Point for five years, Macintosh and Kindervater were offered the new space in January after Amy’s Teahouse closed. The space included focal points like the bar and mid section with chandelier.

“Honestly, how do you say no to a place like this?!” Macintosh says gesturing around the salon.

The Head to Toe owners decided to keep the bar as a centrepiece for mixing and serving and then went one step further. “(The Yukon government) passed legislation in the Yukon and we got a liquor license in our salon,” Macintosh said, adding that it entailed a lot of research, work and meetings for her and Kindervater.

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Sisters and owners Shari MacIntosh and Staci Kindervater have been in business together for over 20 years

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 Head to Toe is the first ever salon to offer a bar service to their customers, including mimosas, house wines, scotch, coffee and baileys, and import and local beer.

“It’s exciting,” Macintosh said.

“It’s a really nice added service to your pedicure or haircut, at the end of the day, on Friday, Saturday – or any day of the week!”

Macintosh notes that their new alcoholic beverage service is about relaxation.

“People really put that together with relaxing and sometimes you don’t realize how important that is for people.”

The expansion, which took place in July, has allowed Macintosh and Kindervater to grow individually and together in their shared space; Macintosh owns the esthetics side and Kindervater owns the hair side of the business.

Head to Toe offers a full line of esthetics, pedicures, manicures, facials, waxing, lash extensions, and a full line of hair services as well.

Their salon currently employs six hair stylists, five estheticians and six rotating receptionists that work different hours. The entrepreneurial duo also recently added a stand up tanning booth and an infra-red sauna.

“The infrared sauna is great for chronic pain, fibromyalgia and diabetes,” Macintosh said. “With all the environmental toxins people are exposed to, this sauna is a clean, hypoallergenic way to detoxify the body.”

Macintosh says that what makes their business unique is the the fact that you really can access all services from head to toe, without jumping from salon to salon.

PHOTO: Shari MacIntosh

Head to Toe’s recent expansion includes plenty of chandeliers.

Head to Toe now has an infrared sauna as part of its salon services

PHOTO: Shari MacIntosh Though sisters Macintosh and Kindervater have been co-running Head to Toe for over 20 years and also juggle families of their own, Macintosh says of their joint business: “I couldn’t imagine anything else, and we even hang out on our days off!”

Head to Toe is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aislinn Cornett is a Yukon born and raised freelance writer, artist and art therapist.

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pple crumble is as close to a perfect food as I’ve ever found. It can be breakfast just as easily as it can be dessert or even dinner. It’s fast to prepare, and when it comes right down to it, pretty healthy.

A couple weeks ago the Ghùch Tlâ Community School in Carcross was selling big boxes of apples as a fundraiser, and the apples were beautiful! Lovely and crisp and from British Columbia. If you managed to get a hold of one of those boxes give this recipe a try, if not the grocery stores are full of apples this time of year. Try and find apples that are tart and crisp for a really satisfying filling.

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Apple bourbon crumble... cont’d METHOD

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Set oven at 375ºF. Toss peeled apples in 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, vanilla and bourbon and place in a skillet or pie dish.

2 sprinkle on top of the apples. Depending on the size of your pan you may be able to cover Using your fingers mix together remaining sugar and flour with the butter and oats and all the apples or not; it’s up to you.

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Place in the oven and cook until crumble is brown and apples are soft, about 45 minutes.

Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

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Serve with whipped cream or ice cream

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hiannon Russell: You opened up Blackbird Bakery five years ago.

How have things been?

Kayla Morrison: For the most part, pretty good. You always have ups and downs — that’s the nature of business. But for the most part, everything has hit the growth expectations we’ve been hoping for and it’s always been able to take care of itself.

For a business of this kind and this scale, it’s been pretty much the best I could hope for. Hopefully we can continue along with that, with it taking care of itself and taking care of me.

RR: How did you get into baking?

KM: My mom taught me to bake when I was really small. It was something we always used to do together. When I was too little to reach the counter, she’d drag up a chair and we’d make cookies.

It was never something I thought about pursuing professionally. And so I went off to university and I tried different things and I tried different jobs.

I was actually reading a story [a comic book in the Kabuki series] and one of the characters was having a discussion about when you’re faced with the option of I can do anything I want to do, how do you choose? And the advice she’s given is to remember what you did when you were seven or eight, because you’re old enough to know what you like and have an identity, but you’re not so old that you feel like you need to fit other people’s perceptions of success. So the things you loved

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Blackbird Bakery owner Kayla Morrison ices some cookies for Halloween then are probably the things you really love. And I figured I probably wasn’t going to make a living off playing with My Little Pony, so I should pursue baking.

RR: Once you had this realization, what led you to open up here?

KM: I wasn’t living here at the time. I was in Ottawa, working at a coffee shop named Bridgehead, and I thought back to a couple of things. I had been living overseas, teaching English in China, and I came back and one of the things I was thinking of doing was sewing, which I also really enjoy.

I applied for a job as a seamstress and at the same time, I applied for a job at a coffee house.

When I got the job as a seamstress, I actually felt despondent.

I didn’t want to do it.

So I ended up going to work for my sister-in-law at a café. It was that realization that I do like the food environment, so maybe I should steer myself that way.

When you decide to pursue baking as a career, there’s only so far you can go up before the only option is opening up your own place.

You do potentially make more money being a pastry chef in a restaurant. Restaurants can be really fun environments, but they can also be really high-pressure.

You get that image of Gordon Ramsay yelling at people and that does happen a lot in kitchens.

That’s just not where I want to be, that’s not the work environment I want to have. I like to have a much more casual, welcoming, supportive environment.

And then as far as doing it up

here, I’m from here originally and my family was still here.

Realistically, there’s a lot of virtue to opening up in a small town. In a larger urban centre — not to be like, “Oh, the city is so cold and unwelcoming,” but in a city, there’s so much competition.

There are so many people who are also doing charming, small bakeries.

Whereas in a small town, people feel like they need to support local and it’s almost like they feel responsible for your success. It’s really lovely to have that small-town support.

I remember in the early days, before anyone knew we were here and we were still under construction, all of the contractors and construction workers were in here every day, buying baked goods for their families and friends. Even

they felt responsible for helping me out.

I know that they have an active job and they’re really busy, but nobody needs to eat that many butter tarts. But they were. Because they were like, the building doesn’t look ready, people don’t know you’re here, we have to support you.

RR: When you decided you wanted to be based here, what was the first step in that process?

KM: The first plan was getting a business plan ready. I needed to have math that showed that this was a viable prospect.

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How’sBUSINESS How’sBUSINESS An interview with Kayla ... cont’d Morrison opened the bakery in 2012. It’s located in Waterfront Station in downtown Whitehorse

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hit? How much do I need to sell everyday? How many hours am I going to need to work to make this happen? That was step one.

Well, I guess step one was learning how to write a business plan. Then step two was writing it and doing that research.

Going around Ottawa and sitting in cafés for hours, mapping the traffic outside and the traffic inside. How many people come in?

And then doing the same here in Whitehorse.

So I sat for about three hours in Baked, all the Tim Hortons, looking at how traffic moves, how many people are walking in off the street. Then looking at what people were offering, what I could offer that would not be a direct overlap of existing businesses — trying to create my own niche.

As a trial run, I did the Fireweed market through the summer to see which recipes had the most local interest. I was expecting it just to be research, but because the market is so successful, I was able to be much more successful than I had planned.

That worked really well, and then I started scoping out spaces.

RR: Where does the name come from?

KM: “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” the nursery rhyme. It’s not the most original name — there are so many Blackbird bakeries. Maybe a dozen or so in Canada.

I think there’s two in Alaska.

There’s a bunch of us. But I do like nursery rhymes and I like those classic, old-fashioned things.

Especially since the style of food I wanted to go for was rustic and old-fashioned, I thought pulling the name from a nursery rhyme evoked that feel. [The lyrics are “Sing a song of sixpence / A pocketful of rye / Four and twenty blackbirds / Baked in a pie.”]

need it to be. At the time I started, I actually didn’t need a space this big. It was the peak of the commercial real estate bubble, and there was nothing open anywhere except this building.

I was going to go much smaller.

But once you have a space this big, you need to make enough things to justify that space. So it ended up being up more than I was prepared for at the time, which made my life a lot more stressful early on. So be ruthless with the size and be exacting with your own

RR: Are there any big lessons you learned over the last few years about how to run a business?

KM: The big things, I think, are: never let it get bigger than you

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But you do get the balance — realistically, it’s a pretty active job and I’m on my feet a lot. They’re long days, so it balances out, the extra indulgence. At least I hope it does.

RR: Being surrounded by sweet treats all the time sounds like the best thing ever, but has having this as your work made the appeal of eating cakes and cookies wear off?

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hird generation, born-andraised Yukoners, brothers Myles, 26 and Tanner Hougen, 24 have begun their own journey into the Yukon entrepreneurial market.

“We’ve been raised by entrepreneurs,” Myles said.

Their last name probably looks quite familiar to most. Their grandfather started Hougen’s Department Store and throughout Whitehorse the family has a number of businesses that include both a furniture and an electronics store.

The brothers started Yukon Built, their own company on their own two feet. “We are very fortunate for the opportunities we had when we were growing up,” Myles said, “It’s a combination of growing up with a close knit family that was always supportive of everything we did, having the opportunity to travel and experience different cultures/customers/food and the opportunities that were afforded to us by growing up in the Yukon. Everything from the ability to get outside and explore what the territory has to offer to having great close friends, being a part of sports teams that have travelled and competed nationally.”

“We are proud Yukoners. We wanted something to represent us. We are unique whether you’re

from here or visiting,” Myles said.

Yukon Built is a high quality apparel company that they launched in January with the apparel including t-shirts, hoodies, caps, and toques. The company has been gaining exposure predominantly through word of mouth and social media such as Instagram.

They have almost a thousand followers on Instagram, a true Yukon outdoors following with most hashtags incorporating the outdoors and active sports such as hiking or kayaking.

“We are growing slowly enough and we are lucky to showcase other people’s adventures,” Tanner said. “Last I checked we had 1,400 hashtags to Yukon Built.”

The brothers have been busy keeping up with demand and producing new products each season of their apparel line. “We actually did sell out a number of times and had to keep reordering,” Myles said. The brothers are shipping their product all over Canada and even to the United States.

“There’s a brand equity to the Yukon. It can be global,” Myles said. “The lure of the Yukon – the name itself means something.”

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Myles and Tanner came up with the idea of doing Yukon Built over a decade ago. Seven years ago they wrote their business plan, while attending university. Myles even had a small apparel company while at university.

But like many born-and-raised Yukoners, you must leave the nest to experience the outside world.

University. Work. However, eventually they come back, because – there’s no place like it on Earth.

“You either love it or hate it up here,” Myles said. “You can love it for different reasons, but there’s something special that

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It wasn’t until this year that they were both finally together again in their native home to start it.

Now they’re putting in overtime to make the company a success, doing 50 to 60 hour work weeks. After their day jobs, they put their time into Yukon Built.

“It’s a lot of work, but when you’re passionate about something, it doesn’t feel that way,” Tanner said.

The brothers were raised with a strong work ethic. Around their house, Christmas Day involved the usual morning wake up, present

opening and visiting the grandparents – but was quickly followed by heading to their dad’s store to do price labelling in preparation for the busy Boxing Day. “We don’t just want to be a product, but a part of the community,” Myles said. “The brand is built – pun intended – for locals, but it’s made for the world.”

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Don’t mourn the soup kitchen, ask what’s next?

by Danny Macdonald

Hundreds of volunteers and over two decades of food service cultivated a community

he volunteers at the soup kitchen don’t want the spotlight. Approach a soup kitchen volunteer to discuss their contributions and they quickly promote others who have put in time and effort to provide weekend lunches at the CYO Hall in the the Sacred Heart Cathedral at the corner of 4th Avenue and Steele Street.

For the organizers, there is always a person who has been there longer, put in more time, or been more instrumental in making the 25-year pilot project a success.

Michael Dougherty was the cochair of the Sacred Heart social justice group in 1992 when they were approached by the Salvation Army to fill that gap for weekend meal service.

“The Salvation Army told us that they wouldn’t be able to provide meals seven days a week and

wanted to know if we could find a way to do the weekends,” said Dougherty.

“It was an emergency need in the dead of winter and we discussed it as a group before recommending that we proceed to the Parish Council.”

According to Dougherty, the group planned to provide the meal service as a Lent project. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and finishes on Easter Monday.

“We had the concern that if we started it and created the need in the community, what would we do after Lent,” said Dougherty.

“But Rose (Byrnes) got everyone to agree that we should do it on a trial basis, because it was a pressing need. I guess that trial basis ended on Sunday (November 12).”

Over the past 25 years, the soup kitchen has had hundreds of volunteers in a multitude of

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“The genius was a model that engaged a number of different groups,” he said. “Spreading the load made it possible and made sure no one group had Saturday and Sunday over and over again.”

Over the years he credits many people, noting key people in leadership roles to coordinate all those different groups.

Helena Shewen was the volunteer coordinator for many years and part of the first group providing service. Via email, Shewen recalled how she and Lawrence Vano served the first bowls of soup to eight people during their first day of service in 1992.

“At the beginning I had a phone list and solicited food donations from volunteers on behalf of the weekends Sacred Heart had committed to,” Shewen wrote. “(The) United Church had their volunteers and a couple of other churches took a regular day, as well as what I fondly called the “non-denoms,” like Mark Koepke’s group. We quickly established a regular list and and it has never ceased to amaze me how faithful the groups were.”

As Shewen notes, the soup kitchen drew from many different community groups, not just the local church organizations. Mark Keopke is one of the first to recognize others for their efforts. His group had only been involved for about 10 years.

“Helena Shewen mentioned at Christmas dinner that one of the soup kitchen groups was retiring, leaving an opening in the schedule,” Keopke wrote in an email. “ I figured I could pull together some friends to fill the gap, so I volunteered to oversee a soup

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A few of the volunteer groups.

There are many more.

Don’t mourn the soup kitchen, ask what’s next? ... cont’d religion could do some of the heavy lifting, in terms of handson charitable efforts on behalf of our least fortunate, that too often falls to religious organizations — and too often without much acknowledgement from the rest of society.”

Philip Gibson is the final volunteer coordinator organizing the soup kitchen as it closes. He first joined 17 years ago as a member of Shewen’s group and feels the kitchen filled an important role, not just for the clients, but for the volunteers as well.

“For 25 years we provided a warm, welcoming place on Saturdays and Sundays for people to spend awhile and get a good, hot meal – so the benefit to those folks is self evident,” Gibson wrote in an email. “But there was also the benefit to the volunteers themselves in being able to come together. For some crews, such as mine, it was a social event. For other crews it was also a ministry.

People from all across the whole spectrum of Whitehorse worked at the soup kitchen.

“Some people brought their kids and grandkids to volunteer and it was a great way to teach the value of service to the community.”

Shewen recalls fondly the times her family joined her.

“My family spent time at the soup kitchen as well… my youngest worked the dishwasher,” she wrote. “In the last few years we brought in grandchildren to pass out the grilled cheese sandwiches.

I’ll never forget my granddaughter putting on a pretty dress with a tiara to serve. How to soften up a tough crowd!”

Dougherty agrees with the opportunity to build that tradition of helping others. “When you look at community building, getting to provide support builds social capital,” he said. “Folks learn the social benefit that they gain from helping others.”

He explained that it builds a strong legacy for the community and noted the many groups who

Helena Shewen’s Group

Years: 25 Day(s): First Saturday of the month Frequency: Every two months (alternated w/Phil Gibson’s group) Members: Lawrence Vano and friends

Helena Shewen

Michael Dougherty’s Group

Years: 25 Day(s): Has been emergency on-call Frequency: has been emergency on-call Members: Church members, friends and colleagues

Michael Dougherty

Phil Gibson’s Group PHOTO: Mark Keopke

Mark Keopke and friends have contributed over the years include the Vanier Secondary School Social Justice Club, a group organized by former city councillor and Yukon MLA Jan Stick, Whitehorse Rotary Society, Porter Creek Secondary School students, many church organizations and countless others.

Most groups would work once every two months, according to Gibson. “That turned out to be the ‘sweet spot’ for frequency, as most of the crews gravitated to working once every two months,” he explained. “Crews were a challenge to find, but when they worked once every two months we had very little turnover.”

That framework of community buy-in and shared responsibilities sustained the soup kitchen and has proven to be a model to support the community.

When asked, most of the groups who are still active suggest they will continue to volunteer and will look for new opportunities.

“People are discussing ‘What next?’,” Dougherty said. “They’re looking for the gap in the community that could use this model.

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We know it works and it will be easy to mobilize if there’s a compelling need.’

So don’t mourn the soup kitchen. It started 25 years ago on a trial basis to fill a gap in meal service that the Salvation Army was unable to provide. With the new Centre of Hope, the Salvation Army now provides three meals a day, seven days a week, so that gap no longer exists.

Gibson shared some wisdom on volunteering at the kitchen from founder Rose Byrnes. She once told someone, “It’s the perfect volunteer job – no meetings and no paperwork.”

For the volunteers who served at the soup kitchen, it was a labour of love and giving back to the community. Closing the doors simply means, what’s next?

Years: 17 Day(s): First Saturday of the month Frequency: Every two months (alternated w/Helena Shewen’s group) Members: Work colleagues and family, group of retired guys

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Mark Keopke’s Group

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Bob Williams entertains Copper Ridge Place residents every Wednesday after work ask how often I come, and I tell them, every Wednesday,” Williams said with a smile.

“I feel as comfortable here with the folks, as I do at home, it’s so relaxed and comfortable.”

Even after so many years of volunteering and playing music, Williams shows no signs of stopping. The retired Yukon government employee of 25 years can also be found busking beside CIBC on Main Street in summertime.

“I don’t know if I’d still be playing music if I wasn’t doing this. It motivates me to learn new songs and to be a better musician.”

Williams says he plans on playing for as long as he physically can, and he encourages others interested in sharing their gifts, to volunteer.

“It’s just so rewarding,” Williams said. “It gives my life direction and meaning.”

If Yukoners are interested in volunteering at Copper Ridge Place, they are encouraged to get ahold of Volunteer Coordinator Catherine Chenier by email at catherine.chenier@gov.yk.ca or by phone at (867) 393-7508.

Chenier says the positive benefits of volunteering are countless and impact the lives of residents socially, emotionally, physically and professionally.

“You feel more connected to others, and you become less absorbed in the normal stresses of daily life,” she said.

“Volunteering makes us feel good and research shows it has the potential to improve our lives – and maybe even our health.”

Copper Ridge Place is currently looking to fill the following volunteer positions: Friendly Visitor Volunteer, Bus Outing Volunteer, Bingo Volunteer, Music Volunteer, Copper Kettle Store Volunteer, Pet Volunteer and Walks Volunteer.

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Bob Williams has been volunteering in Whitehorse continuing care facilities for 23 years now, and is showing no signs of stopping

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ob Williams knows the residents and staff at Copper Ridge Place quite well.

That’s because the longtime Yukoner, musician and volunteer has been playing music at the continuing care facility since it was built eight years ago.

On Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., like clockwork, Williams can be found at Copper Ridge Place, setting up for his weekly performance, flanked by two posterboard signs that read “Music by Bob” in large, colourful text. These signs

were handmade by a resident at the facility, who arrives to sit front and centre for tonight’s musical affair.

The air is peppered with “Hey, Bob!” and “Bob! How are you?” as Williams sets up his music stand and plugs in his amp in the building’s main lobby. He greets staff members and residents warmly on a first name basis as they walk past.

“I’ve been volunteering for 23 years, and here since the first day it was built,” Williams said.

He initially started volunteer-

ing at the Thomson Centre in 1994. On his daily commute to and from work, he passed by the care facility and wondered if he should volunteer his time.

“I’ve been a musician since I was 12,” the self taught guitar and banjo plays said. “Every time I walked by the Thomson Centre, it just called to me.”

One evening, when his sister was reading the newspaper, she told Williams that the Thomson Centre was looking for volunteers.

“I walked in one night with my guitar and books and asked if they needed volunteers,” Williams recounts. “They responded, ‘Do we!’”

He started that very night.

After the Thomson Centre closed, Williams moved on to volunteer at the Macaulay Lodge, and finally, to the Copper Ridge Place.

“For me, first and foremost, I just wanted to help. I’ve played in bands, duets and solo, mostly in Ontario bars because I’m from Ottawa, but I got tired of that scene,” Williams explained.

He found he was uncomfortable amidst the smoke-filled rooms and chatty crowds of bar venues.

He was searching for something more, and Williams found exactly that when he started volunteering.

“Here, the crowd is listening, attentive and appreciative,” Williams said of his audience at Copper Ridge Place. “It gives people something to look forward to, especially people who might not have family members who come to visit.

“I wanted to help, and I wanted to express myself musically, otherwise I’d be at home playing to four walls.”

Every week, Williams plays what he describes as “folky music” in the likes of John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot, and he also plays bluegrass on the banjo.

He takes audience requests, but is always sure to play two songs without fail every week - “Amazing Grace” and “The Rose.”

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Community EVENTS ATLIN

Wednesdays, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Sat, Dec, 2, Saturday Sewing 10:00 am Atlin Rec Centre Every level of experience, from absolute beginner to advanced sewer, is welcome!

Sat, Dec, 2, Atlin Christmas Community Banquet 5:30 pm Atlin Rec Centre Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend this free Christmas event.

Sun, Dec, 3, St. Martins Anglican Church Service 10:00 am St. Martins Anglican Church Sun, Dec, 3, Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 am Atlin Christian Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Atlin District Board of Trade 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK

Monday & Fridays, Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tuesday & Saturdays, Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Wednesdays, Culture/Craft Night 6:30 pm Jacquot Hall Wednesday evenings, join the fun starting new projects. Held in the Youth/Elders room Tuesdays & Thursdays, Learn Southern Tutchone 8:30 am Jacquot Hall Tuesdays 4 pm until 5 pm and Thursdays from 9 am until 10 am, held in the Youth and Elders room.

CARCROSS

Tuesday & Thursdays, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 867-399-3321 Wednesdays, Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen. cranfield@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wednesdays, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wednedays, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Wed, Nov, 29, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Nov, 30, Executive Council Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Nov, 30, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Nov, 30, Sewing Nights 6:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu, Nov, 30, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Dec, 2, Traditional Handgames 1:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sun, Dec, 3, St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 am St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Sun, Dec, 3, Carcross Christmas Market 11:00 am Carcross Commons Music, Dance, Food, Craft, Firework and of course...Santa!!!

Mon, Dec, 4, CTRRC Mtng 10:00 am Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Mon, Dec, 4, Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon, Dec, 4, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Dec, 5, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Dec, 5, C/TFN Communication Team Mtng 1:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Dec, 5, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Dec, 5, Excellence Group 5:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Dec, 5, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Dec, 5, Tlingit Language Game Nights 6:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue, Dec, 5, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Dec, 6, School Council 7:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building

CARMACKS

Tue, Dec, 5, Village of Carmacks Council Meeting 7:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre

DAWSON CITY

Wednesdays, CFYT Trivia 8:00 pm The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Wed, Nov, 29, Willow Wreath Workshop 6:30 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture With Sue Parsons, all supplies included. Call 9935005 to register Thu, Nov, 30, Presentation: Be More Than A Bystander Dawson City Thu, Nov, 30 Open Mic In The Lounge 9:00 pm Westminster Hotel Hosted by Jonathan Howe Fri, Dec, 1, Celebration of Lights Dawson City Fri, Dec, 1, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec, 1, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Dec, 1, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Dec, 2, Painting 1:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat, Dec, 2, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 pm Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun, Dec, 3 Soul Sunday with The Sweet Nuggets 11:00 pm Westminster Hotel Sun, Dec, 3, Pictures with Santa Dawson City Sun, Dec, 3, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 am St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Dec, 3, YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 pm YTG Property management building

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Sun, Dec, 3, Prime Rib Dinner 8:00 pm Eldorado Hotel Mon, Dec, 4, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 am Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec, 4, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 pm Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec, 4, Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 pm Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon, Dec, 4, Reading/Presentation by Dianne Homan 7:00 pm Dawson City Community Library Whitehorse author of “Walk Your Own Camino”, about the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route across Spain. Refreshments provided, and all are welcome. 867-993-2524 dclib@klondiker.com Tue, Dec, 5, Step n Strong 7:00 pm Robert Service School For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com 867-993-2520 Wed, Dec, 6, Trivia Night 8:00 pm Eldorado Hotel Until Dec, 16, Patterns of Migration by Robert Hengeveld KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture The project ‘Where Phantoms Meet’ consists of two meticulously recreated boulders.

These erratic rocks rest on the floor, motionless.

The calm is periodically interrupted as the boulder picks up off the ground and begins to move and pivot about the space.

Fri, Dec, 1, Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun, Dec, 3, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 am St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Tue, Dec, 5, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus

FARO

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Tuesday & Thursdays After School Kids Club 3:30 pm Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-12, snacks, crafts, field trips and lots of fun games.

Call 994-2375 for more information.

Tuesday & Thursdays Circuit Training Classes 4:45 pm Faro Recreation Centre Call Kara at 994-3114 for more info, all fitness levels welcome.

Wednesdays, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 PM Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

Wednesdays, Seniors Walk 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wednesdays, Seniors Cards 2:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wednesday, Broomball 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Check out the Yukon’s coolest sport! Grab sticks and balls and have some fun!

Thu, Nov, 30, Parents and Tots 10:00 am Faro Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun.

Thu, Nov, 30, Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

Thu, Nov, 30, Environment Club 3:45 pm Del Van Gorder School Fri, Dec, 1, Seniors Cribbage 2:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Dec, 1, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Sat, Dec, 2, Children’s Christmas Party 11:00 am Faro Recreation Centre Children’s entertainment, crafts, snacks and a visit from Santa!!

Sun, Dec, 3, Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 am Church of Apostles Sun, Dec, 3, Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 am Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Mon, Dec, 4, Hockey 7:30 pm Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 am Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Tue, Dec, 5, Parents and Tots 10:00 am Faro Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun.

Tue, Dec, 5, Faro Carpet Bowling 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre All welcome.

HAINES JUNCTION

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, Public Skate Haines Junction Community Centre TuesWeds 3:15 - 5:15, Fri 3:00 - 6:30 and Sat 12:004:00 Wednesday, Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, fitness, pool tournaments, shuffleboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments.

Wednesdays, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Nov, 29, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Nov, 30, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Nov, 30, Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome!

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

Thu, Nov, 30, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School Fri, Dec, 1, Oldtimers Hockey Tournament Haines Junction Community Centre Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information.

Fri, Dec, 1, Presentation: Be More Than A Bystander Haines Junction Fri, Dec, 1, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Sun, Dec, 3, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 am St Christopher’s Church Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere 867-634-2360 Mon, Dec, 4, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Mon, Dec, 4, Yoga with Marguerite 5:15 pm Yukon College Haines Junction Campus Tue, Dec, 5, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall

MARSH LAKE

Wed, Nov, 29, Marsh Lake Community Society Meeting 7:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre All Welcome to attend.

Thu, Nov, 30, Sing in the Choir 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre For more information email Sarah Sage at marshlake@gmail.com.

Fri, Dec, 1, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Dec, 2, Knitting Circle 1:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Sun, Dec, 3, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Dec, 5, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Yoga 5:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Drop in Yoga info@ yogawhitehorse.ca Tue, Dec, 5, Darts and Games Night 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre We’ll be doing a quick orientation for those who haven’t played before and playing 301. The bar will be open for a beverage while we play.

Wed, Dec, 6, Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Fri, Dec, 1, Learning Lions 1:30 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre All homeschoolers welcome, and those interested in homeschooling, will be teaching food preservation with the kids for more information call.Agnes 667 7083 Sun, Dec, 3, Country Christmas Craft Fair 12:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre From silversmith to pottery, chocolates to socks, woodwork to morels and more! Hot drinks and homemade treats at our Cranberry Cafe Soups and treats - fresh cinnamon buns and honey nut rolls, and our special Black Forest Cake. For more info call 667-7083 Mon, Dec, 4, Yoga and Meditation 7:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre All levels welcome—beginners and co Please register lmca@northwestel.net Or agnes 667 7083

OLD CROW

Thu, Nov, 30, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Sun, Dec, 3, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 am St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue, Dec, 5, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday.

Wednesday & Saturdays, Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 3993418 Thu, Nov, 30, Carpet Bowling 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling.

Thu, Nov, 30, Catch Kids Club 4:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Snacks, crafts, field trips and lots of fun games. Email recreation@ tagishyukon.org for more information.

Sat, Dec, 2, OsteoFit 10:00 am Tagish Community Centre Sat, Dec, 2, Youth Music School 11:00 am Tagish Community Centre Email recreation@ tagishyukon.org for more information.

Sat, Dec, 2, Pickleball 11:00 am Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis.

Sat, Dec, 2, Seniors Christmas Party 6:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more information.

Sun, Dec, 3, Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 7:00 pm Tagish Community Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 tagishcc@gmail.com Mon, Dec, 4, Carcross Tagish Renewable Resource Council 12:30 pm Tagish Community Centre All welcome to attend.

Wed, Dec, 6, Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca

TESLIN

Wed, Nov, 29, Community Feast and Information Session 5:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Take part in a discussion with President Karen Barnes and other College staff on what the transition to YukonU will mean for Yukon College’s Teslin Campus. Excellent door prize: a chainsaw!

Thu, Nov, 30, Badminton Nights 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring your self for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Fri, Dec, 1, Girls Club 6:00 pm Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Fri, Dec, 1, Youth Club 8:00 pm Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information.

Tue, Dec, 5, After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 pm Teslin Rec Center Tue, Dec, 5, Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:15 pm Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin. ca Tue, Dec, 5, Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 pm Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina.sheldon@ ttc-teslin.com Tue, Dec, 5, Volleyball Night 7:00 pm Teslin School Please call the Rec Centre for more info and to sign up so we can make the teams.

WATSON LAKE

Tuesday & Thursdays, Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Wednesdays Toddler Activities 10:30 am Watson Lake Recreation Centre Call Meaghan at 536-8023 for more information.

Wed, Nov, 29, Presentation: Be More Than A Bystander Watson Lake Thu, Nov, 30, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Nov, 30, Parents and Tots 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun.

Sat, Dec, 2, Drop In Basketball 1:00 pm Watson Lake Secondary School Sun, Dec, 3, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 am St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Dec, 4, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Dec, 5, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 pm Town of Watson Lake

HAINES

Daily Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre, Mon-Thurs, 11AM-12:30PM & 5:30-7PM. Sat. 5-7PM. No Swim Sundays Mon-Thu Haines Public Library Open Hours: Mon-Wed 10-7 | Thurs 10-9 | Fri 10-6 | Sat-Sun 12:30-4:30 | 766-2545 Monday, Wednesday & Fridays Tai Chi Advanced 10:15 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Monday & Wednesday Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Monday & Wednesdays Tai Chi - Adv. Beginners 11:45 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Monday & Tuesday Adult Jujutsu 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesday & Thursdays Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Tuesday & Thursdays Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wednesday & Fridays Game Time @ the Library 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Monday & Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Nov, 27 to 30 rehearsals - Lion in Winter 7:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Nov, 29, Yoga with Melina 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Nov, 29, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Nov, 29, Sword Class 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Nov, 29, Stampin’ Fun 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 29, Walking Bear Comes Home film screening Shannon Donahue 7:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Nov, 29, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar Thu, Nov, 30, Strength & Stretch - Lobby 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Nov, 30, Sword Class 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Dec, 1, Story time 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Dec, 1, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Dec, 1, LEGO time 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Dec, 1, Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Dec, 1, Performance - Lion in Winter 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Dec, 2, Tai Chi 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Dec, 2, Performance - Lion in Winter 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Dec, 3, Yoga with Melina 10:15 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Dec, 3, Sunday Worship 11:00 am Haines Presbyterian Church Sun, Dec, 3, St Michael’s - lobby 11:30 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Dec, 3, Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 pm Haines Presbyterian Church Mon, Dec, 4 to 17 Music playlists Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Dec, 4, Strength & Stretch - Lobby 11:00 am Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Dec, 4, Mother Goose Stories and Songs @ Library 12:00 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Dec, 4, Yoga with Mandy 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Dec, 4, Private Jujutsu Clas 4:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Dec, 4, Snowflake Fun 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Tue, Dec, 5, Women’s Fellowship 3:00 pm Haines Senior Center Tue, Dec, 5, Legion Monthly Membership Meeting at Legion Hall 6:00 pm American Legion Wed, Dec, 6, Yoga with Melina 1:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Dec, 6, Tlingit Language Class 3:30 pm Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre

Wed, Dec, 6, Northern Lights in Chalk 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Dec, 6, CAB - conference rm 5pm 6:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Dec, 6, Sword Class 6:30 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Dec, 6, HAC - Film “The Spiritual Journey of Larry Harris” 8:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Dec, 6, Open Mic Nite 10:00 pm Pioneer Bar

SKAGWAY

Monday & Wednesdays, SpinFlex w/Katherine 7:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Monday & Wednesdays, TRX Suspension Training 5:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Monday & Wednesdays, Hatha Yoga w/SherryALL Levels 6:15 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wednesdays Acro Jam 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wednesday & Sundays, Aerial Tissue w/Renee 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Special Fee & Sign-up Tuesday & Thursdays, Spinning w/ Katherine 5:30 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tuesday & Thursdays, Mindful Vinyasa Flow 6:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tuesday & Thursdays, Mat Pilates 7:15 am Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles.

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

Tuesday & Thursdays, Basketball For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tuesday & Thursdays, Zumba with Keara 5:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Latin�inspired cardio�dance workout that uses music and choreographed steps to form a fitness party atmosphere.

Tuesday, Thursday & Saturdays, Dance Fusion with Kaera New Latin Hip Hop Class 5:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Nov, 30, Easy Does it Yoga- Restorative Yoga w/Jeanne- ALL Level 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Dec, 1, Fire Department Open House 3:30 pm Skagway Fire Department Stop by before the tree lighting for station tours, refreshments, and other games and goodies.

Fri, Dec, 1, Tree Lighting and Caroling 5:30 pm Skagway Alaska Local carolers and witness the lighting of the tree as the town crier declares the start of the holiday season. 907 983-2679 Fri, Dec, 1 Holiday Concert 7:00 pm Skagway Alaska Held in the National Park Service Auditorium. Performances by local talent, sing along carols, stories, poems, and refreshments Fri, Dec, 1, Gentle Flow 6:15 pm Skagway Recreation Centre A gentle and calming practice that combines breath with movement.

Fri, Dec, 1, Holiday Concert 7:00 pm Skagway Alaska Held in the National Park Service Auditorium. Performances by local talent, sing along carols, stories, poems, and refreshments Sat, Dec, 2, Fiber Arts Show 9:00 am Skagway White Pass Appreciate the creative handiwork of local fiber artists who work in mediums such as quilting, knitting, crocheting, felting, sewing & more.

Sat, Dec, 2, School Bazaar 10:00 am Skagway School Baked goods, Holiday Wreathes, Games for Kids and more - All ages welcome!

Sat, Dec, 2, Bouncy House Fun Time! 12:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under.

Sat, Dec, 2, Volleyball For Adults 6:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Dec, 2, Flow and Restore 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Powerful vinyasa style class with a focus in strengthening the entire body, ending with restorative/yin style poses to soak in the energy and heat created in the flow.

Sat, Dec, 2, Fiber Arts Show 9:00 am Skagway White Pass Appreciate the creative handiwork of local fiber artists who work in mediums such as quilting, knitting, crocheting, felting, sewing & more.

Mon, Dec, 4, Restorative - Yin Yoga w/JeanneALL Levels 9:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Dec, 4, Roller Hockey For Adults 7:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Back/Hip Yoga with Myofascial Release and Acupressure 10:00 am Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec, 5, Let it Roll - Hatha Flow with Foam Roller 6:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls.

Wed, Dec, 6, Holiday Crafts for Kids 3:30 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Ages 5-12. Children under 5 must have a parent or guardian supervising at all times.

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A conversation with Bruno Bourdache VOLUNTEER

The executive director of Volunteer Bénévoles Yukon discusses the role the organization plays in the territory

by Rhiannon Russell

Bruno Bourdache: We are a volunteer centre, so we help people find volunteer opportunities and we help NGOs find volunteers.

With other partners, we also organize the Education, Career, and Volunteer Expo. That’s in the fall. And in the spring, we organize the Job and Volunteer Fair.

The expo is more for highschool students or people who want to go back to school, people looking for a part-time job or looking for experience volunteering. Both it and the Job and Volunteer Fair are open to everyone.

We are also a training centre; we offer a workshop in Whitehorse that provides training on everything that touches the non-profit world. So it could be marketing, board responsibilities, liability insurance, for example. It’s very broad.

The next workshops will be Dec. 1 and Dec. 2.

Also, we manage an NGO training fund, so we can provide up to $5,000 to a non-profit to do training and work. It’s open to board members, staff, and volunteers.

We’re also working to develop an e-training centre. The goal is to reach NGOs in the communities.

We’re going to keep records of all past workshops and also we’ll be able to provide online courses.

We have a professional-services database as well. It may seem like

everyone knows everyone in the cause a lot of people check the to work together.

The first one in partnership Yukon, but it’s not always true. If YuWin job page.

(Volunteers) have an opportun- was in 2012. And the Job and Volan NGO is looking for a consultant, we have a list of categories [of ity to find experiences and to cre- unteer Fair was a little bit later — the first one was different profes2014. That was in sions] that might partnership with be useful for some YuWin, Volunteer NGOs. And when I Yukon, and the say NGOs, I mean Chamber of Comfor board memmerce. bers – they’re We could not mostly volunteers. work without volIt’s for volunteers unteers, but we and staff. could not provide Since May, we all our services also have an emwithout partners. ployment centre, so now we RR: How long can help youth have you been in find a job with a this position? non-profit organization. And we’re Bruno Bourdache, executive director of Volunteer Bénévoles Yukon, BB: A long time. able to provide works in the organization’s office in downtown Whitehorse 10 years. a minimum-wage subsidy for five RR: What do you months. That is a ate their own network by doing like about this job? What keeps partnership with Service Canada. you doing it? some volunteering.

Since we started that partnerRR: How do the volunteer placeship, it’s easier for NGOs to find BB: My board allows me a lot of ments work? Will an NGO convolunteers. It’s more efficient for creativity, a lot of flexibility. I can tact you and say, we have this do almost anything if my board us. posting?

And of course, we promote on approves the ideas — they must follow our vision and mission — BB: On our website, we ask them Facebook and Twitter. and most of the time, it does apto fill out a form and submit a prove them. volunteer opportunity. After that, RR: When did the expo and the That’s why I’m still here. Every the way we work is when an NGO fair start? day is different. sends us a volunteer opportunity, Also, there is a challenge every we have almost 280 potential vol- BB: In the past, YuWin had its own job fair, Yukon College had day. One of the challenges was, unteers.

They can register online. It’s its own education fair, and Vol- for four years, I was the only staff. unteer Yukon had our own volun- So I was doing almost everything. one way to match.

Now I have a staff member We also post them on YuWin. teer fair. One time, we decided to That partnership is awesome be- meet and see if there was a way who works specifically for Youth

PHOTO: Rhiannon Russell

Rhiannon Russell: For those who might not know, tell me about the services Volunteer Bénévoles Yukon offers.

on Board, helping students to find jobs with non-profit organizations.

RR: What are the benefits of volunteering to the individual and also to the community?

BB: In the Yukon, almost 50 per cent of people are volunteering.

If you have kids in school, you’re volunteering as a coach or following your kid to an event. That’s one way for people to be a volunteer.

But if you want to meet new friends, if you want to build your network because you’re looking for a job, you’re looking experiences, for example, this is why you’re volunteering.

RR: Do you think there’s a strong volunteer community in the Yukon?

BB: Yes. There are about 600 NGOs in the Yukon. They need at least three to four board members, and they are all volunteers.

So yes, in the Yukon, we cannot be as dynamic or strong as we are without volunteers.

For more information, to fill out a volunteer registration form, or to submit a volunteer opportunity, visit VolunteerYukon.ca.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Rhiannon Russell is a freelance journalist in Whitehorse.

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“It’s unbelievable, all the stuff, the things that had piled up over the years because I was so busy volunteering,” said the former head planner with Highways and Public Works. “It doesn’t feel like I’m catching up at all.”

If you’re wondering just how much volunteering Marynowski was doing, the answer is this: enough that the City of Whitehorse named Marynowski the 2016 volunteer of the year. He was given the award in April, during a ceremony at the High Country Inn. Marynowski is the president of the Porter Creek Community Association and the vice-president of Crime Stoppers. He’s on the board of directors for both the Klondike Snowmobile Association and the Friends of McIntyre Creek. He also acts as director of the Whitehorse Police RCMP Consultation Group.

Marynowski, who lives in Porter Creek, moved to the Yukon from Saskatchewan in 1982. He had spent the previous summer working as a student (he studied civil engineering technology at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) and was offered a job in Whitehorse the following year.

“Same old story,” he said. “Fourmonth term that got extended to six, and then nine, and then 36 years later, I’m still here.”

Marynowski says it’s the sparseness of the population, easy access to the outdoors, and the fascinating history that keeps him here. That, and his job with public works.

Jeff Marynowski speaks at the award presentation

PHOTO: Sarah Lewis / courtesy of City of Whitehorse “There was never a dull moment with the highways in the Yukon,” he said. With its unique topography and ever-changing weather conditions, he was always busy.

But not so busy that he didn’t find time to start volunteering.

He thinks it was between 2006, when Bev Buckway was elected mayor, and 2008, when Friends of McIntyre Creek became a subcommittee of the Porter Creek Community Association, that he got involved as a volunteer for the first time.

Marynowski went to an association meeting about the City’s plans to make a subdivision along McIntyre Creek (“basically mow down the trees and pave it all and con-

crete it all and build houses,” he said). After the first one, he went to another, and another, and another.

“Until one day all of a sudden there was an AGM and I was nominated president,” he says.

Since retiring in October, Marynowski has been cleaning his home office, fixing up things in the garage and washing his vehicles well – both inside and out.

“Just doing stuff that makes you feel good when you finish,” he said.

Marynowski isn’t currently looking for additional volunteer responsibilities, but, then again, he never has been.

“It all depends what comes along,” he said. “A person likes to make our community, our territory,

our country a better place to live.

If something comes up and I feel my heart and my morals and my ethics are into it, I probably will…

There’s just a feeling of fulfillment and a feeling that you’re making the world, at somewhere between a local level and a global level, just a better place for everybody.”

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Yukon writers gear-up for Frankfurt Book Fair

by Elke Reinauer

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ith over 280,000 visitors and 1,000 authors, the Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest book fair in the world and an important event for international trade deals, with over 7 000 exhibitors from 100 nations, according to the fair website.

It is also a place for arts and culture. In 2020 Canada will be guest of honour and a group of Yukon writers have already started working on being part of this event.

This year Canada already made literary news in Frankfurt with Margaret Atwood winning the German Booksellers’ Peace Prize at the Fair, which took place October 10 to 14.

The year 2020 seems far away, but the Yukon Writers Collective Ink made first moves towards this event. Under the lead of the late Jessica Simon, they put together a list of questions and information.

Simon got in touch with executive director of Canada’s presence at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, Gillian Fizet. She works for Livres Canada, a publisher´s umbrella organization for promoting international export of Canadian books. She represented Livres Canada at this year’s book fair.

Author Lily Gontard took over the lead of the planning for 2020.

Gontard says that it is important to get at least one book by a Yukon author into the translation program for 2020, sponsored by the Canadian Government.

Approximately 200 Canadian books will be chosen to be translated into German for the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair. This way Canadian authors can get their books

PHOTO: Elke Reinauer

The Frankfurt Book Fair featured France as the guest of honour this year.

Their pavilion showcased books in French at the fair, Oct. 10 to 14 into the German speaking market.

“Yukon writers need to talk to their publishers and agents to get into this program,” Gillian Fizet said, while talking about 2020 at the in Frankfurt Book Fair in October.

“German publishers decide which books they want to have translated for 2020,” she added.

Yukoners can influence their pub-

lishers to apply for the translation-program to get their book added to the book fair in 2020.

The planing just began, Fizet says. Livres Canada will hire an Art-Director to organize content for the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair.

Sophie Tremblay-Morisette, arts manager of Yukon Government, also sees a huge opportunity in 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair.

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we are glad to be part of Canada’s programming for this event.”

The pavilion for the guest of honour at the book fair in Frankfurt is 2,300 square meters big.

This year France was guest of honour and their slogan was: “Frankfort en Francais,” with the main focus on the French language.

Gillian Fizet said that they will come up with a logo and slogan in spring of 2018 and then they will start planning content for the five-day-program at the pavilion in 2020. Her main focus is on including all of Canada at the event.

“The Government of Yukon is actively involved with Canada 2020 to ensure our presence in this endeavour and keep Yukon as part of the conversation,” Sophie Tremblay-Morisette said.

Yukon Writers Collective Ink held their first planning meeting earlier this month to talk about the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair. The next meeting is not yet scheduled, but anticipated for early 2018.

For more information about the collective and their initiative to be involved with the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair go to YukonInk. WordPress.com, or contact collective member Joanna Lilley at jo.lilley@rocketmail.com.

“It is important for Yukon to be a part of this, to ensure representation of our unique heritage and to support our writers and artists.

Canada’s North is home to people with tremendous spirit and we want to add our voices to this collaboration,” she said.

“Yukon has a particularly close connection with German speaking Europe, including Frankfurt, and

Elke Reinauer is a writer based in Germany with strong ties to the Yukon. Please email comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Chance or choice?

Guild Theatre’s three-week run of Good People opens Thursday, Nov. 30

by Ken Bolton

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s it character, circumstance, or the choices we make that determines our lot in life?

This is the conundrum that lies at the heart of Good People, the 2011 play by Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright David LindsayAbaire.

Director Clinton Walker considers it a “dynamite” play. “It’s one of the finest traditional narrative pieces of theatre that I’ve read in a long time. It’s got a lot of heart and a lot of spunk, and is very, very funny.”

Set in the working-class South Boston district - commonly known as Southie - Good People centres on the dilemma facing Margie Walsh, the single mother of an adult daughter with an intellectual disability.

As the play opens, Margie has just been fired from yet another low-paying job. “So we see a woman in crisis, trying to figure out what the hell to do next.”

Margie decides to seek help from Mike, a former high-school flame who has escaped the strictures of Southie and become a successful doctor. She wangles an invitation to his birthday party, in hopes of meeting someone who can offer her a job.

Things, as they say, do not go well. For one thing, the party has been cancelled, and she finds herself alone with Mike and his African-American wife, Kate, a university professor who grew up in a wealthy Southern family.

“She’s had all the opportunities that Margie has not. Now, she could become disassociated from real life and be blind to what’s actually happening in the world, but I don’t think she is. She’s intelligent; she’s invested.

“So, she challenges the entire social structure of the other characters. She is that presence in Mike and Margie’s relationship that makes both of them accountable for their actions and – more specifically – their inaction.”

Things come to a head when

Margie springs the news that it was Mike who fathered her baby.

For his seventh directing stint with the Guild, Walker chose Good People, in large part, for its richly-drawn female characters, including Margie’s bingo-playing cronies, her landlady, Dottie, and her best friend, Jean.

“In my quest for good storytelling, I look for great female characters, because they’re underwritten. There’s not enough of them – and certainly women in their 50s. It’s one of the things that I love about this play.”

When Walker first read it, he found himself torn by some of the things the playwright had Margie say, and the decisions he had her make.

“And yet, under the circumstances, we begin to understand why. So, it is in her life, in the obstacles that stand in her way, that we root for her. And it is in her choices, I believe, that we find it questionable, or uncomfortable, to watch.

“Margie is your traditional flawed hero, which makes her so compelling and human. I’ve never met a character that I’ve been so drawn to, and have so much empathy for, that I’m also repelled by. There was that push-pull that drew me to it,” he said.

The fact that Lindsay-Abaire grew up in Southie – a neighbourhood that is often parodied in TV programs such as Saturday Night Live – helps keep the play from becoming too dark.

“It’s a South Boston dynamic, where they bicker and they fight, and they one-up one another all the time. There’s lots of humour to be mined in that. There’s something really accessible and funny about it,” Walker said.

“I guess it could go maudlin, but it steers away from that because everybody is so scrappy. Noone gets sad; people get angry, but they don’t get sad.”

For Walker, the title captures the essential question Lindsay-

PHOTOS: Rick Massie

(l-r) Moira Sauer (playing Margie), Adam Macdougall (playing Mike), and Amanda Bartle (playing Kate) take the stage in the Guild’s second show of the season

Toronto director Clinton Walker has joined to produce Good People Abaire wants audiences to ponder.

“In our desire to be good, what the hell does that mean, anyway?

Who is a good person? What are the qualities of a good person?

And how can that so easily fall apart when we’re desperate to take care of ourselves, and pay our rent, and pay bills?”

For the Guild production, Walk-

er has cast veteran Whitehorse actor Moira Sauer to play Margie, a role that earned Frances McDormand (of Fargo fame) a Tony Award. Adam Macdougall plays Mike, while Amanda Bartle makes her stage debut as Kate.

Sophia Marnik appear as Jean, and Susie Anne Bartsch plays the aptly-named Dottie, who sells her garish hand-made rabbits at the bingo hall for $5 a pop.

Kevin Ray will take on the role of Stevie, the over-reaching dollar-store manager who fired Margie, but who later makes a pivotal decision that dramatically affects the play’s outcome.

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Good People runs from November 30 to December 16 at the Guild Hall on 14th Avenue, with curtain time at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online through Brown Paper Tickets, or in person at Whitehorse Motors.

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and former co-editor of What’s Up Yukon.

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We wish to thank all our long time and new Yukon business supporters, sponsors and bidders who make this event possible.

From our humble beginnings in the 1950s, we now have over 250 donors and 400+ products to bid on each year.

The Lion’s motto is “We Serve.”

All proceeds from the auction have and continue to be directly invested in the community to support organizations and events that directly benefit Yukoners Direct funding to assist residents with special needs.

SPECIAL THANKS to the City of Whitehorse for allowing us to use Council Chambers for our event.

Also thank you to Northwestel and Northwestel Cable for all the years of involvement and their help in the auction.

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All your Christmas Shopping done in one night!

Gifts Donated By These Amazingly Supportive Businesses 9th Avenue Printing Acklands-Grainger Advance Construction AFD Fuel Distributors Air North Airport Chalet Alaska Liquor Store Alaska Sport Shop Alkan Air All West Glass Alpine Bakery Alpine Health Supplies Angellina’s Toy Boutique AON Reed Stenhouse Arctic Star Printing Ashley Furniture HomeStore ATCO Electric Yukon Barbers II BBQ King BC Lions Society & Easter Seals BC-Yukon Behind the Barn Best Western Gold Rush Inn Better Bodies Big Bear Donair Blue Bin Recycling BMO Boss Sheet Metal Ltd. Boston Pizza Brewery Bay Chalet Bud’s Industrial Installations Budget Plumbing and Heating Builders Supplyland Bumper to Bumper Canada Flooring Canada Games Centre Canadian Tire Canines & Company Captain’s Choice Caroline’s Closet Carpet Clean Casa Loma Castle Rock Enterprises Cee & Cee Dirt & Gravel

Centennial Motors & Soapy’s Car Wash Checkered Flag Recreation Cinderwood Kitchens Clean Choices Coast Mountain Sports Coates Services Coffee Tea & Spice Coldwell Banker Corked Copper Road Veterinary Clinic Crowe MacKay LLP Cultured Cheese Dall Contracting Direct Deliveries Driving Force Ducks Unlimited Canada Due North Maternity and Baby Duncan’s Limited Eagle Nest Motel Earls Restaurant Eecol Electric Electrical Shop Limited Elks Lodge & Ladies of Royal Purple EMCO Ltd. Erik’s Audiotronics Feed Store / Pet Junction Felix Robitaille with RE/MAX Action Realty Finning Tractor Fireweed Helicopter Fireweed Lions Club Fireweed R.V. Fly Yukon Fogcutter Bar & Restaurant Haines Alaska Fountain Tire Fred’s Plumbing G & P Steakhouse & Pizza G-P Distributing Gold Originals By Charlotte Great Canadian Dollar Store Guillevin International Co.

Haines Home Building Supply Haines Outfitter Liquor Store Haines Quick Shop Haisler Hardware & Supply Inc. High Calibre Contracting Howser’s IGA Supermarket Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. Hvactech Systems Inc. In Bloom Flowers Indian Craft Store Inkspirationz Graphix Inland Kenworth Inspired Interiors Integra Tire Jacobs Industries John’s Auto Kal Tire Kanoe People Ketza Construction Kilrich Industries Klondike Business Solutions Klondike Motors Klondike Rib & Salmon Klondike Welding Kopper King Services Lister’s Motor Sports Locksmith Services Low Cost Mini Storage M&M Meats Mac’s Fireweed Book Store Manitoulin Transport Matheson Oil Burner Service McDonald’s Restaurant Meadia Solutions Meadow Lakes Golf Course Men’s World Metro Chrysler Mic Mac Motors & Pristine Auto Care Mike’s Bike & Board Milligan Sheet Metal Monarch Insurance Mountain Market & Cafe

Mt. Sima Ski Hill Murdoch’s Gem Shop NAPA New Age Drilling Solutions North 60 Petro North End Gallery Northerm Windows Northern Lights Optometry Northland Beverages NorthWesTel Nuway Crushing Off the Hook Meat Works Office Supply Center Oishi Sushi Ordish & Ordish Chartered Accountants Outfitter Sporting Goods Paradise Alley Parts Place Paws & Claws Pelly Construction Philmar R.V. Centre Pioneer Bar & Grill Pizza Hut PR Services-Yukon Info Quizno’s Subs R C Cranes & Construction Remax Royal Bank of Canada Sandor’s Mens Wear Santa’s Elf Scouts Canada Secure Mobile Shredding Sharpening Service Shoppers Drug Mart - Qwanlin Mall Sidrock Skookum Asphalt Spectrum Security Sport Yukon Stacey’s Butcher Block Stacy Hassard & Scott Kent Sundog Retreat Super ‘A’ Foods

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All proceeds from the auction have and continue to be directly invested in the community to support organizations and events that directly benefit Yukoners, including: • 551 Air cadet squadron – supported by Lions club since established in 1952 • Canadian National Institute for the Blind • Learning Disabilities Association Yukon • Easter Seal House - Vancouver • Special Olympics Yukon • Whitehorse food bank • Soup kitchen • Teen Parent Centre

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Braeburn christian camp Yukon Girl Guides Direct funding to assist residents with special needs Three annual bursaries to assist Yukon students Annual Seniors Christmas Dinner Party, along with the Elks Club • Community infrastructure projects (Splash park, Mt. Mac bike park)

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