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The Brewery Creek Mine is located 60 kilometres east of Dawson City, but this story starts east of there, in 1979. That’s when Rio Canex Exploration Ltd. staked the “IDA” claims in response to the results of a Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) stream sediment sampling program. There were a number of high arsenic, antimony and mercury values in the area.

These elements are commonly associated with gold deposits.

Rio Canex spent three summers exploring the property. The company found some high gold values, but numbers were sporadic. Rio Canex did no further work and the claims eventually lapsed.

A few years later, on a dark February day in a windowless office of Noranda Exploration Company Limited in Whitehorse, Craig Hart was researching publications. The previous work on the IDA claims caught his eye. Since the Rio Canex claims had lapsed, he suggested going out there in the summer to “poke around.”

Soon after, Hart left Noranda to

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pursue work that ultimately led to his PhD at the University of British Columbia and a distinguished career in geology.

Noranda, meanwhile, went to the property early that summer and took some samples. The property looked like it had enough potential to stake claims and conduct further work. There was good scientific data for the area, thanks to the GSC and the Yukon Exploration and Geological Division of the then-Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Lewis Green of the GSC had published his geology memoir in 1972. There were also GSC regional stream sediment and airborne magnetometer surveys for the Klondike area.

Green’s map showed small pods of 80-million to 100-millionyear-old intrusive rocks coming up through much older sedimentary rocks. The rocks are known as syenite, similar to the rocks that form the steep jagged mountains in Tombstone Territorial Park. At the IDA, only the very tops of the syenite were exposed. Intrusive rocks are much more magnetic than sedimentary rocks. The GSC magnetometer survey showed a dome-shaped high beneath the claims, indicating more syenite below surface.

As mountains erode over millions of years, particles of the rock eventually work their way into creeks and streams. Sampling of the fine sediments in water courses can give you an idea of what is upstream. The GSC stream sediment survey not only showed high arsenic, antimony and mercury around IDA, but it also suggested two other areas shared the same three characteristics.

They were to the west, lower in elevation with little exposed rock.

Noranda decided to have a look at these as well.

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est was 25 kilometres northeast of the Dempster Corner. The science pinned it down to an eightby-eight kilometre target. Gord Mackay and Murel Trudzik flew out by helicopter looking for an area to land and set up camp.

It’s usually best to find a site with a nearby water source. Due to dense trees and bush, this was not possible for the pair. They filled jugs of water in the South Klondike River, enough for a couple of days, then flew up to the only landing spot in the target area (a small, bare ridgetop) and pitched their tent.

As there was no rock outcrop at the surface, Mackay and Trudzik took soil samples. Soil is decomposed rock. It carries the same chemical signature, especially in unglaciated areas such as the Klondike. The pair spent two days taking dozens of samples at regular distances along all the ridges.

When the results came back, weeks later, there were high values of arsenic, antimony, mercury and gold, stretching hundreds of metres. They had unknowingly camped near the centre of what eventually became the mine. The first 32 claims were staked in October 1987.

In 1988, extensive soil sampling and hand trenching, resulted in more claim staking. The trenching was able to expose the rock that contained high gold values. This confirmed the source of the gold.

Further exploration would require drilling, geophysics and a bigger budget.

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The making of a mine takes science, luck and beer ... cont’d budget meetings in January. Each office presented its best projects and company management dealt out funds to the brightest prospects. Noranda knew it had a good project, but needed something to give it an edge.

Inspiration came from Noranda’s western regional manager, Phillip, a highly experienced geologist who loved his beer and was in the sunset of his career.

Phillip’s typical lunch consisted of five Labatt Blues and several cigarettes (afternoon was the best time to ask for favours from Phillip).

The discovery was located at the headwaters of Laura Creek. A few kilometres to the east was Brewery Creek, shown on some maps as O’Brien Creek. Thomas O’Brien founded the O’Brien Brewing and Malting Company in Dawson in 1904. It was the edge Noranda needed. The project was named after the nearby creek. The different gold-rich zones were then named for beers, starting with the

Blue and Coors zone. The company president, who attended the budget meetings, had a fondness for Coors Light.

At the budget meeting, the stars aligned. Noranda’s presentation on the property happened to take place right after lunch.

All went well and Brewery Creek quickly hit the company’s top 20 list. As encouraging results continued, more zones were discovered, including Kokanee, Golden, Pacific, Sleeman, Classic, Bohemian, Schooner, Foster’s, Canadian, Big Rock, Lucky and Moosehead.

The names reflected the regional tastes of the many people working on the project.

Noranda was a large international mining company that needed mines big enough to sustain itself. In those times, a property needed to be able to produce 1,000,000 ounces (31,000 kilograms) of gold to be worthwhile for Noranda to see it through to production. After two years of in-

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Gord Mackay staking claims, 1987 tensive exploration, it did not look like Brewery Creek would reach that target. Noranda started looking for a partner to share the risk.

In 1990 a deal was reached with Loki Gold Corporation. Loki could get a 49 per cent interest in the property by funding the next two years of exploration.

In those years, exploration, environmental and metallurgical studies were carried out at Brewery Creek.

In 1993 Loki bought the entire property from Noranda. The following year, work began on permitting the mine and obtaining financing.

The partnership also commenced economic development negotiations with the Government of Yukon and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation.

Eventually, in 1996, Loki merged with Baja Gold Inc. and Viceroy Resour-

ces Corp. The new company, under Viceroy’s name, started commercial production in May 1997 from the Golden and Kokanee zones.

Five years later, low gold prices forced the cessation of mining and the start of reclamation. In total, the mine produced 270,000 ounces (nine tonnes) of gold. That is about 700 gold bricks of the size you commonly see in the movies.

Golden Predator Mining Corp. currently owns the property, having optioned it from Viceroy in 2009. The company continues to explore, find more gold and wait for the right economic conditions to begin mining again.

The making of any mine is a combination of teamwork, science, luck, partnerships, cooperation and, sometimes, branding.

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hile I was walking down the street the other day I was stopped by an acquaintance. They wanted to ask what was new in my art practice and when they might get to see some new work.

This is a pretty common experience that I imagine most Yukon artists can relate to. The territory is essentially a small town, a small town that happens to be very supportive of our large and diverse arts community. There are only so many opportunities to showcase new work, made even fewer right now with COVID-19. This all equates to the community looking for more opportunities to hear about work than currently exists.

Enter “Behind the studio door.”

We’re starting a new column at What’s Up Yukon that will connect with a different visual artist each month in an attempt to answer the question that I got on the sidewalk: what’s new in your art practice and what are you working on right now?

As an introduction to this new column, I’ll take the last couple of hundred words I have here to provide my answer to the question for any enquiring minds out there want to know.

The joke in my household has been that I started off 2020 with the longest-running show in Yukon College’s (now Yukon University’s) history. I opened a new exhibit a few weeks before COVID-19 banished us all to our homes to re-

flect on what we had done. Which meant the show was up on the walls of the Hilltop Bistro, but no one could see it and I couldn’t go and take it down.

For those of you who didn’t get a chance to take it in, it was representative of a style I’ve been exploring since the birth of my daughter, Inara, four years ago (when parenting a very energetic child allows for time in the studio that is). Since Inara came on the scene, our family has been traversing Canada, trying to instill in her a sense of the scope and diversity of the country we call home. In so doing, we have encountered a number of stunning cont’d on page 7 ...

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n the Yukon, we are spoiled with our abundance of water.

Sadly, here and throughout most of North America, we use it (read “waste it”) as if the supply is infinite. How many of us still leave the tap running while brushing our teeth, doing dishes, or washing the vehicle? Numerous areas in southern North America are on continuous water rationing due to agricultural, industrial and personal use shortages as the reservoirs, aquifers and other waterbodies are depleted.

On at least three recent occasions, the Rio Grande River (fourth longest river in the U.S.) has had no water left where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. In Canada, numerous communities, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, have lived with a boil water rule for wells, rivers and lakes due to both human-caused and natural pollution. If you follow the daily news, you will have noted beach closures right across Canada due to excessive fecal material in the water.

Here in the Yukon we don’t

usually have any problem finding suitable water to meet our needs, but that isn’t always the case, so some precautions are necessary. Hiking on north-facing slopes (minimal vegetation due to the absence of water) will have you searching for drinking water.

In the alpine, various ponds of trapped, crystal-clear water are available. These look inviting, but think of all the animal bodily functions left in the water and on the ice during the frozen periods of the year. Look for clumps, or lines of vegetation to find moving water. It’s less likely to contain harmful bacteria.

Many of the smaller pothole lakes have no current to move bacteria along a system. Beaver Fever is the common name for a digestive tract infection caused by drinking bacteria-laden water such as that found in these lakes.

Bear in mind that moving water in mountain creeks or white water rivers is more likely to be free of bacteria.

There are a number of simple ways to ensure that water from

the wild is drinkable. The simplest is to boil it for three to five minutes, or run it through a waterpurifying filter designed for that purpose. My thoughts are that boiling can give you more water, more quickly. There are dissolving tablets for purifying water and also a ratio of bleach-to-water.

In my experience though, both of these methods leave an unwanted taste in the water.

In any situation, top up your water bottle at every opportunity because who knows where the next water is located? Drink lots and carry your water bottle on your belt, or other accessible place, or you will end up not drinking enough water and you could dehydrate.

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How to pivot the Pivot Festival

by Heather LeDuc

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n the year of COVID-19, the term “pivot” has been used again and again by theatre companies to refer to their ability to switch to Plan B, because Plan A involves live shows in an indoor venue and is therefore no longer an option. Typically, this has meant going outside, going online, staying inside with extra measures, and sometimes, as a last resort, cancelling an event altogether.

For the 2021 Pivot Festival, Nakai Theatre is doing all of these things (except the cancellations), and adding a few new twists, such as participation in your car.

Pandemic or no pandemic, Nakai artistic director Jacob Zimmer has remained steadfast in presenting a festival that offers “delightful surprises”, and that brings light to a dark, often dreary month of January.

Folk Lordz comedy show

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January 27 to 30

As with every year, the 2021 Pivot Festival will bring Yukoners surprising work from both national and local performers. Due to COVID-19, the national talent – a comic duo called Folk Lordz – will participate online from wherever they are in Canada. Folk Lordz is comprised of performers Todd Houseman and Ben Gorodetsky, who banded together in Edmonton through “a shared love of physical comedy, folk storytelling, and political grit.”

The Folk Lordz are offering the Fast and Loose Digital Video Remote Workshop, which involves local participants creating comic videos over twelve days. The final videos will be screened as part of a comedy show hosted by Folk Lordz.

Zimmer says Nakai still hopes to bring Folk Lordz to the Yukon for a live show one day. In the meantime, the virtual option provides an opportunity for the duo to participate in the festival and to get paid for their work, which is important for artists in these pandemic times.

As an antidote not only to COVID but also to the darkness, Nakai Theatre is transforming the Old Fire Hall into a Sun Room. The downtown venue will be made to resemble an exotic tropical getaway through the use of Astroturf, strategic lighting to replicate the sun, and décor created by Tara Kolla of the Wish Factory.

Folks can sign up to bask in the glow of the Sun Room before or after their work days January 27-29.

The Sun Room is also the venue for a variety of recorded and live musical and theatrical performances produced in partnership with Something Shows, Gwaandak Theatre, CJUC, Yukon Arts Centre and Air North. A Karaoke contest will feature Yukon’s finest Karaoke talent, with great prizes from Yukon’s airline. Claire Ness will be recording a show for kids.

All of the Sun Room performances will be offered online. Zimmer hopes friends will get together and have Pivot “watch parties.”

Nakai Theatre will be facilitating a variety of ways to enhance the experience, for example providing cocktail recipes, and encouraging folks to share drink photos on social media.

With the exception of the Folk Lordz workshop, all of the 2021 Pivot Festival offerings are free.

For more information about the 2021 Pivot Festival visit nakaitheatre.com.

Drive Along Stories – released January 21

Drive Along Stories provide weary folks with a means to escape in their cars and listen to original pieces created by Yukon storytellers and musicians. Ivan Coyote and Sarah MacDougall revisit Coyote’s Porter Creek past.

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January 22 and 23

Todd Houseman and Ben Gordoestsky of The Folk Lordz are offering the Fast and Loose Digital Video Remote Workshop, which involves local participants creating comic videos over twelve days provide a soundscape for a drive around Riverdale. The stories will be available as podcasts, or as CDs and cassettes for what Zimmer refers to as “older Yukon cars.”

No car? No problem, says Zimmer. “Even just listening to them as soundscapes and as stories, they’re quite beautiful.”

The Drive Along stories are very much about the Yukon as a place, which is another Pivot Festival theme – presenting performance that can only happen here.

Ravenmonsterdress (January 20) and

Civil Twilight (January 23)

Another place-specific event is Nicole Bauberger’s RAVENMONSTERDRESS, which will have audiences gather at Paddy’s Pond in Hillcrest. The show will include installation work and perform-

ance, and celebrates resilience.

Bauberger will also reprise Civil Twilight, the outdoor poetryreading event she created last winter.

The shows are “a chance to float a bunch of ideas [Bauberger] has had for a long time,” Zimmer says. They evolve from a trail gallery Bauberger installed in the trails behind her house in Hillcrest, and her ongoing preoccupation with ravens, dresses and more recently, monsters.

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A recent private commission that looks at Yukon’s map, not through human-made political boundaries, but through natural ones, by capturing Yukon’s ecoregions Your gratitude needs to be shared! email: editor@whatsupyukon.com vistas, the likes of which bring people from around the world to our doorstep. There is an inherent juxtaposition in many of these areas that we lose when viewed through our Instagram feeds however. The stunning natural beauty and ecological importance of these regions exists in parallel with the imminent threats putting so many of these areas at severe risk.

I’ve been working to explore this juxtaposition in a way that marries art, science and policy, often incorporating scientific data and research directly into the work to help tell the stories. This feels like a complete expression of myself, bringing my backgrounds in science, policy and conservation directly into my art practice. In the past, I really focused my work on creating as much joy as pos-

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A simple weeknight duck fettuccine

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looking for when it comes to dinner. This week’s recipe is a weeknight duck ragu, best served with fresh fettuccine.

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Duck ragu with fettuccine INGREDIENTS ❑ 1 tablespoon butter (or duck fat!) ❑ 1 onion, finely chopped ❑ 1 garlic clove, finely chopped ❑ 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano ❑ 1 cup shredded duck, chopped

❑ 1 cup stock (or duck cooking liquid!) ❑ 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes ❑ Red pepper flakes, to taste ❑ Salt and pepper, to taste ❑ Grated parmesan cheese, to taste ❑ 250 grams fettuccine

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Heat butter (or duck fat!) in a large skillet over mediumhigh heat, add onion, garlic, and oregano and cook until onion begins to brown - about 5 minutes. Add chopped duck, stock (or duck cooking liquid!), crushed tomatoes and red pepper flakes and bring to a simmer. Switch heat to low and allow to gently bubble while you cook the pasta.

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Cook pasta according to package directions, using tongs transfer pasta directly into the sauce and switch heat to high. Add some grated parmesan and toss it with the pasta. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then divide between bowl and top with extra grated parmesan. cont’d on page 11 ...

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he sky’s the limit for Lukas Kobler, a forward-thinking entrepreneur who sees endless possibilities in what 3D printers can do. Kobler, a full-time engineering student at the University of Calgary, is juggling online courses while running his business, Yukon 3D Solutions, from his home in Whistle Bend.

Some of the 3D prints he recently completed include Crewmates from the Among Us online game, small plastic modular drawers (designed by Kobler himself), a stag figurine, a red dragon, a rocket nozzle, a flexible phone case, Christmas ornaments, a replacement dashboard knob and a personalized keychain.

The eclectic assortment of objects speaks to the seemingly infinite number of applications when it comes to 3D printing.

“Some people are more on the technical side, they want proto-

types or even end-use parts for engineering or do-it-yourself projects, whereas other people want trinkets. They want things that are cool to look at,” says Kobler.

In the background, a Prusa printer is unassumingly transforming grey plastic filament into a TIE fighter from Star Wars. Kobler designed the print first and is now making two fighters for a client. Each will take the Prusa three hours to complete.

Kobler uses computer design software to make the actual model, which he then optimizes for printing through another program called “slicing” software.

Then the design gets fed into the printer. He says it’s a steep learning curve. It took him six months before he was proficient in the software. There are easier options out there, but they’re not as powerful.

The young entrepreneur has

several motivations for opening a 3D printing business in Whitehorse, most of which are related to sustainability. For example, he says that, especially during the pandemic, it’s important that manufacturing can be done right here in the territory. The printers are especially useful for mid-volume manufacturing of between 10 and 100 units.

Another reason for his interest in the technology is the potential for recycling plastics to make the filament used in the printers. He doesn’t have the equipment to do that himself yet, but it’s part of his plan for the future.

The technology also has a doit-yourself aspect to it that is particularly refreshing in these days of mass production and technological obsolescence. Kobler built his Prusa printer from the ground cont’d on page 14 ...

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add pasta, reduce heat to medium and cook according to package directions. Drain pasta and reserve.

3) While pasta is cooking, melt butter in a medium-sized pot, and when it’s sizzling, add the onion. Cook until onions are soft, about 5 to 7 minutes.

4) In a separate pot, warm milk until it just begins to steam.

5) Stir the flour into the onion and butter mix and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

6) Pour warmed milk into the pot slowly, stirring constantly as the sauce thickens. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until the sauce coats the back of a spoon.

7) Whisk in the Dijon mustard and black pepper, and stir in the grated cheese.

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t this time of year, we’re all about the turkey and the fruitcake, the shortbread, the rum balls, the tourtiere and the slow-cooked moose roast. But sometimes, in the midst of all these celebratory foods, we just feel like something simple. Like a melty, comforting, satisfying mac and cheese!

Kraft Foods invented the boxed version of macaroni and cheese in 1937, during the Depression, and there’s probably not a family in Canada that has not dined at one time or another on this mild and creamy classic, possibly with cut-up hot dog wieners thrown in.

Some nights that was all my mother had time or energy for, and as kids we loved it.

The homemade version is more involved than mixing margarine, milk and cheese sauce mix into hot pasta, and a little more timeconsuming, but it is so worth it, for the tang of parmesan, the crunch of the breadcrumb topping covered with cheese, and for the way the sauce gets right inside the pasta and shoots into your mouth with every bite.

Instead of hot dog wieners, try adding sausage, or bacon, or home-smoked salmon to your mac and cheese. The store-bought version of cold-smoked salmon could also work here, though I haven’t tried it.

Mac and cheese freezes well and it goes a long way. It’s a great dish for sharing with the neighbours in some of those aluminum take-out containers. Even if we can’t be eating with each other in our homes, we can still share a meal together, apart. And nobody has ever turned down homecooked mac and cheese.

So, cooks, get your graters ready and grab the cheddar!

Cheesy and smoky, with a crispy breadcrumb topping SMOKED SALMON MAC ’N‘ CHEESE Cheesy and smoky, with a crispy breadcrumb topping. Be forewarned: you’ll use a lot of pots!

Ingredients • 450 gr penne pasta • 1 medium onion, chopped • 1/2 cup butter • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour • 4 cups milk

• 4 oz (about 2 cups, lightly packed) grated old cheddar cheese • 4 oz (about 2 cups, lightly packed) grated Parmesan cheese • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard • 1 tsp black pepper • 8 oz hot-smoked salmon Topping • 2 oz (about 1 cup, lightly packed) grated old cheddar cheese

• 2 oz (about 1 cup, lightly packed) grated parmesan • 1/3 cup bread crumbs Instructions 1) Preheat oven to 350F and butter your dishes. This recipe will make enough mac and cheese for one 3-inch deep 9 x 13 baking pan or three 2-inch deep 9 x 6-inch aluminum take-out pans for the neighbours.

2) Bring a big pot of water to the boil, add a tablespoon of salt,

8) Cook for another 2 minutes until cheese is melted. Remove sauce from heat.

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11) Bake for 50 minutes, until the top is browned and bubbling.

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up, so he knows it inside out and can maintain it himself. In fact, he has used another model, an Athorbot from China, to print parts to upgrade his Prusa. Even during the manufacturing process, existing Prusas make parts for new ones.

It almost feels akin to a rudimentary artificial intelligence. Kobler agrees. “Like self-replicating robots,” he says.

The technology used by the Prusa and the Athorbot is called fused deposition modelling or FDM. Kobler also has a printer that uses digital light processing (DLP) technology. It works with resin rather than filament plastic. The material is toxic, so Kobler keeps his set-up in the garage where he’s made a ventilation system made out of (yup, you guessed it) parts from his printers.

The FDM machine prints objects from the bottom up, so you can watch it in action. The DLP model prints from the top down and the technology is more complicated. The build plate dips into cont’d on page 15 ...

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You can see examples of Kobler’s prints on the Yukon 3D Solutions website: yukon3dsolutions. wixsite.com/website Heather LeDuc is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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What’s new in your art practice?... continued from page 7 Ranger Tidying Réduire Decluttering Organiser Organizing Nancy 867 335-5817 1drawer.at.a.time@gmail.com

Church created this triptych, The Hart of the Watershed, as part of the Seen from Afar Plein Air Art Festival this summer, inspired by the trip she took down the Hart River in the Peel Watershed weeks before I’m known for working in mixed media and nothing is ever likely to change that, as I love to bring my work beyond the 2D space, invading the viewer’s space in order to engage them from different angles. I like to break through the natural barrier between the work and outside world. At the moment, to do this, I’m working extensively in ink and watercolour, cut paper, polymer clay and resin.

In terms of what is actually sitting on the studio desk and easel right now? I’ve been taking on a

series of private commissions from people who are looking to bring a bit more of the outside into their homes right now, as COVID keeps us all indoors more than many of us are accustomed to. I’m also very excited to reveal that I’ve got two passion projects underway that many have urged me to explore for years. THese include a children’s book and a colouring book. Keep your eyes peeled for more on both of these in the new year. I’m also starting to put a couple of new pieces together

with an eye to a new exhibit in future, once a vaccine has put our current “new normal” behind us.

In the meantime, if you would like to learn more about what I’m up to, you can check out my website at www.amberchurchart.com.

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

Church was recently asked to create this work to honour a friend and mentor who founded the organization Students on Ice, which has meaningfully impacted Church’s family. It is the 20th anniversary of the organization, which takes youth to the polar regions

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Mondays Walking at the Rec Centre 11:00 AM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch 12:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wednesdays Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Fridays and Saturdays Atlin Community Library 2:00 PM Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Service 11:00 AM St. Martin’s Anglican Church Sundays Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Fridays Thrift Shop 2:00 PM St. Martin’s Anglican Church

Margaret Fry Recreation Centre For girls grade 1 +, develop skills and have fun! To register email recreation@cityofdawson.ca Sat Jan 16 Open Studio/Saturday Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture All ages welcome- but youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Email programs@kiac.ca for more info. Fri Jan 22 Play Like a Girl 3:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre For girls grade 1 +, develop skills and have fun! To register email recreation@cityofdawson.ca Sat Jan 23 Open Studio/Saturday Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture All ages welcome- but youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Email programs@kiac.ca for more info.

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Sundays St. Saviours Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-6683129 DAWSON CITY Tuesdays Music & Me: Baby & Toddler Parented Program 10:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture A parented singing and dance program for babies and toddlers.

Registration must be done in advance, weekly, by emailing Jen.Suttis@cdcyukon.ca Sundays St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Family Sticks & Skates Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Tues & Thurs 4-5:30 pm and Sat 3:30-5 pm. For more info email recmanager@cityofdawson.ca or phone 9937400 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays Sticks & Skates Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre Wed & Fri 11:30-1 pm, Tues 6-7 pm, Sat 5:30 -7 pm. For more info email recmanager@cityofdawson.ca or phone 993-7400.

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

Fri Jan 15 Play Like a Girl 3:00 PM Art &

Wednesdays & Fridays Seniors Cards & Walk 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942728 Wednesdays Archery - Ages 6+ 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre No experience or equipment needed. 994-2728 Wednesdays Bootcamp 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Wednesdays, Fridays & Sunday Public Skate Father Rigaud Arena Wed 4-6 pm, Fri 7-9 pm, Sun 2-4 pm Thursdays Soccer Thursdays 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6+, rain or shine.

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

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

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

994-2728 Faro Thursdays & Mondays Adult Hockey 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Monday & Thursdays Fridays Indoor Kids Soccer 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Fridays Adult Soccer 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728 Saturdays Pickleball 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2375 or email

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recreation@faroyukon.ca Saturdays Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca Tuesdays Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Tuesdays Adult Curling 7:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena

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Monday, Thursday, Friday Saturday & Sunday Public Skate Bill Brewster Arena Mon 7:308:30 pm, Tues, Thurs & Friday 3:15-5:30 pm, Sat 12:00-3 pm, Sun 5-7 pm. Call 634-7100, ext. 202, to confirm that the arena is open.

Saturdays Beginner Public Skate 10:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena No sticks, no pucks, bring your little ones or just come practice your skills Wed Jan 20 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

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Weekdays - DVD Yoga 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tuesdays North of 60 Seniors Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tuesdays Yoga with Richard 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thursdays Shuffleboard and Games NightJackalope(licensed) & Gym 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fridays Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall and Recreation Centre Saturdays Knitting Circle 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Happy Hour in the Jackalope 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays & Sundays Pickleball, Please drop in! 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 13 Kid’s Programming - - Miriam Verhees 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 13 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 13 Local Advisory Council Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community

Centre Thu Jan 14 DVD Yoga 10:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 16 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 16 Jackrabbits Kids ski-school 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 20 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu Jan 21 DVD Yoga 10:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 23 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 23 Jackrabbits Kids ski-school 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 27 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Jan 27 MLCS Board Zoom Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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Mondays Video Yoga Classes 5:15 PM Mayo Curling Arena Yoga Videos are used for leading each class. Bring your own Yoga mat or borrow ours. Drop-ins are welcome. For more info call 996-2043 8979962043 Mondays Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

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

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

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

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MAKE IT A HABIT Having good visibility on snowy roads can make all the difference. You will be able to see things clearly and avoid accidents and injuries. Here are a few tips to sharpen your vision and ensure a safe drive at night. First, check your lights. It is important to check your headlights that includes fog lamps, driving lights and brake lights if they are working properly before heading out. It is also important to visit your local mechanics if your vehicle requires to adjust or change your headlight bulb or if it requires some cleaning in order to have a safe and enjoyable drive.

The draft strategy Creative Potential: Advancing Yukon’s Creative Economy is out now for public review!

Tell us your thoughts by February 5.

Read the draft strategy at: yukon.ca/ccis Request a printed copy: Email: ccis.engage@gov.yk.ca Phone: 867-332-3670 or Toll free 1-800-661-0408 ext. 8383 Help us refine this action-based strategy to achieve the sector’s full potential and increase its contributions to Yukon’s economy and society.

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

Tuesdays Badminton 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tuesdays Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin Healing Centre, For more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina.sheldon@ttc-teslin.com Tuesdays Adult Hockey 8:15 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays Teslin PickleBall 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays Seniors Social 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays & Mondays Adult Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Wednesdays Community Art Program 6:30 PM Teslin Rec Center 390-2530 Wednesdays Public Skating 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre Thursdays Kids Club 3:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Boys Club 5:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Women’s Hockey 5:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Thursdays Adult Hockey 7:30 PM Tesline Rec Centre Fridays Public Skating 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Centre Fridays Teslin Youth Club 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 10-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks!

Saturdays Movie Night 7:00 pm Teslin Rec Center

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

Wednesdays Drop in Beading 1:00 PM Watson Lake Family Centre Thursdays Drop-in Curling 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 5362932

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Wednesdays Tagish Youth Night 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Fun, games, snacks, for ages 10+, call 399-3407 for more info.

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

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

Covid-19 precautions apply.

Saturdays Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Library Call 399-3418 or email tglib@klondiker.com for more info.

Saturdays Youth Night 5:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Fun, games, snacks, for ages 10+, call 399-3407 for more info

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The Bookshelf with Dan Davidson

Dublin Gulch Dublin Gulch:

A History of the Eagle Gold Mine

by Michael Gates Lost Moose/ Harbour Publishing 224 pages 200 B&W and colour photos $44.95

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ichael Gates is no stranger to writing about the history of mining in the Yukon. As the curator of collections for Klondike National Historic Sites, he penned many a study, and started writing the sort of material that would become his long running History Hunter column in the Yukon News while we were both helping to nurse Dawson’s nascent Klondike Sun newspaper into being between 1989 and the middle of the next decade, during which time he wrote his first book Gold at Fortymile Creek (1994).

Since then he has assembled a second book, History Hunting in the Yukon (2010) from his History Hunter columns, and written Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail (2012), as well as From the Klondike to Berlin (2017). The present book, one of several projects he has had on the go since he retired from Parks Canada, is one he was commissioned to write by Victoria Gold,

the owners of the Eagle Gold Mine.

This was a somewhat different assignment for him, but one to which he could apply the same skill set. Indeed, the first three chapters of this book contain material that also generated a number of columns about early mining in the Dublin Gulch area, north and east of Mayo.

Chapter one, “Beginnings”, applies a shorter version of the same historical panorama technique that James Michener used in some of his mammoth novels: begin with the development of the land and eventually introduce the flora, fauna and the people.

In a little more than five pages Gates moves from geology to First Nations and on to the arrival of those seeking gold.

That leads naturally to the exploration chronicled in “Placer”, beginning in 1885, around the time of the rush to Fortymile, and continuing almost in parallel with the Klondike Rush that began in 1896.

As noted in the next chapter, “Placer mining has traditionally been the ‘poor man’s’ mining method.” Gates introduces a variety of characters who were more or less successful in the area, and kind of blazed the trails that would be followed later on.

“Hardrock” is the chapter than

moves things on to the next stage, and maps out some of the areas that would eventually be consolidated

by Victoria Gold. It’s in this chapter where the very helpful profusion of photographs moves from black and white to colour and carries the exploration and development story from the first decade of the 1900s up to the turn of the present century.

The story of Victoria Gold as an entity is revealed in the chapter called “Growing Pains” and is a complex narrative that involves a lot of corporate maneuvering, acquisitions, sales, and fundraising, filled with stops and starts, almost deals and sideways changes that are going to make the reader wonder, as the principals must have done at times, if this thing was ever going to come to fruition.

It did, and after a decade of wheeling, dealing and site preparation, the mine poured its first bar of gold in September

PHOTO: Promotional 2019, enabling it to declare “commercial production” on Canada Day, 2020. The chapter is logically called “The Eagle is Born”.

This book was finished and two copies had arrived on my desk before that latter date, but it was clear earlier in the spring just how successful things were going to be, even with COVID-19 complicating the way in which the company had to handle its work force and an unusually wet spring and summer complicating the water levels in the region.

There’s a lot of breathtaking photography in this book, material that shows both the land and what the miners are doing to it, as well as pictures of people on the land, in board and community meetings, and working at the mine.

With over 200 photographs in the book, you get a pretty good idea of what the area is like and how the mine has developed.

“Conclusion” speaks of the various impacts the mine is having on the region and the Yukon.

There hasn’t been anything this economically significant since the Cyprus Anvil Mining Corporation launched its lead-zine mine near Faro and this mine is being a lot more environmentally responsible than that late 1960s to late 1900s operation proved to be.

Dan Davidson has been writing about books for Yukon publications since 1977. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@ whatsupyukon.com.

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Caregiving Through Loss and Grief - for Frontline Professionals and Family Caregivers

Delivered remotely via ZOOM.

CRN 90153 | DATE: January 20, 27; Feb 3, 10, 17 | TIME: 10:00-11:00 am | COST: $200 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom INSTRUCTOR: Hospice Yukon

Coping During Crisis CRN 90084 | DATE: January 23 | TIME:

INSTRUCTORS: Liza Manolis and Brenda Jenner

Mindful SelfCompassion Training CRN 90154 | DATES: January 13, 20, 27 & Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 & March 3, 10 | TIME: 1:00pm-3:30pm | COST: $450 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTOR: Marcia Burton

Administrative Justice Practice and Procedures for Decision-Makers CRN 90156 | DATES: February 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 | TIME: 9:00am-12:00pm | COST: $600 + GST

Caregiving During Crisis CRN 90085 | DATE: February 18 | TIME:

6:00pm-7:00pm | FREE

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTORS: Liza Manolis and Brenda Jenner

Administrative Justice – Advanced DecisionWriting CRN 90158 | DATES: February 23, 25; March 2, 4 | TIME: 9:00am-12:00pm | COST: $450 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Willis

INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Willis

Note: Administrative Justice - Practice and Procedures for Decision-Makers is the pre-requisite for this course.

Note: This course is the pre-requisite for the Administrative Justice – Advanced Decision-Writing course.

Practice and Procedures for Decision Makers CRN 90156 | DATES: February 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 | TIME: 9:00am-12:00pm | COST: $600 + GST

YFN 101 CRN 90011 | DATE: March 3-4 | TIME: 8:30am-12:00pm | COST: $325 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTORS: Cassandra Ivany and Jenilee Cook

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Willis

Right Use of Power CRN 90157 | DATES: February 15, 16, 17, 18 | TIME: 9:00am-11:30pm | COST: $250 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom

Vicarious Trauma Strategies for Resilience

INFORMATION t (867) 456 8589 REGISTRATION t (867) 668 8710 YukonU.ca/nisj

INSTRUCTOR: Bruce Willis

9:00am-10:00am | FREE

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

January 13, 2021

INSTRUCTOR: Julie Anglehart-Zedda

CRN 90010 | DATE: February 1 | TIME: 9:00am-4:30pm | COST: $235 + GST

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTOR: Cindy Deschenes

For more information: (867) 456-8589 or nisj@yukonu.ca Register: contact Admissions at (867) 668-8710 or email admissions@yukonu.ca and quote the CRN.

Coping During Crisis CRN 90086 | DATE: March 4 | TIME: 9:00am-10:00am | FREE

Delivered remotely via Zoom.

INSTRUCTORS: Liza Manolis and Brenda Jenner