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t’s been a tough year for both festival-goers and festival-producers since the outbreak of COVID-19, but there’s a sliver of light on the horizon; the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) is a go, if in a new, socially-distanced incarnation.

Long a staple of the winter festival circuit for Yukoners, ALFF has had to revamp the way it offers films in the wake of the Pandemic, says Andrew Connors, the artistic director for the Yukon Film Society (YFS), which is responsible for the festival. The 2021 ALFF will be a hybrid of online and in-person events. When the festival opens on Feb.5, Yukoners will be able to stream over 60 films - 35 features and and 30 shorts - or else attend a smaller selection of limitedseating, socially distanced films screened in person.

“We’re actually in a somewhat privileged position, because we were one of the last festivals that actually got to be live last year, which already feels like 30 years ago,” says ALFF programmer Vivian Belick, referring to the 2020 ALFF, which wrapped up only a few weeks before COVID forced much

Beans Directed by Tracey Deer In-cinema screening: Friday, February 5 — 5:45 PM of the world into lockdown.

“We’re also extremely lucky up here, that we are able to even do anything in person. I think that we’re probably one of the few festivals (able to do so), certainly in Canada… so I feel really lucky to be able to screen films in person, even though it’s going to be much different than last year.”

The festival has also been fortunate in that it has been able to observe how other festivals have handled operating - or not operating - during the pandemic; lessons they’ve been able to incorporate into ALFF this year, Belick notes.

Usually, they bring up about 50 or so people from across Canada to attend the festival, which (of course) they haven’t been able to do this year. That, combined with the limited in-person screenings and the limited seating at those screenings, means things “are certainly going to feel a little bit more

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ALFF will still be hosting Q+A sessions and artist talks with filmmakers, as it has done in the past, Connors says, but instead of having them be in-person group events, they’ll be held live online, and then recorded and posted online, making them, in some ways, more accessible than they would have been before.

“The idea is that they’re participatory,” says Connors. “People can send in questions, and especially the industry sessions, those will just be over Zoom.”

“The idea is that people can be outside, enjoying the winter weather and the river while they view these films,” he adds.

In addition to the screenings, ALFF has a new award this year, thanks to a new partnership with Canada Goose. The Made In The North Award is open to Canadians who identify as LGTBQ2S+ or as a BIPOC, with a $5,000 prize awarded to the winning feature film, plus two prizes - one open to everyone and one open specifically to Northerners - for the best short films. cont’d on page 3 ...

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On the Cover The Truffle Hunters. Directed

by Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dweck. In-cinema screening: Saturday, February 13 — 5:30 PM the Oka Crisis by Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer, The Truffle Hunters, a documentary on the men who hunt an epicurean delight, the alba truffle, directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, and Monkey Beach, an adaption of the Eden Robinson novel of the same name by Metis Cree director Loretta Todd.

In addition to these events, there will also be screenings of a selection of Indigenous films, including an outdoor selection of shorts, at the Kwanlin Dun Centre.

The Available Light Film Festival runs from Feb. 5-22. For a full fes-

The organizing crew of the Available Light Film Festival clowning around (in a socially distanced fashion). ALFF opens Feb. 5. See page 2.

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What’s Inside Available Light Film Festival .......2 Didee Didoo ............................4 New Mexico ............................5 Music Yukon Moves ...................6 Cocktails with Latitude ..............9 Think About the Wild Album ...... 10 Seasonal Recipes .................... 12 Parks Canada Photography Exhibit 17 Blue Collar North .................... 23 Community Connection ............ 25 Plastic Bag Ban ...................... 26

Events Whitehorse Listings ................ 8 Highlights .......................... 21 Community Listings .............. 22 Active Listings .................... 24

PHOTO: Meagan Deuling Releasing films during a pandemic has required a real shift in the industry, says Connors, noting that most, although not all, of the films will be available online not only to Yukon viewers, but to Canadian viewers, which effectively greatly expands the audience ALFF is able to reach. All the films on the docket will be available online

tival schedule of films and events, or to buy tickets visit https:// yukonfilmsociety.com/alff.

Monkey Beach. Directed by Loretta Todd In-cinema screening: Saturday, February 13 — 8:00 PM to residents of both the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Fifteen of the 30 feature films will be screened in-person, around three-quarters are documentaries,

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rom Mogollon Cliff Dwellers to Geronimo and Billy the Kid to this author, we have all made our mark on western New Mexico. Well, maybe I haven’t made a mark on western New Mexico. That would not be environmentally friendly in this era of sustainability and concerns about climate change. But western New Mexico has certainly left its mark on me.

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Goodbye, Smith House Music Yukon on the move

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evastating. That’s the word Scott Maynard uses to describe what 2020 was like for the music industry. Maynard, executive director of Music Yukon, says his organization’s alreadyexistent problems were only amplified by the pandemic and the complete shutdown of all live music events.

When Maynard took over as executive director two years ago, he inherited an organization with lots to fix, chiefly an unsustainable financial plan. Still, the past few years have brought some highs for the organization, which hosts Arts in the Park each summer. Music Yukon also helped facilitate the award-winning 2019 edition of BreakOut West that took place in Whitehorse.

“It really showed the strength of the community we have here,” Maynard says of BreakOut West.

“People came together to celebrate the music community.”

Though BreakOut West ultimately turned out to be a very successful endeavour, it took nine

months of planning. The pandemic hit soon afterward, throwing the future of live music events into uncertainty for an indefinite amount of time. Nearly a year into the pandemic, things have hardly gotten better. Music Yukon has been forced to seriously rethink its future and make plans to stay afloat in a changing industry and economy.

One of those changes includes moving out of the Smith House, the little blue house in Lepage Park that Music Yukon has called home for nearly a decade. In the meantime, Music Yukon staff are working remotely. New options will be explored once the company’s budget issues are sorted out and a new strategic plan (currently in the works) is completed.

“We were already underfunded and over-budget for a couple of years, knowing the crunch was going to come at some point,” says Maynard. “The crunch came along with the pandemic and the pandemic sped it up a bit. The pandemic itself presents a whole new

Arts in the Park presents Blackberry Wood in the summer of 2019 set of problems, in addition to already existing problems.”

Though Music Yukon had been spending more money than it was bringing in for quite some time, the organization was able to justify keeping the building, as many of the community’s musicians relied on it as a rehearsal space.

That changed at the onset of the pandemic. With rehearsal space closed and the staff working from home, the building essentially lost all its use and became a financial burden.

“It became increasingly difficult to justify paying for a space nobody could use, especially when we were already operating at a loss,” Maynard says.

When Music Yukon officially said goodbye to the Smith House early this winter, the organization found a storage unit for the

essential gear, including music gear and office furniture. Some of the older items were given away to community members. Because the Smith House had come to be known as Music Yukon’s home, it was difficult to have to leave it behind. Maynard is adamant, however, that this is not the end of Music Yukon. He says the company will be able to emerge from these dire times and build something new.

“It’s not over for Music Yukon, but we’ve kind of turtled in and made it as bare-bones as possible while we get through this pandemic,” Maynard says. “We can begin to rebuild in a way that is relevant to a post-pandemic world and a strong music community with very specific needs.”

The Yukon definitely has a strong music community, but in Maynard’s view, the scene doesn’t receive the support it needs to branch beyond the local level. He praised the talent of the Yukon’s musicians, but said in order for many of them to reach their full potential, there are industry services the territory needs, including publicists, management companies and more.

“We have some very specific issues up in the Yukon,” Maynard says. “There’s no shortage of talent, but we have no real industry and we’re miles away from any recognized industry centre.”

Maynard says he would love to see his organization be part of

this, but these services will require much more funding and a better budget plan.

“I want to help everyone, but we don’t have the funding to serve everyone as much as we want to,” he says. “We need to figure out how to distribute resources in a more equitable way.”

Despite the troubles Music Yukon and the music industry are facing right now, Maynard is looking to the future with cautious optimism. He wants to see Music Yukon’s focus shift to helping artists make names for themselves outside of the territory. The one thing Maynard isn’t worried about, however, is the idea that music might disappear.

“I think people will make music anyway,” he says. “But people who want to have a career doing it need to be able to get out of the Yukon.”

To keep up to date with Music Yukon, visit MusicYukon.com

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Western New Mexico ... continued from Page 5 tain range, and the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Only a handful of people inhabit Mogollon year round. After a winding, twisting, climbing journey, during which I crossed my fingers that no cars would cross my path going the other way, arriving at this semipreserved ghost town was both a relief and a bit of an amazement in this remote location. The additional 1.25 mile drive or hike up to the Mogollon cemetery gives more history of this town that was once occupied by 6,000 people, many decades ago.

The trip to the Gila Cave Dwellings is a little less nail biting, but the landscape is just as spectacular, with thick Ponderosa Pine forests, panoramic vistas and places where the roads are red from the water running off the rock formations. Mogollon Puebla people built their homes in these natural caves in the 1280’s and only occupied them for a generation. Probably not more than eight to ten families occupied the caves at any one time. They were occupied for such a short period of time, but we can still get a peek into their lives 700 hundred years later. Part of this was seeing the tiny corn husks still lying on the ground of one room.

While the Gila National Forest is an untamed, rugged, mountainous area north of Silver City, the land to the south and east provides a huge contrast. The land is as flat as a piece of paper – sorry, but flat as a pancake was not flat enough, the roads as straight as a pencil for mile after mile after mile and with nary a tree to be seen. What there is, though, is plenty of signage warning drivers of what to do in case of a dust storm and signs indicating bus stops in places

PHOTO: Pixabay where there did not appear to be any signs of human life for miles around. This is the Chihuahuan Desert. Stretching over parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and almost as far south as Mexico City, the Chihuahuan Desert is the largest in North America.

But what about Geronimo and Billy the Kid? Geronimo was born near Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Gila River. Geronimo fought many battles and led many raids throughout New Mexico and was famous for being an Apache leader who would not give up his freedom, where most around him had

given in to colonization. Billy the Kid spent much of his childhood in Silver City, committed his first crime there, when he robbed a Chinese laundry and was placed in jail by the town sheriff “to scare him.” Billy escaped from jail and went on to a short, but notorious life, ending in a gun battle with Sheriff Pat Garrett.

Other notable characters who spent time in this part of New Mexico included Butch Cassidy and Judge Roy Bean. Reading the history of this area, around Silver City, the Gila High Country and in Las Cruces, I found it remarkable

how much of it is focused on resource extraction and even more so, on violence.

But that is history. Being greeted as you enter Glenwood Trading Post or Buckhorn Last Chance Liquor and Pizza and talking to locals here, makes it clear that it is indeed, history.

The road running north of Gila is Highway 153 or Turkey Creek Road. This is, and has been for a long time, ranch country; where everyone waves as you drive by.

It almost makes me want to buy cowboy boots and a rifle. Well, not really. But it does make me want

to come back. Editor’s Note: This story was written and submitted prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, so, while we all hope to be able to travel to sunny, delightfully warm destinations again in the nearfuture, WUY strongly supports all Yukoners adhere to all current travel advisories, precautions and restrictions, of which daydreaming is not one.

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Until Jan 29 Unless by Janet Patterson Yukon Arts Centre Humans dump at least twelve million tons of plastic into our oceans every year. This exhibit takes this scenario to a devastating conclusion.

As Dr. Seuss said in ‘The Lorax’, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.†Whitehorse Until Jan 30 Silent Ovoid By Mark Preston Arts Underground This current show of the new work that illustrate the ideas of connectedness in our quest of the spirit in the natural world and to remind ourselves of this through our daily lives.

Until Feb 4 Community Art Project: Creatures of Quarantine Whitehorse, Yukon Take 20 minutes out of your day to get your creativity flowing and become part of a Territory-wide creative experiment! Participate online. 384-0003 Whitehorse Until Feb 27 Friends of the Yukon Archives Society Creating Community: A Look at Visual Arts in the Territory Arts Underground The collections at Yukon Archives, help tell that story by documenting and preserving the collections of the individuals and organizations that created this vital part of Yukon life. Whitehorse Until Feb 27 Exposition collective / Art exhibition Arts Underground The creations of six Francophone artists from the Yukon on the theme Nous, aujourd™hui, showcasing a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, embroidery, drawing and art installations.

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Mon Feb 1 Available Light Cinema - Promising Young Woman 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Dark feminist comedy starring Carey Mulligan and directed by the creator of Killing Eve offers an intoxicating revenge plot against bad men. Tickets online.

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Tue Feb 2 Basic and Beginners Ukulele Group 7:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Email us at ukeonukuleleclub@ gmail.com for more information.

Feb 5- 15 Available Light Film Festival 2021 Yukon Arts Centre Featuring both online and in-cinema programming, all access passes now available.

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

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

Mondays & Fridays Preschool Dropin Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information Tuesdays Parent Child Mother Goose 10:30 AM The Guild Hall Learn the power of songs, rhymes and stories as a positive parenting tool call 322-5990 for more information.

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Sat Jan 30 Denim and Diamonds: A Live (Online) and Silent Auction Soirée Featuring both a live and silent auction, private Zoom rooms, and performances from the Sourdough Sams.

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Light and lovely Light and lovely vodka soda

Vodka & Soda That Doesn’t Suck A touch of sweetness from the homemade honey syrup adds balance to the bitters. The rosemary adds an enticing aroma as you take a sip. There are less than 90 calories in this cocktail.

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appy New Year! I am excited about 2021. I always feel that way at the beginning of the new year. To be honest, however, I struggled to write this column over the holidays. I was feeling so festive and it was lovely to be unplugged from work and to just spend time with my little family here in Whitehorse.

It was difficult to think of what to write for January, knowing that most people feel like lightening things up after the holidays, trimming things down and perhaps making healthy resolutions for the new year. I, myself, am not one for resolutions, preferring instead to attempt moderation most of the time and to set goals when I need to set goals.

This month, you may wish to make a wee cocktail. Perhaps you feel the need to go for something light. With that goal in mind, I bring you just one simple recipe for January. I shall call it a “Vodka & Soda That Doesn’t Suck.”

If you’re really feeling ambitious, you can just omit the vodka and have some really nice sparkling water. Bitters are, in fact, a flavourful, zero-calorie addition to your water bottle. Always shake bitters before use, then add an entire dropper-full to your water bottle or glass.

Ingredients • 1 1/2 oz vodka • 1/2 oz honey syrup * • 4 oz soda water • 1/4 tsp FPJ Fireweed Bitters • Small sprig of rosemary Instructions Chill all ingredients. Add ice to a double old-fashioned or a Collins glass.

Add the liquid ingredients and stir gently to blend.

Garnish with a rosemary sprig.

If you have a tiny clothespin, it’s fun to attach it to the rim of the glass. That way, you can smell the rosemary, but it does not overwhelm the delicate flavours in the cocktail.

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A selection of staff picks at the Whitehorse Public Library Instructions Combine honey and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat.

Stir until blended.

Pour into a clean jar and let cool. Label before storing in refrigerator. Syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks. *A few notes on alcohol consumption: these cocktails are strong, and they should be consumed in moderation; one serving of spirits is 1 ½ oz. A good rule of thumb is to have a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage.

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This syrup recipe was also published in my last column. It’s a versatile cocktail ingredient.

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Remy Rodden’s new album encourages listeners to think about the natural world and our responsibility to protect it

by Amber Church

R

emy Rodden has been contributing as an environmental educator for his entire adult life. “I’ve found that music and song are really effective tools to get environmental concepts across,” says Rodden, who recently released a new children’s album, Think About the Wild.

Rodden released his first children’s album, Envirosongs, in the late 1990s. In the intervening years, his repertoire has grown to include many other environmentally-themed songs for the young and young-at-heart.

A combination of some of those older songs (including a set created in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Federation around 2000) and some new ones appear on Think About the Wild.

The songs encompass a variety of styles and subjects, but most are focused on nature and the environment, something that most people might guess from song titles like “Let’s Get Drastic with Our Plastic,” “Won’t You Help the Bees?” and “I’m Proud To Be A Beaver.”

Although Rodden has created

albums in the past for adults, he says his niche is really children’s music and he wanted to come back to that with this album.

“I love it. It’s fun, it’s heartfelt and I really do want young people to learn about the natural world and protect and preserve it,” he says. His first album was ‘not-forkids-only.’ This one is definitely more kid-focused, though it was still produced to be enjoyable for adults as well (the last bonus track even includes the words epistemology and pedagogy). The goal was to create music that the

Remy Rodden’s newest album, Think About The Wild, encourages us all to learn about the natural world and to make responsible decisions PHOTO: Remy Rodden during COVID-19 with hosting Facebook Live events.

He spent a lot of time in the spring learning the technology as part of a performance with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

“Those experiences helped me to perfect my ‘technique,’ working with a green screen so I can change the background image for each song, for example.”

Rodden is currently living in Beaver Creek which adds another level of complications to the digital performance realm. Bandwidth is an issue, as they only have DSL here. He is tapped into a service, however, that allows him to prerecord a live performance, then upload and schedule it. That’s what Rodden did with his launch event for Think About the Wild.

If you missed it, you can still view it, along with Rodden’s other digital performances on his Facebook page at Remy Rodden Music.

He plans to add more performances as social distancing continues.

Think About the Wild is available on streaming services now, or at Road Dogs Music or Mac’s Fireweed in Whitehorse. Alternatively, you can order directly from Rodden at remyrodden.com/ music, which comes with the added benefit that he will mail a personalized copy anywhere in Canada for $15.

Remy Rodden performs at the 2020 Midnight Sun Muppets Kidsfest in Whitehorse PHOTO: Mike Thomas(YAC) whole family can enjoy.”

Releasing an album during a global pandemic comes with its own set of challenges, not the least of which was how to host a release event. Rodden was able to draw on the experience he gained

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

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Francophone Tourism Businesses Offer New Activities to Attract Local Tourists Since March 2020,Yukon tourism businesses have taken a huge hit with the closure of both international and internal Canadian borders. However, they are rolling up their sleeves and coming up with new projects to allow their companies to adapt to these uncertain times. Here is a quick look at three of them.

A Dog Sledding School

Credit: Kelly Tabuteau

Into the Wild Adventures is located at kilometer 3 of Fish Lake Road. Here, we can see Marine Gastard and her daughter Nola.

With Marine Gastard at the helm, Into the Wild Adventures, founded in 2016, was mainly offering dog sled trips, from halfday tours to more challenging experiences over two to five days. In early November 2020, many clients from British Columbia (B.C.) were still travelling into the territory, but the closure of the Yukon-B.C. bubble resulted in a slew of cancellations. The musher reacted quickly to adapt to the situation: “I’d been thinking about diversifying for a while, by sharing my passion with kids. Sometimes, I’d get a little tired of doing the same tours day after day. So the pandemic gave me the opportunity to make the move, with the help of a grant from the Elevate Program.” This program is offered by the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon) in partnership with Yukon University, the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association (YFNCT) and the Wilderness Tourism Association of the Yukon (WTAY). It is intended for Yukon tourism businesses to adapt their activities, either by modifying existing ones or by developing completely new offerings. The grant will allow Marine Gastard to buy dog sleds for children: “The idea is to offer kids progressive classes so that they learn new skills with each session: standing on a sled, participating in kennel life, putting the harnesses on the dogs, and driving their own team.” The format for these sessions has not been finalized yet, and a number of different options are being considered.

“Depending on what people are interested in, I could offer a class from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., right after school, for children aged 6 and up, with a per-session fee, a six-class package, or a program covering the whole winter season. I am also thinking of offering day camps during school holidays”, says Marine Gastard. In the meantime, Into the Wild Adventures will offer introductory sessions to children, with or without their parents, from mid-February.

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Raphaëlle Couratin and Fabien Cayer-Barrioz, founders of Yu’Ski Expeditions located on Fish Creek Road, about 20 kilometers from downtown Whitehorse.

A young business started in January 2020 by Raphaëlle Couratin and Fabien Cayer-Barrioz,Yu’Ski Expeditions offers activities for cross-country ski enthusiasts, particularly those who enjoy Nordic cross-country skiing (NCCS). Unlike alpine touring, the idea of NCCS is to ski on rolling hills, so it is an ideal sport for doing long trips. As a result, most of the expeditions offered by the FrancoCanadian couple were attracting French-speaking Europeans for seven to ten-day tours. “Now we’d like to open up to locals and offer the Whitehorse community unique outdoor activities while sharing our passion for the North and for dogs”, explains Raphaëlle Couratin. So the long NCCS trips have been replaced by half-day and full-day lessons for developing NCCS techniques.

“We’d like to offer progressive sessions: first classic off-track cross-country skiing, then introducing Nordic cross-country skis, then a pulk, and possibly a dog, so that we can eventually take our clients out with us for an overnight,” says Couratin. The special touch Yu’Ski Expeditions brings is promoting the French language in their activities, providing their clients with an immersive environment if they wish, although they do not push it if the clients are not interested. “We offered camps to the children from my Montessori school last summer so that they could stay in contact with me, and especially keep up their French. That was how Yu’Speak French Immersion Outdoors began, and we’d like to continue in that spirit of passing on our language,” she says. Children aged 7 and up can participate in NCCS with Yu’Ski Expedition.

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Véronique Boileau and Pierre Fournier, partners in life and in business. Yukon Shinevalley Expeditions is located on Fish Lake Road.

Véronique Boileau and Pierre Fournier started Yukon Shinevalley Expeditions seven years ago. The couple offered ten-day tours to European tourists, on horseback or dog sled. The closure of international borders in March 2020 put an abrupt end to their activities. For their business to survive the pandemic, Boileau and Fournier started offering shorter overnight trips aimed primarily at Yukoners. Although bookings in the summer were brisk, they have not kept up the pace this winter, but the couple is still hopeful: “It’s dark, and people are gradually getting used to the fact that winter has set in. And in any case, everyone knows that February and March are the peak months for dog sledding.” The new direction taken by Yukon Shinevalley Expeditions changes all the logistics of the camps. “Before, when we were out on a multi-day trip, several families could sleep in the same wall tent. Now with COVID, we must have one tent per social bubble, which means more equipment to carry,” Véronique Boileau confides. “So we decided to set up a fixed campsite at the end of Fish Lake so that our clients would be more comfortable.” With a team of five to six dogs, amateur mushers cover around 30 km a day, led by a guide with their own sled, and followed by another on a snowmobile. Children as young as 12 can drive their own sled; below that age, kids have the choice of sitting in the guide’s sled or on the snowmobile.

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Silver Linings

A modern photography exhibit with a gold rush twist

by Kathy Burden

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hotography played a key role in the history and mythology of the Klondike Gold Rush. The photographer’s lens bore witness to the thrum and commotion of the stampede, along with the turmoil it wrought.

The impacts of this era are something Parks Canada interpreters share with the thousands of visitors that come each year to the Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson City.

In a season like no other, Parks Canada staff were challenged this summer to find new ways of connecting people with the Klondike story. Heritage interpreters Miriam Behman and Justin Apperley saw one answer in a tintype photography kit collecting dust on a shelf.

Behman, a NSCAD photography grad, has been experimenting

with darkroom equipment since early adulthood. Apperley is an interdisciplinary artist with an MFA from the Glasgow School of Art and a penchant for photography and printmaking. Both look for ways to bring their artistic interests into their interpretive work. The two set out to create a series of photographs reminiscent of those by prominent Gold Rush photographers Eric A. Hegg, E.O. Ellingsen, and Clarence and Clarke Kinsey.

During the later part of the 1800s, the new field of photography was exploding with ingenuity and invention. In the pursuit of “drawing with light,” there were now myriad techniques for fixing images to glass, metal, paper and celluloid, and improved camera cont’d on page 18 ...

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Artists and Parks Canada heritage interpreters, Justin Apperley (left) and Miriam Behman, with their field camera

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Amidst this evolution, the Klondike Gold Rush was kicking into full swing. The ensuing stories of wealth and adventure captivated the world and sparked tens of thousands of mostly depressionweary Americans to try their luck in the goldfields of the Yukon.

Along the treacherous routes to the Klondike, photographers followed in the stampeders’ footsteps—by turns muddy, rocky and frozen—living and documenting the Gold Rush experience.

Photographers captured scenes that would become enduring evidence of the impacts of this time, including First Nation gear packers adapting to the influx of foreigners on their traditional trading routes; the bodies of man and beast beaten by avalanche, terrain and starvation; a Hän fishing village as it stood before being displaced by cabins and a red light

From Silver Linings, a 2020 tintype photograph of Parks Canada staff in period costume and mask

Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) Local Area Plan Steering Committee The Government of Yukon and Kwanlin Dün First Nation are seeking six individuals to be members of the Steering Committee. The committee will assist in developing a local area plan for the Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) area. The Government of Yukon and Kwanlin Dün First Nation will appoint three members each to the committee.

Are you: • interested in public planning and future use of the area; • familiar with the land use issues and interests in the area; • able to represent the larger interests of the community in a fair, objective and equitable manner; and • able to make time to participate in this two-year planning process.

Please submit a letter of interest with information about yourself by end of day Monday, February 15, 2021.

Submit your application to the Government of Yukon’s Land Planning Branch by email at larissa.lychenko@yukon.ca or by mail at PO Box 2703 (K-320LP), Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6.

For more information on the Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) local area planning process, visit yukon.ca/fish-lake-local-area-planning.

Contacts: Larissa Lychenko, Government of Yukon (867) 667-3734 or toll-free at 1-800-661-0408 extension 3734, larissa.lychenko@yukon.ca Roy Neilson, Kwanlin Dün First Nation (867) 633-7800 extension 119 roy.neilson@kdfn.net

From Silver Linings, a 2020 tintype photograph of Parks Canada staff in period costume and mask district; the environmental destruction brought by the insatiable need for firewood, shelter, transportation and food; portraits that glow with the triumph of arriving and surviving; Front Street bursting with Fourth of July revellers; a load of pay dirt despite all the odds; the iconic image of the progressive and insightful Chief Isaac, steadfastly guiding his people into an uncertain future.

Parks Canada’s 2020 exhibit, Silver Linings, connects to the importance of photography during Dawson’s gold rush years. Behman and Apperley used dry-plate photography techniques, popular in the late 1800s, that involve coating a 4-inch by 5-inch metal plate with a photosensitive silver emulsion, exposing the dried plate in a field camera, and revealing the image through a series of chemical cont’d on page 20 ...

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From Silver Linings, a 2020 tintype photograph of West’s Boiler Shop on 3rd Avenue baths. Every photo in the 30-image series depicts a historic Parks Canada place, some featuring staff in period costume and face masks.

The face masks, part of the project’s safety protocol, drew an interesting line between this historical photography and the mod-

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Apperley notes that we are also living in “a significant moment in history … and Yukoners are so used to seeing Klondike photography, one of the pillars of our northern collective culture.” The mix of the two added a layer of complexity

to conversations during the Riverside Arts Festival and Culture Days where the exhibit was featured.

The project itself would not have been possible for the two interpreters during the busyness of a regular tourist season (recall: dust and shelf).

Behman values the opportunity to incorporate historical photography into her interpretive work.

“I’m always interested in including the history of photography in the programs that we do because it’s significant to the history of the Gold Rush.” Parks Canada is grateful for the community that came together around this project, including the interpreters who were willing to share their talents and the local experts who helped troubleshoot challenges.

After a number of struggles, Behman recalls the experience.

“Justin and I were standing over the vat and an image started appearing, it was so exciting.” Perhaps a bit like finding gold.

Kathy Burden lives in Whitehorse and enjoys learning about history and nature. She is a communications officer with Parks Canada.

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

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Fri Jan 29 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 30 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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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.

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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 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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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

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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 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 Thu Jan 28 Jackalope OPEN for drinks & snacks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri Jan 29 Jackalope Clubroom OPEN for drinks & snacks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 30 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 30 Jackrabbits Kids ski-school 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Jan 30 Pickleball, Please drop in! 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun Jan 31 Pickleball, Please drop in!

11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Wed Feb 3 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu Feb 4 Jackalope OPEN for drinks & snacks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri Feb 5 Jackalope Clubroom OPEN for drinks & snacks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Feb 6 Rehab Fitness Workshop with Danny 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Feb 6 Jackrabbits Kids ski-school 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat Feb 6 Pickleball, Please drop in! 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun Feb 7 Pickleball, Please drop in! 11:00 AM 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 OLD CROW Sundays St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381

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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.

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

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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

WATSON LAKE Daily Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe Rentals call 536-4820 for more info Wednesdays Drop in Beading 1:00 PM Watson Lake Family Centre Thursdays Parent-Child Mother Goose 10:30 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!

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 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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Ordinary people usually have more interesting stories to tell than do the Hollywood types. A while ago, I was told about a pilot named Willie, who was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. He had been flying out of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, for decades. The stories I heard about him truly made him a legend in that community. It immediately made me envious that I never crossed paths with him.

Willie Laserich arrived in Cambridge Bay in the late 1960s. Over the years, he flew an assortment of aircrafts, hauling groceries and supplies to the communities surrounding Cambridge Bay. A few years after getting into business, he started to supply aircraft for medevac flights to hospitals in Yellowknife and Edmonton. By the end of his career, he had flown more than 45,000 hours and made 5,000 medical trips with a perfect safety record. One example of one of his most extreme trips was the transportation of a man whose arm had been torn off in

a mining accident. The arm was packed in an ice-filled suitcase that accompanied him on the flight to an Edmonton hospital.

Another trip involved a woman with a knife sticking out of her chest. Babies were born in midair six times; Laserich had to contact air traffic control and tell them to add an extra person to the flight manifest. He undertook many risky mercy flights in extreme weather.

Try to imagine laying on a stretcher like those patients, being as in need as them, then add the extra anxiety that would accompany hearing medical staff saying the flight was doubtful due to weather. I bet their spirits were lifted when they heard it was Laserich coming to the rescue. He’d been there, done that, thousands of times. Laserich flew a hundred flights searching for lost trappers, injured hunters and downed pilots. He succeeded in finding them many times. No person or organization ever received a bill.

Long before it was popular, all of his planes (including a Learjet) were named after Inuit elders.

Although Laserich’s business

was thriving by the early 1990s, it was a completely different story a decade earlier. In the 70s, he had applied, time and again, for a charter license. Transport Canada denied him every time. He must have felt that he didn’t have a single ally in Ottawa and was being deliberately ignored. Far from being ignored, it turned out that Transport Canada was watching Laserich very closely.

It had to be one of the most horrible days in his life when he was walloped by Transport Canada officials. They laid 205 citations against him for breaking flying rules. The longest aviation court case north of 60 in Canada was about to begin. It was like an ant getting into a scrap with an elephant. There was one advantage for the ant though. The court case would be held in his hometown.

Check out next week’s issue to find out how it went down.

Carey Marshall is from Whitehorse and has lived on both sides of the mountain North of 60 for almost 50 years.

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Wednesdays Habit Cycle 6:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com Wednesdays Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:45 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Thursdays Cycle-Yoga 9:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness The class consists of 45 minutes of indoor cycling followed by 45 minutes of yoga.

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Thursdays Habit HITT with Kristie 12:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness All levels welcome for this total body cardio and complete body weight class. Call or email for more info, register online.

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DEAR CHILKOOT CHIROPRACTIC FAMILY, We’d like to wish everyone a healthier & happier 2021.

Whether you are new to our clinic or an existing patient AND would like some help on your path to recovery or better health, we’d love to help.

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

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

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SaturdaysKickboxing with LeeAnne 12:30 PM Better Bodies Cross training Centre An intense class using a variety of Muay Thai and MMA style training techniques. This non contact class uses gloves, pads and bags. Call 633-5425 for more info.

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

Wed Jan 27 Your Health! Your Way! 6:00 PM Virtual Online Learn to manage your symptoms, reach goals and discover tips to manage your day-to-day activities. To register call 667-8733

Sundays Habit Cycle 10:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness We welcome all experience levels and abilities, call or email for more info, register online. 334-7458 habitcommunity@gmail.com

Sat Jan 30 Sound Healing 7:00 PM 7th Ray Studio Crystal bowls and gongs to create vibrations that will wash over you and remove unwanted energies and replace with healing energies. For more info call 334-9605 or email info@7thraystudio.com, register online.

Sundays Kids BJJ 3:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Mondays 1 Hour Drop in Classes: Pilates 5:15 PM Long, Lean & Mean Fitness Intense core class that will make you sweat and burn calories.

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

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

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Tuesdays Kids BJJ 4:30 & 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Tuesdays Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy Wed Jan 27 Ice Towers Drop-In Night 6:00 PM Mount Sima Get your ice climb on, meet other climbers, take a lesson, try new gear and make plans for the weekend. For more info call 668-4557.

Thu Jan 28 Thursday Night Lights-Ski Tour 5:30 PM Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club Please register at candacedow22@hotmail.com to ensure your spot.

Wed Feb 3 Ice Towers Drop-In Night 6:00 PM Mount Sima Get your ice climb on, meet other climbers, take a lesson, try new gear and make plans for the weekend. For more info call 668-4557.

Wed Feb 3 No-Gi Jiu Jitsu/Submission Wrestling 6:00 PM Elite Martial Arts Academy

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

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

Mondays Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:00 PM Overeaters Anonymous Contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information 3330112 oayukon@gmail.com Tuesdays & Saturdays Counselling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Tues, Wed & Thurs Live & Online: Kundalini with Sheila 8:00 AM Virtual Online Weekly explore your body, mind, and heart’s balance.

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Mon Feb 1 Diabetes Wellness Series 6:00 PM Whitehorse, Yukon Topics including selfmanagement, medications, self-monitoring, healthy eating and activity strategies. To register, call 667-8733 or email ccsp@gov.yk.ca.

Tue Feb 2 Introduction to Mindfulness 9:00 AM Virtual Online Learn about mindful practice and to engage in different ways one can integrate mindfulness into one’s lifestyle. For more info or to register call 668-6423 or email bhill@yukon.cmha.ca Wed Feb 3 Your Health! Your Way! 6:00 PM Virtual Online Learn to manage your symptoms, reach goals and discover tips to manage your day-to-day activities. To register call 667-8733 Mon Feb 8 New Beginnings Group 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Email bobr@klondiker.com or call 668 6103 for more info.

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Wednesdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance No Puffin (CM, NS) - 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Thursdays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

Polar Group (O/M) 7:30 pm Hellaby Hall – 4th and Elliott St. Or zoom room contact aapolargroup@gmail.com Fridays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM Zoom Room – Contact 334-7693 Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall - 4th and Elliott Street Saturdays Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM, Zoom Room – contact 334-7693 Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 pm - Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Sundays Detox Meeting (OM NS) 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, Zoom Room – contact 334 7693 Hospital Meeting (OM NS) 7:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Mondays The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Tuesdays The Joy Of Living group (O/M, NS) 12:00 noon 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Ugly Duckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Phone: AA 1-833-985-6622 (24 hours a day)

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Keeping It Green with Scott Dudiak

Bye-bye baggies Single-use plastic bags are out and reusables are in!

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ongratulations, Yukon! After 10 years of painstaking discussion, single-use shopping bags will be banned this year. In the fall of 2020, a quiet milestone passed in the Legislature with an update to the Environment Act (Bill 14) which allows the Government of Yukon to ban both plastic and paper singleuse shopping bags across the territory. Following a 60-day consultation period to iron out the specifics, the Yukon will join 76 other countries that have banned plastic shopping bags as early as summer 2021.

The territory will also then catch up to the Yukon communities that have already made local bylaws, including Mayo, Carmacks, and Dawson City. Each took the lead by banning plastic shopping bags on its own. Dawson went even further, banning businesses from providing straws, utensils, and plastic/foam takeout containers and cups.

These bans will no doubt mean some changes to our lives, especially for business owners, but the status quo is proving more environ-

mentally dangerous and expensive by the day. Currently, Canadians throw away 3-million tonnes of plastic waste, of which only 9 per cent is recycled. Globally, the plastics industry emits emissions equal to 189 500-megawatt coal power plants. Plastic production is expected to rise by 40 per cent over the next 10 years. The costs of single-use plastics are also felt locally, as tax revenues are required to support landfill expansions and complex waste management systems. We also bear the environmental burden with increased long-lived plastics in our environment impacting wildlife and human health.

Although action on bags is a good step, it is only a small piece in the challenge of addressing single-use and disposable products. Some materials are more an issue than others, but, ultimately, extracting resources and using energy to manufacture products that are used for seconds to minutes is, at its core, unsustainable.

With that in mind, perhaps the most important part of the updated act is that it allows for other packaging products and single-use materials to be regulated in the future. Hopefully this means that the years-long discussion about bags can be accelerat-

ed when it comes to banning other single-use products. There is no hint of any government plan to add anything else to the banned list at this time, but it could allow community-driven leadership to pressure political leaders into making more serious restrictions like those in Dawson.

Notably, the Yukon regulation also bans paper bags. This means there won’t be a switch from one type of single-use disposable product to another, which would only result in trading one set of environmental impacts for another. The disposal of plastic bags is challenging and recycling options are few, but switching to paper bags would require more trees to be cut down, increasing our carbon emissions challenges with climate change.

The Yukon Government is not alone with the bag ban; the Federal Government is also banning six types of single-use plastic packaging this year. Introduced under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the federal ban lists plastic grocery bags, straws, cutlery, six-pack rings, some takeout containers and stir sticks. The Federal Government has set a target of zero plastic waste by 2030, which is one of the most ambitious targets in the world for waste re-

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Ravens overlook plastic recycling drop-off, Whitehorse duction. This goal is even more notable because of Canada’s sad ranking as one of the top producers of waste, per capita, in the world.

We can celebrate the bag ban as a positive step in a long journey away from disposability to sustainability. Hopefully, the lessons learned in the last 10 years and the global momentum to reduce waste will lead to rapid changes and leadership in the Yukon. As individuals, we can support a zero waste future in small ways by

engaging politicians about waste reduction policies, making small changes to reduce our own waste, and supporting local businesses reducing their packaging.

For more information on the updates to the environment Act, go to the Yukon Government website at yukonassembly.ca. For additional resources, contact Zero Waste Yukon at zerowasteyukon.ca.

Scott Dudiak is the program coordinator for Zero Waste Yukon.

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