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ive-streamed concerts have become the norm. In year three of the pandemic, fullscale concerts have yet to make a complete return to many parts of Canada. When they have, it hasn’t lasted long. Only a couple years ago, live-streamed concerts were a fun, although seemingly temporary, way for fans to see and support live music in some capacity. In 2022, it looks as though live-streamed events are here to stay, at least for a while longer.

Music From the Edges of Canada is a new series presented by Maverick Cooperative, in partnership with several venues across the country, including the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC). The series is made up of 11 live-streamed concerts featuring artists from rural Canada. Each show features two different bands or artists. The series began last October and will run through March. Among the 22 artists are many Yukon acts, including Soda Pony, Speed Control, Diyet and Ryan McNally. These Yukoners are teaming up with artists from as far away as the east coast for their virtual double bills.

Music From the Edges of Canada and YAC have several mutual interests, according to Michele Emslie, YAC programming director.

“Our purpose at YAC is to engage our community through live performing arts, to support Yukon artists and to present artists from across Canada and internationally,” she said. “This of course has been made very difficult at

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Aiden Tentrees of Whitehorse’s Soda Pony performs the band’s new album release Oct. 21, 2021 at the Yukon Arts Centre. It was videotaped

by Music From the Edges Canada and shown online Dec. 6, 2021 times over the last two years, so the goals of the project align perfectly.”

Emslie said she hopes this series is an opportunity for some of the Yukon’s artists to be seen and heard by fans who may be too far away to have experienced them in-person, or even to have heard of them at all. Viewers can watch the performances from anywhere in the world, giving artists the chance to perform on a somewhat global stage.

“I do hope that our artists get exposed to new audiences and that these Canadian presenters become familiar with artists from the North,” said Emslie.

While the Yukon’s arts community is known for being tightknit and supportive, when it comes to presenting concerts to a potentially global audience, challenges arise that don’t typically exist on the local level.

“We are nervous about online concerts and attendance as online content is so vast,” said Emslie. “It makes marketing virtual events very difficult for all of us in

the arts sector.”

While some performing artists may choose to wait out the pandemic before returning to the stage, it’s important for many creatives to find ways to still practice their craft and bring their work to the masses. With the sponsors and venue partnerships secured by Music From the Edges of Canada, all involved are happy to be making it possible for fans and artists to remain connected in some way.

“Artists reflect ourselves back to us, help make sense of our world and all of our experiences living on this Earth. Live art sustains us in times like this and can take us out of ourselves for brief periods … [it] helps make us feel not so alone, which, when you are sharing an experience together, is what good art can do,” said Emslie. “It’s imperative we keep supporting the live performing arts for these reasons and many more.”

To read more about the series, as well as to see the full schedule and purchase tickets, visit www. musicfromtheedges.ca. n

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Michele Genest is a Whitehorse-based chef and writer. She is also somewhat of a gardener. Michele has also written two books “The Boreal Feast - A Culinary Journey Through The North” and “The Boreal Gourmet - Adventures In Northern Cooking.”

NO TRIFLING MATTER

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he holidays are over, yet still there are tins and festive bags of cookies. Leftover cake demands to be eaten. You’ve received several jars of other people’s delicious jams. There are stacks upon stacks of wild berries in the freezer. You know what you need to do? You need to have one last extravagant holiday blowout.

You need to make a trifle—that luscious, layered concoction of cake or cookies, fruit, custard, jam and whipped cream invented by the British and adored by everyone else.

Trifle emerged in Britain sometime in the 18th century, became the beloved standard for dessert in the Victorian era and quickly travelled around the world. The Italians call it Zuppa Inglese, while the German or Austrian version is known as punschtorte. The Scots have their own interpretation, the Tipsy Laird, made with Drambuie or whisky.

Which reminds me of an important ingredient—sherry. You can also use whisky, bourbon or, if you’re sharing with children, orange juice (though you can always make two versions, one for the kids, one for the adults).

The word “trifle” is said to derive from the Old French word truflei. It originally referred to a false tale, foolishness or a thing of no consequence. But there is nothing false or inconsequential about a trifle. It is an omnibus, a portmanteau, a giant treasury with

room for every delicious item you, your pantry and your imagination can come up with.

POST-HOLIDAY TRIFLE

To serve: One big glass bowl, or several smaller bowls or glasses Custard Layer Make the custard first so it’s cool by the time you put the trifle together.

Ingredients: • 4 cups milk • 4 eggs • 1/2 cup sugar • 1 tbsp cornstarch • 1 tbsp flavouring. Choose from vanilla, almond extract, Amaretto, sherry, whisky, bourbon or lemon juice Instructions: Heat milk slowly in a mediumsized pot over medium-low heat until steam rises, about 7 minutes.

In the meantime, beat eggs until lemon-coloured in a heatproof bowl. Beat in sugar, cornstarch and flavouring.

Pour hot milk in a slow and steady stream into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Once all the milk is incorporated, pour the whole mixture back into the pot and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the custard is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon, about 10 minutes. You’ll

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What’s Inside

notice the custard thickening as you stir.

If the custard curdles, pour it through a strainer into a bowl and whisk vigorously for a few minutes. It should come together.

Cool to room temperature before adding it to the trifle.

You may have custard left over.

Enjoy it from the bowl, with a spoon, and don’t tell anybody.

Cook’s treat.

Cake or Cookie Layer • 1/3 cup sherry or orange juice Enough cake or cookies to cover the bottom of your bowl with a 1 1/2-inch layer. It’s hard to be precise, but say one-quarter of a 9-inch cake or 12 shortbread cookies.

Fresh, Frozen or Canned Fruit Layer • 2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches or nectarines.

Jam Layer • 1/2 to 3/4 cup low-bush cranberry, cloudberry, raspberry or strawberry jam Whipped Cream Layer • 2 cups 35% cream • 1/4 cup icing sugar, sifted • 1 tbsp sherry Whisk the cream until soft peaks form. Slowly add icing sugar, whisking constantly, followed by the sherry. Chill until you’re ready to spread it over the trifle.

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A delicious and certainly mouthwatering trifle to help send off the old year and ring in the new one

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Topping • 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds Assembly Instructions: If using cake, break or slice the cake into smaller pieces and fit them into the bowl. Don’t worry if there are a few small gaps. The custard will trickle down and fill them. Drizzle sherry or orange juice over top. If using cookies, dip both sides of each cookie in the sherry or orange juice and fit them into the bowl, breaking them in half if necessary.

Arrange the fruit over top of the cake or cookies.

Pour a thick coating of custard over the fruit layer.

Spread the jam in an even layer over top of the custard.

Spread a thick layer of whipped cream over the jam.

Sprinkle the top with toasted, sliced almonds. Chill for a couple of hours before serving.

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Beverly Brazier is a Whitehorse-based writer.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES It’s Jan. 7 as I begin to write this column. I’ve just finished “taking down Christmas” for another year

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always leave Christmas up until after Jan. 6—Epiphany in Christian tradition. By then, I’m ready to put Christmas away.

I love the ritual; the small, silent, solitary ceremony of this dismantling. First to go back in the boxes are the cards I’ve received and displayed, either framed or simply set on shelves. They’re beautiful to look at. They’re also beautiful because someone cared enough to send them. Into the tin they go until next year. I look at each one, read the name inside, say a silent thank-you for that person. Does that qualify as a ceremony? I think so, for me at least.

Next, the fabric wreaths come off the doors. A set of knitted bells came from someone at the place where I boarded during one of my internships. They were from a mother and daughter who were kind to me when I truly needed someone to be kind. Then the small carving of Mary, Joseph and the baby. This was a gift from a man in my last church, who made one

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For some, there is a calmness in the ritual; the small, silent, solitary ceremony of dismantling Christmas for another year for every household in that church.

A gorgeous angel, which was a surprise gift from a teenage girl who, for months, had sat rolling her eyes at everything I said in church.

Then there’s the tree. The fragile things first. Off comes the set of bells given to me in my first year of ministry. They’re made of empty coffee creamers, covered in tinfoil and strung together with old ribbon. A young mom with two kids who was caught in an unspeakable situation. I did what I could for her that fall. At Christmas time, she showed up with that gift. They’re precious to me. The tinfoil is falling

off and I use more tape every year to keep it on. I’ve long lost track of her, but the memory is intense.

Then some wreaths crocheted by my mom, a goose egg turned into a nativity scene (really!) by a talented friend, some reindeer made by children in my life, the tiny china bell that Santa Claus gave me the Christmas I was three, and an amateur attempt at creativity by Nate and me the first Christmas we were married. Every one of them has a story and a relationship attached. I handle them with something more than caution. If I were to lose them, the stories would

remain, of course they would, but my goodness it’s a beautiful thing to have them to touch, to see, to physically focus the memory.

One year when I was very little and my brother and sister weren’t yet born, my grandmother cut out a picture of the Coca-Cola Santa. An advertisement in the local paper.

He was holding a coke, of course.

He had a finger to his lips, going “shhhh.” My grandmother pasted that picture on some old cardboard and it sat among the branches of our tree every year. When our parents were downsizing, they asked us three what we wanted from the

Christmas decorations. Each of us, independent from the others, said we wanted that Santa. We shared him for several years. One of us would have him, then mail him to the next for the following year.

Sadly, no one knows where he is now.

Finally, the angel on top of the tree. It was there as far back as I can remember. It was always the last thing to go up, placed by my father. She has a porcelain face, fabric gown and, unexplainably, wings made out of cardboard from a girl guide cookie box (you can see it on the back of her wings) covered with tinfoil. I have her now.

She goes back into her box with memories and thanksgiving.

So here I am. The living room has much more room now that the tree is gone. I’ll be finding needles for months, testimony to the persistence of the season. That’s as it should be, I think to myself.

I’m writing this because I have a feeling that many of us are the same in this way. The small, precious things that matter, that give shape to the seasons of our lives.

The ceremony, however you define it, that frees us to feel the feelings and honour them.

In these times of forced solitude for the sake of community, ceremony can be quietly persuasive. It can serve as a reminder of the deep down things that no virus with a fancy Greek name can take away. n

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Heather LeDuc

Heather has been writing for What’s Up Yukon since the early days of the pandemic. She enjoys sharing stories about Yukoners with a passion for what they do, whether it’s making artwork, producing a play, or running a business.

COLLECTIVE MEMORY Forty years of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection

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n Collective Memory, an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection, there is a leather jacket entitled “Blanche.” The piece, by Brenda Lee Asp, has a unique feature in its whale tailshaped collar. When Asp started the jacket, her fashion design instructors were skeptical. They didn’t think such an unusual collar could be done. But as Asp started working with the leather, she knew through intuition how to shape the collar. “… the process helped me to remember what I already knew about working with leather,” Asp says in her artist statement “It

brought back memories of working with my grandmothers and it sparked knowledge that I didn’t realize was there.”

It’s stories like this that prompted visual arts curator Garnet Muething to call the exhibition Collective Memory. As she selected work for the show, Muething discovered connections and relationships amongst the work. “All of the memories and energy and experience that lives within each work that comes from the artist and carries through the collection and creates this collective memory that is there for people to draw from and to experience and to engage with.”

Muething suggests that memories arise from many things, including materials, stories, “motion of hands,” skills, tools, familiar and new places, and experiences of trauma, loss, healing and transition.

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“Drawn In 2, Ivvavik” by Jane Isakson. Acrylic on canvas

motivations live within the works of art,” Muething says. “They are the memory of each artist’s voice and process. Together they create the collective memory of artistic responses to the Yukon experience.”

Collective Memory showcases about 20 per cent of the permanent art collection, which now contains more than 500 works of art. The exhibition is almost like a survey of the history of art in the Yukon since around the 1930s, when Kitty Smith created the un-

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titled sculptures that are some of the collection’s oldest works.

Muething could have presented that history chronologically. Instead, she took a far more creative and interesting approach, arranging the roughly 100 works in the show according to themes she found arose organically. Collective Memory walks us through 40 years of art collecting by highlighting the interconnections between the works; for example, if they speak to family, a sense of place or a shared experience.

In the first gallery room, Muething found that the pieces relate to family, Elders and connections to the land.

A wonderful example of connection to family is Lena Moon’s moose hide and seal skin work “Purse.” In her artist statement, Moon acknowledges the contribution of her grandmother and cont’d on page 7 ...

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aunts. “My grandmother always checked my work and if she was satisfied, I would know I’d done it right.” The beadwork pattern was Moon’s grandmother’s, while the purse itself is the artist’s own innovative design, featuring a beaded ric-rac pattern and a removable strap.

In exploring their connections to the land, artists inevitably turn to landscapes and interpretations

of Yukon’s natural splendour.

Printmaker Martha Ritchie has achieved an exhilarating, vibrant piece with her triptych “Sky I— Looking Upwards,” “Sky 2—Swan’s Flight” and “Sky 3—Heading South.” Ritchie’s skies are alive with swirling clouds, dizzying perspectives and wonderful details.

In the second room, Muething found connections among the work related to lived experiences, in particular, responses to trauma, loss and reconciliation.

Doug Smarch Jr.’s “Play your flute for me Indian” is a new addition to a series of large colour photographs called Erase. The series title refers to the Canadian government’s decision “to ab-

sorb the Indigenous body into the ‘body politic’ which is the Canadian Colonial System.” Smarch’s work is one of several in the exhibition, including Mary Caesar’s “Words and Names They Called Me” and Dennis Shorty’s “Float Plane,” that carry memories of the trauma of residential schools.

Ramon Joseph Santos’s “Before the Hunt” is a beautifully executed oil painting featuring a figure holding a rifle. The image contemplates the conflicted feelings that come with being a hunter. “Preparing for hunting—or preparing for death—is an overwhelming feeling,” Santos says.

“It’s exciting, thrilling, sorrowful and lonesome.”

In the third and final room, Muething selected works addressing connection to place in terms of residency and exchange.

There are some light-hearted moments to be found, including Karen Thomas’s quirky “The Second Floor,” an ode to The Pit in Dawson.

“I love this piece because it’s disorienting and then you realize it’s the upstairs of The Pit and it all makes so much sense,” Muething says.

Faye Chamberlain conjures up spring in her gorgeous tufted piece called “Hints of Easter.”

Chamberlain evokes “Tuktu’s spirit” in honour of the caribou whose hair and antler are transformed

into a “floral fantasy” and a celebration of the vibrant flowers of spring.

From Chamberlain’s piece, I find myself drawing a connection with Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé’s beadwork-adorned moose antler, “Untitled (Resilience),” in the previous room, as well as Barbara Pratt’s colourful fibre work, “Autumn.”

This process of making connections happens with every piece I view, which is part of the wonder of experiencing this amazing show. Every piece in the exhibition has relationships with others, which are ours to discover as part of Yukon’s dynamic collective memory. n

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ART SHOWS Wed Jan 26 Curator Talk with Garnet Muething - Permanent Art Collection 7:00 PM Online An online talk and tour of Collective Memory in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection. Register online bit.ly/3GKShPx Until Jan 28 Softcore by Courtney Holmes, Rebecca Manias, Katie Newman & Heather Von Steinhagen Yukon Arts Centre Gallery hours 10 – 5 pm The medium of soft sculpture, humour and discomfort are employed as a challenge to tired yet stubborn body standards and harmful social constructs.

Until Jan 29 Winter Sketches by Ted Tucker Arts Underground An exhibition of new work by Whitehorse-based artist Tedd Tucker that explores his relationship with the extremes of the seasons in the Yukon Until Jan 29 Hidden Details by Heather Von Steinhagen Arts Underground An exhibition of a series of colourful and surreal paintings.

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Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Clothing Room 10:00 AM Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene Free of charge to anyone and everyone.

Mon Jan 31 Custom Etched Beer Mug – Advanced Laser Cutting 5:30 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Create a one of a kind glass beer mug in this advanced laser cutting workshop. Participants will learn how to etch a curved glass on the laser cutter. Register online.

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Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Community Kitchen 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Hot nutritious meals to-go, a free, low-barrier, program for women identifying individuals and children. Call 667-2693 for more info.

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Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Texas Hold’em for Members and Signed in Guests 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory and must be worn. To join in the fun, you must have a valid 2021 membership.

Thu Jan 27 Referendum Voting for Yukon First Nations School Board 1:00 PM St. Grey Mountain Primary School For qualified electors wishing to cast their vote, held in the library.

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Sat Jan 29 & Sun Jan 30 Le Bazaar, Vintage & Collectibles Pop-Up Shop 11:00 AM Captain Martin House Shop our vintage selection of comic books, diecast cars, crystals, glasses, figurines, cameras, books and much more Sat Jan 29 French Dinner with Chef Sandra Jost 4:30 PM Wolf’s Den Restaurant 6 delicious courses and wine pairing, come for a gustatory experience!, reservations online https://bit.ly/34SI0me Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Whitehorse United Church Worship Service 10:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Interested in Online service? You must sign up in advance by phone or email to the church office. The office is open Monday – Friday, 9 am to 2 pm. Phone 667-2989: email wuc@klondiker.com Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Seniors Bingo 1:00 PM Golden Age Society

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Mon Feb 7 Make an Oak Cutting Board – Cheese Board 5:30 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Make a beautiful 10 inch Round end-grain oak cutting/cheese board with a purpleheart stripe in this beginner woodworking class. Register Online.

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Sydney [Oland] Keddy is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com as well as in other publications.

PORK TENDERLOIN, ARUGULA, AND GOAT CHEESE TARTINE

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ork

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Maple syrup, dijon mustard, brown sugar

you get as much flavor as

Sear the pork tenderloin

possible, and watch the time and temperature of the meat while you’re cooking it - as with any lean meat pork tenderloins can dry out if left on the heat for too long. Makes 4 tartines.

INGREDIENTS

Sweet mustard sauce

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❑ 1 pork tenderloin

1

Set the oven to 375 degrees. Season pork tenderloin generously with salt, heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a cast iron pan over high heat.

Sear the tenderloin on all sides then place in the oven for 12 minutes, or until 160 degrees.

2

In a bowl whisk together mustard, brown sugar, and maple syrup.

3

When the pork is cooked, allow it to rest for 5 minutes then slice into thin slices. Divide the arugula between the slices of bread then top with goat cheese and pork tenderloin and drizzle with mustard sauce.

❑ Olive oil ❑ 1 tablespoons dijon mustard

❑ 1 tablespoons maple syrup ❑ 4 slices bread ❑ 1 cup arugula ❑ 100 grams fresh goat cheese

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METHOD

❑ Salt

❑ 1 tablespoons brown sugar

Let the tenderloin rest before you slice it

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The more commonly known cocoa powder is also produced from the cacao bean, but it goes through high-temperature processing, which reduces some of its nutritional value. Cacao powder is processed at a very low temperature and retains all of its nutritional value.

Cacao is high in fibre, minerals and other nutrients including magnesium, potassium, protein, healthy fats and iron. It can also reduce inflammation, as it has a high flavonoid content and flavonoids are antioxidants known to reduce inflammation and boost the immune system.

You can find raw cacao powder in the natural foods aisle of all grocery stores.

Full-fat coconut milk is rich in saturated fats called medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). These can be easily and quickly converted to energy in the body. MCT fats also show some promising evidence to support weight loss, body composition and metabolism.

Coconut milk is further packed full of minerals and nutrients including vitamin C, folate, iron, magnesium, potassium, manganese and copper. Lauric acid in coconut has also been shown to have antifungal, antiviral and antibacterial properties.

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Kylie Campbell-Clarke

AUSSIE GIRL IN THE YUKON

Aussie Girl columnist Kylie Campbell-Clarke is an Australian writer and photographer living in the Yukon.

She adventures in the Yukon with her Canadian husband, two Yukon dogs Phil and Charlie and cat Howie.

TUKTOYAKTUK TRIP

Part One wasn’t until I met my husband in 2019 that the dream of making the 2,700 kilometre round-trip to dip into the Arctic Ocean became a reality.

First was the trip planning and preparation. We prepped everything for camping in the back of the truck. This included food, water, extra gas and items to make sure that if we got stuck somewhere we could get out. Our trip plan needed to include potential for delays and road closures while also ensuring we visited all the highlights on the way up without driving for too long.

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The road trip begins: The Dempster Highway

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hate driving. Like, hate it.

It’s stressful and, especially in Canada, there’s snow, ice and animals. You guys are also strange and drive on the incorrect side of the road! My Canadian husband, Ryan, mocks me because it took him two days to drive here from B.C. when he moved to the Yukon, while it took me three weeks!

Still, when the Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk) highway officially opened Nov. 15, 2017, I wanted to drive it to the Arctic Ocean. My fear got the better of me though. It

Our first day and the truck was ready for the long haul to Tombstone in a seven-hour stretch after work on a Friday! The beautiful drive starts on the North Klondike Highway, following the Yukon River.

We get gas at the Dempster cutoff, as it’s a long journey to the next gas station in Eagle Plains.

Once we get on the Dempster Highway, the conditions change dramatically. The darkness allows the sparkling stars to highlight the mountain peak silhouettes.

The road changes from asphalt to dirt highway, shifting between dry patches with low visibility and muddy bog sections that make me thankful we’re in a truck. It’s p

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Ryan sets up the truck and pulls out all the camping items. He sets up the “kitchen” while I set up the bed. Our bed is a 4-inch foam mattress and two sleeping bags.

I brought some battery-operated fairy lights to add the ambience.

Did I mention it was -10 degrees C? No? I was glad we had invested from our previous truck camping experience in a Mr. Buddy heater.

It heated up our sleeping area while we enjoyed glasses of wine and some warm food.

DAY 2: TOMBSTONE TO INUVIK We wake up to beautiful, clear, sunny skies and it’s absolutely freezing. We make a quick breakfast and pack up the truck to go and enjoy the long drive north.

Outside the campground is the pullout to view Tombstone Mountain. We have a perfect view down the North Klondike Valley.

The roads seem endless in the distance, winding through the valleys. The yellow trees and red mountains are incredibly beautiful. The wide open valleys disappear as the weather changes and the fog makes it challenging to drive.

With no views and poor visibility, it’s easy to get disoriented.

I’m thankful Ryan is driving and not me. We eventually make it to Eagle Plains, the last stop in the Yukon before the Northwest Territories. It’s not quite what I expected, but I guess the first time I visit a new place in the Yukon, it’s always unexpected. That’s what cont’d on page 13 ...

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Roads give way to water at a ferry crossing

makes this place always interesting. The town looks almost like a large highway camp with long lorry trucks, a few houses, a gas station and hotel/restaurant. The sharp peaks and mountains of Tombstone appear far away, making the landscape flatter and more barren.

Visiting the Eagle Plains hotel for beer is the first tourist stop on our epic road trip adventure. The slogan of the Eagle Plains lodge is “Where the north begins.” Looking at the intricate details inside, it feels like we’re at the end of the world. The map shows we are close to the Arctic Circle and it dawns on me that this is the furthest north I’ve ever been. I suddenly feel very far away.

We order a beer and are told that we cannot simply order alcohol without food, so we get a poutine snack to accompany it. We enjoy while admiring the art and photos of times past. Once we have our snack, beer and more gas, it’s time to head north. The roads immediately after Eagle Plains are horrid. The mud bogs would be impassable in my car. Once again, I’m thankful I’m not driving. We make it through the tricky sections and note that the alpine and trees are slowly dissipating. As we drive on, we approach the Arctic Circle monument. The winds are brutal and the open expanse of the tundra is spectacular. Once we take a photo opportunity, we start to approach the Northwest Territories border and it’s snowing. Yes, it’s September and snowing.

We get to the first sign that indicates our destination officially—Tuktoyaktuk. Of course I need to have a photo. Once I get out of the truck, the gale force winds and pelting snow make it difficult to get to the highway sign. Once there, I turn around and note that Ryan hasn’t gotten out of the truck. Eventually he makes it out of the warm truck to take a proper photo in the ice blizzard.

We jump back in the truck and officially cross the Northwest Territory border. As we descend, the snow and fog lifts. We see the drastic difference between the Yukon and the Arctic landscapes.

The first town is Fort McPherson, followed by our first ferry ride at Tsiigehtchic. Our initial idea was to stop and camp somewhere before arriving in Inuvik, but Ryan wants to make it all the way. Eleven hours later, on our last stretch to Inuvik, I’m ready

to camp anywhere. After Tsiigehtchic, the roads are straight, with endless trees and no mountains. The dusty roads obscure any views as NWT vehicles hurtle past. Unlike the Yukon, there are no pull-outs or campgrounds. It’s just a long stretch of never ending, very boring road. However, we make it to the Gwich’in Territorial Park campground, about 35 kilometres outside of Inuvik. I demand that we stop. My whole body hurts from rattling around in the uncomfortable truck and I reached my driving limit several hours before. Ryan agrees and we set up in the campground. The campground is wide open, with minimal trees. It’s strange, there are fewer trees than in the Yukon and they’re all even smaller. There are no mountains, just vague attempts at hills. The campground does give us a beautiful view over the river. We sit in the back of the truck to drink a glass of wine while we watch the sun set. It’s strange how much warmer it is than along the Dempster, with the refreshing sun and lack of winds. It’s a beautiful spot and we fall asleep in the Arctic North, ready for our drive to Tuk tomorrow to dip in the Arctic Ocean! n Watch for Part 2 of this special three-part feature by Kylie Campbell-Clarke in the next issue of What’s Up Yukon…

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Manus Hopkins is a recent journalism school graduate originally from Whitehorse. Now based in Toronto, he works as a freelance music and arts journalist. He also loves cats. perform across North America for some time yet, the members of Speed Control are excited to finally unveil their new EP this winter.

It’s been in the works for a long time. In 2020, they released “Inspector Tang” and “Headlights.”

In 2021, there was “Danger Pay.” A fourth single (for the song “Mr. Romance”) will soon be accompanied by a Brendan Preston music video.

“It was one of those ones that we wrote in 15 minutes at a rehearsal session,” Jody said of “Mr. Romance.” The EP doesn’t have an official title yet, but the Peters brothers have plenty of ideas for what it might be.

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Before they’re able to set off on tour again, Speed Control will continue to focus on writing new songs and shaping new ideas. It’s hard to set specific goals with the state of the world right now, but there are a few directions the members of Speed Control would like to see the band go in the future.

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hen Speed Control released the single “Danger Pay,” with an accompanying music video best described as over-the-top, the members had no idea how much or how quickly it would blow up.

The clip, made in collaboration with Brendan Preston Productions and released in November, is currently sitting at more than 35,000 views on YouTube. The song has been added to several high-profile Spotify playlists.

“It’s like 1,000 a day,” said Graeme Peters, guitarist and vocalist for the band. “That’s never

happened to us before. I think it’s a great song and I think it’s one of the most hilarious music videos I’ve ever seen and I’m in it.”

A long-time fixture of the Yukon’s music scene, Speed Control has been led by brothers Graeme and Jody Peters since its inception in 2010. To hear the brothers tell it, they’re now becoming more of a well-rounded band with the relatively recent additions of Greg McLaughlin on lead guitar and vocals, and Eric Holland on drums and vocals.

When there isn’t a pandemic ravaging the world, Speed Control is typically on tour for huge chunks of the year. Without any touring underway for the past two years, the musicians have found time for other things, or found other things to fill their time. While Graeme stepped up his golf game in the summer, both brothers have also kept busy with their day jobs as teachers.

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“Everything opens and then shuts down again and then opens and then shuts down again,” said Graeme. “But that’s normal now.”

With their extra downtime and newer additions to the Speed Control lineup, the Peters brothers are pushing themselves to play more technical music. Though they’re happy to see themselves improve as musicians, it’s also a humbling experience, at least for Graeme, who often finds himself tiring out faster at rehearsals and recording sessions.

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Feb 3-4 (Thurs/Fri) 9:00am-3:00pm CRN: 90040 COURSE CODE: JUST CE70 $250 + GST Instructors: Liza Manolis and Brenda Jenner Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1540 Registration Deadline: Jan 27

Mindful Self-Compassion Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, & 10 (Thurs) 1:30pm–3:00pm CRN: 90041 COURSE CODE: JUST CE107 $200 + GST Instructors: Marcia Burton, Certified Teacher, Mindful SelfCompassion Delivered: via Zoom over 6 weeks on Thursdays in 1 ½ hour sessions Registration Deadline: Jan 27

Motivational Interviewing

Feb 28 (Mon) 8:30am–4:00pm CRN: 90045 COURSE CODE: JUST CE118 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1530 Registration Deadline: Feb 21

Wellness Strategies – Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Resilience

Mar 2 (Wed) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90046 COURSE CODE: JUST CE119 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Feb 23

Right Use of Power

Mar 2-3 (Wed/Thurs) 9:00am-4:00pm CRN: 90047 COURSE CODE: JUST CE67 $250 + GST Instructors: Juliette AnglehartZedda Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1530 Registration Deadline: Feb 23

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Mar 2-3 (Wed/Thurs) 8:30am-4:30pm CRN: 90120 COURSE CODE: ASIS 002 $200 + GST Instructors: Erin Legault, M.Ed, C.C.C. & Megan Grudeski, MACP Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1530 Registration Deadline: Feb 24

Trauma-Informed Care – Building a Culture of Strength

Grief & Frontline Professionals

May 25-26 (Wed/Thurs) 9:00am-4:30pm CRN: 90053 COURSE CODE: JUST 014 $325 + GST Instructors: Hospice Yukon Delivered in-person: Vista Outdoor Learning Centre, Mile 6.5 Mayo Road - Whitehorse Registration Deadline: May 18

Mental Health First Aid for Northern People

Apr 5 (Tues) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90050 COURSE CODE: JUST CE97 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Mar 29

May 30-June 1 (Mon/Tues/ Weds) 8:30am-4:30pm CRN: 90048 COURSE CODE: JUST 034 $245 + GST Instructors: Joanne Green and Laura Anderson Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm A2103 Registration Deadline: May 23

Navigating Difficult Client Relationships

Peer Support – Equipping the Natural Helper

Apr 13 (Wed) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90051 COURSE CODE: JUST CE120 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Apr 6

Mental Health Concerns in Children and Youth Apr 26 (Tues) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90052 COURSE CODE: JUST CE121 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Apr 19

Vicarious Trauma – Strategies for Resilience

May 17 (Tues) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90054 COURSE CODE: JUST CE108 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1530 Registration Deadline: May 10

June 22 (Wed) 8:30am-4:00pm CRN: 90055 COURSE CODE: JUST CE116 $235 + GST Instructors: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Delivered in-person: Yukon University, Ayamdigut Campus, Rm C1530 Registration Deadline: June 15

WEBINARS Talking Tough (Topics): The skill and practice of navigating difficult conversations.

Feb 17 (Thurs) 10:00am-11:30am CRN: 90043 COURSE CODE: JUST CE112 FREE Instructors: Erin Legault, M.Ed, C.C.C. & Megan Grudeski, MACP Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Feb 14

REGISTRATION OPTIONS: • Contact Registrations & Records at 867 668 8710 EXT 2 and quote the CRN; • Register online at the following yukonu.ca/programs/continuing-studies/registration • Register by emailing registrations@yukonu.ca.

WITHDRAWAL POLICY: Please note that if you wish to withdraw from your non-academic course, we require a notice of seven business days prior to your course start date in order for you to receive a full refund. This adheres to our cancellation policy for all withdrawal of non-academic courses.

Coping During Crisis

Feb 23 (Wed) 9:00am-10:00am CRN: 90044 COURSE CODE: JUST CE103 FREE Instructors: Liza Manolis and Brenda Jenner Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Feb 16

Sit in My Puddle : The art of empathy and holding space.

Mar 10 (Thurs) 10:00am-11:30am CRN: 90049 COURSE CODE: JUST CE111 FREE Instructors: Erin Legault, M.Ed, C.C.C. & Megan Grudeski, MACP Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Mar 7

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RESILIENCY Resiliency - The art of living, working and connecting in uncertain times

Feb 28 (Mon) & March 2 (Weds) 8:30am-12:00pm CRN: 90181 COURSE CODE: JUST CE113 FREE Instructors:: Florian Boulais and Katrine Frese Delivered: Remotely via Zoom Registration Deadline: Feb 21

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HIGHLIGHTS Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

Call for submissions

The Best Things in Life are…

Rescued!

NOW OPEN

Meet Pippin!

January 31 ADVANCED LASER CUTTING CUSTOM ETCHED BEER MUG 5:30pm -7:30pm ………………………..

INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUCTION FORGE - MAKE A DISPLAY RACK 6:00pm - 9:00pm ………………………..

February 1 NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 5:00pm - 6:00pm ………………………..

WOODSHOP ORIENTATION 6:30pm - 8:30pm ………………………..

BEGINNER WELDING MAKE A STOOL 5:00pm - 9:00pm ………………………..

February 3 BEGINNER SEWING : SEW A TOTE BAG 6:00pm - 9:00pm ………………………..

February 7 BEGINNER WELDING MAKE A STOOL 5:00pm - 9:00pm ………………………..

MAKE AN OAK CUTTING BOARD 5:30pm - 8:30pm ………………………..

LASER CUTTING BASICS CREATE A LAYERED PENDANT 5:30pm - 7:30pm ………………………..

February 8 BEGINNER WOODWORKING MAKE ENGRAVED COASTERS 6:30pm - 8:30pm ………………………..

METAL SHOP ORIENTATION 6:30 - 8:30pm ………………………..

Open Hours: Wed-Sun 1pm-9pm

Applications for 2023 ODD Gallery Exhibitions and 2023 KIAC Artist Residencies are now open.

Pippin is a charming guy who is energetic and loving. He is large, and has a shorter-medium coat. He would do best in an active home with regular moderate exercise. He knows the basics but will benefit from further training and socialization. He would do well in a home with older children, and with proper introduction another dog. We do not know how he is with cats.

If you are interested in adopting Dewi, please fill out an online application below.

If you already have a pre-approved application with us within the last year, call 633-6019 to put your application towards him.

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

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

Visit our website for more information.

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Yukon Animal Rescue Network

Youth Drop-In Centre

Recreational program for teen-years youth When: Tuesday to Friday 3pm to 9 pm & Sat 1-9 pm Ages: 12-18 years old For more info: See Facebook page for schedule & activities, or email Oliver: obulpitt@bcgyukon.com

AllStars After School Program

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

Ages: Ages 6-11 years old Cost: Tuition fees as follows: $315/month allstars@bgcyukon.com for inquiries Location: Downtown/Takhini Elementary

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

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Learning Tree Early Years Centre

An affordable, quality, licensed childcare program When: Monday to Friday 7:30am-5:15pm Ages: 18 months - 5 years of age Cost: Tuition fees as follows: Toddler: $160/month, Preschool: $150/month Emily Howard at 393-2824 ext 206 or eypd@bgcyukon.com Location: Riverdale

Please see Yukonstruct.com for more info!

NorthLight Innovation Building 2180 2nd Ave

Deadline is February 15, 2022.

All programs are based on child-adult participation.

MORNINGS

Got Puppies…?

Did you know that If you surrender all the pups to YARN, we’ll raise the pups, pay for all their care and veterinary costs, find them homes using a responsible adoption process – and spay your mama dog for free and give her back.

We are trying to reduce the future over’PUP’ulation in the North, by adopting to family’s that will spay & neuter. Each female dog that is not spayed could produce up to 67,000 descendants in her lifetime.

Unwanted dogs - suffer.

Monday (9am-noon) Drop-In & Free Play; plus Books with Baby: (10am - 11am) Read, Sing & Enjoy the world of board books.

Tuesday (9am - noon) Drop-In & Free Play Wednesday (9am-noon) Groove & Move!

Engage with Music! Have fun & dance.

Thursday Reserved for group use. Call 6688698 to reserve for your literacy-based group.

Friday (9am - noon) Drop-In & Free Play Saturday (10am - 2pm) Drop-In & Free Play

AFTERNOONS

Monday (1pm-3pm) Story Time & Drop-In Free Play Tuesday (1pm-5pm) Story Time & Drop-In Free Play Wednesday (1pm-5pm) Story Time & Drop-In Free Play plus Paint!! Paint!! (paint activities of all kinds) Thursday (1pm-5pm) Story Time & Drop-In Free Play Friday (1pm-5pm) Story Time & Drop-In Free Play plus Rock, Paper, Scissors! (Crafting with nature and simple tools) FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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YUKON THEATRE january 26-31 2022 New Movies This Week

Drive MyBayou Car Blue

Last Night in Soho Drive My Car

C.R.A.Z.Y Last Night in Soho

Spider-Man: No Way Home Opens: Thurs. Jan. 28 Jon Watts, 148 minutes Recommended ages 11+

Tickets on sale: Fri. Jan. 21, 12 p.m.

Advance tickets available at yukonfilmsociety.com. Rush tickets at the door.

Visit yukonfilmsociety.com for more information

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Do you have a fear of PUBLIC SPEAKING? Would you like to improve your public speaking skills, build confidence and hone your listening skills?  Feel free to attend with no obligation, any Toastmaster (TM) meeting.  You can attend 3 meetings as a guest while deciding to join.  You can just show up at a meeting before we begin (11:55am).

Actually, great value for the benefit, private public speaking professionals charge hundreds of dollars for courses, TM is much more affordable.

When: Thursdays at noon till 1 pm Where: Sport Yukon, 4th Ave, Whitehorse Questions: herbeeking@hotmail.com

We follow current Covid guidelines per Yukon Government.

PORCUPINE SQUAD

A weekly, action-focused circle of fire + fellowship for those who identify as male. A safe + brave space for men to share their wins and challenges, dig deeper into what’s really holding you back, have honest conversations, set goals and be held accountable.

Porcupine contact info: Call/text Michael at 867-332-4722 or email mjvernon@gmail.com

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Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Gym Buds 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy a fun, positive, accepting environment where everyone can feel inspired to achieve their goals.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Multisport Strength and Agility 11:00 AM Northern Strength Academy Improve your agility, balance, running economy, coordination and strength Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Noon Strength and Conditioning with Ben McPherson 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy This class consists of dynamic, functional, but progressive movements that will improve your strength, balance and mobility for whatever you do.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Women’s Strength Class 5:30 PM Northern Strength Academy learn and train with foundational functional movements, working to gain strength, power, improve mobility, movement and coordination.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Running Class 5:30 PM Northern Strength Academy Join coach Ian Weir as he helps to improve technique, pacing, cadence, breath, power and more in these evening run sessions! All Levels Welcome Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! These classes are appropriate for kids approximately 4 - 12 years old.

Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Spin + HITT Adrienne 7:00 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker.

Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Spin with Amy 6:30 AM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 30 min Insanity Live Friday Lunch Hour Classes 12:00 PM Avalanche Athletics Whether you’re an extreme athlete or a beginner, you can go at your own pace and successfully complete this workout! Register online.

Thu Feb 3 Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race Registration All mushers and handlers must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 in order to participate in all three of this year’s races. valid proof of vaccination must be brought to the mandatory mushers meeting and shown to race organizers before being allowed to participate. Register online. https://bit.ly/3rzddCz Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Skate Ski for Beginners 12:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Gym Buds 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy a fun, positive, accepting environment where everyone can feel inspired to achieve their goals.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Kids BJJ 5:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! These classes are appropriate for kids approximately 4 - 12 years old.

Sat Jan 29 Skiing with Pride Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre 10:00 AM Passes and gear will be free for participants, and instruction will be available for the first two sessions. Limited participants, priority will be given to LGBTQ2S+ Elders and Seniors. Register online.

Sun Jan 30 & Feb 7 Spin with Adrienne 10:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Gym Buds 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy a fun, positive, accepting environment where everyone can feel inspired to achieve their goals.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Multisport Strength and Agility 11:00 AM Northern Strength Academy Improve your agility, balance, running economy, coordination and strength Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Noon Strength and Conditioning with Ben McPherson 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy This class consists of dynamic, functional, but progressive movements that will improve your strength, balance and mobility for whatever you do.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Kids Muay Thai 4:45 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai teaches combat skills that are good for self-defense along with positive holistic effects like respect, discipline, focus, and confidence. Open to ages 8 - 12.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Cross Country Ski Classes For Beginners Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre 5:00 PM Former Varsity Nordic Skier, Ian Weir will be your coach

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Cross Country Ski Classes For Beginners 5:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Former Varsity Nordic Skier, Ian Weir will be your coach Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Running Class 5:30 PM Northern Strength Academy Join coach Ian Weir as he helps to improve technique, pacing, cadence, breath, power and more in these evening run sessions! All Levels Welcome Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Women’s Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions. This is due to its use of all available weapons.

Fists, elbows, knees and shins are all used to attack your opponent. Clinch work is also another defining element of this exciting fighting style Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 No-Gi Jiu Jitsu 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts This class is very similar to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, only the students typically practice in shorts and a rash guard t-shirt, rather than a Gi. There is also typically a little more wrestling and leg locks due to the rules in tournaments being less restrictive.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Spin with Maria 7:00 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Tue Feb 1 & 8 Classic Ski and Skate for Intermediate and Advanced 5:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Former Varsity Nordic Skier, Ian Weir will be your coach Tue Feb 1 & 8 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! These classes are appropriate for kids approximately 4 - 12 years old.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 Spin with Amy 5:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Tue Feb 1 & 8 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 6:00, 12:05 & 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also known as “rolling”.

Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 Sally & Sisters/ Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 Fall Noon Yoga Class 12:00 PM Grace Space Fall Noon 1 hour Yoga class and 1 hour individual psychosomatic session. Register online.

Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 Mantra and Relaxation 4:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary This class is about developing awareness of your inner Light through the practices of chanting mantra and deepening relaxation Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 KDCC Walking with Our Sisters Sewing Group 5:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.

Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 Family & Friends Support Group 7:00 PM Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) A drop-in support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Call 668-6429 or email programs@ yukon.cmha.ca for more info.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/book-online Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Morning Yoga Stretch 9:00 AM 7th Ray Studio Easing into the day with gentling warming up and stretching. All levels are welcome Register online.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Sally & Sisters/Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693 Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Pilates Roots Beginner Intensive 7:00 PM Root and Reach Pilates Work on your body awareness and understanding necessary Pilates skills, and take you through some mild to moderately challenging exercises. Register online.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 AA Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Looking for support with your relationship with alcohol?

Join the AA Whitehorse Group.

Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 AA Hospital Meeting 1:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693 Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 A Hospital Meeting 1:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693 Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Yoga with Amber 7:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/book-online Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Sally and Sisters Hot Lunch 11:00 AM Whitehorse United Church Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Vinyasa Yoga 5:30 PM Grace Space To register, email to confirm your spot: naturalblissyoga@ naturalblissyoga Mon Jan 24 AA New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th; Elliott Street Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House & 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 Sally & Sisters/Soeurs 11:00 AM Days Inn by Wyndham A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Tue Feb 1 & 8 Yoga by Amber 7:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A yoga class that is for all levels and abilities, register online.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 AA Ugly Duckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall New members always welcome, this is a non smoking group.OW

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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.

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.

Daily until Jan 28 New Year Yoga Online 7:00 AM Offered online through Zoom and is open to anyone who has practiced Sivananda yoga or who has done yoga with Sabu before. Register online.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Gentle Strength Yoga Grace Space 9:00 AM A slow-paced vinyasa flow harmonizing body, mind & spirit to help you feel grounded, safe and whole.

Wonderful for beginners, and those who prefer a more gentle pace. Register online.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Winter Yoga Northern Strength Academy 12:00 PM Rest - Restore - Relax with Winter Yoga. Register online.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Yin Yoga 5:30 PM Golden Age Society Yin yoga, a gentle practice for optimal relaxation. To register email percheronaudrey@gmail.com.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Immersion Yoga Grace Space 7:00 AM Focus on core and balance, moving through smooth & simple transitions to build long lasting strength.

Register online.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Samurai Brotherhood Men’s Circle: Porcupine Squad 7:00 PM Location TBA After Pre-Registration A weekly, action-focused circle of fire + fellowship for those who identify as male aged 21+. A safe + brave space for men to share their wins and challenges, dig deeper into what’s really holding you back, set goals and be held accountable. More info: call/text Michael at 867-332-4722 or email mjvernon@gmail.com.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Immersion Yoga Grace Space 7:00 AM Focus on core and balance, moving through smooth & simple transitions to build long lasting strength.

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A REAL HOMEBODY Baby surprises parents despite best-laid plans

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verall, I was blessed with a healthy pregnancy. I was aware that being in decent shape helped birth and committed to walking every day, with a goal of 10,000 steps daily.

My due date was October 18, 2021.

At my baby shower at the end of September I hiked Fish Lake no problem. I was still working fulltime. I went to my weekly doctor’s appointment and was told I was still carrying high and that, often, first births come after the anticipated due date. My last day of work was Thanksgiving Monday

with

Julia Wilson

(October 11th) and I figured after that we would have a week to get things ready for the arrival of our new baby.

With COVID, all prenatal classes were cancelled. We had some unopened books on our table, but hadn’t started to think much about our new life. We did see a doula who gave us a little intro into what we might expect.. One of the things mentioned to us frequently was the 511 rule. A lot of people go to the hospital early for their first baby only to be sent away again because they haven’t dilated enough. All medical professionals are discouraging this, especially with COVID. With the 511 rule, you go to the hospital after having contractions for an hour that are a minute long, five

PHOTOS: submitted minutes apart. That was all I had to remember, I thought to myself.

My partner Ted and I were walking the Millennium Trail on a Tuesday night, a day after I finished my last six-day work week, when I started having lower back pain. I had not experienced any “false contractions” (also known as Braxton Hicks) so I assumed it was about time that I started having them. I had heard from numerous friends these wouldn’t be fun and didn’t think much of it. Ted and I went home and turned on Netflix to finish up Sex Education.

I told Ted to go to bed and that I was going to get a heat pack for

Whitehorse EMS members tend to Lily minutes after she was born at the family’s home

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those pesky Braxton Hicks and try to get some sleep.

I probably sounded like an untamed animal when Ted woke at 5 a.m. to find me panting in the bathroom. I had not slept and had been having what I still thought were Braxton Hicks. The only book I had read was Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. She is North America’s leading midwife and shares some of her wisdom, which helped me as I thought to myself “trust your body, lots of women have gone through this before you and made it through.” I would be lying if I didn’t curse her a few times as well. We had a doctor’s appointment first thing the next morning.

I thought we’d make it that far and they’d tell us if I was in labour and needed to go to the hospital, or go back home and wait for some more time to pass.

My water broke at 6:30 a.m.

Ted was trying to time my contractions for the 511 rule. We also learned, through informa-

Julia, left, Lily and Ted enjoy a calmer and more playful family moment together in their Whitehorse home

tion given to us by our doula, that the most painful part is dilating.

At that point, I was still thinking we’d be going to a doctor’s appointment that morning and might learn there how much I’d dilated.

We decided I would take a quick bath and then get ready to go to the hospital in case the baby was coming early. Ted began the process of collecting some things to go to the hospital (none of which we had ready). Ted was running around the house, gathering the car seat, snacks and a few clothes.

In between, he rubbed my back for cont’d on page 21 ...

Beautiful smiles for the entire family

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It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy. or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com ATLIN Fridays Atlin Community Library Atlin Community LIbrary 2:00 PM Open two days per week, Fridays and Saturdays, covid protocols apply.

Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome.

Tuesdays Craft Dinner 5:00 PM Atlin Mountain Inn Craft and eat with good company, special meal discounts for crafters.

Finish an old craft or start something new!

BURWASH LANDING Wed Jan 26 & Thu Jan 27 Conceptual Design Virtual Citizen & Community Consultation Online to register for the zoom event: https://tinyurl.com/2u2zyv29 For more info email communications.coord@kfn.ca

CARCROSS First Sunday of Every Month St. Saviours Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129

DAWSON CITY

Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 AA North Star Group Dawson City 7:00 PM Dawson City Community Support Centre In person or Videoconference option available Call 867-993-5095 or 867-993-3734 for more information Sat Feb 5 Coffee House 7PM KIAC Everyone is welcome to attend and/or perform. Covid-19 safety protocols, including physical-distancing and masking when not seated, will be in effect. Admission by donation Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Saint Mary’s Sunday Service 10:30 AM Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Join Father Emanuel each Sunday for service. Everyone is always welcome.

Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 St Paul’s Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm Yukon Time for Evening Prayer.

FARO Monday thru Friday Open Gym 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Unstructured activity time where the gymnasium is available to students, families, and/or community members to play pick-up sports. Call 9942375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Parent & Tots 10:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre Spend quality time with your child while you both have fun and learn and socialize. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more information.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Senior Yoga 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Carve out some time on the mat for this relaxing and gentle Yoga practice. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@ faroyukon.ca for more info.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre For ages 6 to 13 - Registration required, stop in or call 994-2375 Wednesdays Faro Seniors - Games and Walks 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 HJL Story Time 10:00AM Haines Junction Library Registration is required but the program is still run as a drop in. There is no commitment to come each week. https://bit.ly/3KmBdBC. Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 REC Hockey 7:30 PM Bill Brewster Arena Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Curling 1:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Smart Recovery Meetings 8:00 PM Munku Hall Everyone welcome, call 334-5688 for more info.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 REC Hockey 7:30 PM Bill Brewster Arena

MARSH LAKE Thursdays Shuffleboard And Games Night 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Jackalope Members & guests Thursdays Jackalope Open for drinks and snacks 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fridays Jackalope Open for drinks and snacks 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

TAGISH Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Coffee And Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

TESLIN Feb 7-20 Teslin Winter Olympics @ Various Venues throughout Teslin Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Pickleball 12:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Wed Jan 26 Community Art Program 6:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Meet in the Mezzanine Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Afterschool Winter Sport 3:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre A mix of outdoor games and activities, for ages 6+ Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 Pickleball 7:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Cross Country Ski Club 3:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Meet at Rec Plex, for ages 5+ Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 S.T.E.M Club 6:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Ages 6-12

Please visit whatsupyukon.com for up to date event details.

Some events may be postponed or cancelled after we print.

Tue thru Thur St Paul’s Anglican Church Evening Prayer 4:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm Yukon Time for Evening Prayer.

Tue thruThu Saint Mary’s Weekday Mass 5:00 PM Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Join Father Emanuel for weekday mass Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Until Jan 31 KIAC Creators Challenge KIAC Everyone can participate, more details online.

Wed Jan 26 & Feb 2 55+ Virtual Fitness Class 2:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre A 6-week strength class for Dawsonites over Zoom Call 993-7400 ext 299 for Zoom link..

Thur Jan 27 & Feb 3 AA Beginners Group 6:00 PM Dawson City Hospital In person or Video conference option available Call 9935095 or 993-3734 for more information Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Zumba with Katie Pearse 6:00 PM Minto Park Drop-In

Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Advanced Muay Thai 7:00 PM Minto Park Drop-In Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Adult Soccer 7:15 PM Robert Service School Register Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Cards & Conversation 12:30 PM Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 Dawson City Free! Drop-In! No registration necessary. Proof of double vaccination required for anyone ages 12+. For more info email recreation@cityofdawson.ca or call 9937400 ext 299.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Adult Pickleball 5:15 PM Robert Service School Register 16+ Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 Drop-In Groove Dance w/ Natasha Henderson 10:00 AM KIAC Groove is for everyone. We all dance simple moves or rhythms... and you add your own creativity to them.

Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Adult Cricket 5:00 PM Robert Service School Register

Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Adult Co-Ed Volleyball 7:15 PM Robert Service School Register

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Open Gym 3:30 PM Robert Service School Supervised free play in the RSS gymnasium for 4 weeks. Register online, or call 993-7400 ext 299 Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Adventures in Art & Stories 4:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) A fun program for kids 0-5, circle time, stories, art explorations, movement activities and more to help support your child’s development of creativity, speech language, social-emotional and motor skills.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Groove Dance with Natasha Henderson 4:30 PM Minto Park Drop-In

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Intermediate Tap Dance 5:30 PM KIAC To register call 9935005

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Drop-in Family Badminton 6:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre No registration necessary.

Proof of double vaccination required for anyone ages 12+. For more info email recreation@cityofdawson.ca or call 9937400 ext 299.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Family Badminton 6:00 PM Robert Service School Drop-In with the Rec Department Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Beginner Muay Thai 7:00 PM Minto Park Drop-In Mon 31 & Feb 7 Adult Basketball 7:30 PM Robert Service School Register online.

Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Young Peoples Talking Circle 7:00 PM Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre Tue Feb 1 & 8 Romp & Run 10:30 AM YOOP Hall Email Jen.Suttis@cdcyukon.ca for more info.

Tue Feb 1 & 8 Hohtr’ey ëde’ą Concert Band Drop-In 6:00 PM KIAC A weekly twohour conducted music session

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Tue Feb 1 & 8 Hand Building Pottery Drop-In 6:00 PM KIAC Space is limited to 6 participants, first come first served.

Wednesdays Basketball (Open Court) 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Shoot some hoops, practice your skills on the open court. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@ faroyukon.ca for more info.

Wednesdays Kids Indoor Soccer 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Individual soccer skills and drills that emphasize, trapping, passing, footwork, shooting, headers, throwins, trap/pull backs and goal tending. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca Wednesdays Archery 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Wednesdays Female Hockey 7:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena

Thursdays Archery 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fridays Family Crafts and Boardgames 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Saturdays Open Gym 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Unstructured activity time where the gymnasium is available to students, families, and/or community members to play pick-up sports. Call 9942375 or email recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info

Tuesdays Faro Cross Country Skiing 4:00 PM Del Van Gorder School No registration or experience required, snacks provided, enjoy the ski trails! For more info email gnstaveley@gmail.com.

HAINES JUNCTION Daily Public Skate Bill Brewster Arena Mon 7:30-9:15, Tue, Thu & Fri 3:15-4:30 and 8:459:45, Wed 8:45-9:45 Sat 1:00-3:00 & 5:007:00, Sun 12:00-7:00 Tuesdays & Fridays Drop-in Hockey 7:30 Bill Brewster Arena Wed Jan 25 & Feb 2 Village Council meetings 7:00 PM St. Elias Convention Centre Village Council meetings are also held the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. [Remote attendance only] Thu Jan 27 Referendum Voting 1:00 PM St. Elias Community School For qualified electors wishing to cast their vote, email stecRefO@gmail.com Thu Jan 27 & Feb 3 Vintage Hockey 7:30 PM Bill Brewster Arena

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Saturdays Family Playtime and Open Gym 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Saturdays Jackalope Open for Drinks and Snacks 3:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tuesdays North of 60 Seniors Coffee and Chat 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Tuesdays Yoga With Richard 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre This is a New Horizons/Lotteries Yukon/Marsh Lake Community Society sponsored program which is being offered free of charge to participants. If you have a yoga mat, bring it.

If not, no worries, we have some available

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Weekdays Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo Recreation Centre

Weekdays Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time 10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre 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 Wednesdays Parent and Tots 4:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Call 966-3015 for more info.

SKAGWAY Wednesdays Women’s Morning Worship 7:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway All are welcome. Part of the Alaska Presbytery and the PC U.S.A. Wednesdays Windy Valley Babies 10:30 AM Skagway Public Library Stories, Songs, and Fun with Ms. Anna! Designed for ages 0-3.

Fridays Skagway Teen Night 6:30 PM Skagway Public Library Sundays Sunday School 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway Sundays Sunday Worship 10:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway

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Saturdays Knitting Circle 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Everyone wielding a hook, needle or pin is welcome.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Public Skating 3:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Sat Jan 29 & 30 Paint Your Pet Art Workshop 9:00 AM Teslin Recreation Centre To register call 390-2530 Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 Drum Fit with Patti 10:00 AM Teslin Recreation Centre Do you have 50+ lbs to lose – this class is for you!

Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 Parent & Tot Play 1:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre For ages 5 and under with a parent Sat Feb 5 & 6 Avalanche Safety Course Teslin Call 390-2530 to sign up, ages 16+, Mon Jan 31 & Feb 7 Adult Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Tue Feb 1 & 8 Kids Archery & Arctic Sport with YASC 3:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Tue Feb 1 & 8 Adult Archery & Arctic Sport with YASC 5:30 PM Teslin Recreation Centre

WATSON LAKE Mon & Thur Drop-in Pickleball & Badminton 7:00 PM Watson Lake Secondary School Come try out pickleball and badminton, ideal for ages 13+, more info at the rec centre.

Sundays St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Wed Jan 25 & Feb 2 Drop-In Beading Watson Lake Family Centre 9:30 AM Beading for everybody. Email watsonlakecpnp@gmail.com for more info.

Wed Jan 25 & Feb 2 Beading with Delores Watson Lake Family Centre 1:00 PM Learn beading from Delores from healthy families, this beading program will require participants to be double vaccinated. Email watsonlakecpnp@gmail. com for more info.

Fri Jan 28 & Feb 4 Watson Lake Bowling League 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre 4 players per team, teams must be pre-registered. To sign up, call Karalee at 335-7979.

Sat Jan 29 & Feb 5 Baptiste Power Yoga 7:00 PM Fees apply. A muscle-shaping and mind-sculpting workout, work at your own level and ability, set to electronic music.

Sun Jan 30 & Feb 6 Sunday Nite Volleyball 11:00 AM Watson Lake Secondary School Tue Feb 1 & 8 Curling 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Open to everyone, pay at the front desk and register.

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We are currently renting a duplex in Copper Ridge and our landlord had just replaced the carpets, so I was very concerned about Ted helping me crawl to the wooden floor. In today’s rental market, we didn’t want to risk getting kicked out by ruining the new carpets.

Ted, on the other hand, thought we were losing the baby and became concerned. He didn’t think there should be blood this early.

As I was crawling out to the floor, telling Ted to clean the carpet and not worry about me, I suddenly felt like I was having a large bowel movement. “Ted,” I asked.

“Am I taking a shit?” He looked and saw a little face being pushed out, but stuck in my lace underwear. He later said it looked like I was birthing a tiny bank robber!

Ted called 911. As I had learned from Ina May to trust my body, I physically could not stop pushing.

Ted dropped the phone, pulled my underwear down, caught the baby and told EMS on the phone that we had just had a baby at home. EMS asked if it was a boy or a girl, but we couldn’t find out as I was on my back, in complete shock, with the biggest wedgie of my life.

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LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE TO TELL STORIES YAC launches first emerging curators program

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or Janet Patterson, curating is similar to journalism.

A former reporter, Patterson didn’t realize how applicable her journalistic skillset was to the world of art until she co-curated a show at Yukon Artists @ Work (YAAW) in the fall of 2021.

“In a way, it’s just like storytelling,” Patterson says over the phone in mid-January. “It’s just a medium.”

And it’s a medium she’s excited to explore as one of the first participants of the RBC Emerging Curator Program at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC).

The program, new this year, pays two curators a $4,000 curatorial fee (plus $1,000 for exhibition expenses) to plan, program and present a mix of artist and community-led projects in two of YAC’s three gallery spaces from January to May. Patterson will be responsible for the Yukon Energy Community Gallery, while Whitehorse artist Nicole Bauberger, will be responsible for programming the ATCO Electric Yukon Youth Gallery.

Patterson, who says art has always been a part of her life in some way, only dove into the field full-time after the end of her career as a communications specialist. She’s been developing her own practice (sculptural pieces that often use natural, recycled and found objects) in recent years, but last fall was her first foray into helping others explore theirs with YAAW’s Experienced Materials. The RBC Emerging Curator Program will allow her to build on that experience.

“It’s just a whole other area of the art world that I’m excited to learn more about,” she says, add-

PHOTO: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre

Janet Patterson’s Unless... exhibit in the Yukon Energy Community Gallery in Dec. 2020. Patterson will be curating a show in the gallery as part of the RBC Emerging Curator Program at the Yukon Arts Centre ing that she doesn’t know if she’d have the same opportunity if she was living outside the Yukon.

“Here in the Yukon, we just have so many opportunities that perhaps in a larger centre, we may not have had … I didn’t go to school to be an artist, so I’m primarily self-taught and just the fact that I’ve had opportunities to explore my art and practice it and share it with other people, I just think I’m very fortunate to have had that chance. And I think it’s because here in the Yukon, we are very welcoming, I guess and open to people who want to try new things.”

Patterson is currently in the process of reaching out to indi-

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vidual artists she wants to program this winter and spring, and is hesitant to name specific artists before they’re confirmed. In a broader sense though, one of the themes she’d like to build a show around is that of housing.

Patterson says she’d like to revisit, in some way, that time 20 years ago when the City of Whitehorse relocated a number of downtown dwellings as part of its plan to develop Shipyards Park.

“There were a number of people who lost their home and moved on,” she says. “And I think, for many people who weren’t here at that time, so anyone who came after, you know, the year 2000 may not know that story. And so

I wanted to revisit that story with fresh eyes.”

Bauberger, whose practice includes painting, performance and writing, is also interested in fresh eyes when it comes to programming the youth gallery.

“Like, anyone can draw a flower,” Bauberger says. “But there’s something about a kid drawing a flower that is different and, in some ways, better than what I can do, right? It’s its own thing.”

To that end, the first exhibition Bauberger has planned is an extension of something she’s been doing at the Dalton Trail Gallery— an outdoor art space she established behind her Hillcrest home

at the beginning of the pandemic.

In recent months, Bauberger and some of the kids in her neighbourhood have been painting cardboard flowers and installing them in the snow along the local trails. She wants to bring this work to the outdoor sculpture garden at YAC for a number of reasons.

One of them is that, last fall, she co-curated the same show Patterson was involved in at YAAW. When it ended, Bauberger took one of the sculptures down (a lifesized, cardboard bear puppet) to Shipyards Park for Wondercrawl.

She performed in the sculpture for hours, leading to a bit of an epiphany for Bauberger.

“I love galleries. And I love making exhibitions in places that welcome people’s imaginations to come into them and have an adventure. But I also love the idea that that’s not all there is,” she says. “That part of my job as a curator was to take this piece of art off the wall and dance it for several hours until I was physically exhausted. It was profoundly satisfying … I’m excited by those kinds of possibilities.”

An added bonus of those kinds of exhibitions and performances that can take place outside the four walls of a gallery, says Bauberger, is that they’re resistant to various levels of covidity, something else she’s interested in exploring.

“I guess I hope that people are able to come out and play because we’ve been isolated too long. And one of the things art has always done is make points of connection in places so we feel closer to each other despite standing six feet or more apart.”

Applications for RBC Emerging Curator Program are presently closed, but visit yukonartscentre. com to keep an eye out for the next deadline.

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Perspective Joins

What’s Up Yukon is pleased to announce we have a new editor joining our team.

Chris Colbourne is a returning Yukoner and is looking forward to rediscovering our Yukon. He has a journalism background with a special skill set for photo and video journalism.

Chris is excited to get started and is looking forward to working with current, past and new contributors. If you have a story pitch or you want to become a writer NOW is the time to connect with Chris. Please remember to give us a few weeks heads up to your upcoming events.

What’s Up Yukon has excelled at helping Yukoners live Yukon life a little better.

As Yukon’s Fun Experts, we conquered these last two years, with all of your support and story sharing - Thank You!

Meet Our New Editor

Chris Colbourne “The Wayfaring Stranger,” until I am not

Chris will no doubt bring us some exciting new ways to see our Yukon home and what timing as we all ramp up with 2022 celebrations and events. Our future is bright, our sun is high, he’ll need to wear shades.

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COLLECTIVE MEMORY 40th anniversary of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm

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COMMUNITY Victoria Gold is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor of the AME Old Timer Luncheon Series celebrating mining industry seniors and their contributions to responsible mining in BC and the Yukon. Registration is free for the AME Roundup luncheon, however is required for attendance, at roundup.amebc.ca/event/old-timers-lunch/

AME-VGCX Old Timer Luncheon Series Victoria Gold is pleased and hounoured to partner with the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) to celebrate industry “old timers” with a new luncheon series recognizing AME members, at least 70 years of age, who have made a significant contribution to the BC and Yukon mineral exploration community.

The AME Old Timer Luncheon Series will commence with its first of four Victoria Gold Corp-sponsored lunches on Wednesday, February 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at AME Roundup in Vancouver.

Registration is required and details can be found at: roundup.amebc.ca/event/old-timers-lunch/ All old timers who have worked in the Yukon’s mining industry are encouraged to attend. Victoria Gold’s AME Silver Sponsorship of this special series ensures that tickets for industry old timers at the AME Roundup luncheon event are complimentary.

2020 AME Old Timer Luncheon at Roundup, celebrating AME members, at least 70 years of age, who have made a significant contribution to the BC and Yukon mineral exploration community.

“Sharing meals and stories with those who have come before us in the mineral exploration and development industry is very rewarding,” says Victoria Gold President & CEO John McConnell, who initiated the luncheon series. “Learning from the experience and wisdom of our old timers and recognizing the work of the past helps to enrich and inform our industry’s approach to present and future decisions.”

The remaining three luncheons in the Victoria Gold sponsored-series will be scheduled following AME Roundup 2022.

The Eagle Gold Mine, now in production, is situated within Victoria Gold’s 100 per centowned Dublin Gulch Property located approximately 375 kilometres north of Whitehorse and 85 kilometres north, northeast of the Village of Mayo, within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND). The company employs over 500 workers and contractors; half of which are Yukoners At Work and many are FNNND citizens.

If you are a Yukoner with mining experience, Victoria Gold encourages you to become a Yukoner At Work. Visit the “Work For Us” page at vgcx.com/contact/work-for-us/ and send your resume to greatpeoplework@vgcx.com.