What's Up Yukon, May 1, 2024

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TATTOOING NORTH OF 60

Indelible art that’s about “self-care, healing, celebration, mourning and expression”

Tattoo artist Bee Smyth resides in Dawson City where, all summer long, locals and tourists can get a unique northern tattoo. Smyth is the artist and owner/operator of Double Denim Tattoo and an English-Irish immigrant who has been in Canada for 14 years and who has been calling the Yukon home for eight years. She started her tattoo business in Dawson City in September 2022 and has since flourished in providing an exceptional experience for her clients.

“I love how my previous career in wellness and support work plays such a significant role through tattooing,” said Smyth, adding that “getting tattooed, for many, can be used as a great tool for self-care, healing, celebration, mourning and expression.”

For a tattoo artist, a client relationship is important to foster

trust and to ensure an exceptional piece of artwork. “I love seeing clients beam when we’re done with our session,” said Smyth. “I see them walk out of the studio feeling good in themselves and hope that they feel that they are, in fact, ‘art.’”

Here we get to know Smyth and her business more intimately …

What made you want to be a tattoo artist?

As a young child, my older brother’s friends would tell me I should be a tattoo artist. I would often find myself daydreaming in school whilst drawing elaborate designs on my hands and arms. As an adult, the goal was to be my own boss within a creative career, one that would bring me contentment and joy—and to be able to connect with others creatively.

Have you always wanted to be a tattoo artist?

As a younger adult, my focus was on travelling and working: for many years I worked supporting children and youth; and also in Europe, within the ski industry. After immigrating to Canada and putting down roots in the Yukon, being a tattoo artist blossomed into a dream of mine.

I’m an established artist in both painting and pyrography (wood burning). I participated in the Fireweed [Community] Market for many summers in Whitehorse, selling my art, which was a great little community to be a part of.

I‘ve created many commissioned pieces of art, from dayschool signs to memorial portraits to huge-space wolf paintings, which are my two favourite things combined—wolves and space! I have had my art exhibited in the ODD Gallery in Dawson City, in Carcross and twice at the federa-

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A double-sleeve of floral patterns

Tattoo artist Bee Smyth

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tion of Canadian Artists Gallery (in Vancouver), and I hope for further exhibitions in both The Yukon and in B.C. in the coming years.

Why tattoo in Dawson City?

Dawson City is a unique and special place. My partner grew up in Dawson and we moved there a few years back. We both have summer businesses in town. At that time, there was no tattoo studio in Dawson City. I felt there was an opportunity to provide the community with a safe, welcoming, health-inspected, hygienic space to be tattooed.

Can you tell me about your studio?

The studio is within the historic Monte Carlo building on Front Street. Inside, think Victorianesque, gold-rush-era decor with a focus on good vibes, inclusive of age, race and gender. I’m also very excited to be able to offer a guest artist station within the studio. I

believe the community deserves to have an established tattoo parlour where multiple talented artists can come and provide people with their unique tattooing styles.

What is your favourite tattoo?

There have been many for different and unique reasons, such as memorial pieces and artwork that represent significant moments of achievements in people’s lives … but, if I had to choose one right now, I’d say my favourite piece is the largest one I have done so far, which was for a client who flew to Dawson, especially, for a full back piece. It was such a unique concept. She asked me to design it, and I have to say I was quite nervous about the design brief as it was intricate and wonderfully bizarre.

I loved it once I showed the client her design, and she expressed that it was everything she had envisioned. This piece took twelve hours of ink to skin, over two ses-

sions. I’m definitely really proud of that piece of art and I know the client absolutely adores it.

Are you open year-round or only in the summer?

I started off being open yearround and, since this winter, my partner and I are spending winters in southern B.C. where I am expanding my knowledge and skills in the artistry of tattooing, and broadening my horizons as an artist

How can people contact you?

I have a website, doubledenimtattoo.ca, and there is a link for booking and inquiries on the website. People can also visit social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram: the handle is double denim tattoo .

Where do you see your business in five years?

I would love to become a tattoo travel destination! I’d love to

be able to bring on a local young Dawsonite as an apprentice.

For more information or to book, visit doubledenimtattoo.ca, email doubledenimtattoo@gmail. com or visit 1072 Front Street (right-side entrance of the Monte Carlos), open daily from noon to 8 p.m. and closed Mondays. ■

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Fireweed

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DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) has announced the return of the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival (YRAF) for its 2024 edition from June 13 to 16

in Dawson City

The YRAF is coming back for its 2024 edition this summer.

The free, family-friendly event has a focus on offering something for everyone, with an artist market that features a range of different handmade crafts and artwork, as well as a hands-on demonstration tent where visitors can try a variety of artistic techniques themselves. The festival also offers live music from local and regional artists, and programming geared towards children.

“This is our twenty-fifth-year anniversary of KIAC,” said festival coordinator Sol Suarez. “There will be a few activities related to that all throughout the year in our different festivals, and we are working on a special activity for Arts Fest.”

The festival kick-off on June 13 will include a town-wide selfdirected art crawl. Called The Gallery Hop, it promises to be a vibrant and inspiring event with businesses and community spaces transforming into art galleries for one night. Visitors are encouraged to interact with local artists and to explore the variety of different styles, mediums and techniques.

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own pieces while learning about the intriguing process of this artistic medium. This is one of many highlights across the weekend, Suarez noted.

“We’ll also have a mingling event on the Friday for all of the artists who created artwork [for the festival], and all the people in town who want to come and meet them,” she said. “On the Thursday is our art crawl, which has become bigger and bigger each year, and this year there is a bit more incentive to participate because we’re looking to concentrate it all into one evening. It’s a bit of a treasure hunt; everyone goes out the same night and hits all these spots.”

In tandem with the Gallery Hop will be a Hoppy Hour event wherein local Dawson City bars create specialty drinks just for the festival, giving art crawlers a chance to take a break for a cocktail or mocktail along their journey.

The festival’s Saturday night will include a show by Drag Me North, Dawson City’s drag collective, and there are more special surprises throughout the weekend that Suarez said she can’t quite spill the details on just yet, though she is able to mention that this year’s show at the ODD Gallery will focus on the history of the Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers (DCLOLW).

Suarez is candid in admitting that the biggest challenge of putting on any festival is often securing funding, and YRAF is no exception. YRAF is made possible through the support of local businesses and community partners, as well as through funding from the Yukon government and the Government of Canada, and Suarez and her team are grateful for the support the festival receives from its sponsors.

For more information on the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival, visit yraf.ca or follow KIAC on instagram and Facebook at @kiacyukon. ■

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MOVING BETWEEN WORLDS YUKON ARTS CENTRE

Where the Waters Narrow will be on display at the Yukon Arts Centre until May 17

Artist Violet Gatensby speaks at the opening reception of her new exhibit Where the Waters Narrow, on display until May 17 at the Yukon Arts Centre

For Violet Gatensby, carving feels like going into a different world. It’s not unlike the feeling she used to get as a kid when she’d leave Carcross by boat, paddle down the lake, and pass through the narrows, leaving everything behind.

“I loved that feeling,” said Gatensby, an Inland Tlingit artist from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.

“The feeling of [carving], when you start understanding the blade and the wood and everything that goes with it? There’s a flow and

you just get stuck in this space and time for a little while and it pulls you right in.”

You chase it until you know you’re done, she said, and then you feel an immense sense of satisfaction.

When she stands back and looks at Where the Waters Narrow, an exhibition of her work on display at the Yukon Arts Centre until May 17, she said she remembers the end of each individual piece.

These include gun stocks, largescale paintings and intricate carvings (Gatensby also does design work and makes jewellery). Some date back to 2015 when Gatensby was in her first year of the First Nations Fine Arts program at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art. At least one piece in the show was finished the night before the show opened. Everything else was completed in the years between.

Gatensby says it’s interesting looking at a collection of her work this way. It doesn’t feel, to her, like she’s progressed as much as she has—until she looks at all of it side by side, the way it’s curated at YAC.

“My teacher told [the class], when we left Freda Diesing, that we would ride on their confidence until we found our own,” she said. When she looks at her earlier work, she sees her mark in it, but not the same way she makes that mark now, in 2024.

“I see my style, but there’s a

Violet Gatensby, Pulling in the Net, 2019, yellow cedar and acrylic paint (Yukon Permanent Art Collection)

point where there’s a hard shift in the style and technique I’m using.”

That shift has to do with the way Gatensby works to pull traditional techniques and ideas into the present day, whether that’s by way of the subject matter she chooses or her use of bright, brilliant colours where a more limited palette might have been used in the past. She says she wants to make work that’s of the moment and relatable to contemporary audiences, while still using it as a way of acknowledging people who suffered in the past and weren’t able to practise the same kind of art in the way she does.

“It feels really good for me to be able to do this so freely and run into the future with this form, in honour of the people who couldn’t,” she said.

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Violet Gatensby, Wolf and Crow Gunstocks, 2024, acrylic on wooden and plastic gunstocks

Violet Gatensby, Riders on a Storm, 2024, acrylic on plywood

Kirsten Madsen will be filling in for Ivan Coyote during one of the latter’s two days at this year’s Young Authors’ Conference on May 9 and 10 at F.H. Collins

Secondary School

She explains that Ivan had a scheduling conflict “and to be asked by Ivan is an honour in itself.”

It’s not her first time at the YAC, but the previous occasion, when she was in Grade 9, was in 1986.

She recalls, “It was the first time I drank coffee (with three sugars and three heaping spoons of Coffee-mate), which is quite possibly what turned me into a real writer.”

While her day job is teaching English at Yukon University, and

while she admits “I still don’t know for sure!” when asked when she knew she was a writer, she’s certainly been racking up credits over the years.

She’s taken her Master of Fine Arts from UBC, and the fact that she’s loved reading since she was a kid, and combined those urges to produce work published in The Walrus, Alaska Quarterly Review, Prairie Fire, Grain, The New Quarterly and elsewhere. She was runner-up for the CBC Short Story Prize, in 2015, and longlisted for the CBC Non-Fiction prize in 2020. She’s been a fiction finalist in the Writers’ Union of Canada, American Short Fiction, the Malahat Review and The New Quarterly’s fiction awards.

On the other hand, she surprises herself a lot.

“I am undisciplined, underscheduled, allergic to routines and terrible at outlining! I personally feel it’s a small miracle when I write anything at all.”

Her interest in words goes way back.

“I love reading. It has helped me survive a peripatetic child-

hood and many lonely stretches since, not to mention many waiting rooms. I am interested in art and self-expression; for me, this kind of engagement with the world only comes through words.”

Thematically, her stories deal with “awkwardness and unconventional families, and also themes of addiction, sexuality, yearning, anxiety, water and swimming. Many of my characters hate the wind and are always tired, which is as autobiographical as my writing gets.”

She generally writes what she calls realist literary fiction, but not always, and is working on a novel with a speculative twist.

“I write short stories that mine awkward moments between people; and longer works that often feature unconventional families, a search for love and connection, and lonely weirdos who just want to be seen.”

She’s inspired by writers whom she admires, and wants to write at least that well.

“I think I’m most interested in good sentences. I want readers to feel that sense of recognition you get from a character or situation that tells you something you already know but didn’t quite think for yourself yet.”

Working with students as she does, both in person and online, she feels that she learns as much from her students as they do from her.

“I like when people find a new relationship to reading, or share enthusiasm for a character or, especially, a well-crafted sentence.”

She says her advice to new writers should be no surprise.

“It’s obvious, but read a lot. Read indiscriminately; but also, take book advice from smart people and stretch your areas of interest.

“Also, writing is hard for some of us and that’s okay.

“Publishing is even harder, but I think being an artist means putting your work into the world. I try to see my many rejections as just part of that dialogue (ha!).

“I also think we write in order to meet the readers that are right for us, and I believe they are out there!” ■

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ATLIN

Sundays

St. Martins Anglican Church

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

Atlin Christian Assembly 11:00 AM St. Atlin Christian Centre 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome.

Mondays Caregiver & Tot Drop-in 10:00 AM Atlin Recreation Centre This is an unstructured hour for You and your Littles to get social and run wild. This IS NOT a drop off, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Call or email 993-4102 atlinarc.coordinator@ gmail.com for more info.

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Wednesdays AA Yukon Unity

(OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake. Online users’ sign in info: yukonbcdistrict52@gmail.com

CARCROSS

Thu May 9 Author Reading: Margaret Macpherson 4:00 PM Isabelle Pringle Library A live reading in Carcross with Margaret Macpherson, author of Tracking the Caribou Queen. Light refreshments will be served.

Second Sunday of Every Month St. Saviour’s Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129

First Friday of the month Mother

Goose Group 11:00 AM Haa

Shagóon Hídi (Our Ancestors House) Carcross/Tagish Learning Centre Learn stories, songs, and rhymes, lunch provided. Suitable for babies and children 5 and under. Please bring along a water bottle and blanket to sit on. To register, call 332-2389. https://whatsupyukon.events/jwf

Thursdays Yoga with Jess Ghùch Tlâ Community School Beginners welcome, all equipment provided. Drop-in, Free admission! For more info email yogajessyukon@gmail.com.

CARMACKS

First & Third Tuesdays of Every Month

Carmacks Regular Council Meeting 7:00 PM Carmacks Municipal Building

DAWSON CITY

Thu May 2 New Age Attitudes - Live in Concert 7:30 Dënäkär Zho – KIAC

Ballroom Neither a musical nor a straight concert. Musician and artist Amanda Sum rearranges her debut album, New Age Attitudes, to craft a narrative that demands – and rewards – your gentle devotion. Tickets online. https://kiac.ca/

Fri May 17 2024 Dawson City International Gold Show 10:00

AM Dawson City, YT An opportunity for people to do business and get ready for the summer, old friends meet up after a long winter and new friendships are developed in a relaxed and social atmosphere. https://www. dawsoncitychamberofcommerce.ca/

MONTHLY

1st Saturday of every month Coffee

House & Open Mic Night Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) 7:00

PM family-friendly open mic night at KIAC. Admission by donation with all funds raised donated to a different community group each month. Last coffee house of the season May 4 to resume in the fall of 2024.

Weekly

Mondays

Handbuilding Pottery Drop-in 6:309pm Self-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome, though little instruction is provided. KIAC Classroom, back door.

Ecumenical Mothers’ prayers gathering 7pm St Paul’s Anglican Church

Tuesdays

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.

Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In 6:30 PM Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) Self-guided group studio time for those with some experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome, little instruction is provided.

Wednesdays

QYS Drop-in 1:00 PM DCMF Office

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.

Screen Printing Drop-in 6:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture KIAC Classroom (enter via backdoor) Self-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with screen printing.

CFYT Trivia Night The Drunken Goat Fun filled night of Trivia. Every other Wednesday. A variety of trivia categories! Come with your team or join a team when you arrive!

Thursdays

CDC Toddler Program 10:00 AM

Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture

KIAC Free drop-In for kids 5 & under with parent/guardian Story time & free play!

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.

Fridays

Cards & Conversation 1:00 PM

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 Dawson City Free! Drop-In! No registration necessary. whatsupyukon. events/dawson-legion-8336c3

Open Studio Drop-in 1:00 PM

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) Enjoy KIAC’s bright, airconditioned space to create and focus on your artistic practice. Even betterwe’ve waived the drop-in fee this day.

Saturdays

Open Studio – Drop In 1:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture KIAC Classroom (enter via backdoor) Space to create and focus on your artistic practice.

AA North Star Group Dawson City

7:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion In person or Videoconference option available Call 867-993-5095 or 867993-3734 for more information

Sundays

Anglican Church Service 10:30 Anglican Church Service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Dawson City. Corner of Front and Church Streets at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Dawson City

FARO

Fri May 3 - Sun May 6 Faro Crane & Sheep Festival 5:00 AM Town of Faro Visit beautiful Faro, Yukon for our 20th Annual Crane and Sheep Viewing Festival. We have lots of exciting events and activities planned! https:// www.faro.ca/

First and Third Tuesday of every month Faro Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Faro

Tuesdays

Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro

Recreation Centre

Open Gym 1:00 PM Faro Recreation

Centre

Kids Club Faro Recreation Centre

Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro

Recreation Centre

Wednesdays

Seniors Games & Walks 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre The gym is open for seniors who would like to improve their fitness goals.

Fitness Fun for Seniors 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Pickleball 2:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Volleyball 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Thursdays

Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro

Recreation Centre

Open Gym 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Fridays

Pickleball 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Seniors Yoga 2:00 PM Faro

Recreation Centre

Open Gym 2:30 PM Faro Recreation

Centre Chair Yoga & Deep Relaxation for Seniors Basketball 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Saturdays

Pickleball 2:30 PM Faro Recreation

Centre

Open Court Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Open Gym 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Sundays

Open Court Basketball 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

HAINES JUNCTION

Fri May 10 28th Annual Jorg Schnieder Memorial Poker Run 5:00 AM St. Elias Convention Centre

A weekend full of events, prizes and outdoor fun! Pre-register and games night Friday night, poker fun on Saturday, with prizes in the evening. Contact Wade: 634-5200 or Ralph: 332-1647

Sat May 11 Yukon Writers’ Festival Closing Reception 7:00 PM Haines Junction Library Closing reception featuring a panel of 6 writers: Ivan Coyote, Michael Gilio, Carrie Mac, Margaret Macpherson, Kirsten Madsen and Joshua Whitehead. Second and fourth Wednesday of every month 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]

Mondays

Fun with Food 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Learn new skills, share recipes and take food home! Drop-In Basketball 6:00 PM St. Elias Community School Meet in the school gym

Tuesdays

Romp & Run 11:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena Drop in. Programming is for kids 4 and under and their parents/ caregivers.

Tea & Bannock – Haines Junction 1:00 PM https://whatsupyukon. events/tea-bannock-68ab07

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Men’s and women’s sewing group 1:00 PM Mun kų

BGC Game Night 3:30 PM St. Elias

Community School Play, have fun, build skills and challenge your friends Wednesdays

Water Wednesdays 1:30 PM Pine

Lake Come Join us every Wednesday for an afternoon of paddling in the traditional cedar dugout canoe! Da Kų Cultural Centre.

Seniors and Elders Refreshments and Games 2:00 PM Haines Junction

Seniors Residence

Girls Club 3:20 PM St. Elias Community School Held in the art room, open to Girls and identifying as Girls from Grade 8 to 12.

AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 3:00 PM Haines Junction Health Centre

BGC Rec in the Gym 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School

Art Journaling Group 3:30 PM St. Elias Community School Bring your own creative supplies that you like to use. This can be scraps of paper, magazines, glue, paint, pen, markers, stamps, ink etc. and a book or journal to create

Thursdays

Romp & Run 11:30 AM Bill Brewster Arena Drop in. Programming is for kids 4 and under and their parents/ caregivers.

Seniors Activities 2:00 PM St. Elias Community Centre Floor curling, carpet bowling and indoor walking group.

Haines Junction Thrift Shop 2:00 PM St. St. Christopher’s Thrift Shop is a great place to pick up items. Prices are low and numerous adult items are available for $2, and most items for children are $1.

Adult Volleyball 7:00 PM St. Elias Community School Meet in the school gym

Fridays

Stories and STEM Activities 10:00

AM Haines Junction Library

AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 1:30 PM Haines Junction Health Centre

Saturdays

AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 1:00

PM Haines Junction Health Centre

Sundays Anglican Church Service St. Christopher’s Church 10:30 AM Anglican Church Service at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church in Haines Junction https://anglican. yukon.net/services.html

AA: “Yukon Unity Group” (O) 1:00 PM Haines Junction Health Centre

MARSH LAKE

Until April 30 A Celebration of Swans 2024 5:00 AM Swan Haven Interpretive Centre Visit the Swan Haven Interpretive Centre to welcome spring and witness the mass migration of thousands of swans, ducks and geese. https://yukon.ca/swans

Last Wednesday of every month MLCS board meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Tuesdays

Play Bridge 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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

Wednesdays

South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre

Thursdays

Shuffleboard Marsh Lake Community Centre 6:00 PM

Fridays

Beginner Yoga Marsh Lake Community Centre 10:00 AM

Youth Gym Drop-In Marsh Lake Community Centre 6:00 PM

Saturdays

Pickleball Outside Marsh Lake Community Centre 11:00 AM

Sundays

Pickleball Outside Marsh Lake Community Centre 11:00 AM

MAYO

Mondays

Morning Video Workout 6:15 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time 10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Teen Workout 12:00 PM J.V Clark School

Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Art/Entrepreneur Club 3:30 J.V Clark

School Held in the Lunchroom

Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM

Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre

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

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Tuesdays

Morning Video Workout 6:15 AM

Mayo Recreation Centre

Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time

10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Youth Archery 3:30 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre

Tabata Training 5:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Disc Golf 7:00 PM Mayo Recreation Centre And Recreation Centre

Drop-in Art Night 7:00 PM Mayo

Curling Lounge If you can bring a photo that you would like to work from that would be great. No experience necessary.

Wednesdays

Morning Video Workout 6:15 AM

Mayo Recreation Centre

Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time

10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Teen Workout 12:00 PM J.V Clark

School

Pottery Class 3:30 PM J.V Clark

School

Rec Volleyball 7:00 PM Village of Mayo Pool

Thursdays

Morning Video Workout 6:15 AM

Mayo Recreation Centre

Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time

10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Elementary Soccer 3:30 PM J.V

Clark School

Tabata Training 5:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Teen/Adult Floor Hockey 7:30 PM J.V Clark School

Fridays

Morning Video Workout 6:15 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Mayo Mornings Parent and Tot Time

10:00 AM Mayo Recreation Centre

Lunchtime Lengths 12:00 PM Mayo

Recreation Centre

Teen Workout 12:00 PM J.V Clark

School

Sundays

St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM

St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Communion Service St. Mary with

St. Mark Anglican Church 11:00 AM where village members come together to worship and offer service to their community and the world.

MOUNT LORNE

Sat May 18 Enchanted Walk 1:00 PM

Annie Lake Road For nature lovers who yearn to connect deeper with their environment and explore the medicine and food abundant in the wilderness. https://nomadicharvests. com/learn/wildcrafting/#enchanted

1st Tuesday Monthly LAC Meeting

Lorne Mountain Community Centre

Mondays

Run Club 6:00 PM Lorne Mountain

Community Centre

Drop-In Yoga 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre By donation all levels welcome

Yoga with Jess 6:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Beginners welcome, all equipment provided. To register or for more info email yogajessyukon@gmail.com.

Tuesdays

Active Fun Fitness Class - Drop In 6:30 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre Improve your balance, flexibility, strength and endurance in this indoor class led by Colleen Ennis. Drop in, admission by donation. Suitable for mature youth & adults. https://whatsupyukon.events/fhm

Thursdays

Community Drop In 11:00 AM Mount

Lorne Community Centre

Run Club 6:00 PM Mount Lorne Community Centre

OLD CROW

Mondays

Men’s Night At The Rec Centre 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Tuesdays

Kids Gym 3:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Adult Sewing 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Youth Gym 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Wednesdays

Stroller Walks 10:00 AM Kih Tsal

Parent and Tots 4:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Call 966-3015 for more info.

Adult Card Game Night 6:00 PM John Tizya Centre & Old Crow Community Centre

Sundays

St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM

St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381

ROSS RIVER

Tuesdays

Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Hope Centre

Wednesdays

Family Bible Study 8:00 PM The Hope Centre

Fridays

Family Game Night- Coffee House 9:00 PM The Hope Centre

Sundays

Church Service 12:00 PM The Hope Centre

SKAGWAY Alaska

Mondays

Live Music Red Onion Saloon 6:30 PM Live music every Monday

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.

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 Worship 10:00 AM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway\

Sunday School 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Skagway

TAGISH

Wed May 8 Author Reading: Margaret Macpherson 1:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary A live reading at Tagish Library with Margaret Macpherson, author of Tracking the Caribou Queen. Light refreshments will be served.

First Monday of every month Carcross Tagish Renewable Resources Council 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

First Monday of every month Tagish Advisory Council 8:00 AM Tagish Community Centre

First Tuesday of every month Tagish Community Association 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Second Thursday of every month Tagish Local Advisory Council 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Wednesdays

Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

Yukon Learn at Tagish Library 2:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Targeted literacy programming by Yukon Learn at the Tagish Library. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon.

Coffee And Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Thursdays

Carpet Bowling 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre

Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

Tagish Local Advisory Council Meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre .

Saturdays

Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community LIbrary Tagish Library is an active and bright addition to our community. What’s Up Yukon, discover what’s happening around the Yukon

TESLIN

Mondays

AA: Teslin Group (O) 7:00 PM Catholic Church Rectory

Tuesdays

The ‘Big 4-6’ Sports 4:00 PM Teslin

Recreation Centre

Group Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Lake

Recreation Complex

Outdoor 3D Archery 7:00 PM

Sambow Archery Course – Meet at the ball diamond

Wednesdays

Dominos 1:00 PM Teslin Recreation Centre Drop in seniors

Pickleball 6:00 PM Teslin Lake

Recreation Complex

Thursdays

Group Fitness 5:30 PM Teslin Lake

Recreation Complex

Girls Volleyball 3:15 PM Teslin Lake

Recreation Complex

Fridays

Basketball Drop-in 7:00 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex

Saturdays

Parent & Tots 12:00 PM Teslin Lake Recreation Complex

Sundays

Ball Hockey 7:00 PM Khàtìnas.àxh Community School 12+ Drop in WATSON LAKE

Sat May 4 Wye Lake Spring Fest 11:00 AM Wye Lake Family friendly day at the park! Take part in lots of activities such as animal calling, tug-awar, ax throw, and much more! Lots of food and prizes to be won.

Tue May 7 Author Reading: Margaret Macpherson 7:00 PM Watson Lake Library A live reading with Margaret Macpherson, author of Tracking the Caribou Queen. Light refreshments will be served

Daily Northern Lights Space & Science Centre Shows 11:00 AM The spectacular dancing Northern Lights are showcased, a video that is broadcast in the NLC’s domed 100-seat theatre daily throughout the summer season. Plays daily on the hour starting at 11:00 AM

Second Saturday of the month

Watson Lake Direct Aid 2:00 PM Northern Lights Centre

Tuesdays

Smart Recovery Meetings 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services For more information, email joey.mitchell@ yukon.ca or call 332-3187

Pickleball & Badminton Watson Lake Secondary School 7:00 PM Wednesdays

Drop-In Ninja Tumbling 5:30 PM Watson Lake Secondary School All ages welcome. Adults are welcome too, come to do some stretching or try some handstands etc.

Fridays

Friday Night Lanes 7:00 PM Call 335-7979 to register

Saturdays

Disc Golf 6:00 PM Raven Pines Rent discs at the Rec Centre or bring your fave. All welcome from expert level to beginner.

Baptiste Power Yoga 7:00 PM Fees apply. A muscle-shaping and mindsculpting workout, work at your own level and ability, set to electronic music.

Sundays

St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932

Sunday Nite Volleyball 11:00 AM Watson Lake Secondary School

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Submitted by Steve Wilson

Lorne Mountain as viewed from Annie Lake Road.

Camera: Nikon D7200

FIRST WORDS (IN WRITING, THIS TIME)

I still remember how happy I was when my son spoke his first word

Writing in the front seat

The look on his cute little face was the embodiment of pride and excitement. It was a moment of true connection, and we both knew it. He said the word “Juice” and knew I understood. It was a fantastic milestone

and a memory that I still hold dear.

Being able to communicate with our children is something that begins right away. Those cries for midnight feedings, cuddles of comfort and to be changed out of a dirty diaper are just the beginning stages of how our little ones tell us what they need. And while they do eventually transform into babbles, gestures and even sign language, hearing those first words are a life-changing experience—especially when they begin sporting the word “No” (that’s a heck of a lot of fun!).

From the moment my son started speaking, he hasn’t stopped. While he has moments of shyness (usually due to either being tired, hungry, or both), there are very rarely moments of silence when my little guy is around.

He’s a storyteller and loves to pass his tales on to anyone who will listen. Whether he is telling you about a game he was playing with a friend, or explaining something that happened in an episode of Bluey, he is always eager to share.

On multiple occasions, I have walked into his bedroom to find him sitting in the middle of his floor, with his stuffed animals surrounding him lecture-style as he performs grandiose stories of his life experiences. It’s amazing to watch. And as a lover of words, myself (albeit, in written form), I absolutely love how much he

enjoys the act of storytelling.

This is why when he expressed interest in writing the alphabet and spelling out words, my husband and I jumped at the chance to provide him with every opportunity we could to let him pursue this passion.

He has always loved literacy— in all its forms. I can’t remember a time when he wasn’t listening to and reading books with us, reciting his ABCs or playing with letters. Making letters out of playdough and declaring the first letter of different words has also been a big part of our daily life these days, and I cherish how much it brings us together as a family. It really is no wonder that my son has begun to want to communicate in the written form now, too.

As expected, it’s an ongoing process, both at home and with his educators at the early-learning program he attends. Every day he pulls out his crayons and practises how to properly hold them as he makes the lines to create the letters he knows so far. You see his little face scrunch up in concentration, because this is something that he loves to do, and my heart swelled three sizes when he turned to me and declared, ‘’I’m great at writing, Mom!’’

It’s truly magical to watch, and I can only imagine the wonderful things he will create once he has all 26 letters in his repertoire and begins putting them together.

I knew his first written word was coming. And I was ecstatic to see that same expression on his face (from when he was an infant) cross his face again when it happened.

We were in the middle of one of our weekly mother-son Sunday excursions, sitting together in the front seat of the car in the Dairy Queen parking lot—eating ice cream and watching the planes fly in. Little Buddy had pulled out a small pad of paper and a pencil and began writing out his newest letter: N. Over and over again, he wrote it. Impressed with himself, as each time he was content that it looked the way he thought it should. And he was even more elated when his pencil slid and his N became an M

I encouraged him to try out some of the other letters he’d been practicing and he very quickly put two of them together and created his very first written word: NO. Go figure.

‘’No!’’ he exclaimed. ‘’No. No. No. I wrote no!’’

And as this continued, the next word he wrote down was MOM NO, MOM

As much as this experience brings me joy, I could not help but shake my head at what my child is now able to do.

Great, I thought with a laugh. Now he can tell me “No” verbally and in writing. This is going to be fun! ■

PHOTO: Elsie Jordan

STONY CREEK DRAUGHT

We started making our own beer in 2020 when we had to “CERB” our budget. Now that we have all the gear, we make 23 litres for around $23. Which equals 65 cans of beer at 35 cents a can, compared to $2.16 a can if you buy it in a case of 24. It takes quite a bit of time and effort but, like gardening, the results are delightful, delicious and satisfying.

The first step is collecting pure

water, because chlorine in tap water can react with the malt to create a bad taste. Luckily, we live near Stony Creek, which has the best water I have ever tasted. Since many locals get their household water from Stony Creek, it is accessible year-round. You just must remember to bring an axe in the

winter, in case the hole has frozen over, and avoid it for a few weeks during break-up when it is churned up. If you don’t have access to unchlorinated water, bottled water works too.

The next step is my least favourite—sterilizing everything. It always frustrates me to clean the

already clean equipment but, like chlorine, contamination can affect the beer’s taste and quality.

Gratefully, I don’t have to sterilize all the bottles because we keg our beer.

This has the bonus of being able to force carbonate in, so it is ready to drink three days after it is done brewing, instead of the two weeks it takes in bottles. Plus, you don’t have to worry about the bottles blowing up if you accidentally put too much sugar in them.

You can make your beer from scratch, but we choose to buy cans of mix to make it easier. They all come with their own instructions but it’s just a matter of pouring a can of mix into a 25-litre bucket, adding 4.5 litres of boiling water and one kilo of sugar. You give that a good stir (with a super-long spoon) and then add 18.5 litres of water, taking its temperature as you go, to get it to 20–25 C and 23 litres of beer.

Then you siphon it into a carboy, sprinkle the pack of yeast (that comes with the kit) on it and plug it with an airlock. We usually do more than one brew at a time and then wrap our carboys with an emergency blanket to help them retain their own heat. In the winter, we put them on a heat pad, to keep them at 20–25 C. Then it’s just a matter of watching the gas glug in the airlock until it slows to 90 seconds between glugs, which takes about a week.

When your beer has stopped

fermenting, it’s time to bottle or keg it. We siphon it into kegs, being careful not to disturb the yeast cake at the bottom of the carboy. Then we hook the keg up to a gas bottle and purge it by putting in and taking out 30 pounds of pressure, three times. After putting the fourth 30 pounds of pressure in, we turn the gas off and “crash” the beer by putting the keg in a kegerator, fridge, or bucket of ice or snow, for 12 hours.

When the beer is nice and cold, it is time to force-carbonate it. There are many varieties of ways to do this, but our favourite resource is “The ABC’s of Kegging Homebrew” ( mainbrew.com/pages/theabcs-of-kegging-homebrew). It says to turn the gas back on, keep the beer cold and leave 30 pounds of pressure going in for 36 to 48 hours (depending on the size of keg and amount of air space). Test it by hooking it up to your keg tap, turning off the gas, releasing the pressure in the keg, turning the gas back on—but just up to a serving pressure of about eight pounds. Pour a bit off into a spare glass and then fill your mug. If you can see bubbles rising in the beer and it tastes fizzy enough, it is time to enjoy!

We try to make more than one batch at a time because the longer it sits in the keg, the better and clearer it gets. But if you are thirsty, you can enjoy your beer 10 days after making it! If you are con-

PHOTO: Donna Lawther

Photo

Catherine Forest.

Stony Creek draught cont’d from page 12

One can of beer mix + 1:1 kg of sugar + water = 23 litres of beer for $23

sidering trying to make your own, make sure you mention it to your friends because there is a good chance that they have a carboy and brewing bucket from the time that they tried making beer but found it too much work, as it is quite timeconsuming.

Last year we had trouble finding the beer mix we liked, so we quit brewing for a while. But since we already had a kegerator, we bought kegs of beer from the liquor warehouse downtown, which saved us 78 cents a can, compared to buying a two-four. You don’t have to be a business to buy kegs from them, you just have to sign some forms and pay a keg deposit in the office around the back of the liquor warehouse where you pick your keg up. It’s nice to know that the kegs are getting reused and we are saving lots of beer cans from the recycling centre.

Still, making our own is even more environmentally friendly, and our compost loves the yeast cakes! ■

We put these two batches of beer on a heating pad to help keep them warm enough

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Siphoning beer from the mixing bucket to the carboy

Three

Enjoying our Stony Creek Draught

PHOTOS: Donna Lawther

ROASTED CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE

tomatoes

INGREDIENTS

❑ 4 cups cherry tomatoes

❑ 1 Tbsp olive oil

METHOD

❑ 4 Tbsp butter

❑ 1-2 Tbsp sugar, to taste

❑ Salt and pepper, to taste

1. Set the oven at 425 degrees. Toss the cherry tomatoes with the olive oil and place in the oven. Roast until the tomatoes begin to burst and caramelize, about 18 minutes.

2. If you’d like a smooth sauce - let the tomatoes cool, then place in a high sided bowl. Use an immersion blender to puree the tomatoes. For an ultra smooth sauce run the puree through a fine mesh strainer. Place the puree into a sauce pan, then bring to a simmer with butter. Let reduce until thickened, then season to taste with salt, pepper, and sugar.

3. If you’d like a chunkier sauce - place the roasted tomatoes in a small saucepan and use a wooden spoon to mash the tomatoes. Add the butter and bring the tomatoes to a simmer and reduce to thicken slightly. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and sugar. Makes 2 pints of sauce. ■

Sydney Keddy

Cherry

Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

PHOTOS: Sydney Keddy

Roasted cherry tomatoes

Simmer the sauce Always season to taste!

TGATHER

SPRING FLAVOURS

Two fortuitous culinary events coincided in recent weeks

he first was an offering of last year’s Taku River Coho salmon from Sabrina’s Catch, a family business based in Atlin B.C. They were selling beautiful four- and five-pound fish from the freezer, at a very good price. Normally at this time of year we’re clearing the freezer of salmon in preparation for the new season, but we couldn’t resist. My roommate nipped down to the Carcross Cut-off to meet Sabrina for the hand-off.

The second event was the first appearance in grocery stores of small, plump, juicy cucumbers from Yukon Gardens. Immediately I started thinking of ways to put them together. I remembered an appetizer I served once at a dinner party, one of those recipes you don’t write down because you think you won’t forget, and then of course you do and then you kick yourself. There were cucumbers, seaweed, blood oranges, a bunch of other things … maybe noodles? and smoked halibut. I was up for the challenge. I walked myself through it, improvising along the way (matchstick carrots, sesame seeds) and arrived at a zingy, springy salad that exactly suits the

blue sky, the swans flying overhead and the arrival of this lightfilled season.

UDON SALAD WITH CUCUMBER, MANDARIN AND ARAME

SALAD

• 100 grams udon noodles (1/4 package)

• 1 small cucumber

• 1/2 large carrot, peeled

• 1/4 purple onion or 3 spring onions

• 1/3 cup dried Arame seaweed

• 1 mandarin orange

• 1/4 cup sesame seeds

METHOD

1. Place the arame in a bowl and pour over about 1 cup of hot water. Let soak for 30 minutes, until it has swelled to triple the volume. Drain, reserving liquid for stock or miso soup.

2. Bring a small pot of water to boil over high heat. Add noodles, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer noodles, uncovered, until done, about 4 minutes. Drain and plunge into cold water. When cool, drain completely and place in a salad bowl.

3. Wash cucumber, cut off ends and cut in half lengthwise. Using a mandolin, if you have one, or a sharp knife, cut cucumber into thin slices. Add to the salad bowl.

4. If you’re using purple onion, cut

lengthwise into thin slices with a mandolin or sharp knife. If you’re using spring onions, cut on the bias into thin slices. Add to the bowl.

5. Cut the half carrot in half lengthwise and then into pieces about 2 inches long. Cut each piece into matchsticks. Add to the bowl.

6. Peel mandarin, removing as much pith as you can. Cut into small chunks and add to the bowl. Pour the dressing over top, toss until thoroughly com-

bined, sprinkle sesame seeds over top and toss again, adding salt as necessary.

7. Serve cold with a slice of salmon filet per person. Garnish with mandarin and cucumber slices and add a side of chili crisp or salsa macha for spice.

DRESSING

• 3 Tbsp soya sauce

• 3 Tbsp rice vinegar

• 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil

• 2 Tbsp birch syrup

METHOD

1. Whisk all ingredients together until thoroughly blended. Makes 4 servings.

BAKED, COOLED SALMON

INGREDIENTS

• 4 slices Sockeye or Coho salmon filet, about 4 oz each

• 2 tsp birch syrup

• 2 tsp rice vinegar

• 2 tsp sesame oil

• 2 tsp soya sauce

• Salt and pepper, to taste

• Sesame seeds

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Arrange salmon pieces on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

2. Whisk birch syrup, vinegar, sesame oil and soya sauce together in a small bowl. Brush one third of the marinade onto the salmon.

3. Bake for 4 minutes, remove from oven and brush with one-third of the marinade. Bake for another 4 to 5 minutes.

4. Remove salmon from oven and brush with the remaining marinade. Serve at room temperature or chilled, accompanied by noodle salad. Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.

Makes 4 servings. ■

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

Baked, Cooled Salmon

PHOTO: Miche Genest

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ACTIVE LISTINGS

Fri May 3 CBA Law Day 5 KM Charity Fun Run & Walk Yukon Visitors Centre Run and walk will raise funds for Blood Ties, with the theme of Harm Reduction. Refreshments will be provided at the race. Prizes to be won! Register online. https://raceroster.com/events/2024/88550/ cba-law-day-charity-5k-fun-run-and-walk

Mondays

Judo For Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM

Morning Strength and Conditioning 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy Functional fitness training to be stronger and injuryresistant. All levels are welcome. Train ‘functionally’ with NSA Co-owner Jeremy McCulloch. https://northernstrength.ca/

Move & Meditate - Slow Vinyasa Yoga 8:30 AM Avalanche Athletics Immerse yourself in a tranquil journey of movement and mindfulness with our Moving Meditation - Slow Vinyasa Yoga. http://amitieyoga.c

Elderactive CGC Flexihall 9:00 AM Canada Games Centre Yukon Elderactive has the Flexihall is Booked for you! Some activities get your heart pumping, while others get your mind engaged

Elderactive Pilates level 1/2 9:30 AM

Northern Lights School of Dance Energizing Level 2 Pilates tailored for seniors. Elevate wellness with gentle movement! Register online.

Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Come early, bring water, and wear comfortable, smooth soled indoor shoes. Call 668-5538 for more info.

Elderactive Pilates level 2 10:40 AM

Northern Lights School of Dance Energizing Level 2 Pilates tailored for seniors. Elevate wellness with gentle movement! Register online. http://cuts2.com/jiacg Noon Strength and Conditioning 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy Functional strength class teaches compound multijoint lifts that improve athleticism, strength, coordination, power and more. https:// northernstrength.ca/

Muay Thai Kickboxing Eight Days Martial Arts 12:05 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Kids Muay Thai 4:45 PM Eight Days Martial Arts KIDS MUAY THAI a dynamic and engaging martial art that can be traced to the middle of the 18th century. Open to ages 8 - 12.

Zumba with Bonita 5:45 PM 7th Ray Studio A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Register online

Women’s Muay Thai Kickboxing Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Move & Meditate - Slow Vinyasa Yoga 6:45 PM Avalanche Athletics Immerse yourself in a tranquil journey of movement and mindfulness with our Moving Meditation - Slow Vinyasa Yoga. http://amitieyoga.ca

Spirit Bear Karate 7:30 PM The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre http:// spiritbearkaratekobudo.ca

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 7:30 PM Rest & Restore-Meditative Yin 8:30 PM Avalanche Athletics Suitable for all levels, offering variations and props to support individual needs. Bringing a yoga mat, comfortable clothing, water bottle and block are recommended.

Tuesdays

Strength for the Endurance Athlete 6:00 AM Northern Strength Academy Join our supportive running community and hone your technique, speed and pace with the Yukon’s top endurance coach. Inclusive for all levels.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM

Séances de yoga 8:00 AM

Flow and Fly – Vinyasa Yoga 8:30 AM Grace Space This dynamic and invigorating practice is designed to awaken your inner strength and leave you feeling revitalized and empowered.

Elderactive Yoga with Richard until Oct 24 9:30 AM Northern Lights School of Dance explore the great variety the IYENGAR Yoga method has to offer Yoga with Barbara until Feb 20 10:00 AM Whitehorse United Church Use side door All Levels Yoga. Email bfraingower@gmail.com Babynastics with Coach Naomi 10:15 AM Polarettes Gymnastics Club A semistructured parent and tot class for new movers, all the way to age 5. Immerse your little one in song, socialization and a very colorful and stimulating environment. Free with membership. https://www.polarettes. org/babynastics

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - drilling Eight Days

Martial Arts 12:05 AM

Yoga-Yoga Nidra 5:45 PM 7th Ray Studio Awaken and then release as we delve into a one hour yoga class that will prepare us to melt into the 30 minute Yoga Nidra experience. Register online.

Strength for the Endurance Athlete 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy Join our supportive running community and hone your technique, speed and pace with the Yukon’s top endurance coach. Inclusive for all levels.

Lunchtime Fitness Classes 12:15 PM

Northern Strength Academy Tuesdays classes are more resistance and strength focused and Thursday classes more HIIT cardio. Drop in & passes are available.

Elderactive Leisure Walking 12:30 PM

ElderActive Recreation Association Leisure Walking is similar to Nordic walking but is suitable for those who prefer a slower, more relaxed pace

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 4:45 PM

Strength & Conditioning 5:30 PM

Northern Strength Academy Exercise to suit your fitness level and Strength & Conditioning Goals. Learn to Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Row and Olympic Lift https://northernstrength.ca/ Midnight Sun Fencing Club: Learn to Fence 6:00 PM Grey Mountain Primary School This class introduces the fundamentals of fencing to kids who have never tried fencing. All classes are at Grey Mountain Primary.

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 PM Whitehorse Archery Takhini Elementary

6:30 PM Whitehorse Archery is a non-profit club for the recreational shooter, hunters, and those who just want to work on their skills. https://www.whitehorsearchery.com/ schedule

Spirit Bear Kobudo (Weapons) Karate 7:00 PM The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre http://spiritbearkaratekobudo.ca

Midnight Sun Fencing Club: Intermediate

7:30 PM Grey Mountain Primary School This class picks up from where Learn to Fence ends. In this class students are taught fencing technique, strategy, and fitness.

No-Gi Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts

7:30 PM

Stretch and Stabilize – Functional Conditioning 7:45 PM Grace Space Purposeful movement with our Functional Conditioning non-yoga movement class.

Wednesdays Muay Thai Kickboxing 6:00 AM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai Kickboxing full body workout. Morning Strength and Conditioning 7:30 AM Northern Strength Academy https://northernstrength.ca/

Elderactive CGC Flexihall 9:00 AM

Canada Games Centre Yukon Elderactive has the Flexihall is Booked for you! Some activities get your heart pumping, while others get your mind engaged

Elderactive Pilates level 1/2 9:30 AM Northern Lights School of Dance Energizing Level 2 Pilates tailored for seniors. Elevate wellness with gentle movement! Register online.

Zumba with Bonita 10:00 AM 7th Ray Studio Zumba routines incorporate interval training — alternating fast and slow rhythms — to help improve cardiovascular fitness. Register online.

Elderactive Pilates level 2 10:40 AM

Northern Lights School of Dance Energizing Level 2 Pilates tailored for seniors. Elevate wellness with gentle movement! Register online. http://cuts2.com/jiacg

Ladies Kickboxing 12:05 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai Kickboxing full body workout.

NSA Spin Classes 4:15 PM Northern Strength Academy NSA offers Indoor Cycling classes with certified instructors Adrienne Marsh and Maria Wise. Improve your conditioning and strength on the bike! https://northernstrength.ca/

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 PM Spirit Bear Karate 6:25 PM The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre http:// spiritbearkaratekobudo.ca

Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:45 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.

Stretch & Stabilize - Functional Conditioning 8:15 PM Avalanche Athletics Purposeful movement with our Functional Conditioning non-yoga movement class. Stretch & Stabilize - Functional Conditioning http://amitieyoga.ca

Thursdays

Insanity Live! Get Fit For Winter – 6 Week Winter Series 5:30 AM Riverdale Subdivision – Whitehorse Incinerate fat and calories in 50 minutes with the ultimate cardio-conditioning program that is tailored to ALL fitness levels. Register online.

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Strength for the Endurance Athlete 6:00 AM Northern Strength Academy Join our supportive running community and hone your technique, speed and pace with the Yukon’s top endurance coach. Inclusive for all levels

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Come early, bring water, and wear comfortable, smooth soled indoor shoes. Lunchtime Fitness Classes 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy Tuesdays classes are more resistance and strength focused and Thursday classes more HIIT cardio. Drop in & passes are available. https://bit.ly/3oiTBVz

Strength for the Endurance Athlete 12:00 PM Northern Strength Academy Join our supportive running community and hone your technique, speed and pace with the Yukon’s top endurance coach. Inclusive for all levels

Noon Hatha Yoga until Dec 7 12:00 PM Grace Space Relax, energize and leave with more mental and physical space and capacity! Register online. http://cuts2.com/ gmGhI

No-Gi Jiu Jitsu - drilling Eight Days Martial Arts 12:05 PM

Babynastics with Coach Ewan 1:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club A semistructured parent and tot class for new movers, all the way to age 5. Immerse your little one in song, socialization and a very colorful and stimulating environment. Free with membership. https://www.polarettes. org/babynastics

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Eight Days

Martial Arts 4:45 PM

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 PM

Midnight Sun Fencing Club: Adult Beginner 7:00 PM Grey Mountain Primary School If you are looking to learn fencing as an adult. In this class students are taught fencing technique, strategy, and fitness.

Fridays

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM

NSA Spin Classes 6:30 AM Northern Strength Academy NSA offers Indoor Cycling classes with certified instructors Adrienne Marsh and Maria Wise. Improve your conditioning and strength on the bike! https://northernstrength.ca/

Yoga Classes at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs 9:30 AM Yoga mats are provided. Booking options that include yoga classes alone and yoga with discounted entrance to Eclipse are available. eclipsenordichotsprings.ca/yoga-classes

Thursdays Noon Hatha Yoga 12:00 PM Grace Space Energizing blend of Hatha and Kundalini with Pranayama (breathwork), Friendly and Community oriented space! Register online. http://www. gracespaceyukon.com%20

Muay Thai Kickboxing Eight & Mondays Days Martial Arts 12:05 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 4:45 PM

Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 PM

No-Gi Jiu Jitsu - teen classes Eight Days

Martial Arts 6:00 PM

Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:30 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai Kickboxing full body workout.

Saturdays

Flow & Fly – Vinyasa Yoga 8:30 AM

Avalanche Athletics A dynamic and invigorating practice is designed to awaken your inner strength and leave you feeling revitalized and empowered. All levels, Bring yoga mat, comfortable clothing, water bottle and block are recommended. http:// amitieyoga.ca

Saturday Morning Strength and Conditioning 10:15 AM Northern Strength Academy Full-body movements to improve functional strength. Suitable for all levels and aligns with NSA’s strength programming. https://northernstrength.ca/

Yoga Classes at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs 10:15 AM Yoga mats are provided. Booking options that include yoga classes alone and yoga with discounted entrance to Eclipse are available. eclipsenordichotsprings.ca/yoga-classes

No-Gi Jiu Jitsu - drilling Eight Days

Martial Arts 12:05 PM

Open Mat Eight Days Martial Arts 12:05 PM

Sundays

Circus Sundays 10:00 AM Avalanche

Athletics We will have equipment for people to try out, including stilts, juggling stuff, aerial silks, aerial hoop, static trapeze, spinny things, balance things…

NSA Spin Classes 10:00 AM Northern

Strength Academy NSA offers Indoor Cycling classes with certified instructors Adrienne Marsh and Maria Wise. Improve your conditioning and strength on the bike! https://northernstrength.ca/

Yoga Classes at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs 10:15 AM Yoga mats are provided. Booking options that include yoga classes alone and yoga with discounted entrance to Eclipse are available. eclipsenordichotsprings.ca/yoga-classes

WELLNESS LISTINGS

Tue May 14 Diabetes Wellness SeriesPart A 1:00 PM Chronic Conditions Support Program (CCSP) Learn from a variety of diabetes specialists including a registered nurse, pharmacist, dietitian, and exercise specialist. To register call 667-8733 or email ccsp@yukon.ca https://yukon.ca/ en/events/diabetes-wellness-series-part3?date=2024-05-14

Wed May 15 Summer Series: Mind

Matters - Strategies for Mental WellBeing 12:00 PM Chronic Conditions Support Program (CCSP) Learn about the importance of mental well-being and how it impacts our everyday lives. To register, call 667-8733 or email ccsp@yukon.ca. https:// yukon.ca/en/events/summer-series-mindmatters?date=2024-05-15

Thu May 16 Diabetes Wellness SeriesPart B 1:00 PM Chronic Conditions Support Program (CCSP) Learn from a variety of diabetes specialists including a registered nurse, pharmacist, dietitian, and exercise specialist. A 2-part series with part A on Tuesday evening and part B on Thursday evening. To register call 667-8733 or email ccsp@yukon.ca https://yukon.ca/en/ events/diabetes-wellness-series-part-b2?date=2024-08-29

Elder and Counselor 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.

Monthly

1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month The Prenatal Lunch Network 12:00 PM NVD Place (Old Canadian Tire Building) A free prenatal lunch network. Each week will feature a different activity. Call 332-5054 or 332-6476 for more info.

1st and 3rd Wednesday QYS Peer Support Nights 5:00 PM Queer Yukon Society The Cache We want to provide a space where parents and guardians of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth can find connection and support from their peers.

2nd Wednesday and last Friday Blood Collection and Lab Work 9:00 AM Queer Yukon Society The Cache Blood Work and Lab Collection Clinic! We will provide regular clinics for blood collection & lab requisitions

1st Thursday of every month Men’s Gathering 5:00 PM A safe place for men to connect with each other and learn traditional teachings. For more info contact Rob at 332-5708 or Rob.McLean@kdfn.net

Every other Tuesday Sharing Circle 12:00

PM Old Justice Building KDFN Every other Tuesday for recovery focused sharing circles. Connect, share challenges and gains, and access support and wisdom. Snacks and refreshments served. https:// whatsupyukon.events/4en

Mondays

Sally and Sisters 11:30 AM Whitehorse United Church A welcoming environment where women and their children can enjoy a hot meal.

AA “Joy of Living Group” (O) 12:00 PM

305 Wood St. Captain Martin House

Infant Feeding Mondays 1:00 PM Yukon Midwifery Program Yukoners who are pregnant or have a baby under 12 months are invited to learn about feeding their infants and get support with challenges. Call 393-7120 to book a private appointment or drop-in.

AA Life Ahead (O, A) 7:00 PM 509 Hanson St. Held in person or by zoom – ID 251-3635766, call 778-907-2701 for more info.

AA New Beginnings Group (O, A) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral (Hellaby Hall)

AA New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral

Tuesdays

Sally and Sisters 11:30 AM Whitehorse United Church A welcoming environment where women and their children can enjoy a hot meal.

Healthy Babies Healthy Futures 12:00

PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre An inclusive Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program for parental & infant support. Enjoy a Drop-In lunch and connect with other families. https://whatsupyukon.events/8kd

AA “Joy of Living Group” (O) 12:00 PM

305 Wood St. Captain Martin House ARKA Brotherhood Men’s Circle: Porcupine Squad 6:30 PM Whitehorse A confidential, structured space that empowers men to transform themselves into self-aware, self-disciplined, empowered and trustworthy leaders. Email mjvernon@ gmail.com for more info. http://www. arkabrotherhood.com

AA UglyDuckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral New members always welcome, this is a non smoking group.

Ugly Ducklings Group (O,A) 8:00 PM

Christ Church Cathedral Held in person or by zoom – ID 251-363-5766, call 778-9072701 for more info.

TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) 6:00 PM 100 25 Firth Rd Want to improve or maintain a healthy weight? Join us! Every Wednesday morning. Call or text 867-3341725 for more details

Wednesdays

TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) 8:00 AM Closeleigh Manor Common Room Want to improve or maintain a healthy weight? Call or text 867-334-1725 for more details

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

AA “Joy of Living Group” (O) 12:00 PM 305 Wood St. Captain Martin House

12:00 PM Sport Yukon Al-Anon is a mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings 7:00 PM Inclusion Yukon

Therapy for Grief 5:30 PM Hospice

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM Overeaters Anonymous For more information contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information

AA No Puffin Big Book Study (C, A) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral (Hellaby Hall) Porter Creek Step Meeting (C) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory

Thursdays

Sally and Sisters 11:30 AM Whitehorse United Church A welcoming environment where women and their children can enjoy a hot meal.

Healthy Babies Healthy Futures 12:00

PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre An inclusive Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program for parental & infant support. Enjoy a Drop-In lunch and connect with other families. https://whatsupyukon.events/8kd

AA “Joy of Living Group” (O) 12:00 PM 305 Wood St. Captain Martin House Connect to Culture - Drop-In 1:00 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre FREE! Drop-In, Open to ALL! Weekly cultural activities from beading to sewing, healing camp trips, elder visits and more. For more info call 667-2093 or email info@vfwomenscentre.com https:// vfwomenscentre.com/events

Polar Group (O, A) 7:30 PM 311 Elliott

St. & 4th Ave. Held in person or on zoom, Zoom ID 251-363-5766, call 778-907-2701 for more info.

Fridays

AA “Joy of Living Group” (O) 12:00 PM

305 Wood St. Captain Martin House

AA Yukon Unity Group (O) 1:30 PM Online Zoom ID 482-518-9588 PC 334796 call 778-907-2971 for more info.

Community Kitchen 4:00 PM 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.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings 7:00 PM Yukon Employees Union

Al-Anon 7:00 PM Trinity Lutheran Church Al-Anon is a mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

AA Whitehorse Group (C, A) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral

AA Detox Meeting (O, A) 1:00 PM 609

St.1:00 PM AA Yukon Unity Group (O) 1:00 PM Online

ID 482-518-9588 PC 334796

SHEEP IN THE ALPINE

Ice-patch melt is speeding up the search for cultural artifacts before they deteriorate or disappear

On a Saturday in late August 2018, with just a half-hour left in their helicopter budget for the season, the Yukon government and Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/ TFN) archaeologists decided to revisit the Friday Creek ice patch near Alligator Lake, one last time before the snow came. Moments after landing on-site, they found the ice had melted back about three metres, revealing a long, wooden throwing dart perched on stones and caribou dung.

It was the most-complete atlatl (a type of ancient throwing dart) ever found on a Yukon ice patch, and it was in nearly perfect condition. The shaft was two metres long and was made from three segments of birch tied together with sinew. Its stone point and the eagle feathers in its fletching were still firmly attached. Radiocarbon dating found it was 6,000 years old.

“If we had not gone up on that trip and that atlatl had been left exposed for an entire season or perhaps longer, it could have been lost very quickly, very easily,” said Jennifer Herkes, an archaeologist and anthropologist who has worked on ice patches, with C/TFN, for seven years.

Ice patches in the southern Yukon are a component of traditional hunting landscapes. For millennia, animals such as caribou, bison and sheep have headed to the alpine to forage and escape the bugs and heat of summer. Up to the late 1800s, hunters followed those animals up to the ice patches, and there they left behind evidence of their tools and technologies.

Ice patches are repositories for these ancient artifacts. Nearly 400 cultural artifacts—arrows, darts and cutting tools—and 2,500 paleontological fossils have been found and recovered from Yukon ice patches, so far.

Natural materials, such as

wood, sinew and feathers, can be preserved if they’re frozen in ice for millennia. Once they melt free, they’re exposed to air, wind, rain, snow and scavenging animals, which can cause them to deteriorate quickly.

Yukon ice patches are receding due to warming temperatures and changing weather patterns. This rapid change makes finding and safely recovering culturally-

Yukon First Nations—are doing as much work as they can while there is still ice. This begins with finding the patches most likely to contain artifacts and then monitoring those places as often as time, weather and budgets allow.

with engraved artwork and paint and all these different materials, is quite profound.”

When the Yukon government takes a helicopter to an ice patch, there’s usually just one archaeologist on board. The rest of the seats are filled with First Nation community members, youth and Elders, so they can see the ice patches first-hand.

thing without a purpose, whether it was spiritual, ceremonial or useful in our day-to-day activities. So, this atlatl really brings a lot of thought about our past heritage and the connection that we had with our surroundings.”

significant artifacts more challenging and urgent. Archaeologists need to be on-site during the Yukon’s narrow summer window—when objects have had time to melt free of the ice and before they’re covered in snow again.

With changes in climate affecting the ice patches, governments— such as C/TFN, Yukon and other

“The melting is not something we can negotiate with or stop,” said Yukon government archaeologist Chris Thomas. “For the next twenty to thirty years, an ice patch is an imperilled landscape feature that’s melting away and that gives us the opportunity to retrieve these cultural artifacts that are in perfect condition.

“And I think that the important part for the First Nations involved with this, is that the difference between just a little broken stone tool and a fully formed artifact,

“There’s an aspect of collecting things, but there’s also an aspect of bearing witness and having as many people as possible recognizing what an ice patch looks like now, what it looks like when it’s gone, what it looks like a decade or two after it’s gone,” said Thomas.

“It’s about keeping people familiar with these areas that used to have a different cultural meaning. They would have been hunting sites; now they’re areas for science, education or conservation work.”

In the southern Yukon there are dozens of culturally-significant ice patches on the Traditional Territories of six First Nations: C/TFN, Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN), Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, Kluane First Nation and Teslin Tlingit Council. In some places, such as the Friday Creek ice patch, the territories overlap. The remarkable atlatl was found on both C/ TFN and KDFN land.

Since it was recovered, the atlatl has been studied by the Canadian Conservation Institute and found to have parts coated with castoreum, an orange sticky substance produced by beaver to scent-mark their territory. It was the first time this substance was found on an ancient hunting tool.

The atlatl has also been used for cultural learning about traditional tool-making and hunting methods. C/TFN master carver Keith Wolfe Smarch created a replica of the throwing dart that now hangs in the First Nation’s Cultural Centre, Haa Shagóon Hídi – Our Ancestors House. And the C/TFN Heritage, Lands and Natural Resources Department is planning a workshop where youth can learn the skills involved in creating the throwing dart.

“It’s a way to connect to the knowledge of our ancestors,” said C/TFN heritage director Sean McDougall. “We know that in our cultural ways, we didn’t do any-

When Herkes started working on the ice patches, seven years ago, the team would walk the length of an ice patch looking for objects, and then leave. Now, they walk the ice patch but they also look beyond the ice-patch area to get a clearer picture of the relationships between the animals, the people and the landscape.

“C/TFN and the other nations really pushed for an expansion beyond the understanding of ice patches as just repositories for artifacts,” said Herkes. “Understanding that caribou were there to get away from the bugs, people were there because of the caribou, and what else is happening on the landscape? How were people getting there? Where were they stopping along the way? What other features tell us that story? What is the traditional knowledge and in our stories also helps support that understanding?”

For example, not far from the ice patch at Alligator Lake, they found dozens of hunting blinds and lookouts, piles of stones that were used to camouflage a hunter from their prey. These remnants suggest many hunters used the area, giving more context to the history and the stories that unfolded on these alpine landscapes.

“With the ice receding, it’s not just about the loss of heritage; it’s about a loss of relationship,” said Herkes. “Eventually, all that will be left is what we have recovered in the museums, because the ice patches won’t be there, the caribou won’t be there and there won’t be an opportunity for people to live that heritage because the relationships just aren’t there. It’s a huge loss. It’s inevitable. It is what it is.”

Find out more about the atlatl throwing dart by reading the recently published research by Thomas, Herkes and other scientific professionals at “The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada | Journal of Glacial Archaeology (equinoxpub.com ; journal.equinoxpub. com/JGA/article/view/27327). ■

The tip of the Atlatl dart, found in 2018, showing the beaver castoreum coating the sinew that attaches the stone point to the shaft

PHOTOS: Courtesy of the Yukon government

column with Leighann Chalykoff

This series is provided by the Government of Yukon Historic Sites unit. It highlights the people, places and things that contribute to the Yukon’s rich and vibrant heritage.

Animals like sheep move to the alpine to forage and escape the summer heat and bugs

Big Pete

Big Pete, he goes by the name of

And he was always above

He wasn‛t exactly small

He was over six feet tall

Pete wasn‛t like us small guys

Cause he was big in size

He was a really big man

An‛ he was married to Anne

Pete sure knows how to grow

Cause he was the tallest in Old Crow

Some of us were little

We only reach to his middle

Pete grew over six feet long

And he was really strong

Pete Lord was really big

But not as tall as an oil rig

He was over six feet on the tape measure

And to know Big Pete was a pleasure

I always look up to Pete

‘Cause he was over six feet

I wonder if he was six feet seven?

“Cause he would have been close to heaven!

“When I was a kid, this Elder gave me a Gwich‛in name, “CHIH AHAA.”

Translated, it means “walking ahead.”

Allan Benjamin / CHIH AHAA

Allan Benjamin is a poet, a cartoonist, a fiddle player and a snowshoe racer from Old Crow, Yukon. Allan is a Vuntut Gwich‛in artist who provides cartoons and poems to What‛s Up Yukon. He introduces us to two sets of characters who represent Allan‛s family and traditional Gwich‛in life growing up in Old Crow.

The purpose of these meetings is to become better acquainted with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. People of all faiths are invited to attend. Please be assured there will be no requests for participation or contribution.

May 6, 7:00 pm

Yukon Arts Centre

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All-City Senior Wind Ensemble

All-City Junior Concert Band

All-City Jazz Band

Grade 8 Bands from FH Collins & Porter Creek Secondary Schools

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EVENTS WHITEHORSE EVENTS

ART SHOWS

Until May 17 Where the Waters Narrow by Violet Gatensby Yukon Arts Centre Gallery Her first solo exhibition, she incorporates these influences into her art, bridging the traditional and contemporary worlds.

Until May 17 Shii’itsüh - Crying in the Heart by Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé Yukon Arts Centre Gallery As a way to process grief and loss, Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé has created a literal and metaphorical shelter that has been reclaimed, reconstructed, and revitalised.

Until Spring 2024 Out in the Open – En Plein Art The Jim Smith Building An exhibition celebrating the 2023 acquisitions of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection.

Until Jun 29 MacBride Museum’s collection – Yukon Erotica Arts Underground Yukon Erotica takes viewers on a trip back in time where brazen women toed the line by pushing out their chests and baring their ankles.

LIVE MUSIC

Fri May 3 Ukrainian Jazz Vibes –dancing 9:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Internationallyrenowned Ukrainian jazz musician Taras Luka dancing concert in Whitehorse. Free Borscht Bar! http://yukonukrainians.ca/

Fri May 3 Ukrainian Jazz Vibes – seated

7:00 PM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Internationally-renowned Ukrainian jazz musician Taras Luka seated concert in Whitehorse. Free Borscht Bar! http:// yukonukrainians.ca/

Fri May 3 & Sat May 4 Whitehorse Community Choir - My Favourite Songs

7:30 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Barbara Chamberlin’s selection of her favourite songs, featuring all 4 of the choirs, plus the WCC orchestra and many other special guests. Tickets online. https://www. yukontickets.com/

Sat May 4 May the 4th be with Unicorn Parts 8:00 PM 98 Hotel Use the 4th and come join Unicorn Parts for some rock and roll! Along with everyone’s favourite Ed, Ed McLean! No cover.

Sun May 5 Fiddleheads – Year End Concert 2:00 PM Old Fire Hall Join the Fiddleheads for a concert of original compositions celebrating Yukon culture, landscapes and a set of original tunes inspired by the Territory! Tickets at the door.

Mon May 6 Sounds of Spring Concert

7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre The Sounds of Spring are in the air! An evening of community music making with favourites from the Concert and Jazz band repertoires. Tickets online. allcityband.com

Sat May 11 Kitchen Party for a New Kitchen 6:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A night of East Coast themed dinner, live music by the Leesiders and dancing - in aid of a renovated kitchen for our local Food Bank. Tickets online. https://whatsupyukon.events/vgl

Monthly

Every Other Wednesday Intermediate Jam – Bluegrass, Old-Time 7:00 PM Whitehorse Legion A fun jam of bluegrass and related genres (old-time, classic country, etc). Medium tempos, lots of opportunities to take a solo if you want, but not required. Contact ian.boyce@ northwestel.net for more info.

Wednesdays Whitewater Wednesday Night Jam 7:00 PM The Local Bar An open mic kinda show and all you have to do is bring in your instrument, find Jack and/or Peggy and we’ll set you up! No need to be shy.

Ginger Jam 7:00 PM Lefty’s Well

Thursdays

Live DJs - Thursday Throwdown 9:00 PM The Local Bar.

Saturdays

Live Music at Whiskey Jacks 7:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill At Whiskey Jack’s every Saturday. whiskeyjacks.ca/

GENERAL EVENTS

Mon Apr 29 CNC Plasma Cutter 101 5:30 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Learn safety, digital design, and use of the CNC Plasma Cutter, each participant will get to make a house number or similar simple design. Register online. https://yukonstruct.com/

Wed May 1 New Yukon Kid - Dinner Theatre 6:00 PM FH Collins High School A delightful dinner prepared by the Food Studies class, while being entertained by talented young performers in the Drama class. Tickets online. https://whatsupyukon. events/4h3

Wed May 1 Registration OpenOrienteering Programs with YOA 6:00 PM Whitehorse Various Locations Orienteering is a great way to be active and explore new places in the forest around Whitehorse. Learn how to map and compass reading, in this family-friendly sport. Register online. https://2mev. com/#!/memberships/yukon-orienteeringassociation-2024

Wed May 1-Sat May 4 Ride the Cyclone

– The Musical 7:30 PM The Guild

Hall The lives of six teenagers from a Saskatchewan chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident on a carnival roller coaster. Tickets online. https://www. yukontickets.com/

Thu May 2 Yukon Territorial Skills Competition 2024 9:00 AM Yukon University An annual multi-trade and technology skills competition and a celebration of the incredible craftsmanship, innovation, and dedication to excellence that Skills Canada Yukon promotes yearround. Register online. https://www. skillsyukon.com/

Until May 2 Monkey Man Nightly Yukon Theatre An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimise the poor and powerless.for anyone who likes unusual movies with an inventive take on storytelling. https:// yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/monkeyman

Thu May 2 The Old Oak 8:30 PM Yukon Theatre The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/theold-oak_2

Until May 2 Civil War (A24) Nightly Yukon Theatre A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/ schedule/civil-war-a24

Fri May 3 Seniors & Elders Social 1:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Enjoy a light snack, tea or coffee, and entertainment by Fawn Fritzen and her band. And, as always, lively conversations! Free and open to Whitehorse residents 60 years of age and older. https://whitehorse. ca

Fri May 3 Naila and the Uprising 6:00 PM Yukon Theatre Free screening. When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom.

https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/ naila-and-the-uprising

Fri May 3-Thu May 9 The Fall Guy 7:30 PM Yukon Theatre A new hilarious, harddriving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy. Tickets online. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/ fall-guy

Fri May 3 – Thu May 9 The King Tide Nightly Yukon Theatre A struggling East Coast island community is given a mysterious lifeline when an infant washes up on their beach. The baby radiates a rejuvenating aura, healing anyone who spends a few moments in her presence. Tickets online https://yukonfilmsociety.com/ schedule/the-king-tide_encore

Sat May 4 Mother’s & Father’s Day Market 10:00 AM The Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre Whitehorse Inspired by Crafters of all types, this Market will be open to Yukon and Atlin Artisans and items will be handmade and produced by the Artisan.

Sat May 4 Celebrate Asian Heritage Month - Japanese in Canada & the Yukon 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Lillian Nakamura Maguire from the Hidden Histories Society Yukon will highlight stories of Japanese Canadians in the Yukon and the formation of the Japanese Canadian community in Whitehorse from the 1980s. https://whatsupyukon.events/wef

Sat May 4 Celebrate Asian Heritage Month - JCAY Cultural Showcase 15th Anniversary 1:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A cultural showcase will also include: traditional mochi pounding, calligraphy, kamishibai (storytelling paper theatre), and a mini-performance by JCAY children! A family-friendly event, perfect for all ages. https://whatsupyukon.events/wef

Sat May 4 Celebrate Asian Heritage Month - Preserving Community Histories of Ethnocultural 3:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Workshop will be of interest to both ethnic and other community groups, and will include advice about physical storage, digitization, photographs, and much more! https://whatsupyukon.events/ wef

Sat May 4 The Fall Guy 4:00 PM Yukon Theatre A new hilarious, hard-driving, allstar apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy. Tickets online. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/ fall-guy

Sun May 5 Birding for Beginners 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Learn the basics of birding from local birder, Glenn Rudman, setting up your binoculars, knowing where to look and listen and which species to start with. Email glenn@ yukonbirds.ca for more information and to book your place.

Sun May 5 Local Caskival 1:00 PM Woodcutters Blanket The inaugural event, celebrate with your local brewers! Each brewery will be making a special cask beer and a local cider option will also be available. Tickets online. https:// whatsupyukon.events/827

Sun May 5 The Fall Guy 4:30 PM Yukon Theatre A new hilarious, hard-driving, allstar apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy. Tickets online. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/ fall-guy

Photography by Jennifer Ondrack

Mon May 6 Beginner Forging - Forge

a Coat Hook 6:00 PM Yukonstruct

Makespace Get started blacksmithing and forge yourself a coat hook! You will use the induction forge to heat and shape metal and learn to use an anvil and basic hand tools. Register online. https://yukonstruct.com/

Mon May 6 Wood Lathe 101 - Turn

a Candlestick 6:00 PM Yukonstruct

Makespace An introduction to the wood lathe including setup, chisels, setting up blanks and how to do spindle work between centers, and walk home with your unique candlestick! Register online. https:// yukonstruct.com/event/wood-lathe-101-turna-candlestick-3/

Tue May 7 The Fall Guy 4:30 PM Yukon

Theatre A new hilarious, hard-driving, allstar apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy. Tickets online. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/ fall-guy

Wed May 8 Partners in Safety BBQ 11:30 AM Shipyards Park Come down for lunch and stay for the fun interactive activities: try on some firefighting gear, check out the inside of a fire truck and test your ability to crawl around in a confined space wcb.yk.ca/ partnersinsafety.

Wed May 8 Yukon Writers’ Festival

Opening Reception 5:30 PM Yukon Theatre Opening Reception, featuring a panel of 5 writers: Ivan Coyote, Michael Gilio, Carrie Mac, Margaret Macpherson, and Joshua Whitehead. https:// yukonlibraries.libnet.info/event/10012088

Wed May 8 Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves 8:00 PM Yukon Theatre A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic. Screenwriter Michael Gilio in attendance! Tickets online. https:// yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/dungeonsdragons-honor-among-thieves24

Thu May 9 Mad Max – 1979 9:00 PM Yukon Theatre Get ready for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga with the original 1979 Mad Max! The Australian classic will be making its way to the Yukon Theatre for only one night! Tickets online. https://yukonfilmsociety.com/ schedule/mad-max-1979

Fri May 10 NLSD - 12 Dancing Princesses

7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Join NLSD for this enchanting tale of courage, loyalty, and the enduring power of sisterhood. Tickets online. https://www.yukontickets. com/

Fri May 10 Trail Running Film Festival

6:00 PM Mt Sima An epic night of adrenaline-pumping films showcasing the beauty and challenges of trail running. Tickets online. https://whatsupyukon. events/0ms

Fri May 10 Live Comedy with Ron Josol 7:00 PM Boiler Room Lounge Ron Josol, is a Canadian-Filipino comedian who is well received from every corner of the world. Tickets online. https://whatsupyukon. events/3c707a

Fri May 10 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Nightly Yukon Theatre Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. https:// yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/kingdom-ofthe-planet-of-the-apes

Sat May 11 2024 Riverdale Community Garage Sale 9:00 AM Riverdale Subdivision – Whitehorse Set up the items in your own yard! Sign Up online to SELL, add your garage sale on the official map, get a sign for your yard! Something for everyone! https://terencetait.ca/garagesale/ Sat May 11 Indoor Community Garage Sale 10:00 AM Canada Game Centre Yukon Sign up for a booth, come as a buyer or join Zero Waste Yukon in a variety of free workshops throughout the day. bit. ly/4cWBMk4

Sat May 11 Vendor Blender 10:00 AM Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Small business and craft fair, with local businesses showcased! Get started on your Christmas shopping. https://whatsupyukon. events/9pu

Sat May 11 918 Moto Show 11:30 AM Yukon Transportation Museum Show and shine, demos and test drives, 360 photo booth by Luxe 360, tattoo artist on-site, food trucks, up to 12 local exhibitors and much more. Entry by donation

Sat May 11 Mario Kart 8 Gold Rush Grand Prix 5:00 PM The Guild Hall Bring your friends and play in our fun, safe, and supportive venue! $5 for Tournament entry, free to attend, featuring free pizza from Domino’s for all competitors! Register on social media. https://whatsupyukon.events/ x7u

Sat May 11 NLSD - Variety Show 7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre An evening of award-winning excellence, innovation, and competition-level dancing where the energy of youth meets artistic craftsmanship. Tickets online.

Sat May 11 Live Comedy with Ron Josol

7:00 PM Boiler Room Lounge Ron Josol, is a Canadian-Filipino comedian who is well received from every corner of the world. Tickets online. https://whatsupyukon.

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Sun May 12 Mother’s Day BrunchSupporting Stix Together & Yukoners Cancer Care Fund 10:00 AM The Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre Whitehorse Indulge in a scrumptious buffet spread catered by Tony’s Seafood and Pasta House while supporting Stix Together and their fundraising efforts for the Yukoners Cancer Care Fund. http:// www.yhf.ca

Monthly 2nd & 4th Mondays Service Officer 7:00 AM Royal Canadian Legion Whitehorse An invite to all Veterans, Police and First responders for the service hour at the Legion, socialise and find out what is going on. https://bit.ly/3Lm40ZG

2nd & 4th Wednesdays Whitehorse Photography Club - Meetup 7:00 PM Yukon University - Whitehorse Campus Held in Rm A2204. Discuss photography, share your work, learn new tips and tricks. http://whitehorsephotoclub.ca/

First Thursdays QYS Charmed Stitches

2:00 PM Queer Yukon Society The Cache Fiber crafts night. Bring your knitting, crochet, beading, sewing, stitching, etc, to The Cache to sit and stitch with other queer crafters.

Second Thursday QYS Movie Nights 5:00

PM Queer Yukon Society The Cache

Last Thursdays Repair Cafe 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Bring it in and see if it is fixable using soldering irons, multimeters, and other tools. This easy introduction to electronics and small home appliance repair is a useful evening of DIY learning that you can take home.

2nd Thursday Music Trivia 7:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Come on out and test your music knowledge! Teams of no more than 6 people.

3rd Sundays Messy Church 3:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral church for children and adults that involves creativity, celebration and hospitality. Crafts, singing and food will be the focus.

2nd & 4th Sundays Grade 8 – 12

High School Youth Group 6:00 PM Mountainview Church A positive place for your teen to hang out on the weekend. Take part in games and activities, learn about the Bible, and deepen faith. https:// mountainview.church/connect/youth

Monthly

Weekly

Mondays

Play Pool 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Becoming more limber and agile in your movements through playing billiards is a great benefit.

Play Whist 1:30 PM Golden Age Society Classic English trick-taking card game which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play Mtg: Competitive Commander 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

Women’s Bible Study 6:00pm Women’s Bible Study. Refreshments are served followed by the study. For more info check out www.mountainview.church or email rachel@mountainview.church.

Euchre - For Members and Signed in Guests 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Euchre a trick-taking card game for four players, two on each team, As a member you Industry Night Lefty’s Well 8:00 PM All are welcome - 20% off everything for our industry family - hot dogs, tunes, games and happy hour all night! https://bit. ly/3L0J3Ce

Tuesdays

Café de l’amitié 2:00 PM Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) Le Café de l’amitié est un rendez-vous hebdomadaire et une occasion de rassemblement pour les francophones de 50 ans et plus.

QYS Drop-in Queer Yukon Society The Cache 2:00 PM

Language Skills for Ukrainians 5:15 PM Yukon Learn A discussion group workshop provides a relaxed and friendly environment where learners can practise and learn English conversation skills.

Weekly Shuffleboard Tournament 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For members and signed in guests. A double knockout style competition and games are limited to 6 ends or 15 minutes

Chess Club 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Love Chess? Want to learn? Looking for Competition? Join us!

SuperSmash Bros, Mtg: Commander 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

10 Card Crib - Members & Signed In Guests 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Whether you are a seasoned crib player or a beginner, come play! Learn tips and tricks and have some fun! https:// bit.ly/3KP0B5s

Wednesdays

Multicultural Connection Group 11:00

AM Multicultural Centre of the Yukon –MCY Connect with other parents and caregivers, learn about parenting in different cultures. A free lunch program for immigrants and refugee families. Lunch and transportation provided. Call 332-1803 for more info.

Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Casual, no lessons, just conversations. Wednesdays noon, info Louise call 687-7238 or Michele 867-333-6081.

QYS Drop-in Queer Yukon Society The Cache 2:00 PM

Texas Hold’ Em 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For signed in members and guests. Bragging rights!

Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Call 333-6081 for more info.

Anglican Holy Communion –Whitehorse 12:10 PM Christ the Church Cathedral The Book of Common Prayer, 2nd Wednesday of the month

Mtg: Modern, Warhammer Age of Sigmar 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

Thursdays

Public Speaking Training - Toastmasters 12:00 PM Decora Guests are always welcome. There are many roles to learn at Toastmasters. Practice 2 minute table topics

Anglican Thursday at the Cathedral 12:10 PM Christ the Church Cathedral Bring a lunch (Book of Alternative Services)

QYS Drop-in 2:00 PM Queer Yukon Society & The Cache

Pathfinder Role-Playing Game for Youth 3:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Find out what role playing games are all about! Registration is encouraged, but drop-ins are always welcome.

Mtg: casual Commander, Warhammer

40k & Kill Team 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

Mountainview Church Community Group 7:00 PM 16 years or older?

Mountainview Church Community Group! We’ll share some snacks and talk about what the bible has to say about discipleship.

Fridays

Yukon Amateur Radio Association

Coffee Discussion Group 8:45 AM A&W

Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those interested are welcome to join us in this casual event.

Tarot Card Readings with Sari Horvath

Baked Cafe 9:15 AM Sari uses her wisdom and guidance through tarot cards to help answer your life questions! Please use email to book appointments treasurebooksyxy@gmail.com

Coffee & Chat 11:00 AM Golden Age Society Coffee and chat is a way to connect with your community, develop friendships, and have fun.

Crib 1:00 PM Golden Age Society

Cribbage is an easy game to learn but hard to master. For more info call 668-5538. QYS Drop-in Queer Yukon Society The Cache 2:00 PM

Mtg: Pioneer, YuGiOh Casual 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

Saturdays

Cribbage - Members and Signed in Guests 2:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory. Members must have a valid 2021 membership and they may sign in 2 guests MAX.

Pokemon, Mtg: Youth Magic, Lorcana 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles

Sundays

Mountainview Church Sunday Service 9:30 AM Church In The Building 9:30 AM, 11AM or Church At Home 7 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM Mountainviewwhitehorse.ca/Watch

Clothing Room 10:00 AM Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene Free of charge to anyone and everyone

Whitehorse United Church Worship Service 10:30 AM A caring community of faith, based on a foundation of Biblical teaching and spiritual truth

Secondhand Clothing Bizarre 2:00 PM Whitehorse Seventh-Day Adventist Church Clean clothes needed and donations accepted if in good condition. Please call before dropping clothes off and for more info 633-3463.

Sunday Gatherings 3:00 PM The

Collective

KIDS & FAMILIES

Sat May 4 2024 Bird & Bat Building Day 12:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yukon Kids can build their own bird or bat house or even a bird feeder. Pre-cut materials are provided free of charge; just bring your favourite hammer.

Sat May 4 Mommy & Me Photo Sessions

11:00 AM Whitehorse Various Locations

Photo package includes a 45-minute session with the beautiful Yukon as a backdrop setting, 10 professionally edited images. Sign up online. https:// briarrosephotography.ca/

Fri May 3 & Sat May 4 The Wizard of Oz 2:00 PM Yukon Theatre Enjoy this technicolor classic! A musical fantasy, Dorothy Gale, a young Kansas farm girl who dreams of a land “somewhere over the rainbow.” Dorothy’s dream comes true when she, her dog, Toto, and her family’s house are transported by a tornado to a bright and magical world unlike anything she has seen before. https:// yukonfilmsociety.com/schedule/the-wizardof-oz1

Mon May 6 Getting Back into Running

- with Strollers 5:00 AM Whitehorse

Various Locations Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just starting out, this program is designed to safely guide you back into running while understanding the importance of starting slow. Sign up online. https://whatsupyukon.events/x5d

Monthly

1st & 3rd Saturdays Grades 5 - 7 Junior

Youth Group 7:00 PM Mountainview Church Passionate about giving kids opportunities to have fun & make new friends, while teaching them about Jesus & His great love for our world https:// mountainview.church/connect/youth

2nd and 4th Saturdays Grade 8 - 12

High School Youth Group 7:00 PM Mountainview Church A positive place for your teen to hang out on the weekend. Take part in games and activities, learn about the Bible, and deepen faith. https:// mountainview.church/connect/youth

Weekly

Mondays

Drop-In 9:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastics

Gym Open to all ages – Children, youth, and teens must be accompanied by an adult.

Tuesdays

Babynastics with Coach Naomi 10:15 AM Polarettes Gymnastics Club

Babynastics is a semi-structured parent and tot class for new movers, all the way to age 5.

Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Join us for stories, songs & rhymes! A free drop-in program for children ages 0-5 and caregivers at Whitehorse Public Library

Native Grad Regalia Sewing Program

4:00 PM Northern Cultural Expressions

Free accredited program for indigenous high school graduates of 2024. Call 633-4186 or email executiveassistant@ northernculture.org to register.

Parent-Child Mother Goose 10:30 AM The Child Development Centre Celebrates the power and pleasure of songs, rhymes and oral stories. Bonding time with your little one or to learn for later. Register online. https://whatsupyukon.events/lj5

Let’s Create - Crafting Together 5:30 PM The Child Development Centre A fun crafting group for families with children aged 2 and up, light dinner will be served, transportation available. For more info call 332-4997 or email donna.light@yukon.ca

Wednesdays

French Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Wednesdays French Story Time at Whitehorse Public Library. Songs, stories and rhymes, en français, for children under 5 and their parents.

Wed Apr 17 Community Connections 1:30 PM Yukon Family Literacy Centre An intergenerational story time and craft program. Meet local elders, have a coffee, do some crafts, and make a friend!

Thursdays

Babynastics with Coach Ewan 1:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Babynastics is a semi-structured parent and tot class for new movers, all the way to age 5.

Pathfinder Role-Playing Game for Youth 3:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Youth 11-17 are invited to join, no experience necessary.

Native Grad Regalia Sewing Program 4:00 PM Northern Cultural Expressions Free accredited program for indigenous high school graduates of 2024. Call 633-4186 or email executiveassistant@ northernculture.org to register.

Saturdays

Drop-In 3:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club enjoy the gym as a giant indoor play space. A great place to practise skills or just play and explore! Open gym is for members only

MEETINGS

Thu May 2 Alpine Club of CanadaYukon AGM 7:00 PM Winterlong Brewing Co. Members and non-members are welcomed to join us to learn about what we’ve been doing the last year, what’s coming up, and to vote in a new board of directors. Email ACCYukon @ gmail.com for more info. https://docs.google.com/.../1 XB9hgHZ8AVpHHXtibteap4H.../edit

Thu May 2 Yukon Residential Landlord Association AGM 5:15 PM Whitehorse Public Library Yukon Residential Landlord Association AGM. Guest speaker Doug Brown on RLTA & establishing positive image on landlording

Tues May 7 Yukon Council on Aging AGM. 10:00 am Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre Pre-registration appreciated. 867-668-3383 or ycoa@ yknet.ca

Wed May 8 Crime Stoppers (AGM) 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yukon Wed May 8 Copper Ridge Neighbourhood Association AGM 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yukon Learn about the Association’s activities and how you can get involved, also a keynote presentation on FireSmart activities.

Mon May 13 Friends of McIntyre Creek AGM 7:00 PM Hellaby Hall Do you care about the environment, if so - consider volunteering, and become a board member. For more info email friendsofmcintyre@gmail.com https:// friendsofmcintyrecreek.blogspot.com/

Monthly

First Monday Klondike Snowmobile Association Board Meeting 7:00 PM Sport Yukon https://ksa.yk.ca/comingevents/

Third Thursday ASAY board monthly meeting Sport Yukon 10:00 PM

Third Thursday Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition Monthly Meeting 5:00 PM ZOOM Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition for regular meeting. Everyone is welcome. Call Kathy 334-9317 or info@yapc.ca for a zoom link or join us in person. https://yapc. ca/actions/detail/yapcs-monthly-meetings

ONLINE EVENTS

Wed May 1 Managing Conflict After Separation or Divorce Workshop 5:30 PM Online Learn how to renegotiate personal boundaries and develop parenting strategies. Understand the process of separation. Pre-registration is required for this workshop. To register call 456-6721 https://yukon.ca/en/family-law-informationcentre

Tue May 14 For the Sake of the Children Workshop 5:30 PM Online Learn the effects of separation or divorce on adults and children. Explore ways to relate to the other parent. Resolve legal issues. To register call 456-6721 https://yukon.ca/en/ family-law-information-centre

Fridays AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693

Saturdays AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693.

Tuesdays Restorative Online Healing Circles 7:30 PM Online Check-in, Q&A, connect and feel the results. No experience necessary. Register online, or call 3350078 or email alison@alisonzeidler.com for more info.

Fri May 12 Yukon Council on Aging AGM 9:30 AM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Lunch to follow, call 667-3383 or email ycoa@knet.ca

Fri May 12 Live Comedy - Bryon Bertram 7:30 PM Boiler Room Lounge Bryon Bertram - a 20 year comedy veteran who has opened for Eddy Izzard, Zach Galifinakis, and Flight of the Conchords. Tickets online! https://bit.ly/3LqhiD4

Sat May 13 Yukon Amateur Radio Association Coffee Discussion Group 8:45 AM A&W Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those interested are welcome to join us in this casual event.

Sat May 13 Indoor you have a Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube control

TGIRLS GETTING A ‘KICK’ OUT OF WHITEHORSE UNITED SOCCER SESSIONS

he sessions were for girls from grades 2 to 6. They took place every Tuesday and Thursday in April at the Canada Games Centre Field House from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. And they’ve been averaging about 100 girls per session. That’s roughly 15 per cent of the girls of that age in Whitehorse, which the organizers think is pretty successful.

Session organizer Johanna Smith explained how the sessions came about. “The whole objective is to expose girls to soccer. So we’ve removed as many barriers as we can to be able to support girls to be able to come out and try soccer.”

Smith said it’s a free program, eliminating any financial barriers to being in an accessible area. She also said the girls-only program feels “safe and welcoming and is an encouraging environment for girls to try the sport.”

Smith elaborated on why they are girls-only sessions.

“What we’ve found is that the play, environment and style is different in an all-girls environment, and that might be what works best for some players. As you move up in soccer, it is a gender-divided sport, so we are starting to align with that. And we also know that that’s a way of creating a less intimidating and open-and-accessible opportunity for girls to play.

“The other benefit of being in girls’ programs is we’re able to do things that we know will align with their interests.”

They’ve given out bracelets and bows “as a way of them feeling like they’re belonging to a bigger community and that they can feel connected to something else,” said Smith.

“We know that those social elements and that sense of community and belonging, they resonate with all youth—but specifically

with girls.”

Smith mentioned another goal of the program is nurturing participation.

“We know there’s lots of good research about the benefits of being in sport and staying in sport, and so we’re trying to provide that opportunity to bring them into the sport. Hopefully it translates into actual registration into soccer. One of our long-term goals is to be able to increase our registration numbers. But ultimately, we’re looking to support girls in sport, generally.”

Smith said they’ve brought in a lot of youth coaches/mentors to help with the girls. The young coaches are like role models for the girls and are intended to create a “female-focused, positive environment.

“All the youth coaches are players themselves and have gone through some coach training. So it was a way of supporting their development and some of their leadership skills, and they bring a youthful enthusiasm to the field that is really beneficial.”

Smith said the activities start with warm-up games like Simon Says, relays and tag. “Something to just get them moving around and having fun.”

Then they move into soccerbased activities—skill-based or decision-making. They end the session with mini-games.

Smith said they don’t want to just play games but want something whereby everybody “can feel some success throughout the whole session.”

One of the activities that takes place is a soccer version of handball where the girls pass the ball around to each other. “Most parents usually look at that and say, ‘Why are they using their hands and not their feet?’ What we do in those sessions is give them a sense of how to move in the field and to

spread themselves out in the field, but without having to worry about what their feet are doing because it takes a lot of coordination to be able to get your feet to execute a skill.”

Smith added that it “levels the playing field and gives them success.”

Isla MacDonald, 9, took part in the camp. What’s Up Yukon spoke with her and her father, Brian, after the April 16 session. “It’s really fun,” she said. “There’s so many people doing that and you get to, like, meet a lot of new friends. And maybe some of your old friends you get to see here.”

When asked what her favourite part of the camp is, Isla replied, “I like playing handball. It’s, like, a lot of fun.”

Isla, an experienced soccer player, explained why she came to the camp. “When I heard about it, I was, like, ‘Oh, that sounds fun.’ And then I came and then I saw a bunch of people I knew. And that made it even funner because they were in the same group as me. And I got to make a LOT more friends.”

When asked if she would go to another camp, Isla replied emphatically, “Definitely.”

Brian said he thought the camp was “good” and added, “She’s enjoying herself. We signed up for the spring session coming up in May.”

The spring session runs May to June and takes place outside.

Of the indoor camp, Brian said, “It’s just nice to see so many people out. The first week, I wasn’t here, but my wife was here. I guess there was just so many people. And the numbers are still up. I think there was over a hundred people out tonight. Pretty sure. They seem to be having a great time.”

Isla added, “They do fun stuff after.”

They also have weekly themes.

The theme for that week was National High-Five Day.

“So, for our warm-up, we got to play a game and we’d have to dribble the ball and then high-five someone,” Isla said.

All the girls were also given purple ribbons for being part of the Whitehorse United squad.

Whitehorse United has set an objective of trying to increase their female registration numbers by 25 per cent over last year’s outdoor registration. Smith explained why they held the sessions now. “April is a transition month here in the Yukon. Everyone’s moving from their winter sports. And they haven’t really started outdoor sports yet. So the timing was right.”

The sessions were funded through United FC, as well as the Yukon Soccer Association who paid for the turf time. Smith said the feedback they’ve gotten so far is that the girls are finding it fun and enjoyable.

“They keep coming out, so, to me, as an organizer, that’s a sure sign of success when the same kids come out day after day. So we must be doing something right.

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Some of the approximately 100 girls at the Whitehorse United FC female soccer session playing a mini-game at the Canada Games Centre in Whitehorse on April 16, with soccer sessions taking place Tuesdays and Thursdays in April

brand new to town, are brand new to the sport, have never tried it before, wanted the opportunity to try something without having to commit for the whole season, which is always in a parent’s mind.

“This is that kind of try-beforeyou-buy experience. We’ve tried to make it just feel where the girls are welcomed and appreciated for being here.”

Not surprisingly, there is a good possibility that the female soccer sessions will be repeated in the near future.

“I think, after this success today or this month, we would probably look at doing it again next year,” said Smith.

Registration information for the outdoor soccer season is available at whitehorseunited.ca ■

PHOTO: Morris Prokop

Morris Prokop is a Whitehorse-based writer and sports editor. He covers a variety of sports in the Yukon, including the Yukon Quest, Yukon River Quest and the Yukon Ultra. He enjoys the outdoors, playing soccer and softball and hanging out with his dog Bandit.

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