What's Up Yukon - August 15, 2013

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Back to School

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Nicole Bauberger makes dresses for the Chilkoot Trail

Dawson artists-in-residence link society and nature in new show

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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling

The Times They are a-Changin’ I held out as long as I could.

Until last week I had one of the Yukon’s craft-project driver’s licenses.

You know the type — scorned by south-of-60 bouncers, passed around and mocked as an example of territorial hickishness, easily forged on a retrograde computer and slickly laminated for protection.

These were the IDs of my youth and I enjoyed having one in the same way that I enjoy listening to Green Day’s Dookie or The Offspring’s Smash — as a reminder of an innocent time when I didn’t know what The War on Terror was and I’d never had my heart broken.

Actually, I still don’t know what The War on Terror is.

But as we age we find that some of our connections to the past are tenuous. A singular event can snip the thread of our nostalgia.

Such was the case last week when I found myself with an expired passport and a scrapbooker’s driver’s license that is no longer accepted as valid identification by major airlines — or so I’ve been repeatedly warned.

So, with a plane trip to southern British Columbia looming I sighed the sigh of a grown-up and marched down to the Lynn Building to surrender a piece of my past.

Thankfully, negotiating our local bureaucracy wasn’t as Kafkaesque as I expected and I soon found myself bemused by my new card.

Initial impressions?

It’s lighter and thinner than the old one; and when I tilt it to-andfro, holograms that say “Yukon” (not “the Yukon”, unfortunately) emerge and disappear in the light.

I suppose it will make doormen at the Cambie less consternated, but it’s completely lacking in doit-yourself charm.

And it has a nostalgia value of precisely zero.

But nostalgia is a funny thing, and soon my new license will carve out a groove for itself in my

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One day I will fondly remember when a driver’s license was an actual thing you could hold. pocket. It will be there every time I open my wallet to buy a Reuben.

It will become familiar.

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A Trip Through Dog Mushing Past and Present Dawson area resident runs year-round dog mushing museum

by Tamara Neely

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yia Bouchard was in her mid-50s when she discovered dog mushing. One year later, she left her life in New York City behind and relocated to the Dawson City area to learn everything she could about it.

Now, at almost 60-years old, Bouchard is training to run the Yukon Quest, and the dogs have taken over her heart, her bank account, her life’s mission and any extra room on her bed. She has also become a collector of historical dog mushing equipment.

Since her twinkle for dog mushing began in 2006, she has built a collection of more than 600 artifacts in the only dog mushing museum in Canada: the Bouchard Dog Mushing and Sled Museum, located at her home in Sunnydale, where she also runs Slow Rush Kennels.

Before moving here she had been doing six-year stints in different careers: she was the captain of a 71-foot yacht and did tours off Long Island; she owned an indie recording studio in New York; and she was a snake wrangler, to name a few.

“I had an 18-foot, 85-pound Burmese python — it was just crawling around my apartment for many years,” Bouchard says. “I could write a whole book on just living with a snake.”

All that adventurous dabbling gave her courage, know-how and backbone — things that come in handy when you are raising 50 dogs and living off the grid in the Yukon.

“The point is that I’ve done these things and you have to know how to do stuff to live out here,” Bouchard says.

Since 2007 she has thrown herself into dog mushing, whole hog.

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Dawson area resident Kyia Bouchard and her Yukon trapline dog Dale sit in the Bouchard Dog Mushing and Sled Museum, open year-round.

“I’m an extremist — I don’t go half-way,” she says. “It’s 100 per cent or nothing. So anything that has to do with dog mushing, I try to bring it into my life. I look for the best equipment; I look for the best connections — finding the famous mushers — and obviously looking for the best dogs.”

Bouchard has befriended several people who have raced the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and has even charmed some winning sleds into her collection.

“These guys have all become friends of mine, and they want their legacy to be on display for the future,” she says.

The walls of her museum hold the sled that Lance Mackey used

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when, as a rookie, he won his first of four Yukon Quest races.

Veteran musher and Quest winner Frank Turner donated the sled he used in the 1980s — he did the race 24 times in 25 years.

Bouchard is also the lucky recipient of one of Larry “Cowboy” Smith’s sleds, all his trophies, and his lead dog’s Golden Harness award from the Iditarod.

“He’s a Yukon legend,” Bouchard says. “He’s kind of a purist — he’s one of these mushers in the Yukon, he doesn’t care about awards. He does it because he does it. The trophies were all laying in a box, covered in dust and dirt. Cowboy said they would have just rotted.”

One sled she would like to locate is the one that Sonny Lindner used when he won the Quest in 1984.

“His wife told me that he doesn’t have it anymore — he’s not sure who he gave it to 30 years ago,” Bouchard says. “We want to put it in the museum. I don’t know what condition it’s in — it could have been run over by a truck, but whatever condition it’s in, I’d like to put it in the museum.”

The museum is also home to a

Jickling’s Jabberings.................. 2 Dog Mushing Museum................. 3 100 Dresses for the Chilkoot Trail.. 4 Didee & Didoo.......................... 4 A Klondike Korner....................10 Living with Wildlife...................12 Yukon Love.............................13 Edible Yukon...........................14 The Natural & The Manufactured.15 Back to Home School.................16 Back to Public School................17 First Nations Curriculum............18 Women in Trades.....................19 A Trip to Faro..........................21 Art on The Trails..................... 22 From the Back Country..............25 Wild Place..............................26

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complete traditional Greenland Inuit dog mushing outfit, made with seal skin and beading; ivory and wood carvings of dog sleds and teams; and more artifacts from trappers, RCMP, and First Nations from across Canada’s North, as well as Alaska, Finland, Greenland and Russia.

Kyia Bouchard offers 3-hour tours of the kennels and museum every day between May and midSeptember, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The kennels and museum are open year round, with visits by appointment in the fall and winter. They are located in Sunnydale on the west side of the Yukon River near Dawson.

For more information about the Bouchard Dog Mushing and Sled Museum call (867) 335-2036, email Kyia53@yahoo.com or go to www.SlowRushKennels.com.

Bouchard’s museum features 15 sleds. Hanging from the ceiling are, from left, one of Frank Turner’s early Yukon Quest sleds; Larry “Cowboy” Smith’s sled, upper middle; and Lance Mackey’s famous 2007 Yukon Quest winning sled, upper right. On the floor is a Qamutiik, built by Hans Gatt, three-time Yukon Quest Winner.

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Telegrams from the Chilkoot Trail

Nicole Bauberger’s new show at the Transportation Museum interprets the trail through her artistic lens

by Shelley O’Brien Whitehorse artist Nicole Bauberger does a sketch on the Chilkoot Trail in July. Her new show 100 Dresses from the Chilkoot Trail will be exhibited during the month of August at the Yukon Transportation Museum.

PHOTO: courtesy of Nicole Bauberger

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his past July, if you were hiking the Chilkoot, you may have caught a glimpse of a woman in a white dress, grubby from travel, walking the iconic trail.

Strains of her voice could be heard drifting around camp in the evenings, as she alternated between story and song, and her sharp eyes captured images on canvas by day.

She wasn’t an apparition from the gold rush days, but modernday Yukon artist Nicole Bauberger.

She was one of three intrepid artists taking part in the Yukon Arts Centre’s Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program. During the two-

week program, Bauberger hiked the trail from Dyea to Bennett Lake and took the White Pass Train to Fraser.

One of her primary mediums is encaustic painting, which is using heated beeswax with paint pigment added. However, on this occasion she opted to take notes and photographs and paint acrylic paintings of the trail and landscape, leaving her encaustic supplies at home.

“There is nowhere to plug in the pan on the hike, and besides, I’m sure that beeswax smells appealing to bears, so this phase of the work is best done off the trail,” she says.

Bauberger’s drawings and photos collected from the Chilkoot Trail were used to inspire her newest 100 Dresses show.

Bauberger’s 100 Dresses series has been inspired by many cities across the North and throughout Canada.

“My Dress projects engage people with their sense of place,” she says. “They began (and continue) as painting projects, where I paint 100 small encaustic paintings of dresses on site, all inspired by that particular time and place, and invite others to do so with me, resulting in a portrait of a place in 100 small details, carefully observed and whimsically rendered.”

Yukon Transportation Museum curator – and 7-time Chilkoot Trail alumna – Casey McLaughlin traveled with Bauberger.

“We had awesome weather,” says Bauberger. “I lived in a tent, and carried it. We stayed two nights at each site, but most days we hiked from one camp to the next.”

Graced with the luxury of modern amenities like bridges and boardwalks, and not required to carry a ton of supplies, Bauberger focused instead on learning about her strengths.

“Doing something like hiking the Chilkoot Trail seemed kind of impossible to me, but now that I’ve done it, there are lots more hikes I’d like to do,” she says. “I certainly feel stronger.”

Body Parts IF YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING IN, AND YOU’RE NOT LIKELY TO WIN, JUST REMEMBER TERRY FOX, AND HIS WISE TALKS. HE IS AN INSPIRATION, TO OUR WHOLE NATION. TERRY’S ACTIONS SPOKE LOUD WHICH MADE US ALL PROUD. FOR A CURE FOR CANCER, TERRY WANTED AN ANSWER. TERRY DIPPED HIS LEG IN THE OCEAN, AND HIS MARATHON WAS IN MOTION. HE STARTED THE MARATHON OF HOPE, RUNNING WITH HIS FAMOUS LOPE. HE STARTED HIS RUN AT MILE ZERO,

Allan Benjamin, Her pack also included a musical instrument.

“I carried my ukulele over the pass and wrote songs for the trail along the way,” she says cheerfully.

In lieu of passing a note from one hiker to another, Bauberger, uke in hand, opted to deliver a singing telegram, entitled, “Leaving on a Float Plane,” to the tune of (you guessed it) the John Denver classic.

100 Dresses for the Chilkoot

AND TERRY FOX IS MY HERO. TERRY RAN 26 MILES EVERY DAY, ALL THE WAY TO THUNDER BAY. CANCER MADE TERRY’S LIFE SHORT, AND HIS RUN HE HAD TO ABORT. TERRY DIED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE, AND EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUE HIS RUN. EVEN THOUGH TERRY IS GONE, WE MUST CONTINUE HIS MARATHON. TERRY’S RUN TAKES PLACE EVERY SEPTEMBER, AND HIS DREAM WE ALWAYS REMEMBER.

Old Crow, Yukon Trail will be exhibited during the month of August at the Yukon Transportation Museum, which is located beside the Whitehorse airport.

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Fridays

Friday Fandango at the Airport Chalet 7:00 PM Airport Chalet. Jam night with Peggy Hanifan

Tuesdays

Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn 667-2527 fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats

Events

Wed, Aug 14 - Fri, Aug 16 Effective Communication Workshop 9:00 AM Hellaby Hall Teaching participants skills to enhance their personal and professional relationships.

Thu, Aug 15 The Chilkoot Trail: Then and Now 1:30 PM MacBride Museum Travel through the history of the Chilkoot Trail with Ione Christensen.

Fri, Aug 16 - Sat, Aug 17 Inspired by the Canyon 10:00 AM Miles Canyon Bridge hikes@ycs.yk.ca / yukonconservation.org / (867)668-5678 Hike along the Miles Canyon to Canyon City trails and watch Yukon artists creating interpretive art that is inspired by their surroundings!

Fri, Aug 16 Parking Lot Reading series 6:30 PM Whitehorse Coles A free showcase of resident writers under the blue canopy in front of Coles.

Sat, Aug 17 - Sun, Aug 18 Nonviolent Communication training All Day Golden Age Society mitch.miyagawa@gmail.com 250-538-7696 Compassionate, Non Violent Communication Training Introduction and practice with Penny Wassman and Mitch Miyagawa, register by July 31 Mon, Aug 19 Wealth Woman: The Story of Kate Carmack 1:30 PM MacBride Museum The first woman to gold in the Klondike, Shaaw Tláa.

Tue, Aug 20 Landscape & Navigation 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Mini Lecture and Demo Series at the Meeting Room.

Wed, Aug 21 Open Studio for Adults/ Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground With Neil Graham.

Wed, Aug 21 Comedy Night Live 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon open mic stand-up Thu, Aug 22 Available Lights Cinema From Up on Poppy Hill 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre .

Thu, Aug 22 Available Lights Cinema Charles Bradley:Soul of America 9:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre .

Fri, Aug 23 Parking Lot Reading series 6:30 PM Whitehorse Coles A free showcase of resident writers under the blue canopy in front of Coles.

Fri, Aug 23 Red Fish, Blue Fish 7:00 PM Takhini Arena Name: Linea Eby / Phone: 667 8291 / email: linea.eby@gov.yk.ca Environment Yukon fisheries biologist Oliver Barker will be leading an evening walk to check out Kokanee Salmon in their spawning colours.

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Thursdays

Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m.

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Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 667-2989

Fridays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006

7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 Improve your snowboarding under the supervision of trained coaches. Two Levels available for snowboarders ages 10+ Canoe and Kayak Club Youth Group Night 7:00 PM pre-registered course for information contact current@yckc.ca YCKC Bins 668-4236 Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15

Tuesdays

Tuesdays

Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park local produce and arts & crafts (starts May 16th) Feminist Book Club 5:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre a book club for feminists Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 633-3729 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) ESL Conversation Club - 5:30 PM MultiCultural Centre on a drop in basis TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Legion Steven Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on Friday nights, with a variety of menu and entertainment formats.

Saturdays

Yukon Amateur Radio Association 9:30 PM A&W Informal breakfast with YARA members, Hams from outside the Yukon often join

Sundays

Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah 336-4643 Adult Pottery Drop-in 2:30 PM at Arts Underground, 667-2159. Clay is available for purchase. Equipment and tools are provided.

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Mondays

Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 633-3729 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM 633-4003 Located on Gray Mtn Road Range officers on duty

Tuesdays

Mondays

Romp & Run Playgroup 9:30 AM at Whitehorse United Church.

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Art Smarts Kids After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Marlene Collins (mcollins@northwestel.net) 667-4080 Ages 7-9

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Wed, Aug 14 Paleo Sports: Atlatl Golf 3:00 PM Beringia Centre tyler.kuhn@gov. yk.ca beringia@gov.yk.ca Are you longing for a lazy afternoon of mini-golf? We have our own version here at Beringia. Come and give it a try!

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Thu, Aug 22 Comics Workshop 6:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library Mairi Macrae 6675239 For youth ages 11-17,free registration is necessary & space limited.

Fri, Aug 23 Red Fish, Blue Fish 7:00 PM Takhini Arena Name: Linea Eby Phone: 667 8291 linea.eby@gov.yk.ca Environment Yukon fisheries biologist Oliver Barker will be leading an evening walk to check out Kokanee Salmon in their spawning colours.

Free English Conversation Group 302 Strickland St., lower level. 668-5907. Bring your own lunch Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall Whitehorse Curling Club, 667-2875 Wed, Aug 14 Hump Day with Steve Slade Potluck Food Co-op - Info-Market 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Paddy’s Place .

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM 6209 – 5th Ave, between Wood St. and Jarvis St. Thu, Aug 15 MacBride Museum’s Outdoor 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Concert Series 5:00 PM MacBride Museum BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Presents Katelyn Bushell.

Yoga In The Alpine “Teen Yoga” 5:30 PM Thu, Aug 15 Outdoor Concert Series At Wed, Aug 14 Paleo Sports: Atlatl Golf at Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.

MacBride Museum 5:00 PM MacBride 3:00 PM Beringia Centre tyler.kuhn@gov. net Instructor Tammy Museum Presents Hank Karr. yk.ca / beringia@gov.yk.ca Are you longing Biathlon Junior Team Training 5:30 PM Thu, Aug 15 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 for a lazy afternoon of mini-golf? We have at Grey Mountain Road. Keith Clarke, PM Tony’s Pizza . our own version here at Beringia. Come and ktclarke@northwestel.net Thu, Aug 15 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM Dirty give it a try!

Northern Pub high energy blend of swingin’ Thu, Aug 15 Kids Art: Mixed Media country blues, bluegrass, celtic, western Mayhem 3:00 PM Beringia Centre tyler.

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM at 6209 swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and whatever else kuhn@gov.yk.ca / beringia@gov.yk.ca - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 suits Only 2 more kids art activities left. Join us Kid’s After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Fri, Aug 16 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM for some mixed media fun, as we to create Underground Yukon Art Society reception@ Edgewater Hotel some Beringian masterpieces! artsunderground.ca 667-4080 Ages 10-14 Sat, Aug 17 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM Fri, Aug 23 Red Fish, Blue Fish 7:00 PM until October 25 Edgewater Hotel Takhini Arena Name: Linea Eby / Phone: Northern Lights Judo Club 5:00 PM at Sat, Aug 17 Honky Tonk Rebels 9:00 PM 667 8291 / email: linea.eby@gov.yk.ca Gold Pan Saloon .

Environment Yukon fisheries biologist Oliver Ecole Emilie Tremblay School, judoyukon@ gmail.com. Under 15 years Wed, Aug 21 Hump Day with Steve Slade Barker will be leading an evening walk to 5:00 PM Paddy’s Place . check out Kokanee Salmon in their spawning Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under Thu, Aug 22 MacBride Museum’s Outdoor colours.

15 Concert Series 5:00 PM MacBride Museum Sat, Aug 24 Kids Komic Jam: On The Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier Presents Katelyn Bushell.

Chilkoot With Kara Sievewright 1:00 PM School 867-668-4794 between the ages of Thu, Aug 22 Outdoor Concert Series At The Old Fire Hall Come learn about comics 10 - 14 MacBride Museum 5:00 PM MacBride and how to draw them.

Museum Presents The Canucks, Hank Karr FREE DROP IN at Yukon Family Literacy Free Lunches 11:30 AM at Victoria Faulkner Centre Mon-Fri Noon - 3:00 PM, and friends.

Women’s Centre Thu, Aug 22 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 Mon-Wed 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sat 10:00 Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Rec French : Zumba or / Zumba Gold 12:00 PM Tony’s Pizza .

AM - 3:00 PM (2nd Floor of Canada Games Night: manhunt, floor hockey, dodgeball and PM Centre De La Francophonie 668-2663 Thu, Aug 22 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM Dirty Centre) Colleen/Stephanie 668-8698 Free more. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Northern Pub high energy blend of swingin’ family learning fun!

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM Age Society. ¡Bienvenidos! country blues, bluegrass, celtic, western F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and whatever else Whitehorse String Ensemble rehearsal - 12 6:15 PM at Hellaby Hall, 668-5530. New suits BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Learning Together Program 9:30 AM members welcome. Violin, viola, cello and Fri, Aug 23 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon- Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games bass Edgewater Hotel Centre Thurs 667-3006 Texas Hold ‘em 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Sat, Aug 24 Hunny Badger 6:30 PM AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church Royal Canadian Legion. Steven Grossinger Edgewater Hotel of the Nazarene 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18 Royal Canadian Legion - Texas Hold ‘em Tournament. free poker tournament, all skill Learning Together Program 9:30 AM

levels welcome. Training available from 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Youth 6-6:30 PM old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Chef Night we teach recipes for healthy Free English Classes 7:30 PM 108 Tumble Time Playgroup 9:30 AM at Wickstorm Road in Whitehorse. For more Riverdale Baptist Church Kathy 668-7273 or food from scratch. Ages 11-18. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 information call:335-5443.

667-6620 (aged birth to 5).

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM at Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier Takhini Elementary Access 7:00 PM 633-4003 Located on Gray School 867-668-4794 between the ages of Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Yukon R/C 3:00 PM Porter Creek Pizza Peggy 668-7448 goes till we are done! Mtn Road Range officers on duty 10 - 14 Secondary School Bring your R/C and meet Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Jamaoke with Ashley & Jackie 8:30 PM other hobby enthusiast Underground easels and water containers Jarvis Street Saloon Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games on site. Please bring your paints, brushes, Young Explorers Preschool Program Centre supports and rags. Contact: 667-4080 10:00 AM at MacBride Museum Thursday Night Jam 7:00 PM Bailey’s Pub Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motor-Cross Track Bring your R/C and meet other hobby 456-4742 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM open-mike night with Dave Haddock 7:30 enthusiast Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 PM Gold Pan Saloon Bring your voice or an Church Cathedral, 668-5530 - 12 instrument and perform a few song

Trampoline Training for Snowboarders

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Thursdays

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Sundays

Hiroshikai Judo Club 5:00 PM at Holy Family School, judoyukon@gmail.com Ages under 15 551 Whitehorse Air Cadets 6:30 PM Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Introductory Open House and sign-up for Youth ages 1019 years. Parental permission required.

Twoonie Race 7:00 PM alternating Mt Mac or Chadburn with Contagious Mountain Bike Club YFC/Youth Unlimited 7:30 PM LePage Park Melissa Teeuwsen 335-8809 Hang out in the park every Tuesday night, rain or shine. All youth are welcome.

Seniors Tuesdays

Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30 AM at Greenwood Place. Lois at 667-6149 Elder/Active Bingo 6:00 PM at Elk’s Hall

Meetings

Thu, Aug 15 Yukon Transportation Museum AGM 7:00 PM Yukon Transportation Museum Wed, Aug 21 YEU Local Y025 (Whitehorse Hospital Workers) monthly meeting 5:30 PM YEU Hall 667-2331

Wednesdays

Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 456-4752 Open to all Whitehorse Midnight Sun Rotary 12:10 PM Yukon Inn Whitehorse Lions Club [2nd Wed each month 6:30 PM Yukon Inn] & [4th Wed each month Captain Martin House]

Thursdays

Sundogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon 633-6228 Open to all

Fridays

Whitehorse Rotary 12:10 PM Westmark Whitehorse

Tuesdays

Lake Laberge Lion’s Club [2nd & 4th Tues each month 7:00] Captain Martin House 6687979 president@lakelabergelions.com Rendezvous Rotary 7:00 PM Yukon Inn

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WHAT IS THIS

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This grey box would have been essential for any of the larger mining companies while sinking shafts or digging tunnels into the ground during the early Copper Belt mining days. This rectangular box is 11” by 4” by 11” (28cmx10cmx28) and has a hinged lid on top. A metal front clasp and metal handles kept it closed and easy to transport. It has a small crank on the right hand side and nylon cord wrapped together with the exposed wires at each end. Inside the box, there is a housing for the crank mechanism below. When wired correctly, this little box was able to move tonnes of rock in a single instant.

What is it?

Correct answers will be entered into a draw for a Yukon Historical & Museums Association Gift Basket Draw Date: August 21, 2013 See Facebook for answer and winner

Highlights

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture 13th ANNUAL YUKON RIVERSIDE ARTS FESTIVAL August 15 - 18, 2013 The Yukon Riverside Arts Festival in Dawson City celebrates 13 years featuring workshops, live music, guest lectures, artist talks, exhibitions, special events, and public art projects. The weekend kicks off on Thursday night with an expanded gallery hop throughout the downtown core.

Other Festival highlights include two evening events at the Palace Grand Theatre.

Saturday, August 17th, Chad VanGaalen will perform a live headline concert.

Sunday, August 18th, last year’s sold out Grand Ole Soapbox event will return with a new roster of local speakers and live music.

Our Gazebo Live Music Stage will continue all weekend, along with a brand new downtown Experimental Music & Sound Performance Stage on the Yukon School of Visual Arts Balcony.

The Dawson City Community Library, Parks Canada, and KIAC will present the Print & Publishing Symposium’s 2nd edition with a kick-off event Friday, August 16th at the historic Dawson Daily News building. Guest artists and writers from across Canada will present a series of workshops, demonstrations, and special projects throughout the weekend.

Farmers Markets Dawson City

Saturdays 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Community Events Shelter on Front Street

Haines Junction

Wednesdays 3pm-7pm Log Church Lawn, Alaska Hwy

Watson Lake Saturdays 3pm - 7pm Wye Lake Cabin 1

Whitehorse Thursdays 3pm - 8pm Shipyard Park

Paul Griffin (Sackville, NB), Sarah Fuller (Banff, BC), & Robert Bringhurst (Quadra Island, BC)

August 15 – September 20, 2013 Opening Reception: Thursday August 15 at 7:00 pm Artist Talks: Friday August 16 at 8:30 pm Lecture: Saturday August 17 at 6:30 pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 – 5:00 pm Location: Located on the corner of 2

Tel:(867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

Venez déguster épis de maïs, hamburgers et salades!

Activités familiales et musique.

Come and enjoy corn on the cob, hamburgers and salads.

Family activities and music.

Repas à partir de 6$ Vendredi Friday 23 août August 23 17 h 5:00 pm

Old Fire Hall

THE TEXTILE In theSEVEN Focus Gallery/ EdgeARTISTS Gallery: “How it Felt” OdeDoes to Tea

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

(YAS members show)

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: Closes August 31st YUKON ARCHIVES

Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse

Free Drop-In Youth Centre

In the Hougen Heritagefrom Gallery: Archival Gold: Favourites the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

Paved with Stories:

Open Studio Sessions The history of the street names in downtown Whitehorse. >> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Sundays from Museum 2:30 to 6pm MacBride $5 per hour Showing Aug-Oct >> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << with Neil Graham every first and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm $10 per 2 hour session

Open Studio sessions:

for kids ages 11 to 18 Wednesday to Saturday, 3 to 9 pm.

Supper served daily at 6:00

Ceramic Open-Studio To register call: 867-667-4080

Email: recep� Every Sundayon@artsunderground.ca from 2:30-6:00p.m. $5 per hour paid to Studio Tech

Acrylic Painting Open-Studio

afy.yk.ca

with Neil Graham

Starting in September 2013 Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 7-9p.m. $10 per 2hr session paid to Studio Tech

For more information please contact Arts Underground at 667-4080 orreception@artsunderground.ca

Register Now

The Whitehorse Photography Club’s

Three Workshops to Help You Take Better Photographs Available Light Cinema

THE NATURAL & THE MANUFACTURED

Épluchette n C or Roast

Current Exhibi� ons Exhibition: >> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery:

Thurs, Aug 22 at YAC

7pm From up on Poppy Hill DIR. GORO MIYAZAKI, 2011, JAPAN, 91 MIN

The new animated film from Studio Ghibli ( Spirited Away, Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle ) is a beautiful nostalgia piece about a teenage girl coming of age in 1960s Japan. The English-language version features the voices of Gillian Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Howard and Aubrey Plaza.

9pm Charles Bradley: Soul of America DIR. POULL BRIEN, 2012, USA, 75 MIN

Starting off on his 62nd birthday, this inspiring doc follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album No Time for Dreaming —a rebirth of classic 1960s soul.

yukonfilmsociety.com

You’re new to digital photography and want to take better pictures A One-day Workshop for Beginners Saturday September 14 with Heinz Ter Voert Space is limited to 25 participants

You’re an enthusiast who wants to learn from world travelling northern photographer Dave Brosha The Enthusiast’s Weekend Workshop Friday September 27 to Sunday September 29 You want to advance your artistic skills by learning what photographic judges look for in award winning photos The Judging Course Saturday October 5 The Search for the Better Photograph Sunday October 6 with Allen P. Bargen, Chair, Learning Courses, the Canadian Association for Photographic Art.

visit www.whitehorsephotoclub.ca for more details and to register WHITEHORSE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

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Community Happenings Thu, Aug 15 Gallery Hop 6:30 PM tour 20 art exhibits throughout Dawson Thu, Aug 15 Paul Griffin | Welcome Wednesdays Stranger 7:00 PM ODD Gallery Opening Board Games 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Reception. Paul Griffin will install a largeTeen Centre Bring games and snacks scale sculptural installation.

Everyone Welcome Thu, Aug 15 shuttle to Bear Creek for Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling Sarah Fuller’s Homecoming exhibition Recreation Centre 9:30 PM ODD Gallery Saturdays Fri, Aug 16 Family Fun Day 1:00 PM M.V. Tarahne Tea 12:00 PM & 2:30 PM Dawson City Visitor Centre Free Swim, face M.V.Tarahne Atlin Historical Society 250-651painting, cookie decorating,games, BBQ & 7522 Enjoy tea on the historic M.V.Tarahne much more.

Fri, Aug 16 - Sun, Aug 18 Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Symposium, Wednesdays 2nd Edition Dawson Daily News Featuring Thrift Store 11:00 AM Carcross Thrift Store a collaboration of various items by various Healthy Lunches cooking class 11:00 artists from around the country.

AM Old Daycare across the bridge open to Fri, Aug 16 - Mon, Aug 19 Discovery Day pregnant moms and parents with children Celebrations Dawson City A week of special from 0-3 years old Programming will resume events celebrating Dawson City including an on Aug 20th arts festival, races, mud bogging, a parade, Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building and much more.

Sat, Aug 17 Chad VanGaalen Live 8:00 PM Thursdays Palace Grand Theatre A celebrated visual Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. artist From Calgary.

Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building Mon, Aug 19 Recreation Board Meeting Fridays 5:30 PM Dawson Rec Centre Recreation Open Gym Night 7:00 PM board grants are due the Thursday preceding Sundays each meeting Waterbabies parent and tot swim Carcross Sun, Aug 18 Grand Ole Soapbox Palace pool 1:00 PM. Open to pregnant moms, and Grand Theatre ODD Gallery Art Auction moms and dads with kids 0-3 years of age.

Fundraiser and Art Auction.

Programming will resume on Aug 20th Tue, Aug 20 Grow-A-Row 1:00 PM Mondays Community Garden Help us plant and take Babies N Books 11:00 AM Ya Dak Du Hidi care of our garden plot and then spend daycare Snacks provided. open to pregnant some time in the playground.Children under moms and parents with children from 0-3 5,please bring a parent. years old Programming will resume on Aug Tue, Aug 20 Committee of the Whole 20th Meeting - City Council 7:00 PM Council Chambers Heather Favron Tuesdays Tots N Strollers 11:00 AM Meet at the Ya Dak Du Hidi Daycare, walk through town and On-Going Events Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre return to daycare for some snacks. open to Sunday-Thursday 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Friday pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Programming will resume & Saturday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM Beside the Bonanza Market on Aug 20th Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM at the Old Wednesdays Daycare Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Community Softball 7:00 PM Carcross Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool Community School Bring a glove if you have 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 1 your own water and snacks. Everyone Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool welcome 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Women’s Group Carcross Community Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM TH Hall Campus 7:00 PM Geraldine James 867-821- 993-5370 4251 Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 11 & under Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Tuesdays & Thursdays Dawson City Minor Soccer 7:30 PM Crocus Indoor Soccer 6:00 PM Bluff Soccer Field age 14 & under CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat a Tourist Tours (from the Visitor Information fundraiser for CFYT local radio Centre): Thursdays Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Daily Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 9:30 AM Town walking tour “Then and Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool Now” - with two interpreters! How has 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Dawson changed? Or not?

Toddler Painting 10:00 AM KIAC A parented 9:30 AM S.S Keno The fleet’s smallest paddlewheeler was the first and last glimpse activity for kids aged 2-5.Fee required Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool of civilization for Dawson each season.

11:30 AM “Hike with Robert Service” Tour 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Hike the same trails Service did up to a viewpoint above town with his famous verses Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca along the way Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff 1:00 PM Strange things done - with two Soccer Field interpreters! How has Dawson changed?

Or not?

Fridays 1:00 PM “Life and poetry of Robert Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Service” Tour including a peek in his cute Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca little cabin!

Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 1:30 PM Before the Rush program Test 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca your prospecting skills and find out about life Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool before Dawson was a town!

993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca 2:30 PM Commissioner’s Residence Make Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool pressed flower cards, the way Martha Black 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca did.

Saturdays 2:30 PM Palace Grand Theatre guided tour Hatha Yoga with Joanne 9:00 AM KIAC 7:00 PM Guided town tour: “Strange Artists’ Market 11:00 AM Community Events Things Done” The truth really is strange.

Shelter Check out work by local artists, or Sunday - Thursday sell your own wares.

3:30 “The Greatest Klondiker Contest” Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool Palace Grand Theatre 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Youth Radio Broadcasting 12:00 PM until Sun, Aug 11 EH TO ZED KIAC Sok Sundays

Cinema installation Artists’ Market 11:00 AM Community Events until Sept 2 “Dawson As They Saw It” Shelter Check out work by local artists, or Photo Exhibit Harrington’s Store sell your own wares.

Thu, Aug 15 Sun, Aug 18 13th Annual Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Featuring 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca workshops, live music, guest lectures, artist Yoga with Jo 5:00 PM Robert Service talks, exhibitions, special events, and public School art projects.

Mondays

Thu, Aug 15 Authors on Eighth 12:00 AM Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Jack London Cabin KVA (867) 993-5575 A Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca tribute to the world famous writers who have Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool immortalized the Klondike Gold Rush. Share 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca your literary talent in the writing contest!

Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca

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Hӓn Language Bingo! 2:00 PM Learn a little of the language of our land *subject to availability Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM TH Hall 993-5370 Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Tuesdays Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 8 & under Public Swim 6:00 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers Heather Favron .

Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field

Faro

Wednesdays

Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Seniors Painting Workshop 1:00 PM CRIC with Jackie Irvine Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 (Grades 1-8) Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM DVG School 994-2760

Thursdays

Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:30 AM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Southern Tutchone Classes 4:30 PM Da Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Old Da Ku Adult soccer 7:30 School Gym

Mondays

Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku

Tuesdays

Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Takhini Hall Sewing Circle 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Dä Ku Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne Wednesdays

Kids Craft time 3:00 PM HJ Public Library Northern Circus Art projects 4:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Center making all kinds of arts and craft projects, playing music, dancing, juggling, and sharing ideas.

Thursdays

Wednesdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407

Thursdays

Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall Fridays

Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407

Saturdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON

Sundays

Tagish Community Church 7:00 PM Tagish Estates Road. tagishcc@gmail. com Monthly community church service in Tagish

Mondays

Teslin

Fridays

Fridays

Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre every Fri, Steak/ Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations welcome: 660-4999 Sundays Faro Sunday Church Service 11:00 AM Tuesdays

Faro Bible Chapel All are welcome.Pastor South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Ted Baker 994-2442 Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time.

Mondays Glee Club 1:00 PM DVG School (All grades) North of 60 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 North of 60 - Socialize, play 994-2760 games, meet neighbours!

Youth T-Ball: 6:15 PM 7:30 PM Recreation Centre Youth ages 4 to 8 are welcome to pop by the ball field for a friendly game.

Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Weekdays Community Access Program 1:00 PM The Tuesdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994- Drop In Centre 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wednesdays Primary Ball Skills 12:30 Del Van Gorder Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 School 994-2760 K – 3 PM The Drop In Centre Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Pajama Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center Best 994-2760 (Grades 9-12) dressed wins a radio bingo package, runner Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec up wins a prize!

Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Soccer - Elementary School ages 7:00 PM Badminton 7:00 PM Recreation Centre 994- School Gym 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Soccer - High School/Adult 8:00 PM School Gym

Drop In Sewing 7:00 PM Mayo Drop In Centre 996-2251. Bring your sewing projects Fridays or come to learn how to bead Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike Thursdays Traditional Lunch 12:00 PM The Drop In 668- 6952. Under 15 years Centre

Sundays Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Centre Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Fridays

Tuesdays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Centre School Terice 668-6631 Dinner & A Movie Night 5:30 PM Tuesdays Community Hall Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Saturdays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Wednesdays

Mondays

Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM MuKu Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Centre Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku Tuesdays 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 Junction Community Market 3:00 PM Log PM The Drop In Centre Church Lawn, Alaska Highway Locally grown Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Drop In Centre foods and more.

Old Crow Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Thursdays 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Campfire talks 7:00 PM Da Ku daku@cafn.ca Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Youth Centre

Mayo

Golden Horn

Haines Junction

Six Mile River Resort

Tagish

Community Biking 6:00 PM meet at Rec. Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM Hall Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call Agnes 667-7083 for more information

Marsh Lake

Co-ed Softball 2:00 PM Recreation Centre Pop by the ball field for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Saniz at 966-3238

Sat, Aug 17 Harvest Fair vendors, Harvest Market, local youth and the Pinetop Rounders performing live music, tractor rides for kids, etc Saturdays Campfire talks 7:00 PM Da Ku daku@cafn.ca Fri, Aug 23rd Family Softball

Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Questions contact Thursdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994- Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@ northwestel.net 2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Mondays Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Sunny Sport Activity Days 5:30 PM Environment Club DVG School 3:45 PM Lorne Mountain Community Center Soccer, Alternating Thursdays Slacklines, Lacrosse, Tennis, Mt. Biking, Crafting Club 12:30 PM Alternating Skateboarding, Frisbee, Badminton, Thursdays Orienteering, Parachute, Soft Balls, Yoga, Co-ed Softball 6:15 PM Recreation Centre Rubber Chickens and Basketball...we have Tina Freake -994-2375 Pop by the ball field it all! for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Youth Group Rec Centre 994-2375 Wed, Aug 14 LAC Meeting 7:00 PM . 660farorecreation@faroyukon.ca 4999 marshlake@gmail.com

Saturdays

Mondays

Tue. Aug 20th Boxing Clinic recreation center for ages 7 to 17

Wednesdays

Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM. Seniors Complex After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Iyengar Yoga 5:30 PM Teslin School Gym richard@yogawhitehorse.ca ends May 1st

Thursdays

Stroller Mama’s 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Saturday

Stroller Mama’s 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Sundays

Seniors Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Mondays

Brownies and Girl Guides 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Crafts and games afternoons 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Tuesdays

Parents & Tots playtime 10:00 AM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Stroller Mama’s 12:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net 5km Run/Walk/Nordic Walk 5:45 PM Teslin Rec Centre Watson Lake

Wednesdays

Senior Day (60+) 10:00 AM Drop in Board games, cards, bowling, curling, tea and coffee Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Thursdays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

Fridays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Saturdays

Weight Room 10:00 am - 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Watson Lake Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Produce, baking, cooking, crafts, eggs, etc - anything made or grown.

Mondays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Tuesdays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Girl’s Night Out Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.

Teen Night Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.

Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

* RV sites with hook-ups * Heritage site * Fishing charter * Fishing licenses * Off sales * Small conveniences * Fully Licensed Riverfront Restaurant - OPEN 11 to 8 pm daily, closed at lunch on Mondays Located at Tagish Bridge on trophy fishing waters We will be closed to the public on Sat. Aug 17th 3:00 PM to Sun Aug 18th 6:00 PM

for

Doug’s 60th Birthday

All his friends are INVITED - BBQ Pot Luck - Brandon Isaak on stage

Thanks to Tents & Events for their help Owned & operated by Mitch & Doug, previous owners of Bocelli’s Pizzeria & Finney’s Fish & Chips

p: 867-399-4121 | e: info@sixmileriverresort.com | w: www.sixmileriverresort.com

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Visit Haines

Tap Into rer… o l p x E r e n Your In e r u t n e v d A Your e Starts Her

Mike’s Bikes and Boards Open 9:00am-6:00pm daily

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to call us at (907) 766.3232

HAINES

August 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2013 August 24, 2013 - 20th Annual Mardi Gras Party - Farmers Market - Haines

Southeast State Fairgrounds A great opportunity to purchase locally grown/made produce, food, arts and crafts, and to visit with the locals Markets on the fairgrounds are held Saturdays under Payson’s Pavilion or in Dalton City.

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Wednesday August 21, 5 – 9 p.m.

How about a stroll along the Discovery Claim Trail to celebrate the discovery of gold that kicked off the gold rush in the Yukon.

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• see the chinook salmon travel through the ladder and learn about their incredible journey from the Bering Sea • watch broodstock being collected for the next generation of salmon • kids’ activities • free cake and refreshments • great door prizes!

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aturday, August 17, is coming right up. That’s Discovery Day, the day that Skookum Jim (Keish), Dawson Charlie (Káa Goox) and George Carmack stumbled across the gold discovery on Rabbit Creek – immediately renamed Bonanza Creek – that would trigger the most famous gold rush in the world.

Carmack rushed off to Fortymile, the site of the first big gold rush in (what would come to be called) the Yukon, to register their claims. They thought he would be believed more readily than the two First Nations men.

Carmack, widely known as Lyin’ George and Siwash George, due to his obvious desire to copy the Indian lifestyle, wouldn’t have been believed except for the poke of gold he had with him.

His claim became Discovery

Claim, and that place is now the centrepiece of a very pleasant cultural, historical and natural walk that starts beside the attractive new sign and the National Historic Sites bronze plaque, about 14 kilometres up the Bonanza Road and just a few kilometres from Dredge No. 4.

The site has been a tourist draw for many decades, and I recall visiting a very run-down version of it on my first trip to Dawson in 1978. However, in 2011 it was re-launched as a site truly worth visiting: an impressive attraction with recreations of period equipment from the earliest times to the present, interpretive plaques and lots of natural beauty.

The rebirth of Discovery Claim was made possible by the generosity of the late Art Fry, the last miner to actively work this claim.

Maintien de l’admissibilité au régime public d’assurance-santé du Yukon

It is important that Yukoners have fair access to publicly-funded health care coverage. And as our health care costs grow, it is essential we spend our collective health care dollars wisely.

Il est important que les Yukonnais aient un accès équitable au régime public d’assurance-santé du Yukon. Les frais liés aux soins de santé ne cessent d’augmenter et il est par conséquent essentiel de planifier judicieusement les dépenses publiques en soins de santé.

The Yukon government is reviewing health care insurance laws and would like to hear what you have to say about the future of our health care.

You need to have lived in Yukon for three months to be eligible for health care coverage. This requirement is standard across Canada and will not change. What we are looking to clarify are the requirements for coverage while Yukoners are away from the territory.

A short survey is being circulated to mail boxes throughout Yukon, but you can also provide your input online at www.hss.gov.yk.ca/hcinsurancesurvey.php.

As part of the survey, you will find an overview of how other jurisdictions deal with maintaining eligibility for publicly-funded health care and a list of frequently asked questions to provide you with more information. Please share your thoughts about a subject that is important to all of us.

For more information, or to fill out the survey, please go to www.hss.gov.yk.ca/hcinsurancesurvey.php by August 30.

Le gouvernement du Yukon entreprend un examen des dispositions législatives qui régissent le régime d’assurance-santé et il vous invite à faire part de votre opinion quant à l’avenir de notre système de soins de santé.

Vous devez avoir vécu au moins trois mois dans le territoire avant de devenir admissible au régime d’assurance-santé. Cette condition est la même partout au Canada et nous n’avons pas l’intention de la modifier. Nous désirons toutefois clarifier les exigences auxquelles les Yukonnais qui s’absentent du territoire devront satisfaire pour maintenir leur admissibilité au régime.

Nous avons préparé un court sondage que vous recevrez bientôt par la poste. Vous pourrez aussi remplir le sondage en ligne, à l’adresse www.hss.gov.yk.ca/fr/ hcinsurancesurvey.php. À titre d’information, nous vous présentons en annexe au sondage une liste de questions et de réponses et un sommaire des conditions prévues par les autres administrations canadiennes en ce qui concerne le maintien de l’admissibilité au régime public d’assurance-santé.

N’hésitez pas à soumettre votre avis sur un sujet qui nous tient tous à cœur. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements ou pour remplir le sondage en ligne, visitez le site www.hss.gov.yk.ca/fr/hcinsurancesurvey.php au plus tard le 30 août 2013.

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The vision, financing and work were cooperative ventures that included the Klondyke Centennial Society, Parks Canada, and the Yukon Government’s Heritage Branch.

I first walked this reborn Discovery Claim Trail the fall before its reopening along with my late neighbour, John Gould, whose mining background, historical knowledge and drive were so important to the development of the trail.

There are 11 interpretive sites along the one-kilometre trail, and most people will be able to walk it in about an hour. It’s not completely accessible for people with mobility problems, but parts of the trail will work for a wheelchair.

When you see the place where the original find was made, and consider the development of the various mining methods, you may be tempted to give panning a try yourself.

Most of the ground is staked and a lot of it is still being actively mined today, but the Klondike Visitors Association owns Claim No. 6 Above Discovery – claims were numbered above and below the first staked claim – and you’re welcome to take a pan, dig some dirt, and see what flakes of yellow metal you can wash off in the nearby creek.

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PHOTO: Faye Cable, Whitehorse This photo was taken on our farm, called The Cable Farm, on the Ford Road just off the Takhini Hot Springs Road. We have approximately 14 deer that visit us on a regular basis. They love the alfalfa in the fields and let me take many photos. My husband and I receive a lot of enjoyment watching them. They roam our fields knowing they are safe. I couldn’t resist zooming in on this photo to show the tongue hanging out. It’s sort of like saying “Nah nah nah to you.”

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Yukon Love with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Ian Usher and Moe Boksa: An Unconventional Romance I an Usher and Moe Boksa are not bound by convention — and neither is their love story.

Boksa was living in Whitehorse in 2008 at “Moetown,” — a group of cabins where she raises dogs, chickens, and sometimes pigs — when she learned of Ian Usher.

The British expat was in the process of selling his life in Australia on eBay, and media around the world had picked up on the story.

“I was driving to work one day listening to the radio, and CBC did a little blurb on him,” she says. “A few days later I heard it again, and I looked up his website. I sent him a quick email and thought ‘that’s the end of it.’”

But Usher emailed her back the next day, and they stayed in touch through the end of his eBay project – which unfortunately only resulted in false bids – and into his next project: 100 Goals

in 100 Weeks.

“He posted on his site that he was looking for another five goals for his list,” says Boksa, who had been racing dogs for a decade and was training for the Quest 300 at the time. “So I told him he should add dog sledding to his list.”

It was something he always wanted to try, and soon there was a pin at Whitehorse on his website’s map.

“I mentioned it to a few friends, but no one thought he’d actually come out,” she says.

He arrived in Whitehorse on December 26, 2008.

“He stayed for a week and it was -30°C the whole time,” Boksa says. “We got out for some cool dog sledding rides and did other Yukon things — and had a budding romance. But I had things going on and he had another year and a

half to go, so I didn’t think we’d see each other again.”

In 2010, however, they reconnected when Usher needed help achieving a few romantic goals on his list. Boksa came to his aid and they joined the Mile High Club in Florida, and had a workplace romance in Jamaica where he began writing a memoir about his experiences.

“We ended up extending the holiday to visit his friends in Costa Rica for another week,” she says. “That’s when we really sealed the relationship.”

For three years they kept up an unconventional, often longdistance romance that spanned the globe.

Walt Disney Pictures bought the movie rights to Ian’s first book, A Life Sold, but as Boksa says, their romance did not have a Disney ending – the couple split

this summer.

She is philosophical about their time together. While she has always followed her heart — from Montreal to Vermont and then to the Yukon — she says Usher reminded her about all the possibilities in life.

“Ian helped open my eyes to so many worlds — there’s no reason to be settled in one place,” Boksa says. “It’s not about luck, but about making choices and deciding what draws you and going for it.”

It may be the end of their romance, but Boksa says it’s also a new beginning: she’s preparing to leave Whitehorse for a year to

PHOTO: Courtesy of Ian Usher

Ian Usher and Moe Boksa swim off the coast of Jamaica in 2010 during his 100 Goals in 100 Weeks project. study massage therapy in Hawaii.

“It brought me straight into focus, to make the choice to move on to something really good and say, ‘Okay this is next.’”

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Edible Yukon with Kim Melton

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spiring fisherpersons soon learn that catching and eating are only two of many landmarks in the journey of fishing.

While I see fishing as a food gathering activity, I also appreciate the hours spent alone in beautiful wild places, ideal for contemplation. On one occasion, instead of a brace of grayling I came home with a memory of a cow moose stepping slowly out of the willows across the river, followed closely by her calf, her eye never quite leaving me as she browsed.

On another I shared a pool with a beaver swimming back and forth, gathering lumber, his wake mirroring that of my line. Often I’ve come home with the song of a rusty blackbird still echoing in my ears.

These were all successful trips.

For those intent on the catching part, there is no substitute for An arctic char goes for a jig experience when learning. Watching fisherman of my father’s genunder the ice on Cantlie Lake. eration, I see patience and persistence that has developed over many years, along with a touch of superstition and much discretion.

I cherish interactions with other species, water fish. and strive to remain present during such Fresh fish can be eaten raw in sushi, or interactions. given a light salt for a gravlax. There are inI begin by observing. Lying on my belly numerable ways to cook fish, but pan-frying by an ice-fishing hole with a coat over my small fish whole is hard to beat. head has gotten me some odd looks, but I prefer to keep the skin on for taste and the glimpse I’m granted of another world health – except with pike, whose skin is more is worth it. When visual contact is not pos- suited to making boots and belts. sible, my fingers become hypersensitive to Happy fishing, and enjoy all the moments. the action of a lure, a nudge from a piscine nose, or a hit that prompts an adrenaline Kim Melton is an enthusiastic forager rush – then the dance that I hope will draw and gardener, inspired by all things that my partner from his realm into mine. make up good, local food.

If I land a fish, I pause to give thanks before giving it the quickest dispatch I can.

There is a precious moment when the world Fresh sushi is an amazing way consists of only the beautiful animal and myto enjoy your catch, especially self. when made with veggies We are truly fortunate in the Yukon to have such abundant – and delicious – freshfresh from the garden.

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Secret Lake Gravlax This recipe works wonders with small trout and arctic char. I’ve even used it after freezing with good results. A more traditional version would include fresh dill, and I encourage you to experiment with plants that grow around you to give an element of terroir. For each pound of fresh fish filets (skin on) you will need: INGREDIENTS 2 teaspons coarse salt ground with 8 juniper berries ¼ cup fir tips* 1 teaspoon birch syrup

Check out Yukon government publications for information on where to fish arctic char in stocked lakes.

METHOD Place filets skin side down, rub on salt and drizzle on the syrup. Lay over fir tips and any other herbs. I usually do two filets at once and place them salted-sides together in a Ziploc bag or airtight container. Refrigerate and let cure for at least three days, then slice thin to serve.

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The Natural & The Manufactured The annual art project in Dawson features photography and sculpture this year

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The Dubois Residence: A former Bear Creek house, now located in Dawson City, is featured in The Natural & The Manufactured outdoor site exhibition.

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unning from August 15 to September 20, The Natural & The Manufactured explores the relationship between nature and culture, society and the natural world.

Started in 2005, The Natural & The Manufactured is a unique thematic art project jointly organized by the ODD Gallery and the artist-in-residence program at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC).

Conceived as a speculative research-and-presentation forum, The Natural & The Manufactured looks at how people influence, and are influenced by, their natural and constructed environments.

Along with poet Robert Bringhurst’s lecture on real and artificial art in nature and Meg Walker’s commissioned critical text about the entire event, this year’s project will feature a site-specific outdoor installation by Banffbased artist Sarah Fuller and an ODD Gallery sculptural installation

by Sackville, NB artist Paul Griffin, both current artists in residence in Dawson City.

Fuller works with photography, installation and video. She decided to apply for the KIAC residency last year.

“I’ve wanted to come up here for 10 years now,” she says. “I finally made it.”

Fuller became intrigued about the old town of Bear Creek — a for-

mer support camp for the dredges working in the Klondike gold fields — while still in Banff. When Bear Creek closed during the 1960’s, many of the houses were moved into Dawson.

For Fuller this was the perfect context to try a new photo technique.

“I was waiting for just the right project and this was it,” she says.

Her large-scale photos of Bear Creek houses that were moved to Dawson City have been printed onto linen sheets with an ink jet printer. Each sheet is about 10 feet high and will be hung on display to the public between the remaining, abandoned houses in Bear Creek.

“I thought it would be interesting to bring them back,” she says.

She painted the backs of the sheets to allow light through only certain areas, such as the windows.

“That’s the idea behind recreating these houses,” says Fuller. “With the light shining through the windows, it feels like home.”

Paul Griffin’s project explores the aesthetic and social connection between Chinese scholar stones — large boulders that served in formal gardens as meditative tools — and gold nuggets.

It will also focus on the beauty and the value within these objects.

“The stones look like nuggets, but are not precious in value like

gold is,” says the former logger, mill worker and log homebuilder.

“They are precious because of the feelings they invoke. Both gold and scholar stones have worth.”

He has created a large-scale wooden sculpture that is embroidered with electroplated roofing nails. This “ghost nugget,” as he calls it, is hollow and represents the dreams of striking it rich in a gold rush.

Griffin has always been interested in upping the status of everyday objects.

“Things are getting more practical today, so I’m trying to recharge the aesthetic,” he says.

Sarah Fuller’s photography is on exhibit at the Bear Creek Compound from Aug 15 to Aug. 24. between 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Shuttle service will be provided.

Paul Griffin’s sculpture is on exhibit at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City from Aug. 15 to Sept. 20. The ODD Gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is located on the corner of Princess Street and 2nd Avenue.

For more information, contact KIAC at 993-5005 or go to www. naturalmanufactured.com.

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in Yukon.

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Emma Kaiser reflects on going back to school, when classes are at home

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he first day of school is al- that are more fun to do with more ways fun at my house. We kids.

I like homeschooling because I get up at 7 a.m. and have breakfast. Next we have bible can take a break every now and time and go downstairs to the then and go outside a little or just schoolroom where my mom gives do something different in between us our school books, plus pencils, if my mom allows it.

Homeschooling is fun and you erasers, markers, etc. and tells us what to do. We sometimes get a learn a lot more stuff than in regular school because your parlittle candy, too!

Our first day of school takes a ents can help you more with your little longer than normal because schoolwork. My mom also teaches we have to get used to everything us other stuff: “learning for life,” at first. This year the first day is as my mom calls it. I have already learned how to cook special because one of and bake different my younger siblings, I am dishes, take care of Matilda, is going into how to crofirst grade. excited to animals, chet, and other things What my mom does that may come in useis she makes a big see what ful in the future. cone called a school I am excited to see cone, which is a Gerelse I will what else I will learn man tradition. The this year. I love music, school cone is made with cardboard, covlearn this and my piano and harp lessons will start back ered with fabric and up as soon as school filled with candy, year. starts, which I am school stuff, and little looking forward to a toys. The new school kid gets their photo taken with lot. I really hope that my mom will the cone. Everybody in Germany start doing voice lessons with me gets a cone on their first day of this year.

I enjoy being homeschooled school. Us older kids returning to and hope to be able to do it with school get small cones.

I am also really looking forward my kids one day, too! to the activities we do with the Emma Kaiser is 12 years old Yukon Home Education Society and lives with her mom and (YHES) that will start up again for dad, four sisters and one the school year. We do skating and brother on a hobby farm swimming, and the Artist in the north of Whitehorse.

School Program, and other things

This is me with my school cone on first day of first grade in 2007. I was six years old.

PHOTO: courtesy of Emma Kaiser

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When at school, you can feel lost in your work, be creative, and feel hungry.

A10-year-old ruminates on getting back to the books and the playground

by Oliver Flegel

I

go to a school called Robert Service School in Dawson City.

I know it’s common, but going back to school is a feeling you get when you go and buy school supplies and new school clothes.

When I first started school I was clueless to the fact that it was going to be much more difficult than I expected. You have to meet new people and adjust to them. You have to realize teachers are there to help you learn. Sometimes you like school and sometimes you don’t.

My dream is to go to a boarding school.

No parents!

School is a good time to learn and (when at recess) to make plans for another day and after school.

Each student has different skills and abilities. For instance, my skill would be good at math and my ability would be good at running.

For some people going back to school would make them happy, and for some people it will make them… down in the dumps… like me. Going back to school means THE END OF ALL GOOD THINGS! Camping, swimming, bike-riding, sleeping in and staying up late!

I don’t want to go back to school. I wish summer would last forever. I love skateboarding around Dawson and getting ice cream when I want to. But at school you can’t do that. You have to sit in a classroom, staring at the clock to get out.

There are a couple of bad things about school. The twohours between snack and lunch is unbearable. You have to sneak something in between.

At the start of school, you

shouldn’t sit beside someone you don’t like because you’re going to be sitting with that person for the rest of the semester. At recess play with people that like you, not the other way around, or the whole time they will be saying things like, “get out of here,” and, “we don’t want you here.”

The good part about school is that you get to learn about stuff you might know about, and might not. I love reading and at school, you can do all the reading you want.

I love writing reports because I love writing.

My favourite subject at school is P.E., which stands for physical education.

The best part about school is the library.

It’s filled with books and computers and many learning opportunities. I spend a lot of time there because you could sign up for a computer and do whatever you want with it. You could also ask for an Internet pass for an hour, for free.

The special thing about Dawson’s library is that it’s inside the school! All you have to do is to walk out of your class, and then walk down a hallway open a door, and you are inside the library!

At R.S.S. there is no middle school. There is a small one-floor building just outside and that’s where Grades 5 and 6 are.

When at school, you can feel lost in your work, be creative, and feel hungry.

Well got to go to school! BYE!!!

For some people

PHOTO: Janice Cliff

going back to

Message from the Minister

school would

Students across Yukon are busily preparing themselves for a return to fall classes. As Education Minister I would like to pass on my wishes for a successful and fun learning experience for all of you this year.

make them

happy, and for

The beginning of classes signals a fresh start with new opportunities in academics, sports, the arts, life skills and job training, as well as a chance to reconnect with former classmates and make new friends.

some people

it will make

them… down in the dumps… like me .

Oliver Flegel is 10 years old and is going into Grade 5 in Dawson City.

I’d like to wish Yukon students of all ages, from kindergarten through high school to college and university and those in training programs, all the best throughout the 2013/14 school year.

I would also like to recognize the parents, families, friends and colleagues who support lifelong learning, both in and out of the classroom. Learning provides the knowledge and skills that help us enjoy meaningful, productive and rewarding lives.

Have a great year!

Elaine Taylor

Education

Minister of Education

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Learning About the Yukon’s First Peoples Social Studies curriculum now requires First Nations content

by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

G

rade 5 teachers had some homework to do this summer. They were getting up to speed on the First Nations social studies curriculum.

Selena Pye, a graduate of the Yukon Native Teacher Education Program and curriculum developer notes how prevalent First Nations children are in Yukon schools.

“Statistics show that about a quarter of the students in Yukon public schools are First Nations,” Pye says. “In several schools in Whitehorse and Watson Lake it sits at 50 per cent, and in a community like Old Crow, it’s close to 100 per cent.”

This month all teachers will attend professional development seminars to receive training in how to use the new Yukon First Nations Teacher’s Handbook.

Janet McDonald, director of the First Nation Programs and Partnerships for the Department of Education, says that although it will be required for the first time this fall, many teachers have been using this type of material in the classroom since 2008.

“We were encouraging teach-

PHOTO: courtesy of the Government of Yukon

Elder Sam Johnston, former Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and Chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council, talks to elementary students about First Nations government. ers to use the information,” says McDonald. “Social Studies 5 highlights governance of all types —

and we want students to be able to say who the Prime Minister is, but also who the Chief is in their

own community.

“We really want to plant the seed so that any child can think,

‘Yes, I could be a leader. We want students to be active and responsible citizens, and we want all students to have the awareness and the appreciation of Yukon First Nations.”

Yukon’s Education Act follows the British Columbia curriculum, but allows for 20 per cent locally developed courses. Social studies has been a natural home for much of this content, which was developed in conjunction with elders and resource people from each First Nations community in the territory.

Sometimes students learn directly from those leaders: elder Sam Johnston of Teslin has been a popular speaker, and teachers have invited the former Teslin Tlingit Council Chief and Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly into their classrooms on many occasions.

“We want teachers to feel comfortable using the material — we try and support teachers however we can,” McDonald says. “Often the best way is to bring in elders who can co-teach it.”

One class had a particularly memorable experience.

After a series of speakers in the classroom and hands-on activities where they made crafts, the students arranged for a celebration of their learning at the Potlatch House in Whitehorse.

“There was a death in the community, though, so they had to postpone it,” McDonald says.

“At first they were disappointed, but we had someone come in to explain the traditional laws, how you should behave, and respect for the family.

“Students learned so much by going through this process, and later they held their celebration and it went off really well.”

For McDonald, Pye, and the others in the First Nations Programs and Partnerships section, these examples keep them striving to develop and improve resources. They believe that having these types of resources are critical, and so is supporting teachers and students as they learn about the Yukon.

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail was Writer-in-Residence at Berton House in Dawson City in 2010. www.daniellemc.com

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Women in Trades group offers bursaries and hands-on workshops

by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Teagyn Vallevand takes part in a Yukon Women in Trades and Technology after-school plumbing workshop.

PHOTO: courtesy of Kim Solonick

W

hat did you want to be when you were 12 years old?

That is the question Yukon Women in Trades and Technology (YWITT) is asking women.

“We are always trying to connect with young women,” says Kim Solanick, YWITT’s executive director, “and we created a fun online survey – with prizes – to make that connection.”

The organization launched the survey last April through its website and Facebook page, and plans to leave it up for a year. The 20 responses they have collected so far have been eye opening.

“These women wanted to be everything from a police officer, veterinarian, psychologist, or lawyer,” says Solanick. “Prime Minister of Canada also came up a number of times. And they were mostly influenced by their immediate friends and family – or

Kim Campbell.”

The majority of women surveyed, however, ultimately chose another career.

“We find people fall into careers,” Solanick says. “There’s not a defined way to a career, and YWITT is trying to define that path a bit toward the trades.”

The organization, which was formed 13 years ago, has created an assortment of programs to help steer young women in that direction from an early age. On November 29, for example, 120 Grade 8 girls will converge on Yukon College for its annual Young Women Exploring Trades Career Fair.

“They get to choose three workshops from multimedia to welding,” Solanick says. “And they get to keep what they make, like a meal to take home or an e-card to share with friends and family.

We hope this sparks their interest in taking a trade as they’re planning their school years and extra-

curricular activities.”

From Grades 8 to 12, YWITT supports this interest through its after-school Cool Tools program.

The four-hour workshops run over 12 weeks and cover a range of trades with hands-on training, such as heavy equipment simulators.

“There are just 10 students at a time,” Solanick says. “So there are more opportunities to mentor the students. It gives them more confidence so they’re more likely to take the next step, like an industrial arts class in school.”

According to Solanick, the program has had a lot of success. One young woman came to the January Cool Tools sessions and took six workshops. She really wanted to be an automotive mechanic, but the formal training was not offered in Whitehorse. As a single mother, she weighed her options and decided to pursue her second love.

“She’s registered in the carpentry pre-employment program — she starts this fall and is really happy about it.”

“There is incredible funding support to go Outside for training,” Solanick says. “And you’re only going out for eight to 12 weeks training and then come back to apprentice – not like eight months away out of the year for university.”

You also “earn while you learn,” which appeals to many students eager to avoid post-secondary education debt.

YWITT offers two $1,000 awards each year. Tanisha Leas is the most recent recipient of the Penny Raven Bursary, and will be entering the electrical pre-employment program at Yukon College this fall.

While YWITT focuses on encouraging young women to pursue careers in the trades, they create opportunities for women of all ages.

“We’re working with Habitat for Humanity to build an entire

duplex with only women on crew,” Solanick says. “We had women out shovelling gravel all day in the hot sun this summer, and then go home to host a fancy dinner party a couple of hours later.

“Northern women have more opportunities — and more expectations — to do things that might not happen Outside. We want to make them feel more confident about their home, car, and computer. And if they go for a career in the trades – all the more power to them.”

To take the survey, or for more details about Yukon Women in Trades and Technologies’ programs and bursaries, please go to www. yukonwitt.org.

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail was Writer-in-Residence at Berton House in Dawson City in 2010.w.daniellemc.com

Children depend on you to stop when red lights are flashing.

2013–14 Whitehorse School Bus Schedules Attention Students and Parents/Guardians: 2013–14 Whitehorse school bus schedules are available online at education.gov.yk.ca/schoolbus.

From there, you can choose to view school bus schedules either by area or by route.

This link is also where you can find a Bus Registration Form for your child.

There have been changes made to this year’s bus routes, including routes 5, 6, 9, 10, 21, 25, 30 and GH3.

Please carefully review the schedules to make sure you have the right one for your area.

School bus schedules will not be published in newspapers this August.

There are three ways you can access Whitehorse-area school bus schedules: • Visit education.gov.yk.ca/schoolbus • Ask at your child’s school office • Call Dea Hrebien at the Department of Education: 667-5172 If you have any questions, please contact Dea Hrebien, Student Transportation Officer, at 667-5172 or dea.hrebien@gov.yk.ca.

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Art Programs September – December (Fall 2013) Adult Art Classes (14+) Handmade Prints with Meshell Melvin

Applying for an Arts Underground Exhibition

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Mon. 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Sept. 9th to Oct 21 (no class Thanksgiving) (6 sessions) $260 plus GST all supplies included

Sept. 14th 1:00 to 4:00 pm Cost: Free (Drop-in)

Glorious Birds (The Art of Scientific Illustration)

Acrylics for Beginners with Neil Graham

with Misha Donohoe

Thurs. 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Sept. 12th to Oct 17th

Sat. Sept 21st 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Cost: $85 plus GST

(6 sessions) $265 plus GST all supplies included (optional)

Colour Theory (explore a variety of mediums) with Suzanne Paleczny

Mons. 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Oct 28th to Dec. 9th (no class Remembrance Day) (6 sessions) $265 plus GST all supplies included

Beginner Drawing with Simon Gilpin

Beautiful Insects (The Art of Scientific Illustration)

with Misha Donohoe

Sat. Sept 28th 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Cost: $85 plus GST

Open Studios for Adults Ceramics Open Studio For those with experience in the studio Sun. 2:30-6:00 pm Cost: $5/hr. (non-instructional)

Thurs. 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Oct 24th to Nov 28th (6 sessions) $255 plus GST all supplies included

Beginner Pottery/ Ceramics with Patrick Royle

(7 sessions) $295 plus GST all supplies included Tues. 7 to 10 pm Sept. 10 to Oct 22nd Second intake: Instructor TBD Oct. 29th to Dec. 10th Instructor: Patrick Royle Wed. 7 to 10 pm Sept. 11th to Oct. 23rd Second intake - Oct. 30th to Dec. 11

Weekend Workshops Professional Development These are “How to” workshops on: Creating a professional Artist’s Portfolio

with Simon Gilpin

Sat and Sun Sept. 7th and 8th 9:00 to 4:00 pm (one hour lunch 12-1 pm)

Acrylic Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham

the 1st and 3rd Wed. of each month, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Cost: $10 per 2 hour session

Kids After School Programs Hand-Building with Clay with Marlene Collins

Sept. 10th to Oct. 15th Tues. 3:30 to 5:00 pm (6 sessions) $ 170 plus GST all supplies included

Mix It Up (Mixed Media) with Karen Rhebergen

Sept. 12th to Oct. 17th Thurs. 3:30- 5:00 pm (6 sessions) $170 plus GST all supplies included

Cost: $85 plus GSTsupplies)

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Contact us for the latest up-dates and additional programming.

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Hougen family for providing the Arts Underground space.

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Getting Around the Yukon: Faro

A strong sense of community shines through in Faro

by Chris Vainio

I

lived in Faro for 20 years.

I could tell you about how an impressive golf course evolved from a few green belts with spraypainted targets.

I could regale you with tales of hiking and biking to beautiful Van Gorda Falls, or snowmobiling and skiing to one of the publicuse cabins on the Dena Cho trail.

I could show you the best place to catch a grayling.

Actually I might keep that one to myself.

When I visited Faro this summer I wanted to find out what keeps bringing tourists down the Robert Campbell Highway. Why were travellers willing to wait for a pilot car to guide them through the fire swept Tintina Trench or lead them on a detour up the Canol Road?

Tourists and residents agree:

the sense of community in Faro is like nowhere else.

People visiting the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre are impressed by the importance Faro had to the Yukon economy, and its ability to maintain community size and status since the mine closed in 1997.

The interpretive centre staff is frequently complimented on the immaculate condition of the RV Park and the friendly service.

But tourists really enjoy being included in community events.

During recent Anvil Range Arts Society workshops visitors were introduced to antler carving, beading and card embossing.

A bulletin board in the interpretive centre advertises upcoming workshops in August including carving, crocheting, card making and beading. There are watercol-

Headed Back to School?

PHOTO: Chris Vainio

Kim Graw (left) learns to bead from Janet Mildner-Lie. Graw says she would never have learned to bead if she hadn’t gone to Faro. our workshops for seniors every Wednesday and tourists are welcome.

“It’s a great opportunity to experience this kind of painting,” says Jens, visiting from Denmark.

“I had not done anything like this since I was in school.”

Other unique opportunities include Faro’s free wild game barbecues where out-of-towners are

welcome to play bocce ball sideby-side with locals and the “fireside chats” where Faroites come together to share stories with tourists. There’s one on August 15th.

For a full schedule of events taking place in the Yukon’s best kept secret, check out Faro’s monthly newsletter, the Frozen Mukluk. There’s a Facebook page

and a link on the Town of Faro’s website. You can also call the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre at (867)994-2288. Faro is an approximately four-hour drive northeast from Whitehorse.

Chris Vainio is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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Interpretations of History and Place

Yukon Conservation Society invites us to watch artists at work along the Miles Canyon trails

by Shailyn Drukis

“M

iles Canyon is a special place,” says Heidi Hehn, one of the local artists who will be participating in Inspired by the Canyon: Multi-media Interpretations of History and Place, a free event this weekend. “It has a unique feel about it, an atmosphere that seems to draw people to it.”

Every year, thousands of Yukon residents and tourists visit Miles Canyon and Canyon City because of its deep layers of cultural and natural history.

Many people feel connected to the area due to its fascinating geology; its importance as a Kwanlin Dün and Ta’an Kwach’an migratory route; and the tens of thousands of stampeders that paused at Canyon City on their way to Dawson City.

Building on the success of last summer’s Painting the Trails event, the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) is hosting an opportunity for six Yukon artists to spend two days creating artwork along the trails in the Miles Canyon area,

and an opportunity for the public to watch the magic happen.

Thus, YCS hopes to connect Yukoners and visitors with our landscape and history through art.

lated by human stories.”

Local artist Cécile Girard is excited to be sharing her personal perspectives of the area with the public.

yon bridge, just south of Whitehorse. The public is encouraged to hike the trails and chat with the artists along the way.

Two-hour guided historical

nature hikes to Canyon City will also run at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and a children’s art tent will allow youthful creative inspirations from the day to flow.

For more information, including directions, visit YukonConservation.org, email hikes@ ycs.yk.ca or call Shailyn Drukis at (867)668-5678.

Parking is available in the parking lot above the staircase that leads down to the Miles Canyon bridge. Sturdy footwear is recommended.

Shailyn Drukis is the trail guide program coordinator for the Yukon Conservation Society.

John Boivin captures the unique features of Miles Canyon during the Painting the Trails event last summer.

PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Conservation Society For example, Nicole Bauberger will be continuing her “See Through” dress project, to inspire people to “see a landscape which we’re used to thinking of as ‘wilderness’ as something also popu-

“The Yukon and its people are the main inspiration for my work,” Girard says.

It takes place Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Miles Can-

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Available Light Cinema Thursday, August 22 at the Yukon Arts Centre

7pm

From up on Poppy Hill

9pm

Charles Bradley: Soul of America

dir. goro miyazaki, 2 011 , japan, 91 min

dir. poull brien, 2 01 2 , usa, 75 min

The new animated film from Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle) is a beautiful nostalgia piece about a teenage girl coming of age in 1960s Japan. This English-language version features the voices of Gillian Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Howard and Aubrey Plaza.

This inspiring doc follows Charles Bradley on his extraordinary journey from the Brooklyn projects to the release of his debut album, No Time for Dreaming—a powerful 1960s soul-influenced LP that will transform the 62-year-old’s life.

Upcoming Available Light Cinema: Sunday, September 22

4:30pm Across This Land with

Stompin’ Tom Connors

dir. john c.w. saxton, ontario, 1973 , 90 min

This 1973 documentary captures Stompin’ Tom at his peak playing live over several nights at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and has been ‘out of print’ and not seen in cinemas in many years. Interspersed with images of Canadian icons that are portrayed in his songs, Tom plays his classics, including Bud the Spud, Big Joe Mufferaw, Sudbury Saturday Night, The Hockey Song and Moon Man Newfie. From his upbringing in Saint John, NB, Tom overcame poverty to become a professional musician for five decades, an Officer of the Order of Canada and to have his portrait on a Canadian stamp. Join us for this cinematic tribute to Canada’s fierce and prolific folk music icon who passed in March 2013 at the age of 77.

7pm Terms and Conditions May Apply

9pm Upstream Colour

dir. cullen hoback , usa, 2 01 2 , 79 min

dir. shane carruth, usa, 2 01 2 , 96 min

No one really reads the terms and conditions connected to every website they visit, phone call they make or app they download.

After watching this provocative exploration of what actually lies between the lines of those tiny-font agreements, however, you may just hurl your smart phone out the window and take to a cave. With fascinating examples, comic gags and terrifying facts this eye-opening doc investigates what governments and corporations are doing with your ‘personal’ information.

Regardless of privacy settings, data is being collected and behaviour is being monitored leaving the future of civil liberties uncertain. Best of Hot Docs Film Festival, 2013

The mind-bending new sci-fi thriller from acclaimed writerdirector Shane Carruth (Primer) is one of the most provocative and daring American independent films of the year. An office worker is drugged by a thief who implants her with a foreign body rendering her intensely sensitive to the rhythms of the natural world: sounds, colours, even microscopic biological processes envelop her in a constant sensory wave, rendering her virtually incapable of functioning in her everyday life. She soon meets a former stockbroker (played by Carruth), whose own speedily derailing life indicates that he might have been a victim of the same operation. Guided by passages from Thoreau’s Walden, the couple set out to unravel the mystery of their inexplicable condition. One of the most talked-about films at this year’s Sundance Festival.

“The scariest movie I’ve seen this year, a horror tale that would have been science fiction had it been made in the 1990s.”

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Tickets & more info

Fri, Sept 27 at Shipyards Park Free Outdoor Screenings!

$10 YFS members and YAC Northwestel Art Lover’s passholders $12 regular / $6 seniors and youth (under 16)

YFS and YAC present counter-culture films as part of Culture Days. Visit culturedays.ca to learn more.

8pm Shipyards Lament dir. andrew connors, yukon, 2 00 2 , 45 min

9pm Highway 61 dir. bruce mcdonald, ontario, 1991 , 10 2 min

Sunday, October 13 at YAC 3pm E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial dir. steven speilberg, usa, 198 2 , 115 min

6pm 56 UP dir. michael apted, uk, 2 01 2 , 143 min

Links to trailers, and information regarding updates and guest directors at yukonfilmsociety.com /YukonFilmSociety /YukonArtsCentre

@YukonFilm @YukonArtsCentre

9pm Still Mine dir. michael mcgowan, ontario, 2 01 2 , 10 2 min

The monthly Available Light Cinema series is presented by Yukon Film Society and Yukon Arts Centre

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Active Interest Listings

Tuesdays - Saturdays

Interpretive Hikes to Canyon City 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM Bridge at Miles Canyon hikes@ycs.yk.ca (867)668-5678 Free historical nature hikes to Canyon City

Wednesdays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email

chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12.

Box Lacrosse Drop-in 4:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 668-2840.

Adult Biathlon Program 6:30 PM Biathalon Range Judy: 334-6726 or Vern 633-2297 Polarettes Adult/Teen Drop-in 7:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jess 335-3831 Table Tennis Drop in 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave 668-3358

Thursdays

Summertime Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Shipyards Park ttntaiji@pamboyde.ca / midnight@northwestel.net Tai chi chuan practise under the midnight sun Athletics Yukon Trail Run 6:30 PM Location varies Nancy 334-6576 Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail. com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349.

New members welcome.

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM on Gray Mountain Road range; officers on duty.

Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10-14.

Ultimate Frisbee 9:00 PM Takhini Elementary Kris 333-9393

Fridays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12 Punjabi Bhangra Dance 7:00 PM Family Literacy Centre Gurdeep 336-3344 a

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Saturdays

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction.

Push Hands 11:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. Tai chi partner work.

Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Pat 668-4976. No experience needed.

Drop-in Salsa and Merengue lessons 8:00 PM Leaping Feats 668-6517

Sundays

Crestview Ski Group 11:00 AM free Pine Forest Loop 633-2455 Table Tennis Club 1:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave, 668-3358 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience.

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction.

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Mondays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness.

Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jeff, 335-3831

Wellness Listings Weekdays

Second Opinion Society Drop-in Resource Centre 11:00 AM 304 Hawkins St 667-2037

Wednesdays

Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In. Wellness Wednesday 1:30 PM Second Opinion Society 667-2037. Learn practical skills for Mental Wellness.

Yoga In The Alpine “Level 1” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net.

Instructor Shannon.

Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop” 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre

Thursdays

Co-dependents Anonymous 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Calvin 3345863 Spiritual science/Waldorf/Anthropop group 7:30 PM Hillcrest Josef 335-2300 Weekly study group exploring Waldorf/ anthroposophy/spiritual science of R. Steiner, various topics. Free

Fridays

Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. Creative play activities and recreational programming for moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In. Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services

Saturdays

Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.

Sundays

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email

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Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net.

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Fun Run/Walk 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don 333-9202 Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail. com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome.

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Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In.

Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 667-5724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details.

Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use.

Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@ northwestel.net Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness.

SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706. Self-empowering addiction recovery support group.

Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 PM 4071 4th ave. oayukon@gmail.com. Do you have a problem with food?

Yoga In The Alpine “CORE” 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel. net. Instructor Erica.

Tuesdays

Support Group: Coping with Cancer Stress 12:00 PM Thomson CentreRiverside Room Join to learn and share ways of coping and reducing cancer related stress Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel. net. Instructor Erica.

Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 6686466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Big Book Study Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Thursday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC)

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Wed, Aug 14 Paleo Sports: Atlatl Golf 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Beringia Centre tyler. kuhn@gov.yk.ca beringia@gov.yk.ca Are you longing for a lazy afternoon of minigolf? We have our own version here at Beringia. Come and give it a try!

Mon, Aug 19 Run WILD 9:30 AM Yukon Wildlife Preserve 5km Fun Run fundraiser for wildlife research, rehabilitation and education.

Tue, Aug 20 Fun Run/Walk 10km Championships 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don White 633-5671 At the parking lot.Run or walk a 2.5 or 5km course on the Millennium Trail.Entry fee.

Wed, Aug 21 Yukon Tennis Territorial Championships 5:00 PM Mount McIntyre Stacy Lewis 393-2621 Tennis tournament, adults and juniors, singles and doubles.

Fri, Aug 23 Red Fish, Blue Fish 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Takhini Arena Name: Linea Eby Phone: 667 8291 email: linea.eby@gov. yk.ca Environment Yukon fisheries biologist Oliver Barker will be leading an evening walk to check out Kokanee Salmon in their spawning colours.

Sat, Aug 24 8th Annual Community Registration Fair All Day Canada Games Centre Please join the City of Whitehorse and local clubs, organizations, sports and events for a one-stop fall registration for Yukon families.

Sat, Aug 24 Bob Park Charitable Golf Classic 7:00 AM Mountain View Golf Course In support of the Yukoners Cancer Care Fund.

Sat, Aug 24 Chocolate Claim PreSkagway 10 Miler 9:30 AM Rotary Park Tanya Astika 668-5844 Race Start: 10 am.

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Sun, Aug 25 Yukon Bird Club Field Trip - Swan Lake Register by email ybcfieldtrips@gmail.com. A day-long field expedition with Boris Dobrowolsky.

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Saturday

Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

Sunday

Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

Monday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Tuesday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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From the Back Country with Jozien Keijzer

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n July 16, 2013 I saw a super big moth.

I am not into moths yet, I’m just getting to know butterflies, but this Bedstraw Hawkmoth is special and it loves my garden because of the Northern Bedstraw that grows abundantly.

I had not seen this moth for several years, but it is unmistakable due to its hummingbird-like appearance. I wonder if all that hot weather brought it out.

After weeks of heat, it actually seems that there are less butterflies. It’s only the Sulphur butterflies that are on the wing in my yard; in flight they are bright yellow and when perching they show greenish under-wings.

The previous day, on a mountain, which is normally a prime habitat for butterflies, the slopes were very dry. Only in a rock crevice with a gurgle of water, on the sweet Coltsfoot blossoms, was a dark butterfly that seemed totally black in flight. However, on another occasion my husband had spilled water in the yard, creating the kind of muddy situation that draws butterflies to come and take a sip. I snapped a photo of the same type of butterfly and I saw that it wasn’t completely black. Rather, it had orange eyespots, confirming its identification as an Alpine butterfly.

The first butterfly to come out in the spring, often on April 16, is the Mourning Cloak.

This year it was still totally winter in April, and even May, but I was happy to finally have some sightings of the Mourning Cloak in June. Hopefully there will be more of them next spring. I will start looking on April 16, on muddy roads facing south. They like to sip moisture from the mud.

Mourning Cloaks are hibernators. They sleep all

winter under bark or some other hiding place, and apparently they can emerge on any warm day during winter.

Summer made up for the spring weather, and there were lots of butterflies including the small blue ones — first the Spring Azure and later the Western Tailed Blue, with a tiny pink tail on it’s wings which is hard to see in flight. But if you sit still and watch carefully, you can see the different markings.

To me there is no reason to catch and pin butterflies; I was actually aghast to hear that the practice still exists. With our modern high-res cameras there is no reason for that.

To be among the butterflies is a simple pleasure.

When I hiked up Stony Creek earlier this summer, it seemed that the White butterflies guided me —fluttering wings around me the whole way.

On another hike to Shaneinbaw Mountain, I found many butterflies gathered on a mountaintop in a mating frenzy.

I’ve met many more butterflies this year and they are all worth a mention, like the big Canadian Tiger Swallowtail. It is common, but I was also delighted to spot the less common Old-world Swallowtail in a swamp along the Aishihik road.

Have you see any Red Admirals this year? Last year there were many but I haven’t seen them yet this year despite growing Stinging Nettles in my garden, the host plant of the Red Admiral.

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very season my wife Heather and I bicker about the size and amount of fish we will catch.

Heather is usually a few dozen fish up on me by the time the ice comes off, so I pull the “fish per season” card. This usually ends up in a few words and some laughs, and I still lose.

Due to the high number of campers, it had been a few years since we had been to Kusawa Lake. When you show up on a warm weekend it’s easy to see why.

Recently, we arrived with a few families and ended up sharing one site due to the over-full situation.

At 26°C there were few bugs and little wind in the campground.

We never need a reason to be on the lake, but that was the best place to be in the scorching heat.

There was a slight south breeze rolling through the valley, so we didn’t notice how burnt we were getting.

Since we’ve owned a boat we have never caught a fish on Kusawa Lake. This time was going to change it all.

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trolling, I slowed the boat to a crawl, and we dropped our lures hoping for anything. Within minutes I had a bite, and then it was gone. A few seconds later it hit again, setting the hook with a huge jerk of my rod.

Fish on.

When the fish came into sight it was a beautiful two-pound lake trout.

I thought shore lunch would finally be served on Kusawa, but we decided that two-pounder would make for a better midnight snack than a meal.

Nevertheless, we were hungry and headed in to shore to eat.

As soon as dinner was over, Heather was ready to go back on the water – we had proven that there were fish in Kusawa. On our first loop Heather said she thought she had something, she didn’t realize how deep the “deep six” diver actually dove and she hit bottom. Before I could stop to help, the line broke and we lost the lure and the deep six.

We put a new lure on her rod and within a few minutes she thought that she hit bottom again, then a huge pull came, her rod

PHOTO: Bryce Bekar

My wife Heather with her 15-pound lake trout from Kusawa Lake. bent like it was going to snap and the fish was on. The fight went on for 15 minutes and Heather was tired-out by the time the fish came into view.

Once she saw it, a new wave of energy came over her and we were able to land it together as I held the net.

We need to get a bigger net because we have never caught a fish this large before. Its head and tail were sticking out of our puny rubber net. The fish weighed in at 15 pounds, only a measly 13 pounds more than mine.

Not only am I way behind in numbers, but I have to find a nice honey hole to pull one in that outweighs hers by enough that the numbers really don’t matter anymore.

Bryce Bekar is a local outdoors man who believes in hunting with his family, not for them.

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