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December 24, 2014

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’m grateful for my Canadian citizenship.

I’m grateful for the constant support of my family.

I’m grateful for the serving staff at the Gold Rush.

I’m grateful for my job and my co-workers.

I’m grateful for the dogs in my life.

I’m grateful for quiet moments of truth in literature.

I’m grateful for frozen pizzas.

I’m grateful for my friends.

I’m grateful for the films of Quentin Tarantino.

I’m grateful for the weather this winter, though I’m aware it’s probably indicative of something dire on the horizon.

I’m grateful for horizons.

I’m grateful for orange juice.

I’m grateful for the delicious irony of the word “monosyllabic”.

I’m grateful for the clay cliffs; I think they’re cool.

I’m grateful for my roommates.

I’m grateful for fireworks.

I’m grateful for dishwashers.

I’m grateful for musicians.

I’m grateful for good local music venues like Paddy’s Place.

I’m grateful I was raised in an environment where questioning dogma was encouraged.

I’m grateful I have been able to write and publish short essays about pretty much whatever I want over the past two years.

I’m grateful for my disability; I think it gives me a unique(ish) perspective.

I’m grateful for ballpoint pens, though they are often elusive when I need them most.

I’m grateful for that doctor in Montreal who really cared.

I’m grateful for all our wilderness; it’s special.

I’m grateful for modern plumbing.

I’m grateful for the support I have received from this community.

I’m grateful for the snooze button.

I’m grateful for plaid.

I’m grateful for that scene in

Speed where the bus jumps over the gap in the interstate.

I’m grateful I’ve never had to go to war.

I’m grateful for the contribution freelancers make to What’s Up Yukon.

I’m grateful for luggage with wheels.

I’m grateful that I didn’t watch many episodes of The Cosby Show as a kid; if I had, I’d probably be pretty disillusioned right now.

I’m grateful for the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song; sing it if you know it.

I’m grateful that I’ve gotten to know Jim Robb over the last couple of years.

I’m grateful for healthcare.

I’m grateful for that hike that starts at the end of the Fish Lake road; it’s nothing fancy, but it’s one of my favourites.

I’m grateful that other people usually put more effort into potlucks than I do.

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December 24, 2014

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arilyn Jensen was inspired to start a dance group after finishing her master’s degree at the University of Victoria. She studied Indigenous governance, and said she was surrounded by people who were connecting with their culture, language, traditions, and old ways of life; this propelled her.

She returned to her hometown of Carcross, and in the summer of 2007, with five other people, started a group to dance for tourists.

They performed traditional Inland Tlingit dances, and no one came out to watch, at first. But it wasn’t about who saw them dance, it was “a spiritual thing, a connection thing, a grounded thing.”

The dancing became bigger than the dancers, and Jensen couldn’t stop.

Now, “it’s one of the biggest, most important parts of our lives.”

The dance group is called Dakhká Khwáan, and it is composed of 25 to 30 active members. If people are going to be part of the group, they have to be committed. Jensen laughs when people say they want to join but are too busy.

“We’re all busy.”

But the dancing is important.

“It’s meaningful. We’re all at this place where we can’t live without it.”

Along with Dakhká Khwáan, which is a “semi-professional group, and too rigorous for younger dancers,” Jensen started a junior group, “which has exploded.”

Forty to 50 kids dance in the junior group. Jensen realized the older dancers had to pass the knowledge and things they were

– clans into which the Inland Tlingit are split. The dances show the relationship between the clans, the reciprocity and balance.

There’s more — “we can’t do this without focusing on language.”

Jensen says they have a long way to go to revitalize and reclaim their language; for most of them, the songs are PHOTO: Grant Douglas Photography the only access they have to Indigenous languages, and “that’s a spiritual thing as well.”

Dakhká Khwáan dances in the There’s more to the dancing.

Inland Tlingit tradition, but Jensen says the popularity of the dance troupes, despite everyanyone can join the group body’s busy lives, is testimony to First Nations’ need to identify with who they are. learning to the next generation, “It’s still not the coolest thing and the Dakhká Khwáan snatches to be Indigenous in Canada.” up the dancers once they turn 15.

She talks about the myth of The ‘knowledge and things being Indigenous, how it’s been they learn’ is more than dance written by colonization, resisteps, drum beats, and words to dential schools, and dependsongs. ency. People think, when they The traditional songs are “lit- hear “First Nation”, “oh, you erally the songs of our ancestors. guys don’t work, everyone gives Some of them are 10,000 years old. They go back to the ice age.”

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Jensen says dancing is a way for the kids to see that they “come from noble people.

Beautiful, strong, self-determining people.”

The dancing helps break the myth of negativity. Jensen says with the trend of cultural tourism, of the desire to see the authentic Yukon, the Dakhká Khwáan is a powerful thing to be a part of.

The dance group recently won a national heritage cultural tourism award; Jensen says she got all dressed up like an “Indian movie star”, wearing an Arctic fox fur her uncle trapped in the ‘40s, and copper earrings. When she got to the gala, she thought, “What are we doing here? We’re not going to win.”

They were up against the train that travels through the Rocky Mountains, among other grand enterprises.

But they did win.

Jensen says they couldn’t have done it without support from the community, which is why they’re hosting a concert. It’s to say thanks. She says they’re going to rock the stage off.

The concert is free. It starts at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan 11 at the The Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.

Meagan Deuling is the assistant editor of What’s Up Yukon.

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ome dogs get Christmas presents. Some don’t.

Although he was born only just this decade, Jake LucasHamm has already figured out that life can be unfair.­ He knows that he will be getting presents from Santa Claus soon, and he knows his dog, Spencer, will be getting presents, but what about the dogs and cats at the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter?

“There was this ‘Why?’ look on his face,” says his mother, Rebecca Lucas, when Jake first learned that Santa may not be able to visit the Whitehorse animal shelter.

“He was sad.”

So, this Christmas has found new purpose for four-and-a-halfyear-old.

Handling public relations, his mother put the word out on Facebook and its Yukon Buy & Sell page looking for donations for Christmas stockings for the pets-inwaiting at Mae Bachur.

Jake’s father, Michael Hamm, has been driving around picking up the offerings of goodies, toys, and cash. One night was devoted to baking homemade biscuits.

“There’s been quite a few five and 10 dollar donations, just from local people, which has really added up,” says Lucas, noting that donations are coming in electronically, too.

“And Bailey’s Pub & Grill donated a really nice gift basket that was filled right up.”

Then there were donations from Epic Pizza, Midnight Sun Emporium, Cheeky Monkey’s Daycare, Front Street Clothing Company, and Industrial Electric Services.

The goal is to have a stocking that will be suitable for each dog and cat at Mae Bachur.

There is already a pile: there is one big stocking for a cat, and the rest are small. And there are various sizes for various-sized dogs.

Jake brings over a stocking that has been finished and pours out its contents.

There is a big bag of treats, a Kong chew toy, a toy rope-andtennis-ball contraption, and a leash.

But not just any leash: this one has reflective tape sewn in. Jake explains that this is meant to keep the dogs safe while walking in the dark.

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The pretend to be mad but they’re always glad.

Their English is not right an’ they’re small in height.

They’re not really new an’ they drink homebrew. old ladies are really wise they outlive the old guys.

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Spencer thinks Christmas has come early and he bounds over to the table to see.

Lucas explains that Spencer is a “rescue pup” from Mae Bachur.

The husky-cross was found in the forest outside of Watson Lake.

Many of his brothers and sisters did not survive.

Not only is he the inspiration for the pet stocking operation, “Spencer’s taught Jake to be gentle,” says Lucas.

“He taught me how to play,” Jake chimes in.

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Then, wearing his very own Santa Claus suit, Jake will fill up a sack and take them to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter for further distribution.

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December 24, 2014

A Klondike Korner

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Clancy the Cat was recovering nicely at the Dawson Humane Society Shelter in late November.

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lancy the Cat didn’t show a lot of interest when I dropped in to the Humane Society Dawson (HSD) shelter to visit him a couple of weeks ago.

The big orange tabby looked up at me sleepily and curled his tail back around his feet before closing his eyes contentedly.

Clancy is a little out of his comfort zone, according to shelter coordinator Danielle Thorne.

He arrived in Dawson during the summer, along with Bill Buries, his traveling companion. They hail from Penticton, where Buries acquired Clancy from the AlleyCATS Alliance back in 2012.

Bill and Clancy had done quite a bit of traveling in a camouflage patterned RV, and their spot at the Bonanza Gold Hotel and RV Park would have been nothing new to the cat. He’d always been allowed to wander during their two years together, and he’d always come back to roost before it was time to pull out again.

Last summer he didn’t make it.

Bill waited for a few weeks, but no Clancy.

Bill had been persistent, Thorne recalls. He reported Clancy missing and haunted the HSD shelter hoping for news.

“He was in here almost every day asking, ‘Have you seen my cat?’ He set traps. He really tried.”

He finally assumed the cat had either gone feral or had been killed by wild animals, and he went home.

But Clancy did eventually return to the motel, and was seen as a stray around the place, but no one was able to catch him until finally, one day in November, Thorne got a call from a woman staying at the hotel. She was about to leave and was wondering what to do about this orange cat that she had enticed into her car with some cat food.

“He was so hungry he tore open the bag, she told me,” says Thorne.

She was tempted to adopt him but she had some cats back home, so it didn’t seem practical.

Thorne recalled the story of the missing orange cat and began to put the two stories together.

She had Buries’ contact information and telephoned him. He was surprised, but pleased.

Once Clancy was back at the shelter, Thorne and veterinarian John Overell were able to confirm his identity by means of an embedded chip and an exchange of photos with AlleyCATS Alliance.

Clancy was very thin when he first came to the shelter, and all he’s really wanted to do is sleep and eat since his arrival. He’s been chewed on by something, probably the local foxes, which

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can be seen all around town and out on the highway this winter, and he suffered from some frostbite, but he’s in remarkably good shape for a domestic cat living rough from July to November.

Thorne says the folks at the AlleyCATS Alliance are raising funds to send Clancy home to Penticton, but maybe not to Bill Buries. After a few months without a pet companion, Buries took another from the same shelter and he’s not sure how two cats would get along.

Thorne thinks that there’s not likely to be any problem finding Clancy a new home.

“They think he’ll be adopted out in no time as he is quite a sweetheart.”

Also, he’s a cat with an interesting story.

As Thorne puts it, “We all assumed that Clancy was as a goner.

He is a little worse for wear from living outside in the cold, starving, and fending off foxes, but he is going to survive.”

After 32 years teaching in rural Yukon schools, Dan Davidson retired from that profession but continues writing about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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he Yukon Film Society is very excited to present a film that is currently at the top of many “Best Films of 2014” lists, as well as the award season buzz (five Golden Globe nominations): Boyhood, by Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater, plays on Sunday January 11, at the Yukon Arts Centre.

Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, Boyhood is a filmic attempt to mimic the unpredictability of maturation and life in general. It was filmed over 12 years with entirely the same cast.

In two-and-a-half hours we watch Mason (Ellar Coltrane) grow from a little boy into a young adult, while the supporting actors age with him. The expansive timeframe in which the piece was created allows writer/director Linklater to capture the intricacies of human personality.

Through the lives of the characters, we come to recognize human beings as complex microcosms in constant metamorphosis. Parents continue to grow and change as their children do; it’s all an interconnected work in progress.

If you’re looking for special effects or utopian escapism, look elsewhere. This film insists we re-

examine and appreciate the magic of real life. Surprise and mindblowing beauty are all around you; it’s all about perspective.

This philosophy is exemplified nicely via dialogue between Mason and his father (Ethan Hawke).

When Mason asks, “Dad…. there’s no like, real magic in the world, right (. . .) like elves and stuff?”

His dad responds, “Well I dunno. I mean, what makes you think that elves are more magical than somethin’ like a whale (. . .) what if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs, and was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries. I bet you’d think that was pretty magical right?”

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Growing up isn’t about buying a car, or getting married. It’s about the development of one’s mind and character. Although Mason’s parents certainly shape his life in many ways, it’s upon realizing that his parents don’t have all the answers that he establishes an independent view on life — thus moving beyond boyhood.

The film’s realistically painted portrait of human life includes recognizable experiences like bowling with dad, embarrassing haircuts, and difficult relationships: a myriad of important and unimportant occurrences.

Don’t try too hard to cease the moment, but instead allow the moment to seize you. Just go with it, and do the most you can with what you’re given. Life is messy and increasingly complicated.

Don’t expect a perfect ending, because you probably won’t get it. It’s really all about the multifaceted ride.

Boyhood plays at the Yukon Arts Centre at 8 p.m. on January 11. Tickets are $12 for adults, $11 for members, and $6 for boys (and girls).

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December 24, 2014

A Tale Retold

After 191 years, a Christmas classic gets a much-needed Yukon update

by Ken Bolton

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anufacturing, transportation — even writing styles — have all changed since Clement Moore’s famous ditty, A Visit from St. Nicholas, first appeared anonymously in the Troy, N.Y. Sentinel on December 23, 1823. As a public service, What’s Up Yukon is pleased to present a more contemporary version of this oft-told tale: Yo, Nick. Is that a Polaris?

It was late Christmas Eve and not much going on. The dog lay snoring and farting in front of the woodstove. The cat blinked lazily as a mouse skittered across the floor.

Two Icelandic wool socks hung from a nylon line, each bearing the traditional gift we exchanged every year — a single Lotto Max ticket.

The grandkids were down the hall, dreaming of high-tech gizmos they’d awaken to in the morning. Herself and I were snug in the matching onesies we wore whenever we had company.

Suddenly, a hellacious racket broke my slumber.

“That’ll be Elmore, back from the KK with a snootful again,” I muttered as I arose and threw on a tattered ball cap.

The only sash in the place was from Herself’s reign as a Rendezvous princess. Damned if I was going to crack the seal on a brand new triple-pane window, so I staggered to the door for a look.

There in the moonlight stood a bearded stranger in red and white, looking for all the world like good old Leo, long-time bellringer for the Sally Ann at the YLC on Second Ave. I knew instantly who it really was.

“Yo, Nick,” I called. “Is that a Polaris?”

“Yeah,” he sputtered.

“What happened to the reindeer?”

“They’re history. PETA put an end to that. Who am I against Pamela Anderson?”

“But you can’t do the whole world in one night on a Polaris. Or even an Arctic Cat.” “It’s not like that anymore,” he grumbled. “Business model’s completely different since the stock market crash of ‘08.”

“Different how?” I ventured.

“Toy-making’s all outsourced now, to you-knowwhere. The elves were bored out of their tiny minds, getting antsy about human rights. They threatened to start a social media campaign to shut me down if I didn’t cut them into the action.”

“What did you do?”

“I went the franchise route. What choice did I have? Now every elf has a piece of the globe to serve, but it’s barely enough to make a living. Most folks buy their Christmas through Amazon or eBay. FedEx and UPS have a lock on distribution.”

“But Environment Canada still monitors your flight every year.”

“That’s B.S. The only route I have left is Carcross to Haines Junction. And only diehard families like you, who still believe in me. I can handle that, even on a Polaris.”

“So, you fly down from the North Pole?”

“Well, can I get you anything? Milk and cookies, maybe? Coke Classic?”

“A rye and seven would be perfect. But just one.

YouTube would go nuts if Saint Nick got nicked for impaired.”

We had a lovely chat until just about dawn.

Then he suddenly hopped up and ran to his sled. He came back with an armful of packages wrapped in a bizarre array of colours.

“Some iThings for the grandkids,” he twinkled, before turning back to the door.

“Hey, have a good one, eh?” he called out as he fired up the Polaris.

“No problem,” I replied. “You too, man.”

And he was off. Just like that.

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December 24, 2014

Neil Young’s Wild Ride

His lastest memoir is unlikely to clear up the fog surrounding his mysterious persona

by Doug Sack

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f there is anyone left in Canada still interested in figuring out how Neil Young’s brain functions, his second memoir Special Deluxe, A Memoir of Life & Cars, is not likely to clear up the fog.

Young, 69, is just not wired like the rest of us. He may possess too many talents to be understood by any of us who thought all these years he was nothing more than Canada’s most stoned hippie songwriter who rocked and rolled his way into the Hall of Fame twice, once for writing and again for performing.

His first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, must be the one in which he explained the ins-and-outs of his meteoric rise from an unknown teenage musician in a group called The Squires, playing club gigs in Winnipeg to the driving force in Los Angeles for Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and, finally Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY), which rocketed him to fame and riches beyond his wildest Canadian childhood dreams.

Because, in this memoir, he glosses over all that as if it was secondary to his lifelong love affair with cars and dogs.

Now, a rock star trying to pitch a memoir of his musical life based on the cars and dogs who helped him along the way would be a harder sell than, say, a former Yukon sportswriter making a pitch to rewrite the history of the territory as seen through the eyes of a talking raven, and somebody at the Penguin Group of Random House in New York, probably an editor, talked Young into dropping the dogs from the title because memoirs, by definition, memoirs need great quotations and dogs are many things to many people, but they are not quotable.

And now, you are surely thinking, there are also no cars in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, and here is where this review goes off the rails because we’re talking about Neil Young here, a strange man from a strange land, who seriously believes automobiles are alive, especially the vintage cars from the muscle car era of gas-guzzlers that helped form his difficult childhood and shape the foundations of his musical career.

He gives all of his cars names.

He speaks to them. He consults with them about everything including songwriting and love affairs, and he marks the passage

of time in his life by the vehicles he’s been involved with.

If Neil Young had been a patient of Sigmund Freud’s, the father of psychotherapy might have taken up plumbing or carpentry.

Most normal men and many women, have had love affairs at one time or another with, not in, at least one automobile.

We’ve all known, met, or heard about “motorheads”, like Terry Horsman, or watched their TV shows, but Young is way beyond all of that.

He’s well into the compulsive-obsessive ballpark, much like Casanova and Rasputin with their women, and now he has written a second memoir about it to prove he is much weirder than we ever thought while listening to his hit songs such as “Helpless” or “Old Man”.

He was a stunning musical success at a young age when he arrived in California. He was rolling in money which allowed him to buy anything he ever wanted, including a ranch in the mountains above Vera Cruz, truckloads of drugs, notably his beloved Panama Red, and any vintage cool car he laid his eyes on, of which there were thousands available.

Invariably, he bought old beaters usually for under $1,000 and had them restored by expensive pros on the coast, after which he would have them delivered to his mountain ranch where he would get stoned to the gills and joyride to his heart’s content.

He’d use their good vibrations to form the mood or groove for his next best-selling single or one of his 34 albums. He would deliberately park vehicles at certain places on his property where they would catch the first light of dawn because he liked to meet with them in the mornings and have a chat over coffee.

Can you imagine everybody out in the Tim Hortons parking lot talking to their trucks before heading off to work?

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“What were you doing with the groove there?”

Young explained and Helm shook his head, pointed a drumstick at him and drawled: “Don’t do that. Don’t ever mess with the groove in the middle of a take.”

Young considers Helm the greatest musician of his era and took his medicine like a man. The drummer sets the pace of a recording, not the songwriter.

You can always slow it down on the next one.

More such insights would have helped the book, but Young was writing about cars and dogs more than music, women, and money, so every chapter opened with a pen and ink drawing, in soft pastel colours, of whatever classic car Young was lovs s re e Rider P lu B y ing at the time, and I s e rt u PHOTO: co

Neil Youngs lastest memoir is more about rides than rythyms

was enjoying them more and more the deeper we went into the yarn.

I decided to include the name of the artist and was again surprised to read: “Illustrated by the author” in tiny print on the title page.

Is there no end to the many talents of Neil Young? The man is an artist, too? Does he talk to his paintings as he is giving them life?

He did mention in the copy that one of his unfulfilled dreams is to open an art gallery with a loud rock n’ roll sound system.

The first song he ever sang on stage back in Winnipeg in front of his high school classmates was a Beatles hit called “Give Me Money”, which would probably sell lots of paintings too. After all, it takes money to buy cars, drugs, dogs, and ranchs.

It might not have been easy being Neil Young all these years but it was one hell of a ride — and always in a cool car. b Doug Sack likes Neil, after all.

Contact him (Doug) via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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There are some good musical tidbits spaced between the dog and car stories, including the only time Young admits to getting chastised by another musician. He was in a recording studio with The Band, playing guitar on one of his songs which he thought they were doing too fast so he tried to slow them down with his guitar. That didn’t please Levon Helm, the drummer, who said afterwards,

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December 24, 2014

Yukon Natural History

by Joslyn Kilborn

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ntil recently, collections of Yukon natural history have been given homes in other parts of the country. Our own territory has had no formal collection of our own diverse species of birds, plants, or insects.

Someone living in Ottawa had a better chance of viewing such collections.

But, something is coming. To the Yukon Research Centre (YRC).

With the help of the Yukon Government, Environment Canada, and EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc. Clint Sawiki, who has been running the research department for the last 15 years and is coordinating the curation, says it’s an idea that’s been building since 2004 when the importance of such a collection became clear through the college’s research needs assessment.

“We’re getting so digital,” says Sawiki. “But there’s still a need in research to actually touch the things.”

At the moment the collection is still in the building stages. EDI employee Brett Pagacz is organizing plants into cabinets, identifying species, mounting specimens, and tracking species in a database.

And so far there is some pretty neat stuff. There are birds ranging from the largest, the trumpeter swan, to the smallest, the Rufous hummingbird. There are trays of colourful Yukon butterflies and other insects. And there is a growing herbarium; a collection of pressed, dried plants that may one day include all plants in the Yukon.

At some point the collection will be made available to the public for research and education purposes.

“The problem is getting money,” says Sawiki. Though the initiative has received funding, with the YRC sourcing most of its funding through Yukon’s Department of Education, more is required.

And where exactly this collection will live?

“We’re trying to figure out space-wise how this works,” says Sawiki.

“But we’ve seen an obvious local need to have a public resource,” he says, referring to the ecological research groups donating time and effort to the cause.

“There’s been a lot of support.”

Birds in the collection range from the largest, the trumpeter swan to the smallest, the Rufous hummingbird This support extends to sourcing the collection. Across the country there are Yukon natural history samples in museums and research facilities, and they are sharing their resources.

“There’s a willingness to give back collections,” says Sawiki.

“A private researcher is giving us the butterflies. And Dave Mossop [YRC’s professor emeritus] is taking all the birds found dead in the territory, skinning them for display.”

“Collections are critical to understanding our environment as they provide us with baseline data that allow us to make comparisons over time,” says Mossop.

“We have seen how a changing climate is affecting birds and wetlands, and curating natural history will help us better understand these changes.”

While the collection might pique public interest, it will be of distinct value to researchers, educators, and students — especially as the college transitions towards a university.

“Research is growing here at Yukon College,” says Sawiki.

“We’ve got a ton of great ideas — like a territorial collection of seed specimens,” which people could potentially borrow from.

But it’s mainly about preservation.

“We’re losing species, there’s invasive species,” says Sawiki.

“We want to protect going forwards.”

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorsebased writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Advanced Decision Writing

This 2-day workshop builds on the decision-writing module in Practice and Procedures. Its focus is to assist board and tribunal members to acquire and retain writing skills directly relevant to them. Participants will practice particular skills and techniques through focused writing exercises, and by revising one of their own decisions. They will receive individual feedback on their decision from an instructor. The workshop will include large and small group discussion and exercises.

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This 3-day course is for those who provide support services to individuals exposed to trauma material or who work with trauma survivors. The focus is Yukon-specific with an overview of historical traumas within the First Nation communities.

For safety reasons, this course is not recommended as a healing workshop as the information can be overwhelming and it is not intended to re-victimize survivors of trauma.

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Events Sun, Dec 28 Available Light Cinema “Mary Poppins” 3:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Robert Stevenson, 1964, USA, 139 minutes Sun, Dec 28 Available Light Cinema “The Wind Rises” 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 2013, Japan, 127 minutes Mon, Dec 29 How to Train Your Dragon 2 2:00 PM Beringia Centre 867-667-8855 *General admission applies. Free entry with family pass or food bank donation.

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Wed, Dec 31 Family First Night 2014: LUAU PARTY! 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre New Years Eve Celebration for Whitehorse Families Sat, Jan 3 Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks The Dance Gathering is a free dance for adults and mature teens. . No dance experience is necessary Mon, Jan 5 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Wed, Jan 7 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Sat, Jan 10 North of Myth Artist Talk featuring Joyce Majiski & Karen Power 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre 867 393 7109 Sat, Jan 10 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Sun, Jan 11 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Noninstructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Sun, Jan 11 Available Light Cinema “Boyhood” 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Richard Linklater,

2014, USA, 164 minutes Mon, Jan 12 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Wed, Jan 14 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Wed, Jan 14 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 867-334-8654 Come and build your leadership skills, polish your public speaking in a fun and supportive environment! Guests are welcome to come and drop into our meetings at any time.

Sat, Jan 17 Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Sat, Jan 17 Pivot Theatre Festival Bringing light to the dark of January

Family Fri, Dec 26 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

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Sun, Jan 4 Singing, story-telling 3:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jan 5 First Day back to school 12:00 AM F.H. Collins Secondary Mon, Jan 5 Afterschool Art Exploration 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jan 5 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

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Sun, Jan 18 Family Games Drop-In 3:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale

Workshops Sun, Dec 28 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Noninstructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

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uts are a staple product come Christmas time.

The Nutcracker ballet is a staple theatre production, too.

Combine the two and you have yourself a merry little nutcracker soldier man.

But where on earth did the nutcracking device originate?

Believe it or not, it goes back to pre-historic times.

Ruins of stone nutcrackers go far back as 4000 B.C. Naturally such devices were not as elaborate as the ones we know today, but I suspect they got the job done just as well. Take two stones, and you can probably crush a lot of things.

Nomadic people would often camp by nut trees, and when the nuts fell, the nomads would crack them or crush them.

A s t h e Dark Ages approached, nutcrackers were made from iron, typically in the fashion of two long rods, with a space between for the nut. As the Dark Ages transitioned to the latter Middle Ages, the “crackers” were made from wood. Eventually, the French and English thought it would be neat to carve wooden nutcrackers in the shape of human figures. Other

parts of Europe followed suit and tried animal designs.

By the 19th century, the Germans started to produce nutcrackers resembling fairy tale-like soldiers. In fact, the Brothers Grimm even had the term Nussknacker in their dictionary.

How about the ballet?

I highly doubt Christmas nutcrackers would be as popular as

It’s highly doubtful that Christmas nutcrackers would be as popular as they are today without the theatrical stylings of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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they are today without the theatrical stylings of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. However, before the ballet, there was the book: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A Hoffman.

The book was successful in its own right, but when Tchaikovsky first premiered The Nutceracker in December 1892, it was not very successful. However, in the late 1940s, when the ballet was performed in the United States, it gained popul a r i t y. D u r ing this same time-period nutcracker soldier devices were being introduced to North America by veterans returning from Europe after World War II. So, where does the nutcracker soldier fit into today’s culture?

Mostly for decorative and entertainment purposes.

Some nutcracker soldiers are quite elaborate, adorned with sequins, silk capes and jewArt: Angela Szymczuk eled crowns.

They are purely ornamental, and it would probably not be a good idea to crack an actual nut with.

In fact, you might be better off using a steel nut-cracking device — similar in concept to the ancient ones.

Interesting.

Yes, the nutcracker implement has definitely come a long way since its ancient beginnings.

I wonder what the nomads would have thought if they knew what the future held for their simple stone device.

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Edible Yukon with Kim Melton

The Proof is in the Pudding

A delicious local take on a holiday classic that it must be pure. The kind available commercially is often hydrogenated to last longer, negating some of those benefits, and unless otherwise stated, comes from industrial pig farms which I won’t go into here — we’d all lose our appetites.

So instead, look for a farmer or a friend with a pig (or who had a pig) and see if you can beg or barter for some good quality lard.

Dig out some local root vege-

tables and you’re on your way to a Yukon-grown Christmas pudding that will satisfy any traditionalist — ideally doused in rum sauce, of course. Whether you yield to the temptation for seconds is entirely your choice — I take no responsibility for the consequences.

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h, Christmas — the time of year when magazines abound with recipes promising taste sensations derived solely from rainbows and snowflakes.

At least that’s my assumption because they are the only things not on the list of excluded ingredients.

Consider a delectable chocolate cake that carries no sin because it has no fat, sugar, or, I imagine, chocolate. Or Eggnog without eggs, and perhaps, without nog.

Now don’t get me wrong, my guts have their own temperamental preferences and I have a very solid track record at substituting ingredients until there is nothing left from the original recipe — and yet, I think perhaps my direction is often a little different from the new secrets unveiled in this year’s holiday edition of Happy Housekeeping or Thin is In. You see, I am of two minds.

One mind says, if it is to be a delectable indulgence, then pile on the eggs, cream, and butter — just don’t do it very often.

And use organic, locally sourced ingredients where possible. Kind of hard with the chocolate, but we’re none of us perfect.

The second tells me to listen to my body, and not overload it with things that make me feel, frankly, sick. I am reminded of this as I peer through the haze of a sugar hangover brought on by too many Christmas cookies — ironically indulged in at a meeting of organic growers. So, I shall continue to work towards moderation, and in the meantime share a recipe that I can really get behind — for both it’s local provenance and its whole-hearted support of the much-maligned fat known as lard.

A Toronto Star article from last year boasted lard’s health benefits relative to butter, with the caveat

Method In place of the beautiful but • Soak fruit in hot water to poisonous holly, cranberries cover until plump, then drain. and spruce tips can provide • Cream together fat and sugar, an edible local garnish. then add in grated vegetables.

• Mix dry ingredients, • add to wet and mix well, and then add soaked fruit.

• Fill ovenproof bowl 2/3 full and steam for 2 ½ hours.

• A great gift idea is to make mini-puddings in mason jars — they will need less time, and will seal if the lids are put on as soon as they are done. To steam, place bowl on a rack in a covered pot and keep water level above the bottom of the bowl — you will likely need to top it up from time to time.

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Friends, Food & Drinks

How Rendezvous Queen hopefuls primp and preen themselves for the 2015 competition

by Angela Szymczuk

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f you thought royalty was something found only in Europe, check again.

In the Yukon, February ushers in a new breed of Queens for the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival. However, becoming a queen is no easy task — because there is much to learn and prepare for.

One aspiring candidate is Whitehorse resident Brittany Mai. Originally from Ontario, Mai landed herself in the Yukon two-and-a-half years ago and has been captured by the culture ever since. It is only fitting that the new Yukoner decided to run for Rendezvous Queen.

Mai is being sponsored by Klondike Cakes and Tetra Tech EBA (Whitehorse office); that is sort of how she landed herself a potential spot as queen.

It seems the owner of Klondike Cakes was lunching with one of Mai’s co-workers when the topic of 2015 Rendezvous came up. Immediately they decided that Mai would be a great fit. When receiving the message, Mai had a slough of mixed emotions. On the one hand she was thrilled, but on the other hand, nervous. Either way, her heart continued to race for the entire week leading up to the Queens’ photo shoot.

Royalty is always having pictures taken for the tabloids. Luckily in the Yukon, the press is more forgiving. Instead of chasing Queen candidates around, a professional photo shoot is created for a special Rendezvous event magazine.

The ladies are adorned with vintage costumes, circa 1900s, to truly look like Klondike belles.

Donning ruffled dresses and

feathered hair pieces, they strike different poses, an experience that Mai found to be a lot of hard work, but definitely worth it. With each candidate bringing something new to the table, it is no surprise

experience as fascinating and enjoyable. She feels all of the ladies learn a lot from each other and so far it has been a blast getting to know them.

As you can see, becoming a

PHOTO: Angela Szymczuk

Brittany Mai is one of the many 2015 Rendezvous Queen candidates the judges always have a hard time selecting a winner.

Once the photos are done, it is off to Queen finishing school. Allocution and poise may not be as strictly enforced as some other finishing schools; however, a great deal of emphasis is placed on accurate representation of a true Klondike dame. Once a week the ladies meet to discuss the many events they will be attending, and to learn about all the other tasks at hand, such as Rendezvous ticket sales, a talent showcase, and speeches.

Mai describes the Queen school

Merry Christmas

Yukon Queen is not short on hard work. With Rendezvous-related events starting as early as January, these ladies don’t have a lot of time to prepare for their entry into Yukon society. But, when they do emerge, it is certain that everyone will find them to be as pleasant as they are stunning.

Even Martha Purdy Black would surely approve of the 2015 selection.

Angela Szymczuk is a Whitehorse-based writer.

Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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En Pointe and On Budget

Svetlana Zakharova as Nikiya, the temple dancer, performs at the betrothal ceremony for Solor and Gamzatti in the Bolshoi Ballet production of La Bayadère.

The Bolshoi Ballet’s elaborate staging of La Bayadère is coming soon to an arts centre near you

by Ken Bolton

D

eep-pocketed balletomanes (ballet fans) could spend thousands of dollars flying to Russia to catch the legendary Bolshoi Ballet in action.

Or, for a mere fraction of that, they could experience the splash and spectacle of one of the world’s most celebrated dance companies without leaving Whitehorse.

On Saturday, January 10, the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) will present a live-to-video performance of La Bayadère, a tale of star-crossed love that has been part of the classical ballet canon for over 135 years.

The YAC had originally planned to present the Royal Ballet Company’s spanking-new production

Maria Alexandrova as Gamzatti in the Bolshoi Ballet production of La Bayadèere, coming to the Yukon Arts Centre on January 10

of Alice In Wonderland, but its distribution company was unable to get exclusive rights to the British offering.

The scheduling switch doesn’t really bother YAC artistic director, Eric Epstein.

“There may not be the same familiarity with the story, but I think the fact that it’s the Bolshoi will attract a number of people,” he says.

“Ballet can be appreciated by a wide range of ages, because of the beauty of the movement, and the colour, the costumes and lighting. It can be quite spellbinding.”

The ballet tells the story of Nikiya, a bayadère (Indian temple dancer) and Solor, the warrior she loves.

Solor has sworn to be faithful to Nikiya forever, but cannot refuse when a powerful Rajah insists that he marry his daughter, Gamzatti. To complicate matters further, the High Brahmin who is in love with Nikiya plots to have Solor killed.

Things go desperately awry when Nikiya shows up to fulfil her commitment to dance at the betrothal ceremony of Gamzatti and Solor.

Spoiler alert: a poisonous snake is lurking in a basket of flowers.

PHOTOS: Damir Yusupov

La Bayadère was originally developed as a four-act work by French choreographer Marius Petipa, set to the music of Ludwig Minkus.

Since its debut at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, in February, 1877, it has been presented in one form or another by such companies as the Bolshoi, the Kirov Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.

Yuri Grigorovich’s “new scenic version” for the Bolshoi opened in January 2013. The video stars Svetlana Zakharova as Nikiya, Maria Alexandrova as Gamzatti, and Vladislav Lantratov as Solor.

Excerpts can be found on YouTube.

For Epstein, high-definition screenings offer Yukon audiences an opportunity to “go out into the big world” and experience performance events the YAC could not possibly stage otherwise.

“It’s definitely a different experience than being in a live room with the performers, but those people are in a room with

live people, and you’re in a room with an audience watching those people perform,” he says.

“I think it gives you a lot of the same excitement and visceral involvement where you do start to feel emotionally involved in it.”

Epstein says “skillful, multicamera setups” bring the audience closer to the action than a live performance would.

“You get to see some of the subtleties of the performance, and it gives you a sense of the intimacy of it, as well as the spectacle of it. They really do pull you into the show.”

The YAC screening of La Bayadère takes place Saturday, January 10 at 1:00 p.m. Running time, not including intermissions, is three hours and 15 minutes.

Ticket information and related links may be found at www.yukonartscentre.com.

Freelance writer Ken Bolton is a former co-editor of What’s Up Yukon.

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Our Yukon

Helping the Outside understand our experience

by Amy O’Rourke

T

he Yukon is unlike any place I have ever been.

It boasts a rich history, a remarkable cast of characters who readily share fascinating stories, and a vast and unforgiving landscape that has shaped the people and culture. These unique regional characteristics continue to attract more fascinating people, and the Yukon’s story and culture continues to evolve.

There are so many influences on Yukon’s ‘culture’ that it is difficult to quantify the Yukon experience. Therefore, sharing the essence of our unique narratives is an exceedingly difficult task.

Charlene Alexander, executive director of the Yukon First Nations Cultural and Tourism Association (YFNCTA), is faced with this tall order on a daily basis.

“The richness of Yukon communities can’t always be packaged,” says Alexander.

“Yukon’s offering is more like a painting, where the landscape makes for a beautiful background,

but where the depth of the experience is found in the added layers. It’s the people, food, elders, stories, arts scene, and other little bits and pieces that makes our territory so special.”

How do we craft a visitor experience that capitalizes on the Yukon’s unique sense of place and share the lived experience of being a Yukoner?

While dog sledding and northern lights viewing are quintessential Yukon experiences, most visitors equally desire an opportunity to encounter Yukon’s culture; this is what allows visitors to connect with the communities and people.

Recently, the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIAY) capitalized on the growing number of experience-seeking cultural tourists with the Yukon Culinary Festival.

As a destination known for its history, First Nations culture, and rugged wilderness, visitors are less familiar with the culinary experiences that are available

throughout the territory. During the festival, sampling local food products enriched visitors’ experiences, and allowed people to see the territory in a new context.

Earlier this year, TIAY and the Yukon Chamber of Commerce (YCC) presented a business-oriented case for increased investment in tourism marketing to Yukon Government’s Department of Tourism and Culture. The department responded with a $1.8-million dollar investment over two years, which was matched by the federal government.

A significant portion of this funding commitment will be invested in the Yukon-Generated Content Project (YGC), which aims to give Yukoners the opportunity to tell the Yukon’s story.

Annie-Claude Dupuis is the project manager for YukonNow, the project that will see this $3.6 million dollar investment utilized for various tourism-marketing initiatives, including the YGC project.

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Chef Christian Pritchard and the executive director of TIAY, Blake Rogers, with a bottle of Klondike Vodka. The Yukon-made spirit is a tangible element of our culture that can be taken away.

“Yukoners have an amazing story to tell, and they want to tell it. This local content has tremendous value,” says Dupuis.

YGC tries to capitalize on Yukoners’ sense of place using non-traditional methods: a digital platform will be created and Yukoners and visitors can upload images, videos, or stories of their Yukon experience.

The Yukon Digital Storytelling Project asked Yukon film producers to submit proposals for a three-episode web series that showcases the Yukon. Dupuis says that there’s a growing trend towards the consumption of online video, and believes that we are the first jurisdiction to use web series in a tourism marketing campaign.

The submissions were re-

viewed by a professional jury, and successful producers Brendan Preston, Marty O’Brien, Simon d’Amours, and Christopher Gishler will release pieces in February and March of next year. The same jury will assess these submissions, and in partnership with Air North, select a winner to attend the 2015 Banff World Media Festival.

If you have a photo, video, or written word content that shows the world what the Yukon means to you, visit Yukoncontent.ca to make a submission.

Amy O’Rourke is the Membership and Community Relations Officer with TIA Yukon. O’Rourke’s Yukon has as many layers as an onion and it will make you cry. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Middle Row, Centre with Brian Eaton

Popcorn With Maple Syrup Mary Pickford is just one of the Canadadian film icons highlighted in Popcorn with Maple Syrup

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eople who bemoan the state of Canadian film, when compared with the media juggernaut that is the American film industry, would do well to watch Popcorn With Maple Syrup: Film In Canada From Eh To Zed, a clever and entertaining 2004 documentary that is still timely. It goes a long way to dispel what at times seems like an inherent Canadian sense of inferiority when it comes to the quality of our film heritage.

It was put together from an amazing collection of archival material and interviews by veteran Winnipeg-born director Peter Rowe. He’s most noted for his TV series Angry Planet, which portrays forces of nature such as hurricanes and wildfires worldwide, and is viewed in ten different international markets.

Rowe goes through the alphabet and highlights notable Canadian firsts in film, ranging from the Allan Brothers’ pioneering Ontario drive-in cinema, to awardwinning Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk, of Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner fame.

Who knew, for instance, that the world’s first multiplex cinema was Ottawa’s Elgin Theatre?

Or that the first international film

celebrity was a Canadian?

She was Florence Lawrence, a Hamilton-born silent film actress who achieved fame as “The Biograph Girl” after her first movie role in 1906, and subsequently earned millions for the pioneering Biograph Studios film empire.

Lawrence went on to star in more than 270 films, but committed suicide in 1938 at age 52.

Indeed, many of the giants of the American film studios got their start in Canada. Louis B. Mayer, the Russian-born film magnate who parlayed MGM Studios into the most successful and profitable film studio in the world, moved to Hollywood from Saint John, New Brunswick.

Jack Warner, the son of Russian-Jewish emigres, was born in London, Ontario, and went on to become the co-founder of Warner Brothers Films, where he helped to develop the technology for the first sound film, 1927’s The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson.

Mary Pickford, who achieved fame as “America’s Sweetheart” in the silents era, and who was one of the founders of United Artists, was actually born on University Avenue in Toronto. Her birthplace is now the site of the city’s Sick Childrens’ Hospital, and at the second

ever Academy Awards in 1930 she became the first of three Canadian actresses in a row to win Best Actress Oscars. She was succeeded later that year by Montreal– born Norma Shearer, and in 1931 by Cobourg, Ontario– born Marie Dressler, a feat unparalleled to this day.

Other Canadian firsts include probably the film world’s first nude scene, as portrayed by Victoria–born Nell Shipman, in the 1919 silent Back To God’s Country, the most successful silent film in Canadian history.

Not to be neglected in Popcorn With Maple Syrup’s enumeration of Canadian distinctions is the development of IMAX. The spectacular large-screen technology was first demonstrated in Osaka, Japan at

frost conditions. The find included many previously-lost testaments to early film history, and is one of the most notable collections of its kind.

Popcorn With Maple Syrup is available on loan from the Yukon Film Society’s collection of more than 500 feature films and documentaries.

Expo ’70, and as of 2013 there were 837 IMAX cinemas in 52 countries worldwide.

Rowe’s film concludes with a segment edited by Whitehorse filmmaker and Yukon College communications director Michael Vernon. The Dawson film find was first unearthed in a filled-in swimming pool in Dawson City in 1978.

It consisted of hundreds of cans of newsreels and feature films made from 1904 to 1920, which had been preserved in the perma-

Brian Eaton is a movie buff.

Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

Ice Fishing

Shelters and Electronics

I

n southern Canada’s ice-fishing season, lakes have been traditionally dotted with wooden ice huts or shanties. These are frozen in places with propane or home-built oil drip stoves to keep the anglers warm.

Rarely in the Yukon have I seen such huts, but occasionally a collapsible tarp and plywood structure are seen.

The modern ice-angler is into convenience and portability, so the innovative pop-up units are very common, quite sturdy, and relatively inexpensive.

They come in a variety of brands, such as Rapala and Eskimo, which also produce other ice-fishing related gear.

The simplest shelters are for two people, and some come as a complete kit including tent, chair, sled, auger and rods for less than $500. Some smaller units are designed with the sled forming the frame of half the interior, with the tent about twice as wide as the sled and pegged down to the ice. The anglers sit on chairs in the sled and fish through holes located in the other half of the tent. These sleds are usually designed to be pulled by the walking angler, rather than by a snowmobile.

Other tents are made to accommodate three to seven anglers, and are made with a rugged

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Anglers head towards a distant shelter rip-stop nylon-like material, many with the poles in sleeves to create the pop-up capability. The seven person Eskimo model is a huge 109 square feet.

Even the well-designed, larger units can be erected very quickly.

Small or large, all must be pegged down with the ice-anchor system,

because their lightweight and large surface area will have them blown across the lake with very little wind. If needed, additional sturdy screw-in ice anchors are available at dealers. These units are also light and sturdy enough that in a “no-wind” situation they can be carried and set up in a dif-

ferent location. When collapsed, any of these units can be packed into the snowmobile skimmer with the auger, the heater, and all the other gear.

Electronic devices have become very common for hardwater angling, and of course, the sky’s the limit as far as prices go.

Sonar (fish-finders) all include GPS, some with mapping, including underwater contours and temperatures.

Underwater video equipment seems to be a must-have for many anglers, and pricing has come down for basic units since the introduction of these devices.

Many anglers, including families and people on a budget, still ice fish without the above-mentioned shelters, using a tarp as a windbreak, lighting a big fire not far from the holes, or fishing close to shore where the forest breaks the wind.

Of course, modern electronics may increase your angling luck, but they are expensive and for many people these technical advances just don’t feel right.

My favourite ice-fishing time is April when the ice is still very thick, the sun is warm, and the fish are still biting.

If you are lucky.

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself.

He is a past president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation and retired hunter education coordinator for the Government of Yukon. Please send comments about his articles to wild@whatsupyukon.com.

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Active Interest Listings Fri, Dec 26 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts – 2014 12:00 AM City Of Whitehorse 867-668-2639 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Jim Hawkings before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

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Tue, Jan 13 Velocity ski practice: Mt Mac 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Jan 13 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Jan 13 Executive meeting 7PM 7:00 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Jan 14 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jan 14 Adult Biathlon 5:30 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Jan 14 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Jan 14 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Jan 14 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Jan 14 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Jan 14 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Thu, Jan 15 Velocity range practice 4:00 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Jan 15 Paddlers Abreast Open House & AGM 6:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Thu, Jan 15 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Jan 15 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 16 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Jan 16 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Jan 16 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Jan 18 Velocity Range Practice 1:00 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Jan 18 Grizzly Bears condensed 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Jan 18 Black Bears 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Jan 18 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome.

Sun, Jan 18 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Jan 18 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca

Wellness Listings Paddlers Abreast 2015 Yukon River Quest team are being accepted until Jan, 31, 2015. Applications can be found at www.paddlersabreast.org Sat, Dec 27 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Mon, Dec 29 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Tue, Dec 30 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Fri, Jan 2 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Jan 3 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Mon, Jan 5 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Tue, Jan 6 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Jan 7 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children

Wed, Jan 7 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jan 7 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Fri, Jan 9 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Jan 10 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Mon, Jan 12 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Tue, Jan 13 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Wed, Jan 14 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Jan 14 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back

entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jan 14 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Wed, Jan 14 The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713.

Fri, Jan 16 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Jan 17 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know. Everyone welcome Sat, Jan 17 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

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Community EVENTS Atlin Wednesdays Board Games 7:00 PM Atlin Rec

Centre Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre

Beaver Creek Mon, Dec 29 Community Lunch 12:00 PM

Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Dec 29 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Dec 30 Exercise Group 10:00 AM Beaver Creek Community Club Sun, Jan 4 Yoga 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jan 5 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jan 5 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Jan 6 Exercise Group 10:00 AM Beaver Creek Community Club Wed, Jan 7 Open Gym 3:30 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Jan 8 Craft night 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sun, Jan 11 Yoga 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jan 12 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jan 12 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Wed, Jan 14 Open Gym 3:30 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Thu, Jan 15 Craft night 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sun, Jan 18 Yoga 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

Carcross Mon, Dec 29 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30

PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artwork Tue, Dec 30 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Dec 30 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Dec 30 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Sun, Jan 4 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129 Mon, Jan 5 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artwork Tue, Jan 6 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Jan 6 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Jan 6 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Jan 7 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Jan 7 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Jan 7 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jan 8 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jan 8 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Mon, Jan 12 C/TFN Carving Shed open 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf Smarch will be in attendance to provide guidance/help with all manner of traditional artwork Tue, Jan 13 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Jan 13 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Jan 13 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Jan 14 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Jan 14 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Jan 14 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jan 15 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jan 15 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sun, Jan 18 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129

Dawson City Sat, Dec 27 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM

KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Brushes & easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Fee $5

Sat, Dec 27 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Dec 27 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Sun, Dec 28 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Dec 29 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec 29 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Dec 29 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Tue, Dec 30 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Fri, Jan 2 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 2 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 2 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Jan 2 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Jan 3 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Brushes & easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Fee $5 Sat, Jan 3 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jan 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Sat, Jan 3 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Sun, Jan 4 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Jan 5 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jan 5 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jan 5 Piano Lessons 3:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Mon, Jan 5 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Mon, Jan 5 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Tue, Jan 6 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Jan 7 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Jan 7 Dark Room Club 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture *paper available for purchase. For more information or to participate:please contact Rebekah at bekmiller1234@gmail.com Wed, Jan 7 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Jan 8 Guitar Lessons 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu, Jan 8 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Fri, Jan 9 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 9 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 9 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Jan 9 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Sat, Jan 10 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Brushes & easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Fee $5 Sat, Jan 10 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jan 10 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Sun, Jan 11 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Jan 12 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre

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Mon, Jan 12 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jan 12 Piano Lessons 3:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Mon, Jan 12 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Mon, Jan 12 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Tue, Jan 13 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions.

Tue, Jan 13 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Jan 14 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Jan 14 Dark Room Club 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture *paper available for purchase. For more information or to participate:please contact Rebekah at bekmiller1234@gmail.com Wed, Jan 14 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Jan 15 Guitar Lessons 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu, Jan 15 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Fri, Jan 16 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 16 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jan 16 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Jan 16 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Fri, Jan 16 Commercial Curling Bonspiel Dawson City Curling Club 993-5398 Hosted by the Top Of The World Dawson City Curling Club Sat, Jan 17 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Brushes & easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Fee $5 Sat, Jan 17 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jan 17 “Double Bob” Potluck 6:00 PM Dawson City Community Library 867-993-5571 in celebration of the birthdays of Robert Burns and Robert Service. You are welcome to recite a favourite poem!

Sat, Jan 17 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@ me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Sun, Jan 18 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Jan 18 Burning Daylight Live In Concert 7:30 PM Oddfellows Hall

Faro Fri, Dec 26 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking

Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Dec 26 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Dec 26 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Dec 28 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Dec 28 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Tue, Dec 30 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Tue, Dec 30 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Tue, Dec 30 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Fri, Jan 2 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 2 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 2 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 2 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

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Haines Junction Sun, Dec 28 St Christopher’s Church

Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

Mon, Dec 29 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Dec 30 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Dec 30 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Sun, Jan 4 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Jan 5 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jan 6 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jan 6 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Jan 7 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Jan 8 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jan 8 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Jan 11 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Jan 12 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jan 13 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jan 13 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Jan 14 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Jan 15 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jan 15 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Jan 18 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne Wed, Jan 7 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne

Mountain Community Centre Thu, Jan 8 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Jan 9 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Jan 14 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Jan 15 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Jan 16 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sun, Jan 18 Dog Powered Sports Association Race 12:00 AM Lorne Mountain Community Centre “The Carbon Hill Race Day”

Marsh Lake Fri, Dec 26 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh

Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 27 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Dec 27 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Dec 28 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 660-4999 All welcome

Mayo Fri, Dec 26 Elementary drop in gym night

5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Dec 26 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Dec 26 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Dec 28 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Dec 29 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.

Tue, Dec 30 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Dec 30 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Dec 30 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Dec 30 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Dec 30 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey

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Sun, Jan 4 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jan 4 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Mon, Jan 5 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Jan 6 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 6 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Jan 6 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Tue, Jan 6 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Tue, Jan 6 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Jan 7 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Jan 7 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jan 7 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Wed, Jan 7 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Jan 7 Badminton 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Jan 7 Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre equipment provided if needed Thu, Jan 8 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 9 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 9 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 9 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 9 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 11 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jan 11 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Mon, Jan 12 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Jan 13 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 13 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Jan 13 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Tue, Jan 13 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Tue, Jan 13 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Jan 14 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Jan 14 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jan 14 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Wed, Jan 14 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Jan 14 Badminton 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Jan 14 Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre equipment provided if needed Thu, Jan 15 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 16 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 16 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 16 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jan 16 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 18 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jan 18 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442

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Tue, Dec 30 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Fri, Jan 2 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Jan 2 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Jan 2 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Jan 4 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Jan 5 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.

Tue, Jan 6 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Jan 6 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Jan 6 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Jan 6 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Jan 6 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Jan 6 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Jan 7 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Jan 7 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Jan 7 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Jan 8 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Jan 8 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Jan 8 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Jan 9 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Jan 9 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Jan 9 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Jan 11 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Jan 12 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.

Tue, Jan 13 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Jan 13 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Jan 13 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Jan 13 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Jan 13 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Jan 13 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Jan 14 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Jan 14 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Jan 14 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Jan 15 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Jan 15 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Jan 15 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Jan 16 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Jan 16 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Jan 16 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Jan 18 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Old Crow Sun, Dec 28 St. Luke’s Church Service

11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Dec 29 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238 Sun, Jan 4 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Jan 5 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238

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Tagish All events held at the Tagish Community

Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Sat, Dec 27 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Tue, Dec 30 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Jan 3 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Mon, Jan 5 Carcross /Tagish Renewable Resources Council Meeting 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Tue, Jan 6 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Wed, Jan 7 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jan 7 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Jan 7 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jan 8 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Jan 10 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Jan 10 Monthly Music Jam 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is welcome to come and play, or enjoy!

Tue, Jan 13 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Wed, Jan 14 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jan 14 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Jan 14 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Jan 15 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Sat, Jan 17 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sun, Jan 18 Pancake Breakfast! 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Once per month everyone welcome

Teslin Sun, Dec 28 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00

PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Dec 30 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Jan 4 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Jan 5 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Jan 6 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Jan 7 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Jan 7 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Jan 8 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Jan 11 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jan 11 St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Mon, Jan 12 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Jan 13 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Jan 14 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Jan 14 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Jan 15 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Jan 18 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Watson Lake Fri, Dec 26 Yukon Christmas Bird Counts

– 2014 12:00 AM Watson Lake 867-5367488 take part in a North American wide bird monitoring and conservation program. To participate contact the count compiler Jenny Skelton before count day. Sponsored by the Yukon Bird Club.

Sat, Dec 27 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Dec 28 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Dec 29 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Sat, Jan 3 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 3 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 4 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Jan 5 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

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Thu, Jan 8 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jan 8 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 11 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Jan 12 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jan 15 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jan 15 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 17 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 17 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 18 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932

Skagway Sun, Dec 28 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM

Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Mon, Dec 29 Spinxpress with Emily 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec 30 Spinning Xpress with Jennifer 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Dec 30 Beginner Friendly Climbing Night 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre This is for people that have been belay checked and want to practice their skills in a beginner environment! Gather your friends for a fun night out!

Tue, Dec 30 Mat Pilates With Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Jan 2 Gentle Yoga w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 2 SPIN/Yoga w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 3 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 4 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, Jan 4 TRX w/Abby 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jan 5 Restorative Yoga with Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Mon, Jan 5 Spinning w/Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jan 5 Vinyasa Yoga with Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Mon, Jan 5 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 6 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 6 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 6 Spinning with Tom 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 6 Zumba with Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 7 Back/Hip Yoga & Myofascial release 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 7 TRX w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 7 Spinning w/Cindy 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 8 Zumba with Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 9 Gentle Yoga w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 9 SPIN/Yoga w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 INTRO to Spinning with Katherine 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 INTRO to TRX with Katherine 2:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 10 INTRO to Yoga with Jasmine 4:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 11 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, Jan 11 TRX w/Abby 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 11 INTRO to Climbing with Tabitha 4:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jan 12 Restorative Yoga with Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Mon, Jan 12 Spinning w/Cindy 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jan 12 Vinyasa Yoga with Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Mon, Jan 12 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Tue, Jan 13 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 13 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 13 Spinning with Tom 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 13 Zumba with Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jan 13 Chair & Mat Pilates With Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Wed, Jan 14 Back/Hip Yoga & Myofascial release 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 14 TRX w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 14 Spinning w/Cindy 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jan 14 Spinning with Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Zumba with Tabitha 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jan 15 Mat & Stick Pilates With Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate Mat series using a variety of props to create long, lean muscles Fri, Jan 16 Gentle Yoga w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 16 SPIN/Yoga w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jan 16 Spinning with Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jan 17 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jan 18 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, Jan 18 TRX w/Abby 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

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Winter 2015 Classes & Workshops Adult Classes (Ages 14+)

Drawing & Painting: Creating Depth in 2D Works

Instructor: Suzanne Paleczny Tuesdays, Jan. 27 - Mar. 3, 7-9:30pm $265 (all supplies included)

Learn how to use techniques such as perspective, foreshortening, scale, and overlapping to create the perception of spatial depth.

Handbuilt Tiles & Vessels Instructor: Marlene Collins Saturday, Feb. 28 - Sunday, Mar. 1, 10am-4pm; glazing & finishing Sunday, Mar. 15, 11am-1pm $225 (incl. clay, glazing, & firing)

Experiment with pinch-pots, coil construction, and slab construction using two different kinds of clay.

Kids After School Program Create Your Own Manga & Comics

Instructor: Nicole Bauberger Mondays, Feb. 9 - Mar. 2, 7-9pm $175 (all supplies included)

Instructor: Amber Church Thursdays, Jan. 29 - Mar. 5, 3:30-5pm Ages 7-12 $195 (all supplies included)

Explore the ways transparent and opaque colours interact in oils and acrylic, and try out techniques such as layering glazes and drybrushing.

Learn how to draw manga, practice a range of comic art styles, and create your own short comic book.

Adult Workshops (ages 14+)

Spring Break Camps

How Paint Works: Transparent and Opaque in Oils and Acrylic

Explorations in Encaustics

Art Explorations

Learn different techniques for one of the oldest forms of painting - fusing, layering, etching, drawing over and under the wax, and more.

Learn new techniques and experiment with a different medium, such as felt and clay, each day.

Instructor: Nicole Bauberger Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 24-45, 10am-3pm $160 (all supplies included)

Bookbinding

Instructor: Mary Hudgin Thursday, Jan. 29, 6-9pm $70 (most supplies included; please bring a fat quarter of quilting cotton)

Instructor: Amber Church Monday - Friday, Mar. 16-20, 9am-4pm Ages 7-12 $325 (all supplies included)

Planets & Stars

Instructor: Cass Collins Monday - Friday, Mar. 23-27, 9am-4pm Ages 7-12 $325 (all supplies included) Take a trip through space, complete with aliens and robots, through themed projects in different media.

Create a hand-made book with Lotka paper from Nepal, watercolour paper, and cotton fabric, embellished with linen thread and breads.

To register, drop by Arts Underground or call us at 667-4080 For more information, visit artsunderground.ca

Makes a great holiday present!

Gift certificates available.

YAS members get 10% off

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

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Coffee and a Conversation

by Denise L. Norman

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t’s a sight you don’t expect to see: on most weekends and occasional weekday evenings, a lone woman with long blonde hair and a very strange looking backpack can be found walking the streets of downtown Whitehorse.

Barbara Quilty starts the evening on her own, but it doesn’t take long before she has a small group of people huddled around her.

More often than not, they approach her to ask about the odd looking box-like backpack she is wearing. She answers by asking if they’d like a coffee, and she pulls cups, creamers, and sugar from a pouch at her waist, and fills cups with a hose attached to the backpack.

The backpack is substantial, holding two-anda-half gallons of coffee, and weighing a full 38 pounds, when full.

“It is in my best interest to give that coffee away, to lighten my load,” she says.

Quilty is no stranger to weight on her back. She spends most summers working in mining exploration and she loves the outdoors.

“If you like hiking in the outdoors, Yukon is the place to be,” she says.

Her downtown hikes are not, however, just an elaborate device

to get out of doors. The backpack is the icebreaker to a conversation, and a way for Quilty to express the care she feels for her community. She wants to make sure people have made plans for getting home if they plan to drink.

She is also there to share her story

While initially Quilty was buying the coffee herself, the community stepped up and now McDonald’s restaurant and the Salvation Army are supplying it for free.

“It has been amazing, supportive, and emotional,” she says.

Quilty’s own story is the bridge

Barbara Quilty with her fan and now friend, Rita Holt and listen to the stories of others.

“Most people love coffee and the Yukon winters are cold,” she says.

“If I randomly walked up to people on the street I don’t think it would be as well received.”

But she is being well received, not only by the public on the streets but also by the community. The RCMP has assisted her by providing items to increase her visibility at night and by patrolling regularly along her route.

that makes people comfortable opening up to her. A drunk driver killed her father when she was 18, and more recently she lost a nephew, and has seen her niece’s father paralyzed in two other drunk driving events. “Awareness is there, we know it’s there.”

She says conversations are needed, because these deaths and injuries are 100 per cent preventable.

People have shared their stories with her, and some have broken

can only do so much. It is up to us now. It is a community outreach, and we as a community need to start caring for one another. We need to love each other enough to stop this, because we can. Everyone thinks it will not happen to us, but it’s happened to me three times now.

“My hope is that we can come together as a community, that we can recognize it when we see it and we can offer someone a ride home, set up the safety nets, especially for the youth.

They don’t think it will happen to them.”

Apparently it is accidental that Quilty’s coffee and conversation PHOTOS: Denise L. Norman service has coincided with the holiday party Quilty getting help gearing up from season.

You her friend Tina Lacasse can expect to see her on the streets after the “I could see these young teens, holidays as well.

“As long as I live in Whitetheir eyes just looking down to the ground and this one girl said, horse,” she says.

So if you see her, don’t be ‘Yeah, my uncle died of drinking and driving’, and then someone afraid to stop and lighten her load.

Or yours, as the case may be. else opens up and says that their mother died or their father died.”

Quilty knows what it feels like to just pretend every thing is okay.

Denise L. Norman She also knows that sometimes, is a Yukon-based writer just knowing that someone cares and adventurer. is important.

She may be contacted at Quilty cares. summitheart@hotmail.com.

“My thinking was that the police down. There are not always a lot of opportunities for people to talk about how they personally have been affected by drunk driving.

Quilty is providing that opportunity.

“We walk around with it,” she says.

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Highlights Laboratoire d’hiver

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

HOLIDAY HOURS

9 au 31 janvier January 9 to 31

Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse

Free Drop-In Youth Centre for kids ages 11 to 18

afy.yk.ca

Wednesday to Saturday, 3 to 9 pm.

Supper served daily at 6:00

KIAC will be closed the following days over the Holiday Season: Wednesday December 24 – Half Day Thursday December 25, Friday November 26 and Thursday January 1 – All Day Unless stated otherwise we will be open our regular office hours Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm HaPpY Holidays Everyone!

STUDENT EXHIBITION YOUTH ART ENRICHMENT January 9 – 30, 2015 At Robert Service School

CAMERA OBSCURA FESTIVAL If you wish to be informed about the upcoming Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival, being held in Dawson June 17 to 22, 2015, the website is now on line. http://www. midnightsuncameraobscura.com/

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

Drop In YUKON MADE Every Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00 Pm

STORE The Fireweed Community Market would like to thank all its patrons for their amazing support.

The Yukon Made Store will be closed December 24 until January 6.

We look forward to seeing everyone in the new year.

Closed December 24, December 25, January 1 www.yukonstruct.com info@yukonstruct.com 135 Industrial Rd. Open : Tues-Sun 11am - 9pm

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Exhibi�ons CURRENT Exhibitions:

>> in the Yukon Art Society Gallery: THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS “How Does it Felt”

Focus Gallery Christmas Underground

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: YUKON ARCHIVES

Yukon Art Society Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013 Members Open Studio Sessions Runs: December 5-January 6 >> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm $5 per hour

Hougen Heritage Gallery A Yukon Snapshot: photos and home movies 1946-1978

by Rolf Hougen >> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << with Neil Graham every first and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm $10 per 2 hour session To register call: 867-667-4080 Email: recep�on@artsunderground.ca

Runs: November – February

OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS (14+) Ceramic Open Studio

Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

Painting Open Studio With Neil Graham 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month; From 7-9 pm $10 per session

Life Drawing Open Studio

with Neil Graham 4th Friday of every month starting January From 7-9 pm $10 per session Programs Arts Underground / Yukon Art Society 867-667-4080 ext 22

Riverdale Evenings

(by donation for supplies and coffee) Tues 7:30- 9:00 Knitting Circle

Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16) Fri 7pm - 10pm Teen Drop-in

Movies, Board Games, music and more.

Kaylee LIshner. (Starts Sep 19) Weekday Afternoons 1:30 - 3 pm

Teens and Adults all welcome By donation for supplies, coffee.

No experience required. (starts week of Sept 15) Mon: Music Circle

Singing and Drumming Tues and Thurs: Cards/Games Drop in...bring a friend or two, enjoy a game of cards tues: Knitting Circle

Group may contract knitting teachers for projects - costs tbd 13 sessions (starts Sep 16) Fri: Quilt/Needlework Circle Weekends All Ages Activities

By donation for supplies, coffee Click here for more detail Saturdays 10 am - 4pm Family Drop-in

art supplies, books, games, coffee available. (starts Sept 6) 2nd Sundays: 2 - 5 pm

First Issue Of the New Year January 15, 2015 Our office will Reopen January 5th

Available Light Cinema Sunday Dec 28 at the Yukon Arts Centre 3pm Mary Poppins

Robert Stevenson, USA, 1964, 139 min. The 1964 classic musical starring Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke combines songs, colour and sequences of live action blended w/ movements of animated figures.

Special family ticket price: $26 for up to 5 people.

6pm The Wind Rises

Hayao Miyazaki, 2013, Japan, 127 min. This recent Studio Ghibli film is based loosely on the life of Jiro Horikoshi: the designer of a lightweight fighter plane that enabled many victories for the Japanese during WWII. A work of immense mystery loaded with unforgettable images, it was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature film. This English dubbed version features the voices of Martin Short, Elijah Wood, William H Macy and Emily Blunt. yukonfilmsociety.com

/YukonFilmSociety

Calling all volunteers!

Sign up online today to volunteer at the annual Yukon winter festival, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous.

You can even choose your event!

Want to be a bar star, collecting door cover for Sourdough Sam events?

Or would you rather be part of iconic events like Mad Trapper?

The choice is yours but... hurry as spots will fill up fast!

Singing, story-telling

all ages. (starts Sept 14) 4th Sundays: 2 - 5 pm

Family Games

all ages (kids under 12 - bring a parent). (starts Sept 28)

Heart of Riverdale 38 A Lewes Blvd

www.theheartofriverdale.com

Go to www.yukonrendezvous.com and select the volunteers tab.

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Happy Holiday Holidayss to our fellow Yukoners, and visitors from near and far.

Thank you to all those in the tourism sector who have worked to make this year a successful one!

The tourism industry is a vital part of our economy, and benefits all of us.

Klondike Visitors Association thanks you for visiting Dawson City, the centre of the universe (errrâ&#x20AC;Ś sorry), the Yukon, in 2014.

We cannot wait to see you here in 2015 enjoying everything we have to offer.

Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for one of our iconic, annual events (THAW DI GRAS SPRING CARNIVAL- MARCH 13-15), to enjoy a PARKS CANADA TOUR (Extended September season) or to be entertained by our NEW SLOTS at Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall, we guarantee you will enjoy an authentic Yukon experience!

Your Tourism Team at the Department of Tourism and Culture wishes all of our colleagues, industry partners and Yukoners a very merry and safe holiday season Working Together to Grow Together!

WTAY is looking forward to another year representing Yukon wilderness tourism operators.

Our fantastic members are leading the way, as socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable businesses, and we hope to continue to foster these beliefs and practices.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2015 Spring Conference on April 17 & 18 in Dawson City!

The Yukon Convention Bureau looks forward to seeing you Thursday February 26 for our Annual Bravo Awards!

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Wines by Design

December 24, 2014

In Bloom For Christmas

A Special Toast To You

How a Whitehorse flower shop prepares for Christmas

Wishing you a wonderful New Year full of happiness and good fortune!

Thank you for contributing to our success this past year.

by Angela Szymczuk

Happy Holidays!

Seasonal Hours: December 24-26 & January 1st Closed December 27-31 Open 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

4230 – 4th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon ( across from McDonald’s) Phone: 633-3536 Fax: 633-3546

Close to Whitehorse...

and a world away from your everyday.

Christmas at a flower shop requires organization, planning, and ferns

Time to reconnect...

Spacious cottages with kitchens & bathrooms on 160 acres, outdoor hot tub with mountain views, meeting spaces, indoor sauna, exercise room, walking trails to the Yukon River, pet-friendly, and more…

Gift Certificates are always a treat

PHOTO: Angela Szymczuk

• Crutches • HanWag Boots • Birkenstocks • Safety Supplies •

Season’s Greetings

May you bring in the New Year with the love of family and good friends

Holiday Hours:

Closed December 25th, 26th and January 1st, Open on 29th, 30, 31st Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Phone: 867-668-5083 | 4200B 4th Ave, Whitehorse | www.norhosp.com • Defibrillators • Eye Wash Stations • & much much more •

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM STAFF & MANAGEMENT

Spine Boards • Stretchers • Bandages • Hard Hats

Wheelchairs • Scooters • Rollators • Braces • Insoles

Book online at sundogretreat.com 867-633-4183

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens / Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens / Brown paper packages tied up with strings / These are a few of my favorite things.”

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o goes the delightful Christmas song.

For Whitehorse florist, Crystal Rose, Christmas is more chaos than delight. The P.E.I. native opened her shop, In Bloom Flowers, four years ago on Main Street.

“I knew I should be working with flowers and I felt there was room for another shop in town,” Rose says.

Flower shops are known for being busy on occasions such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, but Christmas brings in a different kind of busy.

“With Christmas, people order things throughout December, where as other holidays are just the one day,” she says.

The preparation for Christmas requires massive organization and planning.

Typically, the majority of Rose’s Christmas stock must be ordered by early November. This includes

all ferns, poinsettias, holly, birch, themed vases, red roses, gift baskets, and all sorts of glitter décor.

Customers are encouraged to order their arrangements early, because the closer it gets to Christmas, the less variety is available.

According to Rose, centerpieces are the most popular item ordered; the florist makes sure to have plenty of ferns available.

“A lot of time is spent prepping the ferns before they are ready to be sold,” Rose says.

The ferns are then nicely arranged in an oasis, and once an order is placed, the flowers are put in, candles added and it’s all set. Aside from centerpieces, Rose offers fern decorative wreaths, miniature fern trees with flowers and bows added, and any type of floral arrangement.

“This year I made sure to be super-prepared.”

Living in the Yukon can pose certain challenges for florists. Almost everything is shipped from Vancouver. The sources of the flower supply are interesting.

You have heard of the New York Stock Exchange; in Vancouver, they have a floral version called United Flower Growers. In the

early hours of the morning, suppliers enter the building and watch as small trains circle around with different flowers. Then the bidding begins. Large digital clocks display the prices either increasing or decreasing.

“I’ve been there when I was in florist school,” says Rose. “The scene is crazy. People are screaming and swearing at one another, all trying to get the best deals on flowers.

“I believe the flower business, to be a large emotional roller coaster.”

Despite all the trials and tribulations to get premium flowers sent to the Yukon, it is all worth it in the end. Rose always enjoys bringing joy to her customers through her flower creations.

As for Rose’s favorite things, she favours gladiolas, pincushion protea, and the ginestra flowers.

To contact Rose, visit www.inbloomflowersyukon.com.

Angela Szymczuk is a Whitehorse-based writer.

Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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December 24, 2014

Claus for the Cause Being Santa in Old Crow

Ho Ho Ho from Old Crow

by Jason Westover

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ometimes you experience things that you never would have expected.

I never thought I would be living above the Arctic Circle in Old Crow dressed as Santa while sitting in a sleigh with mush dogs towing me down the street.

Indeed, it wasn’t some bizarre dream; this year I was Saint Nick at the Parents and Tot’s Christmas party extravaganza. I got the job through my wife, who at the last gettogether, took it upon herself to become my agent, and signed me up for the role. I also happened to be the only man in the room, so I accepted by default.

A gig is a gig after all. Check one off the bucket list.

I played Santa once before, in 2007, before we moved to the Yukon from Quebec. My sister worked at a seniors residence and enlisted me to bring goodwill and joy to the folks living there.

“What do you want me to do?” I asked her right before greeting everybody.

“I don’t know.” She said. “Be Santa.”

Easy enough. I mustered up as much joy and belly laugh as I could, walked out to the group and Ho Ho Ho’ed my butt off.

Except the room was silent, half the residents looked like they were sleeping and the other half were staring at their feet.

The coup de gras was when I was escorted into a room to give a gift to a sweet old lady who was sleeping. She woke up just as I approached her bed with this scared, confused look of fear — like I was the grim reaper looming over her. It was an extremely awkward moment in my Saint Nick career.

But here in Old Crow I performed to a bunch of little ones who whole-heartedly believed

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in Santa. I came loaded with a bag of gifts and happily greeted the kids with handshakes and ringing bells.

My Santa-style is all-or-nothing. I think not putting enough oomph into your role is worse than feeling embarrassed about “going too big”. If I’m to portray an iconic legend then dammit, I’m going to go big or get out!

My Santa is magical, hip, and is not afraid to crack a joke or two about Mrs. Claus, unruly elves, and reindeer flatulence.

My Santa is jovial, and takes the time to listen to the children with respect and earnestness.

After all, Santa would be out of business if it wasn’t for the magical hearts of little children.

Right?

When my elf helper, Paul, dropped me off with his dogs at the community centre and all the initial hand shaking was done, I wandered around the hall talking-it-up and goofing around before I made my way to Santa’s throne where my other elf helper, Tammy, coordinated children on the “nice list” to come up for the traditional photo-op and gift from the big red bag.

Everyone was in great spirits and enjoyed a stacked turkey dinner. Nobody pulled my beard, stomped my foot, or called me fake. My daughter didn’t recognise me, which was a huge bonus. My only hiccup came when I ate a small piece of fruitcake and choked on my beard in front of everybody, forcing me to make a quick bathroom exit to pull beard hair out of my throat. I stayed in character and laughed it off.

After all, Santa’s only human.

PHOTO: Robert Postma

Jason Westover is an Old Crow-based writer. Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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