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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling

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ere’s my dilemma: it’s 9:30 on Thursday night and I need to “put the paper to bed” by the end of the night. Everything else in complete, except my Jabbering. It’s been a long week for me (as I’m sure it has been for many) and I’m not feeling very inspired. On top of that, Ben Mahony, who has been one of my best friends for the last half-decade is playing his guitar at the Ginger Jam in the Boiler Room tonight. This jam session will also serve as a going away party for Mr. Mahony, because he is leaving the territory for Central America next week. I really want to go and say hi. But duty calls. Typically I like my articles to be at least 500 words, but I can fudge it a bit, and submit an article as low as 400 words on occasion. Currently (before editing) my word count is 162, which means I have about 340 words to go if I

want it to be full-length, and 240 words to go if I decide to settle. Now my word count is 197. I’m getting there. Another problem I have is that I need to come up with an image to accompany the story. In this particular case, an image of Ben and I together would be appropriate, but he is downtown and I am in Takhini so I cannot take one now, and in all my photo archives, I do not have a photo of appropriate size and quality to compliment the story. So I will probably take a hasty and more-or-less meaningless photo on my iPhone and submit it. Please do not judge me harshly. It is 9:52 and my word count is 312. Usually these things take me three hours to write; I’m making great time. Now, for the first time I am at a loss as to which way to proceed. I thought the idea for this article was funny in a “meta” sort of way,

and it was going pretty well at the beginning, but now I’m running out of steam. I need about 115 more words. The other day someone asked me what my favourite word was, and I thought it was such a cool question. I think it was the first time anyone ever asked me that. I said monosyllabic. Someone else said dichotomy. Someone else said succinct. All three are fantastic words. I should finish strong and wrap this article up with a moral. But I don’t think I have it in me this time. It’s 10:10 and my word count is 463; my pace is slowed but, like a marathon runner I can see the end in sight. For those who have stuck with me through this exercise, I thank you. We got through this thing together.

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“There’s support in place for it now,” she says. “It’s important to know this happened. It’s happening here. We’re still living, we’re healing.” When Finding our Faces becomes a book, Carlick says it will reclaim some of the history; change how it’s told. She says it’s healing through storytelling. There is a big workshop being held on Feb 6 and 7. Carlick rented out a hall in Whitehorse. Old students will come from Pelly, Carmacks, Watson Lake, Dawson, Telegraph Creek, Marsh Lake, Ross River, and Edmonton. They’ll look over old photos and tell stories. There will be keynote speakers, and support counselors on hand. There will be a big wrap up dinner. Carlick planned it herself. It will be a traditional feast with a community dance PHOTO: courtesy of Melissa Carlick group, and storytelling. There will be stick gambling, and These old photos are the first some people have people will be jamming. All the ever seen of themselves as kids things residential schools tried to take away. Carlick smiles and says it’s beher a few boxes of things. Then “It’s just like being in school.” ing held at the Whitehorse Baptist The project is called Finding she did Internet research. The next phase was where Car- Church hall. She asked the church Our Faces. Carlick works at her day job, lick got an old student to come if she could host there and they for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation, in and identify the photos. They said, “Here’s the key”. “This is huge, just sitting here then goes to the Whitehorse Ab- could tell stories if they wanted talking about it,” says Carlick. original Women’s Circle office at to. “People have been carrying it Carlick says it was neat to see the end of the day to work on what will become a book, like the people looking over old photos of with them for so long. Now they themselves. They’d never seen can tell their story and get themphotos from that time. People selves grounded. “This kind of thing helps. would show her photos and say to “There are so many social her: “That’s your grandpa. He’s sit- problems, kids in care. “If we can help a handful of ting by your grandma. Can you tell people, we’re winning. We’re they’d end up together?” Carlick never learned about moving forward.” residential school in high school history. It was all, “Columbus Daily, weekly and monthly rates Meagan Deuling is the assistant landing in America and meeting editor of What’s Up Yukon. the natives.” Flat decks, cube vans, pick-ups, Contact her via But these days she thinks it can editor@whatsupyukon.com. become part of the curriculum. SUVs, 4x4s, 7 &15 passenger

elissa Carlick learned about residential schools in a class, First Nations 100, during her first year at UNBC in Prince George. Afterward she asked her dad, and found out that he went to Lower Post when he was a child. “It made sense when I found out,” she says. “That’s why I don’t know my language.” It explained the trouble she saw around her extended family and friends not taking care of their kids. She gets why her dad didn’t tell her about his education until she asked. “I don’t think I should have known. I didn’t need to know. He protected me.” When she found out about residential schools, Carlick was angry and sad. And it drove her to study the mental impact of cultural appropriation on youth as her master’s degree. Adeline Webber attended the Yukon Indian Baptist Mission School, Whitehorse’s residential school. It used to stand across from the High Country Inn. When Webber went to a Truth and Reconciliation meeting in Vancouver a while ago, she noticed former residential school students from other places had documentation of their experience. Webber knew there was nothing like that for the Whitehorse school. So she decided to gather the documentation. She got money for the project from the Anglican

Church fund, and from the Yukon Government. Someone told her that Melissa Carlick would be a good archivist. And she is. Carlick says it’s fun to gather all the old photos and documents from 1947 to 1962; the period the Whitehorse school was open.

Finding Our Way Home book the Tr’ondëk Hwëchin made. “That book is a trailblazer,” she says. The first part of the project was the gathering of the physical documents and photos, mostly from Yukon Archives, but the Whitehorse Baptist Church gave

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Inside Jickling’s Jabberings ............... 2 Finding our Faces ................... 3 Klondike Korner ..................... 4 Didee & Didoo ....................... 5 Wooden Sky .......................... 5 Yukon Flickers ....................... 9 Kids’ Food ...........................10 Edible Yukon ........................13 Tanya Tagaq .........................16 SMRT Pop Ups.......................17 World Famous .......................18 Proﬁle of a musher ................22 Curling ...............................23 Step Outside ........................24 Shredders............................25 ALFF Roundup ......................26

Events Whitehorse Listings ................ 6 Highlights ............................. 8 Community Listings ...............20 Active Interests ....................21

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the same as the ones I did a month ago. After all, advancing sunlight looks similar to the retreating kind. Winter days in Dawson aren’t always clear and sunny. There are days when the skies are overcast, and the little light shines indirectly, filtered through the clouds. But one day last week the sky was startlingly blue, and the sun reflected brilliantly off the trees on the bank just across the Yukon River; a scene visible from my front porch. The image was a very appealing blend of silver and gold. This is a seasonal phenomenon that lasts for a few weeks on either side of the solstice. It’s funny that the phenomenon signals the coming of darkness in December, while also hailing the return of light in January. It’s just as beautiful at either time of the year, yet it is a much more positive experience in the New Year. Be that as it may, it’s a sight I’ve always enjoyed. When I was teaching, I was fortunate to have

a classroom window facing those hills and I came to enjoy them then. Happily, the front of our house also faces in that direction, so I still get to bask in the same sight eight years later. A few days after this, I noticed the Waterfront Park bathed in a pale light and noticed saw that there was enough sunlight to cause the Front Street shops to cast grey shadows to the west, a sure sign of returning light. We’ve had a mostly pleasant winter so far — just a couple of weeks in the -30°C’s and a lot of the time in minus single-or-teen digits. Every day like this is another really cold day we won’t have to bundle up for, and every day brings us back a little more light. 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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The Wooden Sky Kicks Off ALFF The other Gavin Gardiner heads North by Barry “Jack” Jenkins The Wooden Sky play Whitehorse with Old Cabin on February 6

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or Yukoners who miss having a music festival in February, the Yukon Film Society has stepped up. This year, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) has expanded to include musical performances. Andrew Connors, ALFF director, explains: “It’s twofold. We realized that the way we configure the Yukon Arts Centre for cinema, we move the screen right to the front of the stage that it leaves the whole stage open so we could do cabaret events. The other is that it’s much more commonplace for live music and cinema to be performed together. “At heart, a lot of songwriters and filmmakers are storytellers. For the kickoff concert, we wanted to bring some excitement to the festival audience and have a great music show to kick things off.” ALFF begins Friday, February 6, with a concert by The Wooden Sky, an alternative-country/roots group from Toronto, who recently released their fourth album, Let’s Be Ready.

“The Wooden Sky is a great rocking band with some wonderful songs, and we’ve heard some great things about their live show,” says Connors. Last year, the band released Let’s Be Ready, after some internal turmoil and change: a founding member left, and the band quit its record label and management. Gavin Gardiner, the band’s singer and guitarist, sees this as a re-invention for the group. “It forces you out of your comfort zone,” Gardiner says. “We couldn’t do things later like we’d done before because it wasn’t even an option. So it was good, we had to re-invent what we did and it forced everyone to take on a new role. “It just felt like either we work our asses off and do something new or we quit. So it felt good to actually dig in and do the work. And that’s where we are right now.” Film buffs may be interested in checking out their work with director Scott Cudmore. The video for the lead track from the new album is called, “Saturday Night”.

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It follows two strange characters around a nightclub, while the song plays in the background, at points dropping out entirely. “At first we were a little bit reluctant and hesitant to do that,” Gardiner explains. “But we really believed in Scott’s vision. His original idea when he pitched it to me was, let’s experience the music through someone else’s eyes and how it affects their life.” Opening for The Wooden Sky is the Whitehorse band, Old Cabin, with singer-songwriter Jona Barr accompanied by Fiona Solon, Jordy Walker, Micah Smith and Johnnie Rodgers. “That’s my standard Yukon band,” Barr says. “It’s pretty much the band on my CD. When I tour across Canada playing festivals, I try to have a band made up of friends who are also playing that festival, so there’s a lot of different variations.” Old Cabin released a self-titled full-length album last year, and followed it up with several months of touring. Barr is currently writing the next album, to be recorded this summer.

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to make things nice. She could be mine but we’re in a bind. She gives me a shove for her other love. Sometimes she’s free ‘cause we’re only three. My heart is in a tangle ‘cause I’m in a love triangle. I was thinking maybe what if we had a baby.

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Member of The Wooden Sky are familiar with Old Cabin’s music, having played with Barr’s brother Jackson Reed in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. “We listened to the album in the van a bunch of times and it’s really good,” says Gardiner. It’s a small little world we’ve got in this country.” ALFF will also be presenting musical performances by Juno Award nominated Tanya Tagaq with the film, Nanook of the

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Whitehorse EVENTS Art Shows

Fri, Feb 6 Nicole Bauberger: River Beauty and other stories 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM North End Gallery First Friday Art Show Reception. Paintings in oil and encaustic inspired by the delight experienced on or near the water in the Yukon summer. Fri Feb 6 SKIN “First Friday” Art Show Opening 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Arts Underground Studio Gallery Association in the focus gallery. until Sun, Feb 1 A Yukon Snapshot: photos and home movies 1946-1978 by Rolf Hougen Arts Underground 867-667-4080 ext 22 A historical art show until Sat, Feb 21 MAJISKI + MORVITZ Yukon Arts Centre “North of Myth” by Joyce Majiski “Alchemy of Collaboration” by Zea Morvitz Until Sat, Feb 28 Nicole Bauberger: River Beauty and other stories North End Gallery Paintings in oil and encaustic inspired by the delight experienced on or near the water in the Yukon summer. Until Fri Feb 28 SKIN “First Friday” Art Show Opening 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Arts Underground Studio Gallery Association in the focus gallery.

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Mon, Feb 9 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Feb 10 Kevin House 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Tue, Feb 10 Open Mic Night With MC Turmoil 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Feb 10 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Wed, Feb 11 Paul Bergman & Allan Crossley 6:00 PM Wheelhouse Restaurant 456-2982 Wed, Feb 11 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done! Wed, Feb 11 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Feb 11 Johnny Rogers & the New Music Jam 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 3339315 Wed, Feb 11 BRU Night 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Feb 11 ALFF Film and Music: Lindsay McIntyre: A Northern Portrait 9:15 PM Yukon Arts Centre Beautiful and unusual images and personal meditations of Baker Lake, Nunavut. 30 min. projection performance. Wed, Feb 11 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Feb 12 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Feb 12 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm. Thu, Feb 12 Open mic with Scott Maynard 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn 867668-4500 Thu, Feb 12 Old School 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 333-9315 Every Thursday, classic rock at its finest Thu, Feb 12 Fishead Stew 9:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub A rousing mix of country blues, swinging gypsy jazz, bluegrass, western swing, fiddle tunes, reggae and more... Always a foot stompin’ good time! Thu, Feb 12 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Feb 12 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Feb 13 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Feb 13 The Midnight Sons 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Fri, Feb 13 ALFF Performance Art and Music: Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows: Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre A series of vignettes seen through a window reconnect us with a sense of shared history and common humanity. Fri, Feb 13 DJKJ 9:00 PM Club 867 DjKj will be rocking CLUB 867 every second Friday Fri, Feb 13 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Fri, Feb 13 ALFF Music: Julie Doiron + Jon McKiel Cabaret Concert 10:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Acadian indie-rock legend Julie Doiron with Halifax’s Jon McKiel perform. Sat, Feb 14 Jammin at The Sternwheeler Saloon 4:00 PM Sternwheeler Lounge with Peggy and “Jack”. Sat, Feb 14 All City Band Society Annual Dessert & Dance 7:00 PM Mt McIntyre Rec Centre (Ski Chalet) 393-438 (Jennifer) Silent auction and fundraiser featuring The Big Band and All-City Jazz Band. Sat, Feb 14 The Midnight Sons 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Feb 14 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Feb 14 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Sun, Feb 15 Nick Mah 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn

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Sun, Feb 1 Quest Fest Week Shipyards Park Celebrate before the ofﬁcial start of the race. Wed, Feb 4 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Wed, Feb 4 Yukon Quest: Meet the Mushers 6:30 PM Mt McIntyre Rec Centre (Ski Chalet) Free event to everyone, this is when the public can meet the mushers and

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ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy. talk to them about the race. Wed, Feb 4 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. Wed, Feb 4 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground Wed, Feb 4 Outerbridge - Clockwork Mysteries, “Grand Master of Illusion” 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Ted Outerbridge has been hailed by critics as the most successful professional magician in Canada and a champion of magic. A professionally orchestrated theatrical production with over 20 custom-designed illusions and world-class lighting and set design, this is a high-energy magical adventure for both adult and family audiences. Wed, Feb 4 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t flinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Thu, Feb 5 Kids After School Program: Manga & Comics 3:30 PM Arts Underground Kids 7-12 learn to draw their own manga, and practice a range of comic art styles. Thu, Feb 5 Yukon Quest: Start Banquet 5:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Come out to enjoy a great meal and salute the mushers before they leave on 32nd Yukon Quest. Thu, Feb 5 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t flinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Fri, Feb 6 Baby Storytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library WPL winter story time drop-in sessions for babies 6-24 months and caregivers. Fri, Feb 6 Max Fraser Video Productions presents Klondike Joe Boyle 12:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Rotary Club of Whitehorse welcomes Max Fraser to talk about his latest project, Dawson’s wealthiest citizen Joe Boyle. Fri, Feb 6 Love a Liberal Dance Party 7:30 PM Yukon transportation Museum 3339493 or 667-7248 (Melissa) Yukon Federal Liberals hold a Valentine’s Day warm up, with music by Soul Migration. Fri, Feb 6 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t flinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Fri, Feb 6 ALFF: Available Light Film Festival 2015 Yukon Arts Centre Canada’s largest film festival north of 60˚. 10 days. 26 Screenings. 7 Live Music and Cinema performances. Guest filmmakers. Fire Hall Film Talks. Sat, Feb 7 ALFF Film: Citizenfour 4:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A filmmaker and journalist meet Edward Snowden for the first time. Caught on film, the result is a real-life espionage story. Sat, Feb 7 ALFF Film: Two 4 One 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre (Eye on Canada Opening Gala) Cast members Gavin Crawford, Gabrielle Rose and Naomi Sneickus, director Maureen Bradley and producer Daniel Hogg in attendance for this gala screening, 77 minutes Sat, Feb 7 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t flinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Sat, Feb 7 Whitehorse Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks a 60-minute mix of great music - world beat, acid jazz, pop - you dance or stretch or move how you like Sat, Feb 7 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 Sat, Feb 7 ALFF Performance: Eye on Canada Opening Gala Party 9:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre guests and festival goers get down on the dance floor with Whitehorse R & B outfit Soul Migration! Sun, Feb 8 ALFF Film: Antarctica: A Year on Ice 10:15 AM Yukon Arts Centre A glimpse into what it’s like to live in Antarctica for a full year.

Sun, Feb 8 ALFF Film: Speaking Parts (25th Anniversary restored print) 12:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre An aspiring actor/janitor/ gigolo becomes an object of obsession. Sun, Feb 8 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed 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, Feb 8 ALFF Film: Freak Out! 3:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre In 1900 a group of middle class kids start the original alternative community. Sun, Feb 8 ALFF Film: All the Time in the World 5:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre A family of five live remotely in the Yukon wilderness during the long winter. Sun, Feb 8 ALFF Performance: The Wooden Sky with guests Old Cabin 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre ALFF 2015 kick-off concert, Toronto’s The Wooden Sky will bring their freewheeling brand of roots rock to the Territory. This will be the first Yukon appearance for TWS, who will be playing songs from their 4th LP ‘Let’s Be Ready Opening this kick-off concert will be Whitehorse’s own Old Cabin who will play a rare full 5-piece band performance. Sun, Feb 8 ALFF Film: Preggoland 8:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre A woman deflects friends’ and family’s disapproval by falsely claiming to be pregnant. Mon, Feb 9 ALFF Film: Ghosts of the Joe Henry + Share the Road 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A YFS commissioned documentary and a documentary on winter biking in Whitehorse. Mon, Feb 9 ALFF Film: SOL 5:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre The mysterious death of a young Inuit man, Solomon Uyurasuk in Igloolik. Mon, Feb 9 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Mon, Feb 9 ALFF Film: Down River 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre The stirring story of three young women living in the same building. Mon, Feb 9 ALFF Music: Kevin House: Music from Down River 9:15 PM Yukon Arts Centre Kevin House performs songs from the movie after the screening. Tue, Feb 10 Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution (Mumisitsinerup Nipaa) 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A rock band`s political music, the first recorded in Greenlandic, change history. Tue, Feb 10 YCCS Drink & Draw 6:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Bring your sketchbook and invite your friends! You can work on your projects, sketch for fun, and play drawing games in a friendly social atmosphere. Tue, Feb 10 ALFF Music: Tanya Tagaq presents ‘Nanook of the North’ 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Musical performance alongside 1922’s Nanook of the North Tue, Feb 10 ALFF Film: Cast No Shadow 9:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre A 13-year-old boy navigates a life of petty crime in a rugged seaside town. Wed, Feb 11 ALFF Film: The Sower (Le Semeur) 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre In Quebec’s Kamouraska Valley, Patrice Fortier preserves rare cultivars. Wed, Feb 11 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Wed, Feb 11 ALFF film: You’re Sleeping Nicole (Tu Dors Nicole) 4:15 PM Yukon Arts Centre A recent university grad lounges in ennui during a long hot summer in her small hometown. Wed, Feb 11 Whitehorse Book Club HRMA (Habitual Readers Mastermind Academy) 5:00 PM Town & Mountain Hotel 866-883-4762 Book to read and discuss: The Charge - Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive by Brendan Burchard Wed, Feb 11 ALFF Film: Violent 6:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre A catastrophic event sparks a young Norwegian women’s memories. Wed, Feb 11 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 867334-8654 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.

Wed, Feb 11 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t ﬂinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Wed, Feb 11 ALFF Film and Music: Lindsay McIntyre: A Northern Portrait 9:15 PM Yukon Arts Centre Beautiful and unusual images and personal meditations of Baker Lake, Nunavut. 30 min. projection performance. Thu, Feb 12 ALFF Film: Everything Will Be 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Vancouver’s Chinatown in the midst of transformation. Thu, Feb 12 Kids After School Program: Manga & Comics 3:30 PM Arts Underground Kids 7-12 learn to draw their own manga, and practice a range of comic art styles. Thu, Feb 12 Oleanna 8:00 PM The Guild Hall Here The Guild heads into something truly meaty, and truly now. A show that doesn’t ﬂinch, Oleanna lays witness to the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students. Thu, Feb 12 ALFF Film and Music: John Southworth and The South Seas + We Are the City 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Live music and cinema. The South Seas with accompanying video, and Violent soundtrack artists: We are the City.

Family

Monday - Friday Math Tutoring! 11:45 AM F.H. Collins Secondary Free peer tutoring will be available at lunchtime. It will be Monday to Thursday from 11:45-12:15 . Please encourage your student to take advantage of this to help him/her to be successful this year. Wed, Feb 4 Family Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb 4 Toddler Storytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library WPL winter story time drop-in sessions for children 2-4 and caregivers. Wed, Feb 4 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. Wed, Feb 4 After School Ball Pit 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb 4 Girls Group 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Feb 4 Outerbridge - Clockwork Mysteries, “Grand Master of Illusion” 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Ted Outerbridge has been hailed by critics as the most successful professional magician in Canada and a champion of magic. A professionally orchestrated theatrical production with over 20 custom-designed illusions and world-class lighting and set design, this is a high-energy magical adventure for both adult and family audiences. Thu, Feb 5 Open Ball Pit 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb 5 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. Thu, Feb 5 After School Theatre 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb 5 Kids After School Program: Manga & Comics 3:30 PM Arts Underground Kids 7-12 learn to draw their own manga, and practice a range of comic art styles. Thu, Feb 5 Kids Choir Ages 6-7 5:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Feb 5 Kids Choir Ages 8-12 6:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Feb 6 Parent-Child Mother Goose: Multi Age/Preschool Group 1:45 PM Whitehorse Elementary Barbara 335-2283 Multi-age/Preschool Group (3 years+) Free program; pre-registration required. Healthy snacks provided! Fri, Feb 6 Open Ball Pit 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Feb 6 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs. Fri, Feb 6 Parent-Child Mother Goose: Toddler Group 10:00 AM The Child Development Centre Barbara 335-2283 Toddlers 18 months to 3 years Free program; pre-registration required. Healthy snacks

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up, families/elders, to learn safe, ethical, respectful trapping practices and cultural teachings. Sat, Feb 7 Winter Wonderland Photography 10:00 AM Yukon College 668-5200 Improve your winter photography in this one-day class instructed by Manu Keggenhoff Sat, Feb 7 Finding Our Faces and History through Photographs and Stories Workshop 11:00 AM Yukon Inn Plaza 3351854, A respectful environment to meet former students to hear their stories and review pictures. Sun, Feb 8 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed 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. Tue, Feb 10 Tax Return Basics 6:00 PM Centre De La Francophonie Free workshop on useful tips and resources available. Held in French. Registration: 867-668-2663, Ext. 500 Tue, Feb 10 YCCS Drink & Draw 6:30 PM Coast High Country Inn Bring your sketchbook and invite your friends! You can work on your projects, sketch for fun, and play drawing games in a friendly social atmosphere. Tue, Feb 10 YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Thu, Feb 12 Valentines Craft Night with Instructables and Circuit Scribe 6:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Thu, Feb 12 Laser Cutter 101 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Sun, Feb 15 Steampunk Build Night 2:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Sun, Feb 15 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed 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.

Meetings

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RRSP Strategies

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Financial strategies change as you advance through life. With only a minority of Canadians in the workforce covered by an employer pension plan (about 40%, according to Statistics Canada), many of us will have to look after ourselves in our retirement years. The Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and its close cousin, the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), will likely be the most important tools available to support our financial needs in retirement. Here are some key strategies to keep in mind at various stages in your life:

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Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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Your 40s By now, there will be many different interests competing for your money. From children to home ownership to vacations and hobbies, money will likely appear to be going out as soon as it is coming in. It’s also at this stage when most people who haven’t begun saving will realize the error of their ways. Don’t worry, it’s not too late. To get on track and begin surging forward, this is an even more critical time to have a relationship with a good financial advisor to help identify your current expenses and income available for a flexible savings plan. You should begin thinking of longer-term goals and objectives, such as envisioning your retirement objectives and choosing a path to get there. If you already have savings in place, this is the time to determine whether your money is working hard enough for you. Your 50s For many, these are the years when income potential is peaking and that means having a very clear picture of what you are spending year-to-year, and whether you are on a path to live the lifestyle you desire in retirement. Your financial advisor can help you determine whether you are contributing enough to your RRSP and TFSA to meet future goals. Again, you may also want to re-examine and lower your exposure to market risk in your investment portfolio, including your retirement savings plans.

Your 60s Whether you are ready to retire or just considering another chapter in your life, this is when you will begin taking a hard look at your income needs year-to-year and your outside sources of funds, such as government retirement benefits, rental properties and savings. It is also an important time for both you and your spouse or partner to talk about how you want to spend future years. Some couples are surprised to learn of each other’s different expectations for living standards in retirement. From a financial perspective, you need to know how much you have to rely on savings and investments, and whether you are on track. The reality is that your portfolio must not only provide for your current income needs, but also must be able to sustain your needs throughout your retired years, which can be 25 years from now. Edward Jones, Member Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

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Highlights Intro to Adobe Design Software with a focus on InDesign February 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cost: $20

Industrial Sewing Machine 101 February 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Cost: $5

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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

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: Exhibi�ons

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

FOCUS GALLERY SKIN

Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: YUKON ARCHIVES

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

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

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A Yukon Snapshot: photos and home movies 1946-1978 by Rolf Hougen Runs: November – February

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LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

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WEEKENDS ALL AGES ACTIVITIES

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Studio Gallery Association Runs: Feb. 6-28 Open Studio Sessions Opening: Friday, Feb. 6, 5-7 pm >> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions <<

FRI: QUILT/NEEDLEWORK CIRCLE

FAMILY DROP-IN

DINNER & A MOVIE Saturday, February 14, 2015 Starts at 6:30pm Feature film and a three course meal $40 Limited seats, reservations recommended. A fundraiser for the DCISFF

Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

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

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Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

Shary Boyle & Christine Fellows At the Odd Fellow’s Ballroom Sunday, February 15, 2015 Doors open at 7:30pm $15 in Advance/ $20 at the Door

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Two 4 One Breaks New Ground M

ove over Ben Affleck and Julia Roberts, the Canadian filmmaking world would like to thank you for solidifying conventions for the romantic comedy genre, so Two 4 One can break those conventions into a million pieces. This progressive look at reallife love is refreshing and accessible: a movie about a transgendered Canadian in which an offbeat backdrop is conspicuously missing. Filmed in the serene coastal suburbs of Victoria, BC, this post-modern rom-com is touching and new. Two 4 One puts the relationships of transgendered and queer people in the spotlight. Some are uncomfortable with the type of love portrayed in the movie — the kind Hollywood doesn’t deem worthy of mainstream entertainment — but Maureen Bradley, the film’s writer/director, is pushing the envelope. The film demystifies the transgendered experience with a charmingly capricious narrative; its singularity makes it compelling. The film asks us not to fit people and love into neat little boxes, and to really start living, and letting live. Human complexities make us interesting and lovable, and at this point I’d rather have a kick in the head than watch another You’ve Got Mail or Bridget Jones’s Diary. Let’s face it; we’ve covered the pretty-guys-and-gals-fallingin-love-under-troublesome-circumstances thing. Adam (Gavin Crawford from This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and Miriam (Naomi Snieckus from CBC’s Mr. D) play a convincingly unlikely couple dealing with an astronomically unlikely problem. Adam is a long way down the road in transitioning to a man, and his ex-girlfriend Miriam is trying to get pregnant with a donor’s sperm and a syringe. Miriam turns to Adam moral support as she tries to get pregnant. She gets a lot more than that. The day she inseminates herself, they wind up in bed together, and both end up pregnant.

An honest characterization of a true-to-life Canadian and an important redefinition of social norms, this film is as vulnerably sweet as it is bitingly brave. The Yukon Film Society rolls out the red carpet for Two 4 One cast members Gavin Crawford, Gabrielle Rose, and Naomi Sneickus, as well as director Maureen Bradley and producer Daniel Hogg. They will be present for the Available Light Film Festival Opening Gala screening on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Yukon Arts Centre.

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Gavin Crawford, Naomi Snieckus, and Gabrielle Rose star in Two 4 One Adam’s experiences dealing with the medical and financial aspects of his physical gender transition shine light on the logistics of the healthcare system. His experience also points directly at the problem of student debt. Although Canada prides itself on acceptance, the fine print in our support systems often leaves little breathing room for individual, or unusual, circumstances. Bradley asks tough questions and Adam’s situation reminds us that social structures support people in some circumstances, whilst creating roadblocks for people in others. Introducing this to the mainstream by way of the big screen is a sign that we are evolving. The progressive womb that is Victoria, B.C. is a great place to start; British Columbia is often a trendsetting province.

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This 1-day workshop introduces non-lawyers to the theory and practice of interpreting legislation and regulations. No previous coursework in law is required to take this course. If you are new to working with legislation and regulations, or if you want to expand your understanding of the purpose, development and application of these tools, this training may meet your needs. In the workshop you will work through the following areas: the sources of law; researching the law in relation to reading and understanding statutes; and how to interpret actual statues and prepare draft rules or policies.

Feb 9, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm CRN: 20480 $175 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

Practice and Procedures for Decision Makers

This introductory course is for members of boards, tribunals, and committees with a quasi-judicial function. The course was developed by the B.C. Council of Administrative Tribunals, and is designed to provide participants with a better understanding of their role and responsibilities as tribunal members. ** This course is a prerequisite to take Advanced Decision Writing **

Feb 10-11, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm Feb 12, 2015 9:00am to 12:00pm CRN: 20481 $600 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

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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Trauma Training

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. Instructors: Jackie MacLaren & First Nations Initiatives staff, Yukon College

March 4-6, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20484 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

YFN 101: History of Yukon First Nations and Self-Government

This 1-day course is intended for anyone interested in learning more about Yukon First Nations and Self-Government. Develop a broader understanding and appreciation for the key events in Yukon First Nations distant and recent past, in a day that includes interactive activities, discussions and presentations by staff from the Yukon First Nations Initiative department at Yukon College. The instructors incorporate historical timelines, facts, personal stories, and activities for an engaging look at history and recent developments. For more information on this course call: First Nations Initiatives @ 867.456.8582

March 13, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20485 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

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This 3-day course is guided by a number of important principles including respect, cooperation, community, harmony, generosity, and resourcefulness. This course covers topics such as substance disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, deliberate self-Injury, and psychotic disorders.

March 17-19, 2015 8:30am to 4:30pm CRN: 20486 $200 + gst Location: Yukon College Room C1440 (The Glass Class)

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blurts out, “Boston Pizza” and, “Happy Meal”. Hmm? We returned from our trip bloated and tired, ready to consume vast quantities of salad and fruit. Emily, on the other hand, had embraced the food she was chowing on in our absence, and accepted as the norm. Unfortunately, vacations end, and she, like the rest of us, had to face reality. Back to a healthy nutritional routine. Oh drat. This is a sort of a tricky deal because Emily, like most threeyear-olds, is an extremely picky eater. If her mysterious toddler brain decrees that whatever is being served to her is unfit for her mouth, then that food be damned for the duration of her childhood.

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Emily’s breakfast of champions

her plate. Fish crackers: Ok, so this may not be considered “food”, but I don’t know how many finicky evenings we had where she barely ate and we kept her belly full with these crispy fish. To me it’s like eating cardboard but I can feed them to her anywhere, anytime. Score. Cucumbers: I

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s the days lengthen and I embark on ever-longer forays out into the world, I remember wistfully the easy goal of foraging. Foraging itself is not effortless, but during the snowless seasons the decision to do so is. It is simply part of the reason I wander — both the carrot and stick that goad me onward. In the winter, it takes extra effort to get away from the woodstove, even in these weirdly mild times. There are constant questions like, “Which layers do I wear?” and “Which wax do I use on my trusty wooden skis?” If it is cold, there is the need to bank the fire appropriately so that the house will be toasty when I get back. I often find myself in search of company for these mini winter expeditions, moral support for getting over that hump that is getting out the door. Once I’m out, I remember. I remember that foraging in the white land yields bounty less tangible than summer’s greens and autumn’s reds, but no less nourishing. It is the sun itself I am after, and vistas to view it from and by. I seek out the play of light on hoarfrost, icicles, and fields of countless snowflakes. With my whole body I delight in frictionless flight as I glide through the trees on narrow wooden wings. And nothing tastes as good as the simple trail fare of winter, munched thoughtfully on a bluff. Homemade granola bars or crackers, dried meat or fish, fruit leather from hand-picked berries — all of these are elevated to the level of haute cuisine by the view of a spreading snow-covered valley, sun winking at me from between the peaks of the mountain range opposite. This is the other side of gathering — the enjoyment — and it’s just as important as the labour. I forage, not because it is be-

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FRIDAY, FEB 6

3:00pm Freak Out!

9:15pm Kevin House: Music from Down River

DIR. C JAVÉR, SWE/GER/NOR/DEN, 2014, 89 MIN

SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS: $26/$25 YFS MEMBERS CO-PRESENTED WITH THE YUKON ARTS CENTRE

In 1900 a group of middle-class kids revolted against their time and started the original alternative community in Switzerland—Monte Verità, the mountain of truth. In German and English.

CABARET STAGE | SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS: $17 BRITISH COLUMBIA, 60 MIN

8pm The Wooden Sky w/ guests Old Cabin

Performing the Available Light Film Festival kick-off concert, Toronto’s The Wooden Sky will bring their freewheeling brand of roots rock to the Territory. For their first Yukon appearance The Wooden Sky will be playing songs from their critically-lauded 4th LP Let’s Be Ready. Opening the concert will be a rare appearance of Old Cabin in it’s 5-piece formation.

5:30pm All the Time in the World DIR. S CROCKER, YUKON, 2014, 89 MIN

Dawson City-based filmmaker chronicles a family of five who leave the comforts of home to live remotely in the Yukon wilderness for nine months. Director in attendance.

SATURDAY, FEB 7

8:30pm Preggoland

4:00pm Citizenfour

DIR. J TIERNEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2014, 109 MIN

DIR. L POITRAS, USA/GER, 2014, 114 MIN

A 100% real-life espionage story unfolding minute by minute as filmmaker Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald meet US internet surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong to break his story.

7pm Two 4 One (Eye on Canada Opening Gala) DIR. M BRADLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2014, 77 MIN

A bittersweet dramatic comedy about a transgender hero in an unimaginable predicament. Stars This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Gavin Crawford, Mr. D’s Naomi Snieckus, and Robson Arms’ star Gabrielle Rose. Cast and creators in attendance.

9:30pm Eye on Canada Opening Gala Party YUKON ARTS CENTRE CABARET PERFORMANCE

Celebrate the opening of the 13th Available Light Film Festival behind the cinema screen as guests and festival goers get down on the dance floor with Whitehorse R&B outfit Soul Migration! Cash bar.

SUNDAY, FEB 8 10:15am Antarctica: A Year on Ice DIR. A POWELL, NEW ZEALAND, 2013, 91 MIN

Few people get to Antarctica and fewer by far get to winter over. This visually stunning film, 10 years in the making, lets you experience what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year.

A comedy about a 35-year-old single woman who, in a moment of impetuous desperation, falsely claims to be pregnant in order to deflect her friends’ and family’s disapproval of her directionless, irresponsible lifestyle. Winner of the Most Popular Canadian Film at VIFF 2014. Producer in attendance.

8:30pm ALFF Comedy Pitch Event Yukon-based comedy artists pitch their ideas to a live audience and panel. Panelists: Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes); Kyle Tingley (writer, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and Michelle Daly (head of CBC Comedy). Hosted by Naomi Snieckus (CBC’s Mr. D). Location: Old Fire Hall.

MONDAY, FEB 9

12:00pm Three Yukon Documentaries ALL TICKETS: $8 | FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

Ghosts of the Joe Henry D SOKOLOWSKI, 2015, 20 MIN Chasms of Silence M BERKMAN, 2014, 12 MIN Share the Road F CASAUBON, 2014, 33 MIN

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event) Ben Ratner, Jennifer Spence and James Brown; Down River and Tanya Tagaq and Jean Martin; Nanook of the North. Location: Old Fire Hall

5:00pm SOL DIR. M COUSINEAU, S AVINGAQ, NUNAVUT, 2014, 76 MIN

Suzanne Crocker; All The Time In The World and Dan Sokolowski; Ghosts of the Joe Henry. Location: Old Fire Hall

A stirring documentary that explores the mysterious death of a young Inuit man, Solomon Uyurasuk, and sheds light on the underlying social issues of Nunavut which claims one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world.

12:30pm Speaking Parts

7:00pm Down River

DIR. A EGOYAN, ONTARIO, 1989, 90 MIN

DIR. B RATNER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2013, 90 MIN

The director-supervised restoration of Egoyan’s int’l breakthrough starring Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian and Gabrielle Rose. Post screening: Gabrielle Rose in conversation with Geoff Pevere.

Written and directed by Vancouver actor Ben Ratner this dramatic film tells the story of three young artisitic women and their neighbour Pearl, a charismatic woman who inspires them to new heights.

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event)

Vancouver’s folk-noir songwriter, Kevin House, will perform his songs from the film Down River with accompanist Scott Maynard.

TUESDAY, FEB 10 12:00pm Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution DIR. I HOEGH, GRE/DMK, 2014, 72 MIN | ALL TICKETS: $8

From 1973 to 1976 the Greenlandic rock band Sumé released three albums and changed the history of Greenland. Kalaallisut and Danish w/ English subtitles.

7:00pm Tanya Tagaq & ‘Nanook of the North’ NUNAVUT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ONTARIO, 1922/2012, 70 MIN TICKETS: $26/$25 YFS MEMBERS

2014 Polaris Prize winner Tanya Tagaq along with violist Jesse Zubot and drummer Jean Martin present an unforgettable music and cinema experience. Based on Inuit throat singing traditions, they create an original new live music score to reclaim Flaherty’s 1922 film.

9:30pm Cast No Shadow DIR. C SPARKES, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR, 2014, 85 MIN

A dark fairytale about 14-year-old Jude, who is attempting to navigate a hard life in a rugged seaside village. Winner of Best Atlantic Feature Film at 2014 Atlantic Film Festival.

WEDNESDAY, FEB 11

12:00pm The Sower (Le Semeur)

DIR. J PERRON, QUÉBEC, 2014, 77 MIN | ALL TICKETS: $8

In Quebec’s Kamouraska Valley, artist and heritage seed cultivator, Patrice Fortier is putting down roots at his seed company, La Société des plantes. French w/ English subtitles.

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event) Lindsay McIntyre; A Northern Portrait. Old Fire Hall

4:15pm You’re Sleeping Nicole (Tu Dors Nicole) DIR. S LAFLEUR, QUÉBEC, 2014, 93 MIN

Lafleur brings his trademark absurdist sensibility to charming off-beat tale of a recent university grad lounging in dreamy ennui during a long hot summer in her small hometown. French w/ English subtitles.

6:30pm Violent DIR. A HUCULIAK, BRITISH COLUMBIA/NORWAY, 2014, 102 MIN

This poetic film follows a young woman in Bergen in the lead up to a catastrophe as she reflects on her last experiences with those her loved her the most. Selected one of TIFF’s ‘Canada’s Top Ten’ for 2014. Norwegian w/ English subtitles. Director in attendance.

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9:15pm Lindsay McIntyre: A Northern Portrait

SATURDAY, FEB 14

CABARET STAGE | SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS: $17 ALBERTA, 2012, 40 MIN

10:30am Last Stop for Miles

This film projection performance in the YAC cabaret stage is a personal meditation on the Arctic in the form of a live 16mm looping performance on nine projectors. Images are layered on a single screen, creating one changing image. Live music accompaniment will be performed by Whitehorse-based ambient improvisers Sauna Music.

DIR. C MCBRIDE, YUKON, 2014, 80 MIN

THURSDAY, FEB 12

DIR. A WALA, ONTARIO, 2014, 90 MIN

12:00pm Everything Will Be

DIR. J KWAN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2014, 86 MIN | ALL TICKETS: $8

This NFB documentary by Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan captures the gentrification of a culturally diverse neighbourhood: Vancouver’s once-thriving Chinatown. English and Cantonese w/ English subtitles.

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event) The Changing Face of Music Videos and Narrative Films. John Southworth (singer-songwriter), Andrew Huculiak (Violent and We Are the City), Andrew Stratis (Headless Owl Records), Stéphane Lafleur (Tu Dors Nicole).

8:00pm John Southworth and The South Seas + We Are the City ONTARIO & BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2014, 150 MIN SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS: $26/$25 YFS MEMBERS

ALFF presents live music and cinema with Toronto’s cabaretfolk songwriter John Southworth with his band The South Seas, performing songs from the new double-LP Niagara to accompanying video. Closing the evening will be Vancouver’s We are the City, artists behind the original soundtrack of the film Violent.

FRIDAY, FEB 13

7:30pm Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home MANITOBA, ONTARIO, 2014, 50 MIN SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS: $26/$25 YFS MEMBERS

A visual art performance as a series of vignettes seen through a window inviting audiences on a mysterious, and immersive journey through a richly described visual and aural landscape.

10:00pm Julie Doiron + Jon McKiel Cabaret Concert CABARET PERFORMANCE | SPECIAL EVENT TICKET: $17 NEW BRUNSWICK, 100 MIN

Acadian indie-rock legend Julie Doiron and Sackville-based songwriter Jon Mckiel perform in a late-night cabaret concert.

A woman named January witnesses the brutal murder of her friend, Kee, and blames herself for what happened. Shot on location in Whitehorse, Yukon with an entirely local cast and crew.

1:00pm The Secret Trial 5 A sobering examination of the Canadian government’s use of a ‘detention without trial’ legislation called ‘security certificates.’ Director Q&A via Skype to follow the screening.

4:00pm Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story DIR. G BALDWIN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2014, 75 MIN

Upon learning that 40% of globally-produced food ultimately gets discarded, filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer decide to embark on a six-month experiment—eating only food that has been discarded or soon will be discarded. Producer in attendance.

6:15pm Mommy DIR. X DOLAN, QUÉBEC, 2014, 134 MIN

Single mother Diane brings her teenage son Steve home from a government institution for troubled youth at huge risk: Steve is a volatile hellraiser with a hair-trigger temper, and Diane is barely keeping it together herself. French w/ English subtitles.

9:00pm 20,000 Days on Earth DIR. I FORSYTH & J POLLARD, UNITED KINGDOM, 2014, 97 MIN

This documentary centres around 24 fictitious hours in the life of Australian musician, author and screenwriter Nick Cave taking us deep into the heart of how myth, memory, love and loss, shape our lives, every single day.

SUNDAY, FEB 15

10:00am Howl’s Moving Castle DIR. H MIYAZAKI, JAPAN, 2004, 119 MIN | FREE SCREENING!

Sophie is a young woman cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, and whose only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard (Christian Bale) and his companions. English-dubbed version of this classic Studio Ghibli animation.

12:30pm Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll DIR. J PIROZZI, USA/FRA/CAM, 2014, 105 MIN

A fascinating exploration of history as reflected through a nation’s popular culture: Cambodia’s lost era (1950s to 70s) of American, French and Afro-cuban inflected music. Khmer and French w/ English subtitles.

2:45pm 1000 Times Good Night DIR. E POPPE, NOR/SWE/IRE, 2013, 117 MIN

Rebecca (the especially magnetic Juliette Binoche) is one of the world’s top war photographers who goes too far on an assignment in Kabul and is seriously injured photographing a suicide bomber.

5:15pm DamNation DIR. B KNIGHT & T RUMMEL, USA, 2014, 88 MIN

This powerful documentary explores the sea change in North American pride in ‘big dams as engineering wonders’ to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Post-screening talk with Yukon Energy and Yukon Conversation Society.

7:30pm Mr. Turner DIR. M LEIGH, UNITED KINGDOM, 2014, 150 MIN

The new film from British director Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake) is a biopic of the great eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner and stars Timothy Spall in the title role, for which he won the award for Best Actor at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Longer synopses, trailers, ticket links, guest info and trailers at alff.ca. Tickets: $12/$11 YFS members, seniors, youth Live Music and Cinema Main Stage events: $26/$25 YFS members Live Music and Cinema Cabaret events: $17 Live Music & Cinema Pass: 9 events/films for $130 (Save $50) Five Film Pass: $53* Present your Pass at the YFS info table during the festival to receive a complimentary YFS membership ($5 value) Media Industry Forum Passes: $100/$80 YFS Production members Forum Events: $25/$20 YFS Production & Film Lover members

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tanya tagaq

reclaims stories of her people The Polaris Prize winner helps present Nanook of the North by Amber Church

or those who missed Tanya Tagaq on stage at music festivals in the Dawson and Atlin, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) is giving Yukoners another chance to experience this acclaimed musician’s work on February 10 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Tagaq rocketed onto radarscreens last year when her newest album, Animism, won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. The Polaris is a prestigious annual award in which Canadian albums are judged solely on “the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history”. The Inuit throat singer’s amplified her win with an unforgettable gala performance at the award show. She was paying tribute to Canada’s missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Her victory has been heralded a turning point in Canadian music and culture. “I think that they were just excited to hear something they hadn’t heard before,” she says about her Polaris win. “Traditional throat singing is done with two women and it’s not typically... improvised. I think our improvisational work on the album is very strong.” Tagaq joins the ALFF program with a presentation of Nanook of the North. She and her collaborators, violist Jesse Zubot and drummer Jean Martin, will perform alongside Robert J. Flaherty’s legendary ethnographic 1922 film, providing the old film with a new soundtrack. In Nanook of the North, Flaherty paved the way for the

modern documentary. The film is a contentious but momentous chronicle of a year in the life of Nanook, and his Inuit family, near the Arctic Circle. Tagaq draws on her family’s history in the far north of Quebec, and her own Nunavut childhood to reclaim Flaherty’s masterpiece. She’s recognizes Flaherty’s love and respect for the Inuit, and says the film does depict the incredible resiliency of her ancestors. “There are moments in the movie where my ancestors, they’re so amazing...Growing up in Nunavut and just the harshness of the environment itself, the ability for people to be able to survive with no vegetation, and just the harshest of environments, it’s just incredible to me.” But she also stresses, “It’s a film by a non-Inuit man depicting the traditions of the North; it’s a film as seen through 1922 goggles.” In 2012, Tagaq got an opportunity to add a 21st century filter to the out-of-date classic. She was commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to create a soundscape to accompany the film. When the performance was over, she wasn’t ready to let it go. “I just didn’t want to stop doing it, so we got permission from TIFF and we’re touring it, which I’m very, very happy about,” says the singer, who has worked with both Björk and the Kronos Quartet. Andrew Connors, festival director of the Available Light Film Festival, saw Nanook of the North

presented at the Northern Scene festival in Ottawa in May of 2013. “It’s a powerful performance and a compelling re-visioning of Flaherty’s iconic ethnographic film by a contemporary Inuk artist,” he says. “It’s a natural fit for our festival audience and our programming section of films from the circumpolar world.” Tagaq will present Nanook of the North at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse on Tuesday, February 10, at 7 pm as part of ALFF. The Festival runs from February 6 – 15 and you can learn more about the full program of events at http://yukonﬁlmsociety.com/ alff. Amber Church is a Whitehorse-based writer and artist. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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t’s an exploratory adventure,” says Sofia Fortin, one of the masterminds behind the currently ongoing SMRT Pop Ups initiative at Rah Rah Gallery. “A bunch of us were getting together to talk politics, talk shop,” she says. “An opportunity as young professionals to share what we’ve been learning. It turned into random acts of volunteering.” The group, which includes Steve Roddick, Selene Vakharia, Luke DeCoste, and Ben Sanders, began by doing some volunteer fundraising for the Potluck Food Co-op. “We spent two hours calling their membership, raised them a bunch of money,” says Fortin. With Rah Rah, they came across an opportunity to use the space. “We seized it,” says Fortin. The team, which is made up of people with diverse professional backgrounds ranging from communications and management consulting to economic development, are lending some of their expertise to support Rah Rah behind the scenes. But the focus is on small popup events. “It’s a way to help Rah Rah market and showcase the space,” says Fortin, “but it’s really an explorative thing…changing everyday.”

“It’s an opportunity for each of us to try out new things,” she says. The SMRT Pop Ups name came about naturally, when the group noticed the kind of events they were interested in putting on all had some kind of educational bent. “Yes it’s about drinking and entertainment,” Fortin says, “but there’s healthy content there.” I was lucky to attend their first event, Drunk Lectures, which had filled Rah Rah to capcity: they actually had to turn people away. Eight locals took the mic and lectured on whatever topic they felt they had some level of expertise or interest in, and were encouraged to drink abundantly before appearing on stage. “We sold out to capacity, didn’t even know what to do with ourselves,” says Fortin. “There’s learning there. None of us have run events before.” And that space for learning is a big part of what SMRT Pop Ups is all about. “We’re hosting our own events,” says Fortin. “And also inviting people to host their own.” Normally someone interested in hosting an event would have to pay to rent the space, pay for a bartender, and for Rah Rah staff to act as keyholders. But the SMRT Pop Ups team is

volunteering their time for all that instead. “Putting on an event can be a risky thing,” says Fortin. “Here people can have a bit of a team support them. “It’s a space to try out your idea, test run it.” For example, there is a rumoured Thai food night in the works. Someone with a knack and passion for cooking Thai will be using the space to test serving their dishes to a large group of customers — very different from jumping into opening a restaurant. “People get to experiment with something as a pop-up,” Fortin says. Upcoming events include The Big Ethics Smack Down on February 10, and How to be a Grown Ass Woman: Taking Care of Yourself like a Boss on February 8. All events can be found on SMRT Pop Ups Facebook page, which will be updated regularly. If you have an idea for your own event, feel free to email the team at smrtpopups@gmail.com. “It’s a collective collaborative space,” says Fortin, “to make cool things happen.”

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World Famous in the Yukon with Fibi Zonnet

The Many Faces of Claire Ness I

’m in the ‘98 drinking water (sober January) and waiting for Claire Ness to arrive. “London Calling” by The Clash is playing, which, for some reason, doesn’t feel out of place here. Once Claire arrives, the first topic we land on is her upcoming adventure with her Frenchman: they are looking for the sweet chassis of an old-timey school bus to convert. The plan? To live in said bus and drive it coast to coast with a necessary stopover in New Orleans to “soak up the music”. This takes me back to my time in New Orleans in 2002 when I saw Fats Domino and Dr. John play a free concert on the banks of the Mississippi River; what a show. Claire tells me she’d like to eventually build a stage in or on the bus to put on impromptu shows along the way. Sounds like a grand adventure. I ask Claire if she’s even won an award and at first she can’t really think of anything but then she drops that in 2002 she won two gold ulus and a silver ulu for snowboarding at the Arctic Winter Games in Greenland. She also took home a bronze ulu for sledge jumping at the Inuit Games in 2000 in Whitehorse. Boom.

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Claire Ness: The consummate entertainer I love all the things you don’t know about people you know. It’s difficult to stick to a theme with Claire because, like me, she is very tangential. We digress on almost every topic. We briefly speak of sailboats, Varietease, high school, the Yukon Circus Society, being interviewed, our mutual love of both Ben Mahony and Peter Jickling (specifically how we’d like

to shrink them down and them in our pocket), Fest Fest, egg analogies, traveling, the Palace Grand, the importance of music, not being mechanics, the colour red, being in love with Frenchies, the elusive “Sneaky Pete” at the ‘98, how awesome our friends are, the legendary Taku bar, and Toronto. And that was only about a 25 minutes of conversation.

Claire’s goals currently revolve around her music. She is at a crossroads and wants to focus on branding her band as a complete package. She’s tired of being “all over the map” with her sound and is striving towards more clarity (get it?) with what she has to offer. To take it to the next level, she would like dedicated members to

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solidify the band as a whole and give it the creative flow necessary for song writing. Claire tells me that sometimes freedom can come from having boundaries. In this case, locking down what genre you’re going for would be such a boundary. These days she’s on a Western swing kick. Check out upcoming Claire Ness & the Wisecrackers shows at the Rendezvous festivities, Atlin Arts & Music Fest, and the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Fest. As we finished up, Mark Prins joined us for a spell. He’s been mining out of town for a while and had some music-related questions for Claire. How’d the album release go? How was the tour? I could hear the pride in his voice that his friend was following her dream and it warmed my heart. Claire Ness is a songwriter, clown, singer, actor, producer, substitute teacher, comedian, MC, artistic director, snowboarder, secretary, roaming entertainer, stilt walker, circus teacher, and balloon twister. One thing she will never be is a lawyer. Fiona Solon aka Fibi Zonnet is a bean counter, singer, and producer. She is not a writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Beaver Creek

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

Carcross

Wed, Feb 4 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Feb 4 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Feb 4 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb 5 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb 5 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Mon, Feb 9 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, Feb 10 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Feb 10 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Feb 10 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Feb 11 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Feb 11 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Feb 11 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb 12 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Feb 12 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

Dawson City

Thu, Feb 12 Yukon Quest: Dawson Volunteer Party Downtown Hotel Dawson Volunteer Party. Time to be Determined. Wed, Feb 4 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Wed, Feb 4 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, Feb 4 Dawson City Film Fest Selections 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 9935005 screen the short ﬁlm submissions for the 2015 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. We want your opinion! Watch Them! Rate Them! Wed, Feb 4 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio. Thu, Feb 5 Guitar Lessons 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu, Feb 5 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, Feb 6 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Feb 6 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Feb 6 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Feb 6 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Fri, Feb 6 Dawson City Curling Club 116th Annual International Bonspiel Dawson City Curling Club Hosted by the Top Of The World Dawson City Curling Club Sat, Feb 7 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

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instruction offered. Fee $5 Sat, Feb 7 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Feb 7 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, Feb 8 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Feb 9 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Feb 9 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Feb 9 Piano Lessons 3:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Mon, Feb 9 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Mon, Feb 9 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. Mon, Feb 9 Dawson City Film Fest Selections 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 9935005 screen the short film submissions for the 2015 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. We want your opinion! Watch Them! Rate Them! Tue, Feb 10 Yukon Quest Dawson City Layover 12:00 AM Dawson City 668-4711 Tue, Feb 10 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, Feb 10 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Wed, Feb 11 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Wed, Feb 11 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, Feb 11 Dawson City Film Fest Selections 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 9935005 screen the short film submissions for the 2015 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. We want your opinion! Watch Them! Rate Them! Wed, Feb 11 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio. Thu, Feb 12 Guitar Lessons 4:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Thu, Feb 12 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.

Faro

Wed, Feb 4 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Feb 4 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Feb 4 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Feb 4 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Feb 4 Badminton 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Feb 4 Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre equipment provided if needed Thu, Feb 5 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Feb 5 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Feb 6 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Feb 6 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Feb 6 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Feb 6 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Feb 8 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Feb 8 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Mon, Feb 9 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Feb 10 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Feb 10 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Feb 10 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

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ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s Free. It’s Fast. It’s Easy. Tue, Feb 10 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Tue, Feb 10 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Feb 11 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Feb 11 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Feb 11 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Feb 11 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Feb 11 Faro Market 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2728, ext. 5 new, hand crafted, home made or baked products Wed, Feb 11 Badminton 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Feb 11 Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre equipment provided if needed Thu, Feb 12 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Feb 12 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Haines Junction

Wed, Feb 4 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, Feb 5 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Feb 5 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Feb 8 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Feb 9 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Feb 10 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Feb 10 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Feb 11 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, Feb 12 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Feb 12 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne

Wed, Feb 4 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Feb 5 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Feb 6 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sun, Feb 8 Brain and Brawn -TEDx 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre 667 7083 Facilitated by Lyn Hartley Free event – just drop in… Wed, Feb 11 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Feb 12 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Marsh Lake

Wed, Feb 4 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Feb 4 Waste Mgnt Society Meeting 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Feb 4 Beginner Belly Dance lessons Marsh Lake Community Association 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments. Fri, Feb 6 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Feb 6 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Feb 7 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Feb 8 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 660-4999 All welcome Tue, Feb 10 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Feb 10 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Feb 10 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Feb 11 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Feb 11 Beginner Belly Dance lessons Marsh Lake Community Association 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

Mayo

Wed, Feb 4 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Feb 4 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Feb 4 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Feb 5 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey

Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Feb 5 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Feb 5 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Feb 6 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Feb 6 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Feb 6 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Feb 8 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Feb 9 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer. Tue, Feb 10 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch! Tue, Feb 10 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Feb 10 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Feb 10 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Feb 10 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Feb 10 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Feb 11 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Feb 11 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Feb 11 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Feb 12 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Feb 12 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Feb 12 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey

Sun, Feb 8 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Feb 8 St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Mon, Feb 9 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Feb 10 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Feb 11 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Feb 11 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Feb 12 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School

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Active Interest LISTINGS Sun, Feb 1 Quest Fest Week Shipyards Park Celebrate before the ofﬁcial start of the race. Wed, Feb 4 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, Feb 4 Adult Biathlon 5:30 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Feb 4 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Feb 4 Yukon Quest: Meet the Mushers 6:30 PM Mt McIntyre Rec Centre (Ski Chalet) Free event to everyone, this is when the public can meet the mushers and talk to them about the race. Wed, Feb 4 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Feb 4 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Feb 4 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Wed, Feb 4 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Thu, Feb 5 Velocity range practice 4:00 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Feb 5 Yukon Quest: Start Banquet 5:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Come out to enjoy a great meal and salute the mushers before they leave on 32nd Yukon Quest. Thu, Feb 5 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Feb 5 Insanity Core Fusion 6:00 PM Peak Fitness This fusion class delivers a high intensity workout, plus a core workout that activates all your core muscles to improve strength, balance and stability. Fri, Feb 6 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Feb 6 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Feb 6 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Fri, Feb 6 Cadet Regional champs Biathlon Range Fri, Feb 6 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Trapper Camp Orientation and Camp Nänkäk Chéholay (Land of Plenty), R-22 993-7100 Ext. 153 Youth Grade 7 and up, families/elders, to learn safe, ethical, respectful trapping practices and cultural teachings.

Sat, Feb 7 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 Sat, Feb 7 Whitehorse Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks a 60-minute mix of great music - world beat, acid jazz, pop - you dance or stretch or move how you like Sun, Feb 8 Velocity Range Practice 1:00 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Feb 8 Black Bears 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Feb 8 Grizzly Bears condensed 1:30 PM Biathlon Range Sun, Feb 8 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome. Sun, Feb 8 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Feb 8 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Sun, Feb 8 Yukon Arctic Ultra Shipyards Park +49 (0) 8821 9436061 Mon, Feb 9 High Velocity Range Practice 4:00 PM Biathlon Range Mon, Feb 9 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Feb 9 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Feb 9 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice 7:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School 30 minutes off skate work followed by Skills and Drills Tue, Feb 10 Velocity ski practice: Mt Mac 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Feb 10 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Feb 10 Insanity Core Fusion 6:00 PM Peak Fitness This fusion class delivers a high intensity workout, plus a core workout that activates all your core muscles to improve strength, balance and stability. Tue, Feb 10 Executive meeting 7PM 7:00 PM Biathlon Range Wed, Feb 11 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, Feb 11 Adult Biathlon 5:30 PM Biathlon Range

Wellness LISTINGS Wed, Feb 4 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Feb 4 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, Feb 4 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration. Thu, Feb 5 Insanity Core Fusion 6:00 PM Peak Fitness This fusion class delivers a high intensity workout, plus a core workout that activates all your core muscles to improve strength, balance and stability. Fri, Feb 6 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Sat, Feb 7 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, Feb 9 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Tue, Feb 10 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Feb 10 Insanity Core Fusion 6:00 PM Peak Fitness This fusion class delivers a high intensity workout, plus a core workout that activates all your core muscles to improve strength, balance and stability. Wed, Feb 11 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Feb 11 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn

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From Handler to Racer The story of a Yukon Quest rookie by Stacie Zaychuk

fter almost a decade of being a Yukon Quest handler, partner, sponsor, and anything else required, Tamra Reynolds is embarking on her very own Yukon Quest. Her journey to the Quest startline started in 2003. While living in Vancouver, Reynolds ventured up the Dalton Highway in Alaska to the Arctic Circle. On that trip, she met a tire mechanic named Hugh Neff (now known for having many Quest and Iditarod races under his belt, including a win in the 2012 Yukon Quest). Neff explained to her that she couldn’t get a feel for the Alaska in the summer, so Reynolds returned a few months later, in winter. Neff showed her his world of rustic living and dogs aplenty by playing host on her second trip to Alaska. She was introduced to the world of dog sledding and was instantly hooked. Well, perhaps “instantly” is an exaggeration. The plan was to travel via dogsled from Nenana to Tanana, Alaska. They were told by locals the trail was in, but halfway into the journey the trail completely disappeared. If Reynolds was going to experience winter in Alaska, she was doing it right, and getting all Mother Nature had to offer. Temperatures then dropped to

-50°C. The normally six hour trip turned into a 16 hour run. The Vancouverite hadn’t signed up for a hardcore adventure, but, using a skill that will no doubt help her on her first Quest, she rolled with the punches. She explains the trail conditions. “The trail was so bad, the dogs were starting to follow moose tracks” she laughs, recalling the

then embarked on this new direction, that of starting her own racing career. That also means being the sole caretaker and trainer of the 40plus dogs. She was able to get a handler to help train the dogs, and that makes it a bit easier. Though there isn’t much extra time in her life these days. Working full time and training dogs for a 1,000 mile race is a big chore

S�� wa� �n�ro�u�e� t� �� w��l� � do� ��ed��n� �n� wa� �nst�n�� ho��e� . intense and eye opening experience. “I just had Sorels, having no clue about proper warm gear. We weren’t expecting to stop so had to camp under a tarp. It was a crazy trip.” Reynolds admits that it took a bit of time for her to get back on the sled. However, it didn’t deter her for long. She soon partnered up with Neff. Their kennel grew and the focus was on Neff’s racing. She handled for him until they parted ways in 2011. After the split, Neff took the race dogs with him while Reynolds kept some puppies, older dogs and some dogs that they thought would work better with her. She

that many mushers take on. When asked why she didn’t race before she and Neff parted ways, she explains, “I never really thought about racing before this. I was just so busy working and helping him... with both the Quest and Iditarod, it was just so much work.” What is it going to be like making the transition from hardcore handler to musher? Will she have an advantage over other rookies because she knows some of the trail and checkpoints? Reynolds laughs. “No, and even if I did, I don’t think anyone would be interested in my rookie race strategy.” She points out that not only are there other very capable rookies

(an Iditarod-experienced one in particular with the surname Reddington, an Alaskan family who is synonymous with the Iditarod). Her goal? It’s to finish. “And to finish with happy, healthy dogs, So I’m not setting myself up for speed records or anything” she laughs. Some might wonder what allure racing and running long distances through the cold holds. Reynolds talks about a memorable run Alaska during the Gin Gin 200 race this year. She was on the Denali highway, in a valley with mountain ranges on both sides. A full moon engulfed the wide open sky, reflecting off the snow and mountains. On top of that special moment, for 10 hours, purple, red, and green northern lights swirled and spiraled overhead in all directions. “Every five minutes there was a shooting star because there was a meteor shower going on at the same time, she recalls. “No one ran with a head lamp, it was so bright out. So yeah that was pretty cool.” Reynolds and all the other mushers start the 2015 Yukon Quest in downtown Whitehorse at 11:00 am on Saturday February 7th. Stacie Zaychuk is a Whitehorsebased writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Rocking the Klondike

A Northern curling classic is set to unfold in Dawson City this weekend by Ken Bolton

t’s younger than the Stanley Cup (1892), but a decade older than the Grey Cup (1909). And in the world of curling, it makes the national men’s championship originally named to promote the Macdonald Tobacco Company’s “Brier” brand seem like a mere infant. By the time Brier came along in 1927, the Dawson City International Bonspiel was already nearing the 30-year mark. This year marks the 116th outing for an event that started in the aftermath of the Klondike Gold Rush and is considered the Yukon’s oldest continuously running event. “It started with the influx of people during the Gold Rush,” explains Aiko Saito, long-time president (“too long,” he claims) of the Dawson Curling Club. “A lot of these guys had done curling and whatnot and took it upon themselves to get organized into a club.” According to historian Pierre Berton, that club was incorporated in October 1900 — the year after the first competition took place on outdoor ice. “The count in terms of the bonspiel started in 1899,” Saito says. “I haven’t found any history to dispute or confirm that thought, but either way, it’s within a year or so.” Saito says the oldest photo he’s seen shows club members playing on a frozen slough that ran past St. Andrew’s and St. Paul’s churches and out to the Yukon River.

“For part of the time there was a canvas-covered club room and sort of a frame over the curling ice. It also shows a wooden bridge over the slough along Fifth Av-

For more than half a century, beginning in the 1920s, the club operated out the “warm storage” building on the site of the presentday Triple J Hotel.

enue,” he explains. “It was dated 1901, so it was the first club championship, and I would assume they had a sort of bonspiel before that.” Eight years later, Dawson’s curling club was deemed the second largest in the world, with a membership of 143. By then, it also boasted a four-sheet rink in the recently-formed Dawson City Athletic Association’s facility.

Akio Saito’s most vivid memories of the Dawson City International Curling Bonspiel are from 2000 and 2001, when organizers had to relocate the event to the Yukon River

pares with holding a bonspiel on the river,” Saito muses. “One of the bonspiels, we had a nice two sheets, and then overnight something happened in terms of the water underneath, and we had a crack that went diagonally across two sheets.” Maintaining a keen ice surface outdoors is also a challenge. “As the rock go down the ice, you see this cloud of snow, or powdered ice as it goes down the sheet,” he chuckles. “It was just a unique event to do it on the river. A lot of work, but it was worth it.” Due to the cost and hassle of transportation, the Dawson bonspiel no longer attracts teams from Fairbanks, Alaska, as it did from the 1930s to the late 1990s. Still, curlers from Whitehorse, Mayo, and other Yukon communities continue to sign up each year, and club membership is once again pushing the 100-plus mark of its heyday a century ago. PHOTOS: by courtesy of the Dawson City Curling Club This year’s bonspiel runs from late Friday facility in the town’s arena com- afternoon, February 6, until the last draw at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, folplex. After 35 years with the club, lowed by the annual banquet and Saito says his most memorable awards presentation at 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dawson bonspiels were in 2000 and 2001, when the arena com- the Dawson Curling Club at 867993-6262. plex was being rebuilt. To avoid interrupting a timehonoured tradition, the event was relocated to the town’s largest Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and a former co-editor of frozen asset — the Yukon River. What’s Up Yukon. “There’s nothing that comIn 1981, the year after Saito arrived in Dawson and joined forces with the local curlers, the club moved across the street to a twosheet facility in a new two-sheet

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arms and legs, resulting in your inability to swim or perform a selfrescue; this includes taking hold of a rope or a branch extended to help you. Still, wearing a PFD is beneficial and rescue by others is still possible despite your incapacitation. “One hour” is the approximate time before cold-water immersion results in unconsciousness due to hypothermia. Controlling panic, which wastes time and energy, allows you to delay hypothermia and perhaps even self-rescue. A tactic to delay hypothermia is the Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP). If you practice this in advance you’ll be more likely to remember this life-saving technique: Cross your arms against your chest, draw your knees up against your chest and hold that position. Wearing a PFD will help

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he 1-10-1 principle refers to time: one minute, 10 minutes, and one hour. “One minute” deals with coldwater shock; when you first fall into the cold water. There will be an immediate deep gasp followed by hyperventilation and possible panic. Controlling panic and your breathing are critical to survival. This situation will pass in about a minute, and wearing a PFD (life jacket) will greatly increase your survival chances. In this first minute, some people are doomed because their gasping allows water into their lungs and they drown. “Ten minutes” deals with what is known as ‘cold incapacitation’ – spending over 10 minutes in cold water means you lose the ability to do things with your fingers,

you keep your face and head out of the water, which is essential for survival. More people die from hypothermia during the summer months than during the winter. Our glacier fed lakes and rivers are never warm, even at the height of the summer. A safe thickness of ice in one location does not guarantee ice-strength elsewhere; springs, currents, and over-flow affect ice conditions and thickness. If ice fishing, cut a hole close to shore to check thickness, especially early in the season; don’t walk or stand in groups until you’ve done so. If it’s dark, wear a headlamp, and pay attention for changes in ice quality, sometimes indicated by a change in colour. The relatively new to the market, suspender-type carbon dioxide charged PFDs, which inflate with a pull-cord are very convenient to wear because they are very small when not inflated. They inflate in about two seconds, and will keep you afloat while you work your way through the initial cold-water shock and figure out a strategy. Attach a rescue whistle to the PFD because you can blow a whistle a lot longer than you can scream for help.

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Wearing a PFD greatly improves your chances of surviving a dangerous cold-water immersion 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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February 5, 2015

The Paperless Office 100 Pounds at a Time

by Darrell Hookey

t’s not really a truck with a paper shredder in the back; it’s more like a shredder-onwheels. And when you see the shredder-on-wheels parked outside a business on a Thursday with its lights flashing, paper isn’t shredded by page. No, no. These folks deal in 100-pound batches; 200-pound; and 300-pound. “It is the low-stress part of my whole week,” says the president of Secure Mobile Shredding, Owen Laviolette. “And customers are happy to see us, which is nice,” says his vice-president and wife, Lana. Each Thursday — and Friday, if Thursday wasn’t long enough — Owen leaves his Reliable Electric & Communications business, and Lana leaves the home office where she administers both businesses, and they dart about town shredding paper in random cuts that are 1/16th of an inch wide. They walk into offices and wheel out bins of unwanted and sensitive paper and lift them into the hopper that feeds them into the AXO shredder that is powered by the truck’s engine. Standing at the control panel, Owen points out a monitor just above the buttons and lights: “A camera shows the bin from above so that you can watch it shred,” he says. Two-thirds of the truck’s container is for the compacted shredded paper. It is taken to the landfill to be composted. “They like it there,” says Owen. “Their compost needs carbon.” With no other business in Whitehorse offering this service, you would think customers would line up to be first. That’s what RBC thought back in 2007. “We put together the business

your paper is being destroyed securely, you don’t even want people to know that you are doing that.” “One of the main questions we get,” says, Lana, “Is do we shred for anybody. “Yeah, we shred for anybody. We go right to people’s houses.” Houses? “Yeah,” says Owen. “Some people have more paper than some businesses.” For those outside of Whitehorse, they will take their paper to a pre-arranged parking lot in Whitehorse. But they never shred at their home business in order to keep things civil with their neighbours. “I love working at home,” says Lana, who does paperwork from the downstairs office. But it is difficult to separate home life from work life, so they have strict rules for themselves. “At 5:30, I am done,” says Owen. “I don’t look at emails, I don’t answer the phone, I don’t listen to messages. “I used take calls on vacation ...” “That was maddening,” Lana interjects. “But now, at 5:30, I’m done,” Owen continues. “But, Lana, when she sees that red PHOTO: by Darrell Hookey button on the phone lit up, If you are a piece of paper in Whitehorse, you do not want to meet these she has to know who it is.” “I just can’t let that go,” Lana two: Lana and Owen Laviolette, of Secure Mobile Shredding admits. “That doesn’t mean I am calling them back. But I’ll check of these good ideas in my head on good clients: the lawyers, the the business grew. There was no the message to make sure it isn’t how to put certain things togeth- banks … I started there, but I more cold calling, just newspaper anything major and I’ll call them advertising and word-of-mouth. back in the morning.” would stop at any business. er.” More information is available “We had no money for adver- Oh, and that big colourful truck, But, “we had zero customers at www.securemobileshredding. when we got here with the truck,” tising; we printed up flyers but too. So, who was the very ﬁrst ca or at 633-6605. says Owen today. “We had noth- couldn’t afford to put them into ing lined up except knowing there the newspaper, so we hand-deliv- shredding job? “I can’t really say,” says Owen. ered them.” were people interested.” Darrell Hookey is a freelance That didn’t pan out, but the Then, in an official voice, he deHe knew this from the many, writer and editor in many cold calls he had made to face-to-face contact was positive. clares, “Due to confidentiality reWhitehorse. Contact him via It took 12 weeks for the truck quirements.” Whitehorse businesses. editor@whatsupyukon.com. He stops, then explains, “If Cold calling is the toughest in to be ready. It started as a chasplan and took it to RBC and they came back with a ‘yes’ right off the bat,” says Owen. “They had zero questions for us.” Lana adds: “And I just happened to have finished an office administration course and I had all

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he 2015 Available Light Film Festival is bringing a jampacked program to Yukon Arts Centre this February. The first half of the festival, Feb 7 to Feb 11, is covered here. Itinerary from Feb 12 to Feb 16 will be in next week’s paper. Prices of events may vary. Get your day planners ready — here goes: Saturday, February 7 Saturday’s program features the Opening Gala film Two 4 One at 7 p.m. at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC). “We’re really excited to open the festival with a fiction film. We’ve never done that before,” says festival director Andrew Connors. “The fact that it’s also a queer film with a transgender hero is something we’re really proud of.” The romantic comedy revolves around an oddball couple’s one night stand, which renders them both pregnant. Cast members Gavin Crawford, Gabrielle Rose, and Naomi Snieckus, director Maureen Bradley and producer Daniel Hogg will all be in attendance for this gala screening which will literally see the festival roll out the red carpet. “We’ve actually rented a red carpet,” laughs Connors. There will be an opportunity for photos ops – it’s a proper dress up affair.” For a review of this film, please see page 9. Sunday, February 8 Each year the Toronto International Film Festival restores one film from their vault. This year that film is Atom Egoyan’s Speak-

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Marten Berkman presents a film on the Baffin Island landscape in a presentation called Three Yukon Documentaries ing Parts, which will hit the YAC screen at 12:30 p.m. The film follows an aspiring actor/janitor/gigolo who finds himself an object of obsession for his lonely fellow custodian while he is courting a scriptwriter. The film marked Egoyan’s Cannes premiere, and is often considered his break-through. A conversation between actress Gabrielle Rose and writer and film critic, Geoff Pevere, will follow the screening. This will be followed by Freak Out! at 3:00 p.m., which documents Monte Verità, Switzerland — a seminal alternative commune — founded by a group of middle class kids in 1900 revolting against their time.

The community is based on veganism, feminism, pacifism, and free love. It attracted Freud, Jung, and Lenin and its residents and went on to inspire writers Franz Kafka and Hermann Hesse, and dancer Mary Wigman. The use of archival photos, animation, and re-enactments bring to vivid life this long-forgotten site of Cultural Revolution. The festival’s companion event, the Media Industry Forum, will host Ben Ratner from Haven Studio in Vancouver for a four hour Acting for the Camera Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the YAC Studio. “Ben has serious acting and teaching chops,” says Connors. “The workshop will be a great op-

portunity for local actors to benefit from this talented artist’s experience.” Later that evening the Forum will host the ALFF Comedy Pitch Competition 2015 at 8:30 p.m., which will see local comedians squaring off in front of an all-star judging panel from CBC Comedy and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Monday, February 9th Monday will feature Down River at 7 p.m. This is a film inspired by director Benjamin Ratner’s longtime friendship with iconic Vancouver actress Babz Chula, which explores the concepts of mentorship, friendship, living life to the fullest and, ultimately, letting go. Ratner will be in attendance, along with producer James Brown, composer Kevin House and actress Jennifer Spence. An intimate cabaret performance by House will follow the screening of the film.

Part One Also on Monday, at 12:00 p.m. Three Yukon Documentaries will feature one documentary from each of the following filmmakers: Dan Sokolowski, Marten Berkman (cover), and Francis Casaubon. These films take on subject matter as diverse as the Baffin Island landscape and winter biking in Whitehorse. Tuesday, February 10th The day kicks off at noon with Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution (Mumisitsinerup Nipaa), about a Greenlandic rock band who had profound political and cultural influence in their native country during the 1970s. “It won the Award for an Emerging Filmmaker at the 2014 ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival,” says Connors, “and it’s the perfect pairing for Tanya Tagaq’s Nanook of the North (see page 16) performance later that day.” The Media Industry Forum will be hosting a public talk from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, by Keith Partridge, director of photography for Touching the Void, entitled The Adventure Game: A Cameraman’s Tales From Films at the Edge. Wednesday, February 11th On Wednesday at 9:15 media artist Lindsay McIntyre will present a 30-minute film projection performance A Northern Portrait. Running four projectors simultaneously, McIntyre will create layered film images live of her mother’s home community of Baker Lake, Nunavut. Her performance will be accompanied by live music from Sauna Music.

Amber Church is a Whitehorsebased writer and artist. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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