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June 27, 2013 Issue #335

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All Northern. All Fun.

Three more days to see current shows at Arts Underground

Secrets of the gastrointestinal tract along the Yukon River Quest

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Jickling’s Jabberings with Peter Jickling

Homecoming

An old friend returns

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y friend Mike Bertrand was in town for the 21st Annual Peter Gzowski Invitational Golf Tournament for Literacy on June 15. Mike, son of Annette and legendary Yukon Mountie Chuck, grew up playing the links at the Mountain View Golf Course in Porter Creek, but when he left Whitehorse at 19-years-of-age he didn’t look back — not because he didn’t love the Yukon, but because doors opened in front of him rather than behind. Now he lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mooney and daughter Kaylee, and he works as a golf pro for a club that has two Picassos in the lobby. Mike used Whitehorse as a canon from which to launch himself into the world. I took a different tack. I’ve lived in a half-dozen different cities since high school graduation, but Whitehorse is the only one that exerts a magnetic pull; my travels fan outward, but I inevitably return to this pivot point. For a long time I wanted to be more like Mike — leaving town with eyes focused squarely on the far horizon. But unlike Mike, who has a talent for opening doors, I tend to paint myself into corners. For example, the last time I moved home, in November 2008, I’d just been laid-off after a year at the bottom of the constructionworker totem pole in Edmonton. No discernible career opportunities lay ahead of me. Without the benefit of retrospect, it felt like when I returned to Whitehorse I was admitting to some sort of existential defeat. I no longer feel defeated. But as I went tramping through

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The Yukon’s ethos of self-reliance, adventure and determination has allowed Mike Bertrand to excel in California. the streets of my hometown with Mike Bertrand, I was given a fresh perspective on my good fortune. A bit of context: Mike and I were friends during high school but the year after graduation we became inseparable. We would invariably start our evenings with a pair of Tim Horton’s triple-triples (our taste in coffee has matured since those nascent days), and then we’d just fling ourselves into the night with a spirit that was equal parts adventure and optimism. Some nights we would end up smoking cigars in a graveyard; other nights we would receive

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Soooo Cute

There’s a fawn, a caribou calf, lynx kittens and lambs at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve

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ome pretty cute babies have been born at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve this spring. There are several sheep lambs, four lynx kittens, a mule deer fawn and a caribou calf. And their cuteness is drawing people out to see them. “Babies are the big hit,” says Marjorie Powers, a volunteer at the preserve. “They all go, ‘Ahhhh, look. Look at how cute they are.’ At least the women do, pulling their boyfriends along.” However, the animals are behind a fence in huge enclosures – as close to their natural habitat as possible – across the 750-acre site; their coats enable them to blend in with their surroundings; and their moms are keeping them out of trouble. The secret seeing the babies is to employ patience, perseverance, good eyes, and some good luck. That, and try to be there at treat time. Powers says the animals know the daily schedule, and will draw near to the fence at treat-o-clock. “Around mid-day most of the pastures will get treats of aspen branches or willow branches – and they like that,” Powers says. “So they know when the truck comes by for that and the animals will come pretty close to the fence to feast.” There are five baby Dall’s Sheep at the preserve, and Powers says they’re often observable. “You can usually see a lamb fairly easily — they’re either grazing with mom or napping or running,” Powers says. “To see all four of them running at once is adorable. It looks like a race.

“If you get close enough you can see them – you can either walk or take the bus tour.” The bus tour leaves the main building every two hours with an interpreter on board. The tour stops at each enclosure, so visitors get a chance to climb down and get close to the fence to watch the animals. And there are many. The preserve is home to Rocky Mountain elk, mountain goats, Alaska Yukon moose, muskoxen, wood bison, arctic foxes and more. The facility takes in and rehabilitates sick, injured or orphaned animals and collaborates with veterinary schools and universities to conduct research. Over the past five years they have received 102 birds and mammals and have rehabilitated and released 88. Powers, a veterinary student from Missouri, is part of a team of three volunteers who are hand-rearing a three-week old Dall’s Sheep and preparing her to join another flock. They began feeding the little lamb every hour when she was born on May 31. Now they are on a schedule of every three hours – except 3 a.m. “She started to not be hungry at 3 a.m., so we thought, ‘If you’re not going to eat, then

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Jickling’s Jabberings.................. 2 Yukon Wildlife Preserve.............. 3 From the Arts........................... 4 Didee & Didoo.......................... 5 MacBride Museum..................... 5 Time for Birds.......................... 9 Yukon Icon.............................11 A Klondike Korner....................12 Seeking Beervana.....................13 Canada Day.............................16 Skateboard Competition............17 Living with Wildlife...................19 Yukon River Quest................... 23 Frost to Frost..........................24 Step Outside...........................25 From the Back Country..............26

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Marjorie Powers, a volunteer with the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, feeds a three-week old Dall’s Sheep. we’re going to stay up,’” Powers says. The herd that this lamb was born into has possibly been exposed to Johne’s disease in 2002, which fatally affects their digestive tract. So to be safe, the lamb was taken from that flock, kept indoors, and is carefully being introduced to the outdoors and a new flock. The goal is acceptance. “When we introduce her to the adult flock we want her to be as wild as possible,” Powers says. That means they don’t pet her, and they haven’t named her. Which must be hard since she’s soooo cute. Powers says she is almost ready to leave their nest and join the

new flock. “Since we started to introduce her to the healthy flock, we’re taking her outside for more time and more often,” Powers says. “Ideally, she’ll become comfortable with them, so the public will have more opportunities to see her.” The Yukon Wildlife Preserve is located a half-hour north of downtown Whitehorse, at kilometre 8 along the Takhini Hot Springs Road. The preserve is open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and guided bus tours begin every two hours, starting at 10 a.m. For more information, go to www. YukonWildlife.ca.

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From the Arts with Nicole Bauberger

Colour and Clay, Space and Story F rom strong swipes of colour to a fairy tale in clay, Arts Underground offered a lot to look at this June. You only have until June 29 to see Shaping Space by Crag Lake artist Lawrie Crawford and Finding Balance by Tagish artist Sandra Grace Storey. In Shaping Space Crawford fills the front room with abstract acrylic paintings. She applies the colour with scrapers, allowing accidental skitterings of other colours to peek though. “Tartan Revisited” fills a three by six foot canvas with red. The red is applied with a flat scraping tool, mostly vertically and horizontally. Irregularities in the scraper edge lets lines show through, creating the suggestion of tartan. Yellow seems to peek provocatively through the red coating, wanting to come forward, while grey or greenish passages seem happier to recede, suggesting depth beneath the red surface. This painting’s red expanse has a surprisingly restful effect, like Matisse’s “Red Studio,” which also uses gaps in the paint to suggest something behind the red surface. Finding a story in the paint is

easier with a limited palette. “Dream Space” is mostly white, with circles of very thin paint shaped by rotating the scraper. Their thinness suggests the dreams of the title — an embodiment of their fleeting nature, like soap bubbles. S o m e paintings use a more varied palette. “Soul of a Complex Person” allows turquoise, royal blue, chartreuse, red, black and white to stagger through the layer scrapings. White rectangles, made with

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In Lawrie Crawford’s acrylic “Soul of a complex person,” turquoise, royal blue, chartreuse, red, black and white stagger through scraped layers. a short stroke of a wide scraper, suggest the possibility of a grid, a

striving to map out the mystery of the complex person in question.

In the Edge Gallery, the back room at Arts Underground, Storey tells us a three dimensional fairy tale called Finding Balance. Storey tints her clay sculptures with oxides and mason stains. These treatments settle into surfaces and allow the clay to come through. The oxides and stains emphasize surface textures, which Storey often prints with spruce boughs and other plant forms she finds during walks. The show begins with “First Mother’s Offering.” A seated figure offers two closed bundles, suggesting choices. In the next two pieces, the bundles unwrap, revealing Raven and Rabbit, the story’s two protagonists. Rabbit and Raven act as a kind of yin and yang. Rabbit is a shy maker and Raven a flyer, thief, and giver of unreliable rides. Although this is a show of sculpture, only three of the pieces are in the round. The rest are installed on the wall —their textured slab constructions twisting in three dimensions. Sometimes they form a shelf for a figure to sit upon or a window for a figure to peek through. In “Dialogue” Rabbit and Raven hang with their eyes closed, their foreheads separated by an inch. The space between them becomes charged with a tender presence. Many of these sculptures are already sold, so this exhibition offers the only chance to see the whole story with all the works together. They will fly and hop off to their purchasers at the end of the month. So fly, hop, walk or wiggle to Arts Underground in Whitehorse before June 29 to see Finding Balance by Sandra Grace Storey and Shaping Space by Lawrie Crawford. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Nicole Bauberger is a writer and painter living in Whitehorse. Find out where you can see her work at www.nicolebauberger.com

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Yukon Teens Connect with the Past

MacBride Museum digging into new technology to engage kids with history by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Autobiography I DON’T LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT MYSELF ‘CAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE AN ELF. I WAS BORN UP IN OLD CROW WHERE THE PORCUPINE RIVER FLOW. I WAS RAISED BY MY DIDOO AN’ I’M NOT EXACTLY NEW. EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE I LEARNED TO PLAY MY FIDDLE. I CAN PLAY LOTS OF TUNES AND I ALSO DRAW CARTOONS. I LIKE TO WRITE POETRY AN’ THEY WROTE A SONG ABOUT ME. I WENT TO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

BUT GOD MADE MY LIFE COOL. I LIKE TO RUN ON MY SNOWSHOES ‘CAUSE THAT’S HOW I CRUISE. A 100 MILE WORLD RECORD I SET I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S BROKEN YET. AT THE OLD CROW AIRPORT I WORK AND I TALK TO THE PILOT OF A HERC. IN CANADIAN RANGERS I SALUTE AN’ THEY GAVE ME A GUN TO SHOOT. I CARRIED THE OLYMPIC TORCH MY MOM CARRIED IT TO THE SCHOOL PORCH. I LIKE IN MY CABIN MADE OF LOGS AND I ALWAYS HAVE HUSKY DOGS.

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Yukon students meet the Ottawa Senators Alumni at the Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in 2011 at the MacBride Museum in Whitehorse.

eens are not known for their love of history, but at least one Yukon museum is trying to change that. The MacBride Museum of Yukon History may have a traditional log-cabin exterior, but there are exciting new developments inside — many of them popular with youth. “Teenagers have a lot of different choices on how to spend their time,” says Keith Halliday, MacBride Museum chair, and father of four. “It can be an uphill battle for museums.” The MacBride, however, has been engaging young people by offering a wide variety of exhibits, special events, and programs beyond the usual school visits. Recently, the museum created a crowd-pleasing exhibit on the history of softball in the Yukon; worked with Norway to put on an exhibit on famed Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen; and hosted an event called History meets Mystery with visiting authors Vicki Delany and Barbara Fradkin. “Our Hockey Day in Canada program last year was really

popular,” Halliday says. “The museum put on a retrospective of hockey in Whitehorse going back to the early 1900s, and we had some really neat photos. And to this day, no one has ever beat One-Eyed Frank McGee’s eight goals in eight minutes.” The museum’s Yukon Books series connects younger teens with the territory’s history. Halliday wrote the series of four-book for youth eight to 14 year olds, but the stories — which explore the Klondike Gold Rush among other eras — have much broader appeal. “They’re historical adventure novels, with fictional characters and a little extra spice from the tales I heard around the woodstove growing up,” he says. “I hear that parents and teachers enjoy them as much as the kids.” In May, the MacBride launched the Interpretour tablet, created by Yukon-based Mid-Arctic Technologies. Visitors carry around hand-held devices and scan a small tag as they look at exhibits. This allows them to access addi-

tional information, images, audio and video. “It lets us tell Yukon stories in a new way and enriches the exhibit,” says Halliday. “People – especially young people who are used to tablets – find it a fun and easy way to get more details. At the launch I could see them smiling and looking around at everything as they used it.” And parents from around the world can bring get their kids engaged with Yukon history using the tablets – they function in 48 languages. Beyond the four walls of the museum, summer visitors can pan for real Klondike gold and hear the truth behind the legendary Sam McGee. The museum will also provide guided tours on the S.S. Klondike. For more information and to contact the museum, go to www. MacBrideMuseum.com. Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail was Writer-in-Residence at Berton House in Dawson City in 2010. www.daniellemc.com

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Whitehorse Happenings Cultural Centre In this 2-day workshop Phil Gatensby will show you how to make your own raw-hide rattle Drum-making 4:30 PM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre until Sat, Jun 29 Shaping Space: Lawrie Crawford You will learn to make a hand drum from raw deer Arts Underground In the Focus Gallery hide pre-soaked for 24 hours until Sat, Jun 29 “Finding Balance” Sandra Grace Thu, Jun 27 Storey Arts Underground In the Edge Gallery Caribou Hair Tufting - Broach 10:00 AM Kwanlin until Wed, Jul 3 Suzanne Paleczny Yukon Artists at Dün Cultural Centre Twyla will teach you the fine art Work A show of works by painter Suzanne Paleczny. of hair tufting on a small broach. This workshop is for Also featuring Yukon artists Paul Baker, Joyce the experienced sewers Majiski and Donald Watt. Introduction to Landscape Painting 10:00 AM until Sat, Aug 5 James Jerome - Fish Camps Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre You will sketch out your through a Gwich’in Lens Arts Underground landscape in pencil in day one and on Day two you until September Reflections Of The North Northend will use acrylic to complete your work Gallery 393-3590 Featuring Yukon Artists Originals. Melton Mitts - Gauntlet Style 10:00 AM Kwanlin Thu, Jun 13 - Sat, Jul 6 REBOOT by Deanna Dün Cultural Centre Dolores will teach you how Solonski Gallery 22 to make gauntlet mittens. 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Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 3349317. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) Writing Faith Workshop 5:00 PM United Church food in the middle, stories all around jstueart@ yahoo.com ESL Conversation Club - 5:30 PM Multi-Cultural Centre on a drop in basis TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Legion Steven Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on Friday nights, with a variety of menu and entertainment formats.

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Free English Conversation Group 302 Strickland St., lower level. 668-5907. Bring your own lunch Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall Whitehorse Curling Club, 667-2875 Potluck Food Co-op - Info-Market 4:00 PM 5th Ave, between Wood St. and Jarvis St.

Children

Mon, Jun 24 - Fri, Jun 28 Circus Camp - 6 to 8 yrs. Sat, Dec 30 Sat, Dec 30 Yukon Arts Centre Claire Ness Production Room entrance.Kids are introduced to the magic of circus under the guidance of a professional circus performer and trainer. Fri, Jun 28 Real Raptors Sat, Dec 30 Sat, Dec 30 Shipyards Park In the Fireplace Room.Meet live birds of prey from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, AK. Sat, Jun 29 Camp Yukon Summer Registration Camp Yukon Registration Office camp_yukon@ northwestel.net Phone 668-4817 Register to reserve your spot. Sat, Jun 29 Real Raptors Sat, Dec 30 Sat, Dec 30 Shipyards Park In the Fireplace Room.Meet live birds of prey from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, AK. Tue, Jul 2 - Fri, Jul 5 Circus Camp - 8 to 10 yrs. Sat, Dec 30 Sat, Dec 30 Yukon Arts Centre Production Room entrance.Kids are introduced to the magic of circus under the guidance of a professional circus performer and trainer. Tue, Jul 2 Knee High Nature Sat, Dec 30 Middle McIntyre Creek Head up College Drive and follow the signs. Activities and games are designed for kids Tuesday-Friday Learning Together 9:30 to 11:30 at Selkirk School Parents of 3 or 4 year old children. Free drop-in program: storytelling, games, crafts and more. Accompanying toddlers welcome. 6673006 FREE DROP IN at Yukon Family Literacy Centre Mon-Fri Noon - 3:00 PM, Mon-Wed 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sat 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (2nd Floor of Canada Games Centre) Colleen/ Stephanie 668-8698 Free family learning fun!

Wednesdays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 6673006

Thursdays

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667-3006 Tumble Time Playgroup 9:30 AM at Riverdale Baptist Church Kathy 668-7273 or 667-6620 (aged birth to 5). Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14

Fridays

Young Explorers Preschool Program 10:00 AM at MacBride Museum

Sundays

Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ Church Cathedral, 668-5530 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m. Whitehorse United Church, 601 Main Street. Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 6672989

Mondays

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

Tuesdays

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

Youth

Thu, Jun 27 Adaka Workshop: Beaded Felt Purse 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Create your own purse with Teresa. Free. Thu, Jun 27 Adaka Workshop: Introduction to Northwest Coast Design 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Learn the elements of design techniques and the history of designs and crests in Northwest coast art.Free! Fri, Jun 28 Real Raptors 5:00 PM Shipyards Park In the Fireplace Room.Meet live birds of prey from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, AK. Sat, Jun 29 Camp Yukon Summer Registration Camp Yukon Registration Office Website / www. camp-yukon.com, Email camp_yukon@northwestel.

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net, Phone / 867-668-4817 Register to reserve your spot. Sat, Jun 29 Real Raptors 10:00 AM Shipyards Park In the Fireplace Room.Meet live birds of prey from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, AK. Mon, Jul 1 Youth Drop in Kayak Sessions 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre . Tue, Jul 2 Knee High Nature 10:30 AM Middle McIntyre Creek Head up College Drive and follow the signs. Activities and games are designed for kids

Adäka Workshops

Sun, Jun 23 Spoon Workshop 10:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Carvers will lead participants through the process of carving a traditional Tlingit serving spoon.Fee required. Sun, Jun 23 Introduction to Poi 3:00 PM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Free! By Josee Fortin for youths. Mon, Jun 24 Beaded Felt Purse 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Create your own purse with Teresa. Fee required. Mon, Jun 24 Introduction to Northwest Coast Design 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Dean will introduce students to the elements of design techniques. Free! Wed, Jun 26 Introduction to Northwest Coast Design 1:00 PM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Dean will introduce students to the elements of design techniques. Free! Thu, Jun 27 Introduction to Northwest Coast Design 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Dean will introduce students to the elements of design techniques. Free! Thu, Jun 27 Beaded Felt Purse 11:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Create your own purse with Teresa. Free. Thu, Jun 27 Spoon Workshop 1:00 PM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Learn the elements of design techniques and the history of designs and crests in Northwest coast art.Free! Girl Guides Canada Registration 302 Steele Street Guide. Office: 667-2455 Teen Reading Club Whitehorse Public Library, 6678900 or 667-5228

Wednesdays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM 6209 – 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yukon Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H. Collins BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Yoga In The Alpine “Teen Yoga” 5:30 PM at Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net Instructor Tammy Biathlon Junior Team Training 5:30 PM at Grey Mountain Road. Keith Clarke, ktclarke@northwestel. net, 668-6831

Thursdays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM at 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Kid’s After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Yukon Art Society reception@ artsunderground.ca 667-4080 Ages 10-14 until October 25 Northern Lights Judo Club 5:00 PM at Ecole Emilie Tremblay School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Under 15 years Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15 Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14

Fridays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Rec Night: manhunt, floor hockey, dodgeball and more. 6209 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church of the Nazarene 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18

Saturdays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Youth Chef Night we teach recipes for healthy food from scratch. Ages 11-18. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM at Takhini Elementary Yukon R/C 3:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Bring your R/C and meet other hobby enthusiast Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre

Mondays

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Trampoline Training for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 Improve your snowboarding under the supervision of trained coaches. Two Levels available for snowboarders ages 10+ Canoe and Kayak Club Youth Group Night 7:00 PM pre-registered course for information contact current@yckc.ca YCKC Bins 668-4236 Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15

551 Whitehorse Air Cadets 6:30 PM Junior Roller Derby 6:30 PM For girls age 12 18. No equipment or experience required. A great opportunity to make new friends, learn a new sport and have fun. www.yukonrollergirls.ca Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Introductory Open House and sign-up for Youth ages 10-19 years. Parental permission required. Twoonie Race 7:00 PM alternating Mt Mac or Chadburn with Contagious Mountain Bike Club YFC/Youth Unlimited 7:30 PM LePage Park Melissa Teeuwsen 335-8809 Hang out in the park every Tuesday night, rain or shine. All youth are welcome.

Seniors Wednesdays

Elderactive Recreation Activities 10:00 AM at Canada Games Centre Qigong & Tai Chi for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814

Thursdays

Seniors Traditional Yang Family Style 103 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 Continued study and practise of the Yang Family Style long form *resumes Jan 10th* Bingo 1:30 PM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538

Fridays

Floor Curling 9:30 AM at Golden Age Centre, 6685538 Crib Tournament 2:00 PM at Golden Age Centre, 668-5538

Saturdays

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 6687239. 2 left feet welcome!

Mondays

Tuesdays

Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30 AM at Greenwood Place. Lois at 667-6149 Elder/Active Bingo 6:00 PM at Elk’s Hall Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club 7:00 PM at Golden Age Society. Bring your partner

Meetings

Wed, Jun 26 YEU Local Y017 (Yukon Government) monthly Executive meeting 7:30 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Sun, Jun 30 Marsh Lake Community Society 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Mon, Jul 1 Yukon Amateur Radio Association Monthly Meeting 7:00 PM EMO Building 60 Norseman rd. denaliort@yahoo.com Tue, Jul 2 PSAC Aboriginal Peoples Committee monthly meeting 5:15 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Wed, Jul 3 PSAC Racially Visible Committee monthly meeting 5:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Jul 4 Digest Knowledge- Brown Bag Lunch Series 11:30 AM 1:30 PM Rah Rah Gallery Thu, Jul 4 YEU Local Y023 (City of Whitehorse) monthly meeting 12:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Jul 4 PSAC Health & Safety Committee monthly meeting 6:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 Thu, Jul 4 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Dawson City 667-2331 Sat, Jul 6 Mindfulness in Nature 9:00 AM 11:30 PM Miles Canyon

Wednesdays

Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 456-4752 Open to all Whitehorse Midnight Sun Rotary 12:10 PM Yukon Inn Whitehorse Toastmasters 6:30 PM Yukon Inn 6677752 Open to all Whitehorse Lions Club [2nd Wed each month 6:30 PM Yukon Inn] & [4th Wed each month Captain Martin House]

Thursdays

Sundogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon 6336228 Open to all Fridays Whitehorse Rotary 12:10 PM Westmark Whitehorse

Tuesdays

Lake Laberge Lion’s Club [2nd & 4th Tues each month 7:00] Captain Martin House 668-7979 president@lakelabergelions.com Rendezvous Rotary 7:00 PM Yukon Inn

Tuesdays

Hiroshikai Judo Club 5:00 PM at Holy Family School, judoyukon@gmail.com Ages under 15

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June 27, 2013

Highlights

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture

SIGNS OF LIFE Kerri Reid and Tyler Brett (Bruno, SK)

Exhibi� ons CURRENT Exhibitions: >> in the Yukon Art Gallery: Society Gallery: In the Focus THE SEVEN TEXTILE ARTISTS Shaping “How DoesSpace it Felt” Exhibi�Lawrie on closes Crawford December 1st, 2012

Closes: June 29th

>> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: YUKON ARCHIVES

In the Edge Gallery:

Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault Exhibi� on closesBalance” January 26, 2013 “Finding

Sandra Grace Storey Open Studio Closes: JuneSessions 29th

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>> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Sundays from 2:30 toGallery: 6pm In the Hougen Heritage $5 per hour

James Jerome – Fish Camps

Wednesday to Saturday, 3 to 9 pm. Supper served daily at 6:00

>>Through Acrylic Pain� ng Open Studio a Gwich’in Lens << with Neil Graham every ﬁrst and third Wednesday of Yukon Archives each month 7 to 9pm Exhibiting May - July $10 per 2 hour session To register call: 867-667-4080 Email: recep�on@artsunderground.ca

Kids Summer Camps

Book in a Box Instructors: Mary Hudgin and Karen Rhebergen Date: July 8th to 12th Time: 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages: 7-12 Cost: $275 plus GSTsubsidized by Lotteries Fund Young Masters Camp Instructors: Marlene Collins Date: August 5th to 9th Time: 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages: 8-12 Cost: $275 plus GSTsubsidized by Lotteries Fund

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

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DAWSON CITYS’ ARTIST MARKET Check out work by local artists, or sell your own wares. The Market happens every Saturday in July and August, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Community Events Shelter on Front Street.

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Exploring the woods of Riverdale, sports, games, music, arts and crafts, dramatic play and more...

Wed, June 26th Noon Show – The Big Band –

Perennial favourites, they fill up the stage with their physical presence and the park with their big brassy sound.

7 PM Show – Brass Knuckle Society – Barb Chamberlin & Kim Rogers

June 21-27 Festival

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE SEND US YOUR PHOTO YOU COULD WIN AN

Eugene Alfred print titled “Bringing Salmon Eggs”. It is the 26th in a series of 100 prints.

Your photo may be selected to publish in What’s Up Yukon’s Photo collage

Leisure on Lewes Complex in Riverdale Call Alex @ 667-7078

Lepage Park Weekdays at Noon & Wednesday evenings

Thur, June 27th

To book a Bus Tour, please phone: 456-7300 Email: info@yukonwildlife.ca Web: www.yukonwildlife.ca

Summer Day Camp

“exercise your brain”

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Summer Festival

DEADLINE FOR ALL PHOTOS IS TUESDAY JULY 2nd Send Entries to: contests@whatsupyukon.com This is not a judged contest winner will be selected by draw.

Piano, guitars, marvelous voices singing harmony, a treat for the senses.

Fri, June 28th

The Northern Sessions

This is where we get various local singers, songwriters, and poets to sing recite and declaim the songs and pieces that inspired them or they wish they’d written. The catch is – they can’t use their own original material. The pieces performed can be from – or about – anywhere in the circumpolar north.

Tues, July 2nd The Hinterlands

It’s been a real treat watching this young band evolve over the years. Quality Acoustic Music!

Wed, July 3rd

Noon Show – Ed Peekeekoot –

one of the most celebrated first nations performing and visual artists in Canada – Ed is in the Yukon for a short visit and we’re pleased as punch to have him in the park.http:// www.peekeekoot.ca/

7 PM Show – Jona Barr & Friends –

Back off the road, Jona promises good tunes, good times and a darn fine evening.

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June 27, 2013

Living with

Wildlife 9

The look on this fox’s face is disappointment: he missed his dinner because the squirrel he had his eye on escaped by scampering along the outside wall of the stucco house. This photo was taken through the window with a Canon Rebel XSi, with an 18 to 200 mm lens.

PHOTO: Robbie MacKay

Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. We are starting a new feature in What’s Up Yukon called Living with Wildlife, which will feature photos of wild animals in both urban and natural settings. Email your high-resolution images to Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com with a description of your interaction with the animal(s) and what kind of camera equipment you used to capture the image.

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June 27, 2013

IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN TO DAWSON City, YOU HAvEN’T SEEN THE YUKON. upcoming Events june 28 Cousins in Concert

East coast slack rockers COUSINS, the garage rock duo, will be showing off their minimalist style at the Yukon School of Visual Arts. Contact info@dcmf.com for more info.

28-30 botany days

Tombstone Park invites you to celebrate the Dempster’s unique botany with hikes, talks and kids programming surrounding the subject. Contact tombstonecentre@gmail.com for more info

28-30 Yukon River Quest

Paddlers come from around the world to test their endurance, racing day and night on one of North America’s great rivers to the Klondike. Join us at the finish line as we welcome in the participants.

july 18 wanda jackson - dcmf kickoff concert

Music Fests kicks off with rock-and-roll legend and undisputed Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, for one night only in historic Palace Grand Theatre. Tickets available at www.dcmf.com

19-21 dawson city music festival

Canada’s “tiny, perfect music festival” celebrates its 35th anniversary with performances by Bonnie “Prince” Billy , Cadence Weapon, Al Simmons, and the Sojourners. For tickets and full lineup visit www.dcmf.com

20 International Dome Race

Walk or run around Dawson City in a race to the Midnight Dome. A reception welcomes everyone who manages to make it all the way there. For more information, call 993-5575

22 parks day Celebrations

feature event

June 28-july 1

Participate in fun, educational, family-oriented events in parks and Historic Sites across Dawson and up at Tombstone Park! For info contact: tombstonecentre@gmail.com

Canada Day weekend in Dawson!

This Canada Day weekend, come celebrate “our home and native land” in Dawson City. Join our parade, participate in family-fun events, and cheer on the competitors of the Yukon Gold Panning Championships. For the schedule of events visit www.dawsoncity.ca.

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Come visit Canada’s first and friendliest gambling hall! Open 7 days a week 7pm to 2am Starting June 15th Open Saturdays and Sundays 2pm to 2am! www.dawsoncity.ca

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Revel in a Klondike experience in a room with a view overlooking theYukon River! We offer a rustic setting within walking distance to town centre. Treat yourself to a luxurious stay with us! www.whitehousecabins.com

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June 27, 2013

Yukon Icon with Colin Alexander

Jimmy Johnny

GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 26-28, 2013 at Takhini River Subdivision EVERYONE WELCOME Please bring your potlatch dishes!

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immy Johnny was born in a tent at his father’s woodcamp, four miles downriver from Mayo. Until age six, his life was spent close to his parents, his uncles and aunts, and his grandparents. From them he gained knowledge about traditional ways of living. He helped with hunting and fishing in the summer and fall, and trapping in the winter — using two teams of dogs to traverse the trap-lines. Then Johnny was sent to a residential school, where he and the other children were forbidden to speak Northern Tutchone. One day he was caught cooking a rabbit he had snared over an open fire; he was punished with a month-long indoor confinement. Many of his early milestones occurred during the times he spent at home with his family. When he was nine years old his father guided him on a hunt for his first moose. A couple of years later he was skilled enough to hunt alone and he remembers his family’s pride when he came home to tell them that he had been successful — at the age of 11 he was already providing food for his family and neighbours. When he was 13, Johnny was hired as a wrangler with the outfitter Louis Brown. For three years, he had one of the hardest jobs in the outfitting business. The wrangler is responsible for the care of the horses, including rounding up the horses in the early morning, loading and unloading their packs, setting up camps and taking them down. In 1958, at 16 years of age, Johnny first saw the country that

PAINTING: Colin Alexander

Located at Mile 996 Alaska Highway

The Peel Watershed would shape Jimmy Johnny’s life. would shape the course of his life. The headwaters of the Bonnet-Plume, the Snake, and the Stewart Rivers of the Peel River Watershed had for centuries been important as hunting grounds, and Johnny felt a deep connection to the beauty and space of the area. He began a career as a hunting guide that would continue until 2010. Over those 52 years, Johnny worked for several different outfitters in the area, and developed a thorough knowledge of the terrain that made him one of the most well respected guides in the territory. His fascination with wildlife led to a life-long interest in photography. Whenever possible he carries a camera to capture both still photos and film footage. In 2011, he created a short film called Back Country Pictures, which appeared in the Dawson City International Film Festival in 2012. Now Johnny is interested in educating and speaking out about the protection of his beloved Peel Watershed. “Especially the water, I want to see it protected,” he says. “If it wasn’t for the water, we wouldn’t be here talking to each other.” Colin Alexander is a Whitehorse-based writer and Artist.

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June 21-27

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Festival

SEND US YOUR PHOTO

YOU COULD WIN AN Eugene Alfred print titled

“Bringing Salmon Eggs”. It is the 26th in a series of 100 prints.

Your photo may be selected to publish in What’s Up Yukon’s Photo collage DEADLINE FOR ALL PHOTOS IS TUESDAY JULY 2nd Send Entries to: contests@whatsupyukon.com This is not a judged contest winner will be selected by draw.

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June 27, 2013

A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

The Klondike Echoes Down through the Literary Years T

he Klondike has been the inspiration for a great deal of fiction since the Gold Rush, beginning with Jack London, who came with the Stampeders and left with a mother-lode of inspiration that would make him the wealthiest name-brand author of his generation. A decade later, the same inspiration seized a quasi-hobo and reluctant bank clerk, making him one of the best selling writers of rhymes in the 20th Century. Robert Service was well aware of the disdain in which he was held by the literary poets of the world, and so generally didn’t bother to claim kinship with them. He was to them as Robert Bateman is to the fine art establishment. In 1998 Canadian novelist Robert Kroetsch, who spent some time in the North, celebrated the Gold

Rush Centennial by publishing The Man From the Creeks, a fictional retelling of the “true story” behind one of Service’s most famous poems, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” It’s a delightful novel, told from the viewpoint of a naive teenager who doesn’t quite understand what is going on. Sticking with the Gold Rush period, let me recommend the Klondike Mystery series by Vicki Delany. Her heroine, Fiona MacGillivary, is co-owner of the Savoy Saloon and Dance at the height of the action. Gold Digger, Gold Fever and Gold Mountain are the first three books, and they chronicle a summer of murder, theft and kidnapping, more major crimes than actually happened in Dawson during the boom years of 1898-1902.

They have a good sense of the setting and are good light reading. Talking at the Woodpile is a collection of loosely connected stories set in Dawson and Rock Creek, by Yukon author David Thompson. They are by turns amusing and nostalgic, depicting a place that isn’t really the Klondike, but feels like it could have been. Thompson recently followed this book with a novel called Haines Junction in which Joshua Shackelton roams all over the Pacific coast before settling in the titular location. He eventually ends up in Dawson and Rock Creek, married to a member of the Halloo family, who had been at the core of Thompson’s first book. Klondike references even influence science fiction. Robert J. Sawyer’s most recent novel is a

Robert Kroetsch was a Governor General’s Award winning author who actually did spend a bit of time in parts of the North and came away with a bit of gold. The Man from the Creeks was his last novel. Crow River, Yukon

PHOTO: Dan Davidson hard-boiled detective story called Red Planet Blues, set in a Martian domed city called New Klondike. Sawyer, who was writer-in-residence at Berton House during the summer of 2007, was inspired to create his Martian boomtown after reading about the Gold Rush and deciding to apply for the residency.

After 32 years teaching in rural Yukon schools, Dan Davidson retired from that profession but continues writing about life in Dawson City.

Your Dining Fine Guide the Fruit Stand Wolf’s Den restaurant A cozy cabin nestled in the Yukon Forest

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June 27, 2013

Seeking Beervana with Lara Lewis

USA Hops to the Lead

History of the Humulus Lupulus

umulus Lupulus = Hops. They aren’t involved in the fermentation of beer. They aren’t even a major component. You might have 6 kg of malt in a homebrew batch but only 30 g hops. They don’t get roasted. And they occur in virtually every commercial beer. Hops are preservatives, they have sedative properties and give bitterness and certain flavour characteristics to beer — even Budweiser. Many substances have been used to flavour beer — bog myrtle, spruce tips, rosemary, etc. Several hundreds of years ago, brewers used a mix of herbs called gruit. Gruit consisted of such botanicals as yarrow, mugwort and heather to flavour and preserve the beer. It probably also hid the offflavours resulting from medieval brewing practices. Gradually hops became the

dominant herb in beer. The writing of Pliny the Elder in the first century A.D. contains one of the first known references to hops. Russian River Brewing makes a mean imperial IPA in his honour; a just memorial for a man who succumbed to the noxious gases of Mount Vesuvius while attempting a rescue mission. By the eighth century A.D. hop vines were being cultivated in Europe. Europeans ensured that hops were spread throughout the globe, bringing them to North America in the mid-1600s. The number one hop producing country (also the number two beer-drinking country per capita) is Germany. United States is second and China is third. Europe used to look down its nose at the fledgling United States on the hop front. The U.S. brewing tradition developed its own peculiarities. Their original hops were

stronger, with a coarse flavour and aroma. But now the Yakima Valley of Washington and the Willamette Valley of Oregon are important hop-growing regions of the world. A classic American-style beer is the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The flavour and aroma is from a U.S.-bred hop called Cascade — a staple in many American microbreweries. Cascade hops are citrusy (think grapefruit) and piney. The release of Cascade hops in the 1970s proved that Americans could cultivate decent varieties of hops and create new beer styles for a growing population of beer aficionados. The American homebrewing revolution in the 1970s pushed beer into a new frontier. The revolution included the corruption of traditional English styles and the heavy-handed use of Americanbred hops.

PHOTO: Lara Lewis

Rod Savoie stops to smell the wild hops while beer-bike touring in Belgium. The in-your-face, resiny hop bombs known as American IPAs take a while to get used to, but they are a happy sign of a nation blowing in the face of tradition — the sort of behaviour we expect from the United States. In the beer world it’s a good thing.

Lara Lewis has been a homebrewer for years and is a certified beer judge through the American Homebrew Association’s Beer Judge Certification Program.

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June 27, 2013

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Canada Day, Eh?

June 27, 2013

Celebrations take place July 1 at Shipyards Park

PHOTO: Tamara Neely

by Colin Hodd

Red Grossinger has been organizing Canada Day events for 15 years. 254, the Elks Lodge 306 and the city of Whitehorse all sponsor Canada Day celebrations. Festivities will end at 6 p.m. in order, Grossinger says, to allow people time to get to other celebrations they may be having. Ultimately, he feels that this is an event that will allow people to have a great time while reminding each other of the connection they share in being Canadian. “This is why we have Canada Day – this is why we have to show that we are true patriots – and there’s only one anthem, regardless of what language a person sings it in. Still the meaning is the same.” See page 6 for a full schedule of events.

Even the U.S. flag gets a spot on the bike. PHOTO: Bruce Barrett

ed Grossinger figures Canada Day is one of the most meaningful events for a community to share together. He has been organizing Canada Day in Whitehorse for some 15 years and along with entertainment producer Lauren Tuck, and the rest of the Canada Day committee, he aims to create a celebration that encompasses Canadians of all stripes. “First of all we present it bilingually, in French and English,” Grossinger says. “Then we have a number of musicians that are French, English, First Nations, Filipino – there’s quite a mix. The entire program is based on showing that we are Canadians of various backgrounds. This is for all Canadians. This is why I figure this is one of the most important celebrations there is.” Canada Day in Whitehorse will offer a mix of the outdoors, art, food and drink all taking place at Shipyards Park on July 1. The event is free to attend, but you are on the hook for any foodstuffs or libations. Opening ceremonies will be at noon, following a parade to Shipyards Park at 11 a.m. Wall-towall musical entertainment takes

place from noon to 6 p.m. This is in addition to a beach (well, grass) volleyball tournament, a rubber duck race, firefighting demonstrations, and a food court. In short, a lot of events for a wide variety of interests. And Grossinger has noticed that Whitehorse residents enthusiastically connect with the community through an abundance of sports and arts activities. “I never saw a town with so much going on,” says Grossinger. “It’s probably because of the type of people that we have. Most people here enjoy the outdoors, and at the same time we enjoy the arts as well. Almost everyone is involved in something. And you don’t see that in big cities, you don’t see that at all. You don’t see that anywhere else.” Grossinger, a Montreal native, fell in love with the place while serving with the Canadian Military here in the early ‘80s. After 30 years’ service he retired in Whitehorse. With a rich Quebec accent and easy laugh, Grossinger’s manner belies the organizational task in front of him. “It’s not easy at all,” Grossinger says. “We’re lucky that we have a

tremendous amount of volunteers from the Legion. Our main thing is to find enough money to make it happen, and with them we don’t

have to pay for parade directors, security, that sort of thing.” The Heritage Department, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch

Colin Hodd is a journalism graduate from New Brunswick.

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Show Us What You Can Do

Skateboard competition on July 1 gives skaters a chance to shine by Nadine Sander-Green

aron Frotten started skateboarding when he was four years old. But the bornand-raised Yukoner couldn’t practice at the skate park back then; it didn’t exist. “Skateboarding gave me a sense of freedom, a sense of exploration,” he says. “It was about trying to find that cool spot to skate.” Frotten — who works at Sandor’s Clothing Ltd. and leads the store’s skate team — has now been skating for 27 years. First he cruised around town and then learned tricks in the park when it was built in the early 1990s. He loved the fact that skating wasn’t totally socially acceptable; he liked being that social outcast. Look at him now and you’ll see his elbows are scraped. He says it hurts like hell when he falls, but he can’t see giving the sport up — ever. He’s been helping out with Canada Day Skate Comp, hosted by Bringing Youth Towards Equality (BYTE) and the Boys and Girls Club, for the past several years. The competition takes place every July 1. This year the event will feature two competitions: best run and best trick. This year’s Battle of the Bands winners, Vision Quest, have confirmed they will perform at the event, along with four local DJs: MC Turmoil, Abstract Ori-

ginal, DJ MK Ultra and Kill the DJ. Gen Beaudin, the manager at BoardStiff, thinks the comp is a great opportunity for skaters to showcase their skills. “This is the only event just for the skaters,” she says. “They make so much effort to be great at the sport, and it’s their time to shine.” BoardStiff and Sandor’s, along with Triple J’s, are the major sponsors for the event. They’re giving away whole skateboards, decks, wheels, clothing, accessories, and more. 20-year-old Eric Johnson, 17year old Noah Hutchison and 20year old Cameron Sass have all competed in the skateboarding competition before, and are excited to do so again. Johnson says that when he competed a few years ago, he was really nervous. This year he just wants to entertain. “I want to inspire the younger kids, and show my friends and family what I’ve been doing all summer – that I’m not just wasting my time,” he says. The three are even hosting a demo and workshop for younger skaters. Beaudin has been skating for the past few years. She says it’s one of the hardest sports she’s ever done. “It’s not like skiing or boarding, there’s nothing attached to your feet,” she says. “You can be

a good mountain biker after just one season. But a lot of people give up skating. After years and years, you can still be not good at it.” She thinks Whitehorse has the perfect conditions for skaters to improve their skills quickly. In the summer it’s light almost all the time, and the skate park is far enough away from houses that noise complaints aren’t a problem. In the early months of the summer, skaters can practice almost 24 hours a day. Because it’s flat, less people are getting hurt and the police seem to be pretty relaxed, she explains. Frotten has watched the skate culture change in the past 27 years, but for him skating in the Yukon is simple. “It’s always been about passion,” he says. “I had goals. I was going to practice something, finesse it, and perfect it. Without skating, I have no idea where I’d be. In jail, probably.” The three competitors think along the same vein. Hutchison plans to skate his whole life while Johnson is going to be on his board “until his knees give out.” “You don’t think about anything when you’re doing it,” says Johnson. “You’re in your own world.” “It’s an art. It’s passion,” explains Hutchison. “It’s my whole life. If I didn’t skate, I wouldn’t be who I am.” The Canada Day Skate Comp

PHOTO: courtesy of BYTE

The Canada Day Skate Comp takes place on July 1 at noon at the Riverdale Skate Park. will take place July 1 in the Riverdale Skate Park. Registration is from 11 to 11:45 a.m., with the event kicking off at noon. There will be women, men’s greenhorn and men’s advanced categories. Registration is $5, which includes a BYTE water bottle. You can sign up at the event, or swing by BYTE, Board Stiff or

Sandor’s to register before hand. A helmet is mandatory and this is a substance-free event. For more information contact Allison at BYTE by phone 867-6677975, or email info@YukonYouth. com. Nadine Sander-Green is a communications officer with BYTE.

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8:00 AM SKAGWAY NEWS RUN-AROUND – Sign up at the Skagway News Depot at 7:30 am. A 5K course around Historic Skagway - Costumes earn extra cheers. (Skagway News Co.) 9:30 AM KIDDIE PARADE - This ‘mini’ parade starts at 2nd Ave., goes north on Broadway to 4th Ave. (Skagway Chamber of Commerce)

June 27, 2013

What’s up for the 4th of July, 2013?

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 4th ANNUAL CODY ELLINGSON 3 ON 3 TOURNAMENT (basketball) – 3rd Ave. Register at 11:00am and present a $35 entry fee per team. (Frontier Excursions & Adventures and Skagway Float Tours)

3:30 PM SLOW BIKE RACE - 3rd to 4th Ave. on Broadway. Whoever rides the slowest, not taking their feet off pedals, wins. Helmets required. (Sockeye Cycle)

between State and Main St. Winners receive $100 CASH! Beat the World Record & Win $5000!!!! (Corner Propane) 2:30 PM ARM WRESTLING - on Broadway between 4th & 5th Ave. Young, old, men, women….just good old fashioned competition. (Elks BPOE 431)

3:30 PM 4/50 Playing Live & Outside at the Station at 4th Ave between State and Main St.

11:00 AM to 1:00PM FACE PAINTING & BALOON ANIMALS – 3rd & Broadway – In a 4:00 PM SPIKE DRIVING CONTEST - 4th 3:00 PM HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT - 4th 10:00 AM MAIN PARADE - From 7th Ave. & tent by the Golden North Hotel (Reflections) Ave. in the AK Mountain Guide housing Ave. next to The Mountain Shop. Bring Broadway south to 1st. (Skagway Chamber of your strong arm tactics and try this yard. Sometimes they take the horses 12:00 – 1:00 PM FUN & FOURTH OF JULY Commerce and CVB) Midnight Sun Pipe Band one! (White Pass & Yukon Route) out of the shoes first. (Elks BPOE 431) from Whitehorse. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PARADE GAMES AT THE MOORE HOMESTEAD - 5th and Spring Street – Kids of all ages are PRESENTATION OF FLOAT AWARDS - 4th Ave. invited to attend and have fun exploring & Broadway. (Skagway Chamber of Commerce) the lost art of play. (National Park Service) PICNIC BASKET & DESSERT AUCTION 1:00 PM EGG TOSS – on Broadway between 4th Ave. & Broadway - Have your money 3rd & 4th Ave. Skagway holds the Guinness ready and be on time, these go very Book of World Records Title for this event! fast! (Skagway Emblem Club #111) (Buckwheat Donahue & Elks BPOE 431) FOOT RACES - on 4th Ave. - Something for all 1:30 PM TUG-OF-WAR - on Broadway ages, plus gunny sack & 3-legged for over 6 between 4th & 5th Ave. Come join in years old. (Skagway Chamber of Commerce) VISA-MasterCard-Discover only and show off those muscles you’ve 11:00 AM to 2:00PM FIREFIGHTERS PHILLY been working on all winter! (Mountain CHEESE STEAKS & T-SHIRTS – 4th and Shop & Packer Expeditions) Broadway. (Skagway Firefighters' Association) 2:00PM HOT DOG EATING CONTEST - 4th and Main next to Skagway Pizza Station! – Skagway Pizza Station at 4th Ave

4:00PM QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING – 5th & Broadway at the Kone Kompany (Have a Heart Foundation)

5:00 PM 18th ANNUAL DUCKY DERBY Pullen Pond. 1000 little plastic duckies ﬁght their way to the ﬁnish line. (Skagway Chamber of Commerce) 6:00PM CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT – 4th Ave between State and Main St. $20 Entry fee per team. (Skagway Pizza Station)

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ecent reports indicate that populations of northern boreal forest birds are doing better here than in other parts of Canada. Local biologist Katie Aitken says it’s mainly due to Yukon’s relatively pristine natural environment. “While research has been limited, there are indications Yukon birds are somewhat protected from the declines underway in other parts of North America,” Aitken says. However, several species of birds are listed as threatened. They include bank and barn swallows, a pretty bird called the Canada warbler, the common nighthawk and olive-sided flycatcher. Some shorebirds are also in decline. Why? Climate change is having a big impact on habitat and food selection. Permafrost is melting, and wetlands are changing. Protecting wetlands — especially spring staging areas — can help. Swan Haven, for example, provides a vital resting place for birds on their long migrations. Aitken says disturbing habitat through roads and destruction of forests can also cause bird numbers to drop. The latest Environment Canada conservation strategy for Bird Conservation in Region 4, which covers most of the Yukon, states that more research into conservation planning is needed to reduce

the impacts of such habitat disruption. Sometimes it’s just adapting existing practices. Highways and Public Works set up guidelines a few years ago to postpone road brushing later in the year, if needed, to protect nesting birds. However, the two most common causes of Yukon bird deaths are cats and collisions with windows. There are things Yukoners can do to minimize such deaths. For collisions, examine your windows from a bird’s eye view. If a bird sees reflections of trees or light from a window on the opposite wall — a window tunnel — it may fly into the glass. If you have windows at the front and back of a room, it may appear to a bird that they could flight right through the room and out the other window. Put bird feeders either immediately next to windows or well away from them. Hanging some plastic or a few flashy CDs from fishing line on the outside of the window will detract birds from flying into the windows. Cover the other window inside the house so the bird doesn’t think it’s an exit. The goal is to break up the external reflection. You can also order decals (Window Alert) that reflect UV light that birds can see. Those black cut-outs of hawks don’t work. If a bird does crash and seems stunned, you might revive it by

placing it in a covered container, like a shoebox with some air holes, keeping it safe in the dark, quiet place until it revives, and then letting it go. Don’t offer food and water. For further information, contact Environment Canada’s office. Do you have a cat? They are serial killers in the bird world. Keep your cat inside or take it for a walk on a leash. Aitken points out many birds nest on the ground, and also that even wellfed domestic cats will try to kill birds. “Cats are predators and they will lay in wait and kill by instinct,” she says, adding that bells are no help in preventing the carnage. “Robins in shrubs get hammered by cats.” If you want to create a welcome place for birds at your home, clean bird feeders and birdbaths with fresh water will attract them. And if you’ve got dead trees in your yard with holes, consider leaving them up as long as possible – they provide valuable homes for many birds (including some ducks) that nest in tree cavities. If nothing else, taking time to reflect on how many mosquitoes birds kill may encourage you to find more ways to enjoy, and protect, Yukon’s birds this summer. Jennifer Trapnell has a passion for birding.

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Sat, Jul 6 M.V. Tarahne Tea 12:00 PM & 2:30 PM M.V.Tarahne Atlin Historical Society 250-651-7522 Enjoy tea on the historic M.V.Tarahne.

Wednesdays

Board Games 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Teen Centre Bring games and snacks Everyone Welcome Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling Recreation Centre

Beaver Creek

Mon, Jul 1 Canada Day Parade and BBQ Visitor Center

Carcross

Thu, Jun 27 CPNP Outing - Kite Flying 11:00 AM Carcross Beach. Meet at the picnic tables Bring your own picnic lunch!

Wednesdays

Thrift Store 11:00 AM Carcross Thrift Store Healthy Lunches cooking class 11:00 AM Old Daycare across the bridge open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building

Thursdays

Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Sewing group 6:00 PM Capacity Building

Fridays

Open Gym Night 7:00 PM

Sundays

Waterbabies parent and tot swim Carcross pool 1:00 PM. Open to pregnant moms, and moms and dads with kids 0-3 years of age.

Mondays

Babies N Books 10:00 AM Ya Dak Du Hidi daycare Snacks provided. open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old

Tuesdays

Tots N Strollers 10:00 AM Meet at the Ya Dak Du Hidi Daycare, walk through town and return to daycare for some snacks. open to pregnant moms and parents with children from 0-3 years old Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM at the Old Daycare Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Community Softball 7:00 PM Carcross Community School Bring a glove if you have 1 your own water and snacks. Everyone welcome Women’s Group Carcross Community Campus 7:00 PM Geraldine James 867-821-4251

Carmacks

Tuesdays & Thursdays Indoor Soccer 6:00 PM

Dawson City

Tourist Tours (from the Visitor Information Centre):

Daily

9:30 AM Town walking tour “Then and Now” - with two interpreters! How has Dawson changed? Or not? 11:00 AM “Hike with Robert Service” Tour Hike the same trails Service did up to a viewpoint above town with his famous verses along the way 1:00 PM “Life and poetry of Robert Service” Tour including a peek in his cute little cabin! 2:30 PM Commissioner’s Residence Make pressed flower cards, the way Martha Black did. 2:30 PM Palace Grand Theatre guided tour 7:00 PM Guided town tour: “Strange Things Done” The truth really is strange.

Sunday - Thursday

3:30 “The Greatest Klondiker Contest” Palace Grand Theatre until Fri, Jun 21 Them Thar Hills: A Backwoods Alphabestiary 7:00 PM ODD Gallery Evan Rensch Presenting a new work by Dawson-based artist Veronica Verkley. until Sept 2 “Dawson As They Saw It” Photo Exhibit Harrington’s Store Fri, Jun 28 - Mon, Jul 1 Botany Days All Day Tombstone Interpretive Centre A weekend of talks, walks, art,and workshops Sat. June 29 - Sun Jun 30 2013 Dawson City Men’s Soccer Tournament Crocus Bluff Soccer Field johnnycaribou@hotmail.com teams from Dawson and Whitehorse Mon, Jul 1 Yukon Bird Club Field Trip 5:30 PM Dawson City Visitor Centre ybcfieldtrips@ gmail.com Experience the birds of this historic town with Sebastian Jones. (2.5 hrs) YBC events are free. Everyone is welcome. Mon, Jul 1 Canada Day Celebrations All Day Throughout town. KVA (867) 993-5575 Join us for a variety of patriotic celebrations

around town! The annual Canada Day parade is a don’t miss! Mon, Jul 1 Yukon Gold Panning Championships 12:00 AM Front Street KVA (867) 993-5575 Annual competition celebrates our Yukon heritage as well as the industry that is still alive and well! Visit www. dawsoncity.ca for more info Mon, Jul 1 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Dawson Rec Centre 993-2350 Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Tue, Jul 2 City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers Heather Favron . Thu, Jul 4 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Dawson City 667-2331 Sat, Jul 6 Artists’ Market 11:00 AM Community Events Shelter Check out work by local artists, or sell your own wares. Sat, July 6 Not Quite the Last Waltz w/ Community Chest & special guests 6:30 PM Dinner & Live Music 993-5005

On-Going Events

Daily Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre Sunday-Thursday 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Friday & Saturday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM Beside the Bonanza Market

Wednesdays

Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 993-5370 Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 11 & under Kickboxing & Boxing 6:30 PM Robert Service School mason66@yahoo.ca or brudif@gmail.com Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Dawson City Minor Soccer 7:30 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 14 & under CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat a fundraiser for CFYT local radio

Thursdays

Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Toddler Painting 10:00 AM KIAC A parented activity for kids aged 2-5.Fee required Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field

Fridays

Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson. ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Saturdays Hatha Yoga with Joanne 9:00 AM KIAC Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Youth Radio Broadcasting 12:00 PM Sundays Drop In Basketball 3:00 PM Robert Service School 993-2353 lana.welchman@ cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Yoga with Jo 5:00 PM Robert Service School Mondays Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Hӓn Language Bingo! 2:00 PM Learn a little of the language of our land *subject to availability Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 993-5370 Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Tuesdays Early Bird Lane swim 6:30 AM Dawson City Pool 993-7412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 9:00 AM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Public Swim 1:15 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 8 & under

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Public Swim 6:00 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:15 Robert Service School dcminorsoccer@hotmail.com 9 & under (born 2005/06) Public Swim 6:30 PM Dawson City Pool 9937412 poolmanager@cityofdawson.ca City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers Heather Favron . Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field

Faro

Thu. Jun 27 Fire Side Chat and Bocce Tournament 5:30 PM Free Hot Dogs! Mon, Jul 1 New Issue of The Frozen MukLuk Town of Faro Website Wednesdays Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Seniors Painting Workshop 1:00 PM CRIC with Jackie Irvine Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 (Grades 1-8) Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM DVG School 994-2760

Thursdays

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Environment Club DVG School 3:45 PM Alternating Thursdays Crafting Club 12:30 PM Alternating Thursdays Youth Group Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Sundays

Faro Sunday Church Service 11:00 AM Faro Bible Chapel All are welcome.Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Kaffeeklatsch and Bocce Tournaments 2:00 PM CRIC

Mondays

Glee Club 1:00 PM DVG School (All grades) 994-2760

Tuesdays

Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Primary Ball Skills 12:30 Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 K – 3 Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 (Grades 9-12) Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Badminton 7:00 PM Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Golden Horn

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

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne Wednesdays

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

Thursdays

Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call Agnes 667-7083 for more information

Fridays

Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Questions contact Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@ northwestel.net

Mondays

Sunny Sport Activity Days 5:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Center Soccer, Slacklines, Lacrosse, Tennis, Mt. Biking, Skateboarding, Frisbee, Badminton, Orienteering, Parachute, Soft Balls, Yoga, Rubber Chickens and Basketball...we have it all!

Marsh Lake

Wed, Jun 26 Community society meeting 7:00 PM . 660-4999 marshlake@gmail.com . Sun, Jun 30 Marsh Lake Community Society 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre All welcome

Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike 668- 6952. Under 15 years

Sundays

Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Tuesdays

Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631

Tuesdays

Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Haines Junction

Wed, Jun 26 Junction Community Market 3:00 PM Log Church Lawn, Alaska Highway Locally grown foods and more. Sat, Jun 29 Real Raptors 3:30 PM St. Christopher?s Anglican Church Meet live birds of prey from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, AK. Tue, Jun 25 Open Stage/ Open Mic 8:00 PM St. Christopher’s Church Sign to have your 15 minutes of fame. Come try out new material, songs, poetry, spoken word,or see some wonderful local talent. Wednesdays Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Junction Community Market 3:00 PM Log Church Lawn, Alaska Highway Locally grown foods and more. Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku

Thursdays

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

Mondays

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

Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407

Thursdays

Seniors Stay-fit - advanced 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall Stay-Fit for Seniors: Beginners 2:00 PM CATCH Kids Program, must have own ride home 3:45 PM Fridays Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407

Saturdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON

Sundays

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

Mondays

Community Biking 6:00 PM meet at Rec. Hall

Teslin

Thu Jun 27th label reading workshop Rec center 390-2530 Fri Jun 28 - Sun Jun 30 baseball tournament Baseball Diamond 390-2530

Wednesdays

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

Thursdays

After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Stroller Mama’s 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Thursdays

Saturday

Fridays

Sundays

Yoga Drop-in 6:15 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre with Richard

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

Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre every Fri, Steak/ Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations appreciated: 660-4999 Tuesdays South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time. North of 60 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 North of 60 - Socialize, play games, meet neighbours! Yoga Drop-in 6:15 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre with Richard

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

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Fridays

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Tuesdays

Weekdays

Community Access Program 1:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Wednesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Pajama Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center Best dressed wins a radio bingo package, runner up wins a prize! Soccer - Elementary School ages 7:00 PM School Gym Soccer - High School/Adult 8:00 PM School Gym Drop In Sewing 7:00 PM Mayo Drop In Centre 996-2251. Bring your sewing projects or come to learn how to bead

Thursdays

Traditional Lunch 12:00 PM The Drop In Centre Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Fridays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Dinner & A Movie Night 5:30 PM Community Hall Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Saturdays Movie & Games 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Mondays Wii & Movie Night 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre

Tuesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 4:00 PM The Drop In Centre Sewing Night 7:00 PM The Drop In Centre Old Crow

Thursdays

Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Youth Centre

Mondays

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

Tagish

Mondays

After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Brownies and Girl Guides 5:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net

Tuesdays

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

Watson Lake

Mon, July 1 Canada Day Events 11:00 AM Lucky Lake Sat. July 6 Arts in the Park with Barbara Chamberlin 4:00 PM Wye Lake Park

Wednesdays

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

Thursdays

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

Fridays

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

Saturdays

Weight Room 10:00 am - 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Watson Lake Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Produce, baking, cooking, crafts, eggs, etc - anything made or grown. Mondays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM

Tuesdays

Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Girl’s Night Out Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month 7-9pm. Teen Night Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 7-9pm. Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

Wednesdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON

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Wed, Jun 26, 13 - Sun, Jun 30, 13 The Yukon River Quest Canoe and Kayak Race Whitehorse to Dawson City Paddlers are put to the challenge in this wilderness event, the longest annual canoe and kayak race (740 km or 460 mi) in the world. Wed, Jun 26, 13 Yukon Orienteering Championships: Long Distance 6:00 PM Cross-country ski trail parking lot on Chadburn Lake Road Afan / 667-6659 Chadburn Lake Map Thu, Jun 27, 13 Trail Run 6:30 PM TBA Nancy / 334-6576 . Fri Jun 28 - Sun Jun 30 baseball tournament Baseball Diamond in Teslin 390-2530 Sat, Jun 29, 13 Yukon Bird Club Field Trip - Birds and dragonflies of Hidden Lakes. 1:00 PM Meet at the Fish Ladder in Riverdale Syd 335-6633, ybcfieldtrips@gmail.com Get to know the birds and dragonflies of Hidden Lakes, with entomologist Syd Cannings.(2 hrs) YBC events are free. Everyone is welcome. Mon, Jul 1, 13 Youth Drop in Kayak Sessions 4:00 PM Canada Games Centre . Tue, Jul 2, 13 Knee High Nature 10:30 AM Middle McIntyre Creek Head up College Drive and follow the signs. Activities and games are designed for kids Tue, Jul 2, 13 Yukon 5km Championships 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don 333-9202 Tue, Jul 2, 13 Twoonie Race 7:00 PM . info@ cmbcyukon.ca with Contagious Mountain Bike Club Fri, Jul 5, 13 - Sun, Jul 7, 13 Yukon Golf Championships Mountain View Golf Course Come & compete, bring a friend. Sat. Jul 6 Rix Rookie Junior Tennis Tournament Mt Mac Courts Stacy Lewis tennisyukon@gmail.com 393-2621 A fun nonelimination tournament for new players

Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jess 335-3831 Table Tennis Drop in 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave 668-3358

Tuesdays - Saturdays

Fridays

Interpretive Hikes to Canyon City 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM Bridge at Miles Canyon hikes@ycs.yk.ca (867)668-5678 Free historical nature hikes to Canyon City

Wednesdays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12. Box Lacrosse Drop-in 4:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 668-2840. Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary MultiPurpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 This class focuses on the first 2nd section of the 103 Movement Hand Form Adult Biathlon Program 6:30 PM Biathalon Range Judy: 334-6726 or Vern 633-2297 Polarettes Adult/Teen Drop-in 7:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 Yang Family Tai Chi Sword 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034. This class studies the 67 movement Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan sword form. Students should know the traditional hand form.

Thursdays

Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 This short tai chi form helps with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength. Ideal for beginners and experienced tai chi players. *resumes Jan 7th* Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 1 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School Pam Boyde 633-6034. This class focuses on the first 16 movements of the 103 Movement Hand Form. *begins Jan 10th Athletics Yukon Trail Run 6:30 PM Location varies Nancy 334-6576 Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail.com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349. New members welcome. Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM on Gray Mountain Road range; officers on duty. Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10-14. Ultimate Frisbee 9:00 PM Takhini Elementary Kris 333-9393 Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12 Punjabi Bhangra Dance 7:00 PM Family Literacy Centre Gurdeep 336-3344 a natural alternative to Cardio exercises, it requires energetic, rhythmic movements

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Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary Tai Chi Group Practice 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Janet Maclachlan 633-5287. An opportunity for more tai chi play. Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction. Push Hands 11:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. Tai chi partner work. Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Pat 668-4976. No experience needed. Drop-in Salsa and Merengue lessons 8:00 PM Leaping Feats 668-6517

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Crestview Ski Group 11:00 AM free Pine Forest Loop 633-2455 Table Tennis Club 1:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave, 668-3358 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience. Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction. Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

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Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. Fun Run/Walk 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don 333-9202 Yang Family Tai Chi Hand Form Refinement 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Pam Boyde 633-6034. Hand Form Refinement is where students work on perfecting the movements of the Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form Introductory Yang Long Form (continued) 6:30 PM Takhini Elementary School Gym Laura Beattie 456-7609. An introduction to Yang Style tai chi chuan, the most popular style of tai chi practiced worldwide today *resumes Jan 8th. Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail.com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome. Twoonie Race 7:00 PM info@cmbcyukon.ca with Contagious Mountain Bike Club alternating between the Chadburn Lake course and the Mt. Mac course

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

Wednesdays

Qigong for those with health concerns 10:00 AM Golden Age Centre Helene Dobrowolsky 668-3814. Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, health, and meditation. *resumes Jan 9th* Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8. Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Wellness Wednesday 1:30 PM Second Opinion Society 667-2037. Learn practical skills for Mental Wellness. Yoga In The Alpine “Level 1” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Shannon. Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop” 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Hospice Workshop, Living with Loss 6:30 PM . for anyone living with personal loss or supporting others who are grieving, please call to register Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary MultiPurpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 This class focuses on the first 2nd section of the 103 Movement Hand Form Yang Family Tai Chi Sword (continued) 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Multi-Purpose Room Pam Boyde 633-6034 Continued study of the 67 movement Traditional Yang Style Sword Form

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Co-dependents Anonymous 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Calvin 334-5863 Spiritual science/Waldorf/Anthropop group 7:30 PM Hillcrest Josef 335-2300 Weekly study group exploring Waldorf/anthroposophy/spiritual science of R. Steiner, various topics. Free

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Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 noon Food Bank 667-4330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome). Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. Creative play activities and recreational programming for moms and kids up to age 8. Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In.

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Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 6674330. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome). Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga. Lunch Drop-In. Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 6675724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details. Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use. Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel. net Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness. SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706. Self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 PM 504 Cook St, upstairs oayukon@gmail.com. This is a 12-step program of recovery from compulsive eating. No weigh-ins, diets, dues or fees. Yoga In The Alpine “CORE” 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.

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Support Group: Coping with Cancer Stress 12:00 PM Thomson Centre- Riverside Room Join to learn and share ways of coping and reducing cancer related stress Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 668-6466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.

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

Thursday

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

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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) 9:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

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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

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

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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.

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The #1 and #2 Issues of Being in a Boat for

12 Hours Competitors in the Yukon River Quest will be paddling June 26 to 30

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by Denise Norman

ow do you go to the bathroom in a canoe with eight other people in it, without stopping the boat? And I am not talking number one here. It is a question that must be contemplated by every paddler in the Yukon River Quest enroute from Whitehorse to Dawson. The answer? It Depends. “We used to have that option, but last year we started not having that option,” Noreen Schaefer of Team Women Having Outrageous Adventures (WHOA) says. “Now, you [poop] where you sit.” This involves shouting “paddles up” to tell one or two people behind you to lift their paddles out of the water. Then you perch your behind over the side of the gunnel and go.

This technique is only an option on the large Voyageur canoes where the boat doesn’t even notice the weight of one person hanging off the side. In kayaks and canoe doubles, a bedpan or a bailing bucket is used. I am told that the little oval pitchers used for holding the bags of milk are perfect. Paddlers Abreast team member Claire Demarais says her team is more flexible. “We sometimes go to shore,” she says. “It depends on the people in the boat. It depends if you are shy or not.” They’ve also got it timed. It’s 10 hours to the end of Lake Laberge and then another 12-14 to Carmacks. “We stop at the end of Laberge to change clothes and have a thermos of soup,” Demarais says. “It’s nice to be walking after 10-12 hours in a boat.” And going on solid ground. Both teams are in agreement on one thing: you don’t stop paddling if you aren’t going to shore. To the other end, what do you eat when you are paddling 715 kilometres, day and

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you are night in likely to wet, cool find somew e a t h e r, thing you facing want in o v e r someone whelming else’s buckfatigue? et,” says De“How do marais. you maintain Banana on board. But the difyour energy and ficulties of the fouravoid a scratch,” day voyage are nothing asked Pat McKenna, a loPhoto: YukonRiverQuest.com compared to the rewards. cal foods and nutrition teacher, (Harry Kern) Late night sunsets, Robert Service reciin a survey of paddlers. There does not seem to be consensus on tations, and the challenge of the quest all keep people coming back year after year to what to eat. The real key is to have all your food in eat on the fly and poop over the side. People from all over the world will be snack sized portions, strategically placed to participating in the 15th annual Yukon River minimize fumbling. Tunde Fulop, one of the team WHOA Quest, which takes place June 26 to 30. members, has a little plastic set of draw- There will be approximately 67 teams parers, each drawer with a different snack in ticipating, with paddlers from nine counit. For her it has to be real food, not the tries: Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, gels and bars that they sell for athletes. USA, Poland, Australia, Germany, Austria, “It’s harder to eat at night, when your and New Zealand. The teams will launch body wants to sleep. Nothing goes down.” from Rotary Park in Whitehorse at 7:30 a.m. But you still have to eat, so she relies on on Wednesday, June 26. The finish line is Ensure and mandarin jello cups to get her in Dawson City at the Yukon River dike bethrough the night. tween the gazebo and the historic CIBC All three said variety was important – building. sweet, salty, some protein and lots of fat and lots of calories. The Paddlers Abreast Denise L. Norman is a group will even pass around their personal Yukon based writer and adventurer. food buckets. “Whatever you have in your She can be contacted at bucket might appeal to someone else, and summitheart@hotmail.com.

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Step Outside with Larry Leigh

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hether your yard is a camp-site, the area around your cabin or your fenced residential property, it is still disconcerting and sometimes frightening to have a bear that close to you. It’s more common than we realize because a bear may check out your space and finding nothing to attract and hold it there, and quietly move on in its constant search for something to eat. Bears have super-keen olfactory senses, so they are chiefly attracted by smell. It doesn’t have to smell good to humans, it only has to have an odour to get the bear’s attention. In the non-food category, the odours from chest waders, gas cans, inflatable boats and leaking propane are among the smells that attract bears. Food smells give them the reward of a meal or at least a taste. These include compost, garbage, pet food, barbecue or campfire grills, food scraps and improperly disposed dishwater, which always contains bits of food. Last summer in Whitehorse, 17 black bears and two grizzly bears were killed because they were into garbage etc. around residential areas. Situations such as those are emergencies and must be dealt with quickly in order to keep the public safe. Many other bears were scared away through various methods and some were trapped and relocated. Trapping sounds like a win-win situation, but it is time consum-

ing, expensive in person hours and often ineffective because the bear goes back to the area where it was originally trapped. These situations are often described as “bear problems,” when in fact they are more people problems. The bears are following their instincts, which include eating from the time they emerge from the den in spring until they return to a den in autumn. They have a natural curiousity, which, coupled with their appetite, gets them into all kinds unpleasant circumstances (for humans). These situations end up poorly, often fatally, for the bear. The most obvious changes in behaviour need to come from humans. Unfortunately, too many residents think it can’t happen to them or they simply don’t care. But if you do care, here are some suggestions: *Keep the compost and garbage cans in the garage if available. If no garage, keep the cans out of the sun where the contents are heated and give off strong odours. *Put the garbage/compost out only on the morning of the pickup. *Keep the grill clean on your BBQ or campfire grate. *Don’t put pet food outside, or bring the dish in after feeding. *When camping, burn all food scraps, burn and take home all tin cans and bury your dishwater some distance from camp. Absolutely no food inside tents — this includes children’s snacks. We, the humans can change or adapt our behaviours while the

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bears and other wildlife are tied to routines by their instincts. We are living and playing in the bear’s country. We are the visitors, and we need to show respect.

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.

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