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t’s funny how a change in geography can alter your perspective on something you’re well acquainted with.

My places of residence within Whitehorse had always been above the Alaska Highway — first Hillcrest, then Granger.

But that changed in the fall of 2009 when I rented out a room in a small bungalow on Cook Street in downtown Whitehorse.

Looming high over my abode, the Whitehorse clay cliffs finally forced me to give them the reverence that seems so obviously deserved now.

I don’t know why it was my move downtown that forced me to come to terms with their powerful majesty. After all, even when I wasn’t living there, I spent a lot of time in the shadow of the clay cliffs, which gave me plenty of opportunity to cast a glance upwards and say to myself, “They’re kind of awesome, eh?”

But I didn’t. Instead, I more-or-less ignored them.

And even though I only lived on Cook Street briefly, I have been keenly aware of the clay cliffs ever since. What’s more, I now make a point of incorporating them into my life whenever I can. They are one of my top destinations for a good dag walk, and when it comes to peacefully contemplating life while overlooking the downtown core, the clay cliffs have no equal.

In the winter, the headlights of lethargic cars glow like bulbs and pierce the capital city’s darkness from atop the cliffs; in the summer the long hours of daylight seem provide Whitehorse with a dusty swagger. But regardless of the diverse views the seasons provide, one thing remains constant — when sitting up there, gazing into our little river valley, I can’t

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The view of Whitehorse from atop the clay cliffs help but think, “This is my town.”

And this is significant for me because when I first moved back to Whitehorse in November 2008 I did not feel that way.

I felt like a stranger.

The upshot of this is that moving downtown and experiencing a shift in perspective re: the clay cliffs was a key ingredient in helping me feel settled in my own hometown.

What nags at me is the question of what other things I am taking for granted in much the same way as I took the cliffs for granted. How much richer would my life be if I was able to just see certain things in a different light?

It was a change of location that precipitated my newfound appreciation for the clay cliffs, but it is not feasible to move all over town I hopes of having a similar epiphany.

So instead I remind myself that habitual ways of thinking (or not thinking) about things are restricting. A welcome new perspective is just around the corner if I’m willing to approach the world with fresh eyes. I cannot always physically change the location of my home, but my mental habitat sometimes needs to be flipped.

Hopefully this realization is half the battle.

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June 4, 2015

Celebrating The Year of the Craft

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by Meagan Deuling

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he line between fine art and craft is blurry. The original intent of something crafted is often a utilitarian one — think ceramics, woven things, tanned hides, belts, blankets, and robes.

They are crafts, and art.

Garnet Muething says she can tell where a piece of work is from in the territory based on patterns and styles and techniques.

Like, she says, “it’s certainly identifiable if it’s a baby belt from Old Crow.”

Muething is the art curator for the Department of Tourism and Culture. She took a break from hanging paintings in the main government administrative building to talk about another upcoming exhibition.

We sat on the grass in the courtyard and talked about Found, Forged and Fused, which opens at the Yukon Art Centre Public Gallery on June 4. The display at the Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery will be 46 works of fine crafts from the Yukon Permanent Art Collection.

Some works will be the newest items in the permanent collection. There will also be pieces that have been in the collection from the beginning, in 1981. That’s one of the reasons Muething is excited about Found, Forged and Fused.

She says the exhibition will be a survey of styles and techniques, from the beginning of the collection to now.

“It’s difficult to understand what the collection actually is.

It’s hard to explain without showing it to people.”

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There are over 370 pieces in the Yukon Permanent Art Collection, now. Muething says the quantity gives curators a depth of work to choose from; they can see connections, themes, and stories within the collection, and display the work accordingly.

That’s what’s happening with Found, Forged and Fused. 2015 is being nationally celebrated as Year of the Craft. Muething took advantage of this to incorporate

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Of the works that will be displayed, one is “Landscape With Horse”. It’s a life-size sculpture of a horse, made by Veronica Verkley with found objects.

Muething also mentioned two traditional robes. One is by Ann Smith, called “Grandmother’s Time”.

Smith used a technique called Raven’s Tail to weave the robe.

Muething says this is an ancient technique that has been revived by master weavers like Smith.

The other robe was made by Heather Callaghan. She trained in Hawaii, and has a contemporary take on the traditional practices she learned there.

That’s another thing Muething loves about the display. She says the permanent collection serves as a public record — it contains

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“Winged Owl”,

by Maureen Morris styles and techniques from around the territory, but also marks the ebb and flow of influence and artists in the Yukon.

Found, Forged and Fused is so titled because of the relationship artists have with the material that goes into a piece. Muething says there is so much to an art piece, and so much behind it.

The display will be unveiled at the Yukon Art Centre’s Public Gallery on Thursday, June 4 at 5:30.

The works will be on display all summer, until August 29.

Meagan Deuling is the assistant editor. Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.

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After three years of city life, the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival returns to its country roots next week

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n June 12, the Yukon’s annual bluegrass bash is heading back to Kluane Country, where it all began.

After a three-year sojourn in Whitehorse, the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival will celebrate its 12th anniversary next week in what artistic director John Faulkner calls its “ancestral home” of Haines Junction.

“It’s feeling good to everybody,” he says.

In addition to booking the talent and being vice president of the festival’s parent society, Faulkner also plays with the Canyon Mountain band and has performed in every festival from the beginning.

The retired judge is an unabashed fan of the musical genre the late Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys originated in the 1940s.

“I love the beat and the energy of it, but it’s also incredibly complex when you get right down to it.”

Faulkner doesn’t agree with those who consider bluegrass “hillbilly music — good for hayseeds” but not for more sophisticated tastes.

In fact, he argues, those who play it professionally are the equal of any jazz improviser.

“The music they pull out of those instruments, and the breaks they do, the harmony and everything, it kind of makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck, you know.”

As in previous years, this year’s festival will feature Yukon groups in addition to a variety of highly regarded outside acts.

“We’ve been fortunate over the years to get kind of the Who’s Who of bluegrass,” Faulkner says.

“We have people coming to perform at this festival who are kind of the equivalent of having the Rolling Stones show up at your rock festival. They’re the top bluegrass bands in the world, without exaggeration.”

Also as in previous years, the musical styles will range along the so-called “truegrass/newgrass” spectrum.

At one end is the highly traditional Mike Bentley and the Cumberland Gap Connection.

At the other end lies the Abrams Brothers, a Canadian bluegrass, country, folk-rock fusion band that uses such non-traditional instruments as a drum kit and electric guitars.

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Members of upcoming bluegrass/gospel group Flatt Lonesome are (standing, l. to r.) Dominic Illingworth, Buddy Robertson, Michael Stockton; (seated, l. to r.) Charli Robertson, Paul Harrigill, Kelsi Robertson-Harrigill have him on our stage, but we also recognize that life isn’t static,” Faulkner says.

“Things move on, and music progresses, and I think we have to welcome that as well.”

One group on the more traditional end of things is Flatt Lonesome, a six-piece ensemble from Nashville, Tennessee, whose ages range from 21-26 years.

Half the members are offspring of a guitar-playing pastor from Jacksonville, Florida, who decided to share his love of bluegrass and gospel music by buying each of his young kids a musical instrument.

“We were home-schooled, so we weren’t exposed to all the extracurricular stuff like you would be in a public school system, so he wanted to make sure we found some type of hobby, or something we enjoyed doing,” Kelsi Robertson-Harrigill explains.

“He picked out the mandolin for me, and gave my sister (Charli) a fiddle, and my brother (Buddy, the group’s guitarist) originally started out on banjo. And it kind of just all stuck.”

After years of playing and singing with their parents, they decided to team up with three musical friends, Dominic Illingworth (acoustic bass), Paul Harrigill (banjo) and Michael Stockton (resophonic guitar), for “something fun” they could do together.

Besides, as Robertson-Harrigill tells it, “Maybe it would be cool to make a little bit of extra money”

performing as a hobby.

That hobby quickly turned into a major commitment, especially when the International Bluegrass Music Association picked Flatt Lonesome as its emerging artist of 2014.

This year alone, they have more than 70 performance dates, and their third CD is due out this fall.

The band’s name combines the “high lonesome” bluegrass sound with a tribute to the legendary Lester Flatt, best known for his collaboration with banjo player Earl Scruggs.

“We’re all huge fans of Flatt and Scruggs, but Scruggs Lonesome wouldn’t really work so well, so we went the Flatt route,” Roberston-Harrigill jokes.

The singer-mandolinist says she’s curious about one aspect of the Yukon in particular.

“The 24 hours of sunshine. I’m not sure how that’s going to work out, but I guess we’ll see what happens.”

The Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival (including the annual Sunday gospel show) runs Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14 in two venues, the St. Elias Convention Centre and the nearby St. Christopher’s Anglican Church.

More details can be found at www.yukonbluegrass.com Freelance writer Ken Bolton telecommutes to work from his home southeast of Whitehorse.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

Explaining Travel Realities to People Outside very much in the winter.

Many letters went back and forth as I outlined matters of temperature, road conditions, wind chill factors relative to driving at 90 km/hr when it’s below -20°C outside and your door doesn’t fit well enough to keep the heat in the car and the cold out.

Either they eventually believed me, or I wore them down. They checked monthly to see if there were any developments, but I told them it would be April before we

got the appraisal and, as it turned out, the best date we could set up after that was the last week in May. Then, when it’s water-tight, I can finally wash the poor thing.

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The dented Yaris awaits repairs

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n just a few days we’ll be loading our little Toyota Yaris onto a freight truck and shipping it to Whitehorse to have a new driver’s side front door installed. It’s not that the car can’t be driven to the city in the summer. I made two trips with it during the last half of April and it performed just fine, but I have to be somewhere else with our truck and trailer that week so it has to go alone.

This adventure began last November when I came out of the Dawson City General Store carrying grocery bags and found an embarrassed young man standing beside my car with his insurance papers in his hand. I was parallel parked in front of the old CIBC building on Front Street and he had been angle parked in front of the store.

There was a lot of sun glare on the street that afternoon, which I knew because I had just taken a picture of it in all its lens-flared glory. When he backed up in his pick-up to turn, he didn’t see me.

We were both lucky the door was all that got broken.

I was also fortunate to be dealing with an honest man. Lots of people drive away from that sort of an accident. He did not.

Oddly enough, all the moving parts still worked. The auto-key locked and unlocked the door; the window lowered and raised; the door latched properly. What it lacked was a tight fit, which produced a lot of road noise and a terrific draft. Those last two problems were alleviated by the burly owner of Endurance Mechanical, who bent the door more or less

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back into shape against the fulcrum of his own body, but it was still not fit to make a long drive in.

There was too much of a draft for the highway in winter, not that we’ve ever driven it out of town on winter roads anyway.

The narrow wheel base won’t let us follow in the tracks that other vehicles make once the snow and hard pack sets in. We have a 4x4 truck for long hauls in the winter.

The insurance company gave us no trouble over the damage, but the claims agents we were dealing with in Calgary and Toronto could not seem to understand how far we live from the place where the repairs had to be done, how long that drive is, what it would cost to make the two visits (appraisal and then the work), and why we just don’t drive that car out of town

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“Domingo! Domingo!”

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n his classic account of Sandinista era Nicaragua, Blood of Brothers, Richard Kinzer notes, “With the sole exception of Roman Catholicism, no institution is as deeply rooted in Nicaragua as baseball. More than simply a pastime, it has for generations been a way for Nicaraguans to define themselves and hold themselves together as a nation.

People play baseball in the most remote hamlets and the most miserable urban slums.”

This winter, I spent seven weeks in this fascinating nation.

As I toured each part of the country seeking out sights, smells, history, and culture I was also careful to note where ball diamonds, big or small, were located.

Locals were excited that I was excited about finding a game in their town but seemed totally unaware of the schedule of play. The common refrain was “Domingo Domingo”, which means Sunday.

When my explorations took me to the island of Ometepe I sought to find a beer and a baseball game on the Sabbath.

I find that when traveling alone the best backpacking days are often inspiring for what they aren’t. For example, my first day in Altagracia, on the far side of the Ometepe Island, was significant in its rural solitude, lack of fellow travelers, calm countryside, and the bad things that didn’t happen, i.e. diarrhea, drunkenness, conflict.

Altagracia has retained much of its pre-Spanish contact identity.

In fact, the Nahuatl ancestry of the local population is specifically promoted and on display. I discovered plentiful petroglyphs (one of which features an X insignia said to be a site of human sacrifice) and evocative totems of pre-Columbian idols of the Nahuatl tribes whose influence accounts for the guile, calm, and honour of the locals. I also discovered two ball

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I explored the community on foot to find a winding foot path to the ocean, got a pleasant wave from a man training his horse while his friend carried an enormous wack of stick logs on his back — think the cover of the Led Zeppelin IV.

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When I backtracked back to town and past two security guards, I struck gold… the baseball diamond. In broken Spanish and excited gringo glee I tried ascertaining from the guards when I might catch a game. “Domingo Domingo!” they said, both in a celebratory tone indicating we were understanding each other but also in a finger pointing getthe-hell-out-of-here-until-Sunday sort of way.

I was just fine with that.

Sunday morning, I planned a

return to the Altagracia ball diamond, about a 45-minute trip on the local chicken bus, in search of a game. But only 10 minutes into the trip I saw players warming up on a diamond built near the base of Volcan Conception, within view of its twin Volcan Madera.

I signaled the bus driver to drop me off, and ran excitedly out.

I looked left to a storefront and then right to a similar shop, both essentially rural family dwellings that sold an assortment of food, beverages, and household products.

Both sold Tona, the local beer. I purchased three cold ones, threw them in my backpack and set out for the small local stadium like a child sprinting out of a classroom into a recess match with his mates.

And what a spectacle.

I was there in time for a few warm up tosses. A thin circlecloud hat sat atop Concepcion and a thick dust storm erupted while I tried to snap a few pictures, wondering if the locals in the stands would find that amusing or annoying. The dusty gusts came and went but finally subsided.

The umpire signaled for the game to begin. In the first demonstration of the good will and sportsmanship Nica baseball is known for, the leadoff hitter looked back and extended a handshake to the opposing catcher. It was a simple, heart-warming gesture. I was stunned and humbled.

I’d never seen such a thing. How many times have my countrymen and I succumbed to chest thumping boorishness when playing ball?

The pitcher tossed a side winding fastball for a first pitch strike and lo, for 90 minutes and seven innings, time stood still and I dwelt with the baseball gods.

Ben Mahony is missed at the Gold Rush. Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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What Can Vacations Teach You about Investing?

Summer is on its way — which undoubtedly means vacation season. You may be looking forward to “getting away from it all,” but, as you know, vacations actually require a fair amount of planning. And it might surprise you to learn that some of the efforts required for successful vacations can impart some valuable lessons in other areas of your life — such as investing.

Here are some vacation-related moves that you may want to transfer to the investment and financial arenas: Secure your home If you’re going on vacation for a week or so, you may need to take some steps to safeguard your home: stopping your mail and newspaper, putting on a timer to turn on lights, alerting your neighbors that you’ll be out of town, and so on. But while it’s important to secure your home today, you will also want to help ensure it will be there for your family in the future, should anything happen to you. That’s why you’ll want to maintain adequate life and disability insurance.

Know your route If you are driving to your vacation destination, you will want to plan your route beforehand, so that you can avoid time-consuming delays and detours. And to reach your financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement, you will also want to chart your course — by creating an investment strategy that is designed to help you work towards those goals based on your specific risk tolerance, investment preferences and time horizon.

Keep enough gas in the tank As you set out on a road trip, you need a full tank of gas in your car, and you’ll have to keep refueling along the way. And to “go the distance” in pursuing your financial goals, you will need to have sufficient “fuel” in the form of investments with reasonable growth potential. Without a reasonable amount of growth-oriented vehicles in your portfolio, you could lose ground to inflation and potentially fall short of your objectives — so, over time, you may need to “refuel” by reviewing your portfolio and rebalancing if necessary.

Protect yourself from getting burned If your vacation plans include a stay at the beach, you’ll need to protect yourself and your family from the hot sun — so make sure you’re all using sunscreen. When you invest, you can also get “burned” if you are not careful — especially if you are inclined to chase after “hot” investments. By the time you hear about these so-called sizzlers, they may already be cooling off, and, even more importantly, they just might not be appropriate for your goals and risk tolerance. Instead of becoming a “heat-seeking” investor, focus your efforts on building a diversified array of quality investments appropriate for your needs. If you only own one type of financial asset, and a downturn hits that asset class, your portfolio could take a big hit. But by diversifying your holdings, you can help reduce the effects of volatility. Keep in mind, though, that diversification, by itself, can’t guarantee profits or protect against loss.

As we’ve seen, some of the same principles that apply to creating a vacation may also be applicable to your investing habits. So, put these principles to work to enjoy a pleasant vacation — and a potentially rewarding investment experience.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Art Shows Thu, Jun 4 Jenni House Studio - Open House: Michel Gignac 4:00 PM Shipyards Park YFS will support five YFS members who will creatively use this unique space to design media art projects.

Thu, Jun 4 Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut At 15 Opening Reception 5:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre This unique exhibition seeks to reveal acts of architectural resistance and identify an unrecognized modern Canadian North.

Thu, Jun 4 Found, Forged And Fused Opening Reception 5:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre We hope you will find some unexpected discoveries within these works that were inspired by and crafted in the North.

Fri, Jun 5 MASK Opening Reception 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Yukon Artists at Work Gallery 393 4848 A show of fascinating new work by Suzanne Paleczny! until Tue, Jun 30 The Puckett Family Arts Underground In the Hougen Heritage Gallery. Life in Whitehorse c.1900-1930. until Sat, Aug 29 Found, Forged And Fused Yukon Arts Centre We hope you will find some unexpected discoveries within these works that were inspired by and crafted in the North. until Sat, Aug 29 Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut At 15 Yukon Arts Centre This unique exhibition seeks to reveal acts of architectural resistance and identify an unrecognized modern Canadian North. until Sun, Jun 28 MASK Yukon Artists at Work Gallery 393 4848 A show of fascinating new work by Suzanne Paleczny! until Fri, Jun 5 Arts in the Park - Michel Gignac 12:00 PM LePage Park Mon, Jun 8 - Fri, Jun 12 Arts in the Park - Mary Beattie 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Live Music Wed, Jun 3 Arts in the Park - Big Band 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Wed, Jun 3 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Jun 3 Arts in the Park - Speed Control 7:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Wed, Jun 3 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Jun 3 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Jun 3 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jun 4 Arts in the Park - Joe Loutchan 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Thu, Jun 4 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Jun 4 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

Thu, Jun 4 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Jun 4 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jun 4 Patrick Jacobson: Live and Acoustic 5:00 PM Baked Cafe Fri, Jun 5 Arts in the Park - 30 Years Different 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Fri, Jun 5 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Jun 5 RETRO Dance Party With CKRW 8:00 PM CKRW 867-668-8100 Tune into 96.1FM with Bobby & Amy

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Fri, Jun 5 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jun 6 Sat’day Celebration “Lianne Cranfield Duo” 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant Sat, Jun 6 Mr. Sun 7:30 PM The Old Fire Hall Mr. Sun is Darol Anger on fiddle, Joe Walsh on mandolin (Gibson Brothers, himself), Grant Gordy on guitar (David Grisman, Jake Schepps) and Ethan Jodziewicz on acoustic bass.Spearheaded by legendary fiddler Darol Anger, Mr Sun is a revolutionary collaboration of 4 American string-band virtuosos comprising 3 generations of some of the sharpest minds to apply themselves to the American String Band.

Sat, Jun 6 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jun 6 Patrick Jacobson: Live and Acoustic 8:00 PM The Watershed Sat, Jun 6 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Mon, Jun 8 Arts in the Park - Two Piano Tornado 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Mon, Jun 8 Music Mondays: Doug Thorseth 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant Mon, Jun 8 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Jun 9 Arts in the Park - Coral Nast 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Tue, Jun 9 Open Mic Night With MC TurMoil 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Tue, Jun 9 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Wed, Jun 10 Arts in the Park - Leaping Feats + Carole Mullin Dancers 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Wed, Jun 10 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Wed, Jun 10 Arts in the Park - Uncle Touchy 7:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Wed, Jun 10 Rixx & Roxx 8:00 PM Casa Loma a very wide variety and style of music from originals to covers Wed, Jun 10 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed, Jun 10 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Thu, Jun 11 Arts in the Park - Canyon Mountain 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Thu, Jun 11 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza Thu, Jun 11 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the norm.

Thu, Jun 11 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Thu, Jun 11 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon Fri, Jun 12 Sunstroke Music Festival 12:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Enjoy live music under the midnight sun, showcasing performances from many musical genres.

Fri, Jun 12 Arts in the Park -The Whiskey Dicks 12:00 PM LePage Park Come and listen to some awesome live music!

Fri, Jun 12 Yukon Musician: Anne Turner 6:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse Jazz and Easy Listening Fri, Jun 12 RETRO Dance Party With CKRW 8:00 PM CKRW 867-668-8100 Tune into 96.1FM with Bobby & Amy Fri, Jun 12 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jun 13 Sunstroke Music Festival 12:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Enjoy live music under the midnight sun, showcasing performances from many musical genres.

Sat, Jun 13 Sat’day Celebration “Lucie Desaulniers & Andrea McColeman” 6:00 PM Antoinette’s Restaurant Sat, Jun 13 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Jun 13 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon

Events Wed, Jun 3 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Wed, Jun 3 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Jun 4 Whitehorse: Fireweed community Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park 393-2255 From stunning jewellery, fine art, and unique crafts to fresh produce, quality prepared foods and personal care products. All hand-made, grown or produced by Yukon artisans.

Thu, Jun 4 All City Band BBQ 5:30 PM Wolf Creek Campground Come to our BBQ! Remember to bring some food and to sign up at the band room in FH Collins so we know how many are coming!

Thu, Jun 4 Yukon Film Society - AGM 5:30 PM Yukon Film Society Office 867393-3456 It’s time for our AGM! Join us for a patio BBQ and annual meeting. Both members and non-members are welcome.

Thu, Jun 4 Talk by Chris Walter 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library CHRIS WALTER brings Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to the Yukon, limited seating. Adults/youth.

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Thu, Jun 4 Jenni House Studio - Open House: Michel Gignac 4:00 PM Shipyards Park YFS will support five YFS members who will creatively use this unique space to design media art projects.

Thu, Jun 4 Rendezvous Summer Bingo Blitz! 4:00 PM Game packs go on sale 6:00 PM games start Elks Lodge 306 With over $9500 in GUARANTEED cash prizes Licence # 2015-086 Sat, Jun 6 Simon Wroot’s ‘Making Money!’ 6:00 PM Arts Underground An artist discussion on creating profit from your work. FREE talk Sat, Jun 6 Whitehorse Dance Gathering 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks a 60-minute mix of great music - world beat, acid jazz, pop - you dance or stretch or move how you like Sat, Jun 6 Ride For Dad 9:00 AM Whitehorse Motors 867-393-2663 Join us for a fun-filled day of riding with a lunch, poker run, prizes and much more all while helping to raise money to fight prostate cancer for our local community!

Sat, Jun 6 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Mon, Jun 8 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Tue, Jun 9 The ethical evaluator; What is evaluation and how do ethics matter? 7:00 PM Baked Cafe, Canadian Evaluation Society networking evening and talk by Robert Czerny, Credentialed Evaluator and chair of the Ethics Practitioners’ Association of Canada, on the practical meaning of evaluation and tools to support awareness and application of ethical principles. All welcome.

Wed, Jun 10 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Wed, Jun 10 Seniors Tea 2:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Hosted by City of Whitehorse

Wed, Jun 10 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Jun 11 Whitehorse: Fireweed community Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park 393-2255 From stunning jewellery, fine art, and unique crafts to fresh produce, quality prepared foods and personal care products. All hand-made, grown or produced by Yukon artisans.

Fri, Jun 12- Sat, Jun 13 Sunstroke Music Festival Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Enjoy live music under the midnight sun, showcasing performances from many musical genres.

Fri, Jun 12 Star Wars Burlesque 8:00 PM Coast High Country Inn It’s Star Wars as you’ve never seen it before!

Acclaimed Vancouver-based theatre troupe Geekenders combines theatre, fandom, comedy, and burlesque into a sexy two-act reboot of a sci-fi classic.

Fri, Jun 12 Uzume Taiko 8:00 PM Old Fire Hall With the choreographed physicality of martial arts, the heart-stopping pulse of the O-Daiko and the rhythmic sensitivity of a jazz ensemble, the drummers of Uzume Taiko put on an exhilarating performance.

Sat, Jun 13 Pagliacci and Cavelleria Rusticana 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Dinner and the Opera Sat, Jun 13 History Of Knitting 1:30 PM MacBride Museum Learn about the interesting history surrounding knitting!

Sat, Jun 13 Yarning on Shallow Bay Road 10:30 AM Shallow Bay Road 6334924 Craft in a whimsical setting! For exact location, please call.

Sat, Jun 13 Whitehorse Yarn Crawl 11:00 AM Multiple Locations Come and knit with us around town! Bring a project you are working on or start a new one!

Sat, Jun 13 Star Wars Burlesque 8:00 PM Coast High Country Inn It’s Star Wars as you’ve never seen it before!

Acclaimed Vancouver-based theatre troupe Geekenders combines theatre, fandom, comedy, and burlesque into a sexy two-act reboot of a sci-fi classic.

Sat, Jun 13 Cycle Run Walk For Autism 2015 9:00 AM Robert Service Campground Join us in this event to bring awareness to Autism.

Sat, Jun 13 Art From the Inside Out 9:30 AM Arts Underground (867) 667-4080 Tap into your creative energies and ability. No artistic experience needed, just a desire to explore this part of yourself in a safe, fun, gentle way.

Sat, Jun 13 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Family Monday - Thursday Math Tutoring! 11:45 AM F.H. Collins Secondary Free peer tutoring will be available at lunchtime.

Please encourage your student to take advantage of this to help him/her to be successful this year.

Wed, Jun 3 Family Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun 3 Toddler Storytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library For children ages 2-4 and caregiver(s) Wed, Jun 3 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Wed, Jun 3 After School Ball Pit Play 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun 3 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Wed, Jun 3 Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale

Wed, Jun 3 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Jun 4 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Thu, Jun 4 After school Theatre 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jun 4 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Thu, Jun 4 All City Band BBQ 5:30 PM Wolf Creek Campground Come to our BBQ! Remember to bring some food and to sign up at the band room in FH Collins so we know how many are coming!

Fri, Jun 5 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Jun 5 Baby Storytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library For children ages 6-24 months and caregiver(s) Fri, Jun 5 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Fri, Jun 5 After School Building and Sculpting 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jun 5 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Fri, Jun 5 Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Jun 6 2015 WDGA Trilogy Challenge 10:00 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre 8673349512 Come try Disc Golf!

Sat, Jun 6 Yukon Trail Ride Day 10:00 AM Sky High Wilderness Ranch 867-6674321 Enjoy 10% off 1 hour rides for ages 6+ and $10 for a 10 minute Pony Ride for ages 19 months - 6 years 75% of proceeds will be donated to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.

Sat, Jun 6 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Sat, Jun 6 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Sat, Jun 6 Ride For Dad 9:00 AM Whitehorse Motors 867-393-2663 Join us for a fun-filled day of riding with a lunch, poker run, prizes and much more all while helping to raise money to fight prostate cancer for our local community!

Sat, Jun 6 Air North, Yukon’s Airline Runway Family Fun Run & Pancake Breakfast Erik Nielson International Airport Walkers start at 9am, runners at 930am.

Register by May 13 at Sports Yukon, Sun, Jun 7 Family Games Drop-In 3:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sun, Jun 7 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Sun, Jun 7 Kids’ Triathlon 9:30 AM Canada Games Centre The Kids’ Triathlon is designed to keep children active, healthy and to introduce them to the fun of triathlon and fair play!

Mon, Jun 8 After school Art Exploration 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jun 8 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It?

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Wed, Jun 10 After School Ball Pit Play 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun 10 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Wed, Jun 10 Girls Group 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun 10 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Thu, Jun 11 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Thu, Jun 11 After school Theatre 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jun 11 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Fri, Jun 12 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Jun 12 Baby Storytime 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library For children ages 6-24 months and caregiver(s) Fri, Jun 12 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Fri, Jun 12 After School Building and Sculpting 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Jun 12 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Fri, Jun 12 Teen Drop In 6:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Jun 13 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Sat, Jun 13 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It? Sat, Jun 13 Cycle Run Walk For Autism 2015 9:00 AM Robert Service Campground Join us in this event to bring awareness to Autism.

Sun, Jun 14 Animal Crackers 4:30 PM MacBride Museum Explore MacBride Museum’s animal gallery with one of our knowledgeable interpreters and play Who Dung It?

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Wed, Jun 3 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 867334-8654 Come and build your leadership skills, polish your public speaking in a fun and supportive environment! Guests are welcome to come and drop into our meetings at any time.

Thu, Jun 4 Yukon Film Society AGM 5:30 PM Yukon Film Society office on Lambert Street. It’s time for our AGM! Join us for a patio BBQ and annual meeting. Both members and non-members are welcome.

Wed, Jun 10 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 867334-8654 Come and build your leadership skills, polish your public speaking in a fun and supportive environment! Guests are welcome to come and drop into our meetings at any time.

Wed, Jun 10 Northern Women In Business 6:00 PM Yukon Inn Plaza Monthly Meeting For Women Decision Makers. If you own a business or manage

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Wed, Jun 3 Cramped Hand 7:00 PM 102 Gold Road, Suite 1 (upstairs) 633-3566 bring writing materials or work-in-progress for a couple of hours of free writing and/or writing from prompts

Wed, Jun 3 Introductory Tracking 7:15 PM City Of Whitehorse 633-4952 Learn how to train your dog to track. Will be held around Whitehorse.

Thu, Jun 4 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Sat, Jun 6 Intermediate Silversmithing: Stone Setting and Chain Making with Shelley MacDonald 10:00 AM Arts Underground (867) 667-4080 Join Instructor Shelley MacDonald for a hands-on workshop designed to introduce participants to Intermediate Silversmithing.

Sat, Jun 6 The Sensorium! learning to touch and engage the senses 10:00 AM Whitehorse Learn how to fully control all of your senses!

Sat, Jun 6 Simon Wroot’s ‘Making Money!’ 6:00 PM Arts Underground An artist discussion on creating profit from your work. FREE talk Sun, Jun 7 The Sensorium! learning to touch and engage the senses 10:00 AM Whitehorse Learn how to fully control all of your senses!

Sun, Jun 7 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase.

Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/ hour.

Tue, Jun 9 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Tue, Jun 9 Tlingit Design Course 6:00 PM Carcross Carving Shed Lead Carver Keith Wolfe-Smarch is giving a course in traditional Tlingit design for members of C/TFN. This will be held every Tuesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. See you at the Carving Shed!

Tue, Jun 9 YuKonstruct Weekly Open House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in action, and meet some fellow makers Thu, Jun 11 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door.

Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Sat, Jun 13 Art From the Inside Out 9:30 AM Arts Underground (867) 667-4080 Tap into your creative energies and ability. No artistic experience needed, just a desire to explore this part of yourself in a safe, fun, gentle way.

Sun, Jun 14 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase.

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Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom

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LAND LOTTERY AND TENDER Whistle Bend and Ingram Subdivisions

Energy, Mines and Resources, Land Management Branch is holding a land lottery and tender in the Whistle Bend Subdivision for 28 single family lots, 22 duplex lots (11 sites), six multifamily lots (tender) and one commercial lot (tender). One multifamily lot and one townhouse site (4 lots) will also be available by tender in the Ingram Subdivision.

Information is available from: Land Management Branch 3rd Floor, Room 320 Elijah Smith Building 300 Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Or online at: www.emr.gov.yk.ca/lands Deadline: Lottery and tender applications must be received before 4:30 p.m., June 19, 2015.

Lottery Draw and Tender Opening: Applications for the lottery will be drawn at 1:00 p.m., June 23, 2015 and the Tender Opening will take place at 1:00 p.m., June 25.

Both events will take place in Room 1A, Elijah Smith Building.

Applicants and the general public are welcome to attend the draw.

All successful applicants will be notified the next day.

For more information contact the Land Management Branch at (867) 667-5215 or Toll-free 1-800-661-0408 local 5215.

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Downsizing Before the Big Ride

by Amelia Merhar

Announcement of Upcoming Opportunities CH2M HILL Canada Limited (CH2M) is contracted as the Project Design Team for the Faro Mine Remediation Project (FMRP) by the Government of Yukon to advance the remediation of the Faro Mine Site located in Faro, Yukon. In preparation for the 2015-16 Fiscal Year CH2M may have subcontracting needs within the following types of services: • Geophysical Surveys

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That bag of bike tools needs to be sorted and pared down

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he more I bike the more I realize I need to carry less and less.

Each training trip makes me optimize. That two-person tent becomes a one-person. That bag of all my bike tools I throw in my panniers gets sorted and pared down. That hardcover becomes a paperback.

Seriously.

My big U-lock is next on the chopping block in favour of a sleeker, smaller bike lock. I’ve biked across three countries, (okay — small European ones) so I thought I had this figured out.

The truth is, biking in the Yukon is very different. You need more gear, and have to pack supplies for days instead of the day.

When loading up, keep your bike’s centre of gravity low by placing the heaviest items in the bottom of your panniers. It’s easy to cram your sleeping bag in the bottom, but that isn’t the best idea. A 40/60 rear-to-front-wheel weight distribution is recommended because the extra weight on the front wheel will keep it from lift-

ing while going uphill. Also, having low racks will help with the centre of gravity.

Weight distribution needs to be equal side-to-side as well. You can do this just by judging with your arms, but the truth about bike touring is that what you carry changes daily, depending on what you’re eating and wearing, so think carefully as you pack clothes, food, and gear.

My training rides make me realize what I need more of, too.

Whitehorse-Atlin-Carcross is my next trip, which I’ll detail in next week’s article. With the hot sunny weather we have been having, the weight of water has been on my mind. I’ve decided to make my own sports drink mixture in powder form, that can help make the most of my water fill-ups while biking this summer.

There’s five main parts to a sports drink; water, carbs, salt, citric acid, and flavor. Here are ratios for a sports drink: • Approx. 700 ml water • 4-6 level tablespoons white sugar/dextrose/glucose

• Pinch of salt • Squeeze of lemon • Kool aid powder • EmergenC powder • Splash of juice Play around with it to taste.

As much as sports drink companies extol their science, even on a bike tour you’re not exerting yourself to olympic standards.

The important thing is that salty, sugary water replenishes you better than plain water after an hour or more of sweaty medium-tohigh intensity exercise.

On a day with five or more hours of cycling, one or maybe two drinks can help keep you going.

I had planned to bike up to Twin Lakes Campground this week, but alas construction is more of a bane to the cyclist than the driver.

A gentle reminder to check the road conditions at 511yukon.ca before your ride.

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Amelia Merhar is a cyclist, musician, and writer based in Whitehorse. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Good food, good music, plus good friends

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with Fibi Zonnet

Freddie Osson Freddie as Napoleon at my 30th pirate birthday party in 2009 at Paddy’s Place

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f you haven’t met Saxophone Freddie up in Dawson City, you should. He is, after all, the first face you see when you fly into Whitehorse — if you enter through the new side of the airport. There is a huge photo of him playing… you’ve got it, the saxophone.

When Fred was in Grade 9 he had a crush on an alto sax player at his school. He started playing the saxophone and diligently practiced over the summer so he’d have the opportunity to sit next to her in band class. I’d like to think it worked out in his favour but a lady never asks and a gentleman never tells. It certainly worked for all of us up North though, because we now have the glorious music of Mr. Osson.

was during this time that we both realized that gin and soda is the best drink ever.

The Midnight Sun Hotel closed in 2014 and with it Dawson City lost two music venues.

As a history buff/information sponge, Freddie is living his dream.

He has been a happy employee of Parks Canada as a heritage interpreter since 2006. He gets to dress all dapperlike and recite Robert Service poetry and other Yukon nuggets to tourists all the daylong. He has a “deep and abiding passion” for all things historical.

Fred also has a great love for the band Ween PHOTO: courtesy of Fibi Zonnet and has been involved in many Ween Fests over Frédérique Osson may hail the years, playing weird, amazing from Montreal, but he has been tracks for the people with World a bona fide Yukoner since 2001. Famous in the Yukon veteran, Ben That year, his roomie from Peter- Mahony. Please listen to Flutes of borough, Steph Penrose (née Wil- the Chi when you finish reading liams), moved to Dawson. Fred this. You won’t be sorry for long. went up to visit her, left to sail Saxophone Freddie has a dethe Caribbean (with a picture of gree in biochemistry and has a the Tombstone mountains in his very pretty and talented girlfriend pocket), and then went back to who is the singer of the epic rock Dawson to stay. band, Snake Face, and is well Freddie was a constant mem- versed in the world of animal husber of the Midnight Sun Hotel Soul bandry.

Sunday band from 2003 to 2014.

Bless the long years of our In 2004, I joined the band and we friendship. called ourselves Big Daddy Moses & the Monday Morning RevelaFiona Solon aka Fibi Zonnet tions. That was my first band ever. is a bean counter, singer, and We would often play the arcade producer. She is not a writer. game Bubble Bobble with Mike Contact her via Pett during our intermissions. It editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Cocktail Hour on the Tsirku Glacier

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first encountered Campari in 1980 at a hotel bar on Alonissos, a small island in the North Sporades group of islands in the Aegean sea, halfway between Athens and Thessaloniki. Camparisoda was the favourite beverage of a group of northern Italians who returned to the island year after year, and it soon caught on with the general clientele.

The combination of bittersweet aperitif and sparkling soda was superbly refreshing after a day of swimming and snorkeling.

The Italians wouldn’t even change out of their bathing suits for that end-of-day cocktail, they just donned big white shirts and gathered under the umbrellas on the patio, Campari-soda in hand, to watch the sun sink down over the purple hills. For me, ever since, a Campari-soda has evoked sun, blue sky, white shirts, and the friendly bonhomie of that charming and elegant group of Italians.

Thirty-five years later, I have encountered Campari again in a new context, as one of the essential components of the Negroni, a cocktail that, along with the martini and the Manhattan, forms the pantheon of classics every bartender must know. The classic Negroni is a combination of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, garnished with a twist of orange peel. The invigorating bitterness of the Campari is balanced by the sweet vermouth, and the gin provides a cool, bracing undertone.

It is a beautiful summer drink, almost impossible to get wrong.

And it has a great story. The Negroni was invented in 1919 by Count Camillo Negroni, a wild dude who busted broncos in the American west and learned to love gin while hanging out in London bars. One day, he asked his pal

Glacial cocktail glasses Fosco Scarselli, bartender at the Bar Casoni in Florence, to make him an Americano, a combination of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water favoured by the Americans who had discovered Northern Italy after the war. Except, the Count said, replace the soda with gin. And thus the Negroni was born.

The Americano was typically served with a twist of lemon. It is replaced by a twist of orange in the Negroni to signify that this is a very different drink. During the recent, delicious spell of hot weather, I went on a ski trip in the ice fields that straddle the Alaska-BC border near Haines. Our party of five lucked out with day after day of blazing blue skies and temperatures in the low 20s. The simple palette of blue sky, snow, and gray rock evoked the blue sky, white buildings, and gray rock of Greece. So did the long, slow twilights, and the big white shirts some of us wore to stay cool.

On the third day of the trip, after a glorious, 500-metre ski down a slope that just kept opening up into one smooth, beautiful pitch after another, I announced that cocktail hour would be at 6:30 p.m. My husband added that “Yukon formal” attire was expected.

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PHOTO: Miche Genest At cocktail time, people emerged from their tents and makeshift changing rooms, resplendent in their back country interpretations of Yukon formal attire. I cannot say that we achieved the elegance of the Northern Italian Campari drinkers in Greece, but there was an abundance of creativity in the uses found for bungee cords, down jackets, green and white striped boxing shorts, purple bandannas, and oversized white shirts.

Indeed, we felt we had attained a level of sophistication rarely seen at cocktail hour in a pass overlooking the Tsirku Glacier, and one that fully met the standard set by the stylin’, slightly whacked inventor of our cocktail, Camillo Negroni.

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Sips and Stogies

LATE NIGHT

What’s Up Yukon’s editorial staff reminds you that tobacco can be harmful in all its forms.

with Angela Szymczuk

Here to make you happy ’til late.

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Ain’t Nothing Rosy About This L

et’s take a trip back in time, circa 1997. The Simpsons, season 8, episode 9.

Homer goes to a chilli cook-off.

Unimpressed by the selection, he makes a final stop at Chief Wiggum’s chilli station.

Wiggum warns Homer, “I have added an extra ingredient. The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenange. Grown deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum!”

Homer pays no mind, but as one drop of chilli hits his tongue he screams and goes into a frenzy, drinking anything in his path to dull the heat — including wax from a candle.

Realizing the wax will numb his tongue and allow him to eat the peppers without tasting the heat, he downs more and proceeds back to Chief Wiggum. Because of the peppers, Homer spends the night hallucinating about a talking fox.

Now, Partagas has created a cigar that I imagine would taste like the Quetzlzacatenange pepper. They called it Spanish Rosado, because it takes on a reddishbrown colour. However, this name is misleading. Something with the words “scorching hot”, would at least offer smokers a fair warning.

Partagas has been around since the 1800s. It is a household name in the cigar world. Known for their standard 1845 blends, Partagas does not usually sway very much when it comes to flavours. Some companies like CAO and Alec Bradley will produce over 20 kinds of cigars, but Partagas sticks with what it knows. That is, until Spanish Rosado came along.

Now, I am not a cigar guru but I might be up in the master’s category; while I do enjoy creamy mild-medium cigars, I also have a full appreciation of the heavybody spice blends.

The Spanish Rosado, however, takes spice to a whole new level.

To accompany this stogie, I went with a red wine called Bold Red from the Australian brand, Yellowtail. This wine is intended to taste

again, to biblical proportions.

I think Partagas should have engineered this cigar a bit better.

Heated spice can be nice, but not to this extent. Some cream and chocolate would have balanced this out. Instead, this cigar starts at cayenne pepper, journeys to Thai volcano pepper, has a quick stop over in cinnamon-land, then picks up and sprints to the valley of the searing hot Naga viper pepper.

As for the Bold Red, yes it goes well with the cigar, but it is very sweet. Since both of these have explosive flavours, it was a bit much for me. But, at least I’m not like Homer — no hallucinations.

I finish the cigar, and look over Angela Szymczuk to my cat who is resting on the The Spanish Rosado is spiced chair across from me.

She looks up and smiles, “Cigar to Biblical proportions master? Who you trying to fool The version of Rosado I had is chunky. monkey?” called Sabroso. It comes in a tube and its size is 5 5/8 by 44, (averAngela Symczuk is a age length and thin). Usually I do Whitehorse-based writer. not really care for the ‘tubos’, but Contact her via I will try anything once. I cut the editor@whatsupyukon.com. cap, and examine the construction. The cigar is smooth and has a bit of an earth-red color; however, the construction is a tad lumpy.

I’m not sure if they are all like that or if it was just mine. During the first few puffs you can taste flowers and spice. Once you go past that there is no turning back.

You have entered a world where ghost peppers infest your sinus. Before I finish the first third, my tongue is already numb.

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Sometimes Doing the Badd Thing Feels So Good

by Gabriela Sgaga

we assign something completely different,” says Farrell with a chuckle.

There are usually three judges at the event, chosen by DCMF and KIAC. They have the freedom to make their own criteria for the handful of prizes that are given out.

But the prizes are not the point, says Farrell.

“People do it for the challenge, for the excitement of a random song. They also do it for the spirit.”

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playing are not advertised before the event.

“The appeal is that you never know who’s going to be up there,” she says.

And if the audience doesn’t like a band or their choices of music, it’s over in 15 minutes — about as long as it takes to play three songs.

“There’s no risk to the audience,” says Farrell with a smile.

“It’s better than the same band all night long in a bar.”

Cover Me Badd is all about trying different things, playing

music, and having a good time.

But it’s also about the cover songs themselves.

“You might not know the people on stage, you might not know the bands, but the audience still recognizes the songs,” says Farrell.

“There’s something for everyone.”

Funds raised go towards hiring local musicians for DCMF and KIAC events year-round.

Cover Me Badd VII wil take place on Friday, June 5 at the KIAC ballroom. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $5 at the door.

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over Me Badd VII is back this summer for another evening of rocking good fun in Dawson City. On June 5, from 7 to 11 p.m., Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) will co-host this evening of music and entertainment.

Emily Farrell, Executive Director of DCMF, emphasizes its inclusiveness.

“You don’t need lots of experience to participate,” says Farrell. “Anyone can sign up and that makes it really accessible to everyone.”

The premise is simple. People get a band together. There is no limit to how many members are in a band or what instruments they play. They must then contact KIAC to register. Each of the eight groups must choose two cover songs and be ready to perform them on June 5.

What makes this event so fascinating, says Farrell, is that the bands are a collage of people that don’t usually play together.

“It’s an opportunity to see what you normally wouldn’t see in bars,” she says. “These bands probably won’t ever play together again — it’s a once in a lifetime event.”

Farrell also says that considering the circumstances, the quality of the music is impressive.

“You wouldn’t know that most of them don’t have a lot of experience.”

Some bands play their songs asis and some turn them into something completely different, she says. But they all take it seriously.

And that’s what makes it good quality.

“They try to deliver.”

Along with the two cover songs the bands have chosen, they must also learn and perform a third cover song which is assigned to them by the Cover Me Badd organizers.

The bands then have a couple of weeks to work on their assigned cover song.

“We look at the type of instruments that are in the band, their style, who the band is, and then

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in the Yukon. Please send comments about her articles to dawson@whatsupyukon.com

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Ancestral Ways

An award-winning traditional artist honours her Great Plains heritage with intricate beading and quillwork

by Ken Bolton

J

uanita Growing Thunder-Fogarty lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the tiny community of North San Juan, on the same property her paternal ancestors settled during the California Gold Rush of 1849.

But her heart is inextricably linked to the Great Plains territory of her Sioux and Assiniboine forebears, and the beading and quillwork skills she learned from her mother, a widely respected traditional artisan.

“I just thought this was normalcy, because this is what my mother did every day,” she says.

In fact, the tradition goes back several generations on her mother’s home turf in northeastern Montana.

“I remember my mother taking me around to her adoptive aunties and grandmothers, and they would all be working on pieces,” she says.

“They’d drink tea and talk about things. That was the way they shared, and you’d learn new things.”

Her childhood was further enriched because her father, a Western painter, spent summers taking the family to visit powwows, art shows, museums, and private collections.

“We had a lot of friends that were artists and collectors and things. That was an important part of my growing up, being around this stuff and seeing it all the time. So I got to learn while I

was growing,” she says.

From the small beadwork projects she did as a very young child, Growing Thunder-Fogarty moved on to larger pieces such as dolls, cradleboards, and knife sheaths when she was about 10-years-old.

cess.”

One other step — at least for a traditionalist — involves using her teeth to flatten the quills that will be appliquéd onto moose hide or some other medium.

“I try to really honour the way they did it in the past, and stick to that.”

G rowin g Thunder-Fogarty sees a spiritual aspect in what she does.

“I try to only work if I’m in a good state of mind. I’m trying to work in

Horse mask (2008) by Juanita Growing ThunderFogarty, using porcupine quills, seed beads, brass buttons and hide

in front of a drafting light, working in painstaking detail on a new project for hours on end. At her side, more often than not, will be one of her daughters and her mother, Joyce Growing ThunderFogarty.

This is their busiest time of year, preparing for the annual Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The world’s largest exhibition and sale of native-American arts has been a family tradition since 1985, the year Joyce won the Best of Show award. Juanita herself has captured Best In Class honours at Santa Fe several times.

Before that August event, however, she will make her first visit to the Yukon, as part of the annual Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse, which runs from June 26 to July 2.

She is one 16 high-end artists

from Yukon and Outside invited to submit 8” x 8” creations in traditional media such as beading, quillwork, and hair tufting, for a collaborative project called “Carrying Forward Our Traditions”.

The individual pieces will be assembled into a unified panel and displayed during the weeklong festival at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

Adäka’s visual arts co-ordinator, Jennifer Bowen-Allen, hopes the work will eventually become part of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection, or possibly go on tour along with various crafted bags made by the same artists.

Details of this year’s festivities are at www.adakafestival.ca.

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Eventually, she learned to use porcupine quills as design elements — an original native-American art form that goes back long before European explorers and traders brought coloured glass beads to Turtle Island.

“I waited for my dreams to come about quilling, because I wanted to honour my ancestral ways of doing quillwork.”

It is a labour-intensive craft.

“You have to get the quills from the porcupine, then you have to sort them, wash them, dye them.

Then you have to figure out what kind of piece you’re going to make, get the right colour that you need. It’s a long, long pro-

a good way and instil that into the piece I’m working on,” she says.

“Hopefully it comes through, and then it carries on its own presence with that piece. It doesn’t always happen, but sometimes you can really feel a piece taking on a life of its own.”

As always, she’s mindful of what’s below the surface.

“We really try to listen to our dreams and pay attention to what’s going on, because we believe it’s our ancestors reaching out to us, trying to let us know what we should be paying attention to.”

These days, you’ll likely find the artist in her California home,

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hile many artists who find their way to Whitehorse are from nearby communities, Hemant Puri is making a special trip from the far reaches of the globe. The Indian artist will take flights, stopovers, connections, and jet lag in stride to make it in time for a 12-hour non-stop performance, “Bollywood Night,” for Whitehorse Nuit Blanche (WNB).

The extremes in space and time he will travel are fitting for his piece, which focuses on connecting people across the globe through technology, entertainment, and art itself.

Using Skype, Puri will create his performance not by himself but in live collaboration with his partner, Mitali Nath, and other participants in their home in New Delhi, India. Puri will wander the streets of downtown Whitehorse for the all-night art festival, interacting with the pedestrian audience to show them clips of Bollywood films juxtaposed with a live-stream of Nath and her own local participants 10,500 km away.

“Connected individuals can transcend time and distance,”

says Puri. “In a world full of technology and virtual realities, realtime has gained new meanings.”

“The live interaction with the pedestrian [in Whitehorse] with the participants in Delhi is novel and grand in terms of a closer and a smaller world,” Nath adds.

Although Nath and Puri have been working as an artistic duo for almost two years, this will be the first time they perform together while in two locations so far apart. This physical and temporal separation adds an element of excitement for the pair. For them, the ability to be brought together with each other and their respective audiences through technology is akin to telepathy.

“Two different bodies, in different time zones, at different places, with different people, of different sensibilities,” contemplates Puri. “To be able to read the tenor of the other person’s thoughts through live texting or to be able to touch through distance excites us as much as being oneto-one with someone and reading the other person’s mind.”

The decision to use Bollywood movies as an essential medium for

their piece was tied to the power of entertainment to connect individuals and speak to our shared human needs and desires.

“No matter in which part of the world [we] may live, [our] need for love, pleasure, and peace remains the same,” says Puri.

Puri and Nath will cross the ocean in real-time to bring their piece simultaneously to two different cities, countries, continents, and cultures. Withstanding distance and time zones, the performance and all the intentional and accidental performers will share their very real moments and connections realizing, through art, a global community.

Whitehorse Nuit Blanche will begin Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m. and will end on Sunday, June 21 at 7am. Visit WNB online at whitehorsenuitblanche.com and at facebook.com/whitehorsenuitblanche.

Selene Vakharia is writing in support of Whitehorse Nuit Blanche. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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First Nations Share Through Fashion

by Darrell Hookey

I

t’s her first day on the job and Chantal Rondeau is starting with a list of the Yukon’s 14 First Nations.

“I cross them off when I get a piece of their clothing on the runway,” she says.

The producer of the Adäka Fashion Show, the splashy finale of the upcoming Adäka Cultural Festival, June 26 to July 2, says her “number one goal” is to see the Yukon’s traditional fashions, dance regalia, and bush garments fully represented.

“It is important to me to show the variety of clothing from all over the Yukon.”

“Chantal has a lot of good connections,” says Caili Steel, the associate producer of the Adäka Cultural Festival. She will build on an inventory of designers from the first show in 2013.

The name, Adäka, is Southern Tutchone for “coming into the light”, Steel explains. “So, the culture is very strong and alive and this is the idea of communities being ready to share their culture.”

Besides the Yukon, First Nations fashions will be showcased from the entire North and Canada — with some international artists as well.

These guest artists will be announced as they are confirmed before the July 2 show.

There will also be dancers involved, who will entertain between sets.

“It adds some movement,” says Steel. “And it is a chance to showcase some of our performing artists as well.”

It is an element of fun that Rondeau hopes will make the show as “upbeat” as it was two years ago. There were surprises then, and there will be surprises this year.

With models on the runway, dancers and lights, Steel points out that this is not just about high fashion: “This is a community event; there will be bush garments, pieces that First Nations members would wear in the bush.

“Often those garments are intricately beaded. And there are hide jackets that have been made

from traditional materials, beading and furs.

“They are nice to look at, but important for members of the community to see them.

“Maybe there is a significance of who made them,” Steel adds.

“It is meaningful for more than just how it looks.”

There is also a push to get contemporary designs showcased.

“There are two aspects of contemporary First Nation designs,” says Rondeau. “One is that the designer is of First Nation descent and makes clothing that is not tradiPHOTO: RUTH BORGFJORD tional.

“The other is if Chantal Rondeau is the producer they put a native of the Adäka Fashion Show, the spin on the designs.

“An example is Jeneen Nisplashy finale of the upcoming Adäka jootli, who is from Old Crow and Cultural Festival, June 26 to July 2 makes wonderful clothing.

“A piece that stood out last time was a cape that was made out of her grandmother’s old curtains. It mixes something visual for people, that old curtain that we all recognize from an Elder’s home, made into a beautiful contemporary piece.”

Besides the sharing of cultures, there is also a side benefit: “I think this puts our designers on the map,” says Rondeau.

“This not only gets attention from the Yukon, but also from the native community as a whole.

“I have a huge network of people from across Canada and the U.S. who pay attention to this fashion show.

“I am so passionate about our clothing and what it represents,” she says.

“I enjoy seeing our people succeed.”

Tickets are on sale now at www.yukontickets.com and at the door July 2, for the 7 p.m. start.

However, the show was sold out in 2013.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for elders and youth.

Information on the Adäka Cultural Festival, June 26 to July 2, is available at www.adakafestival. ca.

Darrell Hookey is a freelance writer in Whitehorse.

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Active Interest LISTINGS Wed, Jun 3 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jun 3 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

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Tue, Jun 9 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Jun 9 Trap Match 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Tue, Jun 9 Executive meeting 7PM 7:00 PM Biathlon Range Tue, Jun 9 YTG – Conservation -FWL 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Wed, Jun 10 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jun 10 FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child and have fun with many different activities happening every week!

Wed, Jun 10 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Jun 10 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Jun 10 Rifle Silhouette Match 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Wed, Jun 10 YTG-Parks 8:00 AM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club Thu, Jun 11 Velocity Range Practice 4:30 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Jun 11 Trail-Fit 5:30 PM Whitehorse Millennium Trail 668-8360 Push yourself to live life to the fullest and join this outdoor trail group fitness class. This dynamic and invigorating workout will constantly challenge your fitness levels.

Thu, Jun 11 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Jun 11 BY Board Meeting 7:00 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Jun 11 Public Access – Outdoor Range 7:00 PM Whitehorse Rifle Pistol Club

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Sun, Jun 7 Kids’ Triathlon 9:30 AM Canada Games Centre The Kids’ Triathlon is designed to keep children active, healthy and to introduce them to the fun of triathlon and fair play!

Mon, Jun 8 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon, Jun 8 shamata Meditation 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Jun 8 Hospice Walking Group 6:30 PM Whitehorse Millennium Trail 667-7429 Staying physically active when grieving a loss can be hard. You may feel drained and lack motivation. But being active may be one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Tue, Jun 9 Zumba in the Park 12:05 PM Shipyards Park 668-8360 This energizing class is like no other, you will sweat and smile through salsa, meringue, samba, belly dance, reggae and hip hop.

Tue, Jun 9 Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Jun 9 Hospice Walking Group 6:30 PM Whitehorse Millennium Trail 667-7429 Staying physically active when grieving a loss can be hard. You may feel drained and lack motivation. But being active may be one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Wed, Jun 10 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Jun 10 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Jun 10 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Wed, Jun 10 Hospice Walking Group 6:30 PM Whitehorse Millennium Trail 667-7429 Staying physically active when grieving a loss can be hard. You may feel drained and lack motivation. But being active may be one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Wed, Jun 10 The Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group 7:00 PM Copper Ridge Place A group for family or friends caring for someone with Dementia.

Info and register call Cathy 334-1548 or Joanne 668-7713.

Wed, Jun 10 Steiner Study Group 7:00 PM Hillcrest 335-2300 Anthroposophy (Rudolf Steiner) study group exploring topics such as Waldorf education; health and wellness; diet and nutrition; reincarnation and karma; biodynamic gardening; esoteric development; evolution of consciousness; deepening understanding of the human, and more.

Thu, Jun 11 Iyengar Yoga With Richard 5:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary (867) 660.4545 Richard is a certified IYENGAR Yoga instructor Thu, Jun 11 Trail-Fit 5:30 PM Whitehorse Millennium Trail 668-8360 Push yourself to

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Thu, Jun 11 Supporting Your Staff Through Loss and Grief 8:30 AM Yukon College The workshop is suitable for many professionals, including managers, supervisors, educators, HR professionals, school principals, and anyone in a leadership position in their workplace.

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

Beaver Creek

Thu, Jun 4 Baseball 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jun 6 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jun 6 Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sun, Jun 7 Baseball 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jun 8 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Jun 8 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Jun 9 Women’s Yoga 7:00 PM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Thu, Jun 11 Baseball 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jun 13 Community Yard & Local Craft Sale 11:00 AM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jun 13 Volleyball 8:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Jun 13 Women’s Yoga 9:00 AM Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sun, Jun 14 Baseball 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club

Carcross

Wed, Jun 3 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Jun 3 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Jun 3 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jun 4 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Jun 4 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jun 4 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sun, Jun 7 St. Saviours Church Service 11:00 AM St. Saviour’s Church 867-668-3129 Tue, Jun 9 Elder’s Breakfast 10:00 AM The Old Daycare Tue, Jun 9 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Tue, Jun 9 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Jun 9 Tlingit Design Course 6:00 PM Carcross Carving Shed Lead Carver Keith WolfeSmarch is giving a course in traditional Tlingit design for members of C/TFN. This will be held every Tuesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

See you at the Carving Shed!

Tue, Jun 9 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Jun 10 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ctfn.ca Wed, Jun 10 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Jun 10 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jun 11 Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School 8673993321 Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members Thu, Jun 11 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Jun 11 Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator

Dawson City

Art Show: May 20 - June 12 “X-Ray Lake” by Rosemary Scanlon KIAC inside the Odd Gallery a new series of watercolour paintings by Whitehorse

artist Rosemary Scanlon. Scanlon’s paintings are informed by iconography that represents centuries of accumulated tradition and belief.

Wed, Jun 3 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Jun 3 YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Wed, Jun 3 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

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

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

Fri, Jun 5 Cover Me Badd VII 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Local bands are formed for the sole purpose of performing 2 covers songs of their choice + 1 cover song selected by a secret panel of spectacle-loving elves.

Fri, Jun 5 Weekend on the Wing Birding Festival Tombstone Territorial Park Sat, Jun 6 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jun 6 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Sun, Jun 7 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Jun 8 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jun 8 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon, Jun 8 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Mon, Jun 8 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 6:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Tue, Jun 9 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Tue, Jun 9 Dawson City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Dawson City Town Hall 867-993-7400 The meetings are aired live on Dawson City TV Channel 12. Council holds a Question Period at each meeting that takes place towards the end of the meeting. This provides the public an opportunity to ask Council questions.

Wed, Jun 10 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Wed, Jun 10 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Jun 11 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

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

Fri, Jun 12 Moth, Owlstrander, & Driftwood Holly In Concert 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Come and listen to awesome local music!

Sat, Jun 13 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jun 13 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 9:00 AM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed

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Sat, Jun 13 Commissioner’s Klondike Tea and Ball Palace Grand Theatre 867-667-5121 Celebrate Yukon’s birthday with dances and music! Dress in formal or period formal.

Sun, Jun 14 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381

Faro

Wed, Jun 3 Parent & Tot Storytime 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jun 3 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Wed, Jun 3 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Jun 3 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Thu, Jun 4 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 4 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Thu, Jun 4 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.

Thu, Jun 4 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 5 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Fri, Jun 5 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 5 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Jun 5 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 5 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 5 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Jun 5 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 6 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Sat, Jun 6 Faro Kettle Cafe 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Sun, Jun 7 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jun 7 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Sun, Jun 7 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Mon, Jun 8 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Tue, Jun 9 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Tue, Jun 9 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Tue, Jun 9 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Jun 10 Parent & Tot Storytime 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4.

Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Jun 10 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Wed, Jun 10 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Jun 10 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Thu, Jun 11 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 11 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are

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Thu, Jun 11 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.

Thu, Jun 11 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 12 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Fri, Jun 12 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 12 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Jun 12 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 9942375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 12 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Jun 12 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Jun 12 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 13 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Sat, Jun 13 Faro Kettle Cafe 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Sun, Jun 14 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Jun 14 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 994-2442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Sun, Jun 14 Guided Hikes 12:00 PM Campbell Region Interpretive Center Guided hikes are available throughout the summer season and are taken upon request.

Haines Junction

Wed, Jun 3 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Jun 4 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jun 4 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri, Jun 5 Jamm’in Salmon with Katie Tait Band 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli 867.634.2867 Delicious salmon dinner & Live Yukon music on the patio, rain or shine. Dancing encouraged so bring your dancing shoes!

Sun, Jun 7 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Jun 8 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jun 9 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jun 9 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Jun 10 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Jun 11 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jun 11 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri, Jun 12- Sun, Jun 14 Da Kų Nän Ts’étthèt - Dance Festival Da Ku Cultural Centre A Celebration of Aboriginal Drumming and Dance.

Fri, Jun 12- Sun, Jun 14 12th Annual Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival 300 Range Road Haines Junction Come and experience a weekend of fabulous music and Yukon hospitality. There will be opportunities to jam, visit, glory in the beautiful scenery and soak up the midnight sun.

Sat, Jun 13 Mount Decoeli Hike 9:00 AM Mount Decoeli (867) 667-8291 This challenging, off-trail hike can produce views of Moose and Dall’s Sheep. Pre-registering with Wildlife Viewing is required..

Sun, Jun 14 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

Marsh Lake

Wed, Jun 3 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri, Jun 5 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month

Fri, Jun 5 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jun 6 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jun 7 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 All welcome Tue, Jun 9 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jun 9 Yoga With Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre (867) 660.4545 Richard is a certified IYENGAR Yoga instructor Wed, Jun 10 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri, Jun 12 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Fri, Jun 12 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jun 13 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jun 14 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 All welcome

Mayo

Sundays St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746

Mt. Lorne

Wed, Jun 3 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Jun 4 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Jun 5 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Jun 10 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Jun 11 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 6677083 Fri, Jun 12 Learning Lions - Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Old Crow

Thu, Jun 4 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Jun 7 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Jun 11 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Jun 14 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381

Tagish

All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Wed, Jun 3 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 3 Tagish Community Market 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 3 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat Wed, Jun 3 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 3 Tagish Community Market 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 3 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 10 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 10 Tagish Community Market 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Jun 10 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Teslin Wed, Jun 3 Archery Adults 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Jun 3 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Jun 3 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Jun 3 Biking Group 7:00 PM Teslin Tlingit Council Administration Building Sun, Jun 7 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jun 7 Carpet Bowling with the Seniors 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Jun 9 Yoga in the Mezzanine 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Jun 10 Archery Adults 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Jun 10 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Wed, Jun 10 Seniors Social 10:00 AM Teslin

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Seniors Complex Wed, Jun 10 Biking Group 7:00 PM Teslin Tlingit Council Administration Building Sun, Jun 14 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Sun, Jun 14 St. Philip’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Philip’s Church (867) 667-7746 Sun, Jun 14 Carpet Bowling with the Seniors 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Center

Watson Lake

Thu, Jun 4 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jun 4 & Fri, Jun 5 Yukon Annual Chamber of Commerce AGM 1:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Learn about what we’ve done in the past year with wine tasting at the end.

Thu, Jun 4 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 6 Spring Fling and Cook Off 6:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre 8675362174 Enter the cook off competition for Caesar Salad, Meatballs, Mac and Cheese and Carrot Cake.

Sun, Jun 7 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Jun 7 Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly!

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

Thu, Jun 11 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Jun 11 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 12 School’s Out Party 6:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Come and celebrate the end of school!

Sun, Jun 14 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Jun 14 Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly!

Chicken, Alaska

Fri, Jun 12 Chickenstock Music Festival Chicken Alaska Enjoy a weekend filled with folk and bluegrass music!

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until Thu, Oct 1 Spring: A Culture of Eagles Exhibit Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre A cultural exploration of eagles in the Chilkat Valley through history This strong icon permeates Tlingit legend, myth, art, ceremony and even social structure.

Thu, Jun 4 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 4 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 4 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 4 Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 4 Joint Meeting: Commerce Committee & Tourism Advisory Board 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Fri, Jun 5 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Electronic Recycling 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Jun 5 Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jun 5 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 5 Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Fairytale Theater 2:00 PM Haines

Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 5 Spanish 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 5 Amateur Magicians 4:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 5 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 5 Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jun 5 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 6 Everyone Welcome Swim 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 6 Electronic Recycling 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 6 Haines Farmers Market 10:00 AM Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) a place for growers, chefs, and artisans to sell locally grown produce, homemade cuisine, and locally made products to the Southeast Alaska Community Sat, Jun 6 Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 6 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 6 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun, Jun 7 Ice cream social for seniors 2:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Mon, Jun 8 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Jun 8 Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Puppeteers 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Jun 8 Hero Time Read-A loud 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Mon, Jun 8 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Cardio/strength training circuit 5:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon, Jun 8 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 Senior Swim 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 Haines Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center Tue, Jun 9 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue, Jun 9 Borough Assembly Meeting 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Wed, Jun 10 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Wed, Jun 10 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Senior Exercise Class 11:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Detective Time 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Jun 10 Nature Walkers 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wed, Jun 10 Tlingit Language Class 3:30 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Wed, Jun 10 Ukulele Jam 4:00 PM Haines

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Borough Public Library Wed, Jun 10 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Guys Yoga 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wed, Jun 10 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 11 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 11 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 11 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 11 Morning Muscles 6:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu, Jun 11 Planning Commission Meeting 6:30pm 7:30 PM Haines Borough Alaska Fri, Jun 12 American Bald Eagle Foundation 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Totem Pole Carving 10:00 AM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton Fri, Jun 12 Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jun 12 Women’s Bible Study 10:30 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jun 12 Everyone Welcome Swim 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Story time 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 12 Yoga w/Mandy 12:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Fairytale Theater 2:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 12 Spanish 3:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 12 Amateur Magicians 4:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Fri, Jun 12 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Earlybird Lap Swim 6:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri, Jun 12 Men’s Bible Study 7:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Fri, Jun 12 Water Aerobics 8:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 13 Everyone Welcome Swim 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 13 Haines Farmers Market 10:00 AM Southeast Alaska State Fair Grounds (Harriett Hall) a place for growers, chefs, and artisans to sell locally grown produce, homemade cuisine, and locally made products to the Southeast Alaska Community Sat, Jun 13 Zumba Toning 10:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 13 Everyone Welcome Swim 5:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat, Jun 13 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 6:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts

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Thu, Jun 4 SR weights with Katherine 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 4 Spinning with Gillian 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 4 Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 4 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 9:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 5 Gentle Yoga: W/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 5 Spinning w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 6 Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/Gillian 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 6 Acro Yoga All Levels W/Alexis 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 6 Corset Show 2015 9:00 PM Red Onion Saloon See an awesome corset show with part of the proceeds going to Fran Delisle Breast Cancer Fund!

Sat, Jun 6 20th Annual Fran Delisle Cancer Awareness Walkathon Skagway (907) 983-3299 This beautiful walk follows the Dyea road along the scenic Taiya Inlet, through spruce forest to historic

downtown Skagway. Volunteer staffed stations provide aid and treats along the way. There is also a half walk, starting in Long Bay. Sun, Jun 7 Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jeanne/ Gillian 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jun 7 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby/ Katherine 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jun 7 Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Gillian/Alexis 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jun 8 Restorative Yoga: w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jun 8 Spinning w/Cindy 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jun 8 Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/Courtney 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jun 8 Body Pumping w/Rosemary 6:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Jun 8 Spinning w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 SR weights with Katherine 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 Spinning with Gillian 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Katherine 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 Chair and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Jun 9 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 9:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 Back/Hip Yoga: Level 1-2 w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby/ Katherine 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 Spinning w/Cindy 5:45 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 Gentle Yoga: levels 1-2 W/Jeane/ Gillian 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 Body Pumping w/Rosemary 6:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Jun 10 Spinning w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 11 SR weights with Katherine 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 11 Spinning with Gillian 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 11 Stick and Mat Pilates w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Jun 11 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 9:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 12 Gentle Yoga: W/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 12 Body Pumping w/Rosemary 6:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Jun 12 Spinning w/Katherine 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 13 Hatha Flow: Level 1 & 2 w/Gillian 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 13 Acro Yoga All Levels W/Alexis 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 13 Duff’s Skagway Marathon Skagway One of the hardest runs in North America, 26 gruelling miles through hills and nature.

Sun, Jun 14 Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/Jeanne/ Gillian 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Sun, Jun 14 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby/ Katherine 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun, Jun 14 Vinyasa Flow level 2 w/Gillian/ Alexis 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Jun 13 Little Dippers Annual Wine Tasting Event 6:00 PM Skagway Jewell Gardens Fundraiser for Little Dipper’s Daycare. Live & Silent Auction – Children’s Art Auction. Live Music.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carcross Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Carmacks Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Dawson City Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel Church St. Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre 993-5095 Destruction Bay Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Faro Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Haines Junction Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Mayo Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 996-2825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Old Crow Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Pelly Crossing Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Ross River Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Tagish Mondays 7:30 PM Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek Tuesdays 8:00 PM Sewing Centre, Soaring Eagles Group 235-3350 Teslin Wednesdays 7:00 PM G Building, 4 McLeary Street Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre Watson Lake Thursdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church

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Great Albums

Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Syd Barrett’s last stand with Ben Mahoney

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hen “The Pink Floyd” released their 1967 experimental psychedelic classic, Piper At the Gates of Dawn, the term “Swinging London” had just been coined

by Time magazine.

Art school dropouts and all manner of urban Anglos were exploring music and film and staging mixed-genre “happenings”.

At the centre of the aural maelstrom for a brief moment was kid genius, Syd Barrett.

Blessed with good looks and a gift for guitar and song-craft, he quarterbacked his pals in Pink Floyd to stardom of sorts with Piper.

Named after the great god Pan from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, it was recorded from February to May 1967.

Some would say Barrett flew too high, too fast. However the record of that ascent is a pleasing, if slightly disturbing, rendering.

When the needle drops on Side One we hear the sound of control tower voices preparing a rocket ship take off on “Astonmy Domine”.

Dissonant guitars erupt, the atmosphere is established, and the chills and harmonies come

in as Barrett sings “Around the icy waters underground / about Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune, Titan...”

Then the harmonies descend back down to earth in semi-tones — or something — and we are grounded again.

Many a basement musician has emulated these experiments with feedback and atonal jams, but these guys really hit a stride. The skill and discipline (and budget) that came with having the Beatles’ engineer, Norman Smith, at the helm accounts for a sound that is crisp, even when it’s layered and odd.

Barrett was in many ways the leader of the band at this early juncture. Which is something to consider: he essentially had Pink Floyd at his disposal as his backing band. Just as without David Gilmour (or Roger Waters) there is no Dark Side of the Moon, without Barrett, there is no Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

You can hear hints of prog-rock era Pink Floyd albums to come but Piper is a singular experience.

On track four, “Flaming”, Barrett sings of “Watching Buttercups the light” and seems to have

The next rack, ”Pow R. Toc H” gets weird, although I wouldn’t call it disturbing.

A fairly straightforward blues lick takes you through the swirling tunnel with Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — or whatever reference works for you.

Other tracks, like “Greasy Spoon” mingle pop, garage rock, and experimental “tick tock” microphone sounds. If there’s one song that does noodle a bit needlessly it’s this one, but it comes back PHOTO: pinkfloyd.com with Barrett imploring us to “Realize!” with hopeful punctuation.

Syd Barrett’s masterpiece Then the classic “Interstellar Overdrive” arrives to blow our minds. heightened sensitivities: “TravelAside: The Grapes of Wrath did ling by telephone / Hey ho Here an amazing cover of this track at a we go ever so hiiiiiiiiiiiigh.” small club I attended in 1988.

Sid sings of “Sitting on a UniThe somewhat surfy, yet corn” and playing hide and seeks murky “Lucifer Sam” has since while lying on an eiderdown: “Yip- been covered by the likes of The pee you can’t see me but I can Flaming Lips, Love and Rockets, you.”

Voivod, The Sadies, the Three It sounds like an innocent O’Clock, MGMT, Southern Culture scene from a middle class British on the Skids, and some skeets childhood. from Whitehorse who called Is there a darker side to the themselves Ben Mahony and the journey?

Big Eyed Beans From Venus.

The weirdness keeps coming after the pop songs are finished.

This album really is a masterpiece and an argument that LSD experiences can bring gentle repose in addition to dark paranoia. However, It is crucial to note that LSD is almost universally accepted as the cause of Barrett’s mental illness, which forced him to leave the band.

Would moderation have helped one who flew too high, too often survive to create another masterpiece? His later solo works are fun to listen to, but Piper is a full Monty.

“Bike” is a pleasant absurd ditty about gingerbread man, bicycles, and a good mouse named Gerald who is getting on in years.

If you ignore the slightly maniacal laughter and brief sound effects that conclude the album at the end of “Bike”, you could say that Piper at the Gates of Dawn has a happy ending and a sense that someone is tending the fire that shines the light at the end of the tunnel.

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The Queen’s Corner with Shirley Chua-Tan

Dreams and Hopes stand past is important.

-Writing “The Queen’s Corner”, a monthly column that reports what is happening with our royal duties and YSR events.

It’s so good to see it published.

I’ve also attended events such as Thaw Di Gras in Dawson and the Snow King Festival in Yellowknife, as well as an event supporting the Children’s Wish Foundation and will be attending the Whitehorse Senior Tea, an annual event honouring the seniors in our community.

I will also be attending the Commissioner’s Tea in Dawson, which seeks to preserve the trad-

ition and heritage of the great Klondike era. Guests dress up in Victorian era clothing and have a great time. I will also be at the Canada Day Parade, another great event in which we promote the YSR and celebrate our country.

Dreams and hopes define our people, and it is the people here that make Yukon special. Let’s celebrate Yukon’s past and continue to build its future together.

Shirley Chua-Tan is the 2015 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Our queen in Yellowknife this March

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he great Klondike Gold Rush brought people to the Yukon in the pursuit of their dreams and hopes. To this day, many individuals continue to come to the Yukon like their predecessors over a hundred years ago. I’m the same; I am here to pursue my dream job and hope for a thriving community.

It is a privilege to represent the Yukon as its Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen. When I get involved in something, I give 120 per cent, and this has certainly been the case for being placed in the court. I know the positive things I can contribute. I am willing because of you Yukoners, who have shown my family and me love and grace.

There are many sanctioned duties that the queen and her

court are expected to perform each year. My main role is to raise awareness about Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR), to support tourism, and to contribute to our community through initialives such as: - Creating scholarships for students from immigrant communities.

I got this idea when I heard about a youth who has won many scholarships and bursaries, but her achievements were not known within her ethnic community due to the many challenges that immigrants face. I hope that this scholarship can be an inspiration to new immigrants to aim high and do well in school.

- Visiting communities to share the spirit of YSR and to reach out to families with special needs

children.

My eldest adult son has special needs and requires constant supervision. I understand the daunting challenges of raising a family, and these are so much more with a special needs child. Hopefully, my presence in the communities will allow me to share my energy with fellow families, to help them to realize the wishes they have for their children.

- Creating an indoor event that is family-inclusive that invites newcomers to learn about and enjoy YSR events, allowing them to dress up in Klondike-era clothing.

- Speaking at schools to talk about the Yukon’s heritage and history.

Our children are our future.

Helping them to better under-

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Slim’s River West Trail

by Alexander Weber

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am making my way up a mountain. I am alone, tired, and very thirsty. The nearest road or person is 30 km away. The sun has just disappeared behind a mountain; I know it will be dark shortly. I must make it back to my tent soon, or risk crossing a rushing creek in the dark. I have just finished climbing a section of very steep and crumbly rock. I can’t be certain, but I am fairly sure I almost died a moment ago. I am now on safe and less steep grassy terrain.

I know the summit must be close, and behind it, what I have come looking for. But I also know that hiking up a mountain involves many false summits, each one more frustrating and spirit-killing then the last.

How did I get myself into this situation?

The Ä’äy Chù (Slim’s River) West trail is a hike in Kluane National Park. Together with the hike up Observation Mountain, the entire route is 60 km round-trip. It is described as being “very difficult”, and it is recommended that you give yourself four to seven days to complete it. Some of the hazards along the way include bears, fast flowing creeks, and getting lost.

At the top of Observation Mountain there is a magnificent view of the Kaskawulsh Glacier.

This was what I have come for; I want to catch a glacier sighting.

I had planned on doing the round-trip hike in two days. The first part of the hike wanders along an old road, first through trees

and then down a hill that gives you a nice view of some of the St. Elias Mountains. You then cross Sheep Creek, then a marsh with a board walk. Next, there’s another creek crossing, a huge dry creek bed, and then some sand dunes.

Who doesn’t love sand dunes?

After that is a lot of marshy, muddy yuckiness, which you can sometimes avoid by finding a trail through the trees.

Then there are some alluvial fans (rocks and boulders), some more trees, then more alluvial fans, and so on.

Along the way I look at the time, trying to decide if I should push for the summit on the first day, or camp after 22 km and push for the summit and return the next.

“If I get to the campsite by 2:30 p.m., then I’ll push for it today,” I said when I started out.

Then, when that looked unlikely, I told myself: “3 p.m. But no later.”

When that looked unlikely it became 3:30, and so on.

Eventually I make my way up and over a hill, with the glacier’s endpoint in full view, before finally reaching the last campsite at

22.5 km.

I was tired. I sat down on a bench and looked at the time: 4:00 p.m.

I had only several hours to attempt 16 km, up a mountain and back down again, through another creek crossing, with no well-

Camp at 22.5 km

marked trail. The smart thing would have been to set up tent, get a good sleep, and start early the next morning.

But I probably wouldn’t be writing this article if I made the smart choice.

I immediately set off for the summit. From this point there is

no longer a well maintained trail, or any trail for that matter. Essentially the trail goes to the mountain over a huge mostly-dry creekbed and a final creek crossing. Once near the base, I picked up some cairns and followed them along the side of the creek. Eventually I fiound a trail that lead up the side of the mountain, and from t h e r e there is a choice to hike to the summit or head for the plateau in order to gain your view of Kaskawulsh.

I, on the other hand, in haste and stupidity, somehow missed a cairn and decided to head straight up the mountain following a boulder gulley.

Boulder-hopping eventually lead me to a steep rock section, that I could tell lead to a safer grassy section above. Going for this rock section was such a terrible idea in retrospect. I hadn’t seen anyone on the trail all day, and if I got hurt any rescue would be a day or two away. I did, at one point, realize how bad of an idea

this section was, as the rock was continuously falling away, down the hill. This did not make for a happy sight, as the rocks would tumble and fall and pick up speed and crash into the boulder gulley below.

Unfortunately, by that point, climbing down seemed more dangerous than climbing up. The scariest moment came when, while pulling on a large rock above me, the rock began to give way.

Had I continued to pull, the rock would have surely fallen onto me and sent me falling to my miserable doom.

By the time I reached the safety of the steep grassy section, I was exhausted mentally from the scare, dehydrated, running out of time, and I still had more hiking to do. One foot in front of the other I managed to climb hill after hill.

“Where the hell is this summit?” I asked myself, again and again, in vain. Finally, I found a small pond at the bottom of a saddle between what I knew could only be false summits. I sat myself down, treated the water, and as I waited, I decided that I would climb onto the saddle, and that would be the last of it. Kaskawulsh or no, I had to get back in order to cross the creek and find my campsite.

Rehydrated and slightly refreshed, I picked myself up and made for the saddle. Well wouldn’t you know it, those summits weren’t false. As I peeked over to the other side of the mountain, my eyes were met with the most unbelievable sight: Kas-

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Kaskawulsh Glacier

Sims River West Trail ... cont’d kawulsh Glacier, in the icy flesh.

Black and blue and white and awesome. Its surface cracked and ragged, its body receding far away into the mountains. From here you can see deep into the St. Elias Range and the world’s largest nonpolar ice-field.

The glacier looks like a longexposure photo of a great polar bear stampede — massive tons of ice, flowing like a river stuck in time, but with the most incredible and destructive force. These are the things that carve entire landscapes, and break mountains.

It fully rewards the effort to go and see it.

A sight like this can bring you to your knees.

Boardwalk near the beginning of the trail

PHOTOS: Alexander Weber Alexander Weber is a Whitehorse-based adventurer and writer.

Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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I knew I would get a tattoo once I lived here but I didn’t know what I wanted until I took a picture of the road ahead of me with the mountain ahead and the trees lining the road. Though it could be representative of many of the drives I have taken in Northern Canada, it specifically symbolizes my solo drive up here. I was lucky enough to find Buzz at Triple J’s who took my picture and turned it into more of a painting and framed it well with a vintage baroque frame that suits my style. I will always have this tattoo as a reminder of when I packed up and moved across the country to this beautiful territory.

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Corset Show 2015 9:00 PM

Time: .................................................................1 hour roundtrip Distance: ............................................... 1.6 miles (2.6 km) roundtrip Rating:................................................................................ Easy Elevation Gain: .................................................... 20 feet (6 meters)

Red Onion Saloon See an awesome corset show with part of the proceeds going to Fran Delisle Breast Cancer Fund!

LOWER DEWEY LAKE

SAT, JUN 6

Time: ............................................................. 1- 2 hours roundtrip Distance: ....................... 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to lake and return roundtrip .......................................... 3.6 miles (5.8 km) around lake and return Rating: ......................................................................... Moderate Elevation Gain ................................................ 500 feet (150 meters)

20th Annual Fran Delisle Cancer Awareness Walkathon Skagway (907) 983-3299 This beautiful walk follows the Dyea road along the scenic Taiya Inlet, through spruce forest to historic downtown Skagway. Volunteer staffed stations provide aid and treats along

SMUGGLER’S COVE

the way. There is also a half walk, starting in Long Bay.

Time: ............................................................. 1-2 hours roundtrip Distance: .................................................2 miles (3.2 km) roundtrip Rating: ......................................................................... Moderate Elevation Gain ..................................................100 feet (30 meters)

SAT, JUN 13 Duff's Skagway Marathon

ICY LAKE AND UPPER REID FALLS

One of the hardest runs in North America, 26 gruelling miles

Time: ................................................................3 hours roundtrip Distance: ................................................. 6 miles (9.7 km) roundtrip Rating: ......................................................................... Moderate Elevation Gain ................................................ 850 feet (260 meters)

through hills and nature.

SAT, JUN 13 Little Dippers Annual Wine Tasting Event 6:00 PM

STURGILL’S LANDING

Skagway Jewell Gardens Fundraiser for Little Dipper’s Daycare.

Time: ................................................................4 hours roundtrip Distance: ................................................7 miles (11.2 km) roundtrip Rating: ......................................................................... Moderate Elevation Gain .................................................500 feet (152 meters)

Live & Silent Auction – Children’s Art Auction. Live Music.

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Saturday, June 6th @ 9:00pm

LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEEKEND!

Saturday June 13th Skagway Marathon & Little Dippers Wine Tasting Fundraiser @ Jewell Gardens 6pm!

Followed by music with hillBillie Jean 9pm @ Skagway Brewing

Wildlife cruise with whale watching, bus tour of Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier, free time for shopping, lunch and sightseeing. Continental breakfast and light dinner provided.

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Thursday, June 11th - Saturday, June 13th GOOD LUCK to all runners, we hope you achieve your best time yet!

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Sunday, June 14th @ 8:00pm

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