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In the Yukon, for example, tourism contributes more than $100-million to our gross domestic product and helps to generate a quarter of our jobs. Nonetheless, these figures don’t prevent us from gathering amongst ourselves to coyly chuckle at the follies of our benefactors.

There are the fundamentalist travellers who refuse to visit the Beringia Centre because of the centre’s assumption that the world is more than 6,000 years old. There are the romantics, disappointed by the lack of northern lights in July. And there are the retirees who pilot whale-like RVs up the Alaska Highway.

Note: membership in the latter category does not preclude membership in either of the first two.

Because of their undeniable vehicular visibility, RVers are especially easy targets for our mockery and/or scorn.

We see them in the Wal-Mart parking lot and we marvel at their

ability to forsake all aesthetic concerns in pursuit of a cheap sleep. We see diminishing ice caps on the news and then view RVs as a physical manifestation of this problem (fair enough). We grimly avert our eyes as they make stroke-inducing left-hand turns.

We calculate their gas bills in our heads.

Yet ever since I was a little kid I have been fascinated by RVs, and the scope of my fascination is directly proportional to the size of the vehicle. A small camper is easily ignored, but one of those buslike motor homes will fire me up.

Part of the reason these rolling residences capture my attention is because I have always been interested in how unseen space is used.

A building I have never been in will prompt me to wonder what’s inside. However, once I enter and investigate, said building becomes more banal. But for as many RVs as I have seen, I have actually been inside very few of them — particularly the really big ones — so a sense of mystery remains.

More importantly, RVs appeal to me because they force us to question some assumptions about

the nature of “home.” Home has traditionally been rooted in a particular geographical location, but for RV travellers home can be Fort Nelson one night, Watson Lake the next, and Whitehorse the night after that. Even as a young kid, this blew my mind.

Furthermore, I would argue that with the advancement and ease of communication technologies like Skype, home is gradually becoming less of a physical phenomenon and more of a social/ mental one. Homeless people may rightfully disagree with me on this assertion.

Still, if I am right that the global village is changing the way many of us think about home, RVers can point out that their untethered approach to the concept is ahead of its time.

With that in mind, perhaps we can briefly think of RV tourists as more than just cranky road menaces, and rather as harbingers of a new era — part of Marshall McLuhan’s prophecized future.

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November 28, 2013

An Adrenaline Kick-Start to the Season

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Association launches their new avalanche risk assessment tools with two mountain adventure films

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t’s beginning to look a lot like winter, and the fresh blanket of snow in town must mean fresh snow for backcountry skiing and snowmobiling.

With great adrenaline comes great danger, and the Yukon Avalanche Association is hosting two film nights that straddle both.

On Friday night they are showing an extreme snowmobiling film at the Roadhouse called Volume 8, by 509 Films, and on Saturday night they are showing Into the Mind, by Sherpas Cinema, at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.

Both films were released this year, and both show athletes flying off mountains covered in pristine powder in the middle of nowhere.

The snowmobilers in Volume 8 are in western Canada and the United States, and the skiers in Into the Mind are in Alaska, Alberta, Bolivia, British Columbia, Nepal, and Switzerland.

Sean Cox, event coordinator for the Yukon Avalanche Association, has seen the trailers for the films, but is holding off until Nov. 29 and 30 to watch them in full.

“They’re both pretty visually appealing movies that would only be done justice on a big screen,” he says.

Into the Mind has a particular appeal for Cox. “It’s pretty breathtaking,” he says. “It gives you the sense that it’s not going to be your typical ski movie with action shot after action shot. There’s a broader message of the kind of commitment it takes to ski the steepest and the deepest of mountains.”

The film nights, in addition to celebrating backcountry winter sports, are being used to launch the association’s new tools for assessing avalanche risk in the Yukon.

The association has been developing these maps, roadside signs, and a web-based trip-planning tool for the past couple of years.

“We’re not saying, ‘Don’t go here, don’t go there,’ rather, this is to give people the tools to make the decisions as to what risk they want to take when they’re recreating in the back country,” Cox says. “Every single one of us are passionate skiers or snowmobilers, and some of us do both.

These are the sports we love and breathe, being out in the mountains and the snow.”

The tools are called the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) mapping project. The association identified the Haines Pass

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This still photo from the film Into the Mind shows Callum Pettit in Bella Coola, British Columbia. The Yukon Avalanche Association presents this film on Nov. 30 at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. and the White Pass as the most heavily-used backcountry areas in the Yukon, and hired an avalanche professional from British Columbia to travel these areas by ground and helicopter to rate the terrain for avalanche danger.

Now, adventurers can pick up a map that rates the terrain in these vicinities.

“The maps are available at various snowmobile and ski retailers in town, gas stations, and visitor centres – and they can be downloaded from our website,” Cox says.

The roadside signs are located at the parking areas along the Haines Road and the South Klondike Highway to Skagway. These signs, like the maps, give a danger rating of the terrain.

The idea is to use the rating in conjunction with weather and avalanche forecasting.

“What has been rated is the actual terrain – and that is static – it doesn’t change,” Cox says.

“Regardless of the weather or the snow, this is to give people an idea of the actual risk at a certain place – and the conditions are above and beyond that. So one part is the map, and the other is the forecast with the danger rating.”

In December, the Canadian Avalanche Centre will begin forecasting avalanche danger, and the Yukon association will have a link to these forecasts on their site.

The third component to the ATES project is the web-based trip-planning tool.

“This is essentially the same information as the brochures (maps) with terrain ratings, overlaid on top of Google maps,” Cox says.

The Yukon Avalanche Association presents the films Volume 8 on Friday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. at The Roadhouse, and Into the Mind, on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.

For more information go to www.YukonAvalanche.ca or to the association’s Facebook page.

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It’s interesting to note that, apart from the film’s mostly whacked-out production numbers, Byrne is the only one to be thus appareled among this town full of Texans. These are just ordinary

The film features the characters gathered in various malls, bars and on the flavourless streets of Virgil, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of Texas. The town’s contribution to the festivities is its Celebration of Specialness.

the media conspiracy, and the Mark of the Beast, all with the musical backing of a black gospel choir.

Keep in mind this is 1986, long before Sarah Palin, long before George W. Bush and long before the Tea Party. Byrne deserves credit for a bit of prescience.

Throw in a fashion show featuring the world’s ugliest and most outlandish clothing, a bizarre talent show, and a parade down the town’s main street featuring a brigade of children in strollers pushed by prim moms, another contingent pushing lawnmowers, and a bevy of fezbedecked Shriners driving miniature red Mustangs, and you begin to get the picture.

Anyone looking for a coherent plot line will be disappointed.

The nearest PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Film Society thing to character development comes David Byrne ushers us into America as he sees it, in the 1986 film True Stories. The film, showing at the Old Fire Hall on Dec. 9, is a musical in the in the form of Louis Fyne, played by a guise of an ethnographic documentary. slightly trimmer John Goodman.

He’s a big bear of a bachelor who directed and starred in the film, folk, after all.

And special they are.

Or are they? which is a quirky mockumentary They’re mostly given labels, wants nothing more than to enByrne introduces us to the rather than names. There’s the ter into “the holy state of matrithat purports to portray everyday life in the mythical mid-American weirdest combination of charac- one identified in the credits as mony,” and advertises incessantly ters among Virgil’s denizens — The Lying Woman, for instance. for a wife, on TV and with lawn town of Virgil, Texas.

On Dec. 9, the Yukon Film So- prosaic on the outside, but mostly Perky and bubbly, she’ll regale signs.

An off-the-wall but endearciety is presenting True Stories at twisted at their core — which listeners with tales delivered in are slightly less sinister than the hushed tones, of how she was the ingly satiric study in the foibles of the Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse.

Following hard on the heels townsfolk of Blue Velvet, also re- real reason JFK was assassinated, middle-class and lumpen America, of Talking Heads’ Stop Making leased in 1986. This time they’re how she wrote Michael Jackson’s True Stories plays at the Old Fire Sense, and released a year be- played to comic effect, but hit “Billy Jean,” and her clandes- Hall at 8 p.m., Monday Dec. 9, as fore Byrne won an Oscar for his they’re still pretty weird. tine relationships with both Elvis part of the Yukon Film Society’s monthly Available Light Cinema Byrne claims to have drawn and “the real Rambo.” soundtrack to The Last Emperor, he appears in True Stories as an from the pages of American tabShe’s not the only one into con- series.

Note the change from the usual affable narrator, driving through loid newspapers like The Na- spiracy theories. the flat Texas landscape in a red tional Enquirer as inspiration for There’s The Preacher, an up- day and location. convertible, dressed in a snappy his characters, so it’s debatable right gentleman who showers his tailor-made cowpoke outfit, com- whether the sobriquet of “true congregation with rantings about Brian Eaton is a cinema buff. plete with string tie and dapper stories” can really be applied. the Council on Foreign Relations, deal with stuff that’s too dumb for people to have bothered to formulate opinions on,” David Byrne says in his 1986 film True Stories.

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Lanterns, Costumes, Action

Winterval lantern workshop and parade take place Nov. 30

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t’s all about magic,” says Maryne Dumaine, the production and marketing manager for this year’s Winterval festival.

The event has become a regular part of the Christmas season, and Yukoners can expect a unique take on holiday cheer from the Yukon Educational Theatre (YET).

“We want to make art fun and more accessible for people of all ages,” says artistic director Geneviève Gagnon.

This YET mandate is often achieved by putting art in outdoor spaces. But sometimes the outdoors offers interesting challenges for both event organizers and participants.

“Last year was -40°C and it still happened,” laughs Dumaine.

“We’re not going to cancel.”

All are welcome to participate in the parade. To get in on it, people are meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, at the Whitehorse United Church on 6th Avenue and Main Street, where they will form a fluid parade. The destination is Main and Front Streets, in front of the White Pass building, where the Christmas tree will be lit.

This year, YET has added a warm-up venue – The Old Fire Hall – so festival-goers can keep toasty in between acts with treats and crafts.

“No more frostbitten fingers,” Dumaine says.

The Winterval festival will include photo opportunities with Santa and plenty of musicians and artists. But YET has more in store for participants this year.

“It’s not just about Santa, but a celebration of the season and all it brings,” Dumaine says.

Gagnon agrees: “We are really trying to make this Winterval a platform for people to actively engage in the arts — not as spec-

tators but as active agents in the realization of projects. The nature of the parade revolves around this, and we’re also programming some activities that will get people directly involved in the creation of the pieces.”

The hands-on activities include a workshop in French and English before the parade starts, to create lanterns for the festival. People are encouraged to bring jars to decorate at the workshop, which takes place at 1 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Old Fire Hall.

If all goes according to plan, there will be a contingent from the over-18 PHOTO: Bruce Barrett. crowd carrying their Santa arrives at the 2012 edition of Winterval in hand-made lanterns, too, since YET held a Whitehorse. workshop on Wednessays Dumaine. day at The Gold Pan On Saturday, Nov. 30 the Saloon.

“We’re really trying to reach Winterval festival begin at 1 p.m. an audience that we haven’t at the Old Fire Hall with a workconnected with before, and the shop for all ages to make a lan(Northern Vision Development) tern. All are invited to gather and partnership allows for the per- get into the parade at 3:30 p.m. fect venue to engage adults in the at Main and 6th Avenue. The parade will end at Main and Front community,” Gagnon says.

People are encouraged to dress Streets at approximately 4 p.m. up in costume, prepare their own Santa will be at the Roundhouse floats for the parade, bring col- for photos.

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until - Sat, Nov 30 Paper Guns Northern Front Studio by 13 year old Ben Beese, Paper Arms Manufacturer until - Sat, Nov 30 Flight Arts Underground Flying, Fleeing & Fancy in watercolours until - Sat, Nov 30 Planted Arts Underground by Shiela Alexandrovich & Lynn Fabio fibreworks & explorations in plant based colourings until - Sat, Nov 30 In the Open Air North End Gallery By artist Halin de Repentigny until - Mon, Dec 2 Sculptures by Sandra Story Arts Underground until Mon, Mar 31 Dà Ze Tsàn - From our hearts 9:00 AM Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Patti Balsillie 633-7805 Perspectives on Yukon First Nations Sewing and Weaving Traditions Thu, Nov 28 - Fri, Feb 28 Land at the end of the sticks 10:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre In the Art Gallery. by Jennifer Walden Thu, Nov 28 - Fri, Feb 28 From the Outer Edges 10:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre In the Art Gallery by Jane Isakson until - Sat, Jan 25 YT in 3D: Stereo Photos From Yukon 5:00 PM Arts Underground In the Hougen Heritage Gallery.

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Tue, Nov 26 - Wed, Nov 27 The God That Comes 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre At the 2B Theatre. This performance contains course language, sexuality and mature content.

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Wed, Nov 27 Jamaoke with Jackie 9:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon .

Thu, Nov 28 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza .

Thu, Nov 28 Fishead Stew 8:30 PM Dirty Northern Pub high energy blend of swingin’ country blues, bluegrass, celtic, western swing, gypsy, oldtimey, ....and whatever else suits Thu, Nov 28 Barb Chamberlin 8:30 PM Gold Pan Saloon .

Sat, Nov 30 Peggy and friends burning up the night 7:00 PM Burnt Toast Cafe and evening of great music by some of your local favourites.

Sun, Dec 1 Whitehorse String Ensemble Presents: Music On A Sunday Afternoon 2:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Refreshments after the concert.

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Sat, Dec 7 Coffee House Featuring: Darcy Lindberg,Alana Martinson and the Open Stage 7:30 PM United Church In the basement.Help set up 6PM, 7PM Open stage sign-up.

Sun, Dec 8 Celebrate The Christmas Season With Vanier Catholic Secondary School 6:45 PM Yukon Arts Centre Featuring fine arts, culinary delights, and the VCSS music program.

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Sat, Nov 30 “Into the Mind” Sherpas Cinemas Ski Film Sat, Dec 7 Fused Glass:Christmas Tree Ornaments 11:00 7:00 PM Beringia Centre Whitehorse premiere of Sherpas AM Arts Underground Instructor: Jeanine Baker. Students Cinemas newest groundbreaking feature film. Proceeds will learn different methods of decorating glass that will to the YAA. be fused in a kiln.

Sat, Dec 7 One Starry Night 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School An interactive family event will take you way back to the streets of Bethlehem over 2000 years ago Thu, Nov 21 - Sat, Dec 7 The Cripple of Inishmaan 8:00 Sun, Dec 8 Blue Christmas Service 7:00 PM United PM The Guild Hall A play of delightfully devilish Irish Church Brenda Prokopchuk 667-2989 For those who are insanity.

Tue, Nov 26 - Wed, Nov 27 The God That Comes 8:00 PM grieving. Wheelchair accessible. All are welcome.

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Tue, Dec 3 Slam Racism: A Call For Youth Artists 7:00 PM Yukon College In the Student Lounge.Join us for a night of Wednesdays anti-racism performances showcasing youth voices.

French : Zumba or Zumba Gold 12:00 PM Centre De La Francophonie 668-2663 Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Age Society. ¡Bienvenidos!

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Church Downstairs. Pies, preserves & other treats for Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access 7:00 PM sale.

633-4003 Located on Gray Mtn Road Range officers on Sun, Dec 8 Lorne Mountain Country Christmas Craft duty Fair Mount Lorne Community Centre For more info call Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground 667-7083 easels and water containers on site. Please bring your paints, brushes, supports and rags. Contact: 667-4080 Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motor-Cross Track Bring

your R/C and meet other hobby enthusiast Voice/Movement Group For Adults 7:30 PM United Mon, Nov 25 - Wed, Nov 27 Acrylic Painting Workshop Church Downstair 5:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Acrylic painting classes with Thursdays Jennifer Walden.

Feminist Book Club 5:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Tue, Nov 26 - Fri, Nov 29 Vest Making Workshop 9:00 Centre a book club for feminists AM Church of the Northern Apostles Merengue and Salsa lessons 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Wed, Nov 27 Adult Art Classes (14+) Beginner Pottery/ Dance Studio Show up 10 to 15 minutes in advance to Ceramics 7:00 PM Arts Underground Wed, Nov 27 Winterval Workshop Series: DIY Recycled register and pay.

Jar Lanterns 7:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Adult workshop with Fridays Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 334-9317 Free Alanna Warner. In the Gold Pan Saloon.

Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) Wed, Nov 27 Comedy Night Live 9:00 PM Jarvis Street ESL Conversation Club - 5:30 PM Multi-Cultural Centre Saloon open mic stand-up Thu, Nov 28 Tree-mendous Open House 5:00 PM Yukon on a drop in basis TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Convention Centre Enjoy multicultural food, music and Legion Steven Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on dance,and visit the kids’ corner for crafts and fun.

Friday nights, with a variety of menu and entertainment Thu, Nov 28 Create a film in 48 Hours 8:00 PM The Old formats.

Fire Hall Heather 393-3456 Presented by KIAC and the Salsa Yukon’s Latin Dance Classes 7:30 PM Leaping yukon Film Society.

Feats Dance Studio 335-0909 / salsayukon@gmail.com Fri, Nov 29 Soiree Preview Lunch 12:00 PM Yukon Beginners class.

Convention Centre Part of the Northwestel Festival of Salsa Yukon’s Latin Classes 8:45 PM Leaping Feats Dance Trees – this very special luncheon truly celebrates the Studio 335-0909 / salsayukon@gmail.com Intermediate magic of the season. class.

Fri, Nov 29 Book Launch” Whitehorse: an illustrated Saturdays history” 5:00 PM The Old Fire Hall books signed by Free Citizenship Exam Preparation Course for ESL authors Hosted by Helene Dobrowolsky Sat, Nov 30 Atelier de création d’une tuque pour enfant learners 9:00 AM Multicultural Centre of the Yukon Janet 9:00 AM Centre De La Francophonie Pour débutants avec Pauch 667-4733 Yukon Amateur Radio Association 9:30 PM A&W une certaine expérience de tricot ou crochet. Info: 668Informal breakfast with YARA members, Hams from 2663, poste 223 Sat, Nov 30 First Nations Craft Fair 10:00 AM Elijah Smith outside the Yukon often join Sundays

School Sat, Nov 30 Winterval Workshop Series: DIY Recycled Jar Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah Lanterns 1:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Family workshop with 336-4643 Adult Pottery Drop-in 2:30 PM at Arts Underground, Alanna Warner.

667-2159. Clay is available for purchase. Equipment and Sat, Nov 30 Winterval - Santa Parade 1:00 PM Main tools are provided. Closed Holidays.

Street - Whitehorse The 6th edition of the Winterval Santa Parade will warm up Main Street, bring MAGIC to Ceramic Open-Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground SingAlongMessiah Collective Auditions and Rehearsals the winter + give a kick-start to the Holiday Season!

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Free English Conversation Group 302 Strickland St., Tue, Dec 3 Brave New Words 7:00 PM Rah Rah Gallery lower level. 668-5907. Bring your own lunch A spoken word event, writers from all genres can come Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall Whitehorse read what you have written.

Curling Club, 667-2875 Wed, Dec 4 Acrylic Painting Open-Studio with Neil Potluck Food Co-op - Info-Market 4:00 PM 5th Ave, Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground between Wood St. and Jarvis St. Wed, Dec 4 Adult Art Classes (14+) Beginner Pottery/ Ceramics 7:00 PM Arts Underground Thu, Dec 5 Christmas Craft Club 3:00 PM Arts Underground Ages: 7-12.Kids will work with a variety of materials and techniques to create a new seasonally Thu, Nov 21 Christmas Craft Club 3:00 PM Arts inspired project every week.

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Fri, Dec 6 Whitehorse Baptist Church Ladies Christmas Tea 7:30 PM Mount McIntyre Whitehorse Baptist FREE DROP IN at Yukon Family Literacy Centre Mon-Fri Church 667-4889 admin@whbc.ca Women are invited Noon - 3:00 PM, to celebrate a festive evening featuring special guest Mon-Wed 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sat 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM speaker Krista Penner.

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Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Pregnant women welcome!

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Kids Pop Choir 6:30 PM Leaping Feats Dance Studio Grades 3-6. With Barbara Chamberlin.

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Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m. Whitehorse United Church, 601 Main Street. Stories, songs, snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 667-2989 Mondays

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Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Girl’s Club 12:00 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Anna / 667-2693 All girls aged 11-19 are welcome to attend.

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Dance-Based Leadership Group For Girls 15+ 4:30 PM Centre De La Francophonie Madelanne Astrie / 336-4168 No class on the 14th Oct. Trampoline Training for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 Improve your snowboarding under the supervision of trained coaches. Two Levels available for snowboarders ages 10+ Trampoline for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 mary@snowboardyukon.com Registration Required Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15 Tuesdays Kids After-School Programs/Hand–Building with Clay 3:30 PM Arts Underground Instructor: Marlene Collins.

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Mon, Dec 2 Yukon Queer Film Alliance General Meeting Road. Keith Clarke, ktclarke@northwestel.net 6:30 PM 40 Dieppe Dr. Meeting to discuss coordinator Thursdays Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM at 6209 - 6th Avenue, position for Festival.

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Kids After School Programs/Mix It Up (Mixed Media) 3:30 PM Arts Underground Instructor:Karen Rhebergen. Tue, Dec 3 PSAC Aboriginal Peoples Committee monthly meeting 5:15 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 .

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Tue, Dec 3 Air Cadets Assembly 6:15 PM Whitehorse Archery For Youth: Ages 12 -18 Years 4:30 PM Takhini Elementary School Capt. Jennifer Lafreniere / 668-7688 Elementary School At the gym. Please register before For youths 12 - 18 years old. course starts Tue, Dec 3 Brave New Words 7:00 PM Rah Rah Gallery .

Northern Lights Judo Club 5:00 PM at Ecole Emilie Tremblay School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Under 15 years Wed, Dec 4 PSAC Racially Visible Committee monthly meeting 5:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 .

Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, Thu, Dec 5 YEU Local Y023 (City of Whitehorse) monthly judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15 meeting 12:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 .

Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Thu, Dec 5 PSAC Health & Safety Committee monthly Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@ meeting 6:00 PM YEU Hall 667-2331 . yukonrollergirls.ca Thu, Dec 5 “Slut Shaming & Victim Blaming”: Panel Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867Discussion 6:30 PM Rah Rah Gallery Everyone welcome, 668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14 refreshments served.

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668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport Yukon BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM 456-4752 Open to all Strength & Conditioning for Snowboarders 5:30 PM Elijah Smith Gymnasium Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334- Whitehorse Lions Club [2nd Wed each month 6:30 2944 mary@snowboardyukon,com Registration required. PM Yukon Inn] & [4th Wed each month Captain Martin House] Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church of the Nazarene Thursdays Sundogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon 633-6228 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18 Open to all Saturdays

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Looking Back to See the Future

Chris Foster’s show Frontiers in Real Estate is at the ODD Gallery until Dec. 13

by Gabriela Sgaga

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or a young man, Chris Foster is an old soul. The interdisciplinary artist, who obtained his Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2008, finds his aesthetic cues in old books and obsolete technology.

He feels that his generation is the last of the analog era, and is fascinated with how old technology was built to last.

“Everything now is built with the idea of obsolescence,” he says.

Foster likes looking to the past for cues and insights into the future.

“There is lots of doom and gloom in contemporary culture,” he says. “The youth today don’t seem to see a long term future — it’s very bleak.”

Foster is trying to come to terms with this feeling of hopelessness in contemporary life by contrasting it with a dark sense of humour and optimism in his work.

His themes have come from social conditions in urban centres, the inflated economy and lack of opportunity.

“These are themes that I find I’m attracted to and are a driving force in my work,” he says. “It’s a critique of contemporary society and culture, but it also embodies a kind of aesthetic retro.”

As a result, his work is an escape into a simpler time.

Foster’s latest exhibition, Frontiers In Real Estate, is a travelling exhibition now showing at the ODD gallery in Dawson City until Dec. 13.

The first component features six miniature, three-dimensional scale model trucks, grouped under the title Convoy. They have been altered to include traditional wooden dwellings, complete with shingling and architectural embellishments common to houses found in Eastern Canada.

The idea, says Foster, comes from the hippie era of the 1970s, when dwellings such as these were known as rolling houses. He feels they are the antithesis to the mass-produced aluminum campers we see today.

The second component is a series of silk-screened prints, one of Foster’s favourite mediums. These prints depict imagined makeshift dwellings set into remote Northern landscapes and industrial ruins. Foster manually cut each

individual colour separation using a light table, before scanning and integrating them into the final screen for print.

The third part of Foster’s exhibition, entitled New Civilizations, is a series of collages of photographs

“No matter where I end up, my creative practice will always be a dog’s breakfast,” he says.

that he cut and pasted in order to meld past, present and future. His creative process is motivated by production-based projects, mostly using old fashioned, traditional methods.

“I enjoy working with my hands,” he says. “Labour is process-oriented and very satisfying.”

Foster hopes to focus more on printmaking in the future. There is a long history and tradition to it, he says.

“I’m trying to explore new avenues and opportunities, and want to surround myself with new things,” he says.

He doesn’t know when he’ll do another show, or where he’s going to go next with his art, but he’s going to keep at it.

Frontiers in Real Estate will be at the ODD Gallery, located in Dawson City at the corner of Princess St. and 2nd Ave., until Dec. 13. For more information, contact the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture at 993-5005, or go to www.KIAC.ca/ODDGallery.

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

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“Toyota,” by Toronto-based artist Chris Foster. This sculpture is part of his solo show called Frontiers in Real Estate, on exhibition at the ODD Gallery until Dec. 13.

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he Dawson pre-Christmas season launched on Nov. 10 as the gym in the Robert Service School filled up for the Dawson Daycare’s Bazaar. This was the lead event in a series that will take place until first weekend in December.

At least two others have now been announced, and sometimes another one creeps into the schedule, but there’s nothing at the post office so far.

The Little Blue Daycare’s bazaar is the oldest and largest of these “shop local” events, but the organizers may want to rethink holding it on weekends when the presence of a fixed holiday date like Remembrance Day prompts people to head off to the city on a big pre-Christmas shopping spree.

If the designated holiday is on Friday or Monday, or triggers a Monday holiday by occurring on the weekend, it may reduce the number of people who turn up.

That seemed to be the case this year and last, as I recall.

Not that there weren’t lots of people. The baked goods sold well. The Class of 2013 held a successful Cake-Walk. The display tables of clothing, jewelry, pottery, candles, toys, recycled goods, and catalogue items all seemed to attract lots of browsers and buyers.

And there were, as usual, lots of people greeting each other and stopping to chat, as well as lots of kiddies getting their pictures take with Santa Claus.

The next event will take place at the Odd Fellows Hall on Nov. 30 from noon to 3 p.m. It’s the Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair, put on by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Some of the same vendors will be present, but it is a smaller venue and aims to have people selling things they have actually made themselves: paintings, cards, photographs, clothing, knitted and crocheted items, and art objects of various kinds.

There’s also some hawking of

PHOTO: Dan Davidson

Victor Henry surveys Megan Waterman’s display of hats and mitts at the Dawson Daycare Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 10 at Robert Service School gym. items related to KIAC’s various projects, and there’s usually some local musical entertainment working in the background.

It’s $25 to book a table; contact KIAC at 993-5005.

As we move further into November and early December there will be a cluster of Open House events.

The City of Dawson will decorate council chambers and invite the public in. The RCMP will hold a stew and chili feast at the detachment. The museum is planning an open house again this year. As I write, dates for these events have not been set, but they’re always well attended.

Lately, most years have also featured a 10,000 Villages Free Trade fair trade event, but so far I haven’t seen any advance notices for that.

Right now, the last scheduled event is the appropriately named

Last Minute Bazaar, held at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Hall. That one will be on Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the cost per table is $30. Contact 993-7166 or 7115 to register. This event is heavily weighted towards traditional First Nations crafts.

Any profit made by TH at this event will go towards financing the 2014 Moosehide Gathering next summer.

It will be competing with the Nutcracker’s Dawson performance, though, which is also scheduled for that day. Somehow events seem to pile up here. That day will now also have the official opening of the new hospital, and there will be a coffee house that evening.

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

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Seeking Beervana with Lara Lewis

Beer in China

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wanted to write something positive about drinking beer in China.

After all, they are the world`s largest consumers of beer and a major hop-growing nation. They also have the fastest-growing beer market in the world. Their beer production doubled in the past decade to around 48-billion litres of beer per year. That’s about twenty times the production of Canada, but per capita, they’re still catching up.

Sadly, my recent Chinese travels failed to unearth any stellar offerings on the beer front.

The predominant brews are pale lagers that are quenching when consumed with a meal, but offer little else.

The most widely available beer in China is Tsing Tao, pronounced “Ching Dow.” It is brewed in the German tradition because the Germans occupied the Qindao area of Eastern China in the late 19th century. The Germania Brewery was created in 1903, and later became known as the Tsingtao Brewery. Exports of Tsing Tao to the United States began in 1972, and it is now the best-selling Chinese beer both in and outside of China.

The brewing tradition has been alive in China for many thousands of years, but modern brewing was not introduced until the end of the 19th century when Russians set up a brewery in Harbin. The Harbin beer I sampled was a pale lager like Tsing Tao, with even less to recommend it. Other major Chinese brews include Yanjing (tastes and smells like perfume), Zhujiang and China Blue Ribbon (no comment).

Tsing Tao was my go-to beer in China, but it tasted vastly different in the bottle versus on tap. In some cases, the draft was almost like a hefeweizen, with cloudy appearance and not-unpleasant spicy notes.

The inconsistency in beers was evident in the labelling. Beer labels would commonly express alcohol content as a guaranteed minimum, e.g., no less than 3.3% abv., with no mention of what the high end might be.

Although I couldn’t find any interesting beers in China, this may be changing.

Russell Brewing of Vancouver, BC, recently signed a deal with a Chinese company to brew and distribute the Russell brand. Its new brewery is in Hefei, a large city in

eastern China, home to more than three million people. The beer will include the same Canadian ingredients and techniques Russell uses in Canada. Interestingly, Big Rock is also looking closely at the Chinese market. Representatives from the brewery joined a large Albertan trade mission to China a couple of years ago.

I didn’t see any rowdy drunk Chinese in Beijing, although there were a few Caucasians in the university district with heavy glows. I even took advantage of the vending machine at my boarding gate at the Beijing airport to sip on a Tsing Tao while they were on the blower calling our flight.

Land of the free? Maybe not, but the nanny-state attitude toward alcohol regulation does not exist in China. I even picked up a few beers from the grocery store and local 7-Eleven in Beijing to bring home.

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

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Drinking draft Tsing Tao at the fancy St. Regis hotel in Beijing with my “compatriot” Chaofeng Zhang.

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n w o r g e Hom n w o d e o H The Christmas craft fair season is upon us

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Craft sale participants set up their displays for the 12 Days of Christmas at the Old Fire Hall.

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he stories are as varied as the goods for sale.

Yukon has a lot of crafty and artistic people, and this is the time of year they all come out to play – or rather they show us what they have been playing at all year long.

Helene Belanger lets out her “inner Christmas Child” by creating Les Belle Choses (the beautiful things). Her booth, which you will find at Fireweed Community Market’s 12 Days of Christmas Market, is a veritable bower of Christmas greenery and décor.

Belanger is a nurse by day, and produces her creations in her off time. She works at it most of the year, stocking up on supplies in February.

“My mom used to have a hotel and I loved the way she decorated it,” she says.

Belanger became inspired when she realized she could make the beautiful decorations herself.

Thelma Piercy is another artisan that is living her passion. She creates Thelma’s Quilts. After 50 years of quilting, she still quilts seven days a week.

“I’ve been known to sew on Christmas Day,” she says.

Piercy sells her quilts at several

of the craft fairs including the 12 Days of Christmas, which takes place Dec. 11 to 22, and a market she herself helped to organize, called the Artful Things Christmas Market, which takes place on Dec. 14.

With no formal advertising, she still keeps busy all year, taking orders and, of course, feeding her sewing addiction.

“If I am able to back someone into a corner to talk about quilting, they don’t stand a chance,” says Piercy.

Many of the artists make a big part of their year’s income during the holiday craft fair season.

Esther Winter of Mayo started her business, Winterchild Jewelry, with just a few pieces in a local craft sale in Mayo in 1995, and now has her jewelry is in over 70 stores across Canada. Still, craft show sales, like the Spruce Bog which took place on Nov. 16, provide close to half her annual income.

Winter is a year-round artist with three separate lines of jewelry. Her most recent jewelry line, Old Tin Roof, was born out of the necessity to tear down the old cabin on her property.

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The roof was made of old fuel cans, which had been hammered flat. She salvaged the tin and used it as the base and backing for jewelry pieces.

There are also younger artists in the mix.

Krista Austed and Colin Alexander have combined forces in their business, The Copper Garden.

Their work, though different in many ways, is complementary in that the base for both is copper.

Austed mainly creates jewelry, and Alexander creates, well, all sorts of things, but primarily portraits and paintings using the colours created by heating a copper canvas layered with paint.

Alexander shows his work yearround at Yukon Artists @ Work, and the two of them also participate in other shows. They showed at the Fireweed Summer Market and Spruce Bog, and are on the waiting list for the 12 Days of Christmas Market.

These are just a sampling of the items you will find at the holiday craft fairs. There are jams and jellies, adorable decorated cupcakes, kettle corn, bread and pies. There are painted gold pans and burls, handmade cards and decorations, leather goods, fine art photos, paintings and prints and even baby tutus.

The common theme is that all are homegrown, created by local crafters and artists, in the Yukon.

Denise L. Norman is a sometime artist herself, but mostly a Yukon writer/adventurer.

Thelma Piercy shows and sells her quilts at the Spruce Bog on Nov. 16.

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The Beautiful Game Fills Up Fast in Whitehorse

by Carl Christensen

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he Whitehorse Recreational Coed Soccer League opened applications for this year’s indoor season, and found themselves with a dilemma. The sixteam, 92-person roster filled up well before the deadline, with extra applications coming in at a steady rate.

Indoor sports tend to be popular here in the winter. Plummeting temperatures, a gusting Northern wind, and the fleeting daylight combine to make outdoor activity undesirable for many Yukoners.

With Whitehorse’s growing population, the indoor sport leagues have to work to keep up.

This year, Whitehorse Rec Coed Soccer decided to add a seventh team to the roster for the first time in its 14-year history, league executive Hillary Gladish says.

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The league emphasizes a noncompetitive philosophy that attracts players of all skill levels.

Games take place twice a week on artificial turf at the Canada Games Centre.

They also use specially made nets, standing roughly two feet high and five feet across. These small nets were implemented to detour hard shots and emphasize passing and finesse. The league also makes a point not to keep score.

“When the league started they would keep score,” says Gladish.

“They had sponsors from different businesses and so they would re-

All are welcome to play in the Whitehorse coed soccer league – but you’ve got to be on the ball to get on their list

PHOTO: Carl Christensen

The Whitehorse Recreational Coed Soccer’s Yellow Team hustles back as White pushes forward during a game in November. port in the newspapers, ‘Such and such a team scored this many.’

So you can imagine the level of competitiveness. Then there was a movement – in 2001, I believe – where they moved away from trying to keep score.”

The league is run by a group of eight volunteer executive members. Gladish decided to join the executive this season, after playing in the league for years.

“I love playing soccer,” she says. “I love the social aspect of it and just having an outlet for exercise and stress relief and being physically active, so I figured – you know what – I need to give back to an activity that I really enjoy.”

She first joined the league three years ago, without any prior experience in the sport.

“When I first started I didn’t know how to play soccer at all – no clue,” she says. “My team was so encouraging and offered little bits of advice and feedback, like where to stand and how to make yourself open. I slowly built a repertoire of skills. It’s nice to gel with people.”

She plans to organize skill coaching sessions this season to help other new players in the league who may be starting at the same level.

“There has been a little more emphasis on developing skills,” Gladish says. “Last year we started doing skill sessions, which can be quite helpful to new players, especially if you are starting out and you want to build those skills.

This year what we’re trying to do is develop a series, so that you’ll start with a focus on a certain group of skills, and then the next session will be another type of skill, so you can build.”

The next indoor season begins in January, and the league will accept more applications near the end of December. Those interested can check for updates on their website www.YukonSoccer.yk.ca/ coed/ Carl Christensen is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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Producer - Gary Bailie Artwork - Lancelot Burton Website Design - Mark Rutledge Promotion – Pam Boyde MCs – Laine Shorty, Eric Morris, Kevin Barr FOH Audio - Ted Arnold, Carl Schmidt Audio Assistant – Aki McKeown Monitors - Jeff Hamm, Michael Hamm Foyer Audio - Bob Peacey Lighting Design - Gary Bailie Lighting Assistants - Jenelle Cousins, Nancy Rohaly Production Assistant – Leah McLeod Set techs - Tony Clennet, Christopher Wight, Julianna Valderrama Video Documentation - Steve Philp / Eclectic Productions Digital Photography - Joseph Bradley / JFB Photography Stage Managers - Michael Hamm, John MacDougall Stage Crew - Bob Peacey, Solon MacDougall, Chloe Godson, Keenan Roush, Silent Auction - Marion Fayant, Billie Jo Alexis Merchandising - Millie Gage, Faith Gage, Keanna Gage Hospitality – , Christina Zahar, Stacity Bailie, Kluane Clarke, Seth Carey, Thea Carey, Kyla Trociuk, Latiesha Bailie, Eko Trociuk, Darci Trociuk, Scott Osborne, Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Monica, Geraldine, Shelley Bradley Transportation – Fay Branigan, Kirk Potter Food Services - Viola Papequash, Johnny Brass, Dezi Papequash, Tina Bailie, Jolene Papequash, Crystal Papequash, Louise Ermineskin, Garron Kuster, Raven Papequash, Jim MacIntosh, Jonah Papequash, Osheanna Kuster, Nikkita Bailey, Brittney Johnson Special thanks : to the Technical crew & support staff @ the Yukon Arts Centre.

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Thu, Nov 28 Ramshackle Theatre and Nakai Theatre’s production of *”Broken”* 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Wednesdays Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM Mun Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Thursdays Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:30 AM Mun Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Southern Tutchone Classes 4:30 PM Da Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Old Da Ku Adult soccer 7:30 School Gym Mondays Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku Tuesdays Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku 6344018 or dblair@cafn.ca Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Takhini Hall Sewing Circle 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Dä Ku Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne

Wednesdays Kids Craft time 3:00 PM HJ Public Library Thursdays Playgroup for parents & tots 10:00 AM - Noon Lorne Mountain Community Centre call Agnes 667-7083 for more information Fridays Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 1:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Questions contact Ruth Lera 668-5871 or email ruthlera@ northwestel.net Mt Lorne Ski club 4:00 PM for kids age 10 and up

Marsh Lake

Saturdays South of 6 10:00AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time Fridays Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre every Fri, Steak/Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations welcome: 660-4999 Saturdays South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time Tuesdays South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time.

North of 60 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 North of 60 - Socialize, play games, meet neighbours!

Mayo

Drop In Center Christmas Craft making with youths.

Nov 25 Make a Fire Faux for the Drop In Nov 27:Mickey Mouse Tree Ornament Nov 28 Tree Skirt Making-begin Nov 30 Felt Angel Making; Sat Dec 7 NND Youth Mini Giant Bingo 12:00 PM OPEN and only 50 seats available!

Weekdays Community Access Program 1:00 The Drop In Centre Wednesdays Kids Events 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center Thursdays After School Tutoring 3:30 PM The Drop In Center Wii & Movie Night 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Kids in the Kitchen 3:30 PM JV Clark School Fridays Movie Night 5:00 PM Community Hall Teen Drop in Gym 7:30 PM School Gym Saturdays Movie & Games 1:30 PM The Drop In Centre Mondays After School Tutoring 3:30 PM The Drop In Center Wii & Movie Night 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Tuesdays Kids Events 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Sewing 7:00 PM NND Drop In Center

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Thursdays Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Youth Centre Mondays Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Saniz at 966-3238

Tagish

Wednesdays Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407 calling for Christmas vendors up until December 18th Thursdays Advanced Osteofit Class 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall CATCH Kids Club 3:45 PM at the Centre encourages physical activity and a healthy diet. Parents are encouraged to participate.

Tagish Music Jam 7:00 PM Community Centre Free.

Just need an instrument or your voice or both!

Fridays Pre-school Playdays 10:30 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Saturdays Tagish Library 12:00 NOON Sundays Tagish Community Church 7:00 PM Tagish Estates Road. tagishcc@gmail.com first and third Sunday every month community church service in Tagish Mondays Home School Social 1:30 PM Rec Centre Beginner OsteoFit class 4:30 pm Rec Centre Stay-fit for Everyone 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407

Teslin

Wednesdays Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM. Seniors Complex After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Youth Hockey 6:30 PM (Senior Group) Thursday Youth Hockey 6:30 PM (Junior Group) Friday After school archery 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Sundays Seniors Carpet Bowling 2:00 PM Teslin Rec Centre teslinrec@northwestel.net Mondays Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Club 3:30 PM Teslin School kitchen Youth Hockey 6:30 PM (Senior Group) Circuit Training 7:00 PM Recreation gym Tuesdays Youth Hockey 6:30 PM (Junior Group)

Watson Lake

Wednesdays Senior Day (60+) 10:00 AM Drop in Board games, cards, bowling, curling, tea and coffee Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM Thursdays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Fridays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM Saturdays Weight Room 10:00 am - 6:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM Watson Lake Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Wye Lake Cabin Produce, baking, cooking, crafts, eggs, etc anything made or grown.

Mondays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Squash Club 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM WL Rec Centre Greyhound Southbound 11:40 PM Tuesdays Weight Room 8:00 am - 11:30 PM WL Rec Centre Girl’s Night Out Ages 12+ meet at WL Rec Centre 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.

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

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Lucy’s Legacy

by Eileen Peter You can see Lucy Peter’s nephew, Peter Lucas, in the photograph taken on Parliament Hill with Elijah Smith and the Yukon Native Brotherhood when the document Together Today for

PHOTO: courtesy of Eileen Peter

Lucy Peter (1906-1999) was an important voice in the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation.

strong presence, including numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

The sense of community and generosity that she had at the Old Village was important to her.

She was very dedicated to her church and although she was strict when it came to her teachings, she could also laugh and find humour in stories.

I am fortunate enough to have my grandmother’s oral history recordings to listen to; many of them are in her language.

I recently read about the sacredness of breath and sound, and this is apparent in both her voice and laugh. I think it is important that we pass our stories on and honour our ancestors.

They survived an era that most of us can’t even begin to fathom. Thanks to their determination and strength, we are here today, with every opportunity available to us.

Mussi Cho, Lucy and Sam Peter.

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The fact that my heritage can be traced back to Lucy Peter, one of the most respected women of my community, makes me proud and reminds me that I have a lot to live up to because I am a reflection of my family.

Looking at her photo, you can’t help but feel her spirit — it shines through her eyes and smile. Her wisdom and strength will continue to influence her community for generations to come.

Lucy Peter was born in 1906, a member of the Crow Clan of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, and lived through many changes up until her death in 1999. She married Sam Peter and had 10 children, five of whom survived.

All of her children were born at Old Village — the site where most Nacho Nyak Dun Elders spent their lives before moving to Mayo. She shared many stories about life at Old Village and a huge part of her always wanted to move back.

Lucy and Sam were the last to leave the village in 1959 after being relocated to Mayo by an Indian Agent. The move to Mayo brought many changes that every community in the Yukon is familiar with.

The nomadic lifestyle that they had previously lived, hunting and fishing, was threatened, and most of their culture and language was lost. As cited in Gold & Galena: A History of the Mayo District by the Mayo Historical Society, it was around this time that the “Mayo Indian Band” would emerge.

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Eileen Peter is a member of the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation.

Our Children Tomorrow was presented in 1973. This marked the beginning of an effort to restore the identity, rights and culture of First Nations people in the Yukon.

Lucy and Sam played important roles in ensuring that the self-government and the Final Agreement for Nacho Nyak Dun were consistent with their strong beliefs.

Lucy could always be found at home, making moose soup and drinking tea. Visitors would stop in to share stories and be in her

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Sat & Sun10-11:30am Lunch Yoga Wednesdays 12:15 - 1:00pm.

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Fri, Nov 29 - Sat, Nov 30 Women’s Hockey Jamboree Takhini Arena wwhajamboree@ gmail.com Registration is now open for the 5th Whitehorse Women’s Jamboree! Lace up!

pamboyde.ca This class focuses on the 2nd section of the Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan hand form. Students should already know the first section

Fri, Nov 29 - Sat, Nov 30 Reservoir Dog tournament Better Bodies sign up on court 3

Nia Technique 6:15 PM Yukon Arts Centre Susie Anne Bartsch 335-3442 In the studio(enter at back of the building).A combination of martial arts, dance arts and healing arts set to music.

Sat, Nov 30 “Into the Mind” Sherpas Cinemas Ski Film 7:00 PM Beringia Centre Whitehorse premiere of Sherpas Cinemas newest groundbreaking feature film. Advance tickets at Up North Adventures $15. Proceeds to the YAA.

Wednesdays

Lunch Hour Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio with Sabu. all Levels welcome Ultimate Frisbee 12:00 PM Canada Games Center Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12.

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

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Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 1 6:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary Activity Room Helen Dobrowolsky 668-3814 midnight@ northwestel.net A beginners tai chi chuan class focussing on the first section of the traditional Yang family 103 movement hand form Adult Biathlon Program 6:30 PM Biathalon Range Judy: 334-6726 or Vern 633-2297 Bhangra dance with Gurdeep 7:00 PM Canada Games Centre In the Wellness Studio.

Polarettes Adult/Teen Drop-in 7:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School birdiebash@gmail. com Ring The Bell at front doors to join Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jess 335-3831 Table Tennis Drop in 7:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave 668-3358

Thursdays Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Hidden Valley Elementary Gymnasium Pam Boyde 633-6034 ttntaiji@

Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail.com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349. New members welcome.

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

Traditional Yang Style Sabre Form 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School Gymnasium Pam Boyde 633-6034 ttntaiji@pamboyde.ca An introductory tai chi weapon form that combines the smooth, easy movements of Tai Chi with the use of a sabre. Can be aerobic.

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

Fridays Moms and Kids Family Health and Recreation Program 10:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Erica 667-2693 All moms, grandmas, and kids under 8 are welcome to join us.

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12 Strength & Conditioning for Snowboarders 5:30 PM Elijah Smith Gymnasium Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 mary@ snowboardyukon,com Registration required.

Cardio Tennis Beginners 6:45 PM Canada Games Centre In the Flexihall. No class November 15 Punjabi Bhangra Dance 7:00 PM Family Literacy Centre Gurdeep 336-3344 a natural

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alternative to Cardio exercises, it requires energetic, rhythmic movements

Mondays

Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School birdiebash@gmail. com Ring The Bell at front doors to join

Ultimate Frisbee 12:00 PM Canada Games Center

Salsa Yukon’s Latin Dance Classes Beginner 1 & 2 7:30 PM Leaping Feats Dance Studio 335-0909 salsayukon@gmail.com Salsa Yukon’s Latin Dance Classes Intermediate 1 & 2 8:45 PM Leaping Feats Dance Studio 335-0909 salsayukon@gmail. com

Saturdays Tai Chi Practise 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Janet Maclachlan 633-5287 An open session to practise tai chi quan with other enthusiastic players. Everyone is welcome.

Drop-in Yoga Class 10:00 AM 303 Hawkins Street 456-7123 All Levels welcome Ultimate Frisbee 6:00 PM Canada Games Center Kris 333-9393 Scottish Country Dance Club 7:00 PM Pat 668-4976. No experience needed.

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

Sundays Drop-in Yoga Class 10:00 AM 303 Hawkins Street 456-7123 All Levels welcome Crestview Ski Group 11:00 AM free Pine Forest Loop 633-2455 Table Tennis Club 1:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School. Dave, 668-3358 Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience.

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School birdiebash@gmail. com Ring The Bell at front doors to join

Wellness Listings

Thu, Nov 28 Tibetan Buddhist Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche Returns 7:00 PM High Country Inn To talk on mind and how mental states affect accomplishment of our goals

Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop” 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Women’s Support Group Meeting 6:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Run by women for women who have experienced violence.

Wed, Dec 4 Connecting to Self through Sound and Movement 7:30 PM United Church In the basement.To connect with and explore their inner world through sound and movement.

Connecting to Self through Sound and Movement 7:30 PM Centre De La Francophonie Madelanne 336-4168 To connect with and explore their inner world through sound and movement.

Weekdays

Thursdays

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

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Pregnant women welcome!

Yin/Yang Flow Yoga 9:30 AM #150 2237 2nd Ave Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8.

Sally & Sisters lunch 12:00 PM Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women

Yukon Amateur Boxing Association Training Sessions 7:00 PM Avalanche Combat Arts Centre. Jeff, 335-3831 Trampoline for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 mary@snowboardyukon.com Registration Required

Tuesdays

Archery For Youth: Ages 12 -18 Years 4:30 PM Takhini Elementary School At the gym.

Please register before course starts Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica.

Yang Family Tai Chi Sword 6:00 PM Holy Family School Gymnasium Continued study of Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan 67 movement sword form from movement 39 Nia Technique 6:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Susie Anne Bartsch / 335-3442 In the studio(enter at back of the building).A combination of martial arts, dance arts and healing arts set to music.

Yang-style Tai Chi 7:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room Laura Beattie 456-7609 A tai chi chuan class introducing the Yang-style form, suitable for beginners and for those who’d like to go back to beginner’s mind.

Yang Family Tai Chi Push Hands 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Gymnasium Tai chi partner work to gain an understanding of the martial aspects of taijiquan & develop ting jing, listening skill Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome.

Or email them to: events@whatsupyukon.com

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

Wednesdays

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

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Wed, Nov 27 Connecting to Self through Sound and Movement 7:30 PM United Church In the basement.To connect with and explore their inner world through sound and movement.

Sat, Nov 30 Sun, Dec 1 Quantum Touch Energy Healing Touch Level 2 Workshop 9:30 AM Hootalinqua Fire Hall Alison 3350078 .

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

Triggers: What or Why 6:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Co-dependents Anonymous 7:00 PM Whitehorse United Church Calvin 334-5863 Spiritual science/Waldorf/Anthropop group 7:30 PM Hillcrest Josef 335-2300 Weekly study group exploring Waldorf/anthroposophy/spiritual science of R. Steiner, various topics. Free

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Fridays Family Health and Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Erica 667-2693 All kids under 8, moms, and grandmas are welcome.

Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 noon Food Bank 334-9317. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services

Saturdays Sat, Nov 9 Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Girl’s Club 12:00 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Anna 667-2693 All girls aged 11-19 are welcome to attend.

Sundays Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Mondays Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Pregnant women welcome!

Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 3349317. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 6675724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details. Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use.

Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706.

Self-empowering addiction recovery support group.

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

Tuesdays Support Group: Coping with Cancer Stress 12:00 PM Thomson Centre- Riverside Room Join to learn and share ways of coping and reducing cancer related stress Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 668-6466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday

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

Thursday

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

SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many

Friday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road

Dempster Highway Snowmobile Use Advisory You can now use your snowmobile along the Dempster Highway corridor from the Ogilvie River Bridge to the Yukon-NWT border. Hunters are reminded that Km 0 to 195 remains closed to caribou hunting.

Game Times Saturday November 30th 11:00 AM, 2:30 PM & 6:45 PM Sunday December 1st 8:45AM, 12:00PM & 3:15PM

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Part 2 of 4

Food for Thought with Katherine Belisle

Can Food Be Your Medicine?

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n part one of this four-part series, we looked at some discouraging reports on the effectiveness of synthetic vitamins and minerals. So, the question now is – how can we obtain the nutrients we need from food?

Every person is biochemically unique, so nutritional requirements vary greatly by person and age.

Our needs are affected by stress, illness, and our emotional, mental and spiritual states. However, there are some common nutrients that everyone can use more of: Vitamin-B complex and antioxidants help us combat stress.

Rich sources of vitamin B’s include nutritional yeast, egg yolks, liver, soaked and sprouted grains, beans and nuts, leafy greens, dairy (preferably unpasteurized), fermented foods and drinks, and meats.

Antioxidants are found in all fresh fruit and vegetables. In the Yukon, we can take advantage of the variety of berries, rose hips, and spruce tips to more than adequately meet our needs. However, B-vitamins and antioxidants are heat sensitive, so they can be destroyed by high heat or long periods of cooking. Fermented foods have increased content and bioavailability of these nutrients.

Healthy fats are most often associated with regulating mental, nervous and hormonal health but many people are confused about which fats are best. Cod liver oil is a must for Northerners in the winter, with its immune-boosting vitamin A and D. I also recommend getting fats from cold-water fish, wild meat, meat and bone broths, butter and butter oil, olive oil, coconut oil, and nut and seed oils.

Fats are one area where quality really counts, especially in childhood and pregnancy because toxins and hormones are stored in fat cells. So be careful that animal and fish fats come from organic, non-GMO, grass-fed animals or wild stock.

Olive and coconut oils should

PHOTO: Katherine Belisle

A Yukoner’s Health Elixir: Homemade soup from bison broth, local veggies and weeds, seaweed, and red sauerkraut provides much of what we need to build and maintain health. be cold-pressed and/or virgin. Try Sarah Pope’s e-book, Get Your Fats Straight for a holistic approach to good versus bad fats and cooking with fats.

Minerals, like magnesium, are in short supply in our diet. Most importantly, we need them for strong bones and teeth, cellular exchanges and balancing body pH levels. The best sources are green leafy vegetables, seaweeds and homemade meat or bone broths.

Digestive enzymes and probiotics help strengthen and support digestion. They increase assimilation of nutrients and maintain healthy intestinal flora. Raw foods like fresh produce, sprouts, and

unpasteurized dairy products contain enzymes that aid digestion.

Fermented foods like miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir and kombucha help with digestion and detoxification and provide beneficial bacteria and yeasts.

For Yukoners, a bowl of soup made from homemade wild meat broth, local veggies, leafy weeds or greens, and served with some sauerkraut, kimchi or miso will provide you with all of the above.

Yet, for many people, eating healthy is still not improving their health. In the next week we’ll investigate that, and explore some simple, non-supplement based ways to get more from our food.

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The idea of getting together and singing popular songs has spread to Whitehorse

by Carl Christensen

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new choir has formed in Whitehorse and before it began it was already reaching capacity. It seems people are eager to sing popular, radio-style and indie songs from the past 30 years.

They’ve called themselves the Whitehorse Pop Choir, and they perform a variety of songs unlikely to be found in more traditional choirs. Their set list ranges from such established artists as Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, and The Dream Academy, to current indie folk groups, like the Fleet Foxes.

Erica Mah, who moved to Whitehorse in September, brought the idea with her from Vancouver.

A longtime singer-songwriter herself, Erica Mah also performs alongside her husband Darcy McCord.

Before she moved North, she had already set plans in motion to recruit members for her new choir.

“It was a funny experience coming here in September,” she says. “I had sent something out on Artsnet and – boom – I got lots of responses. Word got out and before I even got here it was a full

house. Yeah, it’s been popular.”

The pop choir format appeals to some who may otherwise not consider being in a choir. Then there are others who are involved in other choir groups, but are happy to get the extra practice and expand their repertoire.

“Some people sing in two other choirs,” Mah says. “They sing every day and have lots of experience. But then there are a number of people who’ve never sung in a choir before. They were just grateful to have a chance to sing because they’ve always wanted to, but have been afraid because they would have to audition, or have to read sheet music or things like that. So it’s been really nice to welcome beginners and people of all levels.”

Erica Mah first encountered pop choirs in Berlin while visiting her sister, and later joined a pop choir in Vancouver before deciding to bring the concept North.

“It’s a way to get to know a song that you love,” she says.

“When it comes right down to it, everyone loves to sing along to their favorite songs. To be able to do that with a whole group with different parts and accompani-

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Members of the Whitehorse Pop Choir gather for a practice. Left to Right: Erica Mah,Darcy McCord, Sean Wilkinson, Tess Lawrence, Katie Zdybel, Monique Chatterton and Brook Land-Murphy. ment – it’s a really exciting thing to do. It’s a different kind of excitement than mastering a traditional choral piece.

“But don’t get me wrong, I love choral music and I love classical music. Most of the singing I’ve done with other choirs has been a

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The Choir revolution; continued ... more classical style you don’t get that same feeling of singing along to your favourite song.”

The choir is 20 people strong, with a mix of vocal ranges, age groups, as well as experience levels. Somebody who falls in between not-much-choir experience and plenty-of-performing-live experience is Fiona Solon.

Solon performed in choirs as a teenager and in bands as an adult.

She has led local rock groups Pegasus Wing and Hammerhead, and, most recently, started playing bass and singing backup vocals for Old Cabin. But she hadn’t been intrigued by the traditional choirs

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in town.

“I have a long love affair with classic rock,” says Solon. “I knew the words to some Styx songs before I remember ever going to school. So when Erica posted on Artsnet for the pop choir I was all over it. I just can’t get enough.”

Along with playing music and singing in the choir, Solon is also the president of The Guild Hall and the producer of the burlesque show Varietease. She’s also got a regular job.

“I do a lot of stuff in the community because I love it,” she says. “If I was going to take something else on, regardless of what it was, it would have to be fun and

not a huge commitment.”

So the pop choir must be fun.

With just 20 members they are comfortable meeting and practicing in Erica Mah’s living room.

For now.

The Whitehorse Pop Choir will be performing their first show on Dec. 4 at the L’Association francoyukonnaise. Space is limited and tickets are close to sold out. To enquire about any available tickets, or any spots that may open in the choir, email Erica Mah at ericamah.music@gmail.com.

Carl Christensen is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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Life of a Yukon Girl

Recipe for Chocolate Ice Cream

with Allie Haydock

What’s up, Yukon Weather?

T

he Yukon is full of surprises.

You never know what is going to come next, especially when you look at the weather.

Take this year, for example. I am happy that we had an extra warm, long and sunny summer, but by the time late October/early November is here, I’d rather have snow on the ground. Although not having snow would happen almost every year if I lived in Germany — which is another thing that makes the Yukon so great!

I was starting to think that there might be no snow for Christmas, which would have been terrible for me. The worst part about not having snow in November is that by early in the month it was too cold to go outside in just a t-shirt, but there wasn’t enough snow to build snow forts and have snowball fights.

This year instead of having snow forts it would be more fun to let the snow on our lawn get as high as possible, and then dig tunnels all around our property.

It’s also fun to shovel snow and get firewood on my dad’s skidoo, especially since we get to have a joy ride on the skidoo afterward, too.

There was one advantage though (for all the kids in our family, anyway). There was a wonderful supply of ice on our lawn, which was perfect for skatingwith-your-shoes-on, although I

Place one pint of whipping cream and ¼ cup of chocolate syrup (or ¼ cup cocoa powder and sweetener of your choice, we use maple syrup and stevia) in a blender.

Mix well. Get a big bowl full of fresh snow from outside.

Stir it all together.

Eat fresh and enjoy.

PHOTO: courtesy of Emma Kaiser

Long summers are fun, but you can’t have this much fun in November unless there is snow on the ground. am sure the adults weren’t that happy about the ice.

My mom wasn’t too happy about the weather, either, because she still had some brussel

sprouts in her garden that needed to be covered with snow. The deer that come in the winter to eat out of my mom’s garden were happy to know that.

Just so you know, while I am writing this I have no idea when you will be reading this and by then we might have 2° or -40°C. As my Dad was told when he

first came to the Yukon, “If you don’t like the weather, wait for five minutes.”

I don’t like the weather when there is not enough snow.

Let it snow!

Another reason for snow: ICE CREAM made of SNOW

Santa TRAIN! WP&YR cordially invites you to ride the

Saturday December 7 at the White Pass Depot Santa arrives at 11 AM Alaska Time Zone in Skagway, Alaska Train departs as soon as Santa has visited with all the children.

(Please arrive no later than 11:45 AM Alaska Time Zone if you plan to ride the train!)

e Train rid and is FREE he open to t public.

Children 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Dress warmly and bring blankets!

Craving a Specialty Espresso Drink?

Be sure to stop by the WP&YR Coffee Bar December 7th: 8 AM to 2 PM December 9th-13th: 7 AM to 3 PM December 14th: 8 AM to 3 PM

Annual Quilt Show Saturday Dec. 14 9 AM to 2 PM White Pass Depot, Skagway, Alaska Come see what our local quilters have been up to!

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