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hen 2010 began I had three living grandparents, but by the year’s end I had none.

My mom’s parents were Walter (Waddy) and Beth Robertson, both born in 1917, both raised in the lower mainland of British Columbia, both quintessential children of the depression.

Shortly after Waddy’s return from the European Theatre in 1945, they bought a modest suburban home in Burnaby where they raised my mom and her sister and continued to live for the remainder of their lives. They never ate at restaurants, enjoyed shoestring downhill skiing vacations, and took a thrifty, risk-adverse approach to personal economics.

But they were generous.

When my parents arrived in the Yukon in 1980, Beth and Waddy helped them buy a steel duplex in the back of Hillcrest and a beautiful new Toyota Corolla station wagon. They also helped with my university education.

Beth was an early feminist of sorts, strong and strongly opinionated about everything from sushi to NAFTA. In her early years she was a basketball star at UBC, in her later years she was a New York Times crossword ace, but in her final years she all but disappeared to the corrosive invasion of dementia.

Waddy was quieter, but possessed a sly humour. Once, in preparation for a Christmas gift

exchange game, he disappeared briefly, wrapped someone’s shoe and added it to the pile of presents. He was the last of his friends and siblings to hold a valid driver’s licence, and so he spent his waning years piloting his white Volvo around Vancouver, doing favours for others. A saint, my mother called him.

Within months of Beth passing, he followed.

Like June and Johnny.

My father’s father, Jarvis Jickling, was born in rural Saskatchewan in 1926 and raised in Winnipeg, where he played hockey with Terry Sawchuck and developed the blue collar work ethic that would hold-fast throughout his life.

At 17, he joined the Navy and was shipped off to Europe in time for the denouement of World War II. Upon his return he set up camp in Duncan, B.C. with my grandmother Kathleen. He worked first as a carpenter and then as a foreman at the local sawmill.

Shortly before Kathleen passed in ‘78, he and my grandmother took a trip to Italy with my parents. In his final years there was rarely a visit where he didn’t recount stories from that adventure.

Jarvis never had too much extra, but once or twice in my twenties, when I found myself on the skinny side of both the poverty line and the mental health spectrum, I got a letter from him that contained a timely cheque: “A bit of spending money,” he wrote.

I have wonderful memories of all three: baseball in the backyard, plastic animals in my bed, fresh cherries, hockey rivalries, Expo ’86, pitch n’ putt, homemade toys, Fruit Loops, cousins in a wheelbarrow, long-range slingshots and cable TV. But as we all aged I felt increasingly awkward around them.

Maybe I didn’t like to see my own mortality reflected from their faces onto mine, or maybe I was just short-sighted and selfish. Regardless, by the end of 2010 the awkwardness was gone, replaced by loss.

Grandparents keep us tethered to our heritage, but inevitably we must forge on without them. The best we can do is refuse to take them for granted while they are with us.

It’s a lesson I understood well in 2011.

Walter and Beth Robertson, circa 2000.

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When Home Isn’t a Happy Place

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or 20 years Eleanor Millard has been providing support to grandparents who want to rescue their grandchildren.

Year after year, Millard’s phone rings, and an anonymous person on the other end needs help figuring out what the options are for taking a grandchild away from the parents.

“They usually say they’re worried about their grandchildren, because they’re being neglected,” Millard says. “It could be that their daughter’s boyfriend is being abusive to the kids, but they have no proof. They may have been to see the social worker and the social worker needs proof.”

Millard is the driving force behind the Grandparents Rights Association of the Yukon (GRAY). She cares, and listens to the distressed grandparent. She also counsels the grandparent on options available, and will even attend meetings with social workers, lawyers, mediators, and the parent(s).

During the past 20 years, the calls just keep coming and the problems are the same.

“The reason I stick with it is because people need to have someone who will listen to them and understand their situation,” Millard says. “It’s even just effective when I say that I’ve had the same situation. A lot of them are embarrassed by their family being a mess – and they’re relieved to hear that somebody who sounds a bit professional is understanding.”

Millard’s understanding goes deep. She knows what it’s like to

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be worried about one’s grandkids, and she understands the social systems.

Her understanding of the situation comes partly from her experience as a social worker, a drug and alcohol outreach worker, an adult continuing education counselor, and as an MLA. Her depth of understanding also comes from having spent six months researching the situation.

In 2008 the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation in Carmacks commissioned Millard to conduct interviews in the community to define the scope of this issue.

Millard completed the six-month project and prepared a report called “Na Doonea Chi: Kinship Care in the Yukon.”

Her results showed that of the grandparents caring for children on a full-time basis, 41 per cent were doing it because the parents had addictions; 24 per cent said the parents were neglecting the children; and 35 per cent had other reasons, such as parents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, parents who had died or had health problems, or parents that couldn’t look after their children due to financial problems.

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Jicklings Jabberings................. 2 Grandparent’s Rights................ 3 A Klondike Korner................... 4 Yukon Love............................ 5 Edible Yukon.......................... 6 Looking Back.......................... 7 Harreson Tanner..................... 8 Seeking Beervana...................10 Hunting for Wildlife................11 Kluane Research Camp............12 Nude Neighbours....................15 Rae Spoon............................16 ODD Gallery Exhibit................17 Shary Boyle..........................18 Dennis Allen..........................22 Vocal Coaching......................23

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Carcross resident Eleanor Millard is the driving force behind the advocacy group Grandparents Rights Association of the Yukon (GRAY). She makes house calls and will accompany grandparents to meetings with their kids, mediators, lawyers, and social workers – in addition to offering advice on the phone. awhile and is picking up on clues that there is a problem in the home.

“It could be a boyfriend, or it could be the daughter or the son,” Millard says. “But usually the mother is fighting with her daughter, because the daughter is involved with drugs or alcohol, or she is in an abusive relationship, which worries the mother.”

In every case the grandparent is worried about how to make home life for the grandchild safe, loving, and stable.

Some grandparents want the child to come and live with them; some can’t afford to raise the child, but want something to be done.

Millard offers help with all of

these issues through GRAY, for free.

“Some don’t know anything about the social services, and some do and aren’t happy with them,” Millard says. “Most need someone to talk to and give direction.”

GRAY is a not-for-profit organization, and they don’t advertise.

People find out about it through word of mouth.

“When somebody has trouble, people will say, ‘Why don’t you phone Eleanor?’” she says. “And the MLAs know me – so it’s word of mouth, more than anything.”

For more information about the Grandparents’ Rights Association of the Yukon, call 867-821-3821.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

The Legacy of Dick North will Endure T

he late Dick North used to quip that with a surname like his it was no mystery that he worked as a journalist in the Yukon.

North was inexorably drawn here, telling me the first time I interviewed him in 1986 that Jack London’s stories fascinated him as a child.

In 1954, after serving in World War II and attending colleges from Washington to California, North found himself in the First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, talking about London with the son of the original owner, who had sponsored London in his college days. Even then, he wondered if London’s Yukon cabin that birthed so much fiction still existed.

Fast-forward 14 years and North was working for the Alaska Daily Empire. He gave himself a treat by canoeing down the Yukon

River.

On that trip he learned that London’s cabin probably still existed, and a few years later he was instrumental in organizing an expedition to find it.

He was also instrumental in striking a deal that would see half of it relocated to Dawson’s Jack London Square where, in 1987, it would finally be developed into today’s Mecca for London enthusiasts.

North’s own collection of memorabilia is featured prominently in Jack London Square and he was its chief interpreter until ill health forced his retirement in 2009.

But London was just the tip of the iceberg. There was scarcely a Yukon mystery or adventure from the first half of the 20th century that North did not research and put between covers.

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Dick North, centre, accepts a Commissioner’s Award for Public Service in 2003 from MLA Peter Jenkins (left) and Commissioner Jack Cable.

Johnson inspired North to write The Mad Trapper of Rat River and Trackdown, the best works about the life and identity of the enigmatic recluse. Later he would attempt to understand the man in a novel, The Man Who Didn’t Fit in.

After watching caribou moving in Alaska, he wrote Arctic Exodus, about the great reindeer drive of 1929.

After visiting Dawson City, North delved into the tale of the North-West Mounted Police’s doomed dogsled journey of December 1910. Led by Inspector Francis Fitzgerald, the Mounties left Fort McPherson bound for Dawson, but became disoriented.

North recounts this tragic tale in The Last Patrol.

He eventually returned to Jack

London, writing a small booklet about the finding of the cabin and eventually incorporating that story into a memoir that tracked London’s Yukon trail and his own efforts to trace it. Sailor on Snowshoes is a fascinating book.

During the last 15 years of his life, Dick North was a Canadian citizen, having spent many years living in both Whitehorse and Dawson City.

A quiet man who cared more about the stories he wrote than his reputation, he always seemed surprised when honours came his way, yet come they did.

The Yukon Order of Pioneers made him a member. The Klondike Visitors Association honoured his work. In 2003 he received a Commissioner’s Award for Public

Service. One of the streets in the Dawson’s Dome Subdivision was named for him in 2004 and his work was celebrated as an entry in that year’s Discovery Days parade.

In 2008 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and in that same year he was presented with a special Commissioner’s Certificate in further recognition of his work.

Dick North left us on September 23, 2013, but his impact on the territory and its history will remain for years to come. He was 84.

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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Yukon Love with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

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After 65 years, Rose and Gordon Toole are still best friends and life partners.

“It was a lot of work to get it going, setting up the cabins and checking trails,” she says. “We went snowshoeing up the mountain in -40 C. But we loved being together all the time and we talked so much.”

“We both agreed those years were the best of our lives,” Gordon says. “We got along so well – it was just something really special.”

Now they spend winters in Whitehorse and summers in Watson Lake, visiting with their farflung children and grandchildren whenever they can.

In both places, Rose says they have the same morning routine: “I make the coffee while Gordon’s getting ready.”

“Then I bring it to her while she’s sitting on the chesterfield watching TV,” Gordon adds. “We help each other with everything.”

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But she wasn’t as thrilled when the two moved back to Snag later that year.

“Gordon promised me we’d only be there for a few months, but we were there for two years,” she says. “When I landed and saw the Met had no accommodations for us, I wanted to get right back on the plane.”

They spent the first few months living in the mess hall while they fixed up a nearby shack. A year later, the Met Service finally had space for married couples.

“They had converted the men’s barracks into five apartments,” Rose says. “Until then it was very rustic.”

The two persevered. Soon they moved to Watson Lake and started a family: twin boys followed by four more children.

Rose’s pioneer spirit shone through when the couple began spending winters on a trapline north of Watson Lake.

“We went out for the first time in 1985 once the kids had all left home,” Gordon notes.

By then he had his pilot’s licence and Rose had her radio operator’s licence, and they were part owners of Watson Lake Flying Service. They would often fly in to one of the main cabins with supplies.

Rose kept a diary during these years, part of which she published in her book, A Promise Fulfilled: My Life on a Yukon Trapline.

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e’ve been married 65 years and we still talk to each other,” Gordon Toole chuckles warmly. “I still feel the same about Rose as I did when we first got married, even more so.”

The two met in 1948 thanks to Rose’s brother, Louis. Louis and Gordon both worked in the Yukon at the Snag airstrip – Louis with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Gordon with the Meteorological Service (the Met Service).

In 1948, when Louis headed home to Edmonton while on leave, he brought Gordon along.

“I saw him sitting on the chesterfield,” Rose remembers, “and we hit it off right off the bat.”

Gordon was en route to the new Patricia Bay base near Victoria, B.C. but after meeting Rose he quickly put in for a transfer with the Met Service to be near her.

“After I met Rose I decided Edmonton was much more attractive,” he says.

Over the next few months, the two spent as much time as possible together.

“He used to meet me at work and take me for lunches,” Rose says. “And every Saturday afternoon we’d go bowling – with my sisters as chaperones.”

Then on May 1, 1949, the two got married in Edmonton.

“It was a beautiful day,” says Rose, “Just wonderful.”

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Edible Yukon with Kim Melton

Then and Now

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The house sits at the bottom of a hill, with a small road separating it from a shallow bay. On the uphill side there is an immaculately maintained fence covered in wild raspberry bushes, sprouting up from an old hand-built rock wall.

When we moved into the house I learned that all this was the work of our neighbours, Bonar and Bess Cooley.

The Cooleys were invaluable during the two years I lived there.

Bonar was always ready to lend a hand or a tool, which often came with a story. Told over a cup of coffee, or just over the fence, these stories spanned over fifty years of life on the land around Teslin with Bess.

This is what Bonar told me about the role of wild food in his life: We harvest lots of wild foods: fish, mushrooms, berries, moose.

Bess is Tlingit and grew up with

Bonar Cooley shares his thoughts on 50 years of wild harvesting We certainly did more camping years ago, not only on the river but up towards the head of the lake, or on the Canol.

You see, both of us had something to learn from each other. I learned about Bess’s Tlingit lifestyle and way of harvesting and preparing food, and she learned mine.

Back in those days it was a steep learning curve for me, I was a student, and Bess and her family were constantly teaching me.

Now in his seventies, Bonar is still very active and has his own students, myself included. One of the most important lessons I learned from these and other neighbours in Teslin is the generosity that goes along with wild harvesting.

To receive from nature is PHOTO: Kim Melton such a gift, and that gift demands to be passed on: doing so The Nisutlin River has long been a hunting area for Teslin Tlingit. connects us to each other and to the land upon which we depend. these foods – as well as others that and geese when the kids were at fee – it was almost mandatory that The greatest joys I have experiwe don’t eat anymore, like beaver home, but once we began working we stop in at each camp. enced come not from gathering Those were good times on the itself, but from sharing with those and porcupine – and they are still steady and being well paid there wasn’t a need any more. My favor- river, with the old-school, pre- in need and those I love. quite important to us.

I’ve been in Teslin coming up ite times were oh, 20 or 30 years highway Tlingit people, really in on 52 years, and while we harvest ago, when there would be lots of touch with the land. Many of those Kim Melton is an enthusiastic less than we did 40 years ago, it Tlingit people up on the Nisutlin people are gone now. I think a lot forager and gardener, inspired isn’t because we don’t try. We River at their camps, and going up of people still go up the river, but by all things that make up used to get lots of grouse, ducks the river you could smell the cof- I guess we don’t get out as much! good, local food.

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A Backward Glance Down Memory Road

by Doug Bell

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They were called “the good old days.” Time, war and technology pushed them aside with a chain of airports, and thousands of warplanes heading to Russia. A road followed the next year, with vehicles galore, bringing some new good old days, and new people with new stories.

Dust came with the Alcan, the Alaska Highway – or The Road, as we usually called it. Eighteenwheelers kicking up dust clouds reminded us of the Dirty Thirties as we picked the grit from our teeth.

The truckers kept us on their side, flashing rear-facing lights, signaling it was safe to pass – a trust which never failed. But they couldn’t stop the gravel, which came with the dust, from meeting windshields where cracks and curses came together.

It wasn’t long after V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day), August 15, 1945, when post war ads were promising nylons for the gals, and no more flat tires for the guys.

Tubeless tires would do it they said, and they were soon on our ’41 Olds.

Aha, post war-good old days are upon us, eh?

Well, those tubeless tires were great until they met a forty below morning, and then these bloody new tires went flat. One morning I began the day with two flats, but one spare. Cracked windshield cursing was Sunday school teacher talk that morning as I put tubes back in all of them.

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North country, which was his true addiction. He went Outside once, maybe twice in two decades. And he grieved for anyone who had to, or heaven forbid, wanted to move Outside.

Vic Johnson’s strength became legend, lifting 45-gallon drums of fuel. He had moral strength, too. Once, when a bully, big enough to challenge him was hassling a friend, Gentleman Vic, who seldom cursed, said to the man politely, “I think you should stop bothering my friend.”

The usual retort came, “Yeh, you and who else will stop me?”

Friends told me Vic reached forward, with his right arm, grasped the bully by his shirt and tie simply lifted him off the floor, held him there a few moments and set him down.

The stranger said, Photo: courtesy of Doug Bell “Yes, sir,” and left.

Vic fits well into this tribute from an unnamed sourdough: “This is a hard, demanding My fiancé Pearl took this picture country. For the most part it has of me in 1944. We went for a drive always attracted the more selfreliant, individualistic and advenin this 1928 Buick, and we had turous type of people. Most asked seven flats in that 48 hours. little of others but gave freely of themselves. They were people worth knowing and people worth Smoking was in then. From remembering.”

Vic was happiest with a puzzle Grandma to me, our family puffed.

Father, mother, aunts, uncles and to solve, a machine to free from a spouses – it was a shock to my bog, or maybe a 50-mile walk to fiancé. But she loved Grandma his friend’s place.

He approached his final hours Dewey who smoked Millbank and hoisted her ankle length skirt al- the same way. He left the good old most to her waist to get ‘em from days behind for a new challenge, a the top of her stocking, where she new adventure. kept that bright yellow package.

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Where Do You Go After The Yukon?

A pillar of Yukon’s art community finds greener grass in the Arctic tundra

by John Boivin

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welve months ago, Harreson Tanner thought he was leaving the Yukon for good.

Like many seniors, Tanner wanted to be closer to his children and grandchildren. So he and his wife sold their Riverdale home and moved to Ontario.

“We quickly learned that we saw more of our family when we lived in Yukon,” says Tanner, 69.

“We would block off time, go east and visit. With the fact that we were there, we didn’t see them as much.”

They also found the community was much less than desired. St. Thomas, Ontario, is in the middle of Ontario’s growing rust-belt.

“There were 24 different automobile plant closings in our area in the last few years,” he says.

“The main street had to be 70 per cent boarded-up.”

Tanner, who networked, lobbied and hustled to build Yukon’s art community for a decade, found the cultural scene in smalltown Ontario nearly non-existent.

So when his wife found that early retirement wasn’t to her liking, they began to look around for options. It didn’t take long for the Yukon to beckon.

“I saw a posting that was good for Patricia (Fortier, Tanner’s wife) with the Vuntut Gwitchin government in Old Crow,” he says.

She applied and got the job.

So at a time when many seniors are looking for a comfortable retirement home, Tanner finds himself above the Arctic Circle, in a community with no road access and little industry. He has

PHOTO: Patricia Fortier

Harreson Tanner, a longtime Yukoner, but newcomer to Old Crow, stands beside trophies from many hunts previous – a common sight in that Artic town. no job, is living in a doublewide trailer and finds himself cooking and cleaning, and keeping home for his busy partner.

And he couldn’t be happier.

“People are lovely, asking if we need anything,” he says. “Right off the bat they’re open and welcoming. It makes you feel you belong.”

Tanner spends his days walking

his dogs (who aren’t so thrilled about doing their business in howling Arctic wind), meeting people, and building connections.

It’s quite a change from Ontario.

“We were in a community that is probably 70 per cent senior, and the seniors there are 20 years older than the seniors in the Yukon,” Tanner says. “There’s

nothing to stimulate them. Here, you just look out your window in wonder.”

Tanner and his wife have met

elders, taken part in community feasts, walked, hiked and driven to local landmarks. There’s been little time to get bored.

“People are more active here, and because of the nature of the circumpolar environment, people look out for each other,” he says.

It’s hard to keep an active senior contained — or isolated — even in a remote sub-Arctic settlement.

Tanner is already drawing up plans to bring Whitehorse artists North to work in the community doing sculpture, painting and photography. And he’s getting involved in the wider territorial arts community, working with members of Ted Harrison Artist’s Retreat Society and Yukon Artists at Work, where he’s a founding member.

Tanner’s wife has a contract for a year in Old Crow. After that they’ll play it by ear, but leaving the Yukon again is not in the cards.

“It feels so good to be back in the arms of friends and community,” says Tanner. “It feels vibrant and alive.

“I felt like I was 90 in Ontario,” he says. “Here, I feel like I’m 50 again.”

John Boivin is many, many years away from being a senior living in Whitehorse.

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Sat, Oct 24 - Mon, Nov 4 Travelling Cloth Letter Exhibition This is dedicated to the KIDS in JAPAN from the KIDS in CANADA in response to the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami disaster in 2011. Yukon Art Centre and Canada Games Centre until Fri, Oct 25 All Over the Map: “Our Northern Backyard” North End Gallery The Artist is Blair M Thorson and his Medium on exhibition is Watercolour on Maps. until Sat, Oct 26 Exhibit by Joseph Tisiga 10:00 AM Arts Underground In the Edge Gallery. until Sat, Oct 26 Faces by Amber Church Opening Reception 5:00 PM Yukon Art Centre Community Gallery until Sat, Oct 26 Enclosed - Exhibit by Marlene and Cathleen Collins 10:00 PM Arts Underground In the Focus Gallery. until Tue, Oct 29 Elevation by Erin Dixon Yukon Artists at Work An Exploration of Yukon Mountains. Bright, colourful paintings of Yukon mountains from Tombstone to Haines Junction. until Thu, Oct 31 The History Behind the Street Names in Downtown Whitehorse Arts Underground Paved with Stories.Current Off-Site Exhibit of the MacBride Museum. until Sat, Nov 16 Ken Anderson, James Nizam, & Yam Lauln All Day Yukon Arts Centre At the Public Art Gallery. 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

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provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Acrylic Painting Open Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground easels and water containers on site.

Please bring your paints, brushes, supports and rags. Contact: 667-4080 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn 667-2527 fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars Yukon R/C 7:00 PM Mud Bog Motor-Cross Track provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Bring your R/C and meet other hobby enthusiast Voice/Movement Group For Adults 7:30 PM United Church Downstair

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Film

Wed, Oct 16 Gold Fever: Award Winning Film, 7:00 PM The Old Fire Hall Doors open 6:30pm.

Presented by Amnesty International Whitehorse Action Circle, Fri, Oct 18 Francophone Film Festival Louis Cyr: l’homme le plus fort du monde (Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World). Drama, 2013, in French with English subtitles. 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Sat Oct 19 Francophone Film Festival: Camille Redouble (Camille Rewinds) 9:00 PM Old Firehall Sun Oct 20 Francophone Film Festival: Zarafa 3:00 PM Old Firehall Sun Oct 20 Francophone Film Festival: Regard sur le court - Shorts 7:00 PM Old Firehall Sun Oct 20 Francophone Film Festival: Lesbiana, une révolution parallèle (Lesbiana, a Parallel Revolution) 8:00 PM Old Firehall Thu Oct 24 Garbage The Revolution Starts At Home 7:00 PM Old Fire Hall Doors open at 6:30 pm. Discussion / Q&A to follow. The director will be available by skype.

Sat, Oct 26 The Met: Live In HD The Nose 9:55 AM Yukon Arts Centre About a beleaguered Russian official and his runaway nose.

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Farmer’s Market 3:00 PM Shipyards Park local produce and arts & crafts (starts May 16th) Feminist Book Club 5:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre a book club for feminists

Fridays

Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome) ESL Conversation Club - 5:30 PM Multi-Cultural Centre on a drop in basis TGIF - Dinner 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Canadian Legion Steven Grossinger. Dinner and entertainment on Friday nights, with a variety of menu and entertainment formats.

Saturdays

Yukon Amateur Radio Association 9:30 PM A&W Informal breakfast with YARA members, Hams from outside the Yukon often join

Sundays

Whitehorse Scrabble Club 1:00 PM Gold Rush Inn Micah 336-4643 Adult Pottery Drop-in 2:30 PM at Arts Underground, 667-2159. Clay is available for purchase. Equipment and tools are provided.

Closed Holidays.

Ceramic Open-Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground SingAlongMessiah Collective Auditions and Rehearsals 4:00 PM United Church Rachel 668-7502 To perform a sing-along performance of Handel’s Messiah on December 20th and 21st, 2013. Come try out.

551 Whitehorse Air Cadets 6:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary School CaptainJennifer Lafreniere 668-7688

Youth Shooting Program 7:00 PM Whitehorse Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Rifle & Pistol Club Introductory Open House and Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs sign-up for Youth ages 10-19 years. Parental 667-3006 permission required.

Twoonie Race 7:00 PM alternating Mt Mac or Chadburn with Contagious Mountain Bike Club Romp & Run Playgroup 9:30 AM at Whitehorse YFC/Youth Unlimited 7:30 PM LePage Park Melissa Teeuwsen 335-8809 Hang out in the park United Church.

Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM every Tuesday night, rain or shine. All youth are Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs welcome.

667-3006 Art Smarts Kids After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Marlene Collins (mcollins@ northwestel.net) 667-4080 Ages 7-9

snacks provided and prayers 20 minutes Info: 667-2989

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Wednesdays

Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM 6209 – 6th Avenue, 393-2824 BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Yoga In The Alpine “Teen Yoga” 5:30 PM at Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net Instructor Tammy Biathlon Junior Team Training 5:30 PM at Grey Mountain Road. Keith Clarke, ktclarke@ northwestel.net

Thursdays Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM at 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Kid’s After School Art Club 3:30 PM Arts Underground Yukon Art Society reception@ artsunderground.ca 667-4080 Ages 10-14 until October 25 Kids After School Programs/Mix It Up (Mixed Media) 3:30 PM Arts Underground Instructor:Karen Rhebergen. 6 sessions.

Archery For Youth: Ages 12 -18 Years 4:30 PM Takhini Elementary School At the gym. Please register before course starts Northern Lights Judo Club 5:00 PM at Ecole Emilie Tremblay School, judoyukon@ gmail.com. Under 15 years

Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier School, judoyukon@gmail.com. Ages under 15 Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14

Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Style 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 jowho2u@gmail. com These qigong and tai chi exercises help with relaxation, flexibility, balance and strength.

Tuesdays

Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30 AM at Greenwood Place. Lois at 667-6149 Elder/Active Bingo 6:00 PM at Elk’s Hall

Conventions & Conferences

Wed, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 17 Canada’s North Summit 2013 All Day High Country Inn Yukon Arts Centre 667.8577

Meetings

Fri, Oct 24 - Sun Oct 25 Dawson Invitation Volleyball Tournament for more info email ron. billingsley@yestnet.yk.ca Wed, Oct 16 Brown Bag Speaker Series: Dr. Shawkat Shareef 12:00 PM Yukon College In Rm A2103. Theme: Money, Masculinity & Sustainability: Some thoughts & worries for Fort McMurray.

Wed, Oct 16 Invitation to Northern Networking

Exchange 4:00 PM High Country Inn At the Sally & Sisters Lunch Noon at Food Bank, Yukon Convention Centre. Sponsored by the The

334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women (children Conference Board of Canada.

Wed, Oct 16 Comedy Night Live 9:00 PM Jarvis welcome) Wed, Oct 16 YEU Local Y025 (Whitehorse Street Saloon open mic stand-up Hospital Workers) monthly meeting 5:30 PM Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access Fri, Oct 18 A Haitian TGIF! 5:00 PM Westmark YEU Hall 667-2331 .

Whitehorse karenwienberg@gmail.com 334-3928 7:00 PM 633-4003 Located on Gray Mtn Road Wed, Oct 16 Women’s Support Group Meeting Range officers on duty LIVE music, services Auction, Comedy, Silent 6:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Run “GOODS” Auction. Proceeds Little Footprints Big by women for women who have experienced

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Free English Conversation Group 302 StrickFri, Oct 18 Let’s Play! Trivia Night | A Thu, Oct 17 Yukon Hospital Corporation AGM Gwaandak Theatre Fundraiser 7:00 PM Kwanlin land St., lower level. 668-5907. Bring your own Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Rec Night: 7:00 PM Whitehorse General Hospital In the Dün Cultural Centre info@gwaandaktheatre.com lunch manhunt, floor hockey, dodgeball and more. 6209 cafeteria.

Bingo (Regular Games) 5:00 PM at Elks Hall 393-2676 Yukon-themed Trivia Night inspired by - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Fri, Oct 18 Kakwaye Ku child care society AGM TV trivia shows. Corporate and community teams Whitehorse Curling Club, 667-2875 Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins 6:00 PM Yukon College .

Potluck Food Co-op - Info-Market 4:00 PM 5th will compete.

School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Tue, Oct 22 Braeburn Lake Christian Camp Ave, between Wood St. and Jarvis St. Sat, Oct 19 & Sun, Oct 20 Make a Copper BYTE radio 4:00PM CJUC 92.5FM Association AGM 5:15 PM United Church .

Vessel 10:00 AM Parks and Recreation Building A Strength & Conditioning for Snowboarders Tue, Oct 22 Air Cadets Assembly 6:15 PM 2 day simple course.

5:30 PM Elijah Smith Gymnasium Head Whitehorse Elementary School Capt. Jennifer Sat, Oct 19 Basic Car Maintenance workshop, Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 mary@ Lafreniere / 668-7688 For youths 12 - 18 years 1:00 PM Yukon College Hillary 667-2693 VFWC Sat, Oct 26 Halloween Spooktacular 3:00 PM snowboardyukon,com Registration required. old. is partnering with Yukon Women in Trades and Canada Games Centre Celebrate Halloween with Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre Tue, Oct 22 International Bike Relay Technology and Yukon College. your kids Safely.

AfterShock Youth Group 7:00 PM Church of the Association AGM 7:00 PM Sport Yukon In the Sat, Oct 19 Senator’s Ball 6:00 PM Yukon Inn In FREE DROP IN at Yukon Family Literacy Nazarene 633-4903 Ages 12 to 18 boardroom. the Fireside Room. A non-partisan event for the Centre Mon-Fri Noon - 3:00 PM, Wed, Oct 23 Women’s Support Group Meeting benefit of Special Olympics Yukon.

Mon-Wed 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sat 10:00 AM

6:30 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Run Wed, Oct 23 Art Talk with Tammy Deck 5:30 PM 3:00 PM (2nd Floor of Canada Games Centre) Boy’s & Girl’s Club 3:00 - 9:00 PM Youth Chef by women for women who have experienced Old Firehall Learn about the ancient art of felting. Colleen/Stephanie 668-8698 Free family learning Night we teach recipes for healthy food from violence.

Thu, Oct 24 Wine And Fine Food Festival 7:30 fun! scratch. Ages 11-18. 6209 - 6th Avenue, 393-2824 Wed, Oct 23 Yukon Artist Relief Fund - Annual PM High Country Inn At the Convention Centre.

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM at General Meeting 7:00 PM Arts Underground Sponsored by the Rendezvous Rotary Club.

Takhini Elementary Yukon Artist Relief Fund is an organization Fri, Oct 25 Slam Homophobia 7:30 PM The Old Learning Together Program 9:30 AM Caregivers Yukon R/C 3:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary dedicated to providing relief to artists in crisis.

Fire Hall proceeds to support GSAs in Yukon and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs 667School Bring your R/C and meet other hobby AGM is open to the public.

Sat, Oct 26 Winter Sports Swap 2013 9:00 AM 3006 enthusiast Wed, Oct 23 YEU Local Y017 (Yukon Mount McIntyre Also the Winter Fair in the wax Youth Lounge 6:00 PM Canada Games Centre Government) monthly Executive meeting 7:30 room from 8:30AM until noon.

PM YEU Hall 667-2331 .

Sat, Oct 26 Hulland’s Haunts & Holly Craft Fair Learning Together Program 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM 10:00 AM Jack Hulland School Caregivers and children 3-4 years old. Mon-Thurs Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Girl’s Club

667-3006 Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 AM Sport 12:00 PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Tumble Time Playgroup 9:30 AM at Riverdale Anna / 667-2693 All girls aged 11-19 are welcome Yukon 456-4752 Open to all Baptist Church Kathy 668-7273 or 667-6620 to attend.

Whitehorse Midnight Sun Rotary 12:10 PM (aged birth to 5).

Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins Yukon Inn Kids After School Programs/Mix It Up School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 12 Whitehorse Lions Club [2nd Wed each month Free Lunches 11:30 AM at Victoria Faulkner (Mixed Media) 3:30 PM Arts Underground Dance-Based Leadership Group For Girls 15+ 6:30 PM Yukon Inn] & [4th Wed each month Women’s Centre Instructor:Karen Rhebergen. 6 sessions.

4:30 PM Centre De La Francophonie Madelanne Captain Martin House] French : Zumba or Zumba Gold 12:00 PM Kids Pop Choir 6:30 PM Leaping Feats Dance Astrie / 336-4168 No class on the 14th Oct. Centre De La Francophonie 668-2663 Studio Grades 3-6. With Barbara Chamberlin.

Trampoline Training for Snowboarders Spanish Conversation 12:00 PM Golden Age Polarettes Youth Drop-in 7:30 PM Vanier School 7:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Society. ¡Bienvenidos!

Sundogs Toastmasters 12:00 PM Sport Yukon 867-668-4794 between the ages of 10 - 14 Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 Improve your Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 PM Epic Pizza Whitehorse String Ensemble rehearsal 6:15 633-6228 Open to all snowboarding under the supervision of trained Peggy 668-7448 goes till we are done!

PM at Hellaby Hall, 668-5530. New members Fridays coaches.

Two Levels available for snowboarders welcome. Violin, viola, cello and bass Whitehorse Rotary 12:10 PM Westmark Young Explorers Preschool Program 10:00 AM ages 10+ Texas Hold ‘em 6:30 PM at 503 Steele, Royal Whitehorse at MacBride Museum Trampoline for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Canadian Legion. Steven Grossinger Royal Thursday Night Jam 7:00 PM Bailey’s Pub Family Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Polarettes Gymnastics Club Head Coach, Mary Canadian Legion - Texas Hold ‘em Tournament.

456-4742 Public Library For children ages 3 – 6 who are Binsted 334-2944 mary@snowboardyukon.com free poker tournament, all skill levels welcome. open-mike night with Steve Slade 7:30 Lake Laberge Lion’s Club [2nd & 4th Tues each accompanied by an adult.

Registration Required Training available from 6-6:30 PM PM Gold Pan Saloon Bring your voice or an month 7:00] Captain Martin House 668-7979 Shiroumakai Judo Club 6:30 PM at Vanier Open Studio for Adults/Acrylic Painting Open instrument and perform a few song president@lakelabergelions.com School, judoyukon@gmail.com.

Ages under 15 Studio 7:00 PM Arts Underground With Neil Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn 667-2527 fully Rendezvous Rotary 7:00 PM Yukon Inn Sunday School 10:00 AM at Christ Church Graham. electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars Cathedral, 668-5530

Free English Classes 7:30 PM 108 Wickstorm provided, and encourages the wearing of silly hats Polarettes Family Drop-in 2:00 PM at Vanier Kids After-School Programs/Hand–Building Road in Whitehorse. For more information School, 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of with Clay 3:30 PM Arts Underground Instructor: call:335-5443. gymnastics experience Marlene Collins. 6 sessions.

Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club Public Access Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn 667-2527 fully Toddler Church Service 9:30 a.m. Whitehorse Hiroshikai Judo Club 5:00 PM at Holy Family electric jam with a PA system, drum kit and guitars 7:00 PM 633-4003 Located on Gray Mtn Road United Church, 601 Main Street. Stories, songs, School, judoyukon@gmail.com Ages under 15 Range officers on duty Wed, Oct 16 Jamaoke with Jackie 8:30 PM Jarvis Street Saloon .

Thu, Oct 17 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza .

Thu, Oct 17 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 Fri, Oct 18 Steve Slade Performs 7:00 AM Well Read Books Songs From Schools -- A Concert.

Fri, Oct 18 A Haitian TGIF! 5:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse karenwienberg@gmail.com / 3343928 LIVE music, services Auction, Comedy, Silent “GOODS” Auction. Proceeds Little Footprints Big Steps Haiti Fri, Oct 18 Barb Chamberlin 8:00 PM Epic Pizza .

Sat, Oct 19 Sacred Choral Music Workshop 9:00 AM United Church With Don Besig and Nancy Price.

Sat, Oct 19 Sacred Choral Music Concert 7:00 PM United Church With Don Besig and Nancy Price.

Sat, Oct 19 The Borealis String Quartet 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Patricia Shih; first violin Yuel Yawney; second violin Nikita Pogrebnoy; viola Bo Peng; cello Wed, Oct 23 Jamaoke with Jackie 8:30 PM Jarvis Street Saloon .

Thu, Oct 24 An Evening with Roxx 6:00 PM Tony’s Pizza .

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Sat, Oct 26 Epic Halloween Bash 8:00 PM Epic Pizza w/ DJKJ and The Beat Bombshell Sat, Oct 26 Halloween Music Extravaganza 8:00 PM High Country Inn Opening acts, Daniel Dunphy, Clint Watson, Tim Naylor and Chris Moir, & big prizes.

Sun, Oct 27 Jazz on the Wing, New York sax and piano duo 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre Duncan Sinclair Email: duncan.sinclair@ jazzyukon.ca Phone: 867-334-2789 On alto sax and piano, these cats honed their chops performing with the jazz titans of the modern era.

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A Sexy Fall Surprise

Guinness Black Lager appears in Whitehorse

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usually wait until Christmas to lurk around the Whitehorse liquor store in search of sexy new beer products, but September brought a surprise: Guinness Black Lager. Guinness has been throwing some heavy coin into advertising this new product. The U.S. commercials adopt the beautiful-people-cocktail-party-scene to portray the beer as a sleek, sophisticated drinking option.

Here in unsophisticated Canada, Guinness’s marketing campaign focused more on the beer itself, apparently because Canadians are more beer-aware… and, um, less sexy? Roll film: “Of all the things that can take you by surprise on St. Patrick’s Day, here’s one you can enjoy: the surprisingly refreshing taste of Guinness Black Lager.”

The less desirable surprise pictured in the commercial is an old, male bagpipe player bending

way too far forward to tie his shoe while the viewer stands uncomfortably behind him.

Black lagers are an interesting style group. The original black lagers were brewed in European nations like Germany in the early 1800s: dunkels and schwarzbier, for example. These were likely the original lagers.

As the century progressed and paler malts became more available through greater control of the kilning process, the lighter coloured lagers we know today emerged. Quick note: lagers are distinguished from ales primarily by the use of lager yeast for fermentation and the prolonged cold storage (lagering) of the beer before it is sold.

You can make a black lager from the recipe used to brew Stella Artois or Beck’s pilsner by adding dark roasted malts to the recipe.

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Why would Guinness, who makes a supremely popular stout (an ale, not a lager), venture into black lager land? I can only guess they want to woo drinkers who think Guinness stout is too heavy, which is crazy-talk.

Guinness stout is a light beer.

It is only 4.2 per cent alcohol by volume and less caloric than your typical 5 per cent beer.

Guinness Black Lager is Guinness-lite (albeit 4.5 percent) and may actually succeed in wooing drinkers into the world of dark beers. The beer smells pleasantly grainy and has a light body. Like regular Guinness, it has very low hopping rates and derives some of its minimal bitterness from the

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It’s a good first step world of dark beers, but if you’re already entrenched in that world, don’t bother.

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

Guinness Black Lager is wooing the uninitiated into the world of dark beers.

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Hello Everybody, We are starting this new feature called Hunting for Wildlife, in which readers send us photos of the animals they have caught to feed their families. We invite you to email us a high-resolution image from a hunt, with a description about the circumstances and the gun used.

Send your photos to: Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com

Grouse Supreme INGREDIENTS 3 Grouse 1/2 c Flour 2 tb Parsley, dried 2 tb Paprika 2 tb Ginger, ground 1 tb Dry mustard

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y son Billy and I went up onto the Top of the World for an afternoon grouse hunt, his first.

There are dozens of trails and abandoned mining roads off of this highway and at this time of the year, the highway is closed and all but unused. The elevation brought lots of fog and drizzle. We hunted down one of these side trails for about 2 hours and came up with these four beautiful grouse. We used my Ruger 10/22 with a 3x9 Bushnell scope.

Once they hang for about 5 days, we’ll clean and pluck them and prepare Grouse Supreme!

1/2 c Coarse black pepper 4 tb Walnut oil 4 tb Margarine 1/2 c Honey 2 tb Worcestershire sauce 3/4 c Madeira wine

METHOD • Split birds in half. Season flour with 1 tablespoon parsley, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 tablespoon paprika, 1 tablespoon dry mustard and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Roll dry birds in seasoned flour, shaking off excess.

Heat walnut oil and lightly brown each bird. Remove birds and set aside. Strain walnut oil remaining in first pan and pour into separate sauce pan.

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• Place back in oven for another 10 minutes at 300F or until brown.

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Vulnerable Ecosystems, Resilient Life Forms Studying climate change at Pika Camp

The sun sets over Pika Valley.

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by Michael Rudy

T

he Yukon’s iconic mountains have captured the attention of visitors from around the world and can easily impart a sense of permanence.

For many of us they are alluring because they represent a timeless part of the natural world that makes us feel small, and maybe just a tiny bit insignificant. But this impression of invulnerability is misleading. While the mountains themselves will endure, the tundra and alpine ecosystems that cling to their slopes are exceedingly vulnerable.

One increasingly topical threat to these ecosystems is climate change, and the Yukon has a sizable population of researchers studying its effects.

I worked for two years at one of these research sites, known locally as Pika Camp.

Pika Camp is a small field camp in the Ruby Range Mountains of the Yukon, typically occupied by five or six people. Despite its small size, it has a long history of research, and has hosted some impressive visitors, including writers and filmmakers from Canadian Geographic, National Geographic, BBC and the Discovery Channel.

Facilities are simple but com-

fortable –­ solar energy powers research equipment, while two weatherhaven tents provide storage, a space to cook, and shelter from bouts of bad weather.

A plastic igloo, known affectionately as “the pod,” provides

storage and serves as a field laboratory. Tents provide shelter, privacy, and a bedroom for the season.

Since the camp was established in 1995 by Dr. David Hik, from the University of Alberta, research-

ers have documented advancing treelines and shrublines, and have used a variety of warming experiments to understand the ways in which the tundra and nearby tree/shrublines may be affected by climate change.

The Pika Camp east of Kluane Lake includes a cook tent (bottom); the “‘pod”, which is a lab and storage building (centre); and a tent, which is the accommodation for the 10-week season.

The experiments that I assisted with tested, among other things, the effect of simulated warming on competition between alpine plants. The goal was to be able to predict the future composition of tundra flora.

For good reason, research at the camp is usually summer-only.

Although Pika Camp’s climate is tame compared to what researchers in the icefields of the St. Elias Mountains face, weather can still be challenging. My first season was exceptionally cold, windy, and rainy – we had snow in June, July, and August, and several week-long stretches of persistent rain, snow, and fog that confined us to camp. And one evening in 2012, we were slammed by nearly 70km per hour winds until the early morning hours. Tenting was a powerful reminder that, with fast enough winds, just about anything produces lift.

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In January 2013, a massive windstorm ripped through the valley. For 16 hours, wind gusts did not drop below 70km per hour, and maximum gusts were an incredible 113km per hour.

The white pod, the only structure left assembled year round, was ripped off its anchorage and broken into pieces.

The thought of tiny pikas cowering under cold rocks and snow while these winds rage around them is jarring, and difficult to reconcile with their frail appearance.

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A baby marmot near the Pika Camp.

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But as the tundra warms, its challenges change, and its species may find themselves perfectly adapted to conditions they no longer face – leaving them cruelly threatened by their former specialization.

This is why alpine research sites like Pika Camp are so important – although the impacts of a changing climate are not exclusive to the tundra, that’s where they are felt most immediately.

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Naked Neighbours…

Adventures in nude modelling

by Gabriela Sgaga

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hen I first came to Dawson City I didn’t think I would become a model. Not that I’m a model you’d find in the haute couture cities of the world – with the catwalk, the makeup and hair and the fancy clothes. Instead, I found myself in a profession that takes away all of that – including the clothes.

I’m speaking of life drawing, where artists hide behind large easels, faces smudged with charcoal, fingers black as they flow across the paper, all the while looking at a naked model on a platform in the center of the room.

The first time I stepped onto that platform, I was nervous. I knew all of the artists. What would they think of me standing in front of them? “Well,” I thought as the robe came off, “here I am,” and I struck the first pose.

Within minutes I realized that I was no longer Gabriela the friend and neighbour. They were looking from their paper to me and back, but they weren’t really looking at me at all - they were looking through me. I had become a series of lines and angles.

After years of modelling, I decided to ask a couple of artist friends how they handle drawing the naked body of someone they know.

PHOTO: Janice Cliff Ange Bonnici organizes the weekly life drawing sessions.

“You’re in a different mindset and head space when drawing a nude model,” she says. “I’m not thinking about looking at the person naked – that would just get in the way. My focus is on the proportions.”

The model becomes an object, says Bonnici.

“It’s not a conscious decision.”

Bonnici’s explanation reminds me of a time when I had just finished a session and went into the back room to get dressed. One of

the male artists came through the door, saw me, blushed and stammered his apologies as he backed out of the room.

He had just looked at me naked for three hour, and yet was embarrassed to see me getting dressed.

The object had become a real person again.

Emma Tius, an artist and model herself, agrees with Bonnici.

“I look beyond the individual and see form, light and shadow,” she says.

“I’m not looking at the person.”

“Ah,” I thought to myself, “That’s why a teacher during a recent session looked at my pose and instructed the students to draw ‘only a part of it’ rather than the whole thing.”

I’ve been asked why I would want to stand in front of a bunch

of people with no clothes on.

Other than facilitating art, I’ve also come to believe it’s quite liberating.

Tius agrees.

“As people, especially women, we have a certain body image of what’s normal and attractive,” she says. “As a nude model, you have to face your insecurities and discomforts and free yourself from limiting beliefs and ideas. You get over yourself by not being so concerned what other people think, or what you think about yourself.”

And the best part of modelling?

The artists don’t want perfection – it just doesn’t work as well, they say.

So bring on the different body shapes, curves and wrinkles and angles and take that, haute couture modelling.

Emma Tius works on a drawing of a nude model (we won’t name names) at the Life Drawing class in Dawson City.

Life drawing is where it’s at.

Life Drawing will take place at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, located on 2nd Avenue corner Princess Street, Monday, October 21 and 28 from 7pm-9pm.

Drop-in fee is $8. Future sessions TBA. For more information, contact Ange Bonnici at 993-5005.

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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Always: Sunset on Third Street – 3 at 3:10PM Director: Takashi Yamazaki (142 min. drama)

Tokyo in 1964. The Olympics are set to take place in Tokyo and the country has experienced a period of rapid economic growth. The inhabitants of Third Street live amidst all the change in their usual optimistic ways. Novelist Ryunosuke is now married to Hiromi and they live with adopted son Junnosuke, who is now in high school. Auto mechanic Norifumi Suzuki still runs his mechanic shop across the street with his wife Tomoe, son Ippei and employee Mutsuko. Their shop has experienced growth over the years. A turning point then occurs for the residents on Third Street ...

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A Queer Look at Life

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by Angela Szymczuk Montreal-based, Alberta-raised, transgendered musician Rae Spoon delivers impressive artistry in the new album, My Prairie Home. Spoon is performing in Whitehorse on Oct. 17.

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ae Spoon is not the average musician.

A native of Calgary, the transgender musician has become a household name in Canada’s burgeoning queer music scene.

With personal lyrics and fresh sounds, Spoon’s music has touched on themes of love, struggle, and death over the past 10 years.

Although Spoon’s appearance portrays a male, the singer prefers the use of the pronoun “they” instead of “he.”

“It does not make sense to me for gender to be binary, I prefer gender neutrality,” they explain.

They are performing music from their new album, called My Prairie Home, on Oct. 17 at The Old Fire Hall.

This album, released in August, also doubles as the soundtrack for their musical documentary of the same name. The film is directed by Chelsea McMullan and was made in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada. Also released in August, the documentary examines Spoon’s experiences in Alberta as a transgendered artist.

“A lot of the songs are about Alberta, and are more emotional than my previous music,” the singer says.

Spoon’s voice rings clear throughout the well-balanced indie rock sound – a sound that they have been developing through time dedicated to their art.

A few years ago, Spoon spent some time in Germany, where they discovered electronic music and began to blend it into their own sound, creating synthesized songs like “Danger, Danger, Danger” and “Come on Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down.” “It’s important to try new things,” Spoon says.

Apparently so is honesty and reaching below the surface. Grappling with life as a transgendered person features prominently in Spoon’s creative projects. One year prior to releasing the film, Spoon wrote a book, called First Spring Grass Fire, which chronicles their experiences growing up in a strict Pentecostal Christian family.

“I received support from my siblings and cousins, but there was

a period of time where there was no contact between me and my parents,” Spoon says.

The feeling of being ostracized and how Spoon overcame it is explored further in the film.

The promotional poster for the documentary and their new album depicts Spoon’s head mounted to a plaque in the same fashion as a wild game trophy head.

“The image is intended to show how the queer are hunted, and are endangered,” the artist says. “The music industry is very skeptical; it’s important to create moral awareness as a performer.” Creating an understanding of queer life is something Spoon does with much finesse. My Prairie Home gives viewers a visual journey into the realm of gender neutrality.

Although Spoon is visiting their ‘prairie roots’, the singer currently resides in Montreal. The metropolis is more accepting of queer lifestyles, which made it easier for them to create music without altering who they are.

“Montreal is very cosmopolitan and people don’t really seem to care about who you are or what you do. Whereas Calgary was more conservative,” the singer says.

Whitehorse, too, feels like a good fit for Spoon. They have played here numerous times before, and look forward to another trip.

They will be performing in Whitehorse at the Old Fire Hall on Oct. 17, alongside Big Mama Lele. Information about ticket sales can be found at www.YukonArtsCentre.com/Firehall.

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Telling the Stories of the North

Yukoner Dennis Allen is co-director of search and rescue show Watchers of the North

by Sheldon McRae ter, set in Yellowknife, NWT, was screened at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and his most recent film, CBQM: The Biggest Little Radio Station in the North, which won best documentary at the 2009 ImagineNative Film Festival in Toronto, was set in Fort McPherson, NWT. He has a deep well of creativity; his successes with producing/directing film and video including a dramatic television series he co-created for APTN called Cashing In. Living in Whitehorse, Allen finds a strong arts community to draw upon for creativity.

Dennis Allen, who resides in Whitehorse, is the episode director of the APTN television series Watchers of the North.

“You can’t throw a rock without hitting an artist,” says Allen. “Half the people I know are artists. They are either musicians that I’ve played with before, or they work in the film and TV industry.”

Allen particularly enjoys making documentaries as a means to contribute to the creation of art and the maintenance of Aboriginal culture.

“People entrust me with license to document their lives and give them a voice,” he says.

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the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network’s website APTN.ca.

APTN streams Watchers of the North episodes online at APTN. ca/Pages/WatchersoftheNorth. A schedule of APTN’s presentations can be also be found on APTN.ca.

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hitehorse resident Dennis Allen has crafted a successful career out of telling stories close to his heart: stories of life and culture of the people of the North.

Allen, who is of Inupiat Eskimo and Gwich’in decent, is the codirector, along with David Finch, of Watchers of the North, a new documentary series that portrays Canadian Rangers’ search and rescue missions in Nunavut.

For Allen, being offered the role of episode director has been an opportunity to discover Nunavut.

“As an Aboriginal person, I’m always thinking, ‘What I can learn from the land?’”

Allen says.

Danger and risk are part of the Nunavut landscape, lending an inherent drama to the documentary series, which streams online at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Net-

work (APTN) website.

Watchers of the North is also a reminder of a part of Canadian history that’s sometimes forgotten: the Canadian Rangers.

The Canadian Rangers originated as the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, patrolling the coastline of British Columbia in the early 1940s to protect the area from Japanese invasion. Today the Canadian Rangers play an important role in the North: maintaining Canada’s Northern sovereignty by patrolling the land and protecting our resources.

“I was scared half to death travelling up there because…

I had no landmarks, I had no reference,” Allen says.

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2013 AGM October 19th, 2013 – 1pm to 4pm.

The Yukon Wildlife Preserve Operating Society cordially invites you to the 2013 AGM to be held at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, KM 8, Takhini Hot Springs Road.

Discussed will be some exciting new initiatives for the New Year and an outlining of last year’s accomplishments. This will be a chance to meet the Board members and Preserve staff, and have a good chat about the Preserve.

We are also looking for nominations for new board members. If you have ever wanted to be involved more closely with the preserve, this is your chance.

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Community EVENTS Atlin Wednesdays

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

Beaver Creek

Wed Oct 16 Nelnah Bessie John School fun game night for families 7:00 PM Fri Oct 18 BCCC Pizza Delivery Sun Oct 20 Pancake Fundraiser Beaver Creek Community Center Thu Oct. 24 Doctor Day Fri Oct 25 WRFN AGM Dinner 7:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Center Sat Oct 26 WRFN AGM Breakfast Beaver Creek Community Center

Monday - Thursday

BCCC Exercise Group 7:00 AM Beaver Creek Community Center

Wednesdays

Tot Time 9:30 AM School basement Open to all families with toddlers to come socialize and play games

Burwash Landing

Fri, Oct 18 Kluane First Nation Celebrating 10 Years Of SelfGovernment 12:00 PM Jacquot Building Katie Johnson 332-5283 Join in for a day of feasting and other events.

Carcross

Wednesdays

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

Thursdays

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

Fridays

Open Gym Night 7:00 PM

Tuesdays

Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM at the Old Daycare Pottery with Claudia McPhee 3:15 PM. Women’s Group Carcross Community Campus 7:00 PM Geraldine James 867821-4251 Carmacks

Tuesdays & Thursdays Indoor Soccer 6:00 PM

Dawson City

Thurs, Oct. 17th Artist Talk with KIAC Artist in Residence Justin Apperley 7:30 PM KIAC Sat, Oct 19 Community Coffeehouse 7:00 PM KIAC Mon, Oct 21 Recreation Board Meeting 5:30 PM Dawson Rec Centre Recreation board grants are due the Thursday preceding each meeting Mon Oct 21 Life Drawing 7:00 PM KIAC until Fri, Nov 1 Unearthly, Uprising by Marigold Santos 11:00 AM Tuesday to Saturday ODD Gallery

On-Going Events

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

Wednesdays

Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM TH Hall 993-5370 Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 11 & under Dawson City Minor Soccer 7:30 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 14 & under CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat a fundraiser for CFYT local radio

Thursdays

Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field

Saturdays

Hatha Yoga with Joanne 9:00 AM KIAC Youth Radio Broadcasting 12:00 PM

Sundays

Yoga with Jo 5:00 PM Robert Service School Mondays Hӓn Language Bingo! 2:00 PM Learn a little of the language of our land *subject to availability

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Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM TH Hall 993-5370 Tuesdays Hatha Yoga with Joanne 5:45 PM KIAC Dawson City Minor Soccer 6:00 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field age 8 & under City Council Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers Heather Favron .

Adult drop in soccer 7:45 PM Crocus Bluff Soccer Field

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

Faro

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

Sun, Oct 20 Faro Sunday Church Service 11:00 AM Faro Bible Chapel All are welcome.Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Wednesdays Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Seniors Painting Workshop 1:00 PM CRIC with Jackie Irvine Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School 994-2760 (Grades 1-8) Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM DVG School 994-2760 Kids After-School Crafts 3:00 PM Recreation Centre Youth Lounge Giant Board Games 3:45 PM Rec Centre Youth Lounge Tina Freake 994-2375 Join us for active, board & card games.

Tue, Oct 8 Faro Kettle Café 4:00 PM Recreation Centre Concession Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Co-ed Basketball 4:00 PM Recreation Centre Gymnasium .

Adult Floor Hockey: 7:00 PM Recreation Centre Gymnasium Equipment provided if needed.

Thursdays Playgroup 10:30 AM Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca Environment Club DVG School 3:45 PM Alternating Thursdays Crafting Club 12:30 PM Alternating Thursdays Co-ed Softball 6:15 PM Recreation Centre Tina Freake -994-2375 Pop by the ball field for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Youth Group Rec Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Saturdays

Co-ed Softball 2:00 PM Recreation Centre Pop by the ball field for a friendly game of ball. Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Mondays

Glee Club 1:00 PM DVG School (All grades) 994-2760 Youth T-Ball: 6:15 PM 7:30 PM Recreation Centre Youth ages 4 to 8 are welcome to pop by the ball field for a friendly game.

Coordinated by Jodi Boyd.

Tuesdays

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

Golden Horn Fridays

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

Sundays

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

Tuesdays

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

Tuesdays

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

Haines Junction Wednesdays

Mun Ku - Craft Afternoons 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Mun Ku - Games Nights 1:00 PM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM 6:45 PM Old Da Ku

Thursdays

Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:30 AM Mun Ku 634-4018 or dblair@cafn.ca

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Mondays

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

Tuesdays

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne

Sat. Oct 19th Barn Dance 7:00 PM with Gord Stobbe and Fiddleheads

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

Sat, Oct 19 Craft Fair & Flea Market 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre 6604999

Fridays

Dinner at the Jackalope Marsh Lake Community Centre every Fri, Steak/ Rib Nights - last Friday of each month Reservations welcome: 660-4999

Tuesdays

South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 Parents and Preschoolers social time.

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

Mayo

Fri. Oct 25th Pumpkin Carving NND Drop In Center Sat. Oct 26 Youth Fun Night Party 5:00 PM NND Drop In Center

Weekdays

Community Access Program 1:00 The Drop In Centre

Wednesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Bingo 5:00 PM Drop in Center

Thursdays

Wii & Movie Night 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Kids in the Kitchen 3:30 PM JV Clark School (starts Oct 24th)

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

Wii & Movie Night 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre

Tuesdays

Kids Events Ages 12 Years & Under 3:30 PM The Drop In Centre Sewing 7:00 PM NND Drop In Center

Old Crow

Sun, Oct 20 Tagish Community Church 7:00 PM Tagish Community Church Wed, Oct 23 CPNP Lunch and Learn Series - Family Budgeting Workshop 11:00 AM The Old Daycare Fri, Oct 25 A Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser 8:30 AM Ya Dak Du Hidi daycare

Wednesdays

Tagish Library and Tagish Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 NOON Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Community Centre 399-3407

Thursdays

Advanced Osteofit Class 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Rec. Hall 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 2:00 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

Friday

After school archery 3:30 PM Teslin School gym

Sundays

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

Mondays

After school sports 3:30 PM Teslin School gym Circuit Training 7:00 PM Recreation gym

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

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

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

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

Greyhound Northbound 11:20 PM

Wed. Oct. 16 Foot and Wellness Clinic Rec Center 399-3407 to book an appointment

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Beaver Creek

Tuesday & Thursday 11:30 AM - St. Anne Church - Yukon Unity group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Carcross

Wednesdays 7:30 PM. Library Lightwalkers group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Carmacks

Fridays 1:30p PM Health Centre

Dawson City

Thursday 8:00 PM New Beginnings Group Richard Martin Chapel - New Beginnings Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group Saturdays 7:00 PM Community Support Centre - North Star group 993-5095

Destruction Bay

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Faro

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Haines Junction

Wednesdays 8:00 PM Public Library Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Mayo

Wednesday 7:30 PM RRC Building 9962825 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Old Crow

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Pelly Crossing

Wednesday 7:00 PM Pelly Band Office 537-3461 Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

Ross River

Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre - Yukon Unity group

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 Spirit of Fellowship Group Fridays 1:30 PM Health Centre, downstairs - Yukon Unity group Tuesdays 12:30 PM St. Anne Church Spirit of Fellowship Group

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October 17,2013

Exploring Multiple Selves

Montreal artist explores her psyche at the ODD Gallery

PHOTO: Guy L’heureux Courtesy of Parisian Laundry

“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board 1” by Marigold Santos.

by Gabriela Sgaga

M

arigold Santos likes the idea of a multiple self.

The Montreal-based artist has a new exhibition at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City, which runs from October 3 to November 1. The four large-scale mixed media drawings on canvas feature imagery of body fragmentation arising from foundations of movement, migration, and change within a physical and social landscape.

In particular, Santos, who moved to Canada from the Philippines at a young age, is fascinated with the asuang, a Filipino folklore character that is included in all of her work.

“An asuang is a being that is creative with multiple selves, a type of hybrid of a vampire and a witch,” she explains.

The asuang normally takes the shape of a woman with long, black hair who severs herself during the night. While her lower half stays put, the upper half flies around, eats people and creates havoc. She must reattach herself by morning or she will remain fragmented forever.

“This embodies what I’m talking about,” says Santos. “I take it and make it my own.

I like to explore what we are severing ourselves from or attaching ourselves to.”

She is quick to add that even though she incorporates severed limbs into her art, she does not consider her work violent.

“It’s a conscious decision, a conceptual act,” she says. “I’m not trying to scare anyone.”

Other common threads throughout her work include the landscapes of her youth in

by borrowing from memories and reconfiguring them.

All four drawings at the ODD Gallery were made especially for this exhibition.

The average size of each canvas is 8-feet by 14-feet. Santos

“Liminal”

by Marigold Santos t

“Secret Signals”

by Marigold Santos u Alberta, the idea of home and surroundings, the psychic landscape and the sense of identity that comes with migration.

Santos says her art is an outlet to express her experience. Much of her work comes from looking back on her memories and introducing them in her current environment.

“Remembering is really forgetting and making up fiction,” she says. “It’s organic – the memory changes with every telling.”

She says she is inventing a personal myth

needed a ladder to create the works, which she completed in less than eight months.

“I was constantly up and down that ladder getting lots of exercise,” says Santos. “When you’re working with big drawings you really need to be up close – it’s a special relationship,” she says.

Santos encourages ambiguity in her art.

She wants people to move in and out of each creation and bring their own narrative to her work.

“They don’t have to get my message or my work,” she says. “They just have to be open to experience it in their own way.”

Marigold Santos’s exhibition, called Unearthly, Uprising, will be at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City from Oct. 3 to Nov. 1. The ODD Gallery is located on the corner of Princess Street and Second Avenue. For more information go to www.kiac.ca/ ODDGallery.

PHOTOS: Alexandre Parent 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.

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Active Interest Listings Fri, Oct 25 Tennis Family Fun Night 6:00 PM Yukon College Jamie 335-9695 At the gym.Hosted by Tennis Yukon. Novice families to try tennis or practice new skills.

Coach on hand to provide equipment/ assistance.

Sat, Oct 26 Winter Sports Swap 9:00 AM Mount McIntyre The Annual Winter Sports Swap is on October 26 at Mt Mac. Doors open at 9am.

Wednesdays

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

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

Box Lacrosse Drop-in 4:00 PM Elijah Smith Elementary School 668-2840 Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 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 Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 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

Archery For Youth: Ages 12 -18 Years 4:30 PM Takhini Elementary School At the gym. Please register before course starts Traditional Yang Family Style Hand Form, Part 2 6:00 PM Hidden Valley Elementary Gymnasium Pam Boyde 633-6034 ttntaiji@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 Athletics Yukon Trail Run 6:30 PM Location varies Nancy 334-6576 Roller Girls Free Skate and Fresh Meat 6:30 PM Christ the King Elementary School juniorderby@yukonrollergirls.ca Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail. com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Les Johns, 667-7349.

New members welcome.

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

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.

Ultimate Frisbee 9:00 PM Takhini Elementary Kris 333-9393

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.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8-12 Strength & Conditioning for Snowboarders 5:30 PM Elijah Smith Gymnasium Head Coach, Mary Binsted 334-2944 mary@snowboardyukon,com Registration required.

Punjabi Bhangra Dance 7:00 PM Family Literacy Centre Gurdeep 336-3344 a natural alternative to Cardio exercises, it requires energetic, rhythmic movements Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 birdiebash@gmail.com Ring The Bell at front doors to join 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

Fencing for Youth and Adults 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary 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.

Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction..

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

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

Wellness Listings Weekdays

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

Wednesdays

Free Nutritious Lunches 12:00 noon Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. For moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

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

Yoga In The Alpine “Level 1” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net.

Instructor Shannon.

Traditional Parenting Program: “Unfinished Projects Workshop” 6:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre

Thursdays

Hospice Walking Group 6:00 PM Robert Service Campground We will walk the 5k Millennium Trail, rain or shine. Share your experience, or simply enjoy nature and the companionship of others.

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

Fridays

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

Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program 11:00 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. Creative play activities and recreational programming for moms and kids up to age 8.

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In. Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services

Saturdays

Yoga with Sabu 10:00 AM Shanti Yoga

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Lunch Drop-In. Jr. Youth Climbing Club 3:30 PM F.H.Collins School Alain 668-4042 for Gr.8 - 12 Yoga In The Alpine “Absolute Beginner” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery wallymaltz@northwestel.net. Instructor Erica. For beginners and those blessed with stiffness.

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.

Fun Run/Walk 6:00 PM F.H.Collins School Don 333-9202 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 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 Co-Ed Drop-in Ultimate Frisbee 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary Soccer field Everybody is welcomed 336-0255 morrmic@hotmail. com Archery 7:00 PM Christ the King Elementary School. Ron 456-2009. New members welcome.

Twoonie Race 7:00 PM info@cmbcyukon. ca with Contagious Mountain Bike Club alternating between the Chadburn Lake course and the Mt. Mac course

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Sundays

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 4:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.

Mondays

Sally & Sisters lunch Noon Food Bank 334-9317. Free Hot Lunch for Women (children welcome).

Yoga with Sabu 12:15 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga.

Lunch Drop-In.

Support Circle 4:30 PM Contact Heather 667-5724 or Joanne 667-8798 for details.

Support Circle for family and friends concerned about someone else’s drinking or drug use.

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

SMART Recovery Meetings 7:00 PM Many Rivers Fireweed Family Room Larry 334-4706. Self-empowering addiction recovery support group.

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

Yoga In The Alpine “CORE” 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net.

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Support Group: Coping with Cancer Stress 12:00 PM Thomson CentreRiverside Room Join to learn and share ways of coping and reducing cancer related stress Yoga In The Alpine “Level 2” 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery. wallymaltz@northwestel.net.

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Gam-Anon 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling & Support Services. 6686466. Support for families of compulsive gamblers.

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Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga, experienced professional instruction.

Tuesdays

Vanier School 867-668-4794. Enjoy a fun afternoon of gymnastics experience.

Paddlers Abreast recreational paddling 2:00 PM Canada Games Centre Yoga with Sabu 4:00 PM Shanti Yoga Studio 303 Hawkins St 456-7123 or email chaitanyayoga@gmail.com. Hatha Yoga Experienced professional instruction.

Zoomer’s Wellness 55+ 7:00 PM 10 Hyland Crescent, Riverdale Susana 633-6821 or Rob 668-7239. Two left feet welcome!

Whitehorse Badminton Club Adults 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Yeu Fang Sharma 667-4219 birdiebash@gmail.com Ring The Bell at front doors to join

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)

Friday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 9:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Saturday

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

Sunday

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

Monday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St.

Tuesday

The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

For youth 12-18 years old Tuesday evenings 6:15-9:00 pm Whitehorse Elementary School Contact Captain Jennifer Lafreniere at 668-7688

Contact Captain Jennifer Lafreniere at 668-7688

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No Caribou Hunting on Dempster Highway The Department of Environment has ordered an emergency conservation closure from Oct. 8, 2013 to July 31, 2014 to protect the Hart River and Fortymile caribou herds.

The closure applies to Game Management Subzones 2-16, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-39 and 2-51 and includes the highway from Dempster Corner (km 0) to the Ogilvie River Bridge (km 195). As well, all subzones in Game Management Zone 3 remain closed to caribou harvest (e.g., Goldfields, Top of the World Highway).

This emergency closure applies to Yukon resident and non-resident hunters. The Yukon government will consider reopening some or all of these subzones should the caribou move elsewhere.

Caribou in these subzones are not considered Porcupine caribou. Harvesting rights under the Porcupine Caribou Management Agreement do not extend to these subzones at this time.

Help conserve the Hart River and Fortymile caribou herds.

For more information visit: www.env.gov.yk.ca

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FIREWORKS FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Courageously Putting your Voice into the World

Toronto vocal coach teaching workshops on finding one’s voice, Oct. 19 to 26

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hitehorse-based theatre company Open Pit is on a mission. In addition to creating new performance works and fostering collaboration between local creators, Open Pit co-artistic producers Geneviève Doyon and Jessica Hickman endeavour to offer at least one workshop a year on different theatrical disciplines.

“It is very important to Open Pit to offer professional training in the Yukon that will, over time, foster high calibre performances by local artists,” Hickman says.

This year, Open Pit is targeting voice training by offering workshops on Oct. 19 through 26. The theatre company has flown vocal coach Cindy Block in from Toronto to lead the them.

“Having spent some time down south, I realized that vocal training is a very common practice for any aspiring performer, and yet in the North no one is offering this type of training,” Hickman says from her home base in Victoria. “Yes, there are vocal workshops for singers, but I have yet to see a vocal workshop that is geared toward public speakers, teachers, dancers, comedians, actors, and anyone who is interested.”

Hickman experienced this inclusive approach to vocal instruction firsthand in 2011 at Canada’s National Voice Intensive (CNVI) in Vancouver.

“I heard about the five-week vocal intensive from past Yukon participants who inspired me to attend,” she says. “Of the 10 vocal instructors that I trained with, Cindy Block was my absolute favourite. I had never done vocal work before, and yet Cindy made me feel utterly relaxed throughout the process.”

Experience has taught Cindy Block, a theatre artist, much about teaching. In addition to a busy performance, research and presentation career, Block has been teaching voice privately for 15 years, as well as at York University, George Brown Theatre School, Humber College Comedy

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Toronto-based vocal instructor Cindy Block will be in Whitehorse for a week offering vocal workshops designed to help people in a variety of professions speak publicly.

School, The Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and CNVI. “What I learn from teaching is humility – over and over again. The human being is vast,” says Block.

“What inspires me about voice is

from my own knowledge, and [my teaching] grew from there into a specialization.”

While Block has specialized her teaching approach, her upcoming vocal workshops in Whitehorse are

“... how do I speak fully from

nique and principles that we can practice and rely on.”

The overarching focus for the workshops on all five days will be on giving participants tensionreleasing body and breath-based exercises, however, there are three distinct workshops being offered.

The workshops on Saturday, Oct. 19, Sunday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 26 will be voice intensive; Wednesday, Oct. 23 will be a movement and text workshop; and Thursday, Oct. 24 will be a monologue workshop.

Workshops will take place upstairs at the Alpine Bakery and at the Yukon Arts Centre. Fees range from $50 to $180. For complete details about the workshops and to register, go to the Open Pit website at: www.openp.it.

myself and have the courage to put my voice into the world?” how difficult it is and how universal it is. It has always been my biggest challenge as a performer – both physically and emotionally.”

Block learned to use her own difficulties with voice work as a point of pedagogical inspiration.

“When I began teaching, I quite unconsciously approached it from the point of my own challenges,” says Block, “I had to speak

open to folks from all walks of life seeking to improve their vocal aptitude.

“I’ve taught dancers, actors, comedians, clergy, journalists, and teachers, and no matter who, the challenge is the same: how do I speak fully from myself and have the courage to put my voice into the world? I endeavor to work toward confidence by offering tech-

Applications must be received by

November 1 at 4:00 pm Information and applications are available online at www.soundyukon.com Completed applications must be delivered to 101 Elliott St. in Whitehorse, or mailed to: Yukon Film & Sound Commission Box 2703 (F-3) Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 Phone: 667-5400 Toll Free: 1-867-661-0408, ext. 5400 Email: sound.yukon@gov.yk.ca Web: www.soundyukon.com

Aimée Dawn Robinson is a writer, dancer and visual artist.

Partners for Children Presents:

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The Sound Recording Program can provide up to $2000 for a professional demo recording or up to $5000 for a professional sound recording.

Supporting Parents of Children with Special Needs Challenging Conditions and Disabilities

This workshop is FREE but you must register!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 23rd 867- 668-8781 or email pfc@yukoncollege.yk.ca

This workshop will provide an introduction to the seven stages of the grief process that a parent goes through when their child lives with a challenging condition, special needs or disability. It describes how these stages may be presented in parental behavior and how we can recognize them and support parents during these stages. It also gives a quick overview from the instructor’s own personal experiences of some of the daily complexities and extra stressors a parent of a child with disabilities; challenging condition or special needs face. We will also touch briefly on supporting siblings of children with special needs. This is an interactive session where participants will partake in group discussions.

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Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5:30 Email: wpc@northwestel.net

Saturday, October 26th 9:00am-1:00pm Location TBA - Whitehorse 1-800-661-0504 www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

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