What's Up Yukon, October 26, 2022

HALLOWEEN JACK

ALL THINGS PUMPKIN

A Tale Of Turnips, The Devil And A Rather Stingy Fellow

The season of pumpkins is upon us. It seems this fallfavourite vegetable (or fruit, depending on if you use the seed rule) has a way of perfectly blending in with everything. Pump kin beer, pumpkin loaf, pumpkin tea, pumpkin soup and, of course, the infamous pumpkin spice. Per sonally, I am a huge fan of pumpkin anything, which is why I was curi ous to discover more about the re lationship between pumpkins and Halloween.

The origins date back to eight eenth-century Ireland. There is a rather ghoulish folklore story about a man known as Stingy Jack. The story begins with Jack inviting the devil to have a drink with him. Afterwards, Jack did not want to pay for the drinks. So he used his cunning nature to trick the devil

and convinced him to turn himself into a coin. The devil fell for it and became a coin. Rather than using the coin to pay for the drinks, Jack put it in his pocket next to a sil ver cross, which would prevent the devil from escaping and changing back to his original form.

After some time had passed, Jack decided to free the devil on the condition that he would not bother him for a year and would not claim his soul, should he die.

After a year had passed, Jack continued his trickery. When the devil came for him, Jack climbed a tree and carved a cross so the devil could not get to him. He then made the devil promise him that he would not bother him (for 10 years) or try to claim his soul.

Shortly after Stingy Jack died, God refused to allow such a trickster into heaven. The devil most cer tainly did not want him in hell.

As punishment for all of the tricks Jack played, the devil gave him a lump of lit coal and cursed him to wander the Earth for eter

nity. While wandering, Jack found a carved-out turnip and placed the coal inside and used it as a lantern. The Irish called this ghostly figure, Jack of the Lantern, or Jack-o’lantern for short.

The Irish started to carve scary faces into turnips and place can dles inside in order to scare away Stingy Jack. And when the legend of Stingy Jack spread to England, they carved out beets. In the 1900s, immigrants from the UK and Ireland brought this tradition with them. And when they came to the Americas, they discovered that pumpkins made the perfect Jacko’-lantern.

Since pumpkins are harvested in the fall, and Halloween was already being celebrated in the Americas, it was a natural mar riage between pumpkins and Hal loween.

Now that you know about Stingy Jack, make sure to have a few Jack-o’-lanterns on your porch, to scare him away. No one wants to get conned by him again. n

Make sure to have a few Jack-o’-lanterns on your porch, lest you be conned by Stingy Jack!

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT KIAC THIS FALL?

The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) has revealed their exciting fall programming

It seems things are finally back in full spring, or fall, after a long two years with limited op portunities for arts and culture events and activities. The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), based in Dawson City, has a packed fall, with programming ranging from artists in residence, to film screenings, to youth arts opportun ities and more, and plans well into next year are already laid out.

One main attraction is the re turn of the ODD Gallery, which opens October 22 with a free open ing reception and artist talk fea turing Z’otz* Collective, a group made up of three visual artists of Latin American heritage who are living in Toronto.

As per KIAC’s website, The ODD Gallery is a contemporary exhib ition space housed in Dënäkär Zho/KIAC, on the traditional and

contemporary territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in peoples. The ODD Gallery’s year-round pro gramming features solo and group exhibitions with art by regional, national and international visual artists, as well as the annual the matic project, “The Natural & The Manufactured.”

Dan Sokolowski, who looks after the film festival and artist residen cies for KIAC, said he’s happy to finally be working on programming to its full potential, without hav ing to make things smaller due to pandemic restrictions anymore. He is working now on next year’s film festival, and looking back on the previous one, this past April, he said things are much more back to normal now.

“It was semi-normal in terms of our programming and workshops we could do, but we had to cap our capacity,” he recalled. “That was the same with any concerts we did.”

Now that Covid protocols are not stifling KIAC’s programming anymore, Solowski has found him self catching up on applications for the Macaulay House Studio Resi dency and making arrangements to bring up artists who had applied before the pandemic and weren’t able to complete their residencies.

“We’re finishing now selecting

artists for 2023 and 2024,” Solow ski said. “Some artists left over from Covid are coming in now.”

Resident artists, this fall and winter, include Darcy Tara McDiar mid, a Han and Northern Tutchone artist who is a professional carver, painter and illustrator; as well as Chantal Rousseau, a queer settler artist whose practice is informed by a bioregional focus, using both embodied experience and research to learn about specific ecosystems.

Later in the fall, KIAC will be turning some of its attention to holiday activities, including the Holiday Craft Fair, which was able to run in a reduced format during Covid but will now be back to nor

mal. KIAC will also be presenting weekend holiday arts workshops.

“We kind of forgot about how busy it was during Covid because we were doing things differently and reducing things dramatically,” said Solowski. “The time goes fast er when we’re busy, and we are a community space, so it’s nice to see the community coming back and having things for everyone to do.”

To see KIAC’s full list of pro gramming and scheduling, as well as to purchase tickets, where ap plicable, visit https://kiac.ca.

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HOW TO HAVE A FUN, FABULOUS, ECOFRIENDLY HALLOWEEN

In a few days, little feet will be racing over crunchy leaves (or crunchy snow), from house to house, fuelled by vast quantities of sugar. Walkways will be lined with pumpkins and plastic decorations, and the sound of ringing doorbells will fill the homes of Yukoners. Halloween, although loved and enjoyed by many, has very much become a capitalistic holiday filled with unsustainable consumption. Decorations get put up, candy gets bought, costumes are chosen

and a multibillion-dollar business thrives. It’s difficult to untangle the old Celtic traditions that were originally part of this in-between time of year (the midpoint be tween the fall equinox and the winter solstice, and a time when many believed that the veil be tween the physical world and spirit world was at its thinnest) from the incredible increase in commercial ization and consumerism in the last 70 years or so.

Thankfully, in more-recent

years, there has also been an in crease in awareness and interest in sustainability and taking care of our planet and in becoming more re sponsible for our individual impact on this Earth. So, while one could

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argue that the most frightening part of Halloween is the waste and the environmental consequences of mass-produced decorations, dis posable costumes and billions of plastic candy wrappers, there also exist several ways to slightly alter our Halloween traditions so that the holiday can become a bit more eco-friendly, a bit healthier and a bit more sustainable.

Halloween costumes, for ex ample, don’t have to be bought new each year and then thrown away after only one night. Try to find things in your closet that you no longer use, or shop at a local thrift store for things that you can repurpose and make into some thing new and fun. If you have the time and ability, make your own original costumes. They’ll be one of a kind and can later be handed down to siblings or friends. A popu

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lar trend, lately, has been to host costume swaps, with friends and family, where you can exchange costumes. It’s a great way to cut down on waste and to save money at the same time.

Likewise, decorations don’t always have to be expensive and made from plastic. This year, con sider incorporating more-natural items into your decorations: gath ered leaves and branches, pump kins and gourds, and even DIY decorations made from cardboard and things you have around the house (like old bedsheets).

Pumpkins, the quintessential representations of Halloween, don’t have to be wasted after their transformation into Jacko’-lanterns. When you’re carving your pumpkins, save the seeds to later roast (there are many simple and easy recipes online), and any carved-out pumpkin flesh can be used to make soups, pies or muf fins. When the holiday is over, be sure to compost your pumpkins and other organic materials instead of throwing them in the garbage; that

be the most resistance to making changes, because traditional Hal loween candy, while absolutely not healthy or environmentally friendly, is undeniably delicious and loaded with addictive sugar. However, if you do decide you’d like to make an effort this year, in this regard, start by seeking out and buying locally made candies and treats (for example, Klondike Kettle Corn) and supporting local businesses instead of multinational corporations. Some other alterna tive treat options are organic fruit leathers, juice boxes, natural chewing gum, organic granola bars and gummy bears, fruit snacks and honey sticks/straws. Try to buy

Trick or Treat: Animals Celebrate Halloween Too! Spend some time outdoors, get some exercise and support the work they do in re habilitating injured and orphaned Yukon wildlife.

If you prefer to not hand out candy on October 31, make some hot apple cider, cook some home made seasonal food, turn off the lights and watch your favourite movies. End the night with a moon lit walk and gather up any lingering plastic wrappers or garbage you come across on the street.

In many different parts of the world, the end of October and the beginning of November is also a time to remember and honour

Fall moving into winter

way they’ll be able to decompose properly and, eventually, you’ll be able to use the compost to improve the soil in your garden. Avoid sin gle-use plastic and try to recycle what you can. If you do buy decor ations, consider spending a bit more on higher-quality ones that you will be able to reuse next year.

The final and, for many, the most important element of Hallow een is the candy. It’s been sitting on supermarket shelves, all Octo ber long, waiting to be bought and handed out to eager trick-or-treat ers. Here is probably where there’ll

from companies that have sustain able practices and that don’t use GMOs. If you’re in the grocery store and you can’t find anything besides regular candy, choose those things that have a bit less packaging or that use cardboard packaging (like Milk Duds and Junior Mints). Or you can get away from candy, alto gether, and instead hand out things like temporary tattoos, hair bows/ clips, cool erasers, mini notepads or stickers (try to give items that kids will be able to use more than just once).

If you’d like to explore some alternatives to the regular Hal loween festivities and parties, one possibility is visiting the Yukon Wildlife Preserve on Sunday, Oc tober 30, for this year’s event:

one’s loved ones that have passed away. People go to cemeteries to tend to their relatives’ graves and to light candles. In other cultures, offerings are left, and altars with pictures and objects related to the deceased are lovingly put togeth er. In some places, it’s a time of sombre reflection; and in others, it’s a time to celebrate and play music and tell stories. However one chooses to keep alive the memory of one’s ancestors and loved ones, I can think of no better way to pay tribute to them than to take a few simple steps to move away from the current mainstream consumerism, to reduce wasteful consumption and to take better care of this one precious life and this one precious Earth that we’ve been gifted. n

A Halloween visit to the Yukon Wildlife Preserve may include friendly animals and some possible snow

ent locations in the township. In addition to that, I connected to a soup kitchen in Katutura. Over the years, the project grew into a big network of people and support ers. Still, it’s a small project. Our big plan was to build an art school with a soup kitchen in it. We tried to buy land in the township, but we didn’t get the plot we wanted. Instead, we are now renovating a community center where there is a soup kitchen we are sup porting. The soup kitchen is cook ing for children in the township. The most important thing is that locals are doing it—helping their community. We are providing the money and organizing the project.

I haven’t been to Namibia for two years, because of the pan demic. I only have 10 days there, so it’s important to plan every thing ahead. Meeting people from our project, visiting the construc tions and setting up drama les sons for the children. Do I feel prepared for Namibia? I have been there seven times. I will be happy to go back, to cook food with the volunteers there, talk to the people, wash my laundry with my hands and do whatever is needed to keep the project going.

For people who want to learn more about the project: www.cre abuntu.de n

A LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO NAMIBIA

Part 1

How to prepare for my trip to Namibia? I am asking myself a few days before boarding the plane to Africa.

This time I am writing down a list of all the things I need to pack for my trip to Namibia, in South West Africa. I need to get the things out of my head and onto paper. Because if I don’t, I will think about it all the time. What will I put in my suitcase?

But as I am writing the list, all of the things I like about Namibia and the people occur to me in my imagination. For example, I don’t need much clothes because I can wash my clothes there. Doing laundry in Namibia is so simple; the laundry will be dry in less than two hours because the sun is so strong.

I am thinking about Namibian women washing loads of clothes, by hand, in a plastic tube. No body owns a washing machine in the township where I am at. It’s called Katutura and it is just out side of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Since 2016, I have been running a social project there. It’s called Creabuntu (a combination of create and Ubuntu). Ubuntu is a South-African saying that means “I am because of you.” It’s about community and oneness.

When I left the Yukon, my plan was to stay in Germany, but in stead I went to Namibia to do an internship at a German news paper, for three months. Namibia used to be a German Colony (1884–1915), so there is still a population of Germans and a newspaper for them—besides many other typical German things (not to mention a

German beer-brewing company).

Anyway, in 2016 I got to know Namibia and the people there. I went to the townships, saw how families lived in shacks and, while back in Germany, I had the idea to offer children in Katutura art edu cation: creative writing, drama and painting. Why? Because when I was a child, I went to an art school and overcame my shyness by being involved in drama class es. Gaining life skills, through art, is the idea behind it. It’s easy to start a project in Namibia. Just go there and do it.

I found an orphanage where there were children who want ed to do some activities, and I started doing drama with them. It worked. Over the years, I founded an NGO called Creabuntu, hired local art and drama teachers, and the project was running in differ

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Elke Reinauer is a writer, based in Germany, with strong ties to the Yukon. Please email comments about her articles to editor@whatsupyukon.com.

Elisia teaching art at Creabuntu Project

Children at the soup kitchen in Namibia

Doing laundry in Namibia

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CLIFF SWALLOWS

United States. However, they ap pear to be declining in much of Canada, including in the Yukon.

Each nest is made of about 1,000 beak-sized pellets of mud and may take two weeks to con struct. Each mud pellet is carried, one at a time, to the nest from patches of mud of a suitably sticky consistency. It’s not surprising that many Cliff Swallows choose to re pair a nest from last year, rather than to start from scratch. Like most aspects of a Cliff Swallow’s life, collecting mud is a very social activity. Many birds work at the same patch of mud, looking like oversized butterflies as they flut ter their wings to avoid sinking in.

There are pros and cons of liv ing with a lot of close neighbours. Being able to cue in to their neigh bours’ discoveries of insect swarms is one benefit. Also, in a dense col ony, many pairs of eyes can lookout for predators, and colony members warn each other when they notice a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Merlin or other predator. On the negative side, large colonies can become infested with parasites, such as

the balance against Yukon Cliff Swallows.

There are many threats to Cliff Swallows, including declining in sect populations and habitat loss. Also, the availability of flying in sects, at crucial times, can be jeopardized by bad weather and storms, which are becoming in creasingly frequent and extreme, and the warming climate is caus ing insects to emerge earlier. Cliff Swallows spend the winter in South America. All year long, they rely on abundant flying insects that pro vide the energy required for nest ing, for migration and for growing a whole new set of feathers each winter.

In the Yukon, Cliff Swallow numbers are going down. In the 1970s and 1980s, huge numbers were reported nesting on some of the larger bridges, such as the one at Johnson’s Crossing; and the Lewes Bridge across the Yukon River, south of Whitehorse. Even at more-northerly locations, such as the culvert at Willow Creek, on the North Klondike Highway, flocks of 300 to 600 were once reported.

If you sense your car drifts or pulls to one side, you could have a wheel alignment problem. The alignment of your vehicle’s wheels can affect the way it handles. Your car may drive fine, but when you look at your tires, you may notice that they are wearing. Your steering wheel could also feel not centred. Our team of professionals can align your wheels by placing your vehicle on a wheel alignment machine. This machine uses laser guided measurements to allow our mechanic to set and adjust the suspension components back to the factory specifications. You can prevent the impact of wear and tear on your tires, reduce pulling and feel confident in a safer drive.

When travelling the Yukon highways this summer, did you notice a swarm of small birds as you crossed a bridge over a river? These acrobatic birds dart and swoop and disappear under the bridge. They are Cliff Swallows, but instead of a cliff, they have made the bridge their home. Their round mud nests are sheltered on the underside of the structure. Their strategy is safety in numbers and in building an al most predator-proof nest.

The natural nesting habitats of the Cliff Swallow are cliffs, espe cially rocky cliffs with overhanging ledges that protect the mud nests from rain. This swallow was origin ally a bird of Western North Amer ica, but over the past 150 years, the Cliff Swallow has expanded eastward, across the continent, as increasing numbers of bridges and buildings have provided abun dant nesting habitat. Cliff Swal low populations are still increasing in the central and southeastern

swallow bugs and bird blow flies, which feed on nestlings. The soon er the birds can raise their young and leave, the better! Here in the North, cold winter weather may knock back numbers of these bugs. Indeed, the birds at a Haines Junc tion colony reuse old nests more frequently than the well-studied Cliff Swallows in Nebraska, sug gesting that nest parasites may be less of an issue here. More study is needed to determine if warmer winters are allowing the bugs to tip

Next summer, when you see a swirling flock of Cliff Swallows, take the opportunity to watch them for a while at their nesting colony. Even in mid-summer they may still be adding mud pellets to the tunnel-like entrances of their round mud nests, and catch ing enough flying insects to raise a brood of youngsters healthy enough for the upcoming 10,000-kilometre journey to South America. n

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The full version of this article, written by Pam Sinclair, first appeared in the Yukon Bird Club’s newsletter, “Yukon Warbler,” in the spring 2020 edition, and can be found online at Yukonbirds.ca.

Cliff Swallows collecting mud balls to construct their nests

A Cliff Swallow peers out from its nest made of hundreds of mud balls

YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE

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ART SHOWS

Until Oct 28 Posters from the Yukon Archives Collection Arts Underground Held in The Hougen Heritage Gallery Exhibit displays thirty reproductions of posters from the holdings of the Yukon Archives.

Until Oct 29 Our Relations by Dennis Shorty Arts Underground Exhibition shows a new body of work that took about 12 months to complete. It is of carved soapstone sculptures mixed with moose and caribou antler and copper.

Until Oct 29 Snow Bear: Grief and Second Chances by Lantha Greer Arts Underground Exhibit centres around the 2022 short film of the same title. Snow Bear deals with loss and grief from the perspective of a child.

Until Oct 31 Immigration in Texture by Maya Rosenberg Yukon Artists at Work An exploration of the immigrant expérience through paintings, by Maya Rosenberg.

Until Nov 5 Arctic Highways Yukon Arts Centre Across the Arctic landscape, culture and art has travelled effortlessly along with the movement of the wind, the sun and our reindeer herds, creating a network of Arctic Highways.

Until Nov 5 Dintth’in: Fire Starter by Kaylyn Baker Yukon Arts Centre Held in the main gallery An incredible collection of beadwork by Kaylyn Baker and fashion spans all four seasons sharing stories and memories from the land.

Wed Oct

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bring in your instrument, find Jack and/ or Peggy and we’ll set you up! No need to be shy.

Wed Oct 26 VVinyl VVednesdays 7:00

PM Lefty’s Well Every Wednesday a local record junkie will be showcasing their collections for you, and maybe sometimes trade or buy.

Thu Oct 27 Live Music Thursdays 7:00

PM 98 Hotel

Thu Oct 27 Well Played Open Mic 7:00

PM Lefty’s Well

Thu Oct 27 Live DJs - Thursday

Throwdown 9:00 PM The Local Bar

Fri Oct 28 Legion Spooky Karaoke 6:30

PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 https:// bit.ly/3oWjB5W

Fri Oct 28 CHRYO CREEPERS 7:30 PM

The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre a Haunted House, Vinyl Therapy, an Open House, and Trick or Treating. https:// theheartofriverdale.com/chryo-creepers. html

Fri Oct 28 The Dank ‘80s – Halloween Party 8:00 PM Lefty’s Well 80s music night with Anty Frank and the Follower. Tickets online or at the door.

Fri Oct 28 Bowie Beatles Bash! 8:30

PM The Local Bar Featuring music from some of the most prolific, influential artists in rock history; David Bowie and The Beatles!Come dressed in your best Halloween costume and be ready to slay it on the dance floor.

Fri Oct 28 Gnomes at Night Presents:

The Haunted Raveyard 9:00 PM Boiler Room Lounge Some freaky and fresh beats with Dj’s PurpleTeeth, Mega Krahn, Redeye, & Alpen Flow. Appearances by

various Yukon Flow Artists & Prizes for best and most original costumes. Cover charge at the door.

Sat Oct 29 Music For Breakfast 9:00 AM 98 Hotel the last Saturday of every month. All New Members to The Breakfast Club Welcome. Music lasts until noon

Sat Oct 29 Danny Michel 7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Danny Michel live, rock, pop, folk, world and even classical. Tickets online. yukonartscentre.com/events/ danny-michel-oct.-29

Sat Oct 29 Major Funk Halloween

Bash! 8:00 PM The Local Bar Local band Major Funk and the Employment, with performances by Fiona Solon, Andy Slade and David Dugas. Come dressed to impress in your Halloween costumes!

Sat Oct 29 Rick Sward at Whiskey Jacks 9:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Rick Sward at Whiskey Jacks. Playing Bluegrass to Reggae. https://www. whiskeyjacks.ca/

Mon Oct 31 Live Music Mondays at Whiskey Jacks 7:00 PM Whiskey Jacks Pub & Grill Patrick Jacobson at Whiskey Jack’s every Monday with a weekly “feature performer” for the last set. https:// www.whiskeyjacks.ca/

GENERAL EVENTS

Wed Oct 26 Community Kitchen 11:30

Discrimination Workshop 4:30 AM Anti Racism & Discrimination Workshop and Social Justice, Diversity and Capacity Workshop - Presentations & Music Performances

Wed Oct 26 ArtWings Whitehorse 5:00

PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Are you interested in arts around Whitehorse, want to be more social = better arts, wings are half price, Jacob and Norah from Nakai facilitating.

Wed Oct 26 100 Women Who CareWhitehorse 5:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn 3 Yukon community organisations give 5-10 min presentations. Organisations revealed at the event. Each person in attendance selects which organisation gets their personal donation! No tickets or registration required! https://bit.ly/3ReYIih

Wed Oct 26 Black Adam 5:30 & 8:30

PM Yukon Theatre Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. Tickets online or at the door. https://bit.ly/3VBxi9D

Wed Oct 26 Texas Hold’ Em 6:30 PM

Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For signed in members and guests. Bragging rights!

Wed Oct 26 Board Game Night 6:30 PM

Polarity Brewing Our old pal Alix came back with a beautifully-curated collection of board and card games. Find a new favourite or play something familiar, from quick 15 minute rounds to epic multi-hour campaigns

7:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 A fun and relaxed jam, medium tempos, bluegrass and related genres (old-time, classic country, etc). Lots of opportunities to take a solo if you want, but not at all required. Email ian.boyce@northwestel. netfor more info.

Wed Oct 26 See How They Run 8:00 PM In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. Tickets online or at the door.

Thu Oct 27 Nakai (Morning) Training

– Section B 8:00 AM Mount McIntyre

Recreation Centre Morning warm up and learning for performing artists with Nakai Theatre’s Fall Training Cohort. www. nakaitheatre.com/workshops

Thu Oct 27 Public Speaking Training

- Toastmasters 12:00 PM Northwestel Building Guests are always welcome. There are many roles to learn at Toastmasters. Practice 2 minute table topics to help you with presentations and speaking in front of people.

Thu Oct 27 Anti-Racism & Discrimination Workshop 12:30 PM Anti Racism & Discrimination Workshop and Social Justice, Diversity and Capacity Workshop - Presentations & Music Performances

Thu Oct 27 Nacho Nyäk Dun Annual Citizen Meeting 2022 4:00 PM Nacho Nyäk Dun Development Corporation Join us for dinner and conversations about NNDDC’s annual financials, organisational activities, as well as project/initiative updates and future opportunities. https:// bit.ly/3MCBu4W

Thu Oct 27 Beaded Pumpkin PATCH with Stormy Bradley 4:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Work with artist Stormy Bradley to bead your very own Pumpkin Patch. This workshop is open to all skill levels. All supplies and hands-on instruction included. https://bit.ly/3Tr4PBF

Thu Oct 27 Yukon Curling Association AGM 5:00 PM Whitehorse Curling Club Come and join the Yukon Curling Association Board and staff at our AGM. https://bit.ly/3Syj47i

Thu Oct 27 Rope Tricks and Beer Night! 5:00 PM Winterlong Brewing Co. A rope tricks and beer night! Join us and our local ACMG Guide Éliel Bureau-Lafontaine! It’s bound to be a good time with even greater people! https://bit.ly/3Vz3z16

Thu Oct 27 Black Adam 5:30 & 8:30

AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Hot nutritious meals to-go, a free, low-barrier, program for

individuals

Wed Oct 26 The Mel Brooks MusicalYoung Frankenstein 7:00 PM It’s alive! Mel Brooks’ electrifying adaptation of his cult classic film will leave you in stitches! Tickets online.

Wed Oct 26 Intermediate Bluegrass Jam

PM Yukon Theatre Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. Tickets online or at the door. https://bit.ly/3VBxi9D

Professional development workshops

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

6 : 00 to 7: 30 p.m. ( MST )

Professional photographer Bruce Barrett will lead participants through an online session on at-home strategies to photograph your artwork.

Monday, November 7, 2022 6: 00 to 8 : 00 p.m. ( MST )

Join Bruce Barrett for an in-person session on photographing your art in a studio setting.

Thursday, November 24, 2022 6: 00 to 7: 30 p.m. ( MST )

April Britski of CARFAC Canada will join participants online to discuss how to navigate contracts for artists, exploring the art of negotiation and maintaining the working relationships you count on.

Online workshops are presented via Zoom. After you register a link will be sent to your email To register contact Courtney Holmes at mcfadden.holmes@gmail.com.

Thu Oct 27 Repair Cafe 6:00 PM

Yukonstruct Makespace Bring it in and see if it is fixable using soldering irons, multimeters, and other tools. This easy introduction to electronics and small home appliance repair is a useful evening of DIY learning that you can take home.

Thu Oct 27 See How They Run 6:00 & 8:00 PM In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. Tickets online or at the door.

Thu Oct 27 Photograph Your Art with Bruce Barrett 6:00 PM Arts Underground Join Bruce Barrett for an in-person session on photographing your art in a studio setting. Email mcfadden.holmes@gmail. com to register. https://bit.ly/3ENdIBm

Thu Oct 27 The Mel Brooks MusicalYoung Frankenstein 7:00 PM It’s alive!

Mel Brooks’ electrifying adaptation of his cult classic film will leave you in stitches! Tickets online.

Thu Oct 27 Prayer 7:00 PM Mountainview Church We take some time to connect with one another to praise God and pray for our church, our leadership, our city, and anything else in our hearts.

Fri Oct 28 Seniors Crib 1:00 PM Golden Age Society

Fri Oct 28 BGCY 3rd Annual Haunted Walk 5:30 PM Come and get your spooky on at our annual Halloween event - held in a new downtown location this year! Entry by donation... it gets creepier and spookier as the night goes on!

Fri Oct 28 A Night of Taiko 6:00 PM

Yukon Transportation Museum Mini Taiko showcase at the museum -- bring the whole family! Regular museum admission applies

Fri Oct 28 Legion TGIF Dinner Night 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254

Fri Oct 28 Triangle of Sadness 6:00 PM

Yukon Theatre A wickedly funny satire, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. https://bit.ly/3T5N4Ih

Fri Oct 28 Soirée Halloween 7:00 PM Elks Lodge 306 L’Association franco-yukonnaise vous invite à leur Soirée Halloween.

Fri Oct 28 The Mel Brooks MusicalYoung Frankenstein 7:00 PM It’s alive!

Mel Brooks’ electrifying adaptation of his cult classic film will leave you in stitches! Tickets online.

Fri Oct 28 The Shining 9:00 PM Yukon Theatre A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. https://bit.ly/3TeXYeW

8:45 AM A&W Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome to join us in this casual event.

Sat Oct 29 Cribbage - Members and Signed in Guests 2:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory. Members must have a valid 2021 membership and they may sign in 2 guests MAX.

Sat Oct 29 BGCY 3rd Annual Haunted Walk 5:30 PM Come and get your spooky on at our annual Halloween event - held in a new downtown location this year! Entry by donation... it gets creepier and spookier as the night goes on!

Sat Oct 29 See How They Run 6:00

PM In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. Tickets online or at the door.

Sat Oct 29 Triangle of Sadness 7:00 PM

Yukon Theatre A wickedly funny satire, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. https://bit.ly/3T5N4Ih

Sat Oct 29 The Mel Brooks MusicalYoung Frankenstein 7:00 PM It’s alive! Mel Brooks’ electrifying adaptation of his cult classic film will leave you in stitches! Tickets online.

Sat Oct 29 Halloweenie - A Ghoulish Night of Drag 8:00 PM Leftys Well Hosted by Andyboy, with performances by Beau Ryder, Daddy Supreme and Lau D’arta. Best costume contest. Cover at the door. https://bit.ly/3VEhqDh

Sat Oct 29 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10:00 PM A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. https://bit.ly/3TAbb1J

Sun Oct 30 Mountainview Church Sunday Service 9:30 AM Church In The Building 9:30 AM, 11AM or Church At Home 7 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM Mountainviewwhitehorse.ca/Watch

Sun Oct 30 Whitehorse United Church Worship Service 10:30 AM a caring community of faith, based on a foundation of Biblical teaching and spiritual truth.

Sun Oct 30 Seniors Bingo 1:00 PM

Golden Age Society

Sun Oct 30 Secondhand Clothing Bizarre 2:00 PM Whitehorse SeventhDay Adventist Church Clean clothes needed and donations accepted if in good condition. Please call before dropping clothes off and for more info 633-3463.

Sun Oct 30 Sunday Gatherings 3:00 PM

The Northern Collective Church

Sun Oct 30 Clothing Room 10:00 AM

Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene Free of charge to anyone and everyone

Sun Oct 30 Rorschach 7:30 PM Yukon

Theatre Luke Anthony has a mysterious past and is on a mission to seek revenge. English subtitles https://bit.ly/3yQsio6

Mon Oct 31 Euchre - For Members and

Signed in Guests 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Euchre a trick-taking card game for four players, two on each team, As a member you can sign in 2 guests MAX

Mon Oct 31 John Carpenter’s Halloween 8:30 PM Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. https://bit.ly/3Tt5anX

Tue Nov 1 Men’s Community Group Mountainview Church 5:30 PM We start with a meal and fellowship, then work through a biblical study, and take time to pray for one another, and for shared requests.

Tue Nov 1 Weekly Shuffleboard Tournament 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For members and signed in guests. A double knockout style competition and games are limited to 6 ends or 15 minutes

Tue Nov 1 Chess Club 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Love Chess? Want to learn? Looking for Competition? Join us!

Tue Nov 1 10 Card Crib 6:30 PM

Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 https://bit. ly/3oWjB5W

Tue Nov 1 Seniors Bridge 6:30 PM Golden Age Society Yukon Bridge players come join us for competition or fun or both.

Tue Nov 1 Moonage Daydream 8:30 PM Yukon Theatre Features captivating, neverbefore-seen footage and performances spanning David Bowie’s 54-year career. Tickets online or at the door. https://bit. ly/3CGrBid

KIDS & FAMILIES

Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays LAB Drop-In 12:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale For grades 8+, make beats, write, eat food.

Tuesdays Baby Story Time 10:30 AM

Whitehorse Public Library Rhymes, music, stories, movement, art & outside time. Ages 6 - 24 months & caregiver, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Free drop-in..

Tuesdays Toddler Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Rhymes, music, stories, movement, art & outside time. Ages 2 - 4 yrs. & caregiver, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Free drop-in.

Tuesdays Free Super Smash Bros. 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe All skill levels welcome! Please bring your own controller, and if you have a Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube controller adapter please bring them so that we can have multiple setups.

Wednesdays Warhammer Wednesdays

- Age of Sigmar 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Every Wednesday

Thursdays Kill Team Thursdays 5:00 PM

Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Units can be drawn from both the core book, elite book, Kill team annual and white dwarf.

Fridays

Fridays Standard Format - Magic: The Gathering 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe

Legal sets = Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance.Banned Cards = Rampaging Ferocidon

Saturdays Pokemon Saturdays 12:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Call 668-5750 for more info.

Wed Oct 26 Polarettes Preschool/Family Drop In 11:00 AM Polarettes Gymnastics Club enjoy the gym as a giant indoor play space. A great place to practice skills or just play and explore! Open gym is for members only.

Wed Oct 26 Kids’ Pottery Painting 3:30

PM Arts Underground Kids will explore and create colourful surface designs and the pots will be completed with a clear glaze by the instructor. Register Online. https://bit. ly/3Cdeu9d

Thu Oct 27 - 30 MAD’s Haunted House

MAD theatre 411 Wood Street, This year’s MAD haunted house is set in a run-down cursed carnival! Seats: first come first served situation. Tickets will be sold 30 minutes before the show begins musicartanddrama.weebly.com

Sat Oct 29 Halloween Spooktacular

1:30 PM Yukon Family Literacy Centre Games, treats, movie matinee, free skate, costumes encouraged.

Sat Oct 29 A Day of Taiko 2:00 PM

Yukon Transportation Museum Mini Taiko showcase at the museum -- bring the whole family! Regular museum admission applies

Sat Oct 29 Polarettes Preschool/Family

Drop In 3:00 PM Polarettes Gymnastics Club enjoy the gym as a giant indoor play space. A great place to practice skills or just play and explore! Open gym is for members only.

Sat Oct 29 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

4:00 PM When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her. https://bit.ly/3Sb4OAH

Sun Oct 30 Yukon Wildlife Preserve Trick or Treat! 10:30 AM Yukon Wildlife Preserve Animals Celebrate Halloween Too Sun Oct 30 Trunk or Treat 2022 2:30 PM Riverdale Baptist Church Come join us in having fun this Halloween season, with decorated trunks, tons of candy, hot chocolate or apple cider and community! https://bit.ly/3D5tKFv

Online Events

Wednesdays Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood.

Wednesdays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https:// www.rootedtreemassage.com/book-online.

Fridays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community

Fridays AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693

Saturdays AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693.you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https:// www.rootedtreemassage.com/book-online

Mondays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help

Tuesdays Restorative Online Healing Circles 7:30 PM Online Check-in, Q&A, connect and feel the results. No experience necessary. Register online, or call 335-0078 or email alison@ alisonzeidler.com for more info.

Tuesdays Mental Health Awareness and Support Online it is essential that people build capacity to support those with mental health concerns. https://bit.ly/3GTz6T5

Thu Oct 27 Words Out Loud 7:00 PM Online Virtual reading and open mic, featuring readings by Joanna Lilley and Conyer Clayton. Our open mic spots are 5 minutes each.⁠https://bit.ly/3s4CyoC

Mon Oct 31 Hybrid Intro Sessions 2:00 PM Online Learn how to create value & insights with a project or business, using data available in and about the Yukon! Zoom sessions https://bit.ly/intro-to-datayukon

Tue Nov 1 Learning for Life – Driving Safely for Seniors 10:30 AM Online

The award is to recognize an outstanding individual farmer, a farm family, an agri-producer or processor, or a farming advocate who is making a significant contribution to the Yukon’s agriculture community.

Learn more on how to prepare your nomination at yukon.ca/yukon-agriculture-award

Submit your nominations by email to agriculture@yukon.ca by 12 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Contact:

For

contact the Agriculture Branch by email at

or call 867-667-5838 or toll free 1-800-661-0408 and ask to be

Samantha Rodeck ED transportation Options Network for Seniors for a chat on driving safely for seniors. By Zoom, to register call 668-3383 or email ycoa@ yknet.ca

Sophie is in her 30s and French. She studied and worked in the UK and Senegal, before moving to Canada. The time she spent in the Yukon changed her life for the best. She developed a true interest for quiet, wild spaces and a more-rural life. She is now back in France, starting a goat farm in the countryside and sharing stories from Europe!

DIY: LOW-WASTE HALLOWEEN

cluding our favourite Halloween costumes) are going to landfills (www.advancedwastesolutions. ca).To keep the tradition running and to avoid buying new stuff that would not last and cost quite a bit of money, here are a few tricks:

HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS

Halloween costumes were ha bitually modelled after vampires, zombies, trolls, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils. Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, such as aliens and super heroes.

WHAT’S IN YOUR CLOSET?

Make your own Halloween costume, with recycled material, for the whole family

Credit: Daisy Anderson - Pexel

Initially, Halloween—namely, All Hallows’ Eve—was a ritual dedi cated to remembering the dead.

According to Wikipedia, Halloween traditions came from the Irish.

About 3,000 years ago, the Celtic calendar ended on the 31st of Octo ber (not on the 31st of December): that special night was the night of the god of the dead.

October is a month known for its shorter days and darker nights. The legend says the soul of the dead would walk the earth and come to visit the living at this special time of the year. The celebration allows the dead and the living to meet somewhere in the “middle” of the real and imaginary world. This fes tive season would last a full week on the occasion of the full moon and is punctuated by feasts, songs, sacrifices and fires. Celtic people would dress up in scary outfits and celebrate the new year.

Mid-nineteenth-century Irish people migrated to America, bring ing with them their traditions. Now adays, some of the original folklore persists. To frighten people and keep the harmful spirits out of one’s home, the jack-o’-lanterns are now carved into pumpkins (much easier than the traditional turnips) and are massively grown and harvested in late October.

Make your own ghost costume with an old bed sheet

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No doubt, Halloween is fun to celebrate for kids and grownups. But it can also turn into a trashy celebration.In 2014, the Retail Council of Canada (www.thecan adianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ halloween) estimated that Can adians spent about CAD70 on cos tumes, candy and decorations—all mostly made or wrapped in plastic and used only once before being tossed away. It may take up to hun dreds of years before that plastic breaks down.

Did you know that, in Canada, we have very low recycling rates? Eighty-five per cent of textiles (in

Do you have an old wedding dress or some funky pants? Do you have an old-fashioned uncle or aunt? Can you borrow one of their retro shirts, their fur coats, their big glasses and one of their hats? Once you have an idea of what you have available in your closet, revamp your clothes into a new iconic outfit inspired by real-life figures (or fictional ones). If you lack inspiration, check out Pinterest or do a search … You won’t be disappointed!

HOMEMADE COSTUMES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SKELETON OUTFIT

What you’ll need:

• An old black dress or a black top and matching trousers/tights

• Some white chalk

• A white marker

• A skeleton template (Google search!)

INSTRUCTIONS (kids and adults):

Lay down the dress or top/

Trick-or-treaters with

costumes and

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tights. Look online for a skeleton template and draw it from the cage ribs to the leg bones, with the white chalk. Wear it to make sure it looks fine and is well-proportioned. Once you are happy with the draw ing, overlay the template with the white marker. Your outfit is ready!

GHOST OUTFIT

What you’ll need:

• Scissors

• A large piece of fabric (double your size)

• A piece of paper

• A black marker

• Ghost face template (Google search!)

INSTRUCTIONS (kids and adults):

Do you have an old piece of white-ish fabric or a bed sheet? This costume is a great way to use it and to create a spooky costume.

To know how big the fabric needs to be, measure from the top of your head to your toes, then multiply by two.

Cover yourself with the white fabric or bed sheet. Ask someone to draw your eyes on the fabric with the black marker.

Fold the fabric in half and lay it flat. Slide the piece of paper behind the eyes, marked on the fabric, and draw a happy or scary ghost face around it (check online for inspira tion).

Cut out spaces for the eyes and personalize the costume as you wish.

If you don’t have time to make your own outfit, think about rent ing a favourite costume, or buy

it second-hand (check Facebook marketplace or a local thrift store).

MAKEUP

Both for kids and adults, a killer makeup look will definitely do the job over the most basic outfit. While the seasonal store makeup often of fers low-quality materials full of tox ins and plastic, prefer buying your own non-toxic face paint and use it every year, with family and friends, for a fantastic look! Makeup tutorials are available on YouTube, to practice before the big day.

HALLOWEEN TREATS

Without treats, it isn’t Hallow een. What about using a pillowcase rather than a plastic bag for trickor-treating? You can decorate it with a Halloween vibe (chicken bones from your last meal attached to it, a pumpkin drawing, or in a bloody style).

For the candies, head over to a local store that has wrapped candies available in bins.

According to Stats Canada, in 2017, more than 80,000 metric tons of pumpkins have been produced in Canada. Most of those, however, are tossed out after being carved. Scary. Here is my favourite pumpkin cup cake recipe to make the most out of your jack-o’-lanterns!

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour or oats (or a mix of both)

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 8 Tbsp butter or oil, room temper ature

• 1 cup pumpkin puree (mash the in side after carving it)

• Spices (as desired)

• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp ground ginger

• Ground cloves

• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

METHOD

Heat the oven to 3250. In a bowl, mix all ingredients together, starting with the eggs and sugar. Whisk until blended.

If you have muffin cups, brush the inside with butter to keep the bat ter from sticking. You can also use a regular cake mold and do the same.

Fill the molds and bake for 20–25 minutes. Let it cool and decorate with leftover spices.

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ACTIVE LISTINGS

Wed Oct 26 Beginner Cycling Series with Adrienne Marsh 4:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness A series of 5 classes, email habitcommunity@gmail. com

Wed Oct 26Habit Spin 6:30 AM, 5:30 & 6:45 PM Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Wed Oct 26 Zumba 6:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Register online

Wed Oct 26 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, and ends with more fun games! For kids 4 - 12 years old.

Wed Oct 26 Sass Class – Drop in Velvet Antlers Productions 6:00 PM Super sassy dance cardio and across the floor progressions, along with tantalizing floorwork and sexy choreography. Register online. https://bit.ly/3wkXVod

Wed Oct 26 Spirit Bear Karate The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM Traditional Okinawan Shorin-ryu Seibukan Karate Do. Adult Class (16 y/o and up) http://spiritbearkaratekobudo.ca

Wed Oct 26 Badminton Adult Drop-in Takhini Elementary 7:30 PM Open to everyone 18 years old and older and all skill levels

Thu Oct 27 Intro to No Bun Ballet – Drop in Velvet Antlers Productions 6:00 PM A low impact, medium/ high energy, basics class while you tighten

your core, increase your strength and build on the fundamentals for all VA classes and performances. Register online. https://bit.ly/3cbyCOI

Thu Oct 27 Habit Spin 6:45 PM Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Thu Oct 27 NO-GI JIU JITSU

Eight Days Martial Arts 7:30 PM This class is very similar to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, only the students typically practice in shorts and a rash guard t-shirt, rather than a Gi. There is also typically a little more wrestling and leg locks due to the rules in tournaments being less restrictive.

Thu Oct 27 Total Body HIIT 12:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness A 30 minute total bodyweight cardio class. Drop In Thu Oct 27 Zumba 6:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Register online

Fri Oct 28 Habit Spin 6:30 AM & 5:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Fri Oct 28 Women’s Brazilian JIU JITSU Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also know as “rolling”

Fri Oct 28 Muay Thai

Kickboxing Eight Days Martial Arts 12:00 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts

champions.

Fri Oct 28 Badminton Adult

Drop-in Takhini Elementary 7:30 PM Open to everyone 18 years old and older and all skill levels

Sat Oct 29 Climb Yukons

Annual Bouldering

Competition Porter Creek

Secondary School Including all age categories and recreational category open to anyone who wants to try climbing, compete for fun, and win some prizes for best costume.

Sun Oct 30 Habit Spin 10:00 & 11:00 AM Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Sun Oct 30 Habit Yoga –Candlelight YIN with Cailyn MacMaster 6:45 PM Habit Health and Wellness Unwind from the week or ease into the next one. Drop in or pre register.

Mon Oct 31 Kids Muay Thai 4:45 PM Eight Days Martial Arts Muay Thai teaches combat skills that are good for self-defense along with positive holistic effects like respect, discipline, focus, and confidence. Open to ages 8 - 12.

Mon Oct 31 BRAZILIAN JIU

JITSU Eight Days Martial Arts 6:00 AM & 7:30 PM a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also know as “rolling”

Mon Oct 31 KIDS MUAY THAI

Eight Days Martial Arts 4:45 PM a dynamic and engaging martial art that can be traced to

Where the wild things always are

Wild Trick or Treat Event; wildly tricky scavenger hunt, carnviore feedings, spooky storytimes, & of course, candy! Bonfire, smore’s but BYORoastables.

Sunday Oct 30th 10:30am-6:00pm. yukonwildlife.ca

ACTIVE AND WELLNESS EVENTS ... cont’d

the middle of the 18th century.

The sport is also referred to as the “Art of Eight Limbs” because it utilizes punching, kicking, elbowing and knee strikes. Muay Thai teaches combat skills that are good for self-defense along with positive holistic effects like respect, discipline, focus, and confidence. Open to ages 8 - 12.

Mon Oct 31 Women’s Muay Thai Kickboxing Eight Days Martial Arts 12:00 & 6:00 PM

The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Mon Oct 31 Muay Thai Kickboxing Eight Days Martial Arts 12:00 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

Mon Oct 31 Habit Spin 6:45 PM

Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Tue Nov 1 Total Body HIIT 12:15 PM Habit Yukon 30 min lunchtime high intensity interval training. All levels welcome, drop in and first time try it rates available.

Tue Nov 1 Kids BJJ 4:45 & 6:00 PM Eight Days Martial Arts

Children’s classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! These classes are appropriate for kids 4 - 12 years old.

Tue Nov 1 Habit Spin 12:15 & 5:30 PM Habit Health and Wellness, Drop in for fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling (spin) class.

Tue Nov 1 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 6:00, 12:05 & 7:30 PM Eight

Days Martial Arts Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also known as “rolling”.

WELLNESS LISTINGS

Elder and Counselor available Emotional and Spiritual support, free to Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirited in Yukon, Northern BC: Phone, video

appointments or in person. Call

Toll Free 866 667 6162 or visit www.yawc.ca for info.

Tuesdays & Saturdays

Counseling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Wed Oct 26 Beginner with Experience – Level 1 Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 5:30 PM Assumes some familiarity with the components of Sun Salutation A + B, foundational standing poses, use these to find the principles of intelligent movement universal to all yoga and all life activities. To register email wallymaltz@mac. com http://www.yogayukon.ca/ yogayukon/Schedule.html

Wed Oct 26 Hips Hams + Better Backs – All Levels

Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 7:30

PM Therapeutic work for healing, subtle work for strength. All levels welcome, pre-registration required and drop-ins welcome.

To register email wallymaltz@ mac.com http://www.yogayukon. ca/yogayukon/Schedule.html

Wed Oct 26 Overeaters

Anonymous Meeting 7:30

PM Overeaters Anonymous For more information contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information

Wed Oct 26 No Puffin Group (CM) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral

Wed Oct 26 Sally & Sisters/ Soeurs 1:00 PM Whitehorse United Church A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Thu Oct 27 Hatha Yoga 12:00

PM Grace Space Find alignment mental and physical during this hour of inspiring hatha yoga,. Register online. https://bit. ly/3kFowWQ

Thu Oct 27 Mantra and Relaxation 4:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary This class is about developing awareness of your inner Light through the practices of chanting mantra and deepening relaxation

Thu Oct 27 KDCC Walking with Our Sisters Sewing Group 5:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.

Thu Oct 27 Family & Friends

Support Group 7:00 PM Canadian Mental Health

Association (CMHA) A dropin support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Call 668-6429 or email programs@yukon.cmha.ca for more info.

Thu Oct 27 AA Polar Group - O/M 7:30 PM Christ Church Cathedral Join our support group in person or for our zoom room address email aapolargroup@ gmail.com

Fri Oct 28 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online

These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/bookonline

Fri Oct 28 Morning Yoga

Stretch 9:00 AM 7th Ray Studio

Easing into the day with gentling warming up and stretching. All levels are welcome Register online.

Fri Oct 28 Sally & Sisters/ Soeurs 1:00 PM Whitehorse United Church A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Fri Oct 28 Learning for Life Program 3:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Dr. Alex Kmet Medical Assistance in Dying. Email yccoa@yknet.ca

Fri Oct 28 Slow Flow + Resto

– All Levels Alpine Bakery Upstairs 5:30 PM Stretch, flow + restore – a great way to end the week for a better weekend. To register email wallymaltz@mac.com http:// www.yogayukon.ca/yogayukon/ Schedule.html

Fri Oot 28 Sacred Breathwork

7:00 PM Alpine Bakery (Upstairs) Improve the capacity to release fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, grief, and other charged or blocked emotions. Pre-registration required, by email wallymaltz@mac.com

Fri Oct 28 AA Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral Looking for support with your relationship with alcohol? Join the AA Whitehorse Group..

Fri Oct 28 Men’s Support Group for Indigenous men 18 and over CYFN Council

Of Yukon First Nations Family Preservation Services is hosting a Snaring & Trapping Workshop as part of its ongoing Support

Group for Yukon First Nations and Indigenous men. Register now as space is limited!

Sat Oct 29 AA Hospital Meeting 7:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral

Sat Oct 29 Yoga with Amber

7:15 PM Habit Health and Wellness book online or email habitcommunity@gmail.com for more info

Sat Oct 29 Kundalini Wake-Up with Nancy Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 9:00 AM Start the day with classic Kundalini yoga sets and meditations that stimulate the mind, activate the body and magnetize your energy. To register email wallymaltz@mac. com http://www.yogayukon.ca/ yogayukon/Schedule.html

Sat Oct 29 Restorative Yoga – All Levels 10:30 AM Alpine Bakery & Upstairs Restorative poses are long holds over supportive props in relaxing variations of backbends, forward folds and twists, to relax deeply. To register email wallymaltz@ mac.com http://www.yogayukon. ca/yogayukon/Schedule.html

Mon Oct 31 Sally & Sisters/ Soeurs 1:00 PM Whitehorse United Church A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Mon Oct 31 Smart Recovery

Addictions Support 6:45 PM Sarah Steele Building

Mon Oct 31 Live And Online

Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on.

Mon Oct 31 Intermediate Yoga – Level 2 Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 5:30 PM Explore alignment and form in a wide range of familiar + new poses, applying what we learn to deeper forward bends, backbends, balances, inversions and some flowing sequences. Preregistration required, email wallymaltz@mac.com. http:// www.yogayukon.ca/yogayukon/ Schedule.html

Mon Oct 31 Breathe + Stretch with Carrie Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 7:30 PM A slow paced class to lengthen and stretch the body. The focus will be on the spine, pelvis, and fascia with slow fluid movements to help give you a better range

of motion and the ability to move more easily. An hour and a half to slow down and recharge your batteries with Carrie Ekholm. Pre-register carrie.ekholm@gmail.com http:// www.yogayukon.ca/yogayukon/ Schedule.html

Mon Oct 31 Hips, Hams + Core

– All Levels Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 7:00 PM Fairly vigorous classes with emphasis on breath and slower is stronger. Designed to dramatically increase core strength, stabilize, strengthen and open hips, safely regain hamstring mobility. All levels welcome. Pre-registration required, email wallymaltz@mac. com. http://www.yogayukon.ca/ yogayukon/Schedule.html

Mon Oct 31 Absolute

Beginners - Intro Alpine Bakery & Upstairs 5:30 PM Get an introduction to yoga over 7 weeks with instructors Erica + Carrie. Pre-registration required, email wallymaltz@mac.com. http://www.yogayukon.ca/ yogayukon/Schedule.html

Mon Oct 31 AA New

Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral

Tue Nov 1 Sally & Sisters/ Soeurs 1:00 PM Whitehorse

United Church A safe place for women and children to access a meal.

Tue Nov 1 Summer Yoga 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Drop-in Yoga, everyone welcome. Call 335-1996 for more info.

Tue Nov 1 Men’s Community Group 5:30 PM Mountainview Church We start with a meal and fellowship, then work through a biblical study, and take time to pray for one another, and for shared requests.

Tue Nov 1 intermediate-Level 2 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery

– Upstairs Pre-Registration required, drop in welcome.

Tue Nov 1 Yoga by Amber 7:00 PM 7th Ray Studio A yoga class that is for all levels and abilities, register online.

Tue Nov 1 Breathe & Stretch with Carrie 7:30 PM Alpine Bakery – Upstairs PreRegistration required, drop in welcome.

Tue Nov 1 AA UglyDuckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral New members always welcome, this is a non smoking group.

SNOWMOBILING IS A YEARROUND ACTIVITY—REALLY!

It may sound crazy to newcom ers, but long-time snowmobile enthusiasts will likely agree with us when we say snowmobiling really can be a year-round activity.

For the truly active members of the snowmobile community, snowmobile rides can inspire fund ing applications, which help trail maintenance take place just in time for a membership drive to support grooming for the next big snowmobile ride. In other words, the snowmobile season never really ends for thousands of dedi cated snowmobile club volunteers around the world.

There are over 700 snowmobile clubs and associations in Canada alone, and the vast majority are volunteer operated. These clubs and associations are best known for a variety of snowmobile events and, of course, winter trail groom ing, so snowmobilers and many other multi-use trail users can enjoy a smooth ride to and from their favourite spots. However, the work doesn’t stop there.

Every summer, these same vol unteers spend countless hours clearing out overhanging brush, removing downed trees, replacing

signs, designating routes, repairing trails and cleaning up litter. Much of this work is done during the summer and fall months so the trails can remain open for summer use and so that winter hours can be spent operating the grooming machines.

Here in the Yukon, especially, multi-use infrastructure makes economic and environmental sense. Although many trails are maintained by snowmobilers, they are almost all designated as multiuse, and snowmobile clubs also work closely together with many other clubs and associations to coordinate grooming, signage and other projects.

The Trans Canada Trail is a great example. The Trans Canada Trail is a true multi-use trail that stretch es over 27,000 kilometres long and connects Canadians from coast to coast to coast, and the Klondike Snowmobile Association is proud to be the official Trans Canada Trail agent for the Yukon Territory.

Although the snowmobile asso

ciation is the official agent respon sible for development and main tenance of the Trans Canada Trail in the Yukon, many other commun ity groups are also involved, and volunteers of all kinds work on the trail so that users of all kinds can enjoy the trail.

In addition to trail work, many of these snowmobile club volun teers also spend countless hours meeting with various levels of gov ernment, to ensure snowmobilers concerns are being heard, as well as reviewing and promoting various safety and education programs, doing maintenance and repairs on the club’s equipment, arranging funding for future projects and, of course, catching up on the neverending administrative duties.

It’s important to support lo cal volunteers because they do so much for our community. Annual memberships to local clubs and as sociations is a very affordable and very effective way to show sup port, and many of them offer great membership benefits and discounts that can easily make up the cost of your membership! n

column with James Connor

The Klondike Snowmobile Association is a volunteer operated non-profit organization formed in 1981 to represent snowmobilers in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Our mission is to “protect, develop and enhance the sport and recreation of snowmobiling in the Yukon.”

Jim Connor attaches a new piece of signage to the trail ahead of the upcoming riding season

Mark Daniels begins prepping the trails, long before the first snowfall, by clearing overgrown brush

KSA member Harris Cox is often out on the freshly snow-covered trails with the club’s groomer

A PEEK AT THE YUKON DURING ‘THE QUIET YEARS’

ences and an index, and I swear I haven’t seen so many footnotes since the last time I read a book by Peter C. Newman.

Aside from just being a darn good read, this book covers a period about which very little has been written. Yukon histor ies and memoirs tend to focus on the Klondike Gold Rush and then skip along to the building of the Alaska Highway. The main book about the middle period is Lewis Green’s informative but rather dry corporate history, The Gold Hustlers. This has been in and out of print a few times, and when Pierre Berton was writing his last book, Prisoners of the North, he ended up borrowing my copy for his research on Joe Boyle and Ar thur Treadgold.

His research team took the book apart and he had to buy me a new copy, which took him some time to find.

“Migrations” by Sharon Phillips

Yukon Wanderlust by Don Barz

Celticfrog Publishing 340 pages

It was with a bit of shock that I discovered my name among the list of those being acknow ledged for having made some contribution to the creation of Don Barz’s engaging story about the five years (1937–1942) that his father, Ernie (known as Er win in the Yukon), and his uncle, Art, spent in the territory, mostly around Dawson and the area north of Mayo.

I have a photograph of Barz, taken in August 2008, sitting on

my porch behind the massive binder of material he had al ready compiled to help him pull the story together. Our conversa tion eventually became an arti cle that was slightly over 1,000 words and which you can find in the Whitehorse Star online ar chive or in the Sept. 10/08 issue of the Klondike Sun.

His book is a thoroughly re searched and documented tale of two brothers who got caught up in the Yukon’s mystique, writ ten by a former Yukoner who lived in the territory for seven years, working for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) during the creation of the Klon dike Valley Land Use Plan.

The brothers’ story begins in Victoria, where they were both working in April, 1937. Through a friend, they met a fellow out of the Yukon who said he’d made $4,000 while working at the United Keno Hill Mines Ltd. They

were on the next boat north, the Princess Nora.

Informed that Keno was prob ably not the best place to go, at the time, they ended up in the Klondike where they worked on the dredge crews, for two sea sons, and began doing a bit of trapping, which they decided was what they wanted, to live in the bush and do full-time.

They couldn’t afford the ex pensive non-resident trapper’s license fees, so they pretended that they were going to be min ers, which was legal, and with the help for some Dawson cit izens, they chartered four plane loads of huskies, equipment and supplies to the territory’s remote Bonnet Plume region.

Figuring that a trading-post run by two brothers with Ger man last names that, soon af ter the Great War, might not be popular, they hooked up with Ernest “Chappie” Chapman and

ran a franchise called Chappie’s Trading Post (when they weren’t actually operating what Barz de scribes as one of the largest clan destine fur-trapping operations in the Canadian North).

What was perhaps unusual about the brothers was that they kept journals about their activ ities, while they were here, and shot over 300 photographs with their Kodak Brownie camera, 190 of which are in this book, along with some snippets from the journals.

They were on the sidelines or intersected with some Yukon mysteries: RCMP investigations into the crash of White Pass Air ways’ CF-AXJ; the mysterious disappearance of Aaron Knorr and Julia Bonnetplume, in search of a fabled gold mine in the Bon net Plume region; and various al leged illegal trapping activities, other than their own.

The book contains 381 refer

There’s a lot of rare material in this book—some of it from the diaries and some (in boldface print) from interviews that Barz recorded with the brothers. He’d heard stories from them both, for years, and it combined with his own Yukon years to inspire him while he was attending a writing workshop.

Barz lives in Kamloops, where he works as a portfolio manager and investment advisor. Like his father and uncle, he visits the Yukon, from time to time, most recently on a trip to promote and market his book, which is avail able at stores in Dawson and Whitehorse, as well as online and in e-book format.

The brothers eventually set tled in Salmon Arm and operated poultry farms until they retired. Both of them passed on, in their nineties, in 2011. Don is so happy that he completed his interviews with them when he did. He began working on this book in 2007. n

BOOKSHELF

column with Dan Davidson

After three decades in classrooms in Beaver Creek, Faro and Dawson, Dan Davidson retired to continue writing, as he had been all those years. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

Don Barz with his research binder in 2008

PHOTO: Dan Davidson

SEASONAL RECIPES

TEXAS TARTINE

With Spinach, Poached Eggs and Lemony Yogurt Sauce

Atartine is a posh French open-faced sandwich; a Texas tartine is a tartine on Texas toast. Make sure you care fully toast the bread in butter: it adds a rich crunch that perfectly contrasts the runny yolk and tart dressing.

If you’re looking for a moresubstantial meal, just double the recipe and give each diner two tartines.

Serves 2.

INGREDIENTS

2 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt

2 Tbsp lemon juice

2 tsp lemon zest

2 tsp honey Salt, to taste

2 Tbsp butter

2 slices thick-cut bread

1 cup baby spinach

2 eggs

Black pepper, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk together yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest and honey, and season with salt.

In a cast iron skillet, over medium-high heat, melt the but ter and add the sliced bread, toast on one side until brown, then flip and toast on the other side. Re move from the pan and place each piece of toast on a plate.

Divide the spinach between the slices of toast and drizzle half the sauce on the spinach.

Bring a pan of water to a simmer and carefully break the eggs into the simmering water. Cook until the whites are set and the yolks are runny. Then place each poached egg on top of each tartine, drizzle with remaining dressing and sprinkle with cracked black pepper. n

column with Sydney Keddy

Sydney [Oland] Keddy is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com as well as in other publications.

PHOTOS: Sydney Keddy

Lemon and zest

Lemony yogurt dressing

Toasting Texas toast

Texas Tartine With Spinach, Poached Eggs And Lemony Yogurt Sauce

Drizzle the spinach before you top it with an egg

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TAKU RIVER SOCKEYE SALMON AND ATLIN LAKE TROUT: PRESERVING THE HARVEST

1 Tbsp juniper berries Birch syrup, for brushing

INSTRUCTIONS

Clean and filet fish, removing pin bones. Cut into serving-sized pieces—anywhere from 4 to 8 oz. Toast peppercorns, coriander seed and juniper berries in a cast-iron frying pan, over medium heat, until aromatic, about 5 minutes.

Coarsely grind seasonings with a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder. Mix with salt and sugar in a medium-sized bowl.

Select 2 pieces of fish of about the same size. Lay them out on a sheet of plastic wrap. Press dry rub into each piece so that it’s entirely covered. Place one piece on top of the other, wrap tightly and refrigerate on a baking sheet or a large plate. Repeat until all the pieces of fish are rubbed and wrapped.

Leave fish in the refrigerator for

ter texture, or up to 160°F for a drier, more chewy texture.

Remove from the smoker, cool, package, label and freeze. Will keep well for up to 6 months in the freezer.

N WET BRINE FOR SALMON OR TROUT

Enough brine for 4 lbs of trout or salmon pieces

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup kosher salt

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup soya sauce

1 1/2 cups water

1/2 cup white wine

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 Tbsp Sambal Oelek or other hot sauce.

INSTRUCTIONS

Add all ingredients to a mediumsized bowl. Whisk until sugar and salt have dissolved.

Arrange trout and salmon

In early October, a heartbreak ing video, by salmon researcher Sarah Mund, appeared on social media and exploded across the national and international news: 65,000 pink salmon dying in a creek bed near Bella Bella, B.C., in Heiltsuk Nation Territory. An afternoon of rain and a high tide had triggered the salmon to start their journey, but after the severe drought of the summer and early fall, water levels were so low that the salmon simply couldn’t make it upriver to spawn.

It’s difficult to see the shocking evidence of the impact of climate change, difficult to read another grim story in the litany of grim stories about the decline of wild Pacific salmon. In this context, any positive action to protect wild Pacific salmon stock becomes im perative, if it wasn’t already. Sup

porting Indigenous conservation efforts, donating money or time to not-for-profit environmental or ganizations, lobbying MPs and MLAs … all of it matters.

In the domestic sphere, in the kitchen, preserving the salmon harvest becomes what matters.

Every July when my husband and I pick up Taku River sockeye from Taku Wild, in Atlin, owned and operated by the Taku River Tlingit, we ask each other “How long will this last?” Conscious of our good fortune, we use every bit of the fish, making stock from the bones and scraps and, in the fall, smoking any salmon left from the previous year’s harvest, to share around.

This year, a friend brought her cache of lake trout from Atlin Lake, too, and we did what cooks and fishers do—debated about the merits of dry-brining versus wet-

brining, what temperature to set the smoker, how long to smoke the fish, what wood to use. Together we admired the colour and texture of trout and salmon, contrasting them with each other, enjoying handling this beautiful resource.

It felt good to take care at every step; it was an antidote to anger and helplessness and a way to share the harvest with friends and community throughout the fall and winter.

N DRY BRINE FOR TROUT OR SALMON

Enough dry brine for 4 to 5 lbs of trout or salmon pieces

INGREDIENTS

1 cup kosher salt (try Diamond brand); do not use iodized salt

1 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp black peppercorns

2 Tbsp coriander seed

1 hour to 90 minutes, for salmon; and 1 hour, maximum, for trout. (By this time, the rub will have dis solved in the liquid from the fish.)

Unwrap fish and rinse each one lightly under running water, leav ing some spices on the flesh. Pat dry, with paper towel, and place in a single layer on baking sheets. Return to the fridge to dry for 1 to 2 hours, until the flesh feels tacky to the touch.

Heat the smoker to 170°F and allow it to fill with smoke. Oil the smoker trays and arrange fish on trays according to size—bigger pieces together.

Place trays in the smoker with the thicker pieces on the lower shelves and the thinner ones on the higher shelves. Brush with birch syrup every 30 minutes.

Smoke until the internal tem perature reaches 120°F for a wet

pieces in a single layer, flesh-side down, in a large glass, porcelain or stainless-steel pan. Alternatively, lay pieces flat in a large resealable bag on a baking tray.

Pour brine over top of fish in the pan, lifting each piece to make sure it runs underneath. If using a resealable bag, pour brine into a measuring cup, seal the bag, ex cept for one corner, and pour brine into the gap. Seal, lay flat and, if necessary, manipulate the fish pieces so they’re laying flat, flesh side down.

Leave fish in brine for 8 hours or overnight. Remove fish from brine and pat dry without rinsing. Arrange on baking trays and return to the fridge to dry for at least one hour and up to four hours, until flesh feels tacky.

Follow smoking instructions above. n

GATHER

column with Michele Genest

Michele Genest is a Whitehorse-based chef and writer. She is also somewhat of a gardener. Michele has also written two books The Boreal Feast: A Culinary Journey Through The North and The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures In Northern Cooking.

Padding down the dry brine

Dry and ready to smoke

Smoker filled

Glazing

Temperature check

THE YUKON BY MOUNTAIN BIKE

n WHITEHORSE

Over 700 kilometres of trails, and growing every year. For most residents, it’s a short drive or bike to the mountain biking trails. Whether you like to experience easy green trails, intermediate blues or terrifying blacks, White horse has them all. The main areas of interest are:

n GREY MOUNTAIN

With road access, this mountain gives you an opportunity to shuttle your bikes up, ride down and shut tle up to your vehicle. If you’re fit you can also use the road access as an easier way up to the trails (just make sure to leash your dogs and keep to the right of the road!). There are also a large number of trails, so you can spend hours going up and down Grey Mountain and around the many lakes.

n MOUNT MAC

The ski trails of Mount Mac make excellent uptracks for moun tain biking. More cross-countrytype biking, with exciting features,

makes Mount Mac fun but also a decent portion of up and down. Mount Mac trails cover a large por tion and here I’ll include one of my favourite trails—Blown Away. At the top of the Copper Haul Road, this technically fun trail straddles a ridgeline overlooking White horse on your right and Fish Lake on your left. Although the road is getting worse and worse; a 4x4 is highly recommended to access it. Or, again, if you’re fit, ride up the road!

n COPPER RIDGE & HILLCREST

I live in Copper Ridge and love being able to cross a road and be on the trails. My staple trail is a quickie, and my dogs love it. From our house, this great six-kilometre loop gives a flowy and fun down. This area has got some flowy fea tures, some technical rocks and an icy lake in the area. Just be cau tious when crossing roads to other trails and using ATVs on the way out of town.

n PORTER CREEK & YUKON UNIVERSITY

I started mountain biking when I lived in Porter Creek, so I have to say it was rather difficult. At the time, none of the trails were named or mapped, so often I was pushing my bike up steep terrain or getting lost. But now the trails are all mapped out and allow you to start developing your routes.

However, as this backs onto the Yukon University area, you should know there is a lot of down but also a lot of up. You can use the City of Whitehorse Multi-use Trail for a nice smooth ride back up to Porter Creek.

n WOLF CREEK

Mostly I ride Wolf Creek in winter time on my fat bike. Nice flowy trails that are impeccably groomed during the winter. This multi-purpose spot is a nice hourlong loop that gives you incredible views over the Yukon River (I highly recommend the shorter loop for beginner mountain bikers).

n PILOT MOUNTAIN & RESEARCH FOREST

Just outside the city limits is a

popular set of trails. Pilot Moun tain is worth a visit just before fall, when the fireweed is bloom ing, and the Research Forest is a great spot for fat biking, as locals consistently groom this nice flowy/ flat trail (I highly recommend this for beginner mountain bikers).

n CARCROSS

A huge thanks to the Single Track to Success Project: Carcross has become a mountain biking des tination in Canada, with one of the top-five mountain biking trails in Canada. Mountain Hero is a 29-kilo metre trail with a 1,400-metre ele vation gain and a five-kilometre descent.

It is my goal to one day ride this trail, but in the meantime Carcross is a great day out from Whitehorse

and has shuttle access. Viewpoints are spectacular and each trail has its own unique features, from sand to rocks, to flow jumps and berms, to insane rock features.

n DAWSON CITY

These trails aren’t for the faint of heart and are certainly downhill trails. The Dome Road provides ac cess to the top of the dome and is a shuttler’s dream. My husband Ryan and I shuttle each other, as each descent is about 15 minutes. So it’s not like riding in Whitehorse, where the many kilometres and hours of riding means stop breaks and catch-up chats. Dawson City does have people ride up the road or the trails, though (again, if you’re fit).

My favourite trail is the Ham merstrand Mountain Biking Trail. A nice flowy, bermy, hilly blue trail that is a lot of fun and beauti fully built. But most of the trails are black downhill trails on loose rocks, with steep drops, and I should encourage a full-face hel met while riding these.

n ATLIN

While not technically the Yukon, let’s just “pretend” it is. Atlin has a number of mountain biking trails and so far I’ve attempted the Como Lake Enduro Trail. I am not going to lie and tell you that it’s a lot of up. In addition to the up is a lot of down, with technical aspects along the way. If you have a fear of heights, there is one particular berm over the edge of a cliff that I had to walk, but Ryan rode and said it was very scary.

Using the Trailforks app can show you trail details and recent trail reports. n

AUSSIE GIRL IN THE YUKON

column with

Kylie Campbell-Clarke

Kylie Campbell is an Australian writer and photographer exploring the Yukon.

The Yukon has an incredible landscape and many trails to discover while mountain biking

Kylie and Charlie pose for a photo mid-way through a winter ride

Kylie, along with Phil, left and Charlie, rest on a bench during a recent summer ride

Sometimes even the bikes get rides, depending on where the adventure begins

THE PHOENIX BURNS BRIGHTLY IN FORT NELSON

told me.

John Roper, general manager of the Phoenix Theatre Man agement Society, greets me with friendly enthusiasm. His love for the theatre and his love for his audience shine warmly in all of his stories.

The Phoenix Theatre, like the Yukon Arts Centre, is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year. It also has a gallery space and a full theatre, with rigging. I admit ad miring the cozy 209 soft-seat space with some envy and excitement.

The Phoenix Theatre has sur vived, all of those years, due to diversification. There is no com mercial theatre in Fort Nelson, so they screen movies much like the Yukon Film Society has been doing at the Yukon Cinema—I noticed they had some of the same films on of fer. “When the films aren’t so big, we do live performance, and when there’s less live performance, the films fill in,” the adaptable Roper

Fort Nelson has suffered some economic setbacks over the past couple of decades. In 2008, forestry left town. Workers lost two mills that had provided 550 direct jobs and 1,500 spinoffs. Then oil and gas bottomed out in 2012. That had an impact on the theatre’s ability to bring in big acts such as Randy Bachman or the Stampeders. You need a solid patron base for that kind of thing. So they thought about how to diversify, how to provide services to the community.

Not only are they the only indoor movie theatre in town, but they of fer outdoor movies. This began well before Covid, in the Art Fraser Me morial Park at the recreation cen tre. They had a whole inflatable screen setup, which was labourintensive but worth it.

Outdoor movies in the North have their own challenges, which we share. You have brief windows

in the spring and fall, when dark and sufficiently warm temperatures combine to make them possible.

The movie theatre’s concession is an important part of how the or ganization adds enough income to its public funding, to keep open. Roper’s co-worker, Danielle Morine, challenged him to come up with

a way to do something other than pop.

All of this meant that, when Covid struck, they knew they had the capacity to do outdoor movies. On April 18, 2020, they offered their first Covid drive-in movie. People asked to be able to park next to a friend, and kids threw beach balls

around between vehicle sunroofs. These movies were a place to con nect when there was nothing else.

“Together Again at a Distance” was their slogan.

Beside the popcorn maker and sign for real butter, Roper makes me

column with Nicole Bauberger

Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse.

The Phoenix Theatre

Classic theatre seating for the audience to sit back and enjoy the show

John Roper with his lemonade press

halloween

LEATHER PHONE CASEBeginner Leather Work

- 9:00pm

REPAIR CAFE

- 9:00pm

November

TOWEL RACK - Beginner Forging

- 9:00pm

November 3

SEW A BASKETIntermediate Sewing 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Open Hours: Wed-Sun 1pm-9pm

JAPAN FEST

12:00 to 3:00pm

Our Japanese Sister City Program

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

In the ODD Gallery

Z’OTZ* COLLECTIVE Habits of the Speaking Shadows Until December 3, 2022

ODD Gallery at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson CIty, Yukon

Tel: (867) 993-5005

Email: kiac@kiac.ca Website: www.kiac.ca

He is a 1-year-old, male, shep herd mix.

Grey AKA Goliath is a big guy is full of energy and love! He would love a space to stretch his legs and run! He will need daily exercise and socializing.

He is a big guy with a lovely thick coat! He would do well with older children, and with proper introduction, he would do well with another dog, we do not know how he is with cats.

If you are interested in adopt ing Grey please fill out an online application at humanesociety yukon.ca. If you already have a pre-approved application with us within the last year, call 6336019 to put your application to wards him.

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Move and Groove!

• Mondays, 9:30am-10:30am

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Sensory Science

• Wednesdays, 9:30am-10:30am

In this hands on program, we will explore all of our senses together. It might get mucky!

Mini Mozarts

• Fridays, 9:30am-10:30am Clang, bang, sing, and play! Magical music-making for you and your little ones!

December will be Drop In Play, combined with Christmas Crafting Extravaganza!

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ATLIN

Fridays Atlin Community Library Atlin Community LIbrary 2:00 PM Open two days per week, Fridays and Saturdays, covid protocols apply.

Sundays St. Martins Anglican Church Sunday Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church 10:00 AM Everyone is welcome.

Tuesdays Craft Dinner 5:00 PM Atlin Mountain Inn Craft and eat with good company, special meal discounts for crafters. Finish an old craft or start something new!

Tuesdays 5 Mile Group (OM) 7:30 PM Tutan Hit building Next to Centre for Culture Call 1-250-651-7900 Ext. 315

Sat Oct 29 Halloween Dance & BBQ

Atlin BC Globe Theatre Dance the night away with Whitehorse talent ‘Blues Cargo’

Yukon Communities:

Wednesdays Yukon Unity (OM) 3:00 PM Online Yukon Health Centers, Live Video Meeting Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Destruction Bay, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake.

BEAVER CREEK

Mon Oct 31 Beaver Creek Halloween Gathering 3:00 PM Beaver Creek Community Club Fun games and races, roller skating, skateboarding, spooky snacks, horror movies, crafty crafts. Best costume contest and PRIZES!!

CARCROSS

First Sunday of Every Month St. Saviour’s Church Services 2:00 pm St. Saviour Church 867-668-3129

Mondays Light Walkers Group (OM) 5:00 PM Fire Hall meeting room 1137 Austin St.

CARMACKS

Wed Oct 26 Toddler Time & Indoor Soccer/Learn to Play 10:00 AM

Carmacks Recreation Centre

Wed Oct 26 Teen Movie Night 7:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Thu Oct 27 Carmacks Open Gym 5:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Thu Oct 27 Family Movie Night 7:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Fri Oct 28 CTJS Floor Hockey 5:00

PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Kids & Youth Floor Hockey (5-7PM) and Adult Floor Hockey (7-9PM)

Fri Oct 28 Teen Party 7:00 PM

Carmacks Recreation Centre Try out the escape room, join in on the murder mystery game

Sat Oct 29 Halloween Kids Party (6 & Under) 12:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sat Oct 29 Disc Golf Drop-In 1:00 PM

Carmacks Recreation Centre All ages! Free! The Recreation Department has a variety of Driver, Fairway, and Putter Discs to use. https://bit.ly/3QIuxAs

Sat Oct 29 Drop In Pickleball 3:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sat Oct 29 Halloween Adult Party –8:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sun Oct 30 Toddler Time 1:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sun Oct 30 Halloween Kids Party (7 to 11) 12:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sun Oct 30 Zombie Walk (All Ages) 2:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre

Sun Oct 30 VOC Haunted House (All Ages) 4:00PM

Mon Oct 31 Drop-in Basketball 5:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12 (5-7PM) and Ages 13 to adult (79PM)

Mon Oct 31 Carmacks Spikerz Volleyball 6:00 PM Carmacks Recreation CentreIndoors at the VOC - Rec Center until the outdoor courts at Merv Tew Park & Tantalus School are ready! https://bit.ly/3Ot7cSv

Mon Oct 31 VOC Haunted House (All Ages) 6:00PM

Tue Nov 1 Drop-in Basketball & Soccer 5:00 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12 (5-7PM) and Ages 13 to adult (7-9PM)

Tue Nov 1 Nerf Battle Dome 5:30 PM Carmacks Recreation Centre Carmacks Recreation Centre

DAWSON CITY

Tue - Thur St Paul’s Anglican Church Evening Prayer 4:00 PM St Paul’s Anglican Church Join us in person at the church, or online (Facebook Live) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm Yukon Time for Evening Prayer.

Tue - Thu Saint Mary’s Weekday Mass 5:00 PM Saint Mary’s Catholic Church

Join Father Emanuel for weekday mass Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Wed Oct 26 Youth Muay Thai Classes 3:00 PM Minto Park Concession Ages 7-13 Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca to register.

Wed Oct 26 Fitness Program 3:30 PM

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre

Wed Oct 26 Cooking Club 4:30 PM

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre

Thu Oct 27 Cooking Club 3:00 PM

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre

Fri Oct 28 Cards & Conversation

12:30 PM Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 Dawson City Free! DropIn! No registration necessary. Proof of double vaccination required for anyone ages 12+. For more info email recreation@cityofdawson.ca or call 9937400 ext 299.

Fri Oct 28 Fur Babies and Front Street

Fire Front Street Dawson City Contact 867-993-2218 for more info.

Fri Oct 28 Adult Rec & Roll 5:00 PM

Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre Improve your roller skating and skateboarding skills, 18+ Free-Drop in

Sat Oct 29 Free Drop In Art Activities Ages 8-12 11:00 AM Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) 11:00 AM No registration required, just show up! Space is very limited.

Sat Oct 29 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School

Sat Oct 29 Drop-In Walking Group 12:00 PM Robert Service School Open to all ages, children under 10 to be accompanied by an adult, Parents with strollers are welcome. Set distance goals to achieve or just come for exercise and socialization.

Sun Oct 30 AA North Star Group Dawson City 7:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion In person or Videoconference option available Call 867-993-5095 or 867-993-3734 for more information

Sun Oct 30 Under 5 Gym Drop-In 10:00 AM Robert Service School

Sun Oct 30 Learn to Skate 4:00 PM

Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre For those 18+ Learn the basics of skating –register at the arena

Sun Oct 30 Screen Printing Drop-in with Dan Brown 6:00 PM Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) Includes: use of screens*, emulsion, and ink! There is a refundable deposit of $20 per screen though participants are welcome to bring their own.

Sun Oct 30 Yin Yoga 8:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre For a deep stretch and relaxation before bedtime Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca

Mon Oct 31 Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) 11:00 AM Handbuilding pottery. For independent potters with experience who feel confident working independently.

Mon Oct 31 55+ Stretch & Strong Fitness Class 2:00 PM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre A 6-week strength class for Dawsonites Call 993-7400 ext 299

Mon Oct 31 Badminton & Pickleball 6:00 PM Robert Service School Open to all ages (children under 10 must be supervised).

Mon Oct 31 Adult Drop-In Basketball 7:30 PM Robert Service School Gym – Free Call 993-7400 ext 299 for more info

Mon Oct 31 Young Peoples Talking Circle 7:00 PM Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre

Tue Nov 1 Romp & Run 10:30 AM

YOOP Hall Email Jen.Suttis@cdcyukon. ca for more info.

Tue Nov 1 Preschool Learn to Skate 10:45 AM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre Half Hour program for stay at home preschoolers ages 3+. Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca

Tue Nov 1 Hand Building Pottery Drop-In 11:00 & 6:00 PM KIAC Space is limited to 6 participants, first come first served.

Tue Nov 1 Hatha Yoga 5:30 PM Art & Margaret Fry Rec Centre Improve your postureflexibility and strength. Email recreation@cityofdawson.ca

Tue Nov 1 English Conversation Club

7:00 PM YukonU A weekly English Conversation Club for immigrants in Dawson City.

Tue Nov 1 Magic The Gathering 7:00 PM Minto Park Concession Building FREE Event. Format is commander –Bring your own cards / decks

FARO

Wednesdays & Friday’s Games & Walks 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Walk or play cards, engage in healthy living.

Wednesdays Basketball (Open Court) 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Shoot some hoops, practice your skills on the open court. Call 994-2375 or email

recreation@faroyukon.ca for more info. Fridays Badminton 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Saturdays Open Gym 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Unstructured activity time where the gymnasium is available to students, families, and/or community members to play pick-up sports. Call 994-2375 or email recreation@ faroyukon.ca for more info.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Parent & Tot 10:00 AM Faro Recreation Centre

Tuesday & Thursdays Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Tuesdays & Thursdays Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre – Must be pre-registered, for more info call 9942375

Tuesdays Adult Floor Hockey 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre

Wed Oct 26 Community Memorial Potluck 5:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Please bring one or two side dishes if possible.

Sat Oct 29 Sock Dyeing with Food Coloring Workshop 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre To register call 9942375

HAINES JUNCTION

Wed Oct 26 Village Council meetings 7:00 PM St. Elias Convention Centre Village Council meetings are also held the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. [Remote attendance only]

Wed Oct 26 Boxing Classes Bill Brewster Arena 5:30 PM Reach your fitness goals by joining this boxing program! Participants must complete out a waiver provided. Call 634-2012 or email dgraham@cafn.ca for more info. https://bit.ly/3mGYALy

Thu Oct 27 Kids Art Journals (Grades 4-6) 4:30 PM Bill Brewster Arena Register online https://bit.ly/3TuhUtU

Thu Oct 27 Step It Up with Shelby 7:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Cardio Aerobic Step Class is a classic cardiovascular workout, using a 4 or 6 inch step platform.

Fri Oct 28 HJL Story Time 10:00AM

Haines Junction Library Registration is required but the program is still run as a drop in. There is no commitment to come each week. https://bit. ly/3KmBdBC.l

Sat Oct 29 Step It Up with Shelby 7:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Cardio Aerobic

a hand-pressed lemonade. He tells me a story of prototyping the lem onade. He brought samples over to City Hall and asked the reception ists for their input. One older work er, who was always a little standoff ish, sipped the lemonade and her face broke into a smile. “That’s just like how my mom used to make it,” she said, which launched a conver sation with Roper about her child hood and where she grew up.

These moments, where cultural activities or the activities around them can make the context for people to share stories like this, are part of what Roper works for.

Stories of resilience lie at the heart of the Phoenix Theatre. The history of cinema and performing arts in Fort Nelson has been marked by fire. From school gymnasiums, to movie theatres, to hotels, the site has burned another time. Col laborative efforts—between the local arts council, citizens of Fort Nelson, the corporate community and all three levels of government— opened the facility in 1992, and it continues to this day.

The theatre teams up with local charities to do home deliveries of popcorn and lemonade. With sup port from various funders, the the atre bought and maintains a “Pop Bug,” a Volkswagen with a red-andwhite-striped effigy of a container of popcorn on the top. People can watch all kinds of movies at home, but they can also take part in the concession and support both the theatre and other local community work.

In addition to countless hours at the theatre, Roper is running for reelection to City Council. All of his work comes from his love for the community. The Phoenix has been part of his life since childhood. At 14, his job was postering the shows around town. At 16, it was his first job. Though he had spent a short time working in a larger theatre in Prince Rupert, in the end, he came back home.

He loves the technical side of the theatre, both for movies and the stage. He shows me the various projectors the theatre now has in place, as well as the sound systems for live performance.

Outdoors, they now have a screen right on the side of the building for outdoor movies, and a shed (which they recovered from the dump) with a state-of-the-art digital projector inside.

The indoor theatre originally sat 272 and was renovated with comfortable, bigger seats and im proved accessibility, which actually improved their audience num bers. They’re part of the Northern Presenters Network, and so also present live acts when they can.

They offer theatre tours to schoolkids … John showed me his rotoscope that he uses to teach them how movies work, as well as a short 1937 35mm reel from Disney. He shows them the lights and rig ging. He feels it’s important to in vite them into the ideas of theatre and culture as early as possible.

For residents at the seniors’ facility, next door, they paired a screening of the latest Downton Ab bey with a High Tea.

Roper dreams of one day pre senting a stage play in the space, with 3D effects from the cinematic equipment they have on hand. The community stages a musical once a year, but he would love to see lo cal live productions happen more frequently. He himself starred as Shrek, a few years ago, and other community members tell me he has a lovely singing voice.

In the theatre’s lobby, a small art gallery exhibits works on a con signment basis. Roper loves hosting an opening for these events.

Yukoners, Fort Nelson (though it’s on our way to the South) is in many ways more remote than Whitehorse. They have no extended care facility, and you have to leave the community to give birth. We pass by as quickly as we can, stop ping for gas, stopping longer only if we need help with our vehicles. It might be worth slowing down a bit and checking the Phoenix The atre website when we head through (www.fortnelsonshow.com/home), to see what they have on.

On November 14, Kim Beggs and Nicole Bauberger (me) will present a performance of songs and stories, celebrating Kim Beggs’ Steel and Wool album that she released last spring. n

The theatre’s movie projector

The scene from behind the 3-D-enabled screen

The Popcorn Bug helps support the theatre’s activities by delivering concessions throughout the community

The view from the lobby

PHOTOS: Nicole Bauberger

DIDEE DIDOO

Recycled Distribution

New firewood rebate Get money for purchasing firewood to heat your home.

The Government of Yukon is offering a new rebate for purchasing firewood to heat homes in the Yukon.

Yukon residents buying firewood to heat their home can get $50 for each cord purchased. The firewood rebate provides financial relief from increasing firewood prices.

Get a receipt from your firewood supplier or download and complete the proof of delivery form and apply for the rebate at: yukon.ca/firewood-rebate

The firewood rebate is available from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. People who purchased firewood on April 1 onwards are encouraged to apply.

To qualify for the rebate, firewood must be purchased from a supplier that is a Yukon-registered Business.

For more information, contact the Energy Branch by email at energy@yukon.ca or by phone at 867-393-7063 or 1-800-661-0408 and ask to be transferred.

ATTENTION RETAILERS & LOCAL PRODUCERS!

You deliver Yukon-made, we’ll surround it with Yukon culture.

Our fun bright pages provide excellent FREE packaging for your local goods sent all over the world. We have limited returns so best to order by month, first-come first-served basis.

with Allan Benjamin – CHIH AHAA

Allan Benjamin is a poet, a cartoonist, a fiddle player and a snowshoe racer from Old Crow, Yukon. Allan is a Vuntut Gwich’in artist who provides cartoons and poems to What’s Up Yukon. He introduces us to two sets of characters who represent Allan’s family and traditional Gwich’in life growing up in Old Crow.

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Benjamin

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CAREERS

Whitehorse Grade 11 Class Site Visit

On September 24, Victoria Gold’s Community Liaison Michelle-Dawson Beattie and members of the Eagle Gold Mine team hosted teacher Andy Preto’s Grade 11 Experiential Sciences class from Whitehorse’s Wood Street School at the mine while in full operation.

In the morning, one group of students toured the Eagle Gold Mine Open Pit and the crushing facilities led by Victoria Gold’s Chad Erb, General Foreman Mine Operations, and Ryan Nobel, General Foreman, while a second group toured the Heap Leach Facility (HLF) and Gold Recovery Plant with employees Chris Tanner, General Foreman Process and Teagan Cartwright, Metallurgist.

Over lunch, the class heard presentations from Lea Johnston and Megan Gent from the mine’s Technical Services department, John Jackson from the Environmental department and Je Lane from the mine’s Health, Safety and Security department.

The employees outlined their roles at site and how they work together with other departments at the mine. The afternoon saw the groups switch site facility tours and the day concluded with a collective debrief of what the students had learned during their visit and what new knowledge they would share with their classmates at school.

“The students learned how all the various Eagle Gold Mine departments operate as teams together and appreciated how much thought, care and emphasis Victoria Gold places on protecting the environment,” says Michelle. “Victoria Gold is committed to student engagement and extends its sincere thanks to Andy Preto and the Wood Street School Experiential Sciences program for their willingness to learn about responsible mining at the Eagle Gold Mine.”

The Eagle Gold Mine is situated within Victoria Gold’s 100 per cent-owned Dublin Gulch Property located approximately 375 kilometres north of Whitehorse and 85 kilometres north, northeast of the Village of Mayo, within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND). The company employs over 500 workers and contractors; half of which are Yukoners At Work and many are FNNND citizens. If you are a Yukoner with mining experience, Victoria Gold encourages you to become a Yukoner At Work. Visit the “Work For Us” page at vgcx.com/contact/work-for-us/ and send your resume to greatpeoplework@vgcx.com

The Grade 11 Experiential Sciences class from Wood Street School in Whitehorse at the Eagle Gold Mine on September 24. The students are pictured wearing blue safety vests and Victoria Gold’s employee hosts are (L-R): Chad Erb, John Jackson, Ryan Nobel, Tegan Cartwright and Chris Tanner.

This is the second class from the Wood Street School Experiential Sciences program to tour the Eagle Gold Mine this year. In mid-May, Preto arranged for a previous Grade 11 class cohort to visit the mine.