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veryone has a list of family and close friends that they feel the need to make an effort to visit every decade or so. If you’re like me and your entire extended family lives outside the Yukon, they may be making an extra effort to come and see you, because (though geographically cumbersome) the Yukon is pretty cool place to come visit. Part of my extended family recently came up to stay with us. Though my parents, siblings and I were not to able to quite recreate the Yukonic tour William and Kate received, hopefully we were able to showcase the Yukon’s best features. Everyone knows the real grunt work comes before the guests arrive. If your family is anything like mine, the house will undergo a ritual massive cleaning from top to bottom. It’ll be a family team effort of approximately five hours combined, with the vacuum whirring in the background and washing machine roaring with a full load. You breakout that tub of cleaning chemicals to finally deal with that stain you made on the carpet last month and squirt everything with the cleaning solution that somehow makes it shiny.

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they’ll finally utter that ever so longed for comment, “Oh wow, the place looks great!” To which your mother will secretly take great delight in replying, “Oh thanks, it’s an absolute mess. Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to clean much. Come in, come in.” They come in and you’ll talk about old times, catch up on new times and rave over Air North together. You’ll layout the following weekend plans. Some of which, will start and stop at the ends of Main Street, for our visitors who don’t particularly enjoy the outdoors and more so came to the Yukon for the postcard and to check off some personal bucket list items. But for others, hikes, hikes and more hikes will be enough for them until the snow sets in. Combine that with some Midnight Sun coffee, a beautiful sunset and the cold weather fulfilling your guests need to justify owning a down jacket they bought on clearance down south, they’ll have a great trip! Tess Cacher is a student at F.H. Collins high school.

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All Kinds of Bargains

On the Cover Metal band, WaRRmAuth, poses in practice garage. Photo by Meagan Deuling

by Ruth Lawrence

What’s Inside Preparing for Houseguests ........ 2 Haines Junction Thrift Shop ..... 3 Heavy Metal Halloween............ 4 Willie Jones III Quintet ...........11 Bison Steamed Buns ...............12 Freddy in Haiti......................14

Dozens of bags were dropped off to be sorted in the last month. Clothing items fill the racks already Women of the congregation continued to sort and run the thrift shop. As the church was doing well, the proceeds were directed to the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund for many years as outreach. The thrift shop is a mainstay for locals, workers from Squirrel Camp and Burwash Landing up the North Highway, as well as tourists and members of other Yukon communities. Probably the most interesting story happened a few years back when there was a beautiful wedding dress in stock. A young woman from another Yukon community visited a couple of months prior to her wedding. She’d had no luck finding a dress until she spot-

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ted this dress and tried it on. It fit and looked amazing! Not only did she buy the wedding dress, but her mother found her wedding outfit at the thrift, as well. As it’s close to Hallowe’en, there will be some customers who are looking for additions for their costumes as well as those looking for great fall bargains. There’s

something for everyone from babies to adults, including footwear, and some housewares. The thrift shop will run the second and last Thursday each month until the big “dollar-a-bag” final clear out in June. Donations are accepted all winter long. Ruth Lawrence is a Haines Junction-based writer.

Fiction ...............................18 Halloween Story....................18 Tinder Pt. 4 .........................23 History of Cancan Pt. II ...........24 What Happened to Our Kids? ....26

Events Whitehorse Listings ................ 6 Community Listings ..........20, 21 Highlights .......................20, 21 Active Interests ....................22

The housewares section is organized too

t’s autumn and time for the thrift shop in Haines Junction to ramp up again for winter. Dozens and dozens of bags of used clothing and housewares have been dropped off in the last month at the back door of St. Christopher’s Church. Local women were sorting and organizing for weeks in preparation for the thrift’s opening day, Oct. 13, which went really well -lots of items sold, and there were lots of happy customers. The thrift shop was originally set up in early 1980s in the basement of the church rectory. Then, clothes came in bales, sent from church women in Vancouver. Bales contained beautiful hand-knitted baby clothes, sweaters and quilts. The shop migrated to the back of the original church building where the leaky woodstove provided minimal heat; it was so cold that people wore mittens as they sorted clothes. When the new church was built, the thrift shop moved to the basement. More and more local clothing started to be donated.

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aRRmAuth is one of the most intriguing bands to be rising out of Whitehorse’s small but strong musical talent pool. At the forefront of the metal scene revival, these teenage stars rock harder than most with talent and ingenuity to back them up. Given their captivating stage presence and extraordinary music-

al harmonies, it’s a shock when they take off their masks, revealing their young faces. Comprised of four local teens, this band will have you rethinking just what young people can do when they put their minds and talents to it. The band first formed three years ago when bass player Ragn Royle brought together guitarist Manus Hopkins and drummer Brandon Butler with the dream of playing metal music. A year in, they felt the need to evolve their sound and brought in Milan Lapres. “Nailz [lead guitarist Lapres] had just purchased his first electric guitar and was learning fast,”

Royle says. “He joined after a few months of playing and the rest is brutal history.” With two of the original members meeting for the first time at their new band’s practice, the group has come a long way. Now three years old, the band is going strong and has played at Epic Pizza, BYTE’s 2015 Battle of the Bands at the Future Routes Music Festival, and even Atlin Music Festival. “We had a lot of people [at Atlin] and we’d been looking forward to playing a music festival like that cont’d on page 5...

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The Life and Times of Teenage Metalheads, WaRRmAuth... cont’d fun,” says Hopkins. for our whole lives,” On Friday, OcRoyle admits. Drummer Buttober 28, the band will play its second ler cites the recent big heavy metal heavy metal night show at Heavy at the Jarvis Street Metal Halloween. Saloon as their faThe event used to vourite show to occur annually and date. It offered the is now coming back rockers a chance alongside the loto play with others in the metal scene cal metal scene’s and to experience comeback. performing up-close “It was actually and personal – even the first metal conif they had to leave cert I ever went to,” right after their Hopkins admits, “so early set in line with I’m beyond excited liquor corporation to be a part of its regulations. “It was revival.” a great experience The band is because it was our looking forward to first bar show and playing with the the liquor corporaother local metal bands again, and tion let us perform. It was amazing to PHOTOS: by Meagan Deuling is hoping to enjoy the show this time have a crowd so since it won’t be at energetic.” Manus Hopkins, aka CuddleBunny, Milan Lapres, aka Nailz, Ragn Royle, aka Couzin It, a bar. Finding places to plays lead guitar and sings plays lead guitar plays bass “Also perperform hasn’t been easy. While relaforming will be out soon and keeping building Chainsawdomy, The Vagitarians, tively new to the scene, the band the metal scene and what it means force that can’t be ignored.” Looking toward the future, the the local metal scene, as well as Abscess Of The Dog, and a brand recognizes the need for strong for the future of the community. “It’s great to have more metal band hopes to play a role in build- moving on to bigger places,” says new band called Flora Colossus,” independence within the metal community to make shows hap- bands coming out and refusing to ing that force, even if it takes Royle. “We’ll always be ready to Manus says. “We’ve played with give up,” Hopkins says. “Soon, them out of the territory. come back to Whitehorse though.” the first three bands before, but pen. “World domination would be we’ve only ever actually gotten “We want to have a full album “There has never been a lot of metal in Whitehorse will be a to watch The Vagitarians perform. support for metal bands in WhiteThey’re always awesome so that’ll horse,” Hopkins says. “Venues and $20 at the door. Donate milk crates to help be cool to play with them.” promoters here don’t want to book metal bands. The metal communbuild stages for future Tundra Punks events ity has to be very independent. We have to do everything ourselves.” | 5-11pm and receive $1 off the ticket price for each Selene Vakharia is a Despite this, the band feels milk crate up to $5. Old Fire Hall Whitehorse-based writer. optimistic about the resurgence of

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Jam 3:00 pm Jarvis Street Saloon Bring your own gear and we’ll plug you in or just play on ours! (867) 6684567 Ext: 300 Until, Oct, 28, Closing Reception: Allow Yourself to Sat, Oct, 29 The Midnight Sons 7:30 pm Best Breathe 5:00 pm Arts Underground An artsy evening Western Gold Rush Inn with wine and snacks to mark the closing of “Allow Sat, Oct, 29 Varietease VI: A Burlesque Carnival yourself to breathe,” the latest exhibition from Martha 8:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre We are ecstatic to bring Jane Ritchie and Monika Käte Steputh. You’ll have the Yukoners dancing, singing and carrying on - all fun releasing bottles of air from all over the world and anchored by an amazing live band. Let us knock your breathing the breeze. View the art, meet the artists, socks off! and socialize in the gallery. Sat, Oct, 29 Karaoke 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler Until, Oct, 29, The Art of the Ordinary: us-centric Room Photography Arts Underground The images in this Sat, Oct, 29 Varietease VI: A Burlesque Carnival exhibit, drawn from a number of collections of Yukon 11:45 pm Yukon Arts Centre We are ecstatic to bring Archives, are collectively known as “vernacular” the Yukoners dancing, singing and carrying on - all photographs. Vernacular photography is a term that anchored by an amazing live band. Let us knock your encompasses a wide range of photographic practices socks off! and is essentially everything that fine art photography Sun, Oct, 30 Open Mic Night 3:00 pm 98 Hotel is not – ordinary, popular, everyday images. Sun, Oct, 30 Drummer Willie Jones III Quintet 7:00 Until, Oct, 30, Tea Leavings: Group Show Yukon pm Yukon Arts Centre With an unparalleled style of Artists at Work Gallery YAAW artists are gathering rhythmic expression, drummer Willie Jones III is one together to create unique pieces inspired by Tea. of the world’s leading jazz drummers. Jones’ bold Using clay, fiber, canvas, metal and more the artists articulation and constantly innovative sense of swing are exploring the possibilities of this everyday subject. are results of his life-long musical experience. 867 668-1577 Mon, Oct, 31 Beòlach - From Cape Breton to Until, Nov, 21, Magnetic North Centre de la Whitehorse! 7:00 pm Hamilton and Son Guitar francophonie Magnetic North is a study of creatures Shop Beòlach has thrilled audiences with energetic great and small around us. John Berryman captures performances, witty presentation, and their versatility split-second life and environment of the Northern - a as stepdancers. This is an all ages show. Pick up spider capturing a bee or a bear eating a salmon tickets at Hamilton & Son. Until, Nov, 25, Our Home is Our Gallery Yukon Arts Mon, Oct, 31 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Centre. Yukon Arts Centre will host a guest curator for Jarvis Street Saloon the September 8 November 26 exhibit entitled Our Tue, Nov, 1 Top 40 Dance Tunz with Jon Steel 9:00 Home is Our Gallery. pm Jarvis Street Saloon Until, Nov, 30, Art Exhibition: Meghann Meadowcroft Tue, Nov, 1 Yukon Live Music - Ginger Jam 10:00 Hilltop Bistro Yukon College The exhibit features a pm Yukon Inn in the Boiler room fully electric jam selection of Meadowcroft’s paintings inspired by the session with PA system, drum kit and guitars provided Yukon’s natural landscape—from colourful fireweed to musicians. Featuring guest co-hosts and performers. to blossoming trees and dynamic northern lights. Wed, Nov, 2 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Meadowcroft began painting as a personal therapeutic Pizza goes till we are done! process and never expected to find a market for her Wed, Nov, 2 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 pm Jarvis work. Street Saloon

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success each month! The food is GREAT, our salmon have hatched and the children will be signing a traditional Southern Tutchone song. All families are welcome - “It takes a community to raise a child” For more information call 393-3775 Thu, Oct, 27, Rawk Band 1 Gr 3+ 4:30 pm Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Oct, 27, Rawk Band 2 Gr 5+ 6:00 pm Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Oct, 27, Monthly Family Evening Hikes 7:00 pm Grey Mountain Primary School 668-8360 We will practice our night vision as we play games, learn about nocturnal animals, tell stories, observe the night sky, go on scavenger hunts and much more. Family groups of up to five (5) participants can register together. Call or email for more information. 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Restaurant Features smooth stylings of Lucie Desaul- pm Yukon Government Administration Building Join us Location changes call 633-7688 for details. nier on vocals and Paul Lucas on guitar. 456-2982 inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Spooktacular & Magic Show Wed, Oct, 26 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 pm Epic Wed, Oct, 26, Baby Talk Sessions - October 1:30 2:30 pm Canada Games Centre Halloween Skate, Pizza goes till we are done! pm Whitehorse Health Centre Bring your baby, let Family Swim, Face Painting, Trick or Treating and Wed, Oct, 26 Varietease VI: A Burlesque Carnival us inform and discuss topics related to the health Magician Matthew Johnson! 8:00 pm Yukon Arts Centre We are ecstatic to bring and concerns you may have as your baby reaches Sun, Oct, 30, Halloween is for Animals Too 10:30 am the Yukoners dancing, singing and carrying on - all milestones. Yukon Wildlife Preserve Come dressed in your best anchored by an amazing live band. Let us knock your Wed, Oct, 26, Wayback Wednesdays: Storytelling and join some Halloween fun. Special animal feedings socks off! Evening: More Strange Things Done 5:30 pm with the lynx and red fox, all day “I Spy” activity, bonfire Wed, Oct, 26 Karaoke with DJ Carlo 9:00 pm Jarvis MacBride Museum There are strange things done in and marshmallow roasting, regular bus tours. Dress Street Saloon the Midnight Sun, explore Robert Service’s life and warmly for the weather. Thu, Oct, 27 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 pm Tony’s writing through the MacBride Museum. 667-2709 Sun, Oct, 30, Halloween Movie Matinee 12:00 pm Pizza Roxx Hunter and Izaak Lazeo-Fairman playing Wed, Oct, 26, Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Bring the family for a acoustic guitar music covering almost every style and Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing with fun-filled afternoon of crafts and games followed by a genre. dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on movie matinée, Thu, Oct, 27 Fiddler On The Loose Joe Loutchan Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step. These are 3 great dance Crafts and games, popcorn during the movie and live 7:00 pm 98 Hotel Longest running house band in steps that you can easily use in the local music scene goodie bags, Admission is free - Limited seating. the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more - jigging here in Whitehorse. Singles or couples welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult is encouraged and limericks are the norm. Please bring indoor shoes with a smooth sole. Call or Mon, Oct, 31, Parenting in the 21st Century 9:30 am Thu, Oct, 27 Jam Night with Scott Maynard 7:30 pm email for more information. 668-3408 Yukon College 667-8794 An 7 week group on Monday Best Western Gold Rush Inn Wed, Oct, 26, Hump Day Trivia 9:00 pm Yukon Inn in Mornings or Evenings from 7 pm to 9 pm. 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Election Day is November 7, 2 16

An election will be held on Monday, November 7, 2 16 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon. Candidates have been nominated in all 19 electoral districts across Yukon Official agents have been appointed by each candidate. Candidates, official agents, and polling places are listed here.

Une élection aura lieu le 7 novembre 2 16

Copperbelt South / Sud

Kluane

SCOTT KENT, 9 Dukes Arm, Marsh Lake Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

MATHIEYA ALATINI, 419 Copper Joe Subdivision, Burwash Landing Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Lila McConnell, 15 Keewenaw Drive, Whitehorse LOIS MOORCROFT, 24 Salmon Trail, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse PHILIPPE LEBLOND, 12 Lewes Boulevard, Whitehorse Yukon Green Party / Parti Vert du Yukon

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Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Kristina Calhoun, 8 Tutshi Road, Whitehorse

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JOCELYN CURTEANU, 1 Sockeye Place, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Raul Dioquino, 20 67 River Ridge Lane, Whitehorse Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Laura Peterson, ro2@electionsyukon.ca · 667-4886

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Une élection aura lieu le lundi 7 novembre 2 16 en vue d’élire les députés à l’Assemblée législative du Yukon. Des candidats se présentent dans l’ensemble des 19 circonscriptions électorales du Yukon. Tous les candidats ont nommé un agent officiel. Les noms des candidats, des agents officiels et des lieux de scrutin sont indiqués ci-dessous.

Copperbelt North / Nord ANDRE BOURCIER, 35 Tigereye Crescent, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Golden Horn Elementary School, Lot 209, Duncan Drive

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Golden Horn Elementary School, Lot 209, Duncan Drive

Klondike Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Paul Robitaille, 925 8 Avenue, Dawson City JAY FARR*, 1413 3 Avenue, Dawson City Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Monina Wittfoth, 902 7 Avenue, Dawson City

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Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Megan Waterman, Lot 34, Bear Creek Subdivision

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Jonas Smith, 28 35 Normandy Street, Whitehorse Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Christine Nemeth, ro1@electionsyukon.ca · 633-4312

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin École Émilie-Tremblay - Gym, 20 Falcon Drive

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Canada Games Centre - Second Floor Concourse, 200 Hamilton Boulevard

WADE ISTCHENKO, 104 Dezadeash Street, Haines Junction Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Elodie Dulac, 100 Rainbow Street, Haines Junction Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Diane Strand, ro4@electionsyukon.ca · 634-2425

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin Poll 1 / Section 1 - Beaver Creek Community Club Poll 2 / Section 2 - Jacquot Building, 17 Sedata Street, Burwash Landing Poll 3 / Section 3 - Kluane Lake Athletic Assoc. Club, 101 Lakeview Drive, Destruction Bay Poll 4–5 / Sections 4– 5 - St. Elias Convention Centre, 178 Backe Street, Haines Junction Poll 6 / Section 6 - Mendenhall Fire Hall

St. Elias Convention Centre, 178 Backe Street, Haines Junction

Lake Laberge / Lac Laberge BRAD CATHERS, Lot 27A, Deep Creek Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Rosie Sandulak, 1458.5 Alaska Highway, Whitehorse ANNE TAYLER, 455 Husky Trail, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Philip Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

Returning Officer / Directeur du scrutin Charles Brunner, ro3@electionsyukon.ca · 993-5896

ALAN YOUNG, KM 1458 Alaska Highway, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Chuck Austin, 408 Kusawa Road, Whitehorse

Poll 1 / Section 1 - YOOP Hall, 1107 Second Avenue, Dawson Sunnydale/West Dawson electors may vote at the / Les électeurs de Sunnydale-Dawson ouest peuvent voter à l’endroit suivant : residence of Gabriela Sgaga, Lot 1134, West Dawson Poll 2– 4 / Sections 2– 4 - YOOP Hall, 1107 Second Avenue, Dawson Poll 5 / Section 5 - Eagle Plains Electors will receive special ballots / Les électeurs recevront un bulletin de vote spécial.

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Returning Office / Bureau du directeur du scrutin 978 Second Avenue, Dawson (in CIBC office building)

* Statement filed pursuant to subsection 111(2) of the Elections Act / Déclaration déposée en conformité avec le paragraphe 111(2) de la Loi sur les élections.

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Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) John Carney, 106 Kathleen Street, Haines Junction

BRAD WHITELAW, 864 8 Avenue, Dawson City Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

SANDY SILVER, 42 Mary McLeod Road, Dawson City Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

PAT MCINROY, 607 Ray Street, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

SALLY WRIGHT, Mile 1054 Alaska Highway, Silver City Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

7 Hayes Crescent, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Lynn Hutton, 401 204 Hawkins Street, Whitehorse

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JULIE ANNE AMES, Lot 1 Jackfish Bay Road, Whitehorse Yukon Green Party / Parti Vert du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Mike Ivens, 207 Rainbow Road, Whitehorse Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Trish MacPherson, ro5@electionsyukon.ca · 633-4574

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin Hidden Valley Elementary School - Gym, 5 MacPherson Road

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Returning Office / Bureau de la directrice du scrutin Hootalinqua Community Centre - Fire Hall, KM 6.5 North Klondike Highway

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Polling Day is Monday, November 7, 2 16 from 8 am to 8 pm.

Le jour du scrutin est le lundi 7 novembre 2 16, de 8 h à 2 h.

Advance polling days are Sunday and Monday, October 3 and 31, 2 16 with voting from 8 am to 8 pm.

Les jours du scrutin par anticipation sont les dimanche et lundi 3 et 31 octobre 2 16, de 8 h à 2 h.

Mayo-Tatchun

Mountainview

Porter Creek Centre

DON HUTTON, 22 Centre Street, Mayo Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

SHAUNAGH STIKEMAN*, 80 Sunset Drive N, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

PAT BERREL, 28 Oak Street, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Catherine Samson, 1007 Alder Avenue, Mayo

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Philip Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

CORY BELLMORE*, 101 Berdoe Crescent, Carmacks Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

JEANIE DENDYS*, 17 Long Lake Road, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

MICHELLE KOLLA*, 87 Ponderosa Drive, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Kelly Skookum, 107 Berdoe Crescent, Carmacks

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Victoria Fred, 3 Gillis Place, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Karen Lepine, 125 Normandy Road, Whitehorse

JIM TREDGER, Lot 1005 Pelly River, Pelly Crossing Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

DARRELL PASLOSKI, 125 Wilson Drive, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

PAOLO GALLINA, 11 Juniper Drive, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Jim Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Collin Young, 44 Thompson Road, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Susan Simpson, 25 Evergreen Crescent, Whitehorse

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Joan Hyrve, ro6@electionsyukon.ca · 996-2122

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Stephanie Mostyn, ro8@electionsyukon.ca · 633-5715

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Joanne Green, ro10@electionsyukon.ca · 393-2881

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Poll 1 / Section 1 - Village of Carmacks Recreation Centre, 121 River Drive

Elijah Smith Elementary School - Gym, 1399 Hamilton Boulevard

Porter Creek Secondary School - Gym, 1405 Hickory Street

Poll 2 / Section 2 - Pelly Crossing Firehall

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation

Poll 3 / Section 3 - Stewart Crossing Electors will receive special ballots / Les électeurs recevront un bulletin de vote spécial.

Canada Games Centre - Second Floor Concourse, 200 Hamilton Boulevard

Jack Hulland Elementary School - Small Gym, 1304 Fir Street

Pelly-Nisutlin

Porter Creek North / Nord

CARL SIDNEY, 9 George Johnston Drive, Teslin Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

FRANCIS VAN KESSEL, 25 Bamboo Crescent, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James MacDonald, 76 Ponderosa Drive, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Philip Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

FRANK DE JONG, 603 Yates Street, Faro Yukon Green Party / Parti Vert du Yukon

GERALDINE VAN BIBBER, 4 12th Avenue, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Leandro Font Pino, 47 MacDonald Road, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Carleen Boss, 16A 18 Azure Road, Whitehorse

STACEY HASSARD, Lot 1086 Alaska Highway, Teslin Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

EILEEN MELNYCHUK, 117 35 River Ridge Lane, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Poll 4 / Section 4 - Mayo Curling Club Poll 5 / Section 5 - Keno Electors will receive special ballots / Les électeurs recevront un bulletin de vote spécial.

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Village of Carmacks Recreation Centre, 121 River Drive, Village of Carmacks Pelly Crossing Firehall Mayo Curling Club

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes / Mount Lorne-Lacs du Sud JOHN STREICKER, 110 Judas Creek Drive, Marsh Lake Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Wendy Morrison, 17 Solitude Drive, Marsh Lake KEVIN BARR, Lot 17, Crag Lake Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Boyd Pyper, 6 Johns Road, Tagish ROB SCHNEIDER, 12 Judas Creek Drive, Marsh Lake Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Adam Grinde, Duncan’s 2 Nisutlin Drive, Teslin

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Thelma Floyd, Unit 64 67 River Ridge Lane, Whitehorse

KEN HODGINS, Lot 1031 Robert Campbell Highway, Little Salmon Lake Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

MIKE IVENS, 207 Rainbow Road, Whitehorse Yukon Green Party / Parti Vert du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Shaun LaDue, 26 Pyrite Street, Ross River

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) B. Scott Gilbert, 77 Pelly Road, Whitehorse

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Brenda Oziewicz, ro9@electionsyukon.ca · 390-2155

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Kathy O’Donovan, ro11@electionsyukon.ca · 393-2907

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Megan Schneider, 12 Judas Creek Drive, Marsh Lake

Poll 1 / Section 1 - Yukon College, Faro

Jack Hulland Elementary School - Large Gym, 1304 Fir Street

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Janet Constable Rushant, ro7@electionsyukon.ca · 821-2975

Poll 3 / Section 3 - Recreation Complex, Teslin

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Poll 2 / Section 2 - Ross River School, Lot 241, Ross River Avenue

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Jack Hulland Elementary School - Small Gym, 1304 Fir Street

Yukon College, Faro

Poll 1 / Section 1 - Carcross Community Club

Ross River School, Lot 241, Ross River Avenue

Poll 2 / Section 2 - Lorne Mountain Community Centre

Recreation Complex, Teslin

Poll 3 / Section 3 - Marsh Lake Community Centre Poll 4 / Section 4 - Tagish Community Centre

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation Carcross Community Club Golden Horn Fire Hall

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Polling Day is Monday, November 7, 2 16 from 8 am to 8 pm.

Le jour du scrutin est le lundi 7 novembre 2 16, de 8 h à 2 h.

Porter Creek South / Sud

Riverdale South / Sud

Watson Lake

TRACY MCPHEE, 51 Bell Crescent, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

PATTI MCLEOD, 702 Centennial Avenue, Watson Lake Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Bruce Demchuk, 51 Bell Crescent, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Lauren Hanchar, 702 Centennial Avenue, Watson Lake

JAN STICK, 221 Alsek Road, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

VICTOR KISOUN, 940 Nahanni Drive, Watson Lake Independent / Indépendant

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Charlene Pete, 124 Moreley Crescent, Watson Lake

DANNY MACDONALD, 10-35 Lewes Boulevard, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

ERIN LABONTE, 824 Adela Trail, Watson Lake Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Graham Lang, 505 Lambert Street, Whitehorse

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Michelle Smith, 801 Marsh Avenue, Watson Lake

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Jim Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

ERNIE JAMIESON, 1131 Robert Campbell Highway, Watson Lake · Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Pat Jamieson, 1131 Robert Campbell Highway, Watson Lake

Vanier Catholic Secondary School - Gym, 16 Duke Street

RANJ PILLAI, 6 Williams Road, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Kayla McMillan, ro17@electionsyukon.ca · 536-2078

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Bradley Weston, 505 Ogilvie Street, Whitehorse

Returning Office / Bureau de la directrice du scrutin Rendezvous Plaza - Main Floor, 38 Lewes Boulevard, Whitehorse

Watson Lake Recreation Centre

SHIRLEY CHUA-TAN, 45 Carpiquet Road, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Anne Murray, ro14@electionsyukon.ca · 668-5752

MIKE NIXON, 3-20 Chakawana Lane, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Art Birss, 17 9 Avenue, Whitehorse

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Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Georgeana (Geana) Hadley, ro12@electionsyukon.ca · 393-2876

VANESSA INNES, 26 Antwerp Street, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon

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Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Brittany Dixon, 151 North Star Drive, Whitehorse

Jack Hulland Elementary School - Small Gym, 1304 Fir Street

JEANE LASSEN, 71 Ortona Avenue, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon

Advance Polling Place / Bureau de vote par anticipation

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Ted Stephens, 7 Winze Lane, Whitehorse

Jack Hulland Elementary School - Small Gym, 1304 Fir Street

KATE WHITE, 14 Antwerp Street, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon

Riverdale North / Nord MARK BEESE, 28 Liard Road, Whitehorse Yukon Party / Parti du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Wayne Hrynuik, 63 Pelly Road, Whitehorse NILS CLARKE, 18 Alsek Road, Whitehorse Yukon Liberal Party / Parti Libéral du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Bruce Demchuk, 51 Bell Crescent, Whitehorse ROD SNOW, 13 Van Gorda Place, Whitehorse Yukon NDP / NPD du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse KRISTINA CALHOUN, 8 Tutshi Road, Whitehorse Yukon Green Party / Parti Vert du Yukon Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) Philippe LeBlond, 12 Lewes Boulevard, Whitehorse Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Sally Stitt, ro13@electionsyukon.ca · 393-2347

Official Agent / Agent(e) officiel(le) James Philip Cahill, 61A Wilson Drive, Whitehorse Returning Officer / Directrice du scrutin Maureen Wallingham, ro15@electionsyukon.ca · 393-4786

Polling Place / Bureau de scrutin

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illie Jones III isn’t shy about crediting his late father, a renowned pianist from Los Angeles, with sparking his interest in jazz. “Even before I started school, he would take me to rehearsal with him and I would watch while he rehearsed. For some reason, I would always sit next to where the drums were, and I was just amazed by the physicality of the instrument,” Jones says. “I used to play on the pots and pans, and I used to take forks and knives and bang on the back of the sofa, so my parents said, ‘We gotta get him a drum set.’” They started him off with some practice pads and drumsticks, but when he was seven or eight, his dad bought him a snare drum. Then, in middle school, he got his first full drum set. “That was an incredible thrill. I wasn’t really serious about practising, yet, but I was always passionate about just playing. I’d put on Art Blakey records, and I could play with that for hours.” He also loved watching his father at work with his colleagues. “I could watch musicians practise and play for hours as a kid. I knew that was the kind of lifestyle I wanted.” Growing up in L.A., Jones soaked up the output from the Blue Note and Prestige jazz labels, and cites East Coast drumming luminaries such as Max Roach and Philly Joe Jones as early inﬂuences on his style. “But I am from the West Coast, so there are a lot of people I’m inﬂuenced by – drummers like Donald Dean and Larance Marable, who weren’t household names like the drummers on the East Coast, back in the day.”

gardless of the style, and make something beautiful happen,” he explains. “So that’s my concept. No matter who you’re playing with, keep your ears open and look at how to make it sound musical. That’s something I strive for all the time, whenever I’m put on the bandstand.” Since moving to New York City 19 years ago, Jones has made the occasional foray into composition, but doesn’t consider himself a “real” jazz composer such as Cedar Walton, Wayne Shorter, or Horace Silver. “I’m working on some new ideas right now. I favour ballads; that’s my thing. Beautiful melodies and nice harmonies, so I’m always trying to come up with something along those lines.” About 18 months ago, Jones put together a quintet for his sixth CD, Groundwork. An as-yetuntitled seventh CD is due PHOTO: courtesy of Willie Jones III for release next June on his independent label, WJ3. Although there have been a New York-based drummer Willie Jones III and his quintet will play at the Yukon Arts Centre on Sunday, October 30 few personnel changes, that is essentially the ensemble Jones is bringing to Whitehorse for a Jazz From there, the ensemble on the Wing concert at the Yukon Another major influence while reer nudge was flute player and Jones was studying at the Califor- composer James Newton, who went on produce four CDs, includ- Arts Centre on Sunday, Oct. 30. It will include pianist Eric Reed, nia Institute of the Arts (CalArts) provided the young drummer with ing one for Columbia Records, was hard-bop drummer Albert some of his first professional gigs. which sent them on tour, opening his long-time colleague from the Black Note days, bassist Gerald But there is one mentor Jones for Wynton Marsalis. “Tootie” Heath, who was his The Higgins concept that struck Cannon, with whom he played in drumming instructor and member cites above all others. “Billy Higgins is my biggest in- him the most and remains with Roy Hargrove’s band, tenor saxoof the Heath Brothers trio. It was Heath who expedited fluence by far. My whole approach him to this day? Simply play with phonist Ralph Moore and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. his first big break by suggesting to how to play drums when I’m people. The cabaret-style concert will “That’s a simple statement, but Jones to replace him on a gig with playing in an ensemble is based on it’s so difficult to do. His genius begin at 7:30 p.m. More inforthe legendary vibraphonist Milt the concepts of Billy Higgins.” In fact, it was during their time was being able to make music mation is available at www.Jazz“Bags” Jackson. “I did a three-week West Coast with the Billy Higgins workshop, with anybody, no matter who you Yukon.ca. tour with Milt Jackson because The World Stage, that Jones and a put him with,” Jones says. “It could be (sax player) OrTootie recommended me for it. few of his friends started a quinThat’s still one of the high points tet called Black Note in 1991. That nette Coleman, it could be (piansame year, they took top honours ist) Thelonius Monk, it could be Ken Bolton is a freelance writer of my career so far.” who lives southeast Another CalArts faculty mem- in the John Coltrane Young Artists (hard bop trumpeter) Lee Morgan. of Whitehorse. He was able to make music reber who gave Jones an early ca- Competition.

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teamed buns filled with a variety of meat and vegetables are a dim sum classic. This version is bison filled and spiced with ginger, garlic and chili paste but season the filling to your liking if you’re in the mood for something a bit more spicy. These buns also freeze beautifully, and reheat well popped back into a steamer from frozen. Any sort of steamer with a ﬂat bottom will work but I suggest you invest in a bamboo steamer, it will make reheating them incredibly simple and bamboo steamers are a great way to quickly cook most leafy greens, shrimp and even some cuts of fish. Makes 24 ﬁlled buns.

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Bison bao INGREDIENTS: Bison Filling 1 tsp toasted sesame oil 1 small onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and grated 1 pound ground bison 1 teaspoon chili paste (sambal oelek or sriracha would work well) ½ cup chicken stock 1 Tbsp hoisin sauce 1 Tbsp oyster sauce Steamed Dough 1 Tbsp yeast 2 Tbsp plus 1 ½ teaspoons sugar 1 ¾ cups all-purpose ﬂour, divided ¾ cup warm water 1 Tbsp canola oil ½ tsp baking powder METHOD: To make the ﬁlling: 1. In a frying pan over medium high heat, add the sesame oil and heat until shimmering. Add the

Bison bao with condiments onion, garlic and ginger and cook until beginning to soften – about 5 minutes. Add the bison and cook, stirring often until it browns – about 7 minutes. Add chili paste, stock, hoisin sauce and oyster sauce and cook until all the liquid has fully reduced, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool. To make the dough: 1. In a small bowl mix together yeast, 1 ½ teaspoons sugar, ¼ cup of the ﬂour and ¼ cup of the warm water and let sit until bubbling, about 30 minutes. 2. Add remaining water, ﬂour, sugar and the canola oil to the mixture and knead until smooth and elastic – about 6 minutes. Lightly coat the dough with oil and let sit in a bowl covered with a tea towel in a warm place until it triples in volume. Depending on how warm your area, this could take between one and three hours. 3. Punch down dough and sprinkle with baking powder, knead for 5 minutes. Divide the dough into

24 evenly sized pieces and shape each piece into a ball. Place all the balls on a lined baking sheet and let stand for 30 minutes. Assemble and cook: 1. Place a parchment lined steamer over a pot of boiling water. Roll each ball of dough ﬂat with a rolling pin, then place 1 tablespoon of filling in the centre and pinch the dough around the filling to seal. Repeat with all remaining dough and filling. 2. Place buns in the steamer leaving 1 to 2 inches between each bun, then cover and cook for 15 minutes. Repeat with all remaining buns and serve hot with chili oil. Sydney Oland is a recipe developer who lives in Whitehorse. Her work can be found in The Boston Globe, Seriouseats.com as well as other publications. For more information, check out www.sydneyoland.com.

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or most of our Canadian lives, we are told that lasting bone strength is a glass or two of milk away. This is reﬂected heavily in the Canada’s Food Guide, which acts as a foundation piece for nutrition and wellness in doctors’ offices, classrooms and even many kitchen tables. Commercials and other ads push hard to make sure people have “got milk” by making it synonymous with calcium and bone health. But is it? Dairy is not the only source of calcium. And often it is not even the best source. Two large Swedish cohort studies that followed collectively over 100,000 people over the course of 20 and 11 years found that a high intake of dairy could actually increase the risk of fractures. The researchers point to the D-galactose and lactose in milk as possible culprits behind oxidative stress and accelerated aging that may paradoxically weaken bones. There are a number of excellent non-dairy sources of calcium and simple lifestyle habits you can build into your daily routine to ensure your bones stay strong throughout your life.

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4. Don’t forget other nutrients The issue with supplementing single nutrients is that they often don’t take into account the synergistic effect of many micronutrients working together. Our bodies are complex and require a wide range of different nutrients – not just large amounts of a few. Vitamin K, silicon, strontium, boron, and zinc all work together to build bones. Omega 3 fatty acids help to increase calcium absorption and delivery to the bones. Lycopene, which is found in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, red berries, and beets, also do their part to keep bones strong. The best way to get all the nutrients your bones need is to eat a balanced diet with a rich variety of foods and colours. Like all areas of health and wellness, keeping your bones healthy takes a holistic approach combining a varied, healthy diet with an active lifestyle. Selene Vakharia is a holistic nutritionist, freelance writer and whole foods cook who loves showing people how easy, fun and delicious being healthy can be. Contact her with your nutrition questions and concerns via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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he eye of Hurricane Matthew hit the Tiburon Peninsula, the southwest tip of Haiti, on October 4th. With winds that blew 230 kilometres an hour and up to 500 millimetres of rain in two days, it was the strongest storm to hit the country in 50 years, according to the NASA website. The storm stripped parts of Haiti bare. Earlier this year, in the summer, Freddy Osson’s dad, Gabriel Osson, asked him if he wanted to go to Haiti with him, and “do a little trek?” Freddy said yes. He lives in Dawson City. Gabriel lives in Ontario, he moved there when he was 17, from Haiti, where he was born. Freddy has always said that when he goes to Haiti, it will be with his dad. u

In recent years Gabriel had been making trips to Haiti; his sister has a house there, she lives in the town of Jacmel, which is on the south coast of Haiti, east of the Tiburon Peninsula, directly south from the capital city, Port au Prince. Gabriel does what Freddy calls humanitarian work. He brings ideas about permaculture to Haitians so they can farm the land and increase food security. This is crucial because Haiti is a “remarkable bountiful land,” says Freddy, but so many Haitians rely on foreign aid for food. Gabriel does projects that encourage farmers to grow food that will ﬂourish there using methods that will keep nutrients in the soil. He’s also been involved in some work around reforestation.

Freddy and Gabriel Osson trekked north from Jacmel, over a mountain pass. Here the air was cool and the vegetation different from at sea level

Along with this, Gabriel’s interest is to share Haiti with others. He wants to start bringing people to the country for what he calls “geo-trekking adventures.” He and Freddy planned to hike south from a town near Port au Prince, over a mountain pass, and into Jacmel. Gabriel wanted to see what the trail was like, because he is thinking of bringing some people there next April. Their plan was waylaid by Hurricane Matthew. Gabriel and Freddy ﬂew into Port au Prince on Oct. 6, their ﬂight was delayed by “two or three days,” says Freddy, because the airport was closed. A friend of Gabriel’s picked them up from the airport and they drove over the pass to Jacmel to Freddy’s aunt’s place. I talked to Freddy because I cont’d on page 15...

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The view from the top of the pass. Mountains beyond mountains, or as they say in Creole “Derrière les mornes, il y a d’autres mornes.” Or words to that effect, which means, behind the mountain, there is another mountain wanted to know what Haiti was like right after the hurricane. Freddy and Gabriel were curious, too. The main road west, to where the eye of Matthew landed, was closed because of landslides and ﬂooding. Freddy was in Haiti until

Oct. 15, and he said a cargo truck started winding its way west when he was leaving. He didn’t see any of the devastation. Driving over the pass to the south coast, some of the tin roofs were peeling a bit. The rivers were swollen. When he asked, people told Freddy that, “the wind blew like a jerk for 48 hours and there was a tonne of rain,” he recounted. The feeling Freddy got is that Haitians are used to being hit by disasters. “There’s an acceptance,” he says. “People say, ‘we’ve been hit by hurricanes before, there’s earthquakes, this is Haiti!’” There was an hour or two of power a day, but other than that it was out. Previous to the hurricane, people told Freddy that the power had been fairly reliable. “But it didn’t seem to slow anyone down,” he said. He and his dad spent their time walking around, going to the beach. A pastor Gabriel knows is a writer and a poet, and they went to a poetry slam with him that happens every week. Freddy and Gabriel stayed in

Jacmel for a little over a week, then they hiked north, into the mountains. “The air was cooler, the vegetation was different,” says Freddy. “There were pine trees and cactuses growing in the same forest! Pretty cool.” They crested the pass and had a view into the next valley. “The place is a beast, man,” says Freddy. He recounted a legend told in Haiti where an early explorer was asked to describe the topography. The man crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it on the table, “there you have it man,” he said. “And what the Haitians say is, ‘behind the mountain, there is another mountain’, except in creole,” says Freddy. Here the tragedy of deforestation was apparent to Freddy. He saw rocks exposed because of erosion, and roads washed out in landslides. Freddy didn’t go to the most western tip of Haiti, the area called the breadbasket, where crops, homes and livestock were wiped out. What he experienced were Haitians living life, as usual.

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me, as I am not subject to those kinds of fears, so finally I decided to write about it, as an exorcism. “And once I started, I raced through to the end. It was most satisfying,” she says about the writing process of Shelter. Shelter is a story about Ash, a woman who’s ﬂeeing domestic violence and abuse. She is already exhausted and scared, and now she has to deal with a ghost. Reading the first chapters, one can feel pity for Ash, who is wounded by her past. Dubé writes very well and empathically, but she switches perspective quite often. The reader jumps from Ash`s perspective into the head of her realtor Maddie, who is showing Ash the haunted house. It can be tiring for readers to switch perspec-

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an easy topic. “I have no idea how Ash came to me, or why she was running from an abusive situation. It’s not anything I have ever experienced, and I had to rely on experts to (hopefully) get the details right,” the author answers. The whole story came to her as the cure for writer`s block. Also during the writing process she lost her fear about ghosts: “It worked. I’ve just returned from the haunted hotel I was at a year and a half ago, and I am happy to report that I slept very well.” Do ghosts exist? They do in Dubé`s novel Shelter, a good read for spooky Halloween night.

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f you live all by yourself downtown Whitehorse, the last thing you want is somebody knocking at your door in the middle of the night - somebody who is strange, somebody who calls your name and you don`t know what they want from you. One night in early February I had just returned from a concert at the Dirty Northern Public House. I was in a good mood, putting on my pajamas, boiling water for tea. It was snowing outside and very windy that night. The house I was living in was old; I could feel the wind coming through the cracks in the windows. Since my roommate had left in December, I hadn’t been able to find a decent person to move into the basement bedroom. The wood in the house always made noises, it crackled or the wind would sing when he blew around the old house. Sometimes there were noises I could not identify; like a rattling, scratching or murmuring. Every night I slept with earplugs, otherwise I would lain awake listening for the noises of the old house. The place was

too big for just one person. But nobody wanted to move in. No roommate, no boyfriend; it had been a sad winter so far. But pouring my herbal tea I thought about the musician whom I had just met that night. He had long brown hair, was handsome, had ﬂirted with me and asked for my number. So there was hope to turn this sad winter into something romantic. I stood in the kitchen, a relict of the ’50s, which I liked a lot -- a huge open kitchen which led into the living room. I loved cooking in there, and I got carried away dreaming about the musician and me - me cooking him a wonderful meal in candlelight with music playing in the background. Then I heard the knock at the old wooden door. I startled. Another knock. Instinctively I knew it wouldn`t be a friend this late. My heart pounding, I went to the door, asking with a shaky voice: Who is it? No answer. Silence for a moment. Then I heard my name, the person said my name like he would sing it, with a strange thin voice. Another knock. I went back into

the kitchen grabbing a knife from the counter and walked back into the living room. I heard my name again and shivered. Who was this? Thoughts were running through my head. I realized how easily one could break into this old house. Where could I ﬂee? Backdoor? It led into the backyard and from there I had to run around the house. I grabbed my phone, ready to call the police. My hand was shaking. I heard my name again. Another knock. Then, steps moving away through the snow. I waited, unable to move, feeling racing heart, listening for returning steps. Silence. I looked through the window. But all I could see where the lamplights on the street, and snow - moved by wind. I still felt shaky. I tried to calm down and tell myself that it was just a drunk person who must have mistaken my home for his. I drank my tea, which was lukewarm by now. I didn`t want to go to sleep. The wind was howling around the house again, and the old wood crackled. How could I sleep now, all by myself?

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The old house in downtown Whitehorse was creaky and filled with character PHOTO: Elke Reinauer So I stayed up, drinking tea, turning on the TV, looking out through the window every now and then. I pulled out my bear spray from my hiking rucksack. That will do it for now, I thought. I fell asleep on the couch in the grey light of the morning with the bear spray beside me. I woke up because my phone was ringing. There was this voice again. The voice from last night, saying my name and suddenly I was wide awake, full of fear. Who`s that? I asked shaky. The voice said my name again and laughed. It was Brad. Brad. The boyfriend of my friend Alice, whom I hadn`t seen in a year. His voice sounded different than I remembered. “I came back from Edmonton yesterday,” he said. “Did you knock at my door last night?” “Yeah, why didn´t you answer?”

“I was scared to death, I was about to call the police.” He said nothing and I felt my fear turning into anger. At least apologize, I thought, but he said: “I wanted to see you, I broke up with Alice,” revealing the reason why he came to my house late at night. I stared at the bottle of bear spray; it was red like a fire extinguisher. Brad`s voice faded and I looked out the window, longing for spring. I hoped that the musician from last night would call. But, somehow I had the feeling that I would spend the next four month of winter all by myself. Waking up alone. With a bottle of bear spray lying beside me.

munching on the wild strawberries while his grandfather plodded on with the military persistence he had honed during his career with the RCMP, mapping each step and find along the way. Calum figured he would never find anything down there. The old man’s foot tingled and his heart jackhammered as he pressed down the accelerator. Gravel spinning and fishtailing around every bend, he slammed to a stop, jumped out and grabbed his things from the trunk, not even taking the keys out of the ignition before he found himself sliding and staggering down the twisting, root strewn trail, ankle deep in snow. Maddox in hand to break the frost bitten ground, his headlamp ﬂickered and his hands shook as he retraced his steps to the very spot he found the cursed talisman. He had traced his hallucinations and lucid dreams about the canyon back to the day he found the gold pan. At first his visions were of lava ﬂowing, carving out a canyon. Eventually a single elder fisherman, gaffe in hand, pointing to the bend in the river by Canyon City, looked at him repeating the word Unilyin over and over. Near the end his dreams became more menacing, with a cold dead hand extending, grasping him in his bed and pulling him into the abyss. It was the gold pan it wanted. As he scrambled over the hardened clay, the dead silence of the Halloween night gave way to a cornucopia as the forest and canyon reanimated. He could hear the hammering of the blacksmiths, the screeching of the Macaulay trams wheels in the frosty night, the braying of the horses, and a piano tune playing from the pub while a raucous group merrily

sang the chorus, “Ho for the Klondyke, ho.” Un-phased by the zeitgeist the old man charged through crowds of wraiths and the spectre of the machine shop. As he began to hammer away at the hard ground Sahwin could hear the smashing from his watery crypt. It was the first time vibrations had broken the silence on the hallowed eve in many years and he rose to the surface crawling towards the old man. The old man felt the malevolent presence and as he turned to the river they locked eyes. His hands grasped for anything to hold as he was dragged towards the water. When he realized he was still holding the gold pan He let it go. But Sahwin didn’t. The RCMP constable allowed Calum past the caution tape to collect his grandfather’s belongings as a new snow fell. They had ruled that he must have slipped into the river and died from a shock-induced heart attack. Calum knelt and collected his grandpa’s headlamp, gloves, and the map of his Canyon City findings. As he was getting ready to stand he noticed an abnormal shape in the snow. He brushed the top and felt a hard surface. As he cleared off the fresh snow he saw a gold rush era gold pan. Perhaps his grandfather’s last find. He tucked it under his arm and began to walk back up the trail. He turned his head as he heard a clanking off in the distance and couldn’t shake the feeling that he was being watched. That night as he lay in bed and drifted off to sleep the word Unilyin whispered to him over and over.

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

by Chris Hanlin

here is a crack at the base of the Yukon River, a portal to the earth’s core. It’s just above Miles Canyon and has witnessed ice ages come and go; the birth of mountains, lava and glaciers carving out canyons, the rise of man, and the death of men, one in particular; Joe Sahwin. Beside the crack, sunken logs form the walls of a scurvy shack housing Sahwin’s gold lusting soul. Once a year, when the dark half takes over, Sahwin creeps to the banks hoping to ﬁnd his lost relic so he can restart his journey to the Klondike gold ﬁelds. Sahwin drifted into Canyon City on a nondescript hand crafted scow on an un-seasonally warm

October 31 in 1898. He was hell bent on pushing through the white water, much to the dismay of MaCauley who hated missing out on a transaction, but Sahwin’s lust for riches prevailed over logic. Like many before him, the turbulent stampede of white horses trampled him to the depths. They never recovered Sawhin’s corpse. A baby-faced, moustached NWMP constable found Sahwin’s pack tangled in some overhanging alders on the bank of the river and as he arrived back to Canyon City, he tossed Sahwin’s gold pan in the tin can heap behind the machine shop. Day after day, season after season, year after year, it sat, immersed under the land long after

footprints frequented Canyon City and the tins cans rusted to dust. Sahwin looked for it every year but there was always too much snow. It was eventually retrieved over 100 years later and taken to a treasure seeker’s home in Riverdale. Calum and his Grandpa had gone “treasure” hunting with their metal detectors for as long as he could remember; Army Beach as a kid, Carcross Desert as a teen, Canyon City as a young man. Canyon City became the old man’s obsession when it was rumoured that a diamond ring was found there. When Calum tired of digging up piece after piece of rusted tin can, he would sit back,

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Community EVENTS

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HALLOWEEN WHITEHORSE EVENTS

Wed, Oct, 26, Nightmare House The Guild Hall FEAR HAS A HOME...will you enter? Nightly 7 - 9:30 pm Admission by donation. Advisory: Adult Content No one under 14 admitted Under 18 must have a guardian Thu, Oct, 27, Mad Plague House Wood Street School Spooky fun Nightly from 6:30 to 8 p.m Fri, Oct, 28 Heavy Metal Halloween 5:00pm The Old Fire Hall Come out and see: Chainsawdomy, The Vagitarians, WaRRmAuth, Abscess Of The Dog, Flora Colossus and more. Fri, Oct, 28 Halloween Costume Night and Dance! 7:00pm Whitehorse United Church This Halloween dance is open to adults and youth with an intellectual disability, their families and others offering support. Dress up, prizes to be won and lots of spooky fun to be had! Sat, Oct, 29 Soda Pony & Ukes of Hazards Halloween Bash 10:00am Jarvis Street Saloon Ukes of Hazard is returning to stage, to rock your socks off. Best female and male categories. Prizes will be awarded to most creative and unique costumes! Sat, Oct, 29 Halloween Spooktacular & Magic Show 2:30pm Canada Games Centre Check out the spooky obstacle course, Halloween skate, family swim, get your face painted, trick or treat and check out an awesome magic show! Sat, Oct, 29 MASQ III: Halloween Dance Party 7:00pm Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Be whoever you want to be at the HOTTEST Halloween event in town: MASQ III. Awesome costume prizes. Musical talents and stylings by Yukon heavyweights DJKJ, Dash and Mega Krahn.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Fri, Oct, 28, Halloween Decorating Extravaganza! 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Young and old are invited to help us decorate for the BIG Halloween Laser Dance Party on the 29th. Snacks and drinks provided. Tagish Fri, Oct, 28, Halloween Fun - Pumpkin Carving Contest 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Carve a spooky cat, a silly face, or a original carving, to enter call Meaghen at 536-8023 dont forget to leave your name and address! Watson Lake Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Carnival 1:00 pm Skagway Recreation Centre Bring your ghouls, goblins, and witches down for an awesome costume contest, wack the pinatas, cupcakes, and a coloring contest! Skagway Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Laser Dance Party 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Family fun, snacks and drinks provided. Tagish Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Dance 9:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre 19+ event, Costume contests and live music! Spooky fun to be had by all! Watson Lake Sun, Oct, 30, Halloween Party for Kids 4:30 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre There will be pumpkin carving, games and a big bonfire. All welcome! Mount Lorne Mon, Oct, 31, Halloween Bonfire and Fireworks Dezadeash River Day Use Area Fireworks display and hotdog roast at the Dezadeash River Day Use Area, Time to be announced. Haines Junction Mon, Oct, 31, Halloween Fireworks and Bonfire 5:00 pm Wye Lake Park A spooktacular sight, join us in watching the fireworks display and have some hot chocolate and a hot dog roast! Watson Lake Mon, Oct, 31, Halloween Murder Mystery 7:00 pm KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. Tickets include three course meal, wine with dinner, a glass of champagne, and a night of great amateur theatre! Dawson City

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48 HOUR FILM COMPETITION

Book your friends! Make a film in a weekend!

Friday Nov. 4 - Sunday Nov. 6. Screening Saturday November 12th $20-$30 to register, see website for details http://www.dawsonfilmfest. com/48hour/index.html

RAE SPOON Friday November 4 in the KIAC Ballroom Doors open: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm $13 KIAC members, $15 nonmembers, $17 at the door

COFFEEHOUSE & OPEN MIC NIGHT Saturday Nov.5th, 7:00 pm A family friendly evening of live music and more! Come share your talents or simply enjoy the performances. Admission by donation.

Tel: (867) 993-5005 Fax: (867) 993-5838 Website: www.kiac.ca

Exhibi� ons CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: FOCUS & Gallery: >> in the Yukon Art Society THEEDGE SEVENGALLERIES TEXTILE ARTISTS “How Does it Felt”

ALLOW YOURSELF Exhibi�on closes December 1st, 2012 TO BREATHE >> in the Hougen Heritage Gallery: MONIKA KÄTEARCHIVES STEPUTH AND YUKON Archival Gold: Favourites from the Vault MARTHA JANE RITCHIE Exhibi�on closes January 26, 2013

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>> Ceramic Open Studio Sessions << Sundays from 2:30 to 6pm HOUGEN HERITAGE $5 per hour

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>> Acrylic Pain�ng Open Studio << THE ART OFNeil THE ORDINARY: with Graham everyUS-CENTRIC ﬁrst and third Wednesday of each month 7 to 9pm PHOTOGRAPHY $10 per 2 hour session Friends of the Yukon To register call: Society 867-667-4080 Archives

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Wed, Oct, 26, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre Wed, Nov, 2, Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre

BEAVER CREEK

Thu, Oct, 27, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Fri, Oct, 28, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Sat, Oct, 29, Women’s Yoga 9:00 am Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Sat, Oct, 29, Parent And Tot Swim 10:30 am Beaver Creek Community Club Sat, Oct, 29, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club Mon, Oct, 31, Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tue, Nov, 1, Women’s Yoga 7:00 pm Nelnah Bessie John School Just yourself in comfortable clothing Tue, Nov, 1, Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Thu, Oct, 27, Learn Dan Kè Classes 9:00 am Jacquot Hall We are learning Dan Kè, in the Elders and Youth room, everyone welcome. Tue, Nov, 1, Learn Dan Kè Classes 9:00 am Jacquot Hall We are learning Dan Kè, in the Elders and Youth room, everyone welcome.

CARCROSS

Wed, Oct, 26, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranﬁeld@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Oct, 26, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Oct, 26, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Oct, 26, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Oct, 27, CPNP Lunch 12:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Thu, Oct, 27, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Thu, Oct, 27, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Thu, Oct, 27, Prenatal Classes for Mothers and Fathers to be 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranﬁeld, Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Sat, Oct, 29, Rawhide Rattle Workshop Carcross/Tagish First Nation Basic Materials will be provided but participants may bring their own. Dress warm, Everyone welcome! To register call Pat Hiebert at (867) 821-4251 ext. 8216 or email at pat.hiebert@ctfn.ca Sat, Oct, 29, Youth Drop In! 8:00 pm Carcross Community Centre Mon, Oct, 31, Family Archery 7:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Children 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone 12 or older may attend Family Archery. Mon, Oct, 31, AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Mon, Oct, 31, Adult Archery 8:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov, 1, Management Board 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Tue, Nov, 1, Elders Breakfast 10:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Tue, Nov, 1, C/TFN Communication Team Mtng 1:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation

Tue, Nov, 1, Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 8673993321 Tue, Nov, 1, Tlingit Language classes 5:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Tue, Nov, 1, Sports Night 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue, Nov, 1, Women’s Group 7:00 pm Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Wed, Nov, 2, Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranﬁeld@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Wed, Nov, 2, Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Nov, 2, Sewing Group 6:00 pm CTFN Capacity Building Wed, Nov, 2, AA Carcross 6:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Wed, Nov, 2, School Council 7:00 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation CARMACKS Wed, Oct, 26, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Oct, 26, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate. For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271 Thu, Oct, 27, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Fri, Oct, 28, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Fri, Oct, 28, Youth Night 6:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Movie, snacks, gym, and games Mon, Oct, 31, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Mon, Oct, 31, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate. For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271 Tue, Nov, 1, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Nov, 2, Kids Club After School Program 3:30 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Ages 5-12, snacks provided Wed, Nov, 2, Judo 5:00 pm Carmacks Recreation Centre Participants need to be registered to participate. For more information contact the Rec Centre or Judo coach (867) 863-6271

DAWSON CITY Art Events

aro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting. Fri, Oct, 28, Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 pm Del Van Gorder School Wed, Nov, 2, Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 am Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Nov, 2, Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting.

HAINES JUNCTION

Wed, Oct, 26, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Thu, Oct, 27, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 am Mun Ku Thu, Oct, 27, Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu, Oct, 27, Adult Soccer 7:30 pm St. Elias Community School

Fri, Oct, 28, Story Hour 10:00 am Haines Junction Community Library Mon, Oct, 31, Halloween Bonﬁre and Fireworks Dezadeash River Day Use Area Fireworks display and hotdog roast at the Dezadeash River Day Use Area, Time to be announced. Mon, Oct, 31, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov, 1, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 pm Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Nov, 1, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 pm Takhini Hall Wed, Nov, 2, Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wed, Nov, 2, Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 pm St Elias Convention Centre

MARSH LAKE

Wed, Oct, 26, Meet the Yukon Party Candidate 5:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Meet Rob Schneider and Scott Kent, serving tenderloin on a bun. Fri, Oct, 28, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Oct, 29, Tot Group 10:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Oct, 30, Drop in Badminton 11:00 am Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 1, REMINDER: Canada Day Funding Application due Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 1, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies. C’mon down! Tue, Nov, 1, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Nov, 1, Tot Group 2:00 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Wed, Oct, 26, Volleyball 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Thu, Oct, 27, Drop in Kick/Baseball 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Thu, Oct, 27, Circuit Training 5:30 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre In the Fitness Centre Thu, Oct, 27, Floor Hockey 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Drop In Floor Hockey for Teens and Adults Fri, Oct, 28, Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun, Oct, 30, DropIn Soccer 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Mon, Oct, 31, Drop In Soccer 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Mon, Oct, 31, Yoga 5:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Meet in the curling lounge. Tue, Nov, 1, Drop In Volleyball 12:00 pm J.V. Clark School Tue, Nov, 1, Circuit Training 5:30 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre In the Fitness Centre Tue, Nov, 1, Drop-In Badminton 7:00 pm Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Tue, Nov, 1, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus Tue, Nov, 1, Floor Hockey 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School Drop In Floor Hockey for Teens and Adults Wed, Nov, 2, Learn Porcupine Quilling 6:30 pm Yukon College Mayo Campus Over 3 Wednesdays learn the art medium of Porcupine Quilling, taught by Nancy Hagar. Register by calling 9968800

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Until October 29

DROP-IN & OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS - AGES 14+ CERAMIC OPEN STUDIO Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

First Sunday of each month From 7-9 pm $10/session

ADVANCED BEGINNERS POTTERY: MOVING FORWARD

Saturdays November 19 - November 26 (2 sessions) 10am-2pm Ages 14+ $125

‘PAINTING’ WITH MODELLING CLAY

Mondays November 7-28 (4 sessions) 6:30-pm-8pm Ages 10+ $160

FURTHER EXPLORATIONS IN ENCAUSTICS

INSTRUCTABLES WOODWORKING CLUB: HOUSE SIGN (PROJECT #2) OCTOBER 27 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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REPAIR CAFE DROP IN OCTOBER 28

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COOL TOOLS- YWITT AFTER SCHOOL SKILLED TRADES COURSES OCTOBER 31 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

COOL TOOLS- YWITT AFTER SCHOOL SKILLED TRADES COURSES NOVEMBER 7 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Community EVENTS Wed, Nov, 2, Volleyball 8:00 pm J.V. Clark School

MOUNT LORNE

Fri, Oct, 28, Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Oct, 28, TEDx Talks Whitehorse 7:30 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre TED Talks Theme:“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is..” Drop in, bring some ﬁnger-food to share…we will have some witch cauldron brews for you… Sun, Oct, 30, Halloween Party for Kids 4:30 pm Lorne Mountain Community Centre There will be pumpkin carving, games and a big bonﬁre. All welcome!

OLD CROW

Thu, Oct, 27, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center Tue, Nov, 1, Gym Night 7:00 pm Old Crow Community Center

TAGISH

Tuesday - Saturdays Tagish Treasures Thrift Store 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Oct, 26, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Oct, 26, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday. Thu, Oct, 27, Carpet Bowling For Everyone 11:00 am Tagish Community Centre Learn the technical indoor game of carpet bowling. Thu, Oct, 27, All Candidates Public Open Forum 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Come and meet the candidates before the upcoming elections and ﬁnd out what the platforms are for your favourite parties. Fri, Oct, 28, Halloween Decorating Extravaganza! 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Young and old are invited to help us decorate for the BIG Halloween Laser Dance Party on the 29th. Snacks and drinks provided. Sat, Oct, 29, Zumba Class 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Classes by donation Sat, Oct, 29, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Laser Dance Party 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Family fun, snacks and drinks provided. Wed, Nov, 2, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Nov, 2, Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods every Wednesday. Wed, Nov, 2, Tagish Advisory Council meeting 7:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca

TESLIN

Daily Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Lake Government Campground 15 km north of Teslin. Open at sunrise for 6 Hours. Get up close and personal with a variety of migrating birds while watching the bird banders at work. Park at the large brown cook shelter, follow the adjacent foot trail down to the lake shore and follow the sign-age.

WATSON LAKE

Daily at 12-4pm & 6-8pm Yukon`s Northern Lights Showtimes -Two scheduled shows /day 1pm and 6:30 pm – will show on request for large groups as well.Northern Lights Center Features

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the amazing phenomena known as the ‘Northern Lights’ or ‘Aurora borealis’, the Northern Lights Centre boasts state-ofthe-art panoramic video and surroundsound systems. Thu, Oct, 27, Infant Massage Classes 10:30 am Watson Lake Family Centre Infant massage is used to help promote longer and deeper sleeping patterns, relieve symptoms of “colic” or gassy periods, improve cardiac and respiratory output, help baby develop sense of self. Oil, snack and refreshments provided. Please call Elizabeth Bauman at 5367202 Thu, Oct, 27, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Oct, 27, Kids Running Club 4:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre A club for kids interested in running or jogging, call Meaghan for more details. 536-8020 Fri, Oct, 28, Halloween Fun - Pumpkin Carving Contest 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Carve a spooky cat, a silly face, or a original carving, to enter call Meaghen at 536-8023 dont forget to leave your name and address! Sat, Oct, 29, Halloween Dance 9:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre 19+ event, Costume contests and live music! Spooky fun to be had by all! Mon, Oct, 31, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Mon, Oct, 31, Halloween Fireworks and Bonﬁre 5:00 pm Wye Lake Park A spooktacular sight, join us in watching the ﬁreworks display and have some hot chocolate and a hot dog roast! Tue, Nov, 1, Kids Running Club 4:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre A club for kids interested in running or jogging, call Meaghan for more details. 536-8020 Tue, Nov, 1, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 pm Town of Watson Lake Wed, Nov, 2, Infant Massage Classes 10:30 am Watson Lake Family Centre Infant massage is used to help promote longer and deeper sleeping patterns, relieve symptoms of “colic” or gassy periods, improve cardiac and respiratory output, help baby develop sense of self. Oil, snack and refreshments provided. Please call Elizabeth Bauman at 5367202

HAINES

Daily Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM. No Swim Sundays Mon-Thu Haines Public Library Open 10:00 am Haines Borough Public Library Haines Borough Public Library Hours: Mon-Thu 10-9 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 12:304:30 | 766-2545 Mondays/ Wednesdays/Fridays Totem Pole Carving 10:00 am Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre with Master Carver, Jim Heaton

Art Shows

Until, Nov, 5, Art Show: Sarah Bishop Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Until, Nov, 5, Haines 50 Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre highlights 50 objects from the Sheldon Museum collection. Each object tells its own story while together they tell a brief snapshot of the history of the Chilkat Valley from its geological origins to the many peoples and industries of the area. Wed, Oct, 26, Aqua Aerobics 8:00 am Haines Borough Swimming Pool

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Wed, Oct, 26, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm. Wed, Oct, 26, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Wed, Oct, 26, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct, 26, Beginning Yoga Primary – Level 1 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery This class awe begin to feel the strength, stamina, lightness and ﬂow of the practice, and work on vinyasas.To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Oct, 26, Fassy FASD Informed Support Program 6:00 pm FASSY Please call or email the Northern Institute of Social Justice, Yukon College, for more information. 456-8589 twright@yukoncollege.yk.ca Wed, Oct, 26, Hips Hams Core 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Oct, 26, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Hand Form 7:30 pm Grey Mountain Primary School Wed, Oct, 26, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Yang Family Hand Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Thu, Oct, 27, Seniors Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Thu, Oct, 27, Fassy Caregiver Support Group 6:30 pm FASSY The support group is for people who care for and support children, youth, and adults with FASD. Come share your experiences, wisdom and knowledge. 393-4948 fascap@klondiker.com Thu, Oct, 27, Beginner Yoga with Tammy 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery call 336-4461 or email tammy. reis37@gmail.com to register. 867-336-4461 tammy.reis37@gmail.com Fri, Oct, 28, Ashtanga Yoga Workshops Alpine Bakery Ashtanga workshops on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can register for one, some or all workshops. Pre-registration and prepayment is required, email for more information. ashtangayukoncollective@gmail.com Fri, Oct, 28, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Fri, Oct, 28, Yoga Flow/Resto 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery A nice combination of restorative, moving into accessible Level 1 ﬂow, then toning back down to stretch and restorative with a nice savasan-aah at the end. To register call or email To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@ mac.com Fri, Oct, 28, Halloween Costume Night and Dance! 7:00 pm Whitehorse United Church This Halloween dance is open to adults and youth with an intellectual disability, their families and others offering support. Dress up silly or spooky, prizes to be won! Sat, Oct, 29, Healing Touch - Level 1 9:00 am Golden Age Society To register or inquire please email Michelle at mevans@klondiker.com Sat, Oct, 29, Tai Chi Yukon Open Practice 10:00 am Takhini Elementary School

Tue, Nov, 1 Drop In Arctic Sports Program 4:30 pm Canada Games Centre Drop-in arctic sport program at the Canada Games Centre every Tuesday this fall. All you need is a day pass from CGC, running shoes, and athletic clothes. All ages are welcome! Tue, Nov, 1 Women Only Kickboxing 5:15 pm N60 Combative Arts Join Fitness Kickboxing certiﬁed trainer Lee Randell and JOIN the ﬁtness kickboxing revolution. Non contact, stress busting, bag bashing, calorie burning workout. Wed, Nov, 2 Drop In Lacrosse 4:30 pm Canada Games Centre For more information call 668-2840 or email lacrosse@yasc.com Wed, Nov, 2 Velocity Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Pursuit Practice 4:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Adult Biathlon 6:30 pm Biathlon Range Wed, Nov, 2 Swing Dancing Lessons 7:45 pm Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Come swing with dance lessons from Erica and Bruce! We will focus on Swing, Cha Cha and 2 step. These are 3 great dance steps that you can easily use in the local music scene here in Whitehorse. Singles or couples welcome. Please bring indoor shoes with a smooth sole. Call or email for more information. 668-3408 erica@northwestel.net

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Sat, Oct, 29, Saturdays Drop-in Yoga 10:30 am Shanti Yoga These classes are all levels and open to everyone. This is a great opportunity to come practice Yoga with an experienced and dedicated teacher! If you have questions please call 335-2457. Sat, Oct, 29, Essential Oils 101 & Make N Take 6:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 254 An essential oils 101 class where we’ll learn the basics of what essential oils are and how to use them. Then make n take where you’ll get to make an essential oil infused item & take it home. All supplies needed will be included. Sun, Oct, 30, Gentle Yoga 12:30 pm Breath of Life Collective This class is made for the all ages, the stiff and the recovering bodies of life. Gentle yoga is designed to improve balance, flexibility and awareness in the body and mind. You will learn the basics of yoga in a way that will honour your body. Everyone welcome Beginners encouraged!!! Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Sun, Oct, 30, Well-Rounded Yoga 4:00 pm Breath of Life Collective Our classes are tailored to people who may not be the stereotypical yoga student and we will offer creative ways to adjust to your needs. We will create a safe space for all body types to experience yoga at your pace and to just be yourself. Call or email to register. 3363569 thebreathoflifestudio@gmail.com Mon, Oct, 31, Seniors Qigong and Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Mon, Oct, 31, Mindfulness Mondays 12:00 pm Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon (LDAY) Group meditation where we will practice mindfulness together in a supported environment, and discuss any challenges or successes we are having in our personal home practices. Everyone is welcome to drop in and see what mindfullness is all about. Mon, Oct, 31, Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 pm Whitehorse Food Bank Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children 334-9317 Mon, Oct, 31, Young Women of Wisdom Workshops 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre All awesome girls aged 9-13! This new group mirrors the Women of Wisdom, but is tailored just for girls. Girls meet every Monday evening. Every second week is a Traditional Teachings week! Call 633-7683 to learn more. Mon, Oct, 31, Shamata Meditation 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary Group meditation all levels welcome Mon, Oct, 31, Buddhist Meditation Society 5:15 pm White Swan Sanctuary All are welcome! Mon, Oct, 31, Yoga For Absolute Beginners 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery An introduction to the fundamentals of yoga including the principles of internal form, breath, and core, To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Mon, Oct, 31, Tai Chi Basics 6:00 pm Hidden Valley School Mon, Oct, 31, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 49 Movement Hand Form 7:00 pm Hidden Valley School Mon, Oct, 31, Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 pm Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Overeaters Anonymous Meeting every Monday Please ring the buzzer if the door is locked. Mon, Oct, 31, Hips Hams Core 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your

core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Mon, Oct, 31, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sword From 8:00 pm Hidden Valley School Tue, Nov, 1, Postnatal - Moms & Babies 10:15 am Breath of Life Collective You and your baby will both make friends in this welcoming class! Designed to support your postpartum body’s recovery in a safe, supportive environment. Call or email to register. 336-3569 thebreathoﬂifestudio@gmail.com Tue, Nov, 1, Weight Watchers 5:00 pm Yukon College Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration, room A2202. 403-473-0645 blong@ weightwatchers.ca Tue, Nov, 1, Detailing Yoga Primary - Level 2 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery Begins with a review of breath, core, internal form, and the alignment and poses. To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue, Nov, 1, Golden Horn Yoga 6:00 pm Golden Horn Elementary Terice 668-6631 Tue, Nov, 1, Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form - Section 2 6:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 1, Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sabre Form 7:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 1, Intro to Meditation 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Stretch and breath work to prepare for some simple meditation techniques. To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Tue, Nov, 1, Tai Chi Yukon Performance Group 8:00 pm Jack Hulland Elementary Tue, Nov, 1, Continuing Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School Wed, Nov, 2, The Counselling Drop-In Clinic: Yukon Distress and Support Line 10:00 am Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Wednesday from 10am - 4pm. Wed, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Form 10:00 am Golden Age Society Wed, Nov, 2, Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 am Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Nov, 2, Sharing Circles 5:00 pm Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Ladies only, Dinner provided Call 633-7688 Wed, Nov, 2, Beginning Yoga Primary – Level 1 5:30 pm Alpine Bakery This class awe begin to feel the strength, stamina, lightness and ﬂow of the practice, and work on vinyasas.To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Nov, 2, Red Tara Meditation 6:00 pm White Swan Sanctuary Everyone welcome. For more info contact Vicky 633-3715 Wed, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Family 16 Movement Hand Form 7:30 pm Grey Mountain Primary School Wed, Nov, 2, Hips Hams Core 7:30 pm Alpine Bakery Find out exactly what and where your core is, learn how to breath into and from it, engage it, work from it To register call or email 393-4440 wallymaltz@mac.com Wed, Nov, 2, Beginners Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Yang Family Hand Form 8:00 pm Elijah Smith Elementary School

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heard a rumour that the old pond hockey tournament in Whitehorse was started by a woman seeking to land an Alaskan husband. I also heard that it worked. The Buckwheat Ski Classic was designed to bring women in tight leggings from Whitehorse to Skagway. Literally. The organizer said those exact words! At that moment at the sunny starting line, the group of eight Whitehorse women I skied with realized we’d been had. With only so many single people, let alone fewer on online dating sites, it seems sometimes producing events that bring in new people is a necessary part of the Northern dating game. Could this be a factor in why we have so many festivals and events? This small dating pond affects some more than others. A friend told me he researched the ratio

of gay men to gay women in the Yukon, because he really felt there was a difference. He said the data he found showed it was 10-1, gay women to gay men. He presented his findings to his family, and he too went away for school. Lots of school, all the way up to Grade 22. I have to be completely honest and say I’m back in the city for school myself, and all my dating woes have magically disappeared. I got more than 115 Tinder matches in my first several days. Good ones, too. I had to log out because all the chatting and lining up of dates was taking away from other commitments. Graduate school, to be completely honest yet again, was actually originally just a cover for the wonderful world of city dating, because I was done done done with my forever-aloneness in the Yukon. I share this to emphasize there’s a very strong chance, it’s

not you, it’s the Yukon. After that truth, I don’t really know what else to say. This is by no means an advice column. More of a way to have a dialogue about the unique realities of online dating up North. By creating a space sharing the Yukon Tinder struggle, you can realize you are not alone in being alone. This is the last article in this series. I’ll leave you with this. While you’ll have way less matches up north, you’ll have exponentially more campfires, aurora borealis, stars, ice-fishing, caribou meat, potlucks, sledding, sundogs, huskies, and statistically speaking, alcohol. And don’t forget that cross-country skiing. Keep the ﬂame alive!

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Part 2

The dance craze with a kick! by Grant Simpson

t’s difficult to think of the cancan as being a dance-craze, like the fox-trot, the Charleston or the twist, but along with the polka, that’s exactly what it was by the early 1840s. Working-class Paris dancehalls like the Chaumiere began to admit dancers for free if they would agree to perform the cancan and the polka throughout the evening. The dance was a free-form, improvised, unrehearsed activity, and it let working class people blow off steam after a day in the laundry, factory or work house. One of the earliest descriptions of the cancan comes from A History of Dancing, by Gaston Vuillier. Vuillier refers to the dance as “The Cachucha,” which is one of its earliest names. He describes cancan dancers in the Chaumiere during the 1830s as follows: “They are off! It is a helter-skelter of bewildering

Kicking the hat off of the head of an eager observer is one of the earliest recognizable moves of the cancan. Historians have found evidence that this move evolved from ancient dances of the Bretons and Egyptians.

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The cancan began to appear in operas and ballets from the 1840s on. The dance spread around the world with performances in Great Britain, Europe and North America, usually as a solo dance done within the context of ballet dancing. During this period, ballet itself was being labeled as inappropriate by some moralists because of the skimpy costumes worn by the ballerinas and the physical openness that could be exuded in the dances. As the cancan gained mass popularity, certain cancaneuses began to rise in stardom and popularity. Some of their stories have been preserved in memoirs, biographies and other texts that tell us the story of the early cancan. One of the very first star cancaneuses was Celeste Mogador. She started out as a courtesan and later became a dancer. She rose to stardom and married a wealthy aristocrat. She then wrote several popular novels and a memoir of her days as a cancaneus. Celeste is said to have been the inventor of the jump-splits, which is a major part of the dance today. Depictions of Parisian cancan stars spread throughout the world

by way of postcards, 3D viewers, paintings, drawings, etchings, cartoons and stories. This created wild anticipation, worldside; everyone wanted to see the cancan. In many ways the cancan came with its own built-in publicity machine. Its notoriety created publicity, which created a branding that has endured for well over a century and is still going strong. On stage the cancan began to take shape as a choreographed dance in the mid-late 1860s as it prepared to take North America by storm. Next month, we continue the story of the cancan as it becomes firmly entrenched in the world of variety, burlesque, vaudeville theatres. If you are interested in reading more about this era of the cancan, we recommend the book “CANCAN!” by David Price. Available from his website: http://www. cancanbook.com/ If you would like to learn more about Celeste Magador, her memoirs are available from Amazon. Shauna Jones is a performer, visual artist and set designer.

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