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his quiet, reserved and thoughtful corner of the year-round Yukon has gone to the birds this week, namely Arctic terns, the all-time migratory champions, not only of the bird kingdom but also the entire non-human animal world, including bugs and butterflies. You won’t believe what you are about to read but, first, you have to know why you are reading it: It’s migration season again, that transitory time of year during which northern Sundogs, often mistakenly called snowbirds, freeze in their tracks at the mere thought of anything white falling from the sky while offering half of their Canadian birthright to the Sun Goddess, if she will hold off the cold temperatures until Halloween, at least so they can safely get back to Margaritaville before they turn into permanent Rendezvous ice sculptures. It’s the annual Canadian migration comedy during which many otherwise Yukoners become “Yugoners” until the snow melts and their beloved ruffled touri cash-cows return in May to refill their Jimmy Buffett bank accounts. They try to get as far south as they can to a place which still televises hockey, so they don’t get homesick at Christmas. But they don’t go very far away, usually Arizona, Mexico or Central America, much like the rest of the nectarine-sucking hummingbirds. They’re all migratory lightweights against the exploits of the legendary Arctic terns that breed and feed in the Arctic and then follow the sun to the Antarctic, thus living their entire carefree 30-year lives without ever experiencing winter. The shortest distance between

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John James Audubon the two polar circles is 19,000 kilometres or 12,000 miles, but when a tern chick banded in Labrador on July 23, 1928, was found in South Africa in November, a direct distance of 12,684 kilometres, it was considered a world record for the longest-known bird migration at the time. That was just the beginning of the elusive Arctic Tern’s rise to fame and glory. In the summer of 1982, an unfledged chick (still nest-bound) banded in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, in the northern summer of 1982, reached Melbourne, Australia, in October, just over three months out of the nest, a distance of 22,000 kilometres

(14,000 miles), which was another new record (but not for long). The invention of GPS satellite tracking, as well as lightweight transmitters weighing 1.4 grams, produced results and astonished researchers who had mistakenly assumed that terns migrated in a straight line. Wrong! A 2010 study of 11 birds, banded in Greenland and Iceland, found that they averaged 70,900 kilometres (44,100 miles), with one bird setting the new roundtrip record of 81,600 kilometres (50,700 miles) which, when multiplied by their 15- to 30-year life spans, cont’d on page 3 ...

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Antarctic sum- tion of over a million, so it’s reaDeepest Diver: Emperor sonable to assume they do some mer. penguin (dives to a shocking If that’s not of their breeding in the territory depth of over 1,500 feet) enough to im- and certainly a lot in Alaska, next Biggest: Ostrich press you, the door, with that massive coastline Highest: Bar-headed goose 2013 study also on multiple oceans and seas. (migrates twice a year They were known as sea swaldetermined that Arctic terns lows at one time and were inover Mount Everest in the don’t stop and cluded in John James Audubon’s Himalayas) rest on their (1785–1851) Birds of America, a Smallest: Bee hummingbird wayward travels collection of 435 life-size prints— of central Cuba (weighs in at a because they still a standard against which mere 2 grams and is 2 inches in have learned 20th- and 21st-century bird artlength) how to lock ists, such as Roger Tory Peterson Loudest: Three-wattled bellbird their wings into and David Sibley, are measured. Most Primitive: Hoatzin Any common hummingbird, a glide position (national bird of Guyana), a and sleep while snowbird or sunbird can migrate pheasant dinosaur related to the prevail- to Mexico to avoid Canada’s Subthe cuckoo and is called “the ing winds carry arctic winters, but it takes a The legendary Arctic terns that breed and feed in them here and Superbird like the Arctic tern to reptile bird” the Arctic and then follow the sun to the Antarctic there—often at spend summers in Antarctica. It’s Strongest: Harpy eagle of South too bad Anne Murray didn’t sing a high speeds. America PHOTO: Roarjo via Wikimedia Commons Talk about a song about them instead of snowStunt Flyer: European roller, means it’s possible, indeed likely, midnight joy ride! birds, which fly north to breed native to Bavaria (can do highthat an Arctic tern’s lifetime miThe only time they are seen on in winter (not the other way speed barrel rolls) gration mileage is roughly equal to land is when they are nesting in around). It’s a great nickname Most Destructive: Red-billed three round trips to the moon. the Arctic. They eat fish and small for confused Canadian Sundogs, quelea of Africa (a “weaver In 2013, a half-dozen fledglings aquatic invertebrates, which but factually inaccurate. The true ﬁnch”) in the Netherlands were banded makes the curious among us won- “Neverwinter Bird” from Yukon, Rudest: Yellow-bellied and individually tracked to Wilkes der why they even bother coming Alaska, and other northern locales trumpsucker of Queens, New Land, Antarctica, with the follow- to the Yukon, which is landlocked is the Arctic tern. ing results: they averaged 90,000 except for that small stretch of York kilometres (56,000 miles), with coastline on the Beaufort Sea the champion bird racking up the north of Old Crow. They are a Doug Sack, 71, is the former sports editor of the Yukon new and current record of 91,000 large and healthy species with News and the Whistler Question, and longtime columnist kilometres or 57,000 miles. estimates of a worldwide popula for Ski Canada magazine. Before that, he was young. That Superbird, the Muhammad Ali of migratory birds (if you don’t mind a boxing metaphor), travArctic terns are medium-sized birds. They have a length of 28–39 elled down the coasts of Europe centimetres (11–15 inches) and a wingspan of 65–75 centimetres (26– and Africa, around the Cape, then 30 inches). They are mainly grey and white plumaged, with a red/ went sightseeing to Australia after orangish beak and feet, white forehead, a black nape and crown the others turned south for Ant(streaked white), and white cheeks. The grey mantle is 305 milliarctica about halfway across the metres, and the scapulae are fringed brown, some tipped white. Indian Ocean. The Champ, whose The upper wing is grey with a white leading edge, and the collar is gender is not known, cruised the completely white, as is the rump. The deeply forked tail is whitish, entire southern coast of Australia with grey outer webs. to Melbourne, passing near Hobart, Tasmania, then swung past An Arctic tern’s lifetime migration mileage is roughly equal to three round trips to the moon South Island, New Zealand, on the way to a relaxing and well-fed

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Gwaandak Theatre’s new play, Bystander, looks at the choices we might make in harrowing circumstances by Ken Bolton

ren Brian was just 10 years old when the first X-Men movie came out in

2000. The film’s opening scene, set in the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, triggered a fascination with the Nazi Holocaust that remains with her today. Until a single one-hour history lesson in Grade 12, however, the Whitehorse-born playwright had heard very little on the subject in the classroom. “At the same time, I was taking a psychology class in high school, and noticing that some of the experiments we were talking about had direct correlations to the Holocaust.” Brian found herself questioning how such atrocities could occur. “As humans, how could we let that happen?” A second-year university course on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust provided some of the answers. Others came during a European trip her professor led, which included several of the main Holocaust sites.“Just being in those

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Yukon born and raised playwright Wren Brian wrote Bystander Brian’s ongoing exploration of the Holocaust and other atrocities led her to write a searing new play called Bystander, which will debut this week in a Gwaandak Theatre production at the Old Fire Hall. The two-person drama is set

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places puts a different perspective on it. And being an arts-type person, I’m interested in exploring the emotion of it,” Brian said. While the emotional impact on victims has been examined at length, it bothers Brian that the “perpetrator/bystander part of it” has not. “We just don’t talk about it, because it’s uncomfortable,” she said. “People weren’t monsters. It’s not like the entire German nation turned into monsters overnight. They’re people. They’re humans just like us, and they did this. We could do that, too.”

against a backdrop of war, but not the Second World War—in fact, not in any particular time or place. The play opens with a military officer (identified only as “Officer”) knocking on the door of a stranger (“Citizen”), demanding to be let in. The Officer has been delayed while delivering an important secret message and needs a place to stay the night. “It’s an unusual situation for the Officer as well as for the Citizen.” As the evening progresses and the two get to know each other, the Citizen invites the Officer to take part in a drinking game, in

which deep truths emerge, including what each would be prepared to do in order to survive. At the outset of the game, neither the audience nor the Officer knows the Citizen’s affiliations, and the Officer is unaware that the Citizen has secretly read the message and been horrified by it. For the Citizen, the game is a tactic to try and assess what can or cannot be done about what has been learned from the message. “What I want audiences to take away from this play, I suppose, is a questioning of themselves as humans and what they might do,” Brian said. “I’d really like them to put themselves in the characters’ shoes and to think about what it would be like to be these people in these situations. To think about what we could really do.” Brian hopes to provoke an “honest-to-goodness” assessment, rather than what one thinks they might do in an ideal world. “In this situation, would you really be so much better than these characters? Because, statistically speaking, very few of us would be the one hiding the Anne Frank families.” In addition to the challenge of writing a play that is not set in a particular time or place, Brian deliberately created characters that do not have any assigned gender, age or ancestry. “Writing a play to be universal in that way was a bit of a challenge, but it was a fun challenge,” she said. “I think we get hung up on these ideas of people and who they are. There’s so much in our artistic discourse right now, especially in theatre, of seeing stereocont’d on page 5 ...

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types on stage all the time. Why does it have to be that way? Because it’s not always that way.” While the play was in development, Brian and director Clare Preuss floated the idea of rotating the two roles among three actors. Gwaandak’s artistic director, Patti Flather, quickly agreed. “Yeah, it’s more money to hire a third actor who technically isn’t needed, because it’s only a two-person play, but it’s

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so cool,” Brian said. All three actors—Jonathan Fisher, Kevin McLaughlan, and Kaori Torigai—are trained to tackle both roles. “When you see a male-identified body and a female-identified body in these characters, it does adjust how we see these characters. I find that interesting, and it’s challenging then to go against expectation,” Brian said. “It’s exciting to see that, be-

cause I think there are two ways to look at theatre: either it’s a reflection of our reality, or it’s showing us what it could be, what our life could be like.” Bystander will run for four official performances at the Old Fire Hall, from Wednesday through Saturday, October 17– 20 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be three public previews, on October 13, 14 and 15, also at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information is available at http://www.gwaandaktheatre. ca/bystander/, or by calling Gwaandak Theatre at 393-2676.

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’m a fifty-pager,” says Whitehorse writer Pat Ellis, commenting on her preference for producing short history booklets. Her latest, Financial Sourdough Starter Stories—“The Trump Family, from Whitehorse to White House,” the “Klondike Gold Rush” and “Harry Truman and the ABomb”—tops out at 64 pages, but the concept remains the same. “I’ve done a squatter book [Squatters of Downtown Whitehorse], which is only sold at the MacBride Museum, and I did one on the Canol [Road] project. They’ve been reprinted quite a few times.” The second book, The Canol Adventures: The Greatest Construction Job Since the Panama Canal, is sold at the Yukon Transportation Museum. “For twenty-five years I’ve been doing research, and I’ve been writing articles, mostly for the Whitehorse Star. I enjoy research, but fiction I can’t seem to hack.” Her latest small book was intended to spur official interest in a couple of historic events that she feels need some recognition. By this time, there have been a number of newspaper and magazine accounts, as well as a biography, giving the details of the origins of the Trump family fortune. Fred Trump, who founded the American dynasty, got his start during the Klondike Gold Rush. He never got to Dawson but, like a lot of entrepreneurs, made

remembered is the location of the former Canol Refinery. She deals with the Canol Project, which involved both the search for oil and the discovery of pitchblende ore (refined to make Uranium-235, the key ingredient in the first atomic bombs) on pages 58 to 64 of the book. There are other topics that are touched on briefly in these pages: the Gold Rush itself; the saga of Soapy Smith; the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway project; missionary work in Bennett; early commerce in Whitehorse; Robert Service’s description of the 1905 fire; the Taylor & Drury store; Buzz-Saw Jimmy; the strange tale of Fred Trumpf (not Trump); the Alaska Highway project; several other stampeders who made their fortunes and prospered later in life; and a brief biography of Joe Boyle. There are lots of archival photographs in the book, and Ellis’ confusion over the use of those from the British Columbia Archives are the reason that she’s giving the book away rather than selling it. After she’d gone to print, she learned they PHOTO: Danny Macdonald wanted more for the use of the photos than her grant funding could have covered. They said Artist and writer it was okay as long as she didn’t Pat Ellis shares art in sell them. She printed 400 copies of the book and had 80 left her Riverdale home at the time of this interview. You can contact her if you would like a copy.

a fortune mining the miners. With his partner, Ernest Levin, he established the Arctic Restaurant at Bennett Lake, and later moved it to White Horse (as it was spelled at the time), when the stampeders moved along on their way to the goldfields. Ellis deals with the Trump story on pages 32 to 37 of this book. She would like to see a plaque set up to mark the location (the

current Horwoods Mall) in Whitehorse where the building once was. She figures we might as well exploit the story for the tourist trade. The other site she’d like to see

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Wed Oct 10 – Sat Oct 13 Lawrence and Holloman 8:00 PM The Guild Hall A black comedy that makes nihilism seem like a party! For more information please email ytguildhall@gmail.com Tickets online or at Whitehorse Motors ‘Sat. Oct. 13 & Monday- Wednesday Oct 15-17 Bystander 7:30 PM The Old Fire Hall Purchase tickets online or call Gwaandak Theatre at 393-2676 to purchase tickets in advance with cash. Wed. Oct. 10 Harp Lessons with Elayne Whitehorse, Yukon Email or call Elayne at 393-2097 or bonniekelswater@hotmail. com for more information. Wed. Oct. 10 Hump Day Trivia 9:00 PM Yukon Inn in the Boiler Room Wed. Oct. 10 Intro to Ceramics / Pottery - Wednesdays 6:30 PM Arts Underground To register, drop by Arts Underground or call 667-4080. Wed. Oct. 10 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Join us inside the Bridges Café 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Wed. Oct. 10 Whitehorse United Church Choir Practice 7:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Thu. Oct. 11 Adult Retro Jazz with Dale 7:30 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Rooted in ballet technique, this class will teach you the true bases of jazz dance. Register online or drop in. Thu. Oct. 11 Business After Hours Rotary Club of Whitehorse 5:00 PM Westmark Whitehorse RSVP:email: Andrei

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Wed. Oct. 10 Toddler Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free dropin. Contact 667-5239 for more information. Wed. Oct. 10 Potluck Play 10:30 AM Family Literacy Centre A variety of handson activities inspired by stories including paint, glue, fabric and food. All Ages Wed. Oct. 10 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant momsto-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports. Wed. Oct. 10 Baby Talk Session: New Born Care - Sick Child 1:30 PM Whitehorse Health Centre Bring your baby, let us inform and discuss topics related to the health and concerns you may have as your baby reaches milestones. Thu. Oct. 11 Youth Drop In Gymnastics 7:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your ﬁrst cartwheel, Call 668-4794 for more information. Fri. Oct. 12 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information. Fri. Oct. 12 Baby Senses 10:30 AM Family Literacy Centre Babies will be introduced to a world of sensory delights, as well as songs & rhymes while parents and caregivers have an opportunity to meet, chat and share. Ages Baby - 18 months Fri. Oct. 12 Parent Child Mother Goose 10:30 AM Whitehorse Health Centre Learn the power of songs, rhymes and stories as a positive parenting tool call 322-5990 for more information.

Fri. Oct. 12 Girls Club 7:30 PM Bethany Church Call 668-4877 for more information. Sat. Oct. 13 Pokémon TCG League 2:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Earn points towards badges and free cards, trade with other trainers, and play some casual matches to test your decks out! Sat. Oct. 13 Family Drop In Gymnastics 3:00 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Call 668-4794 for more information. Sat. Oct. 13 Fortnite Duo Tournaments 4:30 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Duo (2 vs 2) format.Up to 5 teams playing simultaneously. Sun. Oct. 14 Playspace Drop-in (All Ages) 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Sun. Oct. 14 Family Drop-in with Story Time (All Ages) 10:00 AM Family Literacy Centre Sun. Oct. 14 Kids Kreate! 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre A free art making class for kids average age 4-11! All kids must be accompanied by an adult, dress for a mess. We will be making wearable sculptures and noise makers with artist Helen O’Connor. Mon. Oct. 15 Preschool Drop-in Gymnastics 10:00 AM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Silly songs and preschool free play, call 668-4794 for more information. Mon. Oct. 15 People from your Neighborhood 10:30 AM Family Literacy Centre Visitors from different professions will share what their daily work entails with Children. Mon. Oct. 15 Baby Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Appropriate for ages 6 - 36 months & caregiver, Free drop-in. Call 667-5239 for more information. Tue. Oct. 16 Parent Child Mother Goose 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Learn the power of songs, rhymes and stories as a positive parenting tool call 322-5990 for more information. Tue. Oct. 16 Science Magic 10:30 AM Family Literacy Centre A chance to explore science and technology together, stretch your minds and learn problem solving skills. All Ages Tue. Oct. 16 Using Brain Science for Motivation and Organization 6:00 PM LDAY Centre for Learning Free workshops for parents, coaches, educators. Register by calling LDAY at 668-5167 or email ed@ LDAYukon.com. Tue. Oct. 16 Dungeon Draw Artist Night 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Food and drink specials, watch for special event theme nights. Tue. Oct. 16 Youth Drop In Gymnastics 7:45 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Whether you’re perfecting your skills, looking for a new work out idea, or trying your ﬁrst cartwheel, Call 668-4794 for more information. Wed. Oct. 17 Toddler Story Time 10:30 AM Whitehorse Public Library Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free dropin. Contact 667-5239 for more information. Wed. Oct. 17 Potluck Play 10:30 AM Family Literacy Centre A variety of handson activities inspired by stories including paint, glue, fabric and food. All Ages Wed. Oct. 17 Prenatal Luncheon 12:00 PM Skookum Jim Friendship Centre A healthy lunch and an activity for all prenatal mothers and for those with babies up to 12 months old. Welcomes all pregnant momsto-be, nursing moms, new dads, expectant dads, wee babes, and family supports. Wed. Oct. 17 Baby Talk Session: Parent Child Interaction 1:30 PM Whitehorse Health Centre Bring your baby, let us inform and discuss topics related to the health and concerns you may have as your baby reaches milestones.

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS Wednesdays Northern Voices Toastmasters 7:00 am Sport Yukon Supportive members will help you develop your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu. Oct. 11 Sundogs Toastmasters Club 12:00 PM Sport Yukon A lunch time session to learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Thu. Oct. 11 Midnight Sun Toastmasters Club 5:30 PM Yukon College Room

A2714. An after work meeting to help you gain conﬁdence in public speaking, improve communication and add to your leadership skills. Drop-ins welcome. 867689-6363 toastmastersyukon@gmail.com Sat. Oct. 13 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:00 AM A&W Restaurant Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome Tue. Oct. 16 Green Drinks! 5:00 PM Coast High Country Inn Everyone is welcome! Network with a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government, consultants, business, and more! Tue. Oct. 16 AGM 551 Whitehorse Lions Squadron Sponsoring Committee 6:15 PM Whitehorse Elementary Parents/ volunteers are strongly encouraged to attend. Tue. Oct. 16 Brave New Writing Workshop 7:00 PM Brave New Writing Join us to work that creative muscle in a warm and supportive environment. This is a guided creative writing workshop using prompts to inspire, engage, and explore. Bring your favourite journal and a pen and get ready to write. Admission by donation. Tue. Oct. 16 Friends of Whitehorse Library (FOWL) Info night and AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Refreshments,.meet library staff and the WPL Board, and take a behind-the-scenes tour. For more information call: 334-1528 Wed. Oct. 17 The Art of Hosting Spirited Dialogue 9:00 AM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A set of practices based in systems thinking, contemporary leadership models, complexity and facilitation. Register online. Wed. Oct. 17 Yukon Bluegrass Music Society AGM 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library

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Squid and salami spaghetti

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Cook until the squid is tender METHOD

In a pot, over medium-high heat, melt the butter and add the chopped onion. Cook until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes, then add diced salami, bay leaves and oregano. Cook until fat begins to render from the salami, about 3 minutes, then add canned tomatoes and cleaned squid. Bring to a simmer and cook for 40 minutes.

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Ross River Coal: Transforming plants to carbon

by Hugh Copland

Part Five

Fossil leaf imprints in a mudstone adjacent to the coal seams PHOTO: Hugh Copland

The widespread use of coal was one of the major factors in fueling the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s. In recent decades, however, coal has received a bad reputation as a major source of acid rain and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Then there has always been the proverbial threat of receiving a lump of coal for Christmas if you have been bad.

he formation of coal is fascinating. It has all of the elements that make a good story: forests and swamps, death and decay, and dinosaurs. Coal can be defined as a rock. The American Geological Institute Dictionary of Geological Terms describes coal as “... a readily combustible rock containing mostly carbonaceous material.” Carbonaceous means it contains carbon. Both the good and evil of coal are a result of it being an excellent source of carbon. The highest grade coals can be up to almost 90 per cent carbon. Yukon coal deposits range from 35 to 80 per cent carbon. There are many known coal deposits in the Yukon, ranging from south of Whitehorse to the Bonnet Plume, west of Dawson to east of Watson Lake, and lots of places in-between. These various coal deposits all have different environments and times in which each formed. One of the most interesting and best-studied coal deposits in the territory is located just outside of Ross River. The deposit is near Whiskers Lake on the access road into Ross River from the Robert Campbell Highway. The reason this one has been well studied is because it was actually open-pit mined in the 1980s and early ’90s to provide a source of heat to dry the lead-zinc concentrate at the Faro mine. The coal was mainly in two seams, both one- to two-metres thick. The story of the Ross River coal begins with the formation of the

Tintina Trench (see “Your Backyard Geology” Part 3). The Ross River coal deposit lies right within the fault zone that forms the trench. As ground was pulled apart and moved around by the faulting, some areas were uplifted; other areas dropped and formed basins. It is within one of these basins that the coal was formed. In the basins, water accumulated and sediments were washed in from the surrounding higher ground. That is why we see conglomerates, sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones adjacent to the coal seams. Approximately 100-million years ago, the climate was warm and wet around the world. There were jungles and swamps with lush vegetation. Vegetation died and was washed into the basin and accumulated to form peat bogs. At Ross River, you can find many fossil leaf imprints in the mudstones adjacent to the coal deposit. At times there might be less vegetation and more sand or clay being deposited. If you look at any coal bed, you can quite often see these “partings” where the environment has varied. The main controlling factor would be the fluctuation of the amount of water going into the basin. Not all peat bogs turn into coal. A process called coaliﬁcation is what turns this vegetation into coal. Normally, vegetation, leaves and other debris from plants like roots and trunks, when they die, are attacked by fungi first. This turns them into a soggy mat. Then

bacteria take over, especially if the decayed vegetation is covered by water, as in a swampy environment. The oxygen in the vegetation is used up in the biochemical process of breaking down the vegetation. The vegetation, when it was growing, averaged about 50 per cent carbon and 40 per cent oxygen. The carbon increases and the oxygen decreases as the coalification process proceeds. Sulphur from the plant material and minerals, washed into the bogs, is also involved in the process. That is why coal contains sulphur, which can form acid rain when it is burned. Eventually, due to changes in the environment, the deposit of organic material ceases and the decaying vegetation becomes covered by silt or sand. The biochemical processes slow down but do not stop. As the organic material becomes covered, pressure becomes the main driver of the coalification process. It is thought that the compaction ratio of peat to (eventually) coal is 10 to one. That is, it would take 10 metres of peat to produce a one-metre-wide coal seam. Today’s peat bogs generally only accumulate at a rate of less than one millimetre per year, or one metre every 1,000 years. In order to form a two-metre-wide coal seam at Ross River would have taken a peat bog around 20,000 years to develop. Over the millions of years since being deposited, the peat has been covered by hundreds of metres of other rocks. In addition, tectonic

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pressure from rocks being moved around, by faulting and folding, can create great pressures. Heat is also a driver, either from the pressure itself or nearby hot magmatic rocks. The peat changes first to lignite, often called brown coal. Then into what is named bituminous coal, and finally to anthracite. In 1922, a scientific paper, written by Scottish-born botanist Dr. Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, described the knowledge of the chemical composition of coal as being “in the Dark Ages.” She devised the first attempt to describe the composition of coal and categorizing the components with these rather poetic terms: fusain, durain, clarain and vitrain. Although these terms are still used today, the three basic constituents of coal have been simplified to describe it: (1) the woody residue of the original plants, (2) the resinous saps and pollens, and (3) non-combustible material or ash. Doctor Stopes was also a leading advocate for women’s rights during her life and it is well worth researching her amazing life further. The exciting thing about the formation of the Ross River coal deposits, and another reason it has been well studied, was the discovery in 1999 of dinosaur tracks in the rocks adjacent to the deposit. They were discovered by a team from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, lead by Dr. Roland Gangloff, Alaska’s father of dinosaur research. In subsequent years, further work by the Government of Yukon’s Herit-

age Branch paleontologists and the Yukon Geological Survey were able to date the tracks at approximately 100-million years old. This was older than geologists originally thought the coal was. The dating was done using pollen found in the sediments, a science called palynology. Several different dinosaurs tracks have been identified including Carnosaur, Hadrosaurs, Ornithomimus and Euoplocephalus. Stop in at the Ross River School; they have some of the actual tracks on display. All the tracks are found in finegrained sandstones. Scientists believe these were originally floodplain deposits adjacent to rivers flowing down the Tintina Trench. These elevated linear features made convenient routes for dinosaurs, travelling through the area, to stay out of wet areas and avoid the thick vegetation. The formation of coal is a mix of biology, geology, chemistry and time. From origins in swampy basins and lush forests roamed by dinosaurs 100-million years ago, to its use for good and bad today. The two main uses today are electrical generation and its combination with iron to form steel. Coal is truly a rock that has many stories.

Hugh Copland is a geological engineer living on the South Klondike Highway. He has been collecting rocks in the Yukon for the past 38 years.

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Keeping Yukon wild at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve

On October 29, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve will be giving us a chance to “Trick or Treat” with the wildlife

A lynx from Dawson City in the Yukon Wildlife Preserve rehab facilities

t was a record-breaking summer at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, with 4,899 visitors coming through the gates this past August. Compare that with 3,200 visitors in the entire first year of operation in 2004–05, and you get an idea of how the preserve has built a reputation as one of Yukon’s major tourist attractions. The operations have also expanded in ways that attract locals by the thousands, including school programs, family passes, teambuilding opportunities, run/ski/ walk events, an annual Yukoner Day and special activities planned around most holidays. The arrival of new babies is always a draw for visitors in the spring and early summer. This year, the preserve welcomed a number of newborns, including elk, mountain goats and mule deer. Warm weather and the long hours of daylight also contribute to the high number of summer visitors, but with Yukon’s growing winter tourism sector, the preserve has also expanded its range of activities throughout the winter months. Executive director for the preserve, Jake Paleczny, said, “We are open and welcoming visitors daily until Thanksgiving Monday, then operating with reduced hours every Friday to Sunday, with the exception of extended hours [open daily] between Christmas and the end of Christmas holidays, and the same for March Break.” Special events on the calendar this autumn include a Certified Interpretive Guide Training Course, delivered by Paleczny from October 30 to November 2, and fall and winter school programming, linked to current curriculum, specialized for Yukon students from November 8 to December 13. Coming up quickly is the Halloween Wild Trick or Treat event scheduled for October 29, which will include carnivore feedings, a scavenger hunt and a bonfire. Don your costumes to watch the wildlife feast on carved pumpkins, as well. You can learn more about these special offerings by contacting the Wildlife Preserve or visiting their website, www.yukonwildlife.ca. Once the snow falls, visitors can

bring along their skis and snowshoes and pull the kids in their sleds around the trails to see the animals sporting their winter coats. Aside from the educational programming and wildlife viewing opportunities, the preserve cares for Yukon’s injured and orphaned wildlife, to give them a second chance at life. As these services expand, so does the cost of care. Check out the recently launched donate.yukonwildlife.ca to see how far a financial gift can go for wildlife rehabilitation at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. The website features success stories, a history of the preserve, costs of care and what your dollars provide for wild animals in need. Your contributions help provide the best-possible veterinary care to get them back on their feet (or wings). “For over 50 years, we’ve been providing care for Yukon’s mostvulnerable animals. We’ve given [them] a home and rehabilitated sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. But with increasing demand and rising costs, we need your help to continue providing Yukon wildlife with exceptional care,” added Paleczny. “Our goal is to raise $60,000 this year. Whether through a onetime donation or monthly ongoing support, your support is critical to provide the necessary procedures, supplies and expertise required to keep Yukon wild.” The Yukon Wildlife Preserve is located at kilometre eight on the Takhini Hot Springs Road, approximately a 25-minute drive from Whitehorse. It is a unique property featuring 13 species of northern Canadian mammals in their natural environment. Encompassing over 700 acres, with various natural habitats, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve offers unparalleled wildlife viewing and photo opportunities, ready to accommodate individuals, groups, families and corporate visits.

PHOTO: Jake Paleczny

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Nude and Rude Skagway’s Performance Art Collective is bringing their show, the Nude & Rude Revue, to Whitehorse

Anya, a.k.a. Ula La

by Kylie Campbell to say, I was terrified, but it was too late to turn back. Immediately following the show [my manager] came backstage to me and Cameron. I don’t even think she said much. It was more of an approving head nod that said, Yep. You don’t need to take that back. You did it. You nailed it.” Living and working in a small town is never an easy feat, particularly when that involves taking your clothes off. “I never thought I’d be comfortable performing burlesque, but Skagway creates this weird vortex of freedom and allows you to be who you want to be and to do what you want to do, without the fear that most communities would lead you to have,” says Vidic. “If we can get people in the room [in Whitehorse], I think they’ll love it, because we’re cut from the same cloth. There is so much similarity between people in Whitehorse and those who call Alaska home. Alaskans have enjoyed it, and I don’t see a measly border

changing that.” Since their first show, the revue has continued to grow, and more performances have been added each year, in more locations, including Haines and Whitehorse in 2018. Their troupe consists of five performers and a six-piece band (the Better Than Boobs band), with some crossover between the two. “We describe our show as ‘burlesque and variety,’ featuring not only traditional burlesque, heavy on the storytelling and humour, but also musical theatre, tap, all live music and vocals, and circus art,” said Vidic, adding, “I’ll also say that the Better Than Boobs band does more than just play their instruments in the background ... we truly are a company.” The show will now be making its Yukon debut, with two performances in Whitehorse. “The cont’d on page 16 ...

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he Nude & Rude Revue started with two best friends, Taylor Vidic and Cameron Brockett, and their love of performance art. Vidic, 25, was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska, and met Brockett during high school in Juneau. Brockett was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and has lived in Colorado, Ketchikan and Kodiak before moving to Juneau for her freshman year, “I grew up all over Alaska. I come from a coastguard family,” said Brockett. “When we started the burlesque show, I think we both thought, We can do this onehundred miles from home, but no chance are we ever doing this in the place people watched us grow up,” said Vidic. “Yeah, that didn’t last. We brought the show to Juneau last year, sold out two nights and had to turn dozens of people away, so this year we thought [we] better add a third night! My mom and her friends love it. My dad has yet to see a show….” The first show was in Skagway in July 2016 at the Red Onion Saloon during the girls’ second season of working in Skagway. “We performed one sold-out show,” said Vidic. “There were 10 performers, 7 of whom were Red Onion madams at the time: 5 performers, a stage kitten, a host, and three musicians including a drum kit and two horns.” Both girls worked at the Red Onion where they pulled together to form their show. Past madams Allison Holtkamp and Erika Lee told the girls how lucky they were to be working at a business where the management and the ownership were so open to the space being used for performances. “I recall that my manager, prior to the performance in 2016, said, ‘You know, Taylor, once you do this, you can’t take it back,’” said Vidic, adding that the manager was referring to “baring it all” in front of her peers. “Needless

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most exciting aspect of our Whitehorse shows is our collaboration with Velvet Antler Productions. Their burlesque troupe has welcomed us with open arms and will be bringing a couple of performers to do their own solo acts in the show, as well as to collaborate with us on a group number or two,” said Vidic. “As visitors, we are so thankful to experience artists supporting artists, and women supporting women, the way we have with them.” Are you ready, Whitehorse, for Skagway’s Nude & Rude Revue? “Yes, there’s the sexiness of it all, but there are also trained performers and musicians; and humour and storytelling and glitter;

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and women (and, as of this year, men) onstage, loving themselves as they are and inviting you to join them. It’s infectious,” said Vidic. The Nude & Rude Revue will be at the Jarvis Street Saloon on Friday, October 19 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. and on Saturday October 20 at North of Ordinary’s new venue. Visit their website for more details at www.nudeandruderevue. com.

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Adults 19 and older can purchase up to 30 grams of dried cannabis (or its equivalent) per transaction and can possess no more than this amount in public. 30 grams of dried cannabis is equivalent to: • 150 grams of fresh cannabis; • 2100 grams of liquid (e.g. oil) product; or • 30 cannabis plant seeds. If you possess more than 30 grams of dried cannabis (or its equivalent) in public, law enforcement officers could ticket you or you could face criminal charges. There is no limit to how much cannabis you can keep at home. Remember to keep it out of reach of kids.

Sharing with minors is a crime

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Don’t drive high

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Your household can grow 4 plants

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Do not take cannabis across international borders. While legal in neighbouring Alaska, cannabis is still illegal federally within the United States.

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The band had handwritten lyrics about their experience with Sid at the Bordertown Garage and Museum

ready to experience the Larry Berrio band presented by the Beaver Creek RV Park & Motel. I spoke to Chris (the new owner of the art-deco amp) and his wife Angela, midway through the performance, to chat about the amplifier. Ecstatic that I am Sid’s granddaughter, they couldn’t stop saying good things about Sid and how much they appreciated him. “It’s not the objects that are important; mostly it’s just stuff ... but it’s him. He has all the history and stories of the objects—that’s what makes it interesting,” Chris said about Sid. “We wrote him a song. It’s not done but I’d like you to hear it.” Standing outside the Rendezvous House, near what remained of the roasted pig, I listened to a recording on Chris’s phone and I was shocked. I followed the lyrics they had handwritten and was overwhelmed with gratitude. With a few lyrical rhymes and a slow melodic rhythm, they were able to capture Sid’s spirit (and that of Bordertown Garage and Museum) in song.

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Wednesdays Ladies’ Lunch & Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Atlin Rec Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Fall Bazaar - Flea Market 11:00 AM Atlin Rec Centre Many goodies for everyone, concession will be open. Sun. Oct. 14 Atlin Christian Centre 10:30 AM Atlin Christian Centre Sun. Oct. 14 St. Martins Anglican Church Service 10:00 AM St. Martins Anglican Church

BEAVER CREEK

Mondays and Fridays Tot Time 9:30 am Nelnah Bessie John School Tuesdays and Saturdays Volleyball 8:00 pm Beaver Creek Community Club

BURWASH LANDING

Wednesdays Culture & Craft Night 6:30 PM Jacquot Hall Start a new project, ﬁnish an old project, great teachers to help and share techniques with! Held in the Elders Room Wed. Oct. 17 Learn to Make Traditional Moose Hide Slippers 5:00 PM Jacquot Hall Call 841-4274 ext 225 for more information

CARCROSS

Tuesdays and Thursdays Pottery with Claudia MacPhee 3:30 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School Every Tuesday and Thursday, please enter by side door. Everyone welcome! no fee for community members 867-399-3321 Wednesdays Healthy Choices & Nutrition Activities 9:00 am Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays and Thursdays Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Lunch 12:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School For more info:kathleen.cranﬁeld@ctfn.ca 821-4251 Tuesdays and Wednesdays Tlingit Language Game Nights 5:30 pm Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Wednesdays Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 pm Ghùch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wednesdays and Fridays AA Carcross Wed. 6:30 pm, Fri. 1:30 pm, Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Oct. 11 CPNP Lunch 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Oct. 11 Sewing Nights 6:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Thu. Oct. 11 Whitehorse Community Dinner 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Oct. 13 Deisheetaan Headstone Potlatch Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sat. Oct. 13 Traditional Handgames 1:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Sun. Oct. 14 Sewing Sessions 12:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Oct. 15 AA - Tagish 7:30 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Mon. Oct. 15 Art at the Carving Shed 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Oct. 16 Elders Breakfast 10:00 AM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Oct. 16 Excellence Group 5:00 PM Carcross/Tagish First Nation Building Tue. Oct. 16 Sports Night 6:00 PM Ghùch Tlâ Community School Tue. Oct. 16 Tlingit Language classes 5:00 PM CTFN Capacity Building Tue. Oct. 16 Women’s Group 7:00 PM Carcross Community Campus 821-4251

DAWSON CITY

Daily, Tue. to Sun. Dawson City Pool: Public Swim Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 3:30-5:00 pm & Tue/Wed/Thu 7-8:30 pm & Sat/Sun 3-4:30 pm, Parent & Tot Swim Wed/Fri 5:30-6:30 pm & Sat/Sun 9:30-11am & Sat. 2-3:00 pm & Sun. 1:30-3:00 pm Tue/Wed/Thu Early Bird Lane Swim 6:308:30 am.Ph. 993-7400 for more info. Wed, Thurs & Fri Stories of Long Ago and Stories of Today 3:30 PM Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Thursday & Friday Karaoke with Holly Culp 9:00 PM Westminster Hotel ‘Friday & Saturday Roberts & Klein in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel ‘Saturday & Sunday The Saltys in the Lounge 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel ‘Until Thu. Nov. 8 Art Exhibit - Evidence of Action KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Evidence of Action is a 4 piece exhibition, each piece describing an element of my physicality; a large ceramic sculpture describing my weight. Fri. Oct. 12 Annual Wine and Food Tasting Evening 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Mardi Gras themed evening of ﬁne wine and food, complete with live jazz. Advance tickets are on sale at KIAC. Email kiac@kiac.ca or call 9935005 for tickets and more info. Fri. Oct. 12 Harmonica George in the Tavern 6:00 PM Westminster Hotel Fri. Oct. 12 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri. Oct. 12 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri. Oct. 12 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Open Studio 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Sat. Oct. 13 Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered.

Sat. Oct. 13 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sun. Oct. 14 St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Mon. Oct. 15 Hand Building Pottery Drop In 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Basic Tools and materials provided - no instruction provided. Enter through the back door. Mon. Oct. 15 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Mon. Oct. 15 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Tue. Oct. 16 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School For more information email: getrealﬁt(at)me.com 867993-2520 Wed. Oct. 17 Lafayette String Quartet 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Tickets available at the door or in advance at KIAC

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Wednesdays Faro Fire Department Meeting 7:00 pm Faro Fire Hall Faro Fire Department Wednesday Meeting. Tuesdays and Thursdays Shuffleboard 1:00 pm Faro Recreation Centre Call 9942375 for more info Wednesdays Seniors Walk and Crib 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Email recreation@faroyukon.ca or call 994-2575 for more details. Thu. Oct. 11 After School Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-12, snacks, crafts, field trips and lots of fun games. Call 994-2375 for more information. Thu. Oct. 11 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Fri. Oct. 12 Seniors Cards 1:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri. Oct. 12 Teen Drop in Gym 7:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Sun. Oct. 14 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 994-2442 Sun. Oct. 14 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Tue. Oct. 16 After School Kids Club 3:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-12, snacks, crafts, field trips and lots of fun games. Call 994-2375 for more information. Tue. Oct. 16 Parent & Tot Storytime 10:00 AM Faro Community Library For babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided

HAINES

Daily Haines Public Library Open Hours: Mon-Thurs 11-8 | Fri 10-6 | Sat/Sun 1:304:30| #907-766-2545 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Everyone Welcome Swim Haines Community Centre, Mon/Wed/ Fri/Sat. 5:15-6:30 pm| Mon/Wed/Fri 11 am-12:30 pm | Sat. 10 am-12 pm, #907766-2666 Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Afterschool Outdoor Series 4:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Homework Help 5:30 pm Haines Borough Public Library Mondays and Wednesdays Kids Jujutsu 5:00 pm Chilkat Center For The Arts Until Sat. Nov. 3 Exhibit - “Watershed” Exhibit Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Through a display of artwork from several local artists with deep ties to the Chilkat Valley, “Watershed” 9077662366 Monday, Wednesday & Fridays Aqua Aerobics 8:00 AM Haines Borough Swimming Pool Wednesdays Open Mic Nite 10:00 PM Pioneer Bar Wednesdays Rock Band for Teens and Pre-teens 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Wednesdays Sword Class 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Wednesdays Tlingit Language Classes for Families 5:00 PM Sheldon Museum & Cultural Centre Call 766-2366 or email education@sheldonmuseum.net for more information. Wed. Oct. 10 Small Business Workshops - Ready for Business 6:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Learn about opportunities, tools and free resources available to Haines Entrepreneurs. Call 766-3130 for more info. Thu. Oct. 11 Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu. Oct. 11 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Thu. Oct. 11 Fun Science 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Thu. Oct. 11 Haines Alaska Events Small Business Workshops - Bringing a New Product to Market 6:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library Learn about opportunities, tools and free resources available to Haines Entrepreneurs. Call 766-3130 for more info. Thu. Oct. 11 Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri. Oct. 12 American Legion Burger Night 6:00 PM American Legion Fri. Oct. 12 Haines Public Library Open 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library Fri. Oct. 12 Story Time 12:00 PM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Fri. Oct. 12 Tai Chi - Advanced 10:15 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Fri. Oct. 12 Touch Base -- Pam, Tracey, Laura 11:00 AM Haines Chamber Of Commerce

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Fri. Oct. 12 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sat. Oct. 13 Broken umbrellas turned into bags 1:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Sat. Oct. 13 Tai Chi 11:00 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Sun. Oct. 14 Bible Club - Sunday School 12:30 PM Haines Presbyterian Church Sun. Oct. 14 Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Haines Presbyterian Church Mon. Oct. 15 Adults Jujutsu 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Mon. Oct. 15 Mother Goose Stories and Songs 11:00 AM Haines Borough Public Library fohbpl@gmail.com Mon. Oct. 15 Yoga with Mandy 1:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Oct. 16 Adv. Beginner Tai Chi 7:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Oct. 16 Ashtanga Yoga with Melina 9:30 AM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Oct. 16 Fun Science 4:30 PM Haines Borough Public Library Tue. Oct. 16 Tai Chi - Beginning 6:30 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Oct. 16 Vusi Mahlasela from South Africa - theater 8:00 PM Chilkat Center For The Arts Tue. Oct. 16 Women’s Fellowship 3:00 PM Haines Senior Center

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Wednesdays Adult Volleyball 6:30 pm St. Elias Community School Wednesdays Seniors - Drop-In and Activities 1:30 pm Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Arts, craft, ﬁtness, pool tournaments, shufﬂeboard, carpet bowling, and card and board games. Refreshments. ‘Until Sat. Oct. 13 Junction Artist in Residence - 2018 Fashion Show 6:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Community Potluck, all are welcome. Look forward to local performances and a presentation by Henry Navarro and The Junction Collection Fashion Show 519-994-1000 Thu. Oct. 11 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Thu. Oct. 11 Chair Yoga For Seniors 3:00 PM Haines Junction Seniors Apartments Thu. Oct. 11 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu. Oct. 11 Seniors - Carpet Bowling 1:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre All Seniors and Elders welcome! Thu. Oct. 11 Trapper Training Workshops 6:00 PM Bill Brewster Arena Get a trapping licence (including an assistant trapper licence), Ages 16+ Call 634-4200, ext 253 for more information. Thu. Oct. 11 Women’s Circle 5:30 PM Mun Ku Email elskloppers@gmail.com for more information. Fri. Oct. 12 Story Hour 10:00 AM Haines Junction Community Library Sat. Oct. 13 Junction Artist in Residence - 2018 Fashion Show 6:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Community Potluck, all are welcome. Look forward to local performances and a presentation by Henry Navarro and The Junction Collection Fashion Show 519-994-1000 jarcoordinator@gmail.com Tue. Oct. 16 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue. Oct. 16 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed. Oct. 17 Village of Haines Junction Council Meeting 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre

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Mon. Oct. 15 Yoga with Jess Sellers 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre For more info call 667-7083 or Email lmca@ northwestel.net Wed. Oct. 17 Aging in Place 7:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre

MARSH LAKE

Wednesdays Pump Fitness 6:30 pm Marsh Lake Community Centre Wednesdays Open Hours 5:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Thu. Oct. 11 Choir 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Fri. Oct. 12 Friday Night Dinner&Drinks 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Bridge club 12:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Knitting Circle 1:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre 660-4999 managermarshlake@gmail.com Tue. Oct. 16 North of 60 Seniors Cafe. We heat the beverages, you heat the air. 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue. Oct. 16 Yoga with Richard 5:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

MAYO

Fri. Oct. 12 Dinner and Movie Night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Hall And Recreation Centre Sun. Oct. 14 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon. Oct. 15 Yoga Classes 7:00 PM Mayo Curling Arena Bring your own Yoga mat or borrow ours. Classes are free of charge and drop-ins are welcome. 8979962043 Tue. Oct. 16 Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

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Thu. Oct. 11 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun. Oct. 14 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Luke’s Church 867-993-5381 Tue. Oct. 16 Gym Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

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Daily, Mondays to Fridays, Mom, Dad & Me Toddler Time 9:00 am Skagway Alaska Appropriate for 2 - 4 yrs. of age & caregiver, Free drop-in. Call 907-983-2679 for more info. Mondays & Wednesdays SpinFlex w/ Katherine 6:30 am Skagway Rec. Centre Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays Group Cycling 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mondays & Wednesdays TRX Suspension Training 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sign up required Thu. Oct. 11 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu. Oct. 11 Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles. Thu. Oct. 11 Senior Weights with Dana 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors. Thu. Oct. 11 Vinyasa Yoga 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri. Oct. 12 SpinYOGA 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Bouncy House Fun Time! 1:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre A parent or guardian must accompany children 12 and under. Sat. Oct. 13 Hatha Yoga w/Sherry- ALL Levels 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat. Oct. 13 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Sun. Oct. 14 Undo and Renew Gentle Yoga 3:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Oct. 15 Hatha Yoga w/Sherry- ALL Levels 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon. Oct. 15 Restorative - Yin Yoga ALL Levels 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Oct. 16 Basketball For Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue. Oct. 16 Let it Roll - Hatha Flow with Foam Roller 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Hatha Flow practice followed by foam roller and pinky balls. Tue. Oct. 16 Mat Pilates 7:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Intermediate core based class using classical mat exercises to create long, lean muscles. Tue. Oct. 16 Senior Weights with Dana 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Chair based resistance training program that’s not just for seniors. Tue. Oct. 16 Vinyasa Yoga 9:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Oct. 10 Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wed. Oct. 10 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed. Oct. 17 Acro Jam 6:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Playful practice that combines acrobatics and yoga. This is an unstructured class to work on things you would like to improve on or trade Wed. Oct. 17 Back & Hip Yoga 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

TAGISH

Mondays AA - Tagish 7:30 pm Carcross/ Tagish First Nation Building Tuesdays and Thursdays Carpet Bowling 11:15 am Tagish Community Centre Everyone is invited to come and learn the technical game of Carpet Bowling. Wednesdays and Saturdays, Tagish Library 12:00 pm Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wednesdays Coffee and Chat: Tagish Community Centre 2:00 pm Tagish Community Centre Fresh baked goods. Thu. Oct. 11 OsteoFit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Fri. Oct. 12 Pickleball 11:00 AM Tagish Community Centre Come try Pickleball, a new sport offered which combines table tennis and regular tennis. Sat. Oct. 13 Oktoberfest 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre German cuisine and good music Call 399-3407 for more information. Mon. Oct. 15 Nordic Walking 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info. Tue. Oct. 16 Get and Stay Fit 6:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Call 399-3407 for more info. Wed. Oct. 17 Aging in Place 1:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Information Fair & Lunch will be provided

Wed. Oct. 17 Foot Wellness Clinic 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed. Oct. 17 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca

TESLIN

Mondays Teslin Lake Bird Observatory Teslin Campground 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 lakeshore and follow the sign-age. Wednesdays Seniors Social 10:00 am Teslin Rec Center Every Wednesday come play cards, drink coffee, chat, and have a good time. Call Kelsey at 335-4250 or email teslinrec@teslin.ca Wed. Oct. 10 Bystander 7:00 PM Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre Admission by donation. Thu. Oct. 11 Badminton Nights 7:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Thursday, bring your racket or just bring your self for some swift fun! 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca Fri. Oct. 12 Girls Club 6:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information. Fri. Oct. 12 Youth Club 8:00 PM Teslin Rec Center For grades 7-12, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Kelsey 335-4250 for more information. Sat. Oct. 13 Bystander 7:30 PM Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre Admission by donation. Mon. Oct. 15 Bystander 7:30 PM Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre Admission by donation. Tue. Oct. 16 After School Sports K - Gr. 4 3:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Tue. Oct. 16 Bystander 7:30 PM Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre Admission by donation. Tue. Oct. 16 Teslin Dance Group Practice 7:00 PM Teslin Healing Centre Every Tuesday evening, for more info contact Melaina at 867.390.2532 ext. 333 or Melaina.sheldon@ttc-teslin.com Tue. Oct. 16 Yoga in the Mezzanine 5:30 PM Teslin Rec Center Every Tuesday, mats provided just bring your zen. 335-4250 teslinrec@teslin.ca

WATSON LAKE

Mondays-Fridays Youth Activity Club 3:15 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 5368023 for more info. Mondays and Thursdays Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Tuesdays and Thursdays Body Fit 7:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Contact Meaghan for more information 536-8023 Wednesdays to Thursdays Drop In SportsGames 1:00 pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre Dress for the weather, bring a water bottle. For more info call Meaghen at 5368023 Mondays to Fridays, Yukon’s Northern Lights Centre, 6 shows daily. Northern Lights Centre boasts state-of-the-art panoramic video and surround-sound systems. Email: nlc@northwestel.net Phone: (867) 536-7827 (STAR) Saturdays Watson Lake Thrift Store, Noon to 3pm Thu. Oct. 11 Infant Massage 10:00 AM Watson Lake Family Centre Infant massage, to improve bonding, sleeping periods, colic, and much more. Oil, snack and refreshments provided.Please call 5362125 for more info. Thu. Oct. 11 Parents and Tots 1:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun. Thu. Oct. 11 Youth Activity Club 3:15 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre For grades 5-11, come hang out, games, activities and snacks! Call Meaghen 536-8023 for more information. Sun. Oct. 14 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Tue. Oct. 16 Parents and Tots 10:00 AM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Join us in song, socializing, play and lots of giggles and fun. Tue. Oct. 16 Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake

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The Northern Seduction Sebastian Fricke and Rose Seguin share their journey, their “inner compasses” with us as they travel and write on their way through Alaska and the Yukon

Sebastian Fricke and Rose Seguin have written a book about their backpacking travels through the Yukon and Alaska

by Sebastian Fricke

aving completed our undergraduate degrees, Rose and I were very eager to break free of the bureaucracy and daily grind of city life. We followed our inner compasses north, to Alaska and the Yukon, writing all along the way and compiling it into a book which we titled The Northern Seduction: A Backpacker’s Escape from Convention. After hitchhiking across the U.S.–Canadian border, we decided to lay our backpacks down for a while and spend some time in Whitehorse. Working at the local hatchery, while camping in a tent, we hopped on any adventures we could and eventually found ourselves driving up the Klondike Highway with Dawson City on our minds as the sun set over the mountainous landscape. Anyone who thinks the road be-

comes boring at nighttime should take a drive up North, once the sun sets, because that is when the real show begins. Below is an excerpt from our book, titled The Illuminated Klondike: With some newly-made friends, we set off for Dawson City after work. The drive north along the Klondike Highway took us beside lakes teeming with lake trout, across powerful rivers and through valleys. As we passed through Carmacks, the horizon was graced with a beautiful orange sunset which lined the clouds with a gold trim that starkly contrasted the dark hills. The view was incredible as we descended a hill to see the panorama of the winding Yukon River crowned by steep hills and the orange skies. It couldn’t get more beautiful than this, we

thought. We were wrong. Mile after mile slipped past us as we continued northbound, the day slowly giving way to the darkness of night. Yukoners had not seen stars in months as the midnight sun kept the skies light throughout the night yet the days were now becoming shorter and as nightfall descended, the stars twinkled and any evidence of the day faded into a dim light along the horizon. No sooner had the daylight slipped away than the sky was brought to life by streaks of green stretched from one horizon to the other and guiding our path to Dawson. Green ribbons ﬂuttered in the sky, their bands rippling like a pond into which a stone is cast. The bands would fade until nearly transparent, allowing the stars behind them to shine through before ﬂaring strongly into an

opaque layer. They continued like this for an hour, threading their way through the sky as a river carves its way through a landscape. Below the aerial river, clouds merged perfectly into the image of a male salmon. The hooked nose was prominent, the body wide and its tail ﬁn sharply cut against the sky and illuminated faintly by the auroras. It all seemed like a good omen, to see the salmon swimming in the aurora borealis. Sebastian Fricke and Rose Seguin are outdoor enthusiasts and ﬁrst-time authors from eastern Canada who are pursuing masters degrees in environmental protection and who are founders of www. growyourownway.ca. They still often dream about the Yukon and hope to return soon.

PHOTOS: courtesy of Sebastian Fricke

Cover of The Northern Seduction: A Backpacker’s Escape from Convention

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