Whitehorse Daily Star

Photo by Vince Fedoroff

HEARING MEMORABLE STORIES – The Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle held an Indigenous Storytelling Event Wednesday evening at Baked Café in celebration of National Indigenous Language Day. Ian Angus was one of the storytellers against the backdrop of photos on display by Esteban Timpany-Engasser.

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SOARING OVER THE SLOPES – Free Style Yukon held their championships last weekend at Mount Sima. Here, Alex Wilson competes in the Slope Style U16 category. Wilson won first in the Slope Style and third in the big air.

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PROUD YOUNG PRESENTERS – The Yukon Home Education Society, one of the local schooling co-ops, presented an almost-full-length Shakespeare play – ‘The Winter’s Tale’ – on Monday. The performance was an almost-full-length presentation with the cast of almost 20, ages five to 14, running for two hours.

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INAUGURAL CHAMPS – Members of the AFN Storm female hockey team are seen gathered at the Yukon Native Hockey Tournament’s opening ceremonies Friday evening at the Takhini Arena. The Storm defeated the Cougars 4-0 Sunday to take the first-ever women’s tourney title.

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THE OPIOIDS CRISIS WEARS ON – Elder Randall Tetlichi, centre, sang prayer songs and kept the Sacred Fire at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre after the Council of Yukon First Nations’ Walk for Awareness in support of people struggling with the opioids crisis on Wednesday afternoon. See coverage, p. 10.

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CREATIVITY FROM HAINES – Artist Andrea Nelson, from Haines, Alaska, is the March Jenni House artist in residence. She is currently working on artworks for a future exhibit on fur trade traditions, history and relationships in the Alaska/Yukon region. In the winter, the artists work out of the Chambers House, as the Jenni House is not open during that time of the year. Textile taxidermy, embroidery and beadwork are some of the media Nelson is exploring. She will hold an open house from 1-4 p.m. Sunday in the Chambers House.