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Founded in 2004, the YLC is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the people of the north by providing accessible and culturally appropriate learning opportunities.

Our Friends from AFY will be hosting the pumpkin carving station. Fun place to practice English and French!
10/20/2026

Our Friends from AFY will be hosting the pumpkin carving station. Fun place to practice English and French!

10/20/2026

Halloween fun facts #6
Key Canadian Halloween Milestones & Facts
• First Jack-o'-Lantern Report: In 1886, the first public record of a pumpkin-carved jack-o'-lantern in North America appeared in Kingston, Ontario. [
• First Costume Records: The earliest documented record of people dressing up in costumes for Halloween in Canada was in 1898 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• The Phrase "Trick or Treat": The famous phrase was first recorded in 1927 in the Lethbridge Heraldnewspaper in Alberta, describing children visiting homes in costumes for treats.
• Halloween arrived in Canada in the mid-to-late 1800s, carried across the Atlantic by waves of Irish and Scottish immigrants. While the holiday has evolved into Canada's second-largest commercial celebration, its earliest roots stem from ancient Celtic and Christian traditions that adapted uniquely to the Canadian landscape.

We have free costumes!! Come meet some new friends, learn this weird tradition and take home a costume for your future e...
10/19/2026

We have free costumes!! Come meet some new friends, learn this weird tradition and take home a costume for your future events.

10/16/2026

Halloween fun fact #5
• The Turnip-to-Pumpkin Pivot: In Europe, people originally carved scary faces into turnips or beets to ward off wandering souls. When Scottish and Irish settlers landed in Canada, they couldn't easily find turnips but discovered an abundance of native North American pumpkins. Finding them much larger and easier to hollow out, they permanently switched to pumpkin carving.

Traditional medicine workshop with Amy Genier for newcomers. The participants made face oil and lip bam using Yukon herb...
10/15/2026

Traditional medicine workshop with Amy Genier for newcomers. The participants made face oil and lip bam using Yukon herbs. They learning about their medicinal properties and brought back home some lovely treasures! 🌿💫

10/14/2026

Halloween Fun Fact #4
Halloween acts as a seasonal bridge, falling almost exactly halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.
Historically and astronomically, this positioning gives the holiday its unique, spooky association with darkness, harvest, and the changing of the seasons.

Our Family Literacy Outreach staff Carrie-Anne had loads of fun at the Family Feast tonight with the Ta'an Kwäch'än Coun...
10/10/2026

Our Family Literacy Outreach staff Carrie-Anne had loads of fun at the Family Feast tonight with the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council.
Big thanks to all of the families who learned embroidery, played giant Uno, and took home free books!

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10/09/2026

Limited spaces left.

10/08/2026

Halloween fun facts #3
As Christianity spread throughout Europe, Church leaders strategically shifted existing religious calendars to absorb older customs. Pope Gregory III and later church decrees moved major holy days to line up directly with the late autumn festivals:
• November 1 (All Saints' Day): A day dedicated to celebrating Christian martyrs and saints who had died. The night before it was called All Hallows' Eve, which eventually shortened to Halloween.
• November 2 (All Souls' Day): A solemn day officially designated to honor and pray for the souls of all ordinary people who had passed away.
During these holidays, poor citizens would practice "souling"—going door-to-door offering prayers for a family's deceased relatives in exchange for small spice cakes called "soul cakes". This directly evolved into modern trick-or-treating.

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207-100 Main Street
Whitehorse, YT
Y1A2A8

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