Taking Your Friends Down A Notch
Everyone needs a friend who can bring them down a notch or two when they get too far up on their high horses.
Taking Your Friends Down A Notch Read More »
Everyone needs a friend who can bring them down a notch or two when they get too far up on their high horses.
Taking Your Friends Down A Notch Read More »
Northerners; we tell stories. Our northern stories are our wealth & our identity. They are about independent, hardy people full of character.
The Battle at the Mad Trapper Bar Read More »
When a Canada 150 project resulted in a road linking Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, the shores of the Arctic Ocean were newly accessible. So too, then, were my plans to drive the length of the Dempster Highway.
The Road Less Travelled: The Dempster Part 2 Read More »
As the Alaska Highway became more accessible and faded from myth and legend, The Dempster Highway, for me and many others, became the new Holy Grail. It enticed us with the promise of adventure, of unseen vistas.
The Road Less Travelled: The Dempster Part 1 Read More »
I was driving back to Red Deer from Calgary the other day and got a speeding ticket in a blinding snowstorm. The cop told me
Ice road woes (and whoas) Read More »
As long as I remember, I’ve travelled throughout the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Coast with my dad. We travelled all over during different seasons hunting or trapping different animals.
As a musician, you put yourself out there in the public and you have to be ready to appease your fans. That means answering questions
Deals with the Anaatquuq Read More »
I arrived in Inuvik for the first time in early July 1972. What first struck me as I toured the town was A) the 24
I was back home in Inuvik this summer and I took the opportunity to drive to Tuk for the first time. It always hits close
A Tuk load of memories Read More »
One afternoon, in the mid-70s in Inuvik, I was looking for some oddball thing for my vehicle. I looked almost everywhere and then I decided
No blues for this bootlegger Read More »
Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. (located on Kugmallit Bay of the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean), is no big deal..
To ‘Looks Like a Caribou’ and back – Part 6 of 6 Read More »
First Nations artists and performers, from across the North, will gather with artists from around the world for the Great Northern Arts Festival on July 13–22.
Celebrating 30 years of northern art and artists Read More »
Researchers explore how renewable energy can fuel the North in the future.
Sun, water and wind Read More »
Twice answered the call to cycle the Dempster Highway. She hasn’t succeeded quite yet, she’s ready to give the 740 km journey another go.
Third Time’s the Charm Read More »
There are two ways to Inuvik: either fly Air North, or drive the scenic route – the 735.5 km of the Dempster Highway. East of
The Dempster Highway: Past, Present & Future Read More »
When Leonard Linklater was growing up in Inuvik, NWT, there was one radio station on the dial. The CBC. Through the airwaves, Indigenous voices carried
Leonard Linklater: Voicing the North Read More »
Take the Gwich’in language challenge. It’s a challenge from Norman Snowshoe, the former Gwich’in Tribal Council vice president. He said, “If you learn one Gwich’in
Take the Gwich’in Language Challenge Read More »
When I saw the post on Facebook from local Dawsonite Sarah Lenart, asking for two people to join her and friend Jeremy Herndl on a
An Ice Road Adventure Read More »
Whitehorse musician and adventurer Thorin Loeks is off on another journey. On June 4th, Loeks started to hitchhike from his home just outside of Whitehorse
Journeys That Open the Heart Read More »
Every year for 10 days, northern artists and art lovers gather in Inuvik, a small town of 3,400 in the NWT, to celebrate culture and
For the Love of Northern Art Read More »
photos from Old Crow, Yukon Territory, and Inuvik, Northwest Territories from youth workshops held by BYTE
Showing Torontonians What’s Happening in Old Crow Read More »
It’s been a month and a half since the Traditional Chinese Medical practitioner Jim Zheng passed away. Those who he helped will remember him fondly,
Up on the Alaska Highway, in the bright boîte called Tonimoes, attached to the SKKY Hotel, a quiet ritual takes place every Tuesday. Informally known
Honouring the Bounty of Scotland Read More »
INUVIK Contrary to what some wise guys in Whitehorse believe, there are trees in Inuvik, N.W.T. and its annual Top Of The World Ski Loppet
A loppet runs through it Read More »
Residents of Inuvik love their muskrats so much, they named a jamboree after them. Muskrat Jamboree is a celebration of spring and one of its
Muskrat love … Inuvik-style Read More »
INUVIK The newest vacation hot spot in the North could very well become Inuvik. On April 2, the Inuvik Family Centre will officially open its
Tropical paradise north of the Arctic Circle: Inuvik Family Centre to open April 2 Read More »