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My NWT: On the water (or ice) of Great Slave Lake with Shawn Buckley
1 Hay River commercial fisherman Shawn Buckley never fully appreciated his work until he had the opportunity to see it through other people’s eyes. “I’ve always had people interested in coming with me...
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Getting Around in Winter - Northern Style
1 From the paw power of dogsledding to the wind power of kite skiing, northerners are the masters of getting around in winter in ingenious ways. Being out and about despite the weather keeps us...
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MY NWT: Greg Robertson, helping beginners in a fisherman's paradise
1 Imagine celebrating your first wedding anniversary in an outhouse. Yep, that’s right. Greg Robertson, owner of Yellowknife’s Bluefish Services (bluefishservices.ca), was out on the water with a...
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Katz' Corner - Fishing Around the East Arm
1 Let’s get one thing straight: I love eating fish but don’t count on me to catch lunch. That’s why I’m relieved to see Carlos Gonzalez, seasoned chef and owner of Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures...
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My NWT: Carver Sonny MacDonald
1 While most people admire the piles of driftwood that Mother Nature deposits on a beach, renowned Fort Smith carver Sonny MacDonald is busy stuffing them into a floatplane. For him, it’s material...
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Katz' Corner - Crafting Traditional Arts at Open Sky Festival
1 Louisa Moreau stares at my first attempt at moosehair tufting. “Holy smokes!” she exclaims. I know. I know. It looks more like a bad hair day than the kind of delicately crafted three-dimensional...
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MY NWT: Under Northern Skies
1 More than 200 Yellowknifers showed up when astronomy buff James Pugsley organized his first northern star party atop Bush Pilot’s Monument on August 27, 2003. They came to see Mars, which was making...
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Katz' Corner - Flying with Ice Pilots NWT
1 It’s Saturday morning and Buffalo Airways co-pilot Hermant Chingunde is wondering why I’m jotting down the names of the flight crew. “You’re not from Transport Canada are you?” he asks. “Nah,” the...
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MY NWT: Joe Nasogaluak Carving Northern Stories
1 The Tuktoyaktuk carver has since worked with soapstone, limestone, marble, ivory and antler. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and hockey star Bobby Orr own some of his carvings, and his work...
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KATZ CORNER: Trotting around Tuktoyaktuk
1 On a July morning, Joanne Steen lifts a wooden door in the top of Tuktoyaktuk’s underground Community Ice House. A blast of refreshing coolness hits my face as I peer down into the darkness.NWTT...
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