Fort Smith nordic club gets fired up for new season
The Fort Smith Nordic Club hosted a biathlon training camp over the weekend with shooters from Hay River along with coach Pat Bobinski in the lead.
View ArticleNWT mushers sweep Saskatchewan circuit races
Competitive dog mushers descended on the town of Preeceville in south-central Saskatchewan last weekend and at the end of two days of races, the winners were all from the NWT.
View ArticleVirtuoso duo charms and enthralls NWT audiences
Music lovers in Yellowknife and Fort Smith received a treat last week witnessing the talents of Yolanda Bruno and Isabelle David, whose superlative performances on violin and piano enthralled audiences.
View ArticleThe Beverly Caribou Herd’s headlong rush to extinction
The once massive Beverly Caribou herd that roamed the Canadian Barrenlands for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, has vanished from the planet, and evidence recently published in the scientific...
View ArticleCaribou diminished, vulnerable, under siege
Most of the great Canadian migratory caribou herds have declined to tiny remnant populations and are in a vulnerable state, and Earl Evans, chair of the Beverly Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board...
View ArticleNorthern Journal ‘cleans up’ at awards ceremony
The print edition of the Northern Journal received numerous awards at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s (AWNA) annual convention in Edmonton in late May.
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